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Jonathan Salovitz's course load sounds as grueling as any college undergraduate's: computer science, poetry, history, math and mythology, taught by professors at big-name schools such as Princeton and the University of Pennsylvania.
Except Salovitz, 23, is not an undergraduate. His effort won't count toward a bachelor's degree, and he hasn't paid a dime in tuition. Nor have his classmates, who number in the tens and even hundreds of thousands.
Instead, Salovitz calls himself a "guinea pig." He's participating in a grand experiment in higher education known as Massive Open Online Courses --MOOCs, for short. Learners of all ages around the world are flocking to them. Top universities are clamoring to participate. And MOOCs already have attracted the interest of some employers, paving the way for a potential revenue source. All in less than a year.
"The industry has operated more or less along the same business model and even the same technology for hundreds of years," says John Nelson, managing director of Moody's Higher Education. "MOOCS represent a rapidly developing and emerging change and that is very, very rare."
In a new report, Moody's Investor Service calls MOOCs a "pivotal development" that has the potential to revolutionize higher education. Questions remain whether these online courses can be profitable and whether traditional colleges will award credit for them. But if successful, MOOCs could lead to lower costs for families and access to higher-quality instruction for anyone in the world who has Internet access.
The spark ignited last fall, when more than 160,000 people worldwide signed up to take a free artificial intelligence course taught by Stanford research professor Sebastian Thrun, who is perhaps best known as a leading force behind Google's driverless car.
Thrun has since co-founded Udacity, supported by a venture capital firm. The company expanded its course offerings this spring. In May, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard committed $30 million each to found edX, a non-profit partnership that will offer seven MOOCs this fall. Meanwhile, 16 research universities, including three from outside the United States, have signed agreements to offer courses through a platform created by Coursera, a social entrepreneurship company founded by two Stanford professors.
Each MOOC is unique, but courses generally feature a series of short, video segments in which an instructor describes a particular concept or skill, then gives exercises, quizzes and exams.
Math- and science-related disciplines have dominated course offerings. But Coursera, which lists more than 115 courses on its website, has expanded its repertoire to include subjects such as fantasy and science fiction, world music and poetry. For many courses, autograding technology provides instant and sometimes detailed feedback; Coursera is experimenting with having students evaluate each other's work.
Students can access the course materials at their convenience, and ask and answer questions on online discussion boards. Often, students organize themselves into study groups and might even meet in person. While they typically never communicate directly with the instructor, classmates may chime in, and the instructor or an assistant may monitor discussions to address commonly raised issues.
Classes open to everyone
How MOOCs will change the higher education landscape is still very much an open question, but the possibilities are mind-boggling. Theoretically, for example, a single MOOC on a particular topic could accommodate every student in the world. "If you make a really, really great computer science class, it will eventually trump a mediocre computer science class," says Udacity's Thrun. And the bigger the audience, the more cost-effective the course.
MOOCs also have the potential to radically alter a centuries-old business model, one that for most institutions has depended on increasingly higher tuition. MOOC providers want to keep courses free to students, but "for these to work they're going to have to be sustainable and bring some amount of money in," says Michael Horn, a co-founder of Innosight Institute, a Silicon Valley think tank that focuses on education. Universities are mostly worried about what they stand to lose if they don't jump into the fray. "There is a bit of a herd mentality," he says. Schools may be "reacting without much strategic thought behind it."
Moody's sees several likely revenue opportunities, including advertising and licensing. Eventually, it expects that students will have to pay some costs. EdX, for example, has said it plans to eventually charge a fee to students who want to receive a certificate upon completion. Horn thinks employers will pick up much of the tab. Already, Udacity offers to help match high-achieving students in its courses with partner companies.
As for colleges and universities, the big financial winners will be brand-name universities who seize the opportunity, the Moody's report says. It also says their elite reputations will allow their residential campuses to flourish. In contrast, less selective schools will likely see a decline in student demand, and colleges with small endowments will be particularly at risk, unless they find a way to participate. The embrace of online education by elite institutions also will help "reduce the stigma" of distance education, and put new competitive pressure on for-profit colleges, which have dominated the distance-education sector, Moody's says.
But that's getting ahead of the story. Even as top universities jump on the bandwagon, they are quick to stress that MOOCs can't replace the on-campus experience. And, while professors are designing courses to be as rigorous as those they teach on campus, colleges aren't ready to award college credit for students who complete MOOCs.
"We wouldn't participate if we didn't find them valuable," says Christoph Guttentag, undergraduate admissions dean at Duke, which recently signed a deal with Coursera. But "when someone receives a degree from Duke or Stanford or MIT, people know that means something. Those things are less certain or less sure when you're dealing with a MOOC."
Ensuring academic standards
The top concern is how to ensure that students are actually learning. "There's no way to keep track of individual student progress and development when the numbers are that high," says University of Illinois English professor Cary Nelson. Taken to the extreme, MOOCs could lead to "mindless credentialing of thousands and thousands of students."
So far, students who pass the course -- at this point, the vast majority of students never finish -- might get a certificate or document, in some cases signed by their professor, showing they completed or perhaps even excelled in the course. But other than an honor code, there's no identity check, and some writing classes have encountered problems related to plagiarism. Starting this month, a division of Pearson, an education publishing company, will allow students to take a proctored final exam for Udacity courses; it will add tests for edX courses next year.
Meanwhile, some schools are looking for ways to integrate MOOCs into their existing programs. The University of California-Berkeley, which this summer joined edX, is considering a plan by which state community college students who enroll in its MOOCs might earn transfer credits, Chancellor Robert Birgeneau said.
Many students enrolled in the first generation of courses seem unconcerned about those details. "I am still overwhelmed by so many people wanting an education, even without (earning course) credit," says retiree Maureen Shipbaugh, 69, of New Port Richey, Fla., who is taking a class on fantasy and science fiction taught by University of Michigan English professor Eric Rabkin.
Salovitz, who dropped out of the University of Connecticut after completing two semesters and accruing $20,000 in loans, hopes MOOCs will help him in the job market. "There's no way to argue that my learning experience (with) top professors from across the country is going to be worse than anyone else's learning experience in any learning environment," he says. "Then it's up to the employer. How much weight do these online certificates hold in the eye of the employer?"
Most promising, perhaps, is how MOOCs are creating opportunities in developing countries. This spring, students at a high school in Mongolia participated in an engineering MOOC, and two of them earned A's.
"It is not difficult to imagine a talented Mongolian high school student applying to MIT with such a credential in hand," says Tony Kim, a Stanford graduate student who offered labs and discussion sections at the Mongolian school.
Ashwith Rego, 24, of Bangalore, India, who passed the same course, taught by an MIT professor, says it was harder than anything he had taken in his undergraduate engineering program in India. "The fact that it was an MIT course, I thought I wouldn't be able to do well," he says. "I will definitely put this on my resume."
In that context, hand-wringing over whether MOOCs can or should replace a campus-based education is irrelevant, says Coursera co-founder Daphne Knoller.
"I don't think it is a perfect substitute," she says. "The question we must ask is whether what we're providing these students is better than they would have had otherwise."
