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Wednesday, July 13, 2011
My Year with Eleanor...Review and Giveaway
After losing her high-octane job as an entertainment blogger, Noelle Hancock was lost. About to turn twenty-nine, she'd spent her career writing about celebrities' lives and had forgotten how to live her own. Unemployed and full of self-doubt, she had no idea what she wanted out of life. She feared change—in fact, she feared almost everything. Once confident and ambitious, she had become crippled by anxiety, lacking the courage required even to attend a dinner party—until inspiration struck one day in the form of a quote on a chalkboard in a coffee shop:
"Do one thing every day that scares you."
—Eleanor Roosevelt
Painfully timid as a child, Eleanor Roosevelt dedicated herself to facing her fears, a commitment that shaped the rest of her life. With Eleanor as her guide, Noelle spends the months leading up to her thirtieth birthday pursuing a "Year of Fear." From shark diving to fighter pilot lessons, from tap dancing and stand-up comedy to confronting old boyfriends, her hilarious and harrowing adventures teach her about who she is, and what she can become—lessons she makes vital for all of us.
While the book sounded fascinating, my first reaction was that it would be an excuse to capitalize on the whole, I'm-going-to-do-something-related-to-someone-famous-and-then-write-a-book-about it thing. I had no idea who Noelle Hancock was when I started reading this book. I don't follow celebrity/gossip blogs or magazines. I don't read US Magazine in print or online. I don't even watch television, so I don't always recognize celebrities anyway.
I was so happy to find this to be an engaging and inspiring memoir. Noelle is honest in admitting her fears and her faults. So much of what she writes, I can relate to and understand. I was once confident, but often I now find myself timid and unable to believe in my abilities.
Sitting in a coffee shop one day, Noelle found herself inspired by the Eleanor Roosevelt quote, "Do one thing every day that scares you". Realizing that she'd let herself become crippled by anxiety and fears, Noelle took this to heart and began her "Year of Fear". She went skydiving and shark diving. She climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, renegotiated interest rates, took trapeze lessons and interviewed old boyfriends about why they broke up with her.
Along the way, she read books about and by Eleanor Roosevelt and learned about the insecurities that Eleanor herself overcame. Many of Eleanor's own thoughts and experiences are included alongside Noelle's.
What I loved is that the book isn't simply an account of Noelle's adventures, but an intelligent, perceptive book about looking at one's self and discovering hidden strengths and courage. Noelle's narration is, at times, hysterically funny yet very insightful and often hit very close to home.
While I could have done without the profanity and occasional vulgarity, this is still an eloquent and inspiring account of one woman's year of discovery.
Thanks to Trish at TLC Book Tours for the opportunity to review this book. You can learn more about Noelle Hancock here. You can purchase your own copy here. You can see other reviews and tour stops here.
Monday, July 11: Book Reviews by Molly
Tuesday, July 12: Bibliosue
Wednesday, July 13: 2 Kids and Tired Book Reviews
Thursday, July 14: Melody & Words
Tuesday, July 19: Scandalous Women
Wednesday, July 20: Unabridged Chick
Monday, July 25: One Book Shy
Tuesday, August 2: "That's Swell!"
Wednesday, August 3: The Book Chick
Thursday, August 4: Cozy Little House
Wednesday, August 10: Kahakai Kitchen
Because I enjoyed My Year with Eleanor so much, thanks to the publisher, I'm offering a giveaway.
It really bugs me when you have to jump through tons of hoops in order to enter giveaways, so a comment with your email address will suffice.
If you change your profile to have your email address visible, if it isn't already, you will gain an additional entry.
I ask this because it's so annoying to have someone leave a comment you would like to respond to, but can't, because their email is hidden. This is especially annoying if a question is asked in said comment.
If you choose to become a follower or tell me you already are, you can gain an additional entry too.
If you wanted to blog or tweet about it, that's great too, and you'd get an extra entry for that.
Just tell me in your comment if you've done any of the extras. You don't need to leave separate comments for each thing (too annoying!). Seriously though, just commenting is enough for me.
U.S. or Canada addresses only and no P.O. Boxes. Sorry!
This giveaway ends August 4th.
This giveaway is closed.
Read 7/11
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4/5 Stars
21 comments:
- Margaret said...
This looks like a great book for summer! Count me in! I'm also a follower.
- July 13, 2011 at 9:28 AM
- bermudaonion said...
I'm a fan of stunt memoirs, so this looks like my kind of book! Thanks for the giveaway. kathy(at)bermudaonion.net
- July 13, 2011 at 12:43 PM
- Ruthi aka abitosunshine said...
