It's here! There's nothing like a release day. I began DIVINE FALL in February 2013, when I came up with the idea for my first Young Adult book. Writing YA is a very different endeavor, but I love a new challenge, and I'm thrilled with how this book turned out. In particular, the first person POV presents a number of obstacles, which I discuss here.
The cover of this book was another new challenge for me, as I was able to take control of the entire process. With a combination of research and luck, however, I found the right people to bring my vision to life with art and font even more beautiful than I imagined. More about designing the gorgeous cover here.
Of course, what's inside needs to be compelling, too--and I'm hoping my readers enjoy this story, which is a bit different than my two previous ghost story/reunion romance novels, SILVER LAKE and GULL HARBOR. But I needed a change, and this story demanded to be told once the initial idea grew in my mind.
So, without further ado, please enjoy the blurb and the cover of DIVINE FALL below. My character and setting inspiration board on Pinterest is linked below as well, along with Buy links for all formats. Thanks for stopping by to celebrate with me!
I love the covers of all three of my books. When I received my first contract for SILVER LAKE, I was absolutely overjoyed, and the whole process was brand new to me. My publisher, The Wild Rose Press, actually allows the author quite a bit of input in terms of cover art. A detailed questionnaire was provided, and I filled it out with my ideas and suggestions. We're encouraged to send in pictures or copies of book covers we like as well, and I had a ball searching the Internet for inspiration. You can find the pictures I sent in on the Pinterest board for SILVER LAKE, and the one for GULL HARBOR.
However, the final decision on the cover belongs to the publisher, as they've bought the rights to the book. A cover needs to do a lot of things...in this competitive market, visibility is key, and an eye-catching cover can help with that. I read a lot of YA books, and I think this is especially important within the Young Adult Romance genre. There are so many absolutely breathtaking covers! And yes, I know the old adage about not judging a book by its cover, but gorgeous covers get noticed, and a reader can't consider a book unless they've noticed it among the millions of choices. The cover, or packaging, is one of the 5 "P"s of Marketing.
Which leads me back to my original degree--I have an MBA in Marketing. So with my third novel, I decided I'd step up and use it, along with what I've learned about the industry in the past 6 years, and take total control of DIVINE FALL. Yes, that means publishing the title on my own--a scary process. There's so much to consider and more things to learn. But it also meant I could design the cover from start to finish, and while it felt a bit overwhelming at first, I am so, so happy with the results.
Where to start? If you google "book cover artists", the results are mindboggling. So I headed back to my favorite place for inspiration, Pinterest. I searched "beautiful book covers" and went from there. And then I found her--the artist I knew I needed to have: here is a board of book covers created by Phatpuppyart. Every single one is stunning, in my opinion. I sent the initial email, and I described what I was envisioning for my new book's cover. Claudia and I decided to work together, and things moved very quickly from there.
First, I needed to pick out the pair of linked hands from a stock photo site. That was fun (literally) - I think I viewed every single photo of arms on depositphotos.com. I was able to compare them in a "lightbox"; I then picked out my two favorites and sent them to the artist so she could choose the one that would work best. I purchased the rights to use the one Claudia selected.
From there, we discussed the background...this book takes place during autumn, and much of the action takes place in the woods. Plus, there is the paranormal element...a fallen angel, or Nephilim, with a host of dangerous secrets. Once I described the setting and mood and sent the blurb, Claudia came up with the gorgeous background in record time. I was absolutely blown away. It's perfect!
Then one of Claudia's partners, The Font Diva, took over. Again, I got to look over the portfolio of covers and pick out fonts I liked. Once I sent in my choices, she designed the font for the title, author name, and added the floating feathers to bring in the Nephilim element. Again, I was blown away. So, so beautiful. Now that the formatting is done, she'll be creating the spine and the back cover, complete with more feathers and beautiful lettering.
I can't say enough about the level of professionalism and the quality of their work. I'm so happy with the finished product, and I enjoyed the process immensely! DIVINE FALL has its own Pinterest board, of course, which I sent to Claudia when we began. Check out the characters, setting, and cover art inspiration - and click here to add to your Goodreads list! Less than a week until release day--July 25--, and I'll be able to hold the physical book, with the beautiful cover, in my hands!
Last year, I filmed my very first television interview--I was invited to discuss SILVER LAKE on Books and the World, a local cable program. The first link takes you to the post with the actual interview, but this one explains how nervous I was! So why, one might ask, did I ask to go through it again?
Because I'm passionate about my books, and I constantly push myself beyond my comfort zone in order to connect with readers. As an avid reader myself, I know I'm always looking for recommendations. When I find a book I can't put down, I'm truly transported...it's my absolute favorite form of entertainment. My hope is that my books provide that type of enjoyment for fans of romance, suspense, and the paranormal.
So...I finally sent the email to the producers of the show, telling them about my latest release, GULL HARBOR. I was invited to return for another interview, and we filmed on June 13 (Friday the 13th, but that's okay, I'm a big fan of the number 13). This time, I found I was much more relaxed as I waited in the conference room. I was introduced to my interviewer, an amazing WWII veteran who said he enjoyed my paranormal romance immensely. That set me at ease, until he further stated that we would not discuss any questions in advance. We'd just have a conversation, in front of the cameras.
I'm a plotter. I like to be prepared. My nerves fired back up into overdrive. But it was fine, and I found myself actually forgetting about the camera this time, and just focusing on answering the questions and discussing my passion.
The producers informed me that although the show only airs in certain towns, the episode would be available on a statewide access website. Any town could pick it up, if requested to do so.
Again, I pushed myself beyond my comfort zone. I emailed the cable stations in both my hometown and my husband's hometown. And guess what happened? One of those stations invited me to come in for THEIR author interview program, which airs in 44 towns with a potential reach of one million viewers! The authors who've appeared on the program include some very big names. Since DIVINE FALL releases this summer, we'll be focusing on my new YA paranormal romance.
Of course, I'm over the moon to have this opportunity. Once again, I'll have to push my anxiety aside for the sake of my passion. And while being interviewed in front of a camera is not yet something I feel completely comfortable doing, I've got to admit, each time gets a little easier. Here's hoping I don't make up any words this time!
I'm a fan of all things paranormal, but ghosts are my particular obsession. I've always wanted to see one. If there's a Haunted Walking Tour, I'm there. But no luck, so far, seeing one in "person". I love all those paranormal reality shows on TV. I've even considered paying to spend the night in a haunted colonial jail a few towns over. Apparently, no one has made it through the night yet! If they had indoor plumbing, I would do it. For now, I'll be using the old jail in my current work-in-progress, HAUNTED SOULS.
Although I've never seen anything, I've had other experiences. In addition to that incident, something odd happened the other night. I awoke to a strange noise: I thought I heard someone climbing the stairs over and over, up and down, accompanied by the sound of change jingling from a pocket. Now, my husband runs a few mornings a week, and sometimes he does the stairs a few times to warm up, but I lay there in the dark thinking, why does he have a pocketful of change when he's going running? Then I rolled over and saw that he was still in bed next to me, and both our sons were at sleepovers.
For my third novel, I found inspiration in a new place--the Old Testament of the Bible. I was reviewing the story of Noah and the Ark one night for a Sunday School class I had to teach, and I came upon the Book of Enoch. This text contains the passage about Nephilim, the offspring of male angels and female humans. An idea sparked for my first YA paranormal romance, DIVINE FALL. This book will be releasing at the end of the month, and I'm so excited! If you'd like a peek at the characters and setting, check out my Pinterest board. You can also add DIVINE FALL to your Goodreads list here.
It was fun researching angels for this project, but the beauty of writing paranormal fiction is the ability to allow your imagination to fill in the details. I'm always careful to try to stay within certain boundaries--I want a story grounded in reality, so that the paranormal elements aren't an enormous leap. All the supernatural occurrences are backed up with explanations, even if those explanations are created in my mind. I constructed quite a story about the Nephilim in my head, despite the fact that there are only a few small paragraphs about them in the Bible: in Genesis (Book of Enoch) and Numbers 13:33. If you enjoy YA paranormal romance filled with dark suspense and forbidden love, I hope you'll give it a try!


