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WinX DVD Ripper Platinum 6.9.2 Giveaway Resurfaces on GOTD, Oct. 5 to 7
"WinX DVD Ripper Platinum 6.9.2, the latest version so far, is the giveaway item on GOTD from Oct. 5 to 7. This renowned DVD ripper for PC resurfaces as freebie such that all visitors can replace their old DVD converters that fail to rip recent DVDs to their new iOS 7 devices."
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum 6.9.2, the latest version so far, is the giveaway item on Giveaway of the Day from Oct. 5 to 7. Recognized for its speediness and up-to-dateness, it resurfaces as a DVD ripper freebie such that all GOTD subscribers can replace their old DVD converters that fail to rip recent DVDs to their new iOS 7 devices, such as iPhone 5 and iPod touch 5.
Giveawayoftheday.com is a resourceful software distribution site and good channel to get premium Windows programs, providing a win-win-win solution for the publisher, the clients and itself. With respect to the giveaway of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum, some of its regular and frequent visitors may have noticed that the most recent one was in May this year, in Streamer Edition.
"That giveaway result did far exceed our expectations; we have received a deluge of downloaders." Jack, the representative of the software developer and publisher, Digiarty, recalled with satisfaction. This time, with cutting-edge DVD encryption algorithms being worked out in WinX DVD Ripper Platinum 6.9.2, is a semiannual chance for all DVD owners to get a full registered version. The can weed out the obsolete DVD ripping software and update their freebie libraries.
From Oct. 5 to 7, the full license code of WinX DVD Ripper Platinum latest version will be available for free at http://www.winxdvd.com/giveaway/gaotd.htm
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Beauty and the Beast's Magical Christmas
Share holiday joy with Belle and her Beast in the delightful tale, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 8-9, 2 p.m. $10, $8 children. Vanderbilt Museum Carriage House Theater, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport. 293-0674 or www.arenaplayers.org.
Holiday for Toys
The charming musical, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2 p.m. $9. Merrick Theatre & Center for the Arts, 2222 Hewlett Ave., Merrick. 868-6400.


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Ideas, resources, book reviews, and discussions especially for independent School Librarians.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Better World Books
We weeded hundreds of books from our collection this year. We removed a lot of reference books, books that haven't been checked out in a decade (or so), books that aren't relevant anymore. It was a slow process, because we took all year to do it, only weeding when we had time - and space for the weeded books.
What do you do with your weeded books? At ALA in Anaheim last summer, I found out about Better World Books. From their site: "Better World Books offers a no cost program to help you manage your discarded and donated books. We make the most of your books by selling them on over 18 online-marketplaces and sharing the proceeds with you and one of our nonprofit literacy programs. "
It takes time, but there is something very satisfying about sending discarded books to BWB to be either sold or recycled. Each book, after being weeded from our catalog and OCLC, had to be pre-screened through the BWB portal. If the book was accepted it went in one box, rejected books went in another. Sometimes students helped us with the project, but one of our librarians ended up doing the bulk of the work. By the end of next week, we will have sent approximately 35 boxes of books to BWB. They supply the boxes, they pay for the UPS shipping. They don't make us remove the library book pockets, barcodes, etc. We have received just a little money back, but just knowing the books won't be in a landfill gave us reason enough to use BWB this year.
The rejected books went to Goodwill. Where do you send your weeded books?
Better World Books is also a great place to buy used books. Read about how they are even doing well in this economy.
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- AnonymousJune 5, 2009 at 7:34 AM
This is fantastic! I can't wait to be involved with it! Mrs. MasonReplyDelete
found you through Twitter. This is fabulous! We have lots of good but weeded books and always are looking for something good to do with them. I'm following you now.ReplyDelete
Great - thanks! BWB is a bit of extra work, due to the prescreening process, but I like it! However, I think there are some restrictions about children's books - in case any of you work in libraries for little ones. You might want to double check that with them.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 16, 2009 at 8:14 PM
Better World Books is a fraud.ReplyDelete
There is something ethically dubious about pretending or causing people to believe you are a non-profit or charity when you are not one. While Better World Books does donate a portion of their net profit (emphasis on the NET), it is a privately held for-profit that lacks accountability or accounting transparency. Furthermore, Better World Books hurts charities by diverting money and donations from legitimate non-profits and community groups, who must comply with federal and state tax regulations. I have read figures that less than 5% of their income goes to charity.
If you wish to donate your books to a good cause, I suggest you send them directly to a non-profit, such as the AAUW and not to a "for profit" middle man.
Better World Books is NOT a non-profit and operates without govermental oversight.
Thanks for your comment. BWB doesn't pretend to be a nonprofit. Take a look at the "Reuse First" library discards part of the website. The overview part has some good information.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJuly 3, 2009 at 6:20 AM
BWB is going in for the financial kill even now. Xavier Helgeson is on Bloomberg as I type this...it was interesting hearing him describe his take in words like "what is left over after costs". Spiced with lots of talk of "values". And corporate name-dropping...whew...major name-dropping.ReplyDelete
Better World Books doesn't pretend to be a nonprofit, but it dresses up like one, beginning with the inspired name, and the heart-warming pictures of African children around its skirts.ReplyDelete
I work at a large public library that has contracted with Better World Books to take its discards and donations.
Not every branch is eager to box up books for Better World. Our branch library has discovered, through our ongoing book sales within the library, that local people are eager to buy almost any book, if the price is right. We sell everything that we receive from the public (or nearly everything; extensive mold is not usually appreciated). And we sell directly to the public. Encyclopedias and textbooks--even old ones--are especially popular, because they are seen as benefiting children's education. Among our browsers, we have collectors of ephemera and old books, Vietnam vets who love history, people with literary interests, women who buy up piles of magazines (a quarter a magazine, with an informal bulk discount). Did I mention that this is a poor neighborhood? Very poor, but ambitious.
Library book sales in neighborhoods like ours benefit the people in the neighborhoods, because cheap prices and good variety allow people to own their own books and further their interests and education.
And the neighborhood library--a true nonprofit--benefits as well. The $250 a month we bring in from the ongoing book sales adds up, after a year, to a nice little purchase of Spanish-language children's books perfectly tailored to our branch.
What I'm saying is that giving discarded library books to Better World Books should not necessarily make you feel better. Better World Books plays cleverly on the powerful desire to do the right thing. But why should a nonprofit get all glow-y and good-feeling about funneling publicly-purchased property into the hands of a for-profit enterprise with a nice website?


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Source: Jan Sellars Coward Collection, (Manuscript Collection #1112)
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Description: With Fall approaching, many are visiting the beach for the last time this season. One tourist attraction at the North Carolina coast is the Bodie Island Lighthouse. Located south of Nags Head, the current Bodie Island Lighthouse was built in 1872. Two other Bodie Island Lighthouse structures, no longer in existence, were built in 1847 and 1859. Today's structure stands 150 feet tall and has a signal that's visible for 19 miles. The Bodie Island Lighthouse recently underwent a massive 3-year, $5 million restoration. It reopened in April 2013, and the public can now climb all 214 steps to the top of the lighthouse to enjoy the views of the Outer Banks.
This undated image of the Bodie Island Lighthouse was taken by Jan Sellers Coward of eastern North Carolina. For other images of eastern North Carolina, see the Jan Sellars Coward Collection (#1112), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library.


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by Paula. M. Riley
Of all the races that occur in the Springtime, none hosts runners that are more charming or adorable than the children who participate in the Kids Run for The George Fund. The annual race is on Friday, June 1 at Springfield High School Stadium, 1801 Papermill Rd.. Children as young as one year old will race towards the finish line. They will run into the arms of their parents and, with each step, they will be bringing comfort to children facing terminal illnesses.
The George Fund, named in honor of George Pappert, who died just before his 5th birthday, assists children facing terminal illness. Throughout George's life journey, he and his family received wonderful support from the nurses, social workers, art, music and movement therapists at Keystone Hospice in Wyndmoor. They offered comfort, exercise, laughter and support during and after George's final months.
The 3rd Annual Kids Run is much more than a running race; it's a carnival celebration of life and of community. Children ages one through 14 are invited to participate in the fun races and wonderful activities including carnival foods, arts and crafts, face painting, a moon bounce and more.
Established by George's parents, Ellen and Jerry, The George Fund has raised more than $560,000 and has provided medical equipment, nursing services and creative art therapies for children facing terminal illnesses.
The Papperts want other families to have the same chance they had – in-home hospice where a sick child and their siblings and parents can receive the therapies and support they need.