WoW! You and I sound a bit alike, as I've no idea who she is either, and this all certainly hits too close to home in my self-doubt clouds!
I'd love to win "My Year With Eleanor"!
And yes, I'm a follower, LOL
ruthcox at abitosunshine dot net
- July 14, 2011 at 8:06 PM
- Bonnie said...
I am a huge fan of Eleanor Roosevelt and have several favorite quotes. This is a book for me, I'd love to win a copy.
I already have my email visible in my profile, that bothers me when I try to contact a commentor.
I am a longtime follower on google reader but didn't realize I wasn't a GFC follower and I corrected that!
- July 14, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- selma said...
At this time in my life this book would be an ideal read . . . knowing who you are and facing risks.
- July 14, 2011 at 9:41 PM
- Cozy in Texas said...
This looks like a book that will have lots of thought provoking moments.
- July 16, 2011 at 5:07 PM
- Amanda said...
This sounds like an interesting read. Thanks for the giveaway!
onlychocolate4me at gmail dot com
- July 19, 2011 at 2:29 PM
- Barb K. said...
Hi: Good giveaway. I like to read this book I know will be a good read.
- July 22, 2011 at 7:05 PM
- Darlene said...
Please enter me in the draw!
I'm following you on GFC (Darlene), and my email address is darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com. I don't think my email address is hidden in my profile.
Extra for tweeting:
Thanks for the giveaway!
- July 23, 2011 at 6:46 PM
- Dana said...
Hi Darlene,
Just dropped in from twitter and am now following here. Great blog and sounds like a great book. Also fun to see we share the same faith. Keep up the great work!
Dana (LetsBookIt)
- July 23, 2011 at 6:54 PM
- Ms. Yingling said...
I normally read only middle grade fiction, but my daughter is named Eleanor (after Roosevelt and of Aquitaine!) so I would love to read this.
Msyingling (at) yahoo (dot) com
- July 24, 2011 at 11:26 AM
- Janelle said...
Excellent review:love a book that draws you in when you didn't think you'd like it! Would enjoy a copy of this book, as I'm a fan of Eleanor Roosevelt's numerous quotes.
Best wishes and thanks for a chance to win this wonderful giveaway!
- July 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Janelle said...
Longtime follower in GFC!
Best wishes and thanks for a chance to win this wonderful giveaway!
- July 24, 2011 at 4:58 PM
- Carol N Wong said...
I would love to read this book since I love Eleanor quotes and actually the woman hersef.
I want to follow you on GFC. I don't know where to sign up.
I tweeted under Carolee888:
http://t.co/iWG5BHOGiveaway of "My Year with Eleanor'
- July 25, 2011 at 5:12 PM
last year I found an old history book on Eleanor Roosevelt and I enjoyed every aspect of her life. This book you've reviewed sounds brilliant...right up my alley. I'd love to read someone's take on Mrs Roosevelt's strong and positive life as a role model. Thanks for the review :)
- July 25, 2011 at 9:46 PM
- Booksnob said...
I agree with you, I hate jumping through hoops to enter a contest. So please enter me.
booksnobsblog at gmail dot com
Oh and I am having a contest that ends 7/31 for an excellent book called Ghellow Road. Stop by and enter.
- July 27, 2011 at 9:43 PM
- zeitersouth said...
This book seems like one I would love to read!
colesammom (at) gmail (dot) com
- July 28, 2011 at 6:34 PM
- heathertlc said...
I'm so glad this turned out to be better than you expected! Thanks for being on the tour.
- July 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM
- Stephanie said...
I'm so glad you liked this book! I too read the book for TLC (although my review won't be up for another week) and found myself laughing out loud and getting teary eyed at many different parts of the book. It was a great read!
- July 30, 2011 at 10:06 AM
This sounds like a great book for me to read out in the backyard this summer! I am particular interested in women authors, I also like Margaret Atwood's book "Lady Oracle".
I found you through a linky on "The Thrifty Things" blog, it's my first time on your website!
- July 30, 2011 at 5:32 PM
- AvroraD said...
I'm a huge fan of the Roosevelts! Thanks for the giveaway.
avroradavidovna at gmail dot com
- August 4, 2011 at 10:44 AM


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A Kitchen Modeled after a San Francisco Restaurant
If you're a fan of industrial-looking kitchens that still feel suited to a warm, family home... you're welcome. There are a lot of inspiring things about this kitchen (the open shelving with sliding doors, for one), and we love that the family hired the designer who did the interior of a favorite restaurant. San Franciscans: Can you tell which one?
