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It’s time for proud boat owners to show off their hard work and love of wooden boats. The Fourth Annual Newport Beach Wooden Boat Festival at the Balboa Yacht Club will be the must-go-to place for gathering 50 of the best wooden hull boats on the West Coast the weekend of June 10-11, 2017. Applications can now be submitted for entry into the Festival.

Sail, power, and human-powered “show-ready” boats of all sizes are eligible. Those accepted will be displayed in the water and on land at the waterfront club. Boats will arrive on Friday, June 9 with the public display is Saturday, June 10, and Heritage Boat Parade and Sail By on Sunday, June 11. Call (949) 673-3515 for more information or download an application from the website newportbeachwoodenboatfestival.com. The “Early Bird” application deadline is 5:00 pm PST, Friday, April 14, 2017. Pay only $50– and save $50–by entering early. After April 14, 2017, the boat application fee is $100.

The weekend starts with the first ever RyboRendezvous on the West Coast honoring the “Stradivarius” of sportfishing boats as the featured marque for 2017. Pat Rybovich, the daughter of boatbuilder and designer Tommy Rybovich, is the featured speaker at 5:30 Saturday on her family’s American company that created the modern sportfishing yacht in the 1940s. She has documented the rich history in the book Rybovich: The Stuff of Legend, and is also writing a screenplay. If you have a Rybovich, you’ll want to be included in this special weekend. This speaking event is sure to be especially enjoyed by the sportfishing community.

Space is limited, so don’t miss the deadline. The committee will make its selection by May 1, 2017 from the completed applications and invite the chosen boats to participate in the fun-filled weekend.
Admission is free to the public who can park off site and ride the Admission is free to the public who can celebrate the maritime heritage of Newport Harbor and wooden boats past and present with an extraordinary day for the whole family. The 95-year-old Balboa Yacht Club created the event in the tradition of waterfront festivals by providing a yearly gathering place for boaters and shipwrights to display their extraordinary watercraft for dreamers, admirers and boating enthusiasts.


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How an Accounting ebook Came to be Priced at $999

By Cait Etherington
September 03, 2018

Talk to any college-age student, and they will tell you that, next to sky-rocketing tuition fees, there is nothing more annoying that the rising cost of textbooks. If the cost of textbooks is a common complaint, it is no surprise. One 2015 study found that college textbooks have soared by 1041% over the past four decades. What constitutes an expensive textbook depends on who you ask, but this fall, at least some students encountered what appears to be an unprecedented case of price-gauging on the textbook market–an ebook by WileyPlus that is retailing for $999 (yes, that’s $999 and not $9.99).

UL-Lafayette Students Were in Disbelief

The $999 ebook in question is for ACCT 202 at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. Naturally, when students first saw the nearly $1000 price tag, they assumed it was a mistake. In fact, they were wrong. According to Inside Higher EducationFinancial and Managerial Accounting, 3rd Edition, was customized by the publisher for two courses at the university, and the online version was priced at a whopping $999.

According to a statement issued by the university provost, the Accounting program preferred the printed textbook over a digital version so they would not have to permit laptops or other digital devices in the classroom. After the controversy over the ebook went viral, the university admitted that the high online price tag was simply designed to encourage students to buy the printed version of the book. Notably, the university has since adjusted the price of the online book to match the cost of the hard copy.

Why eBooks Often Cost More than Printed Books

In most cases, online text books are adopted to lower, not raise, the cost of textbooks. Several studies over the past decade, however, have suggested that online textbooks can end up costing more than printed books.

First, you can’t read an online book without a reader. While not as notable a problem in 2018, it is still important to bear in mind that ebooks are only accessible to the extent that one also has access to a computer, tablet, ebook reader, or mobile phone. Second, in some cases, ebooks are listed at a higher cost that printed books. The reasons given for this phenomenon vary, but the usually it relates to the different ways that printed and online books are priced and sold. While printed books are generally sold to retailers at about 50% of the list price and retailers can sell the books for whatever price they like, ebooks are sold under a different model. In most cases, publishers not retailers set the price, and retailers take about 30% of book sales. Due to these two different pricing models, in some cases, ebooks can cost much more than printed books, even hard covers, despite the fact that ebooks generally cost much less to produce and distribute.

Are ebooks Conducive to Learning?

The extraordinary price tag that ended up being slapped on Financial and Managerial Accounting, 3rd Edition at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette was apparently part of an effort to ensure students purchased the print not online edition. But do students actually learn more when they work with print copies not ebooks? At least some studies suggest this is the case.

In a 2016 study, Patricia Alexander and Lauren Singer asked 90 undergraduates to read several short texts on a computer and in print. While the students could describe the main point of the passages in both cases, when probed for additional details, students who read the online version struggled. In fact, Alexander and Singer conclude, “Despite the digital medium’s apparent ubiquitousness and noted favorability among digital natives, we cannot operate on the assumption that its prevalence or even stated preference alone results in equal or better comprehension than what has been demonstrated for print text. It would be irresponsible to simply assume that those who perceive themselves as digital natives are in fact well equipped to understand what was read in a digital environment.”

While raising the cost of ebooks may not be a viable answer (indeed, as the recent controversy at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette revealed, the gesture ignores the economic realities facing postsecondary students), there may still be reason to rethink the value of ebooks.

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Join NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Coordinator Veronica Milliner as one of the panelists for the ALSC webinar: Leadership in Youth Services Part 2: Leadership in Action on December 11 at 2:00 PM ET. Working with children in a library setting provides vast opportunities to create and hone leadership skills if you know where to find them. By cultivating these skills in yourselves and others, you will elevate your profession and your community by creating and implementing beneficial programs and services. This webinar will provide you with the tools you need to recognize these skills within yourself and within your role in the children’s department. This is a free webinar, preregistration is highly suggested.

Help Shape the Next Decade of Healthy People: Submit Your Comments – The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is soliciting written comments on the proposed objectives for Healthy People 2030. Public comment is an essential part of developing Healthy People. Previous public comments on the Healthy People 2030 framework helped shape the mission, vision, and goals of Healthy People 2030. Members of the public — both individuals and organizations — are now invited to review and submit comments on the proposed Healthy People 2030 objectives through January 17, 2019.

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Join NNLM All of Us Community Engagement Coordinator, Veronica Milliner, and other members of the American Library Association’s New Members Round Table for a Twitter chat on Friday, December 14 at 2:00 PM ET. The topic will be: What Kind of Librarian Are You? Whether you are still in library school or a librarian still trying to find their path, join us for a discussion in discovering what type of library you want to work in and what kind of librarian you want to be. Share stories of how you found the job you love, share tips for finding where you want to be, and more. Follow the discussion and join us on Twitter! #NMRTchat

It’s National Influenza Week! – MARquee News Highlights

Holiday Meals and Food Allergies/Special Diets – The Dragonfly, News from the Northwest and Beyond, by PNR

Big Data and Bias – NER Update

On Behalf of HSLANJ – Many thanks to all librarians who participated in the Health Sciences Library Association of New Jersey’s Fall 2018 Offer via the Group Licensing Initiative. We appreciate the continued support and growth. Group purchasing power benefits more than 130 hospitals throughout a 20-state area of the U.S. Please note: we anticipate releasing the Spring 2019 Offer on March 15. We look forward to negotiating with vendors to once again cultivate a list of quality resources for your consideration. Just a reminder: No “membership” is required; all medical librarians in the NNLM MAR, SE/A and NER Regions are welcome to participate in the HSLANJ Group Licensing Initiative. For more information, contact Project Manager Robb Mackes: (570) 856-5952 or robb@hslanj.org

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Apply for the 2019-2020 NLM Associate Fellowship Program – The National Library of Medicine is currently accepting applications for their Associate Fellowship Program, a one-year residency program for recent library science graduates interested in a career in health sciences librarianship. The program combines curriculum and project work and is located at the National Library of Medicine on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland. Learn more about this opportunity and submit your application before January 25, 2019.

