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Unlimited free bandwidth!* (*Some limitations apply.)
We've been hard at work behind the scenes developing the next-generation of our core hosting technology, and we're ready to move it to public testing. It has some exciting new features:
TLS enhancements
HTTP/2 support
Automatic gzip compression
Major Access Control List (ACL) improvements
Shared IP blacklist support
Websockets support
Wildcard alias support
To encourage people to help us test out the new stuff, we're exempting participating HTTP requests from bandwidth charges for the duration of the test. You can opt-in to the test for a particular site by selecting the "Use Free Beta Bandwidth" action on the Site Information panel for that site in our member interface. That page has all the fine print about the test, which mostly cover two central points:
Reminding people that it is a test and things might not work.
Clarifying that although there is no fixed limit to the amount of bandwidth a site can use under this test, there is a "floating" limit: don't cause problems.
This test (and the free bandwidth) will run through at least March 15th, 2016.
Below, we'll also discuss each new feature briefly.
The major enhancement to TLS (transport layer security, the technology that makes http:// URLs into https:// URLs) has to do with scalability. As people may know, we currently use Apache as a front-end TLS processor. As a test, we generated test keys and certificates for every site we host and loaded them all into a single Apache config just to see what would happen. The resulting server process took nine minutes to start and consumed over 32 GiB of RAM before answering its first request. That's… not going to work. So we've written a great deal of custom code to solve that problem.
We've also always been worried that the overhead of TLS would require us to charge more for using it. One side-effect of this work is that we've reduced the fixed resources required to support TLS so much that we can now definitively say that that won't be an issue.
The new system also improves the performance of TLS requests, and made a couple of other changes we were able to backport to the existing setup. First, we've eliminated TLS as a single point of failure. Second, due to our use of Apache as a TLS frontend, the last hop of an HTTPS request is handled as unsecured HTTP on our local LAN. Although the probability of anyone monitoring our local LAN without our knowledge is pretty small, in a post-Snowden world one has to acknowledge that taking reasonable precautions against improbable things isn't as paranoid as it used to be. So last-hop HTTP traffic (all last-hop HTTP traffic, not just HTTPS) is now secured with IPSEC while it is on our LAN.
We'll have more to say about TLS in the near future.
RFC 2616 established HTTP/1.1 way back in 1999. It took many years for it to get properly adopted. Since then, there have been many attempts to improve it, like SPDY. In the end, RFC 7540 laid out HTTP/2 as the official successor, bringing many of the advantages of SPDY and similar protocols, and a lot of combined wisdom and experience to the new protocol.
Our beta service supports HTTP/2 right now.
In order to take advantage of it with a web browser, you need TLS configured. HTTP/2 can work over unencrypted connections, and although we do support that, no browser does. The default for the future of web browsing is intended to be encryption.
Contrary to popular belief, we've supported gzip encoding for a long time. The problem historically was that getting there has been a bit too tedious for most people. Delivering gzip-encoded static content requires maintaining two copies (regular and compressed) and twiddling around in .htaccess. Dynamic content is much easier; we've actually enabled gzip encoding for PHP by default since PHP 5.5. But still the word on the street is that we don't have it, because when people think compression, they think mod_deflate.
We've never supported mod_deflate because it's one of those solutions that is simultaneously easy and terrible. With mod_deflate, if someone requests a piece of static content and says they support gzip encoding, the server compresses the content and sends it to them. If another person requests the same content and says they support gzip encoding, the server compresses the same content again the same way, and sends it to them. Over and over, performing the same compression on the same input every time, wasting lots of resources and hurting the throughput of the server. (In testing, we found it was not unusual for requests handled this way to take longer than if no compression was used, even though the overall size is smaller.) Easy. And terrible.
Our beta service is capable of fully automatic gzip encoding of any compressible content. If someone requests a piece of static content and says they support gzip encoding, our system compresses the content and sends it to them. And then it stuffs it in a cache, so when the next person requests the same content with compression, it's already ready to go.
ACLs (currently called IP access control in our UI) are how you decide who is or isn't allowed on your site. People use them to block spammers and bandwidth leeches, or to limit access to their home network while a site is being developed.
First and foremost, the performance of ACLs has been dramatically improved with the new software. We greatly underestimated the degree to which some people would get carried away with ACLs. The site on our network with the largest ACL currently has over 4000 entries. That takes a lot of processing and really slows down access to that site. We could argue that such a large ACL is fundamentally unreasonable and that if using it has a performance impact, so be it. Or we could make the new system capable of processing an incoming request against that site's ACL in 3 microseconds. We chose the latter.
At the same time, we've also dramatically expanded what can be included in an ACL. It's now possible to filter inbound requests based not only on IP address (now including both IPv4 and IPv6) but also on protocol (http or https), request method (GET, POST, etc.), and URL prefix. So, as a purely hypothetical example that I'm sure won't be of any practical interest, an ACL can now be used to block POST requests to a WordPress blog's login script if they don't originate from specific IP's you know are OK without interfering with public access to the rest of the site.
Shared IP blacklists
We've also added the ability to filter incoming requests against a sort of giant shared ACL, a list of IPs flagged for bad behavior.
We haven't turned this on yet, because we'd really like to include Project Honeypot's http:bl in the list, but we'd need their cooperation to set that up, and they haven't gotten back to us yet.
We can't guarantee this will be effective, attacks tend to adapt and some botnets are huge, but we're committed to finding new and better ways to keep our members' sites safe.
Regardless of how the details shake out, this feature will be opt-in. At some point in the distant future, well after this test is over, if the shared list works really well and causes few problems, we may eventually make it the default for new sites. We'll wait a long while on that, and then make the right decision at that time.
Websockets are a way to convert a web request into an efficient bidirectional pipe between a web browser and a server. They're super handy for high-performance and interactive apps. They were very high on the list of things there was absolutely no way our infrastructure could ever support. Yesterday.
When things settle down, we'll try to do a brief tutorial showing how to use them.
Wildcard aliases
Wildcard aliases refers to the ability to add an alias like *.example.org to your site and have all traffic for whatever name people enter (e.g. www.example.org, an.example.org, another.example.org, whatever.example.org, perfect.example.org, etc.) wind up on that site.
We've never supported wildcard aliases because they're not super-common (in most cases, example.org/perfect is just as good as perfect.example.org) and because our existing system uses a hash table to speed up alias lookups; you can't hash wildcards. The new system removes this limitation without sacrificing performance. We still don't recommend using them unless you have a specific need, but there are a couple of use cases where there's just no substitute. (One site which is perhaps not surprisingly no longer hosted here had 6000 aliases at the time it was deleted. That same site today could have gotten by with one wildcard alias.)
The "specific beats general" rule applies to wildcard aliases. If the site example has the alias www.example.org and the site wild-example has the alias *.example.org, requests for www.example.org will go to example not wild-example.
A caveat
Although these features now exist with the beta service, most of them aren't reflected in the UI yet (where applicable). It seemed cruel to provide an interface to set up cool functionality that wasn't actually available. 🙂
Now that it is, we'll be rectifying that over the coming weeks as we refine and troubleshoot everything. In the meantime, if you want early access to one of the features listed here that requires custom configuration and you're a subscription member, just drop us a line through our site and we'll see what we can do.
This is at once very exciting and very daunting. The software being replaced is 15 years old and showing its age; the new features we're bringing out are fantastic (and, in some cases, long overdue) and we couldn't have done them with the old architecture. But on the other hand, the old software is a legitimate tough guy. It's handled tens of billions of web requests. It built our business from nothing. We know exactly what it does under a dozen different types of DDOS attack. And here we are, replacing it.
There is absolutely, positively no way the new software is as bug-free or battle-tested as the old stuff. The latest bug logged against the existing software was a memory leak in 2009. The latest bug against the new software was fixed less than 24 hours ago. There will be problems. (Which we'll fix.) Then there will be more problems. (Which we'll fix.) It will inevitably crash at the worst possible time at least once. (Which we'll fix.) And, there will no doubt be something obscure that works great on the current system but which doesn't work on the new one that we won't be able to fix. (But not to worry, we'll be keeping the old one around for quite awhile.)
So this is a daunting move for us, but we've never made decisions based on fear and we're not going to start now. So it's time to push this technology out of the lab and onto the street so it can get started on its five hundred fights.
Please help us out and opt as many sites as you can into the beta, so we can test against the broadest possible cross-section of traffic and types of site content. Every little bit helps!
Thanks for your time, help, and support!
jdw | February 19, 2016 | In Beta, News & Announcements, Updates & Upgrades | 17 Comments
I'm so glad I'm too busy with my day job to have made more progress on one of my side projects, because websockets is going to be awesome.
Good work guys (even though you're not finished yet).
Comment by Scott Robison — February 19, 2016 #
Damn, wish I was actively working on something to use some of these features. Sadly, I see myself not needing these things until they are out of beta.
Comment by MiquelFire — February 19, 2016 #
Way to go, guys! Very cool stuff.
Comment by Braden — February 19, 2016 #
Awesome! I am working on something right now that will need websocket support.
Comment by Sam Shores — February 19, 2016 #
This is amazing! Thanks so much! I hope Let's Encrypt support is next!
Wow, awesome! But you know that Christmas is still 10 months off, right? 🙂
I have a small project with a custom server written in Haskell that needs WebSockets to work. I will look into trying it out.
Comment by apfelmus — February 20, 2016 #
Thanks for the upgrades guys! Really glad to be a part of this hosting service, you all seem to have things in real control and order!
Comment by Jony — February 20, 2016 #
Websockets – very nice. What server side language can we create the server code with? Example: Node.js
https://www.npmjs.com/package/nodejs-websocket
Comment by Steve — February 23, 2016 #
Node.js is probably the easiest — that's what our demo site uses — but any language that we support that can implement WebSockets can be made to work. Someone is going to have a site here with WebSockets running in Haskell before you know it.
WebSockets support went live Sunday night and the NPM websockets module is already available in the white realm.
Really looking forward to progress on the TLS front. Thanks for all your hard work!
Comment by Kinak — March 2, 2016 #
What progress are you looking forward to? Our TLS support is already excellent; it's well-supported, easier to set up, more reliable than ever, and requires no fighting with config files on your part (unless you want to bump the automatic A-rating from SSLLabs to an A+ by enabling strict transport security). What the beta offers is primarily scalability, so we have a viable answer to the question "What would happen if every member decided to activate TLS on all their sites tomorrow?" As with all parts of our service, we'll keep working to make it even better, but it's pretty darned good as-is.
Comment by jdw — March 2, 2016 #
Nice! Thanks for the WebSocket support! I've been hoping for that one for a while!
Comment by Wizek — March 10, 2016 #
I'm not Kinak, but the improvement I am really jonesing for on the TLS front is a better interface to certificate management. I see that you've said on the member forum that integrated support for Let's Encrypt is coming, and that'll make me 100% happy, but probably not everyone wants to jump ship from their existing CAs; options for those people that are less manual and error-prone would be nice too.
Comment by Zack — March 16, 2016 #
does the automatic gzip compression require any setup?
Comment by ACE — April 7, 2016 #
It does not. -jdw
Comment by jdw — April 7, 2016 #
Does the gzip compression also work the other way? If I'm serving only compressed files to save disk space, do you serve and cache the uncompressed files?
Comment by SV — April 12, 2016 #
Good question, I'm not sure that's been tested. In theory it should work, though you would definitely want to try it out thoroughly before adopting it as a strategy. Some fussing with headers might be required. -jdw
Comment by jdw — April 12, 2016 #