"Hospice care allows you to be a family again," Jerry Pappert said. "Your family is intact. You're in your home yet you're very secure knowingyour child is being cared for. The nurses visit, the creative arts therapists visit and, when the need for medical care increases, you have doctors and nurses working with you. You have the comfort of knowing your child is being taken care of and kept comfortable."
The funds raised at the Kids Run will help those families whose insurance plans do not adequately cover pediatric hospice care. Each year more families participate in the Kids Run. The Papperts invite new families to come this year as well.
"Raising awareness about pediatric hospice is as important to us as raising funds," said Ellen Pappert.
The race registration begins at 5 p.m. and races start at 6 p.m. Children ages 1-3 will run 50 yards; 4- to 5-year-olds will run 100 yards; 6-to 7-year-olds will run 200 yards and those 8 through 14 will run one mile. The first 200 participants will receive a commemorative Kids' Run for The George Fund orange T-shirt, and medal. There will be lots of great raffle prizes and a silent auction.
To register go to www.keystonecare.com and click on Kids Run for the George Fund under "Upcoming Events."


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Over the past few months I have found myself enjoying more and more the process of blogging. I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale -- never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by honesty I mean slashing my wrists and hemorrhaging all over the computer screen).
By far the best part has been meeting people in the comments section and through emails. The only problem with blogging is that it is all-consuming. For a while there I was posting a few times a day. For the past week or so I've put the breaks on a bit (in part due to a book that needed copy-editing, in part due to a catastrophic depression). Then, this week I was offered a column on Salon. Okay, to be perfectly accurate, I browbeat the fine editors of that inspired on line magazine into letting me have a column. I thought for a while I could do both the column and the blog, but I'm afraid that if I tried that, I wouldn't have enough time and energy left over to write my novels or drive carpool.
So I'm going to end the blog. I'll still be bitching about the same kind of thing over at Salon. Please log on to read me over there. You need not be a member -- you can watch the little commercial instead. Please continue to email me with your comments, etc. And I'll be reading your blogs.


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The Holocaust is the name applied to the systematic state-sponsored persecution and genocide of various ethnic, religious, and political groups during World War II (WWII) by Nazi Germany and collaborators. The Jews of Europe were the main victims of the Holocaust in what the Nazis called the "Final Solution of the Jewish Question." The widely-used figure for the number of Jewish victims is six million. Considerable effort was expended over the course of the Holocaust to find increasingly efficient means of killing large numbers of people in the death camps; for example, by switching from carbon monoxide poisoning in the crematoriums to the use of Zyklon B gas. This is a key to one of those crematoriums, brought back from Dietz, Germany by the liberating American forces. The young soldier who took the key locked the door, in the fervent hope that the death chamber could never be used again. The key is held by the Pichette family of Ashfield, Massachusetts, as a symbol of the important accomplishments by WWII American soldiers.
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barcel precisava de um novo design de logo e criou um concurso na 99designs.
Um vencedor foi selecionado entre 343 designs enviados por 69 designers freelancers.
I am a sales professional following a dream of starting my own company with unique products. My hope is that I can build this company enough to bring in employees and establish a dynamic, supportive work environment for everyone involved. I like to lead by example and although I dress conservatively, I have no problem taking risks and not looking back!
Our first product is focused on the golf industry and will concentrate on Golf Bags. Golfers cover a broad demographic so I have to be exciting enough to reach the younger generation while subtle enough not to put off the older generation. My target markets are males 14-70 and females 14-60. So, I'm trying to reach every golfer!
Although I am trying to reach golfers, I don't want this logo to imply we are a golf company. Rather, I would like to remain product agnostic so we can expand our line of products later without being pigeon-holed to golf. This logo will be significant in our brand recognition and will be located on several areas of the bag. As such, it has to be flexible enough to separate "logo" from "text". An example of this is Nike with their Swoosh. I'm hoping you can design a badge type logo that can be placed on the bag or apparel but be flexible enough to be able to separate the name "barsix" such that it can be utilized with or without the badge. As I said in my personal description, I dress conservatively but I like to take risks. I would like to see this badge and text have limited colors and limited clutter. Car logo's come to mind (Porsche, Audi, Volvo) with a badge and unique fonts so they are recognizable in either format. I use the word Badge a lot but it doesn't have to be shaped like a shield or badge. I would also like to use this logo on business cards, letterhead, etc. when the time comes. I hope this enough to get you started!!!! Thanks!
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Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Power outage lights
Thought this would be a good time to share one of my "tools" for keeping a home. I have power outage lights in every bedroom,every living space and the foyer in my home. When the power goes out these lights turn on automatically and become flashlights for me to get around the house safely. Highly recommend!
Google power outage lights and select from the various ones offered. They aren't attractive, so I plug them into less conspicuous areas...behind sofas and chairs, in the kitchen behind the Keurig coffee maker, behind the dresser in my foyer and other out of sight spaces.
What tip can you share that helps to keep your home running smoothly?
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- The enchanted home said...
Very smart...sounds you were prepared! Hope it comes back today!!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- Luciane at HomeBunch.com said...
I thought about buying something like this the other day, and no, I didn't think about "hiding" it, but that's a brilliant idea! :-)
Wishing you a wonderful day!
Luciane at HomeBunch.com
PS: By the way, tell the people to sneeze less if that's what's causing problems w/ the power! ;-) LOL
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- Cara said...
I can't believe that some of my friends still have no power! Crazy!
Lilac and Grey
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- Erika @ ~TiptoeButterfly~ said...
we aren't getting power up north till atleast Monday!!!!! -- i got so many lanterns and candles going when i was there - tress were down everywhere - WORSE then hurrican Irene!!!!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- pretty pink tulips said...
I can't believe I don't have these! I will order immediately, as I suspect there will be a number of power outages this coming year. Since we already lost power in August, it seems like no season is safe.
GREAT idea!!!
xoxo Elizabeth
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- The Buzz Blog said...
Given that we lose power at the mere suggestion of a storm, we have Coleman lanterns in every room of the house. My hubby is deligent and checks their batteries every 1st of the month... and since we've been without power for three days now, I'm glad he does!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- quintessence said...
Terrific tip - I am definitely checking these out. For some unknown reason we were spared this time and didn't lose power - HIGHLY unusual!!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- pve design said...
I have boxes of candles and flashlights at the ready.
(Wine too!:)
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- About Last Weekend said...
Good on you! They look quite chic too actually. Can't believe how much snow you get!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- riannruth.blogspot.com said...
That's brilliant! Speaking of, my house hasn't had power since Friday /:
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- STYLE'N said...
Lisa-wow I have never seen these before..what a great idea. I can't believe you got 8-10 inches. Believe it or not we were in MD and it was snowing all day there too!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- Chic Coastal Living said...
Hope it came back by now! That's a great light!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- The Zhush said...
Great advice Lisa...but girl, you do NOT live in an area where you sneeze, etc. I DO! As in still. NO. power! Around these northern parts we call our black out lights a generator..and that is the only thing between me and the insane asylum right now!!!!!
- Tuesday, November 01, 2011
- HAMPTON HOSTESS said...
hope your power is back on now!!! we always seem to have lots of flashlight with no batteries (kids!) I need to be better organized! xxbarbara
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011
- Victoria said...
I have these all over my home in SW Florida, what with threats of hurricanes and tornados. I have never had to use them, I am happy to say. I do use small LED night lights in all the bathrooms for visitors and they only glow in the dark and are very inconspicuous -- no beaded shades, no lights shaped like flamingos.
- Wednesday, November 02, 2011
This is a brilliant idea - I live in a Greenwich, and I sometimes I feel like I'm in a developing country - we lose our power so often. We recently put in a generator (as we have no water when no power) - but I wish I had known about these beauties for all those times before.
I'm going to forward this post to some of my friends. Thanks!
- Friday, November 04, 2011


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The Prajnaparamita Sutras, The Ornament of Clear Realization, and Its Commentaries in the Tibetan Nyingma TraditionDetails
The Abhisamayalamkara summarizes all the topics in the vast body of the prajñaparamita sutras. Resembling a zip-file, it comes to life only through its Indian and Tibetan commentaries. Together, these texts not only discuss the "hidden meaning" of the prajñaparamita sutras—the paths and bhumis of sravakas, pratyekabuddhas, and bodhisattvas—but also serve as contemplative manuals for the explicit topic of these sutras—emptiness—and how it is to be understood on the progressive levels of realization of bodhisattvas. Thus these texts describe what happens in the mind of a bodhisattva who meditates on emptiness, making it a living experience from the beginner's stage up through buddhahood.
