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From bgr.com -	August 31, 2014 12:01 PM
Often at the start of a massive trend shift in consumer electronics, dominant dinosaurs get one massive hit built on a nearly obsolete paradigm, and that allows them to be lulled into a comfy trip to the grave.
The electronics giants' swan song is their last big hit.
«The worst enemy of major consumer electronics companies is not suddenly weakening sales, which sometimes shake firms out of their stupor. It’s that last, big, almost obsolete blockbuster that gives executives a reason to avoid change.
That last big hit delays change by several years, channels resources into dead-end projects and kills the careers of executives advocating radical departures from the norm. It was the RAZR that ultimately felled Motorola, the N95 that was Nokia’s bane — and we will likely find out that it was the huge success of the 3DS in 2010 and 2011 that paralyzed Nintendo when it most needed to switch gears.«
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Shigeru Miyamoto, creator of Mario, Zelda and Donkey Kong, awared the Príncipe de Asturias Prize for Communication and the Humanities.

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While this might seem like a pretty innocuous photo taken at a bookstore, but consider this: Had Trump lost the election last November none of these books would be featured on the shelf at the isle’s end right now. When … Continue reading →
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Middle East and Terrorism: Judge Blocks Anti-Conservative Witch-Hunt in Wisconsin
Randa illuminated his contempt for the investigation. “The defendants are pursuing criminal charges through a secret John Doe investigation against the plaintiffs for exercising issue advocacy speech rights that on their face are not subject to the regulations or statutes the defendants seek to enforce. This legitimate exercise of O‘Keefe‘s rights as an individual, and WCFG‘s rights as a 501(c)(4) corporation, to speak on the issues has been characterized by the defendants as political activity covered by Chapter 11 of the Wisconsin Statutes, rendering the plaintiffs a subcommittee of the Friends of Scott Walker (―FOSW‖) and requiring that money spent on such speech be reported as an in-kind campaign contribution. This interpretation is simply wrong.”
As a result, Randa ordered that the plaintiffs “and others” are “hereby relieved of any and every duty under Wisconsin law to cooperate further with Defendants‘ investigation. Any attempt to obtain compliance by any Defendant or John Doe Judge Gregory Peterson is grounds for a contempt finding by this Court.”
The ruling completely undermines the efforts of Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm, a Democrat, who launched the probe in mid-2012, shortly after Democrats’ failure to remove Walker in a recall election prompted by the passage of Act 10. That piece of legislation limited the power of unions to collectively bargain, setting the stage for a ferocious pushback that included Democratic state legislators fleeing the state to prevent a vote on the issue, an effort to effect a liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court for the purpose of overturning the law, and the attempt to remove Walker in the aforementioned recall vote that ultimately failed.
The latest injunction was a response to the civil rights lawsuit filed in February by O’Keefe and the WCFG against Chisholm, two of his assistant DAs, Schmitz, and an investigator contracted by the Government Accountability Board. That suit alleged that the John Doe investigation constituted a violation of the targeted groups’ First Amendment rights in what amounted to a partisan witch-hunt aimed at punishing Walker, et al., for their recent political success.
The prosecutors-turned-defendants attempted to derail Randa’s ruling with an emergency stay filed Monday with the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. It followed Randa’s rejection the previous week of a motion to stay his ruling that allowed the civil rights suit against these prosecutors to move forward. In that ruling, Randa contended the effort was nothing more than an attempt to “derail” his decision, and that he was “inclined to agree” with O’Keefe’s contention that efforts to obtain relief were frivolous. Prosecutors had contended that the federal court had no jurisdiction in the matter, citing the U.S. Constitution’s Eleventh Amendment limitation on federal judicial powers with regard to the states.
In this latest ruling, Randa shot down the John Doe investigators’ assertion that, even though issue advocacy that rightfully omits direct advocacy for or against a candidate is permissible, it “does not create a free-speech safe harbor when expenditures are coordinated between a candidate and a third-party organization.” They sought to portray the WCFG and other targeted organizations as a “subcommittee of the Friends of Scott Walker,” and thus subject to Chapter 11 of Wisconsin campaign finance statutes, ”requiring that money spent on such speech be reported as an in-kind campaign contribution.”
“This interpretation is simply wrong,” the judge wrote drawing on the recent Supreme Court decision in McCutcheon v. FEC that invalidated aggregate limits on campaign donations. Describing that ruling as a “a ringing endorsement of the full protection afforded to political speech,” Randa explained that while issue advocacy may involve like-minded entities sharing the same political philosophies as a candidate, such advocacy does not constitute quid quo pro.
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Bill de Blasio is in his fifth year as mayor, and is facing criticism from the left that he has fallen short of his promises to govern as a progressive.CreditCreditDave Sanders for The New York Times
In his first inaugural address in 2014, Mayor Bill de Blasio invoked the names of legendary reformers, from Fiorello La Guardia to Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, and said that in their honor and spirit, he would “commit to a new progressive direction in New York.”
The anticipation for many of Mr. de Blasio’s supporters was particularly keen because it built on the sense that his predecessor, Michael R. Bloomberg, had presided over the city’s growth in a way that benefited the well-off and left the poor behind.
But midway through his fifth year in office, Mr. de Blasio has disappointed some of his most loyal backers, who point to a range of issues, from criminal justice reform and homelessness to the protection of immigrants, where the mayor has fallen short of his promises.
On Monday, Mr. de Blasio found himself having to explain why, after enacting a policy to end solitary confinement in city jails, the city Department of Correction increased the number of inmates shipped upstate, where they were put in solitary. He defended the actions as rare and necessary for safety.
Other promises have also run up against reality.
The city has not succeeded in opening new neighborhood-based homeless shelters as fast as Mr. de Blasio had vowed.
His recurring pledge to raise taxes on high-earners has been dashed in Albany, where the mayor holds little sway and has been embroiled in a yearslong feud with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.
And Mr. de Blasio has been resolute in his opposition to congestion pricing as a way to finance much-needed mass transit improvements, frustrating many progressive advocates who see his position as inconsistent with his goal of narrowing inequity.
“I think he’s run into the mechanics of governing, where you have to deal with the restraints of law and City Council and dealing with the practicalities of things like union negotiations,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in an interview. “I don’t think he’s had a problem of commitment. I think he has a problem of having to govern, restraints that sometimes are troubling to those that are nongovernmental activists.”
Mr. de Blasio spoke at a town hall at a school in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, in March.CreditSam Hodgson for The New York Times
Offered a list on Thursday of frequent criticisms from progressive advocates of his record, including expanding the secrecy surrounding certain Police Department records and failures at the New York City Housing Authority, Mr. de Blasio said: “That’s kind of the world upside down.”
