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Call it a first-world problem: The more photos we capture with our fancy smartphones, the more photos we have to sort through. In the future, we may look back at the many thousands of digital photos we have and think, "When was that trip, again?" or "Where did I enjoy that fantastic meal?" or "How did I manage to take so many photos of pocket lint?" That's where Memoir comes in. It's a free, iOS-only mobile app that launched the same day that iOS 7, Apple's latest operating system, was released. Memoir is a photo-storage app that automates an album-like approach to organizing your photos. It pulls photos from your smartphone camera roll and popular social networks. [ See post to watch video ] Then it shows you the most recent ones, as well as photos and social network check-ins from that same day two, three, or five years ago. You can also search for your photos using keywords, such as "July 2011," "Costa Rica" or a person's name. Maybe you've heard of TimeHop, the app that shows you what you were sharing on your social networks "a year ago today." Memoir is like TimeHop for photos. In addition to jogging your memory, another incentive of the app is that it is completely free, at least for now. There is no cap on the amount of photos you can store in Memoir's cloud (although, the photos stored are compressed). Many other services will charge you for photo-storage space that exceeds a certain amount. I've been using Memoir for the past five daysRead More
Locket, an Android app that pays users a penny each time they view an ad while unlocking their phones, may seem like a head scratcher of a business model. And yet, the two-month-old app has already attracted an impressive 150,000 users and a dozen campaigns ready to launch. One major brand joining up is SunnyD. The orange-flavored drink this week will test Locket's high-res promos, which target consumers by location, time of day, gender and other parameters. "We want to reach mobile moms in grocery stores," said Mark Ozimek, SunnyD's brand manager. "There's not a lot of ways of doing that …Read More
Facebook wants to show you more relevant ads. Advertisements are the price we pay for free online content and services, and there are no signs of it vanishing any time soon. Even though this is something internet users have accepted for some time, there are often complaints about the unsuitability of ads. Far fewer people have a problem with seeing adverts for products and services they might genuinely be interested in than those that have no relevance to their lives. In a blog post Engineering Manager for News Feed Ads, Hong Ge explains that Facebook would like to ensure that theRead More
The casualty count on "The Walking Dead" remains high — and that's just its showrunners. Scott M. Gimple is the latest to step into the breach, after Glen Mazzara supplanted Frank Darabont — who developed the show — and guided it to become TV's highest-rated hour in key demos. The new season's first two episodes... Read moreRead More
Some people were unpersuaded by Thursday's post arguing that the low profits in the news industry were a positive sign. Slate's Will Oremus, for example, is "not sure how anyone could honestly believe this without their head exploding." Adam Gurri suggests an analogy that helps to illuminate the basic issue: the restaurant business. Succeeding in the restaurant business is difficult. Margins are low, owners have to work hard, and the typical restaurant doesn't make a lot of money. One researcher found that only about 40 percent of new restaurants last three years. Running a restaurant is relatively unprofitable because a lot ofRead More
More than nine months after AOL shelved plans for a hip-hop-inspired TV commercial that would have been the first TV ad of CEO Tim Armstrong's tenure, the company has decided to make a return to TV advertising. AOL is planning a multiplatform ad campaign that includes TV commercials to promote Gathr , a new service it is launching publicly today, the company's membership and paid services chief Bud Rosenthal said in an interview on Friday. The TV spots will air this fall, but won't run nationally, instead focusing on three markets: Seattle, Minneapolis and Atlanta, according to an AOL spokesman. Gathr, which has been in a private testing period since early this year, bundles together offerings from companies such as Pandora, LivingSocial, and Amazon into one monthly subscription. At launch, AOL is offering a choice of six pre-bundled packages , ranging in price from $15 to $30 a month, with an option to customize bundles, as well. Gathr pre-bundled packages are loosely organized around themes. The "4 Fun" package, for example, costs $20 a month and includes a subscription to Pandora One, the streaming music service's ad-free option; promo codes for five free one-day DVD rentals from Redbox; a $25 gift card to Restaurant.com; and a $10 promo code for LivingSocial. Other subscriptions offered through Gathr include magazines such as Cosmopolitan and National Geographic, and services such as LifeLock and Norton AntiVirusRead More
The 7th edition of Responsible Tourism in Destinations conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain, this coming week (October 1-4th). As keynote speaker, I have been asked to address how social networks can contribute to a more responsible tourism. Here are some thoughts I will be sharing with the audience on October 4th. #RTD7 A couple of months ago, during a Linkedin group discussion, someone recommended that I read a new book that had been recently published: "Overbooked – The Exploding Business of Travel and Tourism", by author and journalist Elizabeth Becker. Though I'd started reading it during the summertime, IRead More
These days, the 17th floor of Yahoo's midtown Manhattan office could easily pass for that of a young tech startup. There, roughly 35 mobile engineers work in small, circular clusters arranged in a spacious, open-floor layout. What appears to be a recently renovated cafeteria is stocked with free snacks, juices and coffee. There's a feeling — perhaps in the way the way the desks are arranged, or by the quiet, steady conversation between employees — of collaboration. If it weren't for the purple that pops up everywhere — on the walls, and even in the tint of artwork adorning them —Read More
Two of Taiwan's biggest film titles for 2014 will make their market debuts in Busan next week, having been picked up by new sales company Ablaze Image.Read More
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A luxurious modern villa with amazing unobstructed views of the lake and the golf course. This modern state of the art property is located in Las Cimas, an exclusive community inside Sotogrande, next to the famous Almenara Hotel and a few minutes drive to Sotogrande International School. The property consist of 2 buildings which are joined by a beautiful courtyard. The living room opens up to a closed patio which then opens to a wide terrace, a few steps down is the swimming pool which has a deck sitting área for barbeque or just enjoying the view. On the other side of the terrace is a wooden gazebo. The modern fully equipped kitchen has an island bar for informal breakfast. The masterbedroom ensuite has a big balcony which could also be use for entertainment. The other building has the rest of the bedrooms, laundry/utility room, storage room and way to the spacious garage underground which can easily fit up to 7 cars. This unique property is a must-view.
