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Crystal Guard Zero – Chemical that cleans & turns surfaces into crystal glass
Crystal Guard Zero is a revolutionary chemical invented in Japan that cleans and turns any surfaces into crystal glass. Ideal for cars, bikes, gadgets, and etc.
Our new product "Crystal Guard Zero" is a very unique chemical that cleans & turns any surfaces into real crystal glass.
Before we go into the details of our new chemical, I would like you to know about its base ingredient "Crystal Guard". Its performance is amazing:
Crystal Guard is primarily formulated for automobiles but its use can be extended for motorcycles, bikes, boats, air planes, sinks, furniture, luggages, smart phones, gadgets, watches, cameras and all your accessories.
You don't need to worry about errors or smudges, anyone can use with confidence and ease.
That was our original Crystal Guard and we had to transcend our own limit. After experimenting and refining Crystal Guard for 10 years, we came up with a new formula that merges the sealant and cleaning ingredients into one powerful and harm free chemical.
We now need your support to launch this revolutionary product "Crystal Guard Zero" into the global market and to realize the ultimate dream of the late inventor.
Wether you have a car or not, we believe you'll love it.
Our original Crystal Guard is a revolutionary chemical product that was invented by a Japanese chemist. The power of Crystal Guard lies in its ability to create a micro-thin crystal glass layer bonded on any non-absorbent surfaces in normal temperature.
Crystal Guard doesn't oxidize or deteriorate unlike wax, oil or, silicon-based products. It adds 20 – 30% more gloss to clear coated auto bodies. Besides that, it enhances surface durability by800% (more than all teflon-based polymer sealants) and makes the surfaces resistant to acide and heat (up to 1,500F).
That's not all. Crystal Guard also fills micro disperities and reduces friction making your surface as smooth as this:
To understand Crystal Guard, let's delve into more details.
Let's look at the 3 major and proven advantages of Crystal Guard.
1. High Cleanability – Water sheeting effect
Crystal Guard is not "repellent"; it is "hydrophobic" in nature like crystal glass.
Here's the difference between Crystal Guard and other normal sealants.
A repellent sealant or wax beads the water, which means it keeps water on the surface and attracts more dust & dirt. It causes stains on the paint and possibly accelerates oxidation in the worst scenario.
On the other hand, Crystal Guard creates a hydrophobic layer that sheets water off your car surface. It makes it super easy to clean your car with tap water only. Plus, Crystal Guard reduces static charges on surfaces, thus, making them attract less dirt.
To demonstrate the cleanability of Crystal Guard, we simulated dirt deposits with a white board marker on a test plate. Repellent sealant and wax applied on the left side and Crystal Guard applied on the right side. We only soaked and shook the plate several times in water. Watch this:
I think you already know that glass cups are easier to clean compared to ceramic cups. If you want to see that in action, watch video on the top.
2. Glossiness –100% Gloss retention
Crystal Guard adds and prolongs the gloss on the bodies of old and brand new cars alike.
Crystal Guard contains NO oil or wax based ingredients. The Japanese National Standard anti-weathering test (JIS K 2396) has proven that Crystal Guard layers don't deteriorate and as matter of fact, they retain 100% gloss unless physically damaged.
Every subsequent application leaves you with super clear mirror-like reflection like the one below:
3. Durability – Mohs hardness scale 6
The Japanese national standard anti-weathering test (JIS K 2396) further proved that the surface of Crystal Guard layer has a hardness of 6 in the Mohs scale. This is equivalent to the hardness of a 9H pencil in the Japanese standard or the hardness of 11H in the USA. When you seal your paint with Crystal Guard, you will effectually protect the surfaces from swirls in the future.
The Crystal Guard layer is also acid resistant and heat registant up to 1,500 F. No stain is left even after bird droppings.
Evolving to much better chemical
We are not entirely new in the automotive chemical industry. Over the last 10 years, our products have relieved hundreds of thousands of Japanese citizens from the tiresome process of wax-on & wax-off karate-kid duties.
To deliver greater value to our customers, we continually improve the performance of our Crystal Guard line of products. Our products keep evolving and we now want to usher a new revolutionary chemical into the global market.
Let me introduce our new product, Crystal Guard Zero.
We have optimized the new Crystal Guard Zero by combining two powerful yet contradictory properties "durability" and "detergency".
Every time you buy some "wax & shampoo" products, you have to trade-off either of the two properties to avoid a conflict. Do you know why? The reason is simple; a detergent's work is to remove wax and dirt deposits.
Though Crystal Guard contains no wax or oil, it has the ability of removing dirt or oil off surfaces and creating a crystal glass layer on any surface.
We have tested over 1,000 patterns of Crystal Guard Zero prototype for the last 10 years and we want to assure that there was no compromise in safety and performance at all.
After a decade of reseach and experimentation, we completed the new formula.
The new Crystal Guard Zero is easy to use. You only need to spray and wipe it like any window or bathroom cleaneing agent in your home. That is all.
You don't need to apply any pressure when wiping a surface. The chemical creates a crystal layer bonded on paint once it touches the surface.
This new product will relieve you off regular headaches and the burden of washing your car. The beauty of it all is that it cleans, polishes, and protects your car without the need of water, even in the middle of desert.
That's not all.
Crystal Guard Zero will save you hundreds of dollars that you would have otherwise spent in detailing and waxing your car week-in and week-out. Just grab s bottle of Crystal Guard Zero and spray & wipe with ease.
Crystal Guard is a multi-purpose product that has been optimized for automobiles, motorcycles, glasses, watches, sinks, luggages, counters, and several other accessories.
Saves your energy and time while you enjoy polishing your gadgets with it 🙂
1. Cleanability – Water sheeting effect
2. Glossiness – Gloss retention 100%
3. Durability – Mohs hardness scale 6
We have already mentioned the 3 major benefits in fair details above. Now, let's look at 7 more that you need to know.
4. ZERO minute for application
"Zero" is for "zero minute for application." The best thing about Crystal Guard Zero is that you do not even need to worry about the sealant application process. All you have to do is to spray & wipe. That's all.
If you apply it to your car severally, it will create a crystal layer equivalent to our primary product Crystal Guard One, which is the base ingredient of Zero.
(One and Pro also need only 5 minutes for each application.)
5. Expert results and affordable price
Crystal Guard Zero is a cost-effective cleaning product. Each 270ml (9.13oz.) bottle will retail for $27.95 which is more than enough to cater for multiple cleaning and polishing needs. Multiple applications guarantee professional results and a durable crystal glass layer which would cost you over $100 or more at car detailers.
