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My dad one day decided to write a children's book, and my wife illustrated it. However, we've had some difficulties in putting the illustrations into a book format. What kinds of things should one consider when designing the layout for a children's book?
Speaking from experience of reading books to my three sons, which are now five years and below.
I must add that this may apply mostly to younger kids and elder toddlers. However, I still think the below holds true for nearby ages as well, in many cases.
Likewise, I'm also considering making children's books, and these are the main things I would consider (and avoid more often than not, except the last paragraph):
Text/images unsynchronization
If it's not intended as a concept of its own – try avoiding cases where text and images don't sync:
For example, you turn a page and the new page begins with a fair amount of text that still goes on about something that happened on the previous page. This introduces confusion since the kid(s) may be all stoked about the things they see on this new page, whereas you (the reader) is supposed to keep reading about 'the past' (as the kids perceive it).
Multiple scenes on same spread
(This probably applies more strictly to ages below 3–4 years.)
Another very delicate consideration (that should often if not always, I'd say, be avoided for younger audiences) is when you introduce two different 'scenes' on a single spread (one on
With scenes, I mean different narrative states which are significant enough to warrant small but somehow distinctive transitions in the story.
This introduces a few problems. One being that it can be hard for the child to relate what it's looking at, with what you're reading, when the images signals different things. Another problem being that it imposes a certain itch (sometimes even requirement) to point on each element that illustrates what you're reading about. In other words, your finger has to do the 'synching' I was talking about previously. It's often prone to confusion.
Coil binding
(Yes, this is almost entirely targeted towards young childrens books.)
Coil bound, or spiral bound books add a fantastic feature that most childrens books lack – the ability to really turn a page around, making it easier to hold in one hand, and help remedy the caveats I mentioned above. It also adds favorably to the book's longevity, I think.
In the same vein, laminated or stiff, coated paper will do wonders to a book's sturdyness and lifetime. This of course involves taking these physical attributes into account in early design stages.
Children may prefer more pictures than text.(Actually many adult are so, as well)
Head First series have a heavy use of graphics to impress readers and improve efficiency and it turns out to be a success(at least for me).
Hope Head First's style might give you some inspiration.
Here is a free sample reading chapter from Head First Web Design
Good luck!
Take the binding into consideration
Do not let important parts of an illustration disappear into the binding.
When designing the layout for facing pages, consider carefully that the space in the middle will appear partially hidden and partially curved: while reading, the book does not appear as a flat surface, unlike the page on your desk or computer.
This makes it especially difficult to get an illustration that crosses the page boundary right.
The same applies to the text, which should be kept at a comfortable distance from each side of the page.
I am well late here, but anyway... I will not repeat some of the excellent advice @hced have given here, just see if I can add something of value.
Age guidelines
These are general guidelines used by illustrators and authors of children's books:
Six months - two years:
interactive books such as floating bath and board. "Shape" books with simple text.
Two - five years:
picture books, pop-ups and novelties early reader text.
Five - eight years:
chapter books - picture books of a more sophisticated nature with associated text.
Eight - 12 years:
First novels
Twelve +:
Young adult material.
Questions to ask
Illustration and text
Children's books are about telling stories. They are usually divided into fiction and non-fiction, but they (almost) always are illustrated narrative, sequential stories (in our time, this is not common in other genres: besides children's books, it is for the most part only found in comic books and specialist publication of fantasy, gothic and mythological tales).
Illustrations are meant to complement the text, express something unwritten, and help drive the story forward. Illustrations (as opposed to decoration) are extremely important, and the two must "play the game" together. That is not to say that image-text cannot be in juxtaposition, to contrast; some level of dissonance can be a very good thing. An example often used in this context is Where the wild things are by Maurice Sendak. The illustrations cannot be judged purely on visual language and character representation. They are indispensable to an understanding of the plot with expressions and content depicted clearly, often without words.
As for the binding, this I would say depend on the targets age range. There are all sorts of alternatives, from plastic, floating books to "read" in the bath, to quite ordinary formats made of ordinary material.
Personally, I think a landscape format is best, it will give you more freedom to play with illustrations and placement of text, it is easier to read when you have a child in your lap and you have to read over her head...
A friend and I made a children's book some years ago: we co-wrote, I illustrated. This book was meant as a gift to his nephew, so we got it simply printed as a "photo book". Since then, it has gained some popularity, and one consideration is to use Print on demand for a larger audience and easier logistics and production. The photo-book worked remarkably well. It is simple, but it does the job perfectly well (and just to be clear: I am actually educated as a bookbinder; I know bindings).
If the book is going to be published by a publishing house, they might have guidelines as to formats or materials. Children's books does not have any standards as such, but publishing houses might want to publish the book as part of a series, and therefore the format and general cover design might not be negotiable.
I do not believe the idea that children "prefer" text to images: this is entirely dependant on the age group and the aim of the book. The whole point is that the images and the text must be self contained and each give something to the story that each cannot do alone. Being a child, having a book read to you, is an experience the contains several things; human interaction, images, spoken words, imagination, surprise... I also think that preconceptions like this is fallacious and in danger of oversimplifying - in this case - children. Some of them are stupid, but mainly they are just short, inexperienced people.
A curious note is that there is a good deal difference in children's books in the US and in Europe.
I think you should use A4-format (Length: 297mm & Width: 210mm). The companie(s) who are printing the book will automaticly resize the document to their standards. Don't make the design dark and mysterious, believe me, children won't like that. You should design a colourful something, like yellow, green, blue and make sure looks child friendly. Imagine: 'How would I react on this layout when I was a child'.


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My father is a big lighthouse fan (I know...). Now he wants to spend his next holidays in a country in Europe where he can see a lot of lighthouses. Obviously that shouldn't be a landlocked country, but is there any country in Europe that has significantly more lighthouses than any other?
Well this list has an index to ALL the Wikipedia pages for lighthouses in the world.
I'll ignore lightvessels for this question.
For European countries:
you get the idea. From that, you can either infer there are loads in Norway, Portugal, Spain and Estonia, or there may just be lighthouse obsessed fans in those countries.
The Lighthouse Directory maintains an index for more than 14,700 of the world's lighthouses. So that's another good place to start.
They also note:
If you went state-side, apparently "The United States has the largest number of lighthouses of any country in the world".
According to this question, there are 1032 in England.
Finally, I found this map, which plots lighthouses on a map. It's not very detailed, but I'd say Denmark in this case.
You might also contact the World Lighthouse Society, as they may well have statistics somewhere, or know who might.
In addition, someone mentioned the coastline effect. While it would seem to indicate more chance of lighthouses, in reality it's dependent more on dangerous, irregular and busy coastlines. If it's easy sailing and deep water, why have a lighthouse?
However, there's probably some rough correlation still - as a tiny coastline like Latvia is probably going to have fewer than Norway. To that effect, here is the list of countries by coastline length, and the longest European one is Norway, unless you also count Russia as European...
Another answer, courtesy of an email response from Russ Rowlett of The Lighthouse Directory:
Mark's answer mentioned Estonia (with 42 lighthouses); let me focus on that a bit more.
Some friends visited Hiiumaa island this summer, and (through foursquare) I saw them post gorgeous photos of one lighthouse after another. The other big island off the Estonian west coast, Saaremaa, also hosts a plethora of lighthouses.
