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Security Visits
The Security Office supports SDL in physical, personal, and classified security.
Security procedures followed by SDL include the use of picture identification and electronically coded badges to control access to our facilities. We also require visitors to sign the visitor's register and to provide valid identification or proof of US citizenship.
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Unclassified visits are arranged through a point of contact at SDL. Visitors sign in at the front desk, where they receive temporary visitor badges. The receptionist notifies the SDL point of contact of the visitor's arrival.
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Upon check-in at SDL facilities, verification of a visitor's approval to access classified information will take place.
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Derecho coverage left big gaps
The worst thing about an emergency situation like the derecho is the lack of information.
If you go on the Dominion web site, you seem to find plenty of it — news releases, interactive outage maps, lists of where the crews are working, even a place called "Storm Center." But if you actually need real information — like has electricity been returned to your home – you'll find it's all a façade.
And in Albemarle County, you're on your own when it comes to road safety issues as well.
For example, Garth Road out by Owensville suffered a major hit that Friday night. Huge trees came down over the road taking down a number of power lines. But no one– not VDOT nor the local authorities thought to put up a road hazard sign, so hundreds of drivers went all the way down Garth and then got stuck trying to traverse a gauntlet of downed tree limbs and dangerous power lines.
The police, when called, had no idea what was open and safe, and what was not. And when I called VDOT, they were looking at the same inadequate online map I had on my laptop.
Okay, so it was a freak storm– or perhaps not so freak since it happened in 2008, followed by a hurricane in 2010– and came out of nowhere. But isn't that what emergencies are? And other utilities, like PSE&G in northern New Jersey, have real emergency management and information systems in place, so I know it is possible to do so in Virginia.
The handling of this emergency, on all levels, sheds a glaring light on our lack of emergency preparedness in Charlottesville, Albemarle and Virginia as a whole. Dominion is a monopoly– we can't shop for service from multiple vendors– so it should be part of their mandate to be ready for all emergencies and have an information system in place that actually helps its victims– I mean customers.
By the way, the Hook has handled the whole thing as if it were covering a supermarket grand opening. [July 3: "Deadly derecho: Two die as powerful storm wreaks havoc" and "What did the derecho do to you?"]
I can go to wikipedia and get the definition of derecho and ask myself and my neighbors how they are coping with the heat. Perhaps you could have been doing a little more information-gathering on behalf of your readers, and a little more questioning about why it will took 10 days to restore service to some Dominion customers.
Jaye Lambert
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Dear Jaye Lambert -
Feel free to move back to where you may have come from. I think that the responders did an excellent job - I lost power for 6 days and kept up-to-date by following Dominion Power on Twitter through my cell phone. Our private road was blocked for a day until the neighborhood joined and had a "chainsaw" and "branch moving" party. What did you do to help out?
And feel free to make multiple donations to the volunteer fire stations around who assisted. I don't think you realize how good we have it in this area.

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Spotted Owl
Look "hooooos" just flown in! These charming owls are hand painted on (of all things) polished river rocks. Each owl is perched on a mineral rock base and labeled on the bottom with the specific owl breed and artist signature. Since these beauties are one of a kind the item pictured is the owl you will receive. Which one will you invite to roost?
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NBA PLAYOFFS: Tuesday's playoff capsules
CHICAGO -- Jrue Holiday scored 26 points, Lou Williams added 20 and Philadelphia beat Chicago 109-92 on Tuesday night to even their first-round series in the Bulls' first game since Derrick Rose's season-ending knee injury.
The point guard received a standing ovation and waved to the crowd as he limped onto the court to present the game ball, then watched from a suite as the 76ers outscored Chicago 36-14 in the third quarter to take an 83-69 lead.
Game 3 is Friday in Philadelphia.
Holiday was 11 of 15 from the field, and the Sixers shot 59 percent overall. Evan Turner chipped in with 19 points, seven rebounds and six assists.
Joakim Noah led the Bulls with 21 points and eight rebounds and John Lucas III scored 15 points.
Rose missed 27 games during the regular season because of a variety of injuries, and the Bulls went 18-9 in those games.
LOS ANGELES -- Kobe Bryant scored 38 points and Andrew Bynum followed up his playoff-opening triple-double with 27 points and nine rebounds, as Los Angeles took a 2-0 series lead.
Pau Gasol had 13 points, 10 rebounds and five assists for the Lakers, who still haven't trailed in this series despite nearly crumbling against a much-improved effort by the Nuggets and Ty Lawson, who scored 25 points and led the fourth-quarter charge.
Los Angeles' 19-point lead in the third quarter dwindled to four with 3 minutes to play, but Ramon Sessions scored four key points in the final 1:14 before Bryant's icing free throws with 9.4 seconds left.
Game 3 is Friday in Denver.
The Nuggets lost their ninth straight road playoff game.
Sessions scored 14 points for Los Angeles.
Kenneth Faried had 14 points and 10 rebounds while Danilo Gallinari and Corey Brewer added 13 points apiece for Denver.
ATLANTA -- Paul Pierce had 36 points and 14 rebounds and Boston wiped out Atlanta's 11-point lead in the second half even without point guard Rajon Rondo.
The series is tied 1-1. Game 3 is Friday night in Boston, and Rondo will be back for that one having sat out a one-game suspension for bumping an official in the opener.
The Hawks took a 65-54 lead late in the third quarter. But Boston sliced it to 66-61 by the end of the period. Pierce hit his first 3-pointer of the series after missing 10 to stretch the lead to 79-72 with 3½ minutes left.
Pierce finished 12 of 26 from the field and dropped to his knee and Tebowed after a free throw that locked it up with just a minute to go.
Kevin Garnett had 15 points and 12 rebounds for Boston.
Joe Johnson had 22 points for Atlanta.


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SAN DIEGO -- The NFL Players Association wants the San Diego Chargers to replace team doctor David Chao, who lost a malpractice lawsuit last summer and is facing an attempt to have his medical license suspended or revoked.
NFLPA executive director DeMaurice Smith said at a pre-Super Bowl news conference Thursday that Chao's troubles are an example of why the union wants the NFL to set up a system to verify the credentials of all team medical personnel.
"The players of the National Football League deserve to have a doctor that's not been found liable of malpractice. And that's within the last year, by the way," Smith said.
According to online records, the Medical Board of California is seeking to revoke Chao's license and has referred the case to the state attorney general for possible charges. A complaint alleges gross negligence, repeated negligent acts and failure to maintain adequate and accurate medical records.
Online records also show Chao was found liable of malpractice last summer, has been publicly reprimanded by the board and pleaded guilty to driving under the influence.
In 2010, Chao was investigated by the Drug Enforcement Administration for writing at least 108 drug prescriptions to himself, which violated controlled-substance regulations. However, an attorney for a pharmaceutical company that filled the prescriptions said the drugs provided to the Chargers were for use by the team's medical staff to treat players.
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Madre Labs, Acai Heart, 6.35 oz (180 g) (Discontinued Item)
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Madre Labs, Acai Heart, 6.35 oz (180 g) (Discontinued Item)
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Acai & Beyond! 60 Servings!
Suitable for Vegetarians & Nutrigenomic Diets -- Nutrigenomics, although in its infancy, is the study of how the foods we consume affect our genes and how individual genetic differences can affect the way we respond to nutrients (and other naturally-occurring compounds) in the foods we eat. Many studies have shown that our diet influences how our bodies work and how our bodies maintain health.
