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Elder Tanner Tupou from Australia thought his Aussie roots would guarantee him an easy mission in a big city "and an air conditioned Toyota Corolla." He was stunned, and not in a good way, when he read the words "Fiji Suva Mission, with assignment to Vanuatu."
"I never wanted to serve anywhere but Australia, I couldn't imagine anything worse than mosquito ridden survival treks and third world living in the blistering sun. I had hoped that my craziest mission experience would be riding a push bike in a suit".
He accepted the call and arrived in Vanuatu just after Cyclone Yasi. Tupou said, "On exiting the plane, the extreme humidity and heat was no welcome party, but I knew this would be my home for the next two years, so I had to get used to it and make the best of it."
The Church in Vanuatu was very different from his large ward in Sydney. "Often we would be running a small branch or helping to build, something or other, this was a pioneering mission in a district, not a stake, and just as I thought, no air-conditioning, but I got used to it".
Just as soon as he got comfortable in Vanuatu, he was transferred to the even smaller island of Tanna. This island contained just six missionaries, who looked after 4 branches.
It wasn't long before a tall, shoeless, Ni Vanuatu (local) man arrived at their home. "Missionaries, my name is Issac and I am the unit leader for Green Point."
The missionaries had vaguely heard of "Green Point" and knew that no one had visited there for possibly five years. Elder Tupou described the journey to the village as "a mountainous and rugged dirt road that looked like the filming location for an off-road truck commercial."
Issac had walked twelve hours to ask the missionaries for some help. The recent cyclone had destroyed villagers crops and homes. He only wanted a few bags of rice and some tarpaulin.
The missionaries immediately called the office in Vanuatu who told the them to go out to Green Point and assess the situation. "We had no idea what we'd find, as exciting as it was, we covered three branches, and there was plenty of work for us to do closer to home."
That Sunday they took an off road vehicle out to the village. They were amazed at what they saw. Issac greeted them and lead them to church. "He took us to a bamboo structure with a palm leaf roof, we expected to see about three or four people." Instead they were greeted by a ninety person congregation, half baptized members, half investigators. "It was totally surreal, I couldn't figure out how they'd grown to this extent without missionaries," said Elder Tupou.
"When Issac started church, I was worried he'd stray from church guidelines, it had been about fives years since he'd had contact with church leaders. I didn't even know if he'd received any training. I honestly expected to hear some false doctrine and see some strange practices. But I decided to let it play out and just observe."
Issac started the meeting and carefully reached into his pocket and pulled out a worn piece of paper neatly folded in four. He handed it to the brethren in the white shirts. It was the sacrament prayer, written by missionaries more than five years previous.
Elder Tupou said, "When I saw that piece of paper, I felt the spirit confirm how special these people were to God. When I heard them singing the sacrament hymn, 'There is a Green Hill far way" I couldn't hold back the tears."
The missionaries left totally overwhelmed by their experience. They returned with food, shelter resources and started teaching members of the congregation who had been faithful for years, waiting for missionaries to come to baptize them. Elder Tupou baptised over forty people in less than one month. "They were some of the most prepared, well taught people I'd ever met. I will never forget those baptismal services."
For more details and pictures from this incredible story, visit Mission Geek.


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Kids Get It!!
Our Woody Boys (youngest three) get "The Secret" – They understand the Gratitude ROCKS – without questions…without asking why.
Funny how smart our kids are – and how easy it is for them to understand the workings of the Gratitude Rocks…
Here are a few photos…will post a video soon.
How Cute do they look? They bugged me all morning to go to the bush track to search for the Best Gratitude Rock ever!!!
Oh to be a kid that believes:)
I have brought three of the rocks alreay, I suggested that they take the rest to school to sell.
Here's To Gratitude, It rocks to say thank you for all that you have and all that you will have 🙂
Lisa Wood.
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31 Monday Aug 2009
Bringing this forward because it's still my best suggestion for a Friday night
The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil (Time: About 1:50 total)
A lecture by social psychologist Philip Zimbardo (you may remember him from the Stanford Prison Experiment).
Social psychology looks at the situation, rather than individuals and concerns itself with how behavior is a function of situation, rather than identity. In this lecture, Understanding How Good People Turn Evil, Zimbardo addresses the systems that maintain the situations in which atrocities occur. Good and evil do not fixed unmovable meridian, but are movable and contextual. "Most evil is not done by people, it is done by systems, by corporations."
Some terms used in this video:
Also worth seeing: The Project on Law and Mind Sciences at Harvard University.
(The link immediately above plays the entire lecture but clicking pause required a restart from the beginning so I recommend the youtube series instead.)
Complete playlist of The Lucifer Effect
Warning: Extremely graphic slidehow of torture and humiliation at Abu Ghraib prison.
31 Monday Aug 2009
Good morning!
Many good images on this site
30 Sunday Aug 2009
The false color image of Saturn (at left) is a combination of three images taken with the Hubble NICMOS instrument and shows the ringed planet in reflected infrared light. Different colors indicated varying heights and compositions of cloud layers generally thought to consist of ammonia ice crystals.
The picture was earmarked to celebrate the 8th anniversary of the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope.
The eye-catching rings cast a shadow on Saturn's upper hemisphere, while the bright stripe seen within the left portion of the shadow is infrared sunlight streaming through the large gap in the rings known as the Cassini Division.
Two of Saturn's many moons have also put in an appearance, Tethys just beyond the planet's disk at the upper right, and Dione at the lower left.
Explore Saturn: Cassini-Huygens,
NASA/ESA/ASI Robotic Spacecraft Mission
(Time: 4:50)
Click the image for a large version
Stellare found the video, which discusses Saturn as being its own "solar system". I found the infrared photo of Saturn. Both are probably the best of the day.
30 Sunday Aug 2009
Said Doctor Bunny Rabbit, staring at his shadow black,
"Indeed, I had no notion that I looked so like a quack!"
Children's Book Covers: Times have changed.
30 Sunday Aug 2009
Terry Windling: Queen of Myth and Fairy Tales
30 Sunday Aug 2009
…Here, for example, is a door. It is there before us, with its hinges, latch and lock. It is carefully bolted, as if protecting some treasure. I manage, after several attempts, to procure a key; I open it, only to find that behind it is a wall. I sit down and order a cup of coffee. The waiter makes me repeat the order three times and repeats it himself to avoid any possibility of error. He dashes off and repeats my order to a second waiter, who notes it down in a little book and transmits it to a third waiter. Finally, a fourth waiter comes back and, putting an inkwell on my table, says, 'There you are.' 'But,' I say, 'I ordered a cup of coffee.' 'That's right,' he says, as he walks off.
If the reader, while reading a story of this kind, thinks that the waiters are playing a joke or that they are involved in some collective psychosis, then we have lost the game. But if we have been able to give him the impression that we are talking about a world in which these absurd manifestations appear as normal behaviour, then he will find himself plunged all at once into the heart of the fantastic.
— Jean-Paul Sartre
Thank you for the cat.
29 Saturday Aug 2009
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For experience is the soul's one and only nourishment. ~James Hillman
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Remember your fellow-travelers and your shared deceptions, and that great desire to escape the cage.
–Rene Daumal
A new toolbar coming…. and oh, a couple bugs
In case there's anyone who hasn't heard, a new toolbar version is supposed to be released on 1�September. Some people will love it, some will resist any change, the usual. But then what?
There are some outstanding bugs that are overdue to be addressed. For example:
But those are not my bid for the number 1 bug to fix. What I really want is….
Take, for example, the case of dear Alice, who joined on May 4, 2009. Alice has only 6 favorites. But just click on her review bubble — Landogoshen, her review page was discovered Feb. 3, 2005 and there are 356 reviews!
And what a little hottie the old Alice was. Here she is quoted from one of her many reviews that still appear on the new Alice's testimonial page:
~The Old Alice
"Well," XineAnn says in her best Church Lady voice, "isn't that special?" Quite a pedigree to inherit, though.
Alice has moved on and deleted this account. Perhaps she has another where she swears that relationships are the most important thing on SU, takes her former friends to task for stumbling incorrectly (Alas, relationships can be so fleeting), and instructs people on how they ought to stumble and what their motivations should be.
Or just perhaps, she found someone whose arms she wakes in every morning with a smile and knows that she's loved. I sure hope so.