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BETHANT, DELAWARE -- Mediacom has the worst service ever. They lost a check sent to keep up service in my brother's rental property after his death, and having to try to unravel their atrocious customer service has cost me well over 10 hours of my workday -- and the issue is still not resolved. Horrible. Do not ever use them.
Around July 16, 2011 I contacted Mediacom and was connected to **. I requested phone and Mediacom Online MAX 20 Mbps Internet service. ** - noticeably confused about the multiple of specials around this time - suggested a special for 34.95 for phone and Mediacom Online MAX 20 Mpbs for 12 months after which it would then go up. I agreed on this and the technician ** installed service on 07/26.
However, already then I noticed on the work order that only the Standard Internet service was included (12 Mbps) - and the charge was only 29,95. ** said he couldn't change that but accepted my prepared check for 34.95 and told me to talk to **. I did, and after a series of conversations trying to understand Mediacom's dubious specials at that time (which ** didn't understand either), ** agreed to talk to Mediacom to have my service adjusted to 20 Mbps. That was Jul 29. I didn't hear from him anymore.
Therefore, I contacted him August 12. He said he sent an email in this matter but that they might be backed up due to the 'college kids moving in [University of Iowa]'. I contacted him again on August 20. The strange answer I got then was (quote): "They are having trouble finding someone to fix the account in the system. I apologize. You might get farther going through customer service at 1-877-387-8087. It's worth a try." So I did.
After a few transfers, the customer service representative let me know that I wouldn't be able to get the special I had signed up for anymore since it had expired. But he would be happy to adjust my Internet service to the 20 Mbps - at the regular rate of $59.95 a month. Furious at that point, I contacted ** who told me (quote) "You actually have till Aug 26 to cancel with no charges for service. If you're that unhappy with everything I'd advise you do that before it's too late."
So, my choice was No Internet or swallow incompetence, terrible customer service and breach of agreement. I spend a month on this process, while my emotional stage escalated from patience and understanding through surprise and disbelief to frustration and the heartfelt realization of disempowerment. I recommend to everybody to avoid Mediacom like the plague and find alternatives - before signed a contract or immediately once the current one expires.
WATERLOO, IOWA -- We had Mediacom installed in our new home in May. We have had nothing but problems with the reception since. When we have called to report the issue, which is simple the picture will turn black and white or blank completely, the representative did not understand what our problem was and would report issues we were not having. Finally we were able to have a service person scheduled to come to our house.
The service person was to be here on Sunday between 8-12. At 9:30 the phone rang and we could get to it before the voice mail picked up. The person left a message to call 232-8800 if we were still having issues. The number left has been disconnected. So called the 800 number. After waiting 30 minutes someone was finally able to help. The lady stated we had an appointment but it was canceled as the service person called twice and we did not answer. Nope, only one call was made to our phone.
Then I requested to speak with a manager and without responding to my request the lady said "one minute" while contact the service person to find out what is going on. After another 10 minutes on hold without agreeing to wait, I am now even more upset. Another person came on the line and rudely asked what my problem was. I was already angry and demanded a number to speak with a manager in our local office.
This person advised local offices have no phones to be contacted at. Duh!! What kind of business office has no phone available. Employees must have a line for emergencies. There is a number to call. This lady then finally agreed to have a manager call me after my work hours to have someone call. However, after 6 months of trying to get my cable corrected I will not hold my breathe. But when it comes to collecting your money for the bill, they sure are quick. Yes, I have tried to change companies. Unfortunately, Mediacom is the only cable service in our area and due to our location and surroundings, we are unable to connect to satellite, which was our first choice.
SAVAGE, MINNESOTA -- We got charged twice for disconnecting fee. Who does that? TV service awful from the beginning and only got worse as the months followed. Always technical difficulties every month to the point they would block the phone lines so you couldn't get through. On demand only worked part of the time. Means when you try to play catch up on weekend with shows, surprise it doesn't work. Movies only worked 70% of time maybe. About 15 minutes in they would get all fuzzy. Got double and triple charged movies if we didn't catch it in time.
Called them once to 2 times a month for problems. Ordered show time to watch Game of Thrones only to have technical difficulties that day and couldn't get it to play online either. Called and there was nothing they could do about it. That is the only reason we paid for show time. Total waste of money and huge headache while we were customers. We switched to DirecTV and have been amazed and much happier.
LEESBURG, GEORGIA -- First, my internet is down again and the HD channels are unwatchable (skips and flutters a lot.... Also the internet service is down often. I have had to call dozens of times to get them to come out and check out the service. The latest was Wed. of this week. They said they could not get anybody here until June 3rd.... 8 days does not seem reasonable. Either they have a lot of problems or they need to have more service people. I'm switching to DirecTV and hope this is better. All the fancy commercials they produce is pretty much a joke.
ST. PETER, MINNESOTA -- So here I am... again... without phone service. It has been out for 6 hours now. When I went to a local pay phone, I got a busy signal all three times I tried to call as I stood in the rain. I went home and sent email which was answered with an auto reply. Eventually, after several emails, I got an email that indicated they would send my problem to the correct department to get the problem fixed. This is not the first time this has happened. In fact, it happens about once a month, right along with losing my internet about once a month. This all started as soon as my first year was over and my rates went up. Go figure... more money for less service. How insane is that?
SPIRIT LAKE, IOWA -- I am only writing this review here because Mediacom does not provide any opportunities for customer feedback on their website. Call them? I did and waited over 20 minutes for Customer Service to pick up. To try to get rid of me, they made a big deal about security because my wife set up the account. When I provided the information required, they couldn't find our account. When I asked to take the Customer Survey, they hung up on me. I wasn't about to call back.
Never mind that we had to wait a week to have our service hooked up. Mediacom's customer service and digital cable product are terrible (phone is OK, internet and installers have been very good)! There is a long pause between channels, the on-screen guides stink and the signal is often intermittent. The DVR, while a convenient option, is inferior to those offered with satellite. We have ordered two on-demand movies and in both cases they stopped in the middle and could not be re-started. While Mediacom did refund the cost of the movies, it is very frustrating.
If Mediacom is your only choice, don't bother with a HD television - they only have a few channels and the reception quality is so poor that the picture actually looks better on a traditional set. We don't have any other choice where we currently live, or we would certainly switch back to satellite. Google their CEO's name and he actually mentions it as part of Mediacom's business strategy in several recent articles. It's obvious to me that Mediacom's Pledge to Customers is pure fiction.
32459, FLORIDA -- I would like to a few minutes to discuss my experiences with Mediacom's cable TV and high speed internet services. Hopefully, you will also take the time to review my comments and concerns in regards to your services and take appropriate actions to overcome any short comings in the future.
On March 15, 2006, I relocated to a home in Santa Rosa Beach, FL. When I started getting utilities turned on I, of course, inquired about the cable provider for my area. My neighbor provided me with Mediacom's telephone number. I called the next day to see about getting service activated at my new location. Much to my dismay, I was informed that service was not provided to my location. I was told that service WAS available on my cross street (Don Bishop Rd.), but it had not been run down the side street yet (Mario Rd.). I wasn't too surprised to hear this news because there were three abandoned satellites on the property from previous owners.
