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Dr. Ken Crawford - 1943-2014
Dr. Ken Crawford, Director Emeritus of the Oklahoma Climatological Survey and Regents' Professor Emeritus of Meteorology at OU, passed away on July 23, 2014, at the age of 71. Crawford spent 20 years as a senior faculty member in OU's School of Meteorology. He was described as "an outstanding mentor for young scientists." He led the M.S. thesis and Ph. D. dissertation research of 37 students— more than any other meteorology faculty at OU. Through Ken's research efforts, he was awarded more than $40 million in grants during his professional career.
OU Adds University Meteorologist Role
NORMAN, OKLA. – Each year, the University of Oklahoma campus experiences potentially life-threatening weather events ranging from snow and ice storms to lightning and tornadoes. These weather events can directly impact sporting events, summer camps, commencement and dozens of day-to-day campus activities. There is a need to provide technical weather expertise to campus officials and to meet these needs, OU created the position of University Meteorologist.
Lightning Experts from Around the World to Meet in Norman June 15-20
NORMAN, OKLA. – About 200 national and international lightning experts from countries including England, France, Brazil, China, Russia, Poland and Japan as well as the United States will gather next week in Norman for the 15th Annual International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity. Co-hosted by the NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and the University of Oklahoma's College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences, the conference will feature the latest research on lightning and other electrical phenomena in the atmosphere.
Two University of Oklahoma Faculty Contribute to National Climate Assessment
NORMAN, OKLA. – Two University of Oklahoma researchers were among a team of authors from across the nation that produced the National Climate Assessment released today. The report shows that climate change is affecting Americans now and presents the challenges that our society is likely to face in coming decades.
The report contains 30 chapters covering climate change science, its effect on the economy and the region, and options for reducing its impacts. Authors of the Great Plains chapter were OU faculty Mark Shafer and Renee McPherson. Shafer is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability and associate state climatologist at the Oklahoma Climatological Survey. McPherson is an associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability and director of research at the South Central Climate Science Center. Together, they spent more than two years reviewing materials, preparing a summary, and responding to comments from the public, agencies, and National Academy of Sciences.
Director for Advanced Radar Research Center
The University of Oklahoma seeks an exceptional, dynamic leader to serve as Director of its Advanced Radar Research Center (ARRC).
The ARRC builds upon a university, government and industry alliance that leads the world in the development, testing, operational deployment, and support of advanced weather radar systems. Through a recent strategic initiative, the ARRC has expanded capabilities in radar and other electromagnetic technologies, with applications in surface, airborne and space-based defense, security and intelligence. Principal capabilities of the ARRC include design/prototyping of large and small, fixed and mobile radar systems; phased array technology; digital signal/array processing; automated algorithms; decision support tools; data assimilation; and end-user training. Multi-functional, dynamically adaptive radars are now being evaluated in the field and more than two-dozen radars are located across Oklahoma, including both operational and research systems for weather, air surveillance, and security applications. The ARRC currently consists of 16 faculty members, 16 post-doctoral scientists, 7 staff members, and over 60 graduate students, across the disciplines of engineering and meteorology.
Dr. Karl Offen, Associate Professor of Geography, was recently published in Progress in Human Geography, a top journal for the industry
Abstract - In my second report discussing the state of historical geography, I review some of the ways historical geographers have made use of digital technologies and digital media. I also highlight how digital data, research, and presentation are affecting related humanities disciplines and inspiring their practitioners to engage more fully with geographic concepts of space, place, and cartography. I argue that information technologies and digital media can deepen the place of historical geography in the academy and in the public's eye.
OU Offering Master's Degree in Environmental Sustainability
NORMAN, OK – To meet the growing need for professionals with advanced knowledge of environmental sustainability who can guide Oklahoma and the world in the effective management of the natural environment, a new master's degree has been launched at the University of Oklahoma.
The addition of a Master of Science degree in Environmental Sustainability completes a curriculum restructure and organization begun nearly four years ago in OU's College of Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences and Department of Geography and Environmental Sustainability.
The new degree program will allow students to explore the integration between the Earth's physical system and the social and economic institutions responsible for its management as well as to receive a thorough grounding in research methods.
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We provide student with individualized attention, world-renowned programs, award-winning faculty, and state-of-the-art facilities. Students come from across the U.S. and around the world making our college incredibly diverse.
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Emphasis on interdisciplinary projects allows the College to address current and future challenges in areas of renewable energy, climate change, and sustainability of the natural and built environments.