It's the Universal Café in the Mission. The homeowners ate, saw, and decided that the look of the restaurant was exactly what they wanted in their new kitchen. So they hired Larissa Sand, the architectural designer who did Universal Café.
This is no budget renovation, for sure. But we also don't look at it as over-the-top luxurious. There are some very posh materials—marble countertops, walnut shelving—but the "cabinetry" is relatively minimal. No floor-to-ceiling custom built-ins here. The simple shelves are intermittently hidden behind sliding glass panels that look like mini garage doors.
We also love the deep farmhouse sink and the way the room feels so open and uncluttered.
• Read the article and see the full slideshow: Victorian Revival, at Dwell
Related: Delancey Seattle: Molly and Brandon's Labor of Love
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17 Comments
Oh, LOVE this kitchen!
Um... wow. Incredible!
although very pretty, those frosted sliding doors have very little function and seem mostly like they'd get in the way. They don't keep the dishes on the shelves any cleaner, and wouldn't disguise a mess behind them....
I agree. Not very functional for a whole lot of reasons. But it sure is spectacular as a design exercise.
l.o.v.e. this..
the panels are an simply aesthetic touch & should be appreciated as just that.
Love the look and feel, but would you not need a kitchen exhaust for the space?
Did I miss it?
Andy, you're right. There doesn't seem to be a fan of any kind, which is really weird. Maybe they don't cook much?
Perhaps it's a downdraft cooktop? I had one in my old house, and it worked wonderfully.
I too noticed the lack of an exhaust -- and no, there is no downdraft exhaust on that stovetop. That combined with the spices and foodstuffs right on top of the stove area (note that they are all in cannisters for easy wiping), make it a bit impractical.
I suspect that it is an aesthetic decision, which makes me sad, because it undermines the design for me -- I demand functionality. If you look closely, you'll see the side window, which probably determined the stove placement due to fire code issues. But the designer did not want to lose the arresting visual effect of those shelves, much less clutter them up with an exhaust, and so continued them over the stove.
The stove could probably have fit where the butcher table is, but then where would that have gone? (maybe in the eating area?)
Without an exhaust hood, I gotta wonder if the owners do much cooking beyond boiling pasta and reheating the contents of doggy-bags...
...clearly a Trophy Kitchen.
The glass panels *look* awesome but serve no purpose as far as I can tell. Maybe they are giant recipe holders?? Just scotch tape Gramma's chicken pie recipe up there and slide it down your workstation as you need it? I generally like industrial-looking design but this one is dumb.
Forgot to add... love that industrial-looking butcher block table on casters. Love love love.
very pretty. and i've enjoyed my own time at the universal cafe.
i designed a kitchen for a client several years back where the client chose not to install the exhaust over the stove. it irritated me, but there is no code requirement for one, so i couldn't force the issue beyond the obvious concerns about steam, grease and odors.
but with all those open shelves, the apparent lack of an exhaust is a major functional issue.
This is exactly what I'd like to do with my kitchen – not the look, the renovation geared to look like a restaurant kitchen. Yeah, why should restaurants get the awesome glamorous kitchens that I have to pay someone else to go see? I want to experience that same awe-inspiring and incredible feeling in my own home.
I'm surprised I haven't seen more of this.