“I’ve been a progressive my whole life, know a lot about the left,” he said. “I’ve talked to a whole lot of progressives about what we’re doing, activists, elected officials, issue experts. And I have found a lot of agreement with our agenda.”
The mayor is banking on it: He announced the creation of a political action committee, Fairness PAC, in order to fund national Democratic candidates, and also pay for political travel outside of New York City by Mr. de Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray. His former campaign website was relaunched to push the effort, which was reported on Thursday by Politico.
Mr. de Blasio defended his record as a progressive leader, saying that there will always be advocates “who want us to take additional steps, and we intend to.” He said that on balance, his efforts to improve police discipline, end solitary confinement for young inmates and create neighborhood homeless shelters were “progressive and tangible” actions that affect “thousands and thousands” of people’s lives.
“There may be a few advocates who see it differently,” the mayor said. “But the vast majority of New Yorkers if you ask them, ‘Hey, this guy ended solitary confinement for these many thousands of inmates versus all the people before who tolerated it.’ What’s more progressive?”
To be sure, the mayor has made good on many of his commitments, including pursuing an aggressive affordable housing plan, launching a city-subsidized ferry service and the expansion of early childhood education.
Mr. de Blasio’s greatest accomplishment has been the creation of a new universal prekindergarten program, building on that success by expanding it to 3-year-olds. Yet progressives have faulted him for not tackling the deep-seated problem of segregation in the city’s school system.
His push to build new affordable units or preserve those that were at risk of shifting to market-rate rents has been met with criticism from housing advocates who say not enough of the apartments are affordable for the poorest New Yorkers.
Last week, the mayor visited Cayuga Centers in East Harlem, where some of the migrant children taken from their parents at the border were being housed in New York City. About two-thirds of the children who had been in New York left the city on Wednesday and Thursday to be reunited with parents.CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times
Mr. de Blasio also has found himself repeatedly outflanked on the left by upstart political figures like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the Democratic socialist who upset Representative Joseph Crowley last month in the New York Democratic congressional primary, and the actress Cynthia Nixon, a Democratic candidate for governor.
Ms. Nixon, for example, backs marijuana legalization; Mr. de Blasio refuses to go that far, although he has taken steps to end the practice of arresting most people caught smoking marijuana in public.
The City Council, too, has pressured the mayor from the left. In his first term, Melissa Mark-Viverito, then the Council speaker, pushed him to endorse the eventual closing of Rikers Island; in his second term, the new speaker, Corey Johnson, forced him to fund discounted subway and bus rides for poor New Yorkers.
Similarly, his effort during the 2016 campaign to spearhead a national movement around left-of-center policies faltered. He has disappointed many in the left flank of the Democratic Party with his cautious endorsements in pitched Democratic primary fights: Hillary Clinton over Bernie Sanders in the 2016 presidential race; Mr. Cuomo over Zephyr Teachout in the 2014 Democratic primary for governor; Mr. Crowley, against Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, earlier this year.
On immigration, advocates saw the mayor, who has championed New York as a sanctuary city in the age of President Trump, as an ally for much of his first term: He oversaw the creation of a city I.D. card that could be used by immigrants regardless of their legal status and he supported a spending increase for literacy and adult education classes.
But last year, as he ran for re-election, Mr. de Blasio changed a policy that advocates considered essential when he said that the city would no longer pay for legal representation for all people in immigration court facing deportation. For the first time, Mr. de Blasio refused to provide city money to pay for immigration lawyers for people who had been convicted of any of 170 crimes, including violent offenses and drug crimes.
A compromise was worked out where the City Council agreed to have private donors finance cases not covered by city money, but advocates were stung by what they saw as Mr. de Blasio’s reversal.
“It continues to be a stain in his legacy on immigration,” said Javier H. Valdés, a co-executive director of Make the Road New York, an advocacy group. “There’s no circle in the immigrant rights community where people don’t talk about that.”
Mr. de Blasio has proposed a so-called millionaire’s tax to pay for improvements to the city’s beleaguered subway system.CreditSam Hodgson for The New York Times
On policing issues, those pushing Mr. de Blasio from the left have been more caustic in their evaluation, observing that even while low-level arrests are declining, the people being arrested remain mostly black and Hispanic. At the same time, advocates said, the mayor has not done enough to ensure bad-acting cops are punished.
“He’s done nothing to fix the broken N.Y.P.D. disciplinary process,” said Carolyn Martinez-Class, a police reform advocate.
She added that the mayor had “taken the city back decades on police transparency with newly expanded interpretations of 50-a that are worse than the Giuliani and Bloomberg administrations,” referring to a state law that protects certain police documents from disclosure. Mr. de Blasio has vowed to fight for a change to the 50-a law in Albany, but little lobbying on the issue has been evident.
Nick Sifuentes, the executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign, an advocacy group of transportation and mass transit issues, said he initially saw Mr. de Blasio as a “progressive warrior” when he came into office, “saying all the right things about what New York really needed.” But the mayor’s first term has left him “very frustrated at the slow pace” of mayoral action on key transit initiatives, even as Mr. de Blasio has been an effective champion through his Vision Zero approach to trying to reduce traffic injuries and deaths.
Marcia Bystryn, the president of the New York League of Conservation Voters, too, said that the city had been a leader on environmental issues and praised Mr. de Blasio for setting ambitious goals.
Even so, one progressive goal — bringing its brown-bin composting program citywide by the end of the year — will fall short. “We paused the program,” the sanitation commissioner, Kathryn Garcia, said in an interview, adding that no new deadline had been set. “I know that the mayor remains very committed to getting this done, but I think that he was trying make sure that he was balancing the cost concerns.”
Ms. Bystryn suggested that the mayor “take a good hard look at his very ambitious OneNYC plan and focus on the practical steps that will be necessary to implement those goals. And if there are no practical steps, then adjust the goals.”
Mr. Sharpton said that some of the frustration with Mr. de Blasio among his far-left base may stem from unrealistic expectations.
“A lot of people expected him to be more of what they projected on him than what he was,” Mr. Sharpton said. “I knew when he was coming in that he was a deliberate, very careful type of guy.”
He added, “I never expected him to be Al Sharpton.”
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[–]danelow 18 points19 points20 points 4 days ago (0 children)
15-20% for Canada as a country? or 15-20% for Vancouver/Toronto? Vancouver and Toronto may be more susceptible to a larger pull back if it is 15-20% for Canada-wide.
