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Review and ratings for the Nokia Lumia 521
Rated 3.7 out of 5 by 226
Rated 5 out of 5 by Windowsphonefan416 This Device Is Amazing!!
I love this device! The 521 is my first Lumia smartphone, but I can say it will not be me my last. Everything about this phone has exceeded my expectations. This phone has a great quality about it, and it runs Windows 8 like a dream. At first I was skeptical about buying this phone, but I'm so glad I got it! The camera takes phenomenal photos, even without a flash! The screen is perfect size, and my favorite thing about this phone is the way it looks and fits in my hand. It is like a dream come true! The 1 Ghz processor is nice to see at this price point. The apps that Nokia offers, for both the camera, and navigational tools, are absolutely amazing! Nokia is really the Windows device to go for. They make great devices, I'm so impressed!
May 24, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Cisco818 Worth Every Penny and More
I bought this phone for my 13 year old, who was upgrading from a flip-phone. IMO, there is no phone out there that even compares at this price point. This is not a cheap phone; this is an inexpensive, quality phone. Nokia has been able to build the ultimate budget phone by removing useless features, like an NFC chip and a front-facing camera. I'm looking forward to new Nokia offerings, and will definitely consider them when I'm finally out of my current 2-year contract.
May 31, 2013
Rated 4 out of 5 by Patrick Nokia quality in an inexpensive smartphone
This isn't a cheap smartphone, just an inexpensive one. This phone has some of the best sound quality I have ever had in a mobile phone--so much better than iPhone or Motorola. Windows Phone 8 has no lag, it's quite responsive. The predictive text with its learning capability is pretty amazing as well. Nokia has written a lot of nice apps for this phone themselves-they are really supporting Windows Phone well. Nice job Nokia, I'm very glad I got this phone over the others I was looking at.
August 9, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Betch9 Not perfect but close
This is a great phone, especially for the price. Camera is stellar, battery may not last all day but it charges in just over an hour or so. The only thing that needs improving is the array offered by wm8. I switched to the LG optimus L9 for just that reason. I am however regretting the switch because the Lumia is way faster and has no issues that android does. The other reason I had switched was the keyboard. I had wanted Swype. But then I found myself using SwiftKey without flow enabled anyway. So I would definitely say get This phone. It's amazing.
July 31, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Roostud Nokia is moving in the right direction
Finally nokia your moving in the right direction. I just wish you could have added a front camera and better screen I would have paid 200 dollars for it. What so great about wm8 is that you don't need monster specs to power it.
May 24, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by Crisro So long Android, welcome back Windows
I refuse to pay Apple prices and have been fooling around with Android and all it's software iterations for the past two years. Between glitches and constant reboots (not to mention Google privacy issues), Android has been nothing but trouble. This is my first Window phone and, like the PC's I've been running for years, I sense it is the beginning of a beautiful relationship. It is packed with features, operates smoothly and seamlessly and integrates so well with my PC. Plus, unlike the Androids, it's one helluva phone with great volume, speaker and microphone. At this price, it can't be beat and I am looking forward to what the future holds for both Nokia and Microsoft -- what a great team!
September 21, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by TooCoolFoolForYou6789 THIS PHONE IS AMAZING!!!
I think this is the best phone I have bought! It's not the best smartphone ever, But you NEVER going to find another phone this good for this price! It is extremely affordable and easy to use. I love the camera quality and the live tiles! This is perfect for being a student! It reminds me when my classes are and what homework I have, and the media player is perfect for exercising and just lounging. I would completely recommend this phone to anybody. and the price is phenomenal!!!!! You can't even get a cheap flip phone for this price! BUY BUY BUY BUY BUY!!!
October 28, 2013
Rated 5 out of 5 by j7777 buy this phone
i just upgraded from lum 710 w7 to this phone 521 w8. this is the best phone i have ever had,in fact i liked it so much i brought 2 more from amazon. nokia has really got their act together. i think more people are going to wise up and go with windows phone.you can't go wrong. buy it. keep up the great work nokia.
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A whimsical western bride ropes her groom with little effort. With beautiful details from her dress and gloves to the "real" rope make this a great addition to a cake or bundles of mini cakes styled like bails of hay. Hand painted porcelain. 5 1/4" x 2 3/4" Tall.
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How often do you do a double take of retail email order confirmation? Before last week, my answer would have been "never." Most of us have become numb to the automatic "do-not-reply" messages online retail customer service systems spit out.
And until last week if you had asked me whether such an easily negligible piece of a purchase process could actually represent an opportunity to gain ground on a competitor, I would have chuckled, shrugged, and shook my head "no."
My mind has been changed. And here's the thing: it's been changed with a few simple message lines. Here's what happened.
I've been on a mission to create the perfect mountain bike for myself, completely tailored to where and how I ride. I'm constantly tweaking things about my Santa Cruz 5010, which I purchased in January. There's nothing off-the-shelf about it…I built it up piece by piece. My current focus is my drivetrain: I'm looking for the absolute most efficient power I can generate, from tires to chains to gears.
I wasn't happy with my initial choice of tires, and decided to change things. I agonized for days over which tires to put on. This seems crazy, I know. But one tire was too heavy (rotating mass slows you down up a mountain), one didn't grip the way I wanted it to (southern California trails are typically dry and loose on top, hardpack underneath, with varying degrees of rock and chunk), and neither were as durable as I wanted them to be for the price I had paid (+$75/each).
I researched every tire known to man, stalked the mountain bike "geek" forums, and settled on two different tires, front and rear being different. I looked online for the best price, since my local bike store didn't stock them.
I found them in stock and a fantastic price at Universal Cycles, an online bicycle retailer with tens of thousands of inventory items. I had never ordered from them before, but I gave it a go. I hoped I'd made the right decision.
I received two email messages. The first was a standard order confirmation, with shipping tracking number, etc--the kind we've all gotten. Two minutes later (according to email timestamp) I received another. And this is the one that grabbed my attention:
"Good Afternoon Matt - thank you for ordering with Universal Cycles today. The Ardent and Ikon are two great tire options and should track well on the California trails. Please let us know if you have any questions. My name is Brad and I will be available today until 5:00 PM and Val is here until midnight.