Acai Heart™ is an Innovative Acai-Based Heart Health Formula w/Resveratrol.*
- Each 3 gram serving supplies 2 grams of certified organic freeze-dried acai powder. Each bottle contains 120 total grams of acai powder.
- Certified-Organic Freeze-Dried Acai
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Acai Heart™ is an innovative Acai -based formula designed to help support Cardiovascular Health, Vascular Integrity & Free Radical Scavenging. It contains primarily Phytonutrient-Rich Freeze-Dried Acai Powder, Pomegranate Juice Powder, Freeze-Dried Beet Juice Powder, fortified with ResveraPhenol, a proprietary Resveratrol/Polyphenol blend of Grape Seed Extract & Red Grape Vine Extract (containing naturally occurring trans-Resveratrol & Oligostilbenes - NOT from Polygonum cuspidatum).
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A Proprietary Phytonutrient-Rich Blend
Acai (Euterpa oleracea - pronounced ah - sigh - ee) is a unique dark purple berry that grows high up in palm trees (Açaí Palm) of the Amazonian Rain Forest. Our Certified Organic & Sustainably-Harvested, Freeze-Dried Açaí Power comes from Indigenous Family Co-Ops in Northern Brazil. Açaí Berries contain Naturally-Occurring Phytonutrients (such as: Anthocyanins, Polyphenols & Phytosterols), Healthy Omega Fatty Acids (with similar Essential Fatty Acid Profile to Olive Oil), Fiber & Protein (Rare in Fruits).
Pomegranate (Punica granatum), one of the earliest cultivated fruits, dates back to approximately 3,500 B.C.E. This delicious, richly-pigmented fruit is truly one of the most beneficial SuperFruits known to humans. Pomegranates contain naturally-occurring Phytonutrients (e.g. Polyphenols, Anthocyanins, Punicalagins & Ellagic Acid), which act as powerful Free Radical Scavengers.
Beet (Beta Vulgaris), commonly known as a Beetroot, contain: Betalains & Betacyanins (richly-colored pigments with antioxidant properties) and a host of other naturally-occurring phytonutrients, Beets are one vegetable among many (including spinach & other leafy greens) which are high in Dietary Nitrates. These compounds help to increase Nitric Oxide in the body naturally, thus assisting the vasodilation (relaxation) of blood vessels.
Our ResveraPhenol™ Blend is composed of: MegaNatural Gold Grape Seed Extract and Resveravine Grape Vine Extract (derived from the Grape & Wine Industries in the United States & France). These 100% natural ingredients are derived from Grapes, Grape Seed & Grapevine (Vitis vinifera), and are standardized for Total Polyphenols, trans-Resveratrol & Oligostilbenes.
Açaí, Pomegranate, Beet & ResveraPhenol™ work synergistically in this proprietary blend to help support: Cardiovascular Integrity, Healthy Blood Pressure Level Already Within Normal Range & Healthy Aging.*
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Additional Info: Certain naturally-occurring nutrients found in whole-food sources and dietary supplements have the ability to boost blood levels of certain prescription medications and possibly increase their desired drug-like activity, so it is important to notify your qualified healthcare professional prior to beginning a dietary supplement regimen.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Double safety sealed, with outer shrink wrap film and inner bottle freshness seal. Do not use if seal is broken or missing. Store in a cool, dry place. Refrigerate after opening.
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|Açaí Heart Proprietary Phytonutrient-Rich Blend
Organic Freeze-Dried Açaí (Euterpa oleracea) Powder, Pomegranate Juice (Punica granatum) Powder, Organic Freeze-Dried Beet Juice (Beta vulgaris) Powder
|2900 mg
|Proprietary ResveraPhenol™ Blend
MegaNatural Gold Grape Seed Extract (Vitis vinifera) [std. to min. 90% Polyphenols], Resveravine Red Grape Vine Extract (Vitis vinifera) [std. to => 20% Oligostilbenes]
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2> Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat; (TaskId:343)
2> Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat$AccessibilityServiceInfoIcsImpl; (TaskId:343)
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2> Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/animation/AnimatorCompatHelper; (TaskId:343)
2> Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle; (TaskId:343)
2> Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle$ActionBarDrawerToggleImpl; (TaskId:343)
2> Uncaught translation error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added: Landroid/support/v4/app/ActionBarDrawerToggle$ActionBarDrawerToggleImplBase; (TaskId:343)
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I am getting above error while using following nuget packages together,
package id="Bolts" version="188.8.131.52" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Binding" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Core" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Droid.Shared" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Droid.Support.Core.UI" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Droid.Support.Fragment" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Droid.Support.V7.AppCompat" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Platform" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Plugin.Json" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Plugin.Messenger" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="MvvmCross.Plugin.Visibility" version="4.4.0" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="9.0.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Animated.Vector.Drawable" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Core.UI" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Core.Utils" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.CustomTabs" version="220.127.116.11" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Fragment" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Media.Compat" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.v4" version="126.96.36.199" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.CardView" version="188.8.131.52" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Android.Support.Vector.Drawable" version="24.2.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
package id="Xamarin.Facebook.Android" version="4.16.1" targetFramework="monoandroid70"
Problem came up when I have added Xamarin.Facebook.Android nuget package. Looks like it is related with Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 package but I can not remove that packages since other packages depends on it.
How to resolve this issue?
@PravinPatil This means you have the same library twice but the versions are different and it seems that library is support v4. Try to install support v4 after installing Facebook library.
How to do that? I have tried removing spport v4 library but getting an error.
How did u solve this error.. @PravinPatil ??
Stuck on the same error.
Remove all old reference .dlls and relevant to that and add again from NuGet.
Hi, I have the same error after I have added the Xamarin.Facebook reference. Any clue to fix it? I have tested to remove and add again the library Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 but the issue remanins. Any new idea? Thanks
Sorry, I don't remember exactly what I did. I guess, updating all the Nuget packages in my project solved the problem.
@SergioHolgado just add Xamarin.Facebook.Android Version 188.8.131.52 reference from NuGet. It's working for me.
To resolve my issue:
/Library/Frameworks/Mono.framework/External/xbuild/Xamarin/Android/Xamarin.Android.Common.targets: Error: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added : Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat;
I remove every Xamarin.Android.Support... (and their dependencies like Xamarin.Forms) in my Droid project and add them again ; it seems to work for now.
My issue was that one of the support libraries version was a different version than the others, a 3rd party nuget was to blame. Updating all to the same version did the trick.
In Package Manager Console run (Tools -> NuGet Package Manager -> Package Manger Console):
Update-Package -reinstall
Keep in mind that this will reinstall all packages and then update them.
Obrigado @Cwphilli (Colin Phillips), essa sua sugestão foi a única que funcionou depois de 9 horas tentando resolver o problema!
Just need to update new get packages related to xamarin forms and support.V4,v7, AppCompat
Hi guys. I'm having a problem un-installing those packages that was mentioned above it said " Error Unable to uninstall 'Crosslight.Xamarin.Android.Support.v188.8.131.52' because 'Crosslight.Xamarin.Android.Support.Design.23.1.1, Crosslight.Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.AppCompat.23.1.1, Crosslight.Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.CardView.23.1.1, Crosslight.Xamarin.Android.Support.v7.RecyclerView.23.1.1' depend on it."