ToxMystery, a game about chemicals in the household, will be retired on December 31, 2018. The game was built in the Adobe Flash, a format not supported on tablets, most Web browsers, and other educational devices. For learning activities about chemicals and environmental health, visit the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) Kids’ Pages and the Environmental Protection Agency’s Learning and Teaching portal.

NIH News in Health: Check out the December 2018 issue of NIH News in Health, featuring, “Plan Your Plate: Shifting to a Healthy Eating Style,” and, “Safe Sleep for Baby: Reducing the Risk of SIDS.” Other topics include probiotics to stop Staph, inspiring others to move more and eat better, and personal stories about participating in clinical research.

NLM Introduces “Exhibitions Connect,” a New Opportunity for Institutions Hosting NLM Traveling ExhibitionsExhibitions Connect, an NLM Exhibition Program opportunity, provides curated collections of informative and promotional materials related to the topics explored in NLM exhibitions and tailored to host venue patrons. Additionally, it promotes collaboration with National Network of Libraries of Medicine.

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Wikidata, Librarians and Research Data Management -December 7, 2:00-3:00 PM ET – Join PNR for the next segment in the NNLM Research Data Management (RDM) series, a collaborative, bimonthly offering intended to increase awareness of RDM topics and resources. This session will host Wikidata expert and librarian Katie Mika, who will introduce the WikiCite initiative to build a database of open citations to support free and computational access to bibliographic metadata and will identify simple, high impact ways for to get involved. As experts in the intersection of bibliographic metadata, information discovery, and interdisciplinary research, librarians are a tremendous resource for this community.

From the Mountains to the Sea: Rural Health Issues and Resources – December 11, 2:00-3:00 PM ET – Evidence shows that there are marked health disparities between those living in rural areas versus their urban counterparts. Not only do rural residents suffer from higher incidence of chronic illness, they also have limited access to primary care services and are more likely to be uninsured or under-insured. Sponsored by NER, this session will describe hallmarks of rural America, identify other access challenges of living in rural communities, and equip participants with tools to service the health information needs of those living in rural communities.

Cultural Competence and Its Effect on Healthcare: Notes from the Field – December 12, 11:00 AM-12:00 PM ET – As a health care provider, it is important to know your community and the culture of the community. How you respond to certain situations can impact the health of the community. While cultural competence is important within underserved communities, it is also important in providing care to mainstream communities as well. Join SCR for this webinar that will discuss the terms cultural competence and cultural humility and the implications of these terms. This session will also discuss how a person becomes culturally competent and the biggest indicator of cultural competence.

How to Bring Extensions to Your Library: Highlighting Programs from Penn State Extension – December 12, 2:00-3:00 PM ET – Extension offices are trusted partners for libraries of all kinds! They are strong community resources, and in addition to providing practical, trusted information to communities, can offer incredible educational opportunities for libraries. Join MAR for this webinar to hear how Penn State Extension partners with libraries in Pennsylvania by offering programs like Dining with Diabetes, and Penn State Nutrition Links. Learn about these programs, and how programs like these could benefit your patrons.

Health News Review: Critically Analyzing Information in the News – December 13, 2:00-3:00 PM ET – The public is exposed to a tsunami of health information in the news on a daily basis, including much information which is contradictory or misleading. Sponsored by GMR, this session will introduce attendees to HealthNewsReview.org, an award winning resource designed to help the public critically analyze claims about health care interventions in the news. HealthNewsReview.org provides an objective, independent analysis of health care journalism, advertising, marketing, and public relations and provides criteria that consumers can use to evaluate these messages themselves.

Activate, Collaborate, and Educate: Health Outreach and Programming in Your Community (Emergency Preparedness) – December 13, 2:00-3:00 PM ET – Sponsored by NER, this session will provide an overview of ideas to conduct health outreach and create health programs for libraries and community/faith based organizations. Participants will learn how to integrate resources from the National Library of Medicine (NLM) and other reputable agencies to introduce community members to NLM resources in fun and engaging ways. The sample topic for this session is Emergency Preparedness to offer libraries and other organizations ideas for emergency preparedness programming for individuals, families and organizations.

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New HHS Checklist Helps First Responders Ensure Language Access and Effective Communication During Emergencies – HHS News

Advancing the Science of Moving Research into Practice – AHRQ Views

Big Opportunities for Small Libraries: IMLS Launches New Special Initiative – Compendium, News for Pennsylvania Libraries

Implementing upstream approaches to build a healthier Middlesex County – Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Foundation is leading a two-year project that unleashes the skills and talents of public librarians to advance health equity among residents of Greater Middlesex County. The project mobilizes a grassroots health literacy initiative called Just for the Health of It created by the East Brunswick Public Library, a single branch public library in central New Jersey.

NACCHO Model Practices Awards Program – The National Association of County & City Health Officials (NACCHO) is now accepting applications for the 2018–2019 Model Practices Program. The program honors and recognizes outstanding local health initiatives from across the nation, and shares and promotes these practices among local health departments through the Model Practice Database. The deadline for submission is December 12, 2018.

ALA’s New Member’s Round Table (NMRT) is now accepting applications to the Shirley Olofson Memorial Award. Given on an annual basis, the award provides $1,000 to help offset the cost of attending ALA Annual Conference, which takes place this year in Washington, D.C. from June 20-25, 2019. Shirley Olofson passed away while serving her term as NMRT president. The NMRT honors Olofson’s leadership and commitment to the profession with this award given in her memory. The deadline to submit an application is Thursday, December 13, 2018.

Funding Opportunity from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: The Health Data for Action: Leveraging Health Data for Actionable Insights (Data Access Award) (HD4A) program will support innovative research that uses the available data to answer important research questions. Applicants under this Call for Proposals (CFP) will write a proposal for a research study using data from one of the following four data providers: the Health Care Cost Institute (HCCI), OptumLabs, CareJourney, or athenahealth. The proposed studies should enable relevant, innovative, and actionable research that uses the available data to answer important, policy-relevant questions. Successful applicants will receive access to these data, which are described in greater detail in the CFP. The deadline to apply is December 14, 2018.

ALA’s New Member’s Round Table (NMRT) is now accepting applications for the NMRT Professional Development Grant. Given on an annual basis, the award is intended to help offset the cost of attending the ALA Annual Conference. The upcoming Annual Conference will be held June 20 – June 25, 2019 in Washington, D.C. The $1,000 award covers limited fees related to airfare, lodging, and conference registration. You must be a current NMRT member to apply. Member dues are $15. To join, visit the ALA website and follow the “Join ALA” link. The deadline to apply is December 15, 2018.

The Center for Global Health Studies (CGHS) at the Fogarty International Center at NIH is collecting case examples of health research in humanitarian crises, focusing on specific challenges and strategies for this type of research. Full details are available in the call for cases. This is a part of a broader project on Advancing Health Research in Humanitarian Crises and was also described in a recent blog post associated with Humanitarian Evidence Week and Evidence Aid. The call for case examples is written broadly, to include examples of health research conducted in armed conflict, forced displacement, natural disasters, and major disease outbreaks, in low, middle, and high-income country settings. The deadline for submission is January 21, 2019.

