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dm-crypt/Device encryption
Back to Dm-crypt with LUKS/draft.
This section covers how to manually utilize LUKS from the command line to encrypt a system.
- 1 Mapping Physical Partitions to LUKS
- 2 Using Cryptsetup with a Keyfile
- 2.1 Storing the Key File
- 3 Backup the cryptheader
Mapping Physical Partitions to LUKS
After writing the partition table to the MBR (optionally set up LVM thereafter) the next step is to create the LUKS and dm-crypt magic and make device mapper mount it to the filesystem of the installation system.
When creating LUKS partitions they must be associated with a key. The key is used to unlock the header of the LUKS-encrypted partitions.
A key is either a:
- Passphrase
- Keyfile
It is possible to define up to 8 different keys per LUKS partition. This enables the user to create access keys for save backup storage. Also a different key-slot could be used to grant access to a partition to a user by issuing a second key and later revoking it again without the need to re-encrypt the partition. Having in mind that further passphrases or keyfiles can be added later easily at any time might make the choice for the initial key easier.
Using LUKS to Format Partitions with a Passphrase
/etc/crypttab is deprecated.
Cryptsetup is used to interface with LUKS for formatting, mounting and unmounting encrypted partitions.
# cryptsetup [OPTION...] <action> <action-specific>
# cryptsetup --cipher aes-xts-plain64 --key-size 512 --hash sha512 --iter-time 5000 --use-random --verify-passphrase luksFormat <device>
Common options used with luksFormat:
|Available options
|Cryptsetup (<1.6.0) defaults
|--cipher, -c/
|Use the AES-cipher with CBC/ESSIV.
|XTS. For volumes >2TiB use
aes-xts-plain64 (requires kernel >= 2.6.33).
|--key-size, -s
|The cipher is used with 256 bit key-size.
|XTS splits the supplied key into fraternal twins. For an effective AES-256 the XTS key-size must be
|--hash, -h
|Hash algorithm used for PBKDF2.
|--iter-time, -i
|Number of milliseconds to spend with PBKDF2 passphrase processing.
|Using a hash stronger than sha1 results in less iterations if iter-time is not increased.
|/dev/urandom is used as randomness source for the (long-term) volume master key.
|Avoid generating an insecure master key if low on entropy. Will block if the entropy pool is used up.
|--verify-passphrase, -y
|Default only for luksFormat and luksAddKey.
|No need to type for archlinux at the moment.
Please note that the above compares historic cryptsetup defaults in the left column. With release 1.6.0 the defaults have changed to an AES cipher in XTS mode, but with other options than the right column example (e.g. an effective key-size of 128-bit). The defaults can be checked with the tail output of
# cryptsetup --help
When deciding on the encryption cipher to use during blockdevice creation, it has to be taken into account that a number of the options stated affect system performance just for creating the initial crypt-blockdevice or opening it, but not the crypto and disk-io operations when the system is running. The throughput and security of the crypted data itself depends on the cipher and key-size. The used hash, iteration-time and random source options affect the cryptographic security of the master-key creation and processing time needed to unlock it in the future.
A full list of options
cryptsetup accepts can be found in the manpage. Furthermore,
cryptsetup now has a feature to benchmark the crypto performance of the processor:
# cryptsetup benchmark
can give guidance on deciding for a cipher to use prior to installation. If certain AES ciphers appear in the output to have a considerably (e.g. tenfold) higher throughput, these are probably the ones with hardware support in the CPU.
In the following examples for creating LUKS partitions, we will use the AES cipher in XTS mode; at present this is not only the default, but also a most generally used preferred cipher. More information on this and other ciphers used with cryptsetup can be found here: Wikipedia:Block_cipher
Formatting LUKS Partitions
First of all make sure the device mapper kernel module is loaded by executing the following:
# modprobe dm_mod
In order to format a desired partition as an encrypted LUKS partition execute:
# cryptsetup -c <cipher> -y -s <key size> luksFormat /dev/<partition name>
Enter passphrase: <password> Verify passphrase: <password>
Check results:
# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/<drive>
This should be repeated for all partitions except for
/boot and possibly swap. You will note that the dump not only shows the cipher header information, but also the key-slots in use for the LUKS partition.
The example below will create an encrypted root partition using the AES cipher in XTS mode (generally referred to as XTS-AES).
# cryptsetup -c aes-xts-plain -y -s 512 luksFormat /dev/sda2
/boot partition must remain separate and unencrypted in order to load the kernel and boot the system.
Unlocking/Mapping LUKS Partitions with the Device Mapper
Once the LUKS partitions have been created it is time to unlock them.
The unlocking process will map the partitions to a new device name using the device mapper. This alerts the kernel that
/dev/<partition name> is actually an encrypted device and should be addressed through LUKS using the
/dev/mapper/<name> so as not to overwrite the encrypted data. To guard against accidental overwriting, read about the possibilities to backup the cryptheader after finishing setup.
In order to open an encrypted LUKS partition execute:
# cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/<partition name> <device-mapper name>
Enter any LUKS passphrase: <password> key slot 0 unlocked. Command successful.
Usually the device mapped name is descriptive of the function of the partition that is mapped, example:
- cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda2 swap
- Once opened, the swap partition device address would be
/dev/mapper/swapinstead of
- cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda3 root
- Once opened, the root partition device address would be
/dev/mapper/rootinstead of
- cryptsetup open --type luks /dev/sda3 lvmpool (alternate)
- For setting up LVM ontop the encryption layer the device file for the decrypted volume group would be anything like
/dev/mapper/lvmpoolinstead of
/dev/sda3. LVM will then give additional names to all logical volumes created, e.g.
In order to write encrypted data into the partition it must be accessed through the device mapped name.
/boot is not encrypted, it does not need a device mapped name and will be addressed as
Using LUKS to Format Partitions with a Keyfile
When creating a new LUKS encrypted partition, a keyfile may be associated with the partition on its creation using:
# cryptsetup -c <desired cipher> -s <key size> luksFormat /dev/<volume to encrypt> /path/to/mykeyfile
This is accomplished by appending the bold area to the standard cryptsetup command which defines where the keyfile is located.
Adding Additional Passphrases or Keyfiles to a LUKS Encrypted Partition
LUKS supports the association of up to 8 keyslots with any single encrypted volume. Keyslots can be either keyfiles or passphrases.
Once an encrypted partition has been created, the initial keyslot 0 is created. Additional keyslots are numbered from 1 to 7.
Adding new keyslots is accomplished using cryptsetup with the
luksAddKey action.
Don't forget wiping unused keyslots with
luksKillSlot as described in #Wipe LUKS keyslots.)
# cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/<volume> (/path/to/<additionalkeyfile>)
Enter any passphrase: Enter new passphrase for key slot: Verify passphrase:
Where <device> is the volume containing the LUKS header to which the new keyslot is added. This works on header backup files as well.
/path/to/<additionalkeyfile> is given, cryptsetup will add a new keyslot for <additionalkeyfile>. Otherwise a new passphrase will be prompted for twice.
For adding keyslots cryptsetup has to decrypt the master key from an existing keyslot so it first asks for "any passphrase" (of an existing keyslot).
For getting the master key from an existing keyfile keyslot the
--key-file or
-d option followed by the "old" <keyfile> will try to unlock all available keyfile keyslots.
# cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/mapper/<device> (/path/to/<additionalkeyfile>) -d /path/to/<keyfile>
Using Cryptsetup with a Keyfile
What is a Keyfile?
A keyfile is any file in which the data contained within it is used as the passphrase to unlock an encrypted volume. Therefore if these files are lost or changed, decrypting the volume will no longer be possible.
Why use a Keyfile?
There are many kinds of keyfile. Each type of keyfile used has benefits and disadvantages summarized below:
- keyfile.passphrase:
- this is my passphrase I would have typed during boot but I have placed it in a file instead
This is a keyfile containing a simple passphrase. The benefit of this type of keyfile is that if the file is lost the data it contained is known and hopefully easily remembered by the owner of the encrypted volume. However the disadvantage is that this does not add any security over entering a passphrase during the initial system start.