A thing to note is that these islands are relatively compact (as is all of Estonia), yet have lots of lighthouses. There are good roads and it's easy to get around, at least if you have a car or bike. In summer, bicycle would probably be an ideal way to move around. (I'm not sure about public transport on the islands, but that would make a good Travel SE question...) Also, there's plenty of accommodation and restaurants available, and it's all pretty affordable (for Europe anyway).
Examples of Hiiumaa and Saaremaa lighthouses:
One good listing of most lighthouses in the county is the 'Eesti tuletornid' category in Estonian language wikipedia.
Finally, this blog post about a Hiiumaa day trip is nice and informative... if you read Finnish, or as you likely don't, just look at the photos. :-)
You can check out the lighthouse listing worldwide at lighthouse directory from the University of North Carolina.
I can't really recommend any specific country for visiting lighthouses since I'm not into that but can only say that you can check out Croatia lighthouses. They are all very different from each other and you can use a lot of them as accommodation during your stay. I've seen around 10 to 15 of them in Croatia all over the coast and the islands and if you don't intend to visit our coast from north to south, then focus on Istria and Kvarner (the northern part of the coast).
Some are near city areas and some are completely isolated on their own islands or reefs.
There are essentially two sorts of lighthouses. Those built on land, usually a group of buildings, with a tower, built on a headland. And rock lighthouses, built on a rock several miles out to sea. In Plymouth (UK) there is the first rock lighthouse, which was originally built on Eddystone rock. This has been rebuilt on the Hoe (a sort of park on the edge of town). It has been restored to original 18th cent. condition. It is now a tourist attraction. You can visit it and climb right to the top. This is probably the only rock lighthouse you can visit in the world...and a very historic one, being the first ever built.
If you want to combine several (or many) light houses, you may not be the best off with the country with the most Light houses but may want the stretch of coast where the most are easy to access.
Further inland are a few older ones, now mostly on the lake that was created when the inland sea was confined within a dike.
Down the coast, into Belgium you will find several more Lighthouses and into France some more.
Most of them, from Den Helder in the Netherlands to say Cherbourg in France, (or even farther south along the coast) are within one days driving. On top of that will come visiting time, but not a lot of time to get to remote places.
There are more coasts like that.
And for a very special night, he might want to sleep in a light house. This link leads to the Harlingen light house on the north coast of the Netherlands, mainland. When you search on staying in a light house you will find many more.


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What can I substitute for oil in brownies and still get fudgy brownies? I've tried yogurt and sour cream (individually) and only replacing half the oil with one of those, but the brownies always end up cakey. Should I just give up and accept that brownies are not a health food, or are there other ways to use less oil?
If you have a recipe that already produces a dense fudgy brownie and you're looking to do it without oil, you're just out of luck.
If you're looking to produce a dense fudgy brownie and wondered if, while you were at it, you might cut back on the oil...NO, but here are some suggestions for making a cakey brownie more dense and "fudgey":
Heat chocolate, butter, cocoa powder over a hot water bath until chocolate is melted. Stir to blend to a smooth consistency. Set aside to cool slightly.
Beat egg yolks/whole egg with sugar and corn syrup until thick, light in color, and mixture forms a "ribbon".
Combine dry ingredients and make a well in the center.
Temper chocolate into egg/sugar mixture. Mix to blend well. Add to dry ingredients and fold together just until moistened. Pour into greased pan and bake until set.
BROWNIES ARE NOT HEALTH FOOD!!!! The very idea is sacrilegious.
You can substitute melted butter quite successfully for taste and texture, though make sure to adjust the salt if it's salted butter.
I add applesauce in place of oil. The replacement is equal.
I make brownies by melting 250g of butter and 200g of couverture chocolate together in a saucepan over low heat. I think this is what makes them very moist and "fudgey."
I agree with the others who have commented - brownies are not a health food. Even if you could substitute the butter for oil to get the texture you desired, they still contain too much chocolate and sugar to be classified as a health food.


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The offseason status of NFL players with Utah ties
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Turbin was drafted in 2012 by the Seattle Seahawks.
As primary back up for Marshwn Lynch, he had 81 carries for 454 yards his rookie season.
He looks to maintain his back up spot in 2013, however, the Seahawks drafted running backs Christine Michael and Spencer Ware in the 2013 draft.
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You should probably add that Collie hasnt received interest because his knee is not ready yet.
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Did I miss B. Poppinga, D. Nixon, and A. Francisco? I thought Poppinga was with Dallas late last year but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.
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If Derrick Shelby didn't see any playing time last year, how did he end up with 8 tackles?
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I wish Asiata the best. I live near where he did and have seen his family around town a few times in the past.
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The Utes outnumber BYU 2 to 1, which is consistent with the direction both teams
are headed. And according to the article, most of BYU's NFL players are
not even in line to get significant minutes. Utah has 11 starters as compared
to BYU's 3, and Utah has 5 current Pro-Bowlers compared to BYU's 1.
It's a great time to be a Ute!!
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You keep telling yourself that, Go Red. Just remember it when you are once again the bottom of the PAC and are at home for the holidays.
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What do your comments have toward what I said about the head-to-head comparison between the U and BYU? Are we a little sensitive concerning your team's performance against the Utes?
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The disparity in numbers between UTAH-byu in The NFL matches, perfectly, with what we've come to see/expect on the field-of-play between these two schools, annually--A UTAH victory. Good times.
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Nope. You just seem to be deluded about the direction of your program. The highlight of your season was beating us. Pathetic, cosidering that you play in the mighty PAC. Seems your measuring stick should be a little loftier. Proof positive that little brother syndrome is alive and well on the hill. Call me when the HOF claims one of your boys.
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Isn't it nice to have 3 teams in Utah that can claim the better team. It certainly will be an interesting year for each team. I do root for any team playing the Y except when the Y plays Gary Andersons team. It appears that at least one team will be on national TV a lot this Fall. I wonder if that means that the national audience wants to see one of the teams play each week. Hmmmmm...... I wonder which team that would be? Go Utes - beat your little brother down south As for the True Blue up North - Remain the best team in Utah again this year.
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Forgot Manase Tonga. He was with the Raiders last year but didn't get resigned.
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Is Harvey unga out of the nfl then?
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You forgot about Brad Sorensen from Southern Utah.
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What about Brad Sorenson from SUU? You even featured him two weeks ago on your front page of the sports section. You gotta add him.
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The only reason you Utes have more NFL players than BYU is we aren't interested in recruiting future NFL players. The reason I know this is we've never had someone that had an offer from us decline it - therefore, if we wanted players like that we'd get them. Plus future NFL players usually aren't smart enough to play at BYU. You need something like a 32 ACT and 3.9 GPA to play on the football team.
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weddle all pro for 3 straight years? That guy is a stud... I predicted he would be a steal in the second round, and boy was I right!
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Happy to see Aggies doing well in the NFL. Seattle has become my favorite. Can't wait to see which USU players have a break out season this fall. Lookout MWC!
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Is Coach a little bitter? Appears so.
Once the rosters are pared down, and the active rosters are announced, USU will be ahead of byU in the number of players on active rosters. DN was VERY liberal when they included some of the byU players in the article.
Go Utes!! Onward and Upward!!
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"The reason I know this is we've never had someone that had an offer from us decline it...."