Environmental Justice Small Grants Program – Sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Environmental Justice (EJ) Small Grants Program provides grants to support community-driven projects designed to engage, educate, and empower communities to better understand local environmental and public health issues and develop strategies for addressing those issues, building consensus in the community, and setting community priorities. The deadline to apply is February 15, 2019.

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Claim by Donald Trump: With absentee voting, as opposed to mail-in voting, “they have to go through a very strict process. The equivalent of going to a voting machine, or maybe even sometimes better.” rating: False

Trump’s Absentee vs. Mail-In Ballot Spin

Claim via Social Media: Was a Brooklyn, New York, subway attack on a white woman by a black man related to current Black Lives Matter protests?

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Fact Check: Brooklyn Subway Attack NOT Related To Black Lives Matter Protests

Claim by Facebook: A white armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to two years in jail while a black armed-robbery suspect was sentenced to 26 years in prison by the same Florida judge.

PolitiFact rating: Mostly True

Was race the only difference in sentencing of two defendants in Florida?

Claim by Trump on Police practices: “President Obama and Vice President Biden never even tried to fix this during their eight-year period. The reason they didn’t try is because they had no idea how to do it.”

AP Fact Check rating: False

AP FACT CHECK: Trump on an AIDS vaccine that doesn’t exist

Claim by Donald Trump: If we stopped testing right now, we’d have very few cases, if any.

PolitiFact rating: Pants on Fire

Trump’s take on COVID testing gives short shrift to public health realities

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Depressing Study Shows a Big Issue With Using Cloud Seeding to Solve Global Warming

Carly Cassella

The clouds that hang low and thick in our sky, reflecting sunlight back out into space, are melting into thin air as the world warms.

The loss will not only trigger greater climate changes than we expected, but new research suggests it could also undermine the potential of future geoengineering solutions.

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The idea of seeding clouds with an injection of light-reflecting particles to reflect sunlight back into space – thereby ‘cooling’ the planet – is a controversial one, yet to be proven useful or even feasible in the real world.

Some scientists worry about the unforeseen dangers of meddling in our planet’s climate any further, while others point out this climate-hacking solution does nothing to address ocean acidification or adverse ecosystem effects.

It’s also only as good as the clouds in our sky, and in the coming century, there may be a lot less of those. Even in the most ideal scenario, where solar geoengineering works with no side effects, a new model suggests it may not be enough on its own.

If the world’s carbon emissions continue to rise unfettered, we will trigger a much larger cascade of warming – cloud seeding or no.

“Hence, elevated greenhouse gas concentrations may trigger substantial global warming by reducing the cooling effect stratocumulus clouds provide,” the authors of the new study write, “even when all or much of the effect of greenhouse gas at the top of the atmosphere is compensated by solar geoengineering.”

This is an extreme scenario where carbon dioxide continues to accumulate in the atmosphere at a concentration four times greater than today.

That would take about a century, researchers say, and yet it could still very well happen, even if we spent decades injecting aerosols into the atmosphere.

Today, stratocumulus clouds cover huge swathes of the subtropical ocean, and recent evidence suggests they are responsible for reflecting about 5 degrees Celsius of global warming back out into space.

As greenhouse gases build up in the atmosphere, high-resolution simulations show these clouds will thin out and maybe even dissipate completely. Even under modest warming scenarios, the results show subtropical stratocumulus clouds gradually thin out and break apart.

Without this protective shield, all that heat from the sun can then sink freely into the lower atmosphere and our planet’s oceans, raising temperatures around the globe even further.

As such, solar geoengineering may only work up to a point, and in the long run, researchers say it’s no replacement for cutting carbon emissions.

“Solar geoengineering is not a fail-safe option to prevent global warming,” the authors conclude, “because it does not mitigate risks to the climate system that arise from direct effects of greenhouse gases on cloud cover.”

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Their model illustrates what happens when increased CO2 concentrations occur at the same time as increased cloud cooling. As such, it assumes that solar geoengineering actually works and that our emissions will continue unchecked.

But while growing research has tied increased greenhouse gas emissions to a potential tipping point of thinning cloud cover that’s often overlooked in climate models, it’s still not clear at what concentration those clouds begin to thin or how that impacts their light-reflecting abilities.

Surface warming on Earth leads to evaporation and increased atmospheric moisture, which appears to weaken cloud-top cooling, sort of like how the ground takes longer to cool at night in humid weather as opposed to dry conditions.

The new model is an interesting exploration of what happens when emissions continue while cloud cooling improves, but it is still a relatively simple explanation that does not take into account seasonal cycles, ‘noise’ in meteorological data or regional differences.

“The lack of spatial heterogeneity and temporal variability in our simulations make it difficult to quantify more precisely the range of CO2 concentrations over which stratocumulus breakup may occur, or when the clouds reform after CO2 concentrations are lowered,” the authors admit

“Caveats and limitations notwithstanding, the results illustrate a hitherto-unrecognised risk of solar geoengineering.”

The risks and benefits of solar geoengineering remain uncertain, and we need far more research before we can say for sure whether it’s worth pursuing at all. Clouds are really hard to simulate; seeding them is a whole other issue.

For now, reducing our emissions is still undoubtedly the best option.

The study was published in PNAS

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Albrighton area LJC, and Shifnal & Sheriffhales LJC: joint public meeting on 3 September 2018

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Albrighton area LJC,  and Shifnal & Sheriffhales LJC: joint public meeting

Albrighton area Local Joint Committee (LJC), and Shifnal and Sheriffhales LJC, are coming together on Monday 3 September 2018 to hear a presentation on the future of Shropshire’s health service.

Representatives from the NHS will be attending the meeting to present their recommendations as part of their consultation on the Future Fit proposals: https://www.nhsfuturefit.org/key-documents/about-the-future-fit-programme. Local people from across the area are invited to attend and have their say.

The meeting will be held from 6pm–8pm on Monday 3 September 2018 at St Mary’s Church Centre, Vicarage Lane, off High Street, Albrighton, WV7 3EQ.

Local Shropshire Councillors for the areas, Malcolm Pate, Ed Bird and Kevin Turley,  welcome everyone across the two LJC areas to attend this important meeting.  They know there are concerns locally about the future of the health service in Shropshire.  This is an opportunity for everyone to come together to voice concerns directly to the people who will be considering the future management of these services.

For further information on this meeting contact Andrea McWilliams, Shropshire Council’s community enablement officer for Albrighton and Shifnal at andrea.mcwilliams@shropshire.gov.uk or 07990 085124.

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Parishes covered by these LJCs are Albrighton, Donington with Boscobel, Tong, Boningale, Shifnal and Sheriffhales.


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This is monthly meeting of Disaster Management Working Group. The detail agenda will be as below:

- Updating from the agencies
- Further discussion on DMWG’s action plan of 2014 (this requires JANI’s members attending)
- Discuss on the preparation of JAT training (this requires DMWG core members attending).
- AOB…

Further inforamtion, please contact the Group Chairman Mr. Tran Manh Hung
Emergency Co-ordinator | CARE International in Vietnam.
Address: P.O Box 20 Hanoi | 92 To Ngoc Van Road, Tay Ho Dist., Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Frito-Lay’s CNG Fleet Notches 100 Million Miles in Sustainability Effort

Frito-Lay, a division of PepsiCo, says it has reached a major milestone this month, as its compressed natural gas (CNG) truck fleet logged more than 100 million miles driven on routes across the U.S. over the last six years.

According to PepsiCo, the division first began leveraging CNG technology in 2011, when 16 CNG freight trucks were placed into service. Today, the Frito-Lay CNG fleet has grown to more than 500 vehicles, representing more than 35% of the company’s long-haul inventory.