Groundless Paths contains the first in-depth study of the Abhisamayalamkara (the text studied most extensively in higher Tibetan Buddhist education) and its commentaries from the perspective of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism. This study consists mainly of translations of Maitreya's famous text and two commentaries on it by Patrul Rinpoche. These are supplemented by three short texts on the paths and bhumis by the same author, as well as extensive excerpts from commentaries by six other Nyingma masters, including Mipham Rinpoche. Thus this book helps close a long-standing gap in the modern scholarship on the prajñaparamita sutras and the literature on paths and bhumis in mahayana Buddhism.
Arya Maitreya's Ornament of Clear Realization, with its Indian and Tibetan commentaries, presents the complex dynamics of the path to liberation as a succession of realizations of the empty nature of all phenomena. This presentation is a powerful antidote to whatever two-dimensional views we might hold about spiritual experience and the journey to enlightenment.News & Reviews
"Groundless Paths completes Karl Brunnhölzl's brilliant three-volume study of Tibetan commentaries on the Ornament of Clear Realization. In this volume, the great nineteenth-century master Patrul Rinpoche adds a Nyingma perspective to the Kagyü viewpoints found in Gone Beyond. Altogether, this collection is a marvelous resource for scholars and practitioners who wish to understand the depth and breadth of the Buddhist path." —Andy Karr, author of Contemplating Reality
"Groundless Paths contains Dza Patrul Rinpoche's brilliant commentaries on the Abhisamayalamkara, masterfully translated and annotated by Karl Brunnhölzl. This third volume completes the presentation of the major Kagyü and Nyingma works on the prajñaparamita literature in English for the first time." —Elizabeth Callahan, translator of The Treasury of Knowledge: Book Six, Part ThreeReader Reviews


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Nigel Worthington hailed another positive performance after an inexperienced Northern Ireland side snatched a late draw against Morocco.
Rory Patterson struck an 86th-minute penalty at wet Windsor Park to ensure a low-key international friendly finished 1-1 after Arsenal's Marouane Chamakh capitalised on a goalkeeping error to open the scoring. Having been forced by withdrawals to make eight changes for the encounter, Worthington was satisfied with the outcome.
"Some people question these situations but, from my point of view, they are always worthwhile," he said. "They have been challenged and they have come through the challenge."
Worthington added: "Morocco had a lot of the ball but we kept our shape, the young ones took the information from the last couple of days on board. At the end of the day we have not been beaten in the game, which is a huge plus. Some of the young ones have come through with good steady performances."
In-form West Brom winger Chris Brunt, playing just behind lone striker Patterson, had the best opportunities of a drab and goalless first half but consistently failed to hit the target.
Brunt was removed along with captain Aaron Hughes, as expected, among the four changes that were made at half-time.
One of the players to come on was goalkeeper Alan Blayney and the Linfield number one had been on the field just 10 minutes when he committed the gaffe that led to the Morocco goal.
Blayney miscontrolled a pass from another substitute, Rory McArdle, and Chamakh moved in. Blayney desperately tried to kick away but Chamakh was too quick and the clearance rebounded off the Gunners forward and into the net.
It was a horrendous error but was quickly put into context by news Blayney had travelled to the ground just hours after his partner had given birth to a son.
"I was disappointed for Alan but it has been a terrific day for him and we have come out of the game unbeaten," said Worthington. "He's fine and I have given him every encouragement. It is one of those you learn from. You cannot take a split second to delay. I was just delighted when we went the goal down the rest of the players kept their nerve ."


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Liberty considering offer to add new campus in Northeast
Religion News Service reported this week that a campus built in 1879 by evangelist D.L. Moody in Northfield, Mass., is being given away for free, and Liberty University is among one of 15 institutions to be extended the offer.
The 217-acre site, and its 43 buildings, is owned by the Green family of Oklahoma, the owners of the Hobby Lobby craft store chain and the same family who donated a 1-million-square-foot former cell phone manufacturing building to Liberty in 2003 (now called Green Hall).
Chancellor and President Jerry Falwell, Jr. told Religion News Service:
"Liberty is a large school, but we still couldn't see how we'd utilize that whole property. We suggested that maybe several schools could work together to jointly use the property for different programs. ... We put together a proposal along those lines."
Liberty's Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Ronald Godwin said Liberty is considering using the property for short-term and weeklong intensive courses for online graduate students who live in the Northeast.
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Erickson's narration has the strikingly confident acting chops of a charismatic lead actor in a great long-running television series. She knows and inhabits her cast of characters decisively, while carefully mining the little diamonds of growth and change that Robb seeds into these stories.
From Dallas' driven, prickly authority, to Roarke's potent charm, to Peabody's nerdy earnestness, and the handful of unique, well-drawn secondary characters, the cast here is entertainingly diverse but hasn't grown too large for listeners to catch on quickly to who's who. And kudos to Ericksen for making it easy by capturing each voice clearly, and using finely tuned pace and timing to bring out all the wit, blood-chilling suspense, and sizzling romance in Robb's storytelling.
Great villains are also a trademark of this series. The bad guy here is a master manipulator, a chameleon who slips and slides through the city, killing with a cruelty that shakes Dallas to her core. Ericksen gives him a guileless menace that rings terrifyingly true. Watch for a terrific 90 degree twist near the end that provides that perfect combination of thrill and 'a-ha!' to round out this plot.
Robb's In Death series is, like all the great police procedurals, built on rich character development. Dallas is sexy, acerbic, absolutely tenacious, and destined to rub people the wrong way. Roarke is drop-dead gorgeous, filthy rich, and utterly in love with his wife. This is partnership as the ultimate romantic relationship, and a crime-fighting team that's unstoppable.
In July 2009 The New Yorker magazine featured a long overdue profile of the immensely successful Nora Roberts (a.k.a. J. D. Robb). So if you're a first-time listener coming to see what all the fuss is about, the In Death series is about to become your favorite new way to kick back and enjoy a great story well told. Nancy Carter
Not even their worst nightmares could have prepared them for the crime scene that awaits them inside. Deena has been brutally murdered in her bedroom, and her body shows signs of trauma that horrify even the toughest of cops, including our own Lieutenant Eve Dallas, who is specifically requested by the captain to investigate.
The evidence piles up, and Dallas and her team think they are about to arrest the perpetrator. But little do they know that someone has gone to great lengths to tease and taunt them, using a variety of identities.
Overconfidence can lead to careless mistakes, but for Dallas, one mistake might be all she needs to bring the killer to justice.
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- 09/11/2009
Good book in a great series
Although I'm a real fan of Eve, Roarke and the other characters, this book was more somber than most--a really awful crime, without much of the usual witty repartee that make these books so enjoyable.
Still a worthy entry in the series, and Susan Ericksen did her usual wonderful job as a narrator, really bringing the characters to life. If you haven't gotten into the ID series, this may not be the place to start, but if you're already a fan it's very definitely worth a listen.
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- Kristen Smith
- 03/12/2009
J.D.Robb cleverly keeps up the suspense.
After 29 books on the same theme, and roughly following the same format, J. D. Robb still cleverly keeps up the interest and suspense throughout this book. With it's technical banter which she makes either understandable or gives the reader permission to disregard (by being disregarded by the leading character) she gets across the importance of a phenomenally high technology in crime fighting. She uses subtle and tasteful humor, to develop characters and keep up readers interest. The extremely difficult background of the leading character Eve Dallas, deals with the current real life difficulties of many people who go through a negative foster care experience. Exposing the short falls of this very current issue (and several other socially important issues in other books) which need more airing as done in this series, she encourages more societal introspection into this aspects of our culture. She ably deals with the subject of sex both very distasteful,(as done by perpetrators) and tasteful leaving much to the imagination in more acceptable sexual acts, as performed by Eve Dallas and her Hunk, Oh I mean husband. Another theme, that of a very "Tom Boyish" woman working in a traditionally men's world is also well done and will appeal to many women's righters, as does Eve's sidekick Peabody who with her very feminine style also ably gives another face to this subject. With plenty of action, and intricate plot nuances, regular "who done it" fans are kept busy trying to keep up with or guess about the next move. All in all very entertaining and thought provoking.
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- Natasha
- 07/11/2009
Love the series but...