Cheers - Brad"
Now, you might think to yourself: that's just a templated, automatic CRS system with some artificial intelligence thrown in. Maybe, but I don't think so. Here's why.
First of all, I had registered my account with the name Matthew, not Matt. But my email address had matt.may. So "Brad" picked up on that.
Second, it felt like he was reading my mind, as if he knew I was nervous about whether these two tires would work on California trails. He reinforced my purchase and gave me a little peace of mind, with a single sentence.
Third, Universal Cycles is not located in California. My tires were coming from out of state, Oregon to be exact. The tires I ordered would not have worked well in the wet and rooty conditions of the Pacific Northwest. "Brad" knew this, or seemed to.
Two days ago I wanted to order a new chain ring for my bike. I had spent the weekend again agonizing over a truly substantial change to my bike, moving from a 20 gear drivetrain with two chainrings in the front and 10 gears in the back, to a single ring in front. This would greatly simplify my ride, cut my gearing in half (I wasn't using half of the gears I had), and drop a good bit of weight off my bike, because it would allow me to remove my front ring shifting system, which accounts for nearly a full pound.
This modification is called "converting a 2X10 to 1X10." The risk I was taking in this conversion was whether my chain would stay on correctly, because I'd be removing my front derailleur, the mechanism that both shifts the front rings and maintains a proper chain line, avoiding a dropped chain. Dropping or "derailing" a chain when riding can really mess you up.
Guess where I went to order the part? Not a second thought…straight to Universal Cycles. Again, great price, in stock, exactly what I wanted. Easy peasy lemon squeezy.
I halfway expected to get another email from "Brad" with some cut-and-paste messaging. Instead, four minutes after my standard order confirmation, I got this:
"Hi Matthew,
Thanks for your new order with us. Race Face's Narrow Wide is an amazing ring and when set up right really does reduce chain derailment. If you have any questions or need anything else my name is Drew and I am here until 12:20 PST today. We also are available until midnight this evening if you need us. You can call, live chat, e-mail, or text us.
Completely different in nearly every way, except the attention to detail and ability to confirm my worries in a single sentence. I hadn't asked about proper setup or chain derailment. But it was on my mind.
You have to know your customers pretty darn well in order to send this kind of message for tens of thousands of products. You have to know your product line…in both cases, the standard OEM product label was not used; the everyman user's terminology and shorthand was used.
Universal Cycles has differentiated itself with a discriminating customer (me!) and won me over. I won't be Googling parts and prices anymore. I'll be going straight to Universal.
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Which is nice, although Carl Icahn is a billionaire 20 times over, and the richest alternative investment fund manager on Earth. Read more »
One of our readers passed along this lovely photo of Steve Forbes with his daughter Moira. What on earth he's doing is up to you to decide. Here are DB's top three captions so far:
1. Did you ever imagine what that scene in Ghost would be like with Steve Forbes and his daughter Moira?… yeah, we didn't either.
2. Another layer of the fondue fountain succumbs to Steve Forbes' flat tax proposal.
3. Glorious chocolate means never having to say you're sorry to your daughter, Sumner Redstone.
Rumors of the death of one of our favorite Wall Street muckrakers have been greatly exaggerated. When Gary Weiss's posting at his blog all but ceased at the end of September, speculation went wild. (At least around DealBreaker's offices, where speculation sometimes does that sort of thing.) The man, let us say, has enemies.
Had he been bumped off by boiler-room pump and dumpers tired of his exposes? Had the Securities and Exchange Commission, another victim of Weiss's pen, hauled him off to some undisclosed Guantanamo for dissident financial journalists? Had Mark Cuban finally had enough of Gary picking on his Sharesleuth project? Or had Overstock.com's Patrick O'Byrne decided that Gary had called him a "conspiracy theorist" one too many times? Was it the mob? The new generation of alleged Treasury manipulators?
Actually, it seems Gary was busy finding himself a new job. He's now writing a column for Forbes.com appropriately titled "Muckraker." His first piece has landed. It's on India and nukes and full of details from Gary's recent trip to his wife's homeland.
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The idea of basing art on things found in nature has had many adherents over the centuries and today manifests itself in a wide array of approaches, from straight-up depictions of the landscape to abstracts made up of organically inspired shapes.
The latter style is found in two good-looking solos at Robischon Gallery: Trine Bumiller: The Blue Hour and Reed Danziger: New and Recent Work. Bumiller is a well-known Denver painter, while Danziger works in the Bay Area.
The Blue Hour in the title refers to a series of paintings that convey the twilight, which is neither light nor dark, and Bumiller sets an atmospheric quality with color alone, notably lots of deep and luxurious blues. The shades are luminous, the result of Bumiller's having laid them on in multiple thin coats using both pigments and glazes.
These paintings dominate the show (though there are pieces on view that aren't part of that group) and mark both a continuation of Bumiller's signature approach and a slight break from it. As usual, she has created single works by assembling variously sized rectangular panels that have been painted separately with separate images on them; the panels are then put together to form an asymmetrical constructivist pattern. The difference with these new pieces is that some of them struck me as being more representational than most of her earlier works.
In fact, most of these paintings, including "Everything Turns to Blue" and "Genius Loci," include literal subjects: depictions of bare trees against a glowing sky. But other "Blue Hour" works, such as "Landscape and Memory" and "Thrum," don't reveal this representational bent, and they are my favorites. While there are references to the trees, they've been combined with other images or obscured and deconstructed.
The Danziger show is very compatible with Bumiller's because Danziger has also done abstractions that conjure up the natural world. Although her works don't have literal references to the landscape in them, they undoubtedly include organically inspired elements and tend to have compositions that converge along a roughly horizontal orientation — just as a traditional landscape does.
On a white-paper ground, Danziger scribbles in a drawing. She then repeatedly re-addresses the imagery with subsequent drawings on top of that one, one after another. The finished drawings emerge automatically, as one layer of images guides Danziger in doing the next. She works in a range of mark-making mediums, including pencil, powdered graphite and watercolor washes.