In the next day or so, I mentioned the situation to my new neighbor and he indicated that he had experienced a similar problem with Mediacom when trying to obtain service at his location. He said he knew that service was available because he was home the day they trenched the line to each house on Mario Rd. Rather than arguing with the Mediacom operator he called upon a "friend of his" that worked for the local branch. His friend activated his service and took care of initiating the paperwork and billing. He urged me to call back and try to get service established again.
After being advised of this I made a second call to Mediacom and was told the same thing. Service was not available in my area. Discouraged at this point, I started researching satellite options and pricing. I assumed that Mediacom was correct and my neighbor just didn't know what he was talking about.
After a few days my neighbor and I met again in the driveway. I explained to him the situation. He just had a look of disgusted and shook his head. He then proceeded to walk me around the side of my house where he pointed out the Mediacom drop. Sure enough, there was a black cable with a blue Mediacom tag and identification number on it. At this point, my discouragement was also turned to disgust.
The following day I called Mediacom for the third and last time. I had made up mind - if the operator couldn't get it right this time, I either had to have a "friend in the business" or Mediacom didn't want my business. This time the telephone attendant acted like there was no problem and said a technician would be out on the scheduled day to activate my service. At this point I was unsure if the operator actually knew if service was available at my location or if she was just sending someone because I told her that this was the third call and that there was a tagged line at my service entrance.
I asked myself, "Now why couldn't it have been that simple on the first call". Regardless, at this point I thought all the trouble was behind me and service would be activated within a few days. Boy, was I wrong. That was just the beginning.
Shortly after having service established, I started noticing problems with my cable modem. It would stop working intermittently. I was unsure if Mediacom's high speed service was just unreliable or if I had a problem. I placed a call to customer service and made an inquiry about my concerns. The gentleman on the other end of the line seemed very knowledgeable and helped me as much as he could.
He said he had no problem "seeing" or "pinging" the modem from his end. He advised me that my wireless router was going bad and it should be replaced. Upon his advice, I went to my local electronics store and purchased a new router. After $100 and several days, my service was doing the same thing.
I called back to file a second complaint. The telephone attendant gave me the same information. He too indicated my router was going bad and it needed to be replaced. Being skeptical of his diagnosis, I completely disconnected my local area network and attached Mediacom's cable modem directly to my PC. As I had expected, the problems continued.
After calling back with a third complaint and telling the telephone attendant that I had no routers or local network he agreed to dispatch a technician to my location. The technician arrived on time and greeted me at the door. After working inside my demark for a few minutes, he informed me that the splitters in the house were hooked up all wrong and this "could" be causing my problems. He informed me that my cable modem needed to be installed on a "home run" to the demark and that the signal to noise ratio was too high at the modem's location.
I inquired why Mediacom's self installation package included a splitter if it wasn't intended to be installed that way. He didn't really have an answer for my inquiry besides "a home run is the way it should be". He changed around the splitter configuration, replaced a few "F" connectors and disconnected my television in the master bedroom. He said that both the television in the master bedroom and the cable modem could not be on the same drop. At this point, he told me that he was putting in a work order for "the guys" to do some checks/work on the road and I should give it 7-10 days for them to finish up.
Basically, I was being told that if the work he completed didn't fix my problem that the work "to be completed" on the road would fix it. I didn't really feel that this was proper; having to wait 7 to 10 days for the work to be completed. At any rate, I agreed to wait to see if this actually resolved my problems. Oddly, the technician didn't leave after completing his service. He offered me to join him, in the shade of my opened garage, and engage in conversation. During this few minutes in my garage, the technician complained to me about the Sandestin office was short staffed and how hard they worked for such little pay.
At this point, I was ready to invite the technician to leave until he willing revealed that he had to spend "customer time" with me. He proceeded to show me, on his handheld, that he couldn't leave until my customer time was up. This really enraged me that Mediacom had to pay their technicians to be friendly and talk to the customer. I didn't know if he was being serious about this or just feeding me line of nonsense. Either way, I had stuff to do and didn't want to be hassled with conversation. I unwillingly entertained his conversation for a few more minutes before disengaging and returning inside.
Meanwhile, during my 7-10 day wait, I contacted a local contractor to run an additional drop to my master bedroom. I wanted to get both the television and cable modem working in the same location. After spending nearly $200 for an RG-6 cable drop and waiting nearly 2 weeks, I was furious to find that Mediacom's cable modem was STILL working intermittently. At this point I was planning on discontinuing service. Obviously, Mediacom couldn't provide reliable service to my location.
After feeling disgusted, deceived and violated, I called for the fourth time. I gave the indications, listened to the solutions, threatened to discontinue service and then had to almost demand that a technician be sent back out to review my problems. Unwillingly, the telephone attendant agreed to have someone come out, but assured me that there was no problem on Mediacom's end.
This time a different technician arrived. I explained the problem to him, along with the history. He immediately went to my desktop computer and entered a series of commands and began to shake his head. "You have a bad modem", he explained. "Let me go to the van, and get you a replacement", he said. After a few minutes of work the technician said, "This modem is bad too! Let me try another one." Upon testing and trying the third time he told me that "this" modem is good and should take care of everything. He showed me the diagnostics on the modem, both before and after his repair. He assured me that I was all taken care of.
His actions, confidence, and lack of hesitation reassured me that "he knew what he was doing" and "he hand my problems repaired". After engaging him in a short conversation and explaining the entire history of my account, I found out that this technician was from another location (Pensacola, I think) and he was in this area to help out with the employee shortage.
Without directly stating the obvious, he indicated, that the technicians at my local branch had no clue how to service the cable modem network; much less maintain the cable TV system. He eluded that most of my local area technicians were quite incompetent of their job positions. I agreed with his speculation. At least this employee provided me with a cable modem from his van as opposed to the original technician who dug my modem out of an old box, in the back of his pickup truck, and had to "try to find" the right adapter.
In the end, this technician proved himself correct. I had wasted $300 on a router and new drop. Neither of these items were causing any problems or required any attention. Thanks to this educated technician, I have not had any further problems from Mediacom's high speed internet service. It just behooves me that my problem could not have been solved 3 telephone calls or $300.00 ago.
After FINALLY obtaining stable service, I placed 2 separate telephone calls to customer service regarding "send/receive" problems with my independent email account. Both times, I was instructed my by Mediacom's employees to call a 3rd party vendor that "handled those servers". Both times, Mediacom's employees advised me to leave a message because "these guys don't normally answer but, the WILL call you back". Only one time, I never received a return telephone call.
While calling, I wondered why I was calling Mediacom's subcontractors… "I am contracting a service with Mediacom. Shouldn't they be calling the subcontractor?" Fortunately for me, the problem was found to originate from my hosting provider and had nothing to do with Mediacom. Regardless, I felt that while back tracking the error Mediacom's employees could have at least denied responsibility as they had done so many times before. At least I would have called my server administrator earlier.
