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Coming Tuesday, June 17th: Firefox 3 — Whenever we're asked "when is Firefox going to be released" we endeavor to answer to the best of our abilities, but the truth of the matter is that we'll only ever ship "when it's ready". We have a lot of indicators that help us understand when the product …
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Caroline McCarthy / Webware.com:
Firefox Mobile concept flaunted in Mozilla video — Firefox Mobile Concept Video from Aza Raskin on Vimeo. — The buzz about Firefox these days might be focused on the impending Firefox 3, but the folks at Mozilla are already thinking beyond that browser—and beyond the PC.
Brad Linder / Download Squad:
Mozilla sets release date for Firefox 3: June 17 — Mozilla is set to release the final version of Firefox 3 next Tuesday, June 17th. The next generation of Mozilla's web browser has been in development for almost three years, and after countless alphas, betas, and release candidates …
Drew Olanoff / Download Squad:
Opera Desktop Browser 9.5 is Final - Take your stuff with you
Opera Desktop Browser 9.5 is Final - Take your stuff with you
Jeremy Zawodny / Jeremy Zawodny's blog:
Leaving Yahoo! — It seems that word has started to leak out, so I might as well remove any speculation or ambiguity. In the next few weeks, I'll walk the halls at Yahoo! as an employee one last time and turn in my purple badge. After 8.5 years of service and a better experience …
Erick Schonfeld / TechCrunch:
RepairPal, It's Like Google Health for Your Car — Going to the mechanic is like going to the doctor. When something needs to be fixed, for most people there is no easy way to tell if they are being charged the going rate or are being ripped off. Enter RepairPal, a new site launching publicly today …
Jason Chen / Gizmodo:
iPhone 3G's True Price Compared — Ever since Apple announced that they're cutting $200 from the iPhone's price and lowering the iPhone 3G down to $199, people have been rumbling about how the increased AT&T data plan price negates any savings you get up front on the phone.
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Google CEO talks of good, evil and monopoly fears — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt on Wednesday detailed his theory of competition in the Web industry while saying Google's famous mantra of "Don't be evil" is often misunderstood.
Chris Ziegler / Engadget:
Palm Centro heads to Verizon, in stores tomorrow for $99 — Come on, T-Mobile, all we need is you to get on board now and that'll make a perfect Yahtzee! for Palm with its surprise hit, the Centro. Thanks to Verizon's expected announcement today, the top three US carriers now carry …
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Matt Dodd / The iLife:
Live from the 2008 Apple Design Awards (Liveblog and Photos) - WWDC08 — Since 1996, every year at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference, Apple has awarded the most innovative Macintosh software and related hardware produced by independent developers with a Design Award.
Dan Goodin / The Register:
Congressmen say Chinese hacked their PCs — Dissident locations, other sensitive data intercepted — Lawmakes are urging everyone on Capitol Hill to have their computers checked for malware after discovering that people working from inside China hacked into multiple congressional machines …
Kim Hart / Washington Post:
A Flashy Facebook Page, at a Cost to Privacy — Add-Ons to Online Social Profiles Expose Personal Data to Strangers — Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular social networking site with silly games and quirky trivia quizzes may be unknowingly giving a host of strangers an intimate peek at their lives.
Nick Knupffer / Technology@Intel:
USB 3.0 for the masses - Dispelling the myths. — There has been a lot of unanswered speculation recently regarding USB 3.0 and Intel's involvement; I thought it was about time to set the record straight. By the way: USB 3.0 will be a new wired USB standard - operating at faster speeds than previous USB generations.
The Boy Genius / Boy Genius Report:
BlackBerry Seawolf 9110 Joins the Pack, Javelin, Aurora and Thunder throw a party — It almost seems like we're unearthing a new BlackBerry model every week. There were a number of doubters on the internet when we first posted news of the BlackBerry 9100 and external display.
David Pogue / New York Times:
An Imitator That Rivals the iPhone — The story so far: Apple introduced the iPhone a year ago, and has sold six million of them. Then on Monday, Apple unveiled an improved model that brings faster Internet, G.P.S. and a much lower price to an already well-designed device.
Philipp Lenssen / Google Blogoscoped:
Gmail.com Domain Made Disfunctional In Germany — Surprise... I usually enter "gmail.com" to jump to my email inbox, but today I'm greeted with the following message after doing so (the message sits at mail.google.com/gmail/): — We can't provide service under the Gmail name in Germany; we're called Google Mail here instead.
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JFK Reloaded Lets You Kill Kennedy All Over Again
If you have ever wanted to step into the shoes of Lee Harvey Oswald, now you can. JFK Reloaded has just stolen all the controversy that Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas was enjoying just a week ago. In the game, your goal is to recreate the shot fired by Mr. Oswald, assassinating John F. Kennedy while he is riding in his motorcade. Most disturbing? You can win up to $100,000.00 USD if you can accurately kill Kennedy in the same way concluded in the Warren Commission report. Thankfully, this game is only available on PC - we won't be seeing this on the any home consoles or in stores. It has recently been condemned by the Kennedy Family.