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Academics for PeaceNews
Three academics given suspended prison terms for calling an for end to state violence
Three Turkish academics were sentenced to one year and three months in prison on 23 February, in a hearing at the İstanbul 32nd High Criminal Courthouse in a trial where they were charged with "terror propaganda."
İstanbul University research assistants Ayda Rona and Ezgi Pınar and retired Istanbul University professor İzzettin Önder were given the sentence under Turkey's Counterrorterrorsim Law 7/2, which criminalizes supporting the convictions of groups which are considered as terrorist organizations.
The sentences were deferred, meaning they will not actually serve in prison unless they repeat the crime in the near future.
The three academics are among more than 1000 who signed a petition in early 2016 calling for an end to destructive operations that were conducted by the Turkish military in the country's mainly Kurdish-populated provinces, during which many civilians were allegedly killed.
Academics have been appearing one after another in Turkish courts since December 2017. This was the first time a conviction came out in the more recent trials.
Usually, the only outlets which send reporters to the trials are Bianet, Sendika.org and Evrensel. This report was compiled from reports in Bianet and Sendika.org.
Constitutional Court's test with the Academics for Peace file continues
Constitutional Court postpones Academics for Peace meeting as the Ministry delays submitting an opinion
Academic Özlem Beyarslan is sentenced to 1 year and 3 months in prison
Hearing of 'peace academics' Mungan, Camcı, Kaya and Ersoy adjourned until January

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Book 4 is out RIGHT NOW!
Our ongoing national dialogue about state of Canadian politics is touching on some very necessary topics, like the ones covered in this article. I've seen this article shared on Facebook and Twitter several times, and I'm glad that it's being talked about. There's one clarification I'd like to make to everyone who uses the word 'partisan' as a label for the people responsible for our current political morass: 'partisan' isn't a dirty word.
Maybe it's just the language geek in me, but I can't accept an automatic negative connotation to 'partisan'. It simply means "a supporter of a person, party, group, or cause". You could easily substitute the word 'fan' for 'partisan' and it would work just as well. And just like a room full of Leaf fans, there will be a wide range of personalities within any partisan crowd. Some will be blindly partisan, committed to the cause no matter what the team does or how badly it abuses the rules of the game. But there will be a large number of thoughtful, respectful fans there too. Those fans will cheer when the team plays hard and clean, but they'll make their disappointment known when the team starts to play dirty.
And that cuts to the heart of the problem we're facing in the current political climate: not enough respect for the rules of the game. Good sportsmanship demands that you care about how you win, not just winning itself. A victory made possible by exploiting the rules isn't much of a victory at all, and it certainly doesn't reflect the dignity and seriousness that government requires. It's the job of the partisan to police their own team, and make sure that the leaders they support are acting in a way that they can be proud of. We don't need leaders who are "shamelessly political", we need leaders who avoid doing shameful things.
There isn't any easy fix for it-it takes hard work and involvement from sensible and decent people. I believe that there are good people who can have a profoundly positive impact in the public arena, but they need support from their communities. When we tune out and disengage, the bad guys win.
I think the biggest problem is that so many people are incredibly overwhelmed by their day-to-day lives and tuning-out is a protective mechanism. And, here in NZ anyway, the differences between our Left and Right wing parties seem so small these days that people can't see what they would be fighting for if they started backing one or the other – or even individuals for that matter. Interestingly, it's our Green Party which is making the greatest gains in the popularity stakes at the moment.
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About 100 members of the Finger Lakes Action Network and the Ithaca community protested against fracking while Governor Andrew Cuomo attended a meeting Wednesday, July 10 in Schoellkopf Hall at Cornell University.
Members of the Ithaca community joined with representatives of Gas Free Seneca in a flotilla protest against Inergy LP Saturday, June 22.
Ithaca College announced Wednesday that the Rochester, N.Y., component of its Physical Therapy program will be moved to the college's South Hill campus in Fall 2014.
The Office of Public Safety and Emergency Management is investigating two reports of burglaries, involving stolen electronics and sporting equipment, in the Circle Apartments on Thursday.
New members of the 2013-2014 Student Government Association talk about their goals, challenges, and what they hope to change in the upcoming year.
Get to know the newly elected members of the college's Student Government Association for the 2013-14 academic year.
Expect a detour around the East Clinton Street Bridge beginning Monday as one lane will be closed while construction resumes from last year.