When it comes to performance, there is no alternative or replica of Crystal Guard. All other products sold at major retail stores like Amazon for $15 to $60 are based on wax or silicone. Unlike Crystal Guard, their gloss retention and cleanability are not proven which means they oxidize upon application.
6. Real crystal glass
As we have mentioned, Crystal Guard turns into a smooth and genuine micro thin crystal glass layer just like your watch. Once you apply it, the chemical will remove micro disparities on your surface leaving it smooth and flat.
Do you want a genuine proof of crystal glass? Just burn the chemical at a temperature of 5,500F (3,000C) as shown below, and it will turn into real crystal glass.
7. Build up your crystal glass layer yourself
All wax or sealant starts oxidizing and deteriorating right from the first application. Worse still, wax needs to be removed before a subsequent application and this increases the possibility of damages surfaces.
On the other hand, application of fixative sealant creates stacked-up smudgy layers which cause garish reflection on any surface. The situation doesn't improve when you hire detailer because they won't let you maintain the automobile surface yourself.
Unlike wax or sealant, Crystal Guard never oxidizes or deteriorates with time. In fact, the more you apply the thicker the crystal glass layer you'll get. Every layers bonds with preceding layer create super clear reflections on your surfaces.
You can now see why Crystal Guard is the only one product that gets better with multiple applications.
Unlike wax, multiple applications of Crystal Guard will fill swirls creating smooth and durable surfaces. In fact, it keeps filling swirls unless you physically rub or damage the surfaces.
8. Greater versatility
Crystal Guard can create a crystal glass layer on any surfaces so long as it's not absorbent. You can apply it on plastics, carbon fiber, chrome plates, or wood panels. Interestingly, some people apply crystal Guard on gadgets such as smartphones.
I got inspired to apply it on my Galaxy Note II a couple of time and it's now super slippery to carry without a cover.
9. Environmentally safe and ecological
Crystal Guard contains no compounds or solvents. It's a biodegradable chemical whose ecological safety has been tested & proven already in the USA at Bureau Veritas (ex. MTL-ACTS). Crystal Guard has no known harm at all and thus, it's EPA & TSCA compliant.
10. No need for car wax anymore
You wanna be a life-time Karate Kid?
If you have been struggling with car wax then you will be glad to know that Crystal Guard eliminates the need for car wax, once and for all. You don't have to struggle wax-on and wax-off your car week in week out or worry about smudges in your surfaces. The improved Crystal Guard is easy to apply and wipe.
Just say good-bye to car wax today. Spray & wipe Crystal Guard Zero while humming your favorite song.
I know you are wondering what Crystal Guard is and how it came into being. Well, the idea of Crystal Guard was conceived and implemented in Japan almost a decade ago. Soon after, it was introduced in California in the year 2002.
The original Crystal Guard was a bit expensive for most consumers, and to be honest it was not successful. We agonized over the decision to scale down operations and move our core business operation back to Japan in 2003.
Fortunately, Crystal Guard was well accepted by Japanese consumers. Crystal Guard One & Pro are well known in the Japanese automotive market and are currently available at nation-wide retail stores.
We've never given up on our desire for global distribution. After 10 years of experimentation, we successfully invented a new formula for our first global product.
Unfortunately, the original inventor/chemist passed on after we moved our operations to Japan. This was a difficult time because were struggling to satisfy the needs of our overseas customers overseas. Though we regret the decade long withdrawal of our products, we are excited to re-launch the next generation Crystal Guard products in the United States and launch it in the global market.
Crystal Guard has now evolved. We have been working with the inventor's son to re-launch it again with much more powerful chemical. That's why we need YOU TODAY!
Chris Talguard Maid Sticker – "000 the Spray That Sold Me"
Chris Talguard, our iconic maid, featured in the introduction video. We have made a special sticker of her with James Bond spy style.
It's a very high quality sticker that you can stick on your car after Crystal Guard application.
Crystal Guard Zero
With the retail version of Crystal Guard Zero, you can clean, shine, and protect any surface in a single application.
Every subsequent application increases the gloss and durability of your surface. Our earnest supporters around the world will be first people to try this new amazing chemical.
9.13 oz. (270 ml) bottle. + 10% more FREE only for supporters!
Prototype of Crystal Guard Zero Pro
Since Crystal Guard Zero is based on Crystal Guard One, we have decided to produce 300 bottles of a powerful prototype based on Crystal Guard Pro.
Though we have not tested this prototype, we have every reason to believe that it will be 5x more powerful than Crystal Guard Zero! We don't intend to make a retail version of it now, but we will create a few 9.13 oz. (270 ml) bottles of Crystal Guard Zero Pro for individuals who want to test-pilot this powerful prototype mobile-suit. Oops, I meant prototype chemical.
9.13 oz. (270 ml) bottle.
Note: All the products below are currently sold in Japan only. Though they have no English labeling or manuals, you can still try them ahead of the official global distribution. Don't worry; we will include a temporary English manual in your order.
Crystal Guard One
Crystal Guard One is actually the base ingredient of Crystal Guard Zero. It brings all the benefits described above with only one application. To get the best from Crystal Guard chemical, you need to try our primary product Crystal Guard One. When your car is still wet after car wash. Just spray and wipe, and the application will be done in less than 5 minutes.
3.88 oz. (100 ml) bottle is enough for 5 cars.
Crystal Guard Pro
Crystal Guard Pro is 5X more powerful than Crystal Guard One. In other words, 1 application of Pro is equivalent to 5 applications of One. Think about a warp 5 engine on NX-01 compared to a warp 1 engine on Phoenix.
3.88 oz. (100 ml) bottle is enough for 5 cars.
Crystal Guard Wheel Armor (Rim Armor)
We have optimized Crystal Guard chemical to maximize its durability and protection. As part of our global distribution strategy, we may change the name from "Wheel", as it is called in Japan, to "Rim Armor".
Once you apply it, you can clean your rims easily with tap water without worrying about stains. Crystal Guard prevents aluminum rims from staining.
Just look at how easy it is to clean your car rims with Crystal Guard.
1 oz. (30 ml) bottle treats 40 rims.
Crystal Guard Wash One
One wash is a powerful car shampoo with a special Crystal Guard accelerator included. You can use it as a primer to maximize the results when cleaning or maintaining a surface.
Get the 6.76 oz. (200 ml) bottle (serves 10 cars) and be the first one to experiment it outside Japan!
