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I've a question regarding the ability of a Cisco ASA 5505 to handle two trunked interfaces when sitting between two switches.
I've gone to the trouble of drawing a diagram to illustrate the setup, as describing it in writing would just be confusing. (The config details have been stripped down for clarity).
Basically the connection to the ASA 5505 from the rest of the network (via a multirole 2960) is fine. However I'm looking to access a second switch on the other side of the 5505 (which will for the most part be in it's own network).
However when I try and reach the 2960G switch from the firewall I get no response. (Can't ping 192.168.200.254 from the switch, or 192.168.200.1 from the firewall).
I can't get the simplest of connectivity between the firewall's secondary port (Eth0/1) and the 2nd switch. I was hoping to run this connection as a trunked interface so that most machines would be in their own vlan behind the firewall, but in future I could present vlans available to the rest of the network to machines connected to the 2nd switch. However I can't get even basic access to the switch in it's current state.
People have said that they believe a 5505 can't do this as it's a 'glorified switch', but what exactly is stopping it? From my point of view, if a trunked interface works fine on Eth0/0 to access the firewall, why can't I do the same on Eth0/1 so the 2nd switch is accessible from the firewall?
Apologies for the long winded nature of the question, but I am really keen to know if there is something fundamentally wrong in the setup - or if something must just be wrong in the config.
Cheers, Coops.
UPDATE: 5505 config avaliable here: http://pastebin.com/sB7GpqiA Infrastructure IPs / passwords /etc changed for anominity, but the vlans and internal ips should match the diagram. I also added an "allow any any" on all interfaces to rule out firewalling. Vlan1 is also configured, but it's not assigned to anything, it's vlan2 I'm trying to access the switch via.


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In October, the Purdy Crawford Chair in Aboriginal Business Studies hosted a workshop titled Partnering for Successful Economic Development: Lessons Learned and Best Practices. The two-day event featured a keynote presentation by Margaret Froh on Rama First Nation and the St. Eugene Resort, four panel discussions of local initiatives with national and international respondents, and six break-out sessions that focussed on specific issues related to the establishment of partnerships. Participants from across Canada and the United States learned about Aboriginal economic development in Cape Breton and participants from Cape Breton had the opportunity to network with and learn from practitioners and researchers from throughout North America. Since then, a summary document from the break-out sessions has been prepared and circulated, and a video of highlights from the event has been compiled. So what's next?
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Here at Allshore, we like to be as educated as possible when it comes to our Pakistani team members and their homes. One of the first surprising things I learned about Pakistan was how beautiful of a country it is. Given its geographical location, not many people expect it to be home to such diverse natural and manmade wonders.
In an attempt to decrease the distance between our U.S. team and our Pakistani counterparts, we have started a blog series titled "Travels Through Pakistan." In this series, we will feature travel destinations across the beautiful country of Pakistan.
Today's destination is Naran Valley.
For this installment, I decided to take a slightly different approach. Naran is one of the favorite travel spots of Allshore's Lahore branch manager, Ahmed L., so I asked him to share his experience.
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Surrounded by the tall Himalayan Mountains, the valley features a river and a number of lakes, including popular destinations Ansoo Lake and Lake Saif-ul-Maluk. Even with their popularity, both of these lakes are actually pretty difficult to reach. Ansoo can only be reached by hiking, while Saif-ul-Maluk is only accessible from a treacherous road lined with large glaciers.
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Preserving the Herbal Harvest with Herb Jellies
This piece was developed and written by Kathleen Gips and appears in The Pleasure of Herbs: A Month-by-Month Guide to Growing, Using, and Enjoying Herbs by Phyllis Shaudys (©1986 by Storey Communications, Inc.; published by Garden Way Publishing).
Herb jellies capture the essence of fresh herbs in a delicate base of fruit juice or an herbal infusion. The glittering, colorful jars of sweet herb condiments appeal to the sight as well as to the taste, and can be enjoyed for long after the herb garden is dormant.
The endless combinations of herbs and spices with fruit juices are a challenge to the herbalist's imagination. Traditional uses for tangy tarragon with poultry or fish, rich rosemary with roast meats, and green mint with lamb are commonly known and used. But those who enjoy the herbal flavors will seek new taste experiences such as rich basil on hamburger, rosy rose geranium with peanut butter sandwiches, delicate orange rosemary on muffins, fennel jelly with grilled fish, sherry rosemary with cream cheese and crackers, or even lemon verbena jelly on a sundae!
General Directions
Fruit juice jelly when made with apple juice will have enough natural pectin from the apples to gel without the addition of commercial pectin. When water or other fruit juices are used as a base for the infusion, however, commercial pectin (either powdered or liquid) must be added to obtain proper consistency. Liquid and powdered pectin are not interchangeable in recipes, however.
Although fresh are preferable, dried herbs or seeds may be used. A general rule is 1 cup fresh, 1/2 cup dried, or 1/4 cup seeds. More or less may be used according to taste. The herbs should be gathered in the early morning after the dew has dried from the leaves, but before the hot sun has evaporated the essential oils from the foliage. Wash the herbs by swishing in a basin of cool water, being careful not to bruise the leaves. The herbs for the infusion may be chopped and put in a cheesecloth bag, or the stems tied in a bunch, or, as I prefer, chopped and put into the liquid, then strained before using. Bruise
the leaves with a wooden spoon or a potato masher when the herbs are infusing into the juice or water. This, along with the heat, will increase the release of the essential oils into the liquid. If desired, 1/4 cup of fresh chopped herbs-not those used for the infusion-can be added to the jelly batch before it is poured into the jars. To prevent floating herbs, stir the jelly for 5 minutes before ladling into jars.