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Port Richey, Florida Vacation Rentals and Tourism
Find Port Richey Vacation Rental Deals Here. We've got a slew of cheap Port Richey accommodations for you to choose from! The "Sunshine State" is home to a little well-kept secret, Port Richey. The city is located on the Gulf Coast of Florida. Less than an hour away from gorgeous beaches, money-saving Port Richey beach condos are the perfect location if you want to have the sun-filled beach vacation but a quiet get-away at the end of the day. The homey and affordable Port Richey vacation rentals that are offered in the area are ideal if you want to spend the vacation with your family, a large group, or alone. With budget saving deals, Port Richey rentals can be your haven of rest at a very affordable rate. Don't miss out on the West Pasco Historical Society while visiting Port Richey. If you are looking to stay active and get a good game in, you will find the Golf Harbors Golf Course to be just what you are looking for. The relaxation is endless in Port Richey, Florida. And the deals are never-ending here. Keep coming back for more and more low-cost Port Richey beach condos!
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I had sex a little before i was 3 weeks pp and he nutted inside me , and then it made things complicated and then we started having sex about 3 times a day and he did it for 5 days straight . How likely is it that im pregnant ? Im 4 weeks pp now and just started my first period today . Does that mean im not ?
How likely is it ......
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Posted 01/23/2013
Are u breast feeding? Not sure if it is true but I heard that it is harder to Ger pregnant while breast feeding ...
Posted 01/23/2013
Bf does not stop u from ovulating where u started a period its pretty unlikely wait a week or two n take a test if your still concerned
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Crunchy Momma (27) & Whimsical DH (30) - 10/31/09
DD Eden 07/16/11
DS Levi 12/02/12 & DS Loki 04/19/14
Posted 01/23/2013
When did you stop bleeding after birth? I'm 4weeks pp and still wearing a damn pad.
Anyway, good for you for having energy to dtd 3 times a day. It sounds like you're in the clear since you started your period.
Are you trying to get pregnant again?
Anyway, good for you for having energy to dtd 3 times a day. It sounds like you're in the clear since you started your period.
Are you trying to get pregnant again?
BFP 4/2012- Proud parents of our rainbow baby Dec 2012
firsttimemommy125 · Original Poster
Posted 01/23/2013
I stopped bleedin the day after we dtd the first time when he had an accident . And no im not tryin to get pregnant . It was a complicated situation . But my lo sleeps all the time and i havent went back to work so i have nothin but time .
Posted 01/23/2013
Then go buy some condoms.
EBF Silver Award..Going for Gold!
FTWM to Sofia Elyse. Feb 27th, 2010 Baby Stella Dec 2nd, 2012!!
Fur baby Lola
Posted 01/23/2013
Are you sure it's your period and not more pp bleeding? At this rate you will be pregnant in no time even if you aren't now. Breastfeeding is not birth control. You're not even cleared for sex by your doctor yet.
firsttimemommy125 · Original Poster
Posted 01/23/2013
Im not breast feeding anymore , and im not havin sex anymore . It was complicated , but idk it its my period r nt . Its really dark red and a whole bunch .
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Many of you are probably wondering the same thing that I am wondering... Where is this snow that has been talked about so much?!?!?!? It's coming and I expect it to be here soon!
At the time of this post... around noon Sunday.... The snow is just now really developing on the back side of this system. The wrap around moisture has been the concern the whole time. Remember... the snowfall forecast map I have posted a couple fo times this weekend runs THROUGH TUESDAY. The moisture feed will be here for the next couple of days.
Temps didn't catch up fast enough to change the rain to snow as the front plowed through KY.
Wind Chill
Snowfall forecast still looks on track! With some modifications.
Rather than topping out in each range... I think most of us will fall somewhere in the middle of the range. Some areas will still max out.
I'll have another update later!
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum offers excellent internship opportunities to eligible college or graduate school students. For information on internships in certain areas, use the links on the left. (Based on the needs in each department, each internship may not be offered every semester)
An intern must currently be enrolled in a college or graduate school program, preferably sophomore - senior status. Internships are done on a volunteer basis. The Museum does not offer compensation. Availability to work 16 or more hours a week, up to 40 hours a week during the summer, for a minimum of 8 weeks.
Please complete the following steps to apply for an internship with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum:
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A ten minute walk brings you to the center of San Miguel and all of its restaurants, shops and other points of interest. A five minute walk puts you in Parque Juárez. This home is perfect for people who want the experience of a secluded private estate, but with views that are the best in San Miguel. This home offers the finest in decor and appointments and provides a casual elegance. The level of art and furnishings is second to none in San Miguel.
The spacious layout of the house and the many private patios gives each guest their own private space for retreating and relaxing. The central courtyard has a tremendous pool for your swimming and sunbathing pleasure. The covered loggia overlooking the pool is beautifully furnished for shady afternoons to curl up and read a book or entertain your friends.
The home has five bedrooms. Of the three suites adjacent to the pool, one has a king bed, another has a queen bed and the last has twins. All are beautiful and spacious, each with its own fireplace and private bath. On this level there is a gym complete with Bowflex and elliptical equipment and also a media room that features a 36" TV, DVD, VCR and Play Station 2. The house has a sixteen-speaker audio system controlled by keypads located in every room.