We need your earnest support so that we can launch Crystal Guard in the global market. If we can do this, then we will make the dream of our dear departed inventor come true at last.
Our goal covers a minimum initial cost to produce and launch Crystal Guard Zero.
To keep the retail price under $30, we need to produce at least 2 barrels for EACH primary ingredient at the factory. The total cost will exceed tens of thousand dollars.
We've already completed label design and the only thing that remains is to get a minimum order of 10,000 bottles and 50,000 film labels.
Label design is completed already, but we also need to order a minimum lot of 10,000 bottles and 50,000 film labels.
$25,000 covers:
- Meeting initial cost of chemical production
- Printing labels
- Securing bottles
- US fulfillment capabilities
- US UPC code registration at GS1 for barcodes
- Support our unpaid maid girl, Chris Talguard
We work with a special and iconic maid girl, Chris Talguard, who voluntarily posed for the introduction video that you have seen. Unfortunately, we have not been able to reward her for her adorable performance because we operate on an extremely limited budget. It's our earnest desire to reward her with a portion of the pledges that we receive as a token of appreciation for her outstanding performance.
By the way, without her help, our other maid would have looked like this in the cover!
The contribution of Chris and our earnest supporters has been savior of our corporate image.
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It's been a goal since the VOA was started, perhaps because it's such a round number, but also because we know that a reasonable projection of active members who would be part of the club is somewhere in the mid 2000's (based on trends seen with the old and new club over the last 10 years, the 2009 downturn, and of course the end of the car this year). Our goal has been to hit 2000 members and as of today - we reached that goal!
When the club was started (along with a large group of people who helped establish it), we expected a starting point of 1000 initially, with the hope of possibly 1600 over the next 2 years based on the majority of regions wanting something new. We hit 1600 quickly, in the middle of the first year actually, and so we simply thought of 2000 as a great goal for the future of the club. Over the following year we quickly got in the ballpark as we crossed 1900. But what a wonderful way to end the best year for the club so far, by reaching that goal.
Those who know me, know well that I care deeply for this club, it's progress, and especially its culture. Along with those who helped start the club (and my fellow cofounder Maurice), its passion alone that builds things like this. It's a privilege to be part of this club, as it's something that far, far less than 1% will ever do when you think about! I'm surrounded by so many regional and national leaders (and all their volunteers) who work to make this club what it is - with 37 regions around the world. That's a tall order to organize on volunteer resources, but an unselfish group of well over 100 people help to lead it daily, along with another 1900 supporting cast! I just wanted to say thank you to all of the members - as they are what make the club vibrant. If this were a club of 500, it wouldn't quote work as you need activity, volunteers, and resources to drive something interesting for people to be a part of (and to be proud of). But thanks to so many who join the cub, support it, and participate in its activities - we continue to grow and can enjoy hitting our milestone.
2017 will be a special year - we are in such a good place as a club moving into the new year. We have more Bucket List events planned than ever before. We also have some nice little surprises (one of them coming in your 2017 member packets), and of course, in Q4, registration opens for the largest Viper gathering on the planet - NVE3!! I'm so excited about this as it's a party people will really enjoy (thanks to all your input on our survey) and at a location that lends itself to some pretty spectacular plans... 2017 is going to be busy!
Thank you all to the members of this club. I've truly been proud to lead such a strong group of people, who in relatively small numbers, manage a pretty serious impact on the automotive community and its brand. Kudos!!
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A Rakuten Baseball Game
Photo: Andrew Ryan
After volunteering at Hamaguri Hama, we headed to the Rakuten baseball stadium in Sendai to watch a professional game between the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Chiba Lotte Marines. This would be the last activity that we share with the Ishinomaki team and parents and it did not disappoint.
We arrived three hours before the game and there were already crowds of people walking around the stadium and buying food from the many vendors outside. Our group was given special access and was able to walk onto the field and take a photo with Rakuten Eagles manager Senichi Hoshino before the stadium doors opened. It was a treat for the boys, coaches and families to experience.
The game began in the rain, but people donned their ponchos and sat down in the stands anyway, so that they could cheer on their team. Entire sections of the stadium were devoted to cheering and dancing in unison. And, when the rain subsided the entire stadium joined in--something we all said we wished happened at games back home. Later, the thousands in attendance let go balloons into the air till they fell back to the ground a few seconds later (none of the balloons were tied). There were also fireworks that lit up the night sky, making the night feel even more magical. But, then, it was time to go.
The Ishinomaki team and their parents lined up outside so that we could all shake hands and exchange one last thank you and goodbye. It was a bittersweet moment. The game was fun, but the experience was meaningful, as was evident by the tears rolling down an Ishinomaki boy's parent's face. The boys exchanged email addresses and telephone numbers. We said one last goodbye and hope that other experiences such as this happen again for more families and children affected by the earthquake and tsunami.
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Gordon Russell did great work for the citizens of New Orleans by doing a pretty good WCBF impersonation. Combing through Ray Nagin's personal schedule and city credit card bills, obtained through public records request, Russell has discovered that our fearless Mayor has been using city taxpayer money to eat fancy feasts. He used the city's American Express to take out his wife on their anniversary.
That's low. Couldn't even use his own loot for the anniversary with the wife.
A round of applause for Gordon Russell. Investigative journalism is not dead.
I'm jealous that he gets paid, even though I'm sure he feels it's not enough.
All I've got are these measly tips from my gig in the service industry. It's hard because I'm apartment hunting right now and things are not looking so swell for a guy that wants to spend most of his time doing good work for his community instead of slaving in service of people with more money than me.
Why bring up the personal now?
Well, because there's a hidden outrage in this T-P front over...
The graphic on the T-P cover shows the AMEX bill from Lillette and has it broken down into two. The meal itself cost $79.57 but there was also a $12.00 tip.
That tip is 15% on the button.
On his anniversary the mayor couldn't cough up 20%?
What a loser.
Seems the man can take away from the community by charging the meal to a taxpayer-funded credit card but can't give back when it's time to show gratitude for service.
Does the mayor favor increasing the minimum wage?
It might help me find an apartment.
I'll buy him a meal at Lillette with my own money if he can do that. And I'll tip 25%.
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Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tipping Is Not A City Struggling Under Embarrassingly Incompetent Leadership
Gordon Russell did great work for the citizens of New Orleans by doing a pretty good WCBF impersonation. Combing through Ray Nagin's personal schedule and city credit card bills, obtained through public records request, Russell has discovered that our fearless Mayor has been using city taxpayer money to eat fancy feasts. He used the city's American Express to take out his wife on their anniversary.
