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Air Products (NYSE: APD) announced today it has been selected to receive $253 million in Phase 2 funding from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) under the Industrial Carbon Capture and Sequestration (ICCS) Program for its ICCS project in Port Arthur, Texas. The funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-funded ICCS Program will be used for final engineering, design, construction and operation of the project through September 2015. Air Products' project was the only industrial gas company-led undertaking selected by DOE. The project is one of three to receive Phase 2 funding from the DOE's Office of Fossil Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory, and to advance from the initial 12-project Phase 1 selections announced last October. DOE is funding 66 percent of the approximate $384 million project. Air Products will design, construct and operate a state-of-the-art system to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from its two steam methane reformers (SMR) located within the Valero Refinery in Port Arthur. The SMRs produce hydrogen to assist in the making of cleaner burning transportation fuels by refinery customers on Air Products' Gulf Coast hydrogen pipeline network. The recovered and purified CO2 would then be transported by Denbury Green Pipeline-Texas, LLC for use in enhanced oil recovery. The CO2 removal units will be designed by Air Products and use technology to be retrofitted to each SMR unit. Approximately one million tons of CO2 annually will be recovered, purified and delivered via the pipeline for injection into Denbury Onshore's enhanced oil recovery projects in Texas. "Air Products has been an integral team member of several carbon capture demonstration projects around the world. We believe the capabilities of our technology and experience were key factors in gaining DOE funding to make this project possible. With the Phase 2 selection in place, we are preparing to move forward with this important project and look forward to achieving the sustainability gains the project has to offer," said Wilbur Mok, vice president, North America Tonnage Gases for Air Products. Details on Air Products' CO2 purification technologies can be found at www.airproducts.com/CO2_capture. DOE said in its Phase 2 selection announcement that successful development of advanced technologies and innovative concepts reducing CO2 atmospheric emissions is a key objective of the Obama Administration's efforts to help mitigate the effects of climate change. Carbon capture and storage (CCS) – which includes technologies for capturing, transporting, and permanently storing carbon dioxide emissions in geological formations – is viewed by many experts as an important part of a portfolio strategy for confronting the challenge. The projects announced today are aimed at testing large-scale industrial carbon capture and storage, an important step in moving CCS technology toward eventual commercial deployment. DOE's announcement can be found at http://fossil.energy.gov/news/techlines/2010/10017-DOE_Selects_Industrial_CCS_Project.html. Air Products is currently working on several CCS demonstration projects around the world for the power market. These projects include:
Additionally, a team led by Air Products and including Imperial College London and Doosan Babcock Energy Ltd. was presented the Rushlight Carbon Capture and Storage Award 2008 for work addressing impurity removal in CO2 waste streams from coal-fired power plants. The Rushlight Awards promote and celebrate the leading environmental technologies and innovations by organizations throughout the UK and Ireland. Air Products (NYSE:APD) serves customers in industrial, energy, technology and healthcare markets worldwide with a unique portfolio of atmospheric gases, process and specialty gases, performance materials, and equipment and services. Founded in 1940, Air Products has built leading positions in key growth markets such as semiconductor materials, refinery hydrogen, home healthcare services, natural gas liquefaction, and advanced coatings and adhesives. The company is recognized for its innovative culture, operational excellence and commitment to safety and the environment. In fiscal 2009, Air Products had revenues of $8.3 billion, operations in over 40 countries, and 18,900 employees around the globe. For more information, visit www.airproducts.com. NOTE: This release may contain forward-looking statements. Actual results could vary materially, due to changes in current expectations.
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He sat in the front, waiting for the teacher. Behind him, under the faded, dog-eared skeleton diagrams now endowed with bizarre genitalia and scribbled over with graffiti, other students were talking, laughing, throwing things around. He heard some boys discussing a fight that happened, how someone got stabbed. He felt uncomfortable. Many of these boys were so quick to anger, or talk about weapons, who owned a gun. He had seen too much killing, too much hurt, to be interested in those sorts of conversations.
At least now they didn't laugh at his accent anymore, or call him rude names. A few students even greeted him. Some of the teachers still treated him as a fool when he didn't understand their instructions. Mr Nicols always spoke extra loudly to him as if that would help him understand better.
He got out his books. He knew he was lucky to be here, to be out of the fear, the shooting, the walking. But sometimes when he looked at his homework in the tiny flat he shared with eight other refugees, the books and assignments seemed to be from some foreign planet. He certainly was treated like an alien. Him and Port Jackson – unwelcome blots on the landscape.
His thoughts were interrupted by Mr Rogers walking into the classroom, followed by a slim, pretty woman in a sleek black dress. 'Hey, I like it," shouted one boy, and the others wolf-whistled loudly. Sammy saw the woman blush and put his head down in embarrassment. "Quiet!" Mr Rogers shouted loudly, and the class subsided into interested murmurs. "This is Miss Dupoint. She has come to tell you about French classes."
She can teach me anything!" shouted the same heckler. Mr Rogers glared at him. "Detention. Friday." The boy slouched back, sullen. Miss Dupoint gave an apologetic laugh. Then she cleared her throat and the class quietened. "Who of you can speak French?" she asked. Sammy put his hand up. The class erupted in disbelief – "hey, Sammy, you can't even speak English properly!"
"Bonjour, Monsieur." Their calls subsided as Miss Dupoint greeted him politely in French, asked him where he came from. And when he answered, he almost heard the shocked silence. Did his classmates not realise he had a language that belonged to him? Miss Dupoint chatted to him a little, shyly. The others heard an exclusive conversation and the wolf-whistles started up again, quelled quickly by Mr Rogers. Miss Dupoint launched into her presentation in broken English, handed out some brochures and then left, smiling a goodbye to Sammy.
Later Nodumo came up to him. "Hey, you can score with that one," he teased. 'It sounds so cool when you speak French, it's really romantic,' said Chantal. Other kids also smiled at him, made a comment as they went out to break. It feels as if I'm suddenly visible, Sammy thought, as if Miss Dupoint waved a wand and they saw me for the first time.
Later it was English. "I need some oral marks" said Miss Brown. "Each of you is to stand up and introduce yourself to the class, and tell us something we don't know about you, anything – anything LEGAL that is," she said, in response to the giggles and shrieks amongst a group of students at the back.
Normally Sammy would have shrunk back in his chair, awkward with accent. He wouldn't have known what to say, and would have had Miss Brown's impatient prompting for his slow fumblings. But today was different. His back straightened as he put his hand up to go first. 'Sammy," said Miss Brown, surprised. "Well, miracles do happen. Okay, go for it."
Sam stood up. "Not many of you know where I come from," he said, "or why I'm here." Everyone was looking at him, even those students who spent most of the lessons sprawled across their desks sleeping. He took a deep breath. "This is my story…"


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Stop, Look, Think and then Go! Teaching the CCSS Practices in Guided Math Groups
The Math CCSS practices are about teaching children how to stop and think before they start doing math problems. They work hand in hand with the content. They should be taught explicitly alongside with the content. You should make posters of the practices and talk about them as you teach the content. Dr. Phil Daro (one of the writers of the Math CCSS) talks about "delaying answer getting" so that students can learn the math. Dr. Bill McCallum tells the students "Don't just do something, stand there" in the same spirit of getting them to THINK first! So, in all of our teaching, we have to get them to Stop, Look at the problem, Think about it and make a plan and then go for it! Do the math and be sure to explain their thinking! Also, we have to get them to check it in a different way than they solved it!
To do all of this, scaffolds work great. How are you scaffolding the thinking in your classroom? Do you have posters heralding these ideas. Do you give the students graphic organizers so they can show their thinking in a clear and orderly manner? How do you delay answer getting and get students to lay out a pathway. (The other day in one of my schools we actually drew out a pathway and drew pictures showing all the steps along the pathway to solving the problem…modeling it, writing an equation, explaining our thinking, checking a different way and writing the answer).