I can't un-install the duplicate package...
I had the same issue, solved it updating Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 to latest version
The same as Charlin, solved it updating Xamarin.Android.Support.V4 to latest version
Thanks @Charlin and @nelsondmartinez
It worked for me.
Do you know if this would affect the building of Forms projects as i'm receiving this issue in our projects.
Updating of Android support libraries other than when done by Xamarin.Forms updating is considered a no go usually?
@Charlin said:
I had the same issue, solved it updating Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 to latest version
I had this issue after installing Acr.UserDialogs library into my Xamarin.Forms project, upon Android compilation. I fixed it by updating Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 to latest version as @Charlin recommended! Thanks for your suggestion.
@UdaraAlwis Same lib, same issue, same solution thanks to @Charlin
The same as Charlin, solved it updating Xamarin.Android.Support.V4 to latest version
Updating all packages from Manage nuget package solved this.
[Resolved] !!
I have update the Xamarin.Android.Support to 18.104.22.168
To do this :
1. Go to solution,
2. Manage NuGet
3. search for Xamarin.Android.Support
4. update Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat to 18.104.22.168
I updated Android Support libraries and got it working again.
Updating all nuget packages made the solution to the error.
I had also this issue with Acr.UserDialogs (upgraded to version v6.5.1). I also reported this at the GitHub of Acr.UserDialogs: https://github.com/aritchie/userdialogs/issues/419, but got the message that Xamarin.Forms is not supported.
In contrast to the advice of Xamarin (don't install Android.Support packages yourself, but let the package Xamarin.Forms handle that for you), I also installed the Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 package in my Droid project (I used v25.3.1). After that the project was miraculously building
I hit a similar exception, but for a different component. But since this post comes up on the top search result, I wanted to note its worth trying to clean the solution. I had switched branches and this caused mixed versions of a component to be pulled in somewhere. To fix it I had to delete all obj and bin directories.
@PravinPatil said:
Sorry, I don't remember exactly what I did. I guess, updating all the Nuget packages in my project solved the problem.
Thanks @Charlin That worked for me.
What if u update?, that not lose compatibility with older android version? I solve this issue too if I uncheck option local copy from package, but I don't know what solution is the best, I need to maintain android 4.4 compatibility.
I updated Xamarin.Android.Support.v4 package and now works fine, Thanks!
After installing xam.plugin-media 3.0.1 plugin I got that error. - Still not able to fix it.
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added : Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat;
I finally solved it. I used a mixture of the solutions given here:
Even better, the plugin worked and I could take my first pic after more tan 12 hours fighting with it!
THANKS to all of you! Without you, it would have been impossible.
@Ivanosito Your solution worked for me. Thank you.
updating all the Nuget packages in your project solved the problem
@mohsinkhan said:
updating all the Nuget packages in your project will solve the problem
None of these solutions worked for me.
In a clean project only with forms v18.104.22.1682 and Xam.Plugin.Media v3.0.1 , I received this:
Error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added : Landroid/support/v4/view/VelocityTrackerCompat
the only thing that worked was downgrading the Xam.Plugin.Media from v3.0.1 to v2.6.2
What I did was look at my .csproj file in there. Apparently, in there-there where some references which I did not see in my Visual Studio project. To resolve this look if there is a reference in the csproj file which is not visible in VS. After you found the references just delete them. This is one of the references I deleted from the Android csproj.
<Reference Include="Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat, Version=22.214.171.124, Culture=neutral, processorArchitecture=MSIL"> <HintPath>..\packages\Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat.25.3.1\lib\MonoAndroid70\Xamarin.Android.Support.Compat.dll</HintPath> </Reference>
Downgrading worked for me after I removed the automatically added references Xam.Plugin.Media v3.0.1. it put in my Android csproj
Hi @BerayBentesen @PravinPatil @Charlin
No solutions worked for me. Still showing :
Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression State
Error java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: already added : Landroid/support/v4/accessibilityservice/AccessibilityServiceInfoCompat; SmartTweet.Android
Anybody please help me.
Thanks in advance.
Same problem of the @Sreeee ...


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Samsung has launched its much anticipated Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Ben Rooney assesses whether the device will simply become a fashion accessory or an essential piece of technology as ubiquitous as the smartphone.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials looking for more airwaves to deliver wireless broadband services are recommending that the government reallocate a sizeable chunk of radio spectrum currently used for naval radar systems and weather satellites.
The proposal, outlined in a report released Monday by the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration, is intended to keep up with ballooning use of iPhones, laptops and other mobile devices that connect to the Internet over wireless networks. As more Americans use such devices to watch video and do other online tasks that eat up a lot of bandwidth, the government is looking for ways to free up additional airwaves – the slices of electromagnetic spectrum that transport data – to ease congested networks.
The wireless industry currently holds roughly 500 megahertz of licensed spectrum. In June, the Obama administration committed the federal government to releasing an additional 500 megahertz of spectrum now being used by government agencies and the private sector, and repurpose it for wireless broadband services over the next 10 years. Those airwaves would be auctioned off to commercial wireless carriers or set aside for unlicensed uses such as Wi-Fi networks.
The new Commerce Department proposal would free up an additional 115 megahertz of spectrum over the next five years for wireless broadband. Of that, 100 megahertz would be shared with Defense Department radar systems. Another 15 megahertz would be reclaimed from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration satellites used to disseminate weather information.
"As we do our part towards reaching the president's spectrum goal, NOAA will be working with the administration to ensure resources are made available to mitigate impacts to our weather satellite and weather balloon operations, which are crucial to the nation's weather and climate forecasting," NOAA said in a statement.
The Pentagon did not respond to requests for comment.
Lawrence Strickling, head of the NTIA, called the new Commerce Department proposal a "significant down payment" on reaching the broader White House goal.
Freeing up more spectrum for Internet traffic is also a key recommendation of the national broadband plan released by the Federal Communications Commission in March. Among other sources of spectrum, the FCC hopes to persuade TV broadcasters to give up 120 megahertz of their airwaves in exchange for a cut of auction proceeds. Such a proposal would require federal legislation.
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has warned of a "looming spectrum crisis" – particularly in dense, urban areas – as more and more Americans go online using wireless networks. The agency also sees wireless connections as a way to bring high-speed Internet access to remote corners of the country where building expensive landline networks doesn't make economic sense.
The NTIA, which oversees federal spectrum uses, and the FCC, which handles auctions of spectrum to the commercial sector, have been working together to identify more airwaves to handle high-speed Internet traffic. A separate report released by the Commerce Department Monday identifies a total of 2,200 megahertz of spectrum to be evaluated by the government for possible reallocation for broadband.
"The future of our mobile economy depends on spectrum, America's invisible infrastructure," Genachowski said in a statement Monday. "If we don't act to update our spectrum policies for the 21st century, we're going to face a spectrum crunch that will stifle American innovation, economic growth, and job creation."
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Our singles columnist and DiS does pop pen-man spent last night in The O2, tweeting as @drownedinsound. This morning he sat down with some tea and toast (not gin & juice?) and filed this summary of the biggest night of the year for the British music industry...
People really want to hate the BRIT Awards. The biggest story in the run up to yesterday's ceremony was a non-existent scandal. Barclaycard's PR agency was asking for tweets in exchange for travel to the show, a ticket and (presumably) a truck-load of free booze.