- keyfile.randomtext:
- fjqweifj830149-57 819y4my1- 38t1934yt8-91m 34co3;t8y;9p3y-
This is a keyfile containing a block of random characters. The benefit of this type of keyfile is that it is much more resistant to dictionary attacks than a simple passphrase. An additional strength of keyfiles can be utilized in this situation which is the length of data used. Since this is not a string meant to be memorized by a person for entry, it is trivial to create files containing thousands of random characters as the key. The disadvantage is that if this file is lost or changed, it will most likely not be possible to access the encrypted volume without a backup passphrase.
- keyfile.binary:
- where any binary file, images, text, video could be chosen as the keyfile
This is a binary file that has been defined as a keyfile. When identifying files as candidates for a keyfile, it is recommended to choose files that are relatively static such as photos, music, video clips. The benefit of these files is that they serve a dual function which can make them harder to identify as keyfiles. Instead of having a text file with a large amount of random text, the keyfile would look like a regular image file or music clip to the casual observer. The disadvantage is that if this file is lost or changed, it will most likely not be possible to access the encrypted volume without a backup passphrase. Additionally, there is a theoretical loss of randomness when compared to a randomly generated text file. This is due to the fact that images, videos and music have some intrinsic relationship between neighboring bits of data that does not exist for a text file. However this is controversial and has never been exploited publicly.
Creating a Keyfile with Random Characters
dd is used to generate a keyfile of 2048 random bytes.
# dd if=/dev/urandom of=mykeyfile bs=512 count=4
The usage of
dd is similar to initially wiping the volume with random data prior to encryption.
Storing the Key File
External Storage on a USB Drive
Preparation for Persistent block device naming
For reading the file from an external storage device it is very convenient to access it through udev's Persistent block device naming features and not by ordinary device nodes like
/dev/sdb1 whose naming depends on the order in which devices are plugged in. So in order to assure that the
encrypt HOOK in the initcpio finds your keyfile, you must use a permanent device name.
Persistent symlinks
A quick method (as opposed to setting up a udev rule) for doing so involves referencing the right partition by its UUID, id (based on hardware info and serial number) or filesystem label.
Plug the device in and print every file name under /dev/disk:
#ls -lR /dev/disk/
/dev/disk/: total 0 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 180 Feb 12 10:11 by-id drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 60 Feb 12 10:11 by-label drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 100 Feb 12 10:11 by-path drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 180 Feb 12 10:11 by-uuid /dev/disk/by-id: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 12 10:11 usb-Generic_STORAGE_DEVICE_000000014583-0:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 12 10:11 usb-Generic_STORAGE_DEVICE_000000014583-0:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 /dev/disk/by-label: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 12 10:11 Keys -> ../../sdb1 /dev/disk/by-path: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Feb 12 10:11 pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 12 10:11 pci-0000:00:1d.7-usb-0:1:1.0-scsi-0:0:0:0-part1 -> ../../sdb1 /dev/disk/by-uuid: total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Feb 12 10:11 baa07781-2a10-43a7-b876-c1715aba9d54 -> ../../sdb1
Using the filesystem UUID for persistent block device naming is considered very reliable. Filesystem UUIDs are stored in the filesystem itself, meaning that the UUID will be the same if you plug it into any other computer, and that a dd backup of it will always have the same UUID since dd does a bitwise copy.
The right device node for what is now
/dev/sdb1 will always get symlinked by
/dev/disk/by-uuid/baa07781-2a10-43a7-b876-c1715aba9d54. Symlinks can be used in a bootloader "cryptkey" kernel option or anywhere else.
For legacy filesystems like FAT the UUID will be much shorter but collision is still unlikely to happen if not mounting many different FAT filesystems at once.
In the following example a FAT partition is labeled as "Keys" and will always get symlinked by
#mkdosfs -n >volume-name< /dev/sdb1
#blkid -o list
device fs_type label mount point UUID ------------------------------------------------------- /dev/sdb1 vfat Keys (not mounted) 221E-09C0
Persistent udev rule
Optionally you may choose to set up your flash drive with a udev rule. There is some documentation in the Arch wiki about that already; if you want more in-depth, structural info, read this guide. Here is quickly how it goes.
Get the serial number from your USB flash drive:
lsusb -v | grep -A 5 Vendor
Create a udev rule for it by adding the following to a file in
/etc/udev/rules.d/, such as
KERNEL=="sd*", ATTRS{serial}=="$SERIAL", SYMLINK+="$SYMLINK%n"
$SYMLINK and
$SERIAL with their respective values.
%n will expand to the partition (just like sda is subdivided into sda1, sda2, ...). You do not need to go with the 'serial' attribute. If you have a custom rule of your own, you can put it in as well (e.g. using the vendor name).
Rescan your sysfs:
udevadm trigger
Now check the contents of
ls /dev
It should show your device with your desired name.
Generating the keyfile
Optionally you can mount a tmpfs for storing the temporary keyfile.
# mkdir ./mytmpfs # mount tmpfs ./mytmpfs -t tmpfs -o size=32m # cd ./mytmpfs
The advantage is that it resides in RAM and not on a physical disk, so after unmounting your keyfile is securly gone.
So copy your keyfile to some place you consider as secure before unmounting.
If you are planning to store the keyfile as a plain file on your USB device, you can also simply execute the following command in the corresponding directory, e.g.
The keyfile can be of arbitrary content and size. We will generate a random temporary keyfile of 2048 bytes:
# dd if=/dev/urandom of=secretkey bs=512 count=4
If you stored your temporary keyfile on a physical storage device, remember to not just (re)move the keyfile later on, but use something like
cp secretkey /destination/path shred --remove --zero secretkey
to securely overwrite it. For overaged filesystems like FAT or ext2 this will suffice while in the case of journaling filesystems, flash memory hardware and other cases it is highly recommended to wipe the entire device or at least the keyfiles partition.
Add a keyslot for the temporary keyfile to the LUKS header:
# cryptsetup luksAddKey /dev/sda2 secretkey
Enter any LUKS passphrase: key slot 0 unlocked. Command successful.
Storing the keyfile
The following uses an USB-stick to store the key file and modifies the
initramfs to load and use it on boot to unlock the root partition.
Configuration of initcpio
You have to add two extra modules in your
/etc/mkinitcpio.conf, one for the drive's file system and one for the codepage. Further if you created a udev rule, you should tell
mkinitcpio about it:
MODULES="ata_generic ata_piix nls_cp437 vfat" FILES="/etc/udev/rules.d/8-usbstick.rules"
In this example it is assumed that you use a FAT formatted USB drive. Replace those module names if you use another file system on your USB stick (e.g. ext2) or another codepage. Users running the stock Arch kernel should stick to the codepage mentioned here.
If you have a non-US keyboard, it might prove useful to load your keyboard layout before you are prompted to enter the password to unlock the root partition at boot. For this, you will need the
keymap hook before
Generate a new image (maybe you should backup a copy of your old
/boot/initramfs-linux.img first):
# mkinitcpio -p linux
Storing the key as a plain (visible) file
Be sure to choose a plain name for your key – a bit of 'security through obscurity' is always nice ;-). Avoid using dotfiles (hidden files) – the
encrypt hook will fail to find the keyfile during the boot process.
You have to add
cryptdevice=/dev/sda3:root cryptkey=/dev/usbstick:vfat:/secretkey to your kernel parameters. This assumes
/dev/usbstick is the FAT partition of your choice. Replace it with
/dev/disk/by-... or whatever your device is.
That is all, reboot and have fun!
Backup the cryptheader
If the header of your encrypted partition gets destroyed, you will not be able to decrypt your data. It is just as much as a dilemma as forgetting the passphrase or damaging a key-file used to unlock the partition. A damage may occur by your own fault while re-partitioning the disk later or by third-party programs misinterpreting the partition table.
Therefore, having a backup of the headers and storing them on another disk might be a good idea.
Attention: Many people recommend NOT backing up the cryptheader, but even so it's a single point of failure! In short, the problem is that LUKS is not aware of the duplicated cryptheader, which contains the master key which is used to encrypt all files on your partition. Of course this master key is encrypted with your passphrases or keyfiles. But if one of those gets compromised and you want to revoke it you have to do this on all copies of the cryptheader! I.e. if someone has got your cryptheader and one of your keys he can decrypt the master key and access all your data. Of course the same is true for all backups you create of your partions. So you decide if you are one of those paranoids brave enough to go without a backup for the sake of security or not. See also the LUKS FAQ for further details on this.