Sotogrande is one of the most elegant and secluded residential towns in the southern Spain and covers an area of more than 2,000 hectares from the Mediterranean coast to the hills above. Located to the far west of the Costa del Sol just 15 minutes from the rock of Gibraltar and 20 minutes to the cosmopolitan towns of Marbella, Guadalmina and Puerto Banus.
Sotogrande is famous for its world-class golf courses, International polo tournaments and superb yachting marina with a refined choice of water sports.
Valderrama, possibly the finest golf course on the European continent, once home to The Volvo Masters and The Ryder Cup, as well as various other courses close behind such as The Real Club de Golf Sotogrande, Almenara and San Roque make this a true golfer's paradise.
With beautiful surroundings and stunning private residences, Sotogrande offers comfort, discretion and tranquillity. From independent stately villas, to sea-front apartments and frontline golf properties in the surrounding countryside – life here is exquisite.
Sotogrande continues to uphold its elegant flair and has always attracted the finest clientele from Spain as well as the rest of the world and offers something very special for everyone, from fine restaurants, nightspots and boutiques, to extensive sports and leisure facilities.
An excellent infrastructure with professional services, International school and all amenities close by compliment the unique quality of life here, creating the perfect place for a relaxing holiday or permanent residence.
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ANN ARBOR—In need of a positive bounce back performance out of junior quarterback Devin Gardner, Michigan Stadium was the site of a record setting, offensive explosion for the Wolverines in a 63-47 win over Indiana.
Gardner accounted for a school record 584-yards of total offense, passing the 502-yards set by former Michigan quarterback Denard Robinson in 2010. But Gardner wasn't done there, also rewriting the record books as the lone quarterback in Wolverines' history to record over 500-yards through the air (503) as he passed former signal caller John Navarre's mark of 389-yards passing set back in 2003.
And yet, perhaps the most important part of Gardner's sensational performance was what he didn't do, throwing zero interceptions as he completed 21-of-29 attempts with two passing touchdowns.
Gardner's lone turnover didn't come until the fourth quarter, inside the Indiana five-yard line on a fumbled snap.
"I feel like the offensive line protected so well and gave me such an opportunity to hit those guys," Gardner said afterword.
"They did a good job of getting open, that kind of makes my job easy. All I've got to do is hit them."
Gardner's favorite target was senior wide out Jeremy Gallon, also setting records including the Michigan school record for receiving yards in a game and a Big Ten conference record for the same category. Gallon finished the night catching 14 passes for 369-yards and two touchdowns.
Adding 81-yards and three touchdowns on the ground, Gardner appeared comfortable in the pocket and with his decision making in scrambling situations, showing nice resolve coming off a defeat at Penn State.
"I just feel like we did a good job of rebounding," Gardner said. "It just shows the senior leadership and the leadership on the team that after such a tough loss last week that we could come out and perform and fight like we did and finish the game."
The final score didn't come without a few hiccups by the Michigan defense but time and time again Gardner took the Wolverines down the field to put points on the board.
"We were pretty much in sync (offensively)," Hoke said. "I thought Devin did a nice job, found the guys who were open, ran the ball better, which you look at the film and we'll see why we ran it better.
Hoke later added, "The offense kept moving and kept bailing us out defensively."
Michigan spent a significant amount of time in the shotgun Saturday, finding a good deal of success rushing the football on read option looks.
Giving up 47-points will never make head coach Brady Hoke happy and something will have to change heading into the Wolverines match-up at Michigan State on Nov. 2, while one thing, could remain the same.
"I'd like to see the same offense show up," Hoke said. "Maybe a different defense.


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• tomfoolery •
Pronunciation: tahm-fu-lêr-ee • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: (Facetious) 1. Foolishness, silliness, cutting up, nonsensical behavior. 2. Facetious trickery, practical jokery (like the use of this word).
Notes: Today's Good Word comes from a pseudo-name, Tom Fool "half-wit", originally a demeaning term for someone suffering from mental illness. The word seldom implies stupidity today and it never refers to mental retardation. Rather it implies impish silliness or even mild trickery. Today a person given to tomfoolery is a tomfool who is so tomfoolish that he or she behaves tomfoolishly. A synonym, tomfoolishness is not impossible.
In Play: People who cut up are generally engaging in tomfoolery and tomfoolery is a much more amusing noun for the behavior than cutting up: "Don't get mad, Farley; the sardines on the cylinder head of your car engine were just a bit of good old boy tomfoolery." College campuses are a constant hotbed of tomfoolery: "I don't call it tomfoolery when the ag students disassemble a tractor, reassemble it in my dorm room, and crank it up, while I'm away for the weekend."
Word History: Tom is a general term for "boy, man", like Jack: jack-of-all-trades is tom-of-all-trades in some regions. We also get the male implication in tom-boy, tomcat, and tom-doodle, a word meaning pretty much the same as tomfool. Tom, of course, is the English nickname for Thomas, originally a Greek first name. Fool was borrowed from French folle "buffoon", as in the hilarious motion picture La cage aux folles. Folle descended from Latin follis "bellows", a word that developed the sense of "wind-bag, buffoon" by the Late Latin period. (We hope that Perry Lassiter didn't send us this very Good Word out of tomfoolery—we would certainly like to see more like it.)
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Direct Removal Of CO2 Impractical
According to a new report from the American Physical Society, Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2 using chemicals is not a viable solution for removing greenhouse gases from Earth's atmosphere. DAC involves a system in which ambient air flows over a chemical sorbent that selectively removes the CO2. It is one of a small number of strategies that advocates say could allow the reduction of atmospheric CO2. Prepared for the APS Panel on Public Affairs (POPA), a collection of scientific experts, the report claims to be a technology assessment containing no policy or funding recommendations. Unfortunately for its advocates, the APS report finds the approach untenable for technical reasons.
The American Physical Society was founded in 1899, with a mission of advancing and diffusing the knowledge of physics. APS is now the nation's leading organization of research physicists with more than 48,000 members in academia, national laboratories, and industry. POPA routinely produces reports on timely topics to promote informed debate about relevant issue, including energy and the environment. The 100+ page report was quietly released on April 28, 2011, and gives as its purpose the following.
