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The material in these guides is recommended for advanced users – such as creative professionals – who require the highest possible precision in rendering color. For most users, an understanding of the advanced concepts of color management is not necessary to produce a great-looking book with Blurb.
For more information, visit our Color Management Resource Center.
You can create more consistent color reproduction – given the hardware limitations of today's print on demand (POD) printers – by:
For an explanation of basic color management concepts, read An Introduction to Color Management before proceeding with this document.
A properly calibrated and profiled monitor is required in order to accurately edit color images. A variety of low-cost monitor profiling software/hardware bundles are available today. They include the Colorvision Spyder, the X-Rite Eye One Display series, as well as self-calibrating/profiling monitors such as the Eizo CE and CG series. These packages are quick to install and the entire procedure often takes less than ten minutes. Monitors drift with usage and time, so we recommend monthly re-calibrations to ensure an accurate display.
A profiled monitor allows you to view your images in CMYK, sRGB, or Adobe RGB more accurately, and to also soft proof your images. Soft proofing is a special preview feature in Adobe® Photoshop® and InDesign® that allows you to see on your monitor how your images will print on a particular device. With a color-managed workflow, you'll be able to see how your images will reproduce on the HP Indigo using Blurb's paper stock. This workflow also works with the Xeikon print device Blurb also uses throughout our print network for covers.
Because there are many different monitors on the market, we can't show how to calibrate them all. Rods and Cones created the Blurb ICC Profile and specializes in setting up and supporting color-managed workflows and selling monitor calibration hardware, software, and support packages. Rods and Cones is a good place to start if you need more information for calibrating your monitor. X-Rite also offers reference materials on monitor calibration.
Color management works its digital magic by converting from one color space into another color space while trying to preserve the closest possible color match. Color management requires an accurate description of the source color space and the destination color space. This description is known as an ICC profile.
ICC profiles are digital files that contain the color gamut information of a particular device or abstract color space such as sRGB. Most ICC profiles are created by physically measuring the output of a device and then making sure to maintain the device in good working order so that its behavior doesn't change from the readings.
The Blurb ICC Profile is based on the GRACoL2009 reference used in high-end commercial printing. Our entire print network adheres to this standard on all of their print devices for the most consistent results possible with print on demand.
To use the ICC profile, you must download and install it on your computer. The profile name is Blurb ICC Profile and it is available from Blurb's Color Management Resource Center. Below are steps for installing the profile on a Mac or PC. Check out our video that shows how to do this on either a Mac or PC.
Place the Blurb ICC Profile file into the following directory: Main HD > Library > ColorSync > Profiles (see Figure 1).
If you are using Adobe CS, you can also place the profile in the Recommended directory for Adobe applications. Placing the profile here makes using it more convenient because it will appear near the top of the profiles list inside Adobe applications (see Figure 2).Figure 2. Installing for Adobe CS
Main HD > Library > ColorSync > Profiles > Recommended.
Right-click on the profile and select Install Profile. It's that easy (see Figure 3).
If you're using Adobe CS, you can also place the profile in the preferred directory for Adobe applications. Placing the profile here makes using it more convenient because it will appear near the top of the profiles list inside Adobe applications.
C Drive > Program Files > Common > Adobe > Color > Profiles > Recommended.
You now have the Blurb ICC Profile available to use in your image workflow.
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Bachelor of Business Administration in Business Management
The Business Management major gives students credentials important to getting the first job as an entry-level manager or manager-trainee. Every organization of any size and type depends on and needs managers, including, as examples, the small corner store, department stores, accounting firms, retirement homes, a manufacturing firm such as Toys R Us, or a business to business type of organization such as Proctor & Gamble.
Students studying Business Management usually begin with courses in Computer Information Systems, Principles of Management, Accounting, Economics, Business Communications, and Psychology. After completing these foundation courses, students pursue more advanced studies in Human Resource Management, Leadership, Marketing, Quality Management and Finance. Students then have the choice of specializing in one of the areas of Marketing, Finance, or Management.
During a career in management, one's responsibility can grow from the job of entry-level manager, to department manager, and eventually to division manager or even to CEO (Chief Executive Officer). As in most fields of work, upon completion of the degree, the entry-level manager or trainee usually experiences an initial time period of on-the-job training. For example, a management-trainee might spend time in every department of an organization learning the business inside and out. Then after the training period, the manager-trainee will be assigned to a specific department and begin to have responsibility for the performance of an area or department of the organization.
How far one advances in managerial positions depends on training (such as the Business Management major), talent for working with people, and effort. Working with people is a primary focus of management; therefore, good communications skills (both oral and written) are essential to the success of the manager.

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Turn prospects into clients by emailing your contacts personalized articles on the housing market.
Daily real estate blog posts, personalized with your photo, bio and contact information. Easy to share via social media and now also via email.
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Powerful real estate charts, graphs and other visuals to boost your presentations and marketing materials.
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Ford CEO Alan Mulally Won't Join Microsoft
Disclosure Ends Months of Speculation About His Future
One of the most intriguing candidates to be the next head of Microsoft Corp. said he isn't taking the job.
Ford Motor Co. Chief Executive Alan Mulally said on Tuesday he won't leave the auto maker for Microsoft, which had considered him for the chief executive spot being vacated by Steve Ballmer. The Microsoft CEO said in August he planned to retire within 12 months, several years ahead of schedule.


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Welcome to the Class of 2009 Web Site
This Web site comprises your Class "facebook" (a page showing photos of all your Classmates), your Class News, and a list of your Classmates that shows where each student is from.
