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Nephrotoxicity is a major toxic effect in chemotherapy, which constitutes up to 60% of hospitalized acute kidney injury (AKI). Very few treatment options exist to slow the transition from AKI to subsequent chronic kidney diseases (CKD). Here, we demonstrate that galectin-3 (Gal-3), a β-galactoside binding lectin that plays an important role in kidney fibrosis and renal failure, is one of the key factors for renal injury progression. Ectopic overexpression of Gal-3 significantly decreased the viability of HEK293, simultaneously inducing of cell cycle arrest and apoptosis. However, inhibition of Gal-3, mediated by modified citrus pectin (MCP), predominantly antagonized the pro-apoptotic effects. Mice were pre-treated with normal or 1% MCP-supplemented drinking water 1 week before cisplatin injection. Analyses of serum creatinine and renal tissue damage indicated that MCP-treated mice demonstrated increased renal function and attenuated renal fibrosis after cisplatin-induced injury. MCP-treated mice also demonstrated decreased renal fibrosis and apoptosis, as revealed by masson trichrome staining and Western blot analysis of cleaved caspase-3. Additionally, the protective role of Gal-3 inhibition in the kidney injury was shown to be mediated by protein kinase C α (PKC-α), which promoted cell apoptosis and collagen I synthesis in HEK293 cells. These results demonstrated the potential Gal-3 and PKC-α as therapeutic targets for the treatment of AKI and CKD.
Acute kidney injury (AKI) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) are critical global health challenges . The use of multiple chemotherapy drugs is a major risk factor of AKI, and is associated with high mortality and morbidity. Over the past decade, the incidence of moderate to advanced stages of CKD increased considerably . However, clinical management of the diseases is a challenge and very few treatment options exist currently to slow renal fibrosis progression . The transition of AKI to CDK results from uncontrolled expansion of interstitial extracellular matrix (ECM) and nephron loss . Two critical mechanisms contribute to renal fibrosis following renal injury: (i) apoptosis of tubular and (ii) dysregulated modeling of tissue that stems from the imbalance between matrix degradation and matrix synthesis [4,5]. Therefore, there is an urgent need for strategies to alleviate tubular injury in parallel to reducing interstitial matrix expansion.
Galectin-3 (Gal-3) is a multifunctional protein secreted by epithelial cells, macrophages and endothelial cells. It mediates a large variety of biological processes through carbohydrate-independent mechanisms . Consequently, Gal-3 has been a therapeutic target in a large array of diseases, including cancer , cardiovascular diseases , lung fibrosis  etc. In clinics, the role of Gal-3 as a therapeutic target in cardiovascular diseases has been demonstrated [10,11]. It is suggested that Gal-3 is a marker for fibrosis, and the level of Gal-3 is predictive of heart failure and renal dysfunctionality [12–15]. It was shown that through inhibiting Gal-3, protective effects can be achieved in renal diseases [16,17]. Recently, modified citrus pectin (MCP), a derivative of pectin affinitive to Gal-3 carbohydrate recognition domain , has been used as an inhibitor of Gal-3 and shown to exert ameliorating effects in renal disease [19,20]. This evidence suggests that Gal-3 inhibition is a viable strategy in the treatment of renal diseases. However, the function of Gal-3 in renal diseases remains elusive. Understanding of the role of Gal-3 in ECM remolding is also lacking. Elucidation of the mechanism of Gal-3 inhibition in kidney disease therapy is imperative to optimize clinical outcome of this treatment regimen.
Herein, the purpose of the study is to clarify the role of Gal-3 inhibitive strategy in treatment of cisplatin-induced renal injury. Our findings suggest that Gal-3 inhibition, through the regulation of protein kinase C α (PKC-α), which is a major isoform of PKC in kidneys that maintains normal renal function , exerts renal protective effects by alleviating kidney tissue apoptosis, and reducing collagen I synthesis.
Materials and methods
All animal experiments were conducted according to the guidelines of laboratory animal care and were approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee of the Huadu District People’ Hospital of Guangzhou (No.2017012). Seven-to-eight-week-old male C57BL/6 mice (n=5) were i.p. injected with cisplatin, dissolved in 0.9% saline at 1 mg/ml, at the dose of 20 mg/kg or saline. Mice were killed at 72 h after cisplatin injection, and kidneys were perfused and harvested. Some of the mice received the Gal-3 activity inhibitor (n=5), modified citrus pectin (EcoNugenics, 100 mg/kg/day) in the drinking water for the same period, while some were pre-treated with normal or 1% MCP-supplemented drinking water at 7 days prior to cisplatin injection. Each mice was given the same amount of drinking water.
Morphological and histological evaluation
Before mice were killed, blood was collected for urea measurements, with kidneys harvested for mRNA and histological end-points analyses. Blood serum creatinine was measured by ELISA using commercial kits according to the manufacturer’s instruction (Nanjing Jiancheng). The acute tubular morphology and patterns of regeneration in the outer medulla were evaluate blindly using morphometric assessment with a computer-assisted image system, KS300 (Zeiss, Jena, Germany), and Olympus BX40F-3 microscope (Olympus Optical Company, Tokyo, Japan). The results were presented as a ratio of the injured area versus the total area. Twenty-five random fields were counted at an original magnification, covering the entire outer medulla and corresponding to an area. Patterns that indicate tubular damage included: loss of nuclear and cytoplasmatic membrane integrity, vacuolization of tubular epithelial cells, loss of brush border and presence of intratubular debris. Tubular repair or regeneration was identified by decreased epithelium layer that encloses dilated lumens, and presence of proteinaceous fluid or granular material within lumens. Ki-67, Gal3 and PKC-α expression was detected in paraffin sections by immunohistochemistry using 10 ug/ml of anti-Ki-67, Gal-3 and PKC-α antibody (Abcam), according to the manufacturer’s protocol.
Sirius Red staining
The slides were incubated with a 0.1% Sirius Red solution dissolved in aqueous saturated picric acid for 1 h, washed in acidified water (0.5% hydrogen chloride), dehydrated and mounted with DPX Mounting. Collagen and non-collagen components were red- and orange-stained, respectively.
Detection of cytokines and chemokines
Chemokines and cytokines in the kidney tissue were measured by enzyme-linked immunoabsorbent assay (ELISA) kits. Kits used in the present study were summarized in detail. Mouse IL-1, IL-6 (eBioscience, San Diego, CA), Mouse TNFa and MCP1 (DAKEWE, Beijing, China).
Cells culture and treatment
HEK293, acquired from American Type Culture Collection, (ATCC, Wesel, Germany), was maintained in Dulbecco-modified essential medium with 10% fetal bovine serum, 100-U/ml penicillin and 100-U/ml streptomycin. The cells were seeded on six-well plates and grown to 80% confluence before changing to serum-free medium.