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Article from BTNews 9 APRIL 2018
Luxury lounge for Frankfurt
Airport specialist TAV Operation Services has inaugurated its latest Primeclass Lounge in Terminal 2 of Frankfurt Airport, Germany's largest aviation hub. It brings the total of lounges managed by TAV to 57 in 17 countries.
The company is a division of TAV (Tepe Akfen Vie) Airports Holding, which was established as a joint venture between the Tepe and Akfen groups and Airport Consulting Vienna in 1997. TAV Airports is the leading airport operator in Turkey.
The new 270sq m Frankfurt lounge features luxury furnishings with seating for up to70 and a full range of services for passengers to relax before or after their flights, regardless of their airline and booking class.
Facilities include a large selection of food and drink, the latest editions of newspapers and magazines in various languages, showers and charging stations for smartphones and laptops.
The lounge, in Concourse E of Terminal 2 behind passport control, is open daily from 06:00 to 22:30. Admission costs €30 euros, covering a stay of up three hours. There is no charge for children under six.
Other Primeclass lounges are at Istanbul, Izmir, Zagreb, Copenhagen and Enfidha Hammamet airports.
www.frankfurt-airport.com
http://tavisletmehizmetleri.com.tr/en/index.aspx
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Тор: Мрачни свет () амерички је научнофантастични филм из 2013. године, у режији Алана Тејлора. Филм је заснован на Марвеловом стрипу о суперхероју Тору и наставак је филма Тор из 2011. године. Продуцент филма је Кевин Фајги. Сценаристи су Кристофер Јост, Кристофер Маркус и Стивен Макфили по стрипу Тор Стена Лија, Џека Кирбија и Ларија Либера и филмској причи Дона Пејна и Роберта Родата. Ово је осми наставак у серији филмова из Марвеловог филмског универзума. Насловну улогу тумачи Крис Хемсворт, а у осталим улогама су Том Хидлстон, Натали Портман, Ентони Хопкинс, Стелан Скарсгорд, Идрис Елба, Кристофер Еклстон, Адевале Акинуе-Агбаџе, Кет Денингс, Реј Стивенсон, Закари Ливај, Таданобу Асано, Џејми Александер и Рене Русо.

Развој филма је почео у априлу 2011, када је Кевин Фајги најавио да ће овај наставак пратити догађаје након филма Осветници (2012). Кенет Брана, режисер првог дела, повукао се са снимања наставка у јулу исте године. Брајан Кирк и Пети Џенкинс су узети у обзир као његова замена пре него што је Тејлор унајмљен у јануару 2012. године. Споредне улоге су подељене до августа исте године, када су Еклстон и Акинуе-Агбаџе добили улоге негативаца. Снимање је трајало од септембра до децембра, углавном у Енглеској, док су неке сцене снимљене на Исланду. Тејлор је хтео да овај филм буде више приземљен од свог претходника, на шта га је инспирисао сопствени рад на Игри престола. Он је унајмио Картера Барвела да компонује музику за филм, али Марвел га је заменио са Брајаном Тајлером.

Филм је премијерно приказан у Лондону 22. октобра 2013, док је у америчким биоскопима реализован 8. новембра исте године. Филм је добио похвале за визуелне ефекте и глуму, али критичари су критиковали причу, зликовца и темпо филма. Био је комерцијално успешан са зарадом од преко 644 милиона долара, што га чини десетим најуспешнијим филмом из 2013. године. Наставак филма, Тор: Рагнарок, премијерно је приказан 2017. године.

Радња

Еонима далеко у историји, Бор, Одинов отац, води рат против мрачног вилењака Малекита који покушава да ослободи оружје познато као Етар Девет краљевстава. Након што успе да их порази, Бор успева да затвори моћ Етра у камен. Малекит и неки његови саборци успевају да побегну Бору без његовог знања.

Поново у садашњем времену, Локи је затворен због својих акција на Земљи.  Тор са својим ратницима одржава мир у Девет краљевстава уједно славећи обнову Бифроста, дугиног моста који служи као портал кроз свет Девет краљевстава, уништен две године раније.  Асгардијани сазнају да се ближи Конвергенција, редак астрономски феномен што може довести у питање Бифростову прецизност.

У Лондону, Џејн Фостер и Дарси Луис налазе напуштену фабрику у чијем кругу закони физике не делују регуларно. Одвојивши се од групе, Џејн Фостер се телепортује у други свет где упија Етар. Хајмдал упозорава Тора да је Фостер нестала из његовог вида што Тора враћа на Земљу. Тор схвата да је Фостер у опасности и враћа се заједно са њом у Асгард. Один препознаје Етар и упозорава да могућа катастрофа неће погодити само Фостер, већ ће имати далеко веће последице.

Пробуђен активирањем Етра, Малекит напада Асгард са својом војском. Током борбе, Малекит трага за Фостер осећајући Етар. Малекит убије Торову мајку, Фригу, али бива приморан да напусти Асгард без Фостерове и Етра. Кршећи наређење свог оца, Тор напушта Асгард након што ослободи Локија како би га провео до Малекитове домовине. Тор обећава Локију да ће моћи да убије Малекита као освету за смрт мајке.

Локи превари Малекита да извуче Етар из Фостер, али Тор не успева да га уништи. Малекит успева да побегне са Етром, смртоносно ранивши Локија. Тор и Фостер налазе портал који води ка Земљи, где се поново сусрећу са Луисовом и Селвигом, још увек погубљеним након Локијевог напада. Тим схвата да је Малекитов циљ да ослободи сву снагу Етра у центру Девет краљевстава, на Гриничу. Током борби кроз портале настале Конвергенцијом, Тор успева да избаци Малекита на родни Сварталфхајм где га убије сопствени брод оштећен током борбе.

Тор се враћа у Асгард и обавештава оца да не жели да наследи трон, као и какву је жртву поднео Локи. Након одласка, Локи разбија чаролију и приказује се уместо Одина, ког сад замењује.

У завршним сценама, Волштаг и Сиф носе Етар Сакупљачу на чување јер је процена да су два од шест Камења бескраја превише опасни на једном месту. У завршним сценама: Тор се враћа на Земљу где се среће са Фостер; ледено чудовиште из Јотунхајма и даље трчи улицама Лондона.