7 comments:
- oyster said...
Great catch. Nagin's 15% tip offends me as much as anything else.
I'm serious.
- June 12, 2008 at 4:16 PM
- jeffrey said...
I'll second what Oyster said. What a jerk.
- June 12, 2008 at 5:05 PM
- bayoustjohndavid said...
Allow me to play devil's advocate: To a lot of people, 15% is still standard. When I was waiting tables (mid-eighties to 2001), I thought I noticed regional variations with people from Northeastern cities and a few Midwestern cities (e.g. Chicago) most likely to consider 20% standard. However, most New Orleanians who eat out a lot tip like New Yorkers (or Chicagoans or Philadelphians), so that puts Nagin on the cheap side. However, I would get the occasional tip where additional cash was left on top of the credit card tip. Usually, I assumed that somebody in the party thought the host was cheap. However, at least once or twice, I did have the person paying the bill tell me that he was leaving additional cash because there were limiting the amount he could tip on his company card. So let's give Nagin the benefit of the doubt and assume the city has a limit on tips to prevent city employees from tipping their friends and relatives outrageously with city money. Let's also assume that Nagin left a five dollar bill on the side, making it a 22-23% tip. I doubt it, because Nagin's whole record is one of caring more about six figure executives than low five figure workers, but let's assume it. problem is, that would bring up the question of why he's taking out his wife with a credit card that's subject to city rules.
- June 12, 2008 at 10:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
I think Nagin probably thinks we should be tipping him.
- June 13, 2008 at 7:37 AM
- Circe said...
Question: Why EXACTLY is Nagin in South Africa?
I keep reading these articles that detail the reasons "Ethnic, cultural, trade, tourism, blah, blah blah"
However, the African-American population actually is more Equatorial African ethnically. The Zulu connection just has to do with the parade..which was started because of a popular musical, not because of ethnic ties.
As for tourism, I haven't met a while lot of South African tourists down here. Internationally we get more folks from European and Asian countries.
Trade could be it..but I am unaware of what our trade connection to them is? Can anyone answer this one for me?
We need publicity for tourism..but that could be done in the US instead of 23 person delegations to South Africa.
On the surface it sounds a little fishy. Anyone have any detailed explanation?? I really do want to know why he is taking a trip to South Africa. Do they have a better levee system??? That would be valid.
And yes..people who tip 15% in nice restaurants are jackasses. And I would be offended that my husband paid for our anniversary dinner with tax payer funds. What a tacky cheapskate.
- June 16, 2008 at 10:46 PM
- bayoustjohndavid said...
I would say that he's in South Africa to follow through on the African connections that Dollar Bill made, but they were more equatorial African as well.
- June 16, 2008 at 10:51 PM
- E said...
I think that's a great question.
South Africa . . .
I know that Durban, one of the towns he visited is known as a big resort. My first impression was that this was a vacation passed off as a business trip.
Who knows? Fielkow is in Greece for a shipping conference or something...
- June 16, 2008 at 11:38 PM


text: On Fri, Apr 4, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Geoff Galitz <geoff at galitz.org> wrote: > .... > > More to the point of the thread: if we are talking about MS making > greater > inroads into the HPC market, then their most likely tactic is to convince > the commercial app vendors to write and/or port their apps to the Windows > platform. I've seen a number of animation and visualization apps running > on > MS clusters. They do exist and this is their best near-term chance of > making those inroads. ...... > .... > > I've been doing clusters for approx 10 years, but like others I am now > running Windows on my main workstation because it is the right combination > of development environment, application availability and usability for me. > Prior to Vista, this would not have been the case... so life and > technology > do evolve. > My company is primarily a Linux / HPC shop. However, we have some contacts with MS and have done a couple of WCCS installations. When a vanilla Linux+SGE+xcat or ROCKS cluster (say from a CentOS disk) is compared against WCCS, Linux is unbeatable: Price vs Features+Performance. Just use the license fee payable to MS to pay to a service provider and get 100% warm body support. I heard MS telling that they are not really out to get the National Labs kind of computing. They are more focussed on, atleast right now in this region (ASEAN) , smallish (4-16 nodes) clusters running vendor certified stack such as Fluent, Digital Rendering, calculations with an Excel UI etc. The strengths they extol is what you would suspect: AD integration, one click job launches from your desktop, seamless file drag-and-drop, Office integration (for the PHBs to check off ) , No relearning since it looks and acts like a Windows machine (which is only partly true). While I usually don't like the hairball that is MS software, MS has actually put some effort and made a well integrated software (not bad for v1, WCCS /2003). They bundle remote installation, optional local AD (on headnode), IB is fully supported, a job scheduler that can be used via CLI, Win32 GUI and via Webservices (potentially, Linux, & OSX can use this interface). The whole thing is supported (of course, you pay for it). Having said that, I think that the Linux clustering scene needs a little competition, especially the for-fee ones. Apart from SDSC, not many innovations are happening. I am not referring to standalone projects, where FOSS community has a lot of innovatio happening, but rather one integrated Linux Cluster on a DVD that gets you a cluster ready in 20mins, with no pain at all. ROCKS comes with its own problems, esp, wrt updates (which is why I stopped using ROCKS), however they are working on this one, AFAIK. Have a look at what RH and Novell offer as "cluster license". I will pick on RH since that is what I am using for clustering: It is just a RHEL ES, plus RHEL WS licenses. No extra clustering stuff are packaged (eg: SGE, Ganglia) nor are there any extra toolkits for managing the cluster ( reinstall, status, cluster wide command execution, queue management etc). If I install SGE on a RHEL cluster, RH is not going to support any problems with SGE. For an admin who buys such a package, especially if (s)he is unfamiliar with Linux, it is going to be a nightmare. So, here's what the FOSS community, especially, vendors (RH, Novell) should be doing, specifically for a HPC oriented version: - remove all unwanted packaged (desktop software, multimedia, web browsers etc) - package SGE, Ganglia, - a good clustering toolkit, maybe derived from ROCKS scripts (I am biased towards IBM xcat, because that is the only tool I use) - LDAP as the default auth source, setup SSH for clusterwide passwordless logins by default - easy integration to AD - provide default environments , SGE queues etc) or easy to use scripts/gui - Many users have low-complexity jobscripts. Provide a web UI (jetspeed2, tomcat ?). Let the advanced users tap the power of command line. - package a selection of top20 FLOSS science apps (Gromacs, Phylip, Blast, MPICH, fasta, fftw etc) - package and provide one click installation for restricted-ware such as NAMD, or commercial software such as Intel Compilers, Fluent, Amber etc. It CAN be done, Ubuntu has demonstrated how to do it well. - package and provide easy install of a parallel filesystem such as GFS or Lustre My $0.02 + 7% Taxes Regards Anand > > Just my two cents. > > -geoff > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://www.beowulf.org/pipermail/beowulf/attachments/20080405/6ac8239d/attachment.html>


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My great-grandfather, Audrey Burnett, in Spring 1942. His wife's version of the photo was featured here.
