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I've been getting BudK catalogs ever since I signed up for "free" knives a year ago. I've talked about it here, but none of the solutions there seemed to work and in the end I gave up and accepted their silly catalogs.
But then I moved to an all new place with all new mail, where everything was supposed to be BudK-free forever. It was until a few weeks ago when I got a catalog. I just got another BudK catalog yesterday, so I'm sure this isn't a fluke. They both had my new address on them.
First of all, how? I didn't have my mail forwarded (which wouldn't have mattered since BudK doesn't have my real name), and I definitely haven't signed up for anything else at their website. Second of all, why? I'm clearly trotting the globe to get away from you at this point, I'm obviously not going to buy a limited-edition katana now.
Third, how can I get rid of them?!
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I used CatalogChoice.org and haven't heard from them since....
As a fellow Bud I just wanted you to know that an email went out about not bothering you anymore. We all ignored it.
@tarasadies: I've done that. They came less frequently after that. I'll probably need to sign up again for my new address, though.
Because of that, I no longer buy anything from them. I never got the free knife and they generally sell crap but it's cheap so I can only complain so much.
As for the catalogs, I call them and ask to be removed from the list. Yeah, it's a hassle but has been effective.
@first2summit: Do you remember which number you called?
Some companies put a comment on their mail, "DO NOT FORWARD. ADDRESS CORRECTION REQUESTED." Then, the Post office send the mail back to the sending company with the new address of the customer. The company actually pays extra for this service.
Call and be super aggressive. Don't completely take it out on the rep cause it isn't their fault...they've always been super appreciative and cooperative when I've called in to some company angry and taken a second to make sure they know it isn't directed at them.
Basically just tell them what happened and that you feel your privacy has been invaded, since there's no way that they should have gotten your new address, and demand that they stop all further communication. Threaten legal action if you feel like it.
They really should have stopped sending at your first request, so the fact that this would be what, your third time asking? It should give you a good case.
If all else fails, check their whois, see if you can find a corporate number. It would be a great place to file a complaint and or report harassment.
As @cengland0 mentioned, companies can request an address correction for you from the post office, even if your mail wasn't set up to forward. This is ostensibly to prevent wasting postage sending mail to someone that no longer exists at a certain address. With that being said, per their privacy policy, they "may use the personal information we collect through BUDK.com", including when orders are being placed, to "to contact you with special offers and other information we believe will be of interest to you" and also to "to improve our marketing and promotional efforts." This is standard when all orders are placed on their site. If you or anyone else is receiving their catalog that does not want it, I am sure you can contact them at firstname.lastname@example.com or at 1-800-543-5061 and they will take you off the mailing list. Please let me know if you have any further issues.
Go postal.
@thefenst: So I called the number and asked to speak to a CS rep. She got me off of the mailing list in under 30 seconds. 'Tis a shame I spent almost a year trying to figure this out when the solution was to 'call and ask nicely'.
Either way, problem solved! Thanks, people!
Oh, and it turns out I was registered under two different names, one of which CatalogChoice took care of months ago..
@1298ty: I am glad that they were able to help you.
@1298ty: Sorry - I was away and didn't respond in time.
For others, you can call the 800-number on the catalog that you'd use to order. They can take care of the request.
@1298ty: Problem solved? Hmmmmmm.....for now, maybe. :) Hopefully for you it's over permanently.


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Is there a good errata for Atiyah-Macdonald available? A cursory Google search reveals a laughably short list here, with just a few typos. Is there any source available online which lists inaccuracies and gaps?
Dear Tim, on page 31 they consider a ring $A$ and two $A$- algebras defined by their structural ring morphisms $f:A\to B$ and $g:A\to C$. They then define the tensor product as a ring $D=B\otimes _A C$ and want to make it an $A$- algebra. For that they must define the structural morphism $A\to D$ and they claim that it is given by the formula $a \to f(a)\otimes g(a)$.This is false since that map is not a ring morphism. The correct structural map $A\to D$ is actually $a\mapsto 1_B\otimes g(a) =f(a)\otimes 1_C$.
PS: To prevent misunderstandings, let me add that Atiyah-MacDonald is, to my taste, the best mathematics book I have ever seen, all subjects considered.
Nearly all the mistakes pointed out so far were fixed in the Russian translation, which was done by Manin. But not all. I'll list in parentheses the page numbers of the translation where the original error still occurs for the 5 people who might care. (The translation is usually 11 page numbers ahead of the original.) Scan the answers posted before this one to determine which mistakes I am referring to.
p. 29 (---> p. 41): on line 8, change (2.14) to (2.13)
p. 55 (---> p. 66): exercise 2
p. 71 (---> p. 82): exercise 23
p. 88 (---> p. 99): exercise 27(v)
There were also completely original mistakes added especially for the translation! On page 30 line -7 and page 31 lines 10 and 14 of the translation, the tensor product signs should be direct sum signs. On page 32 in the statement of Nakayama's Lemma, the ideal a should be in fraktur font.
Page 102, penultimate paragraph:
"... $f$ induces a homomorphism $\widehat{f}:\widehat{G}\to\widehat{H}$, which is continuous."
No topology has been defined on $\widehat{G}$ and $\widehat{H}$.
[July 7, 2011, GMT. The topology on $\widehat{G}$ can be described as follows. For any subset $S$ of $G$, let $\widehat{S}\subset\widehat{G}$ be the set of equivalence classes of Cauchy sequences in $S$, and say that a subset $V$ of $\widehat{G}$ is a neighborhood of $0$ if there is a neighborhood $W$ of $0$ in $G$ such that $\widehat{W}\subset V$.]
By the way, there is (I think) a somewhat similar "mistake" in the article Atiyah wrote with Wall in "Algebraic Number Theory" Ed. Cassels and Froehlich (see Erratum for Cassels-Froehlich). Atiyah and Wall forgot to mention the crucial compatibility between change of groups and connecting morphisms. (See p. 99.)
Page 25, first line of the proof of (2.13): change (2.11) to (2.12).
Page 29, about two third of the page: change (2.14) to (2.13).
EDIT. Page 39, last line: change $m$ to $m_i$ (three times).