Construction of PKC-α plasmid
Total RNA was extracted from rat kidney IM by Trizol reagent (Invitrogen, Carlsbad, CA) and reverse transcripted into cDNA. The PKC-α coding region gene was obtained by RT-PCR and cloned into mammalian expression vector pcDNA or Xenopus expression vector pGH19. The PKC-α gene and cloning orientation were verified by DNA sequencing.
Real-time reverse transcription PCR
Total RNA from kidney tissues was isolated using the Trizol Reagent (Euromedex, Souffelweyersheim, France) and purified using the RNeasy kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Synthesis of cDNA was carried out using the cDNA synthesis kit in a thermocycler (Bio-Rad, California, U.S.A.). Quantitative PCR analysis was then performed using SYBR green (Bio-Rad, California, U.S.A.). Quantification of expression was achieved with MyiQ software (Bio-Rad, California, U.S.A.). Data were normalized to HPRT and β-actin levels. All PCRs were performed at least in triplicate for each experiment.
Protein extraction was achieved using RIPA buffer supplemented with proteinase inhibitor cocktail. Protein quantification was performed using the BCA assay (Bio-Rad). Protein lysates of equal amounts were loaded and separated on SDS-polyacrylamide gels in Tris/SDS buffer, followed by transferring onto nitrocellulose membranes. Blotting was performed according to standard procedures with primary antibodies against PKC-α, galectin-3, collagen I, cleaved-caspase3, fibronection and GAPDH (Abcam) overnight. Following this, appropriate fluorescence-conjugated secondary antibodies were added. Images of the blot were acquired using an Odyssey IR scanner, and protein band intensities were quantified using NIH Image/J software.
The data were expressed as the means ± SD. The results were statistically analyzed using a one-way or two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Comparisons between two groups were analyzed using Student’s t test. Differences with P<0.05 were considered statistically significant.
Effects of pharmacological inhibition of Gal-3 on renal function in mice after cisplatin injection
To characterize the effects of Gal-3 on renal protection, renal function was evaluated by measuring blood serum creatinine (Scr) levels at 0, 3, 7 and 14 days after cisplatin (CP group) injection (20 mg/kg) or saline (sham group). Some mice in the two groups were treated with 1% MCP (CP+MCP group or sham+MCP group) before CP or saline injection. At day 3, mice that received only CP exhibited the highest Scr levels, and mice fed with 1% MCP before CP injection demonstrated significant reduction in Scr. And there was no statistical difference in Scr levels between the CP+MCP group and sham groups at day 3. At 7 and 14 days after injection, the Scr levels in all groups demonstrated similar levels (Figure 1A). Morphometric analyses confirmed renal protection in MCP+CP group animals. Three days after CP injection, animals with CP injection had the highest values of ATN, while MCP improved the effect of CP-induced tubular damage (Figure 1B). Meanwhile, animals in MCP+CP group exhibited more tubular regeneration at all-time points studied (Figure 1C). No significant ATN or tubular regeneration was found in each group of sham-treated mice. To confirm the tubular repair induced by MCP, we performed Ki-67 staining, which indicated that animals treated with MCP+CP demonstrated the highest Ki-67 levels, suggesting intensive regeneration (P<0.05). While regeneration was also seen in mice treated with only CP (P<0.05), the Ki-67 staining was relatively lower (P<0.01)
Effect of pharmacological inhibition of Galectin-3 (Gal-3) on renal function in mice after cisplatin injection
Reduction of tubulointerstitial injury by Gal-3
To confirm the renal protective effects of Gal-3, pathological analysis was conducted at 7 and 14 days following CP injection to examine renal interstitial fibrosis. As expected, CP injected mice revealed moderate renal interstitial fibrosis. In contrast, MCP ameliorated renal interstitial fibrosis both at 7 and 14 days, as revealed by Sirus Red staining, masson trichrome staining and collagen staining (Figure 2A,B). Concomitantly, the protein levels of collagen I and Fibronectin in the kidney were higher in CP group at day 7 than those in mice treated with MCP (Figure 2C,D). We also analyzed IL-1β levels in different groups (Supplementary Figure S1). The kidney injury attenuation exerted by MCP was verified by that while cisplatin treatment increases IL-1β protein (Supplementary Figure S1A) and mRNA levels (Supplementary Figure S1B), suggesting increased inflammation, MCP reduced IL-1β levels. These data support the efficacy of Gal-3 inhibition on protecting again kidney injury.
The effect of pharmacological inhibition of Gal-3 on tubulointerstitial injury
PKD3 and Gal-3 up-regulation induced by MCP promotes cell apoptosis and collagen I synthesis
To elucidate the mechanism of the MCP in renal protection, we evaluated the expression of PKD3 and Gal-3 using qRT-PCR (Figure 3A,B) and Western blot (Figure 3C,D) analyses, which showed that Gal-3 and PKC-α levels were time dependently up-regulated in the kidney after CP treatment followed by different time points. To confirm the change of Gal-3 and PKC-α levels following CP treatment, we performed immunohistochemical staining and Western blot analyses of Gal-3 and PKC-α, which demonstrated that MCP indeed increased Gal-3 and PKC-α expression (Figure 3E,F).
The expression of PKC-α and Gal-3 in the kidney after cisplatin treatment
Consistently, we demonstrated that PKC-α overexpression induced by transferring PKC-α overexpression plasmid into HEK293 cells led to increased cell apoptosis and ECM synthesis as evidenced with increased cleaved-caspase-3 and collagen I expression levels in Western blot analysis. Interestingly, PKC-α also increased the Gal-3 levels (Figure 4A,B). As shown in Figure 4C,D, Gal-3 overexpression also increased the cleaved caspase-3 and collagen I expression. Collectively, these results suggested that PKC-α and Gal-3 overexpression are associated with increased cell apoptosis and collagen I synthesis in kidney, which qualify them as potential therapeutic targets in cisplatin-induced kidney injuries.
PKC-α and Gal-3 promote cell apoptosis and collagen I synthesis
PKC-α mediated cisplatin induced Gal-3 expression
To explore the role of PKC-α and Gal-3 in the transition of AKI to CKD, we first treated HEK293 cells with PKC-α activator PDB and its inhibitor chelerythrine, at 30 min after treatment with cisplatin or saline. As shown in Figure 5A,B, PDB increased Gal-3 expression and chelerythrine reduced Gal-3 protein expression. Cisplatin treatment further enhanced the effects of PDB in inducing Gal-3 expression, while chelerythrine reduced cisplatin-stimulated Gal-3 up-regulation. To examine the interplay between PKC-α and Gal-3, PKC-α cDNA was transfected into HEK293 cells to monitor the change of Gal-3, which showed that overexpression of PKC-α increased Gal-3 levels (Figure 5C,D).