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A Real Look at Life in the Air Force
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The Air Force has the reputation of having the best quality of life programs (dormitories, family housing, on-base shopping and services, and recreation) of all the military service branches.
That's probably because the Air Force got a head start in using a significant portion of their funding to establish, maintain, or expand their quality of life programs. All airmen (except basic training, technical school, and at some remote overseas assignments) now get a room to themselves, which may not sound like much, but it can be a major perk when you've spent all day in training and need some alone time.
How has the Air Force addressed quality of life on its bases for its airmen? Here are a few areas where this branch of the military concentrated its resources.
"Airman" is the Air Force's generic term for its troops, like "soldier" in the Army or "sailor" in the Navy. An airman can be male or female.
Air Force Rebuilt Its Dormitories
The Air Force converted its living quarters for airmen into single-occupancy years before any of the other services. The Air Force standard is the "4 x 4," which houses four airmen in a dorm with a shared common living area, complete with a kitchen and living room. However, each airman has their own bedroom and bathroom. At most bases, airmen in the rank of E-4 and above with at least three years of service can move off base and receive a monetary housing allowance, called BAH.
Like the other services, the Air Force converted existing on-base family housing to military privatized housing. Under this concept, civilian companies are encouraged to construct, maintain, and manage military-only housing complexes on and close to military bases.
The Air Force program is called housing privatization. More than 30,000 units across the United States were updated in the mid-2000s, at a cost of around $4 billion.
Quality of Life: Other Perks on Air Force Bases
At most bases, married airmen are given a choice of living in family housing or living off base at a place of their choosing with a monthly housing allowance. It is particularly appealing to airmen with small children, or who are starting a family.
Airmen authorized to live off base at government expense and those who live in family housing receive a monthly food allowance, called BAS. Those who live in the dormitories do not normally receive this allowance but eat their meals for free in the on-base dining facilities (chow halls).
All Air Force bases have a wide array of recreational activities both for airmen and their families, including rec centers, swimming pools, intramural sports, and even the Green Knights motorcycle club on some bases.
Families on Air Force Bases
As with other branches of the military, when airmen are deployed on active duty, there are a whole host of amenities at Air Force bases to keep families safe and create a normal day-to-day atmosphere.
Quality of Life Facts You Should Consider Before Joining the Navy
Is it Better to Live in Military Family Housing or Off-Base?
Should I Join the Marine Corps? All About Quality of Life
Living On or Off Base for Single US Military Members
Things to Consider Before Joining the Army: Quality of Life
Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi
What Your Recruiter Never Told You About Housing
An Overview and Guide of Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas
Here Is an Overview of Norfolk Naval Base in Norfolk, Virginia
Overview of Malmstrom Air Force Base in Montana
All About the Misawa Air Base in Japan
About the Yokota Air Base, Japan
Everything You Need to Know to Understand Military Pay


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One killed as gunmen enter TV station in the Afghan capital after detonating explosives at gate.
At least one security guard was killed as fighters stormed a private television station in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
An employee at Shamshad TV told TOLOnews on Tuesday that the attackers, who were wearing police uniforms, entered the station's building after detonating explosives at the gate.
Gunfire was heard from the scene, while security forces and ambulances rushed to the area, TOLOnews reported.
"The gunmen barricaded themselves inside the TV station. They [threw] projectiles, grenades and rockets from inside," said Al Jazeera's Jennifer Glasse, reporting from Kabul.
Police confirmed that one security guard was killed.
The Taliban denied it was behind the attack, in a tweet.
Our correspondent said the siege, which lasted more than one hour, was now over.
Journalists face an increasing threat in Afghanistan. In May, at least six journalists were killed in an attack on a television and radio station in the eastern city of Jalalabad.
At least 13 journalists were killed in 2016 - the deadliest in years, Al Jazeera's Glasse said.


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Home > Transport and Cities > Transport > Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney
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Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney
Australians love their cars but hate congestion. Most commuters in Sydney drive to work, and one of the big conversation topics in Sydney is just how clogged the roads have become. The city has grown by 20 per cent in the past decade, and the rate of population growth is speeding up.
Managing more congested roads is one of the most potent challenges of rapid population growth. Sydney is a very car-dependent city, even though it has higher patronage of public transport than any other Australia city.
In this Forward Thinking event, an expert panel considered:
Can we manage Sydney congestion by working our existing approaches harder? Or has the city reached a tipping point, where a new approach is needed?
If Sydney adopted a different approach, what could it do to keep the city moving?
Joanna Mather covers national affairs for the Australian Financial Review from the national newspaper's Canberra bureau. Her recent focus has been on tax, superannuation federal politics but prior to that she spent several years writing about education. In 2013, Joanna was named the Higher Education Journalist of the Year by Universities Australia and the National Press Club. She was also named an Outstanding Early Career Alumnus by James Cook University.
Owen Hayford is a partner at PwC Legal specialising in infrastructure. Owen has advised on many of Australia's most significant Public Private Partnerships including Sydney Metro Northwest, the Waratah Train, numerous tollroads in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne, the Northern Gas Pipeline and the Adelaide to Darwin railway project. He has advised all relevant participants including government, sponsors, contractors, operators, equity investors, debt financiers and special purpose project companies. Owen is also an acknowledged thought leader on PPPs and the infrastructure sector.
Bryan Willey is currently Director Road Transport Strategy Transport for NSW, with a background that includes introducing bus priority, road network planning, performance measurement, and multi-modal transport planning in London—advising on the development of mass transit systems, and lead on the establishment of public transport and infrastructure projects. He has worked in both the private and public sectors in Australia, the United Kingdom and the Middle East. Bryan has most recently led on the delivery of the NSW Road Planning Framework, the review of road network congestion and reliability in Australia and New Zealand on behalf of Austroads. He is currently leading strategy and planning for an integrated land use and transport vision for Sydney and NSW for the next 40 years through 'Future Transport'.
Marion Terrill is Transport Program Director at the Grattan Institute, and author of Stuck in traffic? Road congestion in Sydney and Melbourne, published on 3 October 2017. Her previous publications have focused on government infrastructure investment, cost overruns on transport infrastructure, and value capture. Before joining the Grattan Institute in 2015, Marion had extensive experience in public policy, ranging from authoring parts of the 2010 Henry Tax Review to leading the design and development of the MyGov account.
Sydney, it's time to embrace congestion charging
Published by the Sydney Morning Herald, Monday 14 October Is New York crazy? It's the latest global city to embrace congestion charging. Vancouver, Beijing and Jakarta are not far behind. London,…
Why it's time for congestion charging: better ways to manage busy urban roads
Australia's capital cities should join many of the great cities of the world by charging drivers who use the busiest roads at the busiest times. We recommend a three-stage reform: within the next…
Right time, right place, right price: a practical plan for congestion charging in Sydney and Melbourne
Drivers should be charged $5 to enter the Sydney and Melbourne CBDs in the morning peak and another $5 to exit in the afternoon peak, as part of a package of reforms to make our biggest cities work be…