Certainly this must be a complete joke?
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Why the jealousy and hatred towards BYU?
Because they're good.
If the Cougars were worthless then Utah fans would ignore them completely.
The fact that they don't speaks volumes.
I Love Utah. However, many of their fans?....eh, not so much.
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Let $M$ and $m$ denote resp. the max and min values of the func. $f(x,y,z) = xyz $ over the region defined by the interior and boundary of the sphere $x^2 + y^2 + z^2 = 3$. What is the value of $M + m$?
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Does any one of you know if it's possible to call a script right after opening a file.
For example : I want to relocate QuickTime in the top-left corner right next to my dock.
I know how to do it with AppleScript (the location thing) but how can I call this script automatically ?


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One person was treated at Bronson Methodist Hospital in Kalamazoo after a two-crash Sunday night.
The crash occurred around 9 p.m. Michigan State Police said 17-year-old Daniel Shankleton of Scotts failed to stop at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Parkville Road in Park Township.
The vehicle then broadsided a car driven by 47-year-old Kristine Nichols of Union. After the collision, both vehicles overturned.
A juvenile passenger in the Shankleton vehicle was injured.
Shankleton was cited for failure to yield.
Assisting State Police were Fabius-Park and Three Rivers Fire departments and the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department.
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7 Bizarre Things (And 1 Bodily Fluid) People Use as Money
We've probably all had the experience of being stuck in line at the pharmacy with a box of prophylactics, some tampons and some apple sauce, and found out far too late that we don't have the cash to cover it.
Don't you wish there was something else you could trade instead of that "money" stuff you never seem to have? Well many parts of the world are way ahead of you, ditching money in favor of...
#8. Airtime
Everyone has a damn cell phone these days. You can't urinate on the front doors of a library any more without at least three passers-by phoning the cops and having you picked up. For that reason, maybe it's not entirely surprising that in some rural parts of Africa, cell phone scratch cards have actually become a form of currency.
Despite having a GDP on par with your average 7-Eleven, the Congo has several million cell phones and subscriptions have increased 150% in the last year, which means everyone in Buttfuck Nowhere, Africa really wants to talk to someone else all the time. Now that they can, they've taken to buying airtime vouchers or "scratch cards" and texting the codes to others who can then use the codes to redeem the cash value right away in a sort of rudimentary money transfer system that happens instantly and costs the price of a text message.
The practice is so widespread that these scratch cards are now acceptable currency for bribing officials. As an added bonus, you can pay the bribes remotely with this method, so there's no need for the cops to even take you downtown to bribe the judge when you can pay them all off at the same time. Ah, technology. Simultaneously bribing multiple government officials to quietly overlook your backyard sex parties has never been easier.
#7. Cocaine
Guerima, Colombia may be the most intense little village you've never heard of. While it's unlikely they're all skydivers drinking Mountain Dew and listening to one of those screaming, loud bands the kids these days love so much, the residents do have enough blow to keep themselves wired and tweaking 24/7.
The President of Guerima.
It seems Colombia, in an effort to do something to curb its drug trade, has tried to stop Marxist rebels from trafficking in cocaine. One of the ways they did this was to deploy the army to remote areas and block access to places where cocaine is grown and processed, places like Guerima.
So imagine a little town in Idaho growing potatoes until one day the army comes and stops anyone from coming in and buying those potatoes to make delicious, addictive, potentially lethal french fries. Now the little town has a shitload of potatoes and no money. So how do you get by? The people of Geurima, (population of 1,000), just replaced cash with powder. Without FARC rebels paying for cocaine, the people of the town use it to conduct transactions amongst themselves and, according to reports, one gram will get you a bottle of Coca-Cola.
If this society can actually pull off their homemade economic system, well, kudos. But we're betting heavily that the "Trapping 1,000 People in a Tiny Village with Nothing to Do But Pass Cocaine Around" Plan is eventually going to backfire in a pretty huge way.
#6. Urine
Prisons can be pretty wacky places. Morgan Freeman might hang around and share his wisdom with you. Adam Sandler might ask you to join his football team. You may even get to play softball with George Bluth. Oh, and the sodomy. The violent, nightly, sodomy. (What'd we tell you? Wacky, right?)
Because of all that wackiness, drug screening is becoming more prominent in our nation's penitentiaries, in an effort to ensure all those non-consensual amorous shower rendezvous are at least done while clean and sober. The easiest way to screen for drugs is with a urine sample and, unfortunately, prison is not populated by an entirely honest group of folks.
As a result, clean urine has become a valuable commodity in prisons. Clean samples can be traded in condoms which are then stored in a really warm place to ensure they stay at body temperature. What warm place can you hide a condom full of pee that will keep it at body temperature? If you guessed in your anus, you're disgusting, but also correct.
#5. Rocks
If you're unfamiliar with the island of Yap, it's because it barely exists. If you took Disney World and put it out in the middle of the ocean, that would pretty much encompass the same land mass as Yap. Call it Micronesia and suddenly it's its own country, complete with a population of about 6,000 people.
The people of Yap had a curious tradition of using big ass stones as currency. How big ass? Big ass like 15 feet in diameter and weighing about 2 tons. In fact, the bigger the stone and the more difficult it was to move, the more it was worth, because as we all know, cumbersome shit is really worthwhile, just ask anyone who still has one of those giant half wooden TVs from the 70s or an 8-track player.
They would even sail canoes to other islands to bring back the giant stones with which they could purchase coconuts or wine coolers or whatever it is the people of a tiny island nation need to buy with 12 foot rocks.
The official currency of Yap became the US dollar a little while back, but the stones, nearly 7,000 of which are still all over the island, are used for traditional exchanges, as in marriages or land transfers and, presumably, to bowl downhill over your poorer enemies, who are forced to flee in terror and scatter paltry pebbles in their wake.


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3 Nov 2012 4:50 PM #11
standalone version
I vote for standalone versionwww.codelighter.com
There are 10 types of people in this world, those who understand binary and those who dont
6 Nov 2012 6:34 PM #12
Standalone please!
My boss would buy the Eclipse plugin right now if it were standalone.
7 Nov 2012 6:12 AM #13
Another Vote here for standalone plugin
Another vote here for an Eclipse/Aptana Standalone plugin
10 Nov 2012 9:22 AM #14
15 Nov 2012 4:18 AM #15
An eclipse plugin would be great
Im evalauting sencha architect.
A big problem I hit is the lack of documentation/examples. Most of the examples relate to older version of the software, e.g. in an action column handler, architect gives me
handler: function (view, rowIndex, colIndex, item, e)
but i've no idea how to use these objects to e.g. remove a line/trigger a line/jump to a pop up box/trigger a jsp/php page etc.
An eclipse plugin that triggers the available methods when you type the object followed by a dot (like java) would be tremendous.
Otherwise, as Basil Fawlty would say if you don't like duck...
you're rather stuck!
9 Dec 2012 5:31 AM #16
I vote for a standalone version of the eclipse plugin as well.
12 Dec 2012 4:28 AM #17
Make standalone product available
I am as well clearly in favour of a standalone product of the Eclipse plugin.
Once it's out for a reasonable price justifying open source developments, I would even pay for it.