As reported, CNG freight trucks emit 23% fewer greenhouse-gas (GHG) tailpipe emissions than do the diesel freight trucks they replace, marking a significant improvement in its efforts.

“Increasing the efficiency of our vehicle fleet is a key component of achieving PepsiCo’s overall goal to reduce GHG emissions,” says Michael O’Connell, senior director of supply chain for PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay division.

“Alternative fuel solutions like Frito-Lay’s use of CNG freight trucks are an important piece of our overall strategy, helping us reduce our environmental footprint, meet changing consumer needs and thrive in today’s economy,” he states.

Frito-Lay says that the development of a national infrastructure for alternative fuel has been critical to the expansion of its CNG fleet, as the company reports to be a major customer at 16 public CNG fueling stations around the country. These stations – the most recent of which is the Questar station in Buttonwillow, Calif., which opened this past June – also provide fuel to other companies currently using or considering alternative fuel vehicles.

According to PepsiCo, Frito-Lay currently maintains the seventh-largest commercial fleet in the U.S., with approximately 22,000 vehicles, including everything from cargo vans up to Class 8 tractor-trailers. Having joined President Barack Obama’s National Clean Fleets Partnership in 2011, the Frito-Lay vehicle fleet currently features several different fuel-efficient models, including 269 electric delivery trucks, 208 CNG trucks and various advanced diesel technology from some of the leading manufacturers around the world.

“We currently maintain the largest commercial fleet of EV trucks in the United States,” O’Connell adds.

As a result of this comprehensive approach to fleet efficiency, Frito-Lay says it has reduced its diesel fuel use by more than 30% from 2008 to 2015.

This news follows close on the heels of both UPS and Ryder making CNG announcements of their own. UPS recently announced that it had achieved its goal of driving 1 billion miles in its alternative fuel and advanced technology fleet – and in fact, reached its target one year earlier than planned. In addition, Ryder signed a full-service agreement with Postal Fleet Services Inc. for 20 CNG heavy-duty vehicles for mail delivery operations in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee.

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An increase or decrease percentage of two numbers can be very useful. Let's say you are a shop that sold 581 t-shirts in January, and then sold 4197 t-shirts in February. What is the percentage increase or decrease there? Knowing the answer allows you to compare and track numbers to look for trends or reasons for the change.

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Once we've done that we need to divide the result, 3616, by the original number, 581. We do this because we need to compare the difference between the new number and the original:

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We now have our answer in decimal format. How do we get this into percentage format? Multiply 6.223752151463 by 100? Ding ding ding! We have a winner:

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Without going into too much detail, since this is a very exhaustive topic, I'll write some pro's of each down from the top of my head:

Cartesian XZ hotend, Y bed (eg. Prusa Mendel):

  • easy to build (relatively)
  • easy to maintain
  • easy to modify
  • understandable kinematics
  • with the right frame, no x-y-z orthogonality (90 degree angles) needs to be adjusted
  • affordable
  • bad for timelapse recordings
  • print quality will theoretically always be inferior at the same speeds and accelerations to kinematics that have less mass to move (heavy printbeds will lead to ghosting)
  • z-wobble is only existent in this approach
  • big build-plates are no option for this design (last feasible size might be 20x30 cm)

Cartesian XY hotend, Z bed (core-XY, sparkcube, Ultimaker, Makerbot)

  • less mass to be moved -> faster print speeds possible
  • almost no size limitaions
  • construction is easy to enclose in most models due to the cubic frame
  • looks almost always professional
  • enclosure can be hard to modify due to constraints in space

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  • less mass to be moved -> faster print speeds possible
  • impressive to watch
  • more load on the processing unit due to more complicated kinematics (32 bit needed for fast print speeds and responsive control with display)
  • kinematics not easily understandable
  • error-cause search can be very complicated
  • more accurate in the center than on the outer limits due to the kinematic approach

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Kimchi Samosa You can have Kimchi Samosa using 9 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Kimchi Samosa

  1. You need For of kimchi-.
  2. Prepare 1 bowl of chopped cabbage.
  3. You need 4-5 cloves of garlic.
  4. It’s 1/2 tsp of rock salt.
  5. You need 1 tsp of red chilli powder.
  6. You need For of samosa-.
  7. Prepare 1 bowl of maida.
  8. You need 1 tsp of oil.
  9. Prepare as required of oil for frying.

Kimchi Samosa instructions

  1. Add salt to cabbage and let it sweat for 1 day then add chopped garlic powder and put it in a sealed container to ferment.
  2. After 3-4 days it will be ready to use.
  3. Now let’s prepare samosas-Add oil to maida and bind it Then use the squeezed out brine from kimchi to knead a firm dough (no other spices are used so that flavour of kimchi can be fully enjoyed).
  4. Cover the dough and give it a rest for 20-30 mins.
  5. Then roll out the dough into circles, then cut into 2 then make cone from each and fill with kimchi and seal.
  6. Heat up the oil, fry the samosas on medium flame and enjoy the authentic Indo Korean samosas.
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My love affair with IKEA has been reignited. Fourteen years ago, I first discovered it as a student (giant bags of tealights and cheap colanders were the stuff dreams were made of, back then) and seven years ago my husband and I kitted out our very first flat with IKEA bookshelves, wall art and yes, more tea lights.

And then I went off it a bit. “Why buy IKEA when you can buy from a mixture of far more upmarket places?” I asked myself, when we bought our house a few years ago. We upgraded to buying new furniture and accessories from Laura Ashley and Marks & Spencer, quietly congratulating ourselves for leaving IKEA behind.

But I’ve just seen the Swedish furniture store in a whole new light now that I’m a mum. They have a whole host of fun, bright (and cheap!) kids homeware but more impressive is their toy selection. Their hero product has to be their DUKTIG mini kitchen. I’ve struggled to find a nice looking toy kitchen that isn’t tiny-but-expensive or bright pink plastic. And this bad boy ticks all the boxes – it has an oven, cupboard and microwave for all your child’s opening-and-closing-doors-repeatedly needs. It has a sink and tap that moves from side to side, just like Mummy and Daddy’s real tap. It has a cooker, to allow your cherub to make swiss roll and Baked Beans (like on the A La Carte Kitchen advert). The only thing it’s missing is an AGA attachment and Cath Kidston tea towels. But the genius thing about this IKEA kitchen is that it’s unisex. It kind of angers me that so many toy kitchens are pink and girly – you don’t even need me to bore you with the reasons why, you know them. So for any mums of budding Delia Smiths or Jamie Olivers, this is the toy kitchen for you.

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    I’m also in love with this kitchen! I recently bought Elfie a brio-esque wooden train set from ikea and its fab? She loooves her choo choos.

    • August 3, 2012 / 6:02 am

      We bought the train set too – apparently it can work with the Brio set too so you can mix and match the sets in future if you want to. Tempted to buy one of their playmats with roads and buildings on it too. Gotta love IKEA!

  2. August 3, 2012 / 9:50 am

    Ah, yeah, it is FAB. Also love that it is gender-neutral. It is a real bug bear of mine that we have such a colour division with our toys. As a small child recently said “all colours are for everyone!”
    I also saw a cool little kitchen made out of an old cabinet on Pinterest recently – that is on my to do list!