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Verathon BladderScan BVI 9400 Portable Ultrasound Bladder Scanner
Advanced ultrasound technology for more accurate, noninvasive bladder volume measurement.
The BladderScan BVI 9400 bladder volume instrument, with NeuralHarmonics technology, is a portable 3D ultrasound device that quickly, accurately, and noninvasively measures urinary bladder volume and post-void residual (PVR) in adults and small children.With one click, the BVI 9400 captures ultrasound images in multiple planes inside the body and produces a three-dimensional dataset of the bladder. Based on this data, the BVI 9400 calculates and displays the bladder volume. No sonographer is required.
BladderScan BVI 9400 System
- Measures bladder volume accurately and noninvasively on a wide range of patients
- Helps assess urinary retention and postoperative urinary retention (POUR)
- Helps evaluate many common urological problems (LUTS)
- Helps prevent unnecessary catheterization
- Helps reduce rates of catheter-associated urinary tract infection (CAUTI)
- Helps differentiate between types of incontinence to determine appropriate care
- Helps improve efficiency of healthcare professionals by reducing costs and saving staff time
- Compact and easy-to-read console features:
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* Onboard printer
* Onboard video tutorial to assist in training staff
- Easy-to-use, handheld probe
- Battery charger/wireless hub
- Two lithium-ion batteries
- Two rolls of printer paper
- Optional medical cart with locking wheels
- Optional ScanPoint image management software
- Educational Material
- Optional in-service session to train staff
- One-year warranty
* BVI 9400 In-Service CD—includes:Operations & Maintenance Manual


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Sony Vaio VPCF23EFX/B 16.4″ Notebook (2.20 GHz Intel Core i7-2670QM Processor, 4 GB RAM, 500 GB Hard Drive, Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit)
The latest version of the F series notebook was built with the multimedia enthusiast in mind. With a large screen for game playing and movie watching, a seamless speaker bar with mind-blowing sound, and a pre-programmed Function F1 key that allows you to turn off the touch pad while gaming, the Sony engineers considered every detail. You even get a backlit keyboard so you can play and work with the lights turned down. 16.4 Widescreen Full HD LED Backlit Display (1920 x 1080) NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M Graphics with 1GB of dedicated memory SuperMulti DVD+-R/RW Drive Intel High Definition Audio with S-Force Front Surround 3D and Dolby Home Theater Technology v4 802.11 b/g/n WLAN Bluetooth Stereo A2DP (2.1 + EDR) 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Memory card reader – MS Duo media slot & SD media slot Built-in HD web camera powered by Exmor sensor and microphone Backlit Keybo… read more at amazon.com
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- Quad core processor with 6 MB cache
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- CD/DVD burner and built-in HD web camera
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Holidays: Times of Refreshing
By Nalumino Nalumino
My big brother Likolo Ndalamei has always been an inspiration to me.
This is not because of his successful career as an economist who has served in various high profile management positions but also for his tradition of taking his family out for holidays every year.
At one time I told myself, "well the gentlemen has enough money to spare for such holiday making errands after all he is MD of the Zambia National Commercial Bank, the largest bank in the country."
But years down the line especially in December 2009, I have come realize that it does not require a lot of money for one to take his family out on holiday. With our (my wife and myself) resources, I successfully managed to take my family to the tourist capital city, Livingstone.
Refreshing Time
What a time of refreshing we had gazing at the magnificent Victoria Falls, wildlife in the game park crowned with boat cruise on the Zambezi River on the splendid African Queen boat.
The faces of my wife, Miranda, daughter Thabo and son, Limpho beamed with smiles throughout the trip and they even now have smoothing to talk about.
Though the frequent question I can not answer is: "Daddy, mummy when are we going
back to Livingstone?" Thabo would ask.
Planning & Saving
Now, holidaying is not about having too much money but planning and saving the little required resources well in advance. The benefits of a break from our usual routine of life at work or homes are wholesome and rejuvenating to ones inner soul and the relationship with spouse and children invigorated.
While on holiday one takes time to delve into deep soul searching questions. One begins to learn that God is a great Creator indeed and his artisanship is second to none.
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Step #3 – Retention. Keeping students around for the long haul. This basically amounts to two things – promise fulfillment, and customer service. This is another step many school owners skip, which leads to stalled growth and a poor community reputation.
We've looked at Measuring Your Retention and how to Spot Problems with Retention. Here are other ways you can use MasterVision to help with your retention:
- Take attendance and use the automatic messages that go to the appointment book so that you know who is missing class.
- For the students that are simply missing an occasional class ("Missed Class" in the appointment book), use the email and texting abilities to drop them a quick note to let them know you care and that you want them to stay on track.
- Use the Message ability in MasterVision to create these repeating messages so you can send them quickly without typing them up every time.
- For the students who haven't shown up for class in two weeks ("Retention" entry in the appointment book), send them a different, more urgent message. Encourage them to come in and talk with you. Maybe have postcards you mail these students and use MasterVision to quickly create a mailing label.
- Use the email ability in the Selector to stay in communication with your students. Things you can email the students: Exam reminders, special summer classes, holiday sales, special training opportunities.
- Use the anniversary feature when taking attendance to know when a student's yearly anniversary with your school comes up. Be sure to point this out in class.
- Use the Mail Merge features with Microsoft Word to create quality exam certificates.
In short, use MasterVision to stay in communication with your students so that they know you care, use MasterVision to alert you to any problems so you can head them off before it becomes a lost student, and use MasterVision to provide value to your students.
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Inven2 works actively with discovering ideas at Oslo University Hospital and the University of Oslo. Our goal is that all employees at these institutions shall have their personal Inven2 contact.
When you send your idea to Inven2 it will be carefully assessed on the basis of technological requirements, considered whether the intellectual rights can be protected and whether it has commercial potential. If your idea passes this test a project is created and resources are assigned. The assessment will be done in collaboration with you. You will receive our evaluation within 2 months.
When the idea has qualified as a project, we develop a commercial strategy in the form of a business concept where we uncover the market need and clarify the necessary steps to bring the idea from technology to a new product. This work is done in close cooperation with industry to identify the critical factors for successful commercialization. Based on the commercial strategy, we develop a strategy for securing intellectual rights.
Verification of technology and markets is necessary to bring the idea from technology to product. This is a very resource-intensive phase that requires public funding. The Norwegian Research Councils FORNY program is a very important contributor for realization of ideas in this phase.
Our goal is to license your idea to existing industry or create a new business based on the idea. We develop a business plan or a detailed strategy for the acquisition of capital or licensing of the idea. As a significant incentive the inventor of the idea will receive 1 / 3 of net licensing revenues.
Inven2 will follow the new start-up company or licensing partner closely. Our goal is for companies to be as independent as possible and to have the financial strength to develop further according to the business plan. We constantly seek partners for our start-up companies in order to secure funding and commercial success.


text: Hake is a delicious fish which is greatly under-rated by the British but highly appreciated in Spain and France to which countries most of the Hake caught in British seas is destined to end up. It is better tasting in Tony Sargeant's opinion than Cod which is of the same family. Here it was simply pan-fried and served with a white sauce, potato salad and fresh green leaves. The large Hake was bought whole (it is not a pretty fish!) from the Indoor Bullring Market in Birmingham (UK) and filleted into boneless portions some for cooking that day and the other portions for fast freezing for future meals (it freezes very well). Highly recommended.