EDIT OF NOV. 22, 2010. Page 63, proof of Lemma 5.14. The current text reads
Conversely, if $x\in r(\mathfrak a^e)$ then $x^n=\sum a_i\,x_i$ for some $n>0$, where the $a_i$ are elements of $\mathfrak a$ and the $x_i$ are elements of $C$. Since each $x_i$ is integral over $A$ it follows from (5.2) that $M=A[x_1,\dots,x_n]\ \dots$
It would be better (I think) to write something like
Conversely, if $x\in r(\mathfrak a^e)$ then $x^n=a_1\,x_1+\cdots+a_m\,x_m$ for some $m,n>0$, where the $a_i$ are elements of $\mathfrak a$ and the $x_i$ are elements of $C$. Since each $x_i$ is integral over $A$ it follows from (5.2) that $M=A[x_1,\dots,x_m]\ \dots$
[July 8, 2011, GMT. Page 90. It seems to me that the second part of the proof of Theorem 8.7 can be simplified. We must check the uniqueness of the decomposition of an Artin ring $A$ as a finite product of Artin local rings $A_i$. To do this it suffices to observe that, for each minimal primary ideal $\mathfrak q$ of $A$, there is a unique $i$ such that $\mathfrak q$ is the kernel of the canonical projection onto $A_i$.]
[July 7, 2011, GMT. Page 107, lines 4-5. Instead of $A^*=A[x_1,\dots,x_r]$ read $A^*=A[y_1,\dots,y_r]$ where $y_i=(0,x_i,0,\dots)$.]
[July 7, 2011, GMT. Page 112, proof of Proposition (10.24). Instead of $\mathfrak{a}^{k+n(i)}$ read $\mathfrak{a}^{\max(0,k-n(i))}$.]
[July 9, 2015. The integer $d(M)$ (and in particular $d(A)$) is defined on p. 117 after the proof of Theorem 11.1. Another definition of $d(A)$ is given on p. 119 after the proof of Proposition 11.6 via the equality $d(A)=d(G_{\mathfrak m}(A))$. But the old meaning of $d(?)$ is used again in the proof of Proposition 11.20 p. 122, where the expression $d(G_{\mathfrak q}(A))$ occurs at the beginning of the last display. To avoid any confusion, let me denote by $D(M)$ the integer given by the first definition, and set $d(A):=D(G_{\mathfrak m}(A))$.
It seems to me the proof of Proposition 11.3 p. 118 is not entirely correct. I suggest to keep the proof, but to weaken slightly the statement, the new statement being: If $P(M/xM,t)\neq0$ and $D(M/xM)\ge1$, then $P(M,t)\neq0$ and $D(M/xM)=D(M)-1$.
This new statement applies to the first equality in the last display in the proof of Proposition 11.20 p. 122 if $d:=\dim A\ge1$ (the case $d=0$ being trivial). - On the third line of the proof $\mathfrak q$ should be $\mathfrak q^2$.]
On page 8, the proof of part ii of Proposition 1.11 begins "Suppose $\mathfrak{p}\not\subseteq\mathfrak{a}_i$ for all $i$." It should be $\not\supseteq$.
On page 29, the example at the top has two typos: it says "$(x)=2x$", when it should be "$f(x)=2x$", and the exact sequence at the end of that same line says "$0\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}\otimes \stackrel{f\otimes 1}{\longrightarrow} \mathbb{Z}\otimes N$", when it should be
"$0\rightarrow\mathbb{Z}\otimes N\stackrel{f\otimes 1}{\longrightarrow} \mathbb{Z}\otimes N$".
On p.55, exercise 4.2 reads "If $\mathfrak a = r(\mathfrak a)$, then $\mathfrak a$ has no embedded prime ideals". I believe it should include the assumption that $\mathfrak a$ is decomposable.
A-M defines embedded primes for decomposable ideals only. And it doesn't seem that a radical ideal should automatically be decomposable. If you take something like a reduced (nonnoetherian) ring with infinitely many minimal prime ideals, I expect the zero ideal will be radical but not decomposable...
Minor typos:
p.34, exercise 2.23: Second sentence should start "For each finite subject $J$ of $\Lambda$".
p.48, exercise 3.27(i): The bracketed text should read "Use Exercises 25 and 26".
p.71, exercise 5.23: The hint should start "The only hard part is (iii) => (i). Suppose (i) is false".
p.88, exercise 7.27(v): The last clause should read "the homomorphism $f_{!}$ is a $K_1(A)$-module homomorphism".
p.127, index entry for "flat, faithfully": Should cite p. 46, not p. 29.
page 81, line 5: change $f_i \in A[x]$ to $f_i \in \mathfrak{a}$
Also minor: On p. 91, the $a$'s and $\mathfrak a$'s in the proof of Prop 8.8 seems to be a little jumbled.
I guess you want something like "Let $\mathfrak a$ be an ideal of $A$, other than $(0)$ or $(1)$. We have $\mathfrak m = \mathfrak N$, hence $\mathfrak m$ is nilpotent by (8.4) and therefore there exists a positive integer $r$ such that $\mathfrak a \subseteq \mathfrak m^r$ and $\mathfrak a \not\subseteq \mathfrak m^{r + 1}$; hence there exists $y \in \mathfrak a$ and $a \in A$ such that $y = ax^r$ but $y \not\in (x^{r + 1})$," etc.
Page 114, Exercise 5, the short exact sequence is missing the middle term.
On page 41 in the proof of proposition 3.10., change
"i) $\implies$ ii) by (3.5) and (2.20)" to "i) $\implies$ ii) by (3.7) and (2.19)"
On page 52 in remark 1) at the bottom of the page, change
"(see Chapter 1, Exercise 25)" to "(see Chapter 1, Exercise 27)"
On page 65 at the end of the proof of proposition 5.18. the black square to denote end of proof is missing.
