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- " unable to initialize windows socket interface error code 0, IPMONTR.DLL failed to start with error code 10107 "
- " An error occurred while renewing interface 'Internet': An operation was attempted on something that is not a socket "
- " An error occurred while renewing interface Local Area Connection: the requested service provider could not be loaded or initialized "
- " The page cannot be displayed "
- " An error occurred while renewing interface local area connection: an operation was attempted on something that is not a socket. Unable to contact driver Error code 2 "
- " The operation failed since no adapter is in the state permissible for this operation "
- " The attempted operation is not supported for the type of object referenced "
the meaning of these errors are the Winsock registry keys are damaged or corrupted.
how to determine the winsock2 key is corrupted for windows xp, use one of the following methods.
method 1 - Netdiag tool
To use the Netdiag tool, you must install the Microsoft Windows XP Support Tools. To do so, follow these steps
- Insert your Windows XP Setup CD, and then locate the Support\Tools folder.
- Double-click the Setup.exe file.
- Follow the steps on the screen until you reach the Select An Installation Type screen.
- On the Select An Installation Type screen, click Complete, and then click Next.
- Click Start, click Run, type Command, and then click OK
- Type netdiag /test:winsock, and then press ENTER.
method 2 - use the Msinfo32 program
note - Use this method only if you do not have a Windows XP Setup CD and you do not have Support Tools installed.
- Click Start, click Run, type Msinfo32, and then click OK.
- Expand Components, expand Network, and then click Protocol.
- You will have ten sections under Protocol. The section headings will include the following names if the Winsock2 key is undamaged:
- MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]
- MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP]
- RSVP UDP Service Provider
- RSVP TCP Service Provider
- MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip...
- MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip...
- MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip...
- MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip...
- MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip...
- MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip...
If the names are anything different from those in this list, the Winsock2 key is corrupted, or you have a third-party add-on, such as proxy software, installed.
If there are more than ten sections in the list, you have third-party additions installed.
If there are fewer than ten sections, there is information missing.
manual steps to recover from winsock2 corruption
step 1
to repair winsock in windows xp
- go to the command prompt
- type netsh winsock reset at the command prompt, and then press ENTER.
- Restart the computer after you run this command
deleted the corrupted registry key
This method contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully.
- Click Start, and then click Run.
- In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK.
- In Registry Editor, locate the following keys, right-click each key, and then click Delete:
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock
note - Restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys. Doing so causes the Windows XP operating system to create new shell entries for those two keys. If you do not restart the computer after you delete the Winsock keys, the next step does not work correctly.
- HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Winsock2
- When you are prompted to confirm the deletion, click Yes.
step 3
install TCP/IP
- Right-click the network connection, and then click Properties.
- Click Install.
- Click Protocol, and then click Add.
- Click Have Disk.
- Type C:\Windows\inf, and then click OK.
- On the list of available protocols, click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click OK
- Restart the computer.
Click Start, and then click Search
In the Search Companion pane, click More advanced options
Click to select the following three check boxes
- Search system folders
- Search hidden files and folders
- Search subfolders
In the results pane, right-click Nettcpip.inf, and then click Install.
- Restart the computer.


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Today I leave to go speak at Saddleback's Worship Conference for the 3rd year in a row. I love Rick Muchow and his staff. They put on a first-rate conference and I'm honored to be a part of it again. If you're going to be there, please stop by and say "hi".
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Church Marketing Sucks, Tony Steward and Tony Morgan blogged about making Guy Kawasaki's Modern Church Alltop List, so I will, too. 🙂
I am the 4th blogger listed on this very interesting list. So many of my friends and peers are listed here. This is a great place to check out some very relevant blogs worth reading! Thanks Guy! You can check it out HERE.
Thanks to Tony Steward for providing this:
*By the way, I encourage you to check out Tony's "Internet Campus Starter Kit" blog – it's great!
The following was supposed to post on Monday morning:
Yesterday I flew out to Orange County, CA. Hopefully, I made it to Mosaic's 8pm service in LA. Today I have a meeting with Brian Kim of NewSong Church and then will see Leeland in concert tonight. I'm in the OC speaking at Saddleback's Worship Conference.
I'll also be doing a Church 2.0 Local Forum this Thursday at NewSong Church in Irvine. I'll be returning on Friday.
The other day I blogged about my summer schedule. Today I wanted to tell you about my very important sponsors that are a huge support of my ministry and for that I am ever grateful.
- Saddleback's Worship Conference & Festival: EasyWorship and SermonSpice
- SC Worship conference: FortyOneTwenty
- ECHO Church Media Conference: EasyWorship
- Church 2.0 Local Forums (Regional events for Church leaders that I host):
I am extremely honored and humbled to partner with these companies and thankful for their support of my ministry. I encourage you to check them out.
For the record: Tiger Woods is THE MAN! I don't care if you call it a man-crush – maybe it is. I just know that if he's playing and I turn to that channel – I can't turn it off. I don't care if they ever show the other golfers. I actually wish they wouldn't – just keep the camera on Tiger, even when he's walking to his next shot. All Tiger, all the time. I don't need to see any other golfer on the screen. Take that, Phil M.!
It is June, my daughter is out of school and it's officially summer! Summer can be crazy, but I've said "no" to lots of conferences, so my travel schedule is not as crazy as it could be.
Here's what's going on so far:
- Starting at home
- Sometime this summer we'll take a family vacation and may do a couple more quick camping getaways.
- At Bent Tree, we have a Fine Arts Day Camp every summer. This will take place in late July and will feature over 440 kids on our stage for a children's musical. The day camp will be spread out all over our campus, using just about every room with AV.
- We'll be working on launching our Life Lines Live (video announcements), as well as offering a video of our message on our website and as a video podcast on iTunes.
- This summer, behind-the-scenes, we'll be prepping for our official "Grand Opening", which is set for the month of September – with various things happening each week.
- We'll also be getting ready to launch our new FX Live (family experience, kind of like KidStuf at North Point), which officially starts on Sept. 7.
- Conference speaking and consulting:
- Consulting at First Baptist Odessa, TX this Friday, June 13th
- Speaking at Saddleback's Worship Conference & Festival: June 23-26
- Worship conference in South Carolina: July 31-August 2
- ECHO Church Media Conference: August 14-16
- Church 2.0 Local Forums (Regional events for Church leaders that I host):
- Orange County (NewSong Church): June 26
- Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz Bible Church): July 10
- Upstate, SC (SpringWell Church): July 30
- Writing:
- I'll continue this blog and my weekly column for Monday Morning Insight
- I'll write a few new articles for magazines
- My main focus will be on the Church 2.0 book

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Tonight I have a really quick card to share. I attempted the bokeh technique but unfortunately I'm not at all satisfied with the results. (yes- I know I'm a perfectionist. I can't help it!)
I totally LOVE the look of bokeh photography. I'm just not good at translating it into card form.
Thanks for stopping by!
Card Ingredients:
Card Stock: Melon Mambo, Whisper White
Inks: Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight
Tools/other supplies: Watercolor Paper, Stampin' Trimmer, Big Shot, Hello You Thinlits dies, Handheld Stapler, 1/2" Seam Binding Ribbon (Daffodil Delight), Paper Doily)