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It's a fact that Valentine's Day isn't for everyone. I mean, not every person can instantly couple off with someone for a night of intense passion (or even some brief hand-holding.) But no matter what, the last thing you should do is curl up on the couch with a gallon of ice cream and watch Titanic. Go out, have a blast, and make sure to have some of these sassy, instant classic cosmetics handy.
FRESH – Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment
This lip treatment is an absolute necessity! It goes on super smooth and leaves your lips feeling luxuriously silky for hours. But that's not even the best part. This lip treatment actually repairs and nourishes your lips while tasting and feeling absolutely wonderful on your kisser. Whether you're puckering up for a special someone or chowing down on candy hearts, it's always good to be Fresh.
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LANCOME – Juicy Tubes Rose Fishnets
I've always had a crush on Lancome's Juicy tubes. So when I spotted a Juicy Tube sporting fishnets I couldn't help but fall in love! Given, a product can't be judged solely on its packaging. So, I'm happy to say the inside lives up to the outside on this one. The shimmer it gives your lips is simply astounding, and the lovely light rose color is super versatile. And if there's any guys reading this let me tell you this is a must have for your fine female friend. This is some lingerie she won't mind you buying!
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NARS – Super Orgasm Illuminator
There's so much that can be said about this. First, it is super, super light weight. If I didn't know any better I'd swear I was just splashing some water on myself when using this. But with as lightweight as it is, it doesn't just fade away into your face as some bronzers and illuminators have the tendency to do. It instead leaves a really lovely, long-lasting glow. This is by far one of the best orgasms you could ever have!
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Soap & Glory – Super-Colour Sexy Mother Pucker Lip Plumping Gloss
The name says it all here. The color is super, there's definitely lip plumping action, and within seconds of wearing you'll feel like a sexy mother.. oh, um, lady. There's seriously so much to adore about these glosses. They're not overly sticky and the colors are splendid. In addition, they taste awesome. Vanilla, chocolate, raspberry, yum yum yum! But the absolute best is when it tingles while the lip plumping kicks in. It's almost like having tiny, cooling pop rocks on your mouth instead of in it – love!
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Too Faced – Leopard Bronzing Powder
Too Faced is just too cute with this product. Subtle yet audacious, this leopard bronzing powder is purrfect. It's texture is silky both in the box and on your skin. What I love is that this is available in a pink and a peach color so anyone with any complexion can use this! Also, for those of you with super light skin, the pink will give you a nice rosy look while the peach will create a sun-kissed appearance. Regardless of which you choose, your cheeks will garner some attention for sure.
Available at http://www.sephora.com
Urban Decay – Naked2
What's better than getting Naked once? Um, getting Naked twice – duh! In a follow up to the initial Naked palette, Urban Decay released the Naked2. And, if you can imagine such a thing, it's just as awesome as the first! With a vast array of shimmery and matte, mainly neutral hues, most any sexy or sweet look can be achieved with these tones. With the palette you also receive a mini lip gloss in a neutral pink color which is perfect for any look you're attempting to attain.
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benefit – BADgal Waterproof Mascara
This "bad" mascara is in fact good. Actually, I take that back. It's great! Not only is this product smudge proof, it's also tear proof. And for someone with delicate eyelashes (such as myself) it really can't get much better than that. But then it does. It's also super long lasting, like to the point where it looks like you just applied it but actually put it on five hours prior.
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WEI – The Royal Wave
You never know when a little lotion will come in handy, if you catch my drift. WEI has really outdone themselves with this product. It instantaneously leaves your hands soft and nourished after applying, minus any greasy, heavy, or sticky feelings. Though this is hand cream, it can generally be used on any spot that needs a little TLC. And the smell is just phenomenal, sort of like green tea.
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Yes, I know that then-Cdl. Ratzinger said he did not regard Ordinatio as infallible and there is language from John Paul II suggesting the same thing. What can I say? Ordinatio is infallible, Ratzinger was not; John Paul's infallible teaching authority was engaged when he issued Ordinatio, not when he briefly commented on it.Find out why Peters says this, in commenting on Edward Feser's recent post on papal infallibility, by reading more >>
Saturday, November 28, 2015
Ordinatio Sacerdotalis: infallibility in action by St. John Paul II
Dr. Edward Peters, in "I agree with Dr. Feser 99.953%" (In the Light of the Law, November 24, 2015), writes:
Posted by Pertinacious Papist at 9:19 AM
Labels: Canon law, Doctrine, Magisterium
1 comment:
- Jeff said...
I remember thinking when it first came out that it looked like the Pope was noninfallibly teaching that under the Ordinary Magisterium, the teaching was infallible.
That still appears to me to be what he was saying.
Perhaps it was deemed unecumenical to USE the Pope's infallibility and thus the Pope sought a way to use the Church's infallibility without overtly engaging his own.
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HARRISBURG – The Department of Conservation and Natural Resources (DCNR) has announced that it plans to temporarily elevate the lake level behind the George B. Stevenson Dam at Sinnemahoning State Park in Cameron County to collect data needed for a rehabilitation project for the dam.
"If weather and spring snow melt conditions don't cooperate, we will decrease the volume normally released from the dam to raise the lake levels an additional 35-40 feet," DCNR Bureau of State Parks Director Dave Kemmerer said. "Park visitors should be aware that the controlled elevated lake level is temporary and should take place during the month of March. It is anticipated that the lake will be back to normal pool levels before the start of trout season in April."
The George B. Stevenson Dam is owned, maintained and operated by DCNR as part of a comprehensive four-dam initiative to control flooding on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River.
Of the four, the George B. Stevenson Dam is the only one not owned, maintained and solely operated by the Army Corps of Engineers. DCNR does operate the dam in cooperation with the corps during high water and major flooding events.
Annual inspection reports required by the Department of Environmental Protection show that the dam is in good condition and well maintained. Under normal conditions, the dam is considered safe and there is no need for concern.
An investigation by Gannett Fleming into increasing water storage behind the George B. Stevenson Dam for release during times of drought pointed to the need for additional information related to conditions that could occur during times of elevated pool levels.
DCNR is taking steps to make sure the dam remains stable when water is stored at major flooding elevations.
Data has been collected by DCNR personnel during various stages of low and high water events. After reviewing the collected data, DCNR contracted Schnabel Engineering of West Chester to develop plans and specifications for remedial action.
Schnabel Engineering is finishing a subsurface investigation and installation of piezometers on both slopes of the dam. Piezometers are devices used to explore water pressure or water flows below and through the surface of the earth. These vibrating wire piezometers will provide DCNR with real time data on soil and rock foundation conditions and water movement occurring within the dam during a high water event. The information will be used to finalize design for any repairs to the dam and also will help in fine tuning an Emergency Action Plan related to the dam.
Design should be completed by January 2014, and rehabilitation work will start in late spring or early summer of 2014.
Weekly reports on lake elevations will be posted on the DCNR/Sinnemahoning State Park webpage at www.dcnr.state.pa.us. Choose "Find a Park," then "Sinnemahoning," and click on "Advisories."
For more information, contact the Sinnemahoning State Park office at 814-647-8401 or email email@example.com.