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| Крис Хемсворт || Тор
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| Натали Портман || Џејн Фостер
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| Том Хидлстон || Локи
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| Ентони Хопкинс || Один
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| Стелан Скарсгорд || Ерик Селвиг
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| Идрис Елба || Хејмдол
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| Кристофер Еклстон || Малекит
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| Адевале Акинуе-Агбаџе || Алгрим
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| Кет Денингс || Дарси Луис
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| Реј Стивенсон || Волстаг
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| Закари Ливај || Фандрал
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| Таданобу Асано || Хоган
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| Џејми Александер || Сиф
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| Рене Русо || Фрига
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|}

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Q: Como identificar se um elemento foi removido da pagina em tempo real Como identificar com JavaScript, se o usuário removeu uma div da pagina pelo, inspetor de elemento, ou seja, se o id do elemento não existe mais na pagina, executar uma ação.
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document.getElementById("algum-id").innerHTML = ""

A: Se pretende perceber quando o DOM é alterado deve utilizar MutationObserver. Este permite definir um callback que executa sempre que houver uma alteração num determinado elemento e respetivos descendentes.
Para o exemplo o ideal é definir a observação no elemento pai daquele que pretende remover, e escutar pela remoção dos filhos, verificando se algum filho é o
.
O remover dos filhos é dado pela propriedade removedNodes da alteração que foi feita, que é uma lista dos nós que foram removidos no DOM. Basta verificar se o id daquele que você está interessado lá existe nessa lista.
Exemplo (adaptado da documentação):

document.getElementById("remover").addEventListener("click", function() {
  document.getElementById("conteudo").innerHTML = "";
});

//no pai do que pretende escutar as alterações
const targetNode = document.getElementById('conteudo');
const config = { childList: true, subtree: true};

const observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutationsList) {
  for (let mutation of mutationsList) { //para cada uma das alterações no DOM
    if (mutation.type == 'childList') { //se afeta os filhos
      const removedIds = [...mutation.removedNodes].map(x => x.id); //apanhar os id's
      if (removedIds.includes("teste")){ //se o id existe é porque foi removido
        console.log("teste removido");
      }
    }
  }
});

observer.observe(targetNode, config);

Div teste aqui

<button id="remover">Remover

Se em determinada altura já não precisar mais de escutar eventos com este observador, deve desligar a escuta através de:
observer.disconnect();

Para não pesar na página observando alterações que já não está mais interessado.

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Why our political leaders make terrible decisions
They might not be stupid but they suffer from "vices of the mind": arrogance, imperviousness to evidence, and an inability to deal with mistakes.
By Steven Poole
ROCESTER, STAFFORDSHIRE - JANUARY 18: Boris Johnson delivers a speech at JCB World Headquarters on January 18, 2019 in Rocester, Staffordshire. After defeating a vote of no confidence in her government, Theresa May has called on MPs to break the Brexit deadlock by conducting cross-party Brexit talks. The speech by the former Foreign Secretary is being widely acknowledged as a Tory leadership bid. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
In 2002 and early 2003, the US government repeatedly assured everyone that its planned invasion of Iraq would go swimmingly. "The people will be enormously relieved and liberated," said Donald Rumsfeld. "I think it will go relatively quickly… weeks rather than months," said Dick Cheney. Six months into the occupation, Richard Perle announced: "A year from now, I'll be very surprised if there is not some grand square in Baghdad that is named after President Bush." History does not record the subsequent level of his amazement when such an honour failed to materialise. But the question that can still nag today is: how did they get it so wrong?
The perceived rise in "fake news" over the past few years is often discussed as though it were a natural phenomenon, like an increase in the frequency of earthquakes. Commentators have focused primarily on how the consumers of fake news might arm themselves against it. But what if the thing that really needs to change is the way the masters of disinformation think? The philosopher Quassim Cassam introduces his tightly argued book with the question of how the architects of the Iraq War convinced themselves that it would be such a triumph, and his answer is that they were personally, and culpably, defective in reason: they suffered from "vices of the mind", which include "arrogance, imperviousness to evidence, and an inability to deal with mistakes". These he defines as "epistemic vices", because they are to do with one's attitude to acquiring and maintaining knowledge.
This is a more granular, and useful, diagnosis than the simple assumption that the Bush regime were all inveterate liars, or stupid. Rumsfeld in particular was many things, but he was not stupid. And instead of calling him a liar, we may more productively say of him what Cassam later says so persuasively of Boris Johnson, that he exhibits "epistemic insouciance". This is "an indifference or lack of concern with respect to whether [his] claims are grounded in reality or the evidence". The concept is related to the philosopher Harry Frankfurt's portrait of the bullshitter, who differs from the liar in that he doesn't care whether what he says is true or not. And so, Cassam explains, "Epistemic insouciance is the attitude… that makes one a bullshitter and thereby causes one to spout bullshit." But the epistemically insouciant man, he argues, is not simply indifferent to truth and evidence, he holds an active contempt for them: "Contempt for the truth, contempt for experts, and, in the case of politicians, contempt for the public."
Boris Johnson certainly seems to belong in the picture dictionary under this heading; but I did worry that he would be irritatingly pleased to be described as "insouciant", which in English sometimes means merely "careless" but more often aligns with the admiring French sense of "carefree".
If one is simply too lazy to find out the truth, by contrast, one is a "slacker". Some serious philosophical work has already been done on this concept, concluding that "slackers don't care enough about serious inquiry to feel contempt for it". (This might usefully label, for instance, Johnson's erstwhile cabinet colleague, David Davis.) And if you actively oppose knowledge, you are an example of "epistemic malevolence", which describes tobacco and oil-company lobbyists deliberately sowing lies about whether cigarettes cause cancer or fossil fuels cause global warming.
This book is excellent at such teasing-apart of conceptual differences. The general reader might find it occasionally dry, but that is the way with analytic philosophy, and I suspected a few times that the pedantry was deliciously deadpan: "If one needs to be epistemically competent in order to determine one's level of epistemic competence then the epistemically incompetent are in a particularly bad position to know that they are epistemically incompetent." This is Cassam's amusingly technical rephrasing of the Dunning-Kruger effect, which says that in many fields "incompetent individuals lack the skills needed to know that they are incompetent": hence the incurable arrogance that so often goes hand in hand with ineptitude.
I suggested earlier that Rumsfeld, Cheney and co "suffered" from vices of the mind, but such men don't actually appear to be caused any distress by their own intellectual degradation. And this might be because of the Dunning-Kruger effect, which reassuringly cloaks from them their own deficiencies. Cassam expands this idea by noting that many of his epistemic vices are "stealthy", in that having them seems to preclude – or at least militate against – coming to know that one has them. One example of a stealthy epistemic vice is dogmatism, or closed-mindedness. In order to decide that you need to be more open-minded, it seems that you already have to have opened your mind a little bit, somehow or other. So the truly closed-minded person will never realise he is closed-minded.
But what if closed-mindedness is not thoroughly a bad thing anyway? It is often remarked that a little bit of dogmatism can do you good. The philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn, for instance, said that during phases of "normal science" productive work is done by those who are dogmatic about the correctness of current theory and ignore anything that seems too outlandish – until the outlandish becomes unignorable, and a scientific revolution occurs.
Another of Cassim's examples is that, since one knows the Holocaust happened, one could treat any and all material claiming that it didn't as garbage not worth one's time. On this subject, though, Cassam takes a firm line. He redefines the scientific "dogmatism" of Kuhn as not really dogmatism but "firmness or tenacity". Cassam argues that while being closed-minded to Holocaust denial or other conspiracy theories may be understandable, it is "nothing to be proud of". After all, he points out, one can learn more about the truth from careful refutations of lies: as happened, for instance, at the libel trial of Deborah Lipstadt, which concluded that the plaintiff David Irving really was a Holocaust denier.
But who has the time to expose themselves to the enormous cesspool of such material available nowadays on the off-chance they might learn something? And, contrarily, who has the time to fact-check everything they see online? Cassam acknowledges such an objection, but is curiously optimistic about how it might be overcome. Anyone with internet access and "an attention span of more than five minutes", he writes, can discover that there is "something fishy" about Irving's view of history. But to do so requires a set of skills – source evaluation, critical thinking and so on – that someone may lack, without it being their fault. This is why people with an attention span of much longer than five minutes can easily get sucked by profit-maximising video-recommendation algorithms down the vortex of fake-news doom, ending up where an interest in conspiracy theories always ends up: anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.
Indeed, this sort of journey can and does happen to people who are basically kind and decent. (I have known some of them.) The failure of our public conversation to acknowledge this fact is itself an epistemic or at least broadly intellectual vice: it is a failure of moral imagination.
The question, then, is whether such unfortunate citizens, in addition to leaders who ought to know better, should really be described as having intellectual "vices" at all. Cassam argues that they should because, even if you are not responsible for acquiring such a vice (through miseducation or a simple lack of time), you retain "revision responsibility" for it, in that it's possible to rectify such vices once they are recognised. But if they are stealthy vices, this might not ever happen. So it remains debatable how far people who become mentally entrapped by racist or anti-vaccination propaganda, say, deserve to be personally blamed for what Cassam would identify as their epistemic vice of "gullibility" – which could as well be reframed as an idealistic surfeit of trust in our fundamentally broken information economy.
Cassam knows that the demands he places on individuals to rectify their own vices are only justified if they have a certain basic level of intellectual competence. "The only hope for a society that cares about knowledge," he therefore says, "is to equip its citizens with the intellectual and other means to distinguish truth from lies."
This is right, but it is also the philosophical equivalent of unicorns for all. How will a society so equip itself if the people at the very top are, as Cassam has so amply demonstrated, themselves riddled with the worst epistemic vices, as well as instituting polices that lead to mass library closures and other ways of intellectually immiserating a captive populace?
At the end of this superb (and icily furious) book, one is persuaded by the author's diagnosis, but a cure looks to be as far off as ever.
Vices of the Mind: From the Intellectual to the Political
Quassim Cassam
Oxford University Press, 224pp, £25
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My last post used the analogy of a movie projector. Since then I have been thinking about the things that interfere with our receiving the intended picture from our creator God. Have you ever been somewhere where someone walked infront of the projector and caused a shadow blocking the projection. It happened often in a church I attended. They had to place the projector low and point it up. People were constantly walking by or kids would make hand gestures in its path to the screen. Which I think are totally fun. I love to watch the people who create with sand on a flat screen and project onto the big screen over head. They have a serious talent I don't. I think you get the object lesson I am going for.
The enemy uses the same thing to interfere with our view of what God is doing in our life and of who He really is. His lies create shadows in our screens that distort the Picture God is sending . The enemy does not want you to see how loved you are or how much power you have over him. He doesn't want you to see how much power you have over yourself to create a good life.
The other things that can cause the shadows on your screen are your own rebellion , unforgiveness, and whatever blaten sin you can think of. Think about how much the world doesn't understand about God because they walk in darkness. While all the while God is sending light.
Dear Papa God help us remove all the shadow causes..