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text: Freedom Writer - June 1995 [ref001] Militia madness By Skipp Porteous An hour and a half after the April 19 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, the Institute for First Amendment Studies received a fax identifying the perpetrators as members of the "Christian Identity" movement. Skeptical at first, because the investigation then focused on overseas terrorist groups, we took a "wait and see" attitude. Soon it was evident that the terrorists were indeed U.S. citizens. Now it is known that the alleged perpetrators, Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols, have connections with the Christian Identity movement, sometimes known as Christian Patriots. Christian Identity adherents share the idea that white Christians are direct descendants of the ten lost tribes of Israel, which they believe ended up in northern Europe. A closely related group calls itself British Israelites. Numbering about 40,000 in the United States, the majority of these groups are racist and anti-Jewish. Except for the "identity" aspect, most Christian Identity believers embrace classic fundamentalism and a growing number are Pentecostal. The main difference between fundamentalists and Pentecostals is that Pentecostals believe in "spiritual gifts," such as speaking in tongues and faith healing. (It should be noted, however, that most Christian fundamentalists and Pentecostals do not espouse the Identity message.) Christian Identity proponents also hold to various conspiracy theories concerning a New World Order in which the United Nations will take over the world. Behind the scenes, they believe, are certain "European bankers" (long recognized as a code referring to Jews) who hold the purse strings to bring this about. Pastor Pete Peters, a well-known Identity minister, has written and spoken much about this alleged plot. But it was the Christian Coalition's Pat Robertson who broadened the appeal of this conspiracy in his 1991 bestselling book, _The_New_World_Order_. With sales of more than 500,000 copies, _The_New_World_Order_ introduced these ideas to mainstream Evangelical and Pentecostal Christians. Because they believe the government plans to impose draconian measures, taking away religious freedom, Patriots appeal to their "right to keep and bear arms" as the only way to defend religious freedom. Patriots seldom mention participation in democracy as a way to change the system. A day after the Oklahoma City bombing, Christian Patriots gathered at the International Coalition of Covenant Congregations Conference held at the Lodge of the Ozarks in Branson, Missouri. The conference featured leading figures in the Identity movement, including Pete Peters and Larry Pratt. Pratt, executive director of Gun Owners of America, spoke on the "Biblical Mandate to Arm." One of the 550 attendees told _The_Freedom_Writer_, "I mingled with a lot of people there, and there was not a shred of sympathy for what happened in Oklahoma." "This is just the beginning," another person added. Asked about the innocent children killed in the blast, many of the participants echoed the same response: "What about all the unborn babies killed at abortion clinics?" Because of the Oklahoma City bombing, the media has placed a lot of focus on the militia movement. Militias, or paramilitary groups, are private armies training to fight the "tyrannical" United States government. Most of the active militias today were formed after the April 19, 1993 tragedy at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. Patriots view the government's role in that situation as an armed assault against religious freedom, and think that their church or group may be next. With as many as 50,000 members, approximately 85% of the militias are comprised of Christian Patriots. Most Christians, of course, abhor violence, and very few would attempt to justify what happened in Oklahoma City. Still, it is a fact that the militia movement is largely a movement of those calling themselves Christians. Widely circulated among militia groups is the field manual of the Free Militia. The first chapter of the manual goes to great lengths to prove that the Bible is the inerrant word of God. After making that assertion, it makes the claim that Jesus not only authorized Christians to arm themselves, but that it is a Christian's duty to take up arms. The field manual, like the National Rifle Association (NRA), appeals to the Second Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to justify an armed citizenry. This plays well in NRA fundraising letters, but the NRA never uses this argument in court. The courts have never interpreted the Second Amendment as granting ordinary citizens the right to bear arms. There may be legitimate reasons for citizens to possess firearms, but the Second Amendment is not one of them. The Second Amendment states: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It is important to read every word of this amendment in context. The militias of the colonies - where able-bodied men kept arms in their homes, to be ready at moment's notice to defend their village or farm - no longer exist. Today, the closest manifestation of the early militias are state National Guards, overseen by our governors. Thus, a "well-regulated militia" is a function of individual states, not self-appointed commanders and generals running a private army. Private armies, or paramilitary groups, are not only unnecessary, but dangerous. However, because the First Amendment of the Constitution upholds "the right of the people peaceably to assemble," most militias enjoy protected status. They step over the line as soon as they advocate or commit illegal acts. The militia movement is connected to the radical Religious Right in many ways. Militias count Christian Coalition constituents, John Birchers, Traditional Values Coalition members, and other mainstream Religious Right people among its ranks. If attempts to take over America through the democratic process fail, the Religious Right is prepared to resort to more drastic methods. [ref002][ref003] Return to table of contents Copyright 1995 IFAS The Freedom Writer / email@example.com [ref001] ../banner.gif [ref002] index.html [ref003] ../../uparrow.gif This file is copywritten by the Institute for First Amendment Studies. Subscribe to The Freedom Writer and Walk Away news letters by writing to or telephoneing the Institute for First Amendment Studies: Post Office Box 589 Great Barrington, Massachusetts. 01230 Telephone: (413) 528-3800 E-Mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Web page: http://www.crocker.com/~ifas


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Mother and Multiple Limited Releases
May 7th, 2010
We only have four films on this week's list. On the plus side, three of them are earning overwhelmingly positive reviews. On the negative side, the only film earning negative reviews is also the film earning the widest release. It is distressing when that happens, but it happens surprisingly often.
Casino Jack and the United States of Money - Reviews
Mother and Child - Reviews
Multiple Sarcasms - Reviews
OSS 117: Lost in Rio - Reviews
A political documentary about the Jack Abramoff scandal. Normally, political documentaries are very divisive. But political corruption is a subject that transcends left and right. Unbelievably positive reviews should help it at the box office, but I'm not sure how being an election year will affect the film. Then again, it's practically always an election year, so that immaterial. Casino Jack and the United States of Money opens tonight in nine theaters in New York City, Washington, D.C., the Los Angeles area, and other places. I suspect it will do well for a documentary, but expanding wide is very likely out of reach.
A film about three women (Annette Bening, Kerry Washington, and Naomi Watts) who have been affected by adoption, either because they gave up a child, were given up as a child, or are looking to adopt a child. The film is earning overwhelmingly positive reviews, plus the three lead actresses have all has at least some measure of box office success in their careers. For that reason, the film likely has the best shot at significant expansion. Mother and Child opens tonight in six theaters, split between New York City and the Los Angeles area.
This film stars two Oscar winners: Mira Sorvino and Timothy Hutton. However, so far the film has only earned one positive review out of ten on Rotten Tomatoes. The film is by first-time writer / director Brooks Branch, but it is being described as a vanity project or Woody Allen-lite. Perhaps the cast will be enough to keep the film going over the weekend, but it is opening in probably too many theaters to truly thrive. Multiple Sarcasms opens tonight in 15 theaters, mostly in the Los Angeles area.
The latest installment in the French spy spoof. This time around, Jean Dujardin travels to Rio to stop a former Nazi that is blackmailing the French government. Reviews are better than the two wide releases, but not that great for a limited release. And for a foreign language film, which brings additional impediments to box office success... I'm not saying it won't be able to expand, but it does have a tough hill to climb. OSS 117: Lost in Rio opens tonight in three theaters, one in New York City and the other two in the Los Angeles area.
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Hell hath no fury like that of Christopher Hitchens. This week Hitchens heaped his wrath upon copy editors at the New York Times. In "Terrorists, Dissidents, and Copy Editors" posted on Slate.com, it seems there's little difference in Hitchens's thinking among them. The reason for his contempt? The media, not even specifically the NYT, are labeling terrorist thugs in Northern Ireland as "dissidents." Hitchens invokes no greater power than the OED in his argument that dissident "describes only attitudes and not actions." Point taken. But lumping copy editors with terrorists is beyond the pale, really. Then again, Hitchens always takes no prisoners.
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Funeral services for Clifton Ray Price of Lenorah, Texas, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church with Msgr. Tim Schwertner officiating. Interment will follow at Trinity Memorial Park in Big Spring.Clifton passed away July 16, 2011, in Odessa, Texas, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Jan. 12, 1955, in Stephenville, Texas.


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Fiddler on the Roof, Candlelight Dinner Playhouse, 4747 Marketplace Drive, Johnstown. 6 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. curtain Thursdays-Saturdays and 12:30 p.m. dinner, 2 p.m. curtain Sundays through Oct. 28. The classic musical will feature real-life husband and wife team Patrick Sawyer and Melissa Swift-Sawyer playing Tevye and Golde. Adult tickets $29.50-$57.50, and ages 5-18 $19.50-$29.50. Call 744-3747. Email email@example.com. Website: coloradocandlelight.com.
How to Write a New Book for the Bible, 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 29, Bas Bleu Theatre, 401 Pine St., Fort Collins. An unsentimental, but thoroughly human and funny new play about a man's experience caring for his dying mother. $10 adults, $5 seniors and students. Call 498-8949. Website: basbleu.org.
In the Heights, 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon Sundays, Midtown Arts Center, 3750 S. Mason St., Fort Collins. The 2008 Tony Award-winning musical looks at home, family and finding where you belong. Runs through Nov. 11. $49 and up per person for dinner/show. Call 225-2555. Website: midtownartscenter.com.
