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FoodFacts.com would love for all food consumers to answer this question: If someone told you that you could extend your life by increasing your consumption of fruits and vegetables, would you do it? Pretty easy to answer, isn't it? Today we read some new research that infers just that!
It is the first time that a scientific study associates high polyphenols intake with a 30% reduction in mortality in older adults. The research, published on Journal of Nutrition, is the first to evaluate the total dietary polyphenol intake by using a nutritional biomarker and not only a food frequency questionnaire. Research is signed by Cristina Andrés Lacueva, Montserrat Rabassa and Mireia Urpí Sardà, from the Department of Nutrition and Bromatology of the UB; Raúl Zamora Ros (ICO-IDIBELL), and experts Antonio Cherubini (Italian National Research Centre on Aging), Stefania Bandinelli (Azienda Sanitaria di Firenze, Italy) and Luigi Ferrucci (National Institute on Aging, United States).
Polyphenols are naturally occurring compounds found largely in fruits, vegetables, coffee, tea, nuts, legumes and cereals. More than 8,000 different phenolic compounds have been identified in plants. Polyphenols have antioxidant, antiinflammatory, anticarcinogenic, etc. effects.
The research published on Journal of Nutrition is based on a 12-year follow-up of a population sample composed by 807 men and women aged 65 or over from Greve and Bagno (Tuscany, Italy), within the InCHIANTI study. The group of the UB analysed the effect of polyphenol-rich diets by means of a nutritional biomarker — the total urinary polyphenol (TUP) concentration — as a proxy measure of intake. To be exact, UB researchers contributes to first literature references on TUP application to epidemiological or clinical studies.
Professor Cristina Andrés Lacueva, head of the Biomarkers and Nutritional & Food Metabolomics Research Group of the UB and coordinator of the study, explains that "the development and use of nutritional biomarkers enables to make a more precise and, particularly, more objective estimation of intake as it is not only based on participants' memory when answering questionnaire. Nutritional biomarkers take into account bioavailabity and individual differences. According to the expert, "this methodology makes a more reliable and accurate evaluation of the association between food intake and mortality or disease risk."
In conclusion, the research proves that overall mortality was reduced by 30% in participants who had rich-polyphenol diets (>650 mg/day) in comparison with the participants who had low-polyphenol intakes ( Raúl Zamora Ros, first author of the study, points out that "results corroborate scientific evidence suggesting that people consuming diets rich in fruit and vegetables are at lower risk of several chronic diseases and overall mortality." Moreover, the research stresses the importance of evaluating — if possible — food intake by using nutritional biomarkers, not only food frequency questionnaires.
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Monday, March 25, 2013
AIKEN COUNTY, S.C. (WRDW) -- A man was arrested after allegedly fighting with and spitting on an Aiken County Sheriff's Office deputy on Friday.
According to the incident report, Quentin D. Hart was found in an overturned sedan in the wood line off Tabernacle Road. While he was receiving treatment, he allegedly started using vulgar language toward friends, law enforcement and EMS workers on the scene.
When a deputy tried to put Hart inside his vehicle, Hart allegedly said, "I ain't going to no f***** jail. Call my sergeant at Fort Gordon. Y'all n***** can't take me to no damn jail."
The incident report states that Hart was asked several times to comply with the officers' commands before he started throwing his head against the rear driver's side window and later kicking the rear passenger's side window with his boots. During this time, the window broke, sending pieces of glass into a deputy's vest and undershirt.
He was then asked to leave the vehicle, which is when officers say he started fighting, kicking a deputy and spitting in the deputy's face.
Hart was taken to receive medical treatment, which he refused. He was taken to the Aiken County Detention Center.
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I didn't leave my Moleskine notebook (whew!), which would've been far worse considering all the fun conversations. Here's a brief list:
- Floyd of InfoQ, faceted search and browsing
- Cameron, technology design, NY
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- Paul Baranowski: encouraging independent media in developing democracies. He wrote that in my notebook himself! Way cool. Always good to meet people who can express their purpose.
- Ian Irving, false positives. Err, not much detail otherwise. I don't read his blog yet, so that introduction didn't leave me with much to go on, and I saw someone I wanted to talk to.
- Chris, intentional programming.
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- Lionel Fogler, knowledge management (remember sewer technician story)
- Quinn, data
- Brent Ashley, Emacs
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The dendritic cell (DC), the most powerful antigen-presenting cell in the immune system, has been a popular choice as a basis for personalized or autologous cellular immunotherapies. For these autologous DC immunotherapies, a batch of drug product is generated for each individual patient using his or her own cells. Scientists use three main approaches to obtain or generate DCs for a patient.
One approach is to isolate circulating DCs directly from the blood or from white blood cells collected through leukapheresis. The number of circulating DCs in the peripheral blood is extremely low, which limits the potential yields and doses that can be obtained using this approach. The advantage of this approach is that the DCs require minimal manipulation once isolated. Scientists essentially load the DCs with the antigen or antigens of interest against which an immune response is desired.
The two other approaches involve isolating precursor cells and culturing them to generate DCs. These precursor cells are either hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) or monocytes. HSCs require longer culturing times to generate DCs compared with monocytes and require the patient to be mobilized (e.g., pretreatment with granulocyte colony-stimulating factor) before the leukapheresis. The advantage of the HSC approach is the ability to proliferate the cells before differentiation. Monocytes reduce culture time and manipulations compared with HSCs with the limitation that the cells have with no proliferation capacity. Therefore, the key to autologous DC processing from monocytes is managing losses and optimizing recoveries at each step to ensure an efficient process.GENERATING A DENDRITIC-CELL IMMUNOTHERAPY
Antigen is added to the DCs in the form of ribonucleic acid (RNA) using electroporation. The antigen RNAs are amplified for each patient from samples of his or her tumor or virus (1, 2). This method provides antigen that is unique to that individual and tailors the DC immunotherapy for that individual. This technique, however, makes the manufacturing more complex than alternative approaches in which the antigen is universal for all patients and can be manufactured in bulk quantities. The RNA is manufactured for each patient by isolating the total tumor or viral RNA from the patient's sample. That isolated RNA is converted to first-strand cDNA through reverse transcription and amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using nonsequence-specific primers and methods, thus making them universal for all samples. RNA is generated using the resulting amplified cDNA through an in vitro transcription (IVT) reaction and is post-transcriptionally capped to ensure a high capping efficiency. Using this process, milligrams of amplified RCC messenger RNA (mRNA) are generated consistently from micrograms of total RNA. For HIV, RNAs for the quasispecies of gag, vpr, rev, and nef proteins in the viral sample are amplified (2). From isolated viral RNA, the concentration of which cannot be measured by standard spectrophotometric methods, milligrams of RNA for each antigen are amplified for each patient.


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The morning after the San Francisco 49ers' loss to the Seattle Seahawks in the NFC Championship game, star linebacker Patrick Willis posted a photo on Instagram for 49er fans.
He writes: "Good morning 49er faithfuls!!!........Last nite I couldn't sleep after a day like we had, So I got a bowl of ice cream and put on some good ol Ridiculousness and laughed understanding that there is still so much to be grateful and thankful for now! Knowing that God has plan (1 Corinthians 2:9)."
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SILVERTHORNE - Members of Silverthorne Town Council, the Economic Development Advisory Committee and a large group of community members gathered Wednesday to celebrate a pair of ribbon-cutting ceremonies.
River's Edge Trail, located directly north of the Wildernest and Highway 9 intersection, was recently completed allowing access to the river and town core.
"I designed this keeping in mind the goals that the town had for the project: To open the view and announce the river to the town," said Megan Testin, design manager for Neils Lunceford, who led the landscaping and design team. "I think this area is going to offer a great pedestrian experience."
Immediately following that ceremony, a ribbon cutting took place at Red Buffalo Coffee and Tea to celebrate the completion of its riverside patio project, made possible by grants from Silverthorne's EDAC.
The concept of an "entrance park" was developed by EDAC as a way to draw people to the town center, highlight the Blue River and increase pedestrian circulation in Silverthorne's town core.
The area identified for this opportunity was the riverbank east of Hwy. 9, just north of the Wildernest intersection. Wetland mapping, landscape design, art location planning and permitting were all completed this year and construction began in September for a fall completion.
