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Last Friday August 2nd, 2013 my Dad Neal passed away from complications of a stroke and Cancer. He was 85 and had lived a long and fruitful life. Its funny in that when growing up, my Dad and I did not get along much and it really was a combination of my stubbornness, his inability to show affection and the way he was raised. But he did love me in his own way and it took decades for me to understand and realize the true depth of that love. As much as I vowed to be a different kind of person growing up, I now realize that we are very much alike in both the good and the bad.
A few of the traits I acquired from him were being cheap (as others have noted, I call it being "financially reasonable") and the desire to work a bit harder if need be to get a desired result rather than paying someone else to do it for me. It is the latter part that made me realize that is why I got an EV. After all, EVs do require compromise. They require more planning, patience, and effort to incorporate it into my transportation lifestyle. Without really knowing him or me, it would be really impossible to illustrate my point so I thought it best to simply relate some of the various memories I have that really show his ability to adapt and his tenacity in making things work.
He was always good with his hands and was the best at fixing things of anyone I ever knew. Being raised during the Depression probably helped. In those days, you fixed things simply because buying another one was out of the question. He told me once about a trip he made with my Grandmother and Aunt in Northern MI years before the Highway System was built. The trip was probably around 200 miles and during the trip that lasted several hours that included fixing flat tires. In those days, a flat meant removing the tire from the car, then popping it off the rim (a job that was NOT easier then as it is today) removing the inner tube. patching it, then putting it all back together and using a bicycle like pump to air it back up. During that single trip he had to do this TWENTY THREE TIMES!
We also became the first on our block to get a color TV back in the early 60's. He built one from a Heath Kit. Saved a ton of money (TVs were really spendy back then) doing it and gained valuable experience from it allowing him to get a part time job repairing TVs soon afterwards.
He graduated from high school in Cheboygan MI and was promptly drafted in 1946 and sent to Germany. He did his hitch and returned to MI bouncing around from job to job and finally re-enlisted to stay. He eventually was sent to Ft Lewis WA in preparation for Korea but was held back due to his "abilities" and was put in the Army Corps of Engineers and sent to Okinawa to install Radar Stations.
(Like the movie "Big Fish" I also have proof! Here is my Dad with a record catch of the coast of Okinawa...for about 2 hours. Unfortunately his boat mate broke the record as well! The caption states "near record weight" which is actually incorrect as both fish broke the previous record. He did later receive a certificate recognizing his achievement)
There his electrical/mechanical aptitude allowed him to be selected for a special project installing Nike Missile sites (aimed at China).
This where he met my Mom, Mitsuko Akamine and they were married and my brother Ken and I was born there.
My dad's performance with the missile sites along with the additional training he received allowed him to apply and be accepted into the highly exclusive new Nuclear Power Generation Group and transferred him to Alexandria VA to Ft. Belvoir. (where my Sister was born) The main purpose of this group was investigating the viability of providing a portable nuclear-based power supply to troops in various conditions around the world when deployed in areas where power may not be available. Initially, 4 sites were chosen. Ft. Belvoir in VA; Camp Century, Greenland; Ft Greely, Alaska and the Panama Canal Zone. This would provide ample power to the troops without the worry of maintaining a fuel supply line.
After completing training (which many started but did not complete. His graduating class had more instructors than graduates!)
(There were only 7 graduates. the back two rows are instructors except the guy in the middle of the 2nd row. The class started with over 30 people)
He was stationed at Ft Belvoir, VA and then went TDY (term for short term duty at a remote station) to Camp Century Greenland. Here the power plant sat on what was thought to be about a half mile of ice. A group of scientists were also studying the area and wanted rock samples. So a pipe rigged to vent steam from the reactor was placed into the ice. The pipe melted a tunnel down into the ice. It soon created a cavern of water under the ice. Every day, they would add pipe to allow the pipe to burrow deeper into the ice. Deeper and deeper the pipe went venting super heated steam. Eventually they accepted the realization that they were sitting on more ice than they had originally thought. (They never did hit the ground despite burrowing for the entire length of the 14 month project going beyond 6000 feet!) There was no Global Warming here!
It was here that several new methods, tools, and processes were invented. My Dad among others received several commendations for their innovative work. After just over a year, he was stationed back at Ft. Belvoir. He was then sent to Foxboro (one of only a half dozen selected for this "civilian" School ) MA for additional instrumentation training. This training allowed him to be promoted to instructor in 1967.
Exclusivity has its privileges and drawbacks and one of them was rotating to remote sites. He had a choice of Panama for a year or Alaska for two. Thankfully he chose Alaska and we departed Virginia June 6th, 1968. "D day!" (D for drive and man oh man did we ever do some driving!)
For our trip to Alaska, my Dad bought a brand new 1967 Chrysler Van and converted it into a camper adding a propane powered fridge and stove. added a few racks for bunk beds and put in a convertible dining table and booth that Mom and he slept on. To say the least, it was cramped and every inch was used including the front where I slept in a rack that hung over the front passenger area. After a visit to MI which included my Grandmother getting married for the 2nd time after decades of widowship, We started into Canada on our way to Milepost #1 on the "Alcan Highway."
The Alcan Highway was built during WW2 by the Army Corps of Engineers to better defend to faraway borders of our territories like Alaska. It starts in Dawson Creek, British Columbia, Canada and ended conveniently at Ft. Greely, Alaska which was our destination. Everything was fine until the pavement ended about 100 miles outside Dawson Creek. Before us, stretched over 1100 miles of gravel roads winding thru the Canadian Rockies! (if you want to recreate this trip, dont bother. the highway was later paved and straightened removing over 300 miles in length and sadly about 1000 breathtakingly awesome views...)
Naturally, it was July and hot (well hot most of the time. we did have brief bouts of snowfall at higher elevations) so most of the trip was frantically rolling up the windows when a vehicle approached from the North to prevent the huge clouds of dust from getting in the van. (No A/C here!) It only took about 10 miles of gravel before a rock shattered the windshield. a few more rocks soon made it difficult to see but my Dad drove on. But then the fan belt broke. So here we are high in the Rockies a million miles from anything with a disabled vehicle. But not all was lost. After using various items in place of a fanbelt which included his belt, rope, etc. he finally found something that worked; my sisters rubber stretch pants (she was only 2 at the time) that she wore occasionally (prevented leaking)
But the the thing I remember most about the incident was being high up in the Rockies, pulled over at a view area (which was really the ONLY place to pull over anyway...) several miles from anything resembling civilization fixing the van. After he was done, he went to take a dump in the bushes which was ok since there was no one for miles. Two minutes after he disappeared a tour bus came around the corner and parked at the view area discharging a dozen sightseers. Soon afterwards, my Dad, red-faced emerged from the bushes and we made a quick departure!
Naturally our two years in Alaska was full of adventure hunting and fishing. Other than an occasional Chicken and Turkey for Thanksgiving, all the meat we ate we caught or shot. Moose, Elk, Salmon, Trout, etc. Even some Buffalo (at the time the ENTIRE state of Alaska issued 100 permits to hunt Buffalo. But we did know someone who got a permit!)
We returned from Alaska to our home in Stafford, Virginia where my Dad immediately starting building an addition to our small mobile home. He had basically studied a few books on construction so he had the basics down and was ready to put them to work. He was helped greatly in the fact that one our neighbors had moved out and a contractor had moved in. Everett Taylor and my Dad sat around drinking coffee and talking about best practices for construction and my Dad used that (plus an occasional helping hand from Everett) to add a bedroom and expand the living room. This was his first major foray into residential construction.
Later my Dad retired from the Army and we made preparations to move to Michigan where all the relatives were. Before retiring, he got another part time job working at Montgomery Wards in Fredericksburg VA. He got the job because the store had a 6 month backlog of TVs waiting to be repaired. He started there working weekends in the Spring of 1973 as a bench technician and like most jobs he was hired for, his supervisor quickly realized he had a lot more to offer than the job he was doing. In a few months working part time, he had cleared out most of the backlog of TVs and they had him "tinkering with other departments that were behind including lawn and garden, appliances, etc. Wards sent him to a small engine repair school and he was able to also get the lawn and garden dept cleared out as well. He retired from the Army in Jan, 1974 but because we kids were still in school, we stayed in Virginia until June. He went to work full time at Wards and was promoted to Home Appliance/TV (or whatever else needed fixing) repair which paid a lot more but required a much higher level of skill.