In addition to the previous problems experienced, I have tolerated, at least, 5 area outages (that I am aware of) in my location. These outages include both cable TV and internet service. The most recent occurred on September 28, 2006 and one approximately 1 week prior. Each time an outage occurred, I've called Mediacom with 100% no resolution to my circumstances other than waiting.
Now please don't misunderstand me. I DO understand outages due to upgrades, impaired service poles, and equipment failure, but I feel that major majority of outages I've experienced was not due to these conditions. I'm confident that my misdiagnosed internet service failures were NOT due to these conditions. If outages were caused by these conditions, I was not advised nor compensated for Mediacom's failure to provide the services that I consistently pay for every month.
In approximately 6 months of service, I have had 14 (fourteen) encounters with customer service. This equates to experiencing hassle and dissatisfaction "less than" every 2 weeks. I wonder why I pay my bill on time and in full every month. I am obviously receiving less than "full" service. I pay for complete, reliable, and maintained service each month. Is it to much to ask Mediacom to provide me with what I'm paying for? I don't think so!
At this point in time, I am seriously considering contacting my local franchise authority (Walton County Courthouse Clerk @ PO Box 1355 DeFuniak Springs, FL 32434 850-892-8474 FCC Community Id= fl0647) and the Better Business Bureau to file the appropriate complaint forms.
According to my calculations, I pay approximately $.0.09 per hour for both internet and cable TV services. Additionally, I was advised to purchase and repair approximately $300.00 in equipment and cabling by Mediacom. After reviewing all the hardships and misdiagnosis endured by utilizing Mediacom's service, it has cost me an additional $50.16 per month.
In conjunction with Mediacom's statement of $63.09 (per month), my continued cost of $113.25 (per month) is completely unreasonable for the substandard services I am receiving. These calculations don't even remotely reflect the time I've spent on the telephone or money that I have lost due to service failure.
As a local business owner serving both Okaloosa and Walton County, I DO understand equipment failures, local employee decencies, area conditions, and any other circumstances that Mediacom might endure. Guess what!? I endure them too!!! There is just no reason for treating any customer the way I have been dealt with. At a minimum, I hope Mediacom will at least respond to my complaint with an explication for this type of customer service. That would be the minimal expected resolution.
In addition to the above complaint, I would like to add that a mailing address for customer service was not available online. I physically had to call customer service for information. On the first attempt to contact customer service, I was never reached a telephone attendant. I was just connected to an automated survey. I understand that mistakes happen within automated telephone systems, but this was just another example of the repeated problems.
After making the second telephone call to customer service, I was advised that the telephone attendant DID NOT have a mailing address for the main office in New York. In addition, she stated that there was no mailing address for "customer service" available. I was advised to contact my local office.
Now maybe this only makes sense to me, but why in the world I file a complaint with the office I was complaining about? After explaining this to the operator she provided me with an address for the Gulf Breeze office. She stated that "this" office was a big service area for them and that they could handle the complaint appropriately. I sincerely hope she is correct in her statements. If not, I have no other method of initiating contact with customer service other that contacting the Better Business Bureau or the FCC cable information hotline.
EARLVILLE, ILLINOIS -- I cannot get through to the company on cell phone. House phone stays busy before dialing the numbers. I live in a multi-dwelling and I think some people are tapped in for free. I mentioned this to one of your people here for a service call for someone else. They confirmed seeing someone illegal tapped in. But I would have to call to get another tech to come check it out?


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The all-new sixth-generation Camaro improves upon the outgoing model in every way. More importantly, the new Camaro goes toe to toe with rivals like the Ford Mustang and Dodge Challenger. The turbocharged 4-cylinder returns impressive fuel economy, and the available V6 is the most powerful in its class. With upgraded cabin materials, selectable driving modes, and slick retro-modern styling, the 2016 Camaro is hard to beat.
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The Chevrolet Camaro is completely redesigned for 2016. It represents the dawn of the car's sixth generation, and overall it is a smaller, lighter, more sophisticated and capable performance car than its predecessor. Engines include a new turbocharged 2.0L four-cylinder, a 3.6L V6 and a 6.2L V8, with either 6-speed manual or 8-speed automatic transmissions available across the range. Pricing ranges from $25,700 to $41,300.
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The all-new sixth generation 2016 Chevrolet Camaro makes a mere 455 horsepower in its hottest version, way less than the 526-horsepower Ford Shelby GT350 or 707-horsepower Dodge Hellcat, but we're not going to say it's blown away by them, or that it can't compete with them. After all, what good is horsepower if you can't use it? and to be honest, mostly all you can do with 500-plus horsepower is show it off, which is not the same as using it. But we digress.
The thing about the Camaro is that it also, for the first time in history, comes with a four-cylinder engine. It's a turbocharged 2.0-liter making a civilized 275 horsepower while bringing 30 highway miles per gallon, never mind that that model is the one they call the chick's car. It wasn't that long ago that 275 horsepower was a muscle car. In fact, that was the power produced by the 5.7-liter V8 in the original 1967 Camaro.
The looks of the new 2016 Camaro don't depart much from the 2010-2015 model, but it's changed a lot underneath, as it's slightly smaller, built on the platform of the Cadillac ATS. Even though it has more muscle than ever, the Camaro can't be called a muscle car, because the description has a connotation of the bulk of yore. This Camaro boasts flexibility to match its power, with exceptional handling.
There is also a 3.6-liter V6 that makes 335 horsepower (compared to a mind-bending 140 horsepower from the inline-6 in 1967) and 284 pound-feet of torque to scoot the car to 60 mph in about five seconds, fast enough to challenge the V8 muscle car Camaro of recent past. It uses a 6-speed manual gearbox with rev matching, or an 8-speed automatic with paddle shifters.
And we haven't even gotten to the Camaro SS with its Corvette engine, the LT1 V8 making 455 horsepower and an equal number of foot-pounds of torque. It's formidable and sensational, with zero to 60 times of about four seconds.
A big reason for the superb handling of the new Camaro is its reduced size and weight: 2.3 inches shorter on a wheelbase that's 1.6 inches less, and slimmer by up to 200 pounds. But the new chassis might mean just as much to the car's feel, with engine rails, trunk floor and steering gear from the awesome Cadillac CTS-V.
As always, there is a tradeoff. Smaller exterior means smaller interior, felt in the trunk and back seat, which is fine if your passengers are backpacks. But if you stay in the front seat, the Camaro's cabin has never been more comfortable, organized or detailed. The roof is one inch lower, but the headliner is carved out and the front seats are lower too, so no headroom is lost. A tall driver can strap on his helmet and take the Camaro SS for a track day.
Standard equipment on every 2016 Camaro is the Drive Mode Selector, which allows the driver to select the levels for the car's steering, stability control, shift timing, and throttle response. Four-piston Italian Brembo brakes are standard, with 18-inch alloy wheels and Goodyear Eagle Sport tires.
The 2016 Camaro comes with a choice of 2.0-liter four-cylinder turbo ($26,695) or V6 ($28,940). Camaro SS ($37,295) features a 455-horsepower V8.
