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This is a complete nut and bolt frame off restoration that would take over $80k to duplicate. Marti report, build sheet and window sticker... More
This numbers matching J-Code Ford Mustang Mach 1 429 CJ is one of only 1512 built for the 1971 model year. It has undergone... More
Excellent, Fully Restored, One Owner Mustang Convertible. Numbers Matching 289ci V8 with 4spd Transmission, and Factory Air-Conditioning. Additional Options include Power Steering, Power Brakes,... More
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2008 Ford Mustang "SC-281" SALEEN "144-RF" SUPERCHARGED V8, 6-Speed Transmission, "Super Black" Flawless Factory Finish! Black Luxury Leather w/Red Stitching Bucket Seats w/Console, 20" Saleen Chrome Wheels, 15k... More
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If you were to ask me what the finest looking Mustang of all time was, I would say a 1967 Shelby GT-500 Fastback! The... More
I have never seen a car so subtle but in your face at the same time as this full blown RestoMod Mustang Fastback. What... More
2005 Ford Mustang GT Convertible, silver with charcoal, MSO, auto, 6,000 original miles, perfect. Always inside, $23,900 508-481-6095 email: [contact seller] ... More
#418 OF 500 EVER PRODUCED!! ALL ORIGINAL IN MINT CONDITION!! 1,947 MILES!!! THIS CAR IS PERFECT IN EVERYWAY!!! 400H.P.!! SIGNED BY STEVE SALEEN AND... More
1969 Ford Mustang "MACH I" 428 "SCJ" Ram Air Rare "R" Code 4-Speed Close-Ratio Manual Trans "Marti Certified" Nut & Bolt Restored (with Photos) Super Cobra... More
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G Fryer, Mon 20th June '11
"Product was great but you delivered the wrong colour. As I paid extra fee for next day delivery as I needed it straight away I didn't have much choice but to use it."
drinkstuff says: We're sorry that you received the wrong colour half yards Gareth. We have passed on this issue to our warehouse team to investigate the problem.
Please see our recent answerphone message and email to you regarding this matter.
Please see our recent answerphone message and email to you regarding this matter.
Gareth Gainer, Mon 20th June '11
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Jonathan Morrow, Sun 19th June '11
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Sam, Sat 18th June '11
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M Robertson, Sat 18th June '11
"Excellent service, quick and efficient"
Jeanette Wright, Fri 17th June '11
"Because the order form came up as pre order, I could not pay extra postage for next day delivery, but this was not explained on the original invoice, therefore after a phone call everything was sorted out quickly and the �5.99 was immediately refunded with an apology. As for the products they are first class, and very much cheaper than Argos. If orders cannot be delivered in one day because of stock etc. could you please inform the purchaser that it cannot be delivered on that next day."
drinkstuff says: Many thanks for taking the time to leave your comments Mr Deem, and thank you for making us aware of this issue. We do make every effort to label the product as being on a pre-order basis, and we are currently working with our technical team to ensure this doesn't happen in the future.
Mr. B. Deem, Thu 16th June '11
"I would like to thank all staff that dealt with me, from the enquiry level to the after sales and support. Your staff has not only been very professional, but also very understanding from a customer point of view. Although there were hiccups about the products, I would recommend your service to everybody. Willing to help and friendliness are the best features of your crew. Regards."
Selcan Secen, Thu 16th June '11
"The much anticipated Microwaveable ice-cream scoop was a big disappointment - black handle heats up but the white scoop doesn't. Also ordered the metal funnel - very good, exactly as described."
drinkstuff says: We're sorry that you were disappointed with the ice cream scoop, we have tested all our stock and all our other units seem fine. Please see our recent email regarding this matter.
T Hibbert, Wed 15th June '11
"I was totally satisfied with my order, everything was efficient from placing my order to receiving it. Thank you."
Janine Mitchell, Wed 15th June '11
"Excellent quick service, great quality beersteins. Very happy with my purchases."
Christina Mills, Wed 15th June '11
"I did a lot of research on the internet before ordering and you came in the 'the best price category' with several other companies. A lot were cheaper, but then either added on vat and/or delivery charge per item despite it being a bulk order! At this point the calculator came out! Delivery was fast and on time. I've recommended you to a friend so look out for a new order from Cambridge!"
Eleanor Croft, Wed 15th June '11
"Good to read lots of product reviews etc on the site, items arrived promptly and well packaged."
Caroline Kraft, Wed 15th June '11
"I was very pleased with my order, had everything as described, good value and arrived extremely quickly also find drinkstuff products competitive in price with other stockists would recommend to anyone."
Claire Basnett, Wed 15th June '11
"We were disapointed with your company as you delivered Pepsi cups and not Coca Cola Cups as ordered, as we were completly out of stock we have had to use the cups rather than return them, we are now having to explain to most customers who tell us that they ordered "Coca Cola not Pepsi" We then have to explain that it is Coca cola in a Pepsi Cola cup."
drinkstuff says: Sorry but unfortunately we seem to have sent you the wrong brand of cups. Our customer services team will be in touch to rectify the situation.
Please remember to check all deliveries and contact us through our customer services help line on 0845 3133352 in the event of a problem and we will deal with it promptly.
Please remember to check all deliveries and contact us through our customer services help line on 0845 3133352 in the event of a problem and we will deal with it promptly.
C J Caton, Wed 15th June '11
"Excellent service - goods delivered EXACTLY on time! When does that happen nowadays?"
Max Middleton, Wed 15th June '11
"Very good service from start to finish - good range of competitively priced products, easy to use website, great communication regarding the order and goods arrived when expected and were well packed and exactly as described."
Anne Gladstone, Tue 14th June '11
"Thank you so much. Order arrived so quickly, packaged perfectly and we were so pleased with everything. Will definitely recommend to friends when catering."
Joanna Bahri, Tue 14th June '11
"Very good quality bar stools easy to assemble and fast delivery what more could one want."
Louise Escott, Mon 13th June '11
"First time customer, impressed with the speedy delivery of fragile items. The products were of good quality and I found the whole purchasing process to be professional and secure. Well informed about the order and delivery with clear, concise email updates. Will definitely recommend and use again."
Kylie, Mon 13th June '11
"Fantastic service, the casino equipment arrived as stated and well packed. Thank you and will be using you again when I require more stuff."
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"Great price and excellent customer service. I needed the spa by a certain date and it was there!"
Dave Spicer, Sun 12th June '11
"Quick delivery - no problems with the gumball machine really, sometimes it chews some of the gumballs up but apart from that fine! Overall I was happy with the purchase and I will use drinkstuff again."
Hannah, Sun 12th June '11
"I was really pleased with my items, can't wait for my Hawaiian party, really loved the palm tree picks, would recommend to others, really good price."
Carol Brownell, Sun 12th June '11
"My orders were handled very efficiently and the quality of the goods were great value for money. Kept up to date at all stages of delivery. Have used Drinkstuff on 2 occasions and would highly recommend to my friends."
Richard Stolarski, Fri 10th June '11
"Great price, great quality and all delivered ultra fast. Couldn't be happier :D"
Rowan Sutherland, Thu 9th June '11
"Thank you for your order and the very helpful staff, I would not normally leave feedback but the fact that the company took the time to ask after my delivery if I was happy was a very nice touch. Was very happy with the price and speed of delivery of my items would definitely recommend and use again."
Sharon, Thu 9th June '11
"Great service, quality item."
Deborah Kennedy, Thu 9th June '11
"Really great service and product. No problems with delivery or quality."
Ali Farrell, Thu 9th June '11
"Easy to order, arrived quickly and in perfect order. Well packed which is good for glassware. What more can a customer ask for?"
Irene Sims, Thu 9th June '11
"Found this website via Google and everything I needed was on there. Very easy to use and delivery was received quickly. Would definitely use them again."
Natalie, Wed 8th June '11
"I was only looking for an ice crusher; but I also found (long sought after) cocktail muddlers, that were on sale!! Delivery and receipt was within 3 days of ordering. I'm very happy with my first purchase and would use drinkstuff as my first point of call on future purchases."
Clive Williams, Wed 8th June '11
"Prompt and efficient service, would use again."