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Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings
News about police brutality, misconduct and shootings, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
Oct. 2, 2014
Trial begins in case of Lt Jennara Cobb, New York City police officer charged with leaking information about a wiretap investigation into ticket-fixing; is first trial stemming from investigation that led to indictments against 16 New York City police officers and implicated some 600 others. MORE
Oct. 1, 2014
New York City police are investigating shooting death of unarmed man Rafael Laureano when three police officers opened fire on knife-wielding man Francisco Carvajal in a Brooklyn apartment. MORE
Sep. 30, 2014
Authorities in Guerrero, Mexico, are searching for 57 students from teaching college who went missing after gunmen fired on demonstration they were attending, killing three students and three others; Guerrero official says witnesses identified gunmen as local police officers. MORE
Sep. 30, 2014
Drug case involving arrest made by Ferguson , Mo, Police Officer Darren Wilson, whose fatal shooting of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown set off protests, is being delayed while a grand jury investigates whether Wilson used excessive force in the shooting; Christopher Brooks alleges that Wilson assaulted him after he refused to follow Wilson's commands. MORE
Sep. 30, 2014
One man is shot and killed by a police officer in Kensington section of Brooklyn and another dies after he is stabbed at same location, in two separate incidents involving New York City police officers who fired their weapons. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
More police agencies across United States are recording events with small body-mounted cameras, particularly after unrest following shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo; experience of police in college town of Pullman, Wash, provides glimpse of how such technology is used. MORE
Sep. 28, 2014
Ferguson, Mo, police officer is shot as protests continue over death of Michael Brown, unarmed teenager shot by Officer Darren Wilson in September. MORE
Sep. 27, 2014
Justice Department pressures Missouri's Ferguson Police Department to stop its officers from wearing bracelets stamped with message 'I am Darren Wilson,' in solidarity with police officer being investigated for shooting unarmed black teenager Michael Brown. MORE
Sep. 26, 2014
Ferguson, Mo, Police Chief Thomas Jackson issues stark apology to family of Michael Brown, saying in a videotaped statement that he is sorry for death of their son and for four hours that body of the unarmed 18-year-old lay in street after he was fatally shot by police officer Darren Wilson. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
Ohio grand jury finds that police officers' actions were justified in fatal shooting of John Crawford III, man holding an air rifle at a Walmart store in early August; Justice Department says it will review case. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
South Carolina state trooper Lance Cpl Sean Groubert, who was fired for shooting unarmed man Levar Jones during a Sept 4 traffic stop, is arrested and charged with assault and battery of high and aggravated nature. MORE
Sep. 25, 2014
Video emerges showing police grabbing a pregnant woman as they attempt to arrest her son in Sunset Park, Brooklyn; disturbing footage is only the latest in a series of videos that have aroused concerns in the neighborhood about arrest tactics and have fanned mistrust of police. MORE
Sep. 24, 2014
Six current and former Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies, sergeants and lieutenants are sentenced to federal prison for trying to block an FBI inquiry into allegations of abuses by jail guards. MORE
Sep. 19, 2014
New York City Police Commissioner William J Bratton says that of nearly the 400,000 arrests made in 2013, only about 2 percent, or roughly 8,000, involved force recorded by the police, down from 8.5 percent two decades ago; critics argue that determining use of force could be tricky. MORE
Sep. 19, 2014
Editorial urges Congress to move swiftly on bipartisan proposals that would lead to demilitarizing police forces across the country; notes that military gear and garb may be reinforcing belligerent mentality among civilian police. MORE
Sep. 18, 2014
Protesters in Albuquerque, NM, have been agitating for weeks about six-day police marksmanship tournament being sponsored by National Rifle Association; some people wonder if such an event is appropriate in city under pressure over fatal police shootings of civilians. MORE
Sep. 17, 2014
Missouri judge gives 60-day extension to the grand jury considering whether to indict Darren Wilson, Ferguson, Mo, police officer who fatally shot unarmed black teen Michael Brown. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
Independent autopsy findings suggest Darrien Nathaniel Hunt was running from the police in Utah when he was shot six times and killed, and not lunging at officers, as official police reports said; Hunt's family believes shooting was racially motivated; Hunt's mother is white and father is black. MORE
Sep. 16, 2014
New York City Police Officers Joseph Murphy and Jose Ocasio are convicted of misdemeanor assault in 2011 beating of teenager Tyre Davis in alley near Bronx police precinct station house; two officers were seen on surveillance video punching and kicking Davis. MORE
Sep. 14, 2014
Victor H Zambrano Jr, off-duty New York State narcotics investigator, is arrested after his gun discharges during struggle with an acquaintance, injuring two bystanders and sending pedestrians running for cover. MORE
Sep. 13, 2014
Several Mexican human rights groups say that they have filed complaint with the International Criminal Court, asking it to investigate widespread abuse of thousands of civilians by army and police in their fight against organized crime. MORE
Sep. 13, 2014