Apart from that, of course it would be fantastic to offer the plugin under the same license as the Open Source version of ExtJS (GNU GPL license v3) since I do not plan to develop commercial applications
29 Jan 2013 11:54 PM #18
+1 for standalone version
10 Apr 2013 6:30 AM #19
+1 for standalone ...
any new on this?
17 May 2013 3:33 AM #20
The initial link isn't working. Is there a working link? I'd like to have a look at this plugin in order to decide if we wanna introduce it into our company.
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A bill that would reduce property taxes on boats and other watercraft is on its way to Gov. Sam Brownback.
The House and Senate approved a bill Wednesday that would reduce the taxes from 30 percent of appraised value to 11.5 percent next year. Boat taxes would be reduced to 5 percent in 2015 and beyond.
The bill was introduced after 54 percent of Kansas voters approved a change to the state Constitution last fall that allowed the Legislature to set up a new watercraft tax system.
The Wichita Eagle reports (http://bit.ly/16yLrWt ) supporters of the bill said the current tax rate encouraged Kansans to keep their boats in other states.
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Number of software packages tagged with datascope.
Antelope is no longer distributed by the IRIS DMC. Please follow the links above to download the package directly from Boulder Real Time Technologies (BRTT).
Updated: 2013-05-21 09:15 PDT
Antelope is an integrated collection of programs for data collection and seismic data analysis, and typically runs at the central processing site. It has been in development for over a decade and is deployed around the world.


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16 Jun 2010 3:04 PM #1
Great article for tips on optimizing performance on the iPhone and iPad
I found this article the other day and we found it pretty enlightening. It would be great to see Ext Touch considered some of these.
16 Jun 2010 5:06 PM #2
We have done extensive testing on performance and mostly came to the same conclusions as the things mentioned in that blogpost. All of the components in Ext Touch are written with these things in mind.
I think the biggest thing application developers have to watch out for when using Ext Touch is putting heavily styled content in scrollable areas. Especially gradients, text-shadows, box-shadows and rounded corners seem to slow down scrolling.
6 Mar 2013 6:19 AM #3
It is sad that you have to choose between a fast app and a nice app. Because without opacity, box-shadow, text-shadow, gradient and rounded corners, there are not much left to do a nice work
Any evolution on those ? Current browser still don't like those CSS styling ?Twitter account @siebmanb.
Co-founder & CEO at ButterflyEffect.
Mobile application developer using Sencha Touch and Phonegap for iOS, Android and webapp.
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1 Apr 2011 3:43 AM #1
Ext.Direct and HTTP sessions
I hope I'm going mad, but I suspect not.
I'm calling Ext.Direct methods, and getting different session ids each time!
Using IIS7, and a tweaked version of Evan's Ext.Direct router.
Each action class implements IReadOnlySessionState.
Server-side (simplifed):
[DirectAction()] public class MyHandler : DirectHandler, IReadOnlySessionState { [DirectMethod("getSessionId")] public string GetSessionId() { return HttpContext.Current.Session.SessionID; } }
var repeatCount = 20; var func = function(counter) { MyHandler.getSessionId( function(response, e) { if (e.status) { me.update(Ext.String.format('{0}
SessionId{1}: {2}', me.html, counter, Ext.isEmpty(response) ? '<empty>' : response)); } else { me.update(Ext.String.format('{0}
Exception{1}: {2}', me.html, counter, e.message)); } if (counter < repeatCount) { func(++counter); } } ); } func(1);
SessionId1: rbfqlb55iyowcp45oly11w55 SessionId2: cy0gwvu0sivxax555jochdfm SessionId3: mmxizyia2crhla45aowtf4ft SessionId4: y5lqv345m2fanp554v0batrf SessionId5: cshgms5503i4hs55yzi0t155 SessionId6: zwmaxfjvu2qkueuxpds1bem4 SessionId7: vxwh2dynkdwpkeyt3e5j4y45 SessionId8: omsbawv042eju155ebt2gr2i SessionId9: dsa31dz5eys2gd45qrmtmn55 SessionId10: 3ac1lv55te0odk55ii0poz45 SessionId11: sekf1w452rzbq52zji4hrn45 SessionId12: trabhsugqt3rsf55w55arn2s SessionId13: z4tk1y3wiqonftejpa0nddri SessionId14: cq1vqaznudfclq553q10syq1 SessionId15: ksylrcawjx23j3555es3qrnq SessionId16: oiju1h452uywvy45cecju245 SessionId17: lkfljwnk0rvgt52f1ikemorm SessionId18: a453sinrbasaws55yiwbc545 SessionId19: fghs0p55zymu1vywh4vg5a55 SessionId20: j0sa05efxicc40bo3qwoyl2y
Please help, session data is crucial to our authentication mechanism!
1 Apr 2011 7:06 AM #2
Hmm, from extensive googling it seems that all calls to a IHttpHandler get a new session.
There must be a way around this!
1 Apr 2011 8:36 AM #3
Can't help think that it's something to do with the ASP.NET_SessionId cookie.
Does Ext store the session id returned by the server, and pass it back in with subsequent requests?
Does the same thing happen with standard Ajax requests (that'll be my next test I think)?
It certainly didn't when I used Ext 2 and standard HTTP post/get asmx web services or JayRock services.
1 Apr 2011 9:59 AM #4
Seems that response cookie is set to pass back the aspnet session but something is then striping it.
I'll keep looking...
4 Apr 2011 2:44 AM #5
Sorted it, eventually.
Went through process of creating my own cookies, verifying they work, using them to restore my session etc.
Lots of head scratching and experimentation later and I've come to the conclusion that the IReadOnlySessionState implementation is bugged, you need to use IRequiresSessionState if you require a persistent session id.
Odd, because sure that was one of the the first things I tried...
Oh, also spotted that if you have an IIS application within another one you cannot change the stateServer settings in the child.
Hope this helps someone else, since has been doing my head in
4 Apr 2011 2:51 AM #6
LOL, just broke it again whilst preparing to check-in!
It seems that if you have no Global.asax for your web service project (even an empty one) then the session cookie is not sent back.
PS: Heh, damn caching. You also have to write something to session data in Session_Start, e.g. HttpContext.Current.Session[Guid.NewGuid().ToString()] = 0;
4 Apr 2011 6:04 AM #7
while you're discussing with yourself i still don't get the purpose of the session thingy inside the calls.
I use session handling in BE application, but you're talking of the cookie transferred with the call?
4 Apr 2011 6:28 AM #8
Haha, yeah, this is kind of like my own private blog at times
The point is that I use the session id to lookup a authentication token in a database. I need the session id to persist between calls to avoid the user having to authenticate for every call made.
The way ASP.Net handles sessions is to send a cookie in the initial response, which is echoed back to the server on subsequent calls so the session can be restored. Each hit extends the life of the session.
I've got it working fine now, and as I say I only need the session id itself. I don't need to store anything in session data, and always think that the need to do so indicates a flawed design somewhat.
Thanks for chipping in
4 Apr 2011 6:41 AM #9
Westy, i think this is dangerous, i never would rely on this. It gives a possible attacker the possibility to use these id to hack in without auth.
i have the same problem in TYPO3 where each request is expensive because of the auth process (each request does a complete init process of the BE). We additionally used ExtDirect to use a securityToken with CSRF to ensure noone can catch the session. The token itself gets stored in the user session.