The goal of this report is to enable scientifically literate non-specialists to think independently about DAC, whether they are primarily interested in advancements in DAC technology or in placing DAC in a policy context. Throughout, the report seeks to demystify, to explain unfamiliar vocabulary, and to work through representative calculations.
The assessment is the outcome of a two-year study conducted by a 13-member committee whose members work in industry, academia, and national and government laboratories. It concludes that DAC would play a very limited role in a coherent CO2 mitigation strategy for many decades. It lists as its key messages:
- DAC is not currently an economically viable approach to mitigating climate change.
- In a world that still has centralized sources of carbon emissions, any future deployment that relies on low-carbon energy sources for powering DAC would usually be less cost-effective than simply using the low-carbon energy to displace those centralized carbon sources. Thus, coherent CO2 mitigation postpones deployment of DAC until large, centralized CO2 sources have been nearly eliminated on a global scale.
- DAC may have a role to play eventually in countering emissions from some decentralized emissions of CO2, such as from buildings and vehicles (ships, planes) that prove expensive to reduce by other means.
- Given the large uncertainties in estimating the cost of DAC, century-scale economic models of global CO2 emissions that feature ―overshoot trajectories and rely on DAC should be viewed with extreme caution.
- High-carbon energy sources are not viable options for powering DAC systems, because their CO2 emissions may exceed the CO2 captured.
- The storage part of CO2 capture and storage (CCS) must be inexpensive and feasible at huge scale for DAC to be economically viable.
- This report provides no support for arguments in favor of delay in dealing with climate change that are based on the availability of DAC as a compensating strategy.
Reported in an article on ScienceDaily, study co-chair Robert Socolow, a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Princeton University, commented, "we humans should not kid ourselves that we can pour all the carbon dioxide we wish into the atmosphere right now and pull it out later at little cost."
According to the report, direct air capture could at best be deployed slowly. On its own, DAC might be able to reduce the CO2 concentration by 50 parts per million (ppm) over a century, a relatively small amount. Moreover, DAC is not suited to the task of reacting quickly to an abrupt climate emergency. Climate alarmists looking for a magic bullet solution to the perceived problem of climate change are barking up the wrong tree.
"We ought to be developing plans to bring to an end the carbon dioxide emissions at every coal and natural gas power plant on the planet," Socolow continued. Beyond using electricity more efficiently, options are to modify plants so their emissions are kept from the atmosphere or to shut them down entirely and replace them with low-carbon alternatives.
Imagine thousands of chemical air processors, each more than 30 km long.
Even though climate scientists have not been able to identify all of the factors involved in climate regulation, or even develop trustworthy values for the ones they do know about, some eco-activists are proposing that we actively try to alter Earth's climate. There have been numerous calls for this type of post emission solution in recent years, part of the nascent field of geoengineering.
Indeed, after international negotiators at a recent UN climate conference repeated the demand that global warming this century be limited to no more than 2˚C, a report sponsored by the Canadian government found this goal unrealistic. The most extreme scenario studied called for the use of unproven and highly questionable geoengineering carbon sequestering technology. What level of effort would be involved to implement such a system? Here is an example culled from the report that was spotted by one of our readers:
The physical scale of the air contactor in any DAC system is a formidable challenge. A contactor through which air flows at two meters per second and that removes half of the CO2 from the contacted air will capture about 20 tons of CO2 per year for each square meter of frontal area. A 1,000-megawatt coal power plant emits about 6 million metric tons of CO2 per year, and to remove CO2 from the atmosphere as fast as this coal plant emits CO2, such a system would have a total length of about 30 kilometers if it were based on structures 10-meters high. Large quantities of construction materials and chemicals would be required.
To put this in perspective, simulations done by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University in 2010, suggest that for every 100 billion tons of carbon removed from the atmosphere, average global temperatures would drop 0.16° C (0.28° F). Of course, these projections, estimates and concerns com with a number of big ifs.
Terraforming, it's not just for alien worlds anymore.
These concerns only matter if anthropogenic CO2emissions are going to rise as predicted, if they will have the effect the computer models say they will, and if that turns out to be a bad thing after all. Then maybe, just maybe, we should allow some of the environmental loonies to start messing with the atmosphere we all live in and breath. Or not. Such muzzy-headed thinking has always bothered me.
If you assume that we humans are messing up the planet so badly by accident, then letting some group of wild-eyed mad scientist types modify the climate on purpose seems like a real invitation to disaster. Given that we cannot predict what Earth's climate will do in the future with any certainty, how do we know what tweaks to make to the atmosphere to yield the desired outcome. For that matter, who gets to say what the desired state of nature should be? I think we should wait a bit longer to see what develops before filling the world with ten meter high 30 kilometer long chemical plants—one for each coal fired power plant on Earth—in an attempt to remanufacture the atmosphere.
Be safe, enjoy the interglacial and stay skeptical.
"moral imperative"
A panel of some of the world's leading climate and glacier scientists co-chaired by a Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UC San Diego researcher issued a report commissioned by the Vatican's Pontifical Academy of Sciences citing the moral imperative before society to properly address climate change
while i can respect their desire to get their message across, bringing in the catholic church does not help the matter to get debated correctly. Now.. if one doesnt tow the the party line of man being totally at fault, it could be labeled a sin. great.
The authors conclude: "We appeal to all nations to develop and implement, without delay, effective and fair policies to reduce the causes and impacts of climate change on communities and ecosystems, including mountain glaciers and their watersheds, aware that we all live in the same home. By acting now, in the spirit of common but differentiated responsibility, we accept our duty to one another and to the stewardship of a planet blessed with the gift of life."
and of course, another call for immediate action.
but you know what the real kicker is, lets say man is the devil he is being made out to be by all the various eco groups, and that this method of pulling CO2 out of the air is our only hope.. you know who would be most against it?? the very same eco groups who are crying now. when was the last time they did not interfere in any way with the building of anything big or new in this country, the US, much less elsewhere? Even things they themselves demand like solar or wind.