Imagine that! Taking hundreds of pounds worth of freebies and then being asked to pay your way for them in 140 characters. Those folk who came to report on the ceremony had their accreditation sorted by a different company and were under no such obligations.
Alas, Lorde had not been informed of the corporate sponsorship furore when reflecting on her International Female Solo Artist award. "It really was a #pricelesssurprise," she said before sauntering offstage, blissfully unaware of the embarrassment caused to her 'outsider' status.
That's the thing about the BRITs. They sit at the awkward intersection between art and commerce, where a prize for Global Success can be conjured up just to make sure One Direction have a trophy at the end of the night. And yet, David Bowie, Daft Punk and Arctic Monkeys reigned triumphant as part of the same evening.
But surely they were shoo-ins? Considering Ben Howard and Emeli Sandé swept the board last year, no diversions away from MOR normality could be taken for granted. Lest we forget, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo and Thomas Bangalter lent Panda Bear a place in the homes of 300,000 UK citizens. This sort of achievement isn't usually recognised on primetime ITV1.
To keep up appearances there were a slew of Top 40-inspired guest spots. Fresh from the Super Bowl halftime show Bruno Mars displayed his peculiar brand of Stevie-Wonder-meets-Bruce-Forsyth razzle dazzle, Ellie Goulding sang some very ordinary pop songs, and Beyoncé showed them both how it's done with a spellbinding rendition of 'XO'.
If it felt like there were more American stars on show than British ones, that's because Arctic Monkeys were the only UK-based act to perform with more than two albums to their name. Disclosure, Bastille and Rudimental were all given the chance to showcase their wares - albeit in the form of truncated mash-ups. A Suede or KLF moment wouldn't have gone amiss...
Last night felt like the first step in a carefully measured rebranding exercise for the BRITs. Most of the time, the right people won their awards. The general rule of this ceremony is that success rewards success, so John Grant never stood a chance against multi-platinum Bruno Mars.
Significantly, not everything was decided on sales. Having shifted 1.3 million units in the last year, it should have been John Newman who scooped British Male Solo over David Bowie. Instead Kate Moss read a plea against Scottish independence on the Thin White Duke's behalf. Then Alex Turner pontificated about how rock 'n' "will never die" to a sea of bemused faces.
Guitar heroes being arseholes, gongs going to deserved recipients and a Disclosure-Lorde collaboration that made us jump out of our seat in ecstasy! Maybe we got caught up in the moment, but it was a lot harder to hate the BRITs this year. Long may this trend continue.
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Melanoma is a more serious type of cancer than the more common basal cell cancer and squamous cell cancer. Although the incidence of melanoma is lower than other types of skin cancer, it has the highest death rate and is responsible for a majority of all deaths from skin cancer.
Where is melanoma most often found?
Melanoma most often appears on fair-skinned men and women, but people with other skin types can be affected. In men, melanoma most often appears on the chest or back. In women, the arms and legs are more common sites. It can also develop on the face, neck, or other areas. Rarely, melanomas can form in parts of the body not covered by skin, such as the eyes, mouth, vagina, large intestine, and other internal organs.
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This is worth reading. Ben Smith on Tom Lehrer:
If you get hooked on Tom Lehrer as a kid, it's not because you think he might be a sweet old man. It's because beneath the cheerful tunes is an edge, a sheer nastiness and even sadism, that kids have always loved. It's the same edge that makes Roald Dahl so appealing to children and disturbing to their parents.
Lehrer saw this Peter Pan in himself, joking about it before one of his last performances, in Copenhagen in 1967. "All of these songs were part of a huge scientific project to which I have devoted my entire life," Lehrer said. "Namely, the attempt to prolong adolescence beyond all previous limits."
But when Lehrer is the nostalgic music of your childhood, you want to like him. He always replies politely to his fans, no less when they are journalists seeking to profile him. Earlier this year, he put up with a brief telephone conversation with a BuzzFeed reporter, whom he referred to "Mr. Google" for further research. Told that search results concerning him are full of gaps and contradictions, he just laughed. "It doesn't matter if the answer is correct — who cares?" he said. "And I lie a lot too."
He then replied to our letter full of nostalgia and curiosity with a genial dismissal. "You seem to have devoted so much thought to the questions you ask that you should perhaps just write what you think is the truth, even if it's just speculation, which — judging by today's commentators on TV — is the easiest and therefore the most common form of punditry. I neither support nor encourage your efforts, but I shall not try to thwart them," he wrote. And he was true to his word. He didn't respond to a second letter, nor to a fact-checking email sent to his AOL email address; his email handle includes a phrase along the line of "living legend." When we stopped by his Sparks Street house on a cold night in February, a light was on and a Prius was in the driveway, but nobody answered the door and Lehrer wrote that he had left town for California.


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The requirements for the M.A. degree include: 8 seminars, with distribution requirements; participation in the colloquium and professional development workshops; proficiency in logic and in the history of philosophy; and either a Master's thesis or a set of comprehensive exams in ethics and in social and political philosophy.
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It is possible for students to write a dissertation on a topic in philosophy that is not in Social, Political, Ethical or Legal Philosophy. If you choose to work on such a topic and have the agreement of an advisor, you may substitute an exam on your area of research for one of the SPEL MA Comprehensive exams. You may also substitute one philosophy course for any required course, except for the first year SPEL seminars.
Currently, our average time-to-degree from bachelor to doctorate is 5.7 years, which is about three years less than the national norm. But our current expectation is that students finish in five years, and we work with students to help them achieve that.
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Though we're still galaxies away from having real lightsabers, the wonderful people in charge of Star Wars merchandising has given us the next best thing-LED flash light lightsabers. The Star Wars Lightsaber LED torch is a full size replica lightsaber handle which makes that whooshing noise when you turn it on and throws an ultra bright blue LED light. Okay, maybe it's not the next best thing, necessarily, but at least it's kind of useful and it'll only cost you $20. Whoooooosh! [Gadgets.co.uk via Nerd Approved]
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There are many decisions to make when buying a television, and one of them is, "Will this look good in my living room?" The TV is as much a piece of furniture as the stand it sits on, and the LM9600 comes the closest yet to looking like a beautiful piece of industrial art. It's just a pity, then, that the more important consideration -- "Is the picture any good?" -- is met with a reply of, "Not really."
At its suggested price, the 55-inch LG LM9600 is $1,000 more expensive than the much better Sony HX850 (review coming soon) and $2,000(!) more than the idol-killing Panasonic ST50. Picture quality has taken a dive compared with last year's flagship LW9800, with noticeably lighter black levels, among other issues.
LG's feature set is strong, however, with crowd-favorite passive 3D and a full complement of Internet video services. But as Samsung has shown this year with its gimmicky Smart Interaction, features may help sell the TV but it doesn't mean you'll use them. Thankfully LG avoids this trap, but I wish they'd spent a bit more time on improving the picture.
High-end LCD shoppers mulling over this TV and the similarly priced and still-current Sony HX929 should have no doubt which one to get: the Sony. It still has the best LCD picture on the market without having to trade up to the astronomical Sharp Elite Pro.