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K8, Nats and I went to GenCon and we are going to go again next year, you should come as well because it was awesome.
Next year the show is on the 14th -17th of August : http://gencon.com/
Here is a rough breakdown of costs and what you should think about to get there:
Flights. We were recommended DIALAFLIGHT www.dialaflight.com
(0161-953-5000, fax 0161-932-1919, Waterside Court, 1 Britannia Road, Sale, Cheshire, M33 2AA ) by Gav . Morgan our lovely and extremely helpful sales adviser sorted everything for us, she was pleasant and efficient throughout.
Check where your departure terminal and point are, in our outward bound journey these were the further possible point from where we entered which lead to things being needlessly exciting!
The flights cost about £900 ish each, but we had booked late, they are cheaper earlier in the year so book as early as you can! I reckon we can probably get them for closer to £700 if we book this year or before April.
We flew with United Airlines (part of the Star Alliance) and were very impressed, a nice easy journey throughout with no snags and all the luggage in the right place! We had flown with Delta previously and had a horrible time in terms of delays, uncomfortable flying, unhelpful staff and not getting to the con until the Thursday lunchtime, and then not getting luggage until Friday! All of which was obviously rubbish! Don't use Delta.
There is a luggage allowance of 23kg there and back but you can take 2 pieces of hand luggage into the cabin with you. This meant that on the way back our packed suitcases had light bulky stuff in and our messenger bags (GenCon merch of course) and backpacks/small suitcases were stuffed with books and manuals, dice and heavy stuff in the cabin with us.
If you take an extra case back with you it will cost $100, if you are over your luggage allowance it will cots $200.
You can ship things home and there are shipping stand points at intervals throughout the convention as everyone always buys too much!
Transport costs: We got a shuttle bus from the airport to our hotel, it's set up specifically for conventions and drops off at all of the nearby hotels in the centre of the city. This cost us $10 each. On the way back to the airport we got a cab from outside the hotel, this cost just over $30 for the three of us. In both cases this was easy and there were loads of taxis and a regular shuttle bus.
When to arrive and leave: We went for the entire week Monday to Monday. if you don't want to get that far I recommend arriving on Tuesday evening, spending Wednesday getting over jet lag and then picking up your badges and tickets on Wednesday when the Will Call line opens. We left at about 3am Monday morning, so we got the entirety of Sunday at the show and then chilled out and packed in a leisurely fashion.
Visas, the ESTA:
The ESTA, this is an odd little US Visa style thing which EVERYONE non American needs. Make sure you use the US government site. This costs about £10 and a % of this goes to the US tourist people to promote America. It can all be done online and you usually get confirmation there and then.
Ensure you have a passport and that it has at least 6 months left on it otherwise they are not keen to let you in and you can't get an ESTA.
Hotel. We stayed at the JW Marriott but there are loads near the convention centre. The booking for the rooms opens on a specific date, your best bet is to keep an eye on the Gen Con website for when that will be. This year the hotel booking opened in January, so expect it to be similar next year. This link should update when they have info about next year. Our hotel had a room rate of $220 per night but many are cheaper and you pay for a room and can then put as many people in it as you can fit.
Badges. A 4 day pass cost about $75. Badge registration opens on 31st January and goes on for a couple of months during which time you can get a refund if you foolishly decide not to go. We bought our badges first as a commitment thing to show we intended to do the expensive stuff later!
Event tickets are for a specific event i.e. seminar, game, show etc. Its worth getting them even though you can use generic tickets or if the event is free. This is for 2 reasons, firstly it lets them tell how many people were interested and booked for the event and also then allows them to see who turned up. More importantly if you are registered and hand in your ticket you get put into a draw for each seminar to win free stuff, often signed by the author/creator etc. Which rocks!
Generic tickets cost $2 each; a normal session of a game costs about one ticket, some things cost more than that. A lot of events sell out pretty quickly so have an idea what sort of things you want to do in advance and book them as early as possible on the Gen Con Website.
Trade Hall of awesome
I also suggest leaving plenty of time to look through the trade hall as it is very difficult to see the whole thing. It is MASSIVE! It makes London's Olympia look like a bit of a shed! There's also loads of games and demos happening so you'll need time to play as well as shop and chat to artists, designers, craftspeople, gamers, etc.
It might be worthwhile making a plan to see the things you NEED then the MUST HAVES then look at the things you might like etc.
We ended up spending about $50 each a day for food, but we ate out a lot, so it would be easy to do this for less. A word of warning, cheese is a food group, although its odd cheese and veg is rare or deep fried and battered and THEN covered in cheese unless you order a salad.
Steak & shake: http://www.steaknshake.com/
There are cheap places like Steak & Shake which ought to be visited just for a fast food diner experience. Its pretty much chips burgers and liquidised knickerbocker glories posing as milk shakes! Cheap, filling and cheerful!
Patachou in the Park: http://www.cafepatachou.com/
This is just over from the Hyatt this lovely place is breakfast/brunch specialist open from 7am ish to 3pm. Its always busy during GenCon days so leave plenty of time to queue and eat!
Chinese Food: Its in the entrance to the shopping precinct, I can't remember the name of the place but food was awesome and all the staff had dressed up for the GenCon, we got served by a very lovely, VERY camp, Harry Potter who thankfully didn't try and attempt an English accent!
Le Peep:http://www.lepeepindy.com/
A lovely little place for breakfast/lunch, extremely friendly staff, MASSIVE amounts of food and amazing pancakes the size of our head served with your choice of anything and a pint of maple syrup!
In the con = not too bad, but can be pricey and not very varied, although the sandwiches were huge and more than enough for lunch! Beware convention pizza its a bit odd as American cheese is a bit strange too!
Food vans: These are a mixed bag, with loads of variety, mostly very good and more importantly open from early till very late.
Shopping Centre food court: This was actually pretty good and surprisingly quick and cheap. It does get busy though!
The Palamino: http://www.palomino.com/
close to the shopping mall on one of the many cross road intersections. This was overpriced, slow service and pretentious and when the food arrived it was pretty mediocre. Ok for a drink but don't both with the food, there was a reason it was nearly empty and everywhere else was heaving.
Spending money. Bring as much as you can. We budgeted for about $1000 each, it will never be enough because even if you buy everything you want to you will then need to ship it back or pay $200 for a suitcase over 23kg or $100 to bring an extra suitcase back home!
Total cost: We spent about £2000 each. You can probably do it cheaper with a little bit more effort.
Should I bring dressing up gear?
Well K8 won a costume prize in her normal clothes so you might not need to, but there is loads of cosplaying and a Costume contest. Loads of people dress up as well as sporting the latest Geek/Nerd T-shirts, its very welcoming for people in any costume.
You can see coverage of this year's costume contest here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G99AYs0tuxc
What is there to do?
Absolutely loads, as well as all the gaming slots and demo games available in the trade hall there are non-gaming activities aimed at spouses, seminars on writing, game design and loads more. There are parties, live music and an awards ceremony. Even in the evenings all the lobbies of the nearby hotels fill up with people playing games.
We got to Indy early and saw the Indianapolis Zoo, the Museums and walked some of the White River complex. The Colts American football stadium is also very well worth the $10 for the hour and a half of seeing all over the Lucas Oil stadium.
Everything is within walking distance but you need to think of it as more of a hike as everything is really spread out.
What is good to see/get to early?
Living dungeon events sell out very very early so book them in January if you want them.
Typically several distributors will have a small number of a very cool new thing that they will have flown in ahead of the normal delivery. This year the Pathfinder Adventure card game sold out in three hours and Fantasy Flight Games normally has something that goes very quickly. If there is a new release you really want from the show make getting it your first priority.
Industry vs. public events: There is a retailer day on the Wednesday but we didn't do anything for it. Otherwise most of the events are open to the public and it is very easy to be able to talk to industry people on the floor of the convention.
Thanks to K8 and Nats for contributing loads to this post.


