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The Downfall of "JoePa"
We knew him as "JoePa"--yeah, the ultimate father-figure. Heck, "paterno" in Italian means paternal or fatherly, doesn't it? Most of us knew him as THE protector of integrity in a "break the rules 'til you get caught" college atmosphere gone haywire. He did things the right way, the Paterno way, yes--HIS way. And he did it all in a place called Happy Valley. Should have been a happy ending, right?
Joe Paterno died on January 22nd of complications from lung cancer; Penn State alum Matt Millen categorized it as more of a "broken heart" that took the life of the man who won more major college football games (409) than any other coach. In the end, his reputation as a "protector" was his downfall as he failed to alert authorities regarding the actions of a bum named Sandusky--his former defensive coordinator--now charged with terrible sex crimes against young boys. You see, LOYALTY was always #1 with "JoePa". Think about it: 62 years at one school, a devoted family man, and one who refused the riches of professional football in order to put (and KEEP) State College, PA on the map. His main legacy? He taught his players more about LIFE than about the game of football. In essence, he WAS Penn State--a man who continued to reside in the modest ranch home just blocks away from the stadium where his teams would benefit from his unmatched tutelage. "I wish I had done more" would be one of his last public statements. Yes, he died an embarrassed man--his inner conscience/mental anguish, no doubt, hastening his death at the age of 85.
"He was a simple man," said my Monday Night Sports Talk co-host Tony DeAngelo. "He believed in his program, he believed in his school, he believed in God, and he loved his kids. His innocence was largely rooted in his ignorance of indiscretions, and that's a sad thing. But there's no doubt that he was loyal to his program. Unfortunately, his simple nature--along with an IMMENSE love of his community--provided his undoing." Yes, it seems as if Joe liked to keep things simple--VERY simple. He dressed conservatively and his teams' uniforms were unflattering; yeah, no names on the backs of THIS school's jerseys--solely due to the wishes of a man who stressed the team concept like few others. Again, SIMPLE was Joe's way: play hard but study JUST as hard. And it worked: he coached 47 academic All-Americans, went to an astounding 37 Bowl games, and sent more than 250 (not a misprint, folks) players to the NFL. He was, quite possibly, the greatest football coach to ever walk on a gridiron--at ANY level. Simply put, the Paterno way would be impossible to duplicate.
What brought this legend down? Ah, there is no easy, cut-and-dried answer to that--but I'll say that it starts with trust, gets painted with loyalty, involves disgust, and ends with uncomfortable apathy. Here's the 'quick version' of how yours truly believes the scandalous situation may have unfolded at PSU: Graduate assistant Mike McQueary sees former coach Jerry Sandusky "involved" with a young boy in a shower in 2002--HAS to tell Paterno. Joe can't fathom such a despicable act--especially on the part of "one of his own"; he then tells administrators--fulfilling his legal obligation AND satisfying his conscience at the same time--and assumes they will take care of the rest. For some reason, PSU "suits" do NOTHING--most likely due to negative attention that would be brought to an otherwise honorable, "squeaky clean" program. The cover-up consists of saying nothing to NO ONE; the incident will simply go away on its own--just disappear. As time passes, Paterno--although still bothered and reeling in disgust from McQueary's claims--takes a hint from administrators and decides to remain quiet in order to keep PSU's reputation intact (which would cement his ultimate downfall). Too much time goes by; the situation snowballs as further Sandusky accusations arise. "JoePa" gets caught up (and wrongly so) in the "if not sure what to do, do NOTHING" trap. He proceeds to wrestle often with the fact that things like this just DON'T happen at PSU, but his tunnel vision allows him to carry on and concentrate on current players and the job at hand. The story breaks in early November, 2011; yeah, it's no longer "Happy Valley," football fans.
No excuses for "JoPa" here--NONE. He was at fault in MONSTROUS fashion for not contacting police when the idiotic "higher-ups" were dragging their feet; he went to his grave knowing that--and regretted it. If proactive, he could have possibly prevented further alleged Sandusky-related incidents; we'll find out more in the future. The biggest culprits in this wrongly-worded "Paterno scandal?" Graham Spanier, Tim Curley, and Gary Schultz--Joe's superiors who chose NOT to call police IMMEDIATELY after being notified by Paterno. Think about this for a moment, folks, as irony plays out BIG TIME here. Let's say these three individuals had acted responsibly--alerting cops back in 2002 about Sandusky. What happens THEN? Joe Paterno is LAUDED for his morals-based approach and zero tolerance policy--continuing to show that there's no room in Happy Valley for questionable character. Yes, the "Fatherly One," the protector, goes on teaching life lessons to young athletes and the legal system runs its course. No MAJOR scandal in State College--just one bad apple being weeded out as time assists the healing process. Yeah, a tad crazy, huh?
We'll never really be privy to ALL the facts of this heart-wrenching story as the months/years progress; tragedy just seems to work out that way. One thing IS for sure: There are no winners in the saga--JUST losers. The fact is that Coach Paterno DIDN'T do more; I concur with Mr. Millen that his heart WAS broken long before the cancer claimed him. Sadly, the phrase "Say it AIN'T so, Joe!" now takes on new meaning for many of us--and will continue to do so for a long time. Man, "JoePa" was one of the few left we could trust, right? He seemed to take on the role of a "distant Dad" to MANY of us who respected the Brooklyn kid who became a revered legend. Can one MAJOR mistake diminish/taint a lifetime filled with wondrous deeds--both on AND off the field? Perhaps--but to what degree? We can only hope that peace rules and victims HEAL as we move forward. But can we truly refer to it as "Happy Valley" from this day forward??
You'll be missed, "JoePa"; I just wish it could have ended SO differently.


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Kaylin Belair helped the University of Toledo women's cross country team win the Mid-American Conference meet in record fashion Saturday.
Kaylin Belair helped the University of Toledo women's cross country team win the Mid-American Conference meet in record fashion Saturday.
The junior from Erie Mason earned second-team All-MAC honors by finishing fourth for the Lady Rockets and ninth overall in 21:22.9.
Toledo won the meet with a conference record-low 33 points, easily beating out Central Michigan which had 73. Jackie McEnhill (Airport) finished eighth for CMU in 23:59.4.
Belair transferred to U-T after running for Lansing Community College. The Rockets won the MAC title for the second year in a row and the fourth time in school history.
Eastern Michigan edged CMU 68-78 to win the MAC men's title for the 16th time in school history. Two Monroe High graduates played major roles. Nick Petro finished third for EMU and 18th overall (25:021.9). Cole Sanseverino was the Eagles' sixth finisher and took 27th overall (25:12.6).
Bedford graduates Sam Barker and Chayna Wallace helped lead Adrian College to its first Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's soccer title in school history Saturday.
Barker scored two goals and Wallace combined with Steffeny Burns on the shutout as the Bulldogs routed Olivet 7-0, outshooting the Comets 26-2.
Adrian is 13-2 in the conference and 15-4 overall.
Barker opened the scoring with a header and added a tap-in goal to start the second half. She leads the MIAA with 21 goals and has set the Adrian College goal-scoring record for the second year in a row.
Gannon University's Alex DelPiombo is one of eight national recipients of the American Volleyball Coaches Association Coaches 4 Coaches Scholarship.