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Series information: I performed a hands-on evaluation of the LG 55LM9600, but this review also applies to two of the other screen sizes in the series. All three sizes listed below have identical specs and according to the manufacturer should provide very similar picture quality. There's also an 84-inch 84LM9600 coming out later in the year, but it's quite different from the others and so this review does not apply to it.
|Models in series (details)
|47 inches
|LG 55LM9600 (reviewed)
|55 inches
|60 inches
If you're looking for a stylish TV, in my mind they don't come more so than the 2012 range from LG. The ribbon stand is original and adds a touch of class, but the thin bezels used on the LM6 model numbers and up really help the TVs stand out.
The LM9600 looks similar to the LM6700, but instead of a silver bezel it comes with black livery, and looks even better in person. The panel is trimmed with a thin aluminum strip, which is the only thing separating the screen from your room, and the border is ravishingly thin at 5 millimeters. Viewed side-on, the TV is incredibly slim, too, and should wall-mount very well since the ports face downward.
It comes with the updated Magic Motion remote, which includes a scroll wheel and couple of extra buttons like a dedicated 3D control, though sadly no Settings key. The scroll wheel works in some screens -- Web pages, for example -- but not on others like onscreen menus and Netflix.
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|Display technology
|LED backlight
|Full-array with local dimming
|Screen finish
|Motion with voice
|Smart TV
|Internet connection
|Built-in Wi-Fi
|3D technology
|3D glasses included
|Six pairs
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The LG LM9600 is the company's flagship LED series, and while the forthcoming OLED 55EM9600 and 84-inch 84LM9600 share similar model names, they're different animals entirely. Unlike flashy competitor Samsung with its Smart Interaction gadgets, LG made its LM9600 series' step-up changes -- I won't say they're improvements in every case -- mostly under the hood.
The full-array LED backlight with local dimming is why the LM9600 costs so much. The TV's local dimming is designed to boost contrast by controlling the light output of numerous zones across the TV's screen, and the full array of LEDs behind the screen allows more precise control than most LED TVs, which use LEDs arrayed along the edge. LG's Nano Full LED system ostensibly refers to the Nano light guide used to distribute light evenly across the screen.
The 480Hz refresh rate claim is derived, according to the company, from a true 240Hz panel combined with a scanning backlight. Unlike the LM6700, this set does actually include smoothing (dejudder) processing.
LG's passive 3D system means the company can afford to include more pairs of 3D glasses than its active competitors, so the LM9600 comes with six, count 'em, six. On the off chance that you need more, most cheap polarized glasses should work.
If you're a gamer you may be interested in the Dual Play mode, which lets you convert a split-screen game into two different 2D screens with the use of special glasses. A quick Web search doesn't bring up where to buy them but since there are six pairs in the package you can make your own. You simply swap the left lens for right in one set (and reverse the lens) and the right for left in the other. I tried it and while they didn't fit all that well, the effect worked well enough for a few quick games.
Smart TV: Do you care if your phone has a dual-core processor? No? Well, be prepared to care even less: the LM9600 has a dual-core processor. Why does it need one, you ask? Smart TV functionality can be quite labor-intensive (and some picture processing, too) so a beefier processor is intended to make the experience smoother. But it's not the selling point LG thinks it is.
After the simplicity of the tiles of previous years, LG's new Smart interface looks a bit more cluttered. It now resembles Samsung's with featured content at the top and shortcuts at the bottom. Meanwhile, LG's G2 Google TV features a hybrid LG/Google menu, and though it has its issues, we appreciated its home screen over the LM9600's since it is more customizable.
LG's Smart TV content selection features most of the popular media apps, including Hulu Plus and Netflix, but lacks Amazon Instant for video and Pandora for audio. If you're looking for 3D content, LG offers a number of clips and full programs, though the quality varies.
The company offers an app store called LG Smart World, and while most of the content is minigames, there a few useful additions, such as NBA Game Time/Game Center and XOS College Sports. Unfortunately, downloading even free apps from the World requires you to create an ID and password.


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This is an engaging activity in which students are given information and expected to make sense of it. It may lead to a discussion of modular arithmetic.
The video, or a live performance of the trick with a colleague, provides a hook to draw students into the problem.
Perform the trick three or four times, keeping a record of the four cards and the secret card. Ask them to discuss in pairs any ideas they might have about how the trick is done.
Share as a class any ideas that emerge and give students the chance to try out any suggestions with a pack of cards.
It is quite likely that the strategy used in the video won't emerge, so once students have appreciated the limitations of their suggested methods, hand out this worksheet. Give students time to make sense of the instructions and to perform the trick in pairs a few times. Ensure that they swap roles and have experience of both selecting the cards and 'guessing' the secret card.
"At the end of the lesson I am going to choose one of you at random and give you five cards. You will choose four cards to show to the rest of the class and I will expect everyone to be able to predict what the fifth card is!"
Finally you may want to discuss why the trick always works.
Four cards can be arranged in $4 \times 3 \times 2 \times 1 = 24$ ways. There are 52 cards in a pack. How can these 24 possibilities convey enough information to distinguish between 52 different cards?
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Update 10am Sunday 10 July – Finally some explanation…
I now understand indirectly from a high-level source in Amazon.co.uk that the complaints received about The God Species – which resulted in the book being taken offline by the company – may have been regarding its description as 'hardback' when in fact the copies sold are in a format known as 'trade paperback'. This is not confirmed, and I have no evidence or confirmation in writing, but it seems most likely that this has not been the result of any malicious activity on the part of any individual, group of individuals or organisation. (This explanation also seems odd given that the screenshot below of the Amazon page when the book was offline clearly shows it listed as 'paperback' – so why anyone could have bought it expecting a hardback and then complained remains a mystery.)
However, it is clearly the case that had I not been able to draw attention to the situation with the help of so many other people on Twitter and elsewhere, that the matter would not have received much attention from Amazon – possibly for several days – and the book's chances would have been quite effectively scotched during the most vital launch period. So I am hugely grateful for everyone who took action – but I should say clearly that I do not believe any longer that this is a case of 'censorship' or any kind. Instead, Amazon.co.uk's automated processes kicked in response to complaints and the book was taken offline.
This does perhaps illustrate the dangers of market concentration when a single online bookseller now controls 70% of the UK market, and soon to be more if Amazon's takeover of The Book Depository is waved through by the British competition authorities. It certainly seems unfair that a book can be sunk through so easily and with so little justification because Amazon.co.uk is so dominant in the market and so slow to respond to complaints. I would hope that it could learn from this saga and tighten up its processes so other books do not suffer a similar fate immediately after they are launched. It seems very clear that if the Twitter campaign had not snowballed so quickly, the situation would still be unresolved now.
Finally an apology for this website being unobtainable last night and this morning. The reason was bandwidth – it simply couldn't cope with the volume of interest. Once again, thanks so much to everyone who stood up for The God Species – whether you agree with it or not. I am humbled by everyone's commitment to protecting free speech – online democracy really works, and is sometimes the only way to hold big corporations to account.
Update 7pm Saturday 9 July – God Species back on Amazon!
I can only thank everyone who took part in the Twitter and email campaign to get it reinstated. I will now do my best, with my publisher, to find out what on earth happened. We still don't know whether this is cockup or conspiracy – someone out there must know.
Starting some time on Friday morning a strange note appeared on the Amazon.co.uk page selling The God Species paperback. This read that the book had been withdrawn from sale "because a customer recently told us that the item he or she received was not as described". Since then Amazon has stopped selling the book, and despite attempts by my publisher to resolve the situation the book is still not on sale.