text: Bob Bledsoe - January 26, 2018 February Slabfest: Best Bets for Early Oklahoma Crappie A few days of warm sunshine can have crappie moving up in the water column. (Photo by Ron Sinfelt) You can expect to take your share of early Oklahoma crappie when you fish these Sooner slab locations.I fired up my lead-melting pot a few days ago and poured several-dozen small jigs. It's an annual chore I don't mind at all. That's because those jigs will help me stock my freezer with a few bags of tasty crappie filets this winter and spring.We can catch crappie all year long in Oklahoma, but late winter and early spring are my favorite times to target them at several large reservoirs. In February, most of the crappie are still found hanging around brushpiles in deeper water, or holding on dropoffs at the edges of submerged creek or river channels. That is, they hold in such places most of the time. I have seen mornings when we caught crappie only inches from the surface above brushpiles or structure that was several feet beneath them. I don't know why the crappie sometimes rise above the cover or structure, or why they seem to sink down and return to it as the sun gets higher in the sky. But I've seen that happen on several occasions at Lake Eufaula, Grand Lake and a couple of other big lakes.Brushpiles and structure, though, seem to be the keys to locating concentrations of Oklahoma crappie in the early weeks of the year.As springtime approaches, though, crappie begin preparing to spawn. At most of Oklahoma's lakes, that means they move toward shallower water and the shorelines where they will seek nesting spots beneath overhanging trees, beneath the branches of emergent vegetation like buttonbush and willows, under fallen logs, or in similar spots. RELATED: Oklahoma stories from G&FIt is unusual, but I have caught crappie "on the banks" as early as late February at Lake Eufaula. Usually, it is at least late March, and more often mid-April to mid-May, before the bulk of the crappie go through the spawning process. February crappie fishing can be good pretty much anywhere in Oklahoma, but in lakes in the southern half of the state crappie often go into pre-spawn mode a bit earlier than those in the lakes in northern counties. At giant, 102,000-acre Lake Eufaula, I've often seen a difference of several days between crappie movement in the southern reaches of the lake compared to the northern reaches like the Deep Fork and North Canadian arms.At this time of year, a crappie fisherman's best friend can be a handheld GPS receiver or a GPS feature on a sonar unit. GPS can help an angler quickly find brushpiles far below the surface. Before GPS became widely available, we used to spend a lot of time triangulating with objects on shore and guessing distances to brushpiles we had built dozens or hundreds of feet from shore. These days, though, an angler equipped with GPS can navigate to a point right on top of a brushpile without guesswork or zigging and zagging around while searching for the right spot.In a few more weeks, when thousands of crappie move into the shallows to spawn, it will be easy to locate concentrations of fish without sonar or other aids, since they will be gathered around shoreline cover. But while they're still holding over or around deeper structure and objects, both sonar and GPS come in handy.MINNOWS OR JIGS?It's strictly personal preference. I like fishing with small jigs and believe I can catch just as many Sooner slabs using jigs. Most of the time, anyway. Nevertheless, there's no doubt minnows produce results if you can put them where the crappie are.I've also had luck with some attractant scents, like Smelly Jelly and others. On many occasions while catching crappie on jigs and the bite slows down, adding a dab of attractant to the jig sometimes turns the crappie back on and the bite resumes.Another trick I've used and seen used many times is to use crappie meat for bait. Crappie must be a little cannibalistic because crappie meat seems to be a very effective bait. I usually put just a small piece, about the size and shape of a piece of candy corn, on the hook of my jig when I use that bait.It used to be illegal to use game fish for bait in Oklahoma, but the rules were changed several years ago at the request of striper fishing guides who liked to catch live trout in the Lower Illinois River and then use them to catch stripers. Tulsa County Game Warden Carlos Gomez told me recently that anglers can now use crappie meat for bait, as long as they caught the crappie legally by hook-and-line and the fish used is counted as part of the creel limit.WHERE TO GO, WHAT TO DOMost of Oklahoma's major reservoirs hold good populations of white crappie. A few of the eastern lakes with clear water also still have decent numbers of black crappie. Based on several lakes I have fished in the past 40 years in Oklahoma, I have seen that when a lake is first built, the black crappie population in the impounded streams flourish briefly in the lakes, but as the lakes age the white crappie become the dominant species.Many smaller lakes, and quite a few Oklahoma creeks and small rivers, still produce good numbers of black crappie. The daily crappie limit is 37 and the total can be all white or all black or a mix of the two.Effective crappie fishing techniques can vary considerably from lake to lake at this time of the year. At most Oklahoma lakes, with somewhat murky water, crappie tend to spend a lot of late winter time around structure and cover at 10 or 15 feet below the surface. When are the fish biting? Check out our Best Game & Fish Times pageAt a few lakes, like Broken Bow and Tenkiller, for example, where there is quite a bit of very deep water — 40 feet, 50 feet, or even deeper — crappie sometimes suspend far below the surface out in mid-lake, but may be holding over standing timber that is several feet deeper.It's difficult to fish for those deep-suspending crappie unless you can anchor securely, and anchoring in very deep water is sometimes problematic, especially if it is a windy day. But sometimes you can swim jigs or drop baited hooks to the depths where the crappie are suspended. Crappie caught down below 30 feet will usually die, even if quickly released, after they are pulled to the surface, so it's probably best to keep deep-caught crappie, even if some are a little on the small side. The sudden change in atmospheric pressure when a crappie is pulled rapidly to the surface from far below can make the fish's air bladder expand so quickly that it bulges up into the throat and mouth and creates physical stress on the fish.Crappie caught in shallower water can usually be released to swim again, unless they're seriously injured by handling or hook removal.At most Oklahoma lakes, anglers rarely have to fish more than 20 feet down. At some lakes, especially in summer months, there may not even be enough oxygen to support fish life far below the surface.What lakes are the best for crappie fishing? Well, that can change from year to year, depending on how successfully crappie reproduce. Many factors affect reproduction. Rapidly rising or falling water levels during the spawning season can sometimes negatively impact spawning success and result in fewer crappie being added to the population.But even in problem years, most big Oklahoma lakes have good numbers of crappie.EASTERN OKLAHOMAIn Eastern Oklahoma, my two favorite crappie lakes are Eufaula and Grand. Both of those lakes have many manmade brushpiles that can be great places to find crappie. Most are built by individual anglers and are unmarked, but some are built by fisheries crews from our Wildlife Department. Those usually are marked by floating "fish attractor" buoys that guide anglers to the brush. Fisheries workers also build marked brush shelters in many other state lakes as well.Grand Lake also has hundreds of floating boat docks. At many of them, owners have anchored brushpiles beneath the docks or around the outer edges, to enhance fishing for people fishing from the floating structures. Anglers can also take advantage of the sunken cover. However, anglers should take care not to snag objects, boat upholstery, etc., with hooks or lures while fishing around private docks.Both Eufaula and Grand have a few heated docks, located at marinas, where anglers can fish in comfort, dropping their lines into open fishing wells enclosed by the walls of the floating docks. Some such docks also have food concessions and other services that are available.Kaw Lake, near Ponca City, and Keystone Lake, just west of Tulsa are good crappie lakes. Kerr and Webbers Falls lakes on the Arkansas River are two more good choices.ELSEWHEREIn Southeastern Oklahoma, Wister, Broken Bow, Pine Creek and Hugo are topnotch crappie fisheries. Down in our southwest area, Waurika Lake produces good crappie fishing, as does Lake Lawtonka. And in northwestern Oklahoma, Canton Lake produces good stringers of slabs.Two lakes that supply cooling water to big electrical power generation stations also supply good wintertime crappie fishing. Konawa Lake, between Ada and Seminole, and Sooner Lake, between Stillwater and Ponca City, are better known for hybrid white/striped bass fishing, but both are good crappie fisheries.There also are numerous smaller lakes statewide, including many municipal water supply reservoirs, that offer good crappie action.ODWC fisheries biologists usually recommend against stocking crappie in farm ponds and similar small impoundments. Crappie can reproduce rapidly, especially if there aren't some larger predator fish to keep the population in check, and crappie can become numerous but stunted, and so the pond is full of tiny crappie too small to have much meat on their bones.But over the years I've seen many really large crappie come from really small ponds. I once caught a 4-pounder, my biggest crappie ever, from a pond not much bigger than a typical suburban front yard. Both of our state-record crappie came from farm ponds. The record black crappie, caught in an Ottawa County pond in 1974, weighed 4 pounds, 10 ounces. The record white crappie, just an ounce short of 5 pounds at 4-15, came from a Kingfisher County pond in 1991.For 15 years or so, while I was writing about hunting and fishing for a daily newspaper, lots of folks sent me photos of big crappie they caught. Most of the crappie bigger than 2 pounds almost always came from farm ponds.Not every pond contains crappie, and not every pond that has crappie holds platter-sized specimens, but it never hurts to check out the crappie fishing if you have access to farm ponds anywhere in Oklahoma.Many of our streams also hold lots of crappie. Crappie in streams tend to be relatively mobile. A spot that produces lots of crappie one day may not produce a single bite the next day, but if you're at the right spot at the right time, crappie fishing can be good. Along the Arkansas River, between Tulsa and Webbers Falls Lake, good crappie fishing can be found at the mouths of several small creeks that flow into the river. My friends and I have caught some good stringers in those places, fishing from canoes or from float tubes on warmer days.You can do the same. So why not start your own February Slabfest at any of these great waters around our state!SOCK A SLABAs spring approaches in coming weeks, crappie fishing close to shorelines gets better and better.Male crappie prepare nests and then guide willing females to them.Dangling a jig or minnow straight down from a rod tip and probing the water around tree trunks, laydowns, or similar cover can put a lot of crappie on the stringer — if your timing is right. Some call this technique "doodlesocking" or "dabbling." But whatever you call it, it is a good method to catch pre-spawn and spawning slabs.An angler in a float tube, or just wading the shallows, often can catch limits in the shallows when the slabs are spawning. In some spots, anglers walking the banks and using long rods to probe the cover several feet from shore can do very well. Get More: Click here to subscribe to Game&Fish Magazine Get Your Fish On. Plan your next fishing and boating adventure here. GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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December 11, 2008This report explores the application of public-private partnership (PPPs) in New York by explaining its definition of such a relationship and offering in-depth guidelines, potential applications (including highway bridges, New York City school buildings, New York City parks, and higher education facilities), examples on a global, national, and local level, and potential missteps and cautions.
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Women´s football struggles to get the attention that their male counterparts enjoy.
Indeed, it is a seeming truism that the women's game can never really match the men's. But what they can do, is reduce the gap between the popularity of the two. That is the challenge now for women's football with the Olympic Games giving them a superb opportunity to do just that.
The start of the Olympic football yesterday was a superb start for the women. They have been helped by the intelligent scheduling of London 2012, who, by putting the women's football on two days before the opening ceremony of the Games and a day before the men, ensured the eyes of the world were watching as Britain kicked off against New Zealand. Even had the women's action kicked off after the men, that would not have happened.
And so it was a great platform from which to build as the competition got underway, and the women's game could not have asked for a better start. Britain played well but could only find one dramatic second half goal to edge out New Zealand. But the best entertainment was elsewhere.
The United States, reigning and three times Olympic champions, fell 2-0 down to France early on in their game at Hampden Park. They came roaring back, levelling it at 2-2 before half time, and then struck twice more in the second period to round off what had been a superb match.
Brazil laid down a marker of their own as they thumped Cameroon 5-0 with the flair and imagination one expects of the men's team. Whilst world champions Japan played out an entertaining 2-1 win over Canada in their opener.
Sweden treated the world to a display of fast attacking football as they overran South Africa in their game. 3-0 up at half time despite hitting the woodwork three times, Sweden were rampant. But then South Africa struck the goal of the day, Portia Modise scoring from near the half way line with a wonderful lob. Sweden scored again to win 4-1, but despite the one sided scoreline, it was a feast to watch. And then there was the last game, North Korea v Colombia. On the face of it, hardly one to excite, but then someone helpfully decided to put the South Korean flag next to the North Korean players, prompting diplomatic rows and the team to storm off, only to return an hour later.
That attracted the world's attention before the North Koreans played out an impressive 2-0 win, to cap a superb first day of the Olympic sport thanks to the female footballers. Last year's World Cup in Germany was a treat, with a thrilling record breaking finale as the US lost to Japan on penalties.
The quality has been impressive. Though there are more mistakes than in the men's game, there is also perhaps more technique at the expense of physicality. The women certainly know how to shoot, that is for sure. This tournament has already seen plenty of evidence of the quality on show from the fairer sex. This Olympic tournament promises much and with it, a huge and welcome boost for women's football if the action stays like this.