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Look up monthly rankings for 1-12, 18, 24, 36, 48, and 60-month time periods using the options below. Data and statistics are as of December 2021. For more information, please see Climatological Rankings.
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Yamaha has revealed the F155 Concept in Vietnam. The moto-scooter concept takes inspiration from the Yamaha YZF-R15 V3.0 sportbike which is also on sale in the Indian market. Despite being a scooter, the F155 is built around the same Deltabox frame as the motorcycle.
(Also Read: Yamaha India registers FZ-X name: What to expect?)
As the name suggests, it features the same 155 cc, single-cylinder, liquid-cooled engine. Moreover, it also gets the variable valve activation (VVA) technology which is also found on the motorcycle. The output from this engine has been recorded at 18.3 bhp at 10,000 rpm and 14.1 Nm of peak torque at 8,500 rpm.
Yamaha has given it a proper high-spec equipment kit which includes upside-down forks at the front and a curved swingarm at the rear. The exterior design of the concept seems to have been taken inspiration from sets of a sci-fi movie with robotic side panels and a razor-sharp front fascia. Its snout also appears to be borrowed from higher-capacity sports bikes from the Japanese automaker. The front apron houses a ram-air intake placed between the twin-beam LED headlamps. There is also a wide sporty seat with wind scoops from the YRF-R1 and an underbelly exhaust found on sport class bikes.
(Also Read: Yamaha Motor India records growth of 33% in December)
The concept gets disc brakes at both ends which isn't exactly a big surprise considering the level of kit it carries. Also, if the production-spec unit comes out to be anywhere close to the concept, it sure will be a looker. Sadly, Yamaha F155 is deemed too costly for a market like India, hence may not arrive here anytime soon.
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Dear Friends on the land, and in the Australian community The Gillard Labor government is hell-bent on destroying what generations of Australians and farmers have worked for and is doing so in the name of a regressive carbon tax that ordinary Australians have been denied a say on, considering it can easily be said the people voted Not to have the tax.
This week the warning bells farmers and regional communities just rang even louder, nby way of the words we did not need to hear.
Labor's chief climate advisor Professor Ross Garnaut exploded the government's myth that only the big polluters will pay, confirming in his own words:
'Australian households will, ultimately, bear the full cost of a carbon price.'
His final report, released this week, exposed the plan to fully include agriculture in the carbon tax regime from as early as 2015, overseas nations have already found the tax not only wanting, but with continued increase is the very emissions it is said to reduce.
Australian farmers have been promised for years that their direct emissions will be excluded under a carbon regime. Now, in the final stages of a deal with the Greens and a hand full of sell out Independents, it appears all bets are off.
Farmers are now squarely in this government's carbon tax sights. Prof Garnaut's report says:
'The proposed date for inclusion of New Zealand agriculture (2015) is a good time for a review of whether circumstances have changed enough for Australia to have full coverage of the land sector.'
The paper also justifies farmers' concerns that the proposed Carbon Farming Initiative may be just a Trojan horse to get bureaucrats through the farm gate to develop measurement systems accurate enough to ensure agriculture's full coverage under a scheme. Again, Prof Garnaut writes:
'The Independent Committee should undertake this review in 2015 and examine the barriers to full coverage of the land sectors in the emissions trading scheme. The review should examine experience in measuring and administering offsets for land-based emissions within the Carbon Farming Initiative.'
The Nationals figures show these revelations coincided with new research from the Australian Farm Institute. Modelling shows that a carbon price of $36 per tonne would wipe almost $37,000-a-year off the bottom line of WA grain growers. Overseas countries have proven their respective governments have had no success at such a low price on carbon, so what may lie ahead in terms of price increases, with over 11 billion estimated to be raised based on $25 a tonne.
The National Farmers' Federation added its voice, on behalf of Australia's 136,000 farmers, to the growing mainstream chorus saying 'NO' to a carbon tax.
Saying No brings with it attacks on ones credibility, yet those blindly following the Gillard governments price on Carbon, do so with little or know idea of the terms to be applied by the legislation, one wonders when Julia earned such trust, considering a vote for Labor was a vote for No carbon tax, only months ago.
It will be ordinary Australians footing the bill for the government's $13.7 million carbon tax advertising blitz, earmarked in the federal budget, and the sell will have no truth what so ever, pictures of old power stations closed over 30 years ago, showing enhanced emissions to scare the people into action, all at our expense and Australians will keep on paying once a carbon tax is in, not the big polluters. Norway as an example, has increases its Co2 emissions by over 40% since the introduction of their Carbon tax, and their people and industry have suffered as a consequence, good reason for Gillard to keep the details of her legislation out of plain sight.
Another example, agricultural production in this country is a mainstay of our economy and fundamental to our quality of life. Our farmers drive $155 billion-a-year in production, $32 billion in annual exports and support 1.6 million jobs.
That's a hell of a lot to sacrifice at the altar of a carbon tax, considering our farmers are amongst the most efficient in the world.
We must act in the best interests of our environmental future, but a carbon tax is not the solution. It will kill Australian production and jobs in favour of jobs in countries that don't tax carbon dioxide and will result in us importing more from countries with higher CO2 emissions than our own, resulting in zero gain for the planet.
To throw all that we have worked for out the window, only to see rising global food demand shift to higher polluting countries, makes no sense, and blindly following the promises of a government that have not earned such faith even more so.
Mark M Aldridge Independent Candidate South Australia
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Raamplein 1 is een gebouw in de Amsterdamse Jordaan.

