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Surfing is supposed to be an individual act. The surfer and board do what they want. Let them be seen as they want to be seen let them be heard through only their motions. Let the camera capture what it can. Let there be Sight Sound.
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|Surfing is supposed to be an individual act. Its supposed to illicit creativity and take place in a natural environment. Its supposed to have moments familiar and original. Its supposed to be both elegant and raw. Surfing isn't supposed to be choreographed.
The surfer and board do what they want. Let them be seen as they want to be seen let them be heard through only their motions. Let them surf in climates warm and cold, on waves big and small, on boards long and short, in countries near and far. Let the camera capture what it can.
Let there be Sight Sound.
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Time and time again we are thoroughly impressed by the efforts, talent and loyalty to community shown by area volunteer fire departments.
A week ago Saturday we found ourselves shivering out on a very solid Burrows Lake trying to capture in pictures an ice rescue training exercise being hosted by the Little Rice Volunteer Fire Department. One by one, department members and others from Tripoli and beyond took turns playing the role of victim and rescuer. Their increased level of comfort and new knowledge became more apparent with each dive. With all the lakes and waterways in this area, and the recreational sports that take us and our vehicles on them, it's good to know that the training and equipment exists to expedite a time-sensitive rescue if and when it's needed.
We were equally impressed by Little Rice's equipment, from its ambulance to an ice rescue sled purchased last year by funds provided by the Little Rice ATV Riders. New on the scene was a 2003 Polaris Ranger 6x6 off-road vehicle the department has dubbed Rescue II. Chief Larry Mathein might lament that he doesn't even have an ATV at home, but he beams with pride over this department's newest purchase.
A retired professional firefighter and paramedic from a Chicago suburb, Mathein continues to be amazed and certainly appreciative of the community support he's finding in the Northwoods. Here, he says, people and groups "come to us and ask, 'What can we do?'" The result, Mathein says, is a well equipped department that's continually seeking to make the best use of its dollars and personnel to build a multipurpose facility that can meet the added challenges of this area's off-road rescues and wildland firefighting. "You don't have to have the biggest and best to get things done," Mathein acknowledges. Small departments can meet needs and still be fiscally responsible, he observes.
Not long ago, the Tomahawk Leader was touting the accomplishments of the Nokomis Volunteer Fire Department as it moved into new quarters. The Nokomis facility and the Little Rice equipment are impressive, but seem even more so when one realizes these are representative of small townships. Residents and their respective departments – all of them in this area – deserve a pat on the back for that personal commitment and dedication.
Then, after extending your own hand in congratulations, consider raising your arm as a volunteer.
While every department could undoubtedly use an extra hand or financial support, Nokomis, in particular, is currently recruiting firefighters and emergency medical first responders. No experience is needed, and training and protective equipment are provided.
As one of the Nokomis promotions notes, "Being a volunteer firefighter or emergency medical first responder offers one reward few other jobs can match. Few jobs offer you the opportunity to save a life. But as a volunteer firefighter or first responder, you could be called upon to do it at a moment's notice. That's why we need people with a strong desire to help others."
There's an informational meeting planned at 1 p.m. this Sunday, Feb. 9, at the Nokomis fire station, 2675 County Road L.
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I am struggeling to get my rails 3.2 app running on a nginx - passenger - ruby 1.9.3 setup.
here is what I already did:
installed passenger gem
installed rvmsudo passenger-install-nginx-module
I added this to my nginx conf at /opt/nginx/conf/nginx.conf
server {
listen 80;
passenger_enabled on;
passenger_spawn_method smart;
rails_env staging;
root /var/rails/current/public;
I deployed via Capistrano and everything seems to be deployed correctly. I had some issues (database.yml couldn't be found) on first try and the passenger exception page appeared so I guess passenger is running.
Passenger exception page also shows up if there is an error within a model so passenger seems to have access to all of the code.
After I fixed this it seems like the Rails app is not booting up. The staging.log stays empty and calls to my domain end up with a
HTTP 504 error after a few minutes.
Static error pages within the rails public directory like http://mydomain.com/500.html are served without problems.
What can be the reason for this behavior? Are there passenger / nginx log files I can check?
Update: I am running all this on a EC2 Ubuntu instance - maybe this is important.
NOTE: this is a direct duplicate of this question on stackoverflow.com. I am new to serverfault but i guess this is the better place for this question - so feel free to vote for delete on stackoverflow.com.


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1 charged with hate crime after 24-year-old is punched as part of possible 'knockout' game
NEW YORK – New York City police say one man was arrested and charged with assault as a hate crime after a 24-year-old says he was punched in the face.
Police on Saturday are investigating whether it was a game called "knockout." The object is to knock out an unsuspecting person with one punch. The man says he overheard a group talking about the game before he was hit.
Police say the victim told them he was walking in Brooklyn around 2:45 a.m. Friday when he was struck once. He was not seriously injured.
A 28-year-old man was arrested on charges of assault as a hate crime because the victim is Jewish. Three others taken into custody were released.
Police are investigating similar recent incidents, including in New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C.


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Welcome to Up the Creek, y'all! In honor of the 15th anniversary of Dawson's Creek – which premiered on Jan. 20, 1998, and which filmed here in Wilmington – we're revisiting the series, one episode at a time. I'm Kate Elizabeth Queram, the StarNews environment reporter/former weather blogger, which obviously makes me perfectly suited to be your guide here (I totally bet that creek has water quality issues). I've never watched the show – though I think I tuned in for the very last episode SO I DO KNOW WHO JOEY ENDS UP WITH OMG – so please join me as I see the series for the first time. New posts go up every Friday. Legal parameters force me to say that all screencaps, and the teenage angst contained therein, are the property of Sony Television. Let's hit the creek.
I took last week off because there is only so much of this one person can handle in consecutive weeks before her brain starts to hurt. Anyway, hi, y'all! I'm soldiering on to season two. Don't get too excited. Let's just take this a season at a time, you and me. My tolerance could run out at any time.
Lest you be concerned that the week off will leave you confused about where we are in the Dawson universe, WORRY NOT.
We're picking up right where we left off, with dramatical kissing silhouettes! I take this to mean they've been standing there kissing for two straight weeks, or since I finished the last episode of the first godforsaken season. Since that is a long time to be kissing, it's now time for them to break apart and discuss the fact that they kissed and what it means that they kissed, and then to dedicate some time to acting awkward about the fact that they kissed and accusing each other of not wanting to have kissed. This goes on until Joey throws a tantrum and Dawson shuts her up by kissing her again.
Frankly, if season two is just Dawson kissing Joey to make her shut up, I will have no problems with it at all.
Joey's sister spent the off-season losing the weight from birthing that enormous baby and is pissed because their truck isn't working. Joey tells her it will be fine, and because Joey is being even remotely pleasant, her sister is instantly suspicious. She says Joey is Miss Perma-Scowl. Seriously, I'm glad someone else noticed.
Joey spills that she and Dawson kissed, and then we're treated to a back-and-forth montage of the two of them discussing it while Dawson discusses it with Pacey. Joey's conversation takes place while she and her sister attempt to fix the truck, and Dawson and Pacey chat while getting their hair shampooed.