I've listened to all of the Death series several times and thoroughly enjoyed them each time. This one is a bit over the top when it comes to the first crime & crime scene description. It almost seemed like the brutality was rehashed and rehashed throughout the book to lengthen the story instead of adding to the plot or suspense.
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- Teresa
- 24/01/2010
"Kendrid in Death" great book!
Loved the book and is a great addition to the series. Loved the series! Each book is a great stand alone piece but reading them in order provides more contenuity and a 3D picture of the characters. It felt like I knew these people personally. Since the setting is only 50 years in the future, a lot of the technology is believable. An excellent escape!
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- Heather
- 25/11/2009
Terrific..as usual
I loved it. Listening to Susan Ericksen narrate is almost as good as watching a movie! She has brought Robb's characters to life for me. I always thought that using my imagination when I did my own reading would be much better than having the novel read to me.That has generally been proven to be correct other than when one of Robb's books is released. MacNab didn't have a big part in this one and I sort of missed his character. I've been looking forward to the release date of this latest episode and now I have already been to the Robb website to find out when the next one can be expected. I highly recommend this series written by Robb if you like mystery and adventure. I also can honestly say that Susan Ericksen really does do the characters justice.
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- Mickeet
- 08/11/2009
they're back
Fans of JD Robb's Eve Dallas and company and Susan Ericksen's naration will be happy to note they are back. Favorite character's voices are spot on, the story is fun, with a few twists.
Fans of the series will be very happy with the book.
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- Judy
- 07/11/2009
Great addition to series!
This is a well-written story with all the action and excitement you'd expect from a J.D. Robb novel. Always good to catch up with such a great cast of characters. Susan Ericksen is an excellent narrator.
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- Alice
- 06/11/2009
Peabody's coming into her own
I have read most of the Eve Dallas books and listened to them all. I think this book shows growth of character in the Peabody character. It seems as though she is coming into her own as a detective and not just Eve's shadow.
The gathering of information seem to take center stage in this book with the hunt and arrest of the criminal taking a back seat. The initial screw up in arresting the criminal was a good twist and infused a bit of realism in the usually smooth apprenhension plans. I say the book is worth a listen!
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- Rebecca
- 27/10/2015
Return to form for JD Robb
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This book is a return to form for JD Robb. I've been listening to the series in order, and the previous two books were big misses for me. In this book, though, the characters evolved and relationships grew, as in earlier books. I like how Peabody is getting more responsibility and taking more on. She continues to be one of my favorite characters.
It would be my dream come true for Eve to be totally wrong about a case and for Peabody to be the one to solve the case. Eve's infallibility is completely annoying. Roarke being completely perfect is also kind of boring. I love when they have to deal with stuff like babies where they feel out of their depth.
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- Tammy Smith
- 22/07/2015
Simply the best!!!
Would you listen to Kindred in Death again? Why?
Yes and I have listened to it multiple times. I love the story and the characters and I especially love the way Susan Erickson's performance. She is amazing.
What other book might you compare Kindred in Death to and why?
This seriew is so geat I can not compare it to any other because it's in a class all by itself.
Which scene was your favorite?
I always love the scenes between Eve and Rourke.
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Have just started O'Keefe's bio of Haydon. Must say the first three or four pages almost sent me off to sleep. Am hoping it peps up. Blimey, complete catalogues of house sales are pretty mind-numbing as a curtain-raiser.
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FC Dallas vs. San Jose Earthquakes | MLS Match Preview
FC DALLAS vs SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES
TOYOTA STADIUM, Frisco, Texas
May 31, 2014 (WEEK 13, MLS Game #120)
7:30 p.m. CT (UDN; TWCSN-TX; CSN-BA)
FC Dallas and the San Jose Earthquakes meet for the second time this season when the Western Conference clubs face off at Toyota Stadium on Saturday evening. FCD return home following a two-game road swing that concluded with a scoreless draw at Real Salt Lake last weekend. The Quakes extended their home undefeated run with a 3-0 win against the Houston Dynamo at Buck Shaw Stadium, a streak that also includes a 2-1 win against FC Dallas on May 10.
REFEREE: Jose Carlos Rivero. AR1 (bench): Philippe Briere; AR2 (opposite): Jonathan Johnson; 4th: Kevin Terry Jr.
MLS Career: 24 games; FC/gm: 27.3; Y/gm: 3.6; R: 7; pens: 12
SUSPENDED: none
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: DAL: Fabian Castillo
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Matt Hedges, Michel, Je-Vaughn Watson, Victor Ulloa … SJ: Steven Lenhart
DISABLED LIST: SJ: Tommy Muller
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: SJ: Chris Wondolowski (USA); Victor Bernardez (HON)
ALL-TIME (51 meetings): FC Dallas 16 wins (3 shootout), 58 goals … Earthquakes 24 wins (4 shootout), 84 goals … Ties 11
AT DALLAS (25 meetings): FC Dallas 10 wins (1 shootout), 32 goals … Earthquakes 9 wins (0 shootout), 35 goals … Ties 6
FUTURE MATCH: 8/16: San Jose Earthquakes vs. FC Dallas, 7:30 p.m. PT
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. A first-half goal from Cordell Cato and a second-half own goal propelled the Earthquakes to a 2-1 win, May 10 at Buck Shaw Stadium.
- FC Dallas hasn't won in Santa Clara since 2009. The Quakes have won four of the six home meetings since, with two draws.
- When FCD defeated San Jose 1-0 last May 25, it ended a six-game Dallas winless streak in the series. FC Dallas had last defeated the Earthquakes on June 5, 2010, a 2-0 victory in Frisco.
- Coaches record: Mark Watson v DAL: P3 W2 L0 D1 … Oscar Pareja vs. SJ: P7 W0 L6 D1
5/10: SJ 2, DAL 1 (Cato 23; own goal 73 – Michel 76)
- The Quakes took the lead in the 23rd minute. Goalkeeper Jon Busch sent a long ball back downfield after a cleared corner kick, and center back Clarence Goodson flicked it goalward. Cordell Cato burst past a defender, chested it down and slotted home between the legs of FCD goalkeeper Raul Fernandez.
- But just before the break the Quakes were reduced to 10 men when Shea Salinas drew a straight red from referee Chris Penso after a one-footed studs-up tackle on Dallas right back Zach Loyd.
- The Quakes used some good fortune to double their lead in the 73rd minute. Marking Chris Wondolowski on a free kick from the right flank, FCD striker David Texeira wound up twisting around and knocking the ball off his back just inside the near post.
- FC Dallas pulled a goal back just three minutes later following a foul just outside the top of the San Jose penalty area. Michel stepped up and hammered a stunning free kick into the top of the goal in the upper left corner.
- SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-4-2): Jon Busch - Brandon Barklage, Clarence Goodson, Victor Bernardez, Jordan Stewart - Cordell Cato (Ty Harden 85), Khari Stephenson (Mike Fucito 60), Sam Cronin, Shea Salinas (ejected 44) - Chris Wondolowski, Alan Gordon (JJ Koval 56).
- FC DALLAS (4-2-3-1): Raul Fernandez - Zach Loyd (David Texeira 46), Walker Zimmerman, Matt Hedges, Michel - Hendry Thomas (Jair Benitez 73), Victor Ulloa - Tesho Akindele (Andrew Jacobson 89), Danny Garcia, Fabian Castillo - Blas Perez.
FC Dallas concluded their two-game road jaunt with their winless run stretched to seven matches, reaching a scoreless draw with Real Salt Lake on Saturday evening at Rio Tinto Stadium. FC Dallas sit in a tie for third place in the Western Conference with 18 points from 14 games.
- The closest either team came to scoring was in the 55th minute when RSL defender Nat Borchers nearly put in a header in, only to see it cleared off the line.
- RSL goalkeeper Jeff Attinella was called upon to make three saves to extend his club's long undefeated run, while FC Dallas goalkeeper Chris Seitz made just one save.
- FCD head coach Oscar Pareja made five changes to the team that fell 2-1 to the LA Galaxy at StubHub Center. Chris Seitz came in between the posts for Raul Fernandez, Walker Zimmerman and Moises Hernandez started in the back four in place of Stephen Keel and Jair Benitez, and Adam Moffat and Blas Perez came into the team for Andrew Jacobson and Danny Garcia.
- FC DALLAS (4-2-3-1): Chris Seitz - Zach Loyd, Walker Zimmerman, Matt Hedges, Moises Hernandez (Jair Benitez 90) - Adam Moffat, Victor Ulloa - Je-Vaughn Watson, Tesho Akindele (Andres Escobar 82), Fabian Castillo (Stephen Keel 90) - Blas Perez.