The senior volleyball player from St. Mary Catholic Central is the daughter of David and Jackie DelPiombo. She is majoring in communication arts and also plans to become a coach.
The scholarship program gives college students interested in coaching the opportunity to attend the AVCA's Annual Convention Dec. 14 to 18 in San Antonio, Texas. Recipients will have the opportunity to interact and network with successful college coaches from all levels.
Two of the other seven recipients are attending Michigan colleges — Craig Boller (Michigan) and Kylen McCulley (Wayne State).
"This award is very exciting for Alex, who has been a standout leader in our program ever since she arrived at Gannon," head coach Matt Darling said. "She possesses all the qualities which make a great coach and I'm proud and excited that she's receving this award to help launch her coaching career. She'll be a great coach, and I look forward to following her career."
DelPiombo commented, "I'm very excited about this award and looking forward to learning more about the coaching opportunities in the volleyball world after I finish my playing career at Gannon."
She had 36 assists and 6 digs Saturday but her Lady Knights lost in five sets to California (Pa.) 25-18, 25-19, 23-25, 14-25, 15-11.
Former Ida teammates Nic Jobe and Cameron Cramer were on opposite sides when the Lake Superior State basketball hosted Grace Bible College Saturday in Sault Ste. Marie.
Jobe started at forward and had 4 points, 5 rebounds and an assist in a 90-68 win for his Lake Superior State team. Cramer, a freshman making his collegiate debut, scored 4 points in 5 minutes of action. He hit his only field-goal attempt and was 2-for-2 from the foul line.
Tayo Moss did his part, but his Ferris State football team fell to Indianapolis 24-17 Saturday in Big Rapids. The junior linebacker from SMCC had a career-high 15 tackles to lead both teams, including one tackle for loss.
Freshman quarterback Daniel Bolster threw a five-yard touchdown pass to Jon Beach for Olivet's only scoring in a 42-6 loss to Trine Saturday. Bolster was 13-for-19 passing for 108 yards.
Monroe High product Audie Cole had a game-leading 10 tackles, nine of them solo, for North Carolina Saturday in a 34-0 loss to Florida State. He also had a pass breakup.


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G.R. Brown stood at the back of his late model pickup loading a half dozen bags of fertilizer he had just purchased at a Walmart. When he slammed the truck's tailgate shut, his tag came into view.
It was the "Sweet Home Alabama" tag, the one with the beach scene and puffy clouds on the horizon. Next to Brown's truck
was an SUV with the other standard state tag, the one with a waving American flag and the words "God Bless America."
Brown was asked why he, like the overwhelming majority of Alabamians, picked the Sweet Home Alabama tag when it debuted a few years ago rather than the "God Bless America" tag.
"I'm God-fearing, and I love America, so nothing against that tag at all, but this one just seems to me to be more about Alabama," said Brown, 61.
And then there is the Lynyrd Skynyrd 1974 song: "Sweet Home Alabama." Brown brought it up.
"I guess most Americans love that song. I've been all over the country and Canada and you hear it all the time," said Brown. "But that song is really special if you're from Alabama. ... It's like our state anthem. You got to love it."
Brown was asked if he ever feared someone might feel he's less godly or patriotic for choosing "Sweet Home" over "God Bless America?" He laughed.
"'Sweet Home' is patriotic if you ask me. And I don't think God cares one way or another what ... tag I put on my truck," Brown said.
Alabama has long been a proud member of the Bible Belt. A large chunk of Alabamians profess to attend church regularly and pray regularly.
Yet that religious foothold in the state does not manifest itself in the selection of car tags. Given the choice between the secular "Sweet Home Alabama" tag and the more godly "God Bless America" tag, Alabamians choose the Sweet Home tag by a lot.
For the year beginning Oct. 1, 2010, and ending Sept. 30, 2011, about 880,294 Alabamians were driving around with a God Bless America tag on their vehicle. In that same time period, 2,923,475 state residents were driving with the Sweet Home Alabama tag.
Residents such as Sherri Cook of Hoover. "I just think those words, 'Sweet Home Alabama,' say exactly how I feel," said Cook, 49. "I've listened to that song I guess since I was 11 or 12. We grew up with it and, unlike so much about Alabama that you just have to sometimes hang your head about, those words can be said with pride; they mean something good."
In not one of Alabama's 67 counties has the sale of the God Bless America tag exceeded the Sweet Home Alabama tag, according to data from the 2011 fiscal year.
But the God Bless America tag has its supporters. John Foster of Bessemer is one. He selected that tag for his two cars and his pickup truck.
"What's a better hope you can have for your country than to say, 'God bless America?'" said Foster. "I love the flag on the tag, and I pray to God every night," added the 66-year-old Vietnam veteran. "I hope the state keeps issuing that tag for as long as I live."
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I am in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina for the Laser ACCs and a training camp with the Ontario Sailing Team. Event results can be found here.
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Saturday, April 29
Today was the first day of racing. We had 8-12 knots from 075* at the start of the day going to 125* at the end of the day, with solid swell. In the first race I had a nice start near the middle of the line, and got out clearly with options, but with a slow right winder I was a bit back of the first group at the weather mark. I was able to pick off 5 boats on the first run and another on the last run to finish 7th. In the second race I had a good start at the boat end, headed right and led at the weather mark. I lost a boat on the run, rounded the second weather 1st, and lost a boat again on the next run to finish 2nd. In the third race I didn't have a good start, and got caught in traffic on the starboard layline to the first weather mark and rounded around 20. I passed boats throughout the race to finish 5th. In the last race I was able to get out cleanly from the boat again and led the fleet out to the right. I rounded the weather mark 3rd, was 1st at the bottom and held to take the last race of the day. After 4 races I am in 3rd. Racing continues tomorrow with 3 races scheduled.
Sunday, May 1
Today started off with around 14 knots and big swell. The wind decreased to about 8 over the course of the day, but the waves stayed the same, making for tricky downwind sailing. In the first race I didn't have a great start, and was forced to tack out. The group on the left came out ahead so I found myself back a bit around the first weather mark. I had a good final run to finish 5th. In the second race I had a good start at the pin, but got out of phase and spent too much time in a spot with less pressure and lost out to the boats on the edges. I had a decent second beat and finished 6th. In the third race I had a great start at the boat and was cleanly ahead of the group of boats around me, but made a series of poor choices coming into the windward mark and was around 8 at the top. I didn't sail well downwind and held 8th to the finish. Despite the poor sailing today I was able to move up to 2nd in the event.
Monday, May 2
Today we had a 3 hour session. 25 degrees, 8-12 knots, decent sized swell.
Tuesday, May 3
3.5 hour session. 28 degrees, 8-15 knots, big waves.
Wednesday, May 4
3.5 hour session. 20 degrees, 8-16 knots offshore
Thursday, May 5
3.5 hour session. 22 degrees, 5-14 knots, decent sized swell
Friday, May 6
Today we had a slightly shorter session before packing up and heading out. 2.5 hours, 22 degrees, 8-12 knots, decent sized swell
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Laser ACCs
I am in Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina for the Laser ACCs and a training camp with the Ontario Sailing Team. Event results can be found here.


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Subway ~ a book trailer
Book trailers are a new, exciting and emerging genre.