Later he was offered a very lucrative "performance bonus" if he was willing to stay at Wards which according to his boss who had over 20 years experience at Wards was the first time he had seen or heard of such a thing.
We bought 3 acres in Smith's Creek just outside Port Huron and set about building a house. As always my Dad was on the cheap and heard about a few loads of salvage lumber taken from dismantled boxcars. The lumber was tongue and groove hardwoods. They were riddled with nails, various lengths and torn up edges. My dad paid Ken and I to pull the nails out and cut them to various lengths using a table saw that was rigged to run off the flywheel of a Toyota Corona Engine. (a car I later drove...) The resulting lumber was used to roof the house, (sturdiest roof in town!) the walls of the house and our 2 car garage with attached shop.
After spending the Summer building the house, he was hired as an electrician for Morton Salt in Marysville, MI. In less than a year, he was promoted to lead electrician and shortly after that promoted to Foreman of the Maintenance Dept (which meant he still worked "in the mines")
Despite Port Huron being over 50 miles from the center of the Automobile Industry, the effects of the downturn in the mid to late 70's still permeated the area. The decision was made to bail out so in 1978 my Dad bought a fifth wheel camper, sold the house and went on a road trip to look for somewhere else to live. Texas, California, Idaho and Montana were on the list. Well each place turned out to have drawbacks. California was a great place but the cost of living was too high and my Dad was also looking for some place that had a major Military hospital and finally settled on Olympia WA (remember he went thru training at Ft. Lewis near by)
He got a job as a TV bench tech at Sears in Lacey but moved to appliance repair due to a much larger work load and again was immediately promoted to home appliance repair. During this time he was sent to school to fix several other things including HVAC and more lawn and garden equipment. Eventually Sears closed it home repair dept and my Dad was laid off. He took his training and opened his own Appliance repair business which did very well until he turned it over to my brother Ken and started working Civil Service at Ft. Lewis doing building construction and maintenance.
He retired (several times) and then started buying undeveloped properties in the county and putting in utilities and setting up Mobile Homes to sell. He carried the loan contract on them. He did this dozens of times (sold properties to a lot of mine and my brother's friends in the process!) doing very well.
After my Mother died in 2004, he met and married Mary, a retired schoolteacher from Texas and decided to live permanently at his vacation house in Misson, Texas.
All his life, he kept meticulous records of EVERYTHING! The cost of developing properties, anticipated income from mortgage payments on contracts he carried and so on. My many hours of watching him calculating costs at the kitchen table is the reason why diligently track every mile my LEAF drives.
He met and kept many many friends and although very cheap with his money, he would work his butt off to help a friend. His funeral is tomorrow August 10, 2013 at Forest Memorial Gardens on Pacific Ave in Olympia, WA.
"Man did not move out of the Stone Age because they ran out of Stones so why do we feel we have to use all the Oil?" Having driven EVs as my primary source of transportation since 2007 does not qualify me as an expert in any sense but I have experienced a few things that I want to share because every mile driven on electricity is more money not leaving the state that can be spent for MUCH better things!
Friday, August 9, 2013
How my Dad Raised an EV'er (My Dad's "Big Fish" Story)
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You know your projects stand out of the herd. There is something special about them. It seems to me all of them are really brilliant!ReplyDelete
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The Easy Way to Publish to Amazon's Amazing Kindle... Guides, Tips, and Kindle News
Steps to Clean Up MS Word and Publish to the Kindle
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Thank you very much for this article, it has been very helpful. Question: can I sent the finished PRC file to anyone who has a Kindle or other digital reader, and will they be able to read it?ReplyDelete
Thanks for commenting, Bruce!ReplyDelete
Yes, as far as I know, you can send your PRC file to anyone and they can read it on a Kindle, or Kindle for PC.
That's what I do for clients who use my services to format their files for the Kindle.
There's another little tip you might find useful if you send to the same person a lot.
Go to "Manage My Kindle" in the Kindle section of the Amazon website, and in the area where you can change your official Kindle email address, there is a place where you can enter the email address of anyone from whom you are willing to accept Kindle format files.
If the person you want to send to enters your email address there, you can send Kindle files directly to their Kindle.
Dear CJ,ReplyDelete
Hey, it's me again. ha. i posted a question the other day and now cannot find where i put it to find the answer u probably gave. so i will ask again. I have openoffice. to put the book on kindle i need to have word. is there a way to convert the kindle to word, on my own computer, without having word? thank u for your patience and wisdom with a computer illiterate. it is much appreciated.
The clear and simple answer is... I don't know.
I did think in terms of learning to use Open Office myself well enough that I could help others with it, but it turned out to have more of a learning curve than I expected.
So... I am electing to do one word processor... MS Word... very well rather than trying to do them all.
I THINK that you could create your book in Open Office, then save it as an HTML file and upload that HTML directly to the Amazon Direct Publishing platform... or feed it to Mobipocket and let Mobipocket create your Kindle format file.
Have you signed up with the Amazon Kindle KDP support forum?
I have read posters there talking about using Open Office.
Maybe you could check in there and get some answers.
Good luck... and let me hear how it goes!
I feel kind of proud, for I was thinking the same thing: that i could turn it into an HTML file and then upload that. now i will try that and get back to you and let u know the outcome. i have signed up on the support forum and i had the idea that it was too much and it appeared also, even to one not overly savy, as more incorrect info that good, which is exactly what u said when i came here.
Thank you for your reply. I will go try that now.
Your comment that even to one "not overly savvy", the so-called "support" forum seems to contain more incorrect than correct, info, made me laugh out loud.
It also gives me some comfort to hear that it's that obvious to a newcomer... so it's less likely to mislead if people see that up front.
I don't know why Amazon doesn't provide a moderator to make sure incorrect messages are not allowed to stand, but they don't... but they do most things right, so who am I to argue?
I can't afford the hours to give individual help, much as I'd love to... why else would I be doing these Kindle tutorials if I didn't love to help people!
But if you will promise to report back with your progress... which will help me to help other newbies with Open Office... I'll see if I can help you get started.
Send me an email with your email address (to my private email, firstname.lastname@example.com)and general information... your computer knowledge background, the computer you are using, and the version of software you are using.
To repeat myself... if you will promise to report back your progress, I'll see if I can help you get started with Open Office.
CJ, I was looking through your instructions on how to create an NCX file, and I spent about two hours trying to understand it. Even when I thought I understood it, all the attempts failed when I put them to practice.ReplyDelete
It seems to me that the instructions are only suited to someone who already knows a great deal about html and other computer related stuff. I was pretty much lost from the beginning of that page.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Hi CJ,ReplyDelete
Can't thank you enough for this site! Like Chris, as a 'not overly savvy' person attempting to work this stuff out, I found the forums contradictory and often completely unhelpful...seems to have descended at times to 'my Kindle book formatting process is bigger than your kindle book formatting process'...
Your site is excellent for the complete newbie :-)
Thanks, Christine!ReplyDelete
I do understand what it's like to be a complete newbie... that is the reason I go to such pains to explain things carefully... in baby bird steps, I like to say.
More experienced people may get annoyed at such detail... and may be the very ones you see slugging it out on the forums.
I'm sorry your message got lost... or temporarily misplaced, at least.
I approved it, then came here to answer it... and it wasn't here.
Now that It's back, I'll give you my best answer.
Which is, to keep doing what you are doing... just reading and testing and practicing.
That's just part of learning how to be a "Self Publisher"; some projects do require you to learn some programming skills.
Another suggestion... contact the author of that article... Araby Greene... and ask what she'd charge to create the NCX file for you.
Her website, WebbishBooks is highlighted there at the beginning of that article.
You should check it out anyway, for some really good examples of beautiful work.
It would probably cost less than you think.
- AnonymousMay 21, 2011 at 8:56 PM
I have some song lyrics in my book that turned out a little funny. Everything else in the document is perfect, probably because I used the Smashwords Style Guide and worked like crazy to get it just right for over a month. I hate to strip all the formatting and start over, since there are lots of little places that need italicized parts and everything. Any other way to fix the few paragraphs that are funny and leave the rest alone?ReplyDelete
I don't know that it would work, but it would be worth a try...ReplyDelete
Just select (highlight) the "funny" paragraphs, then click "Clear Formatting"... it's usually at the top of the Styles and Formatting drop-down menu.