You also have a set of personal pages on Amherst's site:
"My Amherst," Announcements and Course Information
After you log in, click the "My Amherst" link in the upper right. On your "My Amherst" page, you'll see links to courses you are taking, and you'll see tabs to pages containing the Campus Intranet, college announcements, and an RSS reader. You can use the RSS reader to subscribe to any news source that provides an RSS feed.
Your Profile and Photo
After you log in, click the "My Amherst" link in the upper right. In the My Amherst section, click the "My profile" tab. On that page, you will be able to upload a photo of yourself, which will appear in your Class "facebook" and on the class roster pages of the courses you're enrolled in. No one without an Amherst password will be able to see your photograph. To see how to upload your photo, watch this brief video.
Your Personal Web Site
After you log in, click the "My Amherst" link in the upper right. This is your own personal homepage, where you can post photos and news about yourself. Other students may write comments on your page (unless you decide to turn the comments off). Note that your homepage is by default visible to the outside world, so if you'd like to make it visible to students only, or everyone on campus only, you must change your settings.


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Also see our presentations on eso.org, spacetelescope.org.
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|Professional Astronomers: IYA2009 needs you!
|What is Astronomy? (Turkish)
|What is Astronomy? (in Norwegian)
|Who actually invented the telescope? (in Turkish)
|Astronomy highlights during IYA2009 (in Turkish)
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DDoS attacks are on the rise. That statement by itself might not be that interesting because in this climate of "cyber insecurity", it is probably no surprise that the number of attacks is increasing. However, what is more interesting, and even more troubling for networks, is that the size of these attacks is on the rise, with some attacks reported at over 400 Gbps. And yet the same solutions that were used for much smaller attacks are being used in attempt to detect and mitigate these security threats. Good luck. Go trying covering up a fire hydrant after it's already been open, with saran wrap. Truth be told, traditional DDoS mitigation solutions were just not built to respond and handle the immense bandwidth these attack impose on today's networks. And many current implementations based on sFlow, IPFIX etc. treat all flows as equal at the Layer 4 level, so there is no differentiation between the type of flows: short-lived, long-lived, large, or small. This results in delays in detection of these new mega-scale attacks. Who does this affect? Well in a single word, you. Whether you are a CEO of a major cloud service provider or you are just trying to stream the new season of House of Cards you are at risk of feeling the impact of an attack. That's because these attacks consume so much bandwidth on the network that they are not just taking out the intended target, but also degrading the services of other customers on the network.
A more scalable and efficient solution is needed to protect cloud data centers and networks from these attacks. SDN offers a way to do this by providing programmatic control of the entire networks so that an application can be used to monitor, detect, and mitigate an attack, all in real-time. Brocade is very excited that we will be able to demonstrate such an application at the Open Networking Summit this week, as it has been named a finalist for the event's SDN Idol Award. The application, leveraging our newly announced support for OpenFlow 1.3, inMon sFlow-RT and an OpenDaylight framework, treats long-lived, large flows caused by DDoS attacks separately from other Layer 2-4 flows. When an attack happens, the application, within seconds, instructs the network comprised of OpenFlow-enabled Brocade MLXe Routers to rate limit or drop the attack traffic flow in hardware without affecting the performance of the system or network. In addition, the industry's only true Hybrid Port Mode for OpenFlow allows the rest of the network to behave as normal, so this solution can be seamlessly integrated with existing infrastructures today. With this application, service providers can offer tiered DDoS services to customers and enterprises can have stronger DDoS mitigation more efficiently.
If you are at ONS this week, a live demonstration of the application will take place on Monday at 2:30pm during the Demo Track. Voting for the SDN Idol Award will be Tuesday night during the evening reception at 7pm. A version of the demo will also be in the Brocade Booth #505 during the exhibition. If you are not ONS, check out this video from Networking Field Day 7 of the demo and stay tuned as more material will be made available on this exciting SDN application.
Brocade Crowned Winner of SDN Idol 2014 at Open Networking Summit 2014 for this solution! See press release here: http://www.prweb.com/releases/opennetsummit/SDN-Idol-2014-Award/prweb11644834.htm


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FLOODS Know the Difference
Flood/Flash Flood Watch: Flooding or flash flooding is possible in your area.
Flood/Flash Flood Warning: Flooding or flash flooding is already occurring or will occur soon in your area.
What should I know/do?
- Follow local news websites, alerts and tweets, and listen to local radio and TV reports and NOAA Weather Radio for flood reports and critical weather and evacuation information.
- Be prepared to evacuate at a moment's notice.
- When a flood or flash flood warning is issued for your area, head for higher ground and stay there.
- Stay away from floodwaters. If you come upon water that is flowing higher than your ankles, stop, turn around and go another way.
- If you come upon a flooded road while driving, turn around and go another way.
- If you are caught on a flooded road and waters are rising rapidly around you, get out of your car and move to higher ground. Most cars can be swept away by less than 2 feet of moving water.
- Keep children out of the water.
- Be especially cautious at night.
What do I do after the flood?
- Return home only when officials have declared the area safe.
- Before entering your home, look outside for loose power lines, damaged gas lines, foundation cracks or other damage.
- If you smell natural or propane gas or hear a hissing noise, leave immediately and call the fire department.
- If power lines are down outside your home, do not step in puddles or standing water.
- Keep children and pets away from hazardous sites and floodwater.
- Materials such as cleaning products, paint and batteries can contaminate water and mud.
- During cleanup, wear protective clothing, including rubber gloves and rubber boots.
- Discard items including canned goods, water bottles, plastic utensils and baby bottle nipples that have come in contact with floodwater. When in doubt, throw it out!
- Do not use water that could be contaminated.
- Contact your local or state public health department for specific recommendations for boiling or treating water.
WILDFIRES What should I do to prepare ahead of time?
- Learn about wildfire risks in your area.