Unrelenting anger of residents of Ferguson, Mo, toward police and local courts has pushed elected city officials to scale back municipal penalties that had helped fill the city's coffers even as they had lightened the wallets of the poor; effort is part of city initiative to repair its frayed relationship with black residents in wake of killing of an unarmed black teenager by a white police officer. MORE
Sep. 13, 2014
Editorial supports New York Police Commissioner William Bratton's plan to re-educate all 35,000 of city's police officers in effort to avoid another situation like death of Eric Garner during brutal arrest on Staten Island; warns program, estimated to cost $25 million to $30 million, will be expensive and that its efficacy has yet to be proven; holds true test of plan will be not in subsequent police data but in whether department regains trust of communities affected by police brutality. MORE
Sep. 11, 2014
Israeli Ministry of Justice reports that border police officer has been charged with assault after he was filmed beating Palestinian-American teenager Tariq Abu Khdeir on the edges of a violent riot in East Jerusalem in July. MORE
Sep. 11, 2014
Demonstrators hoping to block Interstate 70 in Berkeley, Mo, to protest fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo, are barred by police from entering highway; authorities say 35 people are arrested, most for unlawful assembly, but four are detained for assaulting officers. MORE
Sep. 10, 2014
Police departments across the country still struggle to hire and retain minority candidates, issue that has taken on new relevance since fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo; analysis of data from federal survey of police departments in 2007 finds that nearly 400 departments were substantially whiter than populations they served. MORE
Sep. 10, 2014
First Ferguson, Mo, City Council meeting since the police killing of Michael Brown one month earlier erupts into an outpouring of grievances, as hundreds of residents make angry appeals for change. MORE
Sep. 10, 2014
Editorial holds that racially torn Ferguson, Mo, took important step when City Council announced proposals aimed at remaking its troubled court system and creating civilian review board of Police Department; contends initiatives speak to longstanding grievances in black community, and are meant to defuse racial tensions that erupted into riots in wake of death of Michael Brown; warns that reforms need to be adopted by neighboring towns in order to be meaningful. MORE
Sep. 9, 2014
Ferguson, Mo, City Council, in first major sign of change in city since police killing of black teenager Michael Brown, says it will establish citizen review board to provide guidance for police department; also announces sweeping changes to its court system, including reduction in court fines that have disproportionately affected low-income black residents. MORE
Sep. 9, 2014
New York Police Commissioner William J Bratton testifies before City Council to explain Police Department's plans to overhaul officer training, employing more de-escalation and conflict resolution techniques; hearing focuses all but explicitly on mandate from Mayor Bill de Blasio to remake the department's relationship with communities distrustful of its officers. MORE
Sep. 8, 2014
New York City Council will question Police Commissioner William J Bratton over his plans to retrain New York's police force in response to the death of Eric Garner after his arrest on Staten Island; hearing is essentially a fact-finding exercise but it will also provide an opportunity for the Council to flex its muscle on police practices and policies. MORE
Sep. 7, 2014
Editorial welcomes Justice Department's civil rights investigation into police practices in Ferguson, Mo, but argues that it should be expanded to include St Louis County as a whole; holds that history of discriminatory policing and abuse fueled protests and violence that erupted after shooting of black teenager Michael Brown. MORE
Sep. 6, 2014
Daniel Cabrera, unarmed man who was shot by a New York City police officer during a confrontation in a Harlem park, is arrested on various charges, including assault on a police officer. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
Attorney Gen Eric H Holder Jr says Justice Department's investigation into police department in Ferguson, Mo, will focus on racial profiling; inquiry, coming on heels of police shooting of teenager Michael Brown, will look into whether officers made discriminatory traffic stops, mistreated prisoners or used excessive force in years before fatal shooting. MORE
Sep. 5, 2014
New York City police officials say officer shot an unarmed man in the chest during a confrontation in Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
Justice Department will open broad civil rights investigation into police practices in Ferguson, Mo, where a white police officer killed black teenager Michael Brown, setting off days of racially charged unrest; inquiry will be in addition to FBI civil rights investigation into the shooting. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
Florida offers case study in difficulty of prosecuting law enforcement officials for killing someone in the line of duty; state has not charged a single officer for using deadly force in 20 years, despite long history of deadly, racially tinged confrontations; history illustrates possible factors at work as grand jury considers case of Darren Wilson, officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
City of Seattle reaches $45,000 settlement with Malaika Brooks, woman whom police shocked with a stun gun after stopping her for speeding when she was seven months pregnant; settlement resolves legal dispute in city that is under federal scrutiny over allegations of harsh and biased policing. MORE
Sep. 4, 2014