Update: 3pm, Saturday
I now understand that Amazon is likely to have removed the book from sale because its automated systems received a number of similar complaints about the book. So a relatively small number of people, perhaps as few as five, can conspire to get a new work taken off Amazon's web site. Amazon says it will quickly examine whether the complaints are justified but in the meantime potential customers arriving at its web site will be told the book is unavailable. The book's reputation will be damaged because of the natural assumption that there is indeed something wrong with it that obliges Amazon to remove it from sale. Even if Amazon puts the book back on Monday afternoon, damage has been done.
Amazon needs to change the way it deals with complaints. Surely it should get someone to read the book before it decides to remove it from sale – or if the complaint is technical, such as a faulty batch of printed copies, there should be some way to ascertain this. Otherwise every single remotely controversial book will be subject to the same orchestrated campaign that appears to have blocked the sale of my book over the key launch weekend.
UPDATE – other outlets still online
Many people (e.g. the New Statesman's Helen Lewis Hasteley in this excellent blogpost) have mentioned that this is a market domination problem with Amazon.co.uk, which holds a big majority of online sales, so has the potential to sink an author's book if this kind of thing happens in the all-important first week after the launch. I agree. So here are some other options where the book is still available:
The Book Depository – The God Species (although this seller is apparently due to be bought by Amazon too?)
Waterstones.com – The God Species
Word Power books – The God Species (independent online bookstore)
Here is the screenshot:
Although I cannot prove it, I now believe that this is a malicious attempt at censorship by individuals or organisations who find the content of The God Species threatening. That is also the conclusion drawn by Peter Forbes, who is reviewing the book for the Guardian, and wrote the following email to try to draw attention to this apparent attempt at censorship:
I believe this procedure is used for hardware purchased from Amazon which might have a problem. It is clearly inappropriate for books and seems to have been invoked for malicious reasons.
I have been in touch with Mark Lynas about this. I don't know him, but being in the process of reviewing the book, I was horrified by what I saw on Amazon today and thought I should try to help. His publisher, Fourth Estate, has tried to get Amazon to remove this ban, without success so far. Mark and I suspect that this is an attempt by people who don't like the message in the book. It is deplorable that Amazon allow such censorship on their site.
I am worried that if Amazon do not correct this very quickly other malign parties will notice this scam and take other books off the online market. Mark meanwhile is losing sales on his first weekend the book's life. Pressure needs to be brought to bear on Amazon and I hope that the literary world will come together to make sure this happens.
As Peter Forbes says, if this is indeed a malicious action by – as seems most likely – anti-nuclear or anti-GM fanatics, then they have chosen their moment well. On the day after its release, The God Species was in the top couple of hundred for overall Amazon sales, and has now plummeted into the low thousands. If this was a spoiler for the launch it has unfortunately been all too successful.
That the book should be withdrawn completely from sale just a day after its launch is a disaster for me after the years of work I have put into writing and researching this material. That this could be the work of interested parties who find the message of the God Species too threatening is even more troubling. In a free society, surely open debate about all issues is paramount, and one of our most deeply-held values.
I should say for the record that all the environmentalists I know are equally committed as I am to free speech. Nor do I suspect that any of the mainstream green groups could have carried out such an act – I know many individuals within them and respect them for their integrity and commitment. This can only have been done by a freelance 'extremist', but has been regrettably successful so far.
To the reader: you may not agree with some of what is in The God Species, but if you want to stand up for free speech please tweet this page and put pressure on Amazon to put the book back on its shelves (@AmazonUK seems to be the official Twitter address). To try to stop people reading something that you disagree with can surely never be the way to win an argument in a free society.
UPDATE 12PM – Saturday 9 July
The Lay Scientist Martin Robbins has a blog post up about this. Meanwhile, a friend has contacted Amazon and received the following in response:
Thank you for contacting Amazon.co.uk
I understand that you want to purchase the item "The God Species: How the Planet Can Survive the Age of Humans [Paperback]", however, you were prompted that this product is currently not being offered by Amazon.co.uk.
I have investigate the issue and I have found out that the product is currently not being offered by Amazo.co.uk because it is presently under review/investigation.
Please be informed that an item will be under review or investigation if series of reports from customers show that the item purchased was not as describe or has incorrect product details/description.
After the investigation, the product will be available for purchase through our website if the issue is resolved accordingly.
I hope this information is helpful.
Thank you for choosing Amazon.co.uk.
Did I solve your problem?
No you did not solve the problem. Plus – an auto-generated response with typos. What kind of customer service is this?
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You suggest anti-nuclear or anti-GM fanatics got the book blocked on Amazon. Maybe…and if so they are despicable and very foolish. (I speak as someone who is sceptical about many matters nuclear, takes a case-by-case attitude on GM, and welcomes open debate on both.) Another possibility, though: religious fanatics who object to what they would see as abuse of the divine?↓
I agree hopefully just the work of some random young activist who thinks they are being clever. I do hope you find out for sure.
This type of apparent intolerance is just the next step for those that would shout 'denier' -chernobyly death denier or climate change denier or otherwise. A poltical tool, used to close down a debate, much like accusations of racism or bigotry stifled a genuine debate about immigration for a decade. It took Gordon Brown's Sky microphone faux pax to puncture that issue. The BBC I believe just acknowledged this issue.↓
Oh, puhleeaaase.
Sincerely, a CAGW Alarmist and Believer in the CAGW Religious.Scam
no scam, no hoax, no religion, what are you on about…
Amazing – after all this time – that Amazon should introduce quality control …. but seriously Mark, given how much playground abuse you have been hurling around, what do you expect? I don't agree with an attempt to censor you – though I have a feeling you sticking a pie in the face of that hunky man was also considered an interference with free-speech … and I think it would be so funny if it was the loons of the god world who had taken exception. And this will do nothing but increase attention to your new found status as the most damascened person on the planet (how many moments have you had? what more is there to come?)↓
What limit should be placed on the right to change your views based on evidence and analysis?
none, of course. but I have known mark in many guises – just not sure when he will stop spinning. Maybe he never will, which means this is another phase. Maybe he won't in which case he is as conservative as some of his critics.
While this might indeed cost some sales in the short run, any such attempt at undermining a book will surely backfire. I expect much extra attention for the book from this stupid stunt, as well as quite a lot of complaints directed at Amazon.↓
I agree – it does seem a bit premature and Streisand Effect-naïve of Mark to view it as a "disaster".
"Banned in Amazon" is the new "Banned in Boston"
Hugh, you might be giving people ideas here.
Seriously Mark, do you expect people to listen to you on Nuclear Power, when you have not carried out any thorough investigation of the issues of Chernobyl, you rely on the one person who coordinated the UNSCEAR report. And seek back up support from a man who is building his career on nuclear reassurance. It is not good enough.. you were listened to on Climate Change after putting in the time to research it thoroughly.
Perhaps the Goddess stepped in here and objected to not being heard.↓
So you agree with censorship of ideas that you don't agree with? That clarifies the matter.
Of course not, I do object to poorly researched ideas being wrapped as fact.. and everyone else dismissed into 'denial camps'
And I don't think this is a case of censorship, but Mark is making mileage in publicity nonetheless
In your opinion, these are 'poorly researched' because they fail to come to the same conclusions that you have already come to.