Unlike a film trailer there has to be a finer balance in the narrative. Luring & intriguing a potential reader, without giving away the plot and character detail … always leave them wanting more !
We shot this one 'guerrilla' style on the London Underground
Director of Photography: Mark Bader
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We prepared by making our own Lion Dancing masks, inspired by photos of real lion dancers:
Then we used our masks and our play silks to make a Lion Dance parade!
Since real Lion Dancers have more than one person in each costume, we tried to do the same! The children did great in this activity. I was surprised--but not. These children can execute group activities in a harmonious manner like no other group I've seen before.
We prepared some thank you notes and put them in red envelopes so that we could feed them to the Lion!
And the big moment! The real Lion Dancing!!!
They were amazing! They played music and did some very acrobatic moves. They explained traditional elements of the Lion and the performance in the context of Chinese New Year. The whole event exceeded our wildest imagination!
We were so grateful to have this beautiful performance at our school!


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We took a major step forward last month in cracking down on immigration abuse with 300 uniformed officers mounting a series of dawn raids in Wisbech, March and King's Lynn. This was part of a multi-agency operation involving Cambridgeshire Police, the National Crime Agency and the Gang Masters Licensing Authority code named 'Operation Endeavour'. Ten arrests were made and over 80 migrant workers were given refuge in reception centres provided by the Red Cross and Salvation Army.
It is important that this success is followed up with further police investigation to protect both vulnerable migrants and local residents from the criminality of illegal gangmasters. I have therefore held a series of meetings in the last 3 weeks in Parliament with the Home Secretary Theresa May, Immigration Minister Mark Harper, and Security Minister James Brokenshire to discuss the recent operation and the importance of further enforcement action.
In her letter to me following our meeting the Home Secretary acknowledges the successful joint working approach of Operations Pheasant and Endeavour. Congratulations are due to all the officers involved. Yet we should be in no doubt that abuse is still taking place within our community, and this needs to be tackled. We must therefore work to ensure that offenders cannot continue their dubious activities as soon as the police vans have retreated and the heat is off.
In short, the success of Operation Endeavour must not be a high profile 'one off '. In order to achieve a genuine turn around I believe the National Crime Agency now needs to be tasked with leading work across agencies, and across county boundaries, so that existing legislation is enforced to the full.
The National Crime Agency offers precisely this scope for joined up working across county borders – a key issue in the Fens where unskilled workers move from farm to farm in Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Lincolnshire and elsewhere. It has the in-built capacity to target problems at their source- in many cases from the moment the workers arrive in the country- and is therefore ideally placed to take a frontline role in detecting crimes before mounting visible enforcement on the ground.
The Home secretary has joined me in acknowledging the proven benefits of multiagency solutions to the problems associated with migrant workers and has been very supportive of Fen-wide measures to tackle issues of houses in multiple occupation, antisocial behaviour and other crime. This work is the foundation on which the forthcoming modern anti slavery bill will be built, helping enforcement authorities take a much tougher line on human trafficking and related abuses.
For those people determined to profit from the misery and mistreatment of migrant workers, we need to ensure that the robust and visible action we saw in Wisbech last month is the start of a regular and hard-hitting deterrent. If not, we run the risk of letting some of the most vulnerable people in our society slip back into the shadows where they can be abused. Local residents are then left to pick up the pieces through the fallout from over crowded housing, which is linked to much of the anti-social behaviour and street drinking which remains a concern locally.
I am due to meet with the Security Minister again in the coming weeks to explore how the momentum gained from Operation Endeavour can be built upon. I will update again in the future.


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Because of changes in my real life as well as my professional one, I'm finding the need to cut back on some of my writing-related obligations, including blogging. I love the direction YA Stands is taking, but I felt that I wouldn't be able to come up with a relevant post on a set theme every other week, and rather than floundering I've made the choice to step down from blogging here. Additionally, I'm now focusing more on adult romance than young adult, and I'm feeling a little out of touch with the YA side of things.
That said, I do have two young adult releases scheduled this summer. One, Nail Polish and Feathers, will be out in August or September from Harmony Ink Press, and is about a sixteen-year-old boy who wants to be a drag queen. The other is due out later this month, on June 21.
Where No One Knows will release from Musa Publishing's Pan imprint, which publishes GLBT YA fiction. My YA Stands friends are graciously allowing me to spend my last post sharing a blurb and excerpt; you'll be able to find the book later this month on the Pan imprint page on Musa's website.
Thank you to all of you who visit YA Stands, and to my fellow bloggers here. I'll miss being a blogging part of the community, but I'll still stop by to visit. And now for the blurb and excerpt from Where No One Knows (for some reason the blog won't let me upload the cover art...)
Kellan McKee has been forced to leave his home and is traveling to find a place to belong. Sixteen years old and transgender, Kellan has felt out of place in his family since his mother married Gene. Now Kellan must keep Gene and his friends from tracking him down to get "justice" for the man Kellan accidentally set on fire. Kellan has psychic powers, including pyrokinesis, and when he's threatened he loses control.
On the run, Kellan meets Shad, a young man who also has psychic powers, who steers Kellan to Boston where a group that protects psychic teens is ready to take him in. But will Kellan find a safe haven, or will he bring danger to his new friends?
He hung up, and not long after, there was a knock on my door. I knew it was Brent but peeked through the peephole anyway just in case. My instincts hadn't been wrong yet. I just didn't want to take a chance on this being the first time.
I opened the door. He walked in and closed it behind him. "You were planning to stay until tomorrow," he said. "What changed your mind?"
"Too much going on." I jerked my head toward the hall. "All the police and news and everything. They mentioned me on one of the local news channels. Not by name, but they said a young man saved the kids. I can't afford to have some people find out where I am."
"So you are a runaway." He folded his arms and glared at me. "You said you weren't."
"I'm not." Running away would have been my choice. Leaving home hadn't been. "It's just that something happened where I used to live, and now people are looking for me. I didn't break any laws or anything. They did. That's why they want to find me, so I won't tell anyone what they did."
That wasn't a hundred percent true. The only one who'd broken a law was Gene's friend, when he'd put his hands all over me while I begged him not to. As far as I knew, Gene hadn't done anything illegal, though he might have if Mom hadn't made me leave.
I'd burned off a guy's hands. That probably was against the law, even if I hadn't meant to do it.
Brent just kept staring at me until I got really uncomfortable. I didn't look away, though. I needed him to believe me so he would help me. If I couldn't keep my eyes on him, he would think I'd lied.
"You're afraid if you're on the news here, someone back home will find out?" he said finally.
"Yeah. I mean, someone tried to kill her kids. It might be national news. Regional, at least, and I'm sort of regional." Arizona wasn't too far, news-wise at least.
"It isn't exactly safe for you to travel on your own," he said. "Girls should have someone with them."
"Girl?" I narrowed my eyes. "What girl?"
"Come on." He shook his head. "You do a good job of hiding it, but I can still tell."
"I'm not a girl." I didn't want to try to explain the whole transgender thing right then. I was still working on making him understand why I needed to leave. But I didn't have much choice. "I'm transgender. Girl body, guy brain, emotions, everything that isn't anatomy. So as far as I'm concerned, I'm a guy."