They hit the high points of the kiss and speculate about what's going to happen next. While that's happening, let's just take a moment to discuss Pacey's new hairdo.
He gets his tips frosted in this scene and there isn't a good close-up, so this is my MS Paint reenactment of it. You will see the real thing in a minute. You will realize the MS Paint version is more flattering. Children, this was the 90's. Many a male teenager fell prey to this style. It involved a LOT of crunchy hair gel and frosted tips. Up until a couple of years ago, my friend Dustin still did this. He used LA Looks Absolute Party Hard hair gel. Extra hold. It was teal. I digress.
Horrible hairdo intact, Pacey leaves the salon and hops into his dad's police car, which he stole. At that moment, the girl who wore the whipped-cream bikini in Varsity Blues shows up, so he tries to follow her in the police cruiser and instead crashes into a girl in a convertible. He could have saved a lot of trouble if he just asked Dawson to introduce him to whipped-cream bikini, seeing as how they starred in that movie together. And thus, we meet Andie.
She becomes an important character, I think. She has just moved to town and apologizes profusely for hitting Pacey's cop car, even though he's totally at fault for pulling out into traffic. Pacey pretends to be a cop and threatens to revoke her license and she gets all panicky, so I guess Andie must be super smart, because Pacey is obviously her age and is also driving around with FROSTED TIPS while wearing a shirt that he stole from Ray Liotta.
Right. It just screams cop. He lets her off with a warning. No insurance companies are called. I predict both of their parents will be livid.
Dawson and Joey meet up at school, and she tells him she turned down the semester in France to hang out in Capeside with him. Dawson responds by asking her on a date. She keeps being rude and bratty and pretending not to like him, which I guess is as close as Joey Potter gets to flirting. To that end, I guess she's just been flirting with him this whole entire time, you guys. After discussing Dawson's level of arousal, they lean in to kiss when Jen shows up.
She tells them that her grandpa died. Then she says she's going home. Glad she came to school to let them know, though. Dawson goes to see if she's okay and Joey pouts.
Elsewhere in the hallway, Pacey's bragging about playing cop when Andie pops up behind him. She tells him she's been having major anxiety attacks, "like to the point of medication," since he pulled her over. I think that happened like 10 minutes ago, so I guess it's been a really rough 1/6 of an hour for her. Pacey says her anguish is nothing compared to the hell his father gave him for stealing and damaging the
cop car. Apparently we've suspended time for this episode, since I find it unlikely that, in the last 10 minutes, Pacey would have been able to return the car home, get yelled at, get another ride to school and still make it there without being late for class. Also, what time did he and Dawson get their hair done? Did that happen at 6 am? Sunrise hair bleaching? Whatever. TIME SUSPENSION. Being on the inside of this phenomenon, Pacey and Andie don't discuss it, but she does mention that she knows whipped-cream bikini and promises to introduce her to Pacey.
Over at Dawson's house, Mrs. Leery is late to meet Mr. Leery and she has a full-scale freak-out explaining why she was late.
I like to think that her hair size coordinates with her stress levels. Mr. Leery is all, please calm down, I believe you. Then he leaves for "an appointment that's arisen suddenly," and you can tell Mrs. Leery thinks he's leaving to arise suddenly with another woman, if you know what I mean.
Turns out he's visiting a divorce lawyer. OH SNAP!
Andie tells Pacey that whipped-cream bikini is ready to meet him, so he strolls over to her. She's cheerleading or something in the world's least supportive sports bra.
He asks her out and she says yes, then jiggles back over to her cheerleading squad.
Jen gazes out at the water as Dawson rolls up in yet another sweater vest. Jen tells him he looks "spiffy."
I just. These people. And their love of the sweater vests.
He tells her he's headed to movie night at the Rialto and Jen tells him that Grams is totally going to the same movie. She asks if he's going with Joey, and he says, "Yeah, who else?" She asks how things turned out. He says, "We're just Dawson and Joey. We'll always be Dawson and Joey." She says, "How about Dawson and Jen?" I cringe. He tells her it's obvious that she needs a friend, and then they hug and she makes moony faces over his shoulder. Perhaps the close proximity to the vest has gone straight to her head.
Dawson, sensing her growing excitement, says he has to go. And then he heads to Joey's house. In a speedboat. I wish I were kidding.
LOOK AT HIM. I want to punch him in the face. It's been established in previous episodes that he can drive to her house. Why would you not drive? You're going to a movie theater, are you really going to boat there? Since when do the Leerys even own a boat? We've seen their dock in previous episodes and there has never been a damn boat tied to it. And then he gets off the boat and the wind hasn't even messed up his hair, and then he bends down and PICKS A FLOWER THAT IS GROWING IN JOEY'S YARD, IN FULL VIEW OF JOEY, TO GIVE TO JOEY. Who does that? What if someone grew those? Way to show you put no forethought into bringing her flowers until you stepped into her yard and just saw them growing there. UGGGGHHHHHH.
He presents the flower to Joey. She is of course thrilled, as years of desensitizing exposure to Dawson have primed her perfectly for this moment. They banter for a while about motel rooms and porn stars, and it's awful, and finally Dawson's like, "I'd like to hold your hand." You know, for the long walk. TO HIS BOAT.
Then they're off to Thalian Hall!
Which for Capeside purposes is the Rialto. Dawson says it's the last night they'll ever be able to come there because they're tearing it down. You can't actually tear down Thalian Hall, you guys. It's Historically Significant. Dawson says, "I guess future movie-watching will have to be restricted to my bedroom," and they stare at each other until the lights go off.
This whole episode is essentially about whether they're going to kiss again. You already did this. We spent an entire season wondering if you'd kiss. Just stop. Don't make me do it again. But they hate me, so they spend the movie staring at each other until, WHAT DO YOU KNOW, Jen shows up.
I like how Joey and Dawson both look appalled, like this sort of wildly inappropriate behavior is something neither of them would ever consider doing. As for Jen, I suppose we can conclude that one season in Capeside is the amount of time it takes for you to turn from normal outsider to psychotic native, complete with lack of boundaries and no sense of societal norms. Take note.
After a period of annoyed silence, Dawson says, "Um, isn't your grandmother here? Hint? Hint?" Jen's all, yeah but I want to sit with you! After the movie we should all go get some food! She seems legitimately confused that they aren't delighted to see her, and then she bolts. And instead of letting her go, like he should, Dawson runs after her. This annoys me a lot, a little because Jen's being obnoxious and he's catering to her weird whims, but mostly because it means I have to side with Joey.
On the other hand, you're dating Dawson. What did you expect?
After fighting with Jen in the lobby, Dawson returns to find that Joey's left. She's poetically left the daisy, though, maybe to remind him that picking other people's flowers isn't a nice thing to do.
Whipped-cream bikini shows up like three hours late to meet Pacey on the riverwalk, and then only to tell him that her boyfriend's waiting in the car because it's their "five-week anniversary."