For ExtJS we generate one token per instance and render it as variable. This token has to be added to each request and this validates.
Again i never would use it for auth
4 Apr 2011 7:05 AM #10
I don't intend on going into the complete detail of our authentication mechanism suffice to say it's very much like Kerberos, with multiple short-lived tokens that are exchanged over HTTPS; one to prove who the user is, and another to get access to a service given a valid user token.
It is very unlikely anyone could steal a users session given that they'd need the session id and IP.
Thanks again for your input.
PS: I also believe ASP.Net has protection around its session, meaning they are bound to the caller.
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Even though we tend to think of it as how we are feeling, "health" is determined by a variety of factors including biology, income, education, social status, sex, and access to health services. Dramatic advances in improving health have been made over the last several decades, although it is clear that this progress has been very uneven as there exist huge disparities in health status both within and among different countries. In this tutorial we will examine global health as a liberal art, i.e., as a multi-faceted topic that involves problems which cut across socioeconomics, politics, religion, ethics and the sciences. Through readings and a few films we'll consider HIV/AIDS and other communicable (as well as non-communicable) diseases that afflict hundreds of millions of people on the planet, particularly poorer people in low and middle-income countries who continue to get sick, become disabled or disfigured, or die from preventable illnesses. So what does it mean to "act responsibly" and to "live humanely" in the face of such problems?w
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Working earlier tonight, my mouse froze in the middle of the screen, and so I restarted my system. Upon trying to log back in, the screen flashes black, and something along the lines of
saned: edit /etc/default/sane and
Checking battery state before it flashes back to the login screen.
I've scanned the askubuntu files which discuss a similar problem and I've purged and reinstalled:
lightdm-gtk-greeter, and
unity-greeter. I've deleted
My graphics card is:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor
Family Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
so it shouldn't be a problem with nvidia anything.
I can log in as a guest user and with the TTY, but I just can't log in as my primary user.


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A tender no-knead Thanksgiving dinner roll
|In this image taken on Oct. 15, 2012, no knead flax rolls are shown in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Matthew Mead)
Our recipe requires no kneading and little effort. You pretty much dump everything in a bowl, mix, set aside, shape and bake. It really is that easy. And the results really do deliver.
Start to finish: 2 1/2 hours (30 minutes active)
Servings: 12
2/3 cup warm water
2 tablespoons molasses
1/2 cup ground flax seeds, plus extra for sprinkling
1 teaspoon salt
1 egg
1/4 cup (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast
In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, combine all ingredients. Mix on low until combined, then increase speed to high and mix for another 2 minutes.
Remove the paddle, then cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Allow to rest for 1 hour, or until the dough is puffy. Meanwhile, coat a baking sheet with cooking spray.
Scrape the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Divide the dough into 12 pieces, rolling each into a ball. Arrange on the prepared baking sheet. Cover and allow to rise in a warm place until puffy, about 1 hour.
Toward the end of rising, heat the oven to 350 F.
Moisten the tops of the rolls lightly with water, then sprinkle with ground flax seeds. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until golden and cooked through.
Nutrition information per serving: 170 calories; 60 calories from fat (35 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 24 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 5 g protein; 170 mg sodium.
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For a growing number of urban pet owners, having a backyard or park to take their dog out to is a convenience they've had to sacrifice to live in the city. If you live on the 30th floor of an apartment in downtown New York, indoor housetraining - teaching your pet to use papers or a litter box - may be your only option. It also may be the best option if you are advanced in age, handicapped, or work very long hours.
Luckily, most indoor dogs can be housetrained fairly easily, especially if you start early with the new tools available for dogs requiring indoor "facilities." Indoor training requires the same rigid adherence to a schedule as outdoor training; the only difference is that you will be placing your pet on training pads or newspaper instead of taking her outdoors.
First, select a corner away from your pet's eating and sleeping area that will be easy to clean up in case her aim is a little off. The location should always remain the same. At first, cover a larger area than is actually needed - about 3-4 square feet - with training pads. You can reduce the area as training progresses. Take your puppy there after each meal or drink of water, after each nap and exercise time, whenever she looks agitated or starts sniffing the floor, or circling, and always before bed.
Use verbal commands (like "do your business") and praise enthusiastically when she eliminates in her area. If you catch her voiding out of her corner, pick her up and take her back there. Correct with a firm voice - never a hand - and don't rub her nose in it. With positive reinforcement and a strict schedule, she will soon be walking to her area on her own.
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If your puppy has constant access to Piddle Pads, she may not understand what they are for. Designate only one site in the house as the elimination site, and place the pads there. Somewhat restrict her access to them so she can learn she only goes to them for a special reason. She should be taken to the pads when she would normally eliminate.
It may help to confine her in a small enough area so she is unlikely to eliminate there for a period of time. Then bring her, on leash, to the area you have designated as the elimination site. Wait until she eliminates, and praise and reward her with treats for eliminating in the correct place. If you see your puppy urinating somewhere else, startle her and take her to the elimination site. If you are unable to keep an eye on her, confine her to a small area where she will not eliminate until she is fully trained.
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On November 14 2006, Seattle Parks purchased space to add a fitness and weight room to the community center. The new room will add about 500 square feet to the center, which also includes a gym.
The community center's advisory council has begun a fundraising campaign to renovate the fitness room, which will include a new entryway and flooring and the purchase of additional fitness equipment.
In September 2005, the Seattle City Council unanimously approved projects to be funded through the second cycle of the Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund, including $108,000 to acquire an additional space for the International District/Chinatown Community Center. Negotiations for the site started in late 2005.
PROJECT DESCRIPTIONIn 2004, the Pro Parks Levy Oversight Committee toured projects that received funding through the first round of the Pro Parks Levy Opportunity Fund, including the new International District/Chinatown Community Center.
Committee members noted that the new community center was very popular, but did not have a dedicated exercise or weight room. They also saw that a vacant space was available for purchase that was immediately adjacent to the community center entrance.
The advisory council for the community center successfully submitted an application to the second cycle of the Opportunity Fund to secure the space for use by the community center. Parks acquired the space in November 2006.
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATIONThe community center's advisory council successfully submitted an application for funding through the second cycle of the Opportunity Fund. Now that the space has been acquired, the advisory council is raising funds to renovate the space to create a fitness and weight room and to purchase additional fitness equipment. The weight room could be used by all age groups. Special programs will also serve the International District's large elderly population, estimated to comprise 60% of the community's residents.
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Drury continues Southington's tradition of excellence
SOUTHINGTON — In his three years as head football coach at Southington High, Mike Drury has established himself rather quickly, guiding the Blue Knights to 26 victories and only six defeats.
His team's sixth straight victory Tuesday advanced the fourth-seeded Blue Knights (10-1) into the Class LL semifinals against Ridgefield on Saturday at 2 p.m. at West Haven High.
While Drury has led the Blue Knights to two consecutive postseasons, he's not satisfied.
After the Blue Knights topped Norwich Free Academy in the quarterfinals, 52-14, he made sure that players knew it was the school's first playoff win since 2006, the year they lost to Greenwich in the LL final, 28-7.
"You can never be content," said Drury on Thursday. "It's been a good three years, though. Southington has had a rich tradition and we expect excellence. The kids have answered the bell and answered the call. I just love this community and the kids. I want the best for them. I want to be here a long time."