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Wordless Wednesday - Spring 1942 again
Posted by Heather Kuhn Roelker at 6:00 AM
6 comments:
- Wendy said...
I had to enlarge this picture because I thought he was balancing a football on his shoe, but it's the combination of sun and shadow, I think.
- May 29, 2013 at 11:07 AM
- Jana Last said...
Great photo!
- May 29, 2013 at 10:33 PM
- Heather Kuhn Roelker said...
Ha! Wendy, you are right, it does look like a football. I think it may be a crease in the original.
- May 31, 2013 at 9:37 AM
- Heather Kuhn Roelker said...
Thanks, Jana!
- May 31, 2013 at 9:37 AM
- Sally Knudsen said...
I think we take vehicles for granted. I also have many photos of family members posed by their cars!
- May 31, 2013 at 8:27 PM
- Heather Kuhn Roelker said...
Sally, me too. I come from a long line of car people so there are always cars in our photos!
- June 1, 2013 at 8:09 PM
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P.S. Email and Text Killing the Postscript
As emails are getting ever shorter -- often with everything but their subject line going unread altogether -- and the shrthnd of txt msgs is becoming acceptable even in business communication -- the post -script is growing more and more obscure and antiquated. Katie Rosman has details on Lunch Break.
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The government should tap expertise from the Office of Personnel Management and private sector headhunters for recruiting and background checks to accelerate the drawn-out and politically charged process for Senate approval of presidential appointees, says a study released Tuesday by two Brookings Institution scholars.
Titled "A Half-Empty Government Can't Govern: Why Everyone Wants to Fix the Appointments Process, Why It Never Happens and How We Can Get It Done," the paper written by William A. Galston and E.J. Dionne Jr. comes at a time when partisan delays in the Senate confirmation process -- through filibusters, holds and extended background checks on nominees -- have become "routinized" as a means for continuing policy fights, the two said.
"By the 18-month mark of Obama's presidency, a quarter of the key policymaking positions in government were still vacant. And at the time of the midterm elections, close to 20 percent of such positions were unfilled," the report said, though the scholars stressed the problem occurs during Republican and Democratic administrations.
"In today's polarized environment, the workarounds" the White House resorts to mean that "Congress loses oversight and the executive branch loses effectiveness," Galston told reporters before the report's release. What the press often misses, he added, is the nomination portion eats up three or four times the time used for the confirmation portion -- in part because the administration dreads the intense media scrutiny and the increased visibility of candidate lapses such as sexual misconduct, or failure to pay all taxes owed. "It's a pretty crazy way to run a government," Dionne said.
Recent examples the two provided include the way Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, who in early 2009 was "home alone" confronting the worst economic crisis in 70 years, "was functioning for months without any senior deputies while taking on incoming missiles," Galston said. A second example is the Obama team's "heroic, but spotty" efforts to ease the home foreclosure crisis, which "could have been more effective if they'd had a full complement."
Though acknowledging the problem has been discussed at length in earlier studies, the Brookings team said their value-add in this report was distinguishing between "low-hanging fruit" -- relatively easy solutions the president could implement singlehandedly -- and the "heavy lifts" requiring more political compromise and shifts in incentives.
Examples of easier fixes include shortening and simplifying the personal data form for nominees; expediting background checks on veteran nominees by ending the practice of starting the process from scratch for those vetted during a previous nomination; creating a tiered vetting system that mandates increasing levels of rigor depending on the job's sensitivity; and adopting procedures that allow an incoming administration to beef up the vetting workforce, perhaps calling back retired FBI agents to conduct checks.
Tougher solutions could include ending Senate holds, forcing a time limit on Senate committee consideration, or countering the decades-long "thickening of government" by requiring the president to eliminate perhaps one position requiring Senate confirmation for every new one added. The conflict persists, Dionne said, because Congress wants accountability and the executive branch wants to control the bureaucracy, and "confirmed nominees carry more prestige within agencies."
Many technically oriented positions could be removed from the confirmation wars, the scholars said, if the administration agreed to have the officials testify before Congress on request.
The report's release was timed for the incoming Congress' "promising new window," Galston said. As Republicans in the Senate eye prospects for becoming the majority in 2013, he added, some might consider whether they "want to have done unto us what we have done unto them."


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One of the a lot of disregarded supplements for abating an eye action alleged Blepharitis (a abiding deepening of the close eye lid, is alleged N-Acetyl Cysteine. Exactly what is N-Acetyl Cysteine? This is a comestible aswell accepted as NAC that is acquired from the amino acerbic L-Cysteine. This supplement has accepted bloom allowances that cover abbreviation alternating bronchitis and cancer. It aswell has some advantageous alleviative purposes such as the analysis of angina, in accession to acoustic diseases such as Lou Gehrig's ache and Alzheimer's whereby in a analysis abstraction it was apparent to advance memory. Here are some eye bloom allowances of N-Acetyl-cysteine forth with some added advantageous alleviative purposes of this nutrient:
Eye Bloom Benefits: A accurate analysis abstraction was conducted to acquisition out whether or not this accurate supplement was benign in abbreviation the affection of an eye action alleged Blepharitis (chronic deepening of the close eye lid) and abate its affection associated with the breakdown of breach anatomy assembly in the eye. 40 analysis capacity were complex in this analysis study. Bisected of these analysis capacity were accustomed accepted treatments after NAC, while the added bisected were accustomed NAC in a dosage of 100 mg circadian 3 times a day.
After an 8 anniversary aeon of time after-effects showed above advance in the analysis accumulation that took NAC. They showed cogent advance in their Blehparitis and in accession to this they aswell begin a above advance in the eye's accustomed production
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Protects Physique From Ecology Toxins: It protects the physique from toxins accompanying to abundant metals and aswell ecology pollutants such as Carbon Monoxide.