The results are delicate in appearance, a characteristic conveyed by the dense skeins of fine lines, and this insubstantiality is further enhanced by the visible folds in the papers on which the drawings were done. One other remarkable feature of these pieces is the way Danziger balances the elaborate detailing of the crowded, overworked main image — which is crammed with a dizzying array of shapes, gesture marks and piles of dots — with the light-colored, nearly blank grounds on which they rest. So her compositions are inherently contradictory, being simultaneously busy and spare.
The Bumiller and Danziger pairing brought to mind another powerful duet, this one at Rule Gallery. The two solos here also feature contemporary work that's informed by the influence of nature. In the front space is Barbara Takenaga: Fade Away & Radiate, a nice selection of abstracts by a New York artist who lived for many years in Colorado. In the back room is Mary Ehrin: Rockspace, an installation by a noted Colorado conceptualist.
Takenaga is a dot painter. Using repeated ovoid forms, she creates elaborate compositions that have a cosmic feeling, as though we're looking at the universe, with its rigid ordering of physical forces. These ovoid shapes are organized like whirling galaxies in outer space, and the compositions typically radiate out of the center of the pictures. The dots are often made up of multiple dots that function as individual ones. Takenaga applies one dot on top of another and arranges them so that their sizes diminish as they rise to the top of the stack, creating halos or rings around the small central dots.
The dots may also bring to mind op art from the '60s and '70s, but Takenaga has a different aim in mind, because as tightly composed as her paintings are, they don't seem to vibrate or wave, the way classic op art does. Eliminating that approach would inevitably lead to pattern painting, and that's more properly the category where her work belongs.
The gallery irreverently describes Takenaga's paintings as being "trippy outer space explosions." This odd reference helps me make my next point, which is that there is definitely a relationship between Takenaga's "trippy outer space explosions" and those dot paintings of the universe done by the late Vance Kirkland, which could be described using exactly those same words. I'd love to see a show pairing the two.
And the Kirkland association isn't so far-fetched given Takenaga's long-term connection to Colorado. She earned her BFA and MFA from the University of Colorado at Boulder and taught for a time at the University of Denver. I first became aware of her work when I saw it in the Decades/Remix combination show at the old MCA in 2006. Decades/Remix was a major effort curated by Cydney Payton that was intended to chronicle Colorado art since 1985 with more than 100 worthy artists included.


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Having previously collaborated on these hearty favorites, Vivienne Westwood and Melissa join forces again--this time it comes in the form of the Wing Rocking Horse Shoe. The good people here aren't sure if this flat wedge style needs to fall back (it can look a little orthopedic-ish at times), but we think this viv and melissa collab is fun. One thing that is for sure, these shoes give you wings (and an extra couple inches on your height). Available in black, gold and white.
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"Our customers are asking us for a value roadmap to manage and automate their converged fabric architectures, and we have listened," said Adam Famularo, general manager, Enterprise and Cloud Solutions, CA Technologies. "VCE technology is one of many converged architectures we specifically address as customer adoption increases across enterprises and service providers alike. With these Vblock Ready solutions from CA Technologies, organizations can quickly ramp up their private cloud deployments to drive business value and innovation. We call that Business Service Innovation, and we're pleased to be working with VCE as a market leader in converged infrastructures."
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Sustainability, as a core philosophy in The Fred Hollows Foundations programs, was the theme of this years International Management Group (IMG) meeting, held in Sydney last month.Photo: A global organisation! Participants at the International Management Group meeting. Photo courtesy of Peter Carrette.Read more about sustainability
Dr Rubina Gillani is a strong woman with a kind spirit. Her passion for The Foundation's program in Pakistan has meant many sacrifices and challenges, but her commitment to the program is borne out of her vision for the future, which she hopes will be free of avoidable blindness. For this reason she sees sustainability as the most important aspect of The Foundation's work in the country she loves.Photo: Dr Rubina Gillani, The Foundation's Country Manager in Pakistan. Photo courtesy of Rhonda Prentice. Speaking at The Foundation's IMG meeting this month in Sydney, Dr Gillani stressed both the importance of sustainability and The Foundation's role as a development organisation.Our biggest challenge is to remain a development organisation which does not just provide charity. As a development organisation we must continue our work towards sustainability within communities. This takes time but we want to see changes that are development focused. That is the only way it will work.Dr Gillani is a medical doctor and public health specialist. Her role as Country Manager, which she began in 1998, means there is a lot of managerial work to do but Dr Gillani still sees herself as a 'field worker'.