"We've accomplished a variety of goals with this project, including increasing pedestrian safety, providing access to the Blue River, and it's a great location for public art, which has been incorporated into the site plan," said Jack Hickey, a member of EDAC.
The new trail is grade-separated with a landscape buffer and brings a higher level of safety and a more pleasant experience for pedestrians.
The design of the trail will accommodate the town's anticipated creation of a public art display along the river.
Red Buffalo was one of six recipients of a Silverthorne economic development grant offered as part of a new town business grant program created by the committee.
"It was a very competitive process," said Eddie O'Brien, chair of EDAC. "We had over 20 applications for the EDAC grant program and Red Buffalo Coffee really stood out from the very beginning."
In April, the town solicited applications from businesses proposing to install site improvements, such as facade and architectural upgrades.
Applications were awarded to businesses proposing capital investments that would bring new jobs or other economic development benefits to the community.
"This project took an underutilized space behind the Town Center and created a great riverside and trailside patio for Red Buffalo's customers, many of whom are Blue River Trail users," O'Brien said. "This project celebrates the Blue River, which is Silverthorne's greatest natural asset, and it also celebrates public-private partnerships."
Red Buffalo's riverside patio was awarded a site improvement grant as one of the six projects selected for grant funding in 2012.
"When Erin Young opened the Red Buffalo Coffee Shop in the Town Center several years ago, her shop brought a new level of vibrancy and foot traffic to the Town Center, and this patio project now brings the riverside views and Blue River Trail into the mix," said Silverthorne Mayor Dave Koop. "It's really a great place to sit and enjoy the Blue River."


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11:25 a.m. SALEM — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber has signed into law a bill allowing young illegal immigrants to pay resident tuition at the state's seven public universities.
After signing the measure Tuesday, Kitzhaber declared: "My friends, the dream has become a reality."
8:40 a.m. SALEM, Ore. — Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber will sign a bill Tuesday allowing young illegal immigrants to pay resident tuition at the state's seven public universities.
The measure passed the Legislature last month after failing twice in the past decade.
Starting next school year, illegal immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children and graduated from an Oregon high school would pay the subsidized college tuition charged to Oregon residents. That's a savings of about $20,000 a year.
Proponents say young people shouldn't be priced out of college because their parents chose to immigrate illegally. Critics say the state shouldn't be subsidizing a college education for people who violated immigration laws.
At least 14 other states have similar laws. Colorado's Legislature approved a tuition bill, and Gov. John Hickenlooper has said he'll sign it.
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SAN JOSE -- Police said a man briefly kidnapped a 13-year-old girl Friday when he dragged her into a driveway in the Little Portugal neighborhood, and investigators are asking for the public's help in finding the culprit.
According to a police report, the girl was walking in the area of East St. James Street and North 33rd Street in the residential neighborhood about 6:10 a.m. Friday when the man came up to her and dragged her into the driveway of a home. The girl screamed, fought back and struggled with the man, who released her and then ran east on East St. James toward North King Road.
According to San Jose police spokesman Sgt. Jason Dwyer, the girl was dragged 10 to 15 feet down a driveway, which meets the definition of kidnapping by law.
"I tell people they shouldn't focus on the distance, but whether or not it put the person in greater danger of harm," Dwyer said.
He said that could consist of a jogger being pulled into bushes, employees being forced into a backroom during a robbery, or being dragged down a residential driveway toward a more secluded location.
The man is described as a Latino male, 25-35 years old, 5-foot-10-inches tall, with a thin to medium build, black hair, brown eyes and mustache. He wore a dark blue hooded sweatshirt with the hood over his head, blue "Dickies" pants and brown work shoes with white paint on them. He spoke English.
Police released an artist's sketch of the man.
Anyone with information regarding this case are urged to contact Detective Enrique Garcia of the San Jose Police Department's Robbery Unit at 408-277-4166. Anyone wishing to remain anonymous may call Silicon Valley CrimeStoppers at 408-947-STOP (7867) or may visit tipsubmit.com and may be eligible for a cash reward.
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Did you know that the brain has the same chemical reaction to sugary and fatty foods as it does to cocaine or nicotine? According to Dr. Pam Peeke, author of The Hunger Fix, the chemical reaction happens before you even eat the food — all you have to do is think about it!
Dr. Peeke recently appeared on GaiamTV.com's Gaiam Inspirations to talk about America's food addiction and how to retrain your brain to make healthier choices. Dr. Peeke's interest in the topic of food addiction started because of the way her patients talked about food. "I can't get off this stuff." "The withdrawal is killing me." They sounded like drug addicts, and she started to wonder if there was a connection between food and addiction.
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29.06.2012 - For over a decade, Sanofi's Cerezyme has dominated the market of therapies for Gaucher disease. Now, Shire challenges the drug with new results.
Dublin/Paris/ Carmiel/ Cambridge – Results from a head-to-head Phase III clinical study with Sanofi's Gaucher disease therapy imiglucerase (Cerezyme) suggest that Shire's enzyme replacement therapy velaglucerase alfa (VPRIV) offers a unique benefit to patients. According to the Irish drugmaker, only patients treated with VPRIV experienced statistically significant improvement in lumbar spine bone mineral density after nine months of treatment. This, together with a 15% lower price than Aventis' expensive type 1 Gaucher treatment could give the Irish an advantage in the market for the rare disease, that is narrow but lucrative.
Until VPRIV was approved in 40 countries, Aventis subsidiary Genzyme was able to charge $200,000 per year per patient for its treatment that dates back to 1997, but other players are now trying to get a piece of the cake. Pfizer and its development partner Protalix currently got US market authorisation for its plant-cell based enzyme expression therapy Elelyso (taliglucerase alfa) but it was rebuffed at the end of June by the EMA. VPRIV is made in a human cell line using Shire's gene activation technology.
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Barbara and Roger Messenger of Moundridge have invested in Silver for the New Year. They recently adopted Silver n Satin, a Missouri Fox Trotter mare who was waiting for them at Rainbow Meadows Equine Rescue and Retirement Inc. in southeast Kansas.
Silver originally came to Rainbow Meadows when her owner was transferred to Europe and was unsuccessful in attempts to rehome the mare. Silver's owner knew sending the mare to an auction opened up the possibility of slaughter or irresponsible owners, so she contacted Rainbow Meadows for help. Silver was quickly adopted out to a loving home, but health issues forced her adopters to return her to Rainbow Meadows in 2012.
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Silver is calm, responsive, fully saddle-trained, and gaits well.
To date, Rainbow Meadows has rescued almost 160 horses and has found homes for more than 140.
"Our success in providing safe refuge for horses in need is due to the selfless acts of love, which are provided by adopters, fosters, volunteers and donors," said Karen Everhart, Rainbow Meadows' executive director.
"Without their support, the pain and suffering of the horses would continue as Rainbow Meadows could not exist. The horses we rescue still have so much to give as companions, riding partners and even as pets."
Dedicated to the rescue of abused, neglected and unwanted horses, Rainbow Meadows is an IRS-designated 501(c)(3) public charity in Sedan.
It currently houses more than 30 rescues, all of which are available for adoption through a process designed to ensure that the horse goes to a safe and caring "forever" home.
Rainbow Meadows also actively works to educate current and potential horse owners on how to provide quality care for their horses.
For more information, call (620) 725-3402 or visit www.rainbowmeadowsranch.com
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Lisa Burton, 56, died Sept. 27, 2012, in Truckee. She was born Jan. 20, 1956, in Washington D.C., to parents Grace and Jim McCone.
Lisa spent her early youth in Hong Kong, but returned to the US by age 5 and was raised in San Rafael, CA. Her husband Chris and she met at Santa Clara University in 1975 and lived together in Truckee, CA, ever since they were married in 1978.
She worked in management for Mervyn's for 17 years and worked at Emerald Cove Marina, Bullards Bar Reservoir, north of Nevada City in the western Sierra Nevada foothills until 2006. Chris and Lisa have been explorers ever since.
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As system administrator, or simple user that uses Linux on its desktop sometime you notice that something it's eating all the memory of your system.
As first thing be sure to understand how Linux manage memory, I've be called too many time by scared users that did a
free and were unable to read its output properly, in short, don't worry if the Linux Kernel it's using your memory to cache file.