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Hey everyone! I hope you guys are all well, and if you aren't, please accept a virtual hug from me. I hope you know that things will get a lot better, if you're not okay. I can't tell you when it'll happen, but keep holding on, it will!
Anyways, I actually wanted to give you guys an update about everything that's going on right now because of a few reasons. The main one is just because I am extremely excited about all of this, and really want to share it with you guys. The secondary reason is because I've talk about it some on the page, but its only been statuses here and there. I have a lot of things going on, most of which directly involved Immortal Music, but some of it also includes the band I manage, Remedy X. Its all very exciting, and as I said there is a lot, so I will quit rambling and just get into it.
Immortal Music will be going to Uproar 2014, and is working on several interviews! Only one has been confirmed so far, and that is with Within Reason. Surprisingly enough, their press person remembered me from when he contacted me in 2012 for an interview. I am very excited to do this because I have actually never gotten to do a second interview with someone! It sounds very strange to say, "This is my first second interview." But it is! Its the first time a band has agreed to work with me for a second time. I am still waiting on replies for several more interviews at Uproar, and away from Uproar!
For Uproar, I asked for a total of nine interviews. That's also a first! I have never asked for so many interviews at one event ever. Most of them probably will not be granted, but it did not hurt to ask. As I said, I will be interviewing Within Reason, and I am waiting to hear back from Godsmack, Skillet, Escape The Fate, Seether, Buckcherry, Redlight King, and New Medicine. I also asked for Pop Evil, but they passed upon this chance for now. However, I am not too disappointed because their press person was very nice and told me to keep in touch, so perhaps an interview would be possible in the future.
So, if you have questions for any of the bands listed above, please do not hesitate to send your questions to me on Facebook. Just message the page, and please make sure you tell me which band you are asking the question for, and tell me if you want your name included or not.
I also heard back from Redlight King's press lady this morning, and she said she is busy at the moment, but will get back to me as soon as possible. Through her though, I found the press contact for Demi Lovato. After some debating, I went ahead and requested an interview with her for September 15. I'm aware this isn't the normal kind of interview I normally ask for, but frankly, I am sincerely hoping to get this. I have been a fan of Demi Lovato since I was thirteen years old and I have a lot of respect for her. Not to mention, getting that interview would just be incredible for my career, because she has over thirty-five million fans, and to get my name connected to that, could prove to be amazing. I'm not exactly holding my breath for that one, but I decided it was worth trying to ask for. Not to mention, a very random and cool fact: Camp Rock (Demi Lovato's 'debut' as we all know her.) was released on Disney Channel exactly six years ago today. For some reason, I find that to be extremely cool.
I will be reviewing Adelitas Way's new album, Stuck a month before its release on Monday! I will be attending a show with them and The Pretty Reckless on September 21 in Fort Lauderdale, FL and requested my second interview with them. Their press person responded by asking if I'd be willing to do it over email, not in person, and I said yes, but stated I was greatly hoping to ask some questions about the new album, but since it is not out yet, I cannot ask much about it yet. She was nice enough to send me the album a month early, so I can come with with some questions. As of the moment I was typing this out, I had not heard any of it, but you guys will hear what I think closer to the release date. I was told I can definitely review it, but she'd prefer I wait to post it until closer to the release date. The album, Stuck, will be out on July 29, so I will try to post the review sometime around then, if not on that day.
Now onto Warped tour -there's a lot to do with this. I will not be doing interviews at Warped tour 2014, except for one, if he follows through with it. YouTuber DeeFizzy told me one day last week that he was "down" to do an interview with me at Warped tour in Saint Petersburg, FL. However, before I really accepted that I would not be getting the needed credentials, I decided to contact a few bands about potential interviews. This was because in 2012, I was told by Warped tour not to contact the bands before hand requesting interviews, just to get to the show and be told I should have. So, I decided to just cover my ass entirely and ask ahead of time. I'm realizing now that Warped tour is going to deny me this year, but I went ahead and messaged the two bands that had answered me saying if I got my credentials to let them know and they would set things up. Those two bands were ATTILA and Bayside. ATTILA has not answered me yet, but Bayside as soon as I get the questions sent to them, to feel free to email them to their press person. So, if you have questions for Bayside, please let me know! I am going to be trying to send them soon, so please be quick about it. I hope to do the same with ATTILA, but who knows if they will answer me.
As many people know, I have been working extremely hard on pushing Remedy X to get on Warped tour. We're still not quite there yet, but its so close, I feel its not a jinx to say that its going to happen. They need to be in the top 200 to get on Warped tour, and they are as of today at 204. They need a minimum of 89.4% buzz rating and 200 on the list to get on, and they have 89.3% and are at 204, as I just said. I am still pushing it extremely hard, and will keep at it until the time is up. We have to get up to the top 200 and stay up there until around July 11, I believe. The website says that the cut off date for each band to get promotion is two weeks prior to the show they are trying to play at and we are trying to play at the July 25 show. That show is in Saint Petersburg, FL, and while I wish we were playing more dates, that is not the case.
The entire time I have been promoting, I have told certain people when they asked that fact, and have said that I am hoping Warped tour will open many doors for them. This hope, is proving to be totally logical as today they got an offer that was simply incredible. Someone came to me today, asking if they'd be interested in playing some shows in Hollywood. I thought they meant Hollywood, Florida, which is close-ish to Tampa, FL, but some research showed that this man went Hollywood California. He was asking if they'd be interested in several dates, spanning from June 21, all the way through August 31 at the LA House Of Blues, The Viper Room, and a couple others. Alas, we cannot accept this offer for the time being due to funds, but the offer is incredible! This was their first out of state offer, and then to have it at one of the biggest venues in the country? Simply incredible. No other word is there to describe it. I emailed the man back and told him we appreciated the offer but could not afford to do it right now.
Another incredible thing is that a man I contacted via Twitter works with several radio stations in the UK, and will be playing their music all week! They're getting air time in the UK! I posted all the details on their Facebook page, so please go check that out. That same man also will be doing a review of them on a magazine he works with sometime soon. All sorts of updates on what happens with them will be on their page, so please be sure to go check that out.
So....I think that's everything! Did I forget something? Let's recap, mostly for my own brain. I have requested interviews with Redlight King, Godsmack, Seether, Escape The Fate, Within Reason, Pop Evil, Skillet, Buckcherry, New Medicine, Demi Lovato, Adelitas Way, 5 Seconds Of Summer, The Pretty Reckless, Bayside and ATTILA recently. I've heard back from Pop Evil, who declined, Redlight King and The Pretty Reckless have both acknowledged me but not said yes or no yet. Adelitas Way and Bayside said yes to email interviews, and the rest are ones I am waiting to hear back from. I will definitely be at Uproar 2014 on August 30 in Saint Petersburg, FL, and Adelitas Way and The Pretty Reckless in Fort Lauderdale, FL on September 21. I will more than likely be at the 2014 Vans Warped tour on July 25, but as I've stated before all depends on Remedy getting on Warped tour. They're basically there, but the real key is getting up there and staying up there until the cut off date.
Other concert dates that are in question for Immortal Music are Demi Lovato on September 15 in Orlando, FL, 5 Seconds of Summer (Really, its One Direction's tour but I want to go for 5SOS) on October 3, and Five Finger Death Punch on October 14. I'd also really like to attend The Dead Rabbits show in Orlando, FL on July 20, and A Day To Remember on either October 10 or 11 which is also in Orlando, but I do not see that happening at all. I just cannot swing the money.
I think that's it....and I am thrilled for it all to be happening! Thank you so much, all of you, for supporting me, and the band, and just being there! I appreciate it a lot, and this is just amazing to me. Its so nice to see things starting to fall into place, and its amazing. Oh! One more thing, I am so excited to see that my website has gotten about 13,000 views in the past month! So, thank you for that.