The Love of the Nightingale, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2:30 p.m. Sunday, through Oct. 14, Bas Bleu Theater, 401 Pine St., Fort Collins. Relive the ancient Greek myth of Philomele, a tale of two sisters who experience life without language. $10 adults, $8 CSU students, free for ages 8 and under. Call 498-8949. Website: basbleu.org.
Wit, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday through Sept. 29, Lincoln Center Performance Hall, 417 W. Magnolia, Fort Collins. When she is diagnosed with stage-four ovarian cancer, a woman undertakes an intensely personal journey through life and death with wit, anger, kindness, and deep reflection. $22-$27 adults, $16-$20 seniors and students. Call 484-5237. Website: openstagetheatre.org.
One Act Comedies, 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Windsor Community Playhouse, 561 E. Garden Drive, Unit A., Windsor. "Please Have a Seat and Someone Will Be with You Shortly," "Post-Its (Notes on a Marriage) and "I'm Herbert." Runs through Sept. 29. Adults $15, seniors and students $13. Call 674-1790. Website: windsorplayhouse.org.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, 3 p.m. Saturdays, Jesters Dinner Theatre, 224 Main St., Longmont. One-hour musical includes favorite characters like Augustus Gloop, Veruca Salt, Violet Beauregarde, Mike Teavee, Charlie Bucket and Willy Wonka. Runs through Oct. 20. Tickets $7. Call 303-682-9980. Website: jesterstheatre.com.


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LOGINPROPERTY (Transact-SQL)
Returns information about login policy settings.
Data type depends on requested value.
IsLocked, IsExpired, and IsMustChange are of type int.
1 if the login is in the specified state.
0 if the login is not in the specified state.
BadPasswordCount and HistoryLength are of type int.
BadPasswordTime, LockoutTime, PasswordLastSetTime are of type datetime.
PasswordHash is of type varbinary.
NULL if the login is not a valid SQL Server login.
DaysUntilExpiration is of type int.
0 if the login is expired or if it will expire on the day when queried.
-1 if the local security policy in Windows never expires the password.
NULL if the CHECK_POLICY or CHECK_EXPIRATION is OFF for a login, or if the operating system does not support the password policy.
PasswordHashAlgorithm is of type int.
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2 if a SHA-2 hash
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This built-in function returns information about the password policy settings of a SQL Server login. The names of the properties are not case sensitive, so property names such as BadPasswordCount and badpasswordcount are equivalent. The values of the PasswordHash, PasswordHashAlgorithm, and PasswordLastSetTime properties are available on all supported configurations of SQL Server, but the other properties are only available when SQL Server is running on Windows Server 2003 and both CHECK_POLICY and CHECK_EXPIRATION are enabled. For more information, see Password Policy.
A. Checking whether a login must change its password
The following example checks whether SQL Server login John3 must change its password the next time it connects to an instance of SQL Server.
SELECT LOGINPROPERTY('John3', 'IsMustChange'); GO
B. Checking whether a login is locked out
The following example checks whether SQL Server login John3 is locked.
SELECT LOGINPROPERTY('John3', 'IsLocked'); GO


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GoPro® Launches New HD HERO3 Camera Line
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Smaller, Lighter, More Powerful with Built-in Wi-Fi Camera Available in Three Editions
SAN MATEO, CA (October 17, 2012) – GoPro, maker of the world's most versatile and durable cameras and producer of today's most engaging content announces the release of its new HD HERO3 camera line up in White, Silver and Black editions. Each new edition retains the iconic look of the previous award winning HD HERO cameras but comes in at about half the size of its predecessors and has built-in Wi-Fi technology. At the top end of the new product line up, the HD HERO3 Black Edition is one of the most powerful camera systems available, delivering astounding 4K and 2.7K video resolutions all in the size of a small box of matches, making it easier to share your world. The White, Silver and Black editions are available for pre-order at GoPro.com and are shipping to specialty retailers around the world for MSRP $199.99, $299.99 and $399.99 respectively.
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It appears that Georgia head coach Mark Richt made a splash in the search of the Bulldogs' new defensive coordinator. On Tuesday it was announced that Richt had hired FSU's Jeremy Pruitt to head up the same position for the Dawgs.
Filed to http://t.co/IUb98wE4d8: Jeremy Pruitt is new UGA defensive coordinator. Story coming
— Mark Schlabach (@Mark_Schlabach) January 14, 2014
Pruitt, who helped lead FSU to No. 1 ranking, will be paid $850K annually
— Mark Schlabach (@Mark_Schlabach) January 14, 2014
Pruitt worked under Nick Saban at Alabama from 2007-12. He was hired by Florida State head coach Jimbo Fisher in 2013 as the Seminoles' defensive coordinator. In his one season in Tallahassee, and first as a DC, Pruitt's defense finished ranked No. 1 in the nation in scoring defense.
Pruitt will replace departed defensive coordinator Todd Grantham, who left for the same position with Louisville.


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The U.S. is building two 20-petaflop supercomputers, many times more powerful than anything operating today, including China's new supercomputer, the Tianhe-1A , which is expected to be officially crowned next week as the world's fastest system.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, home for what has been the world's most powerful system, the Jaguar, a 1.75-petaflop system , versus Tianhe-1A's 2.5 petaflops, is building a 20-petaflop system that will include accelerators.
That system will be ready in 2012, James Hack, director of the National Center for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge, told Computerworld. No other details about the system are being offered.
Another 20-petaflop system is being built for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory by IBM. That system has already been announced and is expected to arrive at the lab in late 2011 and be in production in 2012.
The earliest it is likely to be ready for consideration in the Top500 Supercomputer Sites list will be for the June 2012 release of the ranking, said Don Johnston, a spokesman for Lawrence Livermore labs.
Whether these 20-petaflop systems emerge as the top systems in the world remains to be seen, but with China also racing ahead in building its own systems, supercomputing is becoming intensely globally competitive.
"Personally I love it," Jeremy Smith, director of director of the Center for Molecular Biophysics at Oak Ridge, said of the international attention now being paid to supercomputing. "In competing with other countries everybody gains and wins - that's why I'm excited about it."
The global attention may raise the profile of supercomputing and help keep government interest in funding it. When Japan's Earth Simulator emerged as the world's fastest computer in 2002, it "shocked the supercomputing world," Smith said.
The National Research Council, in a report soon after the Japan achieved the top ranking, said that Japan's system "has served as a wake-up call, reminding us that complacency can cause us to lose not only our competitive advantage but also, and more importantly, the national competence that we need to achieve our own goals."
But the Japanese system was a one-time occurrence. China, in contrast, has embarked on a sustained drive to not only build world leading systems, but its own processors and interconnecting technologies for high-performance systems as well.
Japan is still building supercomputers, but its major disclosed project is a 10-petaflop system, nicknamed the "K computer." It's being developed by Fujitsu for use by High-Performance Computing Infrastructure Initiative by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, and is due in 2012.