On page 66 we need to correct the proof of corollary 5.22., one correct version is the following: We start with the quotient map $\pi: A[x^{-1}] \to A[x^{-1}] /m$ where $m$ is a maximal ideal containing $x^{-1}$. We take an algebraic closure $\Omega$ of the field $A[x^{-1}] /m$ and consider the map $i \circ \pi: A[x^{-1}] \to \Omega$. Then by the previous theorem, (5.21), we can extend $i \circ \pi$ to some valuation ring $B$ of $K$ containing $A[x^{-1}]$: $g: B \to \Omega$ such that $g|_{A[x^{-1}]} = i \circ \pi$. Then $g(x^{-1}) = 0$. Hence $x^{-1} \in ker(g)$ and since the kernel is a proper ideal of $B$, $x^{-1}$ is not a unit in $B$ and hence $x$ is not in $B$. (also see math.SE)
On page 77 in the proof of proposition 6.7., change
"...a composition series, by ii);..." to "...a composition series, by i);..."
On page 31, the first line refers to Proposition 2.11, when it should be 2.12.
On page 91, the second line in the second Example should refer to Proposition 8.8, not Theorem 8.7.
On page 23, in the third line of the sketch for Proposition 2.9, change "$v \circ u \circ f = 0$ " to "$f \circ v \circ u = 0$".
In p.45, Ex.3.12.iv, one can avoid the tedious argument provided in the hint by noting that $K\otimes_A M\cong(A-\{0\})^{-1}M$. (I originally did it as hinted ...)
In p.68, Ex.5.10.ii, (b') is actually equivalent to a weaker (c') that asserts only that $f^*:\mathrm{Spec}(B_\mathfrak{q})\to\mathrm{Spec}(A_\mathfrak{p})\cap V(\ker f)$ is surjective. However, (a') does imply the original (c').
Here are a few more small miscellaneous mistakes and typos:
page 18, line -6: $M''$ not defined (it is $M/M'$)
page 20, line -12: in the expression for $A$ as a direct product, it should be $i=1$ not $i=I$.
page 28, line -5: $=$ should read $\cong$
page 29, line -13 (first line of proof that iv) $\Rightarrow$ iii)): $x_{i}$ should read $x_{i}'$
page 91, in the last example, it is not true that ${\mathfrak m}^{2}=0$. It is a non-zero principal ideal. But the following statement is still true, $\dim \left( {\mathfrak m}/{\mathfrak m}^{2} \right)=2$. It is generated by $x^2$ and $x^3$.
page 102, Lemma 10.1(iv) $H=0$ should read $H=\{ 0 \}$
On p.89, the second to last line of the proof of Proposition 8.4 should say $\mathfrak{N}^k \subseteq \mathfrak{ N}$ instead of $\mathfrak{N}^k \supseteq \mathfrak{N}$.
Page 69, Ex5.17: this is not the weak form, and the result is rather trivial.
Page 118, line 16, Example: Poincaré series should be $P(A,t)=(1-t)^{-s}l(A_0)$.
Here are a few more minor errors:
p. 42, proof of Prop. 3.11(iv), last line: change "by i)" to "by ii)".
p. 72, Exercise 29 (clarification): by "a local ring of $A$" they mean "a localization of $A$ at some prime ideal". (See this question.)
p. 72, Exercise 31: for condition (2), change "for all $x,y \in K^*$" to "for all $x,y \in K^*$ such that $x+y \neq 0$". (Similarly on p. 94, unless one uses the convention $v(0)=+\infty$.)
p. 74, Example 2: change "if $a \neq 0$" to "if $a \neq 0$ and $a \neq \pm 1$".
p. 75, proof of Prop. 6.2: change "hence $M_n=M$" to "hence $M_n=N$".
p. 82, definition of irreducible ideal: it is understood (by the first sentence of the section) that an irreducible ideal $\mathfrak{a}$ is also required to be proper (otherwise Lemma 7.12 would be false, for example). Also, there should perhaps be an entry "Ideal, irreducible, 82" in the index on p. 127.
p. 94, paragraph before Prop. 9.2: change "$v \colon K^* \to Z$" to "$v \colon K^* \to \mathbf{Z}$".
p. 111, definition of $G(A)$ in the middle of the page: change $a^n$ to $\mathfrak{a}^n$.
And finally some really important corrections... ;-)
p. 30, middle of the page: missing comma in "finite set of elements $x_1,\ldots x_n$".
p. 61, proof of Prop. 5.6(ii): missing space before the brackets in "$x/s \in S^{-1}B(x \in B,\, s \in S)$".
p. 83, page header: change "NEOTHERIAN" to "NOETHERIAN".
Here is what I found (in LaTeX unlike in the original); only two of the errors mentioned below (both indicated) have been reported in previous answers here.
p.56, line 24 (Exercise 13(iv)): change second ${\mathfrak p}^{(n)}$ to ${\mathfrak p}^n$
p.76, line 11: change "Exercise" to "Example"
p.76, line 14: change "Exercise" to "Example"
p.91, line -11 (line 2 of second example): change (8.7) to (8.8)
p.97, line -1: change (9.7) to (9.6)
p.104, line -4: change $\left\{ G'_n \cap G_n \right\}$ to $\left\{ G' \cap G_n \right\}$
p.114, line -12: change $0 \rightarrow {\mathfrak b}^{m} M \rightarrow M/{\mathfrak b}^{m} M \rightarrow 0$ to $0 \rightarrow {\mathfrak b}^{m} M \rightarrow M \rightarrow M/{\mathfrak b}^{m} M \rightarrow 0$
Proof of Theorem 11.22, page 123, direction $iii) \Rightarrow i)$: The map should be $\alpha : k[t_1,\dots,t_d] \rightarrow G_{\mathfrak{m}}(A)$.
p. 107, lines 4-5: change "$A^* = A[x_1,\dots,x_r]$" to "$A^*$ is a quotient of $A[x_1,\dots,x_r]$".
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"Making It Last"
Not until this week did I take note of the New York Times's ongoing "Making It Last" feature, which "profiles baby boomer couples who have been together 25 years or more." (It's a project of their "Booming" section, which I also had not noticed -- I'm not in the target audience, but maybe you are?)
This week "Making It Last," by Erika Allen, tells the story of Carol and Bob Kelly under the tantalizing headline "Poised to Enter a Convent, Then She Fell in Love." The interview itself is less sensationalist than that headline might suggest. I bring it to your attention because I think many of you will find a lot in common with the Kellys (including, I believe, the healthy habit of reading Commonweal). Theirs is the kind of story, and in particular the kind of Catholic story, that people think the NYT doesn't tell -- and as such it's an antidote to some of the worst excesses of "Vows" (or "Modern Love").