Nigel, Wed 8th June '11
"Very good product - arrived quickly and well packed. DPD delivery man was particularly polite and courteous. Although the jug was a little tall for what I wanted - have since ordered smaller 0.5 litre too. Also arrived next day via post. But both items good quality and very pleased with them."
L J Spencer, Tue 7th June '11
"What a fantastic service - I ordered Sunday evening, had an email stating items had been despatched yesterday with a delivery time between 11.45-12.45 and my parcel arrived at 12.15. I am very impressed and would highly recommend your company. Thank you very much."
Debbie Kearle, Tue 7th June '11
"Great on time everything fab!!! :)"
Teresa, Mon 6th June '11
"Delivery excellent and came as stated. Previous orders have always been delivered promptly. Quality of hot tub not as good as previous one and I wonder how long this one will last."
drinkstuff says: Thank you for taking the time to leave your comments Christine. If you do have any issues with your Lay Z Spa hot tub our customer services team is always here to help.
Christine Fisher, Mon 6th June '11
"A quick and easy site to order from. Very prompt delivery and product exactly as described."
Avril McEwan, Mon 6th June '11
"The original clock I ordered did not work properly. One phone call and a replacement clock was sent and received the following day. Very pleased with the service."
Ceri Bath, Mon 6th June '11
"Excellent service and delivery."
Stephen Walker, Mon 6th June '11
"Great speedy service and product ordered arrived safely and were as described."
Angela McEwan, Mon 6th June '11
"Many thanks. Very happy with you all."
Wendi Felgate, Mon 6th June '11
"Quick postage, no problems, great products!"
Marcus, Sun 5th June '11
"Really happy. Pleased with product and the delivery man came back the same day, as he was passing - most impressed ( I was not in the first time)."
Emily Gibson, Sun 5th June '11
"One of the best / professional companies I have ever dealt with, excellent service with super fast delivery."
Jason Baker, Sat 4th June '11
"Fully recommended. Response to my request for when the product was in stock was acted on to my complete satisfaction. Delivery was next day with a time slot and timing impeccable."
Averil Adams, Sat 4th June '11
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Debbie Slough, Thu 2nd June '11
"Excellent service and very happy with product xx"
Leanne Eruncak, Thu 2nd June '11
"The shot glasses were well packaged and delivered. Both products are great, the Helsinki glasses are very luminous - their dimpled effect catches the light. Both will be used to serve desserts. Thanks for delivery quality at the right price!"
Fareeda, Thu 2nd June '11
"The service was excellent - delivery was very speedy."
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"Great products and great prices are a winner but add to that a trustworthy supplier and you've got Drinkstuff. Will definitely shop again here!"
Carl Pugh, Thu 2nd June '11
"2nd neon sign I have purchased - very good quality - very quick delivery - would have no hesitation recommending to friends or family."
Theresa, Wed 1st June '11
"Thank you for your help with my order. The person I spoke to on the phone was exceptionally helpful and the order was delivered in good order on the next working day. The tumblers suited our purpose perfectly."
Lesley Cannon, Wed 1st June '11
"Impressive stock, good online presentation, excellent delivery including packaging, especially considering fragile contents. I'm sure I'll visit again."
Lawrence Blomfield, Wed 1st June '11
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Rowena, Tue 31st May '11
"Very quick delivery of goods & great products!"
Reuben Barnard, Tue 31st May '11
"Prompt and just what I was expecting - thanks."
Jayne Laxton, Tue 31st May '11
"Your products are excellent, delivery time very swift. Only 1 problem they did not take my �5 discount code off my order, this has hopefully now been refunded by a telephone call."
drinkstuff says: Many thanks for taking the time to leave your comments Lorraine. We can confirm that we have refunded the �5 back to you.
Lorraine Hornett, Tue 31st May '11
"Great Service. Arrived within a couple of days. Quirky product - the lads think they are great."
Wendy Lewthwaite, Tue 31st May '11
"I cannot fault your ordering or dispatch process. The packing too was good. However the pink cocktail shaker lid would not come off. Unfortunately I did not discover this until the person I gave it to as a gift said they had tried to get it off, and in the process it had cracked and broken the top of the shaker. It was for a party so they went out and bought another which is very disappointing."
drinkstuff says: We're really sorry that you had these issues with your product Sarah. As compensation we have refunded you for the faulty cocktail shaker you received.
Mrs Sarah Priestley, Tue 31st May '11
"First time of ordering but certainly won't be the last. Good quality products, well described, reasonably priced and very fast delivery with tracking facility, which proved very accurate with the items being delivered when quoted. All in all a great shopping experience. Thanks!"
Mick Harte, Sun 29th May '11
"Very smooth order service. No problems, delays or breakages - exactly as it says on the tin! Excellent service!"
Colin Weeks, Sun 29th May '11
"Goods arrived promptly and quality is excellent, Thank you."
Wendy Barresford, Sun 29th May '11
"Extremely pleased with the product range and the quality/speed of service. Product was on my kitchen shelves within a week of my order."
William Owen, Sat 28th May '11
"No problems at all with this company - everything is delivered on time, and is of quality - no issues whatsoever."
Michelle Cooper, Sat 28th May '11
"Items arrived rapidly and at appointed time. Upon a verbal notification of a broken glass, a well packaged replacement was dispatched immediately without fuss."
Graham Purnell, Sat 28th May '11
"Very pleased with both the service and quality of the product, very fast delivery, much appreciated, will use every time and recommend to others."
Geoff Frewin, Fri 27th May '11
"Excellent product range, excellent price. Prompt delivery and very well packaged. Would certainly order from this company again. Did not need to make use of after sales service."
Catherine MacLeod, Thu 26th May '11
"Excellent service. Goods arrived next day, would highly recommend."
Mrs Mel Brown, Thu 26th May '11
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Plas Alexandre, Wed 25th May '11
"Service was very speedy and good value."
Shirley Hosking, Wed 25th May '11
"Your service and delivery were top class. Very, very happy with the rocking whiskey glasses and the brandy warmer. Will use your company again and will not hesitate in recommending you to friends. Many thanks."
Debbie, Wed 25th May '11
"Spot on, great product, great price, came promptly. 10/10"
B Archer, Wed 25th May '11
"Easy and straight forward order, good web site. Thank you."
Louise Toulorge, Wed 25th May '11
"Very pleased with the products and the service I received, very fast delivery and excellent prices."
Fiona, Wed 25th May '11
"Fab product, great price, speedy service."
S, Wed 25th May '11
"After waiting a month for a rival company to send us eazy spa filters I ordered on the Drinkstuff website and received them 1.5 days later. Very pleased with the service. Will use this site every time I want to order these filters."
Dawn Nortman, Tue 24th May '11
"The delivery and service of the company was excellent, phone conversation was pleasant and the person was very well informed. Thank you."
Barbara Bennett, Tue 24th May '11
"I ordered 6 glasses, which were promptly delivered next day as promised. Unfortunately, 2 glasses were broken in transit, but Drinkstuff replaced them, again using a next day delivery service."
David Brown, Tue 24th May '11
"Superb fast and efficient service. Ordered 4pm Thursday and arrived Saturday morning in perfect condition."
Carol Willcox, Tue 24th May '11
"Nice glasses, exactly as described on the website, arrived using the priority system, when expected. Very good service."
Charles Lowe, Mon 23rd May '11
"I don't know if this is Drinkstuff's fault or the courier but my parcel looked like it had something heavy dropped on it. It was covered in very tatty tape and the packaging inside was also crushed. Luckily my £35 ice crusher was intact even though it's box wasn't."
drinkstuff says: We're sorry that your parcel arrived to you in this condition Deborah. All our parcels are securely stacked and shrink-wrapped on a pallet for transportation to the courier hub, so unfortunately this must have happened in transit to you. We work closely with our courier so we will make sure to pass on your concerns to our rep.
Deborah Cross, Sun 22nd May '11
"Faultless. I emailed to ask about prompt delivery. Had very quick response followed by delivery the next day. Drinkstuff have never let me down."
Sue Harding, Sun 22nd May '11
"Excellent service. Many thanks drinkstuff."
R Freeman, Sat 21st May '11
"Excellent service and delivery exactly as requested. Will use this company again and have no hesitation in recommending to friends."
Andy Rough, Sat 21st May '11
"Was happy with the quality of the glasses, the packaging, the quick delivery AND the price. Can't fault anything. Would order from you again if I had to. Well done and keep up the good service that you offer."