She tells Pacey that he is super brave on account of his "heart condition" that could "kill him at any moment." Andie told her all about it, she says, and she just couldn't bring herself to turn him down when he asked her out. Better to say yes, leave him waiting for hours and then show up with your boyfriend in tow, I guess. Then, and this is fantastic, she says, "I suffer from asthma, and I would hate it if people treated me differently because of that." And then she leaves. This was truly a more useless subplot than even the Leerys. I thought that was impossible.
After leaving whipped-cream bikini, Pacey goes to buy groceries or something and runs into Andie.
He yells at her for setting him up, but Andie says it's not a big deal because whipped-cream bikini was never going to break up with her stud of a boyfriend to date Pacey, and at least this way he saves face. Pacey explains that he is just super bummed because dating whipped-cream bikini was going to be the thing that changed his screwed-up reputation. It's unclear how this would happen; perhaps he would have rocked her world by getting her fitted for a proper athletic bra. His frosted tips, he adds, were totally also going to help with his rep. Andie says, "Yeah, the tips aren't really helping your cause," and then supplies him with the proper hair dye to exorcise himself of the bleached monstrosity on his head.
His brand of choice is Revlon, just fyi.
Mrs. Leery found a business card from the divorce lawyer's office and is hella pissed.
I just. Do you need a business card? Are you really going to forget the name of your lawyer? Why is everyone on this show so bad at keeping secrets? Mr. Leery tells her he's not sure he can stay married to someone he loves and hates in equal measure. He says he just wanted to know what his options are and he doesn't know, yet, what he wants to do. I literally could not care less about the Leerys and their requisite 30 seconds of screentime on every episode. Also, homegirl, that shirt really doesn't fit you properly. You look a mess.
Dawson finds Joey on the docks at night, and in an uncharacteristically human move, she tells him it's okay that he ran after Jen. And then she tells him that she didn't go to France because it was an easy way out of her sad life, and that sticking around Capeside will make her stronger. "Well, and there's you too," she says, which is very touching. Dawson tells her, "What you and I have may never be simple, but that doesn't mean that we're not going to be scorching." SCORCHING. LIKE THE FIRES OF HELL, THIS IS. I CANNOT.
^^Accurate depiction of hellfire. And then, Dawson says they can pretend they're in France, and he invites her to swing on le swingset. LE. SWING. SET.
He reminds her that even in Capeside, she can have French toast, and French fries, and then they finally kiss again and I swear, if one of them says "French kissing," I am going to lose what little composure I have managed to maintain throughout this episode.
It is loud kissing, y'all. There is smacking and sucking noises. And because we've established that Dawson and Joey hate me, I'm sure you can imagine what happens next.
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next week: the diary.
Your shock of boundaries crossed is about to right to a level far righter than Mrs Leery's hair will ever go.
also, when you are ready (and there are spoilers, but you will love this) – see this:http://www.buzzfeed.com/leonoraepstein/13-reasons-why-pacey-was-so-much-better-than-dawson


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A winner was selected from 10 designs submitted by 3 freelance designers.
Our community page needs some fresh ideas. We want to enhance the look and feel of the page this fresh approach may carry through the whole site. Perhaps one thing would be to add more emphasis on the friend aspect and seeing what your friends on the site have watched.
The community aspect of the site needs some help visually. This should be the heart of the site for the user.
You will need to register on the site to get to the "my page" element.
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People often disagree with my posts, and some do it in the comments section.
This promotes healthy debate and discourse. As long as people stay civil with each other, they can post whatever they like, including insulting me. I've only had to kick a few people out over the years, after giving them multiple chances to cool off.
One of the wonderful things about the Internet is the ability for people to engage with different viewpoints and test each others' arguments.
I don't know Lilith Saintcrow. She's a writer with Hachette, and has just blogged about this situation. She's wrong, which is fine. Normally that wouldn't irk me. But in her comments section, she's disemvoweling people who disagree with her (it's a cute form of censuring where all the vowels are removed from the comment).
So now I'm going to bring the debate here, to A Newbie's Guide, by explaining in detail how wrong Lili Saintcrow is. Normally I don't take my peers to task like this, but I really dislike the way Lili is handling dissenters on her blog. She's deliberately obstructing what could have been a healthy debate.
No offense intended, Lili. I'm sure you're a wonderful person and a wonderful writer. And I do understand how you are frustrated at this situation. Your sales are suffering, and it is beyond your control, so naturally you want to place blame and voice your discontent.
But I believe you aren't looking at the big picture, and cutting off comments on your blog isn't how you, or anyone following you, can use this situation as a learning experience.
Lili's post is entitled How "Amazon" Means "Less Books For You."
Lili: Dear Readers, let me tell you about my editor.
I have been with my editor at Orbit–Devi Pillai, who Anya Devi in the Kismet books was loosely based on–for over a decade now. She shepherded me through the Valentine series, consoled me through the end of Heaven's Spite, took a chance on the Damnation Affair, and loved a certain hedgewitch Queen so much she kept asking about it for years until she could finally buy it. She remains an editor I trust implicitly. When she sticks to her guns and insists, I generally rethink my position and trust she's right, and (far less often, because I rarely dig my heels in unless it's Important) vice versa. She understands my working style, leaves me the freedom I need while ensuring I get the support I often don't know I need to turn in my best work.
Joe sez: Ok, we get it. You and your editor have a wonderful bramance going on (Get it? It's the opposite of bromance with bra = female.)
I'm sure she's excellent. She'd better be, because she and Hachette are getting 75% of net ebook royalties, and you--the one who wrote the books--only get 25%.
Lili: Not only that, but she advocates for me tirelessly in editorial and marketing meetings. She fights for my books, she fights to bring my books to you. She is everything an editor should be, and it's largely because of her faith in me that I can write full-time and pay my mortgage.
Joe sez: Because when we're at the mercy of a giant, soul-sucking organization like Hachette (full disclosure, they published my book Afraid), we need an insider to fight for our books, or else they won't do well.
That seems... terrible.
Lili: She works for Orbit. Orbit is a part of Hachette. Amazon, the behemoth that undercut its competitors and has become not the only, but the biggest game in town, wants more money out of Hachette. So, Amazon has removed the preorder buttons on Hachette books. Including the last Bannon & Clare book, The Ripper Affair.
Joe sez: Amazon, the behemoth that turned online booksales into a multibillion dollar company, and invented the Kindle which kickstarted the ebook revolution.
Amazon, which continuously innovates and strives to please customers, and counts authors who publish via Amazon among its customers.
Amazon, which is not a monopoly, it's just very good at what it does, as opposed to Hachette, which the Department of Justice brought a successful collusion suit against for fixing ebook prices and keeping them artificially high. I believe Hachette did this to protect their paper distribution cartel by forcing Amazon to accept the Agency Model, which took away Amazon's ability to price low and took money directly out of their authors' pockets.
Amazon, which last I checked was a US company engaged in the nefarious act of capitalism.
Amazon, which can decide to sell whatever it wants to, just like Hachette can publish whomever it wants to.
Lili: Preorders are largely how publishers forecast how well a certain book will do. Those forecasts create numbers that are used when, for example, Devi makes the case to buy another series from me while I'm finishing up writing the current one. It's not fair, but it's the only metric the publishers have in some cases, for all sorts of reasons–frex, it can take over six months for the contracts department to get all situated. (Contracts people are by their nature picky and detail-oriented, and that's fine, it's just frustrating sometimes.)