I wonder how much longer humanity can and will listen to groups of people who do nothing more then shout NO.. to everything, yet can never be a part of the solution in any way.
now here is an example of people who are trying to actually make a difference:
A ready supply of fresh water is a human right, but access to safe drinking water is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve in many parts of the world. The problems of climate change and population growth are all leading to new pressures on water. Desalination of brackish and sea water by reverse osmosis is expensive and inefficient. Marco Rognoni of Saline Water Specialists, in Gallarate, Italy working with colleagues M.P. Ramaswamy and J. Justin Robert Paden in Tiruchirappalli, India, have calculated the cost balance and demonstrated that the benefits of nuclear evaporative desalination outweigh conventional reverse osmosis
here is a group of people working to fix an issue, that in my opinion is needed, due to the simple fact that climate will change with, or without our involvement, but more so because of the simple fact that more and more people on the planet put more pressure on any available fresh water, irregardless of climate change.
I honestly believe nuclear desalination is a great combo to combat 3 things at once, pollution, lack of clean water, and of course base load power to help lift a people out of the misery many live in in the less developed countries.
Immoral Californian Greens
You are exactly right about using the excess head from nuclear reactors to desalinate water. California would be a great place for such desalination plants—they need both energy and clean water. With enough desalinated water they could quit stealing water from the Colorado river, messing up their neighbors to the east. But no, the greener-than-thou Californian eco-lobby got all nuclear power banned from the state. So now they have to import both water and power. I say cut 'em off. When they get tired of being thirsty and in the dark maybe they will come to their senses.
Colorado River.
Are the readers of the blog aware that ALL of the water from the Colorado is used. It no longer empties into the ocean (Sea of Cortes). Check it out on Google Maps Satellite. And that is environmentally friendly? What is that doing to the enviornment?
Not immoral
Californians are not immoral, just terminally naive.


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Bareheaded women in ads targeted in Muslim Chechnya
GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - Several businesses in Russia's Chechnya region were ordered this week to cover up the bare heads of women in their advertisements, in what a local government source said was the latest assertion of Muslim customs by the authorities.
A decade after Moscow drove separatists out of power in the second of two wars since the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union, the Kremlin relies heavily on Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov to keep insurgents in check and maintain a shaky peace.
But analysts and rights groups say that in return, the devout Sufi Muslim is allowed to enforce his vision of Islam, at times curbing women's rights and other civil freedoms guaranteed by Russia's constitution.
A band of men whom hairdressers described as being dressed in the uniform of local security forces stormed the "Edem" salon in the center of the regional capital Grozny, demanding they cover up the hair of two women in their advertisement.
"Authorities walked around the area, ripping off ads with women pictured in them. They told us that ads displaying women without headscarves are banned," said a 28-year-old hairdresser, who declined to give her name.
"We got scared so we covered them up," she said pointing to a large crimson ad outside where the black and blonde locks of two women in photographs had been plastered over with red tape.
The orders come on top of a spate of paintball attacks last year on women for not wearing headscarves on city streets in Chechnya, igniting ire from women who said being forced to dress a certain way violated their rights.
Kadyrov later said he was grateful to the attackers.
Four years ago he issued an edict that said women must don headscarves to enter state buildings. Rights groups say it is a violation of Russian law, but the edict is strictly followed. Continued...


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How to get your keys
It's happening! Release of "The Dwarves" is this Thursday, December 1st
We're going to release The Dwarves for Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Mac & Linux world-wide this Thursday.
You'll get an email with detailed instruction how to get your version on December 1st (it should be there when you wake up).
The process will be very simple:
- You get an email with a key for the KING Art portal.
- Based on the key and the email address you gave Kickstarter (or us in our shop), our portal knows which version you backed.
- If you backed the PS4 or Xbox One version, you'll get a PS4 or Xbox key. If you backed Windows, Mac or Linux, the portal asks you whether you want a Steam-Key or a GoG key.
- If you already have a Steam key (from the Alpha or the Beta) and you want to keep the Steam version, you don't have to do anything. The game will update automatically.
We'll make another Kickstarter update and we'll send out the emails as soon as the game is up and you are able to get your keys. So you can't miss it.
Launch Day
The launch day is very important for us from a business perspective. We'll try to get The Dwarves as high into the charts as possible. A good charts positions means more attention which means more sales. And ultimately the sales decide if there are going to be more The Dwarves games.
If you want to help, there are some things you can do:
- You can download and play the game on December 1st
- You can rate it and you can write a user review
- You can tell others about it (personally and on social media)
- You can share our release posts on social media
- If you are active in a community, you can talk about the game there
- You can ask your favorite YouTuber or games journalist to play the game
- You can do things we haven't thought about and blow us away
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Doyle, Katherine & Woods, Annette (2017) Learning literacy: Engaging with print and digital texts in the first year of school. In Danby, Susan J., Fleer, Marilyn, Davidson, Christina, & Hatzigianni, Maria (Eds.) Digital Childhoods. Springer. (In Press)
Exley, Beryl, Woods, Annette, & Doyle, Katherine (2014) Becoming a writer in the foundation year: Curriculum and pedagogical reform and children's writing. In AARE National Conference 2014, 30 November - 4 December 2014, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
Doyle, Katherine & Dezuanni, Michael (2014) Children participating in science through digital-media literacies. Literacy Learning: The Middle Years, 22(3), pp. 42-54.
McKenzie, Bridget & Doyle, Katherine M. (2012) Embedding information and communication technologies in the early childhood classroom. Queensland Teachers' Union Professional Magazine, 27, pp. 18-19.
Doyle, Katherine M. (2012) A philosophy of paradigm change. In Degenhardt, Chris (Ed.) The 21st Century Renaissance. The Science-Art Research Centre of Australia Inc., Murwillumbah, N.S.W, p. 30.
Doyle, Katherine Mary (2011) Mapping the language of science and science teaching practices : a case study of early childhood school science. PhD thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
Baturo, Annette R., Cooper, Thomas J., Doyle, Katherine M., & Grant, Edlyn J. (2007) Using three levels in design of effective teacher-education tasks : the case of promoting conflicts with intuitive understandings in probability. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 10(4-6), pp. 251-259.
Baturo, Annette R., Cooper, Thomas J., & Doyle, Katherine M. (2007) Authority and esteem effects of enhancing remote Indigenous teacher-assistants' mathematics-education knowledge and skills. In Woo, J.H., Lew, H.C., Park, K.S., & Seo, D.Y. (Eds.) 31st Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July 08 - July 13, 2007, Seoul - Korea.