"Ah, now I get it." He hesitated. He didn't seem bothered by what I'd just told him, though. A little confused, possibly. "Sorry if I pissed you off. I just don't want you hurt. Do you know where you're going?"
"East." I was starting to trust him more than I was really comfortable with, so I had to be careful. Just because he was trustworthy now didn't mean he would stay that way.
Another case of being paranoid, but maybe with a good reason. It hadn't even been forty-eight hours since I'd left home, and I'd already learned I shouldn't trust most people. Even if my instincts told me to, they might be wrong. Or the person might be trustworthy right at that moment and then change.
When I'd walked out of my house with my backpack and suitcase, even though I'd been upset about having to leave, I'd considered it kind of an adventure. I'd be able to travel. See the country, which was something I wouldn't have had a chance to do otherwise. Gene and his church believed people should stay close to home and family and traveling opened you up to being tempted. Same with the Internet, cell phones, and even TV. We'd had a TV because Mom had refused give it up, but Gene monitored everything we watched.
I'd believed I would be able to see places and things I'd never even thought of before. The idea of being on the road had been exciting. I knew I'd have to be careful about who saw me and who I talked to, but I figured I'd still be able to enjoy traveling.
Now I realized there was nothing enjoyable about it. I had nowhere safe to go. Some people who saw me would immediately think of me as prey. Others would see me as a girl, which might be the same thing.
When I reached my final destination, I would be safe. I knew it as strongly as I knew I was a guy. But I didn't know where it was or when I'd reach it.


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Israeli navy boards activist ship en route to Gaza
Six Israeli naval boats surrounded the SV Estelle' 38 nautical miles from Gaza while it was still in international waters.
A spokesperson from the Israeli Department of Defense said that they were forced to intervene after the vessel ignored numerous warnings to change course and cooperate with the Israeli authorities.
"After the passengers ignored calls to change course, the decision was made to board the vessel and lead it to the port of Ashdod," said the spokesperson, adding that no one was injured when the marines seized control of the ship.
The organizers of the activist mission to Gaza announced over the radio that their vessel had come under attack shortly after it was approached by Israeli ships.
There were about 30 people from eight countries on board, including Israeli citizens, lawmakers from Norway, Sweden, Greece and Spain and a 79-year-old former legislator from Canada.
The activists are being transferred to Ashdod port where they will be handed over to police custody and then on to the immigration authorities. Previously, activists caught trying to break through the blockade have been deported from Israel immediately.
The Swedish-owned, Finnish-flagged vessel was reportedly carrying 41 tonnes of cement, books, toys, medical equipment and two olive trees.
A senior Defense Ministry official said that Israel was well within its rights to "operate at sea to prevent the smuggling of arms to terror organizations," reported Ynet. He denounced the activists as "provocateurs who are drive by hatred for Israel" and dismissed the "humanitarian crisis in Gaza," maintaining "more than 1,500 trucks carrying tons of goods enter Gaza each week through the land crossings."
In 2010, Israeli forces boarded a Turkish ship attempting to force its way through the blockade. Soldiers killed nine activists, sparking international outcry and condemnation from the UN for use of "excessive force."
The UN has called for the six-year blockade on Gaza to be lifted on numerous occasions on the grounds that it represents "a denial of basic human rights in contravention of international law."
Israeli activists hold signs in support of Gaza near the entrance to the port of Ashdod October 20, 2012 (Reuters / Amir Cohen)
Victoria Strand, one of the organizers of the mission, calls the Israeli blockade of Gaza "illegal and unfair."
"We have to challenge this siege as long as the international community does not do so. WHO, the UN, the EU, everyone is saying that the siege is counterproductive, but nobody is doing anything about it, so we have to take civil action against it," she told RT.
Strand stressed that Israel needs to realize "the blockade is not helping anyone."
"It does not help people in Israel, it does not help Palestinians and it has nothing to do with the security of Israel, because weapons are floating in through the tunnels," she explained, adding that Israel also blockades any export from Gaza, meaning the Palestinians can`t produce anything.
Mika Jamia, captain of Ship Estelle, poses for a picture before the start for Gaza in the port of Naples on October 6, 2012 (AFP Photo / STR)
Supporters of "Freedom Flotilla" movement rally in Naples to give tribute and wave off the crew of the Ship Estelle on October 6, 2012 (AFP Photo / STR)


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I almost can't believe I haven't featured this week's Style Maven yet...perhaps his betrayal of my beloved NYC (yes, he is another LA defector) clouded my memory of him or perhaps I needed just the right moment to celebrate him. I am pretty sure it is the latter, as his new album just came out. My BFF Michaelangelo is not only one of my favorite people in this whole wide world, but he is an amazing musical talent that is finally getting his due. More about the music in a minute...
MA as I call him, is one cool dude!!! He is also soulful and emotional and passionate...at times a tortured artist, at times the ultimate businessman, he is one of the most multi-faceted people I know. It is really interesting, but he is one of the few people I know who's personal style matches his personality to a T. He is sort of this fab fashionista that has a downtown, hipster, musician vibe at his core, yet knows how to rock a 3-piece suit better than any "chicster" I know. He had that Band Of Outsiders thing going long before anyone knew who Scott Sternberg was. I love this photo of him because it really shows you what I am talking about. Cool hair...chalk stripe suit jacket; hip goatee...grey flannel; classic shirt...skinny tie...all "botttomed"-off with super worn Levis jeans. There is an irreverent sophistication to his look and to the way he carries himself that puts him at the very top of my "most stylish people I know" list. He owns his fashion choices and owns his talent...100% lyrical style.
Now to the really cool stuff, his music. He is singer/songwriter/producer/DJ...he plays a couple of instruments...music runs through his veins. He has produced albums with the Isley Brothers and has scored commercials for the likes of Old Navy and Puma. He was the music director for Gucci and YSL under Tom Ford and most recently collaborated with Karl Lagerfeld to produce Elle Germany's 20th anniversary event. He also has produced 100's of fashion shows worldwide...perhaps influencing his innate style sense. His company is called L'ACQUA MUSIC in case you are wondering.
His most recent project is his greatest accomplishment and will most certainly be prolific. His latest and greatest album, RE:GENERATIONS was just released (he is the Executive Producer). It honors the music of the fabulous Nat King Cole, by bridging the gap between generations, cultures and races. Artists as diverse as Bebel Gilberto, TV On The Radio and will.i.am remix Nat King Cole classics, not only celebrating one of music's greats, but also bringing his rich, soulful tunes to a new generation of music lovers. His heart and his talent shines though in his greatest work of art and I hope you download it immediately to experience it.
As far as the Style Mavens thing goes, he proves that that you can still dress to impress without losing your own personal mystique. The moral in this story is...don't try so hard, follow your dreams, bare your soul at all times and not only will you soar to great heights, but maybe if you are lucky you will be respected not only for your coiffed ways, but also for the person you are.
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While many kids his age are trying to figure out which video game to put into the Xbox, Matthew Hutnyan is thinking on a much bigger scale.
Hutnyan lives in Irvine and is a 12-year-old seventh grader at Red Hill Lutheran in Tustin. But he is anything but your average middle schooler. He stands out among his peers, literally, at 5 feet 8, 170 pounds, and also boasts a 4.0 grade-point average.