"To be a country manager honestly means that you need to be a negotiator, you need to be a mentor, you need to be an architect, you need to be a fighter and a debater."Photo: Dr Gillani being interviewed by Asad Basit at Radio 4EB in Brisbane. Dr Gillani places great importance on educating and working with communities. Dr Gillani visited Brisbane before arriving in Sydney for the IMG meeting. Photo courtesy of Sue Larsen. Dr Gillani spends half of her time in the office and the other half travelling extensively throughout Pakistan. Often she needs to travel up to twelve hours to get to a remote community. During this time she does most of her observing; of women and children and of the poverty apparent throughout the country.The Foundation has been working with local blindness prevention agencies in Pakistan since 1997, such as The Pakistan Institute of Community Ophthalmology (PICO) and the Khyber Eye Foundation. In 1998 a situational analysis was undertaken by Dr Gillani to determine the prevalence of blindness in Pakistan.The majority of Pakistan's 140 million people live in rural and remote areas with limited access to health services, including eye care facilities, which are predominantly based in urban centres. There is a wide gap between the rich and the poor in Pakistan."Reaching the population of Pakistan is not easy," said Dr Gillani. "It is also very hard to change attitudes. The Foundation has come out with a multi-pronged approach. We have trained the doctors, held eye clinics, used accredited facilities and introduced quality into the recipients perspective...That has been challenging."Approximately 12 million people live with blindness in Pakistan and cataract accounts for the majority of cases.The Foundation's current four year program in Pakistan, the Pakistan-Australia District Eye Care Program, through funding from AusAID (the Australian government's agency for international development) commenced in 2001. The program operates in the four provinces of Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan and the North Western Frontier Province.Now in its second year, the main objective of the program is to increase the rate of modern cataract surgery and to provide access to affordable and quality eye care for the poorest of the poor. Training and supply of much needed equipment are two of the major issues which are continuing to be addressed; to date over 100 surgeons have been trained in modern cataract surgery. The ultimate goal of the program is to reduce the number of people living with cataract blindness throughout the four provinces. More than 60,000 people have had their sight restored through the program. Earlier this year, the one millionth Fred Hollows intraocular lens was implanted into the eye of Zubaida Bibi, a Pakistani woman living in Lahore with her family of seven children."I can confidently claim that The Foundation has revolutionised eye care in Pakistan," said Dr Gillani. Dr Gillani is crucial to The Foundations program. Without her determination, strength, knowledge and ability to 'get the job done', the success of the program so far would not have been possible.Her commitment was evident when she recently turned down the offer to become Health Minister for the North Western Frontier Province. She is now an adviser to the government but can't leave The Foundation's program; she's too determined to make a difference in tackling unnecessary blindness and to ensure that in the future the problem doesn't persist.In a male dominated society, Dr Gillani is taking a different approach to breaking through the barriers. "It's an ambitious project. I being a woman..." said Dr Gillani. "Besides doing my job I feel that in a country like Pakistan where it is very different and conservative...I'm working towards reducing cataract blindness rates and am also working towards the cause of women."Photo: Dr Gillani with Pakistani community members, Mrs Sadia Khan and Mrs Yasmin Ali, in Brisbane. As an example of a woman shining in a male dominated society, Dr Gillani speaks with Pakistani women as much as she can, to highlight the importance of womens' opportunities to make a difference. Photo courtesy of Sue Larsen.
On World Sight Day this month blindness prevention organisations around the world, including many of The Foundations in-country partners, held activities to raise public awareness of blindness issues. The main goals of World Sight Day this year was to raise awareness of the basic human right of eye care.Photo: Vanuatu's Director of Health, Myriam Abel (right); Vanuatu Country Manager, Dr John Szetu (middle); Vision 2020 Coordinator - Western Pacific, Dr Richard Le Mesurier and Director of Health Administration and Planning, Maturine Tary, signing the 'Global Declaration of Support' for the elimination of avoidable blindness on World Sight Day. Photo courtesy of Georgia Noy.Read about World Sight Day
The Foundation offers a big congratulations to Australian photographers Sandy Scheltema (winner) and Peter Carrette (finalist) for their success in the international photographic competition Visions of Children. Photo: One of Peter Carrettes entries in the Vision 2020 photographic competition - a blind Cambodian child at Krousar Thymey (which means the new family), a blind and deaf school in Cambodia which Peter supports. Photo courtesy of Peter Carrette.Find out about the competition!
Were not going to make this months special offer too hard for you! Just tell us what you think about sustainability and well send you a set of The Foundation's I can see clearly now gift cards featuring photographs by Sandy Scheltema and Peter Carrette!Lasela Polevia in Samoa after her sight restoring surgery. This photo is one of five gift card designs on offer to you! Photo by Sandy Scheltema.Get your gift cards!
If you like reading Seeing is Believing each month why not forward it on to your family, friends or work colleagues? It's a simple thing you can do to help us out - the more people that know about The Foundation's work the better! Thank you!Photo: 61 year old Sonam Tsultrim in Nepal. To have her cataracts removed, she walked for five days and then caught a bus for the 500km trip to Kathmandu. Photo courtesy of Anne Crawford.
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February 24, 2012
Every year, the top collegiate athletes gather in Indianapolis, Indiana to take in the festivities known as the NFL Combine.
The spectacle features drills, a test and interviews in which the personnel of 32 NFL teams determine future players for their squads. For the players participating, this could be one of their last chances (aside from Pro Day workouts) to show every NFL team exactly what they can do. For some, it could determine their future. For a select few, this event could be the determining factor of whether they are drafted or not during the NFL Draft. Or it could determine which round others may be drafted in. A spectacular performance at the NFL Combine could skyrocket a player's stock, directly moving them up draft boards across the league. On the flip side, a bad performance could drop a player completely.
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These shattered motorcycle parts arranged to form amazing people portraits are so cool. They are created by American graphic designer Brock Davis, who is the group creative director for the advertising agency Carmichael Lynch based in Minneapolis.
The artistic motor artwork was created for a print ad campaign for worldwide bike brand Harley Davidson. I don't recommend smashing your bikes up at home to get artistic with your metal parts—unless, of course, you know where each little knob goes when it comes time to put the thing back together.
See more of Brock Davis' work on his site below. Besides satisfying big clients through his advertising job, he also works on his own art projects which are so sweet and soaked in humor.


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Keelin Shanley presents RTÉ's Bloom Special 2014
Now in its 8th year, Bloom is Ireland's largest Gardening, Food and Family Festival and will run for five days in Dublin's Phoenix Park over the June bank holiday weekend, from Thursday 29th May until Monday 2nd June 2014. Once again, RTÉ ONE will be broadcasting a one-off television special at 8.30pm on the Friday of Bloom, showcasing some of the highlights that visitors to the show can expect to enjoy over the following weekend.
Presenter Keelin Shanley will take us on a whistle stop tour of the Festival. Keelin Shanley said: "I love the buzz at Bloom, it's a real snapshot of Irelands horticulture and foodie culture." Along the way, gardening & wellness guru Fiann Ó Nuallain will design and prepare her a special "Bloom Booster" de-tox juice, made using only ingredients found at Bloom.
News at One and The Week in Politics presenter Aine Lawlor is also a garden enthusiast and Bloom regular and she'll showcase some of her favourites from this year's thirty exquisite Bloom Showgardens from the very best of Ireland's landscape gardeners and designers. This year's bespoke garden creations include the Crumlin Children's Hospital Garden, Mrs Brown's Boys D'Garden, the Tayto Garden, overlooked by a staggering 10ft Mr. Tayto, the Wellbeing Wetlands, which will represent a typical North American cranberry farm, the Barretstown & Glanbia: Sowing the Seeds of Magic garden, providing a magical, thought-provoking and fun-filled place for children and adults to enjoy, and the Samaritans' You'll Talk I'll Listen garden, designed to highlight the powerful effects of simply talking about your problems.