The master suite, on the entry level of the home, has a king size bed and TV, with attached bath, extending to a private patio that overlooks the entire city, the western panorama of San Miguel, and the mountains beyond.
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Introducing Linux into the Enterprise
Those of us who use Linux on a daily basis greatly appreciate its power and flexibility, not to mention its resistance to virus threats. Linux's raw performance, stability and incredible toolset all combine to make it an obvious choice for mission-critical servers in the enterprise. But in order to continue gaining acceptance into a primarily Microsoft world, we must continue to find ways to deploy Linux and exploit its robust capabilities, while at the same time help IT managers and system administrators realize its incredible benefits. This article discusses how our IT group was able to accomplish plugging Linux in to a once Windows-only environment and save thousands of dollars in the process. We look at using Linux as a platform for server consolidation, and if you stick with me, I promise to show you some cool tricks that will save you hours of work and subsequent administrative headaches.
If one can find a bright spot in the dot-com meltdown of 2000, it would have to be the renewed interest in emerging and cost-effective technologies. Server consolidation is one such technology that needed to be explored as a way to save money and keep businesses running--enter Linux and a special piece of software called GSX Server, from VMware Inc. in Palo Alto, California. VMware is not a newcomer to the Linux community, having released a workstation product several years ago that allows users to run multiple unique operating systems on a single computer, without the need to multiboot--an extremely useful tool for help desks and developers alike.
But VMware's GSX Server is quite a bit different from its workstation tool. Once installed, GSX runs on top of Linux, providing an environment that allows you to run multiple virtual server instances. In our case, we needed additional Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 servers to provide development and test environments for new projects. Because tighter budgets did not allow for buying additional hardware, we decided to take a serious look at VMware's GSX Server. Can this thing work? Can virtual servers really replace individual chunks of hardware and provide acceptable performance and stability? Both of these questions could be answered only through thorough testing of the product.
We began by building GSX test servers with Red Hat 7.0 and GSX version 1.1 on an NCR S50 (550MHz quad) and a couple of Compaq DL380 and DL580 servers (733MHz and up, dual and quad processor). Early testing on some older hardware demonstrated that virtual server performance was not up to par on hardware with less than 500MHz processors. But with hardware running at 550MHz and above, the performance of our virtual servers proved to run at near native speed. Something to keep in mind when measuring performance is that virtual servers are accessible only to end users via remote access technology, such as VMware's included remote console, Microsoft Terminal Services or a product like pcAnywhere (my personal preference). As such, network latency needs to be taken into consideration when measuring virtual server performance. As for stability, there is a noticeable improvement as seen in fewer server crashes and blue screens while running Windows NT and 2000 servers in the GSX virtual environment. The real acid test, of course, is the end users. When they can't tell the difference and don't complain, life is good.
Needless to say, we were quite impressed with this technology and the performance of our virtual servers. We saved thousands of dollars on hardware by hosting six virtual servers on a single box, have less physical servers to administer and back up, and surprise--the virtual Windows instances are more stable than when installed directly on top of the physical hardware (fewer BSOD events; go figure).
Not long after we had begun testing the GSX 1.1 product, VMware offered to let us begin working with the newer 1.02 version of GSX Server. This allowed for testing of the new 2.4.x kernel in Red Hat 7.1 and provided for increased server memory from (2GB to 4GB) under the new GSX. Performance of the virtual servers and stability of the VMware remote console was much improved with the new version of GSX. In addition to the aforementioned improvements, we were also able to run additional virtual servers (now up to eight or more) due to the increase in maximum server memory.
Building a VMware GSX Server on top of Linux is easy. VMware offers a 30-day evaluation version that you can download from their web site and install. After completing a quick registration form where you provide your e-mail address and name, select the version appropriate to your distribution and download. For this article we will be using the RPM versions of GSX, but other packages are available for various distributions. Typically within minutes of registering with VMware, you will receive an e-mail with the 30-day license key attached.
As for your host server, you have a choice of Linux distributions, such as Red Hat, Caldera, Turbolinux and SuSE. During the installation of your particular distribution, you will want to consider a partitioning scheme similar to what is shown in Listing 1. The /var, /temp and /home partitions require additional space for log and temp files and, of course, the virtual instances themselves.
Listing 1. Partitioning Scheme
Because our servers came configured with 80GB of disk space that we set up in a RAID-5 array, we had a fair amount of disk space to work with. But in order to save additional disk space for the virtual servers, you may want to choose the custom build install option (Red Hat being the example here) and exclude unnecessary packages, such as games, multimedia, printing, DNS, laptop and so on. Be sure, however, to the include Apache, Samba, networking utilities, the X Window System, compilers and kernel source packages. Once the build is completed, copy the downloaded VMware files to the host server. You also should download the install and configuration documents from VMware's web site to refer to as we begin the GSX installation.