PKC-α mediated cisplatin-induced Gal-3 expression
Gal-3 blockage attenuated apoptosis and collagen I synthesis induced by PDB
To determine whether PKC-α-stimulated collagen accumulation and apoptosis are mediated through Gal-3, cells were pre-treated with Gal-3 inhibitor, lactose, followed by PDB treatment. We chose lactose as the inhibitor as it competitively binds to the secondary structure of Gal-3, inhibiting Gal-3 activity . As shown in Figure 6A,B, lactose blocked PDB-induced collagen I (Col I), cleaved-caspase-3 (c-casp-3) and c-PARP up-regulation. Similarly, Gal-3 knockdown by Gal3-siRNA transfection also resulted in the attenuation of Col I, c-casp-3 and c-PARP up-regulation induced by PDB (Figure 6C,D).
Block Gal-3 reduced PDB induced apoptosis and collagen I synthesis
AKI and CKD are characterized by renal tubular cell apoptosis and tubular atrophy, leading to progressive loss of kidney functional decline. Cisplatin is a common chemotherapy drugs of cancer. One critical side effects of cisplatin is the renal toxicity, and one-third patients develop nephrotoxicity that necessitates immediate treatment . AKI accounts for 1 to 25% of intensive care unit admissions and 1–7% of all hospital admissions. Moreover, AKI is a putative independent risk factor for mortality . Progression of AKI to CKD is also common, which seriously compromises the life of quality of patients . Here, we investigated the efficacy and mechanism of Gal-3 inhibition in attenuating cisplatin-induced kidney injury. Our results indicated that the Gal-3 inhibitor, MCP , markedly induced reduction of tubular damage induced by cisplatin, as evidenced by decreased Scr, improved tubular integrity and regeneration. Consistently, we showed that Gal-3 promotes apoptosis in HEK293. Indeed, previous evidences suggested that Gal-3 is a potential regulator of apoptosis [27,28]. However, in various tissues, Gal-3 may serve as both pro-apoptotic factor, e.g. through macrophage activation, macrophage phagocytosis , and anti-apoptotic factor, e.g. by blocking the intrinsic apoptotic intracellularly . Our results suggest that Gal-3 inhibition attenuates kidney tissue apoptosis and confers protection against the progression of renal fibrosis.
We showed here that Gal-3 up-regulation, along with elevated expression of collagen I and fibronectin, was induced by cisplatin treatment. This observation is consistent with previous findings that interstitial matrix expansion coincides with tubular cell injury . In renal fibrosis, the equilibrium of extracellular matrix synthesis and degradation is altered, resulting in elevated expression of matrix proteins. Excessive load of matrix protein is a crucial cause of tubulointerstitial inflammation, tubular cell injury and fibrosis. Gal-3 is a major player in ECM remodeling in kidney and was found to significantly contribute to progression of renal fibrosis via a variety of pathways . In kidney transplantation, Gal-3 inhibition was also shown to reduce tubular atrophy and interstitial fibrosis . Based on this, a number of strategies are directed toward inhibiting matrix synthesis through myofibroblasts targeting. We showed here that MCP-treated mice demonstrated reduced collagen I and fibronectin expression, which was in line with decreased ECM remodeling. Our results also echoed previous findings that Gal-3 plays an important role in intracellular matrix turnover via ECM interaction, supported by reduced collagen I and fibronectin content in kidney tissues after Gal-3 inhibition. Our results are in line with the pro-fibrotic and pro-inflammatory properties of Gal-3 in adipose tissue, which suggested that Gal-3 inhibition confers protective effects against adipose tissue remodeling . Gal-3 inhibition has been applied for treated aldosterone-induced cardiac and renal injuries, owing to suppression of inflammation and matrix expansion . Besides, Gal-3 inhibition was shown to effective sensitize cancers to cisplatin treatment . This property could potential orchestrate with the renal protective effects to improve the clinical outcome of cancer patients.
We show that Gal-3 inhibition concurrently induced PKC-α suppression. PKC-α are a class of factors that contribute to renal tubular cell apoptosis . The suppression of PKC-α is utilized in the management of chronic injury. Moreover, it has been demonstrated in mice that PKC-α deficiency could attenuate AKI and ischemia allograft injury . However, to our knowledge, this is the first report on the involvement of PKC-α in cisplatin-induced AKI and CKD. The suppression of PKC-α can potentially shed light on the anti-apoptotic effects of Gal-3 inhibition in injured kidney. The interaction between Gal-3 and PKC-α has not been reported either. However, here we did not probe the molecular pathway associated with the interaction between Gal-3 and PKC-α, which should be a subject of further research. Moreover, the efficacy of Gal-3 inhibition in other AKI models, such as glycerol-induced model, ischemia–reperfusion model etc. is also worth testing to fully characterize this therapy in renal protection.
In summary, the present study on Gal-3 inhibition is a viable strategy for alleviating AKI and CKD transition induced by cisplatin. This effect is mediated by the reduction of cell apoptosis and attenuation of collagen I and fibronectin. Gal-3 inhibition also suppresses PKC-α. Therefore, Gal-3 and PKC-α are potential therapeutic targets for the treatment of AKI and CKD. Further development of Gal-3 and PKC-α inhibition strategies could overcome nephrotoxicity of drugs and improve the therapeutic outcome of other kidney diseases.
This work was supported by Guangzhou medical key subject construction project [2017-2019]; and Guangdong province science and technology plan project public welfare fund and ability construction project [2014A020212519].
Hong-yan Li designed this work and drafted the manuscript; Shen Yang carried out part of the experiments; Jing-chun Li carried out part of the experiments; Jian-xun Feng designed this work and revised the manuscript.
The authors declare that there are no competing interests associated with the manuscript.

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You can search the National Heritage List for England (NHLE) for all listed buildings, scheduled monuments, protected wrecks and registered parks, gardens and battlefields. The Heritage List on the Historic England site is the only official and up to date database of all nationally protected historic buildings and sites in England. A search on ‘Wivenhoe’ (see below) itemises 74 Listed Buildings.
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Racing titles accounted for $1.4 billion, or 10 percent, of global video game software sales, Activision said. It is a category dominated by rival Electronic Arts Inc (ERTS.O: Quote, Profile, Research), which sells the popular "Need for Speed" and "Burnout" franchises.
The "Project Gotham Racing" series has sold more than 4.5 million copies since it debuted in 2001. The fourth installment of the franchise is due in October on the Xbox 360. Activision said it would publish a new game from Bizarre in 2009.
"They have a lot of cash and a hole in the portfolio that needed to be filled, said Mike Hickey, an analyst with Janco Partners. "They didn't have a representative racing game and now they do."Mike Griffith, head of Activision Publishing, said in a statement: "Bizarre Creations will play an important role in our growth strategy as we develop an original new intellectual property for this important racing segment." Activision, the second-biggest U.S. publisher in terms of annual revenue, has a cash pile of nearly $1 billion.

