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• Wrap Up Post for Notable Books Challenge

  
  caribousmom — Authority: 469
  The Notable Books Challenge is a perpetual challenge to read books from The Notable Books lists. At the beginning of 2009, I challenged myself to read at least 6 books from the Notable Lists on the challenge blog . Here is how I did: Netherland, by Joseph O’Neill (from NYT Most Notable – 2008 ) – COMPLETED ...
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• Notable Newness - Giveaways

  
  From Son Up To Son Down — Authority: 128
  Looking to win some great last minute holiday gifts? Darda NASCAR Victory Lane Race Set -12/13 Kids Preferred Madeline Doll - 12/14 GlammaToys.com Superstructs - 12/14 Twimericks: The Book of Tongue-Twisting Limericks 12/14 LeapFrog Tag Junior - 12/15 Pulse Slither Scooter - 12/17 ...
  18 hours ago

• MacMall 48 Hour Hot Apple Deals: Save up to $399 on Macs & iPods

  
  The Tech Den - Tech Coupons, Deals and Steals! — Authority: 128
  It’s the most wonderful time of the year at MacMall. Till December 9th 11:59 PST, save up to $399 on Apple computers and iPods. Notable deals include $399 off the Apple 13.3″ MacBook Air (1.86GHz, 2GB RAM, 128GB Solid State Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M - Aluminum unibody MB940LL/A) for only $1,399.99!   ...
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• Today’s Quotable and Notable

  
  Flypaper — Authority: 603
  Quotable: “It is no exaggeration to say...that [impending layoffs] will be the end of public education in the city of Los Angeles as we know it, and that is admitting that the service we already provide is not enough.” -Steve Zimmer, Los Angeles school board member “ LAUSD facing 5,000-plus job cuts ...
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• "DWI Chair" back up for grabs on eBay

  
  City Pages - The Blotter — Authority: 718
  The motorized recliner that made headlines after its owner crashed into a parked car and received a DWI will soon be on the online auction block. Were so bidding.
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• Simon Property Group Snaps Up Prime Outlets For $2.3B

  
  Square Feet — Authority: 547
  Simon Property Group (SPG: 75.06 +1.57%) has purchased outlet owner and operator Prime Outlets for $2.33B. Big news, except the company paid 80% of the price in cash, and the rest in partnership units.The deal gives Indianapolis-based Simon Property an additional 22 retail outlet centers, increasing its total to more ...
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• Duke Jupiter’s 80’s Gem”White Knuckle Ride” Re-Released…Plus Check Lost Classic “Little Lady”

  
  Rock God Cred — Authority: 484
  Rock God Cred Report: Renaissance Records & It’s About Music.Com have re-released a nice, out of print, classic rock nugget from Duke Jupiter “White Knuckle Ride’…catchy “Dual Guitar” rock n roll.  These lads were on the radar in the early 80’s with their hit “I’ll Drink To You”…”White ...
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• Sorabjee – The Parsi in LA

  
  Parsis, Iranis, Zarathushtis - ALL Under One Roof — Authority: 121
  Attached is a short article on Eduljee Sorabjee, who settled in Los Angeles in 1885 and lived there until his death in 1913.  Sorabji moved to Los Angeles on the advice of his doctor and also since he had “a liking for liberty and equality and a republican form of government.”  According to the article, he was ...
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• Drone Airplane – Rustom

  
  Parsis, Iranis, Zarathushtis - ALL Under One Roof — Authority: 121
  India’s new Drone airplane named after a Zarathushti and a college friend, Rustom B. Damania    Friends, I t is a proud event to know that India’s new Drone aircraft (remote controlled unmanned aircraft) developed by DRDO and that will be used by India’s armed services, was named RUSTOM, to honor the memory ...
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• 1982: Suriname’s “December murders”