Working as the root user, first install the GSX engine as follows:
rpm -ihv vmware-gsx-1.0.3-1527.i386.rpm
The RPM packages will notify you of any missing dependencies you may need to resolve (a rare occurrence). Once the RPM installation is completed, change directories to the /usr/bin directory and run the GSX installer script:
This is a Perl script that will walk you through the installation of the GSX engine. You will be prompted to answer several questions regarding network configuration and file location. When prompted, answer Yes to Bridged networking and No to Host Only. Accepting the defaults for file locations is fine. When you are prompted to enter a serial number to register the product, refer to the license information sent to you by e-mail. Next, GSX will determine if it has precompiled kernel modules appropriate for your particular distribution. If it does not find compatible modules, GSX will attempt to compile them for you, prompting you for the location of the kernel source files (now aren't you glad you installed them?). After the script has completed this portion of the installation, change back to the directory that you copied the GSX files to (I use the /root directory) and type:
tar -xzvf vmware-mui-1.0.3-1527.tar.gz
After the tar extraction completes, you will have a new directory with the name vmware-mui. Change to the /vmware-mui directory and type:
Yet another Perl script will begin installing the rest of the GSX package, including necessary Perl modules and additions to the Apache configuration for the web-based administration interface to GSX. Once the Perl script has completed, you will have a working version of the GSX Server running on top of Linux.
One additional package you may want to install is the vmware-console-1.0.3-1527.i386.rpm. This package allows you to use the graphical interface to build virtual instances locally on the Linux server rather than only from a remote console.
Now that we have all the VMware GSX goodies installed, we need to verify that GSX is running. From the command line, cd to the /etc directory and type rc.d/init.d/vmware status or service vmware status. You should receive verification that the vmware dæmon is running and that a single instance of vmnet is also running (vmnet is the virtual network bridge that allows our Windows instances to talk through the Linux hosts' hardware, eth0, etc.).
Finally, bring up a web browser and point it to the host server's name or IP address followed by port 8222 (see Figure 1).
You will be prompted to log in (as root) to the console where you will be greeted by a web interface. The GSX host console allows you to create new virtual servers and monitor existing ones as they run. You can also launch the remote consoles from within the web admin tool and log in to your virtual server instances once they are built. God love those geniuses at VMware.
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Incoming sixth-graders at Smithfield Middle School came face to face with their fears Monday -- walking into the wrong classroom, changing clothes in front of their peers before gym class and returning to the bottom of the social ladder after rising to the top in elementary school.
They also got acquainted with some new additions to their daily routine, like combination locks and bells that signal class changes.
Most schools hold open houses where new students find their classrooms and meet their teachers.
But Johnston County went a step further this year with its first transition camp, a daylong event to help prepare children for the move from the nurturing environment of fifth grade to the harsh realities of middle school.
For 11-year-old Caleb Austin, who graduated from South Smithfield Elementary earlier this year, the lessons banished nightmares of getting lost in the halls when school starts Aug. 25.
"I think middle school is going to be fun," Caleb said. "I was worried and scared."
Educators say new academic and social pressures often mix with puberty to trip up students as they transition to middle school. Part of a growing trend nationally, transition camps have taken root in the Triangle and in some N.C. counties.
Johnston middle school coordinator Chris Godwin said he hopes a better transition will boost end-of-grade test scores, which also tend to dip in sixth grade. He hopes to extend the concept to more middle schools next year.
"We assume they make that transition subconsciously," Godwin said. "We wanted to make it a conscious effort."
After a talk with administrators Monday, Smithfield Middle students rotated between classrooms, learning not only where the rooms are but what their days will be like when they start sixth grade next week -- when they can go to their lockers, the bathroom and lunch; how to act in the halls and in class; and what they can do to make new friends.
In one session, students wrote down questions to avoid embarrassment. One student wondered how to deal with bullies.
"They'll probably tell you what to do and act like they're bigger than you," said eighth-grader Austin Coates, one of about a dozen older kids on hand to talk the newcomers through the changes. "You just have to ignore them and they'll go away."
Social pressures plague sixth-graders as classes from several elementary schools converge at a middle school.
Austin remembered a completely silent lunchroom on his first day of sixth grade.
"Nobody wanted to talk to anybody," Austin said.
Sixth-grade language arts teacher Joy Howerton warned students that they may feel their first heartbreak or the pain of not fitting into a certain clique.
"It's like a little club that sounds like a good idea, but it hurts some people's feelings because they feel left out,"she explained.
For Yolanda Jones, the social piece of her sixth-grade puzzle is not a problem. The talkative 12-year-old is sure she'll meet friends.
But she doesn't want to lose focus on her studies and stray onto a path toward fights or teen pregnancy.
"This is where you start everything," Yolanda said.
The students learned some other disturbing facts. They will no longer have recess, will have to wake up an hour earlier, and will need to tuck their shirts into their pants.