And there'll be loads more in this action-packed half-hour, including a sneak peek behind the scenes at the judging of the prestigious Showgardens Competition and a mystery fashion makeover featuring one of the garden designers!


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Magnífica reflexión para iniciar el nuevo curso.
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Asynchronous learning allows for reflection and is not exclusive to online learning. The two are complements to each other regardless of media. @ivon_ehd1
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Nice little summary. For more on developing an e-learning strategy check out http://the-round.com/resource/managing-education-in-the-digital-age/
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La investigación Diseño Instruccional en un Entorno de Aprendizaje Abierto, presenta una propuesta metodológica para la construcción de módulos en un entorno virtual; a partir de un modelo que abarca tres perspectivas a saber: desde la estructura lógica y física basada en la metodología desarrollada por Cisco Systems, relacionada con los Objetos de Aprendizaje Reutilizables y desde las perspectivas pedagógica y comunicativa, se fundamenta en la teoría de diseño instruccional Entornos de Aprendizaje Abiertos referenciada por Charles M. Reigeluth. |


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Over two years passed since Miley Cyrus hosted "Saturday Night Live," and it's fair to say she's since been busy with some questionable performances.
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Cyrus promoted the upcoming episode in a YouTube video with cast member Taran Killam.
The two performers poke fun at Cyrus' signature tongue-out look and her infamous VMA performance. In the clip, Killam explained that he doesn't watch TV and asked what she's been up to lately.
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Ever gone out of town and came back to your microwave flashing 12:00? Yep, the power went, but for how long? Did the contents of your freezer thaw out and refreeze, damaging the food inside? Give yourself peace of mind by putting a baggie of ice into the freezer before you leave. If it still looks like ice cubes when you get back, then it's all good. If the ice has melted and refrozen into a piece of solid ice, you better reconsider the food inside.
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This is it! AUDITIONS
I promised y'all I'd post this as soon as I got the info. We will be having open call auditions in NY, Boston, Chicago, and LA for future replacements.
For all cities: We are seeking males ages 17-21 and females ages 16-21. Bring a recent picture/resume and prepare a short folk/alternative rock song. Accompanist will be provided.
Chicago--Saturday March 31st 11 am at The Theatre School, DePaul University 2135 N. Kenmore, room 103
Los Angeles--Saturday April 14th 11 am Screenland Studios 10501 Burbank Blvd. North Hollywood, CA 91601
Boston--Saturday April 21st 11 am Brandeis University (Spingold Theatre) 415 South St. Waltham, MA 02454
New York--Sunday April 29th 11 am at New Dance Group 305 W 38th (at 8th ave) 2nd floor
Call 212-719-9393 x 373 for more info. G'luck, guys!
it's kind of weird that their doing open auditions, cuz, didnt the show begin as an actors equity thing?
i'd so try out too, but i'ts not in my area. plus, i'd only be of age for the last one, since my 16th birthday is two days before the NY audition....and living in the Bay Area wouldnt help too much with that
Drat...nothing in the bay area...One goal in my life is just to go to an open call and just try.
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I'm in Costa Rica during the Boston interview! What a hard life! ;)
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the closest one for me is chicago but it's this saturday!!! dammit! next time...
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I wish i could do something like that. I am in no where near three land.
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Do you think that even though im 16 and the audition is for 17-21, they might let me audition anyways? could that would really suck if i was off by one year. and i could pull off being 17
is that the theater is more concerned with getting people *just* out of high school or able to get a GED, given the intense performance schedule, moreso than your ability to play one year older.
It's a new show. I'd say add them as a friend on myspace (where they blog about stuff like this), and keep watching the website for future auditions. They will happen.
"Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there." -- Josh Billings.
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They don't care too strictly about young age and 16 is fine for boys. I'm 15 and a girl and they don't care. There is a 15 yo girl in the cast already. There are a few more still in highschool. They don't want you to play older because 14 and 15 are the ages of the characters. They want older people because some parts cannot be played by anyone under the minimum ages. I'm sure they would mind 22 or 23 year olds much if they look young enough at the audition. Also the first round wasn't Actors Equity because most of the highschool kids and a couple of the older ones didn't have an equity card of course.
Do add them as a friend for more info though!
Hope this was helpful.
Hey, sorry but this is my first real audition and I was just wondering...what exactly do you have to do? and what kind of song do they want you to sing???
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Breakfast Topic: The most memorable raid interruption {WoW}
Mar 18th 2011 12:50PM We have a few funny one's from raiding;
"Brb changing video cards" after a wipe and not waiting for a response
after a break someone was 10 minutes late and when quizzed responded with "I was doing a shit"
Ready Check: Using macros for raid calls {WoW}
Mar 4th 2011 3:16PM We use the AutoMark feature of my UpysRaidTools a lot to ensure a mark is retained on a raid member. Even if a boss mod steals it or places a different one on them, within 1 sec it's back for stacking etc :D
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Mar 31st 2010 10:11PM lol @ the other games in the background of the screenshot! they almost diserve to be hacked :P
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Ford Expedition Starting and Idling Problems
The truck would initially crank but would not turn immediately turnover to start. This problem never occurred on this truck for the first 51,000 miles prior to me taking it in for service at Ford. This problem is intermittent but none the less it was a problem. I reported this to a Ford dealer and they attempted to duplicate the problem. They started the truck several times without this problem. I explained to them that this indeed was a problem and it's intermittent.
This is an intermittent problem and the service manager finally experienced the problem himself. But then he says it hasn't happened since which I don't believe because it would happen to the wife and I every other or every 3rd for 4th time we started, hot or cold. Because it has happened only once and they didn't have on the computer, it's like they can't fix it.
Someone please help me with this because it appears because my truck is still under the warranty and this problem appears to require troubleshooting outside of using a computer, they are unwilling to fix it. I have called Ford Motor Company about this also and they are going to try and help. But I need your help too.