Granted, this, from the interview, is exactly the sort of question you'd expect the NYT to ask:
"Are there aspects of Catholicism that you do not agree with? Issues like birth control, abortion and female priests?" But the Kellys answer with a lot more nuance than you'll find in your average NYT columnist's take, and the faith journeys they trace -- as individuals and as a couple -- are revealing and relatable.
I'm not so enthusiastic about the editing of this interview or the others in the series; I find them strangely hard to follow, neither truly conversational nor clearly "written." But when I started looking through the "Making It Last" archives I found a handful that focused on Catholic couples (including another foiled religious vocation: "On Path to Priesthood, and Then He Fell for Her") or touched on specifically Catholic themes. This one paragraph, from a profile of a mixed-race couple, is a story all by itself:
When we told them we were engaged we thought we were prepared to answer all the questions they would have. Then they asked, "Is he going to convert?" My family had been all different forms of Protestantism and her family is Catholic, but I just said yes and I have been pretty devout ever since. I go to Mass every week; Anne doesn't go to church anymore.
Here's a couple that decided not to go through with a Catholic baptism rather than lie about their intentions to raise their child in the faith. And here's a couple who, though not Catholic, were helped by the church's ministry to married couples: "When we were young and pigheaded we would fight and I would say, 'I want to divorce,' but I was immature in thinking that everything was supposed to be smooth all of the time.... Then he brought me to a program sponsored by the Catholic church where we wrote letters about what was wrong and what we appreciated." Retrouvaille? Marriage Encounter (also mentioned by another couple)? Something else?
And then there's the husband -- deployed to Afghanistan -- who says, "Our Catholicism has been important. I go to Mass every week here, even if the priest isn't particularly good."
Reading about the Kellys, and the other "Making It Last" couples, is not a bad way to spend a Sunday afternoon. It's good to be reminded that, cultural rot notwithstanding, there are lots of ordinary people out there going about the ordinary work of committing to each other, and making a success of it. And I'm glad the NYT is telling their stories.
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25 years is a good start. Let's hope they last.
That's from the perspective of 41 years.
Indulge a small whine, though:
Would this be because enough attention has not yet been paid to the Boomers?
As for a relationship something more than a friendship I easily find reasons to envy those at the beginning of it all and those nearing the end of it all. But for very different reasons, I believe. It certainly seems to me Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn did it pretty well start to finish. The scene in "Cocoon" where he slyly and affectionately encourages her into his bed is for me a memory that lingers.
Steven, perhaps you underestimate the power of such examples for people contemplating marriage or in the midst of an early marital crisis? Most people who are entering their 25th year of marriage (like I am) are baby boomers. Now, if they are entering their 50th, they are officially from the previous generation. But I celebrated the 40th wedding anniversary of a friend of mine -- and he's definitely in the "Big Chill" segment of the baby boomer generation.
Around 18 months ago I was replacing my phone and I was chatting with the very friendly salesman, and as I was explaining my family's complicated telephone service, he deduced that I was married. He told me that he and his girlfriend were considering marriage and without him saying so, it was clear he was a little gun shy. I would say he was around 25. He asked me how long I had been married and gave me a high five when I told him 23 years. Well, it certainly made me feel good at the time!
The divorce rate has, in some places, doubled for those in their 50s and 60s. These stats need more examination, but it appears that many Baby Boomers stuck it out for the sake of the children, those GenXers and Millennials who are always whining about our being spoiled brats who get too much attention.
Raber and I have been married 30 years, and it's been an adventure in which we're discovering new things about each other all the time. For example, he recently discovered that my degenerating ability to hear is really irritating (I can hear volume just fine, but words sound garbled. It's as I always suspected; people really ARE talking gibberish). I recently discovered that there is no topic that he can't turn into an argument about why I should go back to church.
Those for whom marriage has not been a "success" (a word that strikes me as more applicable to financial investments and souffles) might find the NYT's feature about the value of suffering of interest: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/08/opinion/sunday/the-value-of-suffering.html?pagewanted=all
We are now celebrating our 50th anniversary. We were just kids recently graduated from college when we married. We did what we knew how to and had a great many adventures, raised 3 kids, sent them all to college and are now happily retired. I was ordained a deacon in 1983 but that seemed like a normal progression for both of us as we were well-involved in both church and community activities. Reflecting back, we had our ups and downs, funny and sad moments, disappointments and accomplishments, good friends and several priests that we became close to. Now it is companionship and knowing nods that bind us together. We each have our own ministries, can't spend too much time with the kids and grandkids who are scattered all over and besides, we like to travel, anywhere, especially by cruise ship. Life remains good, hopefully health will sustain, and we get by ok on state retirement and social security income. Still driving old cars and living in a modest home for California, but it's big enough for us and will last until we move on to a new subdivision in heaven. Maybe marital happiness depends a bit on your expectations. Sometimes we tell each other that we must be boring to onlookers. Still, we sleep soundly next to each other. That is always comforting.
FWIW, in August , the NYT started a new feature on their Booming blog about couples who had long marriages and divorced in their 50s.... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/11/booming/lessons-learned-when-its-all-o...


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Number 11 in the B1G? Sparty no. Have fun coaching up those three stars, Mark Dantonio. Hoke continues to coach up our five, four, and three star recruits. We'll see who wins. Drake Harris opened up his commitment with MSU when he realized he couldn't realistically play basketball and football in college, and wanted to choose football. I believe he said something like, "I'm starting to look at more of the bigger football schools since I'm just playing football now." Oh wait, that was a direct quote. Ouch.
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Talking towards Ubuntu 10.04, server edition, what tools/practices would you recommend to secure the server?
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This a bit non-specific, but in general you will need to
You will only keep things secure by constantly checking and securing. If you don't know what something does or how or why, or something looks suspicious, just ask others for advice.
Awesome answer by Richard Holloway. If you are looking for a specific step by step guide checkout the following 2 part guide from Slicehost library.
I use it almost everywhere when I have to setup an Ubuntu Server instance. I am sure you would love it.