- Talk with members of your household about wildfires - how to prevent them and what to do if one occurs.
- Make sure driveway entrances and your house number or address are clearly marked.
- Set aside household items that can be used as fire tools: a rake, ax, hand saw or chain saw, bucket and shovel. You may need to fight small fires before emergency responders arrive.
- Select building materials and plants that resist fire.
- Regularly clean roofs and gutters.
- Plan and practice two ways out of your neighborhood in case your primary route is blocked.
- Select a place for family members to meet outside your neighborhood in case you cannot get home or need to evacuate.
What should I do if there are reports of a wildfire in my area?
- Be ready to leave at a moment's notice.
- Watch local news websites, alerts and tweets, and listen to local radio and TV reports for updated emergency information.
- Back your car into the garage or park it in an open space facing the direction of escape.
- Confine pets to one room so that you can find them if you need to evacuate quickly.
- Arrange for temporary housing at a friend or relative's home outside the threatened area.
- Limit exposure to smoke and dust.
- Keep indoor air clean by closing windows and doors to prevent smoke from getting in.
- Use the recycle or re-circulate mode on the air conditioner in your home or car.
Returning home after a wildfire
- Do not enter your home until fire officials say it is safe.
- Use caution when entering burned areas as hazards may still exist, including hot spots, which can flare up without warning, and damaged trees that can fall without warning.
- Avoid damaged or fallen power lines, poles and downed wires.
- Watch for ash pits and mark them for safety.
- Watch animals closely and keep them under your direct control.
- Follow public health guidance on safe cleanup of ash and safe use of masks.
- Wet debris down to minimize breathing dust particles.
- Wear leather gloves and heavy-soled shoes to protect hands and feet.
- Ensure your food and water are safe.
- Discard any food that has been exposed to heat, smoke or soot.
- Do not use water that you think may be contaminated.
What supplies do I need if I must evacuate?
- Water: At least a 3-day supply; one gallon per person per day.
- Food: At least a 3-day supply of nonperishable, easy-to-prepare food.
- Flashlight
- Battery-powered or hand-crank radio (NOAA weather radio, if possible)
- Extra batteries
- First-aid kit
- Medications (7-day supply) and medical items (hearing aids with extra batteries, glasses, contact lenses and solution, syringes, cane, etc.)
- Multipurpose tool
- Sanitation and personal hygiene items
- Copies of personal documents (medication list, medical information, deed/lease to home, birth certificates, insurance policies)
- Cellphone and charger
- Family and emergency contact information
- Extra cash
- Emergency blankets
- Maps of the area
- Baby supplies (bottles, formula, food, diapers)
- Pet supplies (collar, leash, ID, food, carrier, bowl)
- Tools/supplies for securing your home
- Extra set of car keys and house keys
- Extra clothing, hat and sturdy shoes
- Rain gear
- Camera (insurance purposes)
Let others know you're safe.
Register on the American Red Cross Safe and Well website - RedCross.org/SafeandWell - or call 1-866-GET-INFO to let your family and friends know about your welfare. AMERICAN RED CROSS


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NCAA Bans on-field hashtags
so I guess this is the Dave Brandon Rule?!?!?
"...it was revealed Wednesday that the NCAA has ruled that hashtags—like #NCAA—would be banned from the field of play because it can be used as advertising.
The only permissible markings are NCAA, conference and team/universities logos, the name of a commercial sponsor with naming rights and for a postseason game, the name/commercial logo of the title sponsor associated with the name of the postseason game."


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China's Lei Sheng, left, reacts during his men's individual foil semifinal fencing match against Italy's Andrea Baldini on July 31.
When the greatest athletes on Earth compete for Olympic glory, it's only fitting that the greatest photographers be there to capture the moments. The excitement of winning and the abjection of defeat are staples when photographing sports.
Images of jubilation help convey who won and lost instantly. They tell the story of dreams made and dreams lost in a fraction of a second. Here are some of our favorite photos of Olympic jubilations from today.
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South Africa's Chad Le Clos celebrates winning the men's 200m butterfly final on July 31.
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U.S. gymnasts, left to right, Gabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber celebrate as they look at the score of a teammate's performance during the Artistic Gymnastics women's team final on July 31.
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By The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
Visiting the doctor can be a scary time for some, even when all that's expected is a routine check-up. So imagine the kinds of worries some may have when it's time for a colorectal screening. Four patients share their experiences undergoing the exam.
Tom, Age 66
"Even as a health professional who should know better, I had delayed and delayed getting a colonoscopy until well beyond the recommended initial screening age. Delay, of course, was due to the uncertainty about the discomfort of the procedure and prior cleansing process. Finally, my wife's 'encouragement' and my sister having had the procedure done and finding several pre-cancerous polyps eventually got to me!"
"I had my first colonoscopy when I was 60 and it turned out to be simple, pain-free and not at all what I had worked it up to be. I did have one pre-cancerous polyp, but am really lucky that I had it removed at that point."
Harriett, Age 88
"I'm a colon cancer survivor. I'm doing fine now. It's been 14 years since I found out I had colon cancer and had surgery and chemotherapy."
"At the time, routine screening for this disease was not discussed or done, and my doctor never told me to get tested. Of course, now I know that having a colonoscopy can find polyps and the doctor can even remove polyps during the test. I think if I had been tested earlier, the doctor could have removed polyps from me and they never would have turned into cancer."