Standard equipment includes power everything, cruise control and keyless entry, Bluetooth, six-speaker AM/FM/CD sound system, 7.0-inch color touchscreen, two USB ports and aux jack, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, hardware for 4G LTE data, 18-inch wheels, and driving modes.
The 2016 Camaro smoothes over and tones down some of the sharp edges of the previous generation. The latest curves are more subtle. Muscular haunches counter a tall nose, big intakes, and narrow grille. It looks menacing in black, which seems like the right temperament. From the side it's striking and polished, especially the sweep of the rear roof pillar, however from some angles it can appear short and even stubby. The styling is sensitive to the point of view.
The black exterior can be complemented with an interior showing snatches of red, blue or yellow. Gone is the previous Camaro's thrifty interior, replaced with better materials and fewer seams. Thanks to a dropped dashboard and console, the cabin feels fresh and cohesive, with digital gauges, big touchscreens and gimbaled air vents placed in a Star Wars-ish binnacle. In the V6, an exhaust note soundtrack is like music to the ears of the occupants.
The 2.0-liter four cylinder engine is quite powerful, with 275 horsepower and an even more impressive 295 pound-feet of torque, which is more torque than the V6 makes. It hasn't been made available for testing yet, but with numbers like that, there should be little disappointment as long as the buyer doesn't think it's going to feel like a V8. Chevy says it will do zero to 60 in less than six seconds, which is quick if not neck snapping.
We have gotten good seat time in the 2016 Camaro with the 3.6-liter V6 making 335 horsepower and 284 pound-feet of torque, an engine that makes an exciting howl in the middle rev range. It almost sounds like a vintage Ferrari in there, before reverting to a more common V6 drone at high revs. The noise is enhanced, piped in from the engine bay and amplified.
Both transmissions are good. The standard rev-matching 6-speed manual or the paddle-shifting 8-speed automatic bring the power to the driver quickly.
The Cadillac-based chassis, suspension and steering deliver a superb ride with precise cornering, and great stability and tracking on the standard 18-inch wheels and tires, without needing to go for the optional 19s or 20s, or the suspension upgrades that come standard on upper models. Patchy roads and rough pavement don't send the rear end all over the road. Specifically, the suspension is a double-pivot, control arm and strut design that lightens the nose and helps make the car nimble.
With the Drive Mode Selector, you can make the car jump like you want it to, with a menu that allows specific settings and individual combinations of steering, shifting, and throttle. In Sport it's a happy pony, able to zip through tight switchbacks with precision and forget about the understeer of old, or even the understeer of last year.
In Tour mode the steering is heavier than Normal, but still responsive and quick.
The Camaro SS may be a throwback monster with its 6.2-liter V8, but it's no beast to drive. With the standard 6-speed manual transmission it blips its downshifts smoothly and perfectly, and with the 8-speed automatic with paddle shifters, it shifts quick like a Formula 1 car. The Magnetic Ride Control adaptive dampers take out the roughness and instability, especially from the rear end. The standard 20-inch Goodyears grip like hot rubber out in farm country, making the SS feel like an overgrown sports car, able to blast to sixty in four seconds. The SS has a Track setting. Smiley face goes here.
The all-new 2016 Camaro can be appreciated for many things, as the designers (styling) and engineers (powertrains) have nailed it, while the executives have delivered a great price, especially for the SS.
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Researchers know relatively little about the health of older lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans. When it comes to research on aging, these communities are significantly under-studied. In a new blog post, Kate Nagy of NIA's Office of Planning, Analysis, and Evaluation describes NIA and NIH activities and funding opportunities for health research with these groups.
Read the full blog post: Adding gray to the rainbow: NIA's support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender research [1]
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Student Leanna Begley of Lebanon, Ky., right, is field
commander of the Blue Raider
Marching Band, which is under the guidance of LWC Director of
Instrumental Ensembles
Tim Allen, left. (2011 photo)
COLUMBIA, Ky. -- Providing the soundtrack
for this year's Lindsey Wilson College home football season is the
Blue Raider Marching Band. Leading the band for the second year in
a row on the field is LWC student Leanna Begley of Lebanon,
Begley, a graduate of Marion County High School, says fans
will see and hear the best edition yet of the Blue Raider Marching
"I feel honored to be part of the first three Lindsey Wilson
marching bands -- there's such a sense of pride of what we've
become," said Begley, an accounting major who will be the band's
field commander. "It's such an honor to be field commander for the
second year in a row."
A big reason for the quality of the 50-member Blue Raider
Marching band is its director, Tim Allen. In his fourth year at LWC, Allen
directed the Adair County High School marching band to 18 state
titles before.
"I'm really pleased with the quality of the band this year,"
said Allen, who is also LWC director of instrumental ensembles.
"Every section is strong this year."
In addition to playing during games, the Blue Raider Marching
Band will also perform during halftime of home football games. This
year's halftime show reached back into the funk and hipness of the
1970s jazz-rock fusion band Chase. The Blue Raider Marching Band
performs "Open Up Wide" and "Get It On," both from Chase's
self-titled 1971 debut album.
The band also performs John Williams' Academy Award-nominated
"If We Were in Love" from the 1982 film
Yes, Giorgio, and
the flamboyant "Hey Pachuco" from the 1994
film The
"I think we have a great show this year -- everyone will
really like it," Begley said.
Begley said she enjoys being field commander because she gets
to develop as a leader.
"I like being field commander because it puts me in the role
where students look up to me," she said. "I think of myself as
someone who can be looked up to because I have high standards for
She also enjoys preparing the band for its role at football
"I try to get everyone in the zone and ready to perform," she
said. "The band is really important part of the football
experience. I'm extremely proud of every student in our band. ….
The hard work pays off when you hear the crowd react to
Begley said she was a little intimidated when she first
worked under Allen.
"Working with him is like working with a genius because he knows
what is best for us, and he just knows so much," she said. "I'm
proud to say that I'm in his band. Having been chosen field
commander twice by him makes me extremely proud."
Allen said that Begley has played an important role in the
development of the 3-year-old marching band.
"She's kind of the quarterback of the band," he said. "Not
only does she lead with conducting skills but with management and
leadership skills as well."


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Atlanta Woman Says She's The Voice Of Siri
The voice of Siri comes from a real human being. Susan Bennett in Atlanta, Georgia says she's the original voice of Siri, Apple's automated assistant, and an audio expert backs up her claim.
In an interview with CNN, Bennett says she's been doing voice over work since the 1970s - she was the voice of Tillie the Teller, the first ATM, and she's often heard in airports and on phone systems.
Bennett says she recorded the voice parts in July of 2005 for what became Siri. Apple has not confirmed that Bennett is the original voice.