  3. August 3, 2012 / 10:01 pm

    I’m planning on getting this for Anya for Christmas – I also got quite excited about the selection of saucepans and utensils I could buy to match. I need to get out more! x

    • August 4, 2012 / 6:05 am

      Grace is getting hers for her birthday in Sept – it’s currently sitting flat packed in our spare room! I picked up a toy toaster the other day from Sainsburys for a fiver! x

  4. October 18, 2012 / 7:11 am

    We have one of these! Bought it for F for Christmas last year and she LOVES it. It sits proudly in our kitchen so she cooks on it next to me. It’s one of the few I’ve seen that I’m happy to have in our kitchen, doesn’t make it look too much like a playroom!

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We live in an era where the biggest publishing companies and media organisations are only concerned with stabilising profits for shareholders – and are prioritising making money over supporting originality and new creative ideas. This is strangling our modern culture – limiting us to a devastating cycle of reboots, sequels, prequels and franchises; where the only novels we read are copies of novels that are themselves copies of commercially successful novels. This risk-averse and profit-focussed approach in turn risks homogenising our culture; and limiting our exposure to new ways of thinking.

At a time when we need new ideas and voices to counter the prevailing cultural winds, which tell us creativity is only of value if it sells, we need independent publishers to continue their fine work. We need diversity and originality in our publishing; not ceaseless imitation and repetition in pursuit of a fast buck. We need books that experiment and take risks; not those that seem afraid to be different. We need independent publishers; not corporate monopolies.

Looking to add to your ‘To Be Read’ pile of books? Or looking to get your own work published and added to somebody else’s reading list? The following list of independent publishers should help!

But independent publishers need us, as readers and writers, too. They need us to buy their books and support their projects; and they need writers to keep submitting books and poetry collections to them, so that they can keep discovering and publishing new, unique, and inspiring new voices and stories.

It’s a reciprocal relationship, then, and one that we hope we can help support ourselves by bringing you the following list of independent and alternative publishing houses where you can find inspiration and submit your own work to.

Put together alongside our other writing resources, including our list of literary magazines that are always open to unsolicited submissions, the list below provides all the handy details readers and writers alike might need. But of course, we are fortunate to live in a world abounding with creative entrepreneurs, so, if there’s a great indie publisher that we’ve missed, or if you own or run an independent publishing house yourself and you’d like to see if listed here, please get in touch and let us know.

Happy reading, comrades!

404 Ink

About 404 Ink: 404 Ink is the award-winning alternative, independent publisher of books and literary magazines.

Books: A wonderful collection of books available from their online store, including ‘The Goldblum Variations: The Adventures of Jeff Goldblum”.

Submissions: 404 Ink regularly accept unsolicited submissions during their submissions windows. Check online for more information.

The 87 Press

About The 87 Press: The 87 is a small press, publishing collective, events organiser, and platform for discussion, committed to publishing the very best of bold, innovative and experimental writing from emerging and established writers.

87 Press Books: Check out their online store featuring books by Caspar Heinemann, Callie Gardener and others.

Submissions: The 87 Press accept unsolicited submissions during defined submissions periods. Check online for more information.

Biteback Publishing

Described as ‘Britain’s leading political publisher’ by Charles Moore, Biteback Publishing is one of Britain’s leading independent publishers of political and current affairs titles. They also publish espionage, general non fiction and sport.

Submissions: Always up for considering new writing proposals, you can find out more about Biteback’s submissions guidelines here.

Birlinn Ltd

About Birlinn Ltd: Described as “passionately independent”, Birlinn Ltd is made up of a number of imprints, including Origin, Polygon, BC Books, and Arena Sports. Polygon is known for publishing literary fiction and poetry, including by acclaimed authors like James Kelman and Liz Lochhead. With so many imprints, their catalogue provides an opportunity to lose yourself browsing the digital bookshelves. Worth checking out!

Submissions: If you have a work of fiction, non-fiction or poetry that you strongly believe would suit their list, Berlinn want to hear from you. You should post a synopsis and three sample chapters, or half a dozen poems, with some biographical information about yourself (including contact details), a stamped addressed envelope (should you wish the material returned) and a brief explanation of why you have chosen to submit your work. More information via their contact page.

Boiler House Press

 About Boiler House Press: BHP is a new publisher of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and everything in-between. Based out of the University of East Anglia, they accept unsolicited writing submissions.

Boldwood Books

About Boldwood Books: A new global publisher founded in 2019 in London, UK. Promises to be innovative and fearless.

Boldwood Submissions: Actively seeking unsolicited manuscripts (praise the day!) Check out their website above or Twitter @BoldwoodBooks for more info, then send manuscript directly to

Burning Chair Publishing

About Burning Chair Publishing: From first class editing to cutting edge marketing and promotion, Burning Chair are an exciting new independent publishers that look to provide authors with the support they need to make sure their book fulfils its potential. Check out some of their books published so far via their store.

Burning Chair Submissions: This indie publishers is open for submissions and accepting unsolicited manuscripts from a variety of different genres. Information about what they’re looking for, and how to submit, is available online.

Burning Eye Books

 “Poetry for the people, not just professors.” Burning Eye Books are all about putting Slam/Stand Up/Performance & Spoken Word Poetry on the page. Something that arguably hasn’t been done enough. They have a bookstore where you can purchase their titles, but perhaps of more interest are the free (yes, FREE) book samples you can read right now through their website.

These guys do open every now and then for submissions, but they also charge a small £5 fee (which goes to charity). Check their website for information about when to submit, as well as submission guidelines.

Carcanet Press

Described as “the most courageous publisher” by Charles Tomlinson, Carcanet has been publishing poetry, inventive fiction and literary criticism for decades. They’re a massive name in the world of independent publishing and have a dizzying array of excellent and unique books to choose from, including work from Will Eaves (read our interview with Eaves here), who won the Republic of Consciousness Prize this year.

Carcanet Press Submissions: considering the reputation of this publisher, it’s a sign of their core values that they’re still keen to accept unsolicited manuscript submissions. Carcanet considers submissions and book proposals sent electronically as emailed attachments – and does have strict reading periods for when these submissions can be sent in. Check their website for more information.

Copy Press

Copy Press is an independent publishing company, dedicated to extending ideas of writing, pictures and readability. They have a number of publishing products and welcome proposals of new writing to fit within these.

Cranachan Publishing

Cranachan Publishing we focus on sourcing the finest, freshest writing so that we can produce books that our readers will want to devour in one sitting.

Submitting to Cranachan Publishing: These guys are always open to new proposals but they receive loads of submissions so you need to send a query email first. More information online.

Dahlia Books

About Dahlia Books: A small press publisher, championing regional and diverse voices in literature. They publish a range of different genres and styles of literature (all of it good), and are open to unsolicited submissions twice a year, in March and September.

Damaged Goods Press

Damaged Goods is a queer & trans owned press specializing in poetry & creative nonfiction by queer & trans writers. They’re actively seeking new writing so get submitting!

Dancing Bear Books

Dancing Bear Books have a clear mission and they chose to embark on it because of the lack of diversity in fantasy and fairytale literature within commercial fiction. They are a publisher of Folklore, Fairytales and Fantasy and specifically are after tales that feature BAME, LGBT and disabled protagonists. They have bases in both Newcastle and London, UK, and perhaps more importantly, they are very keen to hear your stories.

Submitting to Dancing Bear Books: With their focus on diversity in literature (and the stories we read), they have some specific rules that manuscripts must meet in order to be considered for publication. Information about this is all online. Importantly, they accept both agented and non-agented submissions and you should feel free to submit your manuscripts directly to them!

Daunt Books Publishing

Founded in 2010, the Daunt Books imprint is dedicated to publishing brilliant works by talented authors from around the world. Whether reissuing beautiful new editions of lost classics or publishing debut works by fresh voices, our titles are inspired by the Daunt Books shops themselves and the exciting atmosphere of discovery to be found in a good bookshop.