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To my "beloved" users:
Be assured that the Kernel developers can do a better job than you (and me) in find a good algorithm to cache file and free that memory area when a process need it, so please don't ask me to put in cron some job that run something like that :
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After that you'll have more free memory available on the system, true, but the system will have to re-read all the files from the disk, so in terms of performance this is usually a bad move.
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It's hard to avoid getting excited in the weekly workshops taught by new member Vickie Petersen at the public library in Mineola.
Sharing that excitement usually starts with someone making a "Eureka, look what I've found" noise like "wow" or a similar noise. Sometimes, however, it's just finding a new resource.
One such experience last Thursday (note: meeting Thursdays 10-noon at the library near the genealogy room) was when Vickie shared the Brigham Young University genealogy resources pages. You can get there by going to familyhistory.byu.edu. We started out on the page where you can print free blank forms to use in research at http://lib.byu.edu/sites/familyhistory/print-forms-research-helps/, but starting anywhere will give you lots of links and pages to explore.
If you want to take a look, set aside some time. There are links all over the first page (and subsequent pages) which can take you to interesting and helpful information and resources.
This is not the FamilySearch or New FamilySearch site, but there are links that will take you there and to lots of other trustworthy and interesting genealogy sources. Some are pay and some are free, but even the pay ones will let you look around at some things without any charges.
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April 27, 2013
UP: To Senior State Trooper Brad Lowe for earning the Superintendent Award, the West Virginia State Police's highest hono....
DOWN: To the continuing congressional stalemate that is adversely affecting government operations and citizens. Republicans, Democrats and the president need to stop the politicking and come to a reasonable compromise.
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Numbers don't lie dennie.
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In response to the recession of 1920/21 first Harding then Coolidge cut spending, flattened and broadened the tax rates and as a result, the economy boomed.
Today, we don't actually cut spending but instead only slow spending and were told that our country is being destroyed. Hogwash. Spending has doubled in the last 12 years while revenues have increased by 50%. Spending IS the problem so it's time for MORE cuts, not less.
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I am trying to view DVD rips stored on my NAS and it seems like the audio track chosen by default is the very first DD2.0 track. I can go into the TRANSCODE folder and select the other audio track, but usually there is no indication that a given line item is DD5.1 vs DD2.0.
I am wondering if the PS3MS can be configured to select the very first DD5.1 audio track in a given DVD rip folder? I see that the mplayer command line accepts some options to make this thing happen, but wanted to see if anyone here managed to pull this off.
BTW, following is a URL where an mplayer issue about using a DD5.1 audio track is explained/solution posted.


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WASHINGTON (December 19, 2012)—U.S. House Speaker John Boehner said Wednesday President Barack Obama should support a Republican plan to avoid January tax increases on everyone but those earning over $1 million.
Boehner said if Mr. Obama doesn't support the measure, the president will be responsible for what he calls "the largest tax increase in American history."
Boehner spoke to reporters Wednesday at the Capitol after Mr. Obama said he believed a deal with the speaker was close to head off huge tax increases and spending cuts that will take effect in January unless lawmakers act.
Mr. Obama and Boehner have yet to produce a compromise.
Boehner plans a House vote Thursday on his Plan B, which would head off most of the tax increases, but the White House said Mr. Obama would veto that measure.


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Library.nu R.I.P
Amongst the competing visions of heaven offered by the various prophets and saints, my favourite remains the one conjured by St. Alberto Manguel. For him, heaven is a place where you can read all the books that you did not finish. It would be difficult for me – proud member of the tribe of bibliophiles- to imagine a better idea of paradise than this. I would even hazard a bet that many of you fellow tribe members would probably imagine yourself in this other world (with enough time) curled up in a comfortable sofa, opening a copy of Joyce's Ulysses for the 28th time – saying finally this time.
But even within the order of the saints, one must respect the subtle rules of hierarchy and pecking order, and by that count St. Manguel would have to make way for the highest ordained of them all- the blind seer who saw everything- Jorge Luis Borges, who had much earlier been granted a vision of paradise and he declared that it was shaped like a library.
A young Alberto Manguel found himself chosen to read aloud to an already blind Borges, and in the course of one of the reading sessions, Borges confessed to him that as a young boy he would accompany his father to the national library, and being too timid to ask for books, he would simply take out one of the volumes of the Encyclopedia Brittanica from the shelves and read whatever article opened itself to his eyes and in this way learnt about Druids, Druzes and Dryden.
In 1950 when he was nominated as the director of the national library of Argentina, the irony was not lost on him and he captured his own paradox saying
No one should read self pity or reproach
Into the statement of the majesty
Of God, who with such splendor and irony
Granted me books and blindness at one touch
Earlier this week, a website library.nu which had become second home on the internet for many of us was shut down on the grounds of copyright infringement, and it seemed amongst other things like a rude intrusion into a collective paradise that we had discovered. And those who discovered it recently understood Borges's irony only too well.
The reasons given for shutting it down are the same tired ones that we have heard for many years now- huge loss of revenue for publishers, theft of private property etc. One could of course provide counter arguments based on numbers and statistics, or even appeals to counter normative grounds such as access v. pirvacy, but it's a bit too early for that. For those of us who experienced the shutting down of library.nu first and foremost as a visceral experience of loss, the time of mourning is not yet over. We will eventually move to anger and action, but for now, grant us our private and collective grief.
Writing about the loss of public spaces in cities, John Xiros Cooper writes "And with the disappearance of a favorite building, or space, or the place where you once saw an angel loitering among the living dead, a small part of your memory vanishes. Don't get me wrong, when the familiar vanishes, there isn't some dramatic alteration in your well being. It isn't one more piece of theatrical distress in a life of sustained self-display. It's just a bit of an empty feeling, merely a private awkwardness, no more."
But if it is a library that is destroyed, the emptiness just seems more amplified. W.G.Sebald captures this quite poignantly in Austerlitz where he says
The old library in the rue Richelieu has been closed, as I saw for myself not long ago, said Austerlitz, the domed hall with its green porcelain lampshades which cast such a soothing, pleasant light is deserted, the books have been taken off the shelves, and the readers, who once sat at the desks numbered with little enamel plates, in close contact with their neighbors and silent harmony with those who had gone before them, might have vanished from the face of the earth.
And yet I find myself refusing to fall into absolute despair, after all hope is what one maintains against all evidence to the contrary. I return often enough to library.nu and find my browser opening a page that says "the site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments". Indeed I shall, and in the meantime I will keep myself busy with all the books that I have borrowed from the library so far, and in one of them I find the words of Borges again, reflecting on the coincidence that the man who ordered the construction of the nearly infinite Wall of China, the First Emperor, Shih Huang Ti, also ordered the burning of all the books before him. At the end of the essay he says "Music, state of happiness, mythology, faces shaped by time, certain twilights and certain places, try to tell us something, or they told us something that we should not have lost…
February 19, 2012 4:08 AM
A very interesting piece!Thank you!!
Ben permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 6:20 AM
Just wanted to say thank you for these words. Let's hope that this is not the end, but rather a beginning of something new.
February 19, 2012 10:53 AM
Thanks for writing this. "Private and collective grief" describes it best.
an academic permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 11:06 AM
There is a huge difference between public places like parks, beaches and sites like gigapedia.info. I agree that something is terribly wrong with the current copyright system and I wonder how piracy on a massive scale facilitated by such sites will be a real solution to this.On the contrary distribution by such sites are used by publishers to argue that they discourage buying books and result in loss of revenue.This cant be dismissed as
a lie. Academic books are often prohibitively expensive even for institutions.Some academics may not be against others freely accessing their works through such sites but not all academics can be expected to support such sites because they affect sales of books
at least indirectly. And authors whose books dont sell well as expected may not be preferred by publishers.If one is an academic whose book is printed in limited numbers
say 1000 in first edition but is made available in the net for free and is being downloaded
in hundreds how should one respond to this. I know a case where an academic book was shared like this through a site with three links to download, within a week of its publication. But neither the publisher nor the author can keep an eternal watch over this. In the end the sales of the book are likely to be affected as the user(s) may prefer to download a copy than to recommend it to the library to buy as s/he has had free access.