A fresh sprig of herbs should be added to each hot jar before the jelly is poured into it, to add flavor and eye appeal. Jelly jars and lids should be sterilized in either boiling water or in the hot cycle of the dishwasher. Screw-top canning jars are preferable to paraffin seals, since new information indicates that the mold which sometimes forms when paraffin is used can be harmful. The jars and lids should be boiling hot when filled and capped. To do this, run the jars through the hot cycle of the dishwasher and leave closed until the jelly is ready. Or keep the jars hot, after boiling, by placing upright on a cookie sheet in a 250° oven. Boil the lids for at least 5 minutes, and leave them in the hot water while making the jelly. Fill the jars, leaving 1/4 inch headspace to allow room for a vacuum and, therefore, a proper seal. Turn the lidded jars over, after filling with jelly, to coat the lids. place them upright on a folded towel for about 8 hours, until set. Jelly will thicken as it cools.
Measurements must be accurate when using jelly recipes. Too little sugar will cause the jelly to be thick and rubbery; too much sugar will cause it to be thin and watery without a proper "set." It is important to remember not to exchange the liquid and powdered pectins called for in the recipes; for success you must use the form listed. A large enamel or stainless steel pot should be used when making jelly for correct heating of the sugar mixture and to allow room for the rolling boil. A few drops of vegetable food coloring can be added to the mixture before boiling, if desired, to enhance the color of
the jelly. Choose from the colors red, yellow, or green, but use sparingly – just a few drops are needed. Vinegar can be substituted for all or part of the lemon juice when it is desirable for the jelly to have a tangy, sweet flavor. Use this variation for meat accompaniments with herbs, such as tarragon or fennel. One half teaspoon butter or margarine in the boiling jelly will prevent or decrease foaming, thus eliminating or lessening the skimming process.
Basic Herb Jelly Recipes
First select the recipe you will follow, choosing either apple juice, powdered pectin, or liquid pectin. Assemble the ingredients including the herb and fruit juice or herbal infusion combination that you have chosen from the chart that follows, or from your own imagination. Have on hand sterilized tongs and very clean oven mitts or hot-dish-pads for handling the very hot jars and lids. Make your herbal infusion following the directions below, and then proceed with jelly recipe instructions.
To make an herbal infusion:
In a covered saucepan, combine fruit juice or water with the herbs. Heat to the boiling point, but do not boil. Remove from heat and let steep, covered, for 20 minutes. Strain the liquid through a coffee filter paper or jelly bag, squeezing the herbs left in the paper or bag to include all the flavor. Discard herbs. This is the herb jelly liquid base.
Herb and Fruit Juice Combinations
BASIL (opal)/basil infusion (this will be a lovely rose color without food coloring)
BASIL (sweet)/basil infusion (add 2 T. cloves to infusion for spicy flavor; strain)
CINNAMON/cherry juice (make infusion with 1/4 cup crushed cinnamon; strain)
CLOVE/tangerine juice (make infusion with 1/4 cup crushed cloves; strain)
FENNEL/fennel infusion (add vinegar for all or part of the lemon juice, if desired)
LEMON BALM/red grape juice
LEMON THYME/white grape juice
LEMON VERBENA/lemonade
MARJORAM/grapefruit juice
MINT/mint infusion or apple juice
PARSLEY/parsley infusion or dry white wine (add fresh chopped herbs to the finished jelly)
ROSEMARY/orange juice or sherry
SAGE/cider or apple juice
SAVORY/cranberry juice
SCENTED GERANIUM/apple juice or scented geranium infusion
TARRAGON/white wine or tarragon infusion (use vinegar instead of lemon juice)
THYME/purple grape juice
Recipe Using Powdered Pectin
- 3 cups fruit juice or water
- 1 cup fresh herb
- 1 T. fresh or frozen lemon juice or vinegar
- 1 package powdered pectin (1 3/4 oz.)
- 4 cups sugar
- 1/2 t. butter or margarine
- 1 fresh herb sprig for each jar
- 3 or 4 drops food coloring (optional)
Mix the prepared herb infusion with the lemon juice or vinegar, food coloring, pectin and butter. Mix well. Put over highest heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to a full rolling boil. Mix in sugar. Continue stirring, return to full boil and boil hard for exactly 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir and skim off foam with metal spoon. Immediately pour into hot, sterilized jars with herb sprigs in the bottom. Seal.
Yields approximately 40 oz.
Recipe Using Liquid Pectin
- 2 cups juice (bottled or canned), white wine or water infused with
- 1 cup herb (or proportion of spices suggested above)
- 3 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 pouch liquid pectin
- 1/4 teaspoon butter or margarine (optional)
- 1 fresh herb sprig per jar
- food coloring (optional)
To the prepared herb infusion add the lemon juice, food coloring, sugar and butter. Mix well. Over highest heat, stirring constantly, bring mixture to a full rolling boil. Mix in pectin all at once, and return to full rolling boil. Stir constantly and boil hard exactly 1 minute. Remove from heat. Stir and skim off foam with metal spoon. Add herb sprigs to hot sterile jars. Pour and seal immediately with hot caps.