This international push in supercomputing also coming at a point when as a global effort mounts to develop new architectures and programming models to support exascale systems, which are 1,000 times more powerful than a petascale system.
Exascale may offer enormous leaps in scientific research, Smith said. A petascale system can model several million atoms and how they behave, but with an exascale system "you could simulate a whole living cell at atomic detail," Smith said. "Every atom would be explicitly represented."
"If we scale up what we are doing today by a factor of 1,000 that's roughly where we would be -- that's pretty amazing," Smith said.
Exascale will have "tremendous implications for human health, biology and many other fields, too," he said.
Along with the technical challenges of building an exascale system will be the need to develop the science, such as a static model of the cell, that serves as the starting point of a simulation.
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Playlists and Truman
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I love creating playlists on my iTunes. In fact, you can say I'm a little obsessed.
Last summer I got it into my head to create a playlist of every (worthy) song and score from all the Disney movies I enjoy from Snow White to Wreck It Ralph.
I also put together a playlist of all the songs referenced or sung in my favorite show, The Office. I even have one called "Old School Christian" which features a lot of Audio Adrenaline, Newsboys, Supertones…
One of my most recent playlists is called "Songs From Every John Hughes Movie." Yes, I'm talking Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink, Farris Bueller's Day Off, all those classic gems that encourage teenage rebellion and fighting The Man.
And now, I'm working on one which contains songs from every state, you know, in case we ever take another cross-country road trip. ("Alabama Pines" for Alabama; "Stephanie Says" for Alaska; "Blue Shadows (on the trail)" for Arizona, etc.) It's a fun break from writing and editing.
But we keep playlists in our life, don't we? We categorize things, compartmentalize, and corral certain events into certain areas of our heart. Some things we share with others, and some we keep secret. Some things we bring to God, and others we hoard.
A lot of times we're embarrassed to talk to God about certain things because we feel like we've been so successful at hiding them from Him – keeping them locked away in our playlist of "Secret Things."
Remember The Truman Show? You can keep your Paranormal Activity and Saw movies, because The Truman Show freaked me out enough. It convinced me that I was Truman, and that everyone was plotting to keep the cameras a secret from me. And everything in my life, everything I did, was being recorded on camera for the world to see.
Except when I did bad things.
Oh, because ironically, when I made conscious decisions to sin, the cameras would just happen to be broken – there would be a malfunction in the system, and so my sins were still kept secret from the world. And from God.
Convenient, huh?
But if I happened to feel particularly giving one day and I gave a taco to a homeless man (you have lots of chances to do that in California), the whole world was tuned in and God was giving me the big thumb's up with a sparkle in that pearly-white smile.
Funny how we can deceive ourselves so much, isn't it?
Even now, several years later, I have to catch myself and think, Wait a min. Nothing is kept from God – not even my innermost thoughts or intentions.
With God, the cameras never turn off. And He knows every single song in my files of playlists.
"Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight. Everything is uncovered and laid bare before the eyes of him to whom we must give account." Hebrews 4:13


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From the front office to the locker room to the administrative staff, the trade that sent longtime Nuggets big man Nene to the Washington Wizards generated a wave of emotion.
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The Faculty of Political Science and Journalism of Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań was established in 2008 as a result of the transformation of the Institute of Political Science and Journalism into an independent unit of the University. The beginnings of the Institute date back to 1964. It operated as a part of the Faculty of Social Science after 1975.
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This is basically a fan made OP I did. A lot of people will see this as a MAD amv but I'm not Japanese. ;)
I got the idea of using Code Geass when I went to Anime Central a couple months ago after seeing both concerts of HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR. After seeing their performances, I became completely obsessed with them that I had to use their songs for an amv.
The whole OP idea came from recent Sunrise's mecha anime OPs. Most common one is Gundam SEED/Destiny. If anyone seen these shows, I'm sure people have known about the rehashed OP scenes they keep doing one after another and obviously this OP I made shows very distinct similarities. In their basic OP visuals, it's masked out character stills, mecha floating on the screen, and animation that was already used in the show. If I can make OP like this, then other people can. I'm not sure if this is the director's or Sunrise's doing, but basically what I'm trying to say to them is, please show some originality and creativity. Don't be lazy when you're working on the most popular franchise in Japan.
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Cost: | 10 gp |
Damage (Small): | 1d6 |
Damage (Medium)1: | 2d4 |
Critical: | x3 |
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Type3: | Slashing |
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1. See Damage Increases by Size to calculate the damage for a weapon larger than Medium or smaller than Small.
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The nagamaki is the forerunner of the much more well-known naginata. A nagamaki has a katana-like blade anywhere from 2-4 feet long, mounted on a handle 2-3 feet long. Unlike its more well-known cousin, the nagamaki's handle is not a simple shaft, it is a wrapped handle like that of a katana. It is considered a variation of the nodachi. Despite its length, the nagamaki is not a reach weapon, due to how one is supposed to hold it. It was designed for long sweeping strokes, and could be used as a spear.
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OA-HIPP clients can remain on the program as long as the services are needed and they continue to meet all the program requirements. Once approved and enrolled in the program, each OA-HIPP client will be required to re-enroll annually during their birth month and re-certify six months later.
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Of course, a great event is nothing without great developers and we are very happy to welcome the PHP community to our International PHP Conference 2010! Again, this conference is packed with workshops, sessions and keynotes on some of the most trending topics in PHP and web development today. Wether you are the developer dealing with core PHP features, the project lead that is in continuous integration or the CTO looking for professional solutions, this conference is the place to be. Not because of our 10 years of experience in bringing together some of the most experienced heads in PHP development – but because of this conference being one of Europe's leading technology events that have been made possible by a really passionate community. And that is ... by you.
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The assembly of a remix album must seem like such a foolproof plan to the artists and labels involved in such a venture—if an artist remixes a pile of other bands, and then compiles all of those remixes on a single CD, not only do you sell to fans of the artist doing the mixing, but you pull in the diehards of all the bands that chose to be mixed as well. And for a band like CEOXiME, an electro-industrial two-piece that has enough clout to release music on such genre-specific labels as Invisible and DBSP (but hasn't pulled enough interest as to make any discernable footprint on the scene) the plan works. hEADaCHE, CEOXiME's programming half, has done a pile of remix work for bands like Collide, Croc Shop, and Slick Idiot, and the best of those remixes are compiled on Fully Automated: The hEADaCHE re:mixes, released on hEADaCHE's own Uncoiled Loops label.
hEADaCHE's programming style is one of "broken beats"; that is, not "breakbeats" per se, but the homemade, heavily processed, and meticulously programmed style of beats that owes much of its existence to Aphex Twin's I Care Because You Do. It's a difficult task to apply such a programming style to the typically heavily structured feel of most modern day electro-industrial and EBM, but hEADaCHE does a worthy job, forcing his beats into loops that are almost always a significant step up from the uninspired drum work they are replacing. Indeed, if there is a problem to be found on Fully Automated, it's not hEADaCHE himself; it's everyone who happens to be surrounding him.