Using cryptsetup
luksHeaderBackup action stores a binary backup of the LUKS header and keyslot area:
# cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup /dev/<device> --header-backup-file /mnt/<backup>/<file>.img
where <device> is the partition containing the LUKS volume.
- as header backup file writes to a file named
# mkdir /root/<tmp>/ # mount ramfs /root/<tmp>/ -t ramfs # cryptsetup luksHeaderBackup /dev/<device> --header-backup-file /root/<tmp>/<file>.img # gpg2 --recipient <User ID> --encrypt /root/<tmp>/<file>.img # cp /root/<tmp>/<file>.img.gpg /mnt/<backup>/ # umount /root/<tmp>
First you have to find out the payload offset of the crypted partition:
# cryptsetup luksDump /dev/<device> | grep "Payload offset"
Payload offset: 4040
Second check the sector size of the drive
# fdisk -l /dev/<device> |grep "Sector size"
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Now that you know the values, you can backup the header with a simple dd command:
# dd if=/dev/<device> of=/path/to/<file>.img bs=512 count=4040
and store it safely.
Be careful before restore: make sure that you chose the right partition (again replace sdaX with the corresponding partition). Restoring the wrong header or restoring to an unencrypted partition will cause data loss.
Using cryptsetup
Or you can use the luksHeaderRestore command:
cryptsetup luksHeaderRestore /dev/sdaX --header-backup-file ./backup.img
Note: All the keyslot areas are overwritten; only active keyslots from the backup file are available after issuing this command.
Again, you will need to the same values as when backing up:
dd if=./backup.img of=/dev/sdX bs=512 count=4040


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Seven-burger army
Lots of jokes on the Internet about Burger King's PR stunt with Microsoft to promote the launch of the latter's Windows 7 OS last week. For seven days starting Oct. 22 the first 30 people who order one at any Burger King Japan outlet (all 15 of 'em!) can have a "Windows 7 Whopper," containing seven beef patties, for only ¥777. After that, you have to pay ¥1,450.
According to a wide show report I saw yesterday, this one sandwich adds up to 2,100 calories, which is more than you need in one day. Three guests on the show were presented with the stacked goods and none seemed too pleased to have to eat it — they needed knives and forks, in fact.
In food-happy Japan, the campaign itself doesn't sound so surprising. What is surprising is that, according to the reporter on the wide show, most of the takers are women. Maybe I'm out of touch lately, but burgers for breakfast (how else are you going to take advantage of the ¥777 deal?) sounds like a guy thing to me. Maybe these women are taking the burgers home and making seven separate sandwiches to freeze for later? Japanese women love to save money.
Tags: Burger King, fast food, Windows

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Elemental wrote:Yo, i'm looking to apply to UCLA. What SAT scores allowed you to get into UCLA? I'd die to go there :p
I had a 2040 SAT (610CR, 760M, 670W).
kfresh, UCLA is definitely quite intense and competitive...at everything really. It's a "study hard, play hard" sort of mentality, as we have quite a lot of parties and stuff. UCSB is obviously the party UC, but I reckon we're not too far behind. ;)


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Former leading New Zealand publisher and bookseller, and widely experienced judge of both the Commonwealth Writers Prize and the Montana New Zealand Book Awards, talks about what he is currently reading, what impresses him and what doesn't, along with chat about the international English language book scene, and links to sites of interest to booklovers.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Written by Bernard Lunn on ReadWriteWeb
"Bits of destruction" is a phrase Fred Wilson uses to describe the destructive part of "creative destruction" brought on by digitization. We hear a lot about the destruction wrought on the newspaper business.
A more interesting and nuanced wave is now hitting the book publishing business.
Actually, it is three waves: the digitization of back catalogs, e-books, and print on demand.
However this plays out, a lot of people will be affected, but the way in which it will play out is not at all obvious. This is too big a subject for one post, so read this as an introduction to a multi-post investigation.
Somewhere Between Author and Reader Is Multi-Billion Dollar Market
Data on market size is hard to come by. Albert N. Greco, in his book "The Book Publishing Industry" (the relevant extract of which is available, ironically, on Google Books), pegs the number at $65 billion in 1993. The value is probably higher by now. In any case, it is big.
An author writes a book, and you read it. A lot of money is exchanged between those two actions.
Consider the steps an author has had to go through in the past to make a living from writing books:
Find an agent, who takes a cut and finds a...
Publisher, who arranges everything and takes a very big cut and delivers the manuscript to the...
Printer, who takes a cut and delivers the product to the...
Distributor, who takes a cut and delivers the books to the...
Retailers, who sell one to you.
Courtesy of iReaderReview, we have created a very simplistic view of how the pie is currently divided:
Author: 10% (This in fact ranges between 8% and 15%, depending on the author's clout -- e.g. Stephen King does better than most. If the author has an agent, the agent's cut comes out of this. It is indeed tough for new authors.)
Publisher: 30% (This ranges between 25% and 32%, again depending on the author's clout -- e.g. their percentage is less with Stephen King because the risk is lower too. Note: this is their net revenue, after deducting author royalties and printer fees.)
Printer: 10%
Distributor: 10%
Retailer: 40%
Enter the Dragon: Amazon
Jeff Bezos, who could go down in history as the most driven and talented entrepreneur of the Internet age, shook up this last stage: retail. About a decade ago, people were talking about how retailers were "getting Amazoned." But then a couple of things happened:
Amazon discovered that pick-and-pack distribution through warehouses was almost as expensive as running stores on Main Street.
Because the end product was still a physical object, many people still liked browsing in bookstores.
During all of these bruising battles, the publishers did just fine. The long-tail of online media enabled them to sell more of their back catalog.
So, we know how e-commerce played out. But then along came three more waves
Read the full piece at ReadWrite Web.
My thanks to Mark Cubey, producer of Kim Hill's Saturday Morning show on Radio New Zealand National, for bringing this thoughtful, sometimes provcative piece to my attention.
14 comments:
- Gerard Reid said...
Who is this guy who knows so little about the book business? He blithely calls the publisher's 30% a net amount. So who, pray, pays for editors, designers, post-processors (whether for print or digital delivery) and for marketing?
The truth is that the publisher does well, after all the investment, to make as much as the author.
Given this fundamental error, the rest must be read cautiously.
- 3:57 pm
- Bookman Beattie said...
Thanks Gerard.
Here is the author's bio from his website.
Bernard Lunn is Chief Operating Officer at ReadWriteWeb. Prior to becoming ReadWriteWeb's COO, Bernard was a serial entrepreneur and business adviser to start-ups. He is Chairman of IQ Resource and Co-founder of iYogi.
Bernard is based in New York, was born in Berlin, has lived in and
started companies in Asia and Europe as well as America; he is
comfortable with globalization. He started in online publishing before the Internet (with Prestel in 1980!). You can reach Bernard Lunn at email@example.com.
- 4:16 pm
- Vanda Symon said...
As an author, the one I grizzle about, which isn't pointed out, is I make 10%, the government makes 12.5% in GST, and then the government taxes me on my 10%. They make more than I do and I write the thing!
- 5:04 pm
"the publisher does well, after all the investment, to make as much as the author."
That statement, Gerard, is tosh. As well you know.
I have been fascinated that some NZ publishers are -quietly, somewhat shiftily, and with the caveat - 'by & large" arguing *for* the Google Grab...I wonder why?
Keri, who is most definitely opting out (I have a very good idea of what e-rights are worth to me.)
- 5:34 pm
- Martin Taylor said...
Sorry, Keri, I have to go along with Gerard on this one. The way the "pie" is carved up is a little misleading here and typical of the way it's perceived by people who don't see the full picture.
If you research publicly available industry data you'll see that publisher profits are around 10% of (wholesale) sales, roughly 6% of retail. That, if you like, is the shareholders' "royalties. So over the long term, the publisher's share is roughly the same as the author's (10% of retail is 17-18% of a publisher's wholesale revenue). How is this so unfair? That's not the same as the question of whether authors make enough for the effort they put in. Most don't. But as a share of the too-small pie, it's fair.
Unfortunately, the way the data is presented here if typical of the misinformation out there and inflames the author vs publisher relationship unnecessarily.
Interestingly, the digital splits for authors are looking bigger than they have been in the paper world.
On the Google Book settlement, BTW, I'm with you 100%.
- 9:31 pm
- Steve Jones Snr said...