Lawyer for St Louis County reveals that slain black teenager Michael Brown had no serious felony cases filed against him as a juvenile; details come at county court hearing over petition by the St Louis Post-Dispatch and another news outlet to unseal any juvenile court records that might exist for Brown, who had no adult criminal record. MORE
Sep. 3, 2014
Justice Department is investigating the death of Victor White III, young Louisiana man who died while in the custody of Iberia Parish sheriff's deputies; local coroner in Louisiana determined that White's shooting death in the back of a police cruiser while his hands were cuffed was suicide. MORE
Sep. 2, 2014
Father of Victor White III, who Louisiana State Police say fatally shot himself while handcuffed in back of police cruiser, is asking Justice Department to investigate the circumstances around his son's death; gun was not found on White even though he was frisked twice, and autopsy report shows no bullet came from behind, as police originally asserted. MORE
Sep. 2, 2014
Few in Missouri try to disrupt traffic on Labor Day after father of Michael Brown, unarmed black teenager who was fatally shot by white police officer in Ferguson, asks protesters to postpone their planned shutdown of highway traffic in St Louis region. MORE
Aug. 31, 2014
Activists call for mass civil disobedience to continue protests over killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo, encouraging supporters to block traffic on highways in and around St Louis suburb on Labor Day. MORE
Aug. 31, 2014
News analysis; issue of racial bias in policing has come to the forefront in wake of shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo; there is as yet no reliable data on shootings by police officers, and without reliable numbers, conventional wisdom of police racial bias is little more than speculation. MORE
Aug. 30, 2014
New York City medical examiner announces that death of Ronald Singleton, who died in police custody while he was high on PCP, was a homicide; ruling may increase scrutiny of New York Police Department, which has already been accused of overly aggressive arrest tactics since Eric Garner's death from police chokehold. MORE
Aug. 29, 2014
Family of Gregory L Towns, man who died following an arrest in which Atlanta police used Taser devices on him up to 13 times, files wrongful-death suit against the Atlanta suburb of East Point and two of its former officers; Towns was arrested in April after he fled on foot from officers who wanted to question him about a domestic dispute. MORE
Aug. 29, 2014
Hillary Clinton praises Pres Obama's response to shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo, and calls for a swift investigation into the circumstances that led to the unarmed black teenager's death; Clinton had been criticized for not speaking out sooner on the subject. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Missouri Gov Jay Nixon nominates Daniel Isom II, a former St Louis police chief, to become the state's top law enforcement official and the only African-American in his cabinet; nomination comes in the wake of racially charged unrest in nearby Ferguson. MORE
Aug. 28, 2014
Family and friends of Dillon Delbert Taylor, white Utah man fatally shot by the Salt Lake City police, say that they will continue to hold protests outside state and federal offices until the authorities answer questions about the shooting. MORE
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Possible Leak by Grand Juror Is Investigated in Ferguson Police Shooting Case
In response to a Twitter post about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer, a user wrote: "I know someone sitting on the grand jury. There isn't enough at this point to warrant an arrest."
October 2, 2014, Thursday
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First Trial Begins in Police Ticket-Fixing Investigation
Lt. Jennara Cobb's trial is the first stemming from a wiretap investigation that exposed widespread ticket-fixing by police union representatives.
October 2, 2014, Thursday
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Police Investigate Death of Unarmed Man in Melee
A day after three police officers opened fire on a knife-wielding man in Brooklyn, killing him, investigators on Tuesday could not say how an unarmed man who also died in the melee had been killed.
October 1, 2014, Wednesday
MORE ON POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT AND: Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings , Murders and Attempted Murders , Laureano, Rafael , Carvajal, Francisco , Brooklyn (NYC) , New York City
Mexico: Students Missing After Protest
Authorities in Guerrero are searching for 57 students from a teachers college who have been missing since Friday when gunmen fired on a demonstration they were attending.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
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Missouri: Review Delays Ferguson Drug Case
A drug case involving an arrest made by Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who fatally shot Michael Brown, setting off protests last month, is being delayed while a grand jury reviews the shooting.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT AND: Ferguson (Mo) , Wilson, Darren (1986- ) , Brown, Michael (1996-2014) , Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings , Brooks, Christopher , Blacks , Demonstrations, Protests and Riots , Marijuana , Drug Abuse and Traffic
Police Fatally Shoot Man After Deadly Brooklyn Stabbing
A man who was holding a knife in a home in Brooklyn died after being shot by the police and another man with stab wounds at the same site died at a hospital.
September 30, 2014, Tuesday
MORE ON POLICE BRUTALITY AND MISCONDUCT AND: Murders and Attempted Murders , Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings , Assaults , Police Department (NYC) , Brooklyn (NYC)
Crackdown on Protests by Hong Kong Police Draws More to the Streets
Downtown Hong Kong turned into a battlefield of tear gas and seething crowds on Sunday after the police moved against a student democracy protest.