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First, I am not a fanboy, I am a tech geek. I chose Apple because of the jailbreak and huge app store. With that said Apple should just let Samsung do their thing. Apple also needs to evolve faster to keep up, not punish their competition for doing so. Stopping Samsung with legality will only bite Apple in the long run. This whole thing is starting to put a bad taste in my mouth regarding Apple, that said, I will still use Apple devices because of what they offer ME.
and yet still no NFC being utilized natively, no real 4G speeds etc. Would like to see all companies focus more on innovation and less on court cases. These battles are not bringing better tech..they are taking away from it. MS has taken the time to focus on innovation as with the Surface that is coming out soon. No i won't buy one but it was nice to see a company bring something new/different to the tablet world(MS has not been sidetracked with court cases) I just don't see how you can sue someone over a basic design. What else are these tablets and phone supposed to look like?? haha..I mean there will always be a leader and there will always be a follower..guess the follower should ask permission or pay the leader before hand? Guess so..haha.
How old are you people that think theft of concept design and operation is alright?
All of you guys seem to forget that apple is damned to let history repeat itself. Remember when a little unknown guy bill gates wanted to just innocently "copy" apple. And how this "copying" of bill gates almost bankrupted apple?? Apple doesn't want this to happen again so they take every single precaution for this never to happen again. It has nothing to do with the money. It's about principle. Anyone can make a copy of the iPhone and sell it as their phone. But can you make something original and sell it as well as the iPhone did? That's the question to be answered.
Usually I side apple but seriously... Samsung has finally made an actual product I call competition before when apple was suing them I could care less because the products they were taking off the line were nobodies.. Samsung deserved to get a lesson and they have this however is crossing the line and I know for a fact it won't go through. If apple only got less than half they asked for on a previous case they will just deny the lawsuit.
Oh and another thing if this does go through it will have been well past the gs3's prime time. And Samsung will of course have released another 100 phones
[QUOTE=look, first of all I am never an idiot, I only know from what I hear and see, ( a realist), sorry to offend anyone but the name calling from afar? Nah, I don't do that, keep that to yourself. It's funny how people take sides on a products that don't give a flying fock about us. With that said look at my avatar, HAL 9000 I'm going back into my HAL mode. "Hal speaking,"sorry Dave, I can't do that"enough of this humanoid shyt,people arguing over electronic devices,and the friggin thing is preparing itself to kill us all! "sky net ". Well enough of this crap, " I'm out.
What about the car? Someone developed it, studied it, designed it..... Etc.
What about the cell phone? They all look alike, should companies all sue one each other?
What about laptops, they all look alike by 95%, why did Apple not sue Asus? This one i agree looks 99% like the macbook air, but the difference is that Asus is not real threat to Apple, but Samsung is! Samsung may use apple ideas but they inovate:
Please see video here from steve jobs in regards to his view on samsung stealing great ideas
The you have the response on where Apple ideas come from!
MS-DOS was what lined Bill Gates pockets and built the Microsoft empire. To say that Gates copied Apple and almost ost killed them in the 90s in cearly innaccurate.
Both Windows and Mac OS have thier roots in PARC and the GUI Xerox developed there more than a decade before either was released. The move from text to graphical UI was just the natural progression needed for PCs (of any brand) to get the acceptance the currently have.
What nearly killed Apple was that Windows was built for open architecture while Apple insisted on running only closed architecture. How lonq was it before you could buy 3rd party hardware for you Apple computer? Sadly Apple seems to be returning to this model as the new MacBookPro models apparently have the memory and harddrives soldered in!
Ok I have said this many times here lately but it's not sinking in. Do you people who think apple invented everything and innovated everything have a clue about how apple actually operates? Of course you DON'T!
They like to steal others ideas, patent them, claim as their own, and sue anyone who is a threat to their MONEY! Apple is all about idea theft, if u think I'm wrong then by all means GOOGLE it . You fannies are so freakin blind, I feel bad for u. It's not that ur stupid, just ignorant.


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President Barack Obama is putting in place the building blocks for a climate treaty requiring the first fossil-fuel emissions cuts from both the U.S. and China.
State Department envoy Todd Stern is in Doha, Qatar, this week working to clear the path for an international agreement by 2015. While Obama failed to deliver on his promise to start a cap-and-trade program in his first term, he's working on policies that may help cut greenhouse gases 17 percent in 2020 in the U.S.
Obama has moved forward with greenhouse-gas rules for vehicles and new power plants, appliance standards and investment in low-emitting energy sources. He's also called for 80 percent of U.S. electricity to come from clean energy sources, including nuclear and natural gas, by 2035.
Envoys from more than 190 nations are entering their second week of talks Monday at the United Nations conference working toward a global warming treaty. Their ambition is to agree to a pact in 2015 that would take force in 2020. It would supersede limits on emissions for industrial nations under the Kyoto Protocol, which the U.S. never ratified.
Unlike 2009, when Obama failed to prevent the collapse of climate talks in Copenhagen, the U.S. can point to more concrete actions it's taking in the fight global warming.
He has more ammunition at hand. The Environmental Protection Agency is required under the Clean Air Act to move ahead with regulations on emissions from existing power plants. Those are responsible for about a third of U.S. emissions, the largest chunk.
Measures such as those, along with continued low natural gas prices and state actions, can cut emissions 16.3 percent by 2020, Resources for the Future, a research firm, estimates. Emissions already are down 8.8 percent from 2005 levels, according to Jonathan Pershing, a State Department negotiator in Doha.
'Stronger Position'
"The U.S. is in a much stronger position going into the Doha talks despite failure of Congress to pass comprehensive climate legislation," said Trevor Houser, a former U.S. climate negotiator who served during the Copenhagen meeting. "For countries like China that were able to hide behind a perception of U.S. inaction, the fact that U.S. emissions are falling helps increase pressure. It takes away the excuse that action is stalled because of the U.S."
A summer of extreme weather also is supporting the U.S. delegation in the talks by raising public awareness and concern about the risks of climate change, Pershing said last week in Doha. So far this year, superstorm Sandy devastated the East Coast while wildfires raged in the west and a record drought wrecked crops in the Midwest.
"The combination of those events is certainly changing the minds of Americans and making clear to people at home the consequences of the increased growth in emissions," he said at a Nov. 26 news conference in Doha.
Increasing Concern
The portion of Americans who say climate change will affect them a "great deal" or by a "moderate" amount rose by 13 points to 42 percent from March to September, and 68 percent said global warming will hurt future generations, up from 59 percent in May 2011, according to a poll by Yale University and George Mason University.
"That number barely budged for four years, then suddenly jumps," Andrew Light, coordinator of climate policy at the Center for American Progress, a Washington-based research group with ties to the Obama administration. "If you did same survey today, after Sandy, the number would be even higher."
Light notes that the number of Americans who believe climate change is real climbed to 70 percent in September from 57 percent in 2010. The number of people who say global warming isn't happening has fallen almost by half, to 12 percent today from 20 percent over the same period.
Quiet Effort
To date, few of the administration's programs get attention away from Washington and the environmental groups following them.
An EPA rule targeting mercury emissions, for example, would further boost the cost of burning coal, making cleaner-burning natural gas more attractive. California, the world's ninth- largest economy, has started its cap-and-trade program, covering 85 percent of emissions in the state.