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Are Your Social Friends Infecting You With Malware?
The Internet and social networks are incredible – they allow us to connect with one another in a way we have never been able to before. But in many instances, they also propose a threat. You see, we trust our friends and contacts. Therefore, whenever a friend shares something they read or use on a social network, we are much more inclined to check it out, whereas we might be more hesitant if we just saw it amongst some search engine results. So what do you do to prevent becoming infected with malware via social networks?
The precautions are simple:
- Be aware and care
- Think before you click
- Warn your friends
- Properly set security settings
Ultimately, there are three kinds of naive friends that we have who are potential threats to us on social networks:
- The Facebook Over-Sharer
- The Dodgy Downloader
- The Victim Of Identity Theft
The Facebook Over-Sharer
This is the person who prefers the Share button over the Like button and who blows up your News Feed. I have a few of these and they're annoying. Sure you can prevent them from showing up in your News Feed altogether or filter out different kinds of posts… however, often times they do share a lot of good things – just too much.
So what's the threat?
Because they share too much, the odds are higher that they're bound to share malicious links once in a while – it's a numbers game.
What can I do?
There are a few things you can do. For starters, you can install certain browser extensions which flag known malicious sites. Note that not every tool is 100% is perfect and there may be the occasional site that goes undetected.
There are several browser extensions for this including Web Of Trust Browse Safely With Your Own Internet Bodyguard Called WOT Read More , BitDefender's TrafficLight, AVG's LinkScanner, McAfee's SiteAdviser Free and Simple Way to Stay Secure from Online Threats Read More and Norton's Safe Web Norton SafeWeb: Is This Website Safe? Read More . In addition we've written about some more tools in the articles 8 Ways To Make Sure A Link Is Safe Before You Click It and 4 Quick Sites That Let You Check if Links Are Safe.
The clincher is, though, that not all of those tools work in social networks. There is one, which has been proven effective for this and that is Web Of Trust. It's what I use, personally, and I feel that it is the most accurate due to the substantial community.
In addition there are some useful Facebook applications that you can use to enhance your security and protect yourself against the over-sharers.
BitDefender's Safego, which is different from TrafficLight, but works well in combination with it. Safego works by scanning links which have been posted by your friends and pages that you follow.
Safego has three specific features. Account protection, which warns you and protects your account against social network-specific scams by automatically scanning the posts in your News Feed for spam messages and malicious links. QuickScan, which, in less than 60 seconds, gives you a safety status check. QuickScan is an official product of BitDefender. Lastly, there's the Friend Safe Net, where Safego automatically warns your friends when "fishy" links are posted in their News Feeds. Note that the "Publish to Wall" option must be enabled for this to work.
For more information you can follow their Facebook page.
Norton Safe Web is another. It works by scanning your Facebook News Feed for the links shared with you in the past 24 hours. There is a label system which includes five categories: Norton Secured, Safe, Caution, Warning, and Untested.
Note that for Auto-Scan to work, you must manually turn it on at first and approve the application's permissions to access certain parts of your account. Also, I want to emphasize the importance of checking over the permissions of any app you are about to allow access to your profile.
For more information about Norton Safe Web, you can follow it on Facebook.
The Dodgy Downloader
You know those people who install everything without thinking on their computer? Well, sadly they likely have a Facebook account as well. In fact, as you've probably noticed, as they're the people constantly sending you app invites.
So what's the threat?
About those app invites… you know that not all apps are safe? You probably do, but how do you tell? You follow those four tips at the beginning of the article. Out of all of those, probably the most important one for this category of friend is think before you click.
What can I do?
Whenever you're invited to use an app, refrain from trying it, unless you know for sure that it's safe. If you think the app is somehow unsafe, you can report it to Facebook as spam. You can also alert the person who "sent" it (because chances are, they didn't actually send it). Recently, before I even considered writing an article about this, I had this exact experience where a friend sent me a request to use an app. Web Of Trust flagged it as unsafe, not that I would have clicked it anyway – I hate (most) apps.
So what did I do? Well, as you can see, I looked it up and verified that it was unsafe. Then I contacted them. They received my recommendation kindly and removed it (I assume). This works on most occasions. Unfortunately, you will probably have some "friends" who don't care about what apps that have and will ignore your recommendations. The best thing you can do is use a tool like Web Of Trust to look out for malicious links.
The Victim Of Identity Theft
If you aren't careful and click a link from "The Facebook Over-Sharer" or "The Dodgy Downloader" you just might end up like one of your friends who is "The Victim Of Identity Theft". You wouldn't want that would you? But, even if you weren't one yet, you could become one. How? From a friend who is one already.
So what's the threat?
Right now you're probably thinking "this doesn't sound like a problem of mine, and I don't have time to worry about my friends' issues." Well… you're wrong because of two things:
- It is a problem of yours because you connect with them on Facebook.
- You're on Facebook. Don't give me the "I don't have time" excuse.
Number one kind of sucks, doesn't it? Yeah – that's a big issue with Facebook. But it doesn't have to be if you've made the proper precautions – you know, the ones listed at the beginning of the article that I keep referring to?
What can I do?
While all of those can be helpful in preventing the same curse happening to you, the biggest one is to properly set your security and privacy settings, which Facebook has recently made very easy Make Sure You're Secure With Facebook's New Privacy Settings: A Complete Guide Facebook also means two other things: frequent changes and privacy concerns. If there's one thing we've learned about Facebook, is that they're not really concerned about what we like or our privacy. Nor should they... Read More . While the article I linked to provides the details, I will touch upon the basics. First, check out your Security Settings.
Here you can adjust the settings for Secure Browsing, Login Notifications, Login Approvals, App Passwords, Recognized Devices and Active Sessions – all of which are important to familiarize yourself with.
But that's not it – there are also Privacy settings and Timeline and Tagging settings.
The Privacy Settings and Tools provide controls under two categories: "Who can see my stuff?" and "Who can look me up?" In the first section, you can control who can see your future posts, review all posts and the things you're tagged in and limit the audience for posts you've shared with friends of friends or the Public. The second section allows you to change who can look you up using the email address or phone number associated with your account, and whether or not to allow search engines to link to your timeline.
The Timeline and Tagging Settings are equally as important. Have you ever been "spammed" on your wall from a friend via an app? That's because you haven't enabled the setting to approve posts before being published to your Timeline – do that and you'll never be spammed. Note that whenever a friend "spams" your wall, they may or may not realize they're doing it. Also, consider that by allowing your friends to "spam" your wall, you're subjecting your other friends to the same junk – that's not very considerate.
Don't just stop at the Facebook security and privacy pages though – explore the App Settings page as well. There are a couple of important sections to note.
- Apps you use
- Apps others use
The Apps you use section has a "switch" to turn on/off Facebook Platform which, as explained in the image below, allows you to use apps and websites with Facebook.
If you don't want to use Facebook with anything, by all means, turn it off. But you'll likely want to use it with some app (such as the security ones mentioned earlier) or sign into a website, like here at MakeUseOf.
It is important to address, however, that with this turned off, you won't receive any app invites from friends. The Apps you use section is important for exploring what apps you have installed. Take a second to see what apps you're using and which ones you aren't. It's also important to go over what the apps have access to on your profile.
The Apps others use section allows you to control what your friend's apps can access on your own. That's right – if you see any of these check boxes checked, apps that your friends use are using that info about you. Need I say more?
By taking these precautions you will reduce your chances of acquiring malware via your social media contacts. Facebook was the primary social network focused on in this article, but the same rules can be used on other social networks, especially where clicking on links is concerned. MyPermissions.org Too Many Apps? How To Revoke App Permissions From Multiple Websites In 2 Minutes The online world offers many privacy concerns. We all know we should not post private things on Facebook, we mustn't write down our e-mail address in conspicuous places, and we really should pay attention, as... Read More is an excellent tool for managing what services have access to your social networks.
Below are a few additional sources for information about Facebook security and preventing infections:
- ROUNDUP: 5 Must-Know Critical Facebook Privacy Tips ROUNDUP: 5 Must-Know Critical Facebook Privacy Tips MakeUseOf has published countless articles on Facebook privacy and security settings. Facebook continuously updates and changes privacy settings and options. For this post I have revisited previous stories to collect the best tips and and... Read More
- How Secure Is Facebook, Really- A Roundup Of Breaches & Flaws How Secure Is Facebook, Really? A Roundup Of Breaches & Flaws Facebook, a website which is less than a decade old, now has over a billion users. Those users share a lot of information about their lives. Where they live, who they associate with, what they... Read More
- 5 Things You Can Do NOW To Secure Your Facebook Account & Make It Recoverable 5 Things You Can Do NOW To Secure Your Facebook Account & Make It Recoverable To most of us this is the biggest nightmare. You want to log into your Facebook account and your password no longer works. In the worst of cases, someone managed to hack your account and... Read More
- 5 Tips & Tricks To Avoid Facebook Phishing Scams 5 Tips & Tricks To Avoid Facebook Phishing Scams Read More
- How To Prevent & Remove Facebook Malware or Virus How to Prevent & Remove Facebook Malware or Virus Facebook malware is a threat, but you don't have to worry about it if you follow this advice. Here's how to avoid the nasty side of Facebook. Read More
What are your experiences with Facebook malware? Any pet peeves you'd like to share (like I have)? Are there any other tools that you use, which have proven to reduce malicious apps and links in your News Feed?
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PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — The United States will deliver 31 used trucks to Cambodia, its first direct supply of military hardware there since Washington lifted an embargo three years ago.
The U.S. Embassy said Friday that the 31 GMC cargo trucks — part of a group of 60 the U.S. military has agreed to give to Cambodia — will be handed over at a ceremony Monday.
The U.S. halted military assistance to Cambodia following a 1997 coup in which Hun Sen grabbed full power after ousting his co-premier, Prince Norodom Ranariddh. Hun Sen remains prime minister.
In August 2005, President Bush waived the ban, citing Phnom Penh's agreement to exempt Americans in Cambodia from prosecution by the Netherlands-based International Criminal Court.
Since direct military ties between the two countries were restored in 2006, the U.S. has pledged nearly $3.2 million in military aid to Cambodia, the embassy said in a statement.
It said the 31 trucks are "the first deliverables" under a U.S. program for "assisting Cambodia in its efforts to improve" its border security, mobility and peacekeeping operations.
It added that the U.S. military is spending $413,000 on processing, packaging and shipping all 60 vehicles — "excess defense articles no longer needed by the U.S. armed forces."
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May has come roaring down upon us with some of the biggest releases we've seen so far this year! There's new work by homegrown storyteller Nikki Gemmell, crime miracle-worker Jeffrey Deaver, and the long-awaited, bone-crunching second novel from Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train. John Safran comes out swinging with his latest book Depends What You Mean By Extremist, and if you're a fan of awesome Australian fiction, then look no further than this list for a range of debut voices and well-loved favourites.
Here are just some of our most-loved picks this month:
After by Nikki Gemmell: Nikki Gemmell's memoir is already on the shelves at your local bookstore, and man, what a book. It tells the story of Nikki's mother, exposing with unbridled honesty the tensions inherent to a complicated mother/daughter relationship. It is a love letter, a murder mystery, and a blazingly beautiful reminiscence all at once. Not to be missed by anyone.
The River Sings by Sandra Leigh Price: Beautiful, dazzling storytelling from a wonderful debut Australian voice. Birth and death, love and sadness, love knots and cut ties, quicksilver and shine, old worlds and new beginnings, Sandra Leigh Price weaves a gritty and beguiling story that will enchant and delight readers.
Walkaway by Cory Doctorow: In a world wrecked by climate change, in a society owned by the ultra-rich, in a city hollowed out by industrial flight, Hubert Etc, Seth, and Neville have nowhere else to be and nothing better to do. So, like thousands of others in the mid-21st century, the three of them turn their back on the world of rules, jobs, the morning commute and . . . walk away.
Beyond the Rock by Janelle McCullough: Beyond the Rock looks at not just the myth of Picnic at Hanging Rock by Joan Lindsey but also the story behind it.
The Red Hunter by Lisa Unger: New York Times bestselling author Lisa Unger is back with a buzzworthy new stand-alone thriller that asks: What is the difference between justice and revenge? Claudia Bishop's perfect life fell apart when the aftermath of a brutal assault left her with a crumbling marriage, a newborn daughter, and a constant sense of anxiety about the world around her.
Jewel in the North by Tricia Stringer: The third instalment in the bestselling Flinders Ranges series, Jewel in the North is a novel of a longstanding feud of land and love, a family torn apart and a quest for the ultimate prize.
Silly Isles by Eric Campbell: From the bestselling author of Absurdistan comes a hilarious tour through small but very strange places. In more than a decade of international reporting, Eric Campbell has covered wars, famines, presidencies, and revolution. In the islands surveyed here he finds microcosms of society, complete with enduring blood feuds, hidden wars, and bizarre histories; all the vanities, hopes, and rivalries of great powers. Eric Campbell is the Bill Bryson of the small, odd, forgotten places around the world.
Based on a True Story by Delphine de Vigan: Translated from French, Delphine de Vigan's novel Based on a True Story won the Prix Renaudot and Prix Goncourt Des Lyceens, and is a chilling novel of suspense that will leave you questioning the truth and its significance long after you have turned the final page.
Ginny Moon by Benjamin Ludwig: Ginny Moon is a compulsively readable and touching novel about being an outsider trying to find a place to belong and making sense of a world that just doesn't seem to add up.
The Hot Guy by Mel Campbell and Anthony Morris: Written by film critic duo Mel Campbell and Anthony Morris, and packed with movie-related humour, The Hot Guy is a funny, warm, savvy, and genuine romcom, with characters you won't want to kick out of bed.
The Good Girl Stripped Bare by Tracey Spicer: Tracey Spicer was always the good girl. In this frank and funny femoir – part memoir, part manifesto – Tracey 'sheconstructs' the structural barriers facing women in the workplace and encourages us all to shake off the shackles of the good girl.
The Stars are Fire by Anita Shreve: 1947. After a summer-long drought, fires are racing along the coast of Maine, ravaging two hundred thousand acres – the largest fire in the state's history.
Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito: Quicksand is an incisive courtroom thriller and a drama that raises questions about the nature of love, the disastrous side effects of guilt, and the function of justice.
Stars Across the Ocean by Kimberley Freeman: The powerful new novel from Kimberley Freeman. A rich and satisfying story of two women with indomitable spirits and the high costs they have to pay for being strong-minded, from the author of the bestselling LIGHTHOUSE BAY and EMBER ISLAND.
The Lucky One by Caroline Overington: As three generations of the well-respected Alden-Stowe family come in for scrutiny, detectives will discover a twisted web of rivalries, alliances, deceit, and treachery. Set amidst the rolling hills of the California wine district, and featuring gold-digger wives, a frustrated housekeeper, a demented patriarch and forbidden love, police must decide: who has died? Who has survived? And who, amidst all this horror and betrayal, is the lucky one?
The Romance Reader's Guide to Life by Sharon Pywell: A haunting, darkly funny and compelling tale of sisterhood that deftly weaves together shades of The Lovely Bones with a pirate romance, The Romance Reader's Guide to Life proves that sometimes the guiltiest of pleasures contain some essential kernels of truth about life. And you should always be kind to dogs.
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins: From the bestselling author of The Girl on the Train comes this brand new thriller. Into The Water is an addictive novel of psychological suspense about the slipperiness of the truth, and a family drowning in secrets.
Depends What You Mean By Extremist by John Safran: Drinking shots with nationalists and gobbling falafel with radicals, John Safran was there the year the extreme became the mainstream.
Men Without Women by Haruki Murakami: Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and smoky bars, lonely hearts and mysterious women, baseball and the Beatles, woven together to tell stories that speak to us all. Marked by the same wry humor that has defined his entire body of work, in this collection Murakami has crafted another contemporary classic
The Boy on the Bridge by M. R. Carey: In The Boy On The Bridge, M. R. Carey returns to the world of The Girl With All The Gifts,the phenomenal word-of-mouth bestseller which is now a critically acclaimed film starring Sennia Nanua, Glenn Close, Gemma Arterton and Paddy Considine.
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Four Square Walls to add the collar. It worked perfectly. I will use it for the cuffs next time too. I have no idea why I didn't think to use it for the cuffs this time.
Negroni shirt and followed the instructions to attach it.
A true talent (and romantic! Quality sewing time on your hubby, awwww). You can't even tell they're littl flowers until you're close up, it's such a cute print. I'm still trying to get the nerve to attmept a 2nd Archer shirt (first one too small and went to Cam) but they are so much effort! It's why I love my tees.
How fun the mister isn't the boring white collar type. :o) He seems a good sport to wear great prints and model as well. You seem to tackle any sewing project very well. Lucky mister to have custom shirts. He'll be the enjoy of his co-workers.
awesome shirt.....
and great model too...
eva (the other one)
Gorgeous job Kate! And thanks for the link to the collar - I'm making a shirt for the next craft camp and will try it out - makes so much sense to do it that way. :)