- FC Dallas return home after a two-game road swing where their current winless streak was extended to seven games, their last victory coming April 19. The FCD club record is 13 consecutive games without a win, set in 2012.
- "It has been one of our best performances as a team. The discipline, character, and the fight the boys showed today just made us feel like we won more than one point," said FC Dallas head coach Oscar Pareja. "We want credibility for ourselves after the struggle we had during the week. We have played three games in seven days, we came out big."
- FC Dallas did record their first clean sheet of the season, leaving Chicago and Chivas USA as the only teams yet to record a defensive shutout in MLS this year.
- "It's our first clean sheet of the year, something that we've been looking to do," said center back Matt Hedges. "Coming into Salt Lake is never an easy place to play and getting a point here and doing it with two or three games in a week is never easy."
- Chris Seitz returned between the posts, his first start since April 12, the last of his eight consecutive starts in goal to open the season.
- "We came in with the mindset of being hard to beat. We knew we were going to create some chances and our goal was to get out of here with a good result," Seitz said. "Obviously we didn't get the three points but we got a clean sheet in a tough place to play so we're going to take the positives out of this for sure, and try to build for a little home stretch that we can build off this with."
- Moises Hernandez made his first MLS start since the season opener, coming in at left back and playing nearly the entire match.
- Walker Zimmerman also returned to the FCD starting lineup after missing the last two matches, playing in central defense.
- "Everyone in the back four was really great. We stayed organized, we stayed disciplined and it was just a good performance from everybody. No mistakes and we did what we came here to do," said Hedges.
- Tesho Akindele started his second consecutive match and third in the last four, dropping into an underneath role after playing as the target forward vs. LA.
The San Jose Earthquakes made it five consecutive home games without loss, rolling to a 3-0 win against the Houston Dynamo on Sunday evening at Buck Shaw Stadium. The Quakes are in seventh place in the Western Conference with 13 points from 11 games.
- The Quakes took the lead after Dynamo defender David Horst played the ball back to goalkeeper Tally Hall, who picked it up just outside his own six-yard box, giving the Quakes an indirect free kick. Shea Salinas nudged the ball into the path of Khari Stephenson, who hammered a shot to the back post for the 38th-minute opener.
- The lead was doubled just before hour mark. Steven Lenhart went down in a collision with Houston fullback Corey Ashe after being playing in by Yannick Djalo, and referee Geoff Gamble pointed to the spot. Stephenson coolly converted the penalty for his second goal.
- It was 3-0 in the in the 70th minute. Chasing down a long ball out of the back, Atiba Harris caught Hall outside of his box and in no-man's land. Harris saw his header go off the right post, but he won the footrace and touched home the rebound.
- Quakes boss Mark Watson made three changes to the team that dropped a 1-0 decision to Seattle Sounders FC at CenturyLink Field. Shea Salinas, Yannick Djalo and Steven Lenhart all came back into the side, in place of Sam Cronin, Cordell Cato and Billy Schuler
- SAN JOSE EARTHQUAKES (4-4-1-1): Jon Busch - Brandon Barklage, Ty Harden, Jordan Stewart, Shaun Francis - Atiba Harris, Jean-Baptiste Pierazzi, Khari Stephenson (JJ Koval 86), Shea Salinas - Yannick Djalo (Billy Schuler 73) - Steven Lenhart (Alan Gordon 80).
- The Quakes are now undefeated in their five games at Buck Shaw Stadium, winning three of those, but now face back-to-back road matches, where they have not won this season.
- "The first half was a bit slow, but when we started the second half we played with energy and moved the ball well. That's nice to see – that's a good quality for a team to have is if you start slow, to find your way through the game and end up with a very good performance," Quakes head coach Mark Watson said.
- Khari Stephenson scored two goals in a game for the first time in his MLS career, his first two goals in 2014, in hitting for the brace against Houston.
- "It's a great feeling. It's the first time in my career that I've scored two goals in a game, so tonight's match is up there," said Stephenson. "At the same time, I don't think I had a very good game, but it was important for the team to get the win and that's what really matters."
- Said Watson: "From the first time he was part of the starting XI, he's done really well for us, and given us something we maybe haven't had in the past. His performances have been good, he's been really good on the ball, he's been going past people. We know he's very dangerous going to goal, and he showed that tonight. … He's a central midfielder that can score goals. That's something that we want."
- Moving back to a wide midfield role, Atiba Harris also scored his first goal of the season.
- "I think everyone knows the situation, and everyone's giving a little bit extra knowing that Wondo scores most of our goals," Watson said. "I think they've taken that on themselves to try to do that as a unit. Tonight was a good example of that."
- Steven Lenhart also returned to the lineup for the first time since March 29, when he suffered a sprained knee ligament.
- Yannick Djalo made his first start since May 3, when he was forced from the field injured after only 14 minutes of the Vancouver match when he suffered a muscle strain.
- "Our game plan was to try to get balls in behind so Yannick [Djalo] could run on and Lenny could run on," said Stephenson. "We didn't get that much going in terms of that, but we created chances and we scored goals, and that's what's important in any game."
- The Quakes also recorded their third shutout in the last four games at home, their fourth in the last seven overall. "Jon [Busch] made some great saves. He had some point-blank shots to deal with and if it weren't for him it might have been a different outcome," said Stephenson. "Everyone is fighting and we're all on the same page defensively and things are going well. I think you have to applaud everyone on the team for their effort."


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Mud Tire Shootout Third Place: Mickey Thompson Baja MTZPosted in How To: Wheels Tires on April 1, 2011
Manufactured in the U.S., the MTZ is Mickey Thompson's flagship mud-terrain. Situated between the more aggressive Baja Claw and its milder all-terrain sister, the ATZ, this tread combines elements of a hardcore mud-terrain and a street-friendly all-terrain. Comprised of four distinctive tread block elements, the pattern features gobs of lug overlap to provide smooth and quiet performance around town. The shoulder lugs feature deep, widely spaced voids to improve mud traction, while long central sipes interrupt every lug for improved performance on wet pavement. The tread compound returned an average Shore A durometer reading of 65, which helps contribute to the MTZ's awesome carcass flexibility and supple ride quality. We fell in love with this tread during our 100-mile test loop. The pattern is very stable in corners, and when asked to stop, it does so with little or no drama. However like most of the tires we tested, the MTZ did experience a cease in forward progress on the rutted S-turn trail at Hollister Hills. A quick back-up and shift to Second gear resulted in ample wheel speed to make the tread clean out and pull us to the top. Construction-wise, the MTZ's tread features one ply of nylon, two of steel and three of polyester. The sidewalls are also comprised of polyester, though one of the three plies is positioned at a slightly different angle from the others to improve high-speed stability within the design.
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The MTZ balances all the essential attributes you would want in a mud-terrain tire for a daily driver.
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Tire: Mickey Thompson Baja MTZ
Size: 37x12.50R17
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Approved rim width (in): 10
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Tread width (in): 10
Section width (in): 13.1
Overall diameter (in): 36.9
Static loaded radius (in): N/A
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Claimed weight (lb): 83
Weight as tested (lb): 82, 88, 89.8, 87.4
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Panetta focused on job, not transition
Press secretary declines to feed speculation on Cabinet shifts.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta remains focused on his job and not his personal future, Pentagon press secretary George Little said Thursday in response to a question on whether the secretary had any plans to leave office.
Little said he understood it was a "Washington parlor game" to speculate about Cabinet shifts after an election, but he had no intention of joining in.
We've already joined in, with National Journal reporting Panetta wants to return to his California walnut farm sooner rather than later.


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A winner was selected from 39 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
YOU NAME IT (we have a name but you tell me yours)!
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Use your imagination with the label design and name. The label design will be for a 1.0 litre bottle. You will have to allow for a barcode and an analysis panel.
The key attributes of the oil are;
100% Pure Sunflower Oil
Enriched with Vitamin E
Cholesterol Free
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These should be clealry visible in the label.
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Cholesterol Free
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Enriched with Vitamin E
Gluten Free
100% Pure Sunflower Oil
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Re. "Fair Board votes to stop elephant rides," March 23:
Kudos to the Orange County Fair Board for making the ethical decision to spare elephants from a grim life of billhooks and boredom. Science has shown the depth and reach of elephants' intelligence and emotional range.