There problems with both current publishing/film industry model and the large scale piracy 'solutions'.Lessig's piece does not address the issues.
An academic permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 2:06 PM
Academic books never sold in the millions anyways like blockbusters. They are so prohibitively priced that they are either owned only by libraries or by those who get them for free for reviews. In such a scenario, the only people who buy these books remain the libraries. I fail to understand the joy of an academic who finds more satisfaction in a dozen copies of his/her work being sold to libraries than in 1000s reading it by any means. I am surprised at the Ozymanidan nature of an academic who seeks no permanence in the minds of the readers, rather in the relics of his/her works left in libraries. And to add a personal note, quite contrary to what some claim, readers like me, of books from gigapedia, on reading certain sections of books readily recommended them to our libraries. And as a principle I refuse to recommend books I know only the table of contents of. So more than an RIP to gigapedia, it is an RIP to all you self-confessed anti-piracy academics, who can live with the satisfaction of some libraries buying your books, which they were anyways, and now a much larger population never reading that single copy of your book in the library.
dimz alitz permalinkFebruary 21, 2012 2:29 PM
Many thanks! to Lawrence Liang for the article. It's a good info and broken my heart, due I lived in the third world that so difficult (and extremely expensive) to finds good refferences in my country and only from this kinds of sites, like lybrary.nu, I could expanding knowledges. That's why i felt really sad knowing this site havebeen closed (by any reasons).
Therefore I strongly agree with you (an academic). That's really true.
Grieving Person permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 11:32 AM
Heartbroken for the past week…
Gibreel permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 12:03 PM
Great post. I can't help feeling that with this – more than any of the other contemporary moves towards online censorship – the internet itself has regressed. If Library.nu marked a leap forward in Internet time, we're now back to the European "dark ages". And yet did we not see this coming? Did we not download as if we knew this couldn't last.
There's an eerie homology between Firefox's "can't establish a connection to the server at library.nu." and Horace Smith's: "I am great OZYMANDIAS..The King of Kings/ this mighty City shows The wonders of my hand." In both cases, "Nought [remains] to disclose The (web)site of this forgotten Babylon." I think we tend to experience the finest aspects of the internet as if its annihilation is imminent. We downloaded as if we were going to be the future hunters who would encounter the sign and "stop to guess/ What powerful but unrecorded race/ Once dwelt in that annihilated place." It was us.
Absolute despair is not out of place. I know I haven't downloaded as many books as I could have. Why *didn't* I just spend all my time downloading simply *everything*? :)
Gibreel permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 12:48 PM
On a more positive note, maybe, following the Hindu cyclical time logic of things on the internet – this is a good thing. Maybe we can use this hiatus, until the new library.nu comes along, to actually read some of the books we downloaded in those dizzying days until yesterday.
habermasian permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 7:02 PM
@an academic
Enough with these lies. Publ. companies turn us to acomplices in the copyright crime, promising some kind of making a lion out of our mices. They capitalize on our efforts, ideas and ideals, networks and fantasies. It's time for a honest open dialogue on CopyLeft to overwhelm these perverts of Knowledge.Enlightnmenet, modern or not, is our axiomatic principle. LNU's withdrawal – I really hope they 'll resurect – might be a chance for such a dialogue. Besides we all chat on this behind closed doors.
Sadan Jha permalinkFebruary 19, 2012 11:54 PM
beautifully written piece Lawrence. you must be aware that on 20th Jan. a major spactacle of raid/crackdown was performed on the outskirts of Auckland, New Zealand. In a cordinated fashion, helicopters, local police and FBI team raided megaupload's headquarter and arraested Kim Dotcom. The crackdown was an outcome of pressure excercised by the lobby of Hollywood producers and music companies who had hired a battery of top notch lawers to force US government for such a measure. this was one of the most high profile raids in recent years. The closure of library.nu and various other intermediary sites is another outcome of this spectacle.
Syed Jainul Abedin permalinkFebruary 20, 2012 2:02 AM
Bunch of hypocrites here who continue to publish their work with proprietary publishers rather than mailing people all their work by pdf or hosting them on a free website and publicizing it by facebook – much like intellectuals who are in 'solidarity' in movements, who egg on crowds but dare not to sweat. From the ashes of library.nu, what will arise is a bunch less hypocritical – who do not publish their work through commercial outlets but give back to the people their work ( that is , the same folks who pay their salary and their rum and coke).
Samaritan permalinkFebruary 20, 2012 2:18 PM
Weap not: try bookfi[dot]org
enu permalinkFebruary 22, 2012 6:54 AM
Thanks :)
Nadjet permalinkFebruary 25, 2012 3:38 PM
the books cannot be downloaded. Can you please show us how to download?
In mourning permalinkFebruary 27, 2012 1:59 PM
Dear Samaritan, God bless you. Really.
Harry permalinkMarch 1, 2012 2:06 AM
Real Samaritan! Thank You!
AM García permalinkMarch 8, 2012 1:16 AM
Thank you!!!!!!!!
Krishna permalinkMarch 8, 2012 5:43 PM
yes, I know, but incomparable with Library.nu, however for time being it is OK, beggars don;t have the choice!
Jana permalinkFebruary 20, 2012 5:44 PM
"…There should be a distinction made: Between works of authors still living and those of former lifes that left behind cultural gifts to the world. Everybody from the naked city in the midst of the jungle to the decaying metropolis of the western world should have a free access to these cultural gifts to reunderstand the past and future of humankind. Society never seems to be ready for this, although it is so well predestined…" Interview with Marcel Türkowsky
Student permalinkFebruary 20, 2012 7:32 PM
Library Genesis. Nowhere near as good, but at least its something. Has a lot of books re-uploaded from library.nu.
Nadjet permalinkFebruary 25, 2012 3:41 PM
Books cannot be downloaded. Help please!
soumyajit permalinkFebruary 21, 2012 2:35 PM
plz reopen library.nu
its helping poor studious guys …….
pilgrimhawk permalinkFebruary 21, 2012 8:44 PM
Lawrence Liang, you expressed so well what we all feel deep within and more. Thanks a lot for this article.
But as well all believe, the spirit of learning never ends and so is the joy of sharing and collective growth.
The disappearance of library.nu is a big loss…bringing in a terrible sense of missing… perhaps one can build things anew brick-by-brick …it is just that bricks are distributed :-) , it is a constraint as well as an advantage too.
… these days when publishers compete and strike deals with universities to bring out customised textbooks with prohibitively unaffordable price tags, the only hope for the ones who cannot really afford to buy those books to study will be the surviving electronic versions …yes the bricks must come together and who can destroy a fortress spread across the globe, the one that will only continue to grow !
Anupama permalinkFebruary 21, 2012 10:08 PM
Why is it "too early" to discuss a universally open library system on the Internet, in which we all pay an annual fee (just as in print libraries) and withdraw four or five volumes per week, or more? Or why can't there be an alternative model for e-books at least, with reasonable pricing – such as two to four dollars per book? I was a member (and donor) at library.nu, and still am at any number of other similar websites. I paid what I could, gladly and voluntarily. At one stage an author came online to complain that his book was being pirated, and did online forum members know that they could buy an e-copy from Amazon for 99 cents only? Within a few days he was back to report that since posting on the forum, his sales had "surged". People WILL pay, if they feel the price is right. Inspite of having downloaded heaven knows how many books from library.nu, I still bought, and continue to buy, as many print books as I can afford. It should have been pure and obvious logic, when the phenomenon first took off, that e-books should have been priced cheaply. Damn all these short-sighted publishers to hell – they will pay, and dearly. I'm still downloading happily, though perhaps this is not the place to disclose websites where "all izz (still) well"…otherwise that Nazi coalition of copyright protectors will be down on them sooner than you can say "lib rip"….
booklover permalinkFebruary 23, 2012 4:01 PM
Exactly. I for my part, speaking as an academic who loved library.nu, but also occasionally publishes books, I will surely boycott all of the publishers who killed LNU! May they rip off other people to get their profit margins!