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When Ministry went platinum with Psalm 69, the album's massive popularity along with the constant critical acclaim of Skinny Puppy inspired a sudden glut of the sincerest form of flattery—cheap imitations of those bands appeared by the hundreds. Most of these acts employed harsh beats, some form of synthesized melody, and whispered/shouted vocals heavy on the distortion. Since that initial boom, the limitations of such a style have been made painfully obvious by those bands that refuse to stretch into areas outside their niche, and the popularity of the style began to wane, eventually leaving very few of those imitators standing, creating their art for quickly diminishing audiences.
Where Fully Automated falters is in the fact that it's the duplication types of bands that hEADaCHE finds himself remixing. Diverje, Hypoid and the newly synth-poppy Croc Shop are bands borne of a scene, bands that try their damnedest to make the synths/beats/distorted vocals formula work as well as it can, but never quite take that formula outside its designated boundaries. A hEADaCHE remix like that of Noxious Emotion's "Mystery of Life" is pretty neat to listen to, but it loses steam once the lyrics make themselves known: "A strange ideal / The breeding grounds / People in crowds…" and on and on. Words like "analysis", "gene pool", and "dominate" get tossed around like so much chicken feed, mostly in heavily distorted male vocals. It becomes hard to tell whether standout tracks like Collide's "Wings of Steel" and LiveSexAct's "Autopilot" are standouts because they're actually good songs, or simply because female vocals represent a refreshing change of pace on an album like this.
Of course, that would be a plausible theory if the final track, a bonus CEOXiME cover of Radiohead's "Exit Music (For a Film)", were worth listening to at all. Again, hEADaCHE's programming comes through in spades, providing washes of sound and a slowly building-in-tension wall of electronic beeps, gurgles, and beats—it's vocalist Tatiana that can't hold it together. Occasionally out of tune and always a little too deadpan, particularly in the climactic finale, Tatiana doesn't even come close to matching the sense of drama that hEADaCHE manages to build behind her. It's telling that the strongest track on Fully Automated is one where there are no vocals at all, a high-powered remix of function13's "Odoreater". Given that it's purely instrumental nature blurs the lines between what the source material was and what hEADaCHE contributed, it's impossible to get stuck on the possible inadequacy of function13's original.
hEADaCHE is, by all means, a talented programmer. Here's hoping that on his next release, he finds someone to work with that can live up to his own high standards.
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"Philip Glass, the artistic director of the Tibet House benefits, celebrated his 80th birthday at this year's annual benefit with performances from Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, Brittany Howard, Sufjan Stevens and more.
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Writer-director Julio DePietro's first feature gives us a standard romantic comedy, told from the perspective of the irredeemable cad who's fated to lose the girl.
In a fine example of an interesting twist run amuck, writer-director Julio DePietro's first feature gives us a standard romantic comedy, told from the perspective of the irredeemable cad who's fated to lose the girl. Yet that structure — along with the unfortunately timed decision to set the film among loathsome Wall Street hedge-funders with all their attendant misogyny — deprives "The Good Guy" of even the genre's most basic femme appeal. Set for a limited Feb. 19 release, the pic steadily argues its way out of an audience.
The film begins on an intriguing note, with narrator Tommy (Scott Porter) showing up at his girlfriend's apartment on a rainy night, disheveled, drenched and in need of money. G.f. Beth (Alexis Bledel) is upstairs with another man, and only descends to deliver Tommy a wad of cash, saying, "I feel sorry for you." From there, it's a flashback to several weeks prior, when the two are evidently a happy new couple and Tommy is flying high at his Wall Street firm, where he excels at screaming into two phones at the same time and trading strained "Sports Center" catchphrases with co-workers. Tasked with filling a sudden broker vacancy at the firm, Tommy turns to the underemployed office gofer, Daniel (Bryan Greenberg), and offers him a promotion. Daniel is a sweet-natured, computer-genius Air Force veteran with a bodybuilder's physique and a Princeton degree who loves discussing Victorian literature, fixing things around the house and helping out with the dishes — naturally, he's utterly hopeless with women. Tommy takes Daniel under his wing, hoping to turn him into a fellow barroom lothario and boardroom shark, yet he succeeds only in turning him on to Beth, with whom he strikes up a quick rapport. "The Good Guy" boasts a novel plot structure — though it obnoxiously tips its hand early on by discussing the unreliable narrator of Ford Madox Ford's "The Good Soldier" at length — and DePietro's willingness to make his characters unlikable is to be admired. Yet the film never even tries to portray Tommy and Beth's relationship as one worth saving, so it's tough to feel as if there's anything at stake as Daniel begins to unravel it. And lacking much of a satirical bite, the pic's quasi-celebration of crude laddishness becomes oppressive. The standout perfs belong to underutilized tube stars Bledel (formerly of "Gilmore Girls") and Greenberg (of HBO's nascent "How to Make It in America"), while Andrew McCarthy and Anna Chlumsky make the most of underdeveloped parts. Technical work is generally solid, with actual Gotham nightspot locations giving the film a more authentic New York vibe than most similarly set concoctions.The Good Guy
A Roadside Attractions release of a Whitest Pouring Films presentation in association with Belladonna Prods. Produced by Linda Moran, Rene Bastian, Julio DePietro. Directed, written by Julio DePietro.
Camera (color), Seamus Tierney; editor, Ray Hubley; music, Tomandandy; music supervisor, Joe Rudge; production designer, Tommaso Ortino; costume designer, Erika Munro; assistant director, Yann Sobezynski; supervising sound editor, Nicholas Renbeck; associate producer, Jonathan A. Mason. Reviewed at Wilshire screening room, Beverly Hills, Jan. 28, 2010. (In 2009 Tribeca Film Festival.) MPAA Rating: R. Running time: 90 MIN.
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Found a Tri-droid at Target manhattan beach. Also I wanna give a huge shout-out to my homie Bernie, who was there, for hooking me up with Gree, Kashyyk Trooper, and 2-1B.
Has anyone out there seen the new Target Galactic Heroes exclusive sets (Endor & Mustafar)? I'm looking for an Endor set for my 6-year old son - thanks !
I dont think they are out yet. Should be in April I think.
TRU Los Feliz had something leftover from wave 1 and some new Legends, but nothing amazing. Also TF Movie Incinerator, which I bought. And this place is a total dump now that they're remodeling.
TRU Burbank I don't remember having anything, but their employees were WAY eager to help... too bad it was failure.
Target Burbank had leftovers of wave 1, nothing major though.
Looking for the TRU-exclusive Elite TIE Interceptor for a friend, anybody seen this lately?
TRU Burbank employees are very eager to help...THEMSELVES!
Burbank Target has only been putting out one wave 1 case each day, but never the Lava Droid revision.
The Elite Tie is long gone- and they were very abundant- how could you not trip over those things a couple months ago?
Thanks to some good luck and good stashes, I just cancelled my EE wave 1 pre-order (seems like old times, EE). I wonder if I'll find TFU wave at retail before my May 2008 pre-order gets filled?


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Dorothy L. Sayers was (in the opinion of many) one of the greatest crime fiction writers of all time. She lifted the mystery novel out of the ranks of the mere intellectual puzzle, into the world of true literature.