I am going to stop rambling now. I am sorry you had to read for so long, I told you I had a lot to say! By the way, before I go, yes, I will be vlogging Warped tour, Uproar, and probably some of Adelitas Way as well. And Demi's show if I get to go. Basically, expecting some exciting vlogs in the next few months! Thank you for reading all this, and all your support. I'm going to go now. Have a good day/afternoon/night! I love you, goodbye.
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Police are warning people to be careful who they do business with after a woman becomes a victim of a Craigslist scam.
Albuquerque police are investigating the Craigslist scam, where a man claiming to live out of the country hired an Albuquerque woman to be a nanny for his son. To get paid, police said she had to cash a moneygram, take her wages and then send the rest to another address in San Antonio.
The scam turned out to be almost $1,900.
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"The e-mails are of a really suspicious nature," the woman said.
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Millwall 1-0 Blades - report
A goal with less than two minutes on the clock was the difference as United battled without reward at Millwall.
Chris Taylor scored the early goal as the Blades suffered a first defeat at The New Den since October 2003.
Boss Adkins made three changes with McEveley, Whiteman and Adams all dropping to the bench. Basham returned and took the skipper's armband, whilst Cuvelier and Sammon also started.
Less than two minutes had elapsed before Millwall were in front with the first chance of the game. Morison's cross from the left saw United repel the near post chance but the ball dropped invitingly for the untracked TAYLOR to fire past the exposed Long.
Despite the set-back, United attempted to put the home side onto the back foot, using the space out wide, whilst trying to come to terms with a bouncy pitch and strong wind blowing through The Den. The first chance for the visitors was a weak Sammon effort at goalkeeper Archer.
Gregory, faced by the onrushing Long, poked wide after chasing a hopeful forward ball and then Martin headed wide a Ferguson free-kick for the home side.
United were enjoying a fair share of possession and won a number of first half corners but the better chances were falling to the home side. In the space of a minute around the half hour mark, the big frame of Long saved the Blades twice from Millwall's front two of Gregory and Morison after they had escaped white shirts.
As half-time approached, Sammon had the ball in the home net but he was adjudged to be offside when receiving Flynn's pass and before the break all four sides of the ground applauded a full-blooded challenge between Hammond and Gregory.
Baptiste lasted three minutes of the second half before hobbling out of the action, but United started well, building pressure on the Millwall goal. Shots from Brayford and Flynn were blocked and had Sammon's pass to Sharp connected the leading scorer would have been in the clear.
Done whipped in a couple of interesting crosses and from one Sharp headed at Archer, whilst Millwall's first effort of the half saw Taylor fire over after controlling with his hand on 70 minutes.
Coutts and Adams were introduced as United searched for a leveller but Long was forced to tip over a flicked Morison header from Ferguson's cross. On 76 minutes another spell of United pressure almost resulted in a goal; following patient build up Basham's cross saw Archer parry out Sharp's near post header.
The late pressure was coming from the Blades but chances remained limited as the organised home defence stood firm, enabling them to collect the points.
Millwall: Archer, Martin, Gregory (O'Brien 83), Beevers, Webster, Ferguson (Upson 90), Taylor, Morison, Thompson, Abdou, Romeo.
Unused: Forde, Edwards, Williams, Onyedinma, Nelson.
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Fear Factory has confirmed an additional week of dates to the recently announced second leg of their American Fear Campaign tour. Set to begin May 14 in Tucson, initial weeks will feature Fear Factory with Prong, Thy Will Be Done and Silent Civilian with the final week finding All That Remains replacing Prong for the northern run of dates. Continuing to tour in support of their latest release, Mechanize, the tour introduces the album's third single, the controversial album closer Final Exit.
Final Exit is expected to follow the success of earlier metal radio singles Powershifter and Fear Campaign. Already playing via three of AOL Radio's online music channels, the single is planned to impact on May 17. Fear Factory have done two special edits of the 8:11 minute song with hopes to position the song for breakout play on the country's larger Active Rock stations. Vocalist Burton C. Bell recently commented, "Dino and I have created the edits to condense the song into a time specific for radio. We are very happy fans are loving the song for it is one that touches upon the importance of the freedom of choice and personal liberty that all human beings should be allowed. The song hopefully will create awareness for the support group Final Exit Network," the song's namesake. Passionately he continued, "the right to life extends beyond life itself. If the medical community cannot, and will not find a cure due to cost effectiveness, then humanity needs the choice of a dignified, self deliverance from continual, painful treatments from debilitating disease. We have been contacted by many fans who connect with this song on many levels, and with Final Exit being played on the radio, we hope others will also become aware, understand, and enjoy this song."
Fear Factory just completed eight dates supporting Metallica in Europe. The short tour followed the band's successful performance at Revolver Magazine's Golden God Awards in Los Angeles on April 8, scheduled for television broadcast via VH1 on May 22.
Complete dates for the upcoming tour are noted below and available at the band's official social networking sites located at http://www.myspace.com/fearfactory and http://www.facebook.com/fearfactory. Tickets are available via all major ticket agencies and each venue's in-house box offices. Mechanize is available in stores now and via Candlelight's official webstore located at http://www.candlelightrecordsusa.com.


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The past two months have seen the usually rash of fall releases, and it's no exception this year. My TBR pile grew exponentially again. Trying to keep up is a challenge. So here are some recent releases and a few from the summer I'm just catching up with.
First up is new author Owen Laukkanen with his first book, a thriller, The Professionals, about college kids with no job prospects who somehow find themselves in the easy business of kidnapping wealthy upper management types, mostly banking and investment types, and holding them for reasonable ransoms, and letting them go the next day. A simple business plan. Don't get greedy, ask for an amount that the wife would have available, don't call the cops. But finally one victim DOES call the cops and the cops call the Minnesota BCA (Bureau of Criminal Apprehension made famous by John Sanford's Lucas Davenport books) – the state criminal investigation unit.
Overworked and world-weary detective Kirk Stevens catches the unwanted call about a kidnapping in Minnesota. Talk about a rare occurrence. Curious, Stevens goes to investigate. As Stevens starts finding bits and pieces, our enterprising gang, lead by Pender and girlfriend Marie, tough guy Sawyer, and 'Mouse', the computer hacker, have moved on to another city. The next target leaves town with his family for vacation the day they plan to snatch him. So now they have leave town or quickly change targets. They find a back-up and snatch him – and things start to go terribly wrong.
At the same time, Stevens gets permission to get the FBI involved with his case and Agent Windermere start working together. Donald Beneteau isn't frightened about being snatched, he's mad. He keeps telling them "You don't know who you're messing with." The phone call to the wife for the ransom demand doesn't go as scripted, just "You know what to do." The gang is nervous and Mouse digs deeper, the kind of digging he should have done before the snatch. Donald isn't the big problem, his wife Patricia is. It's a worst case thing, they just grabbed a guy with mob ties. Worse he learned one of their names – and foolishly taunts them with by asking, "Who's Pender?" That's when Sawyer shoots him in the head on street in front of his house.
Now they're running from the police, the Feds, and the mob – and from themselves for suddenly being part of a murder. Shocked by what happened, and the magnitude of what they've done, Maria takes off for home – Seattle while the 3 guys head for Florida. The mob is hot on their tail, so are Stevens and Windermere.
The story switches point of view between characters – the cops, the mob, and our gang. The characters are well drawn, especially the 4 young gang members. The author does a decent job of watching them go from treating kidnapping as a virtual 'victim-less' crime to to the realization they are serious criminals and now killers. When Mouse gets shot by mob guys there for bayback, he lives, but the mob guys don't and Pender has to deal with the fact he remorselessly killed a man. The change is realistic, but not their ease with weapons, but I found that credibility factor not too hard to hurdle.