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 424
  This was the date in 1982 of the “December murders” ( “Decembermoorden” ), when 15 opponents of Suriname’s military dictatorship were shot at Fort Zeelandia. (The 15 people shot each have an entry on the Dutch Wikipedia, accessible through its Decembermoorden entry .) Though the killings weren’t ...
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• New and Notable 395

  
  Sam Gentile — Authority: 418
  This is mostly a "catch up" post, so there may be a few items not exactly "new" Windows Azure New training kit for Azure & Identity - The team have been heads down on PDC hands on labs for Azure (there are 13 new labs) as well as a new Channel 9 course for the Windows Azure Platform as well as an update ...
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• Tishman Completes 550 Terry Francois Sale to GLL

  
  Square Feet — Authority: 547
  The Business Journal is reporting that the sale of 550 Terry Francois to GLL is a done deal. We previously reported on the sale in October.A Tishman fund, traded on the Australian Securities Exchange as Tishman Speyer Office Fund, sold the 283,000-square-foot building for $135.5 million. The sale, which closed Nov. ...
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• New Book from Southwest Art: Sculpture of the Rockies

  
  The Artist's Magazine — Authority: 124
  Sculpture of the Rockies , a new book from the editors of Southwest Art , arrived in our Boulder offices a few days ago. The 200-page coffee-table book features 97 artists selected by the editors of the magazine. Masters of form and materials the sculptors hail from Colorado, Idaho, ...
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• Holiday Toy Safety: Zhu Zhu Pets not toxic according to manufacturer

  
  From Son Up To Son Down — Authority: 128
  After being branded as toxic by the independent consumer group, Good Guide , Zhu Zhu Pets manufacturer, Cepia LLC , has come forward with a statement about their safety and testing protocol. Read more on my examiner page HERE.
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• Lady Gaga Explains Her Tour: Evolution Meets The Apocalypse [Notable/quotable]

  
  Jezebel — Authority: 809
  Lady Gaga s description of the concept of her live show is, quite possibly, one of the most insane and amazing things Ive read in a very long time. Theres just so much going on that Ill just let her explain: In an interview with the Times of London the Lady breaks it down as such: Its part pop show, part ...
  3 days ago

• Intel Core i5 + Asus P7P55D + OCZ DDR3 totally unstable …

  
  Computer and Technoloy News — Authority: 159
  Got my core i5 rig on thursday, I’m not able to get even windows stable on that…. config: core i5 Asus p7p55d ocz ddr3 (2×2gb) gold corsair cx400. Continued here: Intel Core i5 + Asus P7P55D + OCZ DDR3 totally unstable …
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• 1823: Dr. Edme Castaing, the first to kill with morphine

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 424
  On this date in 1823, French physician Edme Castaing expiated upon the scaffold history’s first conviction for murder with morphine. The good doc used the drug , a new twist on an ancient remedy only recently brought to market, apparently to poison off one of two wealthy brothers with the connivance of the ...
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• Overheard

  
  The Errant sthete — Authority: 127
  I have the worst ear for criticism; even when I have created a stage setI like, I always hear the woman in the back of the dress circle who says she doesn’t like blue. Cecil Beaton lies in bed, photographed by George Hoyningen-Huen in the June 1934 Vanity Fair  Posted in Notable Aesthetes, Overheard Tagged: ...
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• Internet Marketing for Your Home Based Business Posted By :…

  
  BFX Media — Authority: 158
  Internet marketing services are highly affordable, so they find special importance among small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or home-based businesses, which are not able to allocate a significant fund for advertising and marketing activities. Continue reading here: Internet Marketing for Your Home Based ...
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• Antarctica & Women

  
  Women of History — Authority: 140
  From USA News : Colin Bull began fighting in 1959 to get the U.S. Navy to allow women scientists to go to Antarctica, and kept it up until he won, a decade later. He couldnt understand the Navys reluctance. Eventually the Navy relented, and allowed women scientists onto the continent in 1969. Bull, then ...
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