September 29, 2014, Monday
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Mostly Black Cities, Mostly White City Halls
Disparities between the percentage of black residents and the number of black elected officials are facts of life in scores of American cities, particularly in the South.
September 29, 2014, Monday
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Today's Police Put On a Gun and a Camera
With citizens' videos of confrontations with the law proliferating, more police agencies are equipping officers to record their version of events.
September 28, 2014, Sunday
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An Officer Is Shot in Ferguson, Mo.
Authorities said the shooting seemed to be unrelated to continuing protests over the killing of Michael Brown last month.
September 28, 2014, Sunday
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Ferguson Police Chief Issues Apology
Thomas Jackson, the police chief of Ferguson, Mo., apologized through a video to the family of Michael Brown, the teenager whose killing by a police officer set off days of protests.
In Ferguson, a Stack of Warrants
Amid reform in Ferguson, Mo., a neighbor of Michael Brown's family tried to clear various warrants for his arrest so he could participate in civil disobedience.
SWAT: Mission Creep
SWAT teams were created in the 1960s to combat hostage-takings, sniper shootings, and violent unrest. But today they're often used in more controversial police work.
Along West Florissant
Scars from days of unrest remain along the main street in Ferguson, Mo., as residents and businesses try to get on with their lives.
The Race Gap in America's Police Departments
Hundreds of police departments across the nation have forces with a white percentage that is more than 30 percentage points higher than the communities they serve.
Scenes of Michael Brown's Funeral
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Membase service needs to be restarted frequently
We've successfully upgraded to 1.7.1 our numerous Windows servers, thanks to Perry's patch.
Our membase servers are on the same machines as our web servers.
Right now our web apps don't talk to Membase, we're in a testing/migration phase where Membase services are up and running but we only hit them w/ a test app every minute or so and from time to time a test page that tries to Set/Get a value.
Basically an extremely small, to not say insignificant amount of traffic for 9 clustered Membase servers.
However quite frequently, in the order of about 2 to 3 times a week, one of the 9 Membase servers at random will get in a funky state where the service is up but Membase client cannot Set or Get a value on it.
The solution so far has been to RDP into that server and restart the Membase service. That solves the issue, at least until another server gets into that funky state.
Our test app that uses the same Membase client and has logs turned on gives us the following information:
2011-09-06 13:51:17,488 [18] ERROR Enyim.Caching.Memcached.MemcachedNode.InternalPoolImpl Could not init pool.
System.TimeoutException: Could not connect to 10.2.5.10:11210
at Enyim.Caching.Memcached.PooledSocket.ConnectWithTimeout(Socket socket, IPEndPoint endpoint, Int32 timeout)
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Our test page, which is displaying various properties available on the Membase client does show that the problematic Membase server has a flag "IsAlive" set to FALSE when this issue occurs.
The one thing I haven't tried yet is to connect to the web console on that host when that occurs to see what happens, but I'll update this post whenever that happens again.
We'd really need to have a more stable Membase cluster out there before we can start directing actual traffic to it, but I'm not sure where to look right now to troubleshoot this issue...
Hoping someone can help.
One of the first things we want to do is investigate whether or not the problem is within the Membase servers themselves or something external.
If/when this occurs again, can you:
-Log onto the WebUI of the problematic node and report whether it is working properly
-Run this command: "C:\Program Files\Membase\Server\bin\mbstats :11210 all" where is the IP address of the node that is having trouble
If both of those work, then the issue is not within the Membase node itself.
How is your client configured to connect to the Membase cluster? Does it connect to the node directly or through some other loadbalancer?
How is your client configured to connect to the Membase cluster? Does it connect to the node directly or through some other loadbalancer?
We have the direct IP addresses set in the web.config file of our web site. The Membase servers are accessed directly.
As soon as the problem occurs again I will do those 2 operations and let you know how it went. Thanks for your help.
Just happened again... here is the what happens when I access the web console:
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Here is the result of the command:
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Stats '' are not available from the requested engine.
Just to add more context this time the issue was slightly different in the fact that the service actually stopped by itself.
I can't find anything related anywhere in the Windows Event Viewer though.
Just happened again, same server 30 minutes later with absolutely no traffic of consequence.
So it seems like the Membase service is in fact crashing/exiting.
Can you try downloading the latest version (18.104.22.168) which has a few more Windows fixes?
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Section 717, R.S. § 2386, related to title to town lots subject to mineral rights.
Section 718, R.S. § 2387; acts Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, § 4,26 Stat. 1097, authorized entry by town authorities of town sites in trust for occupants, under such regulations as may be prescribed by legislative authority of State or Territory in which the same may be situated.