It's a long book at over 400 pages in paperback, but it held together. The Professionals is a good first novel and apparently the start of a series featuring BCA Agent Stevens and FBI Agent Windermere. It get a B- (3.8*) from and a suggested read for thriller readers. I got the book thru the Amazon 4-for-3 promotion for about $8 ($9.99 list) and it was worth that as entertainment. The second book, Criminal Enterprise, is due out in hardcover in early 2013.
Daryanda Jones hit the paranormal market with a real breakthrough book First Grave on the Right, first in the Charlie Davidson series. She has now turned the same bright, sassy, irreverent style to the lucrative young adult market with Death and the Girl Next Door. Lorelei MacALister was left an orphan when her parents were killed – though in truth, she just remembers their ……. disappearing. Raised in a small New Mexico town she and BFF's Brooklyn, an irreverent and loyal friend since they fought it out at 6 years of age, and Glitch, the boy who's kind of skinny and funny and tight with both of them. Inseparable friends who keep Lori's secret – she can see things when she touches people.
As if being sophomores in high school isn't bad enough, Lori finds herself the centerpiece of a battle between loner Cameron Lusk and a supposedly 'new kid' Jared Kovach. Neither is what they seem to be – but then neither is Lori. Luckily, her two quirky friends and loving grandparents seem OK with what she is. When the high school principal seems to recognize Jared, and Lori quickly realizes he's made his name up, and she starts having lots of questions. She has a lot more when Jared seemingly does the impossible and saves her from dying when she's hit by a truck. Literally. And why isn't she hurt far worse than she is? And where did Jared disappear to? And why does Josh hate him and warn her away from him? And what's going on with the school principal?
A quick read, and suitable for teens, as young adult books should be, yet still entertaining enough for adults. It's a lighter version of characters that are in many ways similar to those in her Charley Davidson series. The same humor is here too and the kids seem only slightly too mature for sophomores. The plot doesn't move a smoothly as it should, digressing into various side stories, and tension levels are not all that high. The 'Big Reveal' about Lori is a bit flat and more than a little confusing in its mythology/history. Without spoilers, I can't give the details, but I can't say where this is going from here.
Overall, it was average at the end with some excellent moments in spots. I'd give Death and the Girl Next Door a C+ to B- (3.5*) and say for $9.99 on the 4-for-3 promotion, it's a decent buy with 3 other books, especially if you have a young adult reader in the family. Got my copy thru the Amazon promotion for about $8.
Christie Craig writes romantic mysteries that are on the frothy side. Her latest series centers on three PI's – cops wrongly convicted of murder who were exonerated after 18 months in prison. Blame it on Texas is about Tyler Lopez. Tyler Lopez is convinced he'll never find happiness like his partner did, but he has god a big family that loves him. Unfortunately, the command performance at his niece's birthday party ended up with him in a clown costume. And punching her stepfather who hit his sister.
Zoe Adams is a grade school teacher on a one month leave of absence while she investigates the strange story of a supposedly kidnapped and murdered girl, granddaughter of a billionaire, in a house she has vague memories of. His ordinary and loving parents claimed she was born in Alabama, yet her birth certificate was from Texas, this small town she faintly recalls. She had years of therapy convincing her the 'memories' she had as a child were all false. By the time she graduated college, her dad had died and then her mom. It was going thru their belongings that lead her to the birth certificate. Working as a waitress in a diner helps pay the rent while she tries to find the truth. Her boss suggests she go see the PI's that come in to eat lunch.
Now Zoe is no wimp, but she's getting threatening phone calls and decides maybe talking to the PI's isn't a bad idea. She goes to the office – but it seems empty. The sign says ring the bell. Looking, for the bell, she sees a file on the Bradford's when her oversize purse knocks the file on the floor. Crawling on the floor to pick up the papers, she suddenly sees the one thing she has an irrational phobia of – a clown.
It's not everyday a beautiful redhead is crawling around the floor of the office, and Trey assumes this is the new receptionist, Ellen. Except for the complete panic when she sees him – and the certainty he knows her from ….. somewhere. But she's out of there and running before he can do anything and all he gets is the fact her plate is from Alabama. Finally, he remembers where he saw her before – and next day heads there for breakfast – one that he ends up wearing when he startles Zoe while holding a tray full of food.
Finally Trey and Zoe talk, and he's not exactly believing her theory. But he becomes a believer when someone starts shooting at her in her apartment. No question, someone wants her GONE. Taking her to the agency 'safe house' – well he invented that because he had to say something to get her out of there, he takes her back to the agency where the upstairs apartment he was planning to move into. He more of a believer because of the yearbook photo in one of partner's father's HS class, but when the man walks in, he takes one look at Zoe and says she's the image of her real mother.
But why try and kill Zoe? A simple DNA test would prove whether she was the kidnapped granddaughter. The story twists and turns and Trey and Zoe get romantically involved, but he believes he's a bad bet for marriage. But there's another story, why did two decent, ordinary, loving people kidnap a child and raise her to believe she was theirs?
That answer is tied up a bit conveniently in a letter from her dead mother, along with the suicide of one of the men involved. There is an HEA and a not very happy family reunion, one that tells Zoe that maybe what happened to her was in fact, good luck. Confusing things is a second story line of policeman and part time PI agency agent Rick and the new agency receptionist Ellen. With two romances running, the old kidnapping, current attempts to frighten or hurt Zoe, and the the whole spousal abuse element with Trey's sister, it was kind of on overload
Ms Craig draws her characters well, even if they are a bit unoriginal, but the 'humorous meeting' thing is forced here. I general, Zoe is grounded and feisty and I liked her. Trey was a bit too angsty. Give him fangs and he could have been a vampire. It was fluff, but a decent read. Overall I give Blame It on Texas a C+ (3.7*) though Amazon readers rate it much higher. On the 4-for-3 rate of $6.00 it's an OK read, but not not recommended unless you're a fan of Craig.
Terry Spear favors writing stand alone shifter novels and Savage Hunger is no exception. Set mostly in the Amazon where Jaguar shifter Conner Anderson and his sister Maya are camping. She wants him to find a mate, instead he finds Captain Kathleen McKnight a prisoner of men that work for the local drug lord, Carlos Gonzolas. Things go wrong. She's badly injured and vaguely recalls being rescued by a jaguar and a man named Connor. Eventually, what's left of her team rescues her, and she spends a long time in military hospitals and then gets discharged from the only life she's known, the military and her fiance breaks up with her.
She goes back to the jungle in hopes of finding the man who saved her only to be save again – by a pair of jaguars. After what had happened to her on her first trip, Kat did a lot of reading on jaguars and she finally decides this male and female pair must have been raised as cubs by her mystery rescuer. And sure enough, Connor shows up.
Kat's pheromones are driving Connor crazy. But she's human, not a suitable mate for him. Maya thinks differently and scratches Kat with her claws, then licks the wounds, hoping the virus transfers to her and she becomes a jaguar shifter too – and a mate for Connor. She knows he'll be furious at what she's done, but he needs a mate.
The local drug lord has not forgotten what happened the year before when all his men were killed and when he hears that the woman is back in the jungle, he comes hunting her. There's a mysterious 'jaguar god' that gets sighted now and then that may, or may not have something to do with Connor and Maya's parents, but that is one mystery left unsolved.
We have our HEA and then Kat's ex-fiance shows up to 'patch things up'. This, after he used her as bait to lure out the drug lord. Men are idiots. You can imagine the reaction.
Savage Hunger was a decent paranormal romance, but I did prefer her A SEAL in Wolf's Clothing. Not her best effort, but with some good parts. C+ (3.5*) and a suggestion to buy used or get it through book swapping. I paid $5.99 on the Amazon 4-for-3 promotion.