Doyle, Katherine M. (2007) The Teacher, The Tasks: Their Role in Students? Mathematical Literacy. In Watson, Jane & Beswick, Kim (Eds.) 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia - Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice, 2-6 July 2007, Hobart, Tasmania.
Doyle, Katherine M. (2006) Creating mathematical models with structure. In Novotna, J., Moraova, H., Kratka, M., & Stehlikova, N. (Eds.) 30th Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, PME30, July 16-21, 2006, Prague, Czech Republic.
Doyle, Katherine Mary (2006) Mathematical modelling through top-level structure. Masters by Research thesis, Queensland University of Technology.
Doyle, Katherine M. (2006) Organisational Structure for Mathematical Modelling. In Grootenboer, P., Zevenbergen, R., & Chinnappan, M. (Eds.) MERGA 29: Identities, Cultures and Learning Spaces, 1-5th July, 2006, Canberra, Australia.
Doyle, Katherine M. (2005) Mathematical problem solving: A need for literacy. In Bryer, Fiona, Bartlett, Brendan, & Roebuck, Dick (Eds.) Stimulating the "Action" as participants in participatory research, 2-4 December, 2005, Surfers Paradise, Australia.


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RUSS-476 Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature I - Heroines and Anti-Heroes
Offered academic year 2011-2012
In 19th Century, Russian Culture and Literature, it became fairly clear, fairly early on, that the truly heroic would be all women. Men had two options left—to be villains or wimps, sometimes with a rather attractive Hamlet-like allure. As a result, Russian Literature made one thing clear for Western Literature as well: the Romantic Hero was in fact an anti-hero, inherently. This d9scovery and clarification had huge implications for Russia in 19th and 20th Century but also for the West. The course covers material pertaining to Russian Romanticism, nascent Realism, and the way both stem from a pattern suggested by Russian Sentimentalism—in Karamzin's "Poor Liza". This translates to, roughly, the following authors—mostly but not exclusively their prose: Pushkin, Lermontov, Gogol, Odoevsky, and Griboedov. Most likely works to be covered are Pushkin's Belkin's Tales and 'The Queen of Spades', Lermontov's Hero of Our Time, Gogol's Dead Souls and Petersburg Tales, V.F. Odoevsky's "Opere dei Cavalleri Giambattista Piranesi" and The Salamander, and Griboedov's "Woe from Wit", or "Trouble with Reason" (depending on the translation you use). An in-class Midterm essay and a Final paper are required, as well as many questions to be answered on close readings by email. These and class participation are included in your final grade. As class participation is vital, more than one unexcused absence would automatically lower your grade by 5% per absence.
Credits: 3
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Jethro Tull-Minstrel in the Gallery 40th Anniversary Deluxe-Ian Anderson
The 40th anniversary "La Grande" edition of Jethro Tull's Minstrel in the Gallery gets the knees up full Monty treatment from Porcupine Tree remixer/ surround sound savant Steven Wilson, with a whopping four disc expanded set including multiple stereo mixes, 5.1 and quadraphonic too, plus a complete live 1975 Paris concert from the Palais Des Sports. With the additional 45th anniversary of Benefit , the 1970 Jethro Tull under-appreciated missing link between the eclectic folksy Stand Up and the breakthrough million sellers Aqualung and Thick as a Brick, we thought it a good time to feature highlights from Benefit as well as Living in the Past, War Child, Minstrel…, Songs From the Wood, and the delightful 2002 CD/DVD Living With the Past.
Revisit the band's interpretation of Johan Sebastian Bach's jaunty "Bouree", "Teacher","Bungle in the Jungle",'Skating Away…","Life's a Long Song", and the title songs to "Living in the Past","Minstrel in the Gallery", and "Songs from the Wood". And as you find yourself humming & singing all of these familiar melodies, remind yourself that Jethro Tull still is not in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. – Redbeard


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here is a Reddit thread discussing Bennett's absurd belief that locking arms is an act of violence against police.
this thread has over 1,600 comments, most of which take hits at the police for misusing their authority.


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Still got the N*star donor vehicle in the yard; a '94 Eldorado. Was going to transplant the N*star into a 67 Deville ragtop; exhaust, oilpan and waterpump seems to be the biggest issues. I have all the donor ecms; you can reverse the N*Star intake; and I too was looking at Megasquirt as an alternative. As a matter of fact, I'm going to use the spouse's I6, 250 6 cylinder Mustang convertible as a guniea pig for the Megasquirt, swapping the 1 barrel carb for a mid-eighties Ford TBI (she floods the 'Stang all the time). I've picked up a '70 Eldorado 500 ci motor and a 76 Eldorado fuel injected intake manifold to also use Megasquirt if the 'Stang works out. I have an Eldlebrock intake for the 500 ci, however the hood clearance prohibits the 4-inch height increase without hood modification on the Deville; which also rules out using adapter plates and a Ford 460 EFI setup. A radical modification would be to graft the entire N*Star cradle and FWD setup to your project car....lots of work, but might be worth it to avoid the x-shaped frame on a '58 Caddi (if I remember properly).
I looked at the Megasquirt site......that looks like a tonne of extra work.
The northstar engine already has everything to needs to run really strong,it's just that it's ecm wants to talk to every sensor and all the other seven computers on the vehicle. That is what would keep it from running right (in closed loop). Take a look at the AEM ones. They com ready to go ...plug and play. Then you can go in and adjust the program to what you want,without have to know any trig algorythms, plus it has up to 16 extra outputs for boost control,NOS ,or anything you need.
It costs more but it would mean way less time in set-up and soldering.
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LOL You crack me up Bob.
Talk about a sexy FAL. I've been eyeballing this build for months.
But the Basic FAL rifle "Clean" is really nice too:
They do look a hell of a lot sexier than the VEPR when you look at the next to eachother.
Edit: Actually I still think the VEPR is really nice looking compared and Pookie brought up some really great points.