But you do agree that certain points of view should be censored and vilified – except yours.
Thats perfectly clear.
I don't know how you reached that conclusion.. but you are clearly not someone who reads carefully.
You want a "poorly researched ideas being wrapped as fact" ? How's this for a total work of fiction being passed off as fact by a billion people: (and still for sale at Amazon): http://tinyurl.com/6386lqb
Now *there's* a total work of fiction that should be censored!
Surely if you encourage people to add the book to their wishlists or contact Amazon directly asking to buy the book they'll put it back on sale. After all, they're a retailer who exist to make money. That would be a more proactive approach than feeling sorry for yourself and telling the internet that your book launch had been sabotaged. (I'd never heard of you before today so I'm not sure who would be bothered to sabotage you)↓
At least in Germany the book can be ordered from Amazon without any problem: http://www.amazon.de/dp/000731342X/↓
I once saw the same message displayed when I looked for a book by Paul McKenna on Amazon! Might be worth checking out what his publishers did about it.↓
No such remark in Amazon Germany, as felix said, nor at the Amazon.com site (where you can get the Kindle version and preorder the hardcover). Neither is there any mentioning of this at the French Amazon site…↓
Currently no problem ordering it on The Book Depositary, a company recently acquired by Amazon – http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/God-Species-Mark-Lynas/9780007313426↓
You can still buy this new from a number of seller through Amazon UK and download it to your Kindle. The issue seems to just affect the paperback version of the book.
Amazon are remarkably slow at responding to complaints in this manner. For instance, when my book was published, Amazon cancelled someone's order for it because it wasn't available in their country, and they wrote a 1-star review of the book saying that they weren't happy because it wasn't available. In actual fact their review was on Amazon's service, not my book.
It took over 18 months for Amazon to respond to my requests to evaluate the appropriateness of that review.↓
Maybe the customer bought it expecting it to be a religious book (it DOES have God in the title). On reading it realised it wasn't so returned it as 'not as described'…? Just a thought.↓
That should prompt a remove a book from Amazon!!!
(it also says 'species' – why defend the indefensible with ridiculous theories/excuses)
Amazon need to sort that mechanism out, lest others start to play silly games with other books that disgree with the worldview/politics.
Some juvenile activist playing silly buggers no doubt, as a writer this is a direct attack on Mark's livelihood and reputation.
Just because some random activist doesn't like what it says, possibly because he says the greens have lost their way.
Timed to take effect on the launch of his book, when publicity and demand will be at it's highest must be really annoying. I do hope for the green movement that it is just the work of some lone activist, because otherwise this little stunt should backfire on them badly.
If it goes on, I'd be asking Amazon for details of the person involved to sue for loss of earnings.
Amazon would hide behind some obscure piece of legal jargon to stop that happening & therefore allow morons to continue ruining people who just want to make a living.
You mean "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" isn't a manual to fix my bike??
I hadn't heard of this book before this story hit twitter, (@bengoldacre), but I'm off to waterstones to buy it now.↓
Me too!
This is awful if a true case of censorship, but are you sure there isn't just a massive printing error, in which case this would be the prudent course of action to check the rest of the books in stock.
As it's not withdrawn in other countries this actually seems the most likely. You're maybe jumping to conclusions here.↓
Why is the first half of the product description for "The God Species" about another book?↓
Martin is correct. The "Review" listed above the Product Description (on the Amazon US page) is for "Six Degrees." I'll bet that this is the cause of your "censorship." It's okay to put reviews of previous works by an author on the back cover of a book, put putting it in the Editorial Reviews section of the Amazon page may be (and should be, IMO) verboten.
This would be a mistake on the part of your publisher. Tell them to fix it.
So, I'll order a few bibles, and complain that I received a work of fiction…?↓
Still available on Kindle though, and this publicity just got you a sale! 😉↓
I think you're only hurting your credibility by crying "censorship" before you have any evidence that that's what is happening. I'm sure there are plenty of more controversial books on Amazon than yours, and the only censorship I've heard of Amazon practicing is in the case of certain types of erotica and a pedophilia "instruction manual".
Perhaps Amazon sold a defective copy of your book, and checking their stock after getting a complaint, found that many or all of their copies were defective. Or maybe it's some other kind of foul-up. The point is you don't know yet, but you're eagerly playing the martyr card.↓
What a complete farce!
I would be willing to bet this is a religious nut who is so blinkered as to not realise religion is actually the root of mankinds problems, not a soloution.
Hope Amazon get this sorted quick. As it is I'll order elsewhere from now on.↓
Hold on, it isn't completely unavailable, I think its just that Amazon themselves aren't selling it. Although weirdly, it looks as if its available for the Kindle.
Looking at the page on Amazon, there are sellers offering the book, but Amazon isn't one of them.↓
Is it not more likely that it's a warehouse mix-up? They've sent someone the wrong book because the wrong book is on the shelf where the computer says The God Species should be. Now they have to send someone to find where they've put their actual copies of The God Species.↓
Actually, I think the best response to this censorship would be having everyone up in arms about it that has purchased ANYTHING from Amazon to return it with the same response. Amazon only responds to money and hurting their bottom line is the only timely method to get their attention.↓
There is always the possibility that somebody received a damaged book, complained and thereby switched on the Amazon quality machine which took a D3 action (Quality issues are usually controlled using an 8 discipline methodology, D3 is short term containment) and isolated the stock before moving off to deal with the next urgent issue. Being made up of people and probably too few at that (lean is profit), and therefore just a little bit crap, the Amazon quality machine hasn't done much more. (D2-8 in a quality investigation quite often take a long time, particularly if stalling lets you deal with new issues and prevent further escapes).
I'd be looking at Occam's razor for this one. Not as romantic but much more likely.↓
I don't agree with many things Mark Lynas has written, but that doesn't matter.
I have posted a review of your book to the Amazon UK site informing them that as a frequent customer I will no longer purchase anything from them until they reverse this act of censorship.
Ian Angus, Editor
Climate and Capitalism↓
This does not look like censorship to me – it's because the reviewer quotes listed on the Amazon page pertain to one of your other books, "Six Degrees".
Given the prominence you've given to these quotes in the review section, I can see why some might find the product description misleading, particularly as your other books are not mentioned until later in the description.↓
Hi Mark,
I've just blogged about this at the New Statesman:
If it's true that Amazon's knee-jerk response to a complaint is to pull a book without a proper investigation, that's very worrying for anyone who writes on – or reads about – controversial subjects.
If it's not true will you publish an equal length retraction?
As an American citizen I take great exception to any violation of our 1st Amendment, the right to free speech. I do not, however, know enoug about the author or his book in this instance to aid in waging a campaign against Amazon on another continent.
I'll sit this one out.↓
I think it was Quentin Crisp who suggested we ought to start from a position of no one having any rights. i.e. Equal choice and equal responsibility for all (my interpretation). If Amazon won't play ball – fly the flag for somewhere else. Once they see you getting sales and publicity, they'll jump back on board. They're business and they are unlikely to turn down a financial opportunity.
Good luck.↓
Amazon.com is not a democracy, they are a private entity perfectly at liberty to sell or not sell any product they wish. You have no inherent right to have your product available there. They could decide not to carry it because of content, author, phase of moon or color of the cover and while it might be prejudice, it's not censorship – Your right to free speech does not obligate them to sell it.