A Hidden Gem Within an Hour of Vancouver by Game_of_Drones__ in vancouver
[–]danelow 0 points1 point2 points 4 days ago (0 children)
Cool shots - I recently took Harbour Air and they flew right over Round Mtn (i.e. this hike) in their flight path from Vancouver to Whistler. There are also many sight seeing tours in the area, something to keep in mind :)
Places to test out and buy ping pong paddles? Any friendly, inviting recreational leagues by redditlastnight in vancouver
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There’s a ping pong bar in gas town called back and forth
Highest proportion of high-rollers at River Rock Casino are real estate professionals: internal audit by caffodian in vancouver
[–]danelow 1 point2 points3 points 9 days ago (0 children)
As long as no other occupation had more people reporting it as their job (among the high rollers), then real-estate professionals would be the occupation with the highest proportion. Proportion is defined as a part or amount considered in relation to a whole.
Looking for stores in Greater Vancouver where FRENCH TOAST CRUNCH is sold by Tsilhqotin in vancouver
[–]danelow 6 points7 points8 points 10 days ago (0 children)
I bought some at buy low foods. I've got a couple of boxes if you can't find it in time. PM me.
turkey dinner takeout? by groovetheory in vancouver
[–]danelow -1 points0 points1 point 13 days ago (0 children)
the holiday turkey sandwich at hubbub is great :)
11-Year-Old Gets Photobombed by Breaching Humpback Whale in Nootka Sound (Video) by patadeperro in vancouver
[–]danelow 7 points8 points9 points 14 days ago (0 children)
Introducing the generation who would rather look at a camera than a giant whale breaching 50 feet in front of them.
Corrosion around Connection - Fenix5X by danelow in GarminFenix
[–]danelow[S] 0 points1 point2 points 24 days ago (0 children)
Hey all, I've only had this watch since May (4 months) and it seems like there is orange corrosion starting to form around the connection for the charger (see pic). Any ideas on how to remove this safely?
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Fenix 5X won't connect as mass storage by phlame64 in GarminFenix
[–]danelow 0 points1 point2 points 24 days ago * (0 children)
Yes, I have this same issue. Very frustrating when you are trying to add a course (or do anything that requires viewing the drive). Edit: Except my computer is a Mac
[–]danelow 1 point2 points3 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Bookmarking for a later watch. Does anyone know if these are these the same segments they played during the actual event (they would split it up so it wasn't just watching running for 2 hours).
[–]danelow 2 points3 points4 points 29 days ago (0 children)
Hong Kong - Beautiful Scenery for a Trail Race - Lantau Vertical 2017 by tripmaster in trailrunning
[–]danelow 0 points1 point2 points 1 month ago (0 children)
That smog though...
September Events Thread! by OGdinosaur in vancouver
All ages! Different courses available for varying skill level.
Beautiful day in east van 😉 by iatekane in vancouver
[–]danelow 7 points8 points9 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Judging by how quickly the cops were on the scene, my guess would be that they were already in pursuit of the black car.
[–]danelow 1 point2 points3 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Orienteering at Rice Lake on Sunday, September 17th, 10am. Sign up here for a map.
Blind hikers conquer North Vancouver’s arduous Grouse Grind by [deleted] in vancouver
[–]danelow 3 points4 points5 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Not being able to see that first quarter marker is probably a good thing! All jokes aside, great job :)
What's going on with the planes in North Vancouver??! by fuzzypeacheese in vancouver
[–]danelow 12 points13 points14 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Looks like an Aurora (dad used to fly them). Not sure what's happening in North Van - could be an exercise - but this is a routine sight in Comox.
I'm trying to overcome my fear of heights, what are some good Vancouver locations to desensitize myself? by badjoodjoo in vancouver
zip lining at grouse
Vancouver has lowest debt delinquency rate of all major Canadian cities: Equifax by MintyFreshFeet in vancouver
[–]danelow 10 points11 points12 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Some nice views from the top of Crown Mountain yesterday by jsmooth7 in vancouver
[–]danelow 2 points3 points4 points 1 month ago (0 children)
Ask someone with a pass if they will buy you a ticket (maybe buy them a coffee or something). They can get 2 tickets for up to 50% off saving you and your friend $50.
Any stores or resturants that don't use chip? by [deleted] in vancouver
get a new card...?
Just got a place in East Van. Unfurnished. Need a bed. Am poor. Don't have a car. Suggestions? by TrumpetMatt in vancouver
Second this. I did this in university when I was moving around each semester.
looks like 180th last year? http://www.geoba.se/population.php?pc=world&type=009&year=2017&st=rank&asde=&page=2
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In Medias Res: Giving Communities, in Theory and Practice
Russell: With all due respect, the fact that you like the imagery tells us absolutely nothing about whether or not these alternatives are viable. Thanks for the pointers, however. I will have to take a look at this stuff when I get a moment. I am encouraged, of course, that you are reading something that contains the phrase "laws of the market" and ties it to a sensible statement about economics -- namely that capital controls have huge long term costs -- rather than insisting that such language represents a surrender to the forces of evil.I am curious as to what he identifies as being the sine non qua of the modern business corporation that makes it the source of evil, eg dispersed ownership, limited liability, legal personality, immortality, the seperation of ownership and control, etc. Posted by Nate Oman
Rereading it, my comment is a bit sarcastic and biting, which I did not intend. Apologies. Posted by Nate Oman
Russell,You say that Alperovitz "turns away from the usual nostrums of liberal egalitarianism and redistribution."But in his article, "Taking the Offensive on Wealth," he proposes, among other things, (1) instituting and raising luxury taxes, (2) raising the marginal rate for the top tax bracket back to 50%, (3) annual federal and state "wealth taxes" that would hit *any* assets one held above a certain dollar figure (he tosses out $100K as a good starting point), (4) squeezing more taxes directly out of corporations (without any acknowledgement of the fact that money flowing through most corporations is already taxed twice), and last but not least (5) increased "direct wealth ownership to benefit the public" (which by his examples often, though not always, translates to "government ownership of the means of production").http://www.garalperovitz.com/offensive_wealth.pdfWith his bewailing of the gap in wealth (conveniently ignoring the ever-increasing standard of living of even the poorest of Americans, record home ownership, etc.) and his old-school Robin Hood tactics, he appears to me to be right on board with the "usual nostrums" you say he avoids.Scott Posted by Scott
Russell,I'm glad you like the "Community Wealth" site. I share your enthusiasm for it, and I do think it represents a true alternative to "old-school Robin Hood" tactics (whatever Gar Alpwrovitz may have written elsewhere). However, I must deflect all credit for "Community Wealth." Alperovitz, Gordon, and their team are my colleagues and friends, but I knew nothing about their website until they launched it. Nor have I contributed to their overall project on wealth generation. Posted by Peter Levine


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p0ss|b|L|t|3z: August Gathering
Once a while we gather up for lunch or dinner to catch up what have we all been doing. This August, we met up at O'Viet at Sunway Pyramid.