Other great source is the Linode Library at http://library.linode.com/
Do check out the articles at both places. Loads of informations is available there and you will be armed with enough knowledge to handle your server just fine.
PS: In no way, a library can be a substitute for a great sys admin's intuition, insight and decision making capabilities.
Something I don't see mentioned is "use 64bit". This makes sure you've got NX memory protections, among other things.
Three things I tend to recommend are:
If I were you, I'd look into iptables (standard Linux firewall) and see what services are running. Basically you want to only be running the services you need, i.e. not running a web server when you just want to setup an email server, and to only have the ports open that you actually require. Everything else should be locked down!
Guide to iptables: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/IptablesHowTo
Hope this helps!
p.s If you need more help get on irc and hit the #ubuntu-server channel on freenode
For firewalls you could have a look @ Firestarter or ufw with gufw.


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What is God's nature in simplest terms? What essential principles governs how God interacts within the trinity and with his creation?
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This, being not a philosophy site where all possible natures are to be debated, I will endeavor to simply state the most fundamental ways in which Christianity knows to describe God. This is, at best, a nearly futile exercise, but we have been given a few guides. First as an illustration of how words will never do him justice, note how he chooses to introduce himself:
No explanation. No description. No more. Just "I AM".
However, he doesn't leave us hanging. Most significantly, the "I AM" revealed himself in both time and space in the person of Jesus Christ, "The image of the invisible God". Through him we catch a glimpse of God, and through his own teachings and affirmations of the OT scriptures we arrive at various ways of expressing what sort of thing God is.
Likewise we know much about his works, that in turn tell us more about what he is. For example, we know he is the creator of all things. This is referenced many times in Scripture, but here is the corresponding statement from the Nicene Creed, one of the basic statements about what Christians believe.
Likewise we also know some things about his Character which help fill out the picture. For example we know that he is able to have personal relationships and what characteristics he shows in those relationships.
Yet "love" is just one of his attributes. It is hard to say what is most fundamental about him, but if anything, the only attribute that is constantly emphasized by being repeated three times, would be his holiness.
From this (and many other Scriptures) we get the idea of a perfect God who transcends many of our measurable attributes like time or space, yet who interacts with physical creation and carries on a relationship with those he has made.
A more detailed statement comprised of information from many parts of Scripture can be found in the many Creeds and Confessions, such as this except from the Westminster Confession:
It would be remiss to touch on this subject without also mentioning the Trinity. God as he has revealed himself to us is but one being yet he has three persons by which we know him. Again we arrive at this picture through a multitude of references and the words of Jesus himself, yet it is very hard to put into words. One of the most valiant attempts I know of is The Athanasian Creed, excerpted:
The simplest terms? There can be only one answer, I think:
1 John 4:8 and 1 John 4:16b.
This is the very heart of who the Christian God is. To answer the second part of your question; it defines how He interacts within the Trinity1:
and with His creation:
1It also shows why there has to be a Trinity. God cannot be love if He is just one Person. Instead, it requires one Person to love Another, and that Love between them is Another (source and also Romans 5:5).
In His own words:
And in centuries of sudy, we still only have a surface understanding of what that means, who He is, and his essence. We have, from Scripture, everything we need to understand what He wants us to know about Him, but even in a lifetime of study, our understanding changes somewhat with each pass through the Bible.


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Parenting is the process of raising and educating a child from birth until adulthood. To be a great parent, all you need to know is how to make your children feel valued and loved.
- Mrs. Darling first heard of Peter when she was tidying up her children's minds. It is the nightly custom of every good mother after her children are asleep to rummage through their minds and put things straight for next morning, repacking into their proper places the many articles that have wandered during the day. If you could keep awake (but of course you can't) you would see your own mother doing this, and you would find it very interesting to watch her. It is quite like tidying up drawers. You would see her on her knees, I expect, lingering humourously over some of your contents, wondering where on earth you had picked this thing up, making discoveries sweet and not so sweet, pressing this to her cheek as if it were a kitten, and hurriedly stowing that out of sight. When you wake up in the morning, the naughtiness and evil passions with which you went to bed have been folded up small and placed at the bottom of your mind; and on the top, beautifully aired, are spread out your prettier thoughts, ready for you to put on.
- J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan (1904).
- Let France have good mothers, and she will have good sons.
- Napoleon Bonaparte, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 441.
- When we talk of parental influence we do not think of terror in connection with it—that is not the primary idea—it is not terror and coercion, but kindness and affection, which may bias the child's mind, and induce the child to do that which may be highly imprudent, and which, if the child were properly protected, he would never do.
- William Wood, 1st Baron Hatherley, L.C., Turner v. Collins (1871), L. R. 7 Ch. Ap. Ca. 340; reported in James William Norton-Kyshe, Dictionary of Legal Quotations (1904), p. 188.
- When parents know how to assign the task with authority, when the coachman knows from seasoned experience how to assign the task, it is indescribably helpful. So it is also for the adult when the task is firmly set with the authority of eternity, which is indescribably helpful in carrying out the task. If a child is so unfortunate as to have a father who does not know how to command, or the horses a second-rate driver, it seems as if the child and the horses would not have half of the powers they actually do have. Alas, and when the adult who is the sufferer surrenders his soul to the power of vacillation, he is actually weaker than a child. But then it is indeed also a joy that hardship is the road, because then the task is immediately at hand and stands unshakably fixed and firm. Hardship is the road-and this is the joy: that it is not a quality of the road that it is hard, but it is a quality of the hardship that it is the road; therefore the hardship must lead to something; it must be passable and practicable, not suprahuman.
- Soren Kierkegaard Upbuilding Discourses in Various Spirits, Hong p. 299-300 (1847)
- I suppose that every parent loves his child; but I know, without any supposing, that in a large number of homes the love is hidden behind authority, or its expression is crowded out by daily duties and cares.
- Abbott Eliot Kittredge, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 442.
- Parental feeling, as I have experienced it, is very complex. There is, first and foremost, sheer animal affection, and delight in watching what is charming in the ways of the young. Next, there is the sense of inescapable responsibility, providing a purpose for daily activities which skepticism does not easily question. Then there is an egoistic element, which is very dangerous: the hope that one's children may succeed where one has failed, that they may carry on one's work when death or senility puts an end to one's own efforts, and, in any case, that they will supply a biological escape from death, making one's own life part of the whole stream, and not a mere stagnant puddle without any overflow into the future. All this I experienced, and for some years it filled my life with happiness and peace.