Kevin, Age 56
"I may have a slight bias when it comes to having appropriate cancer screening completed at the right age. I have been working in the cancer field for many years and have heard the important messages about the need to get screened for colorectal cancer beginning at age 50. I also knew I had options; that more than one screening method can be effective. What I didn't anticipate was the personal 'support' from my friends and colleagues asking days before my 50th birthday and regularly thereafter, did you make your appointment yet? The reminders were regular and the approaches varied from offering assistance if I needed help with driving to an appointment to comments like, I should know better and how come I haven't made my appointment yet! Letting the shock of turning the new decade pass, and juggling a very busy work schedule, I finally made the call months later to schedule a colonoscopy."
"When I saw my doctor, I let him know I needed a referral for one and he said to me, 'This is a switch, a patient asking for it!' I was pleasantly surprised by how quickly I was able to make the appointment and that I didn't have to wait months and months for the procedure. But then I began the dread of anticipating the preparation for it. In hindsight, it was all fine and the actual day really went quite smoothly. When I checked in that morning, the nurse asked me why I was there and I said, 'Do you have a place to check off "peer pressure" as the reason for the appointment?' During the screening, I was glad that I was only mildly sedated so I could watch and interact with the doctor and staff. I got to ask questions and see everything. I am one of those people that it helped give me comfort to be able to participate vs. just lie there. I was glad they were open to my involvement."
"Most importantly, I am done and the news was good! I have a sense of relief that I have done one more important thing to help take care of myself. Now it is my turn to offer the personal 'support' to friends and family as they come of age!"
Cindy, Age 58
"My mother had colon cancer. Luckily, she was treated and is well now. But because my mother had it, my doctor thought I should get tested when I was in my mid-40s. I remember drinking all of the 'special' stuff the day before (to clean out the colon). That was the hardest part of getting tested. During the test (I had a colonoscopy), I wanted to know what was going on, so I wasn't totally asleep. I actually watched it on a television monitor and it was interesting! They didn't find anything, and I was told to come back after I was 50."
"Well, I'm over 50 now, and have had two more colonoscopies. I had polyps both times and they were removed during the colonoscopy. I didn't have any symptoms at all… this proves how valuable screening for colorectal cancer is. While I don't know for certain that the polyps would have turned into cancer, I'm glad I won't have the chance to find out!"
"I tell everyone I can to get screened for colon cancer. I know, from seeing my mother go through treatment, that getting tested is no big deal compared with getting treated."
This information is courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC). Visit their website for the latest information on colorectal cancer.


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Aug 27, 2013 | 400 Pages
Aug 27, 2013 | 842 Minutes
"I Kiss Your Hand Many Times is the sweeping story of Marianne Szegedy-Maszák's family in pre– and post–World War II Europe, capturing the many ways the struggles of that period shaped her family for years to come. But most of all it is a beautiful love story, charting her parents' devotion in one of history's darkest hours."—Arianna Huffington, president and editor-in-chief, the Huffington Post Media Group
"In this panoramic and gripping narrative of a vanished world of great wealth and power, Marianne Szegedy-Maszák restores an important missing chapter of European, Hungarian, and Holocaust history."—Kati Marton, author of Paris: A Love Story and Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America
"How many times can a heart be broken? Hungarians know, Marianne Szegedy-Maszák's family more than most. History has broken theirs again and again. This is the story of that violence, told by the daughter of an extraordinary man and extraordinary woman who refused to surrender to it. Every perfectly chosen word is as it happened. So brace yourself. Truth can break hearts, too."—Robert Sam Anson, author of War News: A Young Reporter in Indochina
"This family memoir is everything you could wish for in the genre: the story of a fascinating family that illuminates the historical time it lived through. . . . Informative and fascinating in every way, [I Kiss Your Hands Many Times] is a great introduction to World War II Hungary and a moving tale of personal relationships in a time of great duress."—Booklist (starred review)


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This happens to me constantly, but I only design a small part of my work week. I imagine this happens to full time designers enough to drive them mad.
When you send a Photoshop document to another designer, pay some attention to how the layers and groups are named. It's really hard managing the file of someone else where everything in it is named Layer 2, Layer 2 copy, Layer 2 copy 8, etc., etc. The first thing I generally do is start toggling the visibility of each to figure out which is which and naming things accordingly. But ironically, this has even burned me in the past. The sender actually had the nerve to complain that I wasn't able to send the file back with changes because it no longer matched his "layer structure".
And you know, I guess I also disrupted the communication as now we can't refer to Layers in the file: "Look at Layer 13 copy 12. No, no, the other Layer 13 copy 12 in group 3 copy 6."
I'm just saying, garbage in, garbage out. Show some professional courtesy before you send that PSD.


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Utility poles are heavily damaged in the aftermath of Isaac as Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal's motorcade passes through Grad Isle, La., Friday, Aug. 31. Isaac is now a tropical depression, with the center on track to cross Arkansas on Friday and southern Missouri on Friday night, spreading rain through the regions.
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This aerial photo shows boats washed up on a road in Yscloskey, La., Friday, Aug. 31.
NBC News staff and wire reports: Hundreds of thousands of people in Louisiana on Friday suffered in humid heat due to power outages caused by Isaac, while tornado alerts were issued for five other states as the system moved slowly into the central U.S.
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Mercury Extreme Pro SSD
by Wayne A. Thorp
For most people, computer hard drives are not very exciting. So you may be surprised that I have decided to review one for this installment of Gadget Corner. However, this hard drive is unlike any other I have ever used.
The first hard disk drive was introduced by IBM in 1956. These drives feature rotating platters on a motor-driven spindle—similar to a record on a record player. Data is magnetically read from and written to the platter by heads that float above the platters.
Over the last several years, a new format has been making its way into the marketplace, especially for portable systems: solid state drives (SSDs). Just like traditional hard disk drives (HDDs), SSDs allow you to save data, images and music. Where they differ is in the execution. Whereas hard disk drives write data to, and read from, spinning platters, solid state drives store data on memory chips. Simply put, a solid state drive is a much larger version of the flash drive you may have in your digital camera.