I love the food at O'Viet, only one problem... it's a little over price to me. It might because of it's Vietnamese food that serve in Malaysia but a five pieces of chicken that cost more than RM16 that's not what I'm looking forward to.
Anyway, maybe special occasion like this would serve it right. Ah well, nothing is cheap and is good, that's what they say. Below are some snaps of the food, not many because I was busy rolling the spring roll for the rest O.o||
Mix platter comes with 4 pieces of rice paper
Deep fried Cambodian's style chicken
Vietnamese style coffee (dripped coffee)
That would be me busying rolling the rice papers...
Joining us at the gathering is our special guest
Ju (aka Pig)
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The one and only who like to hide her face, Melisa
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A good deal at a great location - Review of Gran Duca di York, Milan - TripAdvisor
A good deal at a great location - Review of Gran Duca di York
“Thank you Matteo and particulary Marco”
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“Good hotel in central Milano”
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21 helpful votes “A good deal at a great location”
Friendly, helpful staff, and a great location make this a perfect choice for the tourist. Many fine restaurants are nearby as is access to public transportation. A number of sites are in easy walking distance. The hotel rooms are small but very nicely outfitted. A nice breakfast and free WiFi add to the positives.
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Reviewed this hotel on line before making our reservations. We were definitely not disappointed. The location was perfect. We were within walking distance of everything we had planned to see in Milan. The staff was very accommodating and assisted us in locating sites and restaurants. The hotel offered free Wifi and breakfast that included scrambled eggs and bacon. I will recommend this hotel to friends traveling to Milan.
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The staff is outstanding -- friendly, helpful, and gracious. The room felt brand-new, so very clean, and had everything we needed. The bed was very comfortable. There was enough hanging space although no drawers. The bathroom had an American-style shower with nice pressure and plenty of room. In-room wi-fi was free, which is something we look for. The breakfast was very good and there's a bar where you can get a drink in the evening. The location is terrific -- just steps to the Duomo and the Castello. We lived in Milan long ago and we go back frequently, and find the hotel scene generally pretty disappointing. The value here is among the best.
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3 helpful votes “great place in historic area of Milan”
Hotel is next to pinoteca ambrosia, in financial area. Great common areas, room was nice with typical european shower (small) but had a ceiling shower spray. Free Wifi, OK breakfast included, easy to walk to metro, galleria, duomo and of course shopping. Staff helped arrange dinner reservations, would stay there again when in Milan
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I stayed here for 3 nights in late May 2012, and paid about $226 per night including taxes, breakfast, and free wi-fi. I enjoyed the stay very much, and would strongly recommend it. The location, about 10 minutes' walk from the Duomo and close to metro stations Cordusio (with direct service to Cadorna, where the Malpensa Express arrives and departs) and Duomo (with direct service to the central train station), is unbeatable. The hotel is in an old palace on Via Moneta, so named because of a Bank of Italy branch (with heavily-guarded currency distribution facility) next door. It's a short street that may be hard to find on a map. The hotel has been nicely renovated, and my room was not large, but clean and modern with a small balcony leading to an atrium. Free wi-fi worked well and fast. The bed was comfortable and had high-quality linens and pillows. The breakfast had great pastries, fresh fruit, and coffee, but could be improved with eggs cooked to order (the only eggs available were the powdered scrambled kind). My only minor complaint about the room was that there was only one wastebasket, in the bathroom. All in all, it was a very pleasant stay.
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From Book to Bestseller: What It Takes To Crack The List (And Why You Might Not Want To) | HuffPost
In the past 15 months, we've had 10 books on the bestseller list. When I say "bestseller" I mean major lists: New York Times, Wall Street Journal, et al. Still, even after numerous books and a variety of lists, the "list" itself still confounded me, so I decided to do a little research to find out what it really takes to hit a list.
First off, the term "hit a list" can mean hitting a bestseller list at any point of entry. This can even be the bottom 100. Many books that hit a list are never viewed by consumers, they land there, stay for a week, maybe longer or shorter, and then vanish. The numbers and metric for this can be tricky and in fact, not entirely accurate. If you've ever tried to hit a list and found yourself disgusted with the odds, I hope this article sheds some light on the ins and outs of how the process works. I do recommend, though, that you do some research on your own; there are some excellent blog posts out there that look at the finite pieces of these lists and how they are constructed.
First off, let's look at the facts. Bestseller lists vary by season, market, and genre. First, let's look at seasons.
Surprisingly enough, how many copies you need to sell of your book will often depend on when you release it. Pre-Christmas releases, for example, require bigger number than a release that happens in May. Why is this? Well, the holiday should speak for itself, and the same is true for key fall months like September. The hotter the month (not in temperature but in publishing releases), the harder it is to get onto a list.
The next piece of this is reporting. Another piece that might surprise you is that not all reporting is accurate. Never mind the fact that reporting can be slow; you could hit 20,000 sales of your book in October but not see this reporting until November for example, but they can also be inaccurate, and there's a whole market share that's never reported on. Technical, scholarly, law-related books can make up over two-thirds of the book market and are never reported on. Christian titles work the same way. You might say, "Well, what about The Shack?" This Christian title hit a list because it was sold en masse in retail outlets and not sequestered to Christian retailers that don't get the benefit of reporting to the lists.
Finally, let's look at list structure. Each list pulls book data differently, meaning that the New York Times does not pull trade book data, whereas the USA Today list does. USA Today also pulls these titles onto a single list, whereas the New York Times divides these lists up by genre.
A friend of mine who spent years in publishing once told me that publishing is all about perception, and this is very true. What she meant by this is that print runs (publishers refer to these as "advance print runs") as well as any and all advance buzz a book is getting will also help it land on a list. Generally a book that is just "born" into the publishing world with no buzz, advanced reviews, etc. won't capture the attention of a big list. The author might hit it well locally, but generally not nationally unless (like in the case of The Shack) there is some online viral buzz that builds. There is also the consideration of sales surge. This surge often happens during a very short period of time and doesn't always have to equate to huge numbers, it's the velocity of the push that matters. An associate of mine in publishing once told me that a book she was working with only sold 4,000 copies before it landed on a major list. The smallness of the number is staggering when you think about it. Keep in mind that this book hit a list during a slow period, too, so that also worked in its favor.
Also, lists aren't always based on sales. The New York Times, for example, is known for a non-sale list, meaning that they circulate to 37 reporting (book) stores to find out whether a book is doing well. If it's being talked about by the stores, it will often make the list.