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The Humming Roomby Ellen Potter
Hiding is Roo Fanshaw's special skill. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to disappear at a moment's notice. When her parents are murdered, it's her special hiding place under the trailer that saves her life.
As it turns out, Roo, much to her surprise, has a wealthy if eccentric uncle, who has agreed to take her into his home on Cough
Hiding is Roo Fanshaw's special skill. Living in a frighteningly unstable family, she often needs to disappear at a moment's notice. When her parents are murdered, it's her special hiding place under the trailer that saves her life.
As it turns out, Roo, much to her surprise, has a wealthy if eccentric uncle, who has agreed to take her into his home on Cough Rock Island. Once a tuberculosis sanitarium for children of the rich, the strange house is teeming with ghost stories and secrets. Roo doesn't believe in ghosts or fairy stories, but what are those eerie noises she keeps hearing? And who is that strange wild boy who lives on the river? People are lying to her, and Roo becomes determined to find the truth.
Despite the best efforts of her uncle's assistants, Roo discovers the house's hidden room--a garden with a tragic secret.
Inspired by The Secret Garden, this tale full of unusual characters and mysterious secrets is a story that only Ellen Potter could write.
Read the Q&A with Ellen Potter from Publisher's Weekly on writing a novel inspired by The Secret Garden
By Sally Lodge
Jan 12, 2011
In 2003, Ellen Potter made a lively splash onto the scene with her middle-grade novel Olivia Kidney. She went on to write three sequels about that enchantingly quirky heroine, as well as two other novels, Slob and The Kneebone Boy. Most recently, the author tapped into memories of her own childhood reading to pen The Humming Room, a novel inspired by Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden. Set in a mansion-a former children's tuberculosis sanitarium-on an island in the St. Lawrence River, the story centers on Roo, a prickly orphan who goes to live with her aloof uncle, and befriends Phillip, his troubled son, and Jack, a local boy. Potter talks about how this novel took shape.
Is it safe to assume that The Secret Garden was an important book to you as a child?
Obviously, I loved the novel as a kid. What really struck me was that when I went back to read it as an adult, the story not only held up, but I discovered elements in it I had never noticed before. It felt very fresh, and surprisingly layered in a way I hadn't realized as a child.
Was that an unusual reaction for you to have to a book you revisit from your childhood?
Ellen Potter. Photo: Shai Enav.
Yes, very unusual for me. A lot of times when I go back to books I loved when I was young I don't quite understand what it was that I loved about them. Rereading The Secret Garden, Ifelt a lot like Mary feels when she visits her garden. She's always finding something new popping up-something delightful or surprising. I've reread The Secret Garden every year as an adult. I have a battered copy on my bookshelf-it's really quite a mess! The experience of reading the novel keeps deepening for me.
How did you tackle the actual writing of The Humming Room?
The idea of writing a contemporary version of The Secret Garden was very exciting to me, yet at the same time it was very, very intimidating. I knew I needed to follow the original story line-or that I wanted to-but I knew I had to make it different enough that it would be worthwhile for people to read my novel. My editor, Jean Feiwel, was great and kept encouraging me to have at it, to go anywhere that I felt I had to go with it.
Did you set parameters for yourself, in terms of working within Burnett's original storyline?
I actually kept trying to swerve away from the original story, but it wasn't easy. There's something about The Secret Garden that kept me rooted in the original storyline, which was difficult for me. I don't plot my novels-I move along with my characters. For the first time I had a story already set out for me, which was very challenging.
Would you say that you heard Burnett's voice in your head as you wrote?
Yes. I feel I know The Secret Garden so well that I could kind of riff on it like a jazz musician. I know it in my core, and could take the essence and work with that. Still, I love the original novel so much that it was psychologically a very tough book to write. Though I think whenever I finish a book I always say it's the hardest thing I've ever written!
You obviously did branch out from the original, with the setting to begin with. Why choose an island on the St. Lawrence?
I went back and forth on the setting, actually. At first I thought of perhaps setting it in New York City, but that didn't work. At the time I began writing the novel I was living in the Thousand Islands, and was spending a lot of time on the St. Lawrence. The river is so very beautiful, and it struck me as similar in some ways to the moor in The Secret Garden.
Similar in what ways?
The St. Lawrence seems a vast expanse of gray, the way the moor is a vast expanse of purple. But if you stop and look closely at the river, it's incredibly changeable and moody-and sometimes violent. But it's always surprising. And it occurred to me that this would be a perfect setting for The Humming Room. On top of that, there are quite a few mansions in the Thousand Islands with ghost stories attached to them. It's quite incredible.
So that inspired your mansion setting, with mysterious humming noises and an abandoned garden hidden within it?
Yes, and I decided to make the mansion a defunct sanitarium, because I wanted there to be a ghostly presence, an eerie echo, in the house. One of the things I loved in The Secret Garden, and tried to put in my novel, was that there was a consciousness to everything-the house, the moor, and the garden. They are really characters themselves. In my novel, I wanted to give this same consciousness and self-awareness to the mansion, the river, and the garden, to give them personalities.
How did you set out to make Roo, Jack, and Phillip distinct from-and have a more modern sensibility than-Burnett's characters?
One thing I remember about Mary and Dickon is that there was a little squeak of romance in their relationship, but it was so understated. As a child, I remember wanting more romance in the book. So I brought out a bit more romance between Roo and Jack. It's a young romance and entirely innocent, but it's there. With Phillip, my Colin character, I tried at first to make his ailment physical, like Colin's, but that didn't work, so I decided to give Phillip a more mental affliction, which worked better for the story. And like Mary, Roo starts off as a not very likable character-she's a pretty tough customer. That's unusual for a heroine, and I loved that about The Secret Garden. But before long Mary begins to blossom, and that happens to Roo as well.
Have you tackled another writing project since finishing The Humming Room?
Yes. I'm working on a series for younger readers, for Feiwel and Friends. It's directed at boys-though I think girls will like it, too. I have a son who is seven, and I've been noticing for a while how few very engaging books there are for boys around that age. They somehow get the short shrift. Boys at that age who are big readers are reading books like Diary of a Wimpy Kid, which deal with middle-school issues that seven-year-olds are not yet concerned about. So I'm trying to write something along those lines, but more appropriate for younger kids. As I write, I've been trying out scenes on my son. I wait for his giggle, and if it comes, I keep that part in the book. Luckily, it's a method that seems to be working quite well!