Molly, Fri 20th May '11
"Loved the product, came on time, can't complain at all."
Tom Davies, Fri 20th May '11
"Brilliant; no complaints at all; very happy customer; thanks!"
Victoria Timms, Fri 20th May '11
"Fantastic service, very quick delivery, been using the lay z spa for a number of weeks now and it's amazing, great value too. Very easy to set up and maintain. Buy with confidence from drinkstuff."
Helen McMullen, Thu 19th May '11
"Order arrived prompt as promised, products in perfect order."
Theo Cronhelm, Thu 19th May '11
"Can't leave feedback for each individual Neo Link light letter but I have to say that it was really good value and an excellent product! Easy to put together and looked great. The shooter glasses were excellent value for money and perfect for the 'surfer' and his van!! Thanks for your service - will use your site again!. Dave."
Dave Smith, Thu 19th May '11
"Excellent service. Delivery was really quick and the products are good quality and pretty cheap - great value. Many thanks."
Davy Kelly, Wed 18th May '11
"Excellent acrylic wine glasses, great service and delivery. Highly recommended."
Peter Winston, Wed 18th May '11

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The New $8 Million Emivest SJ30 Jet
Filed under: Wings
Emivest Aerospace is now taking orders for the SJ30 (above), billed the world's fastest, longest range and highest flying light jet. The $8 million SJ30 recently set a new world speed record from London to Dubai, doing the trip in just 7hr 7 min including a fuel stop in Istanbul. Emivest was founded late last year when the Emirates Investment and Development Company acquired an 80% interest in US-based Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corporation, named for aviation pioneer Ed Swearingen. The luxurious single-pilot certified six-seater can retain sea level cabin pressure at 41,000 ft., reducing jet lag, and can fly more than 2,800 miles nonstop at speeds of up to 630 mph.


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Loading... The Yellow Birds: A Novel (original 2012; edition 2012)by Kevin Powers
Work detailsThe Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers (2012)
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. If you enjoy beating your head with a hammer you will like this book. I have been reading for over fifty years and I have never read such a bitter and depressing book. It is the story of an Iraq war veteran and half the book was about his war experiences and half is about his attempt to adjust once he gets home. I was relieved when I was done with it. I have read many books over the years about war and most by veterans but never one as dark as this. The author could make a beautiful sunny day sound vile and disgusting. Not that it wasn't well written, it was but don't expect one moment of lightness or humor. These soldiers never cut up or joke. You better have a strong constitution if you tackle this one. Beautifully written powerful tale of war and friendship. It is difficult to seperate my admiration for this book from my admiration for its author. As impressive as the book is the fact that Powers served in Iraq and returned home to earn an MFA from University of Texas, Austin is equally impressive, not to mention he wrote a National Book Award nominated novel before he completed his education. The book itself is a very solid work with authentic insights into male friendships, the subtleties of cowardice and the selfishness of survival. Central to the book is that all of the characters are humane and trying to make difficult choices under difficult circumstances that are right not only for themselves but the others they are reliant on and who rely upon them. As much as any book about war can be it is, like its author, very likeable and adminarable. Not sure that I can put it in the upper echelon of war books. To me, the James Jones' trilogy is beyond compare in terms of the depth at which they capture the war condition. On the small scale, James Crumley's One Count to Cadence is the gold standard. I will read Powers' next one though. it took this book a little while to get going for me. not entirely, and not that there weren't passages in the first half that resonated with me (or were beautifully written), but i wasn't feeling connected with the characters or the story and to some degree with the writing for half or almost 2/3 of the book. something he does well - he writes sometimes in short sentences, sometimes in run-ons, reflecting the main character's mind well. he has good and important things to say about war, about life after war, about how it changes you. and parts of it are so well written, in contrast to the ugliness of what he's talking about, which just draws more attention to both. for that i say this book is worth reading, and powers did a service. spoilers in the paragraph to follow, and an assessment that probably won't make sense unless you've already read the book. where the book falls short for me (other than not feeling a connection for a good chunk of it) is that i think that powers tries to bring in tension or intrigue or mystery where he doesn't need to. the point of the book, in the last third (which i admittedly found much more engaging) seems to be a slow reveal of how murphy died or if bartle had a hand in murphy's death, or how bartle contributed to not saving murphy. as readers we aren't sure what happened or what we'll learn, but it seems to me that the entire effect of the novel is weakened by this focus. bartle's reentrance into life after war is more than dealing with what happened with murphy, and if he's responsible. this seems to be a book about war, about what war does to you, about how those of us who haven't been to war can never understand (like good books about war i suppose always are). but it becomes something else with the ending, and to me, it lessens it, even as i wasn't entirely satisfied with the characterizations or the writing or even the story beforehand. and even as i liked the book more as it went along, because of the writing and because, i suppose, i finally felt more like i could connect with a character, even as i didn't like the direction the book was going. "He looked left, then right, and the dust popped around him, and I wanted to tell everyone to stop shooting at him, to ask, 'What kind of men are we?' An odd sensation came over me, as if I had been saved, for I was not a man, but a boy, and that he may have been frightened, but I didn't mind that so much, because I was frightened too, and I realized with a great shock that I was shooting at him and that I wouldn't stop until I was sure that he was dead, and I felt better knowing we were killing him together and that it was just as well not to be sure you are the one who did it." "I realized, as i stood there in the church, that there was a sharp distinction between what was remembered, what was told, and what was true. And I didn't think I'd ever figure out which was which." "An egret flew just over my shoulder and skimmed the water so close and I thought there was no way a body could be so close to the edge of a thing and stay there and be in control." Yellow Birds offers us a grueling inside into the Iraq war, or any modern war for that matter. It's written in a very poetic way and this writing style might not be for everyone. I found it distracting sometimes but nonetheless is this a strong book and transports the gruesome reality of war into your living room. Highly recommended read.
A remarkable, beautifully understated, powerful, yet poised novel. The novel moves, fitfully, through Virginia and Iraq and Germany and New Jersey and Kentucky, from 2003 to 2009. Recalling the war, Bartle says, is "like putting a puzzle together from behind: the shapes familiar, the picture quickly fading, the muted tan of the cardboard backing a tease at wholeness and completion." This serves the story in two ways. First, it turns readers into active participants, enlisting them in a sense as co-authors who fit together the many memories and guess at what terrible secret lies in wait, the truth behind Murphy's death. Because they lean forward instead of back, because they participate in piecing together the puzzle, they are made more culpable. Then too, the fractured structure replicates the book's themes. Like a chase scene made up of sentences that run on and on and ultimately leave readers breathless, or like a concert description that stops and starts, that swings and sways, that makes us stamp our feet and clap our hands — the nonlinear design of Powers's novel is a beautifully brutal example of style matching content. War destroys. It doesn't just rip through bone and muscle, stone and steel; it fragments the mind as a fist to a mirror might create thousands of bloodied, glittering shards. ...and while few will have expected the war in Iraq to bring forth a novel that can stand beside All Quiet on the Western Front or The Red Badge of Courage, The Yellow Birds does just that, for our time, as those books did for theirs.
References to this work on external resources. Wikipedia in EnglishNone Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0316219363, Hardcover)Amazon Best Books of the Month, Debut Spotlight, September 2012: With The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers introduces himself as a writer of prodigious talent and ambition. The novel opens in 2004, when two soldiers, 21-year-old Bartle and the teenaged Murphy, meet in boot camp on the eve of their deployment to Iraq. Bartle, bound by a promise to Murphy's mother to guide him home safely, takes the young private under his wing as they move through the bloody conflict that "rubbed its thousand ribs against the ground in prayer." Powers, an Iraq veteran, eyes the casual violence of war with a poet's precision but without romanticism, moving confidently between scenes of blunt atrocity and almost hallucinatory detachment with Hemingway-like economy and prose that shimmers like desert heat. Compact and emotionally intense, The Yellow Birds joins a maturing and impressive collection of Iraq War literature--both memoir and fiction--that includes Brian Castner's The Long Walk and Ben Fountain's Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk. --Jon Foro(retrieved from Amazon Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:31:52 -0400) In the midst of a bloody battle in the Iraq War, two soldiers, bound together since basic training, do everything to protect each other from both outside enemies and the internal struggles that come from constant danger. (summary from another edition) |
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A friend of mine wants me to build him a budget gaming rig. But he's looking to only spend $700. I, myself, know what parts are good on the Intel side. And from what I read, an AMD setup would be good for a budget gaming rig. My problem is this: What parts do you guys recommend as far as Mobo and CPU (brand name and model). As far as GPU....either a GTS 250 or HD5770. What do you guys think? And remember $700 is the limit. CPU: Motherboard: Memory: Video card: Hard Drive: Optical Drive: Chassis: Power supply:
Tell us what website your going to buy off so we can get deals and discounts as-well as a correct price on the hardware.