Three advantages SSDs have over HDDs are speed, power, and longevity. Traditional hard disk drives, no matter how fast they are, still have to move their read heads over the platters (envision a needle on a record). Solid state drives, in contrast, have no moving parts. This allows them to read and write data at much higher speeds.
Also, since there are no moving parts, SSDs use less power and produce less heat than a traditional hard disk drive. This means they don't draw down a laptop battery as quickly as HDDs, which is why you tend to find solid state drives in portable systems. Lastly, the lack of moving parts in a solid state drive significantly lowers the likelihood of mechanical failure.
These benefits carry with them a pretty steep price premium. However, for those of you looking for maximum drive speeds, a solid state drive may be worth the price.
For the last couple of months I have been using an SSD drive on one of AAII's development systems; specifically, a 240 gigabyte (G) Mercury Extreme Pro SSD from OWC (Other World Computing). My experience has demonstrated the benefits of using SSDs with applications and processes that require a lot of data writing and reading.
There are numerous third-party benchmark tests comparing the performance of the Mercury Extreme to other SSDs. However, what I find most important is real-world performance. I used the Mercury Extreme Pro on a system we use to process data for AAII's Stock Investor Pro fundamental stock screening and research database program. This involves the extraction and processing of hundreds of gigabytes of data. In relation to comparable systems we also use, I found that the Mercury Extreme Pro lowered our processing times by anywhere from 25% to 33%, not an insignificant performance boost considering that some of these processes take days to complete.
According to the OWC website, the Mercury Extreme Pro SSD has read speeds that are over 45 times faster than a standard HDD and write speeds that are over 35 times faster. Some of the fastest HDDs have peak data read rates of 80 megabits per second, while OWC claims maximum data read rates for the Mercury Extreme Pro of 280 megabits per second, almost four times faster.
The performance of the Mercury Extreme Pro (and all SSDs) carries with them a pretty stiff price premium. As I have written in the past, I feel that, for this reason, these ultra high-performance drives are intended for those needing maximum speed—namely, enterprise users and those performing heavy disk read/write functions. I don't feel that these drives are intended for the typical PC user.
The 240G drive we tested retails from OWC for $500, or approximately $2.08 per gigabyte. By comparison, you can find standard 250G hard disk drives for around $40, or $0.16 per gigabyte (a 1,200% difference).
OWC claims that the Mercury Extreme Pro SSD is one of the fastest internal SSDs available today. Based on our tests, there is no doubt that this drive is fast. For the end-user, the decision will probably come down to the cost of such a drive. For the type of work we do at AAII, cutting a half a day off our data processing is well worth the price of the drive. For the typical computer user, the price premium may be much too steep.
OWC Mercury Extreme Pro SSD
From $99 (40G) to $919 (480G); available only from OWC
- Significant performance over traditional HDD
- Lower power consumption
- Less prone to mechanical failures (hard drive crashes)
- 30-day money back guarantee
- Significant price premium over traditional HDD
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In the arena of sports agents, a profession crowded with more lawyers wanting to represent athletes than athletes who need representation, Arn Tellem, '79, always finds room.
Now principal of WMG Management, Tellem has been named the most influential agent in sports by both The Sporting News and the Sports Business Journal. He has represented such NBA superstars as longtime Indiana Pacers guard Reggie Miller and Chicago Bulls standout Derrick Rose, as well as MLB talents such as Chicago White Sox slugger Frank Thomas and MVP second baseman Chase Utley.
Yet when Tellem was embarking on law school, the sports agent industry was so young that even he, a lifelong sports fan with an affinity for his hometown Philadelphia teams, never considered a career as an agent.
"I always had an interest in sports, but the agent business and working as a lawyer in sports was still really in its infancy," Tellem says. "I wasn't really aware of lawyers working for teams as I entered law school. My first interest was politics, and my goal was to run a presidential campaign."
In the brief history of sports agents, Michigan has produced some heavy hitters. Tellem's first job out of law school was with an L.A. firm that included Alan Rothenberg, '63, who represented the owner of the Los Angeles Lakers. Tim Hoy, '82, knew Tellem from Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney and has worked with him for 12 years, now as vice president of WMG Management. Rob Pelinka, '96, who as an undergrad was a basketball teammate of Michigan's famed Fab Five, was a summer clerk for Tellem and Hoy when
he was in law school and later followed his mentors into the business.
Even today, the sports agent industry is enduring growing pains. The glamour
of working alongside professional athletes lures many to the profession—and success depends more on hustle than credentials, says Sherman Clark, the Kirkland & Ellis Professor of Law, who has taught sports law at Michigan for more than 10 years.
"I don't know how complete the professionalization of the field is," Clark says. "In all major sports, an agent has to be approved by the union, and the NFL requires you to have some advanced degree beyond undergrad. Many prominent agents are lawyers, but you don't have to be."
Sports agents didn't emerge until the 20th century, becoming necessary as reverence for professional athletes skyrocketed, along with their salaries.
The first athlete known to use an agent was Harold "Red" Grange, the Galloping Ghost from the University of Illinois. In an era when most professional football players received $25 to $100 a game, Grange reached
a deal in 1925 with the Chicago Bears that gave him an annual salary of $125,000, plus a share of the gate proceeds. Grange negotiated with a personal representative—C.C. "Cash and Carry" Pyle, a theater owner and all-around professional promoter, at his side decades before the term "sports agent"
was even coined.