Umesha permalinkFebruary 24, 2012 7:36 AM
at Anupama,
this is Umesha from India. it is very regretable to hear that library.nu is closed. I am a visually challenged (blind) student. the library was a great boom for us for e-books where it is difficult for us (those without eyesight) to read the printed books. I consulted many publishers and no one agreed to give me the digital version of their publications. at that time this site was a great source of hope. I am in urgent need of your help which cannot be discussed publicly as you said. please write me at my address firstname.lastname@example.com. waiting for your reply. Umesha
Guest111 permalinkFebruary 22, 2012 2:10 AM
A fantastic article! In my opinion Library.nu was the third most important site on the web after google and wikipedia and it is very unfortunate that it closed. For a nice discussion on why it should continue its operation and how it can be (legally) done read this:
alameda permalinkFebruary 22, 2012 9:32 PM
Library.nu was a very special place. I recommended to every student and colleague.
I wish the best for Smile and all contributors!
Rajesh permalinkFebruary 23, 2012 3:31 PM
Friends belonging to a middle class society it is very difficult to manage science periodicals and costly books.Library.nu was providing a breakthrough to research works by making the resources available may be by cheating the miserable publishers. It's really a shocking news for the students/researchers for whom money is a constraint and a golden blade for the money hunter publishers. Library.nu was like a Robin hood for the young researchers. At last many many thanks to library.nu and as well as this portal to give a chance to express my views.
cedric permalinkFebruary 23, 2012 7:20 PM
Library.nu was indeed a great ebooks collection. It was for me a fountain of wisdom! Unfortunately, due to capitalistic motives it was revoked. We all have to be reminded that there is no monopoly of knowledge!
ShoX permalinkFebruary 23, 2012 11:51 PM
I am deeply, deeply aggrieved. That site has been so much a part of my life. I joined way back when it was ebooksclub.org. I have come to consider the internet as an intellectual refuge, but with the way things are going in the wake of the SOPA, PIPA and ACTA threats, I am deeply fearful of the future of the net. I want everyone to have as rich an intellectual experience as I did in all my years on that site. I know that many, many devoted people put a great deal of effort into scanning and uploading books, including myself. I once painstakingly scanned and uploaded a 700 page textbook as a token of my gratitude to that wonderful site. When they changed to gigapedia and then library.nu, the warning signs were visible that they were on the run, or were mildly harrassed for their activities.
But in truth, the business models of the past are obsolete. It would be absurd for each and every person to pay $400 for a textbook only to find it outdated within a year or two. Shutting down library.nu will NOT force people to buy textbooks, because they are too expensive. The time has come for the large corporations to conceive of a new business model which will entail disseminating books at very low cost, rather like iTunes sells music for under a dollar. This is a better compromise than just shutting down the entire free internet and monetizing absolutely everything. What a nightmare that would be.
Anupama permalinkFebruary 25, 2012 1:49 PM
your e-mail address is invalid. Meanwhile there are many discussion forums and threads where you can find exactly what you're looking for. Here's a link to one of them: http://torrentfreak.com/book-publishers-shut-down-library-nu-and-ifile-it-120215/#disqus_thread
Umesha permalinkFebruary 28, 2012 9:11 PM
no. my e-mail ID is valid and actively working. it is firstname.lastname@example.com I think you copied the dot at the end after gmail.com. or else you give your e-mail Address and I will write back to you privately. it is not regarding that discussion. it is regarding the alternative sources which you said cannot be revealed publicly.
bookworm permalinkFebruary 25, 2012 3:10 PM
I was terribly confused when, a few days ago, noticing that I couldn't access library.nu. I tried several times, but to my disappointment, I ended up in futility. Today, I know what has happened to this helpful site. It's really a grievous blow for bookworms. Actually, we, who live on the other side of the planet, unluckily do not have good access to quality books. Good books are beyond affordable reach. Accordingly, we were really grateful for the presence of library.nu. It was of great help in providing many books unavailable in our campus library. I just couldn't imagine what would have happened if I had not downloaded many a book from that site for the accomplishment of my thesis. Now, I fervently hope that any similar site will resurrect to fill this stressful gap. The presence of this kind of site would greatly benefit many students in our region, who just don't have any simplest and more accessible way of getting quality books. Thanks, by the way, for the enlightening article.
S.Gunasekaran permalinkFebruary 25, 2012 7:23 PM
Thank you so much for this article. I feel it is impossible for me to do academic research without library.in. many of my friends share the same feelings. i consider it as a greatest service to humanity. a new revolution. attack on capitalism and its policy of commercialization and confinement of knowledge. perhaps ' library.nu users of the world should unite' together and share their collections, that is how we can rebuild the library.nu at least to some extent.
asad permalinkFebruary 25, 2012 11:27 PM
RIP library.nu. You will surely be missed. There will be a 2.0 version of you one day. I joined that site when it was known as gigapedia. This site was like a dream come true. It had books on almost every thing i ever desired.
I must say that this site gave me the knowledge that i required to excel in life.The knowledge that i couldn't afford otherwise back in my uni days.
If books were cheaper then more people would have had access to them and there would have never been a need for sites like library.nu.
I bought a book via the internet and it's cost was more than a factory worker's monthly salary. This made me realize that sites like Library.nu should be allowed on the internet.
ken permalinkFebruary 26, 2012 11:18 PM
We don't need hypocrisis about knowlegde.
Education is a very powerful motor to change this absurd way of life. Consume and make some people rich. These people are not people who works, creat things…
This model of consume creates quantity not quality. That's why several books become outdated but makes people who evaluates (managers, directors) rich from editors.
This issue about intecletual property is ridiculuos, because what we do in life ecoes in eternity.
Richa permalinkFebruary 27, 2012 12:00 PM
All is not lost. I believe there is some routing via gigipedia. If only I can figure it out…
Harry Palmer permalinkFebruary 28, 2012 11:43 PM
Lawrence Liang – thank you, your articulation was excellent.
mahdsaed permalinkMarch 3, 2012 1:56 PM
I recently found out about this free virtual depository of knowledge,and to be honest, in as much as i was happy ,planning to drag knowledge at my fingertips,I also felt that there is something wrong about this Idea.It is just not fair as an an end user to spend a fixed percentage of one`s income on acquiring books taking time and effort untill they reach their destination, while others just for free get their fancies satisfied, and for that value that should have gone in to the pockets of those who sweat their nights and burn their candles paving the way for the lazybones, they just burn it out on a a bottle of beer or a cigar, for definitely one cannot download a free tangible luxury.Thank God I did not sin into biting from this forbidden, stolen fruit of knowledge. By shutting library nu my suspicions were right
Krishna permalinkMarch 7, 2012 10:24 PM
Loss of Library.nu – void created.
Library.nu was excellent site. Almost two years ago, I came to know about the site due to my student who was pursuing research for his PhD. That actually brought a new life for me as far as using the net to access for knowledge. I found thousands and thousands of books – gems of knowledge – on Physics, Astronomy, Popular Science, History of Science … thanks for Library.nu. Some times I felt amaze – how all these books once a priced possession of huge Library made available freely, because in Library.nu one estimated that there were almost million books in digital format. So, that was simply ocean of books and books. No other site can match it and difficult to replace it. Shear joy to go for the site, search for the books, down loading and reading and sharing. Oh! difficult to believe – the whole world of Library – in front of you. I feel it is the real spirit of open source.
I had apprehension that one day the site will be stopped and forced to shutdown. And that apprehension became true. Publishers joined together and by forcibly made the site to quit by that they have drawn the shutters for those people who really wished to read scholarly books for acquiring the knowledge to scale new heights in their chosen field.