Principal Ann Carper said the details can overwhelm young students if they're not addressed. Walking into the wrong classroom or changing clothes in front of others are painful experiences for self-conscious pre-teens.
"They feel like everybody's looking at them," Carper said.
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Suicide is becoming a crisis among people affected by Syria's protracted civil war -- and no one is talking about it.
Her hands showed every tendon, and her arms were like matchsticks. With a grayish tint to her face, Alma Abdulrahman, 27, spoke from a hospital bed in Amman, Jordan, one year ago about the torture and rape she'd endured at what she said were the hands of the Syrian government. Paralyzed from her diaphragm down, she spoke in an exhausted voice over Skype to me in New York last June.


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Expecting a refund
I expect a refund on my undelivered paper magazines. I have zero interest in reading Linux Journal as a PDF on any device (the only devices I have are my phone and my monitor).
I did not subscribe to a digital version and I have no interest in converting my paper subscription to a digital subscription. Please tell me who I need to contact in order to get a refund.
I received an email from them back on August 26 saying they will mail me a refund check within 10 days. It has been over a month and still nothing!
I too received an e-mail on
I too received an e-mail on August 26 telling me a refund check would be mailed - and I still haven't received it.
I called an left a voice mail for Candy Beauchamp the LJ accountant and asked her to call me back. We'll see if I get a response...
Still waiting for my refund
I received a confirmation from "gm@" on August 25 that my refund was in the mail.
Almost a month later, I'm still waiting for that cheque to arrive. The mails between the US and Canada run slow, but not *that* slow.
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
No answer.... yet
Before posting the previous note, I sent an email to gm@, asking what had happened to my refund. That was last Friday. FWIW, I'm still waiting for my refund in the mail.
Now, I realize that only three business days have passed since my followup email to gm@ and my post here, but I would have expected /something/, like a followup email from gm@ telling me that they were looking into the situation, or a post here remarking the same.
But, I've only got silence.
I've now left a voicemail with the subscriptions people, asking what has happened to my refund.
What's up, Linux Journal??
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
Can you hear the crickets??
Another two weeks have passed, and still I've received neither refund nor reply from The Linux Journal.
I'm beginning to get the feeling that LJ has no intention of refunding my money. I hope that I'm wrong.
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
All talk, but slow on action
After sending /another/ email (on Oct 12) to both gm@ and subs@, I finally received a response from GM@ today, saying that "Accounting has issued a check and put it in the mail today".
By the end of the week, I should know if this is just another delaying tactic or not.
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
And so it ends
I received my refund today (2011-10-21). The cheque was issued on September 16, and mailed on October 17.
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright & JOAT-in-training | Registered Linux User #112576
Me: http://pitcher.digitalfreehold.ca/ | Just Linux: http://justlinux.ca/
---------- Slackware - Because I know what I'm doing. ------
Lew - I received my refund
Lew - I received my refund check today.
I originally received an e-mail on Friday August 26th stating "A refund check will be mailed to you within the next 10 days."
The check I received today was dated September 16th. That's 14 business days after August 26th. I have no idea why it took a month to mail the check (the postmark is October 17th) after it was printed.
I'm still saddened by the loss of Linux Journal, I truly enjoyed reading it every month. That being said - after seeing how all of this happened and how it was handled afterwards I can't imagine LJ surviving in digital format either.
I can hear them
Yes, I think that publicly, they wanted to show that they were giving refunds (public relations), but in reality, they never intended to.
Pretty low class of them.
I also received the email back in August, and followed up with emails and voice mail, but no refund.
i received my refund
They put the balance of my subscription back on my credit card... $124! I subscribed for the long term. email@example.com is the email address, but the refund notification came from linuxjournal@pubservice .com. They must be the subscription service LJ uses and I imagine they don't have a choice but to credit your account.
If your serious about not reading on-line and hope for the small chance that LJ may revive their printed magazine, then cancel.
NO PRINT-I don't have time for anything else
I am very busy sometimes with work. I thought I would reward myself with a subscription to Linux Journal, but all I get is grief.
I don't have a tablet and wouldn't ever use it to read with.
When I fly with work I used to read the mag-now I would have to pull out my laptop and all that crap to just read the magazine.
My suggestion-keep the ONLINE version only for the editors and all the rich ass folks that don't have to work-for us struggling to have extra time and like to sit on the potty and read=give us back the printed form-I too want my money back.
F*ing waste of time - probably programmed my Garmin too...
Sad times...
I have just sent an email to cancel my sub. I loved the format of the mag so paid for an international sub since I preferred it to the standard LinuxFormat mag over here in the UK.
Anyway, tis sad, but I'll never read the online mag. I don't have a tablet and using a smart phone is less than Ideal. I like to read this everywhere my computer doesn't go, can't do that with digital...