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OLYMPIA - Average retail gasoline prices across the state have fallen 0.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.72 per gallon this week, according to GasBuddy's daily survey of 2,666 gas outlets in Washington.
This compares with the national average that has fallen 0.7 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.26 per gallon, according to GasBuddy.
Including the change in gas prices in Washington during the past week, prices on Feb. 5 were 61.5 cents per gallon higher than the same day one year ago and are 0.5 cents per gallon higher than a month ago. The national average has decreased 10.9 cents per gallon during the last month and stands 51.6 cents per gallon higher than this day one year ago.
According to GasBuddy historical data, gasoline prices on Feb. 6 in Washington have ranged widely over the last five years including $2.10 per gallon in 2016, $2.18 per gallon in 2015, $3.29 per gallon in 2014, $3.52 per gallon in 2013 and $3.50 per gallon in 2012.
"Gasoline prices nationally have continued their typical seasonal trajectory lower," said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy. "Gasoline inventories have continued to show impressive gains lately, limiting the effects of rising oil prices on gasoline prices for the time being."
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This week's edition of 20 Questions, 7 Answers is going beyond weird, past odd, and deep into Strange territory. Ladies, gentlemen, and others...allow me to introduce you to author Kevin Strange...
If you could have chosen your own name when you were born, what would it have been?
KS: It would be Kevin Strange. Because that's not my real name. I was a big Harry Potter head before I became a film maker and decided to take the LeStrange's name as my own, but shorten it because reasons. I don't like my real name. No offense to my family but our name got me picked on mercilessly throughout school and I could go the rest of my life without hearing it and be just fine.
Who or what is your favorite movie monster, and why?
KS: Werewolves are my favorite movie monsters. Always have been since I was a little kid and saw the Howling flicks, Monster Squad, Teen Wolf, Silver Bullet. Later when I was a little older, Dog Soldiers, Ginger Snaps, American Werewolf in London. I think when you hate everything about yourself and everyone in your life picks on you and makes you feel like a piece of shit, there's an appeal in that transformation from nothing into a powerful, sexy, violent monster that can rip all of the adversaries in your life into tiny ribbons. I was even obsessed with the role playing game Werewolf the Apocalypse. The werewolf art alone in that book was worth the 25 dollar price tag for the hardcover rule book. I didn't have any friends to play with, so that's pretty much all I did. Read the backstory of the werewolf packs, looked at the pictures and tried to draw my own werewolves. There was somehow a witchcraft book in my middle school library (this was the 80s when shit like that happened and nobody gave a fuck) which had a spell in it to transform into a werewolf under a full moon. I wasn't ate up enough to actually try to find the wolf skin and wolf piss to use to perform the ritual, but I fantasized about it a lot.
If you could be reincarnated as a sentient but inanimate object, what would you like to be?
KS: Are dicks inanimate? They grow and move around and perform functions so they move. But they're not sentient so I'm going with dicks so I can say I'd want to be a sentient dick. I'd ride around on my human host Krang style from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, always dick-high from everyone we meet so I could check out their kibbles and bits. And I'd get to fuck with my face. Which I do anyway, but my face would be a dick so it would be like fucking everything with my own head. What was the question?
What happens when you die?
KS: You're dead and that REALLY sucks. I used to work for a dude who was convinced I believed in an afterlife because the thought of eternal oblivion scares the holy fucking crap out of me. I don't understand how that makes me some kind of closet theist. Oblivion doesn't sound fun at all. It sounds boring as fuck. It actually doesn't sound like anything because the human mind can't comprehend what that even means. Remember before you were born? No. Of course you don't because it's completely beyond human understanding. This dude's argument was that you can't be scared or feel anything when you're dead so there's nothing to be afraid of. SORRY DUDE, I'm afraid of FOREVER NOTHING! Next question.
What's the most disgusting thing about the human body?
KS: How about we start with the fact that it even exists? Why kind of cruel god makes up people and then shits them out in a world with absolutely no clue what they're supposed to do. They have to figure out shit like beating the other life forms to death with rocks and sticks makes it easier to keep on living with a minimum amount of the people they love and cherish dying at the hands of their food. Or that making fire is a good idea because it makes food taste good and cold kills you. Or that multi-national conglomerates and psychotic bankers control absolutely everything they see and hear in order to create mindless consumers whose entire lives exist only to serve the profits of a small group of evil men. We had to figure all that shit out on our own at the same time people create bombs and viruses to wipe billions of years of life off the planet in a single instant. And even if they don't, an asteroid could smash into Earth's fucking face and render 25,000 years of human progress moot in an instant. That's pretty disgusting. Maybe poop is more disgusting. Poop is pretty gross.
What's your secret?
KS: Secret to what? I have all kinds of fucked up secrets. I'm not telling you that shit. Are you crazy? Are you trying to become an accessory to some shit you're going to wish you didn't even know after I tell you? No way. So I'm going to assume you me my secret to success. Well, I'm not successful at all if success means that my art pays for my life in any way shape or form. And you'd think after ten fucking years of doing this bullshit that I'd at least be paying a mortgage off the crap I shit out. Nope. So let's assume you mean the secret to my output. Yes. Here we go. I write a ton of shit. What's my secret to writing so much bullshit? Simple. I'm never satisfied. As soon as I'm done with one thing I immediately need to start working on something else to try to chase that high I got the first time I created art that truly transcended who I was as a human being and represented exactly what I needed to express to the universe at that exact moment in time and space. That feeling of needing to communicate my helplessness, the futility of my existence, the tragedy of my fucked up life. I always want it. I always need it. It's the only feeling that makes me truly alive. Even if it only lasts for a second.
Do you listen to music when you write, and if so, what? Is it different than what you listen to when you're not writing?
KS: I listen almost exclusively to fantasy metal. Shit like Iced Earth, Dragonforce, Manowar, Rhapsody of Fire, Hammerfall, and Iron Maiden even though they're not fantasy, they're just the greatest band in the world. I used to listen to angry metal. I spent a lot of time listening to sad metal and industrial music. But now it's just the uplifting, heroic sounds of warriors fighting for freedom and justice against evil wizards and dragons. It probably has to do with the fact that my life is nothing but a sad series of terrible mistakes, missed opportunities, backstabbing friends and lovers, and failed attempts at making a living off my art. A real comic tragedy. So I listen to extremely positive music in order to keep waking up every day and pretending to be a functional adult so I don't just turtle up under my covers and rot away into the piece of shit I know I am. Anyway, I listen to this crap when I write, when I drive, when I eat, when I jack off. I just try to keep the positive vibes flowing constantly like some kind of last ditch effort or vain attempt at staying connected to the rest of humanity. Also it keeps me pretty amped up when I'm writing sex or fighting scenes which is pretty much exclusively what I write.
Kevin Strange is an award winning author with two published novels to his credit, ROBAMAPOCALYPSE and VAMPIRE GUTS IN NUKE TOWN, two short story collections, THE LAST GIG ON PLANET EARTH, and MURDER STORIES FOR YOUR BRAIN PIECE, as well as numerous novellas including MCHUMANS, COMPUTERFACE, and COTTON CANDY. He loves schlocky B-movies, Bizarro fiction and Iron Maiden records.
Find out more about Kevin here:
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Astronomers have accurately measured the distance between Earth and a particular black hole for the first time. And wow, is it close.
The researchers determined that the black hole V404 Cygni is located 7,800 light-years from Earth — or just slightly more than half the distance that was previously assumed.
That puts it relatively nearby to Earth, where the distance to the center of the galaxy is about 26,000 light-years, and the nearest star beyond the sun is a mere 4.2 light-years away.
Full article on Space.com
Black Hole Closer to Earth Than Thought
Posted by Naacal at 11:04 PM
2 comments:
- avinash raj said...
Happy New Year ! I share some of the same interests and find your links fascinating and visit daily. Best wishes for 2010
- Friday, January 01, 2010 1:22:00 AM
- Naacal said...
Thank you very much.
Happy 2010 to you and your family and friends
- Friday, January 01, 2010 3:44:00 AM


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Couple who survived Colorado theater shootings to get married on 1st anniversary of tragedy
AURORA, Colo. – A young couple who survived the Aurora theater shootings have scheduled their wedding for the anniversary of the tragedy.
Eugene Han and Kirstin Davis told KMGH-TV (http://tinyurl.com/brtdddl ) in a story Tuesday that they decided to get married on July 20 to make it a happier day.
Han was shot in the hip and knee, and Davis says she suffered minor scratches during the assault on the packed movie theater. Twelve people were killed and 70 injured.
Davis says the wedding date was Han's idea.
Davis says they want to show that bad things happen, but people can keep going.
James Holmes is charged with multiple counts of murder and attempted murder, and prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Holmes' lawyers say he wants to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Information from: KMGH-TV, http://www.thedenverchannel.com


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Reviews for pickleball paddles can be found on the websites of sporting goods stores such as Dick's Sporting Goods, general retailers such as Amazon and specialty retailers such as Pickleball Central. Reviews are for specific brands and models of pickleball rackets and unique to each site's user base.
To view reviews of a particular pickleball racket on Amazon, users must first navigate to that paddle's individual product listing. At the top of the page, users can find a quick summary of the paddle's information, including a link to the full review section, as of March 2015. In order to write a review, users must have an Amazon account that has successfully completed one paid physical transaction or digital download as a means of verifying the user's identity. The site does not require its users to purchase an item in order to write a review, though it does add a special designation to those reviews written after the user purchased the item from Amazon.
Reviews on the Dick's Sporting Goods site consist of both a satisfaction rating that consists of one to five stars and a written section where the users discuss their experience with the pickleball paddle. Other users are able to rate the review based on its level of helpfulness.


text: As seen on the G5's tech specs site ( http://www.apple.com/powermac/specs.html ): Hardware accessories: Apple Pro Keyboard, Apple Pro Mouse, USB keyboard extension cable, DVI to VGA adapter, modem cable, AirPort antenna Pro Keyboard and Pro Mouse? Those are not shown in the G5-store. Could be 'cause it's not yet implemented in the store system. In addition to this, the Exposé control panel does show a "right click" setting instead of a ctrl-click. Did Apple use something like that before?


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English Name: Fenugreek Leaves
Common Indian Name (Hindi): Methi Ke Patte
- The leaves of the Fenugreek plant, also known as Greek Hay or Methi, are used as a culinary herb and are generally grown as a potherb.
- Though native to Eastern Mediterranean region, the plant is grown worldwide.
Fenugreek is a digestive aid. Reducing the sugar level of the blood, it is used in diabetes in conjunction with insulin.
- It also lowers blood pressure. Fenugreek relieves congestion, reduces inflammation and fights infection. Fenugreek contains natural expectorant properties ideal for treating sinus and lung congestion, and loosens & removes excess mucus and phlegm.
- Fenugreek is also an excellent source of selenium, an anti-radiant which helps the body utilize oxygen. Fenugreek is a natural source of iron, silicon, sodium and thiamine.