Then, apply your Styles again.
That won't work if your underlying code structure has broken down, but, in your case, I'd sure try it before deciding to clear everything out.
Please help me!! Argh! I followed all of your steps (except the NCX thing because that was WAY too advanced and confusing for me). I checked bookmarks in Word. No problem. Go To in Kindle? The stupid thing doesn't go to the beginning. It goes to Chapter Two. But in Word, it goes to the beginning. Chapter One. I created a TOC of six points including the Title. In the Kindle, I don't have six entries in there. I have 11, including three at the end that are duplicates. For example, I have a Chapter Three entry that goes to Chapter Three. But then at the end of the TOC, there's ANOTHER Chapter Three entry and when I click on it, it says CHAPTER THREE and then underneath, CHAPTER FIVE.ReplyDelete
Since I'm on a Mac and this is apparently still the dark ages at Amazon, I've had to use Calibre to create the book. ANY idea what's going on here, or do you have any advice about where to look for someone who really and truly doesn't understand the technical jargon?
FWIW, I learned Photoshop in about two days so I could create a cover. I'm not always entirely stupid!
Hang on a bit and I'll try to help you... I can't do it right now, but maybe in the early AM...
Take heart... you are on the right track!
Ok, Kay, I'm back.ReplyDelete
I don't quite understand what's happening... so will you tell me again?
You built your file in Word for Mac, right?... then fed it to Calibre, right?
What were the steps you took in Calibre?
It's pretty complex, as you know...
Any idea why - after saving a Word document as html filtered and converting it in mobipocket creator - when viewed in Kindle previewer, the chapter headings, which were stlyed as Heading 1 (14 pt bold, centered) change to normal (12 pt left aligned) when arriving at them, from the TOC links. Whereas they appear as they should, when browsing to them using the forward and backward arrows?ReplyDelete
I'm sorry, I did overlook your post.
The previewers and sometimes even the Kindle device, itself, sometimes act that way, because of the way the text flows.
However, I recently had a file with *centered* headings that Mobipocket Creator simply would not create as centered.
I don't know whether it was unique to that file, or whether it is a feature of Mobipocket I just never noticed before, because I usually "left align" all chapter headings.
Can you do that... use left align headings instead of centered?
If so, that might be your answer.
If you absolutely must have centered headings, you might try Calibre (just search for that name for a free download).
It does a nice job but is still in work and is too complex for my basic tutorials.
If you want to try it and have problems, look for the support forum...it's there on their main page... and members are good to help newbies.
Thank you for your wonderful tutorials filled with a wealth of information. I've had the same issue with titles. Oddly they move to the left when I go to them via clicking in the ToC, but are fine if I move off that page and back on. It's peculiar and I can't find an answer to why it happens or how to fix it.Delete
As far as I know, there is no solution other than to edit the HTML file... and that doesn't seem to work all the time.
Another reader, SmurfSmith, offered to research this issue, and offers the following:
Some updates.
I think I solved the problem that was left over. However, this is unofficial claim from me for now I still need to do additional test. Anyway, this is situation:
Of course, as we already discussed, when you put name code at the beginning of chapter title, chapters were still not alligned right sometimes. Sometimes manual browsing would bring chapter titles a little bit lower, and direct TOC access would bring them a little bit higher.
However, when I replace default HTML code for page breaks before chapter headings (on previous page)...
With this simpler one:
Then it seems that everything works perfectly.
Stay tuned. I will inform you about everything.
whoops... the html didn't come through.Delete
To follow SmurfSmiths advice, replace the existing html code for page break with the most simple html code for page break.
I'll ask him to come by to do a better explanation.
Your blog has been really helpful to me. The only problem I'm still having is that my dialogue indenting is spacing further than it should. I honestly don't know if I entered paragraph breaks but I did clear out the junk code and it still isn't looking right. It looks like this:
"Hello." "Hi."
"What's your name?" "My name is Sue? What's yours?"
It's all over the place-uneven spacing and terrible indention. Paragraph formatting doesnt seem like it is accepting my commands. My page breaks and everything else are perfect. But dialogue and paragraphs are starting way pass the .03 indention that it should. I used tab while I wrote the novel in MS Word 2007. Is there anything I can do? Thanks for your help.
Hi CJ,ReplyDelete
Thank you for your wealth of info web site.
I am preparing to convert my first e-book. I am on a Mac using Word 2004. It only has a "save for web-html" setting, not "web filtered". That isn't available until a recent version of the software, which isn't compatible with my computer.
Some of the Amazon Forums have said that is ok to go right from a word.doc to the mobipocket. Is this true? Also, is it necessary to preview the book on a Kindle (don't have one) for good results if your instructions are followed?
Thank you for your response,
I don't use Mac, but I understand that you can upload your properly prepared Word file directly to the Kindle Publishing Platform.
The reason I would not advise that is that it is too hard to proof your book before you hit PUBLISH... then it's too late to cry.
If you save for web... even if it doesn't save for web, fitered, and feed that file to Mobipocket, I believe that will work.
It's probably the same thing... the Mac just has a different word for it than MS Word does.
The Preview that you can download and view on your desktop (see CJ's Easy As Pie search box under the birds for where to download it) will show you exactly what is shown on the actualy Kindle... so I think that is the only way to go.
Be sure to watch when you download it and get the one for the MAC.
Good luck!
Thank you, CJ!ReplyDelete
Hi CJReplyDelete
I'm permanently confused about saving edited versions of my file after correcting errors found whilst using Mobipocket creator. I understand that everything goes to MyDocuments > MyPublications > file name folder, but the file doesn't seem to update after editing and saving. Do I upload a fresh version along with any images to Mobipocket or go back to the .prc file?
Also, can you explain to me why my images are displayed correctly in the text but are displayed again at the end of the book?
Thanks in anticipation. Have learned loads from your site.
You are right, you have to go back to your MS Word file every time you need to make a change.
Change your MS Word file, save as HTML filtered again, feed to Mobipocket again, add your Guide items again... and add your cover image again, and Build again.
I have heard others talk about images being displayed at the back of the book, but have never seen it happen.
From their messages, it sounds like they may be adding the images with Mobipocket... which you don't have to do.
If images are inserted into your MS Word file that's all you have to do.
Let me know if this solves your problem, OK?
I need to know so I know how to answer the next person with the same problem.
Alright. I am starting with this "section" first. But, I noted you are using the Mobi pocket to "view" an ebook. How the heck do you do that? It seems like to view an ebook you have to have it published first lol. I'm confused again eh? Ill tell ya what. You help me as much as you can without tearing your hair out, and Ill probably never have to ask again. Usually once I get in the groove of things I "get it" and am good to go. The whole reason this started was so I could do something fun that I enjoyed and make pretty good money. But, oi. This seems difficult - as does anything you aren't used to!ReplyDelete
I did the MSWord thing. It took me a few seconds to find what I was looking for because I am using 2007 not 2003. But, I found it :o)
I see a bunch of non text characters. Which I will delete now. But, I need to figure out how to view this on the mobi thing. Oh and I also made an account with the Mobi program in case you were wondering.
Hi CJReplyDelete
Thanks for a speedy reply. 'Fraid my problems aren't solved - so if it's any help will start with the basics.
I'm working with Vista and Word 2000. My Word doc has been stripped down to the basic styles and has already been uploaded to Smashwords without any problems. My previous Kindle books have all been formatted as .html from the beginning but on this occasion decided to try and save time by using the existing Word .doc.
So I've started afresh by renaming the .doc file and saving it in a new folder along with the images (but couldn't find 'Save as html /filtered/'). Imported it into MobiCreator, added the cover image and asked it to Build. It gives me 13 build warnings, all relating to the images. I see that it's looking for images that have been renamed as 'image 001', etc. (Is it Mobi or Word that's renamed them?) I can now see these renamed files listed in a folder created by Mobi in the My Publications folder when I tried a previous Build before contacting you, so why can't Mobi find them when building the ebook this time? (Incidentally, I haven't been allowed to delete this folder and would like to get rid of it to avoid confusion as it's now redundant.)
So ... I've returned to the Word .doc, moved all the renamed image files (001, etc.) into the same folder, saved and renamed the Word .doc file, inserted all the renamed images into the .doc file, saved and imported it all into Mobi to Build. It still can't find the wretched (renamed) images. However, it creates all the text for the Kindle without error.