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Demand-driven architecture: Relay, Falcor, Om.Next
I was revisiting the state of application development at the bleeding edge, a topic which I’m very interested (ok, I’m obsessed with).
Through the development of many applications over the years, I began to feel acutely that I was repeating myself, not just a little but a lot; that most of my time was spent on wiring and internals of an application and not solving the problem at hand, the one everyone outside the codebase talked about.
Bugs, wiring, state, coordination: these are all lower level concerns than what things I was trying to create, that we’re all trying to create: delightful products backed by an intelligent and correct information system, one that scales up as more smiling users pile on, as we sit back and get rich, and ship features…living the dream.
Moreover, the frustrations I felt spanned languages and frameworks: repeating validations, triggering re-renders, duplicating logic on both sides of the stack. Not only are these implementation details not fun to work on, small mistakes become the source of bugs, leading to poor user and developer experiences.
Each of us is an engineer, product designer and artist in our own way; as such, we’re driven by a desire for maximum leverage over the expression of our creative facilities. When the details move as fast as the vision does, it feels delightful to develop, and in turn produces systems that are equally delightful to use. Anything short of flow, for the developer or user, feels frustrating.
The solution, it seems, isn’t just a new framework or language, its a new architecture, a new way of approaching and declaring rich client applications. Demand-driven architecture is a term I first heard last year in a talk from David Nolan and Kovas Boguta. It’s used in production by Facebook and Netflix, who have open sourced their tools (Relay, GraphQL, Falcor). David Nolan has been working on and Om.Next, which steals the best ideas and adds even more.
The architecture is designed to improve the performance as products and the teams that build them scale. See: Laney Kunzel, Facebook UI Engineer, explaining her team’s rationale behind Relay. Its patterns give developers greater leverage over the expression of a system of user-facing applications.
Compared to existing frameworks and patterns, these ideas are very new. But their newness doesn’t diminish the fascinating concepts and the exciting potential they have for application development, specifically on feature velocity and user experience. For that reason alone, they’re worth understanding.
React is often the topic of conversation vis a vis other front-end frameworks, but it’s really just a view rendering library — one that says: given data x, you’ll efficiently render ui y. Flux and Redux provide two patterns for managing the data backing React components, but they don’t address reconciliation with the server-side.
React’s greatest win is that it lets you move on to more interesting problems than the plumbing of rendering data as DOM: demand-driven architecture is where, I think, we go next.
Happy developers = happy users.
These are implemented in various ways by React+Relay+GraphQL, React+Falcor, Om.next. See videos linked above and below for visuals.
- An approach to declaring and reconciling data between an application client and server
- Driven from the client, starting from the smallest UI element up the UI tree
- Clients demand their data needs by describing them in data. This description is called its query
- Render down, query up: Parent components render their children, passing data down, but build their own demand up from child’s component’s demand
- Entire demand available at the root UI element, if the above pattern is followed
- Client sends this aggregated demand data structure (via HTTP to server)
- Server knows how to parse this demand structure recursively, fetching all data that is needed
- Data store agnostic — the query demand is in the language of the app, not the DB, so any can be used and interchanged
- Query language is app-specific and supports recursiveness, which allows for arbitrary UI development with no server-side changes
- Client receives full demand, and simply passes it into the root, which hydrates the rest of the UI. Here, the parallelism between the nested demand structure and the fulfilled demand comes to fruition. Check out the GraphQL request/response syntax; this is a key concept.
- Co-located queries, change one file and data is fetched from server with no server change.
- Declarative: express render and query functions; thats it. No plumbing or imperative details. Say what, now how.
- Demand language also deals with mutations, specified, like queries, as data.
- Precise queries down to attribute level; data is never over or under-fetched
- Single HTTP request / response needed to hydrate whole UI; minimal http overhead/latency/joins
- Client cache and reconciliation allows it to fetch only what it needs when the UI demand changes as the user moves through the product.
Sep 30th, 2015 Laney Kunzel, Facebook UI Engineer, on Relay at JSConf
May 27, 2015 Laney Kunzel, Mutations in Relay


text: PHOTOGRAPH OF W. C. MORROW. Silverprint measuring 2 3/8" x 3 3/8," circa 1920. An informal outdoor snapshot showing the author as an elderly gentleman seated on a rustic bench dressed in a suit with hat on lap, reading a newspaper, with dense foliage behind him including what looks like palm fronds, suggesting a Southern California locale. On the bench next to him is a wine bottle and ice bucket. Morrow, raised in the South, became an active member of a literary group in the San Francisco Bay Area in the last quarter of the 19th century, contributing to periodicals such as THE ARGONAUT, and noted for crisply written morbid studies, some of which were collected in THE APE, THE IDIOT AND OTHER PEOPLE (1897). "With other Bay Area writers -- Robert Duncan Milne, Emma Frances Dawson, 'Caxton,' Bierce -- Morrow helped form what science-fiction historian Sam Moskowitz cited as the first literary movement among sci-fi-fantasy-horror writers in America, presaging such later groups as the Futurians in New York or the Lovecraft Circle." - Sullivan (ed.), The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural, pp. 292-3. Some oxidation, else fine. Photos of Morrow are uncommon. (#139564).

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It must have been 19999 or 2000 when we were playing a lot of Unknown Armies. I bought the first edition as soon as it came out, hooked by the advertising blurb, “A role-playing game of transcendental horror and furious action.” The game was a nice change from what we’d been playing. Inventive fiction reminiscent of a few sci-fi authors I hadn’t read at the time, mostly Tim Powers, a simple task resolution mechanic, and a lethal combat system. One nice feature was how the game measured a player character’s reaction to violence and the occult, tracking his mental state along a madness meter, a scale that indicated how psychologically damaged the character became as a result of his actions. A second feature was the emphasis on the non-player characters’ motivations. Rather than bad guys and good guys, there are just characters with desires, some noble some not, and the game’s conflict occurs when the characters’ desires bash up against the non-player characters’ desires. Some characters are incredibly ruthless and murderously psychotic, certainly making them “bad guys”, but the majority of characters float in this grey area of conflicting motivations. Good stuff, and if I’ve taken any long-term lessons from Unknown Armies it is to give a scenario’s (or story’s) antagonist a motivation for his actions rather than just making him naughty and evil. This worked well in my Ars Magica adventure “The Champion’s Portion“, in which the two wizard antagonists simply have different desires for the same magical area, and the player characters get mixed up in the middle of the wizards’ attempts at achieving their different goals.
Ten plus years later I still have Break Today: The Mak Attax Sourcebook sitting on my rpg shelf. I didn’t read it when I bought it in 2003. I skimmed it, but we’d petered out playing Unknown Armies and had drifted into some other game. I actually think it was our first (and only) run through a D&D 3.0 campaign. My resent packing and re-shelving of my rpg books brought Break Today to my attention and I read it over the weekend. Not all of it, but enough to form an opinion on the book.