An academic scholarship is a goal of Hutnyan's after his four years of high school at Orange Lutheran. But he's also on a course that could lead to an athletic scholarship.
Hutnyan, an offensive lineman, recently finished up his season with the Irvine Chargers in Junior All-American Football, then went on to participate on the Offense-Defense football camp at Chapman University, from which he was selected to participate in last month's Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, a weeklong event in Texas.


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ST. LOUIS, MO (KPLR) - Violence erupted overnight in Soulard after a man and a woman were shot multiple times.
Investigators said both victims were hospitalized Monday morning but are expected to survive.
The case is being handled at the district level; homicide detectives have not been called in. It happened at 7th Street and Sidney, close to the Anheuser-Busch brewery. Police received the call just after 12:40 a.m.
A man in his early 30s and a woman in her late 20s were both inside a vintage red convertible when they were wounded. The car belongs to the male victim.
At least five shell casing markers could be seen around the car along with shattered glass on the vehicle`s passenger side.
Police say the man was shot in his hand, shoulder and knee while the woman was shot multiple times in her back. As of late Monday morning, the man was listed in serious but stable condition; the woman was said to be in critical but stable condition.
At this point, the circumstances surrounding what may have sparked the shooting are still unclear.
This is the latest in what has been a bit of a troubling time for crime in the Soulard area. About one week ago, KPLR 11 told you about several break-ins at Soulard businesses.
Our partners at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently had a story where the total reported crime in Soulard is up nearly 20 percent from this same period last year.
That story reported that while violent crimes have remained the same, property crimes have increased.
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of hooey and you know it!
She had just made a mistake and I was ready to help her with it. I went immediately to the authoritative source, the urban dictionary, and read her a few of the sample words readers had sent in for hooey. Crap, drivel, hogwash, gobbledygook... "Honey, the first entry references nonsensical writings, while the second refers to a traditional wood stick that is used in in trickery and magic tricks." Neither fits. Embarassed, she replied, "I can never keep those words straight, sorry!" We had a good laugh, Her's more hearty than mine, as it often seems when I help her with her vocabulary. I like helping people with their words. Especially educators, It gives me a good feeling to be able to give back.
These pages can take you on quite a fictionary voyage, I agree. So yes, I think my wife's initial point is valid. If you really, absolutely need to be assured that a statement I make is clear and true, I will preface it with this internationally-recognized "NO BS" sign. This will give you assurance that the statement following can be trusted 100%.
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Fuengirola beach stretches for approximately five miles and may be more accurately described as eight beaches. Sunbeds are at the ready along the sands and lots of watersports are on offer. For those looking for a quieter, more relaxing holiday, seek out the chiringuitos, small restaurants and cafes overlooking the beach and sea.
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NEWPORT BEACH — Russo's Pet Experience, which has sold purebred puppies and fancy cats for more than three decades at Fashion Island, is likely to close.
The Irvine Co. does not plan to renew Russo's leases at Fashion Island or at the Irvine Spectrum, a company spokeswoman said.
The Newport Beach-based developer has decided to stop renting space to stores that sell cats and dogs. Other animals, such as birds, fish and reptiles, weren't included in the decision.
"Effective immediately, the Irvine Co. will not lease space in any of its centers to tenants that intend to sell dogs or cats," spokeswoman Erin Freeman said in an email. "The Irvine Co. will honor its existing contractual commitments with Russo's until the expiration of current lease terms."
She declined to give the date of when Russo's lease expires. The Fashion Island location, known for its purebred dogs and cats, dates back more than 30 years, according to the shop's website.


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Living in Consett, I was absolutely chuffed to discover Derwentside Business Network.
I've been networking (and running our own) for a number of years, but as soon as I became a member, I knew it was the one for me. An informal and supportive business community, that is passionate about the businesses in Derwentside and most of all filled with interesting, friendly and approachable business people.
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Thanks, Starson.
KISS is now revised except for final polish. I'll post it in this thread tomorrow. I'd like to get some comments on it here, and I was thinking of just leaving it here in this thread for awhile to see what happens before it's made into a sticky. During that time it may need some revisions based on feedback from whoever cares to participate.
But now I've gotta crash.
Edit. Just a thought - maybe it'd be better not to make it a sticky, but maybe make a sticky that points to it? Or just not be a sticky at all. Then I wouldn't have to bother mods re any revision.
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I hear you about leaving off the "Stupid." KISS is such a widely spread, understood concept that I thought no one would take offense. But as we know, I have little tact and am not a good judge of such things. I'd prefer to leave Stupid in the phrase if possible because without it, the punch goes away. Do you really think new users would get offended?
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So let's test what happens. I'll post it here, leaving the first version (OP) where it is for now. Anyone feel free to comment on it in this thread for the next few days then I'll incorporate revisions as necessary.
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Link to latest version: Version 0.80, 2011-09-16, Post #243.
KISS (version 0.21)
Hello, new users of calibre. Keep It Simple. KISS your calibre use.
After that, everything else equates to gradually learning details of how to use various features and complexities and trying them one by one in small steps. Once I decided to KISS my calibre use I managed to avoid feeling overwhelmed by apparently insurmountable complexities and learning curves. If you feel overwhelmed, don't blame it on calibre or even on yourself, instead KISS things. From a relatively KISSy baseline of calibre use I can move towards any particular complexity in small steps.
I'll probably never use most calibre features or complexities because the software accommodates a range of users from new to very advanced, with many features that meet lots of different user needs for managing eBooks, eBook reader devices, and subscription feeds. I consider myself a calibre beginner and an eBook beginner after seven months. I've barely scratched the surface. I've noticed there is rarely just one "right" or "good" way to accomplish something. And as I learn more, the ways I use calibre gradually evolve.
General Advice.
Tangents. Avoid running off on complex time-consuming tangents that take you away from your main purpose, whatever that is. My main purpose is managing and reading fiction eBooks. Tangent examples: I spent a week writing and revising a script for printing the calibre catalog in Comma Separated Value (CSV) format exported to Excel; now printouts aren't practical anymore. I investigated drivers and front end interfaces to calibre's backend database engine, and I don't even like using Structured Query Language anyway. I developed a whole elaborate tagging schema of my own, spent weeks revising it then trying to comply with it; I don't use it now. I did those things to avoid feeling overwhelmed. Once I settled into my main purpose rather than tangents, I felt overwhelmed until I KISSed things.
Automation. Do a process manually for awhile until you're familiar with it before trying to automate it with scripts, regular expressions, templates, computed columns, or whatever. Attempted automation without prior innate understanding of the manual mechanics usually wastes lots more time than it saves. Not knowing what I was doing but trying to combine different types of automation all at once anyway led to me wasting time and feeling frustrated and overwhelmed. Until I KISSed things.
Raw Books. Keep them. I keep all downloaded files that got copied by calibre when I Added them. I throw them in a "Raw Books" folder on an external drive - I've found myself searching Raw Books numerous times and re-adding books into calibre for one reason or another. They have bad metadata or haven't been format-cleaned but at least they are the original incoming formats; keeping them available is an insurance policy against future need.