Joe sez: I've blogged before about author Stockholm Syndrome. Making excuses for the bad behavior of your publisher.
Now the reverse might also be applied, that I'm making excuses for Amazon. I'm not. When Amazon behaves badly, I call them on it. Insofar as I'm aware, Amazon is not behaving badly in this case.
But I don't know for sure. The only two parties that know are Hachette and Amazon, and neither is talking. So isn't it a bit presumptuous to point fingers when we don't know what's going on?
Lili: All of this is backstory (hello, exposition!) to what I am about to tell you.
The full, nasty effect of Amazon removing buy buttons (like they did when squeezing Macmillan for more cash a few years ago) and removing the ability to preorder a publisher's upcoming books doesn't hit the publisher.
Joe sez: You mean when Amazon removed Macmillan's buy buttons because Macmillan was trying to force them to accept higher ebook prices? That's revisionist history, Lili.
Lili: Sure, the publisher is who Amazon can blackmail most directly–Amazon's a huge distributor, and if they decide not to distribute, that's lost revenue, since ease of buying is a component of consumer activity.
Joe sez: People mistake "blackmail" with "extortion" all the time. For the record, Amazon isn't blackmailing anyone, or extorting money from anyone. As far as any of us knows, they are involved in a negotiation with Hachette.
The point of negotiations is to reach an agreement both parties can accept.
It is the nature of negotiations that each party tries to get as good a deal as possible. This isn't extortion (or blackmail). This is business.
Amazon has no obligation to carry any Hachette book ever again. It is allowed to decide what it sells in its store, and for how much.
This disagreement with Hachette has apparently been going on for many months. And because Amazon has the power in this particular negotiation (Hachette needs Amazon more than Amazon needs Hachette) they are doing what anyone would do; showing that power.
It's sort of like, Lili, when you renewed your contract with Hachette and asked for a higher royalty rate and the removal of the non-compete clause, and they laughed at you. They had the power, so you were stuck with their shitty contract terms.
I hired a lawyer and got my rights back from Hachette. I recommend you do the same.
Lili: (Translation: every time you make a consumer go somewhere else, they are fractionally less willing to buy the damn item that's costing them time and headache.) There's also lost revenue from people who buy only through Amazon (they have their reasons, natch) and that means a publisher can't afford to take a chance on certain authors. The publisher takes the visible hit, but the ripples spread out and hit midlist authors, or debut authors. And while I am not the latter, I am most certainly the former.
Joe sez: So instead of you getting a bunch of Hachette authors together and petitioning Michael Pietsch, the CEO, to just sign the fucking agreement, you're angry with Amazon?
Interesting. And Stockholmy.
Lili: In other words, Amazon's behavior right now is impacting my ability to sell more books to Orbit, since when preorder numbers take this kind of hit it's harder for Devi to fight for me in acquisition meetings.
Joe sez: So Hachette's broken publishing system--where the only books that do well are those personally championed by heroic editors--is in jeopardy because Hachette would rather lose sales right now than lose the negotiation. And you still blame Amazon for this? Is that fair? Is that logical?
Lili: The numbers for B&C were already not good enough for me to do the "B&C travel to different countries" books we were all looking forward to.
Joe sez: Here's a secret: when you self-publish, you can write the books you want. And you make 70% ebook royalties on Amazon, and you'll be able to keep your "buy button" and there won't be any shipping delays. As much as you may believe your editor is the reason you can pay your mortgage, methinks it's probably because you write good books that fans enjoy. If you need a good editor, you can hire a freelancer.
Just sayin'.
Lili: Amazon's blackmail of my publisher makes it harder for my editor to justify taking a chance on me next time I'm up for a contract with them. (It isn't fair, but it's a business decision, and I understand as much.) This impacts my ability to write full-time, to continue producing those stories you love (or love to hate) at my accustomed rate. Because I have to pay my mortgage and feed my kids, and if this won't do it, I will have to spend my time doing something else that will.
Joe sez: No one owes you a living, Lili. No one owes any writer a living. That we can make any money at all from our words is incredibly fortunate.
I know it feels bad to have your preorder button removed, but no one is entitled to have their books for sale on Amazon. It's Amazon's choice. They have no legal, or moral, duty to sell anything they don't want to sell. Practically every independent bookstore in the US won't carry my titles because I'm outspoken about self-publishing. They can do that, and I don't whine about it. (In fact, I support indie bookstores and tried to help them.)
That said, perhaps you should stop letting legacy publishers screw up your career. When I left Hachette, my income went up 10x.
Lili: Amazon is obeying the natural behaviour of corporations. Corporations are not people, but once they reach a certain size they start behaving like any greedy organism. They metastasize. The effect of this is passed down through the ecosystem to yours truly–and also to you.
Joe sez: Surely you see this same "greedy organism" argument can be applied to Hachette, right?
And I caution you against complaining directly to your fans. It doesn't come off well.
Allow me to suggest how you could have written your blog post:
To my fans: currently my publisher, Hachette, is in negotiations with Amazon, and Amazon has removed the preorder buttons to my latest book. But you can still preorder the book here (insert links). Hopefully things will be worked out soon, and I apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your continued support. To show my thanks, I'll email a free short story tie-in to everyone who preorders the novel.
You can get more fans, and traffic, if you remain impartial and stiff upper-lipped. And then you won't have any detractors in the comments that you feel the need to disemvowel (honestly, that was a silly move, and it's the reason I'm blogging about you right now.)
Lili: Less time for me to write those stories means less Lili books for you to read. It means less books from other authors you may like or love, as well. If Hachette has to cave and agree to Amazon's predatory terms, I will feel that directly, because that money will come out of budgets that take a chance on me, the midlist author.
Joe sez: Because Hachette certainly won't cut corporate salaries or benefits, move their headquarters someplace cheaper than Manhattan, stop blowing big money at BEA and other self-grandizing venues, or eliminate and/or reduce any of the many other needless expenses they have.
The author will suffer before they give up expensing their lunches. Even though Hachette is making a ton of money because of their high ebook cut.
Lili: As Elizabeth Bear said this morning, Amazon is hoping customers will turn on the publishers and force them to do Amazon's bidding. If you're fine with that, and with the effects I've described above, okay. I naturally don't agree with you, but okay. I have Amazon links, affiliate and otherwise, on this very site for your convenience, not mine.
Joe sez: Certainly you see a bit of hypocrisy there, don't you? Condemning Amazon but still linking to them? Are you sure those links are for the fans' convenience, and not because you sell a lot of books on Amazon?
Lili: If you're not fine with Amazon's behavior, you can preorder The Ripper Affair (and order other books of mine) through Barnes & Noble, Powell's, or Indiebound. You can even preorder and order signed copies through Cover to Cover Books with a simple stock inquiry, they ship worldwide. You can preorder for other authors you like, too, at Barnes & Noble, at Indiebound, and at C2C though they may not be signed if they're not mine–you get the idea.