Last review is one of the better action thriller reads of the year, Black List by Brad Thor book 11 in his Scot Havarth series. Thor has a bad habit of using his characters to preach his own ideas about national security and terrorism, but here he went back to basics and wrote a traditional action thriller that was scary in that I can see this happening. In an odd quirk of fate, I read this book just before Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense, spoke about 'Cyber Pearl Harbor'. On the cover page –
"All of the technology contained in this novel is based upon systems currently being deployed, or in the final stages of development, by the United States government and its partners."
Caroline Romero once saved the life of an enigmatic computer genius nicknamed "The Troll". Now she stumbled onto something so black and so unbelievable, she reaches out to the one person who would never be linked to the conspiracy. But she's being followed and knows they'll kill her. She has to get this to someone who can get to the Troll in her place. Goes the one place the men won't follow – Victoria Secrets. Then she runs. And dies.
Scot Havarth meets with Riley Turner in an apartment in Europe. He no more than arrives when they get attacked. Riley is killed and he uses his SEAL training to make use of what weapons he has to take down the killers. Killers his own government sent. He runs, using cover passports and still he's tracked. Unable to reach any of the other operators or their boss, he manages to get back to the US to try and find out why he and the other operators have become targets.
Meanwhile, back in the US, the Troll lands in Texas at a private ranch owned by someone who owes him more than a few favors. He rarely sets foot in the US, but for the woman who saved his life and never asked for anything from him, he came. A dwarf with two huge dogs, he keeps the lowest profile someone can. But when he makes the meet at a parking garage, it's not Caroline running to his SUV – but she knew all about how they met and he saves her – and the memory stick Caroline mailed her.
In Northern Virginia, Reed Carlton, founder of the Carlton Group for whom Havarth works, as do many other skilled spec ops people is awakened in the middle of the night by a fire. A fire that's engulfing his whole house and all the electronic safety measures, including the safe room, into a prison. But it's a prison with a secret escape hatch and the shrewd old man makes use of it and very quickly realizes that everything electronic can't be trusted. But he was a spy back before all the electronics existed, so he uses his old tradecraft to evade detection. Then he enlists his own mentor for help.
The three men manage to link up to get the man who put them on the Black List – a list of 'Enemies of the State'.
Thor takes the three separate story lines and weaves them together through a private security company turned rogue by their CEO – Craig Middleton. Devoid of his usual editorialism for most of the book, Black List is a first rate thriller and one of the best he's done. I had trouble putting it down and knocked it off in a few hours. Thor's writing isn't in the same class as Daniel Silva's more elegant prose, but for this story, his straight-forward, spare style suits.
Black List gets a solid B+ (4.3*) and a recommended read for action thriller lovers. It's selling for $16+ on Amazon, but I got my copy through a book swap site. Either buy used or get it from the library. Or if you can, wait for the paperback, but do read it.


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By Patrick Haugseng
Before some weeks ago, I'd never been in a courtroom. Most people haven't. I had an idea of what to expect, of course, but only from cinema and television.
Golden Hollywood films like 12 Angry Men, Anatomy of a Murder and Inherit the Wind portray court proceedings as respectful, serious and intense with drama always present. This vision makes sense; these places do hear and decide on cases that can be incredibly dark and harrowing, after all.
The Waterfront Arena in Belfast sits opposite the Laganside courts. It's a pretty new building; polished stone floors with huge walls made only of glass, flooding the hallways with bright, natural light and framing the young Titanic Quarter.
Like in all the great Hollywood films, these courts don't deal with litigation or the like, but with crime.
They're situated on two floors; the second and the fourth.
On the second floor, each morning for two hours, around a hundred people get the date of their trial pencilled in, in what's called the Magistrates Proceedings. The 10:30 start for these proceedings is usually, however, a little optimistic as the proceedings frequently start late and usually run on. Up on the fourth floor, serious cases on murder, rape and assault are heard.
While the courtrooms on the fourth floor are much bigger than those on the second, they are essentially the same; a big purple wall at the front, behind the judge, and purple seats for the legal professionals, press and public (the judge gets a green seat).
The tables are all constructed with a particularly yellow wood and, behind the judge, amongst the purple, sit one or two frosted glass brick windows, depending on the particular courtroom. It's basically the UK criminal justice system as envisioned by Premier Inn.
Away from the décor, however, the two courts are quite different. In the Magistrates Proceedings, the public gallery sits in complete silence, while the legal professionals sit in the middle of the room, behind their benches, loudly chatting and joking to one another across the room. They aren't dressed in cloaks and wigs, just suits, mostly of the pinstripe variety.
You always notice a pinstripe suit. They're so confident and eye catching they act like a peacock's colourful tail-feathers, designed to alert you to their power and status. The captive audience, attending out of duty, doesn't seem particularly impressed, however.
"Oh, that's cool", says one of the solicitors, talking to a colleague about home electronics. At the front, a court clerk says "All rise". The whole room stands. The judge walks in and sits straight down, a despondent look on his face. Just another day.
Already the judge, solicitors and public prosecutors are organising and reorganising dates, attempting to get something achieved.
"Could we try and get a date? We've been trying for some time" the judge states wearily. Not long after, the issue of a lack of paperwork raises its head. "Where's his record, please?" There is no record.
This is not uncommon. In another court, the judge chastised the solicitors for failing to include the required paperwork, threatening to bring in yet another form for them to routinely fill out. This limp threat was met with mild amusement. This had been going on for a whole year, the judge said.
The benches of the public prosecutors are heaving with papers and purple folders stacked into high columns, hurriedly opened, read and discarded. Solicitors who aren't involved in any of the cases stroll in to see what's happening in their domain and leave again, hands in pockets, with the same leisurely pace. The legalese flies over the heads of all but themselves during proceedings. And while all this is going on, a plethora of forms is being filled out.
The fourth floor is radically different. It's quiet, measured and the legal professionals wear their wigs and robes. Whereas the bulk of the cases in the Magistrates Proceedings are petty theft, on the fourth floor the cases are much darker.
The first time I was on the fourth floor I watched a case where a step-father, living with the family, was accused of having sexually abused a 6 year old girl, on over 20 occasions, across several years. She was interviewed by the prosecution and defence via video link, about explicit details of the alleged ordeal.
The judge was patient and considerate, ensuring the child and the jury were given enough breaks and were well catered for. That said, even these courtrooms contain some scenes of chaos.
During the trial of two teenagers, it became known that the defence had failed not only to provide paperwork as part of their case, but that they were also unaware of what was involved in getting said paperwork and how long it would take to get. The defence was left standing alone and ignorant as the judge, the prosecution and a police expert all stood agreeing that it usually takes some time for this specific paperwork to make its way to court.
In this same case, after the jury was sworn in, the prosecution started to make his opening statement, about 40 minutes in length, which included the screening of a CCTV film of the incident, displayed on one of the many flat television screens littering the courtroom.
After the prosecution had spoken, the jury left and the legal arguments began. The judge, frustrated at the slow media player used to play the video, asked, "Why on earth are we using a piece of software that is free from the internet?" He continued, talking about "All this equipment", referring to the latest technology surrounding him in the court and describes what is being run on it as, "Unfit for purpose." It was rather like putting on a royal tea party complete with hand painted, porcelain cake stands, only to serve a scotch egg.
The media player in question is called 'Real Player'. Anyone can download and use this software for free. To actually do so, however, is far from advisable as a quick Google search points out that it was declared the second worst 'tech product' of all time by PC World Magazine and continues to be the laughing stock of the online community.
What is striking is that any teenager, not a computer expert, but a teenager, could suggest a minimum of three free alternatives which would be far better, yet these courts continue to use RealPlayer.