Ligging
Het gebouw is gelegen aan een gedempt stuk Lijnbaansgracht, dat enige tijd Malagaplein heette, maar later werd omgedoopt tot Raamplein. Het terrein was al herkenbaar op de kaart van stadsarchitect Daniël Stalpaert uit 1662. Hij tekende hier een open veld van het Leydsche  Kerkhof. Hij kon het weten, want hij woonde hier later om de hoek aan de Leidsegracht 108. Ook de kaart van Gerrit de Broen uit circa 1782 laat hier dat kerkhof zien.

Geschiedenis
In 1869 was in Amsterdam een Openbare Handelsschool opgericht, die gevestigd werd in het Huis met de Hoofden aan de Keizergracht 123. in hetzelfde gebouw kwam een Hogere Burger School en tezamen werden ze te groot voor dat gebouw. Men voorzag verdere groei (in 1882 78 leerlingen in 1998 288) en vond het gebouw te klein en ondoelmatig. Voor nieuwbouw koos de gemeente dit terrein, mede doordat op het nabij gelegen Leidseplein trams uit allerlei richtingen kwamen, die voor vervoer naar de school konden zorgen.

In 1899 verscheen de bouwtekening van wat later de Openbare Handelsschool (OHS) zou worden in het Bouwkundig Weekblad. Architecten Hendrik Leguyt, dan assistent van de stadsarchitect, en Bernard Springer, stadsarchitect, bij de Dienst der Publieke Werken maakten het ontwerp. Leguyt gaf het Algemeen Handelsblad de volgende omschrijving, dat op 7 augustus 1899 werd gepubliceerd. Het ontwerp kwam tot stand in overleg met Henri François Rudolf Hubrecht, dan directeur van de handelsschool, maar tijdens de oplevering lid van de Tweede Kamer. Het wordt een gebouw met een oppervlakte van 950 m² en een inhoud van 19100 m³. De voorgevel komt te staan aan de (dan nog) Marnixstraat en de zijgevel aan de Passeerdersgracht. De begane grond krijgt Escauzijns hardsteen, de bovenliggende verdiepingen bruinrode en bruingele metselstenen, afgewisseld door plasters van Obernkirchner zandsteen. Het schoolgebouw telt verspreid over drie verdiepingen zeventien klaslokalen van 7 meter lang en breed voor elk 24 tot 30 leerlingen. In het gebouw komen voorts een werkkamer en auditorium voor warenkennis, twee lokalen voor een warenmuseum, vier lokalen voor schei- en natuurkunde, twee tekenlokalen, een bibliotheek, een docentenzaal, een archief en een directiekamer. Dat werd aangevuld met vestibules, corridors, trapportalen, toiletten etc. van steen en met tegels belegd. In het souterrain bevonden zich bergplaatsen voor brandstoffen etc. en de verwarmingsinrichting. Een aannemer zag de mogelijkheid het gebouw voor 153.290 gulden neer te zetten inclusief het gymnastieklokaal en de directiewoning. In de prijs was meegenomen het ophogen van het terrein en de aanleg van bestrating en plantsoen. In de voorgevel zijn een koggeschip te zien (handel) en uil (wijsheid), beide gemaakt door beeldhouwer Wilhelm Rädecker. In 1901 was het gebouw grotendeels klaar, terwijl men toen ook den omliggende bouwvallige gebouwen ging slopen. De officiële opening vond plaats op 4 september 1901 met feestelijkheden voor reünisten (Hou en trouw) vanuit het Hotel Americain en nieuwe leerlingen vanuit Feestzaal Bellevue. Op 30 mei 1905 brachten koningin Wilhelmina der Nederlanden en prins Hendrik van Mecklenburg-Schwerin een bezoek aan het gebouw. In 1913 kreeg het plein haar nieuwe naam Raamplein. De school kreeg later in Hogeschool voor Economische Studies een nieuwe naam en zou tot ongeveer 2004 gebruik maken van het gebouw. Toen vond er een herhaling van zetten plaats; het gebouw werd te klein en de school verhuisde naar Fraijlemaborg in Amsterdam-Zuidoost. Daarna probeerde de rijksgebouwendienst een nieuwe bestemming te vinden. In 2012 trok Eyeworks in het inmiddels door hun aangekochte gebouw. Ze lieten het eerste grondig  verbouwen, want het had in de tussentijd krakers en antikraker gehuisvest. Eyeworks ging op in Warner Bros. International Television Production Netherlands, in 2017 gebruiker van het gebouw.

Monumentenregister
In 2001 is het benoemd tot rijksmonument. Het monumentenregister gaf in 2017 een volgende omschrijving:
rechthoekige gebouw, opgetrokken in natuursteen, rode en gele baksteen, van drie verdiepingen onder een mansardedak met leien en kroonlijst
een brede voorgevel aan het Raamplein met twee hoekrisalieten en een middenrisaliet, in geel metselwerk; in de middenrisaliet een rondboogvormige ingang met twee halfzuilen; boven die ingang geschilderd Hogeschool voor economische studies
een aedicula met twee rondboogvormige, door roeden onderverdeelde zesruitsvensters
het middenrisaliet is ter hoogte van de tweede en derde etage bovendien begrensd door halfpilasters van de Colossale orde; aan de eerste verdieping is een klein natuurstenen balkon met opengewerkte balustrade geplaatst met twee balkondeuren met aan weerszijden daarvan vensters; een fronton bekoord met een goudkleurig geschilderde adelaar
de hoekrisalieten kennen wat soberder uitvoering (geen adelaar, balkon)
de gevel aan de Passeerdersgracht deelt de linker hoekrisaliet met de voorgevel en heeft nog een middelrisaliet en een ander hoekrisaliet.
de gevel aan de Raamsteeg in nauwelijks versierd