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Desk E.L.A was created to offer a contemporary surface for an office or a living area. Beautifully shaped, this desk seems to be levitating, but it is a sturdy piece of furniture that you can trust with your laptop. Designed by Jovo Bozhinovski, the desk finds its equilibrium on two legs while two steel cables insure its stability and gives it an industrial feel. The two legs neatly hide network cables, phone cables and USB ports, making the desk clutter free and obviously modern. A drawer underneath hides away all the remaining papers, files and folders so that you desk can look beautiful and stick to its purpose – a clearly modern design with futuristic lines that is both aesthetically pleasant and useful.
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June 13th, 2013
Enhanced criminal records certificates – teachers on trial
"Of course, a critically important issue for the teacher in question is whether the allegations will ultimately find their way into any enhanced criminal record certificate (ECRC). This is an issue which has been considered by the High Court in two recent cases.
In the first, R (L) v Chief Constable of Cumbria Constabulary [2013] EWHC 869 (Admin), L, a teacher, had been accused of having improperly propositioned and hugged an 18 year old pupil whilst at a pub. L had denied the allegations and no criminal prosecution had ultimately been mounted. The High Court held that inclusion in the ECRC of information relating to the allegations was unlawful as it constituted a disproportionate and hence unjustified interference with L's Article 8 rights (see further Rachel Kamm's more detailed post on this judgment here).
This week, the High Court has given judgment in the case of RK v (1) Chief Constable of South Yorkshire (2) Disclosure and Banning Service [2013] EWHC 1555 (Admin). RK had previously been acquitted of six counts of indecent assault and sexual activity with a child (in essence it was alleged that RK had repeatedly touched the bottoms of teenage girls in his care). Nine years later RK sought disclosure of a draft ECRC from the Constabulary. The draft included information about the allegations and referred to them as 'offenses'. RK sought a judicial review of the draft certificate.
"Critically the judgments in both L and RK highlight the dangers attendant on the police unthinkingly substituting their own view of an individual's guilt or innocence in the face of an acquittal by the criminal courts or other important evidence raising questions about the reliability of the information in issue."
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Installing EON
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For installation in a Honda, see this tutorial video to find out correct placement and installation with a panda and giraffe.
For installation in a Toyota, see this instruction video.
- Mount the EON adapter.
- Horizontal aim - The inner edge of the fan (the side closest to the heatsink) should be directly underneath the stock LKAS camera. Overall aim may appear a little left of center, but post-Flippening code takes that into account.
- Vertical aim - The horizon should be at or just a little above center
- If you are installing with the Giraffe and Panda, install the Giraffe and Panda first and ensure that the USB can reach the Panda
- The previous preferred mount was to remove the mirror and mount the EON/NEO directly to the mirror mount. However, EONs come with the sticky GoPro mount. The instructions below will give you a good chance of installing a windshield mount level and straight:
- Experiments have revealed that the most important mounting aspect is the rotation (or roll) of the windshield mount. This method has repeatedly worked well:
- Park between two street lines (for instance: inside the yellow turn lane on a low-traffic street) Then put the car in drive with the parking brake on, and foot on the brake.
- Adjust the lanes until they look centered on the EON.
- Rotate the EON until the path line is perfectly vertical between the lines.
- If you prefer a Mirror Mount, here is a 3d printable STL file for a Honda Rearview Mirror Mount to GoPro adapter (may fit other cars too)
Consider following the Gridded UI wiki for precise EON placement.
Next, see Running ChffrPlus on the EON or Installing OpenPilot on the EON