As a new author, I am only now beginning to realise just how much work the author has to put in to editing, formatting and marketing his work. I think that most people believe as I did, that the author merely writes the book (a sizeable task in itself)and sits back to count the profits.
Writers work very hard, for many hours, and deserve as much of the profits as they can get.
- 9:44 pm
I agree with Gerard & Martin, the picture of publishing economics in this piece bears little relation to my experience.
But Keri & Martin: I don't understand your position on the Google settlement. Leaving aside the question of whether you oppose the settlement, IF it goes ahead, and you stay in and instruct Google not to display any of the content of your books, in what sense are you giving up any of your electronic rights?
- 10:24 pm
- Martin Taylor said...
Hi Fergus
Re: Google Books settlement and your comment: "IF it goes ahead, and you stay in and instruct Google not to display any of the content of your books, in what sense are you giving up any of your electronic rights?
One right you're giving up, of course, is your right to sue them (individually or in a future class action perhaps). If you were going to place all the restrictions in your note above, why not just opt out and wait?
If you just want your book scanned and used for discovery via Google's search engine, Google has been running a Partner Programme to do that.
As to whether you'd want Google to be selling your book via this system, my hunch at this stage is it's likely to devalue and compete with other methods you might choose, so why do this.
Then what's left to opt in for?
I blogged about this in a bit more detail on my eReport blog. "Google settlement: Why I've opted out"
However, I fully admit to being as baffled by much of this as most other people.
- 11:17 am
Fergus - simply right to sell my ebook copyright to other parties in the US.
And Martin - we all know that 10% is pretty well as good as gets for ANZ authors. I know of more than a few writers who have accepted 5% *or less*, and many who were happy with 6-8% for pb eds.
I have an inate suspicion of anything that sets a subsidary bureacracy to deal with income from writers' work. CLL anyone?
- 12:28 pm
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Hi Martin & Keri,
I think we will have to agree to disagree. It is crystal clear to me that by staying in the settlement you gain MORE CONTROL over what Google does with your copyright material, and create MORE OPTIONS for licensing your electronic rights.
By staying in, you grant Google the right to digitise your book for inclusion in their database, and you gain the right to dictate how much of it they display, and whether they can sell it as an e-book. You will be able, for instance, to instruct them to display none of it, and sell an exclusive e-book licence to someone else.
- 3:27 pm
"MORE control over what GOOGLE does with (MY) copyright"?
I dont want Google doing ANYTHING with my copyright!
I want to use/alienate/enhance my copyrights as I choose.
- 4:39 pm
O -"sell an exclusive ebook licence to someone else"? In the US? Not according to the 2 US publishers I have been in negotiations with, not at all-
- 4:42 pm
Keri, the way I read the situation, and I've been doing my best to understand it, the best way to stop Google doing ANYTHING with your copyright material is to remain in the settlement and instruct them to remove it. If you opt out the only right you gain is the right to sue them yourself. Good luck with that.
- 5:13 pm
Fergus, why the fuck should I HAVE to instruct anyone to get their grabby wee hands off my copyrights?
Why the fuck should any of us have to go along with a one-sided grab?
"Do Nothing Evil." ?
Dudes, you've done it.
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During my recent Bangkok vacation to usher in year 2013, I acquired more than just beautiful memories and a jolly good time with friends... I also inaugurated one of the most coveted luxury brands, Chanel into my bag collection. Yes, I picked up my first Chanel bag:-P Meet my new Chanel Quilted Lambskin Clutch Bag (known as the O Case, as stated on my receipt) which I bought at the Chanel Boutique at Siam Paragon Bangkok.
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A beautiful day, some of the best trails out here, and the recent untimely death of Andrew Walsh, a 45-year-old Irish-born outdoorsman and gifted landscape designer known to many of them, brought some 70 mountain-bikers and runners to the Edward V. Ecker Preserve in Montauk Sunday to contest, following silent moments of remembrance, the Serpent's Back Duathlon overseen by Mike Bahel, the 12-mile mountain-bike leg bracketed by two-and-a-half-mile trail runs.
The field ran across Rod's Valley, past the fishing pier, to the bluff jutting out into Fort Pond Bay, and disappeared up into the woods. Within 20 minutes most of the runners had reappeared in the valley, having run down a trail bordering Navy Road, and had set out up Navy Road on the tough bike leg capped by another run.
Sinead FitzGibbon, 41, who was the women's winner (and fifth over all, in 1 hour, 33 minutes, and 30 seconds) said, "Andrew used to say to the other mountain-bikers, 'Look out for her — she's got lungs in her legs!' He loved these coastal trails. This was his favorite race. . . . We're lucky to have it and we're lucky to have each other's companionship."
"Next August 1st," she continued, "on his birthday, we're going to have a duathlon with a kids' race in Northwest Woods [where he died while mountain-biking on Sept. 13] to celebrate him. His family's coming over from County Mayo. They're all athletes. Simon, his brother, was here a couple of years ago. Simon's son, David, will put a lot of pressure on the locals."
FitzGibbon, when asked before the race began if she was going to do all of it or compete as part of a relay team, replied, "I'll suffer through the whole thing. But it's okay — I loaded up on champagne last night."
She added that "Mike does such a great job with this race. It's one of the toughest and one of the prettiest."
Among the contestants that day was Colm Kennedy, a boyhood friend of Walsh's from Ballina, who now lives in San Francisco. "I went to college with him and we apprenticed with a tool and die maker in 1986. . . . He was a great man. He'll be sorely missed."
Bahel said in a separate conversation that Kennedy had made plans to do the Serpent's Back with Walsh, but learned just before making the trip east that his friend had died of a heart attack. "Rikki [Furman, Walsh's life partner, who was also there that day] said he should come. He's doing the whole race today."
It was no surprise that the duathlon was won, in 1:25:58, by Brian Wolff, who had won it in 2006, '07, '09, and '10 as well. The string was broken by Ed Cashin in 2008, "though I made a couple of wrong turns that year, in the run and on the bike," said Wolff, 31, who works for and is sponsored by Carl Hart Bicycles of Middle Island.
Chris Daily, a very fit 52-year-old from Farmingdale, was the runner-up in 1:28:52. Dan Farnham, also 52, a Montauker who, along with Bahel, Brian Monahan, Ed and Caroline Cashin, Pat Wetzel, and FitzGibbon, has competed in endurance races all over the country under Walsh's Team HOPS banner, was third, in 1:29:32.
Later, Farnham marveled at how light Daily's mountain bike was. You could lift it with two fingers. He would have to get one too, a spectator advised.
"It was a good race," said Wolff. "He's a very strong racer — running and biking," he said of the runner-up.
"I used to win these things a long time ago — until he came on the scene," said Daily. "He beats me on the bike, I beat him on the run."
It was nice, he added, that this was "not a super, super competitive race, but there's a lot of spirit."
The fourth place finisher that day was Joe Amato, 46, of East Quogue. Caroline Cashin, 35, of Amagansett, was the women's runner-up (and 14th over all) in 1:48:05.
Cashin won this race in 2005, '06, and '09. Fitzgibbon won it in '08. When her former wins were mentioned, Cashin said, acknowledging FitzGibbon, "Those were years she wasn't here."
When Daily said he was a photographer and videographer, this writer said it was a pity he hadn't been able to take photos that day. "My wife, Linda, clicked away," Daily said, "but there was no card in the camera."
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By Karen Pollitz, Director for Consumer Support, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight. Cross-post from Healthcare.gov
HMO. PPO. COBRA. Participating Provider. Allowable charges. Claim Denied. Sometimes it seems like health insurance is in a whole different language.
Knowing the Affordable Care Act protections are in place is one thing; but applying them to our own health plans or policies is another. Who doesn't need help figuring out what it all means—starting with the terms of our coverage?
Today I'd like to tell you how you can put new protections and options to work for you.
Health insurance problems are difficult enough to sort through in the midst of our fast-paced lives, and they can be overwhelming when we're facing illness or injury.
That's why the Affordable Care Act included resources to strengthen existing or new Consumer Assistance Programs like the one that helped the Schley family maneuver the marketplace. If you need help with a health insurance problem or have a question about coverage or benefits, you can find out where to go in your state for help.