Yields approximately 48 0z.
Recipe Using Apple Juice
- 4 cups apple juice
- 1 cup herb leaves
- 3 cups sugar
- 1/2 t. butter or margarine
- 1 herb sprig for each jar used
- Few drops food coloring
Stirring constantly, bring infusion of apple juice and herbs to a rapid rolling boil; boil hard for 5 minutes. Add sugar, butter, and food coloring. Stirring constantly, boil about 10 minutes until reaching 222° on a candy thermometer, or until jelly stage is reached. Test by placing a spoonful on a dish that has been chilled in the freezer. It should harden to jelly in a few minutes. Remove from heat, skim, and fill jars with herb sprigs in the bottom. Cap and seal.
Yields approximately 28 oz.
Herbal Jelly Flavor Combinations
Being a cooler month, October is an excellent time to make herb jellies- especially since apple season is upon us. For treats for you family and friends all winter long, spend a day or two making a variety of herb jellies. Here are some ideas for jelly flavors and colors, and what to use them with:
Mint Jelly. Spearmint; dark green. Nice in pear or peach halves to accompany ham, lamb, or pork.
Thyme Jelly. Light green. Use a sprig-wonderful with beef or fish meals.
Rose Geranium Jelly. Slightly pink. Lovely with cream cheese on hot biscuits; divine on angel food or pound cake with whipped cream frosting!
Orange Mint Jelly. Yellow and red. Orange mint leaves and fresh or dried orange peel; marvelous with Chinese foods or baked chicken.
Lemon Balm Jelly. Yellow. Exquisite with fish and poultry.
Sage Jelly. Slightly yellow. Delicious with Turkey, chicken, or pork.
Basil Jelly. Dark orange. Excellent on hot rolls with any meal.
Rosemary Jelly. Leave natural amber color. Use a sprig. Perfect with beef.
First, make apple jelly according to the directions. Then, add food coloring (as suggested for each combination) after skimming off the foam from the boiling jelly. Finally, pour into the hot, sterile jars which contain 2 or 3 leaves of the suggested herbs, according to your taste.
If you try several different flavors and hues, it will be difficult to hide the results away in a cupboard! The rainbow of your garden creations will be mouth-watering just to look at.
This piece was developed and written by Kathleen Gips and appears in The Pleasure of Herbs: A Month-by-Month Guide to Growing, Using, and Enjoying Herbs by Phyllis Shaudys (©1986 by Storey Communications, Inc.; published by Garden Way Publishing).


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This week at the Lodge it is all about time as well as timing. Time to say goodbye to constraints and move forward.
"Time is an illusion." – Dud
The Squire Is Born
Dud is finally realizing his goal of becoming a Squire at the Lodge. While this is a happy time for him, the ceremony is interrupted by a broken pipe dripping water onto everyone on stage.
Scott who is still bitter over Ernie being the pro-tem Sovereign Protector in Larry's absence, squabbles with him over who should fix the leak. He also brings up the fact that because the SP isn't present, the confirmation of Dud isn't really valid.
Blaise interjects so that the peace is kept and they can complete the task at hand. While they are celebrating Dud's new status, Blaise imparts some information that Larry's mom was an SP and he practically grew up in the Lodge. The picture that everyone is staring at on the wall is a bit of foreshadowing.
Scott's "cop intuition" is telling him that something isn't right about Larry taking a sabbatical. Of course, he is overjoyed at the prospect of London getting involved in Lodge affairs. After all, why is Larry getting all this mail from China?
Time to Dream
When we catch up with Liz, she appears to be at work. A customer asks her for a St. Patrick's stir fry. When she tells him that it is seasonal, he inquires as to whether or not the chef can make an exception. We hear the annoying alarm going off in the background.
Liz wakes up from her dream. Frantically, she counts her stash of money. This is frightening to her that she can't seem to shake Shamroxx even when she is slumbering.
When she walks into the living room, she sees Dud sleeping peacefully in his Lodge garb on the couch. Annoyed, she scares him awake. Taking him to task for reading instead of finding employment, before departing for the restaurant, she reminds him that he owes her $3,000.
Time for Work
Wide awake, thanks to "Lizard" we find Dud in the shower. Let's just say he is practicing "self-love." Shortly after he finishes (not really) he goes to get out of the tub and lands on the floor. Meanwhile his cell phone is ringing away.
When he answers it, it's Ross from Temp Joy with news of a job. Dud responds with, "I guess I'm free."
Liz is explaining to Champ and Gerson that she is dreaming about work which is an indicator that she is stressed out. Champ tells her it's capitalism. Gerson sees it more of a chakra alignment so he sends her to see his apothecary.
Dud meets his boss Gloria. The place where he is working is vast and empty except for a guy who is sleeping in his cubicle. Gloria tasks him with collating colored forms into a folder because it is "so simple a child could do it."
Because he is easy going, Dud doesn't get insulted by Gloria's demeanor. He lets her know he can do what is required.
Time to Get High
Liz ends up going to see Gerson's apothecary who turns out to be Blaise from Lodge 49. He starts to instruct her in metaphysical matters when all she wants to do is get high. When she inquires about the price of lollypops, Blaise informs her that they are $15.00 each because they are his own "special blend."
That special blend must be incredible because Liz ends up getting an attack of the munchies and winds up stuffing her face with a burrito in church. Her Monsignor approaches her and immediately he can tell she is high. The two proceed to have a frank discussion on saying goodbye to her father by having a memorial for him. It is about closure.