I can now see that if I upload the images as separate files they will appear both in the text and at the end of the Kindle book, but I'm still not quite sure why if it can't find them to put into the text at the first build it could now display them twice.
In truth I've had enuf - my patience is exhausted!! I'm going to format the file as .html (using DW) and try with that. Will let you know how I get on.
Please get back to me if there's anything I've missed out from your instructions or that you can't understand here, eg.I ignored using Guide as it doesn't seem to work - keep getting error messages, but think this is a Vista problem - and how important to the whole process is the 'Save as html /filtered/' bit?. Can find a 'Save as html ...' but that throws in far too much html, doesn't it?
Blimey, they don't make life simple, do they?
The non-text characters are the result of the garbage that needs to be cleaned out of almost every MS Word file, no matter how careful the writer... so that would be your first step... go back to the articles about how to clean up a messy Word file (use the search box under the Birds on a Tightrope photo).
Trying to delete those characters without cleaning the whole file is usually just an exercise in frustration.
We have two areas of possible problems here... you are using older software... Vista and MS Word 2000, so consider that as you read my answers.
With later versions of MS Word, MS Word 2003 through MS Word 2010, you can upload your Word file directly to the Amazon Publishing Platform... you don't have to use HTML at all.
The only reason I recommend HTML and Mobipocket is that it gives you more control.
Mobipocket Reader appears within Mobipocket Creator as soon as you finish build correctly. If it is not appearing for you, that may mean you have the wrong version of Mobipocket, and should go back to the article where it tells you what and where to download it.
CJ - This was an absolutely fantastic find! As a part-time blogger and website maintainer I know it takes a alot of time to put this together AND respond to folks!ReplyDelete
I started with a PDF file that contained scans of pages of a small book, @ 70 pages. I used free PDF and OCR software from Software 995 to read the PDF file and create a text file of each page. It was not 100% accurate - I'd guess 95% which was more than acceptable.
I then merged the text files into an MS Word 2002 .doc file, created the toc and start, used MobiPocket to include a cover and it looks real good on the Kindle.
There ar eonly two things I would like to fix. The first is the "justified" look on the Kindle. I used "justified" in Word for the paragraph settings. On the Kindle some pages are perfect while others can have many lines that don't make it to the right margin. Are there settings I missed somewhere that will clean up this last bit?
The second is on the Table of Contents. Looks great in Word but on the Kindle it will have the chapter title followed by one or two periods and then the page number.
Neither of these are major items but think it would look a little moreprofessional if I could update them
Hi Ken,ReplyDelete
Thanks for the words of appreciation.
That was certainly a major project you undertook, and you are to be congratulated for getting it to the point you have.
We have to remember that Kindle text, along with other ebook formats text is "flowable", so it can never look as pretty as typset text... and we can't create a justified right hand margin that will hold and look as nice as typeset.
So I find it's best to format with that thought in mind... don't try to right-justify text.
The Table of Contents is another matter...
It's really easy to build the Table of Contents with MS Word. You just tag your Headings as I explained in recent articles about creating styles... then run the Table of Contents wizard as explained earlier in articles on that subject.
Just use the Search CJ's Easy As Pie Website box under the Birds on a Tight-Wire to find the articles you need.
So... please try again to build a Table of Contents, and if you still have trouble, came back and tell me exactly what you did... and I'll try to help you search out the problem.
Thanks again, CJ!ReplyDelete
I re-did the Table of Contents WITHOUT page numbhers sincethey don't apply on the Kindle anyway. I have a friend proofreading now and should be ready to publsih soon!
I am the president of a society that has published some material including books and pamphlets. With this new capability who knows how many peoples lives we will be able to help! Thanks again!!
I've found that Atlantis word Processor for a mere $35 is a very useful addition to MS Word. There is an amazing amount of functionality in this tiny install. It looks a lot like Word 2003 but with two huge feature additions: Save as EPUB and a much cleaner Save as Web.ReplyDelete
On my latest project, Word created a 1450 KB HTM file while Atlantis produced a 958 KB file from the same source.
The big caveat is that Atlantis doesn't do tables. This is a disqualifier for a lot of professional work and would be annoying if developing solely for EPUB but since the Kindle is pretty lacking in that same area, it's still very useful for e-book work.
I prefer to work in Word most of the time but AWP reads DOC and DOCX just fine, so I often save the final steps for it. The Word ToC problem noted above is something I saw recently that Atlantis got right where Word failed. While not as versatile, the AWP ToC function is more straighforward and reliable in my experience.
Thanks for posting this information about the Alantis Word Processor.
I've wondered if it would be appropriate to recommend to those who don't have and don't want to purchase MS Word.
But, your comments that you prefer to work in MS Word, leads me to think that Atlantis may not be suitable for someone to use as their only word processing software.
Is that your opinion?
Thanks again for your very informative post!
CJ, I have published eight novels through KDP, all of which look just fine on the Kindle, but I still didn't know half of what you've explained here. I can now redo my books with a table of contents and a full-screen cover illustration, so thank you so much for this site! :)ReplyDelete
Thanks, Heather!\ReplyDelete
you are doing a marveous job here. specially the ncx stuff you seem to be the onlly one making sense, tksReplyDelete
Thanks, Bert!ReplyDelete
I'll pass your remarks along to the writer of the NCX article,
Araby Greene, of webbishbooks.com
She also does stunning websites, btw.
Hello, I was wondering how to get rid of idents that automatically keep showing up in mobi when i convert word to prc etc. I dont want all of my idents to go away but when I publish cook books etc I would like the list to be free of idents. IE: 2 cup thisReplyDelete
3 teaspoons of that.
Should I format bold and italics with the strong and em html tags?ReplyDelete
HTML tags work if you are working in html, but I think that's much harder than working in MS Word.
In Word, bold is simply CTRL-B, and italics is CTRL-I.
To get rid of those unwanted indents, click on the photo of the birds on a tight-rope, and go through the steps to clean up MS Word, then set your indent as it tells you there.
Mobipocket Creator automatically sets a first line indent unless you disable it... but you will see how to disable it when you follow the bird's steps.
Dear CJ,ReplyDelete
Great blog and a godsend for newbie publishers! Just a quick one. What line spacing & font would you recommend a word doc to be formatted on Kindle..? At the moment the spacing looks too squashed (although it looks fine in word) and I was wondering how one would change it..?
Any help truly appreciated!
Ria :-)
Thanks for such a great guide to a confusing subject. The only thing preventing me from following along completely is that I have a Mac and Mobipocket Creator is for PC only. Do you know how best to go through those steps on a Mac? I have Calibre, Apple Pages and OpenOffice (but I'm working at the moment with a MS Word .doc file.ReplyDelete
Hi Donna,ReplyDelete
Yes, from what I understand (I don't have a MAC), Calbre will work well for you.
Continue with your MS Word file, but save it as HTML, filtered when you have finished editing... then feed that HTML file to Calibre.
Don't try to edit your HTML file unless you just have to... that is if you have some kind of special format that can't be done in Word.
That's where a lot of people go wrong... they think they have to edit the HTML file.
Good Luck,
This site was amazingly helpful. I am so glad you took the time to make a step-by-step process for us. You're a saint.ReplyDelete
I have been publishing Kindle books/articles for 2 years and I believe you have the best website/blog on Kindle formatting that I know of. I often refer people to it. I know html but I have the least hassles from using .doc and uploading them to Amazon.
I have a question for you: I notice that Amazon now does auto indents on some devices (even if I don't want them) and they also want people to use paragraph formatting tools for spaces between paragraphs (when they didn't used to). The problem is -- their online previewer is inconsistent. The Fire in particular, does not add the indents and the others do.
These changes get frustrating over time.
My general rule is: the less formatting the better and to only trust previews I send to my devices via email.
What do you think?Replies
Kate, thank you!Delete
I work very hard to make these the best tutorials around... but due to constant changes (improvements) by Amazon, they still need work!
That default first line indent was built into the first edition of Mobipocket Creator.
I've written several times about how to avoid it... you can find articles on the subject using the search box under the photo of the birds on a tight-rope.
Essentially... you can disable that behavior by entering a value... any value... into the first-line indent box.
If you enter the smallest number possible... ".001", that will do the trick, and will be so small it won't be noticeable... or at least not VERY noticeable.
It's better explained in the tutorials.