Our interactive Consumer Assistance Program Map , on HealthCare.gov will show you where you can find someone who "speaks insurance." For consumers in states that didn't apply for Consumer Assistance Program grants, the map offers links to a variety of public programs that may also be able to offer some assistance.
As you can see, there is a lot to celebrate in the first year. But, there is more to come down the road, and new rules will provide additional benefits to consumers. You will be hearing about new rules regarding more transparency in the marketplace so that consumers can be more informed about what services will be covered in plans.
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There is still plenty of work to do over the next few years. But first steps are important, and the consumer protections enacted through the Patient's Bill of Rights this year have helped get us moving toward important changes for consumers. All Americans will benefit through the lower premiums, more efficient care, and other cost savings as the law unfolds over the next few years.
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TUSCALOOSA — Alabama might have gotten an unintentional spark from a visiting coach named Knight.
Rodney Cooper had 17 points and eight rebounds to lead short-handed Alabama to a 75-47 victory over Lamar on Tuesday night, when the Crimson Tide followed one eruption from the bench with another on the court.
The Tide (6-0) held its second straight opponent to fewer than 50 points and took control with a 25-7 run starting early in the second half after Lamar coach Pat Knight — son of former Indiana and Texas Tech coach Bob Knight — was ejected for getting two technicals protesting a non-call.
The Cardinals (1-6) were trailing 38-29 at the time with 16:56 to play.
The outburst seemed to spark Alabama. The Tide proceeded to go on the big run in a game that had been fairly competitive much of the way.
"I'm not sure if that really sparked us as a team but in our minds we were just trying to do little things and get back into our style of basketball," Alabama's Levi Randolph said.
The spurt included a Randolph-to-Cooper alley-oop.
Knight said it was physical play that got him riled and that "being the small school, we don't get the calls." Assistant coaches held him back from storming toward the officials.
"I didn't earn the first one," Knight said of the technical fouls. "I made sure I earned the second one. I got my money's worth."
The Tide played without ailing leading scorer Trevor Releford, who has a stomach virus, and guard Andrew Steele, who has a groin injury. Coach Anthony Grant said Releford sitting out was a gametime decision.
Cooper had six offensive rebounds to help overcome a 0 for 7 performance from 3-point range. He had sat out the last game against Charleston Southern with shoulder tendinitis.
"I'm just trying to get my legs up under me," Cooper said, adding his shoulder didn't bother him.
Releford's sub, Retin Obasohan, added 13 points for Alabama while Randolph and walk-on Dakota Slaughter each had 10 points for the Tide.
"We just have to go out and play to our identity no matter who's on the floor," Randolph said.
Stan Brown led Lamar with 14 points and nine rebounds while Rhon Mitchell scored 10.
"It's really on me for that last 15 minutes but I was proud of them for the first 25," Knight said. "Just talking to my assistants, I think they amped up their intensity and we just kind of backed off."
He killed time in the locker room talking to his wife, a friend and his father on the phone.
"(Bob Knight) said don't worry about it," he said. "That's part of the game."
Lamar was held to 21-of-56 shooting (37.5 percent) and made just eight field goals in the second half.
Alabama's defense also contributed 12 blocked shots — three each by freshman Devonta Pollard and Carl Engstrom — and nine steals.
Obasohan sparked Alabama early. He had scored seven points in the first five games before scoring eight in the first 14 minutes.
It was the teams' first meeting since Lamar won in a first-round game in the 1983 NCAA tournament.
The Tide has been flirting with a national ranking, leading the teams among "others receiving votes."
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DUBLIN (Reuters) - Low-cost Irish airline Ryanair (RYA.I) is closing in on a deal to buy at least 150 Boeing (BA.N) 737 passenger jets and the contract could be signed within weeks, industry sources said.
Most or all of the planes would likely be current generation 737s rather than the upcoming Max upgrade, which would allow Ryanair to secure a significant discount on the list price, two of the sources said on Wednesday.
A large order of current generation 737s would help Boeing ensure no fall in production as customers hold out for the Max, scheduled to enter service in 2017.
Ryanair chief financial officer Howard Millar told a conference the airline was in talks about the purchase of up to 200 Boeing aircraft, according to a delegate. The conference was closed to the media.
A Ryanair spokesman said later the airline was in the market for 100-200 planes. A Boeing executive declined comment.
Ryanair chief executive Michael O'Leary had told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday that talks with Boeing, which have been ongoing for several years, were unlikely to yield a deal until late this year or early 2014.
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WASHINGTON - The Government of Nigeria last fall hired a powerful Washington lobbying firm to press its case for intelligence on violent terror group Boko Haram and to persuade the Obama administration to donate non-lethal equipment in the hunt for extremists, according to documents filed with the U.S. government.
Since nearly 300 schoolgirls in the northeastern town of Chibok were abducted nearly a month ago by a large force of Boko Haram militants, some officials in Washington have blamed the challenge of confronting the al Qaeda-aligned group formed in 2009 -- but designated only last November as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the U.S. – on Nigeria's resistance to accepting outside help.
The U.S. designation allows freezing of bank assets, adding Boko Haram members to no-fly lists and prioritizes law enforcement actions. ABC News and The Daily Beast reported Thursday that debates within the U.S. and Nigerian governments over how much of a threat was posed by the group delayed it being declared an FTO and a military Tier One Threat Group for two years.
Amid an international outcry over April's abductions by Boko Haram of the Chibok schoolgirls, some U.S. officials have insisted that Nigeria didn't want the FTO designation earlier than 2013 because it might elevate Boko Haram's global jihadi status.
READ: What We Know Now About the Kidnapped Nigerian Girls
Secretary of State John Kerry's remarks Monday echoed those who've said that the African nation's fierce pride also led it to shoo away offers of American and British counter-terrorism assistance, even after a United Nations office in Abuja was bombed three years ago.
"The [Nigerian] government had its own set of strategies, if you will, in the beginning," Kerry said at a press conference. "And you can offer and talk, but you can't do [anything] if a government has its own sense of how it's proceeding. I think now the complications that have arisen have convinced everybody that there needs to be a greater effort."
However, two months before Boko Haram was designated an FTO by the U.S. in November 2013, Nigeria's Office of the National Security Adviser signed a $3 million-a-year contract with K Street firm Patton Boggs to "provide comprehensive security advice, including the donation of excess military and law enforcement equipment," according to documents filed with the U.S. Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
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Patton Boggs' point man on the contract, retired Marine Col. John Garrett, recounted in an email communication filed under FARA that he had met with officials at the Pentagon's combatant command for the region, U.S. Africa Command, in Stuttgart, Germany in December.
On behalf of Nigerian National Security Adviser Muhammadu Sambo Dasuki, Garrett requested information on Boko Haram activities derived from intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance overflights of northeastern Nigeria's Borno state. Patton Boggs also asked for non-lethal protective hardware to be donated to Nigeria such as mine-resistant armored personnel vehicles, night vision goggles and communications equipment from Iraq and Afghanistan stockpiles left over from U.S. withdrawals from those warzones.
Then, on April 28 Garrett wrote to a military attaché at the U.S. embassy in Nigeria to seek a meeting with Ambassador James Entwistle.
The Nigerian wish-list again included "protected ground mobility for security forces" and "current imagery, surveillance, reconnaissance (day/night) product and analysis, initially for the Sambisa Forest Region, Borno State, and for other designated areas of interest," as well as the communications and individual night vision equipment, according to Garrett's email to Army Major John Ringquist at the U.S. embassy.
But Garrett said today that no meetings have been scheduled with U.S. diplomats and claims little if any intelligence has been shared by the U.S., much less any surplus military gear.
"To date I have not received a decisive response to our requests, but we continue to work on these vital requirements for the office of the national security adviser of the government of Nigeria," Garrett told ABC News.
A State Department official would not comment specifically on the requests by Patton Boggs but said that the U.S. has been working to help counter Boko Haram for years.
"We are providing critical tools and support, like helping Nigeria professionalize its military to counter this threat. We are working on Nigerian law enforcement so that they can better investigate and assist in hostage situations. And we are helping provide economic assistance -- including job training and education -- that can help stem the causes of extremism," said the official.
"Unlike many African nations that are confronting challenging security threats, Nigeria does not lack funding for its security budget. And as we have said, it is Nigeria's responsibility, first and foremost, to provide for the safety and security of its citizens," the official added.