Kantoorgebouw in Amsterdam
Rijksmonument in Amsterdam-Centrum


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Aug. 30 - Sept. 1, 2019
Spelman faculty and student poets will read from their works at this year's AJC Decatur Book Festival's College Day on Sunday, Sept. 1. The four-day event, which begins Thursday, Aug. 29, is the nation's largest independent book festival. The fact that students at the College are able to share their work on such a grand stage alongside professional poets speaks volumes about their skill and the active-learning opportunities faculty make available to individuals on campus.
The festival's College Day on Sept. 1 will run from noon to 6 p.m., and will feature poetry readings from faculty, students and alumni from eight metro Atlanta area colleges and universities.
Spelman's Poets
Award-winning poet Sharan Strange, M.F.A., senior lecturer of English at Spelman and a board member of Poetry Atlanta, has coordinated the College Day Program at the Festival since 2012.
The following students and faculty will begin reading at 3:30 p.m. on the Local Poetry Stage located at Ammazza, 314 E Howard Ave, Decatur, GA 30030.
Cylantra Dees, born in Tampa, Florida, is an editor of "Aunt Chloe: A Journal of Artful Candor" at Spelman. She is a senior Comparative Women's Studies major who intends to pursue a career in writing and editing through feminist studies.
Wandeka Gayle, Ph.D., is a Jamaican writer, visual artist, and assistant professor of creative writing at Spelman. She has a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, and has been awarded writing fellowships from Kimbilio Fiction, Callaloo, the Hurston/Wright Foundation, and the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing. Her writing has appeared or is forthcoming in "Interviewing the Caribbean," "Rigorous," "Transition," and other places. Her collection of short stories, "Motherland and Other Stories," will be published by Peepal Tree Press in 2020.
Tangela Mitchell, a senior political science major and Spanish and writing double minor at Spelman, is a published poet, journalist, and performer. Mitchell is spending her time working on a new collection of poetry, writing articles for "Black College Today" magazine, and attending poetry performances. She is a founding member of The Resurgence Collective, an Atlanta University Center-based poetry and performance organization committed to creating artistic spaces for students across Atlanta.
Pushpa Parekh, Ph.D., professor of English and director of the African Diaspora and the World Program at Spelman, is an award-winning poet and scholar. She is the recipient of the 2019 Gerard Manley Hopkins Award, an annual recognition by the International Hopkins Society, Ireland. In summer 2016, her poem, "Peace," received the West Coast Tagore Festival Prize at the international contest held by the Vancouver Tagore Society. She has published three scholarly books, as well as poetry and short stories in anthologies and journals in the U.S and India. Recent publications include poems in "Celebrate Canada 150" and "Culture Days: Multicultural Creative Writing";
Jasmine Tabor, from Charleston, South Carolina., is a double major in American History and English in the Honors Program at Spelman. Her penchant for creative writing and her love of history often results in hybrid works that focus on the horror of being marginalized, particularly as a Black queer nonbinary woman. With a passion for restorative justice, she hopes to enact social change with both her writing and community-based work in whatever career she dedicates herself to in the future.
Atiya Ziyad, an introspective writer, is a senior studying English at Spelman. Her writing spans through poetry, song lyrics, and short stories, and she plans to expand into novels and screenwriting. She has read her work at The Athenian School, and at the Decatur Book Festival for the past two years. She hopes to spread her voice through more performances in the coming year, as well as by publishing some of her work for public consumption.
The AJC Decatur Book Festival is the largest independent book festival in the country and one of the five largest overall. Since its launch, more than 1,000 world-class authors and hundreds of thousands of festival-goers have crowded the historic downtown Decatur square to enjoy book signings, author readings, panel discussions, an interactive children's area, live music, parades, cooking demonstrations, poetry slams, writing workshops, and more.The event is free and open to the public.


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Why is this not working? How do I solve this?

A: there are many reason for this. But the most common is conflicts between your code and other js or jquery codes - so just run your code in no conflict mode by simply adding this line above your document.ready() function block.
$.noConflict();

and then replace all jQuery shortcut $ in you code by jQuery.
Or for shorter version:
var jq = $.noConflict();

and replace all jQuery shortcut $ in you code by jq.