Time to Say Goodbye
At first, Liz doesn't want to have a ceremony for her dad but she decides to do it because she wants Dud to face up to the fact that he is gone. She resents her twin because he doesn't feel any of the pressure that she does.
Part of her is also scared because she sees her brother going down the same path as their father. Lack of drive and ambition plus a penchant for going into debt is the way that she sees Dud's future. Angry, she tells him that it's time to say goodbye to their father.
Time to Capture Captain
Ernie is on a different quest. His timeline is about obtaining security for the future. As a plumbing salesman, the "Holy Grail" for him is getting an account with the elusive developer "Captain."
So, he gets a hot tip from one of his customers that the way to get to Captain is through Kaplan a hotel development firm. Now, Ernie feels that he is one step closer to financial freedom.
Time for Being Optimized
Things aren't much better for the love of Ernie's life, Connie. She is pitching a story to her editor when after he agrees that the paper should run with it, he tells her that they are letting her go.
When asked why, he responds by giving her a piece of paper explaining that they are optimizing operations and going digital. Incredulous, she chases her boss from his office and calls Ernie.
Since Scott is out of town and her ass has been optimized, she wants to spend the weekend with him.
Time to Meet Captain
Ernie is at Kaplan's offices, dressed up and prepared to give a sales presentation to Captain's representatives. What happens next is a total misunderstanding. The receptionist mistakes him for the project geologist.
Ushering him into the meeting, Ernie sits down and no one thinks anything of it. He thinks that he is going to pitch plumbing supplies.
Captain is on the speaker phone. This is the first time that we hear him. Fans of the departed STARZ show, Ash vs Evil Dead will recognize the voice as belonging to none other than Bruce Campbell.
Of course, when Ernie tells them he is not a geologist and launches into his spiel, he gets bounced from the premises.
Time to Get Your Mojo Back
When Dud's boss Gloria asks him if he could work the weekend, Dud pauses. He knows that his father's memorial is on Saturday but he agrees to coming in to the office. However, he lets her know that he has to leave at 3:00 because he has a "thing."
As it turns out, Gloria has a slight crush on Dud. She asks him to help her with her pool situation. Knowing he has to be at his Dad's service, he foregoes that and decides to see if he can assist Gloria.
Once he is at her home, he looks at the pool which is totally overrun by an algae bloom. He also finds a clog in her filter. It turns out to be a rat.
At first, it would appear that the rodent was deceased but he wakes up and starts crawling onto Gloria's shoulder. She screams, Dud knocks it off into the pool and the two impulsively embrace.
While this is happening, Dud gets an erection for the first time in over a year. Pleased with himself, he pulls away from Gloria and goes off to attend his Dad's memorial.
Time for Dud's Eulogy
Liz opts not to give a eulogy for her father. Dud, on the other hand, jumps at the prospect to say a few words. He wants to honor him. When he starts talking about alchemy and how to access hidden worlds, everyone thinks he has lost his mind. In fact, he may be quite sane.
Time is a constraint. It ground us to reality but if we choose not to live our lives by it then there is no need for goodbyes because that recognition of time passing would be irrelevant. Therefore, in Dud's eyes, his father is still there.
The Aftermath
Dud escapes Liz's wrath and goes to the Lodge to be with friends. Despite the crappy week that everyone has had they celebrate and have a good time letting go. Especially Ernie and Dud who end up getting wasted.
The two decide to spend the night in the sentinel suite. While they are chatting, Dud lays down on the Murphy bed and gets flipped into the wall.
Ernie wonders where he went, and then he hears Dud calling him. When Ernie pulls the bed down, they notice a secret chamber filled with artifacts and a mummified corpse.
As it just so happens, the mummy is the man who was in the picture with Larry's mother at the beginning of the show.
The Verdict
Every week Lodge 49 gets better and better. The fact that executive producer and writer Jim Gavin is able to craft entire episodes around concepts like time and hidden realms is brilliant.
What can I say about the ensemble cast? Wyatt Russell, Sonya Cassidy, Brent Jennings, Eric Allan Kramer, David Pasquesi and Linda Emond are absolutely believable in their roles. I can almost imagine meeting up with any of them in a social club.
Each episode of this series is like a religious parable without hitting you over the head. You walk away with knowledge that you didn't know you needed from a place that you won't forget.
Lodge 49 airs every Monday on AMC at 10 p.m.


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Part II
With dragging steps, I entered our shop's darkened door. A rush of air hit me. It was heavy with smoke, yet everywhere clung traces of her perfume: orange, plum, clove, jasmine, peach, and vetiver. Eager to find Māmā inside, I tripped over an overturned clothing rack, and my knees slammed into the floorboards. Come morning I was going to be a solid bruise. Crawling on hands and knees over the wreckage that had been a successful dress shop hours ago, I made my way behind the counter.
I brushed against an assortment of scissors, bobbins of thread, and stacks of price tags before locating a zhǐ xīng jí. The paper crinkled between my fingers. I prayed it was one to light the oil lamp, but couldn't see my hand in front of my face let alone the number written on the delicately folded paper. It took most of my strength to heft the oil lamp off the counter. I managed to bang it against the counter with a metallic clunk. The inky black of the shop pressed down around me.