When you do the research, you realize that there is no way anyone can "rig" a list and promise you bestseller status. Well, there is one way: by buying up a lot of copies of a book within a short period of time. There have been companies promising bestseller status that do this, but once their warehouses are uncovered the companies often fold. Also, these books at some point will flood the system yet again, usually as used copies on Amazon, which will compete for sales attention with their newly printed counterparts. Any way you slice it, buying up your own books with the hope of getting on a list should be the last thing on your marketing agenda.
Marketing your book with an eye on the bestseller list is great, but much like waiting for Oprah to call, it's not a preferred way to gain or keep your marketing stride. Instead, focus on things you can actually control that will benefit you. Like, let's say regional promotion or an aggressive Internet campaign. Or how about reading groups both online and off? Slanting your campaign to hit a list isn't a great idea, in fact, it's often the worst thing you can do. Yes, there are books that publishers know will hit a list right out of the gate. These titles are generally celeb or news driven, but for the most part, 99.9% of all bestseller status is unpredictable. Gather your marketing chips and put them on a bet that is more likely to pay off. I know authors we've worked with who get the word from their publisher that their book just hit a list, and they'll often call me elated and excited. Now that's a wonderful surprise.
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TV Series 24 | VIDUR's Blog
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Vidur’s Telly Tales – 14 : Anil Kapoor’s ” 24 “
MUMBAI – MAHARASHTRA – INDIA OCTOBER 30 , 2013 02.05 A.M.
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Anil Kapoor made very impressive debut on TV on October 04 , 2013 with his highly acclaimed TV series ” 24 ” . It is Hindi adaptation of the American TV series of the same name , where Anil Kapoor played President Omar Hassan , the part , which is being played by Neil Bhoopalam in Hindi ” 24 ” .
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This American TV series is produced by 20th Century Fox . Till now 8 seasons of 24 episodes each have been made . The novelty of the show is that each episode takes place over the course of one hour . Another novelty of the series is the use of split screen .
Kiefer Sutherland played the protagonist Jack Bauer in all the 8 seasons of American ” 24 ” .
Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Anil Kapoor essays Kiefer Sutherland’s part in the Hindi version . I was eagerly waiting for this series . Main reason was the immense popularity of the American version and the hype which was created around the Hindi version . I also wanted to watch Anil Kapoor on TV .
Kiefer Sutherland, Anil Kapoor, Mary Lynn-Rajk…
Katee Sackhoff, Freddie Prinze jr., Anil Kapoor, Brannon Braga (Photo credit: kara brugman)
Another very personal reason to watch the show was the TV debut of my student Adhir Bhatt . He is playing 2nd in command in ATU [ Anti Terrorist Unit ] . He called me before the premier of the show .
I am pasting the following graphic from the Wikipedia , which shows his name prominently . Only 9 actors are mentioned in this list . Undoubtedly these 9 are the most important characters of ” 24 ” .
Rensil D’Silva, Bhavani Iyer & Priya Pinto
Anupam Kher (cameo)
Jay Oza and Tanay Satam
October 4, 2013 – present
TAKEN FROM THE WIKIPEDIA PAGE
When it was announced in the press that Anil Kapoor is making ” 24 “ in Hindi , some upstart acting trainers started claiming that they are the official casting directors of ” 24 ” . They even auditioned some gullible aspirants . One can visit their facebook page and can find this wrong , mischievous , boastful and false information . I watched the series very carefully , but I don’t see their names as official casting directors anywhere in the above mentioned Wikipedia list or in the credits .
These upstarts acting trainers painted town pink with the news that so many of their students are acting in the series and this became possible only because they are the official casting directors of the series . They carried this mischievous and misleading propaganda throughout the shooting of the serial . I don’t know how many gullible aspirants got impressed with this claim and took admission in their institute . After telecast of the serial , instead of many names ( as claimed by them ) , they dished out just 3 names . Adhir Bhatt is one of them . I fail to see 2 other names in the above mentioned list . Obviously , as usual , it must be a blink – and – miss role .
As for their claim about Adhir Bhatt , it should be pertinent to know that Adhir Bhatt is the student of Mr. Kishore Namit Kapoor and the fact of the matter is that I trained him there .
I pity these GAALI GURUS of Facebook Acting School . They are desperate to be in the race but they have nothing to show as their own accomplishments . Therefore apart from making false claims , they have now started mentioning students of other trainers as their own . Can falsehood succeed ? No it can’t ! In public arena you can’t survive on falsehood .
I have mentioned in one of my earlier blog that one day dust will settle and the scenario will be clear for all to see . Time has come . Dust has started settling down . Picture is slowly becoming clear . Soon every false claim will be exposed and people will demand answer .
I have already given my answer in the form of my NEWSLETTER . It is available in 2 versions ; internet as well as print format .
On behalf of all the students and staff of VIDUR Acting Institute , which is known as Vidur’s Kreating Charakters , I congratulate Adhir Bhatt on his stupendous success . He is doing fine job and deserves kudos for his nuanced performance .
VIDUR Editing Studio , VIDUR Club and VIDUR Theatre would also like to congratulate him .
I conclude with the famous quote , ” SUCCESS HAS MANY FATHERS , BUT FAILURE IS AN ORPHAN . ”
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Charles and Fred: A daily double
A daily double, originally uploaded by CharlesFred. A pair/a couple(?) of twins, as seen and photographed in Uskudar on Saturday. Funnily enough, about 20 minutes after posting this, I saw a pair/couple of young(ish) male twins at the station on the way to work... funny how things often work out that way.And the odd thing is, is that at the bus stop on the way home last night, there was another set of twins, also about the same age as these two, also handsome, also dark...


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Genesis 48 – inheriting the earth
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Death of Jacob/Israel.
I must do a new tag to identify the theme of the “blessed second”. Jacob tricked dying Isaac into blessing himself, the younger, as the older. Now he deliberately and knowingly repeats the scene as he dies with two of Jacob’s sons, giving the blessing of his right hand to the younger, ephraim, not the first born.
God shows his strength by exalting the lesser. Jacob, who had this habit of being in struggling, furious agreement with God, tricked his way into seizing the blessing of the second for himself. The wrong means, when he should have had faith. But the end was a godly insight.
He shares with Joseph the promise God made him if return to Canaan. He can see now, as he reviews his life before death, god’s hand everywhere. Promises kept and promises to come.
Yesterday I wanted to reclaim god’s plans for me. I can strengthen that by remembering what he’s done for me already.