I really think for $700 as budget gaming pc you'll have no choice of going AMD , unlees you go cheap on Intel mobo , PSU & Graphic card...
well.....I'm assuming my friend wants to buy all the parts new. And maybe going off websitesites such as zipzoom, directron, tigerdirect, and newegg. More importantly what I want to know is what AMD cpu's overclock well with what motherboards. Should he go quad or dual core?
newegg id suggest a 790X mobo Phenom II 955 or 945 4 gig DDR3 1333mhz 550watt corsair PSU and a 5770 should all come in well under $700 with Win 7 64bit
As for gaming an quadcore is not necessary a good dual will do the job just fine AMD mobo nothing under 790 (SB750) chipset
im running through a quick build on newegg now other forum members can mix and match and find better at there leisure seems newegg has taken the liberty to price gouge i certainly dont remember the x3 720 costing $160+ hmm seems ill have to dig around a bit more then i thought
if he is willing to buy used i have a Asrock 790GX that is a great clocker. Now if its just for gaming grab a X3 720 and a 790GX or 785
So his choices are Phenom II 955 and 945 if he wants to go dual core. And for triple core, go with X3 720? I'm think dual core is more idea since most games dont use more than 2 cores. How well do they overclock? I dont know their stock speeds. What's their highest overclocks using, lets say, a Hyper 212 plus fan. I figure saving money on the cpu, and using it on the vid card. Are the HD5770 good? Is it faster than the GTS250?
yea he might want to do that cause getting a gts 250 and a athlon II x4 quadcore 4gigs ddr3 with an operating system and decent powersupply all jump the price above $730 newegg is seriously price gouging right now hardcore the same rig i built a buddy a few weeks back is not $50 more expensive its making it a nightmare to get this in the right price range the Phenom II 955 and 945 are quadcores at at your price range they are NOT an option sadly im still working on it
I tried... Comes out at $760. But it's worth it. I stuck to Intel, but for a reason. No I'm not some fanboy. Well, I am a fanboy, but only to whatever company offers the best price to performance ratio. Right now, that's Intel imo. The Core i3 is faster than anything else selling for $125 right now. And clock for clock, this thing is faster than any comparable AMD chip. PLUS, this overclocks farther than AMD chips. So the Core i3 does more work per clock and has a higher maximum overclock. What you end up with is an overall faster chip for the money. If you can't pay more than $700, I highly suggest you (or your friend) save up for it. It's worth it imo. If you simply can't, than get a Phenom II X2 and a 790GX or 790FX motherboard that can unlock the Phenom II X2 to a Phenom II X4. I didn't pick out any RAM, because I'm not too knowledable about what's best. But to be honest, I think anything is pretty much fine. I allotted $100 for RAM, spending less drops the $760 figure I gave earlier. Also, I got a 4890. You could also drop down to a 5770 to save some money, but this is a gaming system, and the graphics card is definitely the most important thing. If you're trying to save money, I'd switch CPU/mobo like I listed above before I changed the graphics card. The performance drop you see by changing CPUs isn't that great, but changing GPUs is very noticable. Antec 300 Corsair VX550 Gigabyte H55M-S2H Intel Core i3 530 Cooler Master Hyper 212 Plus (reviewed here) 4GB of DDR3 XFX 4890 Western Digital Caviar Black 640GB Total: $760 before rebates, before shipping.
CPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688&cm_re=X2_240-_-19-103-688-_-Product mobo http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157162&cm_re=790GX-_-13-157-162-_-Product ram http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...231166&cm_re=DDR2_1066-_-20-231-166-_-Product GPU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814161317&cm_re=5770-_-14-161-317-_-Product PSU http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817151092 thats ~515 shipped throw in a hdd,case and OS that should come to ~700
thank you all for the input. I'm gunna do some more research. I'll take a look at the intel i3 while im at it too. I have a feeling he might want to save some money so he may be going the AMD route.
Case: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811129070 PSU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817371015 Motherboard: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131397R CPU: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103688 RAM: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820211409 CPU fan + heatsink : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103065 HDD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152181 Dvd drive : http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136177 GPU + OS combo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.297959 $678 after rebates $668
i agree if he wants to save money go that route and i look at the other builds and im the only one to take into account the cost of an Operating system $680 for an athlon II x2 240 that will easily hit 3.6 i added in a coolermaster hyper 212 asus M4A77TD motherboard 4gigs DDR3 500gig hdd ati 57501gig with a 650watt PSU etc etc to make this easier heres a pic of my newegg cart as outlined in the post above ati 5750 = Nvidia GTS 250 so eitherway same user exprience in the end open box mobo means he gets a higher end board saves a few $$ theres alos enough room here to add a different case instead or add a larger HDD or perhaps a slighly more power ati 5770 but all things considered i came in under budget with a decent specs can i get a high five ? with shipping the total cost comes to $ 696
Ah, tight budget. No problem. Both pos pc and crazyeyesreaper had builds that use the Athlon II 240 and a 790GX mobo and both people's builds are fine to use. I still would like to stress the importance of a fast graphics card. Good luck with everything! Absolutely no offense to you, but I think that case looks pretty ugly.... Usually I'm not too picky and usually Antec makes great stuff.... Cooler Master has a bunch of decent looking cases for $40.
CPU: Phenom II X4 945 $166 Motherboard: Asus M4A77D $73 Memory: Any 2x 2GB $100 Video card: HIS H577FM1GD $163 Hard Drive: WD3200AAJS $48 Optical Drive: LG GH22NS50 $25 Chassis: Antec Sonata III $125 Power supply: Earthwatts 500 (comes with Sonata) All on Newegg. Use the CPU/motherboard discount to bring it down to $680 total. A simple system with quality brands/components, some room to expand and great all-around performance for the buck. Plenty overclockable. Toss in a Xigmatek S1283 to get higher clocks with lower temps out of the Phenom. I only figured in the cost of components you asked for. I assume if you have OS figured out.
Looks like win to me, why get a 5770 when you can get a 5850 for under $700 OC up the 720 and crush games with that setup!
well i already said the case was fugly but i went function over form and again he made no mention of an Operating system but i included it anyway i want to see you guys make something far faster at equal price with an OS included because it wasnt but yesterday some poor chap new to TPU though operating systems came pre installed on EVERY hardrive so yea
He didn't ask for an OS, so why build him a list he doesn't ask for? And I updated my case to a CM case since a 5850 is such a long card, I really got to say that build I put together is going to be hard to beat by just staying on newegg. DDR3, Tri-core, 5850, CM case. Plus the 5750 just iisnt enough card, but I bet I could still fit a 5770 and an OS into my build instead of a 5850, but theres not a point in that since he didnt ask for that.
well if u say so just stating in less then 24 hrs ago someone on tpu asking about a rig didnt know HDDs did NOT come with an OS preinstalled so i tend to take the safer more logical route and include everthing thats needed to make it WORK. but i agree the 5850 tri core rig wins in terms of power hands down
Who was asking about that, I didn't see this guy. I been working on an OS setup now since I mentioned it, I could cut some fat here somewhere, but really this would be worth the extra $30 to get the tricore and a 5770 over the dual and 5750.
Well if you do need an OS, look above. Otherwise, here you go. $668 with shipping, $648 total after rebates. Gives you some money to play around with.


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"Godt hotel til en fin pris"Anmeldt af en Hotels.com-gæst d. 27. aug 2012
Hotellet ligger i Denver, et stykke fra Amish byerne (ca. 30 km). Til gengæld godt til prisen, og morgenmad er inklusive, hvilket gør det endnu billigere. Fin lille pool, venligt personale, og velholdt. Kan godt anbefales.