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FOR RELEASE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2011, OR THEREAFTER
BY THOMAS D. ELIAS
It's a question commonly asked by schoolchildren: What is the President's most important job? The answer plainly is not being commander-in-chief of the military or appointing a cabinet or negotiating a budget.
Rather, the answer is that any President has the paramount task of making other Americans feel confident and optimistic about the nation, in effect to be psychologist-in-chief.
America's decline in world regard since the presidency of Bill Clinton is probably largely because George W. Bush and Barack Obama have been singularly inept at this most important task. Each in his own way has managed to make Americans feel pessimistic about their country and its future place in the world. That phenomenon has been measured in myriad polls.
So it has also been in California, where a succession of governors from the1940s through the '70s conveyed optimism and a sense of never-ending expansion of the state's human horizons.
That sense lasted through the tenures of Earl Warren, Goodwin Knight, Pat Brown, Ronald Reagan and, to some extent, the first incarnation of Jerry Brown, who acquired the sobriquet Gov. Moonbeam because he wanted California's vision and dreams to extend into outer space – a mind-bending concept at the time.
Now it's up to Brown to try to restore that positivity, not an easy matter when he's presided over major cuts in vital public programs and services, with more to come.
His task looks even tougher when you consider how poorly it was done by the four governors who served between his terms, George Deukmejian and Pete Wilson and Gray Davis and Arnold Schwarzenegger. None conveyed a sense of vision for the future while they watched California's once-exemplary infrastructure of roads, bridges, aqueducts, reservoirs, pipelines and public buildings begin to decay without doing much about it.
The crowning achievement of Deukmejian's tenure was "workfare," the program requiring welfare recipients to perform some work when they didn't have child care obligations. This might have been constructive, but was hardly inspirational.
Wilson is best remembered for two things: His anti-illegal immigrant "They Keep Coming" campaign commercials and his support for electricity deregulation, whose consequences still reverberate in power rates among the highest anywhere.
Davis gave public employee unions almost carte blanche, okaying pay and pension increases that are a key factor in today's state and local budget problems. Under him, there was also a culture of corruption; Davis often seemed to make public policy decisions as a direct consequence of campaign donations.
And Schwarzenegger put the state more deeply in debt than ever, backing or running bond issues that accomplished little or nothing in the long term other than to guarantee that fully 8 percent of future budgets would have to go toward paying back debts.
Little of that was going to further the California Dream of endless possibilities in exchange for good new ideas and hard work.
Now it's up to Brown to reverse the tide of skepticism and pessimism about California's future. It doesn't really matter that many problems which afflicted this state first, from excessive public employee pensions to massive numbers of home foreclosures, now trouble most other states, too.
Brown has made a start in the right direction by trying to push new types of industrial development compatible with California's justifiably high environmental standards and by making tough budget decisions.
But it now seems inevitable that next year will bring deeper budget cuts than even those which have already decimated health care for the poor, caused cancellation or closure of school amenities from buses to nurses and libraries, closed dozens of state parks and raised tuition at public colleges and universities by about 20 percent in just one year.
Yet, Brown's obligation – the task he willingly took on when he opted to become governor again – is to revive the optimism of both Californians and outsiders about this state and its future.
Making a few unpleasant choices aimed at ending perpetual budget deficits may be a start in that direction, but it's plainly not enough. Brown's job in the second and third years of his return to office will be to inspire, not to instill dread of the near future.
His televised state of the state speech early next month would be a good place to start. He might also do a series of radio and television "fireside chats" a la Franklin D. Roosevelt. But he's got to do something positive, and soon, or risk joining the list of recent governors whom history has already judged failures.
Email Thomas Elias at tdelias@aol.com. His book, "The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government's Campaign to Squelch It," is now available in a soft cover fourth edition. For more Elias columns, visit www.californiafocus.net.
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Thomas Elias writes the syndicated California Focus column, appearing twice weekly in 88 newspapers around California, with circulation over 2.2 million. He has won numerous awards from organizations like the National Headliners Club, the California Newspaper Publishers Association, the Los Angeles Press Club, and the California Taxpayers Association. He has been nominated three times for the Pulitzer Prize in distinguished commentary. Elias is the author of two books, "The Burzynski Breakthrough: The Most Promising Cancer Treatment and the Government's Campaign to Squelch It" (now in its third edition; also published in Japanese and recently optioned for a television movie) and "The Simpson Trial in Black and White," co-authored with the late Dennis Schatzman.
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SHELBOURNE, Mass. (Nov. 6, 2010) – The Mount Holyoke College riding team finished as Reserve Champions at the Amherst College Horse Show today. A total of nine teams from around the region participated in the event, which took place at Biscuit Hill Farm. The University of Massachusetts grabbed top honors with a score of 46 points.
Mount Holyoke's final tally of 37 points was good for second place, while Smith College rounded out the top three with 32 points. The remainder of the field consisted of Amherst College (31), Westfield State University (22), Springfield College (21), Williams College (19), Landmark College (14) and Hampshire College (12).
The Lyons came away with four blue ribbons. Two of those came in the beginner walk-trot-canter division, where senior Belinda Wenke and first year Kristen Engholm each prevailed. Sophomore Allison Reding won her section of the walk-trot-canter division, while first year Flynn Vickowski repeated the feat in the novice fences division.
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Wanda Srygley had an enthusiasm for life that was fueled by her vast intelligence, sharp wit and incredible generosity. She knew how to tell a great story, hosted dinner parties and family gatherings and had an amazing sense of style.
And, she had a tremendous love of UAFS athletics, which she shared through her unwavering support of the program for more than 40 years.
Srygley, who passed away in 2016, was posthumously inducted into the UAFS Lions Athletics Hall of Fame during a special dinner Sunday at the Stubblefield Center. She is a part of the 2018 Class that includes Doc Sadler, former men's basketball coach and director of athletics, and Greg Davis Sr. and Fred Davis III, former men's basketball players.
Guest speaker was former University of Alabama-Birmingham football player Timothy Alexander, who was the first-ever paraplegic player to receive a NCAA Division I scholarship. Alexander, who was paralyzed from the waist down in a 2006 car accident, is now a fulltime motivational speaker who also serves as the UAB football team's director of character.
Srygley began attending Westark Community College basketball games with her husband, Bill, and continued to attend even after his death in 1989. Over the years, her support grew to include all of the Westark/UAFS sports.
"Miss Wanda," as the student-athletes called her, attended nearly every home game over the years, endowed scholarships and was famous for the elegant hats she wore atop her head. Over the years, she also cooked countless meals for the teams and coaches and was famous for her green beans, which she smothered in brown sugar and bacon.
Srygley also had a passion for horse racing and owned several race horses, including three she named after the UAFS athletics program. The first, UAFSLions, injured her leg and became a brood mare who gave birth to LionOnTheLoose. The third horse, LouisTheLion, was named after former UAFS women's basketball coach Louis Whorton.
Three years ago, the athletics program named the Stubblefield Center's hospitality/booster room the Bill and "Miss" Wanda Srygley Room in honor of their longtime support of the athletics program.