The world shrank until all it contained was the hand that held the zhǐ xīng jí and the oil lamp. Even my steady breathing had ceased to exist inside an endless night. I snapped my eyes closed and squeezed them tight, sucking a quick breath and holding it, I lifted the thick glass shade and gave the wick raiser a quarter turn. I sent a quick prayer to Māmā and our ancestors for luck.
I gripped the very edge of the zhǐ xīng jí and said, "Flame!"
A small burst of light shone pink through my closed eyelids as the paper caught immediately. I smiled and held the dancing flame to the wick, a warm glow greeted me like an old friend. I replaced the shade and yanked the lamp back onto the counter. Shadows remained in the corners. The upended mannequins resembled bodies, causing me to shiver violently.
I had to use both hands to carry the lamp up the stairs to the apartment above the shop where Māmā and I lived. If the dress shop looked like a storm had passed through, the upstairs resembled a dragon whirl. Broken chairs — their wicker seats torn to shreds — and shards of dishes glinted in the lamplight forming haphazard piles on torn rugs. Māmā's office, her desk drawers busted and open, was littered with papers like newly fallen snow. The only things that had escaped the chaos were the glass globes on the shelf above the window. Each held a different species of preserved butterfly.
A voice floated up from downstairs, "Zhēn-Zī? Jin tàitai? Hello? Is anyone here?"
"I'm upstairs!" I shouted back. "The shop's a disaster. I'll be right down."
I took the steps two at a time, mindful not to step in the puddles of spilled ink or drop the oil lamp. In the middle of the shop, hands outstretched and eyes wide, stood my best friend Sūn Měi-Líng.
"What happened?"
"Something terrible." A lump formed in the back of my throat, and tears pricked the corners of my eyes. I couldn't hold Měi-Líng's questioning gaze. I managed to say, "Māmā" before putting down the lamp. I tucked my face into the crook of my elbow, surprised I had any tears left.
Měi-Lín wrapped her arms around me and let me snot and hiccup against her shoulder. She smoothed my hair and patted my back. It didn't bring Māmā back, but somehow it made it easier to breathe. More out of habit than necessity, I fumbled for the samovar — an exotic wedding gift from my father's family to my mother — and found it dented and kicked into a corner. Měi-Lín took over. In seconds she had righted the large metal pot and was carrying it into the back room to fill with water. While she was gone, I poked the discarded invoices that littered the ground with my toe.
Nothing made any sense. Māmā was a dressmaker. She had many friends and no enemies. She paid her taxes to the emperor and pined for my bà, who was fighting the emperor's war. The Jin House was an honorable one. We sometimes discussed the latest gossip from Wheat Row behind closed doors. Nothing more salacious than the news that Huáng tàitai had hired a new delivery boy, and all the ladies thought he was delicious-looking.
Měi-Lín returned and made the tea. We sat and sipped Phoenix Flower blend while I told her what had happened at the stallion outpost. Her eyes had shimmered with tears until that point. Past the steam of her teacup, the hint of a smile. The ground opened up beneath me. I fell a hundred feet with that one gesture. She covered it with a sneeze, but an uneasiness permeated the space between us. I opened my mouth to comment. The words got stuck in my throat, strangely accusing of my best friend.
She took my teacup and placed it on the counter's second shelf. Her small hand tugged on my sleeve until I gave her my own hand. She squeezed it, glanced quickly around the room, then leaned in close.
"Your mother's alive," she whispered in the secret tongue.
I tore my hand out of her grasp. "How do you know that?"
She waved her hands frantically for me to keep my voice down. Dawn's pale fingers crept across the floor behind her. I'd been awake for twenty-four hours, and for the first time in my life, I didn't want to sleep. The tea and Měi-Líng's — Confession? Secret? — pushed adrenaline through my veins until my hands shook and thoughts bounced like polecats around my head.
Our knees pressed against each other, Měi-Líng whispered, soft enough to be confused with paper rustling, "It's an old legend Sūn nǎinai told me years ago before she died. Soldiers coming home from long campaigns would send their wives to be judged by the Stallion god. Those found guilty of unfaithfulness would be crushed to dust."
At that, I pulled away from her. My heart pulsed beneath my chest, hammering fast enough to cause my shirt to vibrate across my skin. The stallion had judged Māmā and found her guilty? I couldn't have dreamed that colossal statue crashing down, nor the way the earth trembled beneath me. Rubbing circles across my eyelids, I prayed.
"My mother has never been unfaithful."
"No, she hasn't," Měi-Líng said. "There's more to the story. Sūn nǎinai said that the judging part of the story was meant for cruel men to hear. When the stallion fell they would believe justice was served. Any woman that wanted to be released of such a man would turn a dial inside the statue and use a special zhǐ xīng jí to whisk her away to safety."
I shook my head, the hope her words brought felt false. "If that were true, why didn't she come home? And we don't have any special zhǐ xīng jí. Māmā barely makes enough to cover our expenses."
"This place is watched, Zhēn-Zī. Your mother had something they wanted. Don't you think they'd be watching to see if somehow she miraculously returned?" She sighed. "I'm sure you don't know all her secrets."
I shook my head. "We didn't keep secrets from each other." We didn't.
Měi-Líng digs out a fistful of zhǐ xīng jí from the basket under the counter. She shoved them at my hard enough that her sharp knucklebones dug into breastbone before she dropped them in my lap. I picked up the crinkled star shapes — several were red and marked with a number two for fire, a few were blue and marked with a zero for water, and one was marked with a one for wood. I tucked them into my apron's pocket, thankful for a distraction.