Anmeldt af en Hotels.com-gæst d. 17. aug 2012
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"Godt til prisen"Anmeldt af en Hotels.com-gæst d. 30. jul 2012
Rent og pænt standart hotel med fin morgenmad.
"Et stop på turen"Anmeldt af en Hotels.com-gæst d. 10. jun 2012
Super til pengene utrolig venlige mennesker.
"Glimrende overnatningssted"Anmeldt af en Hotels.com-gæst d. 2. nov 2009
Stor tilfredshed, flinkt personale
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Dette hotel tilbyder ikke handicapvenlige faciliteter. Vælg et andet hotel, hvis du er interesseret i at reservere et værelse med handicapvenlige faciliteter.
Fritidsfaciliteterne på dette hotel omfatter en indendørs pool og et fitnessrum.
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"Super hotel."
Hotellet er i orden på alle områder. Nyt, pænt, rent, stort værelse, gode senge, god service og fin morgenmad. Et god udgangspunkt for et besøg i området eller som transithotel. Kan anbefales.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Close to shopping and entertaiment."
Stay was very enjoyable. Staff were very helpful and pleasant.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great Value"
This is our first stay at a La Quinta Inn. We really enjoyed the convenient location. Most significantly, though, were the gracious and helpful staff. We received a call to our room approximately 30 minutes after checking in to find out if the room was acceptable. We have stayed in the Four Seasons, Ritz Carlton and other top rated hotels. The service […] here rivaled them! Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Excellent Place to stay. Will book again"
Excellent place to stay. Only complaint was bed was very firm. I prefer a softer matress. Everything else was Outstanding. Wife and I look forward to staying there again soon.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great hotel!"
Great hotel for the price! The kids loved the pool! The breakfast could improve a bit...maybe by adding scrambled eggs or something like that. My only complaint is that ai noticed my sink was not cleaned...the toothpaste was still on the sink when I came back that night. Not paying attention to details is a big deal.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
Excellent customer service, clean, nice amenitiesÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
TV remote didn't work most of the time. Dogs everywhere - not an animal lover!Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Convenient Location"
My stay met my expectations. However I could have asked for an AAA discount when I booked the room and because I forgot to do so, I could not get the discount once I checked into the hotel. I did like that breakfast was included.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Nice but dogs galore"
Slow drain in our bathroom sink and a very slippery tub were the only flaws. We were amazed at the number of large dogs that were in the hotel that evening. Came to find out that there was a Great Dane Conference nearby! We didn't mind since we have two dogs ourselves and all the dogs we saw were very well behaved.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great location for shopping"
This was my first stay at any La Quinta. I was impressed. I had read a few negative reviews online and was nervous. I had none of the issues mentioned. It was a great experience. Nice, clean rooms. Comfortable beds, Close to shopping and to attractions. I would highly recommend the Lancaster LaQuinta and will definitely look to stay there the next time […] I go to Lancaster. If all La Quinta hotels are like this one, I think I have a new go-to hotel. Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Close to all the things we came to see."
Excellent.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Perfectly Adequate Family Hotel"
It's right in the heart of the Dutch Wonderland/Strasburg/etc tourism belt. Check-in was easy, the room was perfectly adequate, and the complimentary breakfast was okay. (There's a Waffle House across the street for true quality.) It's a room.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
GreatÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Central location to Sight & Sound and easy to find"
The room was clean, comfortable and affordable. The only issue was the quality of the TV cable. But other than that; it was comfortable and I would stay there again.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
Cleaning staff was very nice. Hotel was very nice and would stay there again.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Stayed here to go and see "Noah""
This hotel was very nice. The beds were very comfortable and the staff was very accommodating. We would definitely stay here again. Good value for the money spent.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"close to a day with thomas"
the staff at the hotel are great and are very friendly . the place was very clean and spotless. our grandchildren loved the pool, But around the pool area was very slippery . over all the stay was great. There is only one thing that I was not happy about were when guest stay with pets that they do not have certain room. Like hotels that have smoking […] and non smoking rooms. some people do have allergies. Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Very nice hotel"
The stay could not have been betterÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Clean Rooms, Nice Staff, Great Location"
A little pricy but you get what you pay for.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Good location for Strasburg Steam Railway"
Goood location for Strasburg steam railway and Intercourse quilt shopsÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
Sight and Sound theater. Shopping and Resteraunts close by.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great location"
We enjoyed our stay, very clean and everyone was very friendly. The location is great to everything around there. Would stay there again.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Extra Comfy!"
This hotel is wonderful! The staff was pleasant, there was no charge for bringing our pet dog, the room was comfy and clean, and the location was just perfect for our vacation! Not to mention the soothing indoor pool and the free breakfast! This is an A+ in our book! Would definitely stay again!!Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Close to the Amish Country"
Very convenient. Nice room!Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Perfect location"
Right in the heart of Amish Country, close to everything!Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great Location for Shopping with friends!"
My friends and I were very pleased with our stay. The bed and pillows were very comfortable. Breakfast was yummy. We spend the day shopping at the outlets and walking around Kitchen Kettle in Intercourse. The location is great if you plan on doing shopping in any of those places. Only about a 25 min drive to the Rennasisance Faire. The service was great; […] the staff couldn't have been any more friendly. In fact, we left our tickets in the room and didn't realize it until we had already checked out and left for the faire. A quick call to the hotel and the tickets were found and waiting at the front desk for us. We are definitely planning on a return visit next year! Thanks La Quinta for such a pleasant stay! :) Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"No barks on our floor"
We stayed 3 nights and the location was great for those who wanted to go to Philadelphia or Gettysburg or just ride through farmland and gawk at the Amish. We had friends in 6 rooms and all were happy except those on the first floor. Dogs barked everytime someone walked past their doors and at intervals throughout the night.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Lancaster PA experience"
Great hotel, staff, location, and value for the money.Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"excellent stay"
room was super clean as was the pool staff was friendly and helpful, highly recommendÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great location"
Stayed here when we visited Dutch Wonderland. Excellent place to stay for families with children and pets. Great breakfast in the morning. Well-,maintained property. Courteous staff. Clean rooms and bathrooms. Nice pool. Lots of restaurants around.Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"super clean"
stayed 2 nights was super clean and staff was friendly and helpful would stay again :)Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"short road trip before back to school"
I stayed at this hotel last year and was pleased. I was a little skeptical to return since pets are not only allowed, but seem to regular guests. I was not dissapointed. Hotel still looks fairly new and clean>Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"great stay"
We checked in late and when we arrived into our room we immediately noticed an incessently barking dog in the room next door. We called the front desk and asked for another room and they immediately obliged. My girls enjoyed the pool and we enjoyed our stay. Very Close to main road. Will stay here again.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great Stay"
This property has everything one could need for a comfortable and affordable night's stay. My family and I will likely stay here again when visiting Lancaster.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"location, location, location"
Everything we needed was available to us. Staff was friendly and it was a clean enough enviornment. Breakfast facilities were not adequate for a capacity booking.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Nice hotel..close to shopping outlet and theatre"
Very nice just wish their complimentary breakfast included hot breakfast like cooked meats eggs pancakes ect. Very. Very nice and friendly. .most needs metÆgte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great hotel & location for the price"
Have been to Lancaster PA a few times and stayed in different hotels each time. This was the best one yet and we would definitely go back. We were there for shopping and to see the Amish sites as well as the Railway Museum - all were close by or easily accessible from this hotel. The rooms are clean & comfortable (although we did have to purchase a […] foam pillow due to allergy to feathers/down which is all the hotel had) and staff is helpful. There was a small but adequate pool, hot tub and exercise room. The only complaint is that they all closed at 9 pm - for our family it would have been nice to have been able to use them till at least 10 pm. The breakfast bar included a good variety of hot and cold foods including fresh fruit but there was a definite lack of sufficient seating - it was even crowded on a Tuesday morning. And it was only available until 9 am. There was only one elevator which was slow so we opted to use the stairs most of the time. And they also had a Business Center so we could print directions - but only one computer was connected to the printer - a wireless might work better. Læs mereÆgte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"A nice hotel to visit the Amish!"