Sayers was born in Oxford, England, in 1893. The daughter of an Anglican minister, in 1915 she graduated from Oxford with first class honours in modern languages. She published her first novel "Whose Body" in 1923, introducing her most famous character: Lord Peter Wimsey. She went on to write fourteen volumes of novels and short stories with Wimsey as the main protagonist, and various other novels and short stories. She was happy to collaborate with other authors, and wrote several novels that way.
Though Sayers is most famous for her detective fiction, she wrote works in other genres. She translated Dante's Divine Comedy, and wrote essays and papers on the Anglican faith, on women's place in society, and on writing in general.
Dorothy L. Sayers was an eccentric and very complex woman. Well educated, she found no career that she was suited to, and worked as a copywriter for an advertising firm for 8 years, before she was able to exist on royalties from her novels. She dressed oddly, and was given to speaking her mind and behaving however she wished, regardless of appearances. She was insistent that all publications should refer to her as Dorothy L. Sayers, and grew furious when the "L" was omitted.
In 1926 she married Arthur Fleming, a man somewhat stricken by his war experiences, and cared for him unremittingly until his death. Kind, with a sense of humour and reams of scholarship – Dorothy Sayers did her readers the compliment of assuming they had the same knowledge she did. Her characters use snippets of Arabic, German and various other languages, as well as reams of French, which are very rarely translated.
In 1936 Sayers was introduced to dramatic writing, and one of her last Lord Peter books was in fact originally written for the stage. She wrote also for radio, and her modernization of the story of Christ "The Man Born to be King" caused consternation when it was first broadcast in 1941, as it placed Jesus in a modern setting, speaking everyday English.
I personally consider one of Sayers' greatest triumphs to be the way she remodelled her hero, Lord Peter. Her earlier Wimsey books portray him as a silly ass-about-town, a Bertie Wooster type, who drops his g's and says "don'tcherknow" a lot. He then evolves, until with her last Lord Peter novels he is a passionate, three-dimensional and incredibly deep character. Sayers smooths over the transition, by making it appear that the Bertie Wooster mannerisms were merely a façade, adopted to aid his detection efforts. So assuredly does she present this makeover, the reader is almost convinced that she meant it from the start.
Dorothy L. Sayers died unexpectedly of a heart attack in 1957. She left several works unfinished: a friend completed her translation of Dante's Paradiso, and in 1998 the last Lord Peter novel was published – completed from Sayers' notes by Jill Paton Walsh.
Sayers wrote with humour, with passion and an unremitting eye to detail and accuracy. Her novels are a joy to read, her heroes and heroines appropriately engaging, her villains often spine-chilling in their wickedness. I can wholeheartedly recommend her works to any fan of the murder-mystery genre.
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The Newberry Library has been able to digitize and place online a selection of the 3,000 photographs taken in the late 1940s for the 1955 centennial of the Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy Railroad. It's not just railroad shots, either -- a Chicago fruit auctioneer, commuters waiting for the smoke-belching locomotive to haul them downtown, yard ornaments in Princeton, a Memorial Day parade in Galesburg, a coal mine in Fiatt. You will probably not see your Midwestern ancestors, but you will see some of what they saw.
This online exhibit -- "Daily Life along the Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad" -- is just a fragment of the Newberry's 5,000 cubic feet of CB&Q archives, which "mainly document the nineteenth century operations of the Burlington and its component roads. Beyond their significance for the study of nineteenth century railroad history and labor history, the archives are a relatively unexplored and valuable resource for those interested in topics related to the social and economic development of the region served by the CB&Q." The archives are said to be "relatively unexplored." Who said the frontier was closed?
Friday, August 14, 2009
See the Midwest 60 years ago
Posted by Harold Henderson at 3:05 AM
Labels: Chicago, Chicago Burlington and Quincy, Illinois, Newberry Library, photographs, railroad genealogy
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- Randy said...
Pretty cool. I didn't see myself, though, since I rode the Pennsy. (shuttle child)
- August 14, 2009 at 8:23 AM
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Bennett King was was selected in the Queensland Under-19 team for the National Championships in 1982-83. He moved from Gympie to Brisbane and played club cricket for Norths in 24 first-grade matches. King was also a promising rugby league player for Valleys in Brisbane and was invited to join the Gold Coast Giants in the national rugby league competition, but his career was ended by injury. A physical education teacher, he decided to use his training methods for cricket and accepted a position as a development officer with Queensland Cricket.
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2007 – The Year in Geekdom (Part 3)
After the final stand of the 300, everything fell into debate among geeks. In typical geek fashion, there was very little middle ground.  Geeks either loved or hated, and in typical geek fashion, the reasons were varied. For some geeks, flames on a paint job were enough to hate a project, for others, character development of a villain was no good. The legacy of 2007 geekdom, though, will always be the debates that raged after the Summer blockbusters were released.
The first of those blockbusters was Sam Raimi's trilogy ending Spider-Man 3.  To do what no writer should do and remove all suspense, I will go ahead and say that I liked Spider-Man 3. My biggest problem with the movie was that there was no swinging scene at the end. Having said that, I recognize and understand most of the problems that fans had with the film.Â
Ultimately, I think Spider-Man 3 was a testament to the great film maker that is Sam Raimi. I didn't realize until after the fact all that Raimi was up against in making this film.  Originally, because of his love for all things Silver Age about Spider-Man he was going to use the Vulture as one of the villains. However, due to pressure from the studio (in response to pressure from fans) he went the route of Venom instead.  Not only was there that pressure, there was the pressure of the corner that the filmmakers had been backed into by the Harry/Peter plotline.  So, you've got Sandman, Venom, Harry v. Peter, and Peter v. the black suit and it has to be done in a reasonable amount of time with all the action, effect, and fun we expect. Â
What did we get? One of the most amazing scenes in film with the "birth" of the Sandman, some really good pathos when it comes to the relationships in Peter's life, and a great end fight sequence that has been sorely lacking in Super hero movies since Superman 2. Seriously, as good as Batman Begins was, the real awesomeness as far as an action sequence goes was in the Batmobile chase, Spider-Man's final fight was good, but still not an action packed battle of epic proportions, it was mostly him holding on to the cable car while getting hit by the Goblin, after the awesome train fight in Spidey 2, Spidey and Doc Ock versus a big ball of fusion energy just didn't have that oomph, Superman lifted an island, The Fantastic Four tried, but ultimately things happened a little too fast, Daredevil had a good fight, but again, not action packed blow your mind kind of stuff.  Superman 2 went straight from Metropolis to the Fortress and the end. Come to think of it, because the Fortress stuff in Superman 2 wasn't all that action packed, Spider-Man 3 has given us one of the truly great final battles of a super-hero movie. Â
Was Venom used properly? Probably not, but as someone who got super tired of Venom in the comics, that didn't bother me all that much.  The dance scene? I never heard anyone complain about the "Raindrops" sequence or the Mary Jane running to the Wedding March in Spider-Man 2, and those moments were cheesier by far. For me, Spider-Man 3 was fun, and it was a fitting end to the trilogy. I just wish we'd gotten a swinging scene at the end.