Such policies "are just the beginning," said Robert Stavins, director of Harvard University's Environmental Economics Program in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He expects the U.S. to meet its goal of cutting emissions 17 percent. While that's less than the 40 percent scientists say is needed. European Union's pledge to reduce pollutants 20 percent by 2020 and says it will go to 30 percent if others follow.
"The interesting thing is that for the past three UN climate conferences, the U.S. delegation has never talked about this," Stavins said in an interview. "They haven't been interested in taking credit internationally for what's already in place. When I mention this to other parts of the world, people are shocked."
The silence, he said, is understandable in part because the "last thing" the Obama administration wants is for State Department officials overseas making it appear as if the White House was trying to "take an end run around the Congress" on climate policy.
"It would have been very bad for the president's re- election," he said.
Editors: Reed Landberg, Michael Shanahan
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I have installed and been playing around with Nexpose on BT recently, and it's quite nice. Also, started utilizing the ability to scan from within msfconsole which is pretty cool too. After messing with it for a while I found myself looking for a report that displayed the results by IP address and not by vulnerability like the canned audit report does. Now, I have the ability to dump the ability to dump the scan results into the Nexpose Simple XML format(this is actually the only output you can get when running it from msfconsole), but as it's name states it's very simple....no real details about the vulnerability past the Nexpose some-what cryptic id for the vulns.
So, I played around with the API they have available and came up with a ruby script that parses the Simple XML format and replaces each vulnerability node with detailed vulnerability information. I then created an xsl style sheet for the new detailed xml format to make it look nice and pretty in a browser (if you click on the vulnerability name it shows the details in a pop-up window) . The code for the APIClient class was taken (for the most part) directly from the API documentation. It handles initialization, login, retrieving the vuln details, and log out. The "MAIN" section does the parsing and replacement with REXML.
Here are the links to the script and the style sheet:
I've also put together a how-to for installing/using Nexpose from BackTrack if you haven't played around with it yet.
to use the script, you have to specify the following options:
-x FILE (original xml file0
-o FILE (output file location/name)
-i IP ADDRESS (IP of the nexpose client, usually 127.0.0.1)
-u USER
-p PASSWORD
Here's an example:
ruby ns_updatexml.rb -x scanresults.xml -o updatedfile.xml -i 127.0.0.1 -u nxadmin -p mypassword
Just make sure the xml document is in the same directory as the xsl file (or modify the location in the xml file/script) and open the xml file in a web browser. As always, any feedback is welcome.


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(NEWSER) – Some pretty grim news courtesy of a Veterans Affairs internal report on patients diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and 2011 that CNN obtained: Delays at VA hospitals are killing veterans. At least 19 have died because of delays in medical screenings; they're part of a group of 82 vets who have either died or are dying because of belated diagnosis or treatment due to delayed colonoscopies or endoscopies, the report explains. Disclosures have been sent to a number of vets or their families, including in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and Texas, alerting them that they had serious "adverse events" because of delayed or denied care or diagnosis, the report states.
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Reading of 'A Raisin in the Sun' by PTC
As part of a lead-up to its production of "Clybourne Park," Pioneer Theatre Company will present free events related to the play, including a reading of Lorraine Hansberry's play "A Raisin in the Sun."
When • Tuesday, Jan. 29, 6 p.m.
Where • Salt Lake City Main Library, 210 E. 400 South
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Jennings at King's English
Ken Jennings, record-holding "Jeopardy!" winner, author and former Utah resident, will read from and sign his new book, Because I Said So, a light-hearted look at the myths, tales and warnings passed on from generation to generation. Visit bit.ly/SOCXb4 for information.
When • Wednesday, Jan. 30, 7 p.m.
Where • The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City
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Wheel of Time author at Sam Weller's
Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson will read and sign A Memory of Light.
When • Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.
Where • Sam Weller's Book Works, 665 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City
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Hitchhiking in Antarctica lecture
Westminster College will host a free lecture by National Geographic physician Dean Gushee on "Hitchhiking in Antarctica: Behind the Scenes of a National Geographic Story." Gushee has worked with National Geographic-Lindblad Expeditions as a shipboard physician for expeditions over the world.
When • Friday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m.
Where • Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business , 1840 S. 1300 East, Salt Lake City
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Multiauthor event at Sam Weller's
Jana Richman, Erica Olsen, Maximilian Werner and Steven L. Peck will read and sign their books and hold a conversation with the audience on the themes of their works and how they are pertinent to the New West.
When • Saturday, Feb. 2, 7 p.m.
Where • Sam Weller's Book Works, 665 E. 600 South, Salt Lake City
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Storytelling event at the Viridian
Genuine, irreverent, universal, ridiculous and original, Bill Harley is an artist who uses songs and stories to paint a vibrant picture of growing up, schooling and family life. Recommended for families with kids ages 4 and older.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
Living on the Edge of Confidence and Self-Doubt
I was at the Camp Mighty retreat a few weeks back, and one of the best talks was given by Ben Silbermann, co-founder and CEO of Pinterest.
He talked about a journey that I think would be extremely familiar to any novelist. He embarked on many false starts as after he quit his job at Google and built several semi-successful sites before finally arriving at one of the most influential designs in the last five years: Pinterest.
In his talk, he mentioned something that really felt familiar to me as a writer, which was that even after all the success he has had with Pinterest he lives at the intersection of terror and joy.
This struck a chord with me because it gets back to how you have to live as a writer. You have to be strong enough to put yourself out there, brave and confident as you share a part of yourself with the world. You do it because you love it so much you're willing to risk everything negative that can possibly come your way.
But you also have to be self-critical enough to edit your work and fear failure and be worried that your best might not be good enough, which pushes you just that much further. You have to be scared of what will happen if you don't do your best. You can't ever get comfortable.
Terror and joy. Confidence and self-doubt. The best artists live right in that uncomfortable middle.
Art: "The Progress of Poesy" - poem by Thomas Gray, art by William Blake
28 comments:
- Matthew MacNish said...
In most of my life, I prefer balance, but I will admit I've grown the most as a writer on those deep swings.
- December 13, 2012 at 12:30 PM
- Stephsco said...
I constantly think my work is not good enough, and now agent feedback shows me that my work isn't quite there yet. I have better direction now based on their responses, but I can't seem to shake this feeling that my storytelling will ever be up to par. See, I just used a cliche...
- December 13, 2012 at 12:33 PM
- Katherine Hyde said...
I know all about the terror. Lately I've forgotten the joy.
- December 13, 2012 at 1:00 PM
- Whirlochre said...
Worst thing is, there are no gift cards out there for folks like us.
Plenty of Happy Birthday, Happy Anniversary, With Sympathy etc — but no Happy Lifelong Terror/Joy Knife Edge Existence.
- December 13, 2012 at 1:04 PM
- Jaimie said...
- December 13, 2012 at 1:11 PM
- Khara House said...
This is such a great and smart post. Writing, and living as a writer, is tough work; it's pain mixed with pleasure every day of every week of every month of every year. But it's also so very worth it. And who knows what moments of bliss those "roads of suffering" may lead us to eventually!