The hotel was very new and in excellent condition. The location was very near the areas we wanted to see. The rooms were clean and comfortable. The breakfast was a bit ordinary but was satisfactory for the price of the hotel. The pool was a bit small but was nice and warm. Overall, a good value for the money.Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Nice hotel"
I really enjoyed my stay the hotel was clean the staff was friendly and the location was close to everythingÆgte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"Overnight In Lancaster"
Hotel was clean and most staff was friendly an helpful. Kristin, at the front desk, coils have bee a bit friendlier. She was dismissive and sarcastic. I don't think she enjoys he job very much. Pool is a bit small. Breakfast was great but crowded. Bed was very comfortable, rooms were spotless and cozy! Lots of doggies around which was cute and other […] guests were friendly. Nice place! Læs mereÆgte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"Nice hotel,close to many attractions"
The hotel was very nice,nice location,clean and friendly staff. Rooms could use more lighting .Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"A nice hotel"
A nice hotel with a clean new feel. Breakfast was great. Dinning room could of been bigger with more seating. Internet was very very slow until after 9:00pm when children went to bed. Would stay there again.Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"Clean and friendly"
We stayed here for two nights with our two young children. The hotel was on the newer side and very clean. The service was friendly and the price reasonable. The pool was on the small side, but we didn't utilize it during our stay. Compared to what else was available in the area, I would stay here again. It is located next to a farm, so if the farmer […] is fertalizing the crops, the smell can be quite pungent. It's very convenient to Dutch Wonderland and the outlets, as well as many restaurants and attractions. Breakfast in the morning is included and was perfect for what we needed. Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great hotel!!!!"
My family and I stayed at La Quinta for 5 days during a family reunion in Lancaster. The hotel is at a great location. Close to everything such as restuarants, shopping outlets and theme park. The hotel is very, very clean. It is only about 2 years old so it is very modern. The pool is very kid friendly and also very clean. The staff is absolutely wonderful. […] I met Kristin and Lauren from the front desk. These ladies were wonderful. The housekeeping staff on the 2nd floor were great!! Domonique is absolutely a sweetheart. Her and her fellow co-workers are great and were extremely accomadating and patient with my family and me seeing as we always had a late start to our days. Would recommend this hotel 100%. Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great Hotel. Will be staying again in the future."
My overall stay at the hotel was good. We had two separate rooms on a long weekend stay to take the kids to Hershey Park and Dutch Wonderland. Just a few suggestions that I had, the pool should be bigger and should stay opened till at least 10pm. It gets very crowded. Also, the breakfast time should be extended till at least 10am on a daily basis, not […] only on weekends. Other than that, my family and I enjoyed our stay. Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Very friendly"
The staff was very friendly and accommodating. The rooms were very clean. I would stay there again without thinking twice .Ægte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great location, near outlets, Amish attractions,"
This hotel was super clean, staff was very friendly and helpful. Nice quiet location with a nice view of a farm from our window. Hotel is near many Amish attractions, Strassburg, outlet stores, Dutch Wonderland, Sight and sound theater, and many places to eat nearby. Very good hotel for the price. Free breakfast had a pretty decent selection.Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
The hotel was clean and comfortable, and very convenient for visiting Dutch Wonderland. Someone even called me the day we left to let me know we had left my daughter's favorite stuffed animal, which was very much appreciated! She would have been very sad if we had made that discovery when we got home - instead we were only 5 minutes away and drove right […] back to get it. Overall a very pleasant stay. Læs mereÆgte Hotels.com-gæsteanmeldelse
"Great family place. Breakfast was excellent."
We loved staying here. The pool was fun but small. The rooms were super comfortable and clean. Breakfast was excellent considering it was free. Staff was helpful.Ægte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
"It's a La Quinta!"
This is a solid choice for a hotel. Don't expect the Waldorf Astoria, it's a La Quinta. It's comfortable and clean. It's pet friendly and I couldn't find many hotels in the area that were. Also, they were very VERY nice to my dog. Breakfast was, well, La Quinta great! Waffles, toast, hard boiled eggs, cereal, coffee, juice, yogurt, fruit etc. You know, […] regular stuff. Nothing comes to mind that was a negative at this place, we left happy, so 5 stars. Læs mereÆgte Expedia-gæsteanmeldelse
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Well Duh!!! Eric Holder runs the show what would you expect? He was a known radical when O nominated him for the job and the senate confirmed him. DOJ just fits in with the rest of the executive brancn.
Get the title straight. Not the "Department of Justice", but "The Ministry of Social Justice". Four years and counting.
Corruption breeds corruption.dem pols have no shame
I really don´t believe this is what our forefathers envisioned for this country. So when did we stumble and how hard did we fall. Can it be corrected? Government was never meant to carry on like this.
There were two areas in which Eric Holder had submitted Friend of Court Briefs to the Supreme Court that he had "forgotten" to mention during his confirmation hearings. The first was Civil Rights and the second was prosecuting terrorists.
G-d save US all.This is not going to end well.
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Inexperienced and overconfident boaties are risking their lives launching and retrieving their vessels on Kaipara's treacherous West Coast beaches, worried officials say.
All Northland Regional Council offices will close from 2pm Wednesday, 24 December until the morning of Monday, 5 January for the Christmas-New Year holiday break.
New air quality rules mean burning backyard waste will be effectively banned in urban Whangarei from December.
Water quality tests to determine how safe Northland's most popular beaches and rivers are for swimming are under way again.
Nine Northland schools are to be recognised for a range of environmental initiatives - including community planting days and organic gardens - at the region's third annual Enviroschools Awards next month.
Northland Regional Councillors have agreed in principle to fund a $500,000 share of a proposed Kerikeri-based multi-use sports facility.
Spills of animal waste which badly polluted an Aranga stream have collectively cost the owners of a Kaipara dairy farm – and a contractor who worked with them - more than $67,000 in fines and court costs.
Thirty-eight students from 20 Northland schools gathered for a special Youth Summit at Whangarei's Onerahi foreshore recently to discuss coastal environmental issues – and what they could do to make a difference.
Northland SuperGold Card holders will be able to ride Whangarei's CityLink urban bus service for free during off-peak hours from Saturday, 1 November.
More than 40 applicants are seeking Northland Regional Council Recreation Fund backing for wide range of projects from martial arts mats to a new gymnasium.
Dredging to remove thousands of tonnes of built-up silt from about 4.5 kilometres of Whangarei's Hātea River channel - including part of the Town Basin marina channel - is due to begin within days.
A $1 million-plus concerted campaign designed to halt the spread of invasive Manchurian wild rice - and then steadily reduce its impact in Northland – gets under way in earnest this month.
Northland's 30-plus Enviroschools are being urged to get their applications in this month for the 2008 Enviroschools Awards.
A range of rainfall and river data – including flood warning levels - is now available on the Northland Regional Council's website.
Northland Regional Council (NRC) maritime staff have begun removing illegal moorings as part of an ongoing programme to update mooring identity tags.
Thirty-nine students from 20 Northland schools will gather for a special Youth Summit at Whāngārei's Onerahi foreshore this month to discuss coastal environmental issues – and what they can do to make a difference.
Northlanders dropped off about 40 tonnes of obsolete computer equipment and unwanted mobile phones for recycling as part of national 'eDay' at the weekend.
Two firms are to compete for the right to design and build a proposed $16 million multi-purpose regional events centre at Whangarei's Okara Park.
Applications for resource consents will continue to be processed by the Northland Regional Council in Northland – not Hamilton.
A range of changes to the way the Northland Regional Council Community Trust (NRCCT) is run will include a broader focus designed to strategically grow Northland's economy.
The summer boating season is fast approaching and the Northland Regional Council is keen to talk to boaties about some important issues involving the management of Northland's coastal waters.
A desire to reduce delays caused by heavy traffic flows along Whangarei's Maunu Rd is behind the latest 'tweak' to the CityLink bus service.
More than 10,000 sea squirts have been removed from a Bream Bay marina in a groundbreaking pest control partnership between local authority staff, the marina operator and student volunteers.
More than 150 projects ranging from protecting sand dunes to pest control have been awarded a share of this year's $500,000-plus Northland Regional Council Environment Award.
Northlanders keen to dispose of their obsolete computer equipment or unwanted mobile phones safely are being urged to take advantage of an upcoming national recycling day.
A 17-year-old Okaihau College student's study on mangroves in the Hokianga Harbour has earned him this year's Northland Regional Council 'Excellence Award' at the Top Energy Far North Science and Technology Fair.