Joe sez: This is called "burying the lede". Your post could have been this, with zero personal commentary, and you'd have been considered heroic.
Lili: Hachette has been keeping its authors apprised of developments in this situation. They're doing their best to take care of us, because we are, after all, their bread and butter. Hachette isn't the bad guy here. (I should hope that my regular Readers know that I'd tell you if they were, srsly, mortgage be damned.) Please think about buying somewhere other than Amazon, even if it is a little inconvenient.
Joe sez: They're doing your best to take care of you and keeping you apraised? Really? Did you get these emails from Pietsch?
May 9, 2014
Dear Hachette Book Group author,
There are stories in the press today about Hachette Book Group's negotiations with Amazon. We have released the following statement to the media:
"It is our normal policy not to comment on negotiations underway with any retailer.
However, we have been asked legitimate questions about why many of our books are at present marked out of stock with relatively long estimated shipping times on the Amazon website, in contrast to immediate availability on other websites and in stores.
We are satisfying all Amazon's orders promptly, and notifying them constantly of forthcoming publicity events and of out-of-stock situations on their website. Amazon is holding minimal stock and restocking some of HBG's books slowly, causing "available 2-4 weeks" messages, for reasons of their own.
We are grateful for the patience of authors and all Amazon readers as we work to reach an agreement and to encourage Amazon to be back to offering Hachette Book Group's books within normal shipment times."
HBG has a long history of successful partnership with Amazon, and we are counting on the goodwill we have established over many years as we try to resolve this impasse. I will keep you informed of any major developments in our discussions. In the meantime, if you have questions please let me know.
May 23, 2014
Dear Author,
I am sorry to tell you that Amazon has now taken preorder capabilities away from Hachette Book Group publications. Forthcoming books now bear a notice "currently unavailable" and a note inviting customers to ask for an email when it becomes available. There is no preorder button, and some not-yet-published books lack a Kindle page entirely.
Please know that we are doing everything in our power to find a solution to this difficult situation, one that best serves our authors and their work, and that preserves our ability to survive and thrive as a strong and author-centric publishing company.
As we work through this challenging period, it is extremely encouraging to see our retail partners – thousands of chain, online and independent bookstores – showing their support for HBG and our authors. The June 1 New York Times bestseller list is wonderful evidence of this: Books published by HBG include the #1 Hardcover Fiction bestseller (and 4 of the top 10 in that category), the #1 book on the Advice/How-To list, 2 of the top 10 Non-Fiction titles, and many trade paperback, mass market paperback, and ebook bestsellers.
I know this is not a comfortable situation for most of you, and I appreciate your support and the many messages I've received.
I'll keep you updated with important developments, but in the meantime, please don't hesitate to contact me with questions.
Michael Pietsch
Hachette Book Group
Joe sez: Lili, where in those emails is Hachette keeping you appraised of developments? They're simply saying what you already know: shipping is delayed, and the preorder buttons are gone. Pietsch isn't saying why Amazon is doing this, even though he knows why. He's not saying what he intends to do to fix the situation. He's not stating HGB's position other than refusing not to comment.
He certainly hasn't "kept you informed of any major developments in our discussions." He hasn't shared a single development, major or otherwise, other than to confirm what is happening, and brag that HBG still has some bestsellers (none of which are yours). He didn't even say anything to HBG authors about this until 21 days ago, when it has apparently been going on since November of 2013.
If Amazon is restocking HBG's books slowly it isn't for "reasons of their own." I'd bet good money Pietsch knows those reasons, and he isn't sharing with the many concerned parties who have apparently contacted him.
If Pietsch did care, maybe he could contact all of his authors, explain Amazon's terms, and have them vote on whether they are acceptable or not. Then he could give all of his authors 70% ebook royalties. Then he could use the power of his mind to create a magical unicorn to end world hunger.
I'm not holding my breath.
Lili: In the end, dear Reader, it's all up to you.
'Nuff said.
Joe sez: No, it isn't up to the reader. It's up to you, the author.
Your books are suffering because your publisher owns your rights. If you owned your own rights there wouldn't be a problem. You could hire your own editor, write the books you want to, make better royalties, and never be at the mercy of another one-sided, unconscionable publishing contract or bad decision.
You don't need Hachette. Even though they tried to convince the world and themselves of their relevance. They aren't relevant. The author and the reader are the two essential parties. Everyone else is a middleman.
I hope you seriously consider what I've said here, and rethink your positions. I don't believe you should be defending your publisher in this situation, or complaining to your fans, or messing with your comments. I also think you're missing the opportunity to write the books you want to write--the B&C travel to different countries books--because you're stuck in a legacy contract.
You're welcome to respond here, Lili. Say whatever you like.
I'll even let you keep your vowels.
The inimitable Bob Mayer also has some smart things to say on this issue. Check it out.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Private-sector hiring ramped up last month, as employers added the most jobs since November 2012, according to data released Wednesday.
June's gain of 281,000 private-sector jobs, as reported by Automatic Data Processing Inc., blew past forecasts from economists, who had expected an increase of 210,000. In May, private-sector employers added 179,000 jobs.
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In novels and movies, the neighborhood grocer is a familiar character. In February, Asheville welcomes two new specialty foods stores whose proprietors hope to be real-life community shopkeepers.
During the first week of February, chef Brian Ross will open Dough on Merrimon Avenue. On Tuesday, Feb. 12, he's throwing a grand opening party. And in Woodfin, a few miles up the road in the Reynolds Village development, Livi's Pantry will open quietly around Wednesday, Feb. 6, says owner Missy Culver.
Both Culver and Ross know their neighborhood. Culver, who co-founded Luella's in 2007, lives in one of the lofts above her new store. "I like the idea of a walking community where you live, work and shop in the same spot," she says. "It's easy."
Livi's Pantry stocks an array of natural foods and home supplies in addition to gourmet items, beer, wine and local products. "I sort of picture it as a combination between a convenience store and a natural foods store," Culver says. "People will be able to get their eggs and their milk and also some specialty cheese, wine and toilet paper if they need it."
Self-serve coffee and tea as well as house-made grab-and-go meals, soups and sandwiches will all be available for take-out or dine-in. The shop includes a cozy lounge with sofas and Wi-Fi as well as a few café tables.
Dough has a similar model. The layout includes space for shoppers and diners,. Sandwiches on house-made bread and other light fare, as well as draft beer, are available to eat on the spot. Shoppers will find plenty to keep them busy, including specialty flours, cured meats, fresh seafood, prepared foods from the large kitchen, pastries and imports.
Ross lives just down the street from his new shop, so despite all its modern architectural flare — the polished-concrete floors, wall-to-wall windows and jauntily angled roof — there's an old-school quality to Dough. Ross hopes to nurture that feeling with an emphasis on service, cooking classes, group dinners and special-order products.
He plans to cultivate both a slow-paced shopping experience and a bit of bakery buzz. "We'll be baking in the oven all day long, and you can see people working there," he says.
Dough is also a casual cooking school. Ross, formerly a chef at the Biltmore Estate and the Richmond Hill Inn as well as an instructor at L'Academie de Cuisine, will teach classes on technical topics, such as knife skills and pickling, as well as recipe-based sessions that focus on soups, seafood, pizza and chocolate desserts.