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Very good business hotel. Close to Charles River. Easily accessible by car and offers nearby parking areas. Good fitness area. Pleasant entrance area. Great reception. Popular among families.
Liked the staff, very accommodating and professional. The layout of the rooms really feels comfortable, less like a hotel. The location works for me because it's close to my daughter. Love the cookies. Furniture in living room portion of room could use a good cleaning or update. It's a bit noisy, so if you like it very quiet, probably wouldn't work for you. Restaraunt menu selection is minimal also for the room service. Reviewed Apr 2016 7.0
Extremely helpful and friendly staff. 24 hour parking access. Reviewed Nov 2015 4.6
The rooms were spacious, view was great, beds were very comfortable. Unbelievably expensive rate for the property. They charged me more than the maximum stated on the door in the room!! And then I had a $35 parking fee on top! (You're captive due to the location, which can be tricky to access off Soldiers Field Rd if you're driving.) could not get the TV to work, or the in room phone! For the price everything should be perfect! Reviewed Jul 2015 4.7
Print check in service. Love the room, comfortable. Reviewed Sep 2014 4.0
The hotel was outstanding. The staff were the most helpful and professional that we experienced on this trip. It was perfectly located between Cambridge and Boston. Reviewed Oct 2010 by Anonymous more reviews
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Substandard A/C and furniture. Wonderful sightseeing.
Nabil as my driver Reviewed Nov 2010 by Anonymous 5.0
A window I could open, to cool my room down before I went to bed. Reviewed Dec 2014 5.6
Decent, basic accommodations. Great Chinese restaurant on premises - authentic, not "American" Chinese. Reviewed Jul 2014 more reviews
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The price and parking were good. Did not know it would have shared bath; no TP TO the whole time I was there, no towels, freezing cold. The room had a kitchenette but the plug to the fridge didn't reach the wall so it was useless. Also no mirror in the bedroom, so I had to do my makeup in the car. Very very noisy, did not sleep at all second night. Sounded like the entire building was partying. Reviewed May 2016 5.6

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The 9/11 Commission claims that “we found no evidence” – Liberating Memes
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“Exhaustive investigations by the Securities and Exchange Commission, FBI, and other agencies have uncovered no evidencethat anyone with advance knowledge of the attacks profited through securities transactions.” p172
“Third, we believe the FBI conducted a satisfactory screening of Saudi nationals who left the United States on chartered flights….They have concluded that none of the passengers was connected to the 9/11 attacks and have since found no evidenceto change that conclusion.” and “Our own independent review of the Saudi nationals involved confirms that no one with known links to terrorism departed on those flights.” p329
Concerning the idea that some in Washington might have known about the hijacking of Flight 11 before it struck the WTC – “While that information circulated within the FAA, we found no evidence that the hijacking was reported to any other agency in Washington before 8:46.”p35
Regarding the secure video teleconference headed by Richard Clarke in the White House situation room — “We found no evidence that video teleconference participants had any prior information that American 77 had been hijacked and was heading directly toward Washington.” p36
At the time of the NMCC’s 9:37 air threat conference call — “We found no evidence that, at this critical time, NORAD’s top commanders, in Florida or Cheyenne mountain, coordinated with their counterparts at FAA headquarters to improve awareness and organize a common response.” p38


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QViews: Why lead generation is hopeless, but good business is not.
How Kroger earns world-class loyalty and we can, too. Why lead generation is hopeless, but good business is not.
When I explain to business people that I build marketing databases, they usually respond by asking, "Can you give my any tips for generating leads?" Actually, I have quit framing my work that way, but I still encounter so many people asking "can you help me find new customers?" I have started to reply that, "I can help you value the customers and contacts you already have."
Nick Bird said it more elegantly than I can (emphasis added):
Traditional businesses ask - "How can we define the group of prospects who are most likely to want product X?" From this flows others such as "How can we increase the leads for X?"
The CRM business asks a different type of question. "Given our skills and resources, who can we build the most profitable long term relationships with?"
Nick's comment was made inside the LinkedIn Group for CRM Experts, which you could join... https://www.linkedin.com/groups/43621/43621-6059678651115462659, or you could find more excellent advice by visiting his profile: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/nickbirdcrmadvocate. Posted in Leveraging CRM Data for Profits | Permalink

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2. Katherine. (I’m building on Chuck Tilly’s comment about scholarship with the term conversations) Your book seeks to enter a conversation with the stratification field by bringing in organizational contexts and relational work. How do you bridge these previously separate conversations? What kinds of suggestions would help other scholars wishing to connect conversations?
Don. One decision we made early on was to develop the argument through illustrative cases. All of our chapters, except the introduction and conclusion, include cases from multiple disciplines, methods and orientations. We wanted to stress the generality of our argument, while not ignoring the amazing variation in inequality regimes and social scientific methods.
Dustin. I think it involves a lot of translation for both sides. For example, in our initial empirical work using the data on Australian and US organizations we had to reiterate that the observations were of organizations not individuals, as so much stratification scholarship uses surveys of individuals. So, we just had to be clear in communicating that we were focused on organizations. Don is I think more strategic about these things than I am, so likely has better insights, but I do think much of it is about translating across sub-fields. We are often talking about similar or even the same things, but using different theoretical language and so much of that has to just be translated. And some of it as well, is about highlighting aspects of the social world that are not a part of one conversation. Stratification scholars often don’t think about organizations, and organizational scholars often don’t think about inequality (though in both cases of course this is not always true). So, a lot of that work is in making the case for why some phenomenon needs to be a part of the conversation.
Don. When Chuck Tilly’s Durable Inequality was published I was quite excited, but ultimately realized it did not transform discussions of inequality in ways that would make my intellectual projects easier to sell. As we developed Relational Inequality Theory I was probably a little obsessed with why Tilly had failed me. The first realization, and one that the Australian papers embodied, was that he produced a theory but no roadmap as to how to test it. If we go back to Blau and Duncan they had a (thin) theory and a clear methodological roadmap and were wildly successful. Stratification is a fundamentally empirical sub-field, organizations resolutely theoretical. To influence both fields we needed to dial up the game in both directions. Over the years we wrote basic empirical, methods and theory papers aimed at organizational and stratification scholars and eventually in Relational Inequalities sociology writ large.
Of course, as we did this we learned a lot of new things, including rejecting the “weak” functionalism in Durable Inequality in favor of a more dynamic actor centered approach. The latter move created the space to incorporate our version of inhabited institutionalism, critical race and intersectional theory. Our dyadic conversations were consistently influenced by ideas and social positions we found attractive expanding the external conversations that we found important.