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Certain areas of Colorado, my home state, are like another world entirely. Here, not being an NRA member is considered foolish. So while the rest of the country has all but declared Obama the victor, many here have a totally different take. At the mention of his name to one local small business owner, the nice, older lady shuddered and put her head down. "He scares me," she said. I asked her why, partially expecting what would be an elaborate answer to avoid sounding racist. But before I could brace myself for it, this lady said (and what I think was a non-racist response), "Because he's a socialist! He believes in taking money away from people who work hard for it."
Another person explained to me in all seriousness that while Obama will win, it will be very hard times for all of us when the civil war breaks out. The overall increase in prices resulting from Obama's higher corporate taxes will worsen the economy and make essential goods like food scarce and expensive, forcing us all, Mad Max-like, to steal food from each other. Adding to that tension, Western-based militia (yes, the Tim McVeigh kind), who already detest the government and the FISA-approving Obama, will attack the federal government routinely, de-stabilizing the nation. Still others here claim that on the off chance Obama loses, or even if he wins as expected, a violent race riot will break out all over the country.
"I see where the country is going, and I'm getting a gun to protect myself," another would-be vigilante told me. Other people must be thinking this too (and/or that Obama is going to ban or limit gun sales), as gun sales all over the nation have risen.
Are you scared of things that go bump in the night, like Harvard Law-trained socialists? Or are you more scared of post-wardrobe makeover hockey moms? Will we survive the spookiest election yet?