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Yesterday I started a new project, instead of working on something that was unfinished. There was a little bit of guilt involved, but not too much, because the project I started will be fairly quick and really ought to have been done much sooner. My little sister really liked the Dragon Watcher's Hood I made for myself, and requested one in a different colour. I agreed to do so if she purchased the yarn. This happened in April and I've just been the slowest of slowpokes.I knew it wouldn't take me all that long, so I started thinking about it when the weather started to gradually cool off. We've had a very long warm season. Even when it was October it really wasn't chilly enough for hats or mittens, so the demand for a hood didn't quite pop up. Eventually it started to fluctuate and cool down–at that point a few subtle reminders about the things I promised to make started to flutter my way. I wanted to work on a few other things first, mostly because I had so many things on the needles in various stages of completion, but I knew that I needed to start working on this hood. I considered starting it a few weeks ago, but I realized that my size 15 circular needle tips were on loan to a friend. I could have started it on straights, but that didn't seem worth it.
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So Many WIPs…
Generally speaking, I try to avoid having too many projects in-progress. I don't like thinking about all those things that I've started but haven't finished yet. Unfortunately, right now I have quite a few WIPs–many more than I would prefer to have ongoing. It might not be very many for others knitters and crocheters who live for the thrill of a new project, but it's too many for me. Unfortunately, I'm not at a good point to finish any of them up!
My oldest WIP is from July 2014–the tiny wild rose hand puff. It's a Tiny Owl Knits pattern: tiny violet hand puff. I haven't made any progress on this since April of this year… because I ran out of yarn and haven't bought more. It's easy for me to stall when I have a project that needs more yarn, since I've been trying to work down my stash of yarn. I know that it probably would be a good idea to buy more yarn and finish this, but every time I start to buy the yarn I need I can't go through with it.
That's the same problem I've had with this other muff: forest leaf muff. It dates from the same period as the other hand-cozy, although it's been on hiatus longer. I also ran out of yarn and haven't had the motivation to buy more.


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The final installment of our 4 part series around knowing your audience for better messaging and storytelling is the most simple and most complex at the same time. It will require extreme objectivity, a modicum of honesty and a tinge of bravery. Here goes.
What would your customer's spotlight or elevator pitch about you say?
- Take a moment to enter a mental place of objectivity about your products and services.
- Write down three key points your customer would say about you if they were trying to sell a friend on getting involved with you. (If you answered the 5 questions posted on Tuesday and conducted some "fly on the wall" monitoring from yesterday's post, you should know these.)
- Take out anything that you wish they would say, but probably wouldn't.
- Write up a 4 sentence spotlight pitch.
Now, what aspects of it should be included in your organizational story or business narrative?


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When I teach my students to write personal narratives, I discourage elongated stories about day or even week-long experiences that turn into lists of things one might have done, rather than focusing on a single point. "On Monday we climbed Pike's Peak, and on Tuesday we went fly fishing, and then on Wednesday we…" Just tell me about Pike's Peak, I encourage them. I understand, of course. They've done many wonderful things, and picking just one to focus on feels almost like a betrayal of the other experiences. So with this, my own advice in mind, this week as I enjoy the Napa Valley, I want to focus daily on just one experience I have that stands out, whatever or wherever it may be. And while I had many truly exceptional experiences yesterday on my first day of the excursion, the one I'm going to dwell on for a moment this morning was my visit to Turnbull Wine Cellars.
I was heading northbound on Highway 29, the congested artery that flows up and down the Napa Valley, dividing the Mayacamas Range to the West from the infamous Howell Mountain to the East. Just past Robert Mondavi's famously hyperbolic Tuscan archway, I turned right and entered Turnbull Wine Cellars. Set back from 29 and secluded by trees, it has a peaceful, country vibe about it, with antique trucks and tractors parked about the property, and composed of numerous beautiful wooden structures seemingly from another age.
William Turnbull had just built a beautiful barrel room for Jack Cakebread in the late 1970's, following the boom of attention that Napa was getting after besting the French in the now infamous Judgement of Paris on America's bicentenary. Realizing he was surrounded by unparalleled natural beauty, Turnbull seized an opportunity, purchased land, and built his own, very similar barrel room right next door to Cakebread's. Both of them remain today, frequented by lovers of incredible wine and separated by only a few trees and grapevines. Eventually, Turnbull and his partner sold the winery — but thankfully to people, rather than a massive corporation. Today, Turnbull Wine Cellars is owned by the O'Dell family, who carry on the legacy of making exquisite, small-production wines, and who have graciously let William Turnbull remain the eponym for his visionary Napa property.
While I waited for my tasting to begin, I thumbed through books on winemaking and the Napa Valley, and admired a collection of black and white photography that I later learned is the largest collection of original Ansel Adams photographs in the world. I remembered the Ansel Adams print I had purchased from a sidewalk vender at the student union on my first day of college, and wondered whatever became of it.
Carey, a composed and knowledgeable young lady who has worked at Turnbull Wine Cellars for many years, gave me a tour of the property and then walked me through my tasting. Paired with locally sourced artisan cheeses and herbs picked fresh that morning on the property, the wines showed stunningly while Carey explained to me the various vineyards that are part of the Turnbull estate. From the home vineyard they source their Sauvignon Blanc, an exceptional wine that is aged in Italian clay pots and takes on beautiful minerality and bold texture. From the Fortuna Vineyard came a Merlot that was a tour de force of what the varietal can be — smooth, balanced, yet big and robust. The tannins were so fine that they lingered upon my palate indefinitely, a dusty sensation even more pronounced that that of the oft-referenced "Rutherford dust" frequently found on Cabernets from Rutherford.
I also had the privilege of tasting Cabernet Sauvignon from the Amoenus Vineyard, and their Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon, a stunner of a wine, sourced from their 38-acre Leopoldina Vineyard situated on the Oakville Bench. It quickly became apparent to me that in a place full of talented winemakers and terrific fruit, winemaker Peter Heitz and his wines stand out. I met Peter only briefly as he was preparing for bottling, but was immediately drawn to his easy-going and affable personality. Even more, I was truly impressed by the undeniable quality of the wines he is producing — only around fifteen thousand cases a year. With the exception of the Sauvignon Blanc, we sampled wines from the 2014 vintage, which showed brilliantly yet were clearly age-worthy and desired to lay down for years to come.
To expound upon the rest of my day would inevitably get listy, but I do need to jump to the end. After other winery visits that will surely feature in my writing somewhere later, after meeting other talented winemakers, after dinner at Mustard's with some wonderful friends, and after "test driving" a Tesla Model S which, frankly, has ruined all other cars for me forever, after all of that I was left with the gorgeous patio of the guest house where I'm staying, with the fountain gurgling softly in the background and the sun dropping down behind the Mayacamas and illuminating the vineyards. Left to my thoughts, I opened a bottle of Turnbull Cabernet Sauvignon and took time to appreciate the beautiful things that surround me. This is easy to do when one is traveling, I've found, constantly surrounded by new experiences that pique curiosity and inspire examination. But I believe also, equally, that it can be done at home, and I look forward to a time soon when I can sit on the patio under our pergola with Sonja, watching the sun dip down behind the Silver Maples that line Poppleton Avenue, and sharing a glass of Turnbull Cabernet.
Cheers to the beautiful things in life, wherever we may find them,


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it´s Moni here and I would like to share with you another card I made using the sweet image Moving Day. I also used a sentiment from the Vintage Labels Occasions Set, which I add on a little tag, that can be pulled out on the side and another sentiment from the For You Circular Sentiment Set, which also can be found at the shop of Lili of the Valley.
Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by.