- Publisher's Weekly, January 2012
Editorial Reviews
"Fans of the classic [The Secret Garden] will delight in the similarities and differences." School Library Journal
"Ms. Potter revives the story [of The Secret Garden] with such grace and sensitivity." The Wall Street Journal
"Potter excels in creating quirky yet sympathetic characters with richly allusive connections to classic children's literature..." BCCB
"This noteworthy novel stands wholly on its own, as Potter, with classic and contemporary storytelling flair, deftly interweaves fantasy, mystery, suspense, and realism. Beautifully wrought, eloquent prose combines with vivid setting details and diversely-drawn characters to affectingly portray themes of loneliness and grief. Roo is a memorable character--her experiences prove transformative in unexpected ways and, ultimately, her complexities and growth ring true. Poignant without sentimentality, this is a compelling read that is certain to resonate--and linger--with young readers." Booklist, starred review
"Potter intentionally evokes the [Secret Garden], capturing its bittersweet emotions and fey qualities. But it is not a clone in modern dress. The author has created a fresh tale with a strong-willed heroine. . . . . An homage to a cherished classic that can work as a companion piece or stand alone as a solid, modern tale for young readers in the 21st century." Kirkus Reviews
"Potter lavishes attention on the gothic island setting and Roo's uncle's estate; it's a thrilling ghost story, but one that, like the story it's drawn from, has love and rebirth at its heart." Publisher's Weekly, starred review
"After the violent death of her drug dealer parents, Roo Fanshaw is sent to live with her wealthy and eccentric uncle on the remote Cough Rock Island in upstate New York. At first her new home seems strange compared to her life full of instability and neglect, and does nothing to lessen her instinct to hide. Small, quiet, and stubborn, Roo prefers to listen to the earth and would rather hide in caves than be around people. But slowly she grows attached to the offbeat characters that make up her new world. Secrets surround Cough Rock Island and the Fanshaw family, giving Roo a mystery to investigate. Her discovery of a garden, a friend, and a cousin draws Roo out of her shell and she ends up flourishing in her new surroundings. A novel closely inspired by The Secret Garden, Potter, who wrote The Kneebone Boy, once again produces a smart, thoughtful, and captivating story. Though a modern tale this tribute to the classic still has a timeless feel." Emily Griffin, Children's Literature
Product Details
- 9781250016669
- Publisher:
- Square Fish
- Publication date:
- 04/16/2013
- Pages:
- 208
- Sales rank:
- 551,792
- Product dimensions:
- 5.42(w) x 7.46(h) x 0.59(d)
- Age Range:
- 9 - 12 Years
Meet the Author
Ellen Potter is the author of The Kneebone Boy, also published by Feiwel and Friends, and praised as "a quirky charmer" by Kirkus in a starred review. Her other novels include, Slob, a Junior Library Guild selection, and the bestselling Olivia Kidney series. She lives in Upstate New York.
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I was expecting a 300+ page book o the humming room but instead they give you 127 pages of the humming room and then the last 200 some pages is the secret garden!!!! The humming room was a really good book i just wish it was longer and that they mentioned it was only 127 pages and the rest was the secret garden. This is just a heads up. If you get the book its great but dont expect all 300+ pages to be the humming room. Because its not. It 2 books in one.
This is an excellent mystery for middle grade children, boys and girls alike. It is a mystery, quite tense and scary at times, filled with all the excitement of a ghost story on a lonely island. It is a story of friendship, of loss and renewal, of coming of age, of the beginnings of romance. It is a story of healing. There is magic and fantasy and sadness and joy. It is a lovely little book. Roo is the star. She lives a sad little life in a trailer with her dad and his girlfriend. When they are murdered she is shipped off to a foster home and then to an uncle who lives on a remote, lonely island on the St. Lawrence River, Cough Rock, to live in a forbidding-looking mansion, formerly a children's hospital, thus its name. It was sanitarium for children with TB. There she discovers family secrets, hidden rooms with a hidden cousin, abandoned rooms with hidden treasures, a ring from a former patient, and secret passages, tunnels to basements and hidden gardens, and then, she discovers the Faigne, what some people think is a mythical boy who lives on the river, but he turns out to be quite real to Roo. Her uncle is cold and distant, mourns the loss of his wife by rejecting everyone. She discovers her cousin, living in a remote room of the mansion, prone to fits, mourning the far too premature loss of his mother and a father who rejects him. Violet, a young, happy governess and all purpose helper, cook, etc. and Ms Valentine, a stern, not very warm assistant to her uncle, keep the house running smoothly, preparing meals and caring for all of them. In their own way, they try to bring order to the house, the rumors, the madness and loneliness that surrounds the family. Roo is a loner; she doesn't much like people. She is small for her age, fits into tiny places and loves to hide away in secret spots. She loves living things and can hear the sound of the earth…the humming of things growing. She is stubborn, brave and reckless at times. She can do mean things, without understanding the consequences, or without caring, because she doesn't feel cared for by others. She likes to steal because she has so little of her own. She likes to make things grow, so she planted glass animals and plants and snakes under the trailer in which she lived with her dad and his girlfriend, before their murder. Her neighbor would leave things out for her to take, when she looked away, because she understood that Roo would not accept anything from her. Roo rejects people because they reject her, due to her strangeness, poverty and belligerence. The characters are interesting and well developed. Roo Fanshaw never knew her mom. Her uncle is the double of her father. The Faigne, Jack, seems to have no home or relatives. Phillip, her cousin, mourns the loss of his mother and feels her presence in the house. He is subject to fits and tantrums. He is wasting away from neglect. He pines for his mother and his absent father. Roo rescues Phillip from his madness, befriends the faigne, Jack, tames her uncle and brings love back into the mansion. This is a wonderful little book, based on "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I red this book luvd it!!! But the athor shoulda made the ending better!!! The ending feels unfinished!!