As a profession, the business of sports agents took a major leap forward
in 1960, when lawyer Mark McCormack told a young Arnold Palmer that he was thinking about starting a company of business managers to represent professional golfers. With a handshake, the two men essentially started International Management Group and cemented a partnership that
would usher in an era of corporate sponsorships, merchandise
licensing, and made-for-TV sports.
In 1964, when Earl Wilson was negotiating his contract with the Boston Red Sox, he turned for help to attorney Bob Woolf, who previously had represented him following a car accident. But Wilson wasn't permitted to have his agent with him at the negotiating table; he would call Woolf from a nearby pay phone when he needed advice.
"It was not until the late '60s that the profession of sports agent became something people could do," Clark says. "That doesn't mean athletes didn't have sports agents; there just wasn't an established field. People might have their dad or a lawyer friend help them with the contract—as in, 'Hey, could you look at this for me?' But before the late '60s and union collective bargaining, there wasn't much negotiating. A team offered you a contract, and you just took it—or not."
A former Detroit Tigers player later played a role in determining Tellem's first career steps. As he was researching firms in his 2L year, he discovered that Los Angeles–based Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney had a strong presence in Democratic Party politics, ties to Michigan through then-partner Rothenberg, and, most important, a connection to his childhood hero, Tigers first baseman Hank Greenberg, whose son Steve practiced sports law at the Manatt firm.
"To my grandparents, Hank Greenberg was a very important figure in the
'30s and '40s," Tellem says. "He was a source of Jewish pride for me, and
so, naturally, Steve's involvement in the firm piqued my interest. During my [internship] interview, I was offered a job. I was so excited that I accepted on the spot. When I told my parents in Philly that I was moving to L.A., they were in shock. To allay their fears, I said, 'The firm represents Barbra Streisand, and Hank Greenberg's son works there.' Then, suddenly, everything was okay."
After that summer, Tellem was back at Michigan for his final year of law school, in 1979, when he got his first chance to recruit an athlete: Rick Leach, the Michigan All-American in football and baseball. "I met with him, met with his family, and tried to convince them to go with our firm," Tellem recalls. "They didn't, but I got a taste of what it was like to recruit an athlete."
Out of college, he took a job at Manatt, a decision helped along by its location in L.A. His future wife, Nancy—who years later would become president of CBS Entertainment—was a California native. After a few years of tax and litigation work, he helped the firm pick up its first athlete-clients, baseball players met at spring training camps. In the late '80s, Tellem branched into
the NBA when he signed a gangly UCLA grad named Reggie Miller.
In 1989, Tellem struck out on his own, taking Miller and his handful of other sports clients with him. In 2000, SFX Entertainment bought Tellem's firm, and soon, Tellem convinced his protégé Pelinka to join him at SFX.
At Michigan, sports law was not offered as a course through much of the 1990s, since the previous instructor, Beverley Pooley, had retired. In the
late '90s, a group of interested students lobbied to bring back the class.
"I realized," Clark says, "that sports law is an excellent pedagogical tool and excellent course to teach to think about law generally, even if you have no interest in working in the field. Sports puts unique pressure on the law and makes you think more deeply about the law."
Chitta Mallik, '00, was in the first sports law class Clark taught. Mallik was interested in pursuing a facet of sports law, possibly as an agent. Then,
Tellem came to speak to Clark's class.
"His speech and my individual conversation with him, even though it lasted only a few minutes, were really inspiring," Mallik says of Tellem. "He truly loves his job and had made such an impact on his clients. You meet so many people, especially lawyers, who really dislike their jobs. To be able to finally talk to sports lawyers who enjoyed their trade made me think, 'This is something I must continue to explore further. I need to make this my goal.'"
Mallik reached out to Pelinka, too, and was motivated by his descriptions of watching
clients grow into successful men who positively impacted their communities. Then, Mallik charted his own course: He spent one summer doing legal research and landing marketing deals for a sports and entertainment lawyer in his home state of Maryland; the next summer, he worked at Morgan Lewis in Washington, D.C.— which represented Major League Baseball.
After law school, he took a job at Latham & Watkins, where he worked on mergers and acquisitions and IPOs before moving on to Octagon, a large sports and entertainment agency, where he drafted and negotiated lucrative endorsement deals. In 2009, Mallik
was certified as an NFL agent, and now helps run the Football Division of Washington, D.C.– based Perennial Sports & Entertainment, along with his business partner Tony Paige, a former NFL standout and veteran NFL agent.
Today, Perennial represents more than 30 NFL players, with Paige and Mallik leading the way. Mallik currently serves as one of the NFL agents for Cam Newton, the former Auburn quarterback who was the No. 1 overall pick in the
2011 NFL Draft and went on to win offensive Rookie of the Year.
Mallik's trajectory follows the path that Clark likes to outline for his students.
"I really like to tell someone that to prepare for a career in sports law, you should prepare for a career as a good lawyer," Clark says. "Take Contracts. Take Trusts. Pick a firm where you have athletes and sports teams."
This year, Mallik will return to Clark's class to describe his experiences as a young agent.
"When I talk to people who want to break into the industry, I always say,
'The most important thing is to talk to people who are living your dream,'" Mallik says. "It was tough for me to meet highly successful agents because
of their schedules, but persistence is the key. Being able to talk to the true leaders in my industry gave me the raw inside look into the world that was instrumental in launching my career."
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On Wednesday, May 14, the School of Mathematics and Sciences hosted the first Spring Research and Internship Symposium, where more than 50 students presented research they are conducting at Marian University.
For quite some time, the school has hosted a research symposium in the fall, but, according to Loren Bertocci, Ph.D., dean of the School of Mathematics and Sciences, "the quantity and caliber of authentic research and experiential learning our students now conduct has outgrown one single annual event."
With 56 students presenting 24 posters, the event was well attended by members of the Marian University and surrounding community.