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DTI Central Visayas Director Asteria Caberte announces this today over DyAB1512 Cebu few days after the CITOM (Cebu City Traffic Operations and Management) questioned the fees collected by the DTI from the motorcycle owners who submitted their helmets for sticker issuance. The CITOM board, in its resolution, described the collection of the fees as anti-poor and is not authorized under the Mandatory Helmet Act.
However, the DTI will only process for free those prescribed helmets with brands that are listed under the Bureau of Product Standards ICC/PS licensees. The DTI earlier extended their processing of the helmets until December 31, 2012 while the LTO will also allow the use of some helmets even without the stickers as long as it is prescribed until the same period.
Caberte said they don't know if the free processing and free sticker will continue after September 30, 2012 as instructed by the head of the DTI. Caberte said those more than 7,000 motorcycle owners who were able to pay earlier the processing fee and sticker fee shall be refunded by the DTI.
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Pioneer is no stranger when it comes to provide big time value at relatively low prices — a Pioneer receiver is one of several on our list of the best A/V receivers under $500. The company is about it again, as today it announced pricing and availability for its VSX-993, which offers just about anything you might be looking for in a mid-range receiver.
The VSX-993 is capable of pumping out up to 165 watts per channel at six ohms or 80 watts per channel at eight ohms across 7.2 channels. If you're looking for an extra dimension of sound, both Dolby Atmos and DTS:X object-based surround sound in 5.2.2-channel speaker configurations. These modes trade extra side channels for ceiling-firing speakers that allow sounds to come from above you as well as off to the side or behind you. Even better, the built-in Dolby Surround and DTS Neural:X can actually upmix your older movies' soundtracks to take advantage of this.
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For audio enthusiasts who take their music seriously, high-resolution audio is supported, including 192 kHz / 24-bit FLAC, WAV, AIFF, and ALAC, as well as DSD at 2.8 or 5.6 MHz. For those who prefer convenient access to music, streaming music services including Spotify, Pandora, Amazon Music, Deezer, and Tidal are included. Both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are supported as well, including DTS Play-Fi, letting you synchronize music throughout your home.
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Champions Cup semi-final predictions: Winning margins and teams
The last four sides left in the competition boast a combined total of 12 European Cups, with Leinster clinching their fourth crown last year after a 15-12 victory over this season's beaten quarter-finalists, Racing 92, in Bilbao.
This year Saracens will be bidding to reach their third Champions Cup final in four seasons when they take on fellow two-time winners Munster Rugby – making a record 14th European semi-final appearance – on Saturday at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
European Cup: Predictions for the semi-final
Saracens v Munster
Munster's poor record in semi-finals in the last few years might be a concern ahead of their trip to the Ricoh Arena in Coventry on Saturday.
The 2006 and 2008 champions reached a record 14th European semi-final by edging out Edinburgh 17-13 at Murrayfield in the last eight, with wing Keith Earls scoring tries either side of half-time to secure victory.
Prediction: Saracens
Margin: Seven
Leinster v Toulouse
Leinster will try and move one step closer to becoming the first team to win five European Cups when they take on Toulouse in their semi-final clash over the weekend. Fresh from a thrilling quarter-final win over Ulster, Garry Ringrose said he expected a "special" clash.
Leinster won their fourth title last season when they beat Racing 92 15-12 in Bilbao, Toulouse have to go back to 2010 for their last European Cup.
"This match against Toulouse is really special," the Irish international was quoted as saying by local media. "The two teams want to make history by aiming for a fifth title. It will be a huge motivation for all the players."
Prediction: Leinster
Margin: Five
Toulouse, meanwhile, will have the image of the Notre Dame cathedral on their shirts for their Champions Cup semi-final against Leinster this weekend, the French club's president Didier Lacroix announced on Tuesday.
The jerseys will then be auctioned off with profits given to the rebuilding efforts of the 850-years-old Parisian monument after its spire and roof collapsed on Monday in a spectacular blaze.
"It's our way of supporting French heritage and for us to share our grief that we all have experienced after the fire which impacted one of France's most important buildings," Lacroix said.
One of the shirts will be given to the archbishop of Toulouse and 15 others will be put up for sale.
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In fact, she never earned a high school diploma.
That will change, 75 years later, when Notre Dame makes a surprise presentation to Margaret Ann, whose last name is now Zink-Fritsch, at Rosedale Green Senior Care facility in Latonia.
NDA President Dr. Laura Koehl and principal Jack VonHandorf will make the presentation.
Zink-Fritsch graduated from St. Stephen's Catholic grade school in 1943 but her family could not afford the transportation to Notre Dame. It would have cost a nickel to rise the bus from her Newport home to Notre Dame, but her father was out of work at the time.
At 15, Zink-Fritsch took a job at Wadsworth Electric in Covington as the secretary to the purchasing department president.
The oldest of eight children, she was expected to help out at home. She worked there for seven years.
Zink-Fritsch later married and had twelve children of her own.
But she has long lived with the disappointment of not earning a high school diploma.
The Sisters of Notre Dame and Notre Dame Academy heard of the story and decided to award Zink-Fritsch an honorary diploma.
A ceremony is planned for Monday, September 10 at 6:30 p.m. at Rosedale (4250 Glenn Ave., Covington).
"Like many NDA graduates, she has spent her life as a servant leader dedicating herself to family, church and community," Dr. Koehl said. "Margie is a woman who has made an impactful difference in the world and we are proud to have her join our 10,000 plus alumnae around the world."


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Iadine Chadès
Solving complex decision problems to sustainably live with our environment
Academic conferences urgently need environmental policies
An efficient formulation to select an optimal set of complementary species
A review of optimization methods to solve adaptive management problems
If extinction could be reversed, how would you decide which species to manage?
Timing of critical habitat protection matters (open access)
adaptive management
expert elicitation
POMDP
If you'd like to know more about me here's an updated resume (22/03/2017).
I publish in the fields of both artificial intelligence (AI) and ecology. The preferred publication mode in AI is through selective peer-reviewed conference proceedings. AI publications and citations are not referenced by ISI or ResearcherID. For these reasons, I use google scholar.
Below I listed my 5 most important publications to date and gave a short explanation of the significance and relevance of each.
Chadès, I., McDonald-Madden, E., McCarthy, M.A., Wintle, B., Linkie, M. & Possingham, H.P. (2008) When to stop managing or surveying cryptic threatened species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 105, 13936. (ERA A*, IF 9.7)
Threatened species become increasingly difficult to detect as their populations decline. Managers of cryptic threatened species face several dilemmas: if they are not sure the species is present, should they continue to manage for that species or invest the limited resources in surveying? We discovered optimal solutions to this problem and simple rules of thumb using POMDP. We applied our finding to the Sumatran tiger, whooping crane and Mexican spotted owl. This paper has been featured in The Australian, ABC Science and TREE by MacKenzie, D. I. (2009). I was recently contacted by the NGO SOS Rhino to provide management guidance for the critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros.
2. Chadès, I., Martin, T.G., Nicol, S., Burgman, M.A., Possingham, H.P. & Buckley, Y.M. (2011) General rules for managing and surveying networks of pests, diseases, and endangered species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 108, 8323-8328. (ERA A*, IF 9.7)
We use Factored POMDP to show how to prioritize management and survey effort across time and space for networks of susceptible–infected–susceptible subpopulations. We present simple and robust rules of thumb for protecting desirable, or eradicating undesirable, subpopulations connected in typical network patterns (motifs). We demonstrate that these rules can be generalized to larger networks. Results show that the best location to manage or survey a pest or a disease on a network is also the best location to protect or survey an endangered species. Our rules offer managers a practical basis for managing networks relevant to many significant environmental, biosecurity and human health issues. I am applying this work to help control Aedes albopictus, an invasive mosquito species in the Torres Strait Islands (Qld Health, DAFF, Biosecurity flagship).
3. Regan*, T.J., Chadès*, I. & Possingham, H.P. (2011) Optimal strategies for managing invasive plants in partially observable systems. Journal of Applied Ecology, 48, 76-85. (*contributed equally) (ERA A, IF 5.0)
We developed a POMDP to provide optimal management actions when we are uncertain about the presence of invasive plants. We applied the POMDP to branched broomrape Orobanche ramosa, a parasitic plant species at the centre of a national eradication campaign in South Australia. The likelihood of eradication diminishes as colonization risk increases, highlighting the importance of limiting colonization if eradication was to be achieved. In addition to its contribution to the management of invasive species, this paper is also used to teach POMDP to AI students at Oregon State University. I am applying this work to help control Aedes albopictus, an invasive mosquito species in the Torres Strait Islands (Qld Health, DAFF, Biosecurity flagship).
4. Chadès, I., Carwardine, J., Martin, T.G., Nicol, S., Sabbadin, R. & Buffet, O. (2012) MOMDPs: a solution for modelling adaptive management problems. The Twenty-Sixth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-12), pp. 267-273. Toronto, Canada. (ERA A*)
In this paper, we made a significant contribution to AI and Ecology by providing a new and efficient method to tackle adaptive management under model uncertainty. Adaptive management is the principal tool for conserving endangered species under global change, yet adaptive management problems suffer from a poor suite of solution methods. We show how to overcome this limitation by using a mixed observability MDP. This paper won the AAAI Computational sustainability best paper award. AAAI is the top 2 conferences of AI. We are currently using this method to manage shorebird species utilizing the East Asian-Australasian flyway (S. Nicol, CSIRO Climate Adaptation Flagship).
5. Martin, T.G., Chadès, I., Arcese, P., Marra, P.P., Possingham, H.P. & Norris, D.R. (2007) Optimal conservation of migratory species. PLoS ONE, 2. (ERA A, IF 4.4)
We used dynamic optimization to address the problem of how to allocate resources for habitat conservation for a Neotropical-Nearctic migratory bird, whose winter habitat is under threat. We demonstrate that conservation strategies for migratory animals depend critically upon two factors: knowledge of migratory connectivity and the correct statement of the conservation problem. Our framework can be used to identify efficient conservation strategies for migratory taxa worldwide, including insects, birds, mammals, and marine organisms.