Under your definition, Richard Dawkins may as well call it censorship when The God Delusion isn't carried by Christian bookstores. Amazon isn't a government and it isn't a utility. They get to decide what to sell just like every other bookstore, based on whatever criteria they deem fit. It isn't censorship when somebody has an opportunity to sell your product and elects not to.
By all means, call them out for the decision (if you turn out to be right about their reasons). Call it suppression, or prejudice, or favoritism, or pandering, or unfair – but don't call it censorship, that's just silly.↓
I think we should all twitter them to death. Use the power of twitter to put pressure on them. Also, I think u play this up. Each of us should contact our TV and newspapers about this censorship attempt. They started the battle, it is time for u to win the war. I have no interest in reading the book, not my genre, however, I hate the thought of censorship.
So, u fight fire with fire (so to speak). Bring as much attention to the sabotage attempt and the result will be 2 fold. One, it will put pressure, and 2, it will sell more copies of your book. Threatening legal action could work too. Whether or not u follow through won't matter. This is a clear violation of the first amendment. And if that westboro church scum bags can win at that, so can u. For those of u who aren't american, let me tell u what they do. They are a small congregation of idiots who protest at people who have died that are "famous" or military and say god hates them and gays and all non americans and they deserved to die. They protest only 1000 feet away from mourning families who have lost loved ones. And they won that right in a court of law. Shameful. Use that. Set up the lawsuit in this country, if u can. I guarantee u that u would win should it go to court. Then u could sue for damages etc.
good luck, hope my ideas helped u at all.
Google: westboro church scam
You might find the hits very interesting.
No publicity is bad publicity. This idiocy will wind up generating far more sales for you than you may have lost. Over here in the U.S., this is the best kind of pre-publication news story. Go over to Amazon U.S. and check out how many people have pre-ordered your book since this news hit the wires on Friday.
I myself had never heard either of you or of your book until I read this story in the Guardian online today. I've since accessed several positive reviews and pre-ordered your book at Amazon. I'm sure there are many others who have done the same. Chin up!↓
When you re-launch, you can spin it as "The Book THEY Don't Want You To Read!".↓
So, effectively, your book has been banned? I'm not sure that you could BUY publicity like this! You should immediately make it available on the myriad self or independent publishing websites in the US and UK with a large print blurb about getting this banned book now. Then refuse to sell it on Amazon whatever they decide. "BANNED BY AMAZON! SEE WHAT All the FUSS is about and decide for yourself!"
I will be very surprised if your sales don't skyrocket.
Good luck.↓
You may be an emotive, superficial and misguided writer about climate change, but you are still entitled to be heard. Especially since recently you have displayed an openness to changing your opinions in some areas at least. If you can move from throwing things, literally, in the faces of people who are wiser and better-informed than you are, that is progress. If you can modify your views after absorbing relevant information, that is even more progress. I could understand it if Amazon chose to block you because of your past violence, but not merely because of some yet-to-be-shared-with-us complaints from perhaps just one of their customers.↓
'Integrity and commitment'? But I thought the 'mainstream green groups' were actually 'green zealots' and we 'shouldn't listen' to them? I'm sure I read that in the Daily Mail the other day.
While I was there, I'm sure I also remember reading about how great capitalism was. Perhaps that's only when other people get shafted by market dominance though 😉
I'm sure this situation will turn to your advantage. Being censored is the best PR gift out there. Ask the Sex Pistols.↓
Mark's achieved a lot of publicity from this and lots of 5 star reviews (from people that haven't read the book.) So maybe Mark did it…?
Or maybe not.
A lot of people are sounding a bit hysterical. As I understand it, there is no evidence of a conspiracy, so why are so many people jumping to conclusions?↓
Just complained to Amazon.↓
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Automatic censorship (if that is what happened, which it probably is) is always a bad thing. Tons of videos of the brutal repression of the Arab uprisings were flagged on youtube for being gory, which they were, but they were re-granted access after being reviewed. Since the media was primarily passed around via twitter the window of their importance was razor thin, so blocking them for a little while effectively took them out of the public view for the period of time they would otherwise be careening around the righteous indignation factory that is twitter.
Also, false accusations of copyright infringement have been used repeatedly to quell political speech.
Any automated censorship system is going to be abused by people who don't want the truth or dissenting opinions broadcast.
I've been boycotting Amazon since they stopped serving Wikileaks on their cloud and I wasn't about to stop the boycott, but this sure isn't helping my opinion of them.↓
I read the whole article and nowhere does the author mention what the basic message of the book was nor why someone might want to have this book censored. Stating the former might make the latter obvious, but as it stands a little more info might be useful.↓
The same thing happened to Monckton (whatever your views on AGW) in Australia. They banned him from talking in many venues that received complaints from AGW fanatics. Its helped him no end to get more attention and now hes been invited to one of the greatest possible exposure programs ABC lunch talk↓
It's called "gaming" the system. If you determine a certain number of complaints about anything throw it into the moderation/manual intervention loop, just enlist the aid of your troll army.
Monbiot is the head of such a group of climate "minutemen".
Those little red dots have been on your chest ever since you stepped off the reservation. Welcome to our world Mark …
The book is back on sale. Also an alternative paperback and kindle versions were still on sale even while all this was going on.
I assume that it does take time to investigate when a complaint has been made but I do think that Amazon's holding message could be a bit more bespoke and explain what the nature of the complaint was.↓
I think I'm going to have to look elsewhere to buy my books because this really is the last straw.
After the whole thing with LGBT books being removed, I put it down to books with a certain tag being removed by accident (as there were some non-LGBT books) but… yeah, this is just the last straw. I'm done with you, Amazon.↓
From amazon.co.uk: "In this groundbreaking new book, Mark Lynas shows us how we must use our technological mastery over nature to the planet from ourselves."
"to the planet from ourselves"? Missing "protect" in there?↓
Yesterday I saw ten or so reviews of this book on amazon.co.uk. Now there is one review there. Was that amazon deleting them, or the people who wrote the reviews?↓
Just because you're paranoid doesn't meant that the Greens aren't out to get you, right Mark?↓
So Amazon joins Greenpeace and the IPCC in the ever-growing conspiracy against Lynas and his pro-nuke, pro-GMO, pro-corporation crusade!
Where will it end? Before we know it all of modern science will be plotting and scheming to undermine Lynas's future nuke / GMO utopia! Actually, a lot of it already is….↓
Lynas' book is freely available for preorder on Amazon's Canadian and US sites, for release August 9 and November 1, respectively.
So as far as I can tell, this is NOT some conspiracy at Amazon to suppress the book, but rather likely efforts by enviro-whackjobs to do so.
Disclosure: I do work for Amazon. I am not authorized to speak on behalf of the company, and I couldn't tell you what amazon.co.uk is doing or not doing to look into this matter, but I do want to emphasize that the evidence as I personally see it does not suggest 'censorship' on Amazon's part.↓
FWIW, the page in your screen capture may or may not be the page seen and ordered from by the buyers who complained. Note that there *is* a listing for a hardback version, but it is "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be back in stock." If there never was a hardback version, this listing (before it was marked as "unavailable") may have been the source of the problem.↓
Amazon "rights" for censorship are weirdly ensconced in their so called content guidelines as brilliantly explained here http://www.epublishabook.com/2011/11/28/amazons-brand-of-censorship/ .↓


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