Elephants are self-aware and empathetic, plan ahead and enjoy rich and complicated social systems. They mourn their dead. And they feel pain and distress when hit with billhooks — heavy batons with a sharp steel hook on the end that handlers use to keep them under control.
They miss the company of their family and friends when stored like inventory waiting to be rented out. And the only way to get a wild animal like an elephant to be docile enough to give rides is to break the animal as an infant — that is, literally to rope, beat and electrically shock a 1-year-old baby into submission.
Treating elephants — or any living beings — in this manner is indefensible, and the Fair Board did the right thing by putting this cruel system in the history books where it belongs.
I'm proud to live in a city that can muster the courage to do the right thing for elephants. Better yet, now I'll enjoy myself more when I go to the county fair.
Dave Simon
Costa Mesa
Elephants were not abused
Is it OK for cowboys to break and ride broncos so they can do a better job with their cattle?
OK to have seeing-eye dogs lead the blind or service dogs assist other handicapped people?
For police to use drug-sniffing dogs?
Or to train chimps to reach for this thing or that thing that are out of reach for paralyzed people?
OK for horses and oxen to do hard work to help many farmers across our country?
For horses to pull the Amish around in their buggies?
Or carriage drivers to haul honeymooners and tourists around?
For mules to carry tourists down into the Grand Canyon?
For the Navy to strap explosives onto dolphins and send them off to bomb enemy warships?
For the Army to train pigeons to carry messages for us in wars gone by?
For Arabs to use camels to carry them and their loads across the deserts?
For Eskimos to use their dog-sled teams across the snow?
For millions of us to keep cats and dogs around in the house just to keep us company?
I could go on and on, but I think you get my drift.
I believe most people of reasonable IQ will say yes to the above. It's OK to use animals for good purposes!
The recent decision of that majority in Costa Mesa to kick that gentle old elephant out and shut down the rides after these many years just fails the test of simple common sense. If anything, I'll bet that after a ride, those kids love and appreciate elephants all the more.
I've been to India and southeast Asia and have seen the hard work — the essential work — that elephants do. I've even ridden an elephant up a steep trail, lucky me. Are these elephants being abused? No! I appreciate elephants.
John Guy LaPlante
Newport Beach
Protest to save ship doesn't take neighbors into account
Re. "Protesters rally to save sailboat," March 25:
I am personally upset with our City Council and the legislative process that is allowing Dennis Holland to impose his inappropriate boat restoration on the neighborhood in which he lives.
He had a very bad idea to bring a large ship onto his small property, where he intended to restore it to its former splendor with no time frame for completion. Someone should have put him on notice, before the boat took root, that his small property was no place for this large vessel.
When he did this, he never gave a thought to the neighbors who may not enjoy seeing it towering outside their windows. In our neighborhood, a simple tree that becomes too tall or unruly can cause an action against the homeowner who allows it to become a distraction.
I do not live within five miles of his property (happy to say), and I don't know his neighbors, but they must be a lot nicer than I am because he and I would be at war early each morning until he agreed to move that mess. The sad fact that he has cancer does not give him the right to impose on his neighbors. I had cancer, and I never felt that it entitled me to any special privileges, so "that dog don't hunt."
He needs to step outside of his own self-interest and say, "How would I like having my daily life impacted by a bad decision my neighbor makes each day?" After six years of imposing on the neighborhood he needs to accept the fact that he won't finish this project and apologize for his lack of consideration.
There are boat docks down in the harbor where boat restoration is an appropriate activity. If Holland cannot afford to rent such a space, he is not the man for this project. The other protesters who gathered to whine about his plight are either the same self-important type people (bad neighbors) or just plain ignorant. I wonder how many of them would like to wake up to this or some other ugly mess outside their windows each day.
Give your neighbors some peace, and move that mess!
Cheryl Collins,
Newport Beach
Preserve open space
Re. "Greenbelt president warns of FBI wildlife corridor takeover," March 11:
I had to read your entire article today to confirm that Irvine actually wanted to preserve some raw land instead of handing it over to another developer to build houses. (There must be more to this story than meets the eye, but for now I'll accept that it could be true.) Given the facts as presented, the FBI should be encouraged to find another location for their terrorist training camp, perhaps Camp Pendleton. Or maybe somewhere along the border between California and Mexico! Thank you for bringing this to our attention.
Linda Daniels
Newport Beach
JWA noise issues need new approach
Two letters in the March 14 issue of the Daily Pilot about John Wayne Airport, one by Treb Helning and the other by Vonna Hammerschmitt, both describing the maleffects of the airport on their daily lives.
Both of these Newport Beach residents echo the sentiments of most people living near this noise machine, the airport. They find the airport obnoxious, causing degradation of the environment. Air traffic cuts a wide swath through the center of the bay and the city causing distress and untold health damage to humans, animals and plants in a wide area.
The solutions to this problem that are being offered provide tiny, incremental changes, which usually involve another group which is adversely affected by change. Perhaps we need a bolder, more creative approach to this constant irritant.
Shirley Conger
Corona del Mar
Island beaches in decline
I have lived on the Grand Canal, on Balboa Island, for the past 65 years. Never in those 65 years have I seen the beaches along the waterway in such miserable condition.
Two years ago, at a low tide, I stood in the middle of the canal, in the 100 block, and the water was 1 inch deep. My wife took my picture, which I sent to my councilman, Ed Selich, asking for his help. I never got a response.
Since then, I have brought up the topic of the canal to the Balboa Island Improvement Assn. twice and asked Selich in person, at the Little Balboa Island Assn. meeting. The answers to my concern go as follows:
1.) We're working on it. The Rhine Chanel project is our priority, but we'll get to the canal.
2.) Eelgrass is the issue. As soon as we get permission. We're going to dredge the bayfront and the canal.
That was months ago. In the meantime, nothing happens.
Hundreds of people walk along the Grand Canal every day. It is an embarrassment, not only to the canal residents, but to all the citizens of Newport Beach.
Also, the sand erosion is so bad in places that the sand/dirt under the seawalls is actually washing away. Because Balboa Island is basically a big sand bar anyway, it's only a matter of time before a sea wall collapses or the side walks start to cave in, costing the city some big bucks.
We were told that after the first of the year, the city would come clean the scummy green moss off our beaches. Again, nothing.
Something is wrong when millions are spent on a fancy city hall, and Balboa Island beaches are allowed to turn into mud flats.
Mike Buettell
Balboa Island
Theaters with alcohol not family friendly
I am a longtime Newport Beach resident and have always frequented our local movie theaters regularly. My 16-year-old daughter did not have school Monday, so we spent the day at Fashion Island and thought it would be fun to see a movie at 1:30 in the afternoon. When we tried to buy tickets for the show at the new Island Cinemas, we were told that we could not see this movie as it was playing in a theater that contained an alcohol license and would not permit anyone without proof of being 21 and older. I attempted to explain that we would not be drinking alcohol and just watching the movie, but we were refused.
This was the second time that this has happened to my daughter at this theater. When the Island Cinemas first opened, she and her friends had bought tickets online for "Sherlock Holmes," which was rated PG-13, and when they arrived at the movies with the tickets in hand, they were told they could not attend and received a refund. They had made their plans and transportation arrangements based on the movie times.
While I appreciate that the Irvine Co. is concerned with keeping our local mall updated, they have made some choices that do not make it very family friendly, like removing the kiddie train and carousel. Do we really need to drink alcohol while watching a movie? Why do we need to make watching a movie so complicated with assigned seating, an attendant and food service?
Risa Groux
Newport Coast
The talk and frustration crescendo regarding the future of Obamacare as the United States Supreme Court huddles in preparation to make a decision that could determine the fate of the nation for years to come. In previous comments and letters I have tried to make it clear that most physicians favor some type of healthcare reform that will serve all of our citizens including those who can not afford it.
The opposition to Obamacare by many is that ,if you read all 2,000-plus pages, it is clear that the program is unaffordable and has many deceptions and plot twists. Two years after Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, and just prior to the Supreme Court oral arguments on its constitutionality, the administration is planning a media blitz about its "free, preventive" care for seniors and women, and restrictions on insurance. Meanwhile, opposition grows as people begin to learn more about what's really in it.
A few examples:
• The Congressional Budget Office doubled its 10-year cost estimate to $1.76 trillion.
•The cost of guaranteed-issue and community-rating mandates is estimated to reach $280 billion over the next decade; elimination of out-of-pocket coverage limits $51 billion; keeping 26-year-old "children" on parents' policies, $77 billion.
• Federal and state Medicaid spending would soar from $400 billion to $800 billion by 2022.