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Ashleigh's List
Monday, February 25, 2008
I'm reposting my list because I have a new blog :
I'm using this opportunity to mark some books off the 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die as well as take the time to check out some books that I've been meaning to read for awhile.
completed books written in red
1 :: Books by Charles Dickens
: Our Mutual Friend
: A Tale of Two Cities (review)
: Hard Times
: Bleak House
: David Copperfield
: Martin Chuzzlewit
: Nicholas Nickleby
: Oliver Twist
2 :: Written in the 1700s
: Robinson Crusoe . Daniel Defoe
: Gulliver's Travels . Jonathan Swift
: The Female Quixote . Charlotte Lennox (review)
: Dangerous Liasons . Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
: The 120 Days of Sodom . Marquis de Sade
: Hyperion . Friedrich Holderlin
: Fanny Hill . John Cleland
: The Vicar of Wakefield . Oliver Goldsmith
5 :: Written in the 1800s
: She . H. Rider Haggard
: Fruits of the Earth. Andre Gide
: Kidnapped . Robert Louis Stevenson
: By the Open Sea . August Strindberg
: Far From the Maddening Crowd . Thomas Hardy
: In A Glass Darkly . Sheridan le Fanu
: The Moonstone . Wilkie Collins
: Madame Bovary . Gustave Flaubert
4 :: Written in the 1900s
: Underworld . Don DeLillo
: Empire of the Sun . J.G. Ballard
: Cold Comfort Farm : Stella Gibbons (review)
: 2001: A Space Odyssey . Arthur C. Clarke
: The Last Temptation of Christ . Nikos Kazantzakis
: Les Enfants Terribles . Jean Cocteau
: Tarzan of the Apes . Edgar Rice Burroughs
: Where Angels Fear to Tread . E.M. Forster (review)
5 :: Over 500 pages
: The Three Musketeers . Alexandre Dumas
: Pamela . Samuel Richardson
: Les Misérables . Victor Hugo
: Middlemarch . George Eliot (review)
: The Brothers Karamazov . Fyodor Dostoevsky
: Ben-Hur . Lew Wallace
: Germinal . Emile Zola
: Remembrance of Things Past . Marcel Proust
6 :: Books Written by Last Names Beginning with - M
: One Hundred Years of Solitude . Gabriel Garcia Marquez
: A Woman's Life . Guy de Maupassant
: Saturday . Ian McEwan
: Kafka on the Shore . Haruki Murakami
: Don't Move . Margaret Mazzantini
: Wittgenstein's Mistress . David Markson
: The Black Prince . Iris Murdoch
: The Man of Feeling . Henry Mackenzie
7 :: The Last 8 on the List (unless listed above or previously read)
: Never Let Me Go . Kazuo Ishiguro
: On Beauty . Zadie Smith (review)
: Adjunct: An Undigest . Peter Manson
: The Sea . John Banville
: The Red Queen . Margaret Drabble
: The Plot Against America . Philip Roth
: The Master . Colm Toibin
: Vanishing Point . David Markson
8 :: Popular Books I've Been Meaning to Read
: Water for Elephants . Sara Gruen (review)
: Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norell . Susanna Clarke
: The Namesake . Jhumpa Lahiri (review)
: The Book Thief . Markus Zusak
: Snow Flower and the Secret Fan . Lisa See
: The Memory Keeper's Daughter . Kim Edwards
: Bee Season . Myla Goldberg (review)
: The Thirteenth Tale . Diane Setterfield
:: Ashleigh :: random field notes ::
Posted by Ashleigh at 2/25/2008 02:05:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, Ashleigh
Sandy M (Strlady)'s Triple 8 Lists
Saturday, February 16, 2008
I'm really excited about joining the challenge, and it is just that, a challenge since narrowing down the categories and deciding what to read has really been taxing but I have made up my list and have filled out my categories with as many books as I could think of. i still have a few categories that have open slots but I don't expect those to be empty for very long.
I will be posting my reviews on my blog at: Sandy's Reading Journal
When I complete a book and post the review I'll edit the list to change the color of the selection and include a link to the postings. If I do not review the book I'll still change the color of the selection to reflect that I have already read it.
Here are my categories and selections:
Group 1: Anthologies
1) Stroke of Midnight
2) Dead and Loving It
3) Hot Spell
4) Bite
5) Hero, Come Back
6) A Gift of Love
7) Veils of Time
8) Just One Sip
Group 2: Audiobooks
1) An Arranged Marriage by Jo Beverley
2) An Unwilling Bride by Jo Beverley
3) Mirror Image by Sandra Brown
4) Play Dirty - Sandra Brown
5) Seventh Heaven by Catherine Anderson
6) Running from the Law by Lisa Scottoline
7) Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein
8) The Collectors by David Baldacci
Group 3: Romantic Suspense
1) Play Dirty - Sandra Brown
2) Mirror Image - Sandra Brown
3) Kill and Tell - Linda Howard
4) The Missing by Shiloh Walker
5) Slightly Shady by Amanda Quick
6) Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown (read but not reviewed)
7) Death Angel by Linda Howard
8) Midnight Rainbow by Linda Howard (read but not reviewed)
Group 4: Paranormals
1) Lover Enshrined - J.R. Ward
2) Through the Veil by Shiloh Walker
3) A Kiss of Shadows by Laurell K.Hamilton
4) A Caress of Twilight by Laurell K.Hamilton
5) Seduced by Moonlight by Laurell K.Hamilton (read but not reviewed)
6) A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K.Hamilton (read but not reviewed)
7) Mistral's Kiss by Laurell K.Hamilton (read but not reviewed)
8) A Lick of Frost by Laurell K.Hamilton (read but not reviewed)
Group 5: Published before 2000
1) The Princess and the Pea - Victoria Alexander
2) A Valentine Wedding - Jane Feather
3) All Night Long by Michele Albert
4) Family Man by Jayne Ann Krentz
5) Lady Be Good by Susan Elizabeth Phillips
6) Bewitching by Jill Barnett
7) Dreaming by Jill Barnett
8) Running from the Law by Lisa Scottoline
Group 6: Series Romance:
1) The Littlest Cowboy - Maggie Shayne
2) Expecting his Royal Baby by Susan Stephens
3) Indiscreet by Mary Balogh
4) Baby, I'm Yours by Karen Templeton
5) Forbidden by Suzanne Brockmann
6) Freedom's Price by Suzanne Brockmann
7) Awakening Beauty by Amy Fetzer
8) Body Language by Suzanne Brockmann
Group 7: YA
1) Sweet Far Thing - Libba Bray
2) Brisnger - Chris Paolini (read but not reviewed - DNF)
3) Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
4) Dragon Rider - Cornelia Funke
5) Redwall - Brian Jacques
6) Twlight by Stephenie Meyer
7) New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
8) Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Group 8: New Authors
1) The Smoke Thief by Shana Abe
2) Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
3) Dead Until Dark - Charlaine Harris
4) One Wicked Night - Sari Robins
5) After the Kiss by Karen Ranney
6) Bewitching by Jill Barnett
7) The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
8) Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison
Posted by Strlady at 2/16/2008 09:51:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Anthologies, Audiobooks, New Authors, paranormal romance, Published before 2000, Romantic Suspense, Series Romance, Strlady, Young Adult
J.C. Montgomery's List
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Books which are overlaps are in bold.
Books I have already read and reviewed show as links back to my blog.
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
- The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
- The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
- The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
- Pilgrim At Tinker Creek by Anne Dillard
- What The Dead Know by Laura Lippmann
- Katherine by Anya Seton
- The Shadow Catcher by Marianne Wiggins
From My TBR Shelf
- The Declaration by Gemma Malley
- The French Lieutenant's Woman by John Fowles
- Kept by D.J. Taylor
- Exit Ghost by Philip Roth
- Odd Thomas by Dean Koontz
- Brother Odd by Dean Koontz
- Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
- The Interpretation of Murder by Jed Rubenfeld
Short Story Collections
- Classic Ghost Stories - Ed. by John Grafton
- The Ebony Tower by John Fowles
- Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
- Later, At The Bar by Rebecca Barry
- Sunstroke: And Other Stories by Tessa Hadley
- 20th Century Ghosts by Joe Hill
- Dubliners by James Joyce
- Into The Dreamlands - Various
Fantasy/Dark Fantasy (a whole new genre for me!)
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Unquiet Dreams by Mark Del Franco
- Unshapely Things by Mark Del Franco
- Stardust by Neil Gaiman
- Into The Dreamlands - Various
- The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
- The Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
- The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
Award Winners
- Independence Day by Richard Ford
- The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
- The Gathering by Anne Enright
- A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley
- The Known World by Edward Jones
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- Collected Stories by Katherine Anne Porter
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Banned Books
- The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence
- Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
- The House Of Spirits by Isabel Allende
- Foxfire by Joyce Carol Oates
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
- Of Mice And Men by John Steinbeck
Books with 'Book' Theme
- The Shadow Of The Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moer
- The Yellow-Lighted Bookstore by Lewis Buzbee
- An Alphabetical Life by Wendy Werris
- The Name Of The Rose by Umberto Eco
- The Rule Of Four by Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason
- The Archivist's Story by Travis Holland
Historical Fiction
- Katherine by Anya Seton
- The Winthrop Woman by Anya Seton
- Pillars Of The Earth by Ken Follett
- The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
- Snow Flower And The Secret Fan by Lisa See
- March by Geraldine Brooks
- Soul Catcher by Michael C. White
- The Commoner by John Burnham Scwartz
Posted by J.C. Montgomery at 2/12/2008 02:13:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Award Winners, Banned Books, Books about Books, Fantasy, Historical fiction, J.C. Montgomery, short story collections, TBR stacks, Women Writers
Amy E's List
Saturday, February 9, 2008
As of Feb: 3/59
Emboldened works are my duplicates.
1. Queer Fiction
Fiction with LGBTTQQIAAP themes
- Jack, A.M. Homes
- Maurice, E.M. Forester
- Nightwood, Djuna Barnes
- A Son Called Gabriel, Damian McNicholl
- Choir Boy, Charlie Anders
- Best Lesbian Erotica 2007, Tristan Taormino (I swear it's not cheating.)
- Rose of No Man's Land, Michelle Tea
- Orlando, Virginia Woolf
2. Authored by a female-identified person
- Everything You Need, A.L. Kennedy
- My Sister's Continent, Gina Frangello
- Bastard Out of Carolina, Dorothy Allison
- The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath
- Everyone's Pretty, Lydia Millet
- In the Country of the Young, Lisa Carey
- The End of Mr Y, Scarlett Thomas
- The Passionate Mistakes and Intricate Corruption of One Girl in America, Michelle Tea
3. French (aka Books by Colette and Anaïs Nin)
I intended to make this category more diverse, but I've had these books on my to-read list for so long the Colette/Nin thing just sort of happened.
- Cities of the Interior: Book 1, Anaïs Nin
- Cities of the Interior: Book 2, Anaïs Nin
- Cities of the Interior: Book 3, Anaïs Nin
- Cities of the Interior: Book 4, Anaïs Nin
- Cities of the Interior: Book 5, Anaïs Nin (Okay, this was probably cheating.)
- The Complete Claudine, Colette
- Little Birds, Anaïs Nin
- Delta of Venus, Anaïs Nin
4. Poetry
My goal here is not to read the entirety of these poets' works but to find at least one poem from each that I really really like.
- Ariel, Sylvia Plath
- Complete Poems of Anne Sexton, Anne Sexton
- The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Emily Dickinson
- Selected Poems, Alfred, Lord Tennyson
- Poems of W.B. Yeats, W.B. Yeats
- Poems of John Keats, John Keats
- Rossetti: Poems, Christina Rossetti
- Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman (because he looks like Gandalf)
5. Feminism and Queer Theory
A nonfiction counterpart to the queer fiction category
- Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, Judith Butler
- The Story of Jane: The Legendary Underground Feminism Abortion Service, Laura Kaplan
- The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women, Naomi Wolf
- Myths of Gender, Anne Fausto-Sterling
- The Girls Who Went Away: The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade, Ann Fessler
- The Riddle of Gender, Deborah Rudacille
- Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality, Anne Fausto-Sterling
- Gender, Race, and Class, Lynn S. Chancer et al.
6. Books that are older than me
Things published before 1984.
- The Picture of Dorian Gray, Oscar Wilde
- A Confederacy of Dunces, John Kennedy Toole
- The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
- Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
- The Piano Teacher, Elfriede Jelinek
- The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
- An Introduction to Mathematics, Alfred North Whitehead
- The Aims of Education, Alfred North Whitehead
7. Philosophy and/or Activism
- An Introduction to Mathematics, Alfred North Whitehead
- The Aims of Education, Alfred North Whitehead
- Philosophical Writings, Simone de Beauvoir
- The Ethics of Ambiguity, Simone de Beauvoir
- Scientific Inquiry: Readings in the Philosophy of Science, Robert Klee
- Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, William McDonough et al.
- Silent Spring, Rachel Carson
- No Contest: The Case Against Competition, Alfie Kohn
8. Light Reading – A respite from my own list
- A Practical Guide to Racism, C.H. Dalton
- The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science, Natile Angier
- The Dead Beat: Lost Souls, Lucky Stiffs, and the Perverse Pleasure of Obituaries, Marilyn Johnson
- The Farewell Chronicles: How We Really Respond to Death, Anneli S. Rufus
- How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read, Pierre Bayard
- The Last Unicorn, Peter S. Beagle
- The Orphan's Tales: In the Cities of Coin and Spice, Catherynne Valente
- Dahlia Season, Myriam Gurba
Posted by Amy E. at 2/09/2008 12:26:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: Amy E, feminism and queer theory, french, light reading, philosophy and activism, poetry, pre-1984, queer fiction, Women Writers
Embejo's List
Friday, February 8, 2008
1. Children's Favourites
2. Classics
3. Non-Fiction
4. Historical Fiction
5. Books I've wanted to read
6. Light Fiction/Easy to read
7. Homeschooling/Education
8. Books made into Movies
9. About or Set in Africa
Progress: 38/64
Children's Favourites:
1. The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
2. The Willoughbys - Lois Lowry
3. Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carrol
4. The Borrowers - Mary Norton
5. The Complete Tales - Beatrix Potter
6. Pollyanna - Elanor Porter
7. Just So Stories - Rudyard Kipling
8. Pipi Longstocking - AstridLindgren
1. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
2. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer - Mark Twain
3. Lord of the Flies - Golding
4. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
5. 1984 - George Orwell
6. All Quiet on the Western Front - Erich Remarque
7. The Catcher in the Rye - J D Sallinger
8. Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
9. The Sea - John Banville
1. Adventures of Pioneer Women in NZ
2. Five Days in London - John Lukacs
3. Boy: Tales of Childhood - Roald Dahl
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
5. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage - Alfred Lansing
6. Absolute Power - Ian Wishart
Historical Fiction:
1. The Handmaid and the Carpenter - Elizabeth Berg
2. Sarah - Orson Scott Card
3. A Voice in the Wind - Francine Rivers
4. The Boleyn Inheritance - Philippa Gregory
5. The Constant Princess - Philippa Gregory
6. Resistance - Owen Sheers
7. Morgan's Run - Colleen McCullough
8. Jessica - Bryce Courtenay
Books I've wanted to read:
1. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
2. The Colour Purple - Walker
3. My Left Foot - Christy Brown
4. I am David - Anne Holm
5. Once Were Warriors - Alan Duff
6. The Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield
7. The Widow and Her Hero - Thomas Keneally
8. Lies That Go Unchallenged - Charles Colson
Light/Easy Fiction:
1. The Pilot's Wife - Anita Shreve
2. A River Runs Through it - Norman Maclean
3. Lucy Sullivan Got Married - Marian Keyes
4. Mrs Kimble - Jennifer Haigh
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6. –
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1. Honey for a Child's Heart - Gladys Hunt
2. The Well Trained Mind - Jessie Wise, Susan Wise Bauer
3. For the Children's Sake - Susan Schaeffer Macauley
4. Dumbing us Down - John Gatto
5. Romancing Your Child's Heart - Monte Swan
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Books Into Movies:
1. Master and Commander - Patrick O'Brian
2. The Bourne Identity - Robert Ludlum
3. The Perfect Storm - Sebastion Junger
4. Forest Gump - Winston Groom
5. Schindler's List - Thomas Keneally
6. Corelli's Mandolin - Loius DeBernieres (didn't finish)
7. The English Patient - Michael Ondaatje
8. The Notebook - Nicholas Sparks
About/ Set in Africa
1. Tandia - Bryce Courtenay
2. Left to Tell - Immaculee Ilibagiza
3. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Child Soldier - Ishmael Beah
4. Long Walk to Freedom - Nelson Mandela
5 There is no me without You - Melissa Fay Greene
6. Cry the Beloved Country - Alan Paton
7. I Dreamed of Africa - Kuki Gallman
8. The Sound of Thunder - Wilbur Smith
Yes, I know I have 9 categories....I'm changing it as I go along. It will be settled by the end.
Posted by embejo at 2/08/2008 10:52:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Africa, Childhood favorites, Classics, Education, Embejo, Historical fiction, Homeschooling, light reading, Movies, Non-fiction
Sandra's choice
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Hi here's my list finally... =)
The Sherlock Holmes Series (9 books as I want to complete my series)
- A Study In Scarlet
- The Signs of Four
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
- The Memoirs Of Sherlock Holmes
- The Return of Sherlock Holmes
- The Hound of the Baskervilles
- The Valley of Fear
- The Last Bow
- The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time – Mark Haddon
- Life of Pi – Yann Martel
- The Road - Cormac McCarthy
- Flowers for Algernon - Daniel Keyes
- Memoirs of a Geisha – Arthur Golden
- To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee
- Nineteen Eighty-Four – George Orwell
- Animal Farm – George Orwell
- Cry, the Beloved Country – Alan Paton
- The Little Prince – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- Dracula – Bram Stoker
- The Time Machine – H.G. Wells
- The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Robert Louis Stevenson
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn – Mark Twain
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll
- Journey to the Centre of the Earth – Jules Verne
- Hard Times – Charles Dickens
- Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
- Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
- Sense and Sensibility – Jane Austen
- Persuasion – Jane Austen
- Frankenstein – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
- Wuthering Heights – Emily Brontë
- Jane Eyre – Charlotte Brontë
- Little Women – Louisa May Alcott
- The Awakening – Kate Chopin
- Lord of the Rings (The Fellowship of the Ring) - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Lord of the Ring (The Two Towers) - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Lord of the Ring (The Return of the King) - J.R.R. Tolkien
- P.S I Love You - Cecilia Ahern
- Stardust - Neil Gaiman
- Everyone Worth Knowing - Lauren Weisberger
- The Secret Dreamworld of a Shopaholic - Sophie Kinsella
- Shopaholic Abroad - Sophie Kinsella
- Shopaholic Ties the Knot - Sophie Kinsella
- Shopaholic & Sister - Sophie Kinsella
- Shopaholic & Baby - Sophie Kinsella
- The World Is Flat - Thomas L. Friedman
- The Age of Turbulence - Alan Greenspan
- Wild Swans – Jung Chang
Posted by Sandra at 2/06/2008 12:53:00 PM 1 comments
Labels: 1800s, 1900s, 19th Century Women Writers, 2000s, Chick-lit, Movies, Non-fiction, Sherlock Holmes
Joanna's 888 list
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Completed: 31/56 as of 4 August 2008
Books that have been on my Amazon wish list for ages (3/8)
1) Hunting and Gathering by Ana Gavalda
2) The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
3) Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
4) Perfume by Patrick Suskind
5) Unstolen by Wendy Jean
6) Undead and Unwed by Mary Janice Davidson
7) Gods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
8) Witch Child by Celia Rees
Classics (6/8)
1) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2) The Story Girl by L.M. Montgomery
3) Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
4) Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
5) The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
6) The Color Purple by Alice Walker
7) Animal Farm by George Orwell
8) Winnie-the-pooh by A.A. Milne
Books in Polish (2/8)
1) Klub mało używanych dziewic - Monika Szwaja
2) Samotność w sieci - Janusz L. Wiśniewski
3) Quo vadis – Henryk Sienkiewicz
4) Ono - Dorota Terakowska
5) A nie mówiłam - Katarzyna Grochola
6) Różowe tabletki na uspokojenie - Katarzyna Janda
7) Tego lata, w Zawrociu - Hanna Kowalewska
8) Dziennik Irlandzki by Heinrich Boll
Prize winners (4/8)
1) The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
2) Murder on a Girls' Night Out (Agatha Award)
3) The Color Purple (1983 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and National Book Award)
4) The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
5) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
6) The Giver (1994 Newbery Medal)
7) Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
8) To Kill a Mockingbird (Pulitzer 1960)
Non-Fiction (3/8)
1) Getting Things Done by David Allen
2) The Creative Habit by Twyla Tharp
3) The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
4) The Diving-Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
5) Imperium by Ryszard Kapuściński
6) The Celts, First Masters of Europe by Christiane Eluerest
7) A Short History of Myth by Karen Armstrong
8) The Year 1000 by Robert Lacey and Danny Danziger
Women Writers (6/8)
1) Back When We Were Grownups by Anne Tyler
2) The Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
3) Eva Luna by Isabel Allende
4) Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
5) Crow Lake by Mary Lawson
6) I Don't Know How She Does It by Allison Pearson
7) The Boy on the Bus by Deborah Schupack
8) The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Fantasy/S-F/Supernatural (6/8)
1) Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
2) Stardust by Neil Gaiman
3) Undead and Unwed by Mary-Janice Davidson
4) Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
5) Jennifer Government by Max Barry
6) The Giver by Lois Lowry
7) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
8) The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue
Young Adult (6/8)
1) Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
2) Gossip Girl by Cecily von Ziegesaar
3) Girls Under Pressure by Jacqueline Wilson
4) The Earth, My Butt and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
5) The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne
6) The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants by Ann Brashares
7) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
8) Witch Child by Celia Rees
Posted by joanna at 2/05/2008 06:20:00 AM 2 comments
Labels: books in Polish, books on wish list, Classics, Fantasy, joanna, Non-fiction, prize winners, Women Writers, Young Adult