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Sabrina Islam, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes and Lucian Mattison
@ DC Arts Center
Sabrina Islam is from Dhaka, Bangladesh. She spent her early childhood in New York, Connecticut, and Florida. She holds an M.F.A. in creative writing from University of Maryland, where she teaches academic and creative writing. Her work can be found in Flock, Acta Victoriana, Prairie Schooner, and the minnesota review.
Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes is the author of The Sleeping World (Touchstone, 2016). She has received fellowships from Yaddo, Hedgebrook, the Millay Colony, and the Blue Mountain Center. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in One Story, The New England Review, The Common, Cosmonauts Avenue, Slice, Pank, and elsewhere. She is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and English at the University of Maryland. She grew up in a Cuban-Irish-American family in Wisconsin.
Lucian Mattison is a US-Argentine poet and translator and author of two books of poetry, Reaper's Milonga (YesYes Books, 2018) and Peregrine Nation (Dynamo Verlag, 2017). He has won the Puerto Del Sol Poetry Prize and his poetry, short fiction, and translations appear in numerous journals including CutBank, Hayden's Ferry Review, Hobart, Juked, Nano Fiction, The Nashville Review, The Offing, Sixth Finch, and Third Coast. He is based out of Washington, DC. Read more at Lucianmattison.com
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A 1967 graduate of Alliance High School, Ken Zupanic lettered in football and baseball. He was named best offensive back after the 1966 season. Zupanic went on to have a standout baseball career for Malone College earning All-Conference and All-District honors and continued to compete in the Canton Class "A" Baseball League, earning recognition as a member of the Greater Stark County Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame.
Zupanic served as Head Volleyball coach at AHS from 1986 to 1993. He has also coached at State Street Middle School, Mount Union College and the Alliance area football, Tri-City Titans. He is currently employed by Alliance City Schools as a health and physical education teacher. Ken has been an assistant softball coach for the Marlington High School team since 1993.


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Walsleben ist der Name folgender Orte:

 Walsleben (Brandenburg), Gemeinde im Landkreis Ostprignitz-Ruppin, Brandenburg
 Walsleben (Osterburg), Ortsteil der Stadt Osterburg (Altmark) im Landkreis Stendal, Sachsen-Anhalt
 Korytowo (früherer deutscher Name Walsleben), Dorf in der Woiwodschaft Westpommern, Polen

Walsleben steht für:
 Walsleben (Adelsgeschlecht), eine pommersch-mecklenburgische Adelsfamilie

Walsleben ist der Familienname folgender Personen:

 Ernst Sigismund von Walsleben, preußischer Landrat
 Philipp Walsleben (* 1987), deutscher Radrennfahrer
 Stephan Walsleben (* 1983), deutscher Karateka
 Susanne Walsleben (* 1957), deutsche Journalistin und Buchautorin


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l'Art de Cuisine
L'Atelier Paris Haute Design's made-to measure luxury ranges and kitchens showcase the grandeur of French culinary arts and integrate lasting craftsmanship with state-of-the-art technology.
With vast experience in the luxury kitchen industry, Maria and Ricardo Moraes acquired the almost two century-old L'Atelier Paris Haute Design in 2019. While the heritage brand was already revered for its top-quality kitchen ranges, the Moraes' set out to improve and enhance what was available in the marketplace by focusing on a fully custom approach. A mere two years after taking the helm, the brand is celebrated for producing tailor-made, professional-grade ranges and kitchens that integrate time-honored, sophisticated craftsmanship and Parisian-inspired design with renowned technologies.
Among the foremost international creators of custom kitchens, each L'Atelier Paris tailor-made kitchen can be customized through a wide variety of colors, materials, finishes and accessories. The aesthetics are just as impressive as its function.
With setting a new industry standard in mind, L'Atelier Paris lives by these core values as explained by Moraes:
Quality: L'Atelier Paris aims to always provide exceptional products and unsurpassed service that, together, deliver premium value to its clientele.
Teamwork: L'Atelier Paris works together as a team, across boundaries, to meet the individual needs of each client.
Passion: Passion is at the heart of L'Atelier Paris. The brand is committed in both heart and mind to always move forward, innovate and improve.
All of L'Atelier Paris' products are sourced, designed and manufactured in-house in Europe. With personalized craftsmanship as the focus of every L'Atelier Paris creation, each design is developed by a dedicated team of European artisans—including engineers, modelers, metalsmiths and carpenters—working in harmony. With a wide array of options spanning from centuries-old European style motifs to more streamlined, ultramodern silhouettes, no two L'Atelier Paris kitchens are alike. "The L'Atelier Paris aesthetic highlights Parisian influences, timeless craftsmanship and innovative technology but in combination with the signature L'Atelier style, every client has the ability to infuse their own personality in the design through endless customization options," explains Moraes.
Best known for custom-made ranges with measurements that can be specified down to a fraction of an inch, L'Atelier Paris ranges are presented in two series: La Provençal, offering innovative technology and elegant styling; and La Grande Cuisine Professionelle, with an unparalleled selection of cooking options and restaurant-grade power. Both series are available in the brand's three signature designs: Le Classique, Le Transitionnel, and Le Contemporain, and each are completely customizable with a wide selection of cooking elements, materials, colors, finishes and accessories, explains the brand.
L'Atelier Paris continues to innovate and push forward as an industry leader by developing new techniques, finishes and offerings. The brand releases new launches every few months, most recently debuting its Spring 2021 Color Collection—a new bright, pastel powder coating palette with 15 colorways exclusively developed for the brand for its kitchen ranges and metal cabinetry. L'Atelier Paris is also launching a new Champagne finish for its stainless steel kitchens.
L'Atelier Paris' inspiration goes beyond admiration and respect for French culture and joie de vivre as the brand also owns Château Peyfaures, a renowned, award-winning vineyard in Bordeaux, France, that is deeply rooted in the romance, taste, smell, experience, and love of food and wine, explains the brand.
With an impressive 12-14 week lead time, L'Atelier Paris services its clients worldwide through newly opened showrooms in Miami, New York and Los Angeles, with showrooms in London and Paris opening later this year.
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5 Alabama driver license locations open Saturdays starting tomorrow; hours expanded in Decatur
Nine driver license offices are now open on Saturdays.
By Leada Gore | lgore@al.com
Saturday operations will start tomorrow at five driver license offices in Alabama.
Montgomery, Jacksonville, Sheffield, Tuscaloosa and Dothan will begin Saturday operations starting Dec. 7. The offices will be open from 7 a.m.-3 p.m. Birmingham, Opelika, Mobile and Huntsville already offer Saturday services.
Saturday walk-in customers are assisted on a first-come, first-served basis for services as first issuances or renewals of driver licenses, including STAR IDs; knowledge and road skills tests; and out-of-state transfers. Driver license reinstatement will only be handed Monday through Friday during regular business hours 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Decatur hours expanded
The hours of operations at ALEA's Driver License Division office in Decatur have been expanded. The office is now open from 7:30 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday.
ALEA Secretary Hal Taylor said the expanded hours come after Sen. Arthur Orr, R-Decatur, inquired about making a change. Orr said Taylor, the Driver License staff and Morgan County Sheriff Ron Puckett worked together on the project.
"Working with these departments for a solution that serves the public needs better has been truly gratifying," Orr said in a statement.


Hi, I followed this tutorial to configure my domain and DNS records for my site terrallewis.me, https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-a-host-name-with-digitalocean and all things seem to line up correctly. It's been over 48 hrs and my site still isn't available using the domain name or ip address . Is there something else that needs to be configured? I'm running Ubuntu with nginx as my server. Is there something i'm missing? Thanks!
Double check that you have configured your DNS Correctly then use http://mxtoolbox.com/ to ensure that the DNS had propagated (or is propagating) correctly. Then restart NGINX if you believe it could be a problem with the server, and check that you have opened ports 80 (for http) or 443 (for https) to ensure web traffic can be routed through your server.
Found the issue, site is now up. Thanks!
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WASHINGTON, July 2 (UPI) -- Some Freedom of Information Act requests filed 20 years ago with U.S. agencies still have not been answered, according to a new survey.
The National Security Archive at George Washington University in Washington released the Knight Open Government Survey Monday.
What it found is that the 40-year old law has been only partly effective in compelling the government to either produce certain data and information or justify why it refuses to release it.