People interested in learning more about the importance of sand dunes - and ways to help protect them - are being urged to attend a free workshop at Baylys Beach next month.
Northland Regional Councillors are to embark on a three-day fact-finding tour to gather first-hand, up-to-date information about a raft of issues facing Northland.
An application to build a new 30-metre long private jetty in the Kerikeri Inlet has been turned down by a local authority committee concerned it would add to 'adverse cumulative effects' on the coastal environment.
Community, recreational and sporting groups and Northland's three District Councils are being invited to apply for a share of a special local authority recreation fund.
A local authority panel is recommending the Minister of Conservation allow staged development of a network of up to 200 underwater turbines – capable of generating enough power for up to 250,000 homes – in the Northern Kaipara Harbour.
Rat poison can be dropped from the air next year to kill rodents on offshore islands in the eastern Bay of Islands (Ipipiri), a Northland Regional Council Hearings Committee has decided.
Officials have recovered an estimated 3150 litres of diesel, lubricants and other oils from a wooden-hulled fishing boat which ran aground in the surf at Waipapakauri, on Ninety Mile Beach this week.
Officials are facing an "extremely difficult" task trying to recover thousands of litres of diesel on board a wooden-hulled fishing boat aground in the surf at Waipapakauri, on Ninety Mile Beach.
Officials are maintaining an anxious vigil over a fuel-laden, wooden-hulled fishing boat which ran aground overnight and is today being battered by the surf at Waipapakauri, on Ninety Mile Beach.
Northland Regional Council chair Mark Farnsworth and Whangarei Mayor Stan Semenoff say Northland's standing in rugby has no bearing on the need for Whangarei's planned multi-events centre at Okara Park.
Northland appears to have had a lucky escape as heavy rain - and resulting flooding – failed to materialise as predicted overnight.
Widespread flooding looks almost certain in Northland overnight with latest forecasts confirming 80-100mm of heavy rain is due to start falling on the sodden region from about 3pm today.
A new storm expected to hit Northland tomorrow is poised to deliver worse flooding than that experienced at the weekend, experts are warning.
Torrential rain has now eased in Northland but officials are warning people to keep a wary eye on the region's rivers, many of which are expected to continue to rise over the next 24 hours.
The rain and winds lashing Northland are making their presence felt with surface flooding and power cuts in parts of the region and rain-swollen rivers tipped to top their banks this afternoon.
Northlanders are in for a wet, windy and wild weekend with forecasters predicting heavy downpours, severe gales and big seas.
Wet ground conditions in the Lake Omapere area have forced organisers to postpone a community planting day planned for Sunday 3 August.
Five firms – including Northland's Kerr Construction – have been shortlisted to put their design-build ideas forward for a proposed $16 million multi-purpose regional events centre at Whangarei's Okara Park.
The Northland Regional Council has made the first of what are likely to be several passenger-driven 'tweaks' to the new CityLink bus service.
Time is running out for applications for a $500,000 Northland Regional Council fund designed to help people protect and enhance the region's precious natural environment.
Dredging to remove thousands of tonnes of built-up silt from about 4.5 kilometres of Whangarei's Hātea River channel could be underway within several months if a resource consent application currently being processed is successful.
Passengers with 10-trip concession tickets for Whangarei's current public bus service are being reminded time is running out to use them up before new a bus company begins operating on Tuesday 1 July.
Extra spending to reduce the risks from 23 flood-prone rivers and to better manage regional development are among new initiatives in the Northland Regional Council's freshly-adopted Annual Plan.
Community vegetable gardens, propagating areas, native worm breeding and recycling systems are among 15 school projects that will receive $15,000 funding from this year's Northland Regional Council Environmental Curriculum Awards.
Improvements to forestry access roads have received a boost with the Northland Regional Council and the New Zealand Forestry Owners Association managing to secure another three years of funding for the work.
A change in Deputy Chaiman and reassignment of Committee membership are two of the main changes to its governance structure announced by the Northland Regional Council today.
The Northland Regional and Whangarei District Councils are calling for expressions of interest for a $16 million multi-purpose events centre at Okara Park.
Lake Omapere Project Management Group organisers are poised to begin their annual planting programme of thousands of native trees and flaxes at Lake Omapere.
Anyone wanting to stay overnight on a boat may have to make sure it's fitted with a portable toilet, holding tanks or a sewage treatment system under possible changes designed to better protect Northland's marine environment.
Passengers with 10-trip concession tickets for Whangarei's current public bus service are being asked to ensure they use them up before a new bus company starts operating on 01 July.
The cost of travelling on Whangarei's public bus service will rise from July 1 with skyrocketing fuel costs linked to the first increase in ticket prices in six years.
An independent consultants' report has identified a $16.53 million events centre option as closely matching both Northland Regional Council funding conditions and the amount of money actually available for the project.
A 'relatively abundant' infestation of the unwanted marine sea squirt 'Styela clava' has been discovered during a routine sweep of the new Marsden Cove Marina by a dive team contracted to Biosecurity New Zealand.
The Northland Regional Council's website www.nrc.govt.nz has beaten more than 80 other local authority websites to be judged the best of its kind in New Zealand.
The first steps have been taken towards possible development of a multimillion dollar publicly-owned broadband network tailor-made for the Northland region.
Northlanders have a week left to have their say on a variety of Northland Regional Council projects proposed for the next year - including $900,000 of new spending designed to reduce flood risks.
An Opua boatyard has been granted replacement resource consents allowing a variety of discharges over the next 10 years.
Applications open soon for a $500,000 Northland Regional Council fund designed to help people protect and enhance the region's precious natural environment.
Northland schools are being urged act quickly to try to secure part of a $15,000 special Northland Regional Council award which aims to boost environmental education.
An independent review has recommended significant changes to the way the $12 million Northland Regional Council Community Trust (NRCCT) is run.
Parts of Northland – including Whangarei Harbour and the eastern Bay of Islands - will effectively be off-limits to marine farming in line with the community's wishes, the Northland Regional Council confirmed today.
Far North Holdings has been granted resource consent to deposit up to 45,000 cubic metres of marine dredgings and clean fill on to a several-hectare Opua site over the next decade.
Northlanders have a month from Saturday (12 April) to comment on a variety of planned projects – including $900,000 of new spending designed to reduce flood risks – as detailed in the Northland Regional Council's Draft Annual Plan 2008/09.
Passenger transport company NZ Bus has been awarded a $7.5 million local authority contract to run Whāngārei's public bus service for the next five years.
People can extract their own gravel from dry river or stream beds, provided they meet environmental standards and can gain access to the site through a public area or with the permission of the adjoining land owner.
There's good news – and bad news – but few surprises in the latest comprehensive report on the state of Northland's environment.
Independent Commissioners have granted retrospective resource consent for a 200-metre long, two-metre high earth embankment designed to allow for stock and vehicle movements during Kaipara flooding.
Biosecurity experts hope a highly invasive and environmentally destructive pest grass that until recently infested more than 100 hectares of Northland harbours and rivers will be all but wiped out within six years.
Northland Regional Councillors today approved a $20.6 million draft 2008/09 budget, which includes a proposal for about $900,000 of new spending designed to reduce flood risks around the region.
About $1.2 million of works will be carried out to reduce flood risk in the Awanui, Kaeo and Kaihu River catchments over the next 16 months.
More than 60 Northlanders are expected to this week play a role in the largest Civil Defence emergency management exercise New Zealand has ever seen – based on a mock eruption in Auckland.
About 20 people from several agencies are to gather in Northland this week for an exercise involving a fictional 'oil spill' off the Paihia wharf.
Relieved authorities have successfully removed 1500 litres of diesel fuel from the large fishing boat grounded on a Far North reef.
Relieved authorities say an inspection today has revealed most of the diesel fuel carried by fishing boat grounded on a Far North reef remains on the vessel and is in no immediate danger of escaping into the sea.
An Auckland-based salvage team is expected to take advantage of greatly improved weather conditions to this morning board and assess a fishing boat which grounded on a Far North reef yesterday.
Diesel is continuing to leak from a fishing boat grounded on a Far North reef, with bad weather hampering authorities' efforts to deal with the resulting two-kilometre long slick.