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Before each game, Drury can be seen tossing the football with his assistant coaches and doing drills with his players. He enjoys what he does, and his enthusiasm is contagious.
"That's the easiest part of coaching," said Drury. "Dealing with the kids and working with them day-to-day, I just love that stuff. Keeping them interested and getting them prepared to compete at a high level is an aspect that I have always loved."
Drury, who will turn 31 on Dec. 16, had been at Southington as a defensive coordinator in 2010 during D.J. Hernandez's one year as head coach. He was elevated to the head job when Hernandez resigned during that off-season.
A year earlier, Drury worked at Oxford High on Joe Stochmal's staff in 2009 as a running back and linebackers coach while teaching special education at the school.
"Mike was a great asset to our program," said Stochmal. "He's very organized and extremely knowledgeable. After the first few days, he jumped right in. The kids loved him. I didn't have to worry about leaving him on his own. It was an easy pickup for me."
Drury also had stints as an assistant at Cromwell and Pomperaug, learning every step of the way. His commitment to Southington spreads year-round to the wrestling and track programs, for which he is an assistant coach in the winter and spring.
Perhaps Drury's best quality as a coach other his football knowledge is his patience.
A four-year starter at linebacker at Marist College, where he studied finance, the Bristol Central graduate changed gears after his college graduation and turned to education and teaching special education.
His patience and understanding of kids has definitely been a big plus, noted current Southington defensive coordinator and ex-Syracuse player Rob Thomson, who was Drury's high school coach at Bristol Central.
"The players really respect Mike," said Thomson. "He's a great role model. You can't fool kids. They know when someone is sincere, and he's able to get them to respond. He enjoys being around the guys, and that's one of the reasons why players respect him so much. He'll jump in the weight room and do sets with them."
Drury has never been one to sit back and watch, not even when he was a three-sport athlete at Bristol Central.
"In high school, Mike was like a coach on the field directing traffic," said Thomson. "He had great leadership. That was part of his role as a captain. He would do all of the small, but important things, like being a long snapper. Everything a coach needed, he would always fill in the blanks."
Drury learned that trait from his dad, Chuck, the former Pomperaug head coach who is a member of the Blue Knights' staff since resigning from Pomperaug after the 2010 season.
"When Mike took the head coach job, he was ready," said Chuck Drury. "He's had great mentors in his life, but he's his own man. His attention to detail is exceptional. Aspects like blocking and tackling are most important in football. Wide receivers don't catch the ball in practice until they do blocking drills down field."
His counterpart on Saturday, Ridgefield coach Kevin Callahan, knows Drury will have his team ready.
"I've known the Drurys a long time," said Callahan. "I played against Mike's dad when I coached at Notre Dame (Fairfield) and he was at Pomperaug. I have great respect for him and his son. They just get it. You know how their players play by their body language. They both preach family values. So do I."
Reach Mark Jaffee at email@example.com or on Twitter@TheRealJaffman.
Mike Drury at Southington
Age: 30
Hometown: Bristol
High School: Bristol Central
College: Marist College, B.A. finance
Master's: St. Joseph College, special education
Occupation: Special education teacher at Southington High
2011: 6-4 regular season
2012: 10-1, Class LL quarterfinalist (10-0 regular season)
2013: 10-1, Class LL semifinalist (9-1 regular season)
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Dan Shanks joined the Coker Office of Institutional Advancement in August of 2013 as the College's Athletic Development Officer. He was promoted to Assistant AD for Athletic Development in July of 2015.
Shanks came to Coker after serving as a Human Terrain Specialist for the United States government since 2010. He spent approximately 30 months working in Afghanistan as a socio-cultural adviser to the US Military and various other governmental agencies.
A 1997 graduate of Coker, Shanks was All-American men's basketball player for the Cobras. Considered by many as one of the best male athletes to ever don a Coker uniform. Shanks is second on the school's all-time scoring list with 1,895 career points and he holds multiple records at Coker including; the highest scoring average for a season (21.8) and career (18.9), the most points scored in a season (610), the highest free-throw percentage in a season (93) and the highest free-throw percentage in a game (100).
He was part of the '94-95 team that won a school-record 10 straight games, led the program to a No. 14 rank nationally in Division II, and is the only player to win freshman of the year and player of the year honors from the conference in the same season.
During Shanks' time at Coker, the men's team won more than 80 games and reached the conference championship three times, winning one.
After graduation, Shanks spent seven years playing professional basketball in Europe, Belgium, Estonia and Austria. He led the league in scoring twice during his time in Europe. In 2004, he retired from professional basketball. That same year he was inducted into the Coker Athletics Hall of Fame.
He holds a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education from Coker and he is currently completing a Master's of Arts in International Studies at the University of South Carolina.
Currently, he resides in Hartsville with his wife Sophia, a 2000 graduate of Coker.


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In this post: Examples of rings with ideal lattice isomorphic to $M_3$, $N_5$ a nice example was given of a non-distributive ring. The lattice of ideals turned out to be the Diamond lattice $M_3$ with the biggest ideal $R$ appended above the top of the Diamond.
Question: Is there a similar example whose lattice ideal looks like the same lattice upside-down? (That is, $R$ would now be in the Diamond, and the $\{0\}$ ideal would be the only ideal outside of the Diamond.)
Edit: I had not intended for anyone to assume commutativity, but I had forgotten I put that in the tags aways back. Jack Schmidt's answer below reminds us why there is no example in the commutative case.
Edit 2: As I was reading Jack Schmidt's second answer below, I realized that $R=M_2(\mathbb{F_2})$ is already a very good example, since both the lattices of right and of left ideals are already precisely the Diamond!
In order to keep going with the original question though, I wanted to bring up the following strategy. By taking an $R-R$ bimodule $B$ and forming the triangular ring $\begin{pmatrix}R&B\\0&R\end{pmatrix}$, and taking the subring $T=\{ \begin{pmatrix}x&y\\0&x\end{pmatrix}\mid x\in R, y\in B\}$, then one has obtained a ring $T$ with $rad(T)=\begin{pmatrix}0&B\\0&0\end{pmatrix}$ such that $T /rad(T)\cong R$. We would understand the structure above $rad(T)$, and the rest of the ideal structure would be determined within $B$. If $B$ could be simple as a right module, then we would be done, but my gut says this is impossible.
If anyone can explain in the comments, I would be grateful. Usually when I ask anything about a bimodule, the answer is "No, because (simple reason)." Followed by: "This is, of course, the 0-th Hochschild cohomology."


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That's strange because Iron is very similar to Chrome, and I am able to post questions/answers with Chrome 188.8.131.52 (just checked).
With Iron, I get redicted to the "Oops! Something Bad Happened!" - error page, where I am asked to report the problem to Meta if I think it's interesting.
I posted this issue here a few days before but the old question is gone. It might have been deleted due to 'being too localized', as someone told me.
Feature wish:
If a user with an unusual browser gets to the error page, they should be told to use a supported browser instead of asking them to submit a bug report to Meta -- as this would just be a waste of time.


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Garlic Shrimp Spring Rolls RecipeGarlic Shrimp Spring Rolls
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Spring rolls make a healthy light lunch at home or on the go. They are easy to make and you can take the opportunity to stuff them with a variety of vegetables. Pack spring rolls in your lunch cooler and pair them with a fresh salad or low-sodium soup for a nutritious, filling meal.