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Fitting in is a big part of succeeding at your first job after graduation. And workplace cultures can vary. Some are very casual; some are highly competitive; and others are hierarchical and corporate. If you're not a natural fit for your job, fitting in may just be a matter of observing your workplace more closely—and taking deliberate steps to modify your behavior. Here are a few tips for fitting in at your first job.
One of the first aspects of fitting in with your workplace culture is looking like everyone else—or like your leadership, if you want to move up. It's important to dress according to the office code. This is more than just following the official dress code laid down in the handbook. Take a look at how people dress in your office—including your boss. Is it formal or more casual? Does it clash with the overall dress code of the company? If you're a sweater-and-khakis person and your department is full of suits, consider making your work wardrobe more formal.
Key things to pay attention to include the way people dress, how they communicate, how they compete, how social your office is, and the schedules your coworkers keep.
Do people in your office prefer to email or call each other—even if they work just across the hall? Or are they more of the stop-in-and-catch-up type? Even if you'd rather email and your coworkers are more social, make an effort to stop by in person when you need to talk to someone. Or try to keep your communications over email if that's how people usually talk in your office.
In some workplaces , most people stick to a traditional nine-to-five schedule. In others, there's an unspoken rule about staying late to make up an hour spent at lunch, staying as late as the boss stays, or getting in extra early. Observe when your coworkers get in. Even if the handbook says you can get in as late as ten as long as you stay late, if your coworkers are all getting in at eight, you'll make yourself stand out. Try to adjust your schedule to conform to what others in the office are doing.
How competitive is your office? Are people encouraged to participate in incentive programs? Maybe you don't officially have to compete, but a lot of people in your office do. Even if you're more a collaborator than a competitor, try to put more enthusiasm into the competition at your office. If you do, you'll be more likely to fit in.
How social is your office? Do your coworkers go out for drinks after work, get lunch together, or organize fundraisers at the office? If so, it can make a big difference if you join in—at least once in a while. If you head home right after work or prefer to have lunch alone, it can come off as antisocial—even if you just prefer to unwind at lunch by yourself rather than interact with others. Put forth an effort to join in on group activities, and you'll fit in better at this type of office.
Fitting in has a lot to do with observation skills. Take a look at your workplace culture and try to spot the patterns of behavior among your coworkers. Key things to pay attention to include the way people dress, how they communicate, how they compete, how social your office is, and the schedules your coworkers keep. If you can find a way to adjust your behavior to mesh better with these principles at work, you're much more likely to fit in well at your workplace.
I hope no one reads this article and takes it serious. I am working on a PhD in industrial organizational psychology and have never seen any research that supports this advice. In fact there is a theory called person-job fit in which researchers have found significant evidence that it is better for employees to pursue work and work cultures that match their personalities rather than changing their behavior to "fit in." If you don't "fit in" at your job, you probably don't belong there. Adjusting behavior is called faking, and faking eventually takes a heavy toll on employee health and well-being.
In summary; BE A ROBOT!


I'm dating again. And I'm struck by how quickly I was able to repair my heart after how badly it was broken some months ago. I wouldn't have thought I could feel so open, so ready for love and lust, quite so soon, but I guess that's a tribute to time's ability to heal hearts and my own tendencies toward insisting on personal growth. I'm a doer. I'm also a quick study and a committed student, and I suppose I simply refused to be stuck in sorrow for any longer than was necessary to really feel my own pain, convince myself I deserve better, and get on with the process of seeking better. Better men, better career moves, and indeed, better menus.
Today, Mac is but a distant, bittersweet memory, and being single, a reminder that I enjoy a truly unadulterated freedom that most of my married friends and the 9 to 5'ers I know envy. I am quite literally responsible for no one but myself, by which I believe I have only to focus on contributing something to this world and protecting my own standards of decency, and my baby Blue, in the process. I'm unencumbered and unbound by anything but my constitutionally protected pursuit of joy. And for a FOOD Maven such as myself, finding joy means living a food life I can be proud of. Sans guilt, con triple crème, I'm committed to making valiant food choices.
This is an attitude I take with me, on dates, in the kitchen, and even, down supermarket aisles. And this is an attitude that can get me into trouble when I encounter an audience, man or friend or foe, who doesn't share my particular pursuit for the joy and responsibility that comes with advocating for real foods. Even my best friend Erin and I have found ourselves down slippery supermarket slopes where questions of consumption and consequence are concerned.
The Dinner Belle offers us endless fodder for debate when it comes to making real choices about real foods and the very real recession budgets we are often working with. How many times have I begged for heritage bred, grain-fed birds only to be told by Erin that our budget cannot accommodate these more expensive, more delicious breeds, and instead, I'd have to settle for their organic eggs? I can make preverbal lemonade with these eggs—quail egg toasts, garlicky mayo, poached egg salads and bleu cheese soufflés, but sometimes, because I'm not willing to throw my consumer vote behind cage-bound Tyson fowl or processed Perdue poultry, it means we can't serve chicken. Now where's the joy in that?
In fact, there's plenty of joy in choosing real foods and their resulting homegrown, comfort-chic recipes. They always taste better than the alternative and boast boatloads of pride that comes from engaging in inconspicuous consumption. Whole Foods C.E.O. John Mackey had it right when he told Nick Paumgarten in a recent New Yorker article that, "conscious capitalism" is in and of itself a progressive act that helps spread goodness. He continued, "business should have a higher purpose—that, just as doctors heal and teachers educate, business-people should be after something besides money." For caterers, chefs, and Whole Foods C.E.O.'s that naturally means cooking and eating by example.
Mackey's is not unlike the Alice Waters example, which insists that choosing good food remains in itself a progressive act that can lead to further progress. Nor is it very different from my own mantra that suggests, consumers have a choice, and those of us who are in a position to choose (i.e. have money and access to real foods) have an equal obligation to choose ethically—between real foods that make a substantial impact on global health or fast, processed, unnatural food products that are causing the slow death of so many among us.
It's nothing more than supply and demand. Small changes and choices for progress can have big consequences. It's only when a majority begins to act on those choices that something as small as buying organic eggs becomes as big as passing progressive legislation for food change and subsidizing small-scale farmers who grow the heritage breed birds that bring us joy. Once that happens, quality food products like free-range, grain-fed, organic chickens become more affordable, more available, and more accessible to all. But even these small acts for progress come up against giant stumbling blocks when we're dealing with choices as personal as taste.
I have always known you to be a joyful person. I wish you JOY in your pursuit of joy.