I wonder, if my truck was out of warranty and I had to pay all of the costs upfront and out of pocket, would I get the run around???
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated....
This is an intermittent problem and the service manager finally experienced the problem himself. But then he says it hasn't happened since which I don't believe because it would happen to the wife and I every other or every 3rd for 4th time we started, hot or cold. Because it has happened only once and they didn't have on the computer, it's like they can't fix it.
Someone please help me with this because it appears because my truck is still under the warranty and this problem appears to require troubleshooting outside of using a computer, they are unwilling to fix it. I have called Ford Motor Company about this also and they are going to try and help. But I need your help too.
I wonder, if my truck was out of warranty and I had to pay all of the costs upfront and out of pocket, would I get the run around???
Any assistance would be greatly appreciated....
roybus14 Posts: 5LT,
Yes. It was resolved by another dealer and not the original dealer I purchased my truck from. They found the problem the first day they had it in their service area.
They replaced the fuel pump, starter solenoid, start ignitor, spark plugs and double-checked the battery connections. Because my truck was still under warranty, I only paid the $50 deductible for about $900 worth of work. They took the time to troubleshoot the problem. I will have to look further at my paperwork and give you the full detail of what they replaced.... -
dragontat Posts: 3I have a 03 expedition and replaced the starter. The problem is still there. The original problem is that when you turn the key to start, it does not click or anything but we have power and all the lights and whistles. Just won't Crank over. Replaced the starter and auto parts store shows it has a fender mounted solenoid but we can't locate it on either fender. The last thing left is to use a screwdriver and cross the poles on the solenoid. If this doesn't work, can anyone give any assistance to the problem.
thediyguy Posts: 2if the theft light goes off its an easy fix if its the starter relay switch like mine was.as it gets hot it quits starting?its located on the right side firewall just below the rain tray behind a snap in plastic cover.here's a link of what it looks like http://www.autozone.com/R,APP210913/vehicleId,2545102/initialAction,partProductD- - etail/store,267/partType,00102/shopping/partProductDetail.htm. hope this helps.
shhafalla Posts: 1I recently hit a ditch and as soon as it happened my engine when dead. I have had someone tell me it may have to do with a security feature with the fuel line. I had right a a quarter of a tank of gas at the time it happened and have since added gas to my tank. I haven't been able to get it to start since. I would just like to know what the problem may be. Is there a such security feature?
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ayakata Posts: 14Hello there, please can anyone please kindly help with my situation? I have a 1999 5.4L expedition. The truck was running fine before, but I parked it down for a while because I have another car that I drive due to gas price. On Friday nite my girl decided to take the truck to a store but the truck will not start, so at first I thought it was just the battery even thought the battery is very new because it is just a year old. On Monday morning I decided to jump start the car but to my greatest surprise, the car still will not start after jump. I called triple A and they came and test the battery and confirmed the battery is still good and now I am as clueless as to what is going on.
I am wondering if anyone has experience anything like this before. The truck won't even crank at all. I have read several discussions on this forum but did not come across anything like this, now I am just hoping that anyone on this forum might have good suggestions or know exactly what I need to do. Any help will be greatly appreciated
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msgtinco05 Posts: 2Here is a strange one.Last week my 03 Exp started then died after about 3 seconds. Then all it would do is turn over. We had it towed to a local mechanic and they syarted it as soon as it showed up. After a day they returned it to us claiming to have "fixed" an alternator connection that was loose/bad. Next day it worked fine until the weekend when the wife had an appointment, it did it again. Would run for a few seconds then die. She took my car and I went out and it staretd and ran fine. Took it to dealer where we bought it and they now have had it for 2 days and can't duplicate it.
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canuhelp Posts: 1I have a 1999 exp and it was running good and the next morning would not crank. It would turn over good but just would not crank. I was told to change the cam and crank positioning sensor tried that and still would not crank then was told to change the ignition switch. Did that and now it will not even turn over any more. Checked all the wiring and everything is hooked up. Can anyone help me please.
fishhead316 Posts: 4You can by-pass the ignition switch by jumping the starter relay.
I have a 1997 Expedition, and the starter relay is just to the right of the battery, mounted on the firewall. There are some large red wires bolted on with ring connectors, and a push-on connector. The push-on is the line from your ignition switch. If you remove that and jump 12v from your pos. battery terminal to that post, it should fire you starter. If that doesn't work, you're not getting a signal from your ignition... -
fishhead316 Posts: 4I know this post is old- but I just dealt with this on my own 1997 Expedition.
Your starter relay is mounted on the firewall right next to the battery. If you follow the red wires from the battery, they go right to it. Remove the small boot on the starter relay- this is the line from your ignition switch. Put 12v to the small post. If your starter runs- you've got no power coming from your ignition to fire the relay. If not- then the problem lies in the relay, starter, or somewhere in-between. In my case, my truck starter would 'click' (fire the starter solenoid) but didn't have enough power to turn it over (brand new battery- brand new starter!) I found that the power cable feeding the starter had corroded really badly underneath all the electrical wrappings, and couldn't carry enough juice to the starter to do the job....
Hope this helps someone out there!
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carwoman43 Posts: 1I have an intermittent problem with a 1998 Expedition 4.6L. It is sometimes really slow to turn over, sometimes just 'clicks' the relay and sometimes completely drains the battery. The battery checks OK (820 cca and it's a 750 battery), tests right at 12v but then drops to 4-5v when the problem occurs. The starter and solenoid have both been changed as well as the 4" connector wire at the starter that is said to have had corrosion problems (mine did not). It seems to happen mostly after the truck has started in the morning and sat for a couple hours mid-day. It always starts eventually, but usually with a jump/charge. Any ideas?
bobmelsam Posts: 1My 04 Eddie Bauer edition will not start periodically. It has power going to the car as all the lights come on and everything seems to be working electrically, but the car just won't turn over. We at first thought it was associated with temperature as it always did it when it was 34 degrees or lower and it has sat (overnight) in that temperature. Once the car sat in the sun or the temperature went up it started right away. The connections on the battery were replaced a year ago as they were corroded and the dealer recently fixed/tightened one of them hoping it was the problem. So there are new connections on the battery and no corrosion. We thought this fixed it as the car started fine for several weeks. Now it has started to do it again. Just less frequently and less predictably. It starts in 3 degree weather now and other days won't start on a day it is 28 degrees. It also does it just a couple hours after it was run versus sitting overnight.