After Spider-Man fought to keep his pride from devouring himself, Reed Richards and his team had to contend with the Devourer of Worlds and his herald the Silver Surfer.  I was excited for this movie because I used to collect the Fantastic Four comic with a passion.  I enjoyed Tim Story's first outing the Foursome. I thought the movie caught the spirit of the comic. No, I wasn't a big fan of Doom's origin, but they kinda fixed that in the sequel didn't they?Â
I don't think anyone walked away from the movie disappointed with the look or characterization of the Silver Surfer. I know I didn't.  I enjoyed this movie more than I enjoyed the first, and I appreciated that we got to see that, while Johnny was still fun, he didn't overshadow the rest of the cast as he did in the first movie.  In fact, this time out the actors seemed to have a better feel as to how to play off of one another.  Everyone seemed a little more comfortable in their roles.  Except Jessica Alba's makeup person. (A little heavy on the blue eyeliner folks.)
The big debate that came out of FF2 was Galactus.  He was there folks, and he wasn't a storm. Check the shadow on Saturn, and watch when the Surfer goes to face him down. He's there in full Kirby get up. It's just that due to his size and the the debris kicked up around him when he has a meal (eats a planet) he has become engulfed in this huge cosmic storm.Â
For me, FF2 was a good time. The promise of a Silver Surfer movie is given at the end, hopefully we can now look forward to a romp in the negative zone, or a battle with Skrulls, and Dr. Doom can come back. All he did was sink to the bottom of the ocean. Maybe he'll bump into Megatron.Â
Which brings us to the next great geek debate of Summer '07. Transformers.Â
I loved Transformers as a kid. I grew up at just the right time I think. As a kid the most anime I was exposed to was Voltron. We had Transformers, GI Joe, He-Man, Star Wars. Just the diversity in those toy lines alone was enough to make those of us geeks who are products of the eighties well rounded enough to line studios pockets when they give Spielberg and Bay the greenlight to get something like this done all the while waiting in line to see the next big super-hero movie, and still understanding big war movie epics. Yes, the eighties geek is a thing to behold. I digress, however.
I loved the Transformers as a kid. I watched the cartoon with great devotion and when the seasons were released on DVD I got as much as I could. I own two versions of the movie from the eighties, and the hardest thing I ever had to do was sell my Transformers collection to help get my finances on track.Â
I sat in the theatre with all of the arguments and negativism leading up to the movie's release swirling around in my head. I had one thing that it seemed very few others on message boards and talk backs had though, I had hope. I had hope that this movie would be awesome. At the first mention of the name Whitwicky, I felt something rising up inside of me. Then, as Bumblebee sent out the signal and the other Autobots landed, I began to disappear.  Jazz broke dance (break danced) when he transformed, and Peter Cullen said, "I am Optimus Prime."Â
A 30 year old man bought my ticket and sat down in the seat I was in, but he was gone. In his place was a chubby 8 year old kid who believed that as far as evil was concerned you didn't get worse than the Decepticons, and as far as good was concerned, God himself had created Optimus Prime to show us all the way.  I confess openly, I cheered every transformation, I thrilled at every punch, I got a lump in my throat as Optimus explained, "Freedom is the right of all sentient beings," and then I almost wet my pants when Optimus said, "Megatron, today one shall stand, one shall fall."Â
Flames on a paint job didn't matter. The humor in the film didn't matter. This was the Transformers. There are more out there. There's no way Megatron is really done for. I know the rules. He'll be back.Â
Yeah, I apparently liked or loved everything that apparently most geeks hated. However, what I've found through many is that those who didn't like these projects just happen to be louder than those of us who did.Â
2007 was a little more than halfway over. Jack Sparrow still needed to be rescued from the Other Side, Bourne had an Ultimatum to deliver, and John McClane had some cyber terrorists to stop. In the end, Robert Downey Jr. would be the man in an iron mask, ComiCon would thrill us, Wizard World would shock us, and Robert Neville would make his stand against a virus that wiped out all of humanity. 2007 still had a way to go, Geeks were debating and, as ever, looking ahead.


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Crack another case with Eve Dallas.
©2006 J. D. Robb; (P)2006 Brilliance Audio
"Excellent every time"
I love the fact that this story includes all my favorite characters. It has Nadine; Feeney; Peabody; Mavis; Trena and of course Roarke and Eve. The story also introduces Jamie who is in several other books - and he's a kid with a great mind and an iron will.
This story shows Dallas in many aspects - the woman; the wife; the human; the friend - and of course - the cop. She's a simply fabulous character that I never tire of hearing!
Well always Eve... but she does a simply fabulous job at all the characters - I always get a big charge out of hearing her do the exchanges between Treena and Eve... always a winner!
My favorite moment in this one was the exchange between Feeney; Dallas - and later Roarke. Where Feeney is 'done with her' because she obeyed orders rather than coming to him as a friend. Then later when Roarke explained what Feeney really means to Dallas. That whole part is one of my absolute favorite in this book.
Always after books that read well in the tractor!
"Loved It!"
I can not get enough of this story! This one had me on the edge of my seat at the end, could not take my headphones off! I do wish the book went a few chapters more though, wrapped up some loose ends. Like, what happened to the white witches? What about Jamie? Etc..
Mystery reader (especially series) and Austen lover
"One of the Best of "In Death""
In a series I enjoy so much, it's difficult for one book to stand out above others. But Ceremony In Death, Book 5 of the In Death series, certainly stands out. Maybe it's the involvement of the opposing forces of Wiccans and their ceremonies, and Satanists and their black magic, which certainly give a twist, and a hint of danger, to the plot. Or maybe it's the other aspect of this series that I love so much -- the character development. In any case, it's one of my favorite entries in one of my favorite series.
This series has me hooked and coming back for more a bit more often than my pocketbook would like. That says a lot, since I have already read the entire series to date in print. These books are great to revisit -- if you've already read the whole series, a reread or listen enables you to fit pieces into the overall picture of Dallas's life and career that you might have forgotten or missed. Perhaps best of all is the opportunity to review the additions to the growing cast of regular characters in her world.
And just let me say that Susan Ericksen does an exceptional job of narration in this series, with great voices and characters. I must admit that I was at first put off by the voice chosen for Peabody, but it has grown on me, and it adds dimension to Peabody's frequent ironic statements.
Loved it!
OMG what a great series. I love the "in Death" books. If you like romance, murder, mystery and suspense this is for you.
"JD at her best"
It always amazes me the research that goes into a book - even though this is way in the future, the crimes and relationships and procedures are "real" you don't feel like you are being fed nonsense.
Peebody is a character all by herself and her voice (thank you Susan!) just suits her so well - I find myself wishing her all the best and pushing her to achieve.
Summerset - the best. Mavis, totally a character on her own.
Eve and Roarke - have to continue reading - need to find out what happens - the suspence is killing me!