By the time we were writing the book we made distinctions between our various audiences – we had the people who already cared about organizations and inequality as our in-group, but spent much more time trying to enter conversations with others – straight line org and strat folks of course, but critical race, intersectional, labor process and qualitative case audiences as well. We think all of these flavors of sociology contain “truths” that a relational approach to organizational inequalities can both incorporate and reflect.
Next, I asked Dustin and Don questions about their collaborative work process. They describe how they started working together, in-person, when Don was chair of his dept. and then shifted to weekly virtual meetings and sharing documents via google drive when Dustin joined Augusta. Don describes how conferences and special issues were key moments for pushing their project along.
3. Katherine. How did you two start collaborating, and how did you decide on the type of project? How did you decide to handle the writing process and manage the work? How did this change over time?
Dustin. I was a graduate student of Don’s. And a couple of years into graduate school we began having conversations about how to theorize inequality. Over the course of our conversations I think it became clear to both of us that those studying inequality could use some new theoretical tools to make sense of inequality. Part of this is that everything I was reading was embedded in some type of human capital framework, which didn’t seem like the whole story at least. It was also ceding a lot of ground to economistic thinking that ignores the social nature of economic processes. So, we began conversations that eventually morphed into treating this as a book project. But that is also layering a more coherent story on top of what for me was just a muddling through process of figuring out how to be a sociologist. Like much of our lives, we are trying to figure it out as we go, and things happen through that process of figuring it out.
As for the workflow and writing, we also muddled through that. Early on I was still in grad school and at UMass, so we would meet weekly if not more and these were more or less conversations about big ideas (and also about my dissertation).* When I finished grad school and left it got more complicated, as I was figuring out a new life and job and so it kind of paused. But we picked it back up quickly and developed a workflow that involved weekly skype meetings. And we just kind of divided the work up as we went. We knew the core pieces of the puzzle were exploitation, social closure, and claims-making and so knew those would be chapters. We then worked through a rough outline of the book (one that evolved over time), which began to discipline us in terms of working through chapters. And so, we developed a structure for the chapters that involved writing some key theoretical material followed by empirical examples from the literature. And we would decide in a given chapter what examples to use, and we would each want certain ethnographies or particular studies in there, and we would read or reread those to develop the example.
Don. I totally loved our weekly conversations. When Dustin was still at UMass I was Department Chair and research time was precious – we would meet once a week for wings and beer and push the ideas along as well as shorter check-ins across the week. After he fled to an Assistant Prof job, this continued, two hours a week on skype every Friday morning, no beer, no wings, for years. It was great fun, but the key part of the recipe was scheduled time, weekly agreements on what we both hoped to accomplish next, discovering where we were ignorant and needed to read more, and always reading the other’s work product prior to this week’s meeting. Most importantly was a sense of mutual obligation to the work and each other.
Let’s not forget the technology. Google scholar made it easy to extend our background reading efficiently, ignoring disciplinary and sub-field borders in search of appropriate cases. Crucially we developed a shared google drive to organize the materials for the book. That drive grew and grew, at this point it’s so big I lose ideas, references, bits of text in it.
As the book matured so did the google drive:
* Katherine. Follow-up question: Dustin, what did these conversations go over?
Dustin. These were sometimes talking through written drafts and often just free-flowing intellectual conversations. So, a mix of practical and intellectual. Sometimes discussing things I had been reading that week. Things like that.
4. Katherine. How did you integrate other research projects, classes, conferences, talks, etc. into the book project, if at all?
Dustin. Again, Don is more strategic about this than I am, so he organized some conferences around relational inequality and did a few book talks while we were writing. I had two small kids and a new job so did far less of that. He probably has other examples of things he did.
Don. Yes, we were very strategic and relational about this. An intellectual project needs a community to strengthen, debate and apply ideas. The most formative activity was a series of mini-conferences – two at the Southern Sociological Society annual meeting and one at the Eastern’s that we organized and one at Northeastern organized by Steve Vallas. There was also a session at the Academy of Management meetings to expose our BSchool friends to our emerging ideas. Vinnie Roscigno and George Wilson took some of the best papers from these meetings and published two volumes of the American Behavioral Scientist on Relational Inequalities (vol. 1, vol.2). Many of the papers from those conferences appear as cases in the book. More recently we edited a special issue of Research in Social Stratification and Mobility with the same proselytizing goal. Lots and lots of talks around the US and Europe to any audience that would listen and of course conference presentations of the empirical bits as we went.
More recently we have organized the Comparative Organizational Inequality Network. This is a growing group of thirty scientists – sociologists, bschoolers, labor relations and even some economists – in fifteen countries interested in developing research on organizational inequalities. This is an exciting community of scholars and we expect great advances both theoretically and empirically from our joint efforts.
If you repeat a story often enough to enough people, maybe it will begin to sound reasonable? Or at least familiar. At this point we have been at this for at least fifteen years. Of course, this interview is the latest example.
Oddly, I only incorporated these ideas into my grad teaching in the last few years. I now teach a grad seminar called the Economic Sociology of Inequality. [9/26/19 update: Download Don’s syllabus: TomaskovicDevey_EconomicSociologySyllabus]
Dustin – do you teach our book in your undergrad Strat class?
Dustin. I’m teaching my undergrad strat class again in the spring, and that is one of the things I’d like to do. It works as a way to frame the basic inequality processes that we can then unpack in empirical examples throughout the course. The ideas are basically there, but I need to incorporate the book itself (and get past the embarrassment of assigning my own book in my class).
5. Katherine. How did you manage the workflow or work rhythm? (Don mentioned weekly phone or video conferences? Did you also have other techniques or software?)
Dustin. Our basic workflow centered around weekly meetings, first at a bar when we were in the same university then skype meetings. I’m pretty sure we became more productive though with 10am Friday skype meetings. So, we knew every Friday at 10am we were going to skype, and talk through the book. We did this basically chapter by chapter. Once we had three or so chapters we pitched it to about 4 presses, two of whom pitched it to their editorial board and then Oxford decided to go with it. I guess that was around 2015 or so, and we then worked through writing the book. At the end of each skype meeting we would make a plan for what to do the following week, and we were pretty detailed about what each of us would do. We stuck pretty close to that, which I think make the process go faster. And that was the basic process.
Don. Clearly I did not read ahead. What he said.
6. Katherine. Any missteps or lessons learned along the way?
Dustin. It may be too soon to know for that. I’m pretty happy, and I can’t think of any major missteps. A lesson learned though has to do with the art of theory itself. Early on I was thinking that what we were doing was establishing Relational Inequality Theory as a finished product and final statement. We were developing in completion its basic components. In some sense I think we have established the basic components of RIT, but I realized at some point that we were really just starting a conversation. Our hope is that people take RIT and move it in varying directions to refine and develop it further. I have some work doing that now, so the lesson is that we shouldn’t make our ideas so stable that they become fossilized. We are continually in a process of developing and refining theory. That was a lesson about doing theory for me.