The next day, the judge asked if photocopies of the photos being used in the case could be made saying, "It would be good if this had of been thought of beforehand". The judge hadn't even seen the photos.
A clerk rushed out to make copies, returning minutes later and inevitably interrupting proceedings.
The courtroom had changed in the hope of getting a better video player. The video was being played again.
The prosecution asks for the video to be taken back a bit. The clerk dutifully obliges. The video begins rewinding. This takes at least five minutes, during which time the courtroom is completely silent with nothing happening. "We can take it back frame by frame, that seems to be possible" says the judge. That is not a joke. The video was literally being rewound frame by frame.
In this system of chaos and inadequacy, feeling that the public participants lose out isn't all that surprising. Imagine if you were put on trial; people are debating your future and liberties and you haven't a clue what's going on around you. They may as well be speaking Latin.
And it actually feels worse than that. In proceedings on the second floor, defendants are treated as mere commodities, as though they themselves belong in an evidence bag to be whipped out and discarded at the beck and call of a solicitor. It's dehumanising. A judge in these proceedings once asked a defendant if he was aware of the risks of pleading 'not guilty'. His response was: 'I am now.'
On another occasion, a woman was sat with her adult son in the gallery. His case was being scheduled that day. It was their first time at the proceedings, but they didn't seem perturbed by the experience, though they were grossly ill-informed of what was about to happen.
After the judge had walked in and sat down, cases were being scheduled at light speed. During the few minutes the son's case was being decided, he stood up and sat down repeatedly, unsure of what to do. In no more than two minutes, the court had moved on to another case.
"That's it? That's it?" the son asked. The mother and son sit stunned, wondering if there's something more. A few more cases are scheduled. They left.
The notion of opening up this system so that members of the public may sit in, observe and hold the courts system to account is rendered absurd by the completely incomprehensible proceedings the court engages in. Even defendants are scarcely involved in their own cases.
The legal professionals exist in their own world, entirely normal to them, but completely alien to everyone else. It's a Mad Hatter's Tea Party everyday at 10:30 on the second floor.
When justice seems routine and arbitrary, there must surely be a problem. While this is only a three week snapshot, it's hard to get away from the sense that there are real issues that need to be dealt with. On the fourth floor, while judges consistently and admirably warn against excessive use of tax payer money in the courtrooms, they should at least be permitted video playing software that is fit for purpose. I imagine CCTV evidence is not too uncommon, after all.


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View images in slideshow
You have a collection of images and you want to view them in randomized order. In addition, you want to see them in a slideshow and you want to set the delay between the images.
feh -zsZFD 5 .
It will start displaying the images in the current folder. Installation: "
sudo apt-get install feh". More info: "
man feh".
Send email from command line
I wanted to send an email notification from command line. I launched a program on my desktop machine at my workplace that would require some days to finish. I want to know when it's finished and I want to get the result too.
The email will be sent via gmail, it's the easiest solution. Here, Sid explains nicely how to configure ssmtp on a desktop. Here I repeat the steps:
Step one:
ssmtp: "
sudo apt-get install ssmtp".
Step two:
Edit the file
/etc/ssmtp/ssmtp.conf and add the following content:
firstname.lastname@example.com mailhub=smtp.gmail.com:465 rewriteDomain=gmail.com AuthUser=username AuthPass=password FromLineOverride=YES UseTLS=YES
For this purpose, I created a dedicated Gmail account.
Step three:
Test if it works: "
ssmtp firstname.lastname@example.com < filename.txt".
You can also send emails with the command "
mail -s "Subject of the mail" firstname.lastname@example.com < result.txt
Use Case
In the intro I mentioned that I want to get the result of a slow program. Here is how I did it: the program writes the result in a file called "
result.txt". When it's finished, a shell script is called that sends the content of
result.txt to me:
time ./pe_211.d && ./send-mail.sh
send-mail.sh looks like this:
#!/usr/bin/bash mail -s "PE 211" email@example.com < result.txt
Related links
- How to send email from the Linux command line (it didn't work for me out of the box, I had to edit first
ssmtp.conf, as described above)
- smtp-cli — command line SMTP client (a powerful SMTP command line client with a support for advanced features, written in Perl)
- How to send mail from the command line?
Miller-Rabin primality test
A very efficient way for testing if a large number is a prime or not is the Miller-Rabin primality test.
Python code is here.
Wikipedia entry is here.


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by Alan Allegra
3/07/2012 / Devotionals
"Why? Why? Why?" is not just a child's persistent inquiry--we have that question programmed into us. It's as though we sense there should be purpose to everything (Ecc. 3:1).
Sometimes, events don't make sense until afterward. You're puzzled as to why you didn't get that raise, until you discover they were planning in the background to eliminate your job.
Criminal investigations are planned and executed, sometimes for years, before the perpetrator is suddenly caught unawares.
I am working in the background to stop a case of elder abuse, but the miscreant doesn't know it. He wonders why the gravy train has derailed but doesn't know why. It will be a shock.
Reading the book of Job, we pity him, but not too much because we know God and Satan were working behind the scenes, and it worked out better for Job in the end.
Christian musician Ron Hamilton lost an eye to cancer, leading to the successful "Patch the Pirate" children's ministry.
Often, we can look back and see why we faced the predicaments we did. We make connections that come in handy later in life. We learn things that, at the time, seemed irrelevant, but now are useful.
I don't know much about tapestries, but when I think of them, I picture frontier American or Oriental work. I don't associate tapestries with Rome, although there are some wonderful Italian masterpieces. However, the most important piece of handiwork is found in the Bible--and it's Roman.
A breathtaking bargello is found in Romans 8:28: "And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose." Everything that happens is working for good for those who love Him. This doesn't mean everything is pleasant. There is a popular saying: "It's all good." Although usually said with an inflection of hopeful resignation, there is some hopeful truth in it. Everything is good in that God uses it for His good ends and--if we love Him and are His--our benefit. He takes the experiences of life and entwines them to effect an exquisite embroidery. At times, His needle pokes through and pricks us with unpleasant results. This is just a reminder that He is still working, even when we think He's off the clock.
God only twines the threads we give Him. If we provide corrupt cords, they will deface the design. When we hand Him favorable fibers, the result is radiant. "For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life" (Galatians 6:8).
Ever watch Antiques Roadshow? People are often amazed at the value of the items they bring in for appraisal. We may be surprised at the Judgment, "(f)or we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what is due for what he has done in the body, whether good or evil" (2 Corinthians 5:10). Either the tapestry we assumed was priceless is worthless, unworthy to adorn God's domicile, or far more worthy of eternal display than we expected.
Each life tapestry is a portrayal of God's grace. He weaves the moments of our lives together "in order that in the coming ages he might show the incomparable riches of his grace, expressed in his kindness to us in Christ Jesus" (Ephesians 2:7).
So, don't mind the pinpricks, "(f)or our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory" (2 Corinthians 4:17).
Alan is Content Coordinator for Lifestyles Over 50 (Thrive Media) and contributor to the Allentown, PA, Morning Call. He is also an adult Sunday school teacher and Bible study leader. Passionate about reviving theology and church methodology, and being a senior citizen!
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Your students will love this amazing collaborative poster featuring 8 words, body parts related. Each student will get one piece of the puzzle that they will color. After assembling all the pieces, you will get a giant poster !
Once colored, your students will be able to put the labels under each picture (which you will be able to take down when test-time comes)
: arm – ear – eye – foot – hand – leg – nose – teeth
- with the colors written
- nothing written : let your student express their creativity !
- already colored if you want to skip the coloring step
Note that there is no instruction regarding the color of the background for each picture. That is totally up to your students !
>>>> A tip : ask them to color the clip art with felt-tip pens and the background with pencils. The images will be more visible this way !