In fact, books on Sex and pornography should be heavily priced so much heavy that people who really wish they have to pay and buy them – not the scholarly book, since the knowledge and wisdom should freely available or at least at minimum price. But this is the other way. The books on Frontier areas of Science and Technology can't afforded by the common people. Only library can have. Sorry, that too not for all library – only for Institutes which are heavily funded. That means they are only for the selected people. Library.nu actually made those books available for all those – simply they require the net connection. My self, and other millions and millions, certainly have enriched by this site
In the era of Internet, I believe, publishing Industry has changed. One should accept the fact. Just few years ago, no one have dreamt the possibility of reading NewYork Times, Gurdian, and many other frontline news papers and magazines without paying in our home which are situated in remote areas – other corners of the globe. But now it is possible. In the name of piracy if they stop, who are the losers? We the the readers and the society in large. In a way Wikipedia is an alternative for Encyclopedia. It is the collective efforts of the people to share the information. Archxiv.org is also an alternative for the standard Journals. Slowly it has acquired more and more acceptability in academia. Many scientists – even Nobel laureates – are publishing their findings in them. Those people who wish to derive more knowledge are now heavily depend on Archxiv.org. Off course, they know that all those information there are not fully authentic. But whatever information available are at least sufficient for them as guiding light.. LINUX , LATEX and many other open software are also the voice against the monopoly of the company. There was a time – pictures and photos were priced to print and copy one should have pay heavily. But now scenario has changed. They are available freely. By giving the proper credit, breath taking pictures taken by Hubble, Chandra and other telescopes can be used. The same is happening in the field of music and arts. YouTube itself is the example. The society is enjoying this new trend. Music has gone into the masses. But the music industry has not closed. On the contrary the music industry has been flourishing. The same is true in book publishing.
That means Library.nu has not done any criminal activity. It has done the activity in pace with the changing time. By forcing the site to shut down, the people behind this action have created a huge void in millions and millions people who were using the site to acquire the new information and knowledge. Shut down of Library.nu is a terrible loss. Hope soon it will be restored and available for the public.
Min permalinkMarch 10, 2012 4:24 PM
My eyes couldn't stop being wet after i read the comments and in fact i was the one who was greatly disappointed after the shut down of the site. I wish it could be reopened for the good of all. Thanks to all…
Mohsenman permalinkMarch 11, 2012 5:47 AM
en [Dot] bookfi [Dot] org ROCKS!!!
March 14, 2012 12:11 AM
I didnt know about the closure of the site but came to know about it just now when I needed a book and as I typed for library.nu in my browser, but it didnt open as always, so I searched for it on google and it came out that it has been closed. The moment I got to know about it, a sudden shock hit my mind, "now what?!".
I mean it was the ultimate source for me not just for stealing books from publishers but to gain knowledge. Everyone is not rich enough to buy all books he needs and publishers should think about it. May be they can allow library.nu to continue as a social cause to enlighten the world with the knowledge and also support needy people like me who can barely afford monthly internet. :)
March 14, 2012 7:55 PM
"And yet I find myself refusing to fall into absolute despair, after all hope is what one maintains against all evidence to the contrary." – I loved that line. In fact, I loved the whole article. It made me think of Robert Sapolsky, a biologist at Stanford, and his urge to keep trying to change things in despite of how imposible it seems, and of having more reasons to do so as it appears to be more and more complicated.
asfaw permalinkMarch 17, 2012 4:02 PM
There is difficulty to download books. is clear instruction to this
Thomas permalinkMarch 23, 2012 9:26 AM
As Information age surpassed all limits due to digitalisation and knowlede is free everywhere . The copyright could be valid till the print media was only the source of propagation of knowlede and cost involved in printing the books with the help of printing press,paper and labour where as digtal media is simply copying without any cost involved. In this background , copyright is a obsolete rule under digitalisation. Copyright remain valid to print media only.The old has forgo copyright digitalised world. It is applicable only for print versions.So the libray.nu has all right to remain.
Tesfegnaw permalinkApril 19, 2012 1:53 PM
Those in Poor countries do not have any other option. You kill and grave Curiosity of knowledge. Westerners Please re-open our only knowledge center, library.nu.
September 14, 2012 8:27 PM
legalreads.com is one alternative to library.nu (RIP)


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66,138 lbs.
30,000 kg
17' 2''
5.24 m
|Tested Weight
4' 6''
1.37 m
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|Draft Up
|Person Capacity
|Draft Down
|Fuel Capacity
936 gal.
|Air Draft
|Water Capacity
284 gal.
|18 deg.
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|Total Package Weight (Trailer,Boat & Engine)
|Prices, features, designs, and equipment are subject to change. Please see your local dealer or visit the builder's website for the latest information available on this boat model.
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2 x Caterpillar C18-1015 Shaft Diesel 1,015 mhp
2 x MAN V10 1100 Shaft Diesel 1,100 mhp
2 x Caterpillar C18-1150 Shaft Diesel 1,150 mhp
The Fairline Squadron 65 has the muscle of its Italian distant cousins, but a more subdued profile. The builder says she'll go 35 knots WOT with twin 1,100-hp engines. Note the stained green glass down the middle of the foredeck which keeps the VIP cabin bright. (No peeping, please!)
It's always seemed odd that one of Britain's premier semi-custom yacht builders did much of its handiwork in jumbled series of factories around a landlocked town called Oundle. Driving to the place required winding along many miles of narrow roads through Tudor-era towns with thatch roofs. To come upon a boatbuilding facility—and one that's been responsible for more than 10,000 launches in its 42-year history—is a surprise. But Fairline Boats continues to thrive and make ever-larger models, although now the company has a product development facility on saltwater where it commissions its big boats.
Introduced last fall, the Fairline Squadron 65, while not the largest, is the latest addition to the company's flagship line. She is a stylish, although not extreme, well-crafted motor yacht with the legs of a thoroughbred.
With a 17'2" beam (5.24 m) Fairline has managed to get the requisite three staterooms and three en suite heads in its accommodation space. Note that it has also gotten in a day head. Captain's cabin is aft and snug, European-style. Note there are steps up to the forward stateroom and steps in the hallway to the master.
In keeping with the interior design trend emanating from south of the Alps, you can see in this drawing the Bauhaus Modern look of the design. We like the skipper and companion seat at the helm, as often only one seat is placed on 65-footers. The galley is open, American style.
Anyone who's been to England knows the indigenous craft tend to be, well, braced for the elements. They can be boxy, not particularly pretty and made to overcome the notoriously snotty weather those folks are forced to do their boating in. With 95 percent of its production going overseas, Fairline is not tethered to such conventions. Hence, the Squadron 65 more resembles a Mediterranean sun-worshipping machine than a dowdy, weather-resistant product of the old sod.
Flying Bridge...
The flybridge deck is completely al fresco. Were you in an environment where the weather cooperates, it would be hard to imagine spending daylight hours anywhere else. Settees and sun pads are in abundance and beg to be used. The deck has plenty of room for entertaining. And let's not forget the upper helm. It could be assumed that would be the best seat in the house on a nice day barreling along at 35 knots.
The saloon is as modern as the latest issue of Vogue. Note the square corners, solid tones, wood treatments. The lighting under the furniture makes it appear to be floating.
The Squadron 65 has a relatively sedate interior—clean and contemporary. Its design and décor flourishes are quite subtitle and yachtsmen must pay close attention to detail. As always with Fairline, the joinery is finished to a high spec.
The Squadron 65 has accommodations for six, plus two crew in an optional cabin aft. All cabins have en suite facilities. The master amidships and the VIP forward have beds of equal scale. The master bath is a bit more elaborate.
Clutter? We don't think so. Bright and modern rule the day in the master. Just don't let the dog in after he's been swimming.
The VIP is forward and has excellent ventilation and light thanks to the skylight right down the centerline of the foredeck.
The twin cabin is sedate and nicely appointed with under bunk lighting and mirrors. However, with a 17'2" beam the bunks must be narrow which are ideal for kids.
The power options available, from MAN and Caterpillar, vary slightly in horsepower from just over 1,000, but according to company information, will push the boat to top speeds in the mid-30 knot range. Driving a 65-foot, 30-ton boat traveling 35 knots is an exhilarating experience, especially if you're on the flybridge. Fuel burn? Forget about it. Just keep an eye on the needle and go.
|Marine Electronics
|VHF Radio
|Air Cond./Heat
|Battery Charger/Converter
|Dripless Shaft Seals
|Head: Fixed
|Shore Power
|Trim Tabs
|Washdown: Fresh Water
|Water Heater
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|Arch: Electronics
|Outlet: 12-Volt Acc
|Swim Ladder
|Swim Platform
|Transom Door
|Transom Shower
|Wet bar
|Boats More Than 30 Feet
|Bow Thruster
|Helm: Second Station
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The far-right campaign to shut down the government unless Democrats agree to defund the federal health care system isn't going well, but Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) is undeterred. Asked a few days ago how he intends to win this fight, the Texas Republican said there's a "grass-roots tsunami" on the way that will convince lawmakers to follow his lead.