I think notice should have been given 12 months or even 6 months in advance allowing those who were about to subscribe to have made a better, informed choice... if the reason is cash flow, then they should/would have known this was coming, failing that, sack the accountant but don't punish the subscribers...
So long LJ! Thank you for my two mags :(
I have to admit I paid for paper so thats what i expect or my money back.
It is your choice, but think about it...
You guys should think about the consequences of what you are asking here.
I am NOT, in any way, connected to the magazine and its editorial staff. In fact, in the past I have sent a few nasty emails and letters to the editor complaining about what I thought to be articles written by VERY unprepared people. Even now, I am not at all happy with the idea of losing the paper/hard copy version of the magazine. Like many of you, I enjoy reading my magazine in that "special place" ;-) and I am not planing to bring my tablet or even smart phone in there.
But again, you should think about what you are doing by asking your money back. I can see why you are upset, but if we push this issue too hard, we may lose the only Linux magazine in circulation.
I don't know. Perhaps I am just being "sentimental" about it. But we may indeed have to stick together to keep it running.
but if we push this issue too
but if we push this issue too hard, we may lose the only Linux magazine in circulation.
The way this appears to me, we already have lost it. :(
no, no
I too paid for a physical paper magazine.
They should have issued blanket refunds to every paid subscriber, and THEN offered the electronic version.
This is quite shady and leads me to believe that they're in very dire financial circumstances and will likely fold soon.
Hopefully after my refund has been issued, not before.
And no, they aren't the only source of Linux info.
And no, not every subscriber has the gadgets they propose we read this on. I sit in front of a few monitors all day. I do not own a tablet, I do not own a "smartphone". These are lifestyle choices I've made and have no intention of changing.
I pre-purchased a paper magazine. They won't be delivering it, so they owe me money, end of story.
What is there to think about?
No magazine = no pay. It really is that simple.
Last month I sent LJ a check for $50, the agreement was that they are to send me a magazine every month for the next two years. The form they sent me was pretty explicit about that: "...receiving a copy of Linux Journal in your mailbox each month...". That is what I paid for.
If LJ needs to cover printing costs, groovy, I'm totally happy to pay. I think LJ is a steal at its current cost.
Presently I subscribe to, and read five different magazines (six if you include my soon to be canceled LJ sub), in no way am I killing print! LJ is killing themselves. They pride themselves on being the first mag in town, but fast forward a couple years and if they are still around it will be the same crap useless 'reviews' as on c-net.
Is LJ going to mail me a kindle or a nook or a whatever (I don't want an iPad because I don't want to read on that thing) so that I can continue to read my magazine on the train on the way to work? I'd consider keeping my subscription in that case (but only if there is a way to jot down marginalia while I read).
got my refund
Mine was the previous comment that I had emailed both subs@ and gm@. I just received notification (a pretty curt one at that) that the remaining balance of my subscription had been refunded.
Refund !? I think is is not an option viable!
Difficult to think that you can get a refund especially if you have subscribed international ... as it has developed the situation would be the step prior to Chapter 11 :-( Also because they say it stops the hard copies, then it means that newsstand or library are no longer selling enough copies, and that cash flow is thin ... sure is embarrassing especially against those who have activated or renewed recently :-( I read in another thread just now that a new subscriber has not had time to receive their printed copy, that surprise has received the email (madness)! I think that all the staff will review its decision to avoid the worst.
The survey, which I launched on linkedin for the moment only got negative votes ... http://t.co/ZUv5PRe
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Waiting for reply aswell
I too sent my refund request in to subs@ and am yet to hear back from anyone over there. They better not try to bill me for the first pdf issue.
Who's running the show over there anyways??
Good Luck
I am now on my third email requesting information about cancelling. I have received zero in the way of replies (maybe the replies are now done on paper? With no prior warning? Just like the mag went digital?)
Not a happy camper. Remember what they say about karma, folks....
Already did
I sent my email yesterday requesting my refund. I sent it to both subs@ as well as gm@, but I've yet to receive a response.
It's simple...
Subscription contract: I gives you money, you gives me magazine... or money back.
This is a fraud!
Voice Your Opinion
Make sure to address your refunds to firstname.lastname@example.com
I've already sent my request for a refund.
I sent my cancellation
I sent my cancellation request to subs and had a email back the next day. The email acknowledged my cancellation and let me know the refund amount.
For those not getting timely responses, did you put your full name, address, and subscription number in the email? If not they will have to try and look that all up.
It was nice they got back to me so soon. But, still sad as I would still like the paper edition.
It feels like the end of an era.
But did you get your check? I received the email, but it has been over a month and still no refund check...
Thank you! I'm going to
Thank you! I'm going to request for a refund now.