The book opens with short story describing the main characters of Mak Attax, one of the dozen secret occult groups in the game. The story, “What You Think You Know”, is okay. It details the major NPCs and is shows how magick – yes, “magic” with a hanging “k” – works in the game’s narrative, and is fairly violent. It works in painting a picture of the role-playing game and is readable. It might be better than I’m saying, don’t know, but the big point is that it is not awful. Lots of rpg fiction is awful, and many good game designers are poor storytellers and bad writers. Take a look at Monte Cook’s Numenera. The opening fiction is so bad that I stopped reading the book for two weeks. Then when I did pick it up again . . . but that story deserves a post of its own.
After the fiction come the organization’s rules. Mak Attax members work in McDonalds restaurants and hand out magical Happy Meals to random customers in the hopes that their magical meddling will make the world a better place. The authors, Mr. Stolze and Mr. Underkoffler, cleverly avoid writing “McDonalds” throughout the book, neatly sidestepping any legal actions from the food industry giant. An intricate part of the organization are its mailing lists, various email groups that information is passed among members. Wrapping my mind around this as I read, I’m thinking, “so my player character works at McDonalds, and when he is not working he is at home reading emails. Is that fun?”
Next comes the personnel, pages of NPCs. You know how I said that I liked what Unknown Armies does with NPCs earlier, with motivation and what? This got to be a little much, but then again I was reading it straight through. I bet if I used this in a game this information would be invaluable. After the major NPCs we find out what the game’s other occult groups think about this one. All good, I skimmed the lesser cabals section. Then we get the games magic doodads, the magic items and the spells. Because magic, I mean magick, is flavored to suit the theme of the game, most of these artifacts and rituals are weird. Kind of dippy. It probably works well in the game, but I found the new magick schools more cumbersome than cool. The Anagram Gematriast, the Plutophage, the Herpemancer (likes snakes, not herpes) thematically work in the game even if they don’t seem ideally suited for a Mak Attax character. Then there is a section on familiars, which doesn’t fit in with the book (“Hey boss, can I bring my parrot with me as I work the drive-thru window?”).
Finally we get to the meat, I think. What do you do with this book? You use the many story seeds to run games. There are many, which is good. Some of them are so convoluted that no group of players will ever figure it out, i. e. “Lunch Rush in the Sky with Diamonds” (p. 123), for those with the book. We get suggestions how to string the smaller stories into a campaign (a group of stories jointed together into a great sweeping narrative). Lastly, we are offered four starting characters, which can be used as either as pre-generated characters for the group, or as more NPCs.
So what do you get? A lot. You get starting characters, an organization with rules, all the relevant NPCs stated out, guidelines for interacting with other unknown cults, and several stories to run your game. Minus the core rules, this a complete package. But if pretending to be a pimply-faced teenager who works at a McDonalds, probably doesn’t have any magical ability other than handing out magical Happy Meals that someone else makes, and spends his spare time reading email lists doesn’t appeal to you, there isn’t much here for you. The authors wrote to a very narrow audience, I think. I also think that Mr. Stolze loved the idea of a Mak Attax campaign, because the next published release was just that: To Go: An Unknown Armies Campaign.
Unknown Armies is a good game. “Break Today” is a well-packaged supplement if you like the Mak Attax occult group. If you don’t, there isn’t much here for you. I’ll give “To Go” a read over the weekend, and hopefully it is more than just a Mak Attax campaign.


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MPs highlight concerns of pig sector over EU labour
27th Nov 2017 / By Alistair Driver
A cross-party group of MPs has reiterated the NPA's concerns over future access to EU labour during a parliamentary reception.
Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MP Jim Shannon, who chairs the group, made direct reference to the NPA's survey on migrant labour, which highlighted the extent to which the pig sector relies on EU. With some EU workers already leaving because of Brexit, it also laid bare real concerns within the industry about Government plans to restrict EU workers after we leave the EU.
Mr Shannon stressed the need for the Government to provide certainty to EU workers and their families about their future in this country and called for a flexible visa system to be put in place. We and they need assurances that they will still be welcome, he said.
He also spoke about the opportunities for the next generation provided by Brexit, including the opening up of new export markets outside the EU.
He said the DUP, which currently holds the balance of power in Westminster after the failure of the Conservatives to secure a majority in the May General Election, had been very active in highlighting the challenges of migrant labour and the wider issues foe the pig, poultry and egg sectors to the Government. He said he was confident that a deal will be agreed with EU, despite all the current uncertainty over the negotiations.
NPA senior policy advisor Ed Barker said the event was attended by MPs from across the political spectrum, which provided a good opportunity for the NPA to highlight its hopes and concerns as the Brexit negotiations unfold.
"APPGs are ways of MPs to collectively meet and discuss specific policy areas of interest to them – they range from everything and anything you can imagine, and in our case it is a good opportunity to update MPs and Peers on key concerns from our sectors in a more informal setting," he said.
"The Chairman, Jim Shannon MP (DUP) provided an excellent overview of the sectors, focussing explicitly on migrant labour. Using NPA figures from our recent member survey, he stated the need for certainty for those migrants employed in the sector and for their families. We saw MPs from across the political divide at the event, and was a useful springboard for our recently released Brexit snapshot."


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I lazily ran my fingers across the ancient leather backs of the books on the shelf as I walked past them. Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m a complete bookworm and I love the written word. But I’ve read most of these books before. Macbeth, Hamlet, The Odyssey, and so many more. I needed something new. Something I could really sink my teeth into. Something that would completely engulf me emotionally, mentally, and physically. I wanted something to become obsessed with again.
“Are you absolutely positive you haven’t gotten anything new yet, Dan?” I called down the aisles.
“Pretty sure,” the old librarian replied, feebly hobbling over to where I stood.
“All right,” I sighed. “I’m just going to take another look around. Maybe I missed something.”
“If you want to, Tia.” He said as he hobbled away again amongst the books.
I made my way back to the first aisle and started to look at every single book I passed. There had to be something here that caught my eye. There always was, after all. It was easier to get into the books here. I mean, really get into them. I'm talking being sucked into the pages of the book. I literally watched Oedipus resist against the songs of the Sirens and find his way back to Ithaca last week. And the week before that, I listened to the prophecy the witches made for Macbeth. So why, why, why couldn’t I find a good book this week?
I closed my eyes, letting my mind wander until it came in contact with something. Eyes still closed, I followed the call of the book until I was standing right in front of it. My eyes snapped open, only to find a dog-eared volume with no title, author or any other inscription on the faded black leather cover. I eyed it suspiciously. Father had told me not to tamper with suspicious books. Or I’d be sucked in immediately.
I closed my eyes again, searching for a new book, but all I could hear was the haunting melody of the tattered book I had just left.
Maybe you’re supposed to find this book, my subconscious told me.