Cruz is likely to be disappointed. The latest report from the Kaiser Family Foundation asked Americans about defunding the Affordable Care Act, and a clear majority disapprove of the idea.
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AUSTIN (January 7, 2013)—Texas Comptroller Susan Combs estimated Monday that the state will generate $92.6 billion in general revenue in 2014-2015, a major jump in tax collection from the last two-year budget cycle.
Combs released the estimate Monday, the day before the 83rd Texas Legislature convenes and also reported $8.8 billion in surplus revenue.
"While the Texas economy is doing well, we must be mindful of factors that cast a shadow over our economy," Combs said.
"The economic and financial troubles dogging Europe drag on and the powerful Chinese economy has slowed. Meanwhile, the federal government remains gridlocked across a number of issues. Economic and regulatory uncertainty, including the possibility of increased taxation, can delay purchasing decisions by businesses and households," she said.
More than $3.6 billion will automatically go into the Rainy Day Fund, so the Legislature has immediate control over how $89 billion can be spent, but that doesn't mean lawmakers will spend all of it.
Gov. Rick Perry and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst have promised to limit any increase in state spending to a sum of population growth plus inflation, or 9.85 percent.
Under current conditions, their plan would create a general revenue budget of $89.29 billion.
Combs' estimate in January 2011 was $72.2 billion in general-purpose spending available.
The state still has bills to settle before writing the next budget. Among the obligations are a $4.7 billion Medicaid tab and about $600 million spent battling wildfires in 2011.
Gov. Rick Perry issued a statement Monday in which he said the report validated budget decisions made during the last session.
"Today's revenue estimate is more evidence that we made the right decisions two years ago by budgeting carefully to meet the challenges of the national recession," he said.
"The Texas formula of low taxes, reasonable regulations, fair courts and a quality workforce is the best way to continue creating jobs and growing our economy. Even as we head into the 83rd Legislative Session with higher revenues, we still need to focus on separating our wants from our needs, and continue to follow the conservative fiscal principles that have led to Texas' ongoing success and will keep Texas strong," he said.


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First Mississippi Federal Credit Union has been around since 1972. During its 40th anniversary, the staff is not only having fun, but also trying to help those who are in need.
Abria Jamison, marketing director for 1st Mississippi, tells us, "We're all about our youth and children, and they're about tomorrow, and we want to help them grow and be able to live life for today, so."
All this week, 1st Mississippi is helping youth by raffling away prizes and selling different items to send the proceeds to the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson.
Jamison describes the items they will be raffling. "We have a nice La-Z-Boy chair. We're also raffling a TV, 40 inch TV. Everyday you can come in and you can possibly win a prize, and on Thursday, we're doing Spin-the-Wheel Thursday, and I'm going to have a Vanna here, and you get the chance to spin the wheel and also win more prizes."
To spin the prize wheel on Thursday, you must be a member and make a transaction. A dollar will enter anyone, members and nonmembers, into the raffle to win the La-Z-Boy and the TV. Credit Union officials want the public to stop by and give to a great cause, and see what all the credit union does for the community.
"We're for the underdog, the little man," says Jamison. "You know, we pride ourselves on helping those that thought they couldn't get a loan; that thought they couldn't start their life over, get their credit back, and we're about helping the under-served, so we want to invite people to come down and show them what we're about, and show them that we do give back to the community, not just put it back into this place, we put it back into the people that deserve it."
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There's a new name for the event this year. It's the Distinguished Young Woman Program of Mississippi Scholarship Program.
The contestants began arriving Sunday, and began rehearsals Monday.
Even though the name has changed, all aspects of the competition remain the same.
"It's just a title change. All the core aspects of America's Junior Miss is going to be carried over into Distinguished Young Woman," said program chairman, Sid Wilkinson.
The young ladies competing say it's hard work, but also a lot of fun.
"I had to go to the YMCA every day," said Ahnna Beruk, Washington County's representative. "And every day I took two classes like aerobics and kick boxing. I'm very excited about this week."
"This is just our second day and I'm having a blast," said Hannah Robert of Covington County.
The current title holder, Katie Thurber, has a few words of wisdom for contestants.
"Focus on the competition. It's a blast. Just enjoy the experience; this would probably never happen again," said Thurber. "To get this many intelligent, talented, amazing girls together in one place. So I would just tell them to have fun with it, and really enjoy it and soak it up. "
The preliminary competitions will be Thursday and Friday nights, starting at 7 p.m. at the Temple Theatre. The finals are Saturday, starting at 8 p.m. However, there is a full schedule of activities for the whole week.
Thirty-eight young women are vying for the 2011 title.


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FARGO, N.D. — Fargo Davies scored three unanswered goals to break away from Devils Lake en route to a 5-1 victory over the Firebirds on Thursday. After the Eagles had jumped to a 2-0 lead after the first period, Devils Lake was able to slash the deficit in half when Tanner Elshaug scored early into the second period. That was as close as the Firebirds would get as Davies scored the next three goals of the period to pad the lead. Devils Lake goaltender Holden Kurtz tallied 42 saves in the game. The Firebirds (0-2 overall) will play Hazen-Beulah tonight at Burdick Arena.
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"Pony pearls are my absolute favorite needles! I love the way they give a little when you knit, and the colors are nice too." apolcyn, 1/3/2002
"My favourite needles are Rhodo-Cristal by Nacre - these were made in France. These are similar to the Pony Pearl needles. I bought the ones I have many years ago. After much trouble searching for a place to buy new ones I discovered that the firm had been sold to the Pony Pearl company in India and they no longer make the double pointed needles." dapplebee, 4/16/01


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GPS AccessoriesA GPS is a great tool when you are traveling. While you may know your local camping hot spots, once you leave your comfort zone, a little help is called for. A GPS lets you program in your destination, and then provides directions that will get you there.
Many GPS units speak, so you don't have to watch the monitor as you go along. Use a clip to mount it on your dash, and you are ready to go anywhere.
Good GPS units aren't cheap, so you want to protect your investment. Screen protectors prevent scratches and glare. Keep the sun off of your GPS screen by adding a shade, and when you aren't using the GPS, make sure you store it safely in a case.
Remember, GPS units are very appealing, so keep yours out of view when you are not in your RV.


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The biggest propaganda maker since Webster.
I hate Webster.
by DasHeaven July 20, 2003
What nearly every man/woman "finds" in the foxhole.
While in 'nam, I found religion.
by love2lindy March 22, 2005
earliest form of mind control.
a good idea corrupted by men in dresses.
a good idea corrupted by men in dresses.
god bless!!!!
by fear magnet August 29, 2003
An organized system of belief in gods, angels, spirits, and/or other supernatural entities. A large number of idiots think that religion is the source of all the world's problems. A smaller group of even bigger idiots believe it is the answer to all the worlds problems.
Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Confucianism, Shintosim, Taoism, Sikhism, Wicca, Druidry, Satanism, Spiritualism, Theosophy, etc.
by Hussassan July 19, 2005
Fake shit made by man. What people dont understand is that humans dont have souls, humans are simply creatures that started out as bacteria. Over TRILLIONS (even more) of years bacteria has evolved, which is how our planet and people and trees and dirt and dogs ect are here today. Now you may ask, "then why is there religions", well, people need to be tricked into "being civilized and follow a set of rules, or else...". The "or else" part is usually going to hell. The rules/commandments usually concist of "No killing" "No sex before marrage" "No stealing" ect, and if the rules arent followed, they tell you that after you die, you will spent the rest of eternity in a scary forsaken place called HELL, and if you follow the rules, after you die you will spend the rest of eternity in a peacefull loving place called HEAVEN...not true, when the human body shuts down, thats it, youre in a dead sleep, blanked out forever.
Imagine how boring it must be to be dead.
by Reggaetonist December 01, 2004
A self righteous form of worshipping God. Someone who is religious worships God to look Holy in front of others. True worship comes with humility and NO condemnation and NO judgement of others. Religion is a set of laws and rules. True Christianity is not religion as it is not about the law, because we've been set free from the law and power of sin, by Jesus Christ's sacrifice, as out substitute.
Religion is rules that one is forced to follow.
by Matthew October 09, 2003
1. Possibility of granting peace to people on earth.
2. But since human are so stupid they have ruined the whole concept, making religion irrelevant.
2. But since human are so stupid they have ruined the whole concept, making religion irrelevant.
"My religion says I can kill you."