Backups. Have backup software automatically backing up your calibre libraries at least hourly to a different disk than the disk your calibre libraries are on. Buy an external drive if necessary. Do it even if you use a file hosting/syncing service such as DropBox, because - what if they go bankrupt or their servers go down or you lose internet connectivity for awhile and you suddenly need the backup right away? I've had to recover from backups three different times after I made various blunders.
Metadata Loss. Don't make any decisions that result in losing metadata until you're more experienced and become aware of potential ramifications. Some small examples that require lots of work later to rectify: Deleting The, An, A from title. Changing Spectra to Bantam so publishers are more consistent. Using only one of the 3 or 4 co-authors of an anthology where the actual editor's name isn't available, rather than taking the trouble to use all the names. I don't recommend KISSing things to the extreme of losing data. I wasted time, having to fix things later.
Some of My Current calibre Work Habits.
This section is not advice, but I offer it because it might give you some ideas you could adapt into your own calibre use. These habits are just some of the ways I've been doing things, and I don't claim that they are good, or best practices, or the KISSiest possible. Though they're KISSier and improved over what they were months ago.
Habits Change. Here are two significant examples. I recently learned on the forum that my habit of converting everything to ePub is a bad practice that results in lower quality eBooks than keeping the original for some formats, and that multiple conversions can engender problems and lose things, similar to photocopying copies of copies. When I learn new things like that, which is an ongoing process, I want to revise my relevant practices. Actually doing that requires consideration of ramifications across all of my calibre libraries, and learning details and testing the revised method, so there is a lag-time for implementation on new books as well as a decision to be made about how much work to do (if any) to bring older books in the library up to par. People much more experienced than me suggested a strategy of not converting anything until just before reading and always keeping the original incoming format in calibre rather than deleting it, because disk space is cheap and technology and the user's conversion skills improve over time. That is opposite to what I've been doing, and the copies of copies problem concerns me because I do a lot of conversions in sequence on one book during cleanup. So I want to change those habits more towards best practices. But haven't yet. I've marked those habits currently needing revision with: ((Habit needs revision)).
Preferred Format. ((Habit needs revision, delay conversions, keep original incoming formats)) I standardize on ePub, convert everything to it, consider it the master copy once it's cleaned up, delete any other formats, and generate whatever formats I need for various devices from that master on the fly as I need them. I load my devices with only a few books at a time, the author or series I'm currently reading, and delete them from device when done. I add a content-rating tag to the book's record in my main library and delete those extra formats. Saves disk space and backup time. My "masters" are ePub rather than mobi even though my primary reading device is Kindle, because I noticed the calibre viewer opens ePubs faster, and calibre conversions seem to complete faster from ePub.
Format Exceptions. ((Habit needs revision, broaden exceptions)) The only exceptions I make to keeping everything ePub are items that don't convert well, such as books with complex graphics, computer language books, textbooks, scientific journal articles with equations, etc - all of which I currently keep out of my calibre libraries. If I had enough of them or subscribed to technical newsfeeds I'd keep a separate Technical Library in which technical items are stored in their native formats, but for now I don't worry about it because being retired I mostly just read fiction.
Templates. I currently use one template only and that one adds series and series index to title for my Kindle.
Regular Expressions (regex). I am only now starting to incorporate search/replace regex into my workflow. The only regex I used for 6 months was calibre-menu-supplied for importing books by filename or putting series info into title on Kindle.
Custom columns. I use only 4 simple custom columns:
#isbn, to see at a glance.
#format, to see at a glance.
#act, for temporary working tags when processing a group of books one way or another.
#notes, for variant titles, pseudonyms, miscellaneous.
Series. I tried multiple series columns but eventually went back to using just the one default series column. When it's important to get several subseries in the right order, I handle multi-level series like this: SeriesUniverseAbbreviation; Series Name (a); SubseriesName. For example for Star Wars, as follows. SW; Clone Wars (b); SubseriesName. It's easy to search on "SW;" while ANDing any other desired keywords. If I use (a)'s, (b)'s, etc correctly, sorts by series come out in chronological order per original pubdate or recommended reading order, whichever I initially preferred it to be. But for most books in most series I don't worry or care about all that, and just use the smallest/lowest level subseries name. Sometimes I use the broadest series name only, put in reading order, such as "Valdemar" but I prefer to do that only when I'm certain of reading order and a series is complete. When a series is up to date, in Tags I add %su which means none missing and up to date through the most recent series member in the library - a particularly useful tag in the case of a multi-author series. For multi-author series I use author name rather than seriesname in author column; if I want to see all series members in a list I do a search or just sort by series.
Metadata Grabs. I grab only pubdate, publisher, isbn, and cover. I always grab cover, even when it has internal cover. I keep only a few sources checked (figuring the more checked, the slower the grab.) Amazon's seemed more consistently accurate with broader item availability than others. I recently added Goodreads as a source, not sure how it compares to Amazon yet. Also by default I use ISBNdb and Open Library. Others I keep unchecked and only use on a case by case basis when necessary. Since several of the genres I read are speculative fiction, when the bulk metadata grab results don't please me I manually use ISFDB to get good covers and ISBN13s where available - it's amazing how much I use that site - and it's much faster that way than one by one in "Edit Metadata Individually" using Download Metadata button.
Format Quality. ((Habit needs revision re cleaning location (Add vs Main) & when to clean.)) I decided early-on that I would only put cleaned-up or clean formats into my main library. So I have two working libraries, Main and Add. Add is for incomings and cleaning up their metadata and formats. When a batch has been cleaned in Add, I save them out with covers and opfs, delete them from Add, add them (using metadata instead of filename) to Main. That forces all the opf, format, and calibredb metadata to be consistent, at least until the next time I change any of that metadata in Main. While working on them in Add, for each book format I examine it once then assign a format quality code. This works for me at format level because I keep only one format per record. And in the future, for any multiple formats, I trust that initial evaluation and don't examine it again. I choose the format with best quality code over the others. I may have a _q3 sitting in Main for 6 months and then a _q4 for that title shows up in Add, so eventually I replace the _q3 format in Main with the _q4 from Add. I rarely use anything except _q0, _q3, or _q4. Doing it this way, worse formats have a chance of getting replaced by better later. That applies to anything that has something wrong with it: Advance Reader Copies, incomings in any format that have no bold/italics (usually caused by it previously having been a text format), problem formats of any kind, all of which are convenient to keep as placeholders.
Format Quality Tags.
_q0 wishlist item. I also use it to color that book record's text red. And for bad formats, saves the trouble of creating an empty book record or empty book placeholder format.
_q1 not used.
_q2 mostly not used, a few cases = more than minor annoyance, not fixable, retained anyway.
_q3 okay, readable with only minor annoyance.
_q4 good, readable with no annoyance.
_q5 excellent, I don't bother with this, except for a few examples.