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The economy is the focus of media attention at the moment, with its post-election emphasis on the looming fiscal cliff. However, the Keystone XL pipeline has also made a resurgence lately, as the center of an environmental policy controversy. The administration's response to the dispute would be a test of Obama's relationship with the oil and gas industry.
On Wednesday, American Petroleum Institue (API) President Jack N. Gerard said, "If [President Obama] denies the application , it will show climate and emissions matter more than jobs and economic growth to his administration."
The Keystone pipeline is hotly contested because its potential benefits to the economy and American energy independence is pitted against serious environment concerns. The pipeline starts in Alberta, Canada, passes through Nebraska, and ends in Texas. The project has the potential to create thousands of jobs, as well as to become a vital energy resource for the US. Nebraska will have a public hearing about the project on December 4,
Rising gas prices and turmoil in the Middle East, as well as news that America could be going through a serious energy boom, has brought energy to the forefront of national debate. A recent post-election poll by Zogby Analytics noted that, not only is energy causing rifts within the GOP, but that many voters are now supporting American energy independence through progressive renewable energies over projects like Keystone.
Asked to pick the highest priority to help solve America's energy challenges, twice as many voters select renewable energy like wind and solar power (38 percent) than any other choice. Independents favor wind and solar over fossil fuels by a 4-to-1 margin – 48 percent pick renewable energy while just 12 percent select the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and only 11 percent prioritize more oil and gas drilling on America's public lands.
The Center for American Progress, a progressive think tank, also reports widespread public support for green energy and cites high politicization of environmental issues in part by big oil interest groups and "aggressive lobbying by the fossil fuels industry."
However, a poll released by the API reports 60 percent of Democrats and 94 percent of Republicans support Keystone XL construction, although it makes no mention of independents, a bloc that has grown significantly in recent years. The poll notes that, overall, 75 percent of pollees support the project.
Environmentalist groups, such as Green Peace and The Sierra Club, seemed to have been victorious earlier this year, when President Obama and the State Department rejected the pipeline's permit. The president approached his comments on the rejection cautiously, saying, "This announcement is not a judgement on the merits of the pipeline, but the arbitrary nature of a deadline that prevented the state department from gathering the information necessary to approve the project and protect the American people." During the second presidential debate, Obama reiterated he supports energy independence and implied his rejection of Keystone had more to do with administrative hurdles than anything else.
What I want to do is to create an economy that is strong and at the same time produce energy. And with respect to this pipeline that Governor Romney keeps on talking about, we've — we've built enough pipeline to wrap around the entire Earth once. So I'm all for pipelines; I'm all for oil production.
The Keystone pipeline project will need to be addressed by the administration quickly. Lobbying groups and environmentalists are pressuring the government for action on the measure and as, potentially, one of the president's first policy decisions of his new term, could determine the groundwork for environmental and energy policy of the next four years.


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All eyes were on Prince William and Kate Middleton on Saturday (June 4) when the two attended the esteemed Epsom Derby.
And as expected, the royal newlyweds were dressed to impress as they, Prince Harry, Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, and other select members of the royal family cheered on Queen Elizabeth II's prized colt, Carlton House, to a third-place finish.
While the Duke of Cambridge donned tails and a top hat, the Duchess looked radiant in Reiss; her off-white knee-length dress was accompanied by a white tweed jacket by Nessie and nude heels. Her shiny brunette tresses were stylishly swept back into a bun, while a taupe-colored fascinator rumored to be from the Philip Treacy collection beautifully completed her look.
The Daily Mail also reports that Bea and Eugenie each pulled off some lovely summer fashion, as did The Queen, who was decked in hot pink. To get all the extra details on Kate's ensemble, click here.
In other royal-related news:
• William is returning to Kensington Palace. The Daily Express reports that he and Kate will soon call his old childhood residence "home" whenever they're in London. He and Prince Harry lived there with their late mother, Princess Diana, prior to her 1997 death.
• If you're planning to travel to London in the coming months, perhaps you'll fancy a stop at Buckingham Palace for a peek at Kate's exquisite Alexander McQueen wedding gown? Between July 23 and October 3, royal fans can pony up just under $30 (£17.50) to see the dress, shoes, diamond earrings, and The Queen's stunning 1936 Cartier tiara. The Royal Collection will also display the couple's wedding cake.
• In her upcoming reality show Finding Sarah, Sarah Ferguson opens up about the emotional and physical torment she endured as a child. According to The Daily Telegraph, Fergie reveals that her mother, the late Susan Barrantes, used to tell her that the "little vein at the center of her forehead" was "a sign of the antichrist."
• Everyone's favorite royal bridesmaid Pippa Middleton showed off her athletic talents during the GE Blenheim Triathlon in Woodstock, Oxfordshire on Saturday (June 4). She and Team SJP clocked a finish time of 1:27:32. Pip Pip Hooray!
• He may have just won Britain's Got Talent, but Jai McDowall is already signed up to sing for The Queen at the annual Royal Variety Performance gala this fall.Read More


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Bard On Bard, 1975
"They want to put his ass in stir
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Many thanks for posting these notes. They bring back the freshness of these great songs and the singing thereof I felt on first hearing them.
Hey. 'Desire' was, until recently, almost entirely unknown to me (I knew 'Isis' only). Now, my band and many guests will perform it in its entirety November 23, it has become one of my favorite albums, period and I found this page during the course of trying to learn a bit more about the record and the Rolling Thunder Revue and all. Thanks a lot! This site really rocks. Keep up the excellent work.
a year after this came out he changed his address on these linear noted to read Jack Kerouac School of Dismebodied Poetics, Boulder, Colorado
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Title: The Letting #1
Author: Cathrine Goldstein
Publisher: The Wild Rose Press
Publication Date: December 15th 2014
Genre: YA, Dystopia
Format: eARC
My Rating: 4/5 stars (B+)
What if the Devil doesn't know he's the Devil?
This is the question Veronica "Ronnie" Billings poses to Phoenix, her sworn enemy, the leader of the Peaceful Revolution, and the one she loves.
Kidnapped by Phoenix's rebels, Ronnie learns how wrong she has been. She had no idea that her patriotism was wasted on a corrupt government. Ronnie was proud to be a Leader; taking hundreds of harvested girls to the Letting facility. After all, she was saving them from future Couplings and bringing them to the safety of the New World. Or so she thought…
Confused, Ronnie realizes the only way to discover the truth is to trust her heart. Together, Phoenix and Ronnie devise a plan to stop their corrupt government and preempt the dangerous rebel coup which is approaching. But when their plan goes awry, will Ronnie be strong enough to save Phoenix, her country, and herself?
My Review:
I received an ARC of The Letting fro YA bound books in exchange with an honest review.
This book is different than anything I have read lately. It is showing a darker, scarier aspect of how the human race might end up to be. The word Selfish is taken to a new level.
This book is like the story of Elizabeth Bathory , who killed virgins for her youth , with some kick ass plot twist.The story fellows Veronica, who is a legend for sending the greatest amount of Lettings. What is a Letting? Something like getting blood withdrawal ! She used to think that she was serving the society, which turns out to be wrong. She is serving the government, yeah, but since it is a Dystopian novel, then it has to be a corrupted and serving its own agenda.
The only thing i did not like is how Veronica was so desperate to please everyone. She bored out with how everyone who point her previous mistakes, she had the surge to apologize. However towards the end, she seem to have gone through some development in her character, making this book carry some great character development within it.
The world building was great. The way the author captured how simple the camp was and how fancy the houses and people on the other side were is amazing.
The story did not miss the element of Romance. Phoenix, who started as hating and despising her, ended up falling in love with her. However, he did not show it first. he was able to hide it under his previous disgust with what veronica has done in the past. On the Other hand, the person ruling this messed up society falls for veronica. Although he is supposed to be evil, yet the authors finds a way to make you like him at some points.
I did not know that there was a second book until the last page! The book ended with a cliffhanger that haunted me for a couple of days.
I absolutely loved this book and I am looking forward to read book 2 when it come out.
I give The letting 4/5 stars and a (B+) according to my own rating scale.
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From BBC News:
Hat tip to Rod McKie!
"The video-in-print ads will appear in select copies of the US show business title Entertainment Weekly.
"The slim-line screens - around the size of a mobile phone display - also have rechargeable batteries.
"The chip technology used to store the video - described as similar to that used in singing greeting cards - is activated when the page is turned.
"Each chip can hold up to 40 minutes of video."


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Launched in 1954 by war-hero Air Vice-Marshall Donald Bennett the Fairthorpe company set-out to "attack" the micro-car market with its new model, the Atom. Sales of the Atom were relatively slow and only 44 cars were built in its 3 year production run.
Much more successful were the sporty Fairthorpe Electron models, particularly the Electron Minor of which over 700 examples were built from 1957-73. The last Fairthorpe models were the adventurous TX-GT and TX-S/TX-SS sports coupes built between 1967-76.


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The Homemade Gatling Gun is Amazingly Cool [Video]
Why couldn't I have been this inventive as a youth? Inventor Jörg Sprave has a habit of taking innocent objects and weaponizing them. His videos are as entertaining as they are informative. On his YouTube page, The Slingshot Channel, he takes ordinary, everyday items you find in most homes and turns them into potentially deadly weapons. And we love it. Below, he demonstrates his full-auto arrow gun and full-auto ping pong ball Gatling Gun. Enjoy!


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As an ILCC VISTA, you are an important link to our campus communities. We want to know what your thoughts are on civic education, and how the ongoing work on your host campus aligns with our shared goals. Campus Compact's mission to promote the public role of higher education starts with community leaders like you, and we need you to lend your voice!
VISTAs who opt into the Media Contributor Program will help shape ILCC's public outreach, communicate their campus' message and gain valuable experience as a versatile digital communicator.
The first deadline to apply to become a VISTA Media Contributor has passed. You will have another opportunity to become a contributor in April!