- Bertrand Russell, in Autobiography (1967-1969), Ch. 11: Second Marriage.
- Kids are a great analogy. You want your kids to grow up and you don't want your kids to grow up. And you can't have it both ways. You want your kids to become independent of you, but it's also in a way a parent's worst nightmare: for them to not need you. So, how do you reconcile those two very strong emotions? You don't. You live with that problem. It's the real tragedy of parenting. And maybe there's some sense in which in art you can have it both ways whereas in life you can't.
- Parenting is the science of art of upbringing children.
- Simon Soloveychik in Parenting for Everyone, (1996).
- You that are parents, discharge your duty; though you cannot impart grace to your children, yet you may impart knowledge. Let your children know the commandments of God. "Ye shall teach them your children." You are careful to leave your children a portion; leave the oracles of heaven with them; instruct them in the law of God. If God spake all these words, you may well speak them over again to your children.
- Thomas Watson, reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 441.
- The more boring a child is, the more the parents, when showing off the child, receive adulation for being good parents-- because they have a tame child-creature in their house.
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Why do bodybuilders take recovery periods that are longer than any other type of athlete?
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USCCB about to elect new president & VP (live video).
Update: The USCCB goes back on script and elects the current vice president, Archbishop Kurtz, to become the next president. And, nearly repeating the results of the previous VP election, Archbishop Chaput came close to winning but lost out to Cardinal DiNardo. More on the candidates here.
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Just going by their dates of birth, all the candidates but one are Boomers. The one who isn't, Chaput, was perceived 15 years ago as sort of a young gun - now he's the granddad of the bunch. Time flies.
The rule of the cardinals. For several decades the bishops largely avoided electing cardinals to the two top posts. And actually chose in that period five mere bishops as president: James Malone, Anthony Pilla, Joseph Fiorenza, Wilton Gregory, William Skylstad. Now the sequence of presidents, begun with Cardinal George's election as VP in 2004, looks like Cardinals George, Dolan, Archbishop Kurtz, Cardinal DiNardo. Not a good trend, I think.
Bishop Gerald Kicanas's election as president was upended by the maneuvering of the Dolan faction in 2010. It is true that Cardinal Dolan was not named a cardinal till February 2012, but it was certainly foreseen. He was a cardinal for over half his term.
I thought it was just awful that Cardinal Dolan stepped on Bishop Kicanas to get the spot; last time.
Doesn't all this shuffling of cardinals toward the head of the line smack just a teenie-weenie bit like pushing the possible American candidate(s) in the next conclave?
Although Dolan's flame-out in the face of the Franciscan papacy is really spectacular. Given the really engaging roll-out of Papa Francesco, Dolan fades by comparison. Dolan as good papabili??? What were they thinking???
Re: the rule of the cardinals
This is just a passing thought. I hope that Archbishop Kurtz can be his own man with Cardinal DiNardo in the back room. I have no data to back up that thought, just an intuition since DiNardo seems to be an up and coming leader in the U.S. Church.
I am delighted that Archbishop Kurtz has a degree in social work. Most social workers I know have a great handle on social issues: poverty, violence, troubled families, addictions, etc. In addition, he took care of his older brother who had Down's Syndrome and died in 2002 in his rectory.
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I had the following in my code:
$mixed = array();
$mixed[0] = "It's a zero!";
$mixed['word'] = "It's a word!";
foreach ($mixed as $key => $value) {
if ($key == 'word') {
echo $value.'<br />';
The above would for some reason print both "It's a zero!" and "It's a word!". I was expecting it to print only "It's a word!". Why is that?? I feel like I am missing something important. When I was using
=== in the if statement, it worked as expected, in other words it printed only "It's a word!". I know there's a difference between the equal and identical operators, but the first example is not equal is it?


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Top 14 "Sloanisms" – Quotes by Utah Jazz coach Jerry Sloan
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I am jackpotting around typing this comment, but I am going to miss Jerry Sloan. He's an institution, solid as a John Deere tractor.
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I've kept watching the Jazz because of Stockton and Malone, and Larry Miller,
and Jerry Sloan. Each era has transitioned.
I hope for my sake that they can remain something worthy of my loyalty. Jerry is a giant. When they put his statue out front next to the boys on the street his mouth better be wide open screaming. Just don't include an audio track, there will be children walking by...
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Jerry Sloan has my utmost respect, far more than Phil Jackson, who piggy-backed
off of 3 star players and that model is being repeated in Miami.
Sorry Jazz, no Sloan, no fan here.
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After listening to the news broadcast on a radio station and the following comments after, in regards to the times Jerry has had words with Deron, I am wondering how much the Jazz organization will take from Deron. If it is true that their latest blowup pushed Jerry over the edge, wherein he resigned, maybe we will see AK resigned at a reduced salary and Deron traded. I guess we will see what we will see. There are primadonas, and there are primadonas who are back-stabbers. Hope Deron is not one of those!
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One of my favorite Sloanisms that didn't make the list was, "We don't need another shooting guard, we've got plenty of those. We need a making guard". Sorry, but I can't produce the date/circumstances of the quotation, but I remember hearing it several years ago. It's stuck with me ever since.
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One time after he won the NBA coach of the month award Hot Rod asked him how it
felt. He answered in his dry sincere voice, "Well you know Hot Rod, I've
been doing cartwheels all afternoon about that award." For a split second I
saw a look in Hot Rod's bloodshot eyes similiar to Cousin Eddie in Christmas
"You serious Clark?" or "You serious Jerry?"
The man will be missed. I hope he gets alot of Jackpotting around the farm in.
I am guessing he will pull a Stockton and we won't see him around much anymore. Guys like that just don't need the limelight, much respect!
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I'm sure CJ will appreciate your choice for the #1 Sloanism.
I'm really going to miss Jerry.