Improves Academician Action in Alzheimer's Patients: In a accurate analysis abstraction 47 participants were alleged to actuate whether or not NAC would advance their academician action in agreement of brainy adeptness and cerebral function. One accumulation took 50 mg a day of NAC while the added took a placebo. Both groups underwent a array of Psychometric Tests (a accurate adjustment to admeasurement a person's adeptness to accomplish brainy tasks and advance cerebral abilities, at 12 and 24 weeks.
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Not to be outdone but Verizon, AT&T will also take pre-orders for the BlackBerry Q10 starting tomorrow. Verizon was the first US carrier out of the gate with the Q10, but AT&T will join along. The pricing will be the same $200 with a two-year contract, of course. For $200 you get the best QWERTY keyboard on any smartphone in the universe.
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"AT&T was the first carrier to launch BlackBerry smartphones and services in the U.S. and was the first in the U.S. to launch the BlackBerry Z10 smartphone. Building on our strong BlackBerry heritage, we are excited to announce that beginning June 5 customers can pre-order the BlackBerry Q10 smartphone for $199.99*," said Jeff Bradley, senior vice president-Devices, AT&T. "The BlackBerry Q10 extends the new BlackBerry 10 experience to customers with the physical keyboard they love and the secure platform they expect, all on the nation's fastest 4G LTE network."


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Little Big Town
What is "The Reason Why" some bands survive and thrive? It is not likely one thing, but many. In the case of Little Big Town, the reasons are plenty. They have sold over 1.5 million records and garnered 3 Grammy nominations, including The Road to Here's nomination for album of the year. CMA and ACM nominations have arrived in abundance. Critical acclaim and end of year "best" lists have been copious. But this is a band with a history. A band that has always put music first… and that is the biggest reason of all. The music is the reason for the accolades. The music is the reason they survived three record label changes and personal tragedy. The music is the reason that the band has collaborated with a wide range of other respected artists from multiple genres. The music is the reason four people with families, leave home to work and travel tirelessly. It is with this clarity of vision and purpose that the band entered the studio to record their fourth album, confidently titled The Reason Why.
While they've never been afraid to break new musical ground, the band truly had no bounds in the studio this time around. From the heartland country rock of the title cut to the groovy mountain soul of lead single "Little White Church" and the stone country in the ballad "Can't Have Everything," there is a creative hunger and renewed energy evident on each track. It all started with the band's approach, says Little Big Town's Phillip Sweet.
"For the first time, we were able to take off the road and really focus on making a record. It was an amazing creative time for the band. There's a lot of push and pull that goes into making music, we believe that's what makes it interesting."
Though that extra time in the studio led to new sonic territory on tracks like the soaring "Kiss Goodbye," the qualities that make up the signature Little Big Town sound remain intact. Namely, that trademark harmony.
"The harmony is the common thread through the record," notes Karen Fairchild. "It's always going to be about the harmony. It doesn't matter if the textures behind us on the record change. We're always trying to do something different, not just for the fans, but for us to be inspired."
That inspiration comes bound to very high standards though. For every song that made the album, two to three were scrapped because they just didn't make all four of them sit up and take notice. While those multi-dimensional harmonies form the heart of the Little Big Town sound, the exact ingredients of what makes a song work for the band is defined by their years together and the intangible magic that makes them who they are.


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Travel Giant Says No To Animal Exploitation
Travel website TripAdvisor says it's taking a stand against animal exploitation by no longer selling bookings to attractions where travellers can make physical contact with captive wild animals or endangered species.
The policy, six months in the making, was formed with input from tourism, animal welfare and conservation groups including the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
We will stop booking attractions that come into contact with captive wild animals or endangered species. More info: https://t.co/rE2CyYbUaq pic.twitter.com/GLgFvgPAfO— TripAdvisor (@TripAdvisor) October 12, 2016
Many of the millions of travellers who post reviews to the company's website have been concerned about animal welfare for years, company spokesman Brian Hoyt said.
The company, based in Needham, also will start providing links on its site to take users to educational research on animal welfare and conservation.
"TripAdvisor's new booking policy and education effort is designed as a means to do our part in helping improve the health and safety standards of animals, especially in markets with limited regulatory protections,'' said Stephen Kaufer, TripAdvisor's president.
But the president of the Alliance of Marine Mammal Parks and Aquariums said she was ``disappointed'' TripAdvisor never consulted her Virginia-based organisation, whose members include branches of the SeaWorld and Six Flags theme parks and dozens of other marine life parks, aquariums and zoos internationally.
"It's an unjust demonisation of the interactive programs that are at the heart of modern zoo and aquarium programs,'' president Kathleen Dezio said.
"They give guests the magic, memorable experiences that make them want to care about these animals and protect them in the wild.''
@AlecBaldwin Great news! @TripAdvisor no longer selling tickets to "attractions" like swim with dolphin programs. Help us thank them! pic.twitter.com/qejJx2455f— PETA (@peta) October 12, 2016


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Police-baiting website Fitwatch returns
Back and fitter than ever - not that it ever really went away
The British website briefly removed from the sight of some web surfers by the Met Police's e-crime unit is back in full effect.
Of course Fitwatch never really disappeared; the site's hosting provider JustHost suspended the account after a stroppy email from the Met, but hardly had the plug been pulled than the site sprouted up in hundreds of other places, from Facebook to dozens of blogs and other sites.
Emily from Fitwatch told The Register: "JustHost have not relented and we have moved to another host, and the proxy servers are located outside of the UK."
So depending on how you get internet you might already be able to see the site - depending on whether your ISP has updated its DNS records. If not you can use a proxy server to view it, or look at one of the hundreds of mirror sites.
JustHost sent us a frankly baffling statement of legalese this morning claiming it could not divulge customer information without a subpoena or court order.
But the sometime hosting provider did say: "However, when we become aware of improper activity by one of our customers using a hosted site, which would be a violation of our Terms of Service (TOS) governing the web sites, we take such situations seriously, we investigate promptly, and we take appropriate action."
The Met said yesterday: "We were concerned this website was giving information about destroying evidence. We drew this to the attention of the internet infrastructure provider and they suspended the site."
Fitwatch's site includes a new post thanking the Met Police for all the publicity.
The post said the email asking for the site to be closed "came from DI Paul Hoare, from the Police Central e-crime Unit, the authorisation to close was given much closer to home, by acting Detective Inspector Will Hodgeson".
The post continued: "However, through totally underestimating the power of social media this pathetic attempt has failed miserably. Within minutes of networking what had happened, people were re-publishing the post anywhere and everywhere.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010
But mark this down. Wear something like this during my funeral and I'll either haunt you, if that's possible, or give you really intense nightmares for the rest of your days on this plane of existence.