Yes, I agree that less formatting is better, but recently I've seen several examples of where HTML to KDP produces a nicer output than MS Word to KDP, even when the file has no images... so may change my tutorials to reflect that.
Hi CJ, my niece (Master's in art) is designing my book cover for print-on-demand for amazon. How do we know what size the cover should be? Or does amazon size it to fit each author's book? Thanks so much for all your help & the step-by-step tutorials! DixieReplyDeleteReplies
Amazon changes their requirements so often I wouldn't dare try to answer without going to see what the latest is... which your niece can do better than I... since she can choose which she wants.Delete
I'm currently using the Cover Creator that's offered right there on the KDP Publish routine.
It makes a very nice size on the Kindle... just a narrow margin all the way around... better than 90 % of other covers I see
Even if she wants to do the final version herself, your niece could go on there and rough out her draft... (remember you can create a draft there... just don't hit PUBLISH) then view the draft on a Kindle.
That would, with minimum effort, show her the sizes that work best.

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VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Jan. 8, 2013) - Klondike Silver Corp. (TSX VENTURE:KS) (Klondike) is pleased to announce that it has executed a formal Option Agreement (the "Agreement") with Victory Mountain Ventures Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:VMV) (Victory) to option a portion of the Silver Slocan Mining Camp located in south eastern British Columbia.
The primary exploration focus will be on the silver-lead-zinc expansion potential to the west of the Silvana Mine located centrally in the Silver Slocan Mining Camp. The map provided at this link (http://www.klondikesilver.com/i/maps/longitude.jpg) illustrates the exploration potential between Klondike's Silvana Mine and the Mammoth Mine which is along strike to the west. The area labeled as the "Prospective Horizon" is where exploration will be focused as the existing underground mine structure will allow for underground drilling to explore the western extension potential.
The second land package offered in the option agreement are the Cody Creek claims located to the northeast and is believed to be along the same strike as the Silvana Mine. Cody Creek has excellent access and exploration potential containing several past producing mines. (Refer to the Assessment Report at the following link: http://aris.empr.gov.bc.ca/ArisReports/31556.PDF).
With the advantage of modern exploration techniques in this historically productive mining camp, the parties are hoping to discover new deposits and develop past producing mines in the Slocan Mining Camp.
Option Agreement Terms:
For Victory to acquire a 50% right, title and interest on the Silvana West and Cody Creek claims, it must make an initial cash payment of $75,000 upon TSX Venture Exchange approval, issue 2,000,000 shares to Klondike and incur $3,750,000 dollars in exploration costs over a three year period broken down as follows;
Victory must incur a minimum in expenditures for exploration and development work on the property of $3,750,000 as follows:
Under the Agreement, Victory will also be entitled to a royalty payment equal to 50% of the net profit received from the sale of any newly discovered resources should exploration prove successful. Any cash payments due to Victory will be credited toward the Expenditure requirements under the Agreement until the option has been satisfied. All agreements will be subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
If Victory exercises the option, Klondike agrees that it will grant to Victory a further twenty-five percent (25%) interest in and to the property on terms and conditions to be agreed upon between the parties and subject to a further option agreement between the parties.
About Klondike Silver Corp.
Klondike Silver Corp. has assembled a quality portfolio of silver properties throughout Canada, most notably, in the historic Slocan Mining District southeastern British Columbia. This historic camp has produced more than 24 million ounces of silver since the first discoveries in the late 1800s. Klondike Silver is the dominant land-holder controlling a majority of the historic camp and the fully permitted, 100% owned "Sandon Mining Complex". The Company owns the past-producing Silvana, Wonderful, and Hinckley Mines and several other properties with significant exploration potential.
For additional information please visit the company website www.klondikesilver.com.
On Behalf of the Board of Directors
Klondike Silver Corp.
Richard Hughes, President and Director
Cautionary note:
This report contains forward looking statements. Resource estimates, unless specifically noted, are considered speculative. Any and all other resource or reserve estimates are historical in nature, and should not be relied upon. The production rate and mine-life projections have been made without support of a feasibility study, there is no certainty the proposed operations will be economically viable. By their nature, forward looking statements involve risk and uncertainties because they relate to events and depend on factors that will or may occur in the future. Actual results may vary depending upon exploration activities, industry production, commodity demand and pricing, currency exchange rates, and, but not limited to, general economic factors. Cautionary Note to US investors: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission specifically prohibits the use of certain terms, such as "reserves" unless such figures are based upon actual production or formation tests and can be shown to be economically and legally producible under existing economic and operating conditions.
"Neither the TSX Venture Exchange nor its Regulation Services Provider (as that term is defined in the policies of the TSX Venture Exchange) accepts responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release."
Klondike Silver Corp.Mark LuchinskiCorporate Inquiries(604) 685-2222(604) 685-3764 (FAX)firstname.lastname@example.com Silver Corp.Alan Campbell(604) 685-2222(604) 685-3764 (FAX)firstname.lastname@example.com
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Heritage Acceptance Corporation began auto financing in Indiana with one of the first buy here/pay here programs in the market, giving us the knowledge and experience to prosper and grow with the consumer and dealership needs. Currently, Heritage Acceptance Corporation finances retail installment contracts with over 250 dealers in a five state region.
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- 1 lb fish fillets, deboned
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 egg
- 10 oz beer
- 1 tsp salt
- vegetable oil
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Saturday, July 11, 2009
Ryezome Label
After a lengthy hiatus, the creative bug bit me again and I made another beer label for my latest homebrew, a hoppy brown rye ale. I settled on Ryezome as the name, a reference to the 3 pounds of rye used in the recipe, and rhizomes, the rootstalks of certain plants such as hops, that grow under ground and act as a liaison of sorts between the roots and shoots of plants. The label is just a representation of an image that popped into my head when daydreaming about the beer. I liked the idea of a root system being torn out of the ground by something as unassuming as a hot air balloon, and I found it fitting for both the style of the beer and the title. 'Nuff said. :)
The beer itself was originally supposed to be a hoppy amber rye ale, but while ProMash claims the color is well within guidelines for an amber, anyone who looks at it would immediately think brown, so I'm going with that. Since its right here in front of me, I might as well throw the recipe out there:
6 lb 2-row Pale Ale malt
3 lb Munich malt
3 lb Rye malt
.5 lb 40L Crystal malt
4 oz. Carafa malt
.5 oz Cascade pellets 6.3% AA (35 min boil)
1.1 oz Nugget pellets 11.6% AA (18 min boil)
1.0 oz Columbus pellets 12.3% AA (18 min boil)
1.0 oz Columbus pellets 12.3% AA (Dryhop)
.5 oz Cascade pellets 6.3% AA (Dryhop)
WLP001 California Ale Yeast - 1L starter made
After having serious issues with stuck mashes, I decided after this one stuck that I'd just siphon the wort out of the top of the tun instead of trying to get it to run out the bottom through the false bottom. It worked admirably, as I reached about 73% efficiency which is about as good as I've gotten (75% and up is ideal). I've since decided that my problems may be due to warped plastic on the bottom of the mash tun. :( A new tun may be in my future.
Labels: Beer Recipes, Brown ale, Labels
1 comment:
- Carrie and Justin said...
Another fantastic label. Good luck with the tun.
- August 17, 2009 at 7:37 PM
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Here is the cartoon I drew for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's decision to run for Governor in 2010.
I drew the cartoon earlier last week, because I had to head out of town for a funeral.
I had two separate captions for the cartoon one in case Barrett declared he would run, and one for in case he decided to stay put. Here is the cartoon that didn't run.
And I was pretty perturbed that Barret waited until Sunday to announce his candidacy. I had stayed up until 3am last Thursday morning drawing the cartoon so my editor could use it over the weekend. I then awoke at 5am Thursday so I catch my flight to the east coast for the funeral. By announcing on Sunday, when there is no one at the editorial desk at the Wisconsin State Journal, my cartoon didn't run until Tuesday, and I stayed up to 3am for no reason.
Consider yourself warned Mayor Barrett, you've gotten my bad side, and now I will relish every opportunity I get to draw a cartoon about you. That's right, don't mess with the cartoonist.