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New Delhi: Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan on Thursday disapproved of the remarks by President Pranab Mukherjee`s son Abhijit who described women participating in Delhi protests against gang-rape of a student as `highly dented and painted`.
"We have to be extremely sensitive about what we say. All of us are deeply shocked and anguished," Chavan said reacting to a question about Abhijit`s remarks.
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Admitting that there are lapses in handling rape cases in states, Chavan said "we all have to do our bit to change the situation".
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1. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedmazz Jan 26, 2011 8:21 AM (in response to guanshui wang)
That should not have gigs worth of logs in it. This is the standard out output of the agent - and the agent prints very little to stdout. The only thing I can think of is:
a) you wrote and deployed your own custom agent plugin and it calls System.out or otherwise prints/logs messages to stdout
b) you are getting massive amounts of system exceptions within the agent and its dumping those to stdout (I can't think where we'd be dumping exceptions to stdout, but I'm sure its possible for rare exception messages we'd print it to the console/stdout to make sure users are aware its happening).
What are some of these messages that you see in this log file?
2. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedguanshui wang Jan 26, 2011 10:34 PM (in response to mazz)
There are lots of messages in it like:
org.mc4j.ems.connection.EmsException: Could not load attribute value java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: mwm-24.gre.hp.com; nested excepti
on is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at org.mc4j.ems.impl.jmx.connection.bean.attribute.DAttribute.refresh(DAttribute.java:235)
at org.jbosson.plugins.jbossesb.ESBMessageEventPoller.poll(ESBMessageEventPoller.java:123)
at org.rhq.core.pc.event.EventPollerRunner.run(EventPollerRunner.java:49)
at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:471)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRunAndReset(FutureTask.java:351)
at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.runAndReset(FutureTask.java:178)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$201(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:165)
at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:267)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:636)
Caused by: org.mc4j.ems.connection.EmsConnectException: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: mwm-24.gre.hp.com; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at org.mc4j.ems.impl.jmx.connection.support.providers.proxy.GenericMBeanServerProxy.invoke(GenericMBeanServerProxy.java:137)
at $Proxy49.getAttribute(Unknown Source)
at org.mc4j.ems.impl.jmx.connection.bean.attribute.DAttribute.refresh(DAttribute.java:199)
... 10 more
Caused by: java.rmi.ConnectException: Connection refused to host: mwm-24.gre.hp.com; nested exception is:
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPEndpoint.newSocket(TCPEndpoint.java:619)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.createConnection(TCPChannel.java:216)
at sun.rmi.transport.tcp.TCPChannel.newConnection(TCPChannel.java:202)
at sun.rmi.server.UnicastRef.invoke(UnicastRef.java:128)
at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.server.JRMPInvoker_Stub.invoke(Unknown Source)
at org.jboss.invocation.jrmp.interfaces.JRMPInvokerProxy.invoke(JRMPInvokerProxy.java:133)
at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invokeInvoker(InvokerInterceptor.java:365)
at org.jboss.invocation.InvokerInterceptor.invoke(InvokerInterceptor.java:197)
at org.jboss.jmx.connector.invoker.client.InvokerAdaptorClientInterceptor.invoke(InvokerAdaptorClientInterceptor.java:66)
at org.jboss.proxy.SecurityInterceptor.invoke(SecurityInterceptor.java:68)
at org.jboss.proxy.ClientMethodInterceptor.invoke(ClientMethodInterceptor.java:74)
at org.jboss.proxy.ClientContainer.invoke(ClientContainer.java:101)
at $Proxy48.getAttribute(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor85.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
at org.mc4j.ems.impl.jmx.connection.support.providers.proxy.GenericMBeanServerProxy.invoke(GenericMBeanServerProxy.java:123)
... 12 more
Hope your reply!
3. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedmazz Jan 27, 2011 9:48 AM (in response to guanshui wang)
java.net.ConnectException: Connection refused
at org.mc4j.ems.impl.jmx.connection.bean.attribute.DAttribute.refresh(DAttribute.java:235)
at org.jbosson.plugins.jbossesb.ESBMessageEventPoller.poll(ESBMessageEventPoller.java:123)
Looks like you are using the JBossON ESB plugin, which is causing the problem you are reporting.
The ESB plugin's ESBMessageEventPoller class is doing a throwable.printStackTrace() - which it should not be. Plugins should never output to stdout - they should log those messages (via log4j for example). See the ESBMessageEventPoller source code, specifically line 138 for an example where it is doing this.
Since it looks like you are using the official JON product, I recommend you open a support case against the ESB plugin and see what they can about patching that plugin for you. It will be simple - they just need to remove all instances of t.printStackTrace() and replace with logging. You could alternatively write up a JIRA bug report - the JIRA project is https://issues.jboss.org/browse/JBESB ... However, if you are an official customer and have a support contract for the ESB product and its plugin, you are entitled to submitting a support case and track the problem using that official mechanism.
4. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedguanshui wang Jan 27, 2011 9:18 PM (in response to mazz)
Thanks very much! I will try it.
5. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedguanshui wang Jan 27, 2011 9:26 PM (in response to mazz)
How to close the log to rhq-agent-wrapper.log?
Thanks very much!
6. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedmazz Jan 28, 2011 8:47 AM (in response to guanshui wang)
the only way to stop that log from being generated is to manually edit the rhq-agent-wrapper.sh and remove the stdout redirection (i.e. remove the ">" and everythere after it from the line:
eval "$RHQ_AGENT_START_COMMAND > \"${RHQ_AGENT_HOME}/logs/rhq-agent-wrapper.log\" 2>&1"
You may also be able to have a cron job run periodically (perhaps every hour?) to clear that file out.
But the real solution to your problem is to get that plugin to stop dumping large amounts of data to stdout. Did you submit a JIRA on the problem to the ESB development team? Or were you able to open a support ticket with Red Hat?
7. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedmazz Jan 28, 2011 8:50 AM (in response to mazz)
Sorry, I had a typo in that last message and it probably didn't make sense. I was just saying you can remove the redirections entirely. I guess you could also redirect to /dev/null. So, if you want to manually edit the rhq-agent-wrapper.sh, and use /dev/null, just change that line that redirects to the log file so it looks like:
eval "$RHQ_AGENT_START_COMMAND > /dev/null 2>&1"
Of course, you will lose all record of the error messages (which, again, is why I recommend getting the plugin to change its implementation so it logs the messages to a log4j log file).
8. rhq-agent-wrapper.log file not limitedguanshui wang Jan 29, 2011 11:46 PM (in response to mazz)