Very disappointing and expecting a refund
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I've grown convinced that many conservatives actually don't understand what rationing is. They appear to consider it some sort of intrinsic quality of state-run health systems — national health care has rationing in much the way a car has doors. It's just there.Of course, that's not the case. A state-run system could decide, as Medicare does, that they'll pay for any and all necessary procedures, and do so quickly. Then there would be no rationing. There would be, as there is in Medicare, enormous spending and astonishingly fast cost growth. Instead, other systems, and their attendant societies, makes a judgment to devote relatively fewer resources to health care and relatively more to other things (like leisure!). That's a fair allocation of resources.
What we do in this society is devote relatively unlimited resources to health care for wealthy and insured people and relatively fewer to health care for poor people. It isn't clear whether we think that's a useful way to spend trillions of dollars, or whether we'd prefer some alternate ordering of expenditures, with more going to preventive medicine and paid maternal leave.
This is largely because the political party that has tasked itself with protecting the unlimited privileges of the rich has skillfully made it taboo to discuss such things as limiting or redirecting health care expenditures through collective action, but it is, theoretically, something we could explore.
What we do in this society is devote relatively unlimited resources to health care for wealthy and insured people and relatively fewer to health care for poor people. It isn't clear whether we think that's a useful way to spend trillions of dollars, or whether we'd prefer some alternate ordering of expenditures, with more going to preventive medicine and paid maternal leave.
That's what Ezra's claiming is in no way guaranteed or expected under current health care plans.
This is a naked attempt to put a huge slice of our economy under government control because these people think it would be more fair.
Although most Americans say they are generally satisfied with the quality of their own health care, including 41 percent who say they are very satisfied, it's a different story when it comes to the cost of care. Just one in five are very satisfied with what they pay for health care, while a majority (52 percent) are dissatisfied, including a third who are very dissatisfied. Americans are even more critical of health care costs in the nation as whole: 59 percent are very dissatisfied with the overall cost of health care in the U.S. and another 22 percent are somewhat dissatisfied. Most Americans believe government can play a role in fixing the health care system. Two-thirds say the federal government should guarantee that all Americans have health insurance — and a similar number says providing health insurance for all is a more serious problem than keeping health care costs down.
Neither HilaryCare nor any of the current health-care proposals seek to abolish private health insurance. So under any realistic past or present proposal that relates to the United States, that option remains.
Under Section 4507 of the Balanced Budget Act, any doctor is free to contract privately with a patient enrolled in the Medicare program, treat that patient on an independent basis outside of the rules and regulations of the Medicare program, and refrain from submitting any claims to the taxpayer for Medicare reimbursement.However, Section 4507 contains a catch. A doctor who wishes to contract privately with a patient enrolled in Medicare Part B must first sign an affidavit to that effect, submit that affidavit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services within ten days, and agree to remove himself from the Medicare program and refrain from submitting any claims to Medicare for reimbursement for a period two full years.
Ms. Allen figures the lawsuit has a fighting chance: In 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that "access to wait lists is not access to health care," striking down key Quebec laws that prohibited private medicine and private health insurance.
Do you want a strongly interventionist judiciary, willing to strike down federal laws and budgets as being in excess of federal power, or a judiciary more deferential to the will of the majority?
You DO know that nearly 50% of all healthcare spending goes through government at some level TODAY right?
Seriously, is it a good thing that the US government pays nearly half the cost of any commodity?
Correct, CJ, but rationing by price is much more efficient.
I'd guess most of the Americans would like some form of national healthcare actually are more worried about losing their healthcare if they are fired and see it as a way to "guarantee" them having healthcare.
No it's not a good thing, but it's a true thing
So, I, who for most of my life would argue that getting government out of healthcare was the best option, realized that since this is not an option, we should go with plan B, take the money that already goes through the government, put it all neatly into one package, and use it to provide significant healthcare coverage for every man, woman, and child in America.
Or swing at this windmill, and hope some people with your sensibilities, but perhaps not your blind adherence to philosophical principals make their way to drawing board to do the work that you refuse to do on principal.
You don't know me well enough to say anything about my adherence to principals.
True or not, if it's a bad thing, then work against it.
Do you really think that it's going to get better with universal coverage from the government?
Look, if the government is going to be able...
Slippery Slope argument is a logical fallacy.
I know we spend 16% of of the GDP on healthcare NOW, I know that in the next 10 years it is estimated that we will spend 20% of the GDP on healthcare. And this tells me that we can't go on doing what we are doing (and we won't). And I know the government never gets out of anything. You do the math.
I think you answered that one yourself.
Example: if there are 10 hip replacement surgeons and 10 patients demanding the surgery, the allocation model is simple. Each patient is served as demanded at a particular price and in a particular time-frame. But if there are 10 hip replacement surgeons and 1,000 patients, suddenly some different method of allocation must be found. In a free market that equilibrium would be determined by price and rationed in that manner. In an National Health Care scheme, however, which fixes price, a different method of allocation is necessary. And what most have hit upon is a form a rationing known as "first come, first serve". Thus the waiting lists. Price, of course, is irrelevant, because that's been fixed by the system. But what the system can't "fix" is the supply of qualified hip surgeons.