Ross got his start in just such a cooking school, where he washed dishes in exchange for the chance to listen-in on classes. He hopes to set up a similar program at Dough, in which volunteers would work in exchange for vouchers for merchandise and instruction. "You never know: we could have a volunteer that turns out to be the next [big thing]," he says.
Dough, 37 Merrimon Ave., will be open seven days a week. For more information, visit doughasheville.com or see the store's Facebook page. Livi's Pantry, 41 N. Merrimon Ave., will open Monday through Saturday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit livispantry.com or the shop's Facebook page.


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Sheriff: Rape report filed against pastor by wife of suspect in his shooting death
A Louisiana sheriff says the wife of a man accused of killing a pastor filed a rape complaint against the preacher two days before he was killed.
However, Calcasieu Parish Sheriff Tony Mancuso said Monday that investigators are trying to determine whether the woman's relationship with the pastor was consensual.
Mancuso says the woman and preacher had exchanged text messages, and it's not yet clear whether a sexual assault took place.
Woodrow Karey is charged with fatally shooting Ronald Harris Sr. during a service Friday at the Tabernacle of Praise Worship Center in Lake Charles. The rape complaint was filed Wednesday.
Authorities say Karey called to surrender minutes later and directed deputies to a shotgun and a .22-caliber pistol he had left in nearby woods.


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~ Monday, August 30th ~
As a month, September is pretty rough. It's either hot and muggy or cold and dry, you're back to school or stuck in the office, and worst of all, snowfall is still a head-pounding few months away. With the exception of the international "Talk Like A Pirate Day" on the 19th (true), the morning-glory month just kind of sucks … but not anymore.
TransWorld SNOWboarding and 30 very generous companies have come together to launch the most epic product toss in history: the first annual 30 Days Of Giveaways. From full hardgoods setups and top-to-bottom outerwear kits, to massive accessory packages and limited-edition goods, we'll be sending one lucky online reader a fresh grip of the year's best new products, each and every day of September.
Burton, Oakley, Celsius, Electric, K2, Ashbury, and 25 others; they're all in here. And don't sleep on the incredible Grand Prize: an all-expense (flights, lodging, tickets, guides, etc) trip for two to Aspen Snowmass, Colorado!
Best part? All you gotta do is click over to the website each day and enter—that's it! No cost, no contests, no mailing list sign-ups—this is the real deal.
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INSTALLATION To prevent accidental vehicle start-up, which could cause death or serious injury, remove maxi-fuse before proceeding. (00251a) 1. Refer to the Service Manual and follow the instructions given to remove the Maxi® Fuse. 2. Refer to the instructions included with the Advanced Audio Hands Free Phone Interface, CB Radio or Intercom Kit, and proceed with that installation until the installation of the items in this kit is called for. 3. Remove the outer fairing and windshield. Refer to OUTER FAIRING/ WINDSHIELD REMOVAL in the Service Manual. 4. On the fairing cap, remove the inner left side hole plug. See Figure 1 and the FAIRING CAP SWITCHES (FLHTC/U) section in the Service Manual. Install the fairing speaker switch (4) in the opening as follows: If a cruise control switch IS present: Follow the instructions in the Service Manual to install the speaker switch. If a cruise control switch IS NOT present: a. Obtain the speaker switch adapter wire (5) from the kit, and the butt splice connector included with the speaker switch. b. Refer to SEALED BUTT SPLICE CONNECTORS in the Service Manual. Splice the adapter wire to the black/ green speaker switch lead. c. Insert the terminated end of the adapter wire into cavity 12 of the fairing cap switch connector [105B] 5. Remove the original equipment left-hand control switch assembly per the HANDLEBAR SWITCHES, REMOVAL, LEFT HANDLEBAR CONTROLS instructions in the Service Manual. 6. Install the new left-hand control switch assembly (3) from the kit. When servicing the fuel system, do not smoke or allow open flame or sparks in the vicinity. Gasoline is extremely flammable and highly explosive, which could result in death or serious injury. (00330a) 7. ALL models: Install the console pod assembly (1), and route the harness forward into the fairing per the instructions packaged with the Advanced Audio Hands Free Phone Interface, CB Radio or Intercom Kit. Be sure that steering is smooth and free without interference. Interference with steering could result in loss of vehicle control and death or serious injury. (00371a) • Be sure the wires do not pull tight when handlebars are turned fully to left or right fork stops. 8. Unless already installed, install the overlay harness per the instructions packaged with the Hands Free Phone Interface, CB Radio or Intercom Kit. 9. Refer to the Service Manual and follow the instructions given to re-install the Maxi Fuse


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Nathan Loebe wanted for sex crimes in 4 other states
Nathan Loebe wanted for sex crimes in 4 other states
A man accused of impersonating a former child star is charged with raping a woman in Kentucky.
Police said Nathan Loebe, 36, who has addresses in Louisville and Tucson, Arizona, had known the alleged victim for a couple of days.
The woman said she was sexually assaulted early Sunday at an apartment in Bardstown.
Loebe was arrested Thursday on a first-degree rape charge.
Police said Loebe is wanted in Tucson for 40 open cases of stalking, harassment and threats made to women and nine sexual assaults. He is also wanted in Colorado, Massachusetts and Ohio in connection with sexual assaults.
Authorities said Loebe found some of his victims using online dating sites.
He is also accused of impersonating actor Brian Bonsall, who played Andrew Keaton on "Family Ties."
Loebe has tattoos that match Bonsall's tattoos, police said.
Bonsall publicly warned his fans online of Loebe's impersonation in 2015.
Loebe is being held on a $2.2 million bond in Nelson County Jail with an added hold from Tucson.


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By Claudia Assis
Success for Tesla Motors Inc. is not a million-dollar question — it's more of a 734,000 yuan question.
That's the price of a Model S in China, or roughly $120,000. (The sticker price is similar to that in the U.S. before adding on import duties, taxes and shipping.) The company is expected to sell its first Model S in China later this month.
"Tesla will be dependent on strong Chinese demand. While we expect strong initial interest from early adopters in China, we see challenges to broader luxury market adoption," analysts at Barclays said in a note to clients Tuesday.
Demand for Tesla's Model S has plateaued in the U.S., and European sales, apart from Norway, are seen as soft, the analysts said.
Shares of Tesla advanced 1.2% on Tuesday, and are up 400% in the past 12 months. Shares are about 20% off since early March, however, as expectations about its 'Gigafactory' announcement hit fever pitch in late February.
Tesla has said it is evaluating sites in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas for a $5 billion battery plant that would open in 2017. By 2020, it would provide battery packs for about 500,000 cars a year and produce more lithium ion batteries annually than were produced worldwide last year.
The pace of Model S deliveries in the U.S. has slowed, from more than 5,100 cars sold in the second quarter of last year to about 4,500 cars in the third quarter and 4,100 cars in the fourth quarter.
January, with 700 cars delivered, was "soft," and the slowdown is likely to persist in the first quarter, with an estimated 3,800 cars delivered in North America, the Barclays analysts said.