Submitting to Daunt Books: DB welcome unsolicited submissions via email or post.

With their roots as a travel bookshop, the titles they publish are inspired by the Daunt shops themselves. They’re interested in writing that evokes a strong sense of place — literary fiction (novels and short stories) and narrative non-fiction with a lingering atmosphere, a thrilling story, and a distinctive style. Further submissions information is available online.

Elsewhen Press

Ahoy there, speculative fiction fans! Elsewhen Press seeks to publish new exciting titles in the Speculative Fiction genre, especially (but not exclusively) from previously unpublished authors. We are looking for high quality manuscripts that tell a compelling story, ideally developed around a strong underlying theme which adds something significant and novel to the genre. Manuscripts must be of book-length, can be an individual story or (first in) a series of stories. More info online!

Epoque Press

About Epoque Press: époque press is an independent publisher based between Brighton and Dublin established to promote and represent the very best in new literary talent. Through a combination of their main publishing imprint and their online ezine, they aim to bring inspirational and thought provoking work to a wider audience.

Submit to Epoque Press: Open to submissions from new and established writers. More information online.

Eyrie Press

About Eyrie Press: A small indie publisher focused on peculative & historical fiction. Especially keen on featuring underrepresented groups, and supporting regional writers from UK. Info about what they’re looking for in submissions – as well as when they will open their inbox to unsolicited submissions, is all online.

Fairlight Books

Fairlight publish literary fiction and books that promote quality writing. For readers, they have an interesting shop where you can buy bundles of their books together (check it out). For writers, these fabulous folk are accepting submissions of literary fiction (short story collections, novellas and novels). Guidelines here.

Fly on the Wall Press

A really lovely indie publishing press with a commitment to discovering (and, importantly, printing) new writing. Have a great collection of books available through their online store, which readers can peruse at their leisure. Meanwhile, writers interested in submitting their work to the press can find out more online.

Four Corners Books

Four Corners make art books that have a story to tell, with a special focus on art outside traditional gallery contexts. In their ‘Familiars’ series – in which they invite artists to reimagine classic works of literature – or their new series, the Irregulars – about fascinating pockets of British visual culture – they try to find art in the most intriguing and unusual places.

Submitting to Four Corners Books: These fine literary folks are always happy to hear from artists and writers with proposals for books, but ideally they should fit within their current remit: art history, with an emphasis on art made outside the traditional gallery system, and especially on culture in Britain after 1945. Email with a brief enquiry in the first instance.

Galley Beggar Press

Galley Beggar Press is an independent publisher from the UK – they publish innovative writing and all all-round fine folk. Importantly, despite their esteemed reputation, they also accept unsolicited manuscripts once a year (in 2019, this period is July). More information about their submissions processes is available online.

Guppy Books

About Guppy Books: New independent publisher of fabulous fiction for children of all ages, tweeting as @guppybooks. Various new children’s books available online.

Submitting to Guppy Books: Guppy Books welcomes fiction submissions from agents and previously published authors. They remain open as a publisher, and twice a year they will be accepting unsolicited manuscript submissions from unpublished writers over a specific period of time. They will put up these dates on the Guppy quarterly newsletter and via Twitter and social media.

Handheld Press

Based in the lovely, limestone-clad city of Bath in the UK, Handheld Press sells stories, handpicked tales from the past and the present, because they are remarkable and wonderful. They publish books to be books; creating beautiful objects that are designed and laid out with care. They were the regional finalist for The Bookseller Small Press Award in 2018. Importantly, they accept not only manuscript submissions from new and established authors, but also simply ideas for new fiction. So drop them a line and pitch them your story (what are you waiting for? Check out their submissions page for more info).

Head of Zeus

Winner of the 2017 Independent Publisher of the Year award, Head of Zeus are an acclaimed indie publisher dedicated to beautiful books and great storytelling.

Head of Zeus books: A host of excellent titles are available through their online store, including novels by the equally excellent Tim Leach (who we’ve interviewed on our site).

Submitting to Head of Zeus: These guys are immensely popular and, as such, receive an overwhelming number of submissions. That said, they do try to open their submissions portal to unsolicited manuscript submissions whenever possible, so keep up to date with them online.

Henningham Family Press

HFP are a book publisher with a difference, creating award-winning and critically acclaimed books that are in themselves works of art, created through fine art print making and book binding. Their books are each unique and worthy of entire webpages in themselves, so suffice to say we’d urge you all to spend some time checking out their online store and picking up a couple of copies for your friends and family (as well as yourself, of course).

Submitting to Henningham Family Press: HFP, in their own words currently “have enough manuscripts written by white males to keep [them] occupied for ten years”. So their focus is on considering unsolicited material from women and BAME authors. Further information about what they’re looking for and how to submit is available online.

Hera Books

About Hera Books: An independent digital publisher bringing readers the very best in commercial fiction.

Submitting to Hera Books: Actively seeking submissions of new writing, the team behind Hera Books also offer hands-on editorial services, so check them out and get submitting!

HopeRoad Publishing

HopeRoad promotes inclusive literature with a focus on Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. They vigorously support often neglected voices and many of their YA titles (featured in their lovely bookstore) focus on issues dealing with identity, cultural stereotyping and disability. It’s unclear whether they accept submissions but they encourage people interested in the press to get in touch with any enquiries.

Apart from being a wonderful pun, Inkandescent is also a new publishing venture committed to promoting ideas, subjects and voices underrepresented by mainstream publishing. They hope to discover and celebrate original, diverse and transgressive literature and art, to challenge the status quo.

Lilliput Press

The Lilliput Press is one of Ireland’s smallest and most prestigious publishing houses. They publish a wide variety of Irish interest books and represent authors such as James Joyce, John Moriarty, J.P. Donleavy and many others.

Submissions policy: The Lilliput Press still accept unsolicited manuscript submissions; but only by post (email submissions will not be considered). They offer a range of guidelines and processes for submitting, including what to submit alongside your manuscript.

Linen Press

Linen Press is a small, independent publisher run by women, for women. They are now the only indie women’s press in the UK.

They have dozens and dozens of exceptional books available to readers through their lovely online bookshop.

And, good news, sports fans, Linen Press are looking for submissions. Specifically, they are after ‘beautifully written manuscripts which are relevant to women’s lives and which surprise us with their style and content.’ This can be literary fiction, top-end contemporary fiction and memoir. Check out submissions guidelines online.

Maytree Press

Maytree Press are a new, budding indie press from the UK. They have a small but cool catalogue which they’re currently building and adding to (which means readers can pick up one of their books they’ve already published from their shop, and writers seeking to get published themselves can submit their work for consideration).

New Island Books

About New Island Books: New Island Books are an independent Irish publisher, printing groundbreaking writing from both established and emerging writers. Featuring beautiful writing (often with stunning illustrations on the cover, as with Antony Cronin’s No Laughing Matter), their bookshop is well worth a browse.

Submissions: these guys are all about reading and discovering new writing and new voices. They regularly open their inboxes to unsolicited manuscripts, so check online for information about their submission windows and how and what to submit.

Nine Arches Press

About Nine Arches Press: Founded in 2008, this lovely publishing house based in the midlands, UK, are about more than just printing (award-winning) literature. They are all about the wider literary and social community and help organise events, readings, workshops and open mic nights.