"Let's go before someone asks too many questions."
"Where are we going?"
"To the stallion outpost," Měi-Líng reached down and grabbed another fistful of zhǐ xīng jí. A number of hers are marked with a three and green for earth. We didn't need magic for food, but I suddenly worried we'd be confronted by those men from yesterday. I ducked behind the counter for another generous handful of zhǐ xīng jí and a couple of tallow sticks.
The stallion loomed sinister against the cheerfulness of morning. Sharp sunlight evaporated the morning dew that covered the ground. Black-crested bulbuls filled sang to each other in the branches above us. My shoulders sagged as we approached the base of the outpost. Měi-Líng allowed me to lead the way, choosing instead to busy herself by weaving a crown of osmanthus flowers that filled the air with a pleasant fragrance.
She placed the crown on my head, the petals tickled against my forehead. "Want me to go check?"
I shook my head, and the crown settled above my ears. "Just hold my hand?" She slipped her fingers between mine, and we walked solemnly toward the huge base.
I continued to breathe. The world continued on its axis. I ran my free hand along the warming stone. No sign that my mother had been here greeted us. No blood. No bits of bone or strands of her hair. I sighed with relief, found the edge of the door and pulled. It swung easily, as if oiled, and instinctually I closed my eyes.
"Can you see anything?" I asked.
Beside me, I sensed her shaking her head before she said, "No. It's dark inside." We both stepped into the shade the stallion made.
"This is stupid," I said, releasing her hand and digging into my pockets. "We shouldn't both be in here. Stay outside and make sure no one followed us." We a fear I didn't know I harbored, I added, "And keep the door from shutting me in here."
Měi-Líng shuddered but did as I asked. Her shadow lengthened with every step she took away from me. Something echoed in the space around me. I jumped until I realized it was my own breathing, ragged and harsh.
I retrieved a red star and spoke, "Flame!" until it sparked into fiery life in my hand. I lit the tallow stick and held it aloft. The light flickered against smooth, unblemished stone, as I walked around in a circle against the inside wall. There were no dials or levers at eye-level, so I crouched down and made another circuit. Nothing. A thin layer of dust covered the stone floor, and I could make out my own footprints and those of Měi-Líng's. Then the tallow stick revealed a set of prints that could only belong to my mother.
She had been inside. Māmā stood half a hand taller than I did. I edged up on the tips of my toes and made one last circuit. Again, nothing met my careful scrutiny. Aside from the footsteps, I almost convinced myself she'd never been here. She'd not been killed. Without any physical evidence to prove otherwise, it looked like there was truth in the legend. I rejoined Měi-Líng outside.
"I can't find anything inside," I said, shading my eyes with a hand.
She pulled on her ear. "Are you sure she was in there? It rained hard yesterday. The mist could've played tricks on your eyes."
"Her footprints inside can't deceive me. I don't know how she escaped, but I do know she was forcibly thrown in. The story your nǎinai told you must be true, or it would've been covered in her blood."
"Maybe they washed it away."
I thought about it for half a second. "There's no way. Water would have washed the dust away. She's alive! My mother's alive!"
Měi-Líng squeezed my shoulder. A small flicker of hope warmed my heart and lightened my steps. I didn't know how I would avenge what those men thought they'd done to Māmā — not yet — and I didn't know why they had targeted her in the first place. All I knew was that she was alive somewhere. I whistled the bulbuls's song and thanked the sun for outdoing the night before.
The flower crown fell to pieces beneath my racing feet.
… to be continued over on Wattpad!
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Plumbing issues are one of the costliest problems affecting the home, and they're one of the biggest hassles to fix. From leaky pipes to clogged drains, common plumbing concerns are a major headache for homeowners. Repairs are often time-consuming and expensive, but preventing these household plumbing issues in the first place is an easy and efficient way to save money. Explore the following list of five common plumbing issues homeowners face and ways to prevent them.
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We present several preliminary experimental data to demonstrate the potential of terahertz imaging for various commercial applications. Specifically, terahertz images and signatures are presented using terahertz pulsed imaging (TPI™) for green leaves, lung cancer tissues, as well as farm and wild raised salmons. Raw data from these measurements provided the associated refractive indices and absorption coefficients. Time domain reflectometry (TDR) signatures were also collected at terahertz frequencies for integrated circuits. This was done using an electro-optic terahertz pulse reflectometry (EOTPR) system. In all cases, it is demonstrated that discriminatory information can be readily obtained from terahertz images or TDR signals for various organic and non-organic materials.
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"Burning debris littering the ground . . . smoke pluming in the acrid air . . . this is just the beginning if he fails.
Seven years ago, operative Luke Gallagher vanished to become part of an elite team set on capturing a deadly terrorist. When Luke returns to face those he left behind, their help becomes his only hope of stopping his target's latest threat of an attack that would shake America to its core.
Private investigator Kate Maxwell never stopped loving or looking for Luke after he disappeared. But she also never imagined he left her or his life by choice. Now he's back, and together they must unravel a twisting thread of secrets, lies, and betrayal, all while on the brink of a biological disaster.
Will they and their love survive, or will Luke and Kate become the terrorist's next mark?"