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text: Just as a little boy blushes when a girl ever so slightly brushes his cheek with her lips, so, too, does the minute gap between nanosize gold spheres flush red as electrons jump from one side to the other. Using optical methods, scientists from Cambridge University, and the universities of the Basque Country and Paris have shown that spaces smaller than a nanometer between metals undergo color changes, thanks to the movement of electrons in the surrounding area — meaning that researchers can see quantum mechanics in action in air at room temperature. Because electrons in a metal move easily, shining light onto a small crack pushes electric charges onto and off each crack face in turn at optical frequencies. The oscillating charge across the gap produces a plasmonic color for the ghostly region in between — but only when the gap is small enough. The image shows, in an artistic manner, the change in color when a quantum tunnel effect is produced in a subnanometric gap. Courtesy of Cambridge University. Illuminating the gap between electrons accumulating on the gold surfaces with white light caused a tunneling effect, enabling the electrons to jump from one to the other without the spheres coming into contact with one another. This reduced the accumulated charge on the surface of each sphere, changing the color of the gap. The scientists observed a color shift from red to blue as the gap shrank from 1 nm to just below 0.35 nm. "It's as if you can kiss without quite touching lips," said project leader Jeremy J. Baumberg, a professor at Cambridge University's Cavendish Laboratory. This quantum "kiss" is like the tension building between a flirtatious couple staring into each other's eyes. As their faces get closer, the tension mounts, and only a kiss discharges the energy, he said. "Lining up the two nanoballs of gold is like closing your eyes and touching together two needles strapped to the end of your fingers," said Matthew M. Hawkeye, a research fellow at Cambridge. "It has taken years of practice to get good at it." For the scientists to be able to predict the color changes confirmed in the study, Dr. Javier Aizpurua of the Center for Materials Physics and the Donostia International Physics Center in Donostia-San Sebastián fused classical and quantum views of the world together. "Modeling of so many electrons oscillating within the gold particles in response to a beam of light could not be described with existing theories," Aizpurua said. The results of the study have established a fundamental quantum limit for how tightly light can be trapped and could provide new ways to measure the world down to the scale of single atoms and molecules, paving the way for smaller optoelectronic devices. The work appeared in Nature (doi: 10.1038/nature11653). For more information, visit: www.cam.ac.uk


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This overview of the roles of alien species in insect conservation brings together information, evidence and examples from many parts of the world to illustrate their impacts (often severe, but in many cases poorly understood and unpredictable) as one of the primary drivers of species declines, ecological changes and biotic homogenisation. Both accidental and deliberate movements of species are involved, with alien invasive plants and insects the major groups of concern for their influences on native insects and their environments. Risk assessments, stimulated largely through fears of non-target impacts of classical biological control agents introduced for pest management, have provided valuable lessons for wider conservation biology. They emphasise the needs for effective biosecurity, risk avoidance and minimisation, and evaluation and management of alien invasive species as both major components of many insect species conservation programmes and harbingers of change in invaded communities. The spread of highly adaptable ecological generalist invasive species, which are commonly difficult to detect or monitor, can be linked to declines and losses of numerous localised ecologically specialised insects and disruptions to intricate ecological interactions and functions, and create novel interactions with far-reaching consequences for the receiving environments. Understanding invasion processes and predicting impacts of alien species on susceptible native insects is an important theme in practical insect conservation.
1. The significance of alien species to insect conservation
1.1 Introduction: alien species in insect conservation
1.2 Semantics and understanding
1.3 References
2. The diversity and impacts of alien species
2.1 Introduction: the diversity of alien species
2.2 Alien species in invaded ecosystems
2.3 References
3. The stages of invasion
3.1 Introduction: becoming an invasive alien species
3.2 The invasion sequence
3.3 References
4. The ecological and evolutionary consequences of alien invasive species
4.1 Introduction: new associations and new impacts
4.2 Novel trophic associations
4.3 Wider ecological impacts
4.4 Ecological traps
4.5 Ecological specialisation
4.6 Functional equivalence
4.7 Clarifying and defining impacts
4.8 References
5. Alien plants and insect conservation
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Environmental weeds
5.3 Alien plants as hosts for native insect herbivores
5.4 Enemy release
5.5 Host plant shifts
5.6 References
6. Alien insects and insect conservation
6.1 Introduction
6.2 Generalist predators
6.3 Classical biological control
6.4 Neoclassical biological control
6.5 New association biological control
6.6 Conservation biological control
6.7 Some major taxonomic focal groups
6.8 References
7. Other alien invertebrates
7.1 Introduction: an overview
7.2 References
8. Alien vertebrates and insect conservation
8.1 Introduction: an overview
8.2 References
9. Countering impacts of alien species
9.1 Introduction: assessing management need
9.2 Eradication
9.3 References
10. Invasions and insect conservation
10.1 Introduction: insects in the Anthropocene
10.2 Climate change
10.3 Moving insects deliberately
10.4 Information
10.5 Concluding comment
10.6 References


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The Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission have furnished a list of (62) Candidates, who were provisionally selected to the post of Deputy Superintendents of Police, Category-II in Andhra Pradesh Police Service under Group-I, basing on the combined merit, roster points and the available vacancies in the above service, and requested the Government to verify the antecedents of the provisionally selected candidates by following the procedure prescribed in Govt. Memo No.513/SC-B/95-1, G.A. (SC-B) Dept., dated 17.4.1995, and the candidates selected under '"ST" status be referred to the Commissioner of Tribal Welfare Department, for thorough verification of "ST" status, as per rules in vogue, before issuing appointment orders.
Based on the selection made by the Andhra Pradesh Public Service Commission and after verification of antecedents from Intelligence Department and Physical fitness certificates from the Medial Board, Osmania General Hospital, Hyderabad, and after obtaining clearance certificates from Commissioner of Tribal Welfare in respect of 'ST' candidates, the Government of Andhra Pradesh, hereby appoint the following (61) candidates, whose addresses are mentioned in the Annexure to this order, to the post of Deputy Superintendent of Police, Category-II in terms of Rule-3 of A.P. Police (Civil) Service Rules, published in G.O.Ms.No.137, Home (Police-E) Department, dated 1st June, 1998, subject to the result of the Court cases, pending if any, and the appointments in respect of Sri Gummi Chakaravarthy and Kum. N.Swetha, is subject to clearance of their antecedents during their study/stay/ work period in USA
Name Reg. No.
1 S.Krishna Aditya 12204363
2 V.Vivekananda Reddy 11847152
3 J.Raghavendar Reddy 12003022
4 YVS Sudheendra 11841774
5 Surukanti Malla Reddy 11805599
6 P.Mahesh 11827253
7 T.Prabhakarababu Torreti 11003261
8 N.Swetha 11834290
9 G.Sundeep 11821584
10 Gummi Chakravarthy 11835604
11 K.Srujana 11836816
12 G.Chandra Mohan 11607749
13 J. Vasavee Santosh 10207129
Nidikonda Venkata
14 Ramanjaneyulu 10703820
15 B.Sribhavani Harsha 11814175
16 Atla Ramana Reddy 11002430
17 Duvvarapu Surya Sravan 11840496
18 Sravani Kurakula 11849651
19 M.Chidananda Reddy 11101004
20 Kaparapu Nageswara Rao 11837181
21 Korlakunta Supraja 11838220
Gundlamadugu Venkata
22 Ramudu 11841013
23 Karri Pushpa 10207940
24 Asma Farheen 10205191
25 Chapalamadugu Narmada 11840414
26 T. Usharani 12100298
27 Soumya Latha Pinninti 10301825
28 B.Vijaya Bhaskar 11817229
29 J. Kulashekhar 11201113
30 Srinivas Rao Kolli 10202048
31 Pujitha Neelam 11005108
32 Jonna Venkata Rao 10209373
33 Lingala Ajay Prasad 11805282
34 V.Srinivasulu 11820913
35 Ch.Srutha Keerthi 11848413
36 Baburajkamal Vipparthi 12202939
37 Chekka Sowjanya 11820233
38 Dharavath Ravindra Naik 11823872
39 Anil Kumar Pulipati 10206119
40 K.Sangeetha 11840417
41 Aravala TV Ravikumar 10101546
42 A Rajendra 11833797
43 Ganji Kavitha 12204872
44 Dilip Kiran Ondru 11843645
45 Bammidi Srinivas Rao 10100821
46 R. Raghavendra 11805458
47 R.Srihari Babu 11808577
48 S.Khadar Basha 11203227
49 Mohammed Abdul Rasheed 11501338
50 V.Sunitha 11840975
51 Mahendra Mathe 11838171
52 K.Prasanna Rani 11806279
53 B.Rajesh 11843384
54 Gurugubelli Prem Kajal 10204206
55 Sirisha Chepuri 11836290
56 C.Sathish 11813349
57 Kalpana Vara 10604581
58 Shaik Masum Basha 11302853
59 K.Srilakshmi 11839859
60 G. Swarupa Rani 11801955
61 Mandapalli Snehita 10405889
The candidates appointed in para-2 above are placed on probation for a period of two years and six months on duty within a continuous period of three years, and their services are liable to be terminated at any time before declaration of probation under rule 17(a)(ii) of Andhra Pradesh State & Subordinate Service Rules,
1996 with one month's notice or one month's pay in lieu thereof, if any adverse remarks against them have came or brought to notice of Government. They shall retain their seniority in the Category of Deputy Superintendents of Police, Category-
II, as assigned by the Public Service Commission.