Amazon Fan
"Bloody Satanist Cult Murders"
Okay, this book was just a little too over the top. Eve gets caught up in occult murders, disappearances, and is directed to not tell Feeny about any of it but to investigate on her own. Then, as the story goes along she gets meaner and meaner and it sounds like she actually enjoys being so over the top with her anger and attitude. Of course, by the end of the story she is nearly killed and determines that her suspect isn't guilty. Before she even washes off the blood, she and Roark go home in a blanket to face another murder. I like these books and have read everyone one of the 43 books BUT this one just hit me wrong with the way Eve lost it. That means that the author wrote a perfectly awful murder and that is what these in death books are all about. Hooray for more Eve and Roark stories. Susan Ericksen is a marvelous narrator and captured the intensity of Eve especially well in this book.
Attorney - love to listen to audio books
"Good story"
Excellent story and well performed, but I thought Dallas was too hard-nosed/snarky in this book. Her treatment of Peabody and other characters was just too rude and over the line.
"My favorite one yet!"
I do constantly! I recommend this series to most of my friends. We all like the cop shows on TV and this series reminds me of Law and Order or something.
YES. I love the incorporation of Wicca. Very good plot in this one.
II love them all! I cant pick just one favorite, but her narration of the men, Rourke particularly, is very impressive. I plan on getting all of the books!
Yes! I listen to them at work so it makes me excited to go back to work the next morning to see what happens!
Genre fiction, trashy to literary--mystery, action, sci fi, fantasy, and, yes, even romance. Also history. Listener reviews help a lot!
"The One with the Witches"
One of the earlier "In Death" books, Eve Dallas meets up with a nasty bunch of devil worshipers who are responsible for the death of an older police officer and his granddaughter. Of course Eve takes this personally, and the satanists don't stand a chance in you-know-where.
There are good witches (Eve gets a Celtic protection talisman) and bad witches (Eve is attacked with poison fingernails) in this tale, which is a good fast read and sets the mood for Samhain celebrations (aka Halloween).
S. A. Williams
"Loved it!"
This series just keeps getting better and better. Robb started telling the story from different character's POV including the bad guys. It makes things so juicy good! But, the best thing is getting the insight into Roarke's head. He is so incredibly in love with Eve and it makes the heart melt to read their scenes together. Eve is the kind of woman who is a Cop first but when she is with Roarke he can make her put away the cop and be a woman.
This case stretches Eve to the breaking point. She is forced to lie to close friends and allies, all for the sake of duty. Friendships and loyalties are tested. She is brought into a world of the occult to tackle her hardest case to date with many possible foes. And of course Eve wouldn't be Eve is she didn't put her own life on the line.
What can I say, I love this series and listening to the audiobooks are one of the best parts of my day.
"Brilliant brilliant series of books"
It was so suspenseful and I actually figured out who the bad guys were but the way it was played was exciting.
No other books come close to these. Never have I enjoyed a series of books and charactes as much as I am enjoying these. I cannot recommend highly enough.
Eve and Roarke are always my favourites. They are both exceptionally strong characters.
Yes when Eve tricked Roarke into thinking he had to sing with Mavis and then she said she loved him. It was so sweet.
These books are costing me a fortune but I have to have them. Such amazing writing of characters and the narrator is just brilliant. I have just downloaded book 5 and I am looking forward to my commute to work in the morning now.


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Should i? I have thios Arabian mare that my 4h advisor gave me to train. She is 8 years old and green broke. I broke her to everything but to the halter. She is extremely spook (obvously) she is willing to learn tho and just doesn't know better. But i hate her. We have already dropped 500 on her because she caught her side on a door latch. She just destroyed a 150 blanket. She kicks the stalls, she is a horrible stall keeper. Not to mention we are spending tons on putting weight on her. She is getting to be a real big pain in my neck. Its not like i can't train her, she is trainable and workable its just i hate her. I don't want to work with her. My 4h advisor wanted to see if i can train an arabian. Sure i can, i have so far she is doing great under saddle. But i don't like her. If i sell her i would be letting down my advisor. But then again i would gain money and get another QH. What do you think i should do? Should i sell her? |
I can not imagine owning a horse that I hated (or even just didn't love). I have a friend who got a horse she did not like and that totally didn't work out and now she can't even seem to sell him. If I don't have a bond with my horse then what is the point. I ride because I love horses and I love my horse, I would not ride consistently if I did not. If you hate the horse you will also not be very patient with it so may turn more aggressive to it than you want, without even realizing it. (though the reasoning of her ripping up a blanket is a bit silly, my new horse rips all his blankets to shreds) |
If you hate her, why keep her? It isn't fair to you or the horse. Horse's aren't stupid and I'm sure she knows that you hate her. She's never going to turn into the horse you want if your expectations/opinion of her is so low, so continuing on with her would be pointless, IMO. Since your 4-H adviser gave her to you, are you sure it's okay with him/her that you sell the mare and keep the money for yourself? |
Well it was another person who gave me her. But it was the advisors idea and such. I don't know for some reasons i feel i should stick it out. If i want to train for a living i have to learn to work with horses don't get along with. |
Not to be rude, but if you want to train for a living it's probably not a good sign that you hate this horse. I've worked with horses that I did not exactly see eye to eye with but I wouldn't say I hated them. I just don't think it's a good attitude to have and I don't feel like you can be successful in an endeavor if it causes you so much grief. As I said, horses are intelligent animals (I have found that Arabs were even more intuitive than other breeds I have worked with, so it may be especially so in this case), and she knows you hate her, so she isn't going to work hard to try and please you. If you hate her, you don't respect her so why should she respect you? If you want to train for a living, I would recommend turning away horses that you hate. Nowhere does it say that a trainer has to take in every horse that is offered to them and I think your reputation would suffer more if you constantly are battling with a horse you hate rather than if you turn a few away now and then. Perhaps you should advertise yourself as a "quarter horse only" trainer since this experience seems to have soured you towards the Arabian breed as a whole. |
I should learn to work past it. |
I would stick it out for awhile. Try not to think negatively about her and realize that you are both learning together. Give her a chance. :) |
I'm don't think that I'd keep her. I know from experience that if you and a horse don't see eye to eye then that horse is never going to reach it's full potential. That horse knows that you dislike her and she probably dislikes you in return. This has happened with me, and I tried to stick it out, almost turning both rider and horse sour. |
sell her!! if you two dont get on things arent going to get better. some horses and people just dont mesh well. if she goes to someone that she clicks with well then she may reach her potential. i feel that keeping her any longer will maybe hold her back. she knows you hate her! remember that :D but yeah i would say sell her and do it sooner rather than later. i would be more worried about letting a horse down rather than a trainer. im sure your trainer will understand and get over it |
I voted to sell her!! If you hate her that much, and don't want to work with her, what is the point in keeping her! Horses are such sensitive creatures, and she will know that you hate her! I think it would be better for both of you if she went to someone who gels with her, because she sounds like she could make someone a very lovely horse :) I can't imagine hating a horse, yes there have been horses I haven't clicked with as well as others, but I have never hated one, and like the others have said, if she knows you hate her, she will not reach her full potential, so yes I think it would be better that you sell her on to someone who does like her :) |
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When it comes to social media networks, Barça reigns. The Spanish team, with Argentinean star Lionel Messi, has recently launched a campaign to see how many Facebook fans they can get. The goal was ten million fans under the team´s launch of "We´re looking l 10," starring Messi.
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