I have eagerly anticipated this story since the first book in the series. Kate and Luke's story has been a thread through each of the books, gaining momentum with each successive one, and I was so excited when they finally got their own book. All the questions of why Luke disappeared and what he's been doing were answered, as well as a loose thread that had been hanging from the first book about Griffin McCray's sister. So very satisfactory.
This book followed along in the same style I've come to expect and enjoy from Dani Pettrey…didn't want to put it down!
The characters were well done, and Kate is one of my favorites! It's always great to follow the stories of those from the previous books as well, and see the developing relationships.
The spiritual content was also good. Kate and Luke spoke of their relationship with Jesus Christ throughout, and prayed for guidance. Luke acknowledged that his relationship with the Lord had suffered through the years, but I appreciated that he recognized and repented of his wrong actions.
I only have a couple disclaimers to make. First of all, there's a scene where two of the characters go to a tattoo parlor and get tattoos for the sake of making a necessary contact. I was disappointed because it was talked about as a very positive thing and something one of them had been wanting for a long time. There was quite a bit of romance, kissing, etc. and throughout the books, the two main characters will often stay in the same house and sometimes the same hotel room, even though they never sleep together. Not a very good testimony, in my opinion. Lastly, there was another almost-torture-scene in this book that had me shuddering! It involved a lady in this case, and though nothing bad was happened, it was certainly hinted at.
Overall, I would still rate this 4 out of 5 stars! An thrilling conclusion to a great series!
*Disclaimer: I received this ebook from Bethany House Publishers via Netgalley in exchange for my honest review.


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Volume 8: Florence Nightingale on Women, Medicine, Midwifery and Prostitution makes available a great range of Florence Nightingale's work on women: her pioneering study of maternal mortality in childbirth (Introductory Notes on Lying-in Institutions), her opposition to the regulation of prostitution through the Contagious Diseases Acts (attempts to stop the legislation and otherwise to facilitate the voluntary treatment of syphilitic prostitutes), her views on gender roles, marriage and measures for income security for women and excerpts from her draft (abandoned) novel. There is correspondence with women friends and colleagues from childhood to old age, on a vast range of subjects. Correspondents include old family friends, royal and notable personages, nuns and colleagues in various causes. Most of this material has not been published before and some letters wil be new even to Nightingale scholars. Altogether a very different view of Nightingale emerges from what normally appears in biographies and other secondary sources. This material will enable a new assessment of her feminism, her relations with women and her contribution to improving the status of women of her time.
Currently, Volumes 1 to 11 are available in e-book version by subscription or from university and college libraries through the following vendors: Canadian Electronic Library, Ebrary, MyiLibrary, and Netlibrary.


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Wednesday, September 27, 2017
REVIEW: Uncle Vanya (Theatr Clwyd, Mold)
OK, let's get the headline out of the way first - Jamie Ballard is simply extraordinary in (and as) Uncle Vanya. Voted by the Guardian as one of the "ten best Hamlets ever", Ballard is an absolute revelation as a man whose entire life has been dictated to and shaped by other people's, whether it be the death of his sister, an unrequited love, or his supercilious brother-in-law. Vanya is one of life's great losers, and Jamie Ballard not so much plays the part as inhabits it.
One of the biggest problems some people have with theatre is the suspension of belief. When you watch a film or TV drama, you already know subconsciously that none of it is real, and you accept that, because you're watching these people on an oblong flatscreen several feet in front of you, like a window into a universe of fiction. But when you're at the theatre, sitting just feet away from a live action performance, you're being asked to believe that the drama is really happening right in front of you, as in life, and that can be harder for some people to swallow. Sometimes, audiences treat it as a challenge - "Convince me!" they smirk. "Convince me that you're really in that three-walled kitchen and feeling suicidal!"
The magic of live theatre is when the audience is utterly convinced that what they're witnessing is real, when they are duped into accepting the facts of the fiction before them because the talent and experience behind it is just too damn good. Achieving verisimilitude is a constant ambition for theatre makers, and director Tamara Harvey achieves it in spades in Theatr Clwyd's Uncle Vanya.
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Monday, September 18, 2017
INTERVIEW: Actor Jamie Ballard on Uncle Vanya at Theatr Clwyd
In 2010, the Guardian's Susannah Clapp listed actor Jamie Ballard as one of her "ten best Hamlets", alongside high profile figures such as Henry Irving, John Gielgud, David Tennant and Mark Rylance. Jamie played the Prince of Denmark in Jonathan Miller's production at Bristol's Tobacco Factory in 2008, but is now swapping tragedy for comedy as he's about to take on the title role in Anton Chekhov's Uncle Vanya for Theatr Clwyd in Mold.
But hold on. People don't generally associate the 19th century Russian playwright with laughs and giggles, do they?
"Chekhov thought of his plays as comedies," says Jamie. "It was only his creative relationship with Constantin Stanislavski [the Russian theatre practitioner who staged a pioneering version of Chekhov's The Seagull in 1898] that made the perception of his work all heavy and serious."
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Friday, September 08, 2017
PREVIEW: Llawn05 (Llandudno Arts Festival 2017)
Llawn is a free arts festival that celebrates and explores Llandudno through art, artefact, sound, comedy, performance and participation. This is its fifth successive year, and across the weekend visitors to the North Wales seaside resort can explore this work in unusual and surprising places, including baptist chapels, empty shops, shipping containers and even a set of Victorian bathing machines! Past Llawns have also featured work in the caves of the Great Orme, and on the roof of Venue Cymru!