The "big opportunity" is China, and the Model S will appeal to status seekers, the analysts said. Its pricing is attractive, but charging options must be developed, Tesla cars don't yet qualify for subsidies there (unlike the rebates offered by some U.S. states), and the sales and service network is not developed.
Nonetheless, the analysts said they expect Tesla to beat Wall Street expectations when it reports first-quarter earnings on May 7. Barclays has the equivalent of a hold rating on the stock, with a price target of $220.
The analysts see the company reporting first-quarter earnings of 16 cents a share, compared with consensus around 13 cents a share, driven by more deliveries than the company has expected, particularly in Norway (where there are numerous incentives to buy an electric car, including less tax, free charging, use of bus lanes, and no tolls).
Analysts surveyed by FactSet expect the electric car maker to report earnings of 10 cents a share, from 12 cents a share in the first quarter of 2013.
— Claudia Assis
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Well, we're not surprised. We've been writing about Connie Siskowski and her pioneering work with care giving youth for years now—and she was just named a CNN Hero, a year-long initiative that "honors everyday people for their selfless, creative efforts to help others." CNN Heroes are selected from viewer nominations submitted at CNNHeroes.com and the number of nominations from all over the world can exceed 10,000.
I met Connie years ago through Soroptimist—she has always been always been quiet and unassuming except when it comes to her passion, which is helping support the "hidden" population of kids burdened with caring for an ill family member. Her organization offers school, out of school and at-home services, including skills building, social worker access to other programs, overnight camps for respite, in-home tutoring, and outside activities.
A critical care RN, Siskowski moved to Boca Raton from New Jersey in 1990 and with help from other community leaders in the Boca Community Interfaith Coalition, launched the Boca Raton Interfaith in Action organization to provide volunteer support services to people who were homebound and family caregivers. That organization later became Volunteers for the Homebound and Family Caregivers and, in 2004, Siskowski earned a doctorate at Lynn University "to have a bigger voice for family caregivers."
As president and founder of the American Association of Caregiving Youth—she has already been awarded a lifetime Ashoka Fellowship and a Purpose Prize for her efforts—Siskowski is leading a systemic change to offer support to kids who care for others.
Siskowski can't tell you why she has followed a path of compassion and caring, just that she has to.
"It's something I just cannot not do," she says. "Some people might call it a calling. I just know that if we as a community can come together and find ways to make life better for someone, should we not do that?"
Spoken like a real hometown hero. We are proud of you, Connie; you deserve this national recognition.


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North Carolina women win 21st title, beating Penn State 4-1
SAN DIEGO – North Carolina scored three goals in the second half to Beat Penn State 4-1 and win its 21st women's soccer NCAA championship.
The Tar Heels (15-5-3), who were making their 26th appearance in the final four College Cup, won the title for the first time since 2009.
Penn State, which was playing in its first women's soccer championship game, finished its season at 21-4-2.
With the game tied 1-1, Hanna Gardner scored 48 seconds into the second half when she converted Katie Bowen's corner kick with a header past Penn State goalkeeper Erin McNulty. It was Gardner's second goal of the season.
Satara Murray, who had set up the Tar Heels first goal early in the opening half, made it a 3-1 game in the 64th minute when she put home a rebound of a shot by Kelly McFarlane. It was her first goal of the season.
A little over 10 minutes later North Carolina's Crystal Dunn set up Ranee Premji on a pass from the end line on the left wing and Premji made a one-touch volley and it was 4-1.
North Carolina had taken a 1-0 lead in the second minute of play in the first half as Kealia Ohai rifled a shot on her left foot from just outside the top of the box 18 yards out into the upper right hand corner of the net. Murray had set the scoring play up with perfect high ball that led Ohai perfectly. For Ohai's, who scored the overtime game-winner in North Carolina's semifinal final, the goal was her ninth of the season.
Penn State got even in the 26th minute when Christine Nairn slipped a pass through three North Carolina defenders to Taylor Schram on the left wing and Schram shot over goalie Adelaide Gay into the far right hand corner. It was Schram's fifth goal of the season.
North Carolina outshot Penn State, 24-12 for the game, including 9-4 in the first half and 15-8 in the second.


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Japan Airlines to Expand JAL New Sky ProjectOct 29 (Tue ), 2013
Japan Airlines is to further expand its JAL New Sky Project and install inflight internet service on select domestic flights within Japan. JAL New Sky Project was initially launched by the airline in January 2013 with the introduction of the JAL Sky Suite 777 on international routes.
The revamped aircraft boasts increased comfort and functionality in all classes. Leading the redesign are the airline's new fully-flat seats in JAL Business Class.
The new JAL Sky Suite 767 will be introduced onto select international flights starting in December 2013.
As part of this latest Project, JAL will revamp cabin interiors on aircraft operating on select domestic routes, which will include the installation of leather seating and LED lighting throughout the cabin.
Another highlight of the new Economy Class seat is a slim-style seatback design resulting in approximately 5cm (max.) more legroom than the present seat pitch, providing customers with a more comfortable travel experience.
Additionally, inflight internet service, currently available on select JAL international flights from July 2012, will be first installed onto select Japan-domestic flights.


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Byonics TinyTrak3+ is a APRS GPS position encoder which, when connected to a serial GPS and a radio, will transmit its location at an adjustable rate. TinyTrak3Plus is the forth generation in TinyTrak series, and is available as a kit construction project, or as a built and tested unit, providing an inexpensive way to build a mobile tracker without the need for a full TNC. It is configured by connecting to a computer's serial port, and running a simple configuration tool which allows setting of all user options. After that, the computer can be disconnected, and a GPS connected in its place for operation.
- Decodes any NMEA-0183 compatible serial GPS sending $GPRMC or $GPGGA sentences. USB only GPSs will not work.
- Can provide 5V power to an external GPS (such as the Byonics GPS1 or GPS2).
- Transmits position, altitude, speed, heading, and timestamp (hour/minute/seconds or day/hour/minute).
- Supports SmartBeaconing, which adjusts transmission rates to speed and turning.
- Can transmit position in MIC-E, NMEA, or APRS ASCII text format.
- Two configurations, with all user options switchable.
- Burst after voice / Send Position Now input.
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Millennium problems
Millennium problems are seven unsolved problems in mathematics identified around the year 2000 by the Clay Mathematics Institute as the most significant challenges known to modern mathematics. The problems were selected by the Clay Mathematics Institute which offered a million dollars for the resolution of each question. So far, only one has been solved, the Poincare conjecture, by Grigori Perelman posting the solution directly on the internet rather than seeking publication by a peer-reviewed mathematical journal.
The Millennium problems
1. The Poincare conjecture, which states that if certain algebraic structures associated with a space are equivalent to those associated with a kind of sphere, then the space itself must be that kind of sphere.
2. The Riemann hypothesis, which states that a certain function investigated by Bernhard Riemann in the 19th century is only equal to zero for complex numbers with real part equal to 1/2. (The so-called trivial zeroes occur at -2, -4, etc.)