"The students are so supportive of each other; it provides a positive energy I've never experienced before at an undergraduate symposium," said Samantha Oliphant, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology.
Several awards were presented to students who displayed excellence in research. The Michael J. Eoff Award for Research Excellence was granted to biology majors Emma Laut, Allison Goetz, and Crystal Kalorgris for their project entitled "A Proposal to Study the Relationship of Planarian Regeneration, Caffeine, and Heat Shock."
Gavyn Gerbofsky, Jack Hosty, Vance Fletcher, and Danny Gerow (biology majors) earned the Jerry L. Stumpf Award for Research Excellence for their project entitled, "Effects of Epidermal Growth Factor and Telomerase Activity on Growth in S. cerevisiae." Anna Dudley, chemistry major, earned the Richard J. Minasz Award for Research Excellence for her work on "Photoinduced reaction between Eosin Y and DODC1: Flourescene Studies."
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KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Missouri is due to execute early Wednesday a man convicted of killing a St. Louis-area jewelry store owner during a robbery after a federal court overruled his objections to the state's choice of lethal drugs.
Herbert Smulls, 56, is to die by a lethal dose of pentobarbital, a fast-acting barbiturate. The state Corrections Department said the execution would be after 12:01 a.m. Central Time on Wednesday at a state prison.
If it is carried out, Smulls would be Missouri's third execution since November and the sixth person put to death in the United States in 2014.
Smulls was convicted of shooting jewelry store owner Stephen Honickman to death while robbing his store in July 1991. Honickman's wife, Florence Honickman, was also shot during the attack, sustaining permanent injuries.
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How do different virtualization models impact how you license your desktop services? What are the current licensing models and do they apply in all instances of desktop virtualisation? Do the models impact on provisioning of services be they laptops, thin clients, Bring Your Own Computer (BYOC), or mobile devices?
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ORILLIA, Ont. — A single senior picked up a cheque for $20.6 million Monday, the sole winner of Friday's Lotto Max jackpot.
"You can't get it in cash. You'd need a dump truck," John Mason, 75, joked in a phone interview from the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. office in Toronto.
"It was dumbfounding. It was hard to believe," Mason said of how he felt when he realized his ticket was the big winner.
Mason bought the $5 Lotto Max ticket from Laclie Guardian Pharmacy in Orillia Thursday and checked the ticket Saturday.
"I get the results at the store and get the numbers along with my newspapers," he said. "I saw I had a winner and went back over and got it validated."
The big win felt "really good," he added.
The former union electrician retired eight years ago and has been living in Orillia on and off for the past 30 years.
"I'm planning on buying a nice home in Orillia and a new vehicle, and then taking care of my family," he said.
Mason doesn't have children, but he has brothers, sisters, nieces and nephews.
Mason said he has travelled to Florida in past winters and will most likely hit up a warmer climate again this winter.
"I'm thinking of going somewhere warm for the winter," he said. "It might be Hawaii."
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Available in a black matte vinyl finish, the Energy Power 10 has a 10-inch, front-firing woofer and 100 watts of power. The Energy Power 12 bumps that up to a 12-inch, front-firing woofer that produces 150 watts of power.
"Subwoofers were the apparent next step for the expansion of our Energy Power series," said Tommy Jacobs, director of customer development for Energy. "To accompany our high-performing soundbars, we are focused on providing the same powered functionality that's present throughout the series, while ensuring Energy fans have a top-of-the-line subwoofer to not only complete, but perfect, their home theater experience."
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Hours: 1 position x 37 hours per week and 1 position x 22.2 hours per week
Location: Marischal College
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To provide a professional legal advice and representation service to the Council, and other organisations as authorised by the Council, as directed by the Team Leader.
To provide a customer and solution focused service based on the principles of continuous improvement, professionalism, integrity and best value.
To represent the Council's interests in legal matters to a high professional standard.
Aberdeen City Council has recently modernised the way it delivers its in-house legal service which
provides legal and commercial advice to the Council and some public sector partners. Aberdeen City Council is one of Scotland's largest councils and is at the heart of some of Scotland's most exciting projects.
We currently have 2 opportunities for suitably qualified Solicitors to join our ambitious and progressive Service which aims to deliver a 'right first time' and solution-focused legal service, working with its clients to innovate, modernise and transform the way that Legal Services does business.
We have 1 permanent full-time vacancy and 1 permanent part-time vacancy in our Property Team which deals with sales and purchases of residential and commercial properties and land, leases, Standard Securities, Wayleaves and Servitudes, grant agreements and general advice relating to all property law matters.
The post holder must hold a current unrestricted practicing certificate from the Law Society of Scotland at the date of commencement of employment with the Council.
Aberdeen City Council also offers favourable terms and conditions including flexible working and salary sacrifice schemes
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Admitted as a solicitor in Scotland holding a Practising Certificate from the Law Society of Scotland.
An up to date knowledge of the legislation and practice in Conveyancing / Property law.
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Provision of clear, succinct and commercially-focused advice and support to clients.
Active representation of the Council's interests in legal matters to a high professional standard and in a manner which is flexible, accessible, approachable and solutions-focused.
A business partner approach to clients fostering a customer and solutions-focused approach to the delivery of legal services.
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Effective and appropriate prioritisation of work to meet tight deadlines.
Proficiency in analytical, research, investigative and drafting skills.
Adaptability to the changing priorities and working practices of the Service and the Council as a whole.
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(AP) Jeter to start rehab assignment
New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter will play start playing in minor league games on Saturday as he works his way back from an ankle injury.
The team announced on Friday that Jeter, who hasn't played this season due to a broken left ankle, has been cleared to begin a rehab assignment and is scheduled to join Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Yankees captain is scheduled to play at least five innings in Saturday's game.