Don. I agree. One of the key new ideas we introduce in the book revolves around the role of claims making as the interactional mechanism behind organizational closure and exploitation. This has led to new empirical work that I would never have contemplated in the past. Another idea in the book is that these relational processes happened not only within but between organizations. I am hoping that this idea infects organizational and economic sociologies and leads them to recognize and grapple with the big political economic inequality questions.
I am sure there were missteps and definitely remember disagreements on theoretical framing, narrative organization, audience……. Early on we recognized, I think, that nothing is “correct”, and in fact that perfect is the enemy of the good. If you don’t misstep you don’t move forward.
Dustin. Yes I think this notion of getting it right when it is published misses the point of science. The goal is to move the ball forward, not to get it “right” at the outset. That is something I learned, definitely walked away from this process understanding better. I imagine if we wrote a follow-up in ten years we would do some things different, hopefully based on how we and others develop RIT in the future. So, getting the ideas moving is what we hope happens with the book.
7. Katherine. Any resources you recommend for aspiring theorists, researchers, and book authors?
Dustin. I don’t have any resources, but I would say don’t be afraid to push big, bold projects. What we do in the book is in some sense unconventional in that we are developing a big theory to redirect a field of inquiry. I think sociology needs this as much as we need incremental studies. So I say go for it!
Don. What he said. Oh, and be brave and patient.
Katherine. And that’s the conclusion of a great interview with Dustin and Don! They welcome additional questions via their respective Twitter accounts (Dustin and Don) and orgtheory comments. And don’t forget to read their book Relational Inequality!
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Thanks for this interview! Don – would you be willing to share/post your “Economic Sociology of Inequality” syllabus?
Thanks for the request, Dan. I’ve embedded a PDF of Don’s “Economic Sociology of Inequality” syllabus. I hear that a @socannex podcast is on its way…


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Adventures in Writing: Book Recommendation Sites Adventures in Writing
Book Recommendation Sites As a reader, I’ve joined several sites that offer specialized book recommendations, etc., but, as an author, I’ve not tried any of their services to promote my books. (If anyone has, please let me know what you think of the service.) Here are my thoughts from both an author and reader viewpoints. BOOKDAILY: All the features on the front page are aimed at the writer, and I didn’t find a sign up sheet for readers to get emails of first chapters until I clicked on one of the books featured. No price is shown, and you must go offsite to discover the price. All the links I tried go to Amazon or Amazon Kindle. A surprising number of the books were from major NY publishers. As near as I can tell, posting your book and having the first chapter emailed is a free service. The categories in fiction are so broad as to be useless, and I saw a bio of JFK in among the literary and genre fiction.
BOOKBUB.COM: The nicest looking site. As a reader, you have a clear range of genres, you can pick the format or bookstore you prefer, and the ensuing list can be viewed online or via a daily email. The sale price is prominently displayed. The writer or publisher lists the book which is then curated and may or may not appear. The prices to the author/publisher varies according to book price, popularity of the book genre, and the book’s price. The book must be listed at 50% off so an author with a publisher needs to work with the publisher. THE FUSSY LIBRARIAN: At the site, there’s a book database that can find books according to genre with a wide variety within each genre, and your comfort choices about dirty language and violence. The email choices have the same variations. A listing of book sites include Kindle, Apple, Kobo, Nook, etc. There’s no ability to separate out books in formats or book stores you don’t use. A vast majority of the book listings I’ve received have been Kindle self-pubs and unavailable for my Nook so most emails go into the trash with a few glances. All the books have obvious prices. To get your book up, it must have received a large number of very good reader reviews. Between 10-50 according to the type of book, etc. The cost of this service runs between $5-14 depending on the popularity of that book type. Of the three sites, I’ve only see advertising or promotion for The Fussy Librarian which has a rotating ad on several large sites I visit which aren’t aimed at book readers. The other two were word of mouth mentions. Bookbub is the most reader friendly. BookDaily is the least reader friendly because of all the hidden information. The Fussy Librarian makes it so hard to find the database and email list they might not as well exist. In the case of the two sites that require payment, the author must be able to control the book’s sales price or work with the publisher to do that. Some thoughts on these sites. With so many free or $.99 ebooks, even a book under $5 looks overpriced in comparison. Many of the book descriptions were appallingly written, and some left out words or made spelling or grammar errors. Talk about shooting yourself in the foot then sprinkling salt in the wound. Proof reading and a good article or two on writing blurbs are a very good idea. How to Write a Blurb


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Inspirational Christian Devotions: Inspirational Christian Devotions # 8
Inspirational Christian Devotions # 8
When the Spirit of God is gone, even truth itself becomes an iceberg. How wretched is religion when it becomes frozen and lifeless! The Holy Spirit is gone, and all energy and enthusiasm have gone with Him.
What the valleys would be without their brooks, or the cities without their wells; what the corn fields would be without the sun - that would our churches be without the Holy Spirit. As well think of day with light, or life without breath, or heaven without God, as of Christian service without the Holy Spirit.
Nothing can supply His place if He is absent: the pastures are a desert, the fruitful fields are a wilderness, Sharon languishes, and Carmel is burned with fire.
Blessed Spirit of the Lord, forgive us that we have done such despite to you, by our forgetfulness of you, by our proud self-sufficiency, by resisting your influences, and quenching your fire! Henceforth work in us according to your own excellence. Make our hearts tenderly impressible, and then turn us as wax to the seal, and stamp upon us the image of the Son of God.
"The Comforter, the Holy Spirit ... will teach you all things" (John 14:26).
There is a heavenly wisdom which the Holy and Blessed Spirit alone can give. He sheds a sacred light on His own word of truth, and by His personal and living teachings - opens, enlarges, and persuades the heart to receive what He thus shows and teaches.
However valuable and blessed the book of God is, we cannot be made wise unto salvation by the word itself without the special teachings of the Holy Spirit as a personal and living instructor. He can suit His teachings to our case; knows when, where, and how to teach us; can bear with our ignorance and stupidity; give us the right lesson at the right time and in the right way; and do for us what no earthly teacher can - write His own laws upon our hearts and give us will and power to keep and obey them.
"I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, and directs you in the way you should go." (Isaiah 48:17).
"I want the presence of God Himself, or I don't want anything at all to do with religion. I want all that God has or I don't want any."
Inspirational Christian Devotions # 9