1. Government involvement in health care is a bad thing.2. We should let government get more involved in it, even though that won't make it better.If you can't see the fundamental flaw in your position, there's no point in arguing with you.
So, working against something I think is wrong equates to "blind adherence to principals" in your estimation?
You really are a lightweight
"It has nothing to do with national health care."
In a way so profound that it goes right over your head, that is exactly the whole point.
I don't mean to be a jerk, but I'll say this flatly; of the economic and political effects of general price maxima/minima, cartelization, the creation of monopoly privileges in the form of licensure, how these things will be pushed to apotheosis under a system of nationalization one must be completely ignorant in order to say something like that, and imply what you do thereby. If I should say nothing else on the subject, let me say that.
Second Anonymous Liberal.
"Thank you, Obi-Wan. We mere mortals have no hope of understanding your profound wisdom. I guess that's why you don't even bother to share it with us."
I await your retraction.
Q. The President emphasizes "choice" as one of the six principles of his reform plan. Do families have the freedom to choose a health care benefits package outside of the regional health alliance?A. No. The choice available to families is limited by the government, with very few exceptions. As the Manhattan Institute's Elizabeth McCaughey remarks, "Unless you now receive health care through Medicare, military or veterans benefits, or unless your spouse works for a large company, the law will require you to buy basic health coverage from the limited choices offered by your alliance. It will be illegal to buy it elsewhere." {emphasis mine}
In an unprecedented invasion of physician/patient privilege and privacy, "Doctors are supposed to submit bills for all their elderly patients to Medicare once they care for a single Medicare patient,So there guys claim not, what you claim, that such doctors treating Medicare patients are unable to contract separately with these patients, but only that they can't submit for reimbursement from Medicare unless they bill through Medicare.
Under universal, single-payer healthcare such as HillaryCare, he doesn't get that choice - he simply suffers. That's an inefficient allocation of resources.
Q. Can a regional alliance prevent a plan being offered to consumers?A. Yes. The regional health alliance must normally offer contracts to health plans meeting the federal conditions, but it still has reserve powers to exclude a plan. For example, a regional alliance may exclude a plan if its proposed premium exceeds the average premium within the alliance by more than 20 percent; if the plan fails to offer coverage for "all services" as outlined in the federal government's comprehensive benefits package; if the alliance finds that the plan discriminates against any group of the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, income, or health status.
the law will require you to buy basic health coverage from the limited choices offered by your alliance.
Example: Suppose you have one person whose sleep apnea is just marginally bad enough for surgery (according to government rules about such things). That person may *not* be willing to pay for it themselves, but they'll take it if someone else pays. Another person may have sleep apnea just under the limit for what the government thinks should warrant surgery, but they work in a mentally demanding field and the clearing up sleep apnea so they can think more clearly has a higher value for them, so they're willing to pay for it themselves, even perhaps to the extent of paying a premium so they don't have to wait long to do it.In a private system, that option is available. Under universal, single-payer healthcare such as HillaryCare, he doesn't get that choice - he simply suffers.
its most extreme possible consequence is only that doctors would have to choose between seeing private patients or government-health patients, but not see both.
No, and this again is a false representation of my assertion. I stated that I believe that government involvement cannot be UNDONE, therefore the best course of action is to try and improve the nature of the current government involvement.
True or not, if it's a bad thing, then work against it.I think you answered that one yourself.
I don't believe that I am arguing for MORE government involvement, I am arguing for a change in the nature of the current government involvement. Rather than having hundreds of different ways to pay for healthcare for some people, have one one way.
we should go with plan B, take the money that already goes through the government, put it all neatly into one package, and use it to provide significant healthcare coverage for every man, woman, and child in America
You have yet to address the fact that government insurance (Medicare and Medicaid) has failed miserably, and only served to increase the cost of health care in this country. But for some reason you think that having the government provide insurance for more people is going to be better, and you haven't explained how.
Today, the Medicare program is overwhelmingly statist. Medicare uses political fiat, price controls, and centralized bureaucratic processes to try to regulate an infinitely complicated health care program. Many Medicare rules—such as record keeping, ownership rules, and quality standards—directly regulate almost all health care providers.Most regulatory decisions made by Medicare are compromises that are wrong—often deeply wrong—for many enrollees and providers. Medicare is like a government-designed automobile: designed by committee, changed too late, with final details set by legislative or bureaucratic fiat, and based on the principle that "one size fits all" and the corollary ethical proposition that everyone should get an identical benefit because anything else is "unfair." Like the government-designed automobile, Medicare fits very few as well as the plan they would choose for themselves if given a choice.
In contrast, the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) uses the mildest forms of government direction and oversight to allow the forces of choice and competition to determine health plan costs, benefits, provider choice, administrative convenience, and a host of details.
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