Are we clear? Good.
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Send in the Clowns, there ought to be Clowns, Don't bother they're here!
- August 1, 2010 at 6:01 PM
The new Episcopal bishop of Wyoming was consecrated yesterday and although Katharine's in the background of the diocesan photo, it looks as if she took the wrong plane and should have been back in NYC on the Upper West Side. You can hear the calliope playing "March of the Gladiators".
- August 1, 2010 at 7:11 PM
- Cantor Nikolaos said...
The only thing Riverside "Church" ever had going for it was Virgil Fox!
- August 2, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Cunjo said...
The colorful guy on the right looks like Morgan Freeman.
- August 3, 2010 at 2:58 AM
Looks like an African-American thang, you know what I'm saying, Honky? :)
- August 3, 2010 at 8:00 AM
- Paul Woodrum said...
As one of the liturgical designers of these pulpit robes commissioned by Riverside's Senior Pastor Emeritis James Forbes, I'm quite familar with them.
Each consists of two pieces, a rich blue cassock and a reversible coat, four-colored on one side and green on the other.
When worn in the monochromatic soft gray stone sanctuary of Riverside, they add an element of drama and vitality to the sermon centered service and beautifully play off the clearstory and baptistry windows.
- August 3, 2010 at 10:07 AM
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- August 3, 2010 at 10:51 AM
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- August 3, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Cunjo said...
But this is funeral...man...purple or black is the tradition(does such thing still exist?). What would people think if the president of the U.S. would apear in public wearing such coloful suit? Now what God thinks of their vestments?
- August 3, 2010 at 10:54 AM
I suppose what this really proves is that bad taste can be expensive.
- August 3, 2010 at 4:51 PM
- Paul Woodrum said...
As Riverside Church is UCC and American Baptist, their old, black Geneva pulpit robes might have seemed conventionally more appropriate.
In using their festal robes, they echoed contemporary liturgical use of wearing festal vestments symbolic of the resurrection for funerals.
The gentleman on the right is NY pastor and politician Al Sharpton.
- August 3, 2010 at 5:43 PM
The polka dots on the stole are not a good idea, particularly when their placement makes them somewhat suggestive of breasts.
- August 3, 2010 at 9:18 PM
I respect the aesthetic sense behind the design and colors, but I'm too traditional to be comfortable with this style of vestment on clergy at a funeral. Even a sermon centered celebration of the entry of a soul into the Church Triumphant needs some solemnity to recognize that one is in the presence of G-d.
- August 4, 2010 at 1:39 PM
- bob said...
Oh come on; why don't they pan out a little more to show the big floppy shoes?
- August 8, 2010 at 2:00 PM
Doesn't Riverside have a gay minister??
- August 20, 2010 at 2:34 PM
Could you see Moses, or Jeremiah, or John the Baptist, or Jesus wearing one of these while preaching their messages? The argument that they add life and drama against the brown Judean desert would not have convinced them, methinks!
- August 22, 2010 at 4:14 PM
- Fr. Chip, SF said...
Well, Chris, all I can add is that the pallbearer in the lead expresses my sentiments exactly!...Oh, wait, maybe he just stepped in something?
- August 31, 2010 at 4:46 PM
- Matthew Francis said...
Is that Rev. Al Sharpton on the right?
- September 21, 2010 at 4:41 PM
- Pastor Nate said...
Wow! Really enjoyed this blog until I checked out the comments here. Let's see - Racism? check. Homophobia? check. Referring to a reformed/baptist church as "Christian" (with quotes)? check.
I guess the fundamentalists can ruin pretty much everything. Enjoy your pedestals, you pharisees. And no, I don't expect you to approve my comment. And yes, I am a reformed pastor with good taste in vestments.
- November 20, 2010 at 11:44 PM
That's the Rev. Al Sharpton on the right.
Not knowing whose funeral this was, I don't care to comment on the appropriateness or lack thereof.
- December 31, 2010 at 1:20 PM
The gentleman on the left is the now departed sucessor to the Rev. James Forbes, the Rev Brad Braxton. Google his name and Riverside together, and you'll get more than you need to know about the controversy. Rev. Braxton lasted just nine months.
These are unpleasant, and now dated looking vestments. The staff is multi-cultural, they look awful on everyone.
They have no connection to the liturgical season (not that Riverside pays much attention to that anyway, they are joint UCC/ABC. And the don't match the various sets of "paraments".
To give Riverside some slack, their liturgical culture is very low church. At least they do try to all wear matching vestments of a Sunday, even if they're this bad.
- January 15, 2011 at 10:22 PM


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If you've been reading my blog lately, you know I've sold over 30,000 self-published ebooks on Kindle. Today it's 9:15am on March 8, and I've already sold 1322 ebooks this month.
I've gone from paying my mortgage every month on Kindle ebooks, to paying almost all of my monthly bills.
Numbers don't lie. But numbers also mean very little until significance is attached to them. It's easy to misinterpret my numbers and draw hasty conclusions.
Let's look at some truths, followed by some misconceptions.
1. More people are buying ereaders and ebooks. And the number will keep going up and up. This is true. While no one knows if ereaders will ever reach the same saturation as iPod or BluRay, it's safe to assume that as time goes on, ereaders will become better, cheaper, and more adopted by the general public.
2. Cheaper books sell better than expensive books. I'm frankly shocked not a single big publisher has released an ebook for $2.99. Value isn't about list price and royalty percentage. The true value of a book should be how much it earns in royalties. And selling 10,000 copies of a $1.99 book earns more than selling 1500 copies of a $9.99 book.
3. Ebooks make it easier for writers to reach readers. This is very true. Agents and editors--once gatekeepers, blessing the few with publication and snubbing the masses as inferior--are no longer as relevant as they once were, and unless they adapt, their relevance will continue to diminish.
4. Joe Konrath is doing well selling ebooks. And he's going to do even better as time goes on.
So far, everything I've said is true and hard to argue against. But if the amount of emails I've been getting lately is any indicator, many writers are drawing on these four facts and tailoring them to fit their individual dreams.
1. Writers no longer need an agent. Easy there, Smokey. I never said that. I never even hinted at that. Right now, in March of 2010, agents are essential if you want to be a full time fiction writer. Yes, they shop manuscripts to publishers, but they also do a lot more than that. First and foremost, they do have a pretty good instinct for vetting manuscripts, and separating the wheat from the chaff. If your manuscript isn't good enough to land an agent, how can you be sure it's good enough to be a successful self-published ebook?