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Love these photos. And yes, if there is a statue of Jerry, an open mouth would complete it. He's been a great coach. It is the end of an era, and hopefully the start of a new one, especially if Jeff Hornacek is part of it. Kind of ties it all together. I hope Jerry can actually ENJOY retirement! Some people forget how to relax and smile. Best of luck!
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Sloanism #15:
"I wouldn't be quitting if we had Jimmer, 'cause we'd be winning!"
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I have a feeling that if Greg Miller went to Jerry Sloan and asked him about putting a statue in front of the ESA-Jerry would run him over with a tractor. I know the Millers, Mr. O'Connor and many Jazz fans wish they could turn this into a "stay sweet" "everybody loves everybody" situation, but it can't be undone. This--my dear fellow Jazz fans--is a train wreck.
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Decent job logan.
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I am surprised no one has said anything about "playing backwards." That was always one of my favorites when something happened to upset the team, they could not move past it and get their heads back in the game.
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actually i am in need of some requirment regarding context menus.
We created our own button in the context menu which will call a exe file whenever that option in selected in the context menu.
The problem is that this button is that it only should be enabled when a particular area on our map is selected. Otherwise it should be disabled.
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The new entity will provide a full range of integrated engineering, fabrication, module assembly and construction services to Fluor's clients. AG&P, established in the Philippines in 1900, fabricates modules for refineries, power plants, offshore platforms and mining processing and refining operations.
Fluor on Thursday unveiled a new joint venture with
AG&P, a Philippines-based company that specializes in
modular engineering and fabrication services.
The new entity, called AG&P Fluor Joint Venture Co., will
provide a full range of integrated engineering, fabrication,
module assembly and construction services to Fluors
clients, according to the company.
Consistent with our growth strategy, this new venture
with AG&P enables Fluor to provide our clients with an
integrated construction model that is both cost effective and
will help reduce construction schedules thereby
increasing our clients ability to bring their project to completion faster,
said Peter Oosterveer, president of Fluors energy and
chemicals group.
As part of the partnership, Fluor says it will bring
expertise and technology in engineering,
procurement, construction management and project management services across a
wide range of industries.
Meanwhile, AG&P will leverage its experience providing
fabrication and modularization services for clients in the oil
and gas, power, chemical and mining industries.
AG&P is enormously excited by the prospect of
supporting Fluors modularization requirements in the
future, said Joseph Sigelman, chairman of AG&P.
AG&P brings to this partnership our deep and talented
pool of Filipino craftsmen and women who take great pride in
their work, a strong operational and technical backbone and a
safety culture built over time, which complements our 112-year
heritage," he added.
This year marks Fluors 100th anniversary as a
corporation as well as its 25th year of providing engineering,
procurement, construction and project management services in the
The companys local 2,200 professionals working in
offices in Manila and Cebu support a wide range of clients in
the oil and gas, chemicals, power and mining industries
worldwide, the company says.
AG&P, established in the Philippines in 1900, fabricates
modules for refineries, power plants, offshore platforms and
mining processing and refining operations.
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Wilson D Erese
Following this newly joint venture of Flour & AG & P (Philippines) made the right choice & decision. Both companies are expertise in the industry. Being ex-AG &P family, my pleasure to read this good news. Flour Engineering is a great known to almost Filipinos in the field of Oil & Gas EPC, EPCM contract. Known to me most are ex-FlourDaniels experience and well trained engineers in all lines of discipline.This is a milestone to both. Congratulation.Wilson D ERESEPMC-Lead Mechanical (Piping) ENGINEEROman Oil Company Exploration & Production ProjectSeoul South Korea
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With tremendous growth in the region in the LNG and other hydrocarbon project, thiw would fill a big void and bring much needed value to the projects in the region, including Australia.I think it is win win situation for both entities.
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How do I create such map from point data?
I am using ArcGIS 9.3 and 10
How do I create such map from point data?
I am using ArcGIS 9.3 and 10
Both of these solutions require extensions to the standard ArcGIS desktop, such as Spatial Analyst.
If you don't want to interpolate between points, the solution is easy. Simply use the Conversion Toolbox > To Raster > Points to Raster tool to create a raster of your points. You can use the Cell Size field to determine the size of the grid, and you can combine points in simple ways (
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GENESEO, N.Y. -- The third annual issue of LIVE magazine is being distributed to Livingston County businesses and the SUNY Geneseo campus this week. First published in 2008, LIVE is free magazine produced by Geneseo students targeted towards their fellow students. Articles focus on events and activities available in Geneseo and surrounding towns. Students write and design the publication and student sales representatives sell advertising for the four-color publication. It offers students the opportunity to develop professional skills and increase their level of campus involvement.
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8 Ordinary Photos Hiding Mind-Blowing Details
We live in an age where we're constantly bombarded by images from every conceivable direction, and as a result we rarely stop to look at them for more than a few seconds, unless they come with the promise of a visible areola. However, sometimes a photo that looks completely boring and mundane at first glance can reveal mind-blowing details once you bother to take a closer look at it. Like two visible areolas.
The next time you're absent-mindedly scrolling down your Tumblr feed, keep in mind that one of those photos you're ignoring could be hiding something that will change the world ...
#8. Spot the Dictator
If we asked you to name the most significant thing about this picture, you'd probably say "The fact that everyone's wearing the same hat." However, there are two historically important things about it: First, this was taken on August 2, 1914, at Munich's Odeonsplatz, and it shows the cheerful reaction of a German crowd in the plaza during the announcement of World War I, because there's no way something like that could go wrong for them. Remember, at this point words like "Nazi" and "Holocaust" meant nothing to the German people.
The second thing is that within this crowd, there's a subtle hint of the terror that awaits the country -- take a closer look at the man in the circle and see if you recognize him ...
"World war? Now there's an idea."
Yep, that's a 26-year-old Adolf Hitler looking stoked that his country is going to war, or possibly asking people if they like his new mustache. He's two decades away from hijacking the nation into Nazism and leading them into an even more devastating global conflict.
Altona-Behrenfeld, 1933
You can't see his legs, but judging from that haircut, he must have been wearing cigarette jeans.
The photo was taken by Heinrich Hoffmann, who would go on to become Hitler's personal photographer. In 1932, Hitler visited Hoffmann's photo lab and mentioned that he was in the 1914 Odeonsplatz crowd. Hoffmann looked in his negatives and, sure enough, found a face that could only belong to the future Fuhrer.