Another major obstacle likely is the abysmal human rights record of Nigerian security forces related to counter-terrorism operations. Federal law prohibits U.S. military assistance to foreign military units unless their troops have been vetted for human rights abuses.
"There is a desire to engage with the Nigerian government, but U.S. laws, such as the Leahy law which prohibits military assistance from going to militaries that have committed human rights abuses, have held them back. So there's been frustration with the Nigerian government and the Nigerian military for not implementing reforms," Adotei Awkei of Amnesty International told ABC news.
The Obama administration's former top diplomat for Africa, Ambassador Johnnie Carson, told ABC News Thursday that the Nigerian record was one longstanding factor in rendering aid to them.
"We were concerned that it associated us very closely with what have proven to be unsuccessful Nigerian policies... like human rights violations by the Nigerian military," Carson said.
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by Brian DeCandia, sports information graduate assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The No. 16 Georgia College men's tennis team (13-5, 4-3 PBC) trampled over the Georgia Southwestern State University Hurricanes (5-12, 0-6) Saturday afternoon, 8-1.
The Bobcats struggled through doubles but persevered, 3-0. Jerome Leborgne (Coordimanche, France) and Johan Wadstein (Helsingborg, Sweden) finished first for the Bobcats playing out of the No. 1 spot, blowing out Victor Pinones-Haltenhof and Matt Vansant 8-2. Leborgne and Wadstein are 12-6 on the season with a four-game winning streak. Leo Bernardes (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and Tyler Franks (Greensboro, Ga.) finished up second in the second spot edging out Ryan Bartz and Stephen Moore, 8-4.
In third doubles action, Tobias Rausch (Mannheim, Germany) and Robert Angelucci (Acworth, Ga.) came all the way back after trailing 7-4 to win in a tie-breaker against Tommy Cangelosi and Chris Eastwood, 9-8 (7-5).
Wadstein started GC out on the right foot with the first singles victory coming in the second slot against Vansant, 6-1, 6-1, Wadstein grabbing his 10th win of the season. Leborgne finished second, clinching the match out of the No. 1 spot downing Pinones-Haltenhof, 6-3, 6-2, bringing his win streak to six. Rausch was third in a three set marathon at third singles, 6-2, 2-6, 10-6.
Franks dropped the first and only match for the Bobcats in a three set tie-breaker in the fifth spot to Eastwood, 4-6, 7-6, 10-8. Wictor Andersson (Karlskoga, Sweden) edged out Cangelosi in straight sets, 7-5, 7-5, extending his win streak to six, and Bernardes finished out the day in the fourth slot for the Bobcats defeating Moore, 6-2, 4-6, 11-9.
The men and women will travel to No. 13 Columbus State University tomorrow, April 3 for a 2 p.m. start.
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Justin Rose will begin the 2013 Masters Tournament convinced he is now in the prime of his career.
A precociously talented youngster who sprung to prominence as a teenager at the 1998 Open Championship, Rose has bloomed into one of the leading players in the game.
With only Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy ahead of him in the Official World Golf Ranking, it is hardly surprising that the 32 year old appeared full of confidence during his pre-tournament press conference at Augusta National.
A first Major Championship win is high on Rose's list of priorities, and he is hopeful it could come on a course where he has regularly gone low in the past.
"I've certainly had some great rounds of golf here and led on the first couple of days before," he said.
"I had a chance in 2007 - I think I was one back with two to play on (eventual winner) Zach (Johnson). I feel it's a course where I've played some good rounds of golf and when you've done that you have some confidence you can do it again."
Assessing his recent rise, following some difficult times earlier in his professional career, Rose added: "I think expectations are very hard to deal with when you don't have the necessary skills to back it up. Now I have a lot of trust in my game.
"If I put myself in a situation where I have a chance to win - it's never easy but I feel like I have the tools at my disposal now to enjoy the occasion, for it not to be overwhelming at least.
"I don't think that necessarily makes it any easier but I know I can do it. I would say that's come about in the last three years.
"From 2010 to this point I would say I've emerged from what was a rocky professional career - up and down. I always had good years and bad years but I feel recently I've got into a nice run of form. I feel like it's more sustainable.
"I've always scripted it that between 30 and 40 was going to be my prime - the time to put into practice all the things I'd learned.
"Often I've had to learn the hard way, so if I can put into place all those years of experience if you like, hopefully it will end up being a great career."
Having played in the Masters on seven previous occasions, Rose is certainly familiar with the thrills and spills that can be expected this week.
Spectacular conclusions have become synonymous with Augusta over the years, and another dramatic finale would come as no surprise to the Englishman.
"There's so much that can happen at this golf course," said Rose.
"More than any other tournament, really big swings can happen score-wise. Therefore, you can't get too ahead of yourself and you can't give up either.
"Anything can happen here, which makes it such a special tournament."
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by George Zamora
SOCORRO, N.M., September 9, 2004 – New Mexico Tech Vice President Van Romero has been named one of this year's notable recipients of the 35th annual New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Awards.
Romero and 14 other New Mexicans will be honored tonight at an awards banquet at the Albuquerque Marriott, with New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. López chairing the program.
Each year, the Governor of New Mexico and the board of the New Mexico Distinguished Public Service Awards select several state residents as award winners in recognition of their outstanding contributions to public service in their respective communities.
In particular, Romero, who is in charge of research and economic development at the university in Socorro, was cited in his award for having helped obtain funding for and being the principal investigator of six major ongoing research projects: the Magdalena Ridge Observatory; the Incorporated Research Institutions of Seismology; the International Law Enforcement Academy in Roswell; the First Responder Training Program; the Homeland Security Training Program; and the National Cave and Karst Research Institute in Carlsbad.


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Teacher resources and professional development across the curriculum
Teacher professional development and classroom resources across the curriculum
Unit 4.1 Minidoc: Miniaturization
Miniaturization has enabled the creation of ultra small
electronic parts, smaller than the wavelength of light.
This requires new polymeric materials, and an understanding
of forces acting at the atomic level.
Video program cues: 00:30 5:00
The chemistry of miniaturization
Ultra miniature parts
"Weve been able to demonstrate
a working flash memory cell, having 60nm features. It was
done a little over a year ago, and at the time it was the
worlds smallest working device that had been fabricated
using optical lithography, which is the technology thats
used in most device fabrication facilities today. We are
able to get features as small as 60nm, which, when you think
about it, is about one third the width of the wavelength
of light. When I started at Bell Laboratories, a little
over 20 years ago, the conventional wisdom was that you
could never produce something smaller than the wavelength
of light, simply because of physical principles, diffraction
facts which would prevent you from doing that."
Dr. Elsa Reichmanis
Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies, New Jersey
Mairin B. Brennan (2001)' Elsa Reichmanis Wins Perkin Medal,
'Chemical and Engineering News, Vol. 79, No. 11,
pp: 64-67.
Optical micro lithography
Jacoby, M. (2001)' Writing Between The Lines, 'Chemical
and Engineering News, Vol. 79, No. 7, pp. 9.
The limits of miniaturization
Chemistry Highlights 2001 Nanotechnology And Molecular
Electronics, 'Chemical & Engineering News, Vol.
79, No. 50, pp: 45-55.
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Marc Olsen necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
http://www.healthflock.com (not up yet - next week test site available)
About Us - We are a group of 12 healthcare experts (and friends) from across the industry (consultants, lawyers, analysts, etc.) that are collectively launching a blog.
Our name: HealthFlock reflects our interest in healthcare as well as our number or "flock". We hoped for the site to be professional but honest and playful.
Our site: Test site available soon (as told by our developers) but is clean, sharp and rather simple. Imagine something along the NYT blogs like http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/.
Design: Open to any ideas! Love your feedback and any vision you can give to make this site standout from everything else on the web.
Future: We are just beginning and may come back to the designer to flush this theme out more in the future as the site develops.
Our Audience - Can be broadly as those just interested in the healthcare industry (not health - will not be covering areas like eating, medicine, ). Yet, we will likely target professionals in the industry: doctors, lawyers, management, finance geeks (me), etc.
Content from site: "Healthcare shouldn't be viewed through a single lens. It is easy however to fall prey to the same ideas no matter what your background. So twelve of us from across the healthcare spectrum seek to fill some of those gaps with this blog in areas like access and delivery, technology, business, and policy. Join us as we talk about our daily lives in the industry and engage in an open and ongoing conversation to bring about fresh thinking."