- December 13, 2012 at 1:40 PM
- Cynthia Washburn said...
I think these feelings are doubled when you self-publish.
- December 13, 2012 at 2:01 PM
You're right. It's always there...that balance between terror and joy and confidence and self-doubt. But if you do stick around long enough you do learn how to deal with it...and it does get better. That sounds cliche. But it's true. On the downside, you also get a little nasty and tend to suffer fools less :)
- December 13, 2012 at 2:14 PM
- Jenn Patterson said...
You had me at self-doubt. It is reassuring to know that others out there, and especially those that have in my eyes succeeded, have similar thoughts.
- December 13, 2012 at 2:24 PM
- Peter Dudley said...
Well described.
- December 13, 2012 at 2:43 PM
So true!
- December 13, 2012 at 3:46 PM
- Bryan Russell said...
I doubt my self-confidence all the time, but I'm very confident in my doubt.
- December 13, 2012 at 5:16 PM
- abc said...
I think there's an Aerosmith song about this.
- December 13, 2012 at 5:50 PM
- dawn said...
I read every post religiously. For some reason, this one prompted me to respond.
That razor's edge is so challenging. I am trying very hard to push beyond my own self-doubts and finally pursue publishing. All of the reassurance that I get in feedback from my blog, can barely dent the mound of anxiety I build for myself. But your post: I know this is true, and I need to just be brave and move forward. Thanks Nathan.
- December 13, 2012 at 7:29 PM
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- December 13, 2012 at 8:26 PM
- Rick Daley said...
The higher the risk, the greater the reward.
Of course, the more likely and painful the failure, too, but let's not be pessimistic. It's the holiday season after all...
- December 13, 2012 at 9:00 PM
- Mira said...
Nice post - this is so true.
I've found that being an author requires a great deal of almost continual courage.
- December 13, 2012 at 9:24 PM
- Regan Leigg said...
Amen. ;)
- December 13, 2012 at 9:47 PM
- wendy said...
I've prob. been writing longer than most here, given my vast age and writing habits, so I know the feeling of despair when reading some old work. Lately, tho', I've felt some measure of confidence that Winter Roses Never Die (not a plug as it's not commercialy available) is hot and ready to sizzle. I think the concept and the inspirational side could make a difference for some - along with moments of quirkiness and unexpected plot twists. Don't we all need encouragement to be aware of the treasure trove inside while dissing the negativity that tends to bombard us? As the title of this blog entry says: we live on the edge of confidence and self-doubt. But I think for most of us, self doubt is more often where we're at unless we have an awareness of our immense potential and know how to tap into it.
- December 14, 2012 at 12:33 AM
- Neurotic Workaholic said...
I think this post is especially relevant because it could apply to other aspects of our lives, in addition to writing. I often hear people talk about what they want, but yet they're unwilling to put themselves out there and take that risk. And as a risk, they don't get what they want; they just keep waiting for it to happen.
- December 14, 2012 at 1:39 AM
- Malin said...
It's strange then, that so many in publishing and writing (and in general to be honest) demand of you to be confident. I've been told so many times that I'm not fit to be a writer because I doubt my own skill. I've pretty much given up on writing because everyone tells me my PERSONALITY - with doubt, self-criticism, worries and sadness - isn't what it takes to be a writer. I no longer dare to open my documents because I know working on my stories causes "mood swings" that are wrong.
And right now I feel angry. Because if these emotions are just a part of being an artist, how can other artists be so cruel as to tell me that I - personally and solely - am not worthy, when they too must experience the same things.
- December 14, 2012 at 2:32 AM
- Julie Luek said...
It is a fine balance. And because, at least during the writing process, there is so little external affirmation or assurance that you're doing well, it takes a hell of a lot of gutsy courage to push through. I keep questioning if I was mad to leave my safe job to pursue this life.
- December 14, 2012 at 8:40 AM
- my honest answer said...
Oh how I can relate to this Nathan (see: my anonymous blog). In fact, by virtue of your Camp Mighty attendance you are one of about 30 people who know who I am! And it's only because I don't want to fail publicly. Privately is so much bearable, you know. Anyway, in the new year, I have big plans. I'll keep retreading this to remind myself the terror is good.
- December 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM
- Kelly said...
That is the most perfect explanation ever!
- December 14, 2012 at 11:21 PM
- Maureen McGowan said...
So, so, so true.
While I was struggling in those yet-to-be-published years, some family members thought I should stop. That writing was making me unhappy.
Funny thing is now that I have 3 books out and 2 more under contract, they expect/assume that everything is roses and I should be skipping around like a fairy tale character, and don't understand that in some ways the pressure and risk is now so much higher. Like I've been thrust into a new world without having the tools or a map.
- December 15, 2012 at 1:39 PM
- Terin Tashi Miller said...
You're absolutely right, Nathan, as always.
I was just reading in Matthew Bruccoli's biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald how Fitzgerald had the exact same problem--fluctuating between believing himself capable of writing in a way no one ever has before, and fearing that what he writes isn't really very good.
And Hemingway, the same problem.
Writing is an act of egotism--as is, likely, most art. It comes from a belief that you can or do have something to say that other people either want or should want to hear.
And then, once it is out there, or you're in the process of trying to make it be out there--published, available to others to read--comes the doubt, the worry, the concern.
I am always both heartened, and saddened, by the fact The Great Gatsby did not sell well when first published.
And Fitzgerald, who had great hopes for it, never really got over it.
And now, look. How many versions of it have been made as movies, or stage productions, and who, with his daughter no longer being around, is getting the money that Fitzgerald needed and spent and didn't have all his life?
- December 15, 2012 at 3:13 PM
- D.G. Hudson said...
I'm reading Tender is the Night, right now, by Fitzgerald. And some of it seems to be a bit autobiographical. He was very aware that it wasn't his money, but his wife's.
Yes, gift cards for writers and sympathy for the writers' angst. I love it, Whirlochre.
- December 16, 2012 at 11:57 AM
- joanyedwards said...
Dear Nathan,
I chose you for the Very Inspiring Blog Award. Thank you for inspiring me with wonderful information to help me improve my writing. Read more about this award here: http://joanyedwards.wordpress.com/2012/12/25/i-gave-the-very-inspiring-blogger-awards-to-15-blogs/
Never Give Up
Joan Y. Edwards
- December 26, 2012 at 10:12 AM


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I need to start keeping count.
That's at least 6 sunderers full of people I've blown up by throwing them off of cliffs.
(Which is not bad, given I drive Sundies a lot, and am usually pretty good, if a bit reckless. It's about a 5-10% survival rate after I decide "the waypoint's this way, so let's just drive straight towards it, to hell with the cliff, these bus things are so damned bouncy anyway")
More than a dozen more I've not blown up, but have got irrevocably stuck in various parts of the world geometry / bases. Some of these, after people have backed away from them rocking strangely in and out of walls and rocks, have later blown up of their own accord.
All I need are more people to put lightnings at the bottom of the cliffs to break my fall. You were being to quick they're JG. Take some notes from Rotekian.