Hoffmann Collection, U.S. National Archives
"Or Charlie Chaplin. But most likely the Fuhrer."
Recently, German historians have put the authenticity of the photo in doubt, claiming that Hoffmann could have faked it to shut up critics who questioned his boss' patriotism. While we wouldn't put something like that past Hitler, those guys will excuse us if we don't trust the historians in a country where half the children still don't know what Nazism was.
#7. Tank Man Begins
If someone posted this image in your Facebook feed, you'd probably glance at it for half a second and assume that it's a completely normal photo of two guys running in the park (even though they have some perfectly good bikes right in front of them that they could use instead). However, once you look at the background, two odd little details stand out. The first one, of course, is that there are tanks coming from the upper right corner:
Where's the Tiananmen Square Tank Man when you need him?
So, despite the first guy's amused expression, these guys aren't just jogging: They're escaping from tanks. The second, even more significant detail is the lone man who can be seen between the trees behind Chuckles here -- a lone man standing in the middle of the street, carrying two grocery bags, in front of some tanks.
"The gypsy lady said that when the time came, I would know what my nickname means."
Yes, that's the (still unknown) dude from the famous photo of the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, seconds before he planted himself before a bunch of tanks sent to disperse protesters and forced them to stop there for an awkwardly long time.
"So, uh, what mileage do you get from these things?"
The photo was taken by Reuters correspondent Terril Jones, who figured that no one would care about it once he noticed that someone else had photographed the same situation from a far better angle. Jones didn't publish the photo until 2009, after reading a New York Times retrospective on Tank Man, but the most mind-blowing part is that it shows how deliberate the unknown man's actions were. He didn't just cross the street one day and run into some tanks -- he saw them coming a mile away and intentionally stayed there to block their passage.
Meanwhile, this dude was probably looking for the nearest bathroom.
#6. Spot the Dictator II
Quick, which one of the kids in this picture is currently a murderous dictator? This looks like a completely normal class photo, but one of those innocent young faces actually belongs to an infamous public figure of today, and no, believe it or not, it's not the kid with the backward cap. Here, we'll help you out:
This is right before they saved summer camp with an upbeat rap battle.
Even with the red circle and all, it's still hard to understand how the next Saddam Hussein could be in this picture, since not only does it look fairly recent, but these seem like average, happy children having fun. In case you haven't guessed it yet, the kid in the circle is Kim Jong Un, the current "Dear Leader" of North Korea, a communist regime that, yes, still murders its citizens whenever it feels like doing so and labels them as "war criminals" for so much as talking on a cellphone.
As it turns out, in his teenage years, Kim Jong Un was sent to Switzerland for schooling. From 1996 to 2001, he studied and made friends with classmates who were unaware of his true identity. At that point the only thing Kim cared about was playing basketball and, given the time frame, possibly his namesake from the Power Rangers.
It's the exact same face, give or take a few chins.
In 2001, "Pak Un," as his friends knew him, simply didn't show up to school one day, and they didn't see him again until about 10 years later, when North Korea's then-ruler Kim Jong Il died and his successor turned out to be a guy they went to school with. That should make the next class reunion awkward, whether he shows up and kills a bunch of people or not.
#5. Bill Paxton Making a Cameo on the Day JFK Was Shot
Roy Cooper Collection, Dallasobserver.com
You can probably tell, just from the lustful look on the face of every woman (and some of the men) present in this picture, that they are looking at president John F. Kennedy. In fact, this picture was taken while Kennedy was giving a speech at the Hotel Texas in Fort Worth on November 22, 1963, the same day he was shot and killed.
So what crazy detail are we looking for here? Lee Harvey Oswald waving from a window? The Illuminati? Nope, but check out the little kid in the back:
Hint: Upon learning what happened to the president, he started yelling "Game over, man! Game over!"
Look familiar? If you've seen Aliens, Twister, Apollo 13, Titanic or Aliens (no one's seen it just once), then it damn well should, because that's freakin' Bill Paxton at age 8.
We feel it would be criminal not to remind you that he was Chet in Weird Science.
On the day of Kennedy's assassination, little Billy Paxton's brother convinced their dad to take them to see the president talk. Apparently Paxton's dad wasn't a huge fan of civic acts, because in the photo the kid is actually sitting on the shoulders of some guy he'd never met. Here's another angle:
Roy Cooper Collection, Dallasobserver.com
Paxton was 8 feet 10 inches tall by age 9.
Paxton even has the photos himself -- you know, just in case anyone asks him to provide an alibi for that day. And speaking of presidents ...


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The City of Bastrop received the Community Achievement Award from the Louisiana Municipal Association (LMA) Aug. 6, for Outstanding Community Improvement in Community Development for the Historic Bastrop High Housing Project for municipalities with populations of 10,001-25,000.
The award was given to the mayor and aldermen during the LMA's 75th Annual Banquet at the Lake Charles Civic Center.
The LMA's annual awards program recognizes municipalities for outstanding achievement in basic services, community development and economic development.
During Thursday night's Bastrop Mayor and Board of Alderman meeting, Mayor Betty Alford-Olive thanked the City of Bastrop Development Incorporated organization for being the driving force behind the completion of the Historic Bastrop High Housing Project.
Mark Rainwater, on the board of directors for the project, said he remembers when the project almost failed.
"There had been a lot of times in the last 10 or 12 years when the project was all but dead," he said. "I can remember, probably about two and a half years ago, Marc Vereen, Vicki Carpenter and myself met in [the City Hall] conference room on a conference call with [developer] Tom Crumley."
Then Rainwater and other board members informed Crumley that they refused to give up.
"Tom told us that it was over, that he had fought as long and as hard as he intended to fight," he said. "Marc and Vicki and myself talked him out of it."
Alford-Olive said she was "pleased to submit" the entry of the housing project for consideration of the award.
She thanked Crumley, Bastrop Public Works, Bastrop Main Street and others.
"Everyone who played a part in making this vision a reality is deserving of recognition," she said. "I want to simply say thank you to all of the hard-working people who believe in the City of Bastrop."
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