Nine Arches Books: They’ve published over 70 collections, which is pretty great going. Two of their pamphlets. Mark Goodwin’s book Shod stands out after it won the 2011 East Midlands Book Award. All My Mad Mothers by Jacqueline Saphra is also a great read and was shortlisted for the TS Eliot Poetry Prize, while David Clarke’s debut poems, Arc, was longlisted for the Polari Prize.

Submitting to Nine Arches Press: They have a couple of steps that interested writers should familiarise themselves with before submitting, but the important thing to remember is that these guys are very open to publishing new writing (it’s sort of what they do), so, if you have a cracking collection of poems burning a hole in your pocket, do consider submitting a sample of poems during one of their regular open submission windows.

No Alibis Press

About No Alibis: Based in a small corner of Belfast, No Alibis Press is a small publishing company with a big shouty attitude. As an independent press they’re relatively new on the scene, but for some time now they’ve been quietly incubating among the shelves of No Alibis bookstore where David Torrans and his team have been selling books for more than twenty years. One of their first books – December Stories I by Ian Samson – has already received praise from critics (including ourselves).

Submitting to No Alibis Press: These lovely folk are real champions of new and exciting writing and welcome submissions from authors (unsolicited or otherwise) at different times during the year. Check their website for information about how and when to submit.

Obliterati Press

Obliterati Press is a publisher for writers set up by writers keen to use the experience they have gained to unveil great new voices.

Obliterati Press Submissions: This indie press is particularly keen to receive submissions from new and emerging writers – so keep an eye on their various channels for news about their reading periods.

Onwe Press

About Onwe Press: UK publishers committed to discovering unforgettable stories and highlighting diverse voices. They’re a new publishing house, so drop them an email for information about their books and submissions via

Panther Publishing

About Panther Publishing: Publisher of crime, mystery, thriller, paranormal and horror novels, based in Wales.

Panther Publishing submissions: These guys are OPEN for unsolicited manuscripts and are looking forward to reading your work. More info online.

Peepal Tree Press

About Peepal Tree Press: Leeds-based Peepal Tree Press is home to some of the finest Caribbean and Black British fiction, poetry, literary criticism, memoirs and historical studies. Discover some of their stunning and unique reads through their online catalogue featuring dozens of excellent writers.

Peepal Tree Press submissions: despite receiving a high volume of submissions, Peepal Tree Press are still open to unsolicited manuscript submissions year-round, and promise to respond to 90% of submissions within 12 weeks. Submit via submittable.

Peninsula Press

This quirky publishing house launched following a successful Kickstarter campaign (oh the things you can do with CrowdFunding!). As they build a following they are keen to receive submissions from new writers, so check out their website for information about how, when and what to submit.

Pool Publishing

A publishing house based out of Vienna, Austria. They primarily focus on illustration, graphic design and photography, working with creatives (being a creative collective ourselves, this is something we strongly endorse) from around the world, they look to create new and interesting publications. They are open to new ideas and submissions so you should check out their website and drop them a line to introduce yourself.

Red Squirrel Press

Red Squirrel Press is a self-funded independent press based in Scotland. It was founded in April 2006 and has published over 190 titles to date.  It publishes poetry pamphlets and full collections.

While they have a full production plan in place until 2021, you can still submit your work by following the press submissions guidelines online.

Salt publishing

About Salt: Salt is one of UK’s foremost independent publishers, committed to the discovery and publication of contemporary British literature. Advocates for writers at all stages of their careers, the company help ensure that diverse voices can be heard in an abundant, global marketplace.

Salt books – huge number of books available at reasonable prices directly from their online store. Two of their books, by Eleanor Anstruther and Samuel Fisher, have been longlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize 2019.

Salt Submissions – information about Salt’s submissions processes, including when they are open and closed for manuscript submissions, is available online.

Seren Books

About Seren Books: Wales’ leading independent book publisher, specialising in English-language writing from Wales. With a list spanning poetry, fiction and non-fiction, many of their books are shortlisted for – and win – major literary prizes across the UK and America. You can check out some of their great book titles online via their store – and you can usually nab yourself some nifty discount by registering with their website and newsletter.

Submitting your work to Seren Books: Seren Books are keen to publish new and exciting writing – so don’t be afraid to submit. They have a clear set of submissions guidelines you should read through first, though, so head to their website for information on how to submit your manuscript.

Serpentine Books

Serpentine Books set themselves our as genuinely seeking new, alternative fiction that doesn’t simply “follow trends” (as the majority of the publishing industry seems to try and do). They’re building their first list of books, which will no doubt build the anticipation among readers; while also providing an opportunity for writers with a new story to tell to get published. Check out their submissions guidelines if you’re interested in submitting your manuscript.

Silvertail Books

Publishing fiction and non-fiction, based in the UK. Open for submissions, importantly.

Stewed Rhubarb Press

About Stewed Rhubarb Press: SRP are an independent publisher specialising in spoken-word poetry. Its mission is to treat spoken-word poetry and novellas with the enthusiasm and respect they deserve. They advertise opportunities for submitting unsolicited manuscripts online, via Twitter and through their mailing list.

Swan River Press

Ireland’s only publishing house dedicated to literature of the gothic, fantastic, strange and supernatural. They have a range of beautiful books that are all worth checking out, popping in your shopping baskets and purchasing. Check out their list of titles via their online store.

Tangent Books

Deliberately and resolutely independent, Tangent Books maintains close relationships with the authors, designers and printers they work with to ensure that everyone involved in the production of one of their volumes gets a fair deal, as well as supporting local, independent business. A fine ethos to be celebrated, championed and supported – which you can do so by purchasing one of their wonderful books from their digital shop.

Ugly Duckling Presse

UDP is a nonprofit publisher based in Brooklyn, NYC, focusing on new poetry, translation, lost works, and books by artists. They have a swanky website featuring a host of equally swanky-looking book titles; and, what’s more, they’re open to new ideas and submissions at different points in time (for instance, they’re open to unsolicited submissions of new writing during May 2019).

Unthank Books

Unthank Books is an independent publisher founded in 2010. Historically, the Unthank is the unclaimed land at the edge of town, and that’s where this printing press resides, nurturing distinct and vibrant literature, both in the novel and short form.

Submitting to Unthank Books: To submit, in the first instance, you need to check online or via social media whether they are currently open for unsolicited submissions. If they are, and you have a piece of work no more than 80,000 words long, you should email the first 50 pages and a synopsis and covering letter to

Verve Books

About Verve Books: A dynamic digital publisher, inspired by a love of great, original, page-turning fiction led by a team of passionate book lovers.

Verve Books Submissions: these fine folk accept new book submissions from new and established authors. Check out their guidance.

And a special shout out to a truly groundbreaking alternative publishing house…

Unbound Books

Innovative and unique in the publishing world, Unbound have a core mission to disrupt the publishing industry with fresh ideas that don’t fit the traditional mould. They combine Crowdfunding with traditional publishing expertise and processes (they have a team of editors, designers, and marketers, as well as a distribution team to ensure the books they publish reach new readers as well as those who back their projects). The end result is a publishing firm that genuinely creates radical and often unique books that readers and writers enjoy and benefit from.

Check out their list of published books via their online store; or go one better and pledge to support a couple of the fantastic projects they’re currently raising funds for. There are some really incredible ones out there, from poetic rhyming dictionaries for battle rappers, to books about Brexit, hills, feminism, deepwater diving and more – including this wonderful illustrated book, ‘Philosophers’ Dogs’, based on the idea that all human philosophers stole their ideas from their dogs.

‘Who really is a good dog?’; ‘What even are tennis balls?’ ‘How can anyone ever be sure who ate the chocolate cake you left on the table?’ All these questions – and more – answered in ‘Philosophers’ Dogs’, just one of countless fantastic crowdfunding projects currently raising funds through innovative, award-winning publishing company, Unbound.