Printing indication: this resource contains 30 pieces (2 pieces per page). When you print and assemble them, the poster is 174cm x 122 cm (68,5 in x 48 in). If you adjust your printing settings, you will be able to get a smaller poster.


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Tactical Backpack US COOPER PATCH with patch panel (dimensions 20x14 cm). Designed in accordance with the MOLLE mounting system. Made of a material with high resistance to abrasion and tearing. Additionally, the compartments are coated with PVC to prevent the contents of the backpack from getting wet. Presented model has 3 compartment - 1 main with two pockets and 2 external (the lower with organizer and top for handy equipment). To maximize the comfort of the carrier, the back and shoulder straps have special foam from polyethylene fibers (60%), trivinyl (20%) and acetate (20%) - this combination provides excellent absorption of moisture, while maintaining the vapor-permeability. US COOPER PATCH is a perfect choice for a 1-day tours or to wear every day. Product dedicated to military personel as well as travel, hiking or sportsmen e.g. cyclists.
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|May 1, 2019
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|Palos Verdes / South Bay Audubon Society announces their 2nd annual photo contest and show. Photo show is schedule for July 8 – August 19 with reception July 13 from 1-5 pm. They are now accepting entries from California resident photographers who have captured images of California birds. See details at https://www.facebook.com/Palos-VerdesSouth-Bay-Audubon-Society-257977060610/
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|Registration now open for Photographic Society of America (PSA) Annual Conference. Spokane is near the rolling hills and farms of the Palouse region, and a great location for southern California members to car pool and enjoy the red rock country of the American Southwest on the way to the Conference or following the Conference. Talk to your friends and plan today for September: https://psa-photo.org/index.php?2019-psa-conference


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An example of this communal broth, formed by adding ingredients and poaching them in the increasingly flavoursome broth.
Peel and finely chop the garlic, ginger and chilli, but keep separate.
Peel, trim and cut the carrots into 2-3 cm chunks.
Heat a large wok to a medium heat and add the oil.
When shimmering, add the ginger and chili and stir for 30 seconds.
Add the garlic and carrots and continue to stir for another minute.
Add the chicken stock, turn up the heat and bring to the boil, then down to a gentle simmer.
Cut the baby sweet corn in half lengthwise, through the cob.
Cut the mange tout into thirds.
Pick the stalks from the mushrooms and cut into slices.
Wash and drain the bean sprouts.
Drain the bamboo shoots.
Roll the pork mince into approximately 3 cm balls.
If necessary, dehead, devein and shell the prawns, the head and shells can be used to infuse the stock for extra flavour.
When the carrots are still firm, begin to add the other ingredients, beginning with the corn and the meatballs as these will take the longest to cook.
When the soup is nearly completed, add the noodles and allow to gently cook until 'glassey'.
Try to avoid breaking them as the length of the noodle is a symbol of longevity, glass noodles themselves are a symbol of a 'silver chain'
If available, season the ingredients with 'Sha-sa' sauce to finish, a traditional barbecue style sauce made with minced dried shrimps and chilli.
Finish the soup with soy sauce to taste and serve.
The symbolism in the food can come not only from the colour and shape, but by by it's 'homonym', or a word that has the same pronunciatin but a different meaning.
Here are the ingredients that we have used and their meanings:
Bamboo shoots: wealth
Bean sprouts: to your hearts content
Carrots: red color means good luck
Long noodles: longevity
Shiitake Mushrooms: longevity, sizing up opportunities
Pork mince: strength & wealth, rolled into meatballs also means reunion
Prawns: liveliness
Snow peas: unity
Sweet corn: growth and increase
Tofu, fried or freeze-dried:gold and wealth
If you choose to use tofu in your hot pot, cut the tofu into centimetre slices, this should be dried or fried tofu, which is a slightly yellow colour, this will not only be firmer to poach in the soup, but soft fresh tofu is also white , which is considered an unlucky colour denoting death.
«Traditionally, the ingredients are added to the pot to poach in the broth with either chopsticks or a slotted spoon for a 'Fondue-style' meal and eaten from the pot as they are cooked; the noodles go in last and are served with the broth to finish.»


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The problem with most games on Android is a distinct lack of cute. This is no problem for Pet Rescue Saga, which just arrived on Android and is positively overflowing with puppies and kittens. I think there are some puzzles in there too.
Pet Rescue Saga is a casual puzzler that ties in with Facebook. In fact, the game has over 10 million players on the Facebook app. The game affords you the opportunity to solve block-based puzzles and compete against your friends.
The graphics are clean and simple, with ample small furry animals. Pet Rescue Saga is free, but gives only a limited number of lives. You either have to interact (bother) with friends to earn more, or buy them through an in-app purchase. If you aren't cool with plugging in your Facebook info and playing against friends, there are better puzzle games out there. But... puppies.


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Thrift store shopping is one of my favorite types of shopping! Finding the best deals at thrift stores, though, is a cross between an art and a science. You really need to know what you're doing if you're going to get the most bang for your buck in a thrift store.
Keep these thrift store shopping tips from a thrift store junkie in mind next time you find yourself in Goodwill, The Salvation Army, or any other thrift store…
Make Friends
This is one of the best thrift store shopping tips that I can give anyone! Always get to know and be pleasant with the employees at the thrift stores you visit. Once you do, they will often tip you off to upcoming sales, show you where the good stuff's stashed, and even give you a small extra discount or two from time to time. My favorite thrift store employees at my local Goodwill also give me an extra stamp on my rewards card if I'm "close enough" to the $10 minimum. Which brings me to…
Become a Rewards Card Holder
Yes – thrift stores do have rewards cards! My local Goodwill hands out small cardboard business cards, which they stamp once for every $10 you spend in a single transaction. For instance, if I spend $52 in one transaction (busy day, but it's happened), I'll get 5 stamps. Once I fill the card with 10 stamps, I can get 50% off my next purchase. Some thrift stores might also have more high tech scannable rewards cards, much like other store rewards cards. If you aren't offered a rewards card when you checkout, ask your cashier if this is available.
Grab It Quick
Here's one of the most important thrift store shopping tips, especially if you're in a very busy thrift store. If you see something you think you might like, grab it quick before it's snatched away. It's not uncommon to find that an item you were considering purchasing disappear when you go back for it. You can sort through all of the items you grab before you checkout. Just be sure to put the items you don't want either back where you found it or in designated drop-off spots.
Skip the Cart
Whenever I see a person trying to push their way through a thrift store with a huge shopping cart, I resist the urge to stop them and give them a few thrift store shopping tips and advice. Most thrift stores have carts, but I prefer to either bring my own reusable bag or use a plastic basket during impromptu trips. It's easier to carry these than to maneuver a bulky cart through busy and often tight thrift store aisles.
Set a Limit
Setting a limit and sticking to it is another one of the most important thrift store shopping tips. If you don't set a limit to how much you're willing to spend, you could end up going overboard and spending way more than you wanted to.
Pause Before Buying
This is one of those handy thrift store shopping tips regarding items that you aren't sure about. If you don't absolutely need it and you're really unsure about something, wait. I just did this twice lately for two different coats – a big flowing fuzzy one and a sleek black leather jacket. My waiting paid off, and I ended up purchasing each coat for $2 a piece on sale days. Score!
Inspect Everything From Every Angle
A list of thrift store shopping tips wouldn't be complete without this one. Always, always, ALWAYS inspect items thoroughly before you buy them. Look at the overall condition of the item and check for any stains and damage, including loose threads. If an item still looks brand new or just gently worn, it may be a good buy. When it comes to clothes, try them on and make sure they fit first. If you're considering an electronic purchase, plug it in first to make sure it works.