Yield: 6 spring rolls
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 5 minutes
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp grated onion
- 2 cloves garlic, grated
- 1/3 cup shredded carrot
- ¼ lb. raw shrimp, cleaned and chopped
- ½ small red bell pepper, cut into matchsticks
- ½ cup shredded cabbage
- 1 green onion, greens only, sliced
- ½ tsp low-sodium soy sauce
- ¼ tsp dark sesame oil
- 6 rice paper wraps
- 6 small sprigs of cilantro
- Heat the oil over medium-high in a medium skillet. Add the grated onion and garlic. Cook for 1 minute.
- Add the carrot and cook another minute. Add the shrimp and cook 2 to 3 minutes, until they begin to turn opaque.
- Add the bell pepper and cook for 1 more minute. Stir in the cabbage, green onion, soy sauce, and sesame oil. Remove from the heat and let cool completely.
- Soften the rice paper wraps with water according to package directions. Lay a single wrap on a plate. Place 1/6 of the shrimp and vegetable mix towards one end. Lay one small sprig of cilantro on top. Fold in each side of the wrap and then roll up, similar to a burrito.
- Serve at room temperature or cold.
Nutrition information for 1 spring roll: Calories 76; Total Fat 1.7 g; Saturated Fat 0.2 g; Trans Fat 0 g; Cholesterol 26 mg; Sodium 134 mg; Carbohydrate 11 g; Fiber 0.6 g; Sugar 1.1g; Protein 4.2 g


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When One of the Triple Threat Is Murdered, All Eyes Turn to Justice.
Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole fight for justice everydayCassidy as a crime reporter, Nicole as an FBI agent, and Allison as a federal prosecutor. Together theyre a Triple Threat to be reckoned with. A force that, together, has solved the toughest mysteries.
Until a ruthless killer finds a way to isolate and murder one of the three.
When the authorities keep the survivors at arms length in the investigation, the womens desire for justice goes into overdrive. They find an unexpected ally in a quirky private investigator named Ophelia whose unorthodox methods seem to offer a possible breakthrough in the case.
Yet just as the police appear to have the killer in custody and justice within sight, the murderer strikes again. Not knowing whom to trust, the team must engage in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse where nothing can be taken at face value . . . and nothing will ever be the same.
A riveting Triple Threat mystery that will leave readers shocked and satisfied.
"[S]hocking, fast-paced . . . For those seeking gal pal tales reminiscent of Tess Gerritsens Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles, the Triple Threat adventures are a sure bet." Publishers Weekly
Author Bio
Lis Wiehl is the New York Times bestselling author of over a dozen novels. She is a Harvard Law School graduate and has served as a federal prosecutor in the state of Washington and as a tenured faculty member at The University Washington School of Law. She is currently a popular legal analyst and commentator for the Fox News Channel. Visit her online at liswiehlbooks.com Facebook: Lis Wiehl, Fox News Legal Analyst and Author Twitter: @LisWiehl
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Alleycat5 Stars Out Of 5Great murder who done it!June 30, 2016AlleycatQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This is my first time reading this author. Wish I had read her other books in this series first, however, even reading them out of order is better than never reading them at all. Can't wait to find the first 3 in the series and see how the "Triple Threat" lives have evolved.
lcjohnson1988IndianaAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5March 24, 2014lcjohnson1988IndianaAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Allison Pierce, federal prosecutor, has had her wayward sister living with her and her husband for almost a year now. Lindsay is finally going to try to open a business of her own. Allison agrees to co-sign on the loan from the bank. While at the bank, Allison goes to the restroom and while there something terrible happens. This on top of the recent death of someone very close to her just about breaks her, but she clings to her faith in God. She wants justice to be served and will not let the guilty go unpunished. As more information comes to light, Allison wonders if what happened at the bank was just a cover-up for something else. Is she safe in her beloved city of Portland?
Nicole Hedges, FBI agent, has resumed her relationship with Leif and is status post breast cancer surgery. Along with Allison, she vows to see justice done no matter the cost regarding the murder of someone close to her. While out jogging, she is almost run over, but puts it down to driver inattention. As she searches for clues to bring a killer to justice, she begins to think maybe she was targeted on purpose. Is someone out to get her?
This is the best of the Triple Threat stories so far in my opinion. I don't want to reveal much about what happens, so I've been brief in my review. There is so much action readers will not be able to stop until the book is finished. I was worn out by the time I turned the last page, but it was worth the time spent. This is just great reading. I have read this author's other series, The East Salem Trilogy and really enjoyed that series as well. There are surprises, suspense and sadness to keep readers engaged. I don't know if this is the final book in the series or not, but I'll be on the lookout for more exciting stories from this author.
Alyssa LiljequistAge: Under 184 Stars Out Of 5Eyes of JusticeJune 10, 2012Alyssa LiljequistAge: Under 18This review was written for Eyes of Justice, Triple Threat Series #4, Large Print.Eyes of Justice is a wonderful novel set in the world of criminal justice and more specifically (or geographically), in Portland, Oregon. Those two things connected me to this book. I'm a native Oregonian; it was neat to read a book where I recognized places they describe (i.e. I've visited Mt. Hood, seen the Willamette River many times, and I've definitely been to Portland as well). Also, I am very interested in criminal justice and it was cool to see three friends being involved in different aspects of it. Nicole Hedges is an FBI agent, Allison Pierce is a federal prosecutor, and Cassidy Shaw is a crime reporter for Channel Four. They call themselves the Triple Threat. Eyes of Justice is actually the fourth Triple Threat novel but it's the first one that I've read.
One of the three women is killed near the beginning of the book. This sends the other two into grief and a search for justice...even if that means breaking some rules. While I don't condone breaking the law, their loyalty and willingness to risk everything for each other is admirable.
In the past, I haven't read "crime" books (but I have watched TV shows in the genre) so it was very interesting to see how they described things such as a crime scene, an autopsy, fingerprint analysis, etc. in writing.
Who killed one of the Triple Threat...and why? Read Eyes of Justice to find out!
~I received this book for free from Booksneeze in exchange for my honest review.
Teresa F.5 Stars Out Of 5Fantastic!!June 1, 2012Teresa F.Quality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5Fast paced and exciting, this next chapter in the Triple Threat series is well worth the read! I loved it. The story line was well developed with some shocking twists and turns which left me breathless at times. It makes me think about people in the public eye - how they are always being "watched". The current characters are an interesting bunch - different in almost every way - but able to maintain a deep friendship. They have each others back. New characters that are introduced are quirky, fun and with a purpose of seeing justice done. I can not wait for the next installment of this fantastic series.
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i blog 4 books4 Stars Out Of 5Kept Me GuessingMay 27, 2012i blog 4 booksEyes of Justice by Lis Wiehl is the fourth installment of the Triple Threat series. While Cassidy, Nicole, and Allison have joined forces to solve cases before, one of the Triple Threat becomes a victim and the others will have to look past their personal grief in order to solve this crime.
As in other books in the series, this is an incredibly suspenseful story. The crime scenes and legal aspects are so realistic. It's obvious that the author really knows her stuff. As the plot develops and the tension builds, I kept trying to guess "whodunit." Lis does a great job at providing enough twists and turns to keep readers guessing until the last few pages.