And, if you have an idea for a book yourself, they’re always keen to hear it. Information about how to submit your idea is available online.

  1. Hi, this is a very informative post!
    I work for an independent publishers and I was wondering how we could be featured in a list like this?
    Many thanks

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Melanin transferred to keratinocytes resides in non-degradative endocytic compartments

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Melanin transfer from melanocytes to keratinocytes and subsequent accumulation in the supra-nuclear region is a critical process in skin pigmentation and protection against ultraviolet radiation. We have previously proposed that the main mode of transfer between melanocytes and keratinocytes is through exo/endocytosis of the melanosome core, termed melanocore. In this study, we developed an in vitro uptake assay using melanocores secreted by melanocytes. We show that the uptake of melanocores, but not melanosomes, by keratinocytes is Protease-activated receptor (PAR)-2-dependent. Furthermore, we found that the silencing of the early endocytic regulator Rab5b, but not the late endocytic regulators Rab7a or Rab9a, significantly impairs melanocore uptake by keratinocytes. Following uptake, we observed that melanin accumulates in compartments that are positive for both early and late endocytic markers. We found that melanin does not localize to either highly degradative or acidic organelles, as assessed by LysoTracker and DQ-BSA staining, despite the abundance of these types of organelles within keratinocytes. Therefore, we propose that melanocore uptake leads to storage of melanin within keratinocytes in hybrid endocytic compartments that are not highly acidic or degradative. By avoiding lysosomal degradation, these specialized endosomes may allow melanin to persist within keratinocytes for long periods.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)637-646
Number of pages10
JournalJournal Of Investigative Dermatology
Issue number3
Early online date23 Oct 2017
Publication statusPublished - Mar 2018

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The Kindred Killers by Graham Smith @GrahamSmith1972 @Bloodhoundbook

** advanced copy received via publisher **

Author : Graham Smith
Title : The Kindred Killers
Series : Jake Boulder #2
Pages : 318
Publisher : Bloodhound Books
Publication date : September 12, 2017

Jake Boulder’s help is requested by his best friend, Alfonse, when his cousin is crucified and burned alive along with his wife and children. As Boulder tries to track the heinous killer, a young woman is abducted. Soon her body is discovered and Boulder realises both murders have something unusual in common.

With virtually no leads for Boulder to follow, he strives to find a way to get a clue as to the killer’s identity. But is he hunting for one killer or more?

After a young couple are snatched in the middle of the night the case takes a brutal turn. When the FBI are invited to help with the case, Boulder finds himself warned off the investigation. When gruesome, and incendiary, footage from a mobile phone is sent to all the major US News outlets and the pressure to find those responsible for the crimes mounts. But with the authorities against him can Boulder catch the killer before it’s too late?

Flippin’ heck! Mind blown! Need a minute!

Whew! Okay, here we go.

Not that long ago, I discovered Graham Smith’s work and lost myself in the world of the brooding hunk of a man that is Jake Boulder. Since then, I’ve been eagerly awaiting the next book in the series and when I was offered the opportunity to read it, it felt like my birthday had come early!

The Kindred Killers is the second instalment in the Jake Boulder series and it is absolutely mind-blowing! Yes, I’m aware I’ve already used that word but it fits perfectly!

Jake’s best friend Alphonse asks for his help when his cousin and his family go missing. Sadly there is no good news as the family is found horribly murdered. They are found to have been crucified and burned alive. And with that, the tone is set for a cruel and disturbing story that is unfortunately still rather apt and relevant these days. Some of these events may not be for the faint-hearted as they are quite brutal and stomach-churning but I feel it’s necessary to point out that none of it’s gratuitous and the author manages to set the scene as sympathetically as possible.

The return of Jake Boulder was most definitely worth the wait and this series just keeps getting better. I was utterly engrossed in the case and completely blown away by the reasoning behind the initial killings. I also really always enjoy it when an author takes the time to introduce us to a character so that even though you know deep down something is going to happen to them, it packs the most astounding punch when that something actually happens.

I continue to enjoy the friendship between Jake and Alphonse. Despite the strain they’re under and the grief Alphonse needs to deal with, they know each other so well that even when tempers rise, you know this bond won’t break. (Gee, I hope I didn’t jinx them now!)

I may have said it before but it’s worth saying again : Graham Smith has fast become one of my favourite authors and I honestly can’t wait to read more, be it about Jake Boulder or something else entirely! And you, yes you (!), should pick up this Jake Boulder series right now and get caught up! I promise you won’t regret it!

Many thanks to Graham Smith and Sarah Hardy at Bloodhound Books for my advanced copy, which I chose to review honestly! And a special shout-out to Noelle Holten! 😉

The Kindred Killers is available now!

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Forums  > Trading  > Use of modelling intraday seasonality in volatility.
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Joined: Jul 2013
Posted: 2020-06-04 13:03
Ok a few pointers:
1. garch is good for daily mainly, frameworks that do well in intraday vol clustering and seasonality not sure. However there is strong autocorrelation of squared returns, so garch effects do exist, but its not that simple.
2. look at realized volatility measures (minimum 5 min aggregation) and see if it can help
3. seasonality is not like a feature that is going to help as pointed out by EL, the U shaped durations and volume is clear but I would maybe focus on dummy variables that activate around certain spillover events open and close, news, etc. Anyting scheduled can go in the vol forecast or in a dummy that triggers some behaviour or an indicator variable.
4. you do need to forecast volatility, if you are good at it you can have significant changes in your sharpe/sortino/calmar. Having a risk scaling measure is essential to make your pnl volatility as constant as possible.
5. it's not easy I am kind of struggling with it too

A lot of pointers here and you have material to dig further.

"amicus Plato sed magis amica Veritas"

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Posted: 2020-06-16 18:22
Just finished reading half of marcos lopez's book advances in financial machine learning.
It is an exceptional book which covered most of my doubts about applying machine learning to stock data.

I have been skeptical of machine learning methods mainly due to advise by seniors and others that they overfit and that if i think logically i myself will discover exploitable patterns.

I am now thinking of starting to apply simple algos like CART or randomForests on intraday data.
Any Inputs ??

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Joined: Jul 2013
Posted: 2020-06-19 23:20
The more I learn about the machine learning literature the more I think it is a rewrite of what quants have been doing for the last 20 years.

Only exception is deep learning, but I see it difficult to port into our applications, still very interesting... Fascinating almost

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Posted: 2020-09-28 03:09
@ahgt_123 Not too sure but i think a version of modelling intraday volatility is used in HFT market making.

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Posted: 2020-10-05 11:42
Cant think of a use case other than adjusting quoted bid - ask spread with respect to time of day.

Can anyone elaborate?

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Posted: 2020-10-05 16:33
Low frequency (intraday, ~1 min - 1 hour) momentum triggers?

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Posted: 2020-10-07 08:24

Yes, for example you can use the intraday seasonality in volatility (It's also present in covariances) to adjust the hedging of shortlived trades.

Here is a plot from my master's thesis showing the evolution of the optimal hedging ratio during a typical trading day.

This shows the optimal hedge ratio when hedging Visa with SPY

I also used another version of the plot. Here, the series is deflated such that the middle of the day is 1. You can get a better feeling for how big the changes in the optimal hedge ratios are.

If you are interested in spot estimation of covariance matrices, you could have a look at
Bibinger et. al (2017): Estimating the Spot Covariation of Asset Prices—Statistical Theory and Empirical Evidence

It's a fascinating paper.

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