Be Aware of the Sales
This is the mother of all thrift store shopping tips! Nearly every thrift store has sales, so make sure you know what and when they are. For instance, my local Goodwill has different colored tags placed randomly on items; in any given week, one color is half off, and one color is only $.39. Sale colors change every Monday, so I usually try to head to the store early on this day, before everything is picked over. If you aren't sure when your sales are, be sure to ask the thrift store employees that you made friends with before.


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5 Advantages of having your own App for the Retail World
The mobile App marketing has become a real asset to be used also in the retail world, to get in close contact with users who use and live mobile as a personal experience.
An App in the retail world, if properly exploited, can bring a series of benefits. Let's have a closer look at them together:
1. Revolutionizes Customer Experience
Mobile phones have become the main means of connecting to the Internet and retailers have to take this factor into account. The smartphone is becoming an integral part of the sales and communication experience; A concrete link that completes the strategy.
The App acts as a brand extension and gives added value to your products.
2. Stimulates purchases by delivering up-to-date content
According to recent studies, an app can increase in-store frequency; In fact, users who are usually using mobile apps visit stores twelve times more than those who do not use them.
Additionally, an App encourages purchases directly from the mobile, delivering personalized content, offering fast services and keeping your user settings in memory.
3. Send private promotions and coupons
The App becomes a complement to the traditional website. In fact, the latter must be used by the retailer to attract users and potential future customers, while the App must be used to enhance the loyalty of the customer through personalized services, promotions, and coupons.
Push notifications sent based on customer's personal information are ten times more successful than traditional notices.
4. Increase Social Engagement
Optimization and continuous analysis allow you to understand what are the less performing aspects of an App and improve them.
The customer experience with the App needs to create the so-called "wow effect", which brings users back to that App, visit other brand channels, and suggests the same App to friends by enhancing brand reputation.
5. Profiles and increase customers Loyalty with Fidelity Card in App
The traditional plastic cards can now be integrated directly into consumer smartphones: virtual cards that can be used at any time by customers through the Fidelity APP.
In this way, the retailer can create a detailed archive of the various customers, send targeted promotions to groups, or single users and, last but not least, reduce communication costs.
GuidaMii with its App has the most suitable solution for your business. Contact us for a personalized advice!


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#kidsofheritageperth – Children's Activity Sheet
Looking for something to do with the kids?
Perth is full of treasures! Some are hidden away in corners while others stand boldly on the street, celebrating sensational stories.
Explore our city to find some hidden treasures on our STATUES AND SYMBOLS TREASURE HUNT.
Discover the answers to the CROSSWORD PUZZLE or take time to find out where the heritage places are hiding in the WORD SEARCH.
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Is Your Home Better Suited To A Roof Lantern or a Skylight?
Is Your Home Better Suited To A Roof Lantern or a Skylight?
By Matt Hall, Shire Doors
Are you contemplating a home renovation project? Perhaps you're considering the ways that natural light can elevate your new space?
Maybe you're contemplating bi-fold doors to blur the line between the outside and the inside? Or you might be thinking about adding a skylight or a roof lantern?
Daylight brings zestful energy into living spaces, and a roof lantern or skylight can be a stylish way of transforming a square box into a room that you'll want to show off to your friends.
And by night, your lovely, cosy interior expands into something spectacular. You could enjoy evening entertaining under the stars without ever having to worry about the unpredictability of the British weather.
But should you opt for a roof lantern or a skylight?
It really comes down to the structure of your existing or new building.
What's the difference between a roof lantern and a skylight?
The terms "roof lantern" and "skylight" are often used interchangeably, but they're actually two very distinctly different things.
Their similarities are:
- They're both situated in (or on) the roof or ceiling
- They're both made of glass with uPVC or aluminium frames
- They both flood a space with light.
However, a skylight is a flat window, sunk flush into the construction of the roof on – most typically – a sloping ceiling; whereas a roof lantern is a more elaborate structure – often tent-like in shape, straddling the top of a flat roof.
Skylights are usually fully openable, while roof lanterns are typically fixed, although some models do allow for ventilation.
The versatility of the skylight
One of the most advantageous features of the skylight is in its ability to be installed in an existing structure. You're most likely to see a skylight in a room with a gable ceiling – often a loft conversion, where the structural integrity of the gable roof remains.
A skylight installation is often mounted at an easily-accessible height so that the entire window opens, either with a pivot action, or an end hinge.
If the gable roof is particularly low, it's best to go for a top-hung window, hinging at the end of the pane, offering more usable space.
Centre-pivot hinges open half of the window outwards, but also pivots inwards, which can take up valuable space in a low installation. If head height is a consideration, then plump for top-hung.
Skylights are available in a broad variety of sizes but are usually square or oblong.
The main advantages of the skylight are:
- Relatively simple skylight installation
- Installs into existing, pitched roof
- Usually fully openable
- Generally fairly inexpensive
The grandeur of the roof lantern
The roof lantern is a stronger architectural feature than a skylight. Often found in cathedrals of the middle ages, roof lanterns afford natural light into traditionally dingy spaces.
Roof lanterns are often found in the spacious stairwells of stately homes – popular due to the natural light attracted into traditionally dark, windowless spaces.
Whereas a skylight sits within the structure of the roof, a roof lantern usually sits on top of a flat roof, adding a striking design feature which makes for a perfect focal point in a living space or dining room.
Roof lanterns are designed for flat roofs, so they're particularly popular with single-storey extensions, offering a thermally efficient wow factor to new builds.
A roof lantern can:
- Expose an entire ceiling or just a section, adding versatility to design possibilities.
- Make a room feel more spacious
- Make greater use of natural light, rather than using energy for interior lighting during the day
- Offer great views of the sky at night
- Give a room a spacious, contemporary feel
Further considerations
When choosing between a skylight installation and a roof lantern, consider the following:
- Where would you like the skylight to go? What type of roof structure?
- Is the roof pitched or flat? Roof lanterns aren't usually installable on pitched roofs.
- Do you want just to introduce daylight or add a structural design feature?
- If more natural light is your principal objective, larger is better.
So which do you choose?
If an exterior visual impact is important, then you can't go wrong with a roof lantern. They add genuine interest to the character of a building; as long as they're designed in sympathy with the rest of the home.
If you have a pitched roof, then the skylight is definitely the option for you. Skylights remain more in keeping with the existing design of the exterior of the building.


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To the dismay of the opposition, leaders attending the South African Development Community (SADC) summit last night appointed Thabo Mbeki, South Africa's president and Mr Mugabe's old comrade in arms, to mediate in the growing crisis. They also called for international sanctions to be lifted. Any immediate hope that Zimbabwe's neighbours would keep the pressure up on Mr Mugabe appeared to recede. Mr Mugabe will arrive back today fortified for the meeting of the central committee of his party, Zanu-PF. If the two anti-Mugabe factions in the party combine they can block Mr Mugabe's plan to extend his term to 2010, which is still formally on the agenda.
But Mr Mugabe is a wily manipulator, and the central committee is large and chaotic in its proceedings. If Mr Mugabe presses for the alternative, a fresh election in 2008 at which he will be the candidate, he can only do so as the head of the party. The other way of unseating him is to call an extraordinary congress, to push for the separation of the two functions, party leader and candidate. The focus on the byzantine workings of Zanu-PF reflects the widespread belief that Mr Mugabe is most likely to be ousted in a palace coup. It is not to belittle the real sufferings of Zimbabweans to say that the other place where the economic meltdown is being felt is inside the air-conditioned Mercedes of the party leadership.
Their owners must be thinking hard about their future. The much-touted plan of a coalition between the wing of the Zanu-PF under Joice Mujuru and Morgan Tsvangirai of the Movement for Democratic Change must be tempting. But for any of this to happen, Zanu-PF has first to deliver its leader's political scalp. The time bomb of economic collapse is ticking away. Wait any longer and a famine could break out in the drought-stricken south. The time to act is now.