Section 719, R.S. § 2388; acts Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, § 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to procedure for entry by town authorities of town sites in trust for occupants.
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Section 721, R.S. § 2391, made void acts of trustees not in conformity to regulations alluded to in section 718 of this title.
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Speaking of which, have you noticed how small the telephone directory is these days? More and more of us are opting out of landlines and the phone book. Privacy is a wonderful thing.
The United States Congress is about to end all that. There is a bill, HR3035, in the House of Representatives that will allow candidates, PACs, parties and others to send political robocalls to your cell phone—and you wouldn't be able to opt out, because political speech is protected under the First Amendment.
The bill is called the "Mobile Informational Call Act of 2011." My eye.
The general "information" that gets distributed via political robocall is below preschool standards. Basically, it goes like this.
From Democrats: Candidate A is a reactionary poopypants because he's a Republican.
From Republicans: Candidate B is a socialist poopypants because he's a Democrat.
That's it! That's political speech protected under the First Amendment.
Do we really need our time, and our mobile minutes, taken up with this nonsense?
At least we can do something about the time–like most people, the moment I sense a robocall on the other end of the line, I hang up. Time saved.
But minutes? Every time some politico decides to call us during a hot race, it costs us minutes.
Perhaps we should call the act "The Mobile Maximizing Telcom Profit Act of 2011."
The bill is sponsored by Rep. Lee Terry, a six-term Republican from Nebraska. He's a pretty middle-of-the-road Republican, according to govtrack.us, a nonpartisan reporting website. He's conservative, but he's not sitting on the most distant pinfeathers of the right wing.
The bill was referred to Terry's own committee, the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and has had a hearing in subcommittee. The next vote on this bill will be on the floor of the House of Representatives.
The bill has received strong support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the American Banking Association, the Consumer Bankers Association, and the Mortgage Bankers Association. Last I checked none of these groups was particularly interested in consumer rights or privacy.
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Is it possible for a person to be interested in religion, shopping, music, sports, and food all at the same time? If your answer is No, you can very well guess the reason behind the proliferation of the Internet video streaming companies which provide "pay-for-what-you-like" options to entertainment.
The leader in this squad is the long-time player in this industry – Netflix Inc (NASDAQ: NFLX). From a humble start of digital distribution service to offering a wide range of titles on DVD and developing an envious user base, Netflix has sure had its highs.
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Netflix revolutionized the concept of selective entertainment. With a subscription cost of $7.99 a month, it sure provided a much more lucrative offer than the then prevalent cable operators that were charging a whopping $100 a month.
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With intense competition mounting up in this sector, the other booming companies can sure give Netflix a run for their money.
First on the list is Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). With a subscription offer of $79 a year, it has sure managed to dislodge quite a few Netflix loyalists to bring them to its own camp. This plan known as Amazon Prime also includes free shipping incentives and access to a storehouse of thousands of movies/TV shows. If only AMZN were to enrich its content database a little more, the market might see a new leader in place.
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Noted American investor Whitney Tilson, recently professed his faith in Netflix's hopeful future at the 8th Annual Value Investing Congress. While identifying the challenges ahead for Netflix, Tilson was seen making a direct comparison of it with Amazon. He corroborated his statement by saying that the company had been doing well in having a better debt margin than Amazon did in 2001.
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The U.S. Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization program is apparently looking to provide regular Army line units with small robots that can search buildings, small hovering UAVs and robot missile launchers in 2010, as soon as they can start cranking them out, the Register reports.
The new program is the replacement for the funding-challenged Future Combat System, which was axed last year because of cost concerns. Some parts of that program's ambitious robot plans were dropped, but it seems the powers want regular grunts to go robotic as soon as possible.
At the same time, however, there are reminders about what all of this tech might mean on the downside. UAVs are up there gathering intelligence, and maybe too much of it. Apparently analysts are struggling to cope with the flood of data the drones are collecting.
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The Dodge Caliber certainly stands out in the crowded compact-crossover market. Its styling has always been edgy — but somewhat ugly, if you ask me — it offers decent room, and its tall stance provides good driver visibility. However, the interior is seriously dated, and Dodge has done little to refresh it for 2010. The dashboard materials are made from hard plastic and look bad compared with the competition. Fortunately, the Caliber performs at the pump, and I was able to get 26 mpg combined. I hope Dodge will refresh the interior and exterior for the next generation, because the Caliber is long in the tooth. –Joe Chulick
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