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Jazz Festival to showcase local, worldwide talent
Central Wisconsin's largest jazz festival is just around the corner and will combine local and world renowned talent into two days of entertainment.
The 14th annual Riverfront Jazz Festival will showcase a new lineup this year during the two-day event, held from 3 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 3, and Sunday, Sept. 4, in Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave., Stevens Point. This event helps support the Jazz Studies Program at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (UWSP).
The event is free and open to the public. The event usually draws close to 5,000 people during the course of the two days.
"We have Joe Policastro, who has played on the stage before with other groups, along with Mikel Avery who is a UWSP alumni, and we also have the UWSP Jazz Faculty Sextet playing for us," said Jennifer Bellmer, Riverfront Jazz Festival event manager.
"And we are bringing the biggest names in jazz to a small town who would otherwise not get to see artists like these," she said.
The Benny Golson Quartet is headlining the festival and will perform from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday.
At 87 years old, Golson still travels and performs extensively. He is considered a true jazz innovator, having played in the bands of world famous musicians Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillepsie, Lionel Hampton, Earl Bostic and Art Blakey. He has performed all over the United States, Europe, Asia and South America.
In addition, Golson has written eight standards for jazz repertoire which have been included in recordings internationally and are still being recorded today.
The UWSP Faculty Sextet will open the festival from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Saturday at the park followed by Patty and the Buttons from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Patty and the Buttons hail from Minneapolis, and their music consists of originals and traditional tunes with influences from New Orleans, traditional jazz, early blues numbers and vaudeville.
Rounding out the night is the Sara Gazarek Quartet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. The quartet includes Wisconsin's own percussionist Zach Harmon, who began studying classical piano at age 3, and was principal chair percussionist most of his five-year stint with Oshkosh Youth Symphony Orchestra. Harmon has toured with legends such as Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock.
On Sunday, The Joe Policastro Trio will start at 3 p.m. featuring UWSP alum Avery on drums. The Chicago group is focused on bringing all genres of pop music into jazz. Also from Chicago, trumpet player Greg Duncan will showcase his Spanish-influenced Flamenco Project at 5 p.m.
Golson, again, will close the festival Sunday.
The Riverfront Jazz Festival debuted Labor Day weekend in 2004 with the goals of promoting local jazz musicians, nationally renowned acts, tourism and a family-friendly atmosphere. In its first year it had an attendance of almost 2,000 people for the one-day event.
The following year, the festival expanded into a two-day event with daily attendance being more than 3,000 making the event the largest Jazz Festival in central Wisconsin in just two years. In 2007, the festival gained new management of Riverfront Jazz Festival LLC with a nonprofit designation and added the goal of generating funds for the UWSP Jazz Music Program.
Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and chairs, and audience members are encouraged to dance if the music so moves them.
Food vendors include Habibi's Gyros & Kabob House, Rainbow Snow, Shama Inc., Spitfire and Urban Bistro.
All performances take place on stage at Pfiffner Pioneer Park. Schedule is:
3 to 4:30 p.m., UWSP Faculty Sextet.
5 to 6:30 p.m., Patty and the Buttons.
7 to 8:30 p.m., Sara Gazarek Quartet.
Sunday, Sept. 4
3 to 4:30 p.m., Joe Policastro Trio.
5 to 6:30 p.m., Greg Duncan (Flamenco project).
7 to 8:30 p.m., Benny Golson Quartet.
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This unique set was distributed by John Cotton, Ltd., a tobacco company from Edinburgh in the U.K. Many collectors have been confused by the full checklist of this issue as the cards are somewhat odd. While commonly called one set some collectors refer to these as five different sets.
In all, there are a total of 250 cards in the set. The cards are two-sided and, like a few other sets from the 1920s and 1930s, are really a type of instructional release.
A total of ten types of shots are shown and there are 50 pictures for each shot. The shots were demonstrated by Archie Compston, a professional golfer. Taking 50 pictures times ten types of shots, that would seem to indicate a total of 500 cards in the series. But since the cards are two-sided, there are actually only 250. While one side of a card is part of one of the ten series', the other side features a picture part of another series. Further adding to the confusion, while often believed to simply be a 1936 issue, the cards were actually distributed over several years.
Each of the five sets included 50 cards but featured only a single shot. To solve the problem of trying to illustrate a shot on a single piece of cardboard, each shot shows a different 'frame' of a golf swing so that if you look at them all together, you can see the full shot. Backs of the cards had a corresponding image for a different stroke, so what we've got here is 500 different pictures shown front/back on 250 different cards for a total of ten different golf strokes (each stroke included 50 pictures/cards).
One final note on the pairings of the cards is that the cards on the other side were in reverse order. Each of the 50 cards was given a letter and number combination. For example, the first picture for Shot A was A1. A2 would be the next one showing a slightly different picture in the golf swing, and that would be followed by A3, A4, and so on, all the way through A50.
However, the cards on the backs were in reverse order. So the side with A1 would have B50 on the other side. A2 would have B49, and so on.
The earlier cards from the first three sets are a little easier to find and, as a result, less expensive. However, cards from Set 4 and Set 5 produced in 1939 were apparently printed in low quantities. Individual cards from those sets can sell for hundreds of dollars and are extremely rare.
As the cards are not titled, no checklist is presented here. There are 50 cards in each set for a total of 250 cards.


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			Y[t,f] = \sum_{i=1}^K \la_k[t] X_{i}[f]+ \lao[t]  S[f]+N[t,f],
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			t & \in  \{0,\De_t, \ldots , T \},  \quad   \  T \triangleq N \De_t, \\
			f & \in \{f_{\min},f_{\min}+\De_f, \ldots, f_{\max} \},  \quad  f_{\max} \triangleq f_{\min}+M \De_f,

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			X_k[f]=\sum_{j=1 }^{N_k} L_{kj}[f] ,   \quad L_{kj}[f] \triangleq L[f,c_{kj},A_{kj},\Ga_{kj}],
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		where $N_k$ is the number of peaks: the $j^{\rm th}$ peak is described by the location parameter, $c_{kj}$, the scale parameter, $A_{kj}$,  and the shape parameter  $\Ga_{kj}$.
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			\la_k[t]
			q_k G_k[t],  \quad G_k[t] \triangleq G[t,o_{k},d_k,\al_k,\be_k],

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		where $q_k$ is the quantity of the $k^{\rm th}$ analyte,  $G_k[t]$  is the elution peak where $o_k$ is origin,  $d_k$ the duration, $\al_k$ the rise time and $\be_k$  the fall time.
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			\Yv= \La\Xv^T + \Lao \Sv^T +\Nv,
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		where $\Yv,\Nv \in \Rbb_{+}^{N \times M}$,  $\La \in \Rbb_{+}^{N\times K}$, $\Xv \in \Rbb_{+}^{M \times K}$,  $\Lao \in \Rbb_{+}^{N}$, and  $\Sv \in \Rbb_{+}^{M}$, where $\Rbb_+$ is the set of positive real numbers.

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		{\bf Unknown analyte detection problem:}
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			\rho(\qv)= \f 1 {T (f_{\max}-f_{\min})} \sum_{i=1}^M  \f {\langle \Yv_i, \Yhv_i \rangle}{\| \Yv_i \|_2 \|\Yhv_i \|_2},

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		$\rho(\eta \cv)>1$, since the variance of the additive noise is larger than one.
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		{\bf LC-Raman analysis of amino-acids:} as an recurring example of the signal in Sec. \ref{eq:in out}, we consider the setting in Fig. \ref{fig:Raman}.
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		\begin{figure}
			\centering
			\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{LC-Raman}

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			\caption{The LC-Raman experiment set-up in Sec. \ref{sec:System Model}.}

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			\label{fig:Raman}
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		\begin{figure}
			\centering
			\begin{subfigure}{0.22\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1.25cm},clip,width=\textwidth]{amino_spectra_v1}
				\caption{Frequency spectra}
				\label{fig:spectra}
			\end{subfigure}
			\hfill
			\begin{subfigure}{0.22\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1.25cm},clip,width=\textwidth]{time_elution_v1}
				\caption{Time elution}
				\label{fig:time}
			\end{subfigure}
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			\caption{LC-Raman spectrum of four amino-acids:  glycine (gly -- blue), leucine (leu -- orange ), phenylalanine (phe -- green), and tryptophan (trp -- purple).}
			\label{fig:amino}

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			\centering
			\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{detection_plot}

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			\caption{Conceptual LOD plot for $\rho(\qv)$ it \eqref{eq:projection}.  }

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			\label{fig:detection plot}
		\end{figure}
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		The horizontal bands represent the elution peaks of each analyte as in Fig. \ref{fig:time}. The vertical lines in each band represents the peaks in the spectra as in Fig. \ref{fig:spectra}: the solid line corresponds to the peaks with highest prominence (50\% percentile) while dotted lines correspond to peaks with average prominence (30\% percentile).
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		\begin{remark}
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			For brevity, we shall not discuss some important aspects of LC-Raman spectroscopy that further hinder the analyte detection tasks.