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E-retailers in need of quick cash can add PayPal to a growing list of non-traditional sources for financing, as mainstream lending to small businesses continues to lag.
The online-payment giant offered 90,000 of its U.S. merchants the option of borrowing 8 percent of their yearly PayPal revenue, up to $20,000, through the Working Capital pilot program. PayPal has extended the program past its initial three-month trial run, with plans next year to go global and likely more than double the loan maximum, said Darrell Esch, vice president of small-business lending at PayPal.
PayPal charges clients a flat fee but no periodic interest or miscellaneous fees. Clients repay the flat fee and principal by allowing PayPal to deduct 10 percent to 30 percent from daily receipts.
Borrowers are charged a lower fee if they allow a higher percentage to be deducted. For instance, a business owner who has the maximum of 30 percent taken out of daily receipts will pay a $281 flat fee on an $8,000 loan, whereas someone who opts for the 10 percent deduction pays a $947 flat fee, according to a sample PayPal fee chart.
A borrower in the former example would pay an annual rate of 23 percent if the loan is repaid within 14 weeks. That's higher than the national credit-card average of 15 percent, based on a CreditCard.com survey, but significantly lower than an average payday loan, which according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is 399 percent.
If a small business doesn't record any sales on a particular day, then nothing is deducted. PayPal promises no hard repayment deadlines, late fees or credit checks.
PayPal can afford not to conduct credit screenings because it essentially cherry picks its borrowers. The company's lending decisions are based on financial data it already has on its merchants, from sales history to revenue. After a short vetting process, loans show up almost instantaneously in users' accounts. PayPal issues the loan, but the actual lender of record is Utah-based WebBank.
Merchants "love that they're getting money the same day," Esch said. "They pay only when they're getting paid."
PayPal has issued more than 4,000 loans through the program. More than half of borrowers reported using the loan to purchase inventory.
That was the case for Steve Contratto, a merchant in San Jose who sells new and refurbished electronics mainly through eBay (EBAY) and Amazon. The 40-year-old business owner used his $20,000 PayPal loan to stock up on new electronic sale items to prepare for the holiday shopping rush.
He resorted to the PayPal option after mainstream banks declined to lend, due to his short track record as a full-time business owner. He said he's put in several years as a part-time e-seller.
"When we tried to approach banks they didn't want to touch us," Contratto said.
The small-business owner also tried Kabbage, an Atlanta-based company that advances cash to growing companies. He found the company's fees to be too high. Contratto says he's saving about 35 percent with his loan with PayPal but declined to say how much he's paying in fees.
Alan Fisher, executive director of the nonprofit California Reinvestment Coalition, views the PayPal option as a "reasonable emergency loan." But used as a long-term solution? The fees "will bleed you dry," Fisher said.
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating PayPal and its owner, eBay, over another one of its financial products, Bill Me Later, according to an Oct. 18 regulatory filing by eBay.
The PayPal service works like a credit card, allowing online consumers on more than 1,000 retail websites to buy goods now and pay later after passing a credit check. Typically, consumers aren't charged interest if they pay off their debts within six months.
The eBay SEC filing reveals little about CFPB's civil investigation. But the filing does mention a class-action lawsuit that alleges the company has been evading state consumer-protection laws by "renting" a bank charter to extend credit through the Bill Me Later service. The lawsuit, initially filed in California and moved to a Utah court, outlined examples of consumers who were charged rates ranging from 41 percent to 115 percent through the service.
"We believe that plaintiffs' allegations are without merit and intend to defend ourselves vigorously," eBay said in the same regulatory document. "However, this area of law is uncertain and if the lawsuit is successful, Bill Me Later may be required to change its methods of operations, pay very substantial damages and reduce some of its charges and fees, which would adversely affect our business."


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What Critics are Saying About Rihanna's 'Unapologetic'
Pop singer Rihanna has been flying around the world to promote her just-released new album "Unapologetic." But will her release fly as high with fans and critics?
The new album features a starry roster of contributors including Eminem ("Numb") and David Guetta ("Right Now," "Phresh Out The Runway"). The single "Diamonds" has already been featured on "Saturday Night Live."
"Unapologetic" is being praised by some reviewers for taking some stylistic chances, such as on the seven-minute long concept track "Love Without Tragedy" / "Mother Mary."
But Chris Brown's appearance on the album on the duet "Nobody's Business" is generating the most talk. Brown pled guilty to assaulting her, his then girlfriend, in a 2009 incident and was sentenced to community service and probation.
To market the album, Rihanna has embarked on "777 Tour" (seven concerts in seven countries in seven days), with the final stop taking place in New York City tomorrow. The new album is currently No. 20 on Amazon's list of bestselling albums, behind releases from Taylor Swift, Rod Stewart and Kelly Clarkson.
Here's what critics are saying about "Unapologetic":
–"Jaw-dropping in its cynical manipulation and hypocrisy, Nobody's Business features the singer in a duet with Chris Brown, the restraining order after he used her face as a punching bag seemingly a distant memory…The rest of the album is pretty much the expected combo of tuneless dance-floor swill, Autotune assault, forgettable ballads and deeply dumb lyrics that celebrate little but partying, money and celebrity," Montreal Gazette.
–"The seventh album in seven years from the hardest working (& hardest partying) woman in pop. Rihanna records vocals on the road to backing tracks created by hot songwriter-producers like David Guetta & Stargate. Hardly surprising it's a mixed bag," The Telegraph.
–"Naturally, it leads into "Love Without Tragedy/Mother Mary," the most autobiographical seven minutes on Unapologetic. It's almost too raw in its intimacy: "Who knew the course of this one drive injured us fatally/You took the best years of my life, I took the best years of your life… What's love without tragedy?" It's here we notice Rihanna's life could be the basis of a Shakespearean play. During its intentionally abrupt tonal transition, the honesty becomes devastating. Rih confesses that, for Chris presumably, she's "cried tears sea-deep," and though she wants to change for the better, needs to live in the moment, a sentiment also echoed on "Right Now." It's what you wanted to know, but may be sorry you asked," Vibe.
–""Your love hit me to the core, I was fine til you knocked me to the floor," she sings over a loping, drumless reggae rhythm on No Love Allowed. "Dial 911 it's a critical emergency." Rihanna might argue with some justification that a lot of other people have made money from her relationship with Brown, so why shouldn't she? Furthermore, perhaps, she's only telling the truth about how she feels. But that doesn't make hearing it any more edifying. Still, the whole thing must come as quite the spirit-bucking tonic for any listening domestic abusers," Guardian.
–"Throughout the disc, the star uses hooks the way a carnival barker ropes in customers, seducing you before you can flee. In "Pour It Up," Rihanna runs the three words of the title together in a fetching blur. In "Fresh Off the Runway," she buttonholes you with a vocal that mimics a beat, while "Numb" presents her voice as one elongated bray. They're gimmicks you may not respect, but you won't be able to resist," New York Daily News.
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Sierra-at-Tahoe skier Maddie Bowman was named to the Freestyle and Freeskiing World Champs Team on Monday.
Bowman will be among 34 U.S. athletes who compete in the 2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships to be held March 5 -10 in Voss and Oslo, Norway.
Bowman recently won her first X Games gold medal as well as first place at both stops of the Visa U.S. Freeskiing Grand Prix at Copper Mountain and Park City Mountain Resort.
David Wise, of Reno Nevada, picked up some similar hardware earlier this season, and made the World Champ cut with Bowman on Monday.
2013 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships
Tuesday, March 5 - Halfpipe finals (Oslo)
Wednesday, March 6 - Moguls finals (Voss)
Thursday, March 7 - Aerials finals (Voss)
Friday, March 8 - Dual moguls finals (Voss)
Saturday, March 9 - Slopestyle finals (Voss)
Sunday, March 10 - Skicross finals (Voss)


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Just got word that Ewing Disc Golf Park will be closed starting Saturday 8-11-12 starting at 4pm and will reopen at 10AM Sunday.
There will be a Star Party going on and people will be camping on the disc golf course. They have a permit to use the park so please respect what they have going on and choose another place to play.