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|Interior, The White House, Joan Warburton, 1993
|Early Summer Flowers in White Room, Joan Warburton, 1995
I've been gadding about farther afield lately and it was time for a day out in London. So yesterday morning, I headed to Cork Street to investigate a neglected woman artist I'd only discovered through this week's Persephone posts ... and was instantly smitten. (Exhibition closes today. Sorry.)
Why was Joan Warburton neglected? Was it because she was female/shy/tied down with children/not pushy enough to promote her career ... I don't know. I wish I was feeling flush enough at the moment to buy one because they are very affordable. Joan Warburton was part of the artistic set surrounding Cedric Morris at Benton End, so this would be the next best thing to owning Cedric's Irises. Joan's bowl of eggs, too, reminded me ever so much of Cedric's which was on the cover of Elizabeth David's Omelette and a Glass of Wine. In fact, Benton End sounds a lovely place to be invited for a weekend of food, flowers and music - with guests like Elizabeth David, Beth Chatto and Benjamin Britten.
|Bowl of Eggs, Joan Warburton, 1986
I was supposed to be meeting a friend so quick march ... but around the corner, I got distracted by this lovely FCB Cadell in a gallery window and then discovered another favourite artist inside.
|Reflections, FCB Cadell, c 1915
I've done the sums. (That's half the fun of window-shopping on Bond Street.) You can buy 700 Joan Warburtons for the price of one Atkinson Grimshaw.
Next a blast of saturated colour from Dale Chihuly's wonderful glass which reminds me of exquisite jellyfish and sea anemones. There were lots of people here. Remember that stunning exhibition at Kew a few years ago? More about him here.
Now it really is quick march to Marylebone High Street and Daunt Books for a lunchtime talk about this book - and the chance to sample Bloomsbury Group Armistice Chocolate Creams and Banana Fruit Loaf. I've got the book out from the library.
But the afternoon is still young. So onto the tube and on to the Fashion Museum. I don't wear scarves - but isn't this lovely?
|Scarf by French-Hungarian artist Marcel Vertes
And whoever knew that Picasso designed après-ski wear? The corduroy hostess culottes were possibly not his finest hour. He drew the line at designing upholstery fabrics, though: Picassos may not be sat on.
|Princess cotton, Ben Nicholson
Fine and dandy if you're currently Ben Nicholson's 'Princess' - he worked the head of his lover Barbara Hepworth into this furnishing fabric. But I did wonder whether his wife Winifred ever had to encounter her on other people's sofas and curtains? Aren't artists ruthless?


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It's been said that you have only one chance to make a good first impression. Unfortunately I ended up with a poor one at Chai Yo on Polk.
My friend and I stopped by for some cake and coffee. Cakes were fine, although the chocolate had an artificial taste.
After lingering for ten minutes or so, I noticed that my friend's coffee was probably getting cold, so I offered to top it off. I took it over to the carafes, added 2 inches of coffee, and returned to table. This was a narrow glass mug, narrower than an Irish Coffee cup, so we are not talking about much coffee here.
The woman working behind the counter came over and said "you have to pay 50 cents for refills." This was not posted in the coffee area, so of course I was surprised. I said that I didn't know, but next time I would be aware of it.
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She insisted, telling me she'd be fired for letting me go without paying for the "refill." This, although there was nobody else in the shop. I paid, and now I have the feeling that I don't want to go back there again, not wanting to support places that can be so antagonistic to their customers.
Once I paid, she walked away, turned her back on me and started doing something at the sink.
The ironic thing is that I had just been talking to my friend about how much my friends would enjoy stopping by some evening for dessert. Now I feel this is the last place I'd like to bring friends.
In defense of this place, my friend assured me that he had never seen this woman before and had always had decent service there. So this might not be indicitave of the usual way people there get treated. I would hope! But I still don't want to go back there.