An Opua-based oil spill recovery team is en route to investigate a diesel spill off the Mangonui Harbour entrance caused when a roughly 20-metre long commercial fishing vessel grounded in bad weather early today.
A new era in local government in Northland may have been signalled with Northland Regional Council and Whangarei District Council announcing a proposal to look at a one-stop-shop local government centre for Whangarei.
Northlanders – especially those north of Whangarei – are being warned to keep a wary eye on river and stream levels with about 150mm of rain expected to fall over the next day or so.
The Northland Regional Council has formally agreed to proceed with the formation of a 50/50 joint venture to share the costs of designating land for a proposed Marsden Pt rail corridor.
'Barbecue bunny bangers' are the latest in a line of pest food-themed treats the Northland Regional Council is to give away at the upcoming Dargaville field days.
Biosecurity experts are urging Northland landowners to once again turn their attention to controlling a familiar – and highly invasive – plant foe.
Used oil, anti-freeze and paint are among a host of environmentally harmful substances being illegally tipped or spilled down Northland's stormwater drains and finding their way into the sea.
Time is running out for members of the public to have their say on plans for a joint venture to secure land for a proposed Marsden Pt rail corridor.
A Towai sharemilker has been fined $23,000 after a trial in which a Whangarei jury found him guilty of polluting a stream with animal effluent from an overflowing treatment pond.


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Lewis and Clark's Most Valuable Tool?Posted Sunday, March 4, 2012, at 12:25 PM
A couple of days back, I told someone that I was going to try to check out a local source of good quality gasoline. About five minutes after I sent that e-mail, the "Big Brown Truck" pulled up out front, squeaky brakes and all.
Now first off, this was sometime after noon and Brown usually hits this part of town at around 8:00 AM. But I was anxiously waiting for a package from a fellow in Washington State, so maybe this was it. The doorbell rang and the driver was back on the truck before I could get there. Now I expected to have to sign for what I was waiting for, but obviously that was not the case. So, I opened the door and there was this triangular box in pretty red, white and blue colors that make the United States Post Office's Priority mail so distinctive. Now what the dickens is Brown doing delivering Priority Mail?, I asked myself. By golly, that package was THE package I was waiting for and, well, everything else I had going on just didn't seem so important any more. Inside the "pretty" box was my old 1940 something Benjamin air rifle, fresh from a rebuild by a company up in Bellingham. In just a few minutes, it was un-wrapped, briefly inspected and attached back to the stock that didn't make the trip to the repair shop. A quick look down the barrel to assure it was empty, a quick pump of the handle and I heard that sound so dear to my formative years. My oh, my, that was such a sweet sound. A sound I took out of the rifle by firing LOTS of .177 caliber pellets at rusty cans, telegraph insulators, beer bottles, picket pins, sparrows, magpies, imaginary Indians, and rusty car bodies, just a few hundred feet from the house there on South 5th West. A sound that I hadn't heard since about 1968, when I ordered the parts I "knew" I needed from Benjamin to "fix" her back up. I probably ought to add that the gun cost my Dad a $1 entry into a salmon fishing derby in Stanley in about 1947 or so. Well, this eager, YOUNG, wanna be gunsmith, over-looked a couple of the more critical instructions that came from the manufacturer (Imagine that if you will). And after a few pumps of the finished product, there was not a breath of air coming from my $65 investment. So, she went in the closet and that's where she's been for over 40 years. Late Friday night, I stopped by a little sports/convenience store and picked up the only other thing I needed to make this little jewel work. And just as I suspected, John (the owner) knew right where the pellets were. Now I never even noticed what that tin of 250 projectiles costs, but it was in the neighborhood of about 2 cents each. Roughly double what it used to cost at Western-Auto in Mountain Home back in 1961 or 1962. This afternoon, I'm going to take the old girl, the can of new pellets and my trusty old pickup truck out for a test fire. While I'm out having fun, I want to remind folks that the air rifle was REPORTEDLY invented and manufactured in Italy in around 1790. It was a repeating firearm that fired .46 caliber round lead balls, said to have been commissioned for the Austrian's to stave of the invasion of Napolean. The original had a 20 round magazine and an amazingly simple loading mechanism. REPORTEDLY, that old firearm had a cast iron air chamber that could withstand some 800 pounds per square inch of pressure. And it reportedly took 1500 strokes from a "bicycle tire pumping mechanism" to charge the weapon. No need to "keep your powder dry." This is an interesting link to a fairly lengthy video (8 plus minutes) that explains the impact that the lowly "air rifle" had on the history of the United States of America. A part of the story of Lewis and Clark that few are aware of, and that has only recently been "confirmed"... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pqFyKh-r... The perception of peace through superior fire power. A "parlor trick" that connected a nation? You be the judge. Enjoy. Comments Showing comments in chronological order [Show most recent comments first] Crossman 1949 101 .22 for me. Brass rifled barrel, single shot (make it count!), no more than 8 pumps or the gasket would blow, but that was enough for target and squirrel. Great write!! -- Posted by Darksc8p on Sun, Mar 4, 2012, at 4:28 PM
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TheodoreSturgeon said:In an attempt to prove a point, the writing of Lisa Visentin of the Woroni (The Australian National University Newspaper) is rolled out. No wonder you did not resort to your usual approach of posting a link.
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Deus Ex Machina said:Just out of interest, which works of his would you consider to be rock?
I'd never have placed him in the rock category and was hoping you'd direct me to something he's done that doesn't make me want to kill you, like. :p
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ALERT: Tell the FCC to Protect Text Messaging! [4]
Declaring it an "unsanctioned and inappropriate service" T-Mobile unilaterally decide to prevent its customers from receiving text messages that they requested to receive from WeedMaps.com [5], a service that helps people find legal medical marijuana dispensaries. For three years, the FCC has stood by while numerous carriers blocked services that compete with their offerings [6], Verizon blocked political messages from a pro-choice group that it decided was "controversial or unsavory," [7] and Sprint threatened Catholic Relief Services' (CRS) fundraising for Haitian earthquake relief program [8].
Public Knowledge has been asking the FCC to take a look at text messaging since 2007 [9]. In that time, we have learned a lot about how short codes work [10] and spoken with numerous companies [11] and organizations [12] who worry that they will wake up one morning to find their ability to send and receive text messages cut off by one or all wireless carriers.
Despite this, the FCC refuses to recognize that text messaging is as much a part of cellular service as voice calling is, and protect it as such. We don't let wireless carriers terminate the phone number of a company or non-profit organization because the wireless company doesn't like what they are about. There is no reason that we should let carriers shut down text messaging either. The role of wireless carriers is not to evaluate morality or pick and choose business models. Wireless carriers support communications infrastructure open to everyone, regardless of the message they want to communicate.
The citizens of fourteen states plus the District of Columbia [13] voted to allow access to medical marijuana, and no one has accused WeedMaps of violating any law. T-Mobile does not get to play communications nanny just because it controls a choke point. While there are plenty of opinions about medical marijuana, one that no one should have to care about is T-Mobile's, or any other wireless carrier for that matter.
Our petition [9] is not asking the FCC for anything radical. It merely asks the FCC to treat text messages the same way that it treats voice calling. That means that everyone gets access, carriers are requried to connect with other carriers, and no carrier gets to step in and tell you that they don't like what you are saying.
Last week I wrote [14] about T-Mobile's plan to increase the prices it charges business and non-profits to send text messages. Since then, text message services like ChaCha have announced that they will no longer offer thier service to T-Mobile customers [15]. I ended that post by writing "Without FCC action, sooner or later I'm going to have to write another blog post about yet another innovative service trampled by the whims of the wireless carriers." It turns out to be sooner.
These are just the examples we know about. If the FCC would just tell us what kind of carrier behavior would finally get its attention, I'm confident that examples would come out of the woodwork. Until then, everyone who uses text messaging is stuck waiting for the next shoe to drop.
This time, I will end the post with a question – what will it take for the FCC to protect freedom of communication over text messages? If not anticompetitive behavior by carriers, how about stifling political speech? If not stifling political speech, how about blocking legitimate non-profit fundraising efforts? If not blocking legitimate non-profit fundraising efforts, how about censoring businesses that carriers do not understand? If not censoring businesses that carriers do not understand, what?


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