2. Writers no longer need publishers. Right now I've got 12 ebooks and story collections on Kindle, and by the end of the year I'll make over $40k. But I made over $40k on Whiskey Sour, my first novel, by signing with a large publisher. Print is still the way to make the most money and reach the most readers. I don't see that going away anytime soon.
3. Print publishing is impossible to break into, so don't even bother. Wrong. You should try. You should try very hard. There is no reward in success without failure coming first. Sending out queries and getting rejections are more than rites of passage. They're learning experiences. And for fiction writers, I believe they're essential learning experiences to have.
4. I can sell a lot of ebooks like Joe Konrath. That's the seductive thing about numbers. You look at them and think, "I can do that too." Well, maybe you can. But chances are, you can't. No offense meant. You might be a better writer than I am. You might be a better marketer. But I'm pretty lucky to have these numbers. I also have a pretty solid platform I've built up over the last eight years.
Here's my advice: Keep aiming high.
As a fiction writer, your goal should be to find a great agent who can sell your book to a great publisher.
If you can't find an agent, perhaps you should rewrite the manuscript. Or begin working on the next one.
If you find an agent, but can't find a publisher, you can consider self-publishing on Kindle. But keep in mind all that entails. You'll have to edit, format, find cover art, learn simple HTML to upload your file, write a cover description, and then get the word out, all with no guarantee you'll sell more than a few dozen copies a month. Also, many editors will consider a book self-published on Kindle to already be published, and they only want first rights. By leaping immediately to Kindle, you might be forgoing a print deal later on.
Q: I've got a book I know is great, but I could never find an agent. Should I self-publish on Kindle?
A: If it's your first book, I'd say no. Sit on it for a few months and write a second book. First books are never as good as we think they are, and self-publishing a book that isn't your best can hurt your career.
Q: I have a bunch of short stories. Should I self-publish those on Kindle?
A: If you've already sold them, yes. If they're stories you never even tried to submit to magazines or anthologies, I'd try to submit to magazines and anthologies. If they've been rejected a bunch of times, maybe there's a reason for that.
Q: I wrote a novella. There are no markets for novellas. Should I self-publish on Kindle?
A: Has the novella been workshopped with a writers group? Has it been written, rewritten, rewritten, edited, and polished? Then my answer is; maybe. Though you should consider making it book length, or trimming it to short story length, and pursuing print either way.
Q: You've always touted self-publishing, Joe. Why are you changing your opinion?
A: I've never advocated self-publishing. I've advocated ebooks. And I think traditional publishers are missing the boat on ebooks, so I'm doing it myself. But I didn't become a writer so I could spend my time formatting, working with cover artists, uploading constant corrections, fiddling with product descriptions, and pimping myself on message boards. I became a writer to write. I'd much rather just write the books, and leave everything else to a savvy publisher.
In other words, writing is a job. Self-publishing your writing is two jobs. I'd rather just have one job.
Q: Now that Kindle is adopting the agency model with a 70% royalty, and Apple is opening an iBook store, shouldn't I get in on this now before the market is flooded with shit?
A: Maybe. If you have an out of print backlist. If you have an agent with books she hasn't been able to sell. If you're a published author with some shelf novels. Then yes, you should get on Kindle and iPad and Nook and Sony and everyplace else that comes up.
But if you're a newbie author who hasn't even finished your first novel yet and is already designing the cover art, perhaps you need to slow down a bit.
I'm not out to crush anyone's dreams here. But writing a good book is hard to do, and not everyone can do it. There's a learning curve. We're all eager to get read. We all want to get published. But before you let the hard-to-please masses read your work, you really have to make sure it's good enough. Readers don't care about you, or your dreams, or how hard you worked on a book. They want to be entertained. Period. If they buy your book and don't like it, they'll let you and others know.
You wouldn't buy your first saxaphone, practice for a month, then go audition for the Boston Pops. You'd spend a long time practicing and learning before you were good enough.
One one hand, authors being able to instantly reach readers without any gatekeepers is a fabulous thing.
On the other hand, too many authors may jump into this too quickly, without mastering their storytelling skills.
I know this for a fact. I've judged self-published book contests. It was awful.
If you really want my ebook sales, here's the only path I know to duplicate them.
1. Write 9 unpublished novels and get over 500 rejections.
2. Sign a six figure print deal.
3. Mail out 7000 letters to libraries, visit 1200 bookstores, and travel to 39 states speaking at writing conferences, conventions, and book fairs.
4. Write a blog that gets half a million hits per year.
5. Sign six more book deals.
6. Get one of your big print publishers to release an ebook for free.
7. Study the market so hard your spouse thinks you're crazy, then take your early rejected books, make sure they're perfect, and upload them to Kindle along with several short story collections and collaborations.
8. Cross your fingers.
That's the journey I took to get here. Your journey will be different. But no matter your path to success, I urge you not to cut corners. There is no shortcut to selling a lot of books, because books sell one at a time. Learn your craft, learn the business, work hard, try your best. That's the secret.
Now if you'll excuse me, I have some writing to do...
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VALE of White Horse District Council is dumping its housing problems on Didcot's doorstep, the town council leader says.
New figures reveal Didcot could double in size as more houses are planned to be built around the town.
An extra 400 homes – on top of 2,150 already announced – have been earmarked to be built west of Didcot as part of the Vale of White Horse District Council local plan.
Didcot lies in South Oxfordshire District Council, but the border with the Vale is just west of the town.
Didcot Town Council leader Margaret Davies said: "This is a substantial social shock and I am very worried about the traffic situation.
"We are being sliced into a sandwich between the Vale and South Oxfordshire. Vale seem to solve their housing problems by dumping them on Didcot.
"Didcot would double and the people who live in those houses would be very isolated from the town and its services."
Vale published its draft local plan last year in which it planned sites for 13,000 new homes, mostly in Wantage, Grove and Didcot.
But that number was based on the regional South East Plan, and has since been scrapped by the Government.
To calculate a new figure, all five Oxfordshire districts had to re-estimate their housing need with a Strategic Housing Market Assessment (SHMA).
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But the Vale published its own figure, and its idea of where homes should be built, in its new draft Local Plan for development on Friday.
Vale leader Matthew Barber said: "As part of the local plan we are producing an area action plan for Didcot to look at the detail of infrastructure, including community infrastructure.
"We don't want any of the communities we build to be just stuck on, that is why it is important that we plan ahead.
"The real hard slog is when you build the houses, working out how to build the community as well."


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