Jeter broke his ankle in the opener of the AL championship series on Oct. 13. After surgery, he played five spring training games because of soreness. A new break was discovered on April 18.
On Friday at Steinbrenner Field in Tampa, Fla., Jeter took six simulated at-bats against minor league pitchers and ran the bases after putting the ball in play. He also did one of his signature jump throws to first after fielding a grounder in the hole during defensive drills.


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You know what I mean. The same people do the majority of the work most of the time. We see the pattern everywhere. It's especially pervasive in volunteer organizations.
Sure there's a "can do" attitude. Yet it's hard to find amidst the all-too-common "wait and see" approach of settling back and expecting someone else to take the initiative.
Sometimes it gets so frustrating.
Perhaps in an attempt not to be taken advantage of, people tend to bury their heads in the sand. Yet even when one individual musters the courage and the determination to take the first step, the rest are more likely to criticize than to join in.
How many times have you heard, "Why should I be the one to do it? They wouldn't do it for me! Why should I go out on a limb for them?"
Perhaps the answer can be learned from the animal kingdom. I'll never forget a magnificent National Geographic feature on penguins that was published years ago. One photo in particular remains indelibly etched in my mind. It was a fascinating group shot of these birds in Antarctica. They were standing in successive circles - actually circles within circles within circles.
What caught my interest was the fact that each penguin took its rightful turn in the outer circle. In proper rotation, every bird accepted its role - shielding the pack from the howling winds gusting off the horribly frigid sub-zero terrain. Their behavior was innateæ that's how penguins manage to survive as a group.
You might be saying to yourself, "but we're not penguins." And you're right.
Perhaps another example will resound closer to home. A story comes to mind that was told by Wayne Dyer, PhD, author of Real Magic and several other best-sellers. It's about a female executive who purchases a magazine and a bag of chocolate chip cookies after learning that her flight was delayed. Sitting in the airport waiting area, she settles in and proceeds to scan a few pages of her magazine. Reaching for a chocolate chip cookie from the bag which is placed on the table between her and the adjacent seat, something strange catches her eye.
As if precisely on cue, the gentleman beside her reaches into the bag for a tasty snack as well. Taken back for a moment, she cannot believe her eyes. "What audacity!" she thinks to herself. Mentally struggling with what she thinks she saw, the woman brushes off the incident and reaches into the bag for another cookie. To her surprise, he follows suit - this time smiling and nodding his head as an affirmation.
With staccato-like movements, she reaches into the bag, and so does he. With each cookie she grabs, he takes one immediately after. As her blood pressure rises to the boiling point and her cookies progressively disappear one after another, the man simply continues to smile. Finally he reaches into the bag and discovers it's the last one.
Then he performs the unspeakable. Rather than munching on it, he simply stares at her for a second. Then he breaks it in half, grins ear to ear, and proceeds to hand her the larger piece.
Enraged beyond composure, she jumps to her feet, throws his offering to the floor and nearly trips over her briefcase as she scurries to a long waiting line. There she remains red-faced and angry. "How could anyone be so brazen?" she says to herself. "That's why this world is such a mess. Who does he think he is ... eating MY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES?"
Consumed with rage, she remains transfixed in the moment. After what seems to be an eternity, movement in the line ahead finally breaks her concentration. Yet she cannot move beyond the incident. Slowly approaching the counter and recalling every morsel he ate with a sickening smile on his face, she reaches into her bag to grab her boarding pass. Suddenly all of her blood rushes to her toes and she goes pale on the spot.
For beneath her ticket she discovers ... HER BAG OF CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES!
Did you ever stop and think about whose cookies you're munching? Perhaps it's time to figure this out. Actually you may be surprised by another perspective you never considered.
And when was the last time you took your turn in the outer circle? Yes the wind is searing and the chill is unnerving. Yet when we join forces, accept our responsibility, support each other, and share our chocolate chip cookies, the odds of success improve immensely - Mind Over Matter!


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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - One worker remained hospitalized on Saturday following an explosion at a Donaldsonville, Louisiana, nitrogen production plant on Friday that killed one worker and injured seven.
CF Industries said one company employee is in stable condition at a local hospital while the other injured people, including CF workers and employees of the company's contractors, were released after being treated.
Killed in the incident was 56-year-old Ronald "Rocky" Morris Jr., who had worked at the company for 34 years.
The accident occurred at about 6 p.m. on Friday in a section of the plant that had been shut down for maintenance activity, Frey said. A piece of equipment called a nitrogen distribution header ruptured during the off-loading of nitrogen from a truck. The company said the accident produced no fire or chemical release and did not pose any threat or hazard to the surrounding area.
Donaldsonville is a small city on the Mississippi River about 60 miles northwest of New Orleans.
"Our priority right now is the health and safety of our employees," Donaldsonville plant manager Lou Frey said in a company news release.
The explosion came a day after a blast occurred at a Williams Olefins petrochemical plant about 10 miles to the north in Geismar that killed two people and injured more than 100. Five workers injured in that accident remain hospitalized, according to the company.
Frey said CF Industries is investigating the cause of the explosion in Donaldsonville and continues to cooperate with local and regulatory agencies.
CF Industries manufactures ammonia and other nitrogen fertilizers at its Donaldsonville facility and ships about 5 million tons of ammonia and other nitrogen fertilizers annually for agricultural and industrial uses, according to the company website. The plant was built in the 1960s.
The company is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
A fire and massive blast at a nitrate fertilizer plant in West, Texas, in April killed 14 people and injured more than 200, focusing attention on the hazards of handling chemicals.
(Editing by Mary Wisniewski and Mohammad Zargham)


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