• As "grandfathered" plans are dropped, 42% of California employees have lost their pre-ACA coverage. California premiums increased a mean of $1,310 per family last year alone.
• Waivers were granted to more than 1,200 companies by January.
• In contrast to two pages of new agencies under FDR's New Deal, which transformed America, just one bill, the ACA, has more than 100 new boards and commissions.
Although the idea of health coverage for all is good, we need to write an act that is more feasible, reasonable and affordable.
Dr. Michael Arnold Glueck
Newport Beach


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Top Items:
Michael Arrington / TechCrunch:
Mozilla To Build Social Networking Into Firefox: Bad News For Flock — Mozilla has released details on The Coop, a new product that will incorporate social networking features directly into the Firefox browser. This is not good news for the privately-backed social browser Flock …
Discussion: Between the Lines, Startup Meme, Social Media Club, The Webpreneur, Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim, Infocult, Techscape and digg
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: The big API gamble: When do you borrow vs. build?
Bilal Hameed / Startup Meme: Mozilla Transforming Into a Social Network
Jason Chervokas / Social Media Club: Social Media Now: The Social Edge, Debating Viacom's Value to YouTube
Nick ONeill / The Webpreneur: SOCIAL NETWORKS FROM ONE APP
Bryan Alexander / Infocult: Firefox ramping up the social, heading past Flock
Mike Beltzner / Mozilla Labs Blog:
Keep track of your friends with The Coop — Just a few years ago, one of the most popular uses of the internet was to send jokes, cute pictures, and news stories to friends and family (social networks) via email. Fast forward to today, and you'll find that not a lot has changed except the medium.
Discussion: Mashable!, Mark Evans, franticindustries, Zoli's Blog, Download Squad and 901am
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!: Mozilla Labs Introduces the Coop: Turning the Browser into a Social Network
Stan Schroeder / franticindustries: Mozilla Coop - social networking within Firefox
Zoli Erdos / Zoli's Blog: FireFox Flocked: Feature Glut vs. Performance
Emily Price / Download Squad: Mozilla gets social with Firefox
Duncan Riley / 901am: Mozilla to enter the Social Networking game?
Larry Dignan / Between the Lines: Mozilla tinkers with in-browser social network
Steve O'Hear / The Social Web:
Firefox exploring social networking features
Firefox exploring social networking features
Discussion: CNET News.com and Webware.com
Martin LaMonica / CNET News.com: Mozilla gets social bug with The Coop
Martin LaMonica / Webware.com: THE COOP BRINGS SOCIAL NETWORKING TO FIREFOX
Kristen Nicole / Mashable!:
OtherEgo Launches - YouTube, Facebook, MySpace in One Place
OtherEgo Launches - YouTube, Facebook, MySpace in One Place
Discussion: 3pointD.com
Mark Wallace / 3pointD.com: New Identity, Lifelogging and Presence Tools
Scott McNulty / The Unofficial Apple Weblog:
Google Desktop for the Mac 1.0 — Today Google announced the availability of Google Desktop for the Mac (this link will work shortly, I am sure!). What's Google Desktop, you ask? It is an application from Google, which indexes the contents of your hard drive (including applications …
Philiped / Apple 2.0: Google Delivers Desktop for Mac
Ionut Alex. Chitu / Google Operating System: Google Desktop for Mac
Chris Barylick / O'Grady's PowerPage: Google Desktop for Mac Out the Door
Dennis Sellers / Macsimum News: First impressions: Google Desktop for the Mac
Bilal Hameed / Startup Meme: Google Desktop Now Works on Mac
Pete Cashmore / Mashable!: Google Talk Button; Google Desktop for Mac
MG Siegler / parislemon: Google Desktop Comes to the Mac, but Why?
Jacqui Cheng / Ars Technica:
Hands on with the new Google Desktop for Mac — Google Desktop has finally made its way to the Mac. Almost two and a half years after the initial introduction of the Google Desktop search beta for Windows, the desktop searching tool will be available as a beta for OS X users later today.
Discussion: Practical Blogging, CrunchGear, jkOnTheRun and digg
Robyn Tippins / Practical Blogging: Google Desktop For Mac
Nicholas Deleon / CrunchGear: Google Desktop Now Available For Mac
James Kendrick / jkOnTheRun: My must-have Mac programs
Scott Knaster / Official Google Mac Blog:
Google Desktop for Mac
Google Desktop for Mac
Discussion: Compiler, The Apple Blog and MacUser
Scott Gilbertson / Compiler: First Look: Google Desktop For Mac
Louis Gray / The Apple Blog: Google Desktop for Mac OS X Released
Dan Moren / MacUser: Google Desktop rampages onto the Mac
Karen / Official Google Blog:
Search your Mac with Google Desktop
Search your Mac with Google Desktop
Discussion: Download Squad, The Apple Core, Lifehacker and The Mac Observer
David Chartier / Download Squad: Google Desktop comes to Mac OS X
Jason D. O'Grady / The Apple Core: Google Desktop for the Mac released
Andy Patrizio / internetnews.com:
Intel Wheels and Deals Embedded Xeon Chips — Intel is marking its 30th anniversary in the embedded systems market with some new chips and a stylish new motorcycle from Orange County Choppers that employs embedded technologies. — The quarreling Teutul family, which achieved national fame …
Discussion: Engadget, ChipLand and The Raw Feed
John Spooner / ChipLand: Intel heads out on the highway
Ben Ames / InfoWorld:
Intel launches a pair of new quad-core chips
Intel launches a pair of new quad-core chips
Discussion: Neowin.net
Emil Protalinski / Neowin.net: Intel launches a pair of new quad-core chips
Zachary Rodgers / ClickZ:
Google Unwraps Multi-Variate Site Testing, Anoints Partners — Google has released a site optimization product it's calling the "third leg" in a stool that includes its flagship AdWords product as well as Google Analytics. — Previously available in limited beta, the company's Website Optimizer …
Discussion: Search Engine Watch Blog
Kevin Newcomb / Search Engine Watch Blog: Google Website Optimizer Now Widely Available
David A. Utter / WebProNews:
Google Plans To Win AdWords Converts
Google Plans To Win AdWords Converts
Discussion: Search Engine Land, Silicon Valley Watcher, Traffick, John Battelle's Searchblog and Lost Remote
Tom Foremski / Silicon Valley Watcher: UPDATE:GOOG wants your website to do better
Andrew Goodman / Traffick: The Testing Revolution: Multivariate Landing Page Testing
John Battelle / John Battelle's Searchblog: More Google News — First, they finally gave me a Google Desktop for the Mac.
David Johnson / Lost Remote: Google unwraps Web optimizer tools
New York Times:
DoubleClick to Set Up an Exchange for Buying and Selling Digital Ads — DOUBLECLICK, which delivers marketing messages to Web sites and monitors how many clicks they get, plans to announce today that it is setting up a Nasdaq-like exchange for the buying and selling of digital advertisements.
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Journal: DoubleClick Exchange Plan to Boost Value for Google, MSN, AOL or Yahoo Buyout
Paul Sloan / The Key: The Online Ad Boom
Bilal Hameed / Startup Meme: DoubleClick Eyeing To Become eBay Of Online Ads
Duncan Riley / 901am: DoubleClick entering Ad Exchange Marketplace
Junior Hines / Clickety Clack: Doubleclick Creates Online Ad Exchange
Adam / Reuters/Second Life:
FBI probes Second Life gambling — SECOND LIFE, April 3 (Reuters) - The FBI has visited casinos in Second Life at the invitation of Linden Lab, but federal law enforcement officials have not yet taken an official stance on virtual gambling. — "We have invited the FBI several times …
Discussion: Second Life Insider and Joystiq
Akela Talamasca / Second Life Insider: Gambling Under Scrutiny
Tony Carnevale / Joystiq: Virtual Feds scope out 'Second Life' casinos
FBI checks out gambling in 'Second Life'
FBI checks out gambling in 'Second Life'
Discussion: Raph's Website and VTOR
Raph / Raph's Website: FBI and Gambling in SL
SAMSUNG Launches Silent and Speedy SpinPoint S166 Hard Disk Drive Series — Seoul, Korea - April 4, 2007 : Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a worldwide leader in digital consumer electronics and information technology, today announced its new SpinPoint S166 Series of ultra silent and high-speed hard disk drives.