The dealer wanted it to stay with them so they could start it on a cold day and they have had it over three weeks total at different times and it starts every time for them. They just can not figure it out without it not starting for them.
The other night it was in the mid 20s and did not start after only sitting for a couple hours. I tried 9-10 times with no luck. I was so frustrated that I decided to try anything. The steering wheel was not locked so I started to crank on it really hard and suddenly on about the 3rd or 4th position of the wheel that I tried it just fired up. It occurred to me that the car at the time was parked at the same angle that it had been at my home almost every time it did not start. I recently have been parking it in another place where the wheel is not turned in that same angle, so maybe that is why it has been starting. Is there any chance that the angle at which my wheel is turned has something to do with it not starting. Keep in mind the wheel is not locked. My husband thought it might be acting like it is locked even though it is not -- that it is getting the wrong signal. I thought it might have to do with a loose connection behind the wheel or corosion right at the starter inside the car.
Any thoughts as the mechanics seem baffled? The car is unreliable with the way it acts now and I need it to start every time.
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cindavlee Posts: 1I have an 05 expedition and had been experiencing an issue for a few months now where intermittenly my car would not start and it would take a few tries for it to actually start. I took it the dealer yesterday and they were first thinking it was the fuel pump, but it turned out be a computer issue. Ford has a fix for this and they had to reprogram my computer in my car. This is a known issue with the expeditions. The issue has to do with idle setting on the car that is controlled by the computer or something like that.
foggyriverboy Posts: 1If you have an expediton that turns over but wont start or dies when you let off the key, especially in cold weather, it is probably the ignition switch/commutateur/interrutor that bolts under the steering column. The rod from the cylinder ignition swtch runs down to this contact box and starts the vehicle. If you are having trouble in cold weather with the ignition working intermitently, this is probably the problem if the vehicle turns over and doesn't start. The BWD part number for an 01 is CS287 at oreilly auto parts. If your vehicle turns over in the cold but won't start, try turning the ignition on and off several times without starting the vehicle. This moves the starting ignition rod up and down inside this box and if the contacts are bad inside, it will probably start after several tries. The contacts on the inside of these ignition switch boxes get worn and do not make contact, especially in the cold. Hope this helps someone....
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I've chosen this house because a big multistored building is under the construction not fare from this place. And the property developer tries to get rid of the people living in the nearest houses by all possible means. This house had been fired and all its lodgers were given a kick. Those who live in the neighbooring house are a light sleepers since than. They liked my piece and its theme and supported me while I was painting. 0331C
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It is a former water-pump station on the territory of the All-Russia Exhibition Centre. It has been opposing the governments attacks for more then 20 years. Otherwise the All-Russia Exhibition Centre is gradually plunging in to cultural chaos. . The whole set of pictures had been painted illegally in the summer of 2001 and every time the passersby having found out the main idea of the painting always approved me. I also wanted to participate in some graffiti fests with these kind of paintings, but failed to because of the Political implication. 0331C
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This painting was made in the very center of Moscow, where the architectural pieces of art are replaced by cold blocks of glass and concrete. Sometimes one hides there old seedy apperance by banners, in order to turn them in to these very blocks few years later. Of course it is much easier than restoration. These buildings may have lived for centures, they need just a little help. 0331C
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I'm looking for some suggestions. Where I live my growing season is not long enough or reliably warm enough to grow tomatoes outside, so I grow in a greenhouse. The problem is as a result I have to watch the temperature and make sure it does not get too hot inside the greenhouse. I keep the windows open and have a fan set up to circulate and cool the air, but sometimes the temps do get too hot. I am looking for suggestions for indeterminate varieties that do well and set fruit reliably in hot temperatures. I had several plants this year that did not set fruit (Aunt Gerties Gold, NAR, Pineapple) and I think it was because it was too hot when they were in bloom. I have some vents where insects can get in through and I give the plants a gently shake almost daily to encourage pollination, however some plants just did not set fruit. |
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There is another discussion just down the page a bit titled "What varieties will continue to produce through hot weather?" that will give you the names of a few varieties - most have "Sun" in their name. But assuming your plants bloomed but didn't set fruit and that you understand about the condition called Blossom Drop and what causes it then you know that no variety will "set fruit reliably in hot temperatures" above 95, especially with high humidity. And controlling humidity in the greenhouse can be as difficult as controlling the heat. I assume you are using a shade cloth on your greenhouse during the hottest days? Have a misting system? Have a way to increase the air exchange rate substantially? Based on my experiences with my greenhouse it is changes in the greenhouse than need to be made rather than the variety for really successful fruit set. Good luck. Dave |
Here is a link that might be useful: Blossom Drop FAQ
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You mentioned opening windows so it appears that you either have a glass partition greenhouse or have end wall windows. With the glass units you have options of spraying a light blocker onto the glass which should help. With a plastic film covered unit I think roll-up sides are a must to keep temps low unless you install an expensive ridge vent system. I ignore the end wall exhaust fans in mid summer and leave the sides rolled up day and night. Themperatures inside may still reach 100F but most varieties seem to handle that extreme. Heirloom varieties will be affected sooner than most hybrids and there are a few newer varieties that should set fruit at higher than normal temps (see 2012 Twilley seed catelog). |
Opening up the greenhouse is a good idea to let in as much cool air as possible,I would also place some shade cloth over the greenhouse to reduce the direct sun to the plants during the hottest part of the day.The tomatoes should still produce fine.Good luck! |
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My landlord has submitted a video to HGTV for a bathroom makeover and they're in the running (like number 1 some days and some days number 2)!!! We're excited. Check it out if you want. Yes, my apartment is the one they rennovated. You can see what it looked like before the flood and after. Well, you can see the kitchen. Their son is so cute in it. He's three and says, I see dead spiders, you just gotta laugh... I like it, but then, I bet you could tell that! |
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Great Video. I hope they win the competition. |
Me too, I hope they win. I'm excited for them. |
Your landlord's video got my vote, Rob. I rated their video with four stars. Hope they win. |
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To the tune of "The Devil Went Down to Georgia," obviously.