3. P=NP, which states that the amount of time it takes to check a possible answer to a certain kind of problem is equal to the amount of time it takes to find that answer. In August 2010, Vinay Deolalikar posted on the internet a proposed proof that P≠NP.
4. The Hodge conjecture, which identifies algebraic structures on certain kinds of complex manifolds.
5. The existence of infinitely differentiable solutions to the Navier-Stokes equations, which would imply certain results about turbulence, an extremely common but not at all understood phenomenon.
6. The Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture, which states there is a certain level of "simplicity" in the solutions to certain kinds of rational equations.
7. Investigation of the Yang-Mills existence and gap; specifically, whether Yang-Mills theory predicts particles with negative mass, and whether it contains any contradictions. Demonstrations of either negative-mass predictions or contradictions would provide clues as to how to build a more accurate theory.


text: On Tue, 28 Feb 2006, Dan Stromberg wrote: > > python's the way of the future though :) Agreed that shell (bash) and > make are important, and regular expressions of a (very powerful) > necessary evil. Not just powerful, not just evil. Regular expressions are one of the things that give a systems administrator that je ne sais quoi, that special little something, that aura of invincible power. After all, to add aligned left-padded line numbers, which one looks more impressive? sed = myfile | sed 'N; s/^/ /; s/ *\(.\{6,\}\)\n/\1 /' or cat -n myfile I rest my case. As for the python... well, I just plain like delimiters in my code. I might even use it if the authors of python hadn't imposed two pieces of religion on its users: No line terminator (e.g. ;) No {} -- all code grouping MUST be accomplished by indentation. Violators will be shot. News at 11. Other than that, well, sure, way of the future and all for people who; don't code much in C and hence don't mind bashing their head against; the keyboard a bit when their fingers add ;'s to every line all by; themselves and; if((strcmp(lang,"C") == 0) || strcmp(lang,"perl") == 0)){ while(codeblocking & bracketpairs & !indentations){love_2_delimit(';');} } (Note the lack of any real exit on that loop...;-) rgb > > (I tend to code in python as my first choice, but some things just work > better as bash or C. And hopefully someday I'll find time to resume > studying Haskell, since it and OCaml are apparently so good at adapting > to changes in a program's requirements) > > On Tue, 2006-02-28 at 20:30 +0000, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: >> C first, last and always: somewhere or other, you'll come across C code >> / someone who only knows C and whose high-level pseudocode is all >> "C like". Try hard to stick to portable C and follow the ANSI standards. >> [Note: C99, though it is seven years old now, is not well supported >> except in the newer compilers] >> >> Shell scripting: quick and dirty hacks used to be done entirely in shell >> script. It's worth knowing enough to be able to read good Bourne shell >> scripts and, by extension, bash scripts - they crop up all over the >> place in Linux and "classical" UNIX. >> >> Perl: Swiss Army chainsaw - you can do anything script-y in Perl and a >> whole lot more. It is easy to write poor-quality Perl: the canonical >> books are published by O'Reilly and Co and known as "The llama book" >> and "The camel book" aka learning Perl and programming Perl. Get the >> latest editions. >> >> Regular expressions and pattern matching crop up a lot in scripting and >> Perl. The O'Reilly regexp book by Friedl [Mastering Regular Expressions] >> is _extremely_ useful. This also covers enough that you'll need to know >> in order to cope with minimal sed and awk. >> >> Some knowledge of make and makefiles may also be useful if you do a lot >> of programming (possibly of autoconf/automake) but that can be left >> until you know enough C to be dangerous :) >> >> All IMHO, >> >> Andy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org >> To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf >> > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > -- Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


text: Kilian CAVALOTTI wrote: > But this can also lead to the kind of security problem Joe described, > even if here, I don't think one can blame any of the system's component > being outdated for this intrusion. It is/was a user issue. We are working to prevent this sort of issue arising again. Sadly, I feel as if we are playing "whack-a-mole" with these issues. No, adding SElinux or other products won't make this any better, they add layers of complexity, and the benefits may not be worth the costs. The issue is, in part, we need to a) prevent sharing of accounts b) control access to ssh logins c) prevent execution of dangerous stuff. "c" is 'easy' (yeah, I know its wrong), but we can disable all suid programs on the machine that are accessible from users accounts. "a" is hard. Academics like to share things. We need to find a way to let them do this. Securely. "b" is interesting. They were using keys for access. Someone loaned their keys to a friend, or their keys were hijacked, or whatever. So we are going to take a different approach. > > Cheers, -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics LLC, email: landman at scalableinformatics.com web : http://www.scalableinformatics.com http://jackrabbit.scalableinformatics.com phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615


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Services were held Monday for W. Rex Black, a former longtime state senator known for his devotion to the Democratic Party, working people and golf. Black died Wednesday. He was 92.
Black spent 24 years in the Utah Senate, including many years as minority leader, representing west Salt Lake City.
He retired in 1997 but later returned to the state Capitol as a lobbyist for the billboard and other industries.
"He was one of the few [lawmakers] who truly read every line of every bill," said longtime colleague and friend Mike Dmitrich. And as a result of that careful study, he often made amendments to bills that improved the final product.
"He really looked out for the working person," Dmitrich said.
Republicans also respected Black, though they didn't always see eye-to-eye on politics and policy.
"Rex was a person I could go to and talk about policy and procedural issues," said Sen. Lyle Hillyard, R-Logan, a 32-year veteran of the Legislature. "We disagreed on some issues, but he was never disagreeable. … He was not ever antagonistic."
Like Dmitrich, Hillyard noted Black's reputation for reading every piece of legislation. "And when he spoke on bills I listened because I knew I could learn from him."
Utah Commissioner of Agriculture and Food Leonard Blackham, a former Senate colleague, said he recalls asking "Why does Rex stand up and ask a question on every bill I carry?" Turns out it wasn't to sabotage the Republican but because of the meticulous attention he paid to detail.
Former Sen. Blaze Wharton said Black was the backstop for Democrats who didn't always have time to digest the hundreds of bills introduced every year.
"Rex was the guy, if we didn't know what the bill was, we could turn around and ask Rex and he would say in that low voice, 'It's a bad bill,' " recalled Wharton. And for many that was enough to decide how to vote.
Black led Democrats in the Senate when they had more power than currently, including two years serving as majority whip, from 1977-78. He was elected minority leader in 1981 and served 10 years in that position.
At the time Black retired from the Senate in 1997 Democrats held 10 of the 29 seats twice as many as will occupy the chamber when the new Senate is sworn in next month.
Former colleagues say his love for politics was matched or exceeded by his love for the game of golf.
Black was instrumental in development of Wasatch MountainState Park golf courses in Midway and had a hole nicknamed in his honor: the Black hole.
Wharton was a frequent golfing partner of Black's and recalled that while Black was no cheapskate, he never saw him purchase a golf ball instead retrieving them from ponds with an extension pole.
"It was like fishing to him," said Wharton. "I'll bet if you went to his house right now, there would be 10,000 balls there."
Black is survived by his eight children, 34 grandchildren, 72 great grandchildren and four great-great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his spouse, Helen Frazer Black.


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