I took a deep breath and turned back to the book. It stood there on the shelf, taunting me, tempting me to open it’s torn cover and look at whatever treasure lay hidden within. Deciding to throw caution to the wind, I snapped up the book and immediately felt a connection. As if it somehow attached itself to my hand. Alarmed, I tried to let go, but I couldn’t. Instead, it opened and I saw that imminent white light as I was sucked into the torn, yellow pages.


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The master saw the madness rise;
He chose a mournful muse,
Soft pity to infuse :
By too severe a fate,
Fall’n from his high estate,
With downcast look the joyless victor sat,
The various turns of fate below;
And tears began to flow!
The mighty master smild, to see
Softly sweet, in Lydian measures,
Never ending, still beginning,
If the world be worth thy winning,
The many rend the skies with loud applause: So love was crown'd; but music won the cause. Now, strike the golden lyre again!
A louder yet, and yet a louder strain!
Has rais'd up his head,
As awak'd from the dead; And amaz'd he stares around.
Revenge! revenge! Timotheus cries-
See the snakes that they rear,
How they hiss in their hair,
Behold a ghastly band,
Each a torch in his hand!
And, unburied, remain
Inglorious on the plain!
To the valiant crew!
How they point to the Persian abodes,
And glitt'ring temples of their hostile gods!
Thais led the way,
To light him to his prey;
Thus, long ago,
And sounding lyre,
At last, divine Cecilia came,
Inventress of the vocal frame.
Enlarg’d the former narrow bounds,
And added length to solemn sounds,
Let old Timotheus yield the prize,
Or both divide the crown:
She drew an angel down!
XVI. -EXTRACTS FROM GRAY'S BARD.
Ruin seize thee, ruthless' King !
On a rock, whose haughty brow
It was a common tradition in Wales, that Edward I. ordered all the Bards to be put to death. On that tradition this Ude is founded.
And with a master's hand and prophet's fire
No more I weep. They do not sleep;
“ • Weave the warp, and weave the woof,
“. Mighty victor, mighty lord,
That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening preyi In allusion to the murder of Edward II. 9 Death of Edward III. 8 In allusion to the auspicious commencement of Richard II.'s reign.
Fond impious man! think'st thou yon sanguine cloud, Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs. the golden flood, And warms the rations with redoubled ray. Enough for me: with joy I see The different doom our fates assign, Be thine Despair, and sceptred Care; To triumph and to die are mine." He spoke; and, headlong from the mountain's height, Deep in the roaring tide he plunged to endless night.
XVII.-ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD.
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day;
The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea ; The ploughman homeward plods his weary way,
And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight,
And all the air a solemn stillness holds ;
And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ;
Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tow'r,
The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such, as wandering near her secret bow'r,
Molest her ancient, solitary reign.
Beneath these rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade,
Where heaves the turf in many a mould'ring heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid,
The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
The breezy call of incense-breathing morn,
The swallow twittring from her straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn,
No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed.


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Finale of original 'Riverdance The Show', 9 February 1995
20 years ago on the 9th February 1995, Riverdance - The Show, the first Irish dance show ever, opened at the Point Theatre, Dublin for a sell-out five-week run, with record sales reaching over 120,000 tickets. Since that first night Riverdance has continued to break records and has played to an live audience of 25 million in over 11000 shows in 467 cities across 6 continents. In 2015, Riverdance 20th Anniversary tour will perform in Germany, Japan, Ireland (Dublin and Cork), Canada and the United States in 2015.
Published on 9 February 2015


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A recent article from Bloomberg highlighted the challenging landscape for emerging-market stocks and currencies as the U.S. dollar continues its upward march. The strengthening dollar and heightened US yields have significantly impacted investor enthusiasm for riskier assets in emerging markets.
Emerging-market stocks have plummeted to their lowest point since March due to the robust dollar and increased U.S. yields reducing the allure of high-risk assets. The prevailing sentiment among traders is one of caution towards riskier emerging market bets, with many anticipating sustained or even raised rates in the U.S.
This risk-averse shift has led to the MSCI Inc.’s measure of developing-nation shares approaching its second consecutive monthly loss. Additionally, a group of currencies marked their two-week low. Notably, currencies from eastern European nations closely tied to the euro have felt significant pressure from the dollar’s surge.
Neel Kashkari, the President of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, hinted that an additional interest rate hike might be on the horizon for the U.S. if the economy outpaces expectations. As per UniCredit analysts, the dollar’s continued appreciation is driven by the Federal Reserve’s indications that U.S. rates might remain unchanged for an extended period.
In a significant development from Hungary, its central bank is poised to reduce its primary interest rate by one percentage point for the fifth consecutive month. This move is anticipated despite the recent devaluation of the forint and ongoing tensions between the central bank in Budapest and the Hungarian government over economic concerns.
A strategist at Commerzbank, Tatha Ghose, commented on the situation, noting that the ongoing discord within Hungary’s economic leadership could further weaken the forint’s standing.
Furthermore, Asian markets experienced turbulence following the revelation that China Evergrande Group’s subsidiary defaulted on a yuan bond payment. This has amplified worries regarding the Chinese government’s ability to navigate and resolve the current housing crisis.
Writing About Economics
Following the intricate web of economic developments and their ramifications on emerging markets, it’s evident that the landscape of global finance is in constant flux. The strengthening of the U.S. dollar, the strategies of central banks, and the dynamics between governmental bodies all play a pivotal role in shaping these markets.
But to truly grasp the nuances of such interplays, a deeper dive into specific areas is crucial. From understanding the broader implications of a strengthening dollar to dissecting the complexities of economic leadership decisions, a series of potential essay topics beckon for exploration. Each of these topics not only builds on the insights from the article but also offers a more detailed analysis of the interconnected realm of global economics.
|Topic Name||Description on What Needs to Be Discussed|
|The Impact of a Strengthening Dollar on Emerging Markets||Examine the economic mechanisms through which a rising dollar can influence emerging markets. Discuss both direct and indirect consequences on trade, investment, and debt.|
|U.S. Yields and Their Global Ramifications||Explore how heightened U.S. yields can impact global financial markets, specifically focusing on risk appetite, capital flow, and the balance of payments.|
|The Role of Central Banks in Managing National Economies||Analyze the strategies adopted by central banks, like Hungary’s, in managing interest rates. Evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies in stabilizing domestic economies.|
|Currency Devaluation in Emerging Markets||Discuss the causes and effects of currency devaluation in emerging markets. Use the example of the forint and its relationship with the euro and the U.S. dollar.|
|The Interplay Between Government and Central Banks||Delve into the tensions between governmental bodies and central banks using Hungary as a case study. Discuss how their disagreements can influence a nation’s economic policy.|
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Montessori philosophy extends beyond the classroom into various aspects of a child’s life, including their sleep environment. Montessori beds, also known as floor beds, offer a unique approach to sleep by providing children with a safe and accessible space that fosters independence and autonomy in their sleeping routines.