The candidates appointed in para-2 above, should report for duty before the Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad within a period of (30) days taking the date of despatch (by registered post with acknowledgement due) of the appointment order as crucial date for reckoning the time limit. If he/she does not join the post within the stipulated period of 30 days, the offer of appointment shall be treated as automatically cancelled and the name of the candidate shall be deemed to have been omitted from the list of approved candidates.
The Director General of Police, A.P. Hyderabad, shall communicate the orders of Government issued in G.O.Ms.No.165, Finance & Planning (FW-FR.I) Department, dated 21.4.1984 to the above said candidates, so as to enable them to make declaration as to their date of Birth which shall be final and shall not be altered as specified in Andhra Pradesh Public Employment (Recording and Alteration of Date of Birth) Rules, 1984 as amended from time to time and to send the same to Government. As soon as the candidates report for duty, the Director General of Police, A.P., Hyderabad shall verify all the original documents in respect of academic qualification, age, community, certificate of exclusion from creamy layer (for BCs) and physical fitness etc., with reference to the rules relating to service and entries made in the Unit List by the Commission and also with reference to the application should be obtained from the candidates and a certificate to that effect that all documents have been verified and found to be correct has to be sent to the A.P. Public Service Commission.
The Director General of Police, Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad shall depute the new recruits to the training programme, including the induction training at Dr. M.C.R. Human Resources Development Institute of Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad as early as possible.
Recruitment (Direct) – General – Group-I Services 2008 – Notification No.39/08 &
10/09 – Appointment of selected candidates to the post of Deputy Superintendent of
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DOJ Says That The Crack Of Syed Farook's iPhone Only Applies To That Model Of iPhone
from the that's-not-how-tech-works dept
So late yesterday the Justice Department told magistrate judge Sheri Pym that it had successfully broken into Syed Farook's work iPhone and therefore no longer needed to continue with the court's order compelling Apple to write a new version of its iOS with security features removed. And then, in talking to the press, the DOJ apparently claimed the method only works for Farook's iPhone:
On Monday, the Department of Justice said the method only works on this particular phone, which is an iPhone 5C running a version of iOS 9 software.Perhaps the CNN reporter who wrote this really meant "this particular type of phone," in which case the statement would be only marginally more believable, but the idea that it only applies to "this particular phone" makes absolutely no sense, and suggests the DOJ is flat out lying again. The only way in that works with just this phone would be magically finding Farook's passcode (perhaps he left a post-it somewhere?). But if that was the case, the DOJ wouldn't have asked for two weeks to "test" the method (even if they only took one week). Finding the passcode and testing it doesn't take that long. Update: A DOJ spokesperson says that CNN got the quote wrong and that the actual statement was that the crack only applied to iPhone 5C devices.
And if it's any other method, it must have wider applicability to other iPhones. It's possible, if unlikely, that the method in question only works on iPhone 5Cs running iOS 9, but if it's a true vulnerability, it's likely that it impacts much more. It is true that later versions of the hardware include a chip called the Secure Enclave that might get in the way of certain vulnerabilities, but claiming that any such crack is limited to a specific phone is ludicrous.
And, of course, as we mentioned in the original post, if the DOJ really did find a vulnerability and refuses to share it with Apple, then the Justice Department is making us all less safe by refusing to reveal a potential security flaw that may impact tons of people. And then it's also lying about it publicly. Not a good look, but an all too typical one, unfortunately.


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The Europe Dry Ice Machine Industry 2016 Market Research Report is a professional and in-depth study on the current state of the Dry Ice Machine industry.
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President Barack Obama and his administration consistently prove that they have no interest in giving the adequate care and respect our veterans deserve.
The most recent example of this disregard for our heroes came when the Department of Veterans Affairs hired a felon who used credit card data to steal $70,000 from his employer.
In an agency racked with fraud and corruption, it only makes sense that the VA would hire a felon, Braxton Linton, to serve as a service chief at the Caribbean Veterans Affairs hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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A Hy-Vee grocery store is still on the horizon for Farmington.
Hy-Vee is excited to open in Farmington as it continues to open more locations across the Twin Cities, according to Tara Deering-Hansen, communications vice president for Iowa-based HyVee.
Farmington Community Development Director Adam Kienberger said the project will begin when Hy-Vee seeks final approvals for site plans and building permits.
Hy-Vee would not confirm a timeline to break ground or answer what order Farmington is on the construction project list in the Twin Cities. The grocer just opened a store in Cottage Grove and others are on the way.
Last year Hy-Vee, Inc., purchased land in the Vermillion River Crossings development off Highway 50. The land was bought for $2.8 million after the Farmington City Council approved a preliminary site plan. The transaction included Hy-Vee buying the three parcels from Dougherty Markets of Minneapolis.
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Tokyo, Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)—Japan's Supreme Court on Tuesday made a judgment that finalized the central government's victory in a lawsuit it filed against Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi over the planned relocation of a major US military base within the southernmost prefecture of Okinawa.
The top court's Second Petty Bench, presided over by Justice Onimaru Kaoru, turned down an appeal filed by the governor's side, upholding a high court branch ruling in favor of the state.
In December 2013, Onaga's predecessor, Nakaima Hirokazu, gave the prefecture's permission for landfill work needed for the transfer of the US Marine Corps' Futenma air station in the Okinawa city of Ginowan to the Henoko coastal area in Nago, another city in the prefecture.
But Onaga, a staunch opponent of the base relocation plan, who was elected Okinawa governor in November 2014, canceled the approval in October 2015.
The central government later instructed Onaga to withdraw his nullification of the landfill approval, but the governor, who calls for the base to be moved out of Okinawa, rejected the instruction.
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Naha, Okinawa Pref., Dec. 20 (Jiji Press)—Okinawa Governor Onaga Takeshi Tuesday renewed his pledge to block the planned relocation of a US military base within his prefecture after his defeat became final in a lawsuit with the national government over the relocation.
"I'm deeply disappointed," Onaga told a press conference after the Supreme Court ruled his cancellation of land reclamation approval related to the relocation project illegal.
The governor said he will revive the prefecture's approval for land reclamation needed to build a US military facility in the Henoko coastal area of Nago, as a replacement for the Marine Corps' Futenma air base in Ginowan.
Still, Onaga expressed his determination to do all he can to stop the relocation. "I am confident the Okinawa people will fight it out until the Japanese central and US governments abandon the Henoko project," he said.
Nago Mayor Inamine Susumu told reporters on the day that he has been shocked by the court decision. He criticized the top court for reaching its judgment without fully understanding the situation surrounding the base relocation.[Copyright The Jiji Press, Ltd.]


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The first week of the season got off to a busy start at John Hanson School and whilst the top sides all won, the lower teams showed a lot of fighting spirit, producing some creditable results.
In Division 1 last season's runners up Figheldean recorded a sound 23 – 14 victory over Hanson Jaguars, thanks to three wins for Lionel Coles, two for Brian Cook and just one for Julie Dean. Clive Hacker managed two for Jaguars, whilst Trevor Whitelock got one and with Sue Purton took the doubles.
Hanson 'A' got off to a very good start with a 30 – 4 win against Hanson Panthers, thanks to three each from Dan Geary, Peter Henderson and Steve Rollason. Steve had to work hard though against Colin Shepperd, before winning 9-11, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-4.
Hanson Cougars had to play last years Div 2 champions 3D's and were pleased to record a 28 – 10 win. Tony Brown, who was playing his first game for Cougars won three, as did Nick George. Gerry Vaughan (Cougars) was unlucky to only win one, as he went down in five games to both Nicky Downs and Mark Pettengell. Mark played very well on the night, but having come back twice against Gerry to win, he managed to lose after being 5-0 up in the fifth game to Nick.