We are hoping for a sharp banner to put on top of the site, which could be divided in 2 parts (permutations welcomed): (1) Name on left side and (2) picture with tagline underneath it.
Name: Initial thoughts for "HealthFlock" would be to mix effects between two words; "HEALTH" being strong, clean and light - represents site's professional nature. "Flock" could be more casual, fun, and descriptive. For instance, you could make the " F " a goose head to push the bird theme.
PICTURE & SLOGAN: an idea came up to use a group of three seagulls (I picture the cartoons like "Finding Nemo" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXRgpum7OUo. Middle one (being stared at by others) would have a foreign color (bright purple, green, whatever) and glasses (look distinguished??). A possible slogan could be "healthcare experts a shade different than the rest" or something along those lines. The idea is that this foreign color would be the color of blog (like "Target's" Red) and seagull its face. Open to other animals, cartoons, etc.
SEE for quick sketch: http://yfrog.com/5asomeideasforhealthflockj
- It will need to look good both big and small (format vector?)
- It should be memorable and easy to spot
- Banner available as 1 file & logo and slogan as 2 files
- Really open to anything
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There's no easier way to revamp the look of your kitchen than by replacing the kitchen cabinet hardware. Formerly known as Belwith, Hickory Hardware is aware of this design principle, and is taking this theory to the next level by revamping its product lines and reaffirming its commitment to producing quality cabinet hardware. As always, each piece of Hickory Hardware is designed in-house by talented artists whose goal is to create Hickory knobs, Hickory pulls and Hickory handles for every room in your home.
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YORK, Pa. – The York College women's basketball team rolled by Frostburg 83-44 in the final game of the regular season on Saturday afternoon at Wolf Gymnasium.
The Spartans also honored their two seniors for senior day. Loreta Tonuzi (Hazlet, N.J./Raritan) and Megan Lanigan (Staten Island, N.Y./Moore Catholic) played in their final regular season game at York. Tonuzi finished the game with three points and Lanigan added two of her own.
The game started out slow and Frostburg was able to hang around, keeping the score close. York got on the board first with a layup from Kristen Haley (Silver Spring, Md./Georgetown Visitation). The Spartans never gave up the lead throughout the game.
The Green and White did not start to pull away from the Bobcats until midway through the opening half. At 9:46, Kelsey Murphy (Olney, Md./Good Counsel) drained a three from way outside that proved to be the push the Spartans needed to take complete control of the game. Murphy followed up her three with a fast break layup. Haley then turned around on defense and caused a turnover, which Kailee Knight (Crofton, Md./South River) converted into a fast break basket. Within one minute the Spartans pushed the lead to 10.
The Bobcats continued to fight despite struggling on both ends of the court. Frostburg was able to cut the lead to seven after a jump shot by Brionna Hall, but Julianne Lambert (Hockessin, Del./Padua Academy) followed it up with a beautiful finish on a great back door cut. Minutes later, Lambert came up with a steal, took the ball down the court and finished a traditional three-point play. Aja Wallpher (Ellicott City, Md./Seton Keough) proved to be too much for the Bobcats in the opening half, she recorded 10 assists in just the first 20 minutes of play.
At 2:20, Brittany Hicks (Dover, Pa./York Catholic) knocked down her 10th point and took less then a half to register her 15th double-double of the season. With time winding down, Murphy drained another three pointer and gave the Spartans their biggest lead of the half, 21. Heading into halftime, York lead Frostburg 44-23.
Entering the second half, the Spartans continued to dominate. The closest the Bobcats would come during the remainder of the game was 23 points. Once again, Haley was the first to score, making a layup at 18:38. A few minutes later, Haley scored another layup while being fouled and sunk the free throw for a three-point play. Wallpher earned her 13th assist off a fireball pass down low to a wide open Hicks, who easily laid the ball in. Murphy sunk another shot from long range with 11:50 remaining and tied her single-game career record with five made three pointers. Knight made two back-to-back layups at 7:53 and recorded her first career double-double. A layup by Hicks with 5:51 left in the game gave the Spartans their largest lead of the night, 75-34. York would continue to hold onto the large lead for the rest of the game.
The Spartans finished the game with four players in double-digits. Leading the way was Hicks with 20 points and 16 rebounds. She went 10-for-14 from the free throw line. Of her 16 rebounds, 11 of them were offensive. Murphy added 17 points and two blocks. Haley chipped in 16 points, while Knight added 14 points and 11 rebounds. Knight's 14 points breaks her current single-game career high that previously stood at 11.
Wallpher had a phenomenal game statistically as well. She recorded seven steals and had a whopping 17 assists. With her seven steals, Wallpher has now recorded over 300 career steals. Her 17 assists breaks not only a school record, but also a Captial Athletic Conference record that has stood since 1991.
Leading the way for the Bobcats was Brynn Arnone. Arnone had 14 points and four rebounds. Ronje James added nine points and seven rebounds.
York shot 42.9% (30-70) from the field and 33.3% (6-18) from long range. The Spartans were 17-for-23 (73.9%) from the free throw line. They outrebounded the Bobcats 54-32 and caused 20 turnovers, while committing only 12.
Frostburg struggled from the field, shooting only 28.3% (15-53) and they faired similar from three-point range, going 2-for-8 (25.%). At the free throw line, the Bobcats were 12-for-18 (66.7%).
The Spartans return to action Tuesday evening for the first round of the CAC playoffs. York will once again host Frostburg for a 7:00 pm matchup.
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Flight 3407, a commuter plane crashed into a home in upstate New York and erupted in flames earlier tonight. Authorities say the death toll is currently at 49 people. Update
The aeroplane was a Q400 Bombardier aircraft that was flying from Newark to Buffalo Niagra. It crashed into a suburban home at around 10pm, just ten miles from the airport in Buffalo. The reason for the crash is not yet known.
Update: A reader tipped us off that the Q400 had been previously banned in Scandinavia, after two crashes involving the plane - one in Lithuania and one in Denmark. In those cases, the landing gear had allegedly corroded. [AP]


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Spectator Bus Leaves PWG at 7:45 a.m. for Last Home Race
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – For the last home race of the season the Yale heavyweight crew team will take on Cornell and Princeton for the Carnegie Cup this Saturday. The Bulldogs are coming off two successful weekends of racing, defending the Olympic Axe against Dartmouth and the Blackwell Cup against Columbia and Penn with wins in the varsity eight. This race will mark the last race before the Eastern Sprints, as well as the last race on the Housatonic River for the team's six seniors.
This past Saturday saw some intense racing on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia for the Blackwell Cup. The Bulldog varsity eight showed lots of speed in the second half of the race, pulling away from Columbia to win by open water. The four also won its race with a strong showing against Penn's four, and the second and third varsity eights each missed out on first place in their races by one second or less.
The Carnegie Cup was the only trophy to elude the Bulldogs in the early season dual races last year. Yale swept its first three races of the season but in its fourth the varsity eight lost to both Cornell and Princeton. The JV and freshman eights both finished second, however, to edge out Princeton as Cornell defended its home course.
This year the race is at home for the Bulldogs, as it was three years ago when Yale last won this matchup. In 2011 at Princeton the Tigers won this race, and again Cornell won it last year in Ithaca. If the Bulldogs can capture the Carnegie Cup it will go a long way towards favorable seedings next month in Worcester at the Eastern Sprints.
As was the case two weeks ago against Dartmouth, the heavyweights will be the only team racing at home this weekend. The order of events is as follows:
7:15 a.m. – Coxswain Meeting
8:30 a.m. – 1V
8:50 a.m. – JV
9:10 a.m. – 3V
9:30 a.m. – 4V (Cornell and Princeton only)
Yale's Gilder Boathouse is located at 280 Roosevelt Drive in Derby, Conn. Directions can be found here. A spectator bus will depart from Payne Whitney Gymnasium at 7:45 a.m.
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If you ask the average film critic about the new movie adaptation of Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" they will tell you it is a horrible movie. If you ask the average conservative or libertarian they will tell you it is a great movie. Objectively, it is a mediocre movie at best. Subjectively, it is one of the best mediocre movies you'll ever see.
And of course this is based entirely on the subject. If it has become a Hollywood cliché to make movies about greedy capitalists vs. benevolent government, Rand's famous novel radically restructures this pedestrian narrative. "Atlas" is about greedy government that conspires with greedy capitalists to stop other greedy capitalists from making products which, incidentally, make them benevolent.