So what has the arts festival weekend got up its sleeve for visitors this year? Curators Lisa Heledd Jones and John Rostron have lined up a plethora of stunning, inspiring and entertaining works. The fun kicks off on Friday, September 15th and continues throughout Saturday and Sunday too. Here's a guide to some of the best, most unusual and exciting exhibits and presentations to catch:
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The "Georgia Nuclear Energy Financing Act," amends existing Georgia law to allow a utility to recover from its customers the costs of financing associated with the construction of a nuclear plant that has been certified by the Georgia Public Service Commission. The financing charges shall accrue on all applicable certified costs as they are recorded in the utility's construction work in progress (CWIP) accounts. The financing costs shall be based on the utility's actual cost of debt and authorized cost of equity. The financing costs shall be recovered from each customer on an equal percentage basis. The Commission shall retain discretion when setting charges on senior or low-income assisted customers.
From the Act: "For any nuclear generating plant certified by the commission on or after January 1, 2009, and before July 1, 2009, the utility shall begin recovering on January 1, 2011, any costs of financing the construction of the nuclear generating plant. Any such costs incurred prior to January 1, 2011, shall be accrued, capitalized, and included in the balance of the account and then amortized over the next five years following January 1, 2011, and shall be recovered with one-fifth of those deferred costs being recovered each year for five years."
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The pyrrolidinium ionic liquid is an ionic liquid containing a pyrrolidinium cation. The X- represents different kinds of anions such as NO3-, HSO4-, HCOO-, CH3COO-, CF3COO- or C7H15COO- anions.
Figure 1. The structure of pyrrolidinium ionic liquids
Electrochemistry: Pyrrolidine ionic liquids have good electrochemical properties. For example, a new polymeric ionic liquid having pyrrolidine cation units exhibits excellent electrochemical performance with the lithium salt. The pyrrolidinium-based polymeric ionic liquids are used as mechanically and electrochemically stable polymer electrolytes. A free standing mechanically stable transparent polymer film exhibiting an ionic conductivity higher than 10-4 Scm-1 at room temperature can be obtained. In addition, the electrolytes have a wide electrochemical window, which makes them candidates for all solid state lithium batteries. Another example is the use of an ionic liquid composed of a 1-butyl-1-methylpyrrolidine cation and various anions. A simple change in the anion structure or overall ion composition results in a change in the physical properties of this type of ionic liquid to produce a variety of solvents. These pyrrolidinium ionic liquids can be easily produced and have a broad range of potential applicability. They can be used as fuel cell electrolytes and catalysts, and they can also be used as an alternative to conventional inorganic acids in acid catalyzed reaction environments.
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Figure 2. Diels-Alder reaction of cyclopentadiene with an alkyl acrylate in pyrrolidinium ionic liquids
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What Is Home Automation?
Home automation is the act of automatically controlling tasks within the home that are normally performed through an act of human labor. While this sounds neat and orderly, it actually isn't so (but it's getting there, and quickly). Home automation has been around for a long time, but it's beginning to really take off for consumers at all price points in this Internet age.
Take a brief look at how home automation has been achieved in the past and how it's getting done these days.
Doing it the old-fashioned way
"Is there an old-fashioned way of doing home automation?" you ask. "Yes, indeed."
In terms of home automation, "old-fashioned" means spending thousands (and sometimes tens of thousands) of dollars to implement customized automation solutions within a section of your home (such as the entertainment room) or throughout the entire space.
Home automation has been around for quite a while, but some of its technology tended to be available primarily for folks with fat bank accounts. Why? Glad you asked.
Home automation used to be a specialty premium service, requiring a great deal of money to manufacture.
Installing a home automation system often required extensive rewiring and other electrical work.
Ongoing support and maintenance of a customized home automation solution was (and in some cases, still is) expensive by nature.
Systems were truly customized to the individual home, creating higher costs.
These are just some of the reasons for the super-high cost of past systems, and for the still-high costs of similar comprehensive home automation solutions today. Controlling your entire home's lighting just wasn't something that most of the housing market was doing until recently.
Also, old-fashioned home automation was something you did within the confines of your home; rarely were you able to handle tasks remotely. Some home automation technologies, such as intercoms and garage door openers, were never as expensive as others to implement, and therefore more prevalent in homes. However, they were the exception rather than the rule.
There's nothing wrong with whole-home, customized automation, and many companies today excel at it (and bully for you if you have the moola to do it!).
If you are interested in this particular type of home automation, by all means, visit the websites for these wonderful companies that are more than capable of helping you make your home automation dreams come to life:
Automating homes today
Most people would jump at the chance to automate more things in their lives if doing so were affordable and could be achieved with reasonably minimal effort. Well, you're in luck. Most are able to automate at least certain aspects of home life today because they don't cost an arm or a leg, and they aren't difficult to install.
Today, all you need to implement a home automation system is an Internet connection and (in some cases, but not all) a device to control it, such as a smartphone, table, or computer. Of course, you have to purchase a system or appliances, but many of them that utilize your Wi-Fi network (or even your home's power lines) are inexpensive.
Another bonus with today's home automation technology is that you can start as small as you like and build up to as large as you like. For example, with a kit such as the WeMo Switch + Motion kit from Belkin, you can begin with just a smart wall outlet and a motion detector, but can add more and more WeMo devices to your heart's content.


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