The best start to the season was by Test Valley Penguins against Enham in Division 2, which resulted in a 10 - 27 win for Enham. However, Penguins proved that they had learnt a lot from last season and gained more points from this one match than they had managed in any match last year. This was thanks to two good wins for Alex Dennis (Penguins), firstly against Tom Farmer and then defeating Patrick Baker 11-5, 6-11, 11-8, 8-11, 11-8. Penguins captain Annabelle Anderson also played very well and was unlucky to lose 6-11, 14-16, 11-9, 11-8, 8-11 to Tom. Roy Horner is still going strong for Enham and won his three, helped with two each from Tom Farmer and Patrick Baker.
Newcomers Hanson Eagles went down 7 – 28 to last seasons runners-up Hanson Pidgeons, despite only having two players. Nathan Shears and Adam Shears both won two for Pidgeons, whilst Daniel Abbott won one, having lost to Yannick Rachel 11-8, 12-14, 11-7, 11-4. The doubles proved a hard match for Nathan & Adam Shears who were unbeaten last year, but they just managed to win 11-9, 7-11, 12-14, 12-10, 4-11.
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It's hot, exciting, and completely ingrained into our society.
Salsa is the definition of cool, and it's not going anywhere. There is a salsa club and community in every corner of the globe, and people that want an instant upgrade in their social lives are taking notice. Somewhere between "Noticing" and "Taking Lessons" there's a middle ground. Sometimes people get lost, rethink the whole idea, and go back to more familiar social strategies.
For those remaining, they ask questions. The following 3 questions were asked on Quora, and here are our responses.
3 Salsa Dancing Questions People Are Usually Afraid to Ask
Question 1: How can I get better at meeting girls when dancing Salsa?
Salsa clubs can be tricky without the proper training. With these tips I think you will find that the next time you go to a Salsa club the tables will turn… and so will the ladies.
Stuff To Avoid Doing
- Absolutely Do Not Try To Fake It – I was a swing dancer and a girl I knew invited me to go salsa dancing. I figured "well, I'll just do what I do in swing, but, you know – with a 'Latin attitude'". Boy was I wrong. I learned that facial expressions don't make tall white people look more "Latin" and doing Swing moves while gyrating can make your female companions uncomfortable.
- Excessive Drinking – Even a World Champion Salsa dancer won't be any good to their partner if they are boozed up. Guys that think they dance better when they are legally intoxicated need to order an Uber and quit watching too many of those Drunken Master Kung Fu movies.
- Excessive Handling – Listen, great dancers are great dancers because they typically have high social intelligence, and show courtesy to their female dance partners. So don't grope your partner, or grope someone in hopes of making them your partner, or grope the bartender to get their attention to order a drink so you can go groping everyone else.
Stuff To Do At a Salsa Club
Use the "Three Tempos" approach to become comfortable with your dancing, and socializing.
Fast = Merengue
This is the secret sauce to becoming more social at a Salsa Club. It's fast, but very easy. In fact, if you can march in place for 8 beats of the music – you're doing it. The great thing is that because it is easy, your brain will allow you to speak – which isn't the case with some dances.
Use this dance to start a conversation, and save a dance for later.
Medium = Salsa
This is the headliner at most Salsa clubs, but it's not the only act. Salsa is your medium tempo dance, but this one has a little more control required, and quicker movements – so don't expect your brain to agree to a chat. The best form of communication here is a smile, and a comfortable dance frame.
If all goes well here, you can secure a spot into the coveted Slow Tempo.
Slow = Bachata/Rumba/Kizomba/Zouk
Sure, they may sound like Indian Food dishes, but these dances pack more heat than a spicy Saag Paneer (couldn't help it). If Merengue and Salsa get a lady on the dance floor, then Rumba and Bachata are the dances where you close the deal. Mind you, you can't complete this mission if you were a groper, a booze hound, or a jerk. But if you've successfully navigated a woman from Fast, Medium, to Slow Dancing – you're in great shape.
Important Detail
Think back to "Avoid This" point #1. You can't fake it. So in order to NOT fake it, you need to take dance lessons at a school. That's where you will learn to be a "NOT fake" dancer. Granted, you can take lessons anywhere – your Mom might be a Salsa dancer, they may offer a salsa class at your gym, a rec center, or in some rented room in the back of a nail salon – but you need to take lessons from a place where that's all they do.
- Nightclubs have classes, but is that all they do?
- Gyms have dance classes, but is that all they do?
- Rec centers have dance classes, but is that all they do?
Find a reputable studio where the staff work full time, monday through friday, and the whole business is built for teaching dudes, just like you, to evolve into something closer to Antonio Banderas, and further away from the gropey guy.
Question 2: Why is it so difficult to find the rhythm in Salsa?
It's fast.
Salsa dancing would be the social equivalent of having light conversation while sprinting through a park. So it can be a little tough.
Finding the music isn't just some sort of polyrhythmic matrix that requires you to stop time and reinvent the wheel. There's a process, it can be learned, and here's what we suggest to find your salsa rhythm:
- Pick up some classic cha-cha music – I like the live version of Oye Como Va
- Try out your salsa basics – they will be slow
- Crank up the foot speed by adding a triple step in between your rock steps.
- You are now dancing the "Triple Mambo" which was later referred to as the Cha-Cha-Cha. Great for developing your ability to hear Latin rhythms and developing foot speed/agility.
- Pull off the Triple Steps – will feel like running after wearing leg weights.
- Go Back To the Salsa – regular tempo and, if necessary, throw in a Cha-Cha-Cha in between to see if you can still do it.
Once you have added more pressure to a slower tempo, it makes the transition back to the fast stuff less taxing on the brain and body.
Rinse & Repeat as necessary.
Question 3: What is it like to take Salsa Lessons?
Salsa lessons can take you from no experience, to any level you'd like to reach. Here are some tips:
- You don't need experience to take a dance lesson.
- Walking in will make you nervous, but that will subside within 5 minutes of entering the studio.
- Your salsa lessons will give you a great workout.
- If you're doing this as part of a date night, you are earning some serious dating/marriage points.
- Talking, smiling, turning, thinking, listening, or breathing may not be available to your body while dancing the salsa in the beginning.
- Sweating while dancing is a package deal, so dress and hydrate appropriately.
- Learning to lead or follow in the salsa would be a little like learning to drive in the fast lane on the freeway. You can learn to lead and follow with slower dances like Rumba, Bachata, and Cha-Cha before you work up to salsa.
- If Salsa is Batman, then make Merengue your Robin. The two work extremely well together.


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U.S. Small Business Administrator Karen Mills on Wednesday revealed details of a pilot program through which it is working with four cleantech business accelerators across the country to provide mentoring to 100 entrepreneurs in the cleantech arena. The pilot is the inaugural program of the Entrepreneurial Mentor Corps (EMC), a component of Startup America, a White House initiative that was announced two weeks ago to promote innovation, entrepreneurship and job creation.
Remember President Obama's rally call for the U.S. to "out-innovate, out-educate and out-build" as a strategy to pull ourselves up from the bootstraps and get the recovery underway? This is an early step toward that goal, noted Mills during a conference call to announce the pilot program.
This initial component of the EMC pilot will provide mentoring for 100 small, clean energy companies. These firms were culled from a group of 400 companies that the Department of Energy has already supported through its loan program (a program which Obama's recently-announced DOE budget would bolster further). And the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) program is also helping to fund the pilot project. (At press time, the Small Business Administration had not responded to my request for the amount of funding going into the program.)
CleanTECH San Diego, the Clean Energy Trust in Chicago, the CleanTech Open in the SF Bay Area and the Nevada Institute for Renewable Energy Commercialization are the four business accelerators that will take these 100 cleantech startups under their wings. Each entrepreneur will be paired with two mentors that the business accelerators identify. The mentors will give advice on everything from finding funding sources to hiring new staff to how to commercialize new technologies and grow successful businesses.
"We are trying to give these companies all the tools they need," said Mills. "They need a different kind of mentoring, it needs to be very high-value, to help them find their way to high growth. We want to find the right models and best practices and then make sure the startups engage all the right partners to ensure that the federal dollars get the most bang for the buck."
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