Thomas Ricker / Engadget: Samsung's silent and speedy SpinPoint S166 series of disks
Sarah Lai Stirland / Wired News:
Muni Wi-Fi Powers Hope at San Francisco Housing Project — SAN FRANCISCO — The Westside Courts is a bleak concrete housing project in the city's Western Addition where violence is closer than a high-speed net connection, and one resident's first steps online include plans to create a memorial for the people who've died here.
Discussion: dailywireless.org and broadbandreports.com
Google Book Search Libraries and Their Digital Copies — by Jill E. Grogg, Electronic Resources Librarian, The University of Alabama Libraries and Beth Ashmore, Cataloging Librarian, Samford University — Few things in the past decade, other than the PATRIOT Act, have brought libraries …
Discussion: Digital Markets, Google Librarian Central and Search Engine Land
Librarian Central / Google Librarian Central: Book Search and library digital files — what's the scoop?
Phil Bradley / Search Engine Land: Google Book Search And Libraries: An Overview
Ryan / CyberNet Technology News:
Verizon Admits that their Unlimited Data Plan is Limited to 5GB Per Month — Back in August of 2006 I wrote about a guy who had his unlimited Verizon EVDO Wireless Data Service canceled because buried deep into the Terms of Service (TOS) they mentioned some things that were unacceptable.
Discussion: TorrentFreak, GottaBeMobile.com, Gadget Lab, jkOnTheRun, CrunchGear and Slashdot
Warner Crocker / GottaBeMobile.com: Verizon's Definition of Unlimited Clarified, Kinda
Charlie Sorrel / Gadget Lab: Verizon says Unlimited equals 5GB: Bans P2P
Kevin C. Tofel / jkOnTheRun: Verizon Wireless: 'unlimited EV-DO' really means 5 GB a month
Vince Veneziani / CrunchGear: Verizon's Unlimited Data Plan Not So Unlimited
Kdawson / Slashdot: To Verizon, "Unlimited" Means 5 GB
Nick / Rough Type:
Amazon patents cybernetic mind-meld — As noted by Slashdot, Amazon.com was on March 27 granted a broad patent for computer systems that incorporate human beings into automated data processing - the type of cybernetic arrangement that underpins the company's Mechanical Turk service.
Discussion: Slashdot and Between the Lines
Rafe Needleman / Webware.com:
ZILLOW CONTINUES BUILD-OUT OF REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY — Zillow is launching a few important community features on Wednesday. The sexy new addition is Home Q&A: Zillow will now let users ask questions about any property on the map. Anyone can answer them.
Discussion: VentureBeat, The Browser, TechCrunch and Search Engine Land
Matt Marshall / VentureBeat: Zillow opens up Q&A on every home
Jeffobrien / The Browser: Zillow zeroes in on wisdom of the neighborhood
Nick Gonzalez / TechCrunch: Zillow Relaunch - Adds Its Own Q&A Service.
Greg Sterling / Search Engine Land: Zillow Adds New Community Features
David Berlind / Berlind's Testbed:
Amid questionable benchmarking choices, AMD 'claims' speed title with new Opteron 2222SE — In a release of benchmarks that could fuel the fires of benchmark controversy (which are already blazing hot), AMD today is announcing the official release of its Opteron 2222SE processor.
Andrew E. Kramer / New York Times:
Russia Challenges the U.S. Monopoly on Satellite Navigation — The days of their cold war may have passed, but Russia and the United States are in the midst of another battle — this one a technological fight over the United States monopoly on satellite navigation.
Discussion: Engadget and All Points Blog
Donald Melanson / Engadget: Russia's GPS-challenging Glonass system nearing completion


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Yes, there is a new logo for Guardian Angel! It looks weirdly out of place on the page, but damnit, I spent too long on it for the thing to languish unused. Anyway, I happen to like it. It looks classy (unlike the comic).

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Simple but useful Trac macros
Expand Trac capabilities by embedding simple snippets in wiki pages using simple macros.
Insert configuration options in Wiki pages
Embed information about wiki changelog in wiki pages.
If invoked without keyword arguments then full
changelog is shown inside a table with columns
Author. Please
read below for further details.
Bugs/Feature Requests
Existing bugs and feature requests for TracBasicMacro are here.
If you have any issues, create a new ticket.
Download the zipped source from here.
You can check out TracBasicMacro from its Bitbucket repository using Mercurial (currently it's not possible to browse the source with Trac :-/.
Install the plugin and enable TracBasicMacros plugin by inserting the following lines in trac.ini.
[components] tracbm.* = enabled
All the macros will be ready to use in your Trac environment. For up-to-date documentation consult
TracMacros page in your local environment.
[[ConfigOption(project, name)]]displays project name.
[[ConfigOption(trac, auto_reload, type=bool)]]displays a check-box indicating whether the option is set or not
[[ConfigOption(trac, auto_reload)]]idem. the macro is able to lookup metadata describing the option (if it's registered in the global
Option's registry)
[[ConfigOption(olemis, simelo, type=text)]]displays something like
Missing ?;o)
[[ConfigOption(timeline, default_daysback, type=int)]]displays default number of days displayed in the
Timeline, in days. Integers are displayed like this
[[ConfigOption(trac, metanav, type=list)]]Display a list of metanav options. Output looks like this
- login
- search
- help
[[ConfigOption(trac, permission_store, type=extension)]]display the component responsible of storing user permissions.
[[ConfigOption(trac, permission_policies, type=extension_list)]]display active permission policies.
[[ConfigOption(trac, permission_policies, type=extension_list, include_missing=true)]]display all permission policies, active first.
Important ! Administrator must specify permissions (i.e. permission names) needed to view a particular configuration option by adding entries under
config-perm section in trac.ini. Option names will be of the form
section.* or
* in order to make reference respectively to a particular option, all options in a section , or any option. For instance, the configuration shown below
[config-perm] * = TRAC_ADMIN project.* = WIKI_VIEW project.name = *
will allow users with
TRAC_ADMIN privilege to see any option, whereas all those able to read wiki pages may see any option under
project section. Finally , any user will be able to see the project name.
[[WikiHistory]]lists versions of current wiki page (or
WikiStartif wiki text inserted elsewhere e.g. in a ticket's comment)
[[WikiHistory(,4)]]lists versions of current wiki page (or
WikiStartif wiki text inserted elsewhere e.g. in a ticket's comment) up to version 4
[[WikiHistory(TracGuide,cols=time:version:author)]]lists versions of
TracGuidewiki page but hides user comments.
[[WikiHistory(,cols=time:comment)]]lists versions of current wiki page (or
WikiStartif wiki text inserted elsewhere e.g. in a ticket's comment). Only shows modification time and user comment.
[[WikiHistory(TracGuide,19,cols=time:comment)]]lists versions of
TracGuidewiki page up to version 19. Only shows modification time and user comment.
[[WikiHistory(,attr=time)]]displays last modification time of current wiki page (or
WikiStartif wiki text inserted elsewhere e.g. in a ticket's comment)
[[WikiHistory(TracPermissions,2,attr=time)]]displays modification time of version 2 of
TracPermissionswiki page.
Recent Changes
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New hack TracBasicMacro, created by olemis
Author: Olemis Lang
Maintainer: Olemis Lang


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Bonnaroo 2013 Adds Empire of the Sun, White Lung + More
Back in February, Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival organizers announced this year's initial lineup via a special hour-long webcast. Now, even more acts have joined the impressive bill, including Empire of the Sun, White Lung, Solange, Polyphonic Spree, Black Prairie, ALO, Delta Rae, Bustle in Your Hedgerow and the Rubens.
Among other brand-new additions to the lineup are James McCartney, Mac DeMarco, On an On, Peanut Butter Lovesicle, Luxury Liners, Ranch Ghost, Tiny Victories, Houndmouth, Jonny Fritz, Nocona, Lucius, Capital Cities, Cat Martino, Daniel Romano and the Trilliums, Alanna Royale, Kacey Musgraves, Maps & Atlases, Cloney, Alice and the Glass Lake, Wake Owl, Royal Thunder, Chris Stapleton and William Tyler.
Festival-goers will also enjoy performances by previously announced headliners Mumford and Sons, Paul McCartney, Bjork, Wilco and Tom Petty, as well as the Lumineers, Animal Collective, Beach House, Kendrick Lamar, the National, the xx, Passion Pit, Of Monsters and Men, David Byrne & St. Vincent, Cat Power, Grizzly Bear and Jim James.
Bonnaroo 2013 is set to run from June 13-16 in Manchester, Tenn., and tickets for the four-day bash are still available for purchase.