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		\section{Dimensionality Reduction Approach}
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			\centering
			\begin{subfigure}{0.22\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1cm},clip,width=\textwidth]{PCA_frequency_components_v1}
				\caption{PCA--frequency}
				\label{fig:pca_f}
			\end{subfigure}
			\hfill
			\begin{subfigure}{0.22\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1cm},clip,width=\textwidth]{Adjusted_frequency_components_v1.png}
				\caption{Tuned PCA--frequency}
				\label{fig:adj_f}
			\end{subfigure}
			\hfill
			\begin{subfigure}{0.22\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1cm},clip,width=\textwidth]{PCA_time_components_v1}
				\caption{PCA--time}
				\label{fig:pca_t}
			\end{subfigure}
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			\begin{subfigure}{0.22\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1cm},clip,width=\textwidth]{Adjusted_time_components_v1}
				\caption{Tuned PCA--time}
				\label{fig:adj_t}
			\end{subfigure}
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			\caption{Tuning  of PCA components by a human expert.}

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			\label{fig:tuned PCA}
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				\STATE  {\bf Input:} { Measurements matrix $\Yv$, sensitivity level $\gamma$, fitting functions $L[f],G[t]$, solvent spectrum $\Sv$}
				\STATE  {\bf Output:}  Estimated analyte spectral/frequency \\  features $\Xhv$,$\Lahv$
				\STATE	Remove the solvent spectrum $\Sv$ from $\Yv$  through \\ linear regression over each time instant
				\STATE	Smooth the data using a Savitzky-Golay filter

				\STATE	Detect 2D peaks in $\Yv$ above the sensitivity level $\ga$
				\FOR{all peaks}
				\STATE	fit $L[f] G[t]$ to the  $i$-th peak over $\Yv$, obtain \\  estimate parameters $\{ \Ah_i, \Gah_{i}, \ch_i , \widehat{o}_i, \widehat{d}_i, \alh_i, \beh_i \}$
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				\STATE 	Cluster the parameters over the set $\{\widehat{o}_i, \widehat{d}_i \}$ using $K$-means algorithm.
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				\STATE 	Label each peak  according to the $K$- meas output \\ to obtain $\Xhv$,$\Lahv$

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			\caption{Label-free analyte detection algorithm in Sec. \ref{sec:Detection Algorithm}.}
			\vspace{0.35 cm}
			\label{algo:detection}
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		\end{algorithm}
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		{\bf LC-Raman analysis of amino-acids:} in this recurring scenario, we choose the the spectral peaks are modeled as pseudo-Voig peak, i.e.
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			\ea{
				L[f,c,A,\Ga] & =\nu \lb \f 1 {\sqrt{2\pi\sgs}} e^{-\f {(x-c)^2}{2 \sgs}} \rb  \label{eq:pseudo} \\
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				& \quad \quad + (1-\nu) \f { \Gamma}{ \pi \lb (f-c)^2 + \Gamma^2 \rb}, \nonumber
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		with $\nu \in [0,1]$ and for $\Gamma=\sqrt{2\log(2)\sgs}$, while the temporal peaks through a window with a trigonometric rise and fall transients, i.e.
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			\ea{
				& G[t,M,o,d,\al,\be]=
				\label{eq:cos win} \\
				& \lcb \p{
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					\f M 2  \lb 1-\cos\lb \f {2 \pi (t-o)}{2 \al}\rb\rb & o < t \leq t+\al\\

					M &  o+\al < t \leq o+\al+d \\
					\f M 2 \lb 1-\cos\lb \f {2 \pi  (\be-(t-d-o-\al))}  {2 \be} \rb \rb     & o+\al+d < t  \\
					& \quad { \rm and }  \ \ t \leq o+\al+d+\be \\
					0  & {\rm otherwise}.
				}
				\rnone \nonumber
			}
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		\section{Experimental Results}
		\label{sec:Experimental Results}
		In this section we apply the algorithm in Sec. \ref{sec:Detection Algorithm} to the experimental setting in which  $100$ mM of gly, $100$ mM of leu, $55$ mM of phe, and $55$ mM of trp  are eluted through LC Raman spectroscopy, as described in the previous sections.
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		The frequency and time features are those presented in Sec. \ref{fig:amino}. The LOD  detection plot is that in Fig. \ref{fig:detection plot}. The exert analysis is that presented in Fig. \ref{fig:expert}.
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		The results of the algorithm are presented in Fig. \ref{fig:us}.
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		\begin{figure}[h]
			\centering
			\begin{subfigure}{0.45\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1.25cm},clip,width=0.85\textwidth]{detection_plot_expert_v1}
				\caption{Expert detection performance.}
				\label{fig:expert}
			\end{subfigure}
			\hfill
			\begin{subfigure}{0.5\textwidth}
				\centering
				\includegraphics[trim={2cm 0 1.5cm 1.25cm},clip,width=0.85\textwidth]{detection_plot_automated_v1.png}
				\caption{Proposed algorithm  detection performance.}
				\label{fig:us}
			\end{subfigure}
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			\caption{Comparison of the detection performance for the methods in Sec. \ref{sec:Dimensionality reduction approach} and in Sec. \ref{sec:Detection Algorithm}.}
			\label{fig:compare}

		\end{figure}
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		\section{Conclusion}
		In this paper, a new unsupervised algorithm for unknown analyte detection has been proposed for time-resolved spectral measurements.
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		This algorithm relies on the explicit modeling of the spectral and temporal peaks, together with a clustering algorithm applied over the temporal parameters.
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		The effectiveness of the algorithm has been investigated for data collected using liquid-chromatography Raman spectroscopy applied to the elution of four amino-acids.

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		\noindent
		{\bf Paper Reproducibility:}
		The experimental data in Sec. \ref{sec:Experimental Results} is provided  in \cite{dataset}.
		The authors thank Mr. Yuhao Lo  and Mr. Sergio Alejandro Diaz for the help in preparing such data.

		\newpage
		\bibliographystyle{vancouver}

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