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Initiating a short-duration discussion on issues relating to human rights violations on minorities in Pakistan, Balbir Punj (BJP) cited instances of large-scale atrocities against the Hindus and the damage caused to places of worship.
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Peppa Pig notches up £200m in annual UK retail sales in 2010
Entertainment One is continuing to tick off the key milestones for Peppa Pig, seven years since its launch - with the brand grossing over £200 million in UK merchandise sales in 2010.
The figure is a significant leap from 2009 - when the brand notched up £100 million.
In addition, for the first time, NPD figures for 2010 show that Peppa Pig was the number one pre-school property in the total toy market, moving up four places from its 2009 position.
Peppa Pig currently has 63 licensees on board, with eOne still yet to exploit all product categories in the UK. The firm will now focus on growth areas such as FMCG, promotions, digital, music and boy specific merchandise.
The show is also due to launch on Nick Jr in the US, giving it a significant boost for international expansion.
"Peppa Pig reaching the number one spot for total pre-school toy sales is a key milestone for the brand and the £200 million retail sales figure significantly exceeded everyone's expectations," said Andrew Carley, head of licensing at Entertainment One. "The ongoing strength of the UK market and our plans for international expansion, notably the USA, make 2011 and beyond a hugely exciting prospect for everyone involved with Peppa."


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Siebel Wireless – Tools Configuration
Configuring a Wireless application is very much like any other app development task in Siebel Tools. The Wireless application is made up of a number of object types. Again, I'm using Service as an example, but this could be substituted for Sales or whatever:
- Application (Siebel Service Wireless)
- Screens (*SWLS Service*)
- Views (*SWLS Service*)
- Applets (*SWLS Service*)
Applets and Views are named according to the relationship that they represent (parent / child) and whether they are list (Display) or form (Detail) type . For example:
SWLS Service Account Activity Display View
This is the Wireless Service (SWLS Service) view that for a parent Account will show a list of Activities
Applets, Views and Screens are all built up in the same way as you'd expect and use a specific Wireless Web Template to allow display on the smaller device screens. Drill down, via Drill Down objects, Picklists are all supported out of the box. More complex functionality, such as buttons, are handled via User Properties on the applet level controls. Note that these are currently undocumented, so a degree of trawling through the vanilla configuration is unavoidable. You'll soon understand what's going on but analysis of the existing config against vanilla functionality is highly recommended.
Here are a few useful tips:
- Application Screen objects determine what will appear in the Home screen – add items as Page Tabs and ensure the Responsibility contains appropriate Views
- Views are standard though are made up of single applets
- Applets are standard and made up of two to three fields, as List Columns, or many fields as a form. Controls and List Columns on the applets use a set of specific Wireless User Properties, including:
- Page – a link to return / navigate to a specific Web Page
- View – a link to a specific View
- KeepContext – determines whether to keep the BO context when navigating
- Popup – whether this displays a popup window
- UseParent – allows displaying of a parent field value on a child applet (SR number of a list of Activities, for example)
- Drill down objects work in the same way as normal to provide drill downs to other views
- Child 'view' items are defined as controls on the applet, with a 'View' user property
- Applets will apply search spec as per Bus Comp definition but will ALSO apply the default PDQ!
My recommendation is to modify existing applets and copy existing applets instead of creating new ones from scratch. When creating my Case configuration, I copied the existing Service Request objects and modified them accordingly.
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(Get to the pictures already!)
I'm officially back from my annual month off.
I was unofficially back on the 8th of Feb to blog the Victorian bushfires. And thank yer on Victoria's behalf to all those readers who clicked through to the donation sites from TIS.
A couple of days ago the tally for cash donations was $138 million. The donations in the first few days were mainly up around $100 a go, so a lot of that is from us 20 million Australians. But the rest of it came from outside Australia. Thank you, world.
Blood donation sign-up (for burns victims) or ring 13 14 95. Give money online to the Red Cross Bushfire Appeal or at 1800 811 700.
If you missed the broadcast of the national day of mourning, go to ABC iView or YouTube.
Gosford walkies
A weekday morning in the heart of Bustling Downtown Gosford. Looking south along Mann Street from the footbridge that goes from the railway station to an arcade with a bookshop down the bottom and offices up the top.
The wee bit of grass you can see on the edge is the wee park outside the station and any sunny weekday will find half a dozen drunks there. The blokes in the green shirts are council workers not drunks.
The squat brown brick building at the end of the park is the tourist info thingo. You can get a nice map or three there.
That very tall pam looks like a Cabbage Tree Palm which is a local native plant.
Just before those matching tower blocks in the background is Jephson's Corner. (You can't actually see it here so don't strain yer eyes trying).
Also on Mann Street are the sturdy Hotel Gosford, the lovely Art Deco funeral parlour, the yummy little old sandstone church, and the pleasant war memorial across from the Blackett and overlooking the wharf.
Gosford is at the northern end of Brisbane Water.
Couple of old shops in the main street of Bustling Downtown Gosford. The one on the right is dated 1934.
Gosford Wharf on a weekday morning. The ferry is the Lady Kendall II. It's the biggest ferry on the estuary. It does tours with a lunch thrown in. Popular with the tourists and a nice ride from what I hear.
The Lady Kendall II is not to be confused with the Lady Kendall, the wreck of which was raised at Koolewong in 2007.
That's Iguana Joe's on the left edge there, of Iguana-gate fame.
Footy* ferry
Ferries to Mariners games at Bluetongue.
Empire Bay (on request) 6:15 pm
Davistown–Central Wharf 6:20 pm
Lintern St Wharf 6:30 pm
Saratoga– Veterans Hall 6:35 pm
Woy Woy (on request) 6:45 pm
Arrives Gosford Wharf app 7:15pm for a 8:00pm game.
Other ferries timetables
Lady Kendall II tours
Local linkage
Nice old local photos and stuff at the Mahony family history. Scroll to the bottom for more photo links.
Nicked the link off of Our Steve who got it off a bloke who read his local history piece in the local rag. (3 degrees of bloggfication.)
* Footy at the Ducktionary
Saturday, March 07, 2009
3 comments:
welcome back spike
poor victoria cant take a trick at the moment first the bushfires then they get rocked by a 4.6 earthquake
I am getting stressed out at the moment looking for another car my old one has gone to car heaven
- 8:04 pm
- Spike said...
Thank yer.
Re Vic earthquake. Poor bastards. Fuck knows what's going on down there but it ain't god punishing the country for abortions like that fucking tool of a religious nut said after the fires.
Re car is the unofficial car yard yielding up anything worth the price?
- 11:31 am
still looking mate havent found anything that jumps out at me yet, then again havent been out looking this past week been down with a cold which i am starting to get over
- 1:15 pm
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NFL banned commercial
The National Football League or NFL has gun owners up in arms. According to such sources as Top Right News "The NFL's increasing political correctness" now includes "opposing gun rights". One of the country's leading manufacturers and retailers of firearms, Daniel Defense, wanted to purchase a commercial during the 2014 NFL Super Bowl.
The currently banned commercial (available for viewing on such sites as Gunsandammo.com) concentrates on family security, fundamental rights and personal responsibility. The NFL reportedly rejected the ad "due to the rules the NFL has set into place for (the company's) category." Online research indicates, however, that the ad does not, in fact, violate said rules.
According to the specific "firearms" section of the National Football League's "Prohibited Advertising Categories" declares: "Firearms, ammunition or other weapons are prohibited; however, stores that sell firearms and ammunitions (e.g., outdoor stores and camping stores) will be permitted, provided they sell other products and the ads do not mention firearms, ammunition or other weapons."
Since Daniel Defense has a physical location where they sell firearms and other products such as hunting clothes, their submitted Super Bowl ad does not appear to actually violate any NFL rule. Furthermore, online sources note that the commercial in question does not actually specifically reference ammunition, firearms or any kind of weaponry. It has also been reported that Daniel Defense even offered to remove the company's logo—which includes a rifle—and replace it with an American flag. This offer only resulted in a second rejection from the NFL.
At this time it seems as if the banned commercial complies with all of the NFL's rules and policies. It also appears that despite that, the NFL still somehow considers it offensive and will not air it. Questions remain but the NFL had not yet responded to further inquiries when this article went to press.
(Images courtesy of Gunsaandammo.com)