Confused? You should be.
By definition, a pure capitalist system consists of an actual free market in which investors are rewarded or punished based on their own level of risk without any promotion or protection from government. We generally do not have this type of true free market in the United States today.
What most Americans now call "capitalism" is actually crony capitalism or "corporatism," in which big business conspires with big government to enrich an elite few at the expense of the many. The bank bailouts were a perfect example of this, in which bankers were reimbursed by the government after taking irresponsible risks. The risks taken produced the mortgage crisis, which was largely the result of a Federal Reserve that had artificially lowered the interest rate to such an abnormally low level that Americans were encouraged to buy homes they could not afford. For the poor and middle class, there was no bailout. For corporate CEOs, we privatized the profits and socialized the losses.
When attacking the supposed free market's role in causing the financial crisis in his film "Capitalism: A Love Story," liberal documentarian Michael Moore was asked by a college student why he called what was actually corporatism, "capitalism." Moore conceded the point: "We don't really have a free market. We don't really have free enterprise."
Rand would have agreed. Simply put, "Atlas" is about championing the creative talents and power of the individual over the often cumbersome and destructive demands of the collective—governmental, corporatist or otherwise. This is undoubtedly a right-wing sentiment and not surprisingly conservatives have applauded this movie as much as critics have panned it. Admittedly, the acting, cinematography and overall quality of Atlas Shrugged is not the greatest. But it's also not the worst either. Therefore, if many conservatives' hyper-enthusiasm for this movie is transparently ideological—is the same not possibly true of its critics' harsh derision?
Compare Atlas Shrugged's reception to James Cameron's critically-acclaimed action fantasy film "Avatar." Avatar was a big-budget popcorn movie similar to the 1996 aliens vs. earth flick "Independence Day." Like Independence Day, Avatar received recognition for its groundbreaking special effects. But as a story, Avatar was mediocre at best. It was fun and entertaining, yes, but it was not artistically exceptional and it certainly didn't deserve to be nominated for the Oscar for "Best Picture" in 2009.
At the Huffington Post, Michael Carmichael summarized why liberal Hollywood really thought Avatar was so fantastic: "In a nutshell, Avatar's political message is: The American Military-Industrial Complex will utterly destroy the known universe." Carmichael's contention was backed up by the many critics who noted Cameron's Iraq War allusions and Avatar's not-so-subtle antiwar and anti-Bush themes.
As a conservative opponent of the Iraq War, I actually appreciated Cameron's political message while admitting that Avatar, objectively, wasn't that great a film. Many conservatives agreed. Many liberals didn't.
And now the exact reverse is true concerning Atlas Shrugged. If you're a film fan looking for a great movie—Atlas Shrugged probably isn't it. If you're a conservative looking for a great movie—Atlas Shrugged will likely be it. The mania is for the message, and conservatives should be no more hesitant in their enthusiasm for Ayn Rand's anti-collectivism than liberals were for Cameron's anti-Bushism. Indeed, if conservatives ran Hollywood instead of liberals—Atlas Shrugged might even be up for an Oscar.
But interestingly, where Avatar and Atlas actually agree brings up an important point I fear most liberals and conservatives will continue to miss: That the same military-industrial-complex liberals deplored in Avatar represents precisely the sort of corporatism Rand also deplores in Atlas Shrugged. Liberals hate that Rand attacks domestic socialism but would probably have admired her opposition to the Vietnam War. Conservatives applaud Rand's attacks on domestic socialism but many still remain the strongest champions of foreign socialism—in the form of foreign aid, wars for profit, and overseas policies often based on corporate interests.
Rand, who was by no means a non-interventionist, nevertheless recognized that "Foreign policy is merely a consequence of domestic policy." What many liberals consider good government is actually a welfare state, the constant failure of which perpetuates the rationale for its own existence. What many conservatives consider proper defense is actually nothing more than a warfare state, that's not only every bit as unnecessary as the welfare state but the perpetuity of which is based on similar rationale. Wrote Rand: "Statism needs war; a free country does not. Statism survives by looting; a free country survives by producing."
Despite so much conservative rhetoric to the contrary, war without reason does not protect American freedom. It diminishes it. This is something Ayn Rand understood—and it is something any champion of individualism over collectivism should understand too.


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Datalogic to Preview the Memor X3 Mobile Computer at NRF 2014
Eugene OR, USA (PRWEB) January 10, 2014
Datalogic, a global leader in the Automatic Data Capture market, develops bar code scanners, mobile computers, and vision systems, based on leading edge technology. At NRF 2014, Datalogic will proudly debut the Memor™ X3 mobile computer, the next generation of the highly successful Memor mobile products. This new device will be generally available in Spring, 2014.
The Memor™ X3 mobile computer is the industry's most pocketable mobile computer. Besides significant improvements in speed and battery autonomy, the Memor X3 terminal features aggressive 1D and 2D scan capabilities. Laser models now feature Corning®Gorilla®Glass 2 scan windows guaranteeing optimum scanning performance by resisting scratching and damage of the scan window. Additionally, an area imager option will be available for reading 2D codes, particularly useful in pharmaceutical applications. All Memor scan engines feature Datalogic's patented 'Green Spot' good read technology.
"Datalogic develops mobile computers with the specific customer and industry needs in mind," stated Francesco Montanari, VP and GM of the Mobile Computer Business Unit. "Store associates will find that the Memor X3 terminal will enhance their efficiency and enhance the customer's shopping experience by offering real-time answers for inventory, stock location and pricing questions."
Following form factor of its predecessor, the Memor mobile computer, the Memor X3 terminal now offers a crisp 2.4" display and long-lasting batteries (1430 and 2300 mAh). It is built on a powerful 806 MHz microprocessor and is equipped with 512 MB flash memory and 256 Mb of RAM. The Memor X3 mobile computer offers enhanced Wi-Fi connectivity 802.11 a/b/g/n, and is able to work in both 2.4GHz and 5.2GHz bands complemented by a CCX v4 security confirmation from Cisco.
The Memor X3 mobile computer is ideal for various retailer settings such as mass/general merchandisers, warehouse clubs, and specialty, pharmacy, grocery and convenience stores.
Be sure to stop by Datalogic Booth 3545 during NRF 2014 to be one of the first to experience the Memor X3 mobile computer.
Datalogic ADC, the world leader in Automatic Data Capture, offers state of the art solutions with fixed position retail scanners, handheld scanners and mobile computers. Datalogic ADC's range includes in-counter and on-counter point of sale scanners, general purpose and ruggedized handheld scanners, rugged mobile computers, industrial PDAs and vehicle mount computers. Solutions for applications in several sectors include healthcare, hospitality/entertainment, manufacturing, retail, services and transportation & logistics.
Businesses in the retail sector can particularly benefit from Datalogic ADC's vision-based technology solutions, analytical tools, self-shopping solutions and consumer relationship technologies.
A division of the Datalogic Group, Datalogic ADC is headquartered in the US with a presence in over 120 countries.
For more news and information on Datalogic ADC, please visit http://www.datalogic.com[1].
Datalogic Group is a global leader in Automatic Identification with a specific focus on the Automatic Data Capture and Industrial Automation sectors. As a world-class total solutions provider and producer of bar code readers, data collection mobile computer and vision systems, Datalogic offers innovative solutions for a full range of applications in the manufacturing, retail, healthcare and transportation & logistics industries. Datalogic S.p.A., listed on the STAR segment of the Italian Stock Exchange since 2001 as DAL.MI, is headquartered in Lippo di Calderara di Reno (Bologna). The Group's recent acquisition of Accu-Sort Systems Inc., a leading supplier of Automatic Identification products and solutions in the United States, has doubled its presence in the Industrial Automation market, escalating Datalogic to undisputed leadership in the Industrial Bar Code Scanners segment with a market share of 31%. Datalogic Group as of today employs more than 2,400 members of staff worldwide, distributed in 30 countries across Europe, the Americas and the Asia Pacific region. In 2011 Datalogic Group achieved revenues for 425,5 million Euro and invested over 26 million Euro in Research and Development with a portfolio of over 1,000 patents across the world.
For more news and information on Datalogic, please visit http://www.datalogic.com[2].
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Pam McQueen
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