Understanding the Montessori Approach to Sleep
Central to Montessori philosophy is the belief in respecting and supporting a child’s natural development and autonomy. Traditional cribs can create barriers between children and their environment, limiting their freedom to explore and move independently. In contrast, Montessori beds are designed to empower children to take an active role in their sleep routines.
Floor Bed Concept
Montessori beds, often placed directly on the floor without the use of bed frames or railings, allow children to access their beds independently. This low height promotes a sense of freedom and encourages children to move in and out of bed without assistance, fostering a greater sense of autonomy and self-confidence.
Safe Sleep Environment
While Montessori beds may lack the traditional confinement of crib railings, they are designed with safety in mind. Mattresses are typically placed directly on the floor to minimize the risk of falls, and bedding is kept minimal to reduce the risk of suffocation. By providing a safe sleep environment that respects children’s autonomy, Montessori beds support healthy sleep habits and encourage self-regulation.
Features of Montessori Beds
Montessori beds are characterized by several key features that distinguish them from traditional cribs:
Montessori beds are typically placed directly on the floor or on a low bed frame, allowing children to easily climb in and out of bed independently. This low height promotes freedom of movement and encourages children to take an active role in their sleep routines.
Montessori beds often feature a minimalist design, free from unnecessary embellishments or barriers. By eliminating the confinement of crib railings, Montessori beds create an open and inviting sleep environment that encourages exploration and independence.
Montessori beds are designed to be accessible to children of all ages and abilities. Without the constraints of crib railings, children are free to move in and out of bed as needed, promoting a sense of autonomy and self-reliance.
Benefits of Montessori Beds
The use of Montessori beds offers numerous benefits for children’s sleep and overall development:
By providing children with a safe and accessible sleep space, Montessori beds encourage independence and self-reliance. Children learn to regulate their own sleep routines and develop a sense of ownership over their sleeping environment.
Supports Healthy Sleep Habits
Montessori beds promote healthy sleep habits by allowing children to move freely and comfortably during the night. The absence of crib railings encourages children to self-soothe and regulate their sleep patterns, leading to more restful nights and better sleep quality.
Through the use of Montessori beds, children gain confidence in their ability to navigate their sleeping environment independently. This sense of self-confidence extends beyond bedtime, empowering children to take an active role in other areas of their lives.
Montessori beds offer a child-centered approach to sleep that prioritizes independence, safety, and autonomy. By providing children with a safe and inviting sleep environment, Montessori beds support healthy sleep habits and promote self-regulation. As parents and caregivers continue to embrace the principles of Montessori philosophy, the use of floor beds serves as a valuable tool in supporting children’s overall development and well-being.


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Rangers International Football Club of Enugu were held to a 1-1 draw by their hosts Salitas of Burkina Faso in their CAF Confederation Cup Matchday 5 encounter in Ouagadougou on Sunday.
Enugu Rangers were held to a 1-1 draw by their hosts Salitas of Burkina Faso in their CAF Confederation Cup matchday- five encounter in Ouagadougou on Sunday.
Enugu Rangers hopes of progressing into the knock-out round of the CAF Confederation Cup suffered a huge setback following a 2-0 home loss to Tunisia’s Etoile du Sahel at the Nnamdi Azikiwe, Enugu on Sunday.
As the 2018/2019 Nigerian Professional Football League (NPFL) abridged season continues mid-week today, Rangers International F.C will hope to take all Match-day 10 three points at stake against Bauchi’s Wikki Tourists inside the Nnamdi Azikiwe Stadium in Enugu.
Rangers International F.C of Enugu, Nigeria, continues its search for the elusive trophy as it trade tackles with Tunisian side, C.S Sfaxien inside the 18,000 capacity, Stade Taieb Mhiri with the maximum points at stake their target in the match Day 2 game of Group B of the competition.
Enugu Rangers staged the most remarkable comeback to clinch this year’s Aiteo Cup after they fought back from 3-0 down to win a penalty shooutout 4-2 against Kano Pillars in Asaba tonight.
Enugu Rangers coach Gbenga Ogunbote and Euro returnee Uche Nwofor have hailed the team’s 1-1 draw at Wikki Tourists at the weekend, but also said they could well have won the tie.
Coach Gbenga Ogunbote has said he is disappointed Enugu Rangers dropped two vital points at home against relegation battlers Kwara United at the weekend.
Coach Kennedy Boboye has said Plateau United have been lifted for next week’s CAF Champions League clash against Etoile Sahel after they regained top spot in the NPFL following a 1-0 home win over Enugu Rangers.
A three-point deduction and a fine of N1.5m has been imposed on Sunshine Stars Football Club of Akure by the League Management Company (LMC) following attacks on match officials by their fans in last Sunday’s Nigeria Professional Football League match day eight clash against Kano Pillars at the Akure Township Stadium.
The League Management Company (LMC) has fined FC IfeanyiUbah, over N2million and suspended nine of their players for 12 games for misconduct.
The Kaduna State Police Command said it has arrested no fewer than 172 suspects over alleged involvement in various forms of malpractices during the just concluded general election in the state.
Troops of 115 Task Force Battalion, Operation Lafiya Dole, Nigerian Army in Askira-Uba, have constructed bread and sachet water factories to support soldiers fighting Boko Haram insurgents in Borno.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has tackled the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) over its decision to conduct supplementary governorship election in Bauchi state.
The United States has expressed disappointment over reports of military interference, in the 2019 general election.
Nobel laureate, Malala Yousafzai on Friday urged Japan and its fellow Group of 20 nations to pledge new funding for educating girls at June’s G20 summit, hosted by the Japanese.
The Delta House of Assembly on Thursday passed the State Freedom of Information Bill.
Genetic scientists believe they could clone Lionel Messi in the future by using current scientific practices.
The Federal Government would send request to the National Assembly for adjustments to the 2019 budget to reflect ways of sourcing funds to pay the new national minimum wage which was approved by the Senate.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has cancelled the earlier announced supplementary elections in Bauchi State.
Coach of Nigeria’s U23 Men’s side Imama Amapakabo has expressed great hopes of a comeback after his team fell 2-0 on Wednesday to their Libyan counterparts in the first round, first leg qualifier for the 2019 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.

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Over the past few seasons, I have created some 5-star predictions for books that are either releasing in that season or I am planning to read in that season. Last season, I didn’t read many of my 5-star predictions, therefore I didn’t make a reflection post like I did in the Spring. However, I still plan on reading this months’ 5-star predictions, and hopefully they will live up to my expectations!
The first book I predict will be a 5-star prediction is DON’T YOU FORGET ABOUT ME by Mhairi McFarlane. I purchased this book a few months ago, since it was 40% off at Chapters Indigo a little while ago. While I haven’t heard many reviews of this book, the few thoughts I have heard have been excellent!