Format cleanups. ((Habit needs revision re when to clean & fewer conversions.)) I'm not a publisher, distributor, or editor. Any cleanup I do takes valuable time. My goal isn't to make it perfect, but to spend the least amount of time possible to make it "readable by me with as little annoyance as possible." I examine all incomings for format quality, and then tag each with format-quality code. If it looks like I won't be able to clean it up in 5 minutes or less, I scrap it as not worth it or tag it _q0 and add a tag code for the type of format problems it has. I always work on a copy rather than on the main format in calibre. I haven't worried about or cleaned up most Table of Contents (TOCs) because for most books except big omnibuses I don't use or care about TOCs. I do strip out header/footer/page# when I can without causing a lot of split paragraphs, otherwise I scrap it or code it _q0. I'm comfortable in Word so I go this workflow format-conversion route: calibre epub --> rtf saved out --> Word (search/replace) docx --> Open Office odt --> add to calibre --> ePub. The conversions from rtf to docx to odt each cleans out Microsoft format garbage and reduces size considerably. If I were more comfortable in Open Office I'd simplify that workflow a lot, but I'm not yet. This way works fairly well for a beginner like me. I don't bother going the html fix-it-up path because for my purposes that's overkill and I'm not that comfortable with it yet, in Sigil or even in html tags in general. Eventually I'll probably switch over to doing it the html way, which is apparently more precise, more flexible, more similar to internal calibre-conversions, and avoids some conversion problems, but I'm not there yet.
Tags. Since beginning with calibre I gradually used the tag browser less and the search box more. At about 3 or 4 months in I stopped using a lot of columns for genre, booktype, seriesstatus etc and started using the default tags column, tag prefixes to designate tag type, and abbreviations. Example of how I use tags now on a book:
_FormatQuality, ((GenrePrimary, (GenreSecondaries, [Type, %status, miscellaneous
_q4, ((fn, (mgc, (ya, [om, %sma, %su, r3
That translates to: Format good, fantasy with magic, young adult, omnibus, in multiauthor series, series up to date, myRating=3stars (and I've read it, otherwise it wouldn't be rated).
Empty books. I don't use Empty Book command or Empty Book records. I created a folder containing empty files (originally text, later converted to epub) titled Empty01 through Empty10 by author AAA, TBD. When I need to, I add a group of 10 "empty" books and change the metadata of one or several appropriately, keeping it format code _q0. The reason I do this is because empty books don't get included when you SaveToDisk a selection of books out. If you want them included in saves that eventually get added to a different library, book records indicating wishlist items need to hold a format. If you want to avoid all that just use CopyToLibrary instead which does copy empty books without formats.
Plugins. I use these Plugins frequently now - Find Dupes, Open With, Search Internet, Quality Check.
Collections on Devices. I don't use or want them. I prefer referring to tags in main library when necessary.
News. I haven't ever used a newsfeed. Maybe someday I will if I feel a need.
CSS. I haven't used style sheets. CSS is one of the complexities I want to take baby steps into soon.
KISS your calibre use, then gradually learn any particular complexity in small steps from your KISSed baseline.
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The OP has sat there for 4 days. Has anyone complained about "Stupid" privately to mods or anyone about being offended? Books for Dummies don't bother me because I know I'm a Dummy in that subject area, otherwise I wouldn't need to read it.
Edit. OK. How about I take out the word "Stupid" leaving it as "Keep It Simple" but also keep the acronym KISS rather than changing it to KIS?
Edit2. Oh (smackmyhead), the problem is with the term Dummy having a possible derogatory connotation? I was thinking of dummy as a wooden puppet so didn't get it.
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I really like the content of your first post, and your refinement of it above, but aside from the "stupid" bit, there's no way you can call your advice simple. Anything that takes, what, 2000 words, to explain isn't simple.
I'd just call it "Advice for getting started with Calibre, from an experienced beginner!"
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Trebor, good point. [Edit3: Thank you. ]
It's not simple, plus it seems difficult at first not to get boggled in complexity. How about if I recast the use of Keep It Simple, Stupid (KISS) as follows. I make it apply only to me, not anyone else. I don't mind being called or labeled stupid (unless by a loved one). I act stupid often.
Edit. Never mind, I changed the title. "Stupid" went away.
Edit2. Let me amend that to: It seemed difficult at first not to get boggled in complexity, speaking as a new user who got boggled in complexity. But maybe I shouldn't generalize that too much to other new calibre users. in my case it may have been more a just-my-problem kind of thing since I always get boggled in complexity at first when doing something new that contains complexities because of a compulsion to ignore the simpler paths and explore the complexities to see how they work. I wasn't trying to use the provided new user paths to get started at first, I was going for too much way too fast and got boggled biting off more than I could chew.
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I noticed that many brand new users don't take any time to explore Calibre (menus and option settings) before starting their Library with the throttle wide open and no course laid in. (Some of you choices will depend on the reding di=evices you wish to support)
My advice for all new programs, Calibre included: "Take time to look at all the menu choices, see what options settings are available, and always explore the Right click (context) menu choices.
Change (almost) nothing at this time. (That setting, may not really do what you think it does. Read the balloon help twice).
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I actually deleted a lot of advice like that from the KISS revision after I added it in yesterday.
Read the manual. Read the tutorials. Pay attention to mouse tips. Think about what stuff does before doing it in a bulk operation. Be nice on the forum.
I deleted it because…. Hmm, I'm not sure why I deleted it. I think I was worried about size of the post and trying not to repeat a lot from the manual. Maybe I should add stuff like that back in. Use spoilers, or something.
Edit: If as new user I didn't bother to read the documentation carefully, why would I want to pay attention to yet more documentation offering advice that is contained in other documentation or is just common sense?
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But I draw the line at "Complete Idiot's Guide to XXX" I won't buy those.
I'm a relatively new user of Calibre, and I love it. (Thank you, Mr. Goyal!) I believe I understood unboggling's points (even the one about children's tennis -- I think some folks just get their panties in a wad too quickly).
I look at using Calibre with its defaults as the KISS approach. I've discovered I vacillate between jackie_w's two groups, so now I'm exploring plugins and other programs to use in conjunction with Calibre to get the books I want the way I want (or at least a way I can live with).
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I left Bellevue a long time ago, so I use OpenOffice.org for my word processing needs. OOo allows search and replace based on regular expressions or format tags.
I recently discovered the OOo extension <a href="http://lukesblog.it/ebooks/ebook-tools/writer2epub/">Writer2epub</a>.
Writer2epub will generate a valid epub from a document, separating it into chapters based on heading tags if you wish (or not, if you don't).
One long-out-of-print book I wanted was available to me only as a single big blob of text. I used OOo and Writer2epub to make a nice book out of it.
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Kentucky Lake
(Kentucky, USA / Tennessee, USA)
|Kentucky Lake is the largest man-made lake east of the Mississippi when measured by surface acres at "full pond," the normal water level: 184 miles long, 2 miles wide, 160,309 surface acres, and 2,380 miles of shoreline! The lake stretches south across the western tip of Kentucky into Tennessee. Kentucky ...
Lake Barkley
(Kentucky, USA / Tennessee, USA)
|Lake Barkley is one of the premier recreational destinations in Western Kentucky. The reservoir was created by the Army Corps of Engineers in 1966 for flood control, hydroelectric power, and navigation; the Barkley Dam impounds the Cumberland River near Grand Rivers, Kentucky. Lake Barkley offers visitors ...
Lake Guntersville
(Alabama, USA / Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Guntersville Lake, Guntersville Reservoir
Alabama's Mountain Region contains the state's largest lake: Lake Guntersville. Cradled in the Appalachian foothills of northern Alabama, it's located between Bridgeport and Guntersville, stretching 75 miles into Tennessee (near Chattanooga). 949 miles of shoreline surround its 69,000 acres. Lake Guntersville ...