Every now and then I pick up a middle grade book. I haven't been blown away by any in a long time. (It's hard when my basis for middle grade comparison is Eoin Colfer's Artemis Fowl and Erin Hunter's Warriors series.) But they're nice when I want a short, quick romp through a book. The Humming Room provided just that; full of interesting characters and a fun setting, it managed to distract me for the quick hour it took to read. (At 182 pages, it's not very long.) It was cute and fun and, really, everything it should have been. I did have problems with Roo's character at the beginning, only because she licks a glass snake and I couldn't think of anybody really who did that and it seemed kind of out of character for Roo because she may have been wild but she was also smart and smart people just don't go around licking things, ya know? But besides that one moment, I really liked her and her adoration of nature. The other characters were interesting and fun, I suppose; I didn't really have any sort of fondness for any of them outside of Roo and, perhaps, Jack. (You'll find out who he is if you read it. Spoiler free!)
First I'd like to say that though it says this novel was inspired by The Secret Garden, I thought I was reading a Middle Grade version of Jane Eyre. Yes, there were a lot of differences, but the gothic setting, the hidden room, the crying, the secret rooms. It all reminded me of Jane Eyre. But despite all that, I have to say, I loved Roo Fanshaw! This is a kid that has been through it all. She was hiding under her trailer, playing with the glass garden she had planted under there while the policemen are asking questions about the murder of her parents. Roo is strong. She compartmentalizes the pain and shuts it away. Save it for a day she can deal with it. She takes all the new experiences in stride . I never felt sorry for her, she just wouldn't let me. She was so inquisitive and didn't follow the rules. I loved everything about her from the way she hid in a little cave watching the water and learning the earth, to the way she explored the house when she was told not to. She could listen to the earth and hear things growing. She is one of my favorite protagonists in contemporary literature. The other characters, and I'll only name a few, the nasty Ms. Valentine, the always cheerful and permissive Violet, the elusive, but loyal and educational Jack and the never present Uncle. All of them add a lot to the story and make for an adventurous time. The story is laid out with great suspense and detail, but not too much. It's well thought out and enjoyable. The writing is easy to read and feel and there is a great feeling of what's going to happen next and I couldn't stop reading it until I finished it. Yes, it's like the Secret Garden and Jane Eyre and Roo is going to forever be in my heart for her bravery and her unwillingness to give up even in the face of insurmountable odds. I honestly don't know if this is a Middle Grade book or a YA book but it would be fine for either. It's light on the romance and big on the mystery. But the main characters are 14 or so I'm not sure if that makes it YA or not. I didn't think it was that close to the Secret Garden. There were a lot of mysteries to be discovered other than the Secret Garden. I highly recommend this one! I received an ARC of this from the publisher through NetGalley. I was in no way compensated for my review. This is one I will be buying for my shelf to keep to read again.
Thrilling with excitment with roo fanshaw
I have not read this book but by just reading reviews and the summary, I give it the fate of a very good book.
I thought that this book was very interesting, charming, witty, as well as all of the characters in it. Overall this is a book that I would go back and read again. I think it would be best for kids 9-13.
As I opened the book my heart began to race. I read the first page and breathed in the beautiful fragrance of the story. It felt good to read it, and I loved the sense of mystery and fear that I got from reading the book. Fantasy and fear await you as you enter Roo's world of mystery and legends that turn out to be true. Most importantly, Roo unlocks the door to great potential and friendship buried deep down in her heart that was unexplored for a very long time. In conclusion, I greatly recommend to anyone. After reading this book, Ellen Potter was one of my favorite authors. And, since I want to be an author when I'm older, this book has the perfect tone and voice that I can appreciate and hopefully be able to learn from in my stories. -M. Ganesan
I enjoyed this story inspired by The Secret Garden. I wish it was longer and had not ended so abruptly. As I read I could see the inspirations of Mary Lenox. The Secret Garden is a long standing favorite of mine. I think The Humming Room is going on that cherished list.
I LOVED IT!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE make another book!
Great book for anyone that loves a sad,happy,and funny adventure
They had this at my school book fair and i just got it! I havent read it yet but it loits kond of creepy!okes really good. I love the cover art in color!
I thought it was longer but only 127 pages of the humming room.... no ghosts.... no scariness..... no nothing. And 200+ pages of the secret garden which i already have. Good book but just wasnt satistfying.
This book REEKS of The Secret Garden. There are too many similarities between the books, and I KNOW it says it was inspired by The Secret Garden, but WHY CANT ELLEN POTTER WRITE HER OWN STORY INSTEAD OF COPYING OFF SOMEONE ELSES? What I hate more than anything else in the world (except war, death, bullies and ketchup) is an author who cant write. The summary says "This is a story only Ellen Potter could write." But this was a story written YEARS AND YEARS AGO!! Plus, Potter has only written one book: THIS ONE!!! How are we to know if this is a book only she can write if she hasnt written any others? It sounds like Ellen Potter wants to make herself famous, and shes seriously failing. But there are good parts of the story too. I love the character of Roo, how she is highly intelligent and utterly independent, she's stubborn but that should be expected (spoiler alert: her dad and his girlfriend were drug dealers!) Roo doesnt trust anyone, and why should she? Her parents (I call them "parents" because thats easier than "her dad and his girlfriend") were abusive and horrible to each other. Jolie (girlfriend) has a TONGUE STUD!!! WHO GETS A BLUBERSCHNUGETTY TONGUE STUD??? (bluberschnugetty is prounounced "bloo-ber-shnu-get-tee" by the way. Bluberschnuget is pronounced "bloo-ber-shnu-get.") This has been a review by Authoress. Any views of Authoress are what she thinks personally and Authoress means no offense to those in opposition to Authoress' views. (Say that ten times fast!) :) :) :) 0=====[]=============>
This book is mysterious and spooky. There is so many twists and turns. I don't want to be a spoiler but here's the thing Roo's dad and his girlfriend die and Roo could care less so she hides under her trailer where she won't get caught but the nieghboor told the sheriff were she was and got caught...... i wish i could tell you more but then there is no point to read the book i promise you will love the book and if you have good taste in books even there romantic books you will like this book. By:Anonymous
This book was so amazing that girl she was strong she had a very sad life I dont think I would be abel to be like her in that tipe of situation


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