The devil went down to Florida
He was lookin' for a ring to steal
He was in a bind
'Cause he was way behind
And he was willin' to make a deal
When he came upon this young man
Sawin' on a fiddle and playin' it hot
And LeBron jumped up on a hickory stump
And said, "Boy let me tell you what"
"I guess you didn't know it
but I'm a fiddle player too
And if you care to take a dare I'll make a bet with you"
"Now you play a pretty good fiddle, boy
But give LeBron his due
I'll bet a ring of gold
Against your soul
'Cause I think I'm better than you"
The boy said, "My name's Dirk
And it might be a sin
But I'll take your bet
And you're gonna regret
'Cause I'm the world's best German"
Dirk rosin up your bow and play your fiddle hard
Cause Hell's broke loose in Florida and LeBron deals the cards
And if you win you get this shiny ring made of gold
But if you lose LeBron gets your soul.
LeBron opened up his case
And he said "I'll start this show"
And fire flew from his fingertips
As he rosined up his bow
Then he pulled the bow across the strings
And it made an evil hiss
And a band of Heat joined in
And it sounded something like this
(LeBron wails on the fiddle)
When LeBron finished
Dirk said, "Well you're pretty good old son
Just sit right in that chair right there
And let me show you how it's done"
He played "Looking for Freedom"
Run boys, run
LeBron's in the House of the Big German
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
Granny does your dog bite
No child, no
(Dirk Nowitzki wails way more efficiently on the fiddle)
LeBron bowed his head
Because he knew that he'd been beat
And he laid that golden ring
On the ground at Dirk's feet
Dirk said, "LeBron just come on back
If you ever wanna try again
I done told you once you son of a gun
I'm the world's best German"
And he played "Looking for Freedom"
Run boys, run
LeBron's in the House of the Big German
Chicken in a bread pan picken' out dough
No child, no
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Announcing Dance of the Damned, an Arkham Horror novel by Alan Bligh |
The Lord of Nightmares Trilogy | Published 07 July 2011 |
"Ah," the bandaged man spoke more, it seemed, to himself than Devlin, "two of you, better in some ways, worse in others."
Devlin almost laughed aloud when he heard Marty muttering as the big longshoreman barged his way onto the scene from the warehouse that backed on to the yard. Devlin's relief was short-lived, though, as the bandaged man reached inside his coat with a gloved hand.
Devlin clumsily snatched up the scattergun and brought its double-barreled snout to bear on the stranger, but instead of looking down the barrel of a pistol as he had feared, the bandaged man was holding a strange ochre colored stick in his gloved hand. No, not a stick, but a flute–a strange, uneven flute that looked for all the world as if it was made out of honeycomb.
Confused and uncertain, Devlin could only watch as the man seemed oblivious to Marty's hulking form reaching out to grab him from behind. The bandaged man put the strange flute to his lips, and Devlin knew with a terrible, crushing certainty that he should have fired when he had the chance. He hadn't pulled the scattergun's trigger, and now he was done, just done.
Hunting in shadows
Fantasy Flight Publishing is pleased to announce the upcoming release of Dance of the Damned, a novel set in the Arkham Horror universe! Miskatonic University librarian Daisy Walker has just received a letter from an estranged friend, awakening a long-forgotten nightmare of her past. Forced into a deadly search, Daisy must face horrific memories as she attempts to solve a dark mystery. Her fate will soon intertwine with bounty hunter Tony Morgan, tasked with a dangerous job by a secretive employer. Can these two unlikely heroes discover the truth amongst twisted agendas, a sinister cult, and horror?
Dance of the Damned, a novel by Alan Bligh, is the first dark tale in The Lord of Nightmares Trilogy. Bligh has written for various roleplaying games as well as the Imperial Armour book series of science fiction wargaming expansions for Forge World.
For more information on this upcoming macabre tome, visit our The Lord of Nightmares Trilogy website, and be sure to look for Dance of the Damned on store shelves in the fourth quarter of 2011!
The Lord of Nightmares Trilogy is a terrifying series from Alan Bligh and John French.
Sounds interesting. I'll be willing to give it a go if I ever make it through my "to read" stack.
The Ghouls novel, according to Amazon, will be out 10.11.11 and this one will be 11.22.11 we can only that those date are accurate.
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Wow. Four comments and three of them are whining. Sandking, Lovecraft started spinning when Derleth "completed" some of his stories.
Apparently, FFG is happy with the products which makes them something to look forward to.
It would have been nice to get Dark Water finished up before coming out with another series.
"Arkham Horror universe"?!? Christ, this sounds really bad. Lovecraft turns in his grave...
will this one also have something for the game?
Another novel that won't be released forever.


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13 If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the LORD, honourable ; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: | 13 "If you keep your feet from breaking the Sabbath and from doing as you please on my holy day, if you call the Sabbath a delight and the LORD's holy day honorable, and if you honor it by not going your own way and not doing as you please or speaking idle words, |
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The man charged with murder after last week's deadly shooting in rural Paso Robles appeared in court for the first time Thursday morning, but did not enter a plea.
John Steven Danner, 23, has been charged with one count of murder. That charge also includes an enhancement of using a firearm causing great bodily injury and death, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office.
Danner was arrested last Friday after the incident in the 700 block of Klau Mine Road where Billy Don Law, 47, from Paso Robles, was found shot to death.
Danner's mother, Christine Ruda, 51, was also shot, but was treated and released from the hospital the same day.
A motive for the shooting has not been released, but officials say Danner is claiming he was trying to defend someone else when the shooting occurred.
After Danner's arraignment on Thursday, Ruda told reporters, "My son saved my life."
Deputies say that Ruda, Danner and Law all lived in the house in rural Paso Robles, about 14 miles west of downtown.
Danner is scheduled to be back in court next week.
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