Chickamauga Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Chickamauga Reservoir
Chickamauga Lake is a fabulous recreational reservoir. It is located in southeast Tennessee, 20 miles from Chattanooga, and includes 810 miles of shoreline to enjoy. The name Chickamauga derives from a warlike tribe that separated from the main Cherokee Indian tribe and built its chief village along ...
Norris Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Norris Reservoir
Just 25 miles north of Knoxville, Tennessee, Norris Lake is the first reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Named for Senator George Norris, author of the legislation that created the TVA, Norris Lake is 129 miles long and surrounded by plenty of secluded coves to explore. Extending ...
Watts Bar Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Watts Bar Reservoir
Midway between Knoxville and Chattanooga, Watts Bar Lake has been called "King of the Southern Great Lakes." Watts Bar Lake is an impoundment of the Tennessee River created by Watts Bar Dam. Construction on the dam started in 1939 and was finished in 1942 three weeks after the Japanese bombed Pearl ...
Dale Hollow Lake
(Kentucky, USA / Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Dale Hollow Reservoir
Dale Hollow Lake, straddling the Kentucky-Tennessee border, is an artificial lake that was formed by damming the Obey and Cumberland Rivers. As with many other lakes in this region of the United States, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers took on the project in order to provide flood control for the surrounding ...
Douglas Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Douglas Reservoir
Douglas Lake, also known as Douglas Reservoir, stretches out over more than 28,000 acres and 500 shoreline miles in eastern Tennessee. Douglas Lake is conveniently located near the intersections of Interstates 81 and 40, approximately 25 miles east of Knoxville. Nestled in the foothills of the Great ...
Pickwick Lake
(Alabama, USA / Mississippi, USA / Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Pickwick Reservoir
Pickwick Lake is a 43,100-acre reservoir created by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) with construction of Pickwick Landing Dam across the Tennessee River. Construction of Pickwick Lake reservoir took four years to complete, from 1934 to 1938. Pickwick Reservoir stretches out over 53 miles, from ...
Old Hickory Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
|Only half an hour outside of Nashville, Old Hickory Lake offers outdoor recreational opportunities for millions of visitors to the middle region of Tennessee each year. The massive man-made lake is located upstream from the city along the Cumberland River. A vital transportation link, the 22,500-acre ...
Cherokee Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Cherokee Reservoir
Cherokee Lake: Artists stop at Clinch Mountain Overlook to paint it, and photographers to photograph it, and every year millions of people come from all over to enjoy its beautiful waters. Cherokee Lake is a fantastic place to boat, fish, and enjoy. With Pigeon Forge, Tennessee nearby, there is sure ...
Cordell Hull Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Cordell Hull Reservoir
One of the premier spots for water-based recreation in the Middle Tennessee region is Cordell Hull Lake. Built by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, the Cordell Hull Dam across the Cumberland River created a lake covering nearly 12,000 acres. This impounded a large pool of water to provide ...
Fort Loudoun Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Fort Loudoun Reservoir
Named for a nearby 18th century British fort, Fort Loudoun Lake draws millions of visitors every year for fishing, boating, and wildlife viewing. Located at the headwaters of the Tennessee River, Fort Loudoun Lake extends 55 miles from Lenoir City to Knoxville. It is the first in a chain of nine reservoirs ...
Tellico Reservoir
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Tellico Lake
About 30 minutes south of Knoxville, nestled in the mountains of eastern Tennessee, Tellico Lake is the lake that almost wasn't. Extending 33 miles along the Little Tennessee River, the lake has become an asset for commerce and recreation. Construction on Tellico Dam began in 1967, but Tellico Lake ...
Center Hill Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Center Hill Reservoir
Center Hill Lake is almost completely surrounded by the beautiful hardwood forested hills of the Tennessee Eastern Highlands. Center Hill Lake has 18,000 acres of boating, fishing and water recreation with over 400 miles of shoreline. It is an outdoor recreation jewel with over 20 boat ramps and seven ...
Cheatham Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
|Middle Tennessee is blessed with a wealth of recreational opportunities created by Cheatham Lake. The lake itself is more properly called a wide spot in the Cumberland River, created by the US Army Corps of Engineers with the building of the Cheatham Lock and Dam northeast of Nashville. Originally mandated ...
Tims Ford Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Tims Ford Reservoir
Nestled in south central Tennessee between Tullahoma and Winchester, the clear, deep water of the Elk River meets the wooded sloped shores of Tims Ford Reservoir. The water creates inlets and coves popular with both anglers and boaters. Evidence suggests that the area has been inhabited for over ...
J. Percy Priest Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: J. Percy Priest Reservoir
One of the most popular recreation sites in the Middle Tennessee region of J Percy Priest lake. Less than 15 minutes from downtown Nashville, the reservoir receives over seven million visitors a year who come to enjoy sightseeing, swimming, picnicking, boating, fishing, water skiing, hunting, and camping. ...
Melton Hill Reservoir
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Melton Hill Lake
Melton Hill Reservoir, also known as Melton Hill Lake, is an impoundment of the Clinch River. Located near Oak Ridge, TN, the reservoir extends 57 miles upstream from Melton Hill Dam to Norris Dam. With over 5,000 acres of water, there is plenty of room to explore, and anglers will find abundant fish ...
Nickajack Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Nickajack Reservoir
Set against the spectacular scenery and steep walls of the Tennessee River Gorge, Nickajack Lake is the perfect place to relax on the water, fish, or explore the nature and wildlife of the Cumberland Mountains. Nickajack Lake is an impoundment of the Tennessee River and one of nine reservoirs on ...
South Holston Lake
(Tennessee, USA / Virginia, USA)
Also known as: South Holston Reservoir
An impoundment of the South Fork Holston River, South Holston Lake is an exceptional place to fish and boat. Straddling the Virginia and Tennessee state line, it's a great place to visit and "A Good Place to Live." Created by the South Holston Dam, South Holston Lake is a project of the Tennessee ...
Boone Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Boone Reservoir
Boone Lake is one of a series of reservoirs lying among the hills in northeast Tennessee. Completed on March 16, 1953, Boone Lake was constructed, and is maintained, by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for flood control, water supply, recreation and production of hydropower. Spread across Sullivan ...
Great Falls Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Great Falls Reservoir, Rock Island Lake
One of the best-kept secret destination lakes in the Middle Tennessee area is Great Falls Lake. The 1800-acre reservoir formed behind Great Falls Dam offers 120 miles of shoreline and a wide variety of boating and fishing experiences to those lucky enough to find it. The lovely, high-end homes scattered ...
Parksville Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Lake Ocoee, Ocoee Lake
Parksville Lake, also known as Ocoee Reservoir, is one of three reservoirs in Polk County near Cleveland,TN. Together the reservoirs run through some of the most beautiful country in Tennessee and provide visitors with plenty of opportunities for outdoor adventures. Parksville Lake is the largest ...
Watauga Lake
(Tennessee, USA)
Also known as: Lake Watauga
Watauga Lake exudes independence, solitude, and nature's bounty. If these traditional American values appeal to you, then you need to visit pristine Watauga Lake. Hidden among the Appalachian Mountains of northeastern Tennessee, the reservoir - covering 6,430 acres - is little-known and lightly visited. ...