The second book I believe will be a 5-star prediction is AMERICAN ROYALS by Katharine McGee. This book sounds super sweet and unique, plus who wouldn’t want to read about a hypothetical royal family in America?! Thanks to Penguin Teen Canada for an ARC of this book!
The third book I believe will be 5-stars is THE BABYSITTERS COVEN by Kate Williams. This book sounds super interesting and unique, and when I initially heard about it, I thought I would love it! Hopefully it lives up to all of my hype! Thanks to Penguin Teen Canada for the ARC!
The fourth book I think will be 5-stars is SLAY by Brittney Morris. This book talks about a lot of important topics, from racism to females in technology. If you recognize this book, you’ve probably seen it from BookExpo/Book Con’s massive marketing campaign on it. I really hope I love this book! Thanks to Simon & Schuster Canada for the ARC!
The last book I believe will be 5-stars is THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY by Alix E. Harrow. While I don’t usually read much adult fantasy, this one sounds very similar to TLOS (my FAVOURITE middle grade series!) as well as Seanan McGuire’s fantasy series (which I haven’t read, but plan to very soon).
Those are my Fall 2019 5-star predictions! Do you find any of these interesting? Let me know in the comments!
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It might have stolen the headlines at the 2019 New York Motor Show - what with it’s scissor-style doors to access the rear storage and it’s auto-swivelling seats and dash - but Genesis is promising its Mint Concept is more than just a pie-in-the-sky concept.
In fact, the brand’s global boss says he will fight to make a production version of the two-seat EV, and what's more, it will arrive “exactly as you see it right now”.
While the immediate focus for Genesis will be on SUVs, with the brand’s full-size GV80 due to launch internationally in late 2019, the brand’s global CEO told CarsGuide that he would "fight to the very end" to make the Mint concept a production reality.
And what’s more, he says he is pushing to ensure it arrives unchanged from the show car revealed in New York. And that means a cognac leather-soaked cabin with just the two seats, and those supercar-style doors at the rear that give access to a parcel shelf that doubles as the Mint's boot space.
"I will fight to the very end to make this car into production and to have it exactly as you see it right now on the roads," says global Genesis boss Manfred Fitzgerald. "Receiving the feedback from the people (to the show car), and the overwhelmingly positive response, that already shows us the way.
“I think this is the invention of a new type of vehicle, and it’s definitely something that will resonate with the people out there.”
Genesis is yet to confirm the full powertrain specifics for its Mint, but have said it will deliver a full 322km in driving range, and that is set-up for 350kW ultra-fast recharging. The two-door, two-seat EV was penned by the brand's global design studios, with input from Germany, the USA and South Korea - part of a “holistic” design process that has resulted in a seriously attractive city-car concept.
Those huge alloys have been pushed to the furthest corners of the car, thanks to the minimal front and rear overhang, and the mesh detailing that runs along the bottom of the body is actually venting to send cool air rushing over the batteries. The cabin is also minimalist in the extreme, with the key car controls mounted alongside the oblong steering wheel, displayed on six individual screens that display all the driving information.
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Johnnie Head-In-the-Air is one of the famous stories from the children’s book “Der Struwwelpeter,” written by Frankfurt doctor Heinrich Hoffmann in 1845.
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In 1891, Mark Twain wrote “Slovenly Peter”, his own translation of the book.
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Adam Le Fondre gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Kieran Trippier.
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Democrats say measure ‘essential’ to tackling mass shootings, nevertheless it’s unlikely to safe the Republican help within the Senate wanted to grow to be legislation.
The US Home of Representatives has handed a invoice that may ban assault weapons for the primary time in a long time, in response to a sequence of mass shootings that shocked the nation.
The laws was accepted on Friday by a 217 to 213 vote within the Democrat-majority Home. All however two Republicans voted in opposition to it, joined by a handful of Democrats.
Home Speaker Nancy Pelosi known as the invoice a “essential step in our ongoing struggle in opposition to the lethal epidemic of gun violence in our nation.”
It might ban the sale, import, manufacture or switch of sure semi-automatic weapons.
President Joe Biden hailed the Home vote, saying: “The vast majority of the American individuals agree with this widespread sense motion.” He urged the Senate, break up 50-50 between every occasion, to “transfer shortly to get this invoice to my desk” however the measure will not be anticipated to get the approval it must grow to be legislation.
Congress positioned restrictions on the manufacture and sale of assault weapons in 1994, however the laws expired 10 years later, after politicians have been unable to muster the help to counter the gun foyer.
The Biden administration stated that whereas the ban was in place, mass shootings declined.
“When the ban expired in 2004, mass shootings tripled,” the assertion stated. Assault rifles have emerged because the weapon of selection among the many younger males chargeable for most of the nation’s most devastating gun assaults.
The most recent effort at gun management follows two mass shootings in Might that shocked the nation – the taking pictures of 10 African People at a grocery store in Buffalo by a white supremacist, and the homicide of 19 youngsters and two lecturers at a college in Uvalde, by an 18-year-old gunman.
Nonetheless, within the debate forward of the vote, Republicans dismissed the laws as an election-year technique by Democrats, and stood firmly in opposition to limits on gun possession.
“It’s a gun seize, pure and easy,” Man Reschenthaler, a Republican from Pennsylvania instructed the Home.
Andrew Clyde, a Republican from Georgia stated: “An armed America is a protected and free America.”
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Jim McGovern, a Democrat from Massachusetts, stated the weapons ban was not about taking away constitutional rights however making certain that youngsters even have the correct “to not get shot at school.”
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“The gun trade has flooded our neighbourhoods, our faculties and even our church buildings and synagogues with these lethal weapons and has gotten wealthy doing it,” Carolyn Maloney, a Democrat, stated at a listening to attended by family of victims of gun violence.
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Brendan Fraser was born in Indianapolis, December 3, 1968. He rose to prominence in 1997 with the title role in the live-action film George of the Jungle...?, he is remembered for playing Rick O'Connell in the blockbuster trilogy The Mummy (1999), The Mummy Returns (2001) and The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor (2008).
In 2022 he won critical acclaim for his performance in the drama The Whale, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, the Critics' Choice Award for Best Actor and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actor in Motion Picture , also being nominated for a Golden Globe in the section for best actor in a drama and a BAFTA Award in the section for best actor.
In 1993 he met the actress Afton Smith, with whom he married on September 27, 1998 and with whom he had three children: Griffin Arthur Fraser (2002), Holden Fletcher Fraser (2004) and Leland Francis Fraser (2006). The couple later divorced in 2008.
In February 2018, the actor accused the former president of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, Philip Berk, of sexual harassment against him in 2003, claiming that because of this incident he had decided to withdraw from public life and decline various job offers. When in 2022 he receives a Golden Globe nomination for best actor in a drama for his performance in the film The Whale, he announces that he wi