While it's not necessary to have read the previous books in the series, it was nice to catch up again with Nicole, Allison, and Cassidy. Allison's crisis of faith was realistic, and I actually liked Nicole better than in previous books. The introduction of Ophelia, a private investigator, is a perfect addition to the team.
The one major draw-back (for me) to this series is that it is SO similar to James Patterson's Women's Murder Club series. I've made the comparison before but it seems that Wiehl is still tracking along with the major plotlines from Patterson's series. I would love to read some new, original stories if this series continues. Also, since this series is billed as Christian fiction, it bears mentioning that there is quite a bit of drinking mentioned throughout the book.
Overall, I enjoyed this book. Lis Wiehl delivers a suspenseful novel that will you have you hanging on until the very last page. [4 stars]
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I only recently managed to connect my Galaxy S with Kies via USB. And I've upgraded it to Froyo 2.2. What can you do in Samsung Kies other than upgrading your firmware. I've seen the interface and there doesn't seem to be a lot of interesting that you can do with it
As you noted, you can upgrade the device software. You can also back your contacts, text messages up, and you can sync photos or videos/movies both ways.
You can view movies from your phone on your pc directly, that goes both ways; watch from cell on pc and from pc on cell. I believe you also can download apps from kites onto your cell but that doesn't work anymore because of google's market policies. Apparently, you also can make your cell work as a modem, but I didn't try that so...
Anyways, as edelcom and mru said before me it still needs some work to live up to what it should do and to keep up with handset itself.
Lastly, in samsung defense, kies isn't just for androids, it's their software for the whole cellphones lines, and many users are happy with it, obviously not us, android handsets' owners.
I think you are correct . At least I don't use KIES for anything apart from upgrading the firmware.
Lately it's better, but I think that the KIES software is far from the quality of the Galaxy phone and it's operating system.
Basically you are right. You may use it for synchronizing your data between the mobile and the computer, but nobody really wants to do so with such crappy kind of software.
I had to install kies because i needed the samsung-win7-usb-dirvers, that are neccessary to connect laptop to internet via cellphone via usb. found no other source where i can get the drivers.


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28-13 Michigan on top. Go Blue!
Peppers at 10, which seems low.
Welcome bloggers to the second installment of a new regular MGoFeature, and the only one that gives you free stuff. Usually it'll be something from the MGoStore; occasionally someone will donate or sponsor a different item. It works like thusly:
This Week's Game:
The Michigan State Dorm Vikings, presented by Capital One vs. the Michigan Wolverines: 2012 football edition.
This Week's Prize:
Let's be honest, you're a ground man. The things in life you appreciate are the crunch of a pulling guard, a well-orchestrated veer, a perfectly executed ISO that gets five yards; let's get up and do it again. You have outgrown and abandoned such boyish pursuits as squirtguns, LEGOs, and long bombs to Devin Gardner, and prefer instead a leisurely Saturday of Denard breaking ankles, Lewan breaking donkeys, and Rawls breaking everything. Do not feel ashamed, for there are other men like you out there, identifiable only by their firm nods, their set jaws, and their MANBALL t-shirts. Join us, friend of the running game.
Bonus Contest:
If you're going to be around Ann Arbor at, oh, 7:30 p.m. on Friday, November 16, we also have two free tickets to the premier of PERSEVERANCE-The Story of Billy Taylor.
For those who don't know their MANBALL history, "Touchdown" Billy Taylor was an All-American running back who broke Michigan's career rushing record (and ended second to Harmon in TDs) while playing for the early Bo teams. Personal tragedies sparked a downward spiral that ruined his pro career and sent him through 25 years of hell. Then he got back up. If you go to the event you'll get to meet Taylor and several other Michigan luminaries. Note: whether you've got our tickets or just wanna go, make sure you get to the Michigan Theater at least a half-hour early or risk losing the seat.
Closest to the pin wins (tie goes to the over).
Notes: If you win the shirt and prefer another shirt, that's cool; pick an MGoShirt.
Rules: One entry per user. First user to choose a set of scores wins, determined by the timestamp of your entry (for my ease I prefer if you don't post it as a reply to another person's score--if you do it won't help or hurt you). If nobody gets the score, this week's prize carries over to the following week's. Deadline for entries is 24 hours before the start of the game (since I won't have time to pull them on gamedays). MGoEmployees and Moderators--anyone else with moderator priveleges--are exempt from winning (because you could change your timestamp). If you choose the score that Brian published in the official preview and it actually ends up the final score, well, that would be pretty amazing because Brian picks scores like 29-11 all the time.
28-13 Michigan on top. Go Blue!
212 rushing yds
Michigan wins 31-15. 333 yards on the ground.
31-30 Michigan
Michigan 31 Michigan State 3
28-10 Michigan
17-16 Michigan
Total rushing yards: 213
28-10 Michigan
37-10 good guys
24-20 Michigan
230 yards rushing
Michigan 24-6 MSU
265 rushing yards
Michigan 27, MSU 13
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Michigan 28 MSU 7 Rushing Yards: 281
That is all.
171 yards rushing
34-13 michigan
Michigan 31 MSU 13
Little Brother's return to insignificance.
24–10 Michigan.
Michigan 24 MSU 17 Rushing Yards 262
Michigan 13 MSU 11
Michigan gains 232 yards rushing
32-13 Michigan
233 rushing yards
24-7 Michigan
217 rushing yards
187 yards rushing
190 rush yards
27-13 Meeeeechigan
175 rushing yards
28-17 Blue
253 rushing yards.
Michigan 24, Michigan State 6.
255 yds rushing.
M rushing yards: 187
27-6 us
27-14 Michigan
Mich 27 - MSU 16
24-13 blue
245 rushing yards
24-14 Michigan. 157 rushing yards.
34-0 Michigan
199 yards rushing
17-3 Michigan
23-10 Michigan!
Rushing yards: 168
24 - 13
30-3, Big Bro
13-0 Michigan
?212 yds rushing


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Calvin Griggs
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Last updated: 19 October 2014
Calvin Griggs and his wife Shuangying Lu have been building CooKit-style solar panel cookers in their home and selling them in the Phoenix area for the past few years. They have sold hundreds of cookers.
Calvin began playing with solar back in the 70's while a resident of Portland, Oregon. He had read some articles on solar power and thought it might be fun to see what it could do. His first project was a small box cooker that he made and tried out on a sunny February day (rare in Portland) that had a high temperature of 28°F (-2°C). The box cooker registered 164°F (73°C)! Calvin then went on and created a solar heating system for his swimming pool and began cooking with solar energy. Because of some international job transfers, he did not have time to pursue his passion for solar cooking.
In 2006 Calvin and Shuangying moved to Phoenix, Arizona where once again their passion for solar cooking could be realized. The local newspaper, The Arizona Republic, did an article on their solar cooking as did Fox News and this aroused the interest of many readers and resulted in the beginning of a small business for the Griggs'. For a time they built cardboard solar cookers by hand and sold them in the area.
The Griggs' say that there is a termendous interest in solar cooking now with utility rates being raised frequently, people's consideration for the environment and the economy. An indusrty that was once laughed at by skeptics is now being taken more serously.
The Griggs' mission is: Using the sun today for a better tomorrow pretty much sums up the solar enthusists stance on this free source of energy.
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