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Andersen wraps up first recruiting class of second stint with Aggies
Jeff Hunter
Published: February 6, 2019 7:20 pm
Gary Andersen speaks at a press conference where he was introduced as the new head football coach at Utah State, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2018, in Logan, Utah. (Eli Lucero/The Herald Journal via AP)
Utah State football: 2019 recruiting class (+live updates)
Orem High signing event filled with drama, a surprise USU signing but no Puka Nacua
By Jeff Hunter
For the Deseret News
LOGAN — After securing a couple of coveted, last-minute targets out of Utah County, the smoke surrounding Utah State head football Gary Andersen's return to Cache Valley finally dissipated enough to reveal 30 total recruits between the early signing period and National Signing Day on Wednesday.
"We had a lot of success in this class, we believe, and the evaluation process was very clean," said Andersen, who is back at the helm of the Aggies after previously coaching Utah State from 2009-12.
"We started with our core, the way we recruit, and we want to recruit the state of Utah. We stuck to that plan and had some success."
After signing 14 players in December, Andersen and his new staff inked commitments from 16 more athletes on Wednesday, the first day of the regular signing period that ends on April 1.
" We had a lot of success in this class, we believe, and the evaluation process was very clean. We started with our core, the way we recruit, and we want to recruit the state of Utah. We stuck to that plan and had some success. "
Utah State head coach Gary Andersen
A dozen of USU's signees hail from in-state schools, followed by seven players from California, four from Washington, two each from Oregon and Texas, and one player each from Idaho, Maryland and Ohio.
Among the recruits, Andersen signed five defensive backs, five linebackers and five offensive linemen, while also securing three quarterbacks and three wide receivers.
Six of the 30 players are already enrolled in school at Utah State, while three others will serve missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before suiting up for the Aggies.
All in all, Utah State's recruiting class was ranked third in the Mountain West by 247Sports behind Boise State and Colorado State. "This staff worked their tails off," Andersen declared. "They were grinders for a very quick period of time to turn around and get the amount of young men we have is impressive from a coaching staff.
"They did a great job of team recruiting. You don't area recruit at this time of the year, you simply get yourselves to where kids are available and you recruit individuals wherever they are."
One area that was particularly productive for Utah State was Utah County, with the Aggies securing the talents of Timpview linebacker Kaleo Neves and offensive lineman Sonny Makasini, as well as a pair of Orem High standouts who are coming off winning back-to-back state titles with the Tigers.
Andersen was already very familiar with offensive lineman Hunter Hill and dual-threat quarterback Cooper Legas while serving as an assistant at Utah under Kyle Whittingham, and he didn't waste any time recruiting them to come a bit north after being hired by the Aggies on Dec. 9.
"The first phone call I made was to Hunter to be able to say, 'Hunter, get here.' Cooper Legas was the same way," Andersen recalled. "Those are two of the first phone calls that I sat back and said, 'These are guys that right now, I want to make sure they know that what I've been talking to them about for the last six to eight months is a fact.'"
The 6-foot-5, 285-pound Hill is the son of Jeremy Hill, a former Aggie player who has been the head coach at Orem the past three seasons.
"We're really excited about getting Hunter here," USU offensive line coach TJ Woods said. "He's a winner who's won multiple state championships. Hopefully he can bring that attitude and that pedigree to the Aggies."
Hill, who went on a visit to USC just last weekend, was the final athlete to sign with Andersen, choosing the Aggies over the Trojans, as well as Washington State, Vanderbilt and Virginia.
Hill and Legas teamed up for state titles in 2017 and '18, with Legas being named the Deseret News 4A Most Valuable Player after accounting for 5,415 total yards of offense and 63 touchdowns — 48 through the air and 15 on the ground.
"Cooper's a quarterback that we love for his versatility, his toughness and the fact that he gives you everything you're looking for on the ground and in the air," said USU offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Mike Sanford.
In need of some help in the backfield following Darwin Thompson's decision to forgo his senior season and enter the NFL Draft, the Aggies picked up Jaylen Warren as a junior college transfer. A former East High and Snow College star, the 5-8, 225-pound Warren was named the 2018 NJCAA National Offensive Player of the Year after leading the nation with 159.4 yards per game during his sophomore season with the Badgers.
"He's a back that's going to give us a combo of both speed and power, who certainly fits into the Poly Pipeline we have here," USU running backs coach Stacy Collins said of Warren. "He has a tremendous personality, and will be a great step forward at the running back position."
The Aggies are also expected to benefit from the addition of three graduate transfers.
Former BYU running back Riley Burt, a native of nearby Mantua, announced on Wednesday that he is heading to Utah State after rushing for 323 yards and two touchdowns on 59 carries during his junior season with the Cougars.
In addition, former Utah wide receiver Siaosi Mariner and tight end Caleb Repp declared on Twitter that they are "Headed North for 2019." Mariner totaled 52 catches for 785 yards and four touchdowns during his three seasons at Utah, while the 6-5, 230-pound Repp played both tight end and defensive end for the Utes in 2018.
Utah State went 11-2 and finished No. 22 in the AP Top 25 last season, the sixth and last under Matt Wells. The former Aggie quarterback, who took over the program following Andersen's departure for Wisconsin, was hired as the head coach at Texas Tech on Nov. 29, opening the way for Andersen's return to Logan.
With the first recruiting class of his second stint at Utah State now secured, Andersen noted that a lot of work went into, first, putting together a new staff, and then securing as many of those prized recruits as possible.
"It was a fantastic job by this staff, and they're an experienced staff. They worked extremely well together on both sides of the ball and that's not always the case," Andersen noted.
"To their families, it can't go without saying that the families of these coaches, when you're uprooted and you get a new job, you're in a new position to leave your families behind, which has happened many times. A lot of these guys are getting on planes tomorrow and going back to see their families for the first time. I appreciate the moms and the kids that are involved with that."
COMPLETE SIGNING DAY LIST
Ashton Adams OL 6-4 300 Salem, Oregon (South Salem HS)
Aaron Bredsguard DL 6-3 225 Bountiful, Utah (Viewmont HS)
Pierce Callister K/P 6-0 170 Ogden, Utah (Weber HS)
Josh Calvin QB 6-3 190 Bellflower, California (Mayfair HS)
Ajani Carter WR 6-1 185 Houston, Texas (North Shore HS)
Aric Davison OL 6-2 283 Richland, Washington (Richland HS)
Jack Drews TE/LB 6-3 230 Ramona, California (Ramona HS)
Kanen Eaton WR 6-4 180 Vancouver, Washington (Columbia River HS)
Cash Gilliam DB 6-0 195 Dayton, Ohio (Wayne HS/Arizona Western JC)
Keith Harris DB 5-11 170 Lawndale, California (Leuzinger HS)
Hunter Hill OL 6-5 285 Orem, Utah (Orem HS)
Oakley Hussey ATH 6-3 200 Idaho Falls, Idaho (Hillcrest HS)
Cam Lampkin WR 5-11 165 Mesquite, Texas (Poteet HS)
Garrett Larson QB 6-4 185 Kaysville, Utah (Davis HS)
Christian LaValle ILB 6-0 230 Mission Viejo, California (Mission Viejo HS)
Troy Lefeged DB 6-0 185 Montgomery Village, Maryland (Avalon HS/Fullerton JC)
Cooper Legas QB 6-2 210 Orem, Utah (Orem HS)
Sonny Makasini Jr. OL 6-3 315 Provo, Utah (Timpview HS)
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But a week with no blogposts? I have to stop a moment and wonder what on earth I've been doing all week. Reading, I guess: I did put some more book reviews on gather. And writing. And rewriting. And housework, and pulling weeds (ah, that's the trouble with the weather getting nice).
I've been writing—well, that's my excuse. Which means I've been somewhat unprolific at blogging recently, so I'm not quite sure how I won these awards. It's all because our local writer's group is running it's own mini wri-mo, and I promised myself I'd try to write the first draft of a novel. First draft half-done and almost three-quarters planned, I'm now taking time off to play a little catch-up.
4. Add your name to the Mr. Linky.
Never having met Mr. Linky I was slightly nervous, but he does have a great list of interesting blogs and it's well worth following the link, whether or not you aspire to be prolific.
I'm still reading, still writing book reviews, still taking that journey. And I read the most amazing book this week - a bound galley, not even published yet, from The Permanent Press. It's called a theory of all things, and I was hooked from the second page.
The first page is emails to and from a young man called Mark. The reader learns he's done something a little out of the ordinary, perhaps embarrassing, but doesn't know what. Then on the second page Mark narrates his own tale. Having been a fairly serious mathematician myself back in the day, I feel like I know him. He's that genius in college who found everything so easy and just had to explain it all, the one who related everything to mathematical theory then wondered why the rest of us seem uninvolved in his great imagining. He's real; he's cute; he's intriguing; and he drives you up the wall.
I'm Catholic because my Dad was Catholic; I went to Catholic schools and will always be grateful to my truly wonderful teachers; I was a Catholic chaplaincy representative at university; I married in a Catholic church; I became a communion minister, standing at the front holding the cup while my husband sat in the cry-room with our first-born son. And my brother's a Catholic priest.
I posted lots of book reviews this week, not all related to the Take the Journey Reading Challenge. I realized I must have got a long way behind when I saw my review for one book claimed I was going to wait till after Christmas to read the next in the series. Now, when was Christmas?
Ah well. I did find time to read a bit too, besides posting reviews. Mary DeMuth's Thin Places was a beautiful read, and one that I actually reviewed at about the right time, since it's only just come out.
A very different book was Sarah Waters' The Night Watch which I borrowed from a friend. It brought World War II London very vividly to life, and introduced me to some fascinating characters. I was intrigued by the way the story goes backwards in time, rather like the way we meet people and learn later about their pasts; and by the way ones assumptions don't always prove true.
I had plans for today. Mostly they involved finally putting finger to keyboard and starting work on Hemlock 3. But today had plans too.
There's a plane somewhere over Canada and Mum's flying on it. Give her a wave please if she passes you by.
And there's a washing machine in Portland working overtime. Likewise the vacuum cleaner, dishwasher and other such things as I distract myself from Mum's absence. The house feels empty; no one to open the door for me when I came home; no one to make tea for; no one to comment on the weather; no one to do those unexciting things that become so precious when mother and daughter are able to do them together.
There's a dryer just finished with the sheets from her bed so it's time to work on the towels. And somewhere over Canada, Mum, I hope you're getting a good meal and good company; hope your leg's feeling okay; don't forget those exercises; and know you're loved and being prayed for all the way.
...and finally remembered why I'd stopped in the first place. 44 stories is okay - a few cut and pastes, file > page setup > set margins and headers and footers so they don't overlap, set the gutter, apply to all sections (and wonder where sections came from), edit the stories - start even, end odd - then you're done. I remember struggling to make the page numbers appear on the contents list - turned out it had hardwired the page-size in when I switched from docx to doc. But, as I said, easy enough.