Walk the Moon have parted ways with their long-time bassist Kevin Ray, as per a shared statement with fans posted to Instagram.
The band captioned the Instagram post with a simple message: “moving into a new chapter. Kevin is no longer a member of the band. Sean, Eli, and I are continuing as WALK THE MOON. you are our community, and we love you. <+>”
The band’s singer Nicholas Petricca expanded in the statement on Monday, December 21st, to explain the news: Hi everyone, as the founder of Walk the Moon I can say, unquestionably, that it’s been this band’s lifelong commitment to create a safe, welcoming place for our audience, always. And if anything ever comes to our attention that contradicts that, we take action and do something about it,” he said.
“Unfortunately, now is one of those moments. We’ve received some firsthand information that leads us to conclude that Kevin Ray has acted out of alignment of our values. Kevin’s been a part of this band for 10 years, but at this time it’s become clear that we must part ways.
After very serious discussion and consideration, we’ve decided that from this point forward Kevin will no longer be a member of Walk the Moon. To be clear, that means he won’t be performing on any new music we release in the future, including the album that we’ve been recording this year.”
Comments were immediately disabled on the Instagram post, “out of respect for everyone’s privacy.”
Petricca finished the message to fans: “This is a very difficult and upsetting moment for us, and we imagine it might be for you, too. We are sad, and we are taking a moment to reflect, to grieve, but Eli and Sean and I are going to keep being Walk the Moon and keep making music from our souls. You are our community; we love you. Thank you so much for listening.”


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I eat sooo much avacado lol, Feeling Depressed? An AVOCADO may be just what you need. This green fruit contains high levels of Vitamin and Folic Acid, which stimulate the production of a brain chemical that usually runs low in depressed people, Serotonin.
Fantastic tips for making a chocolate "cage" cake decoration! This worked beautifully on my large bottom tier of a 2 tier chocolate cake (i did the lace pattern in white chocolate to contrast the chocolate butter cream)

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At FanimeCon 2014 this year I re-wore my Dragon Quest IV heroine aka Sofia for the first time in 2 years. I lost weight from working out since the last time I wore it, and toned up, so all the skintight pieces had to be reworked! I did some other alterations that are slight but make the overall look a lot more polished. I’m still not done fixing the costume up, as next time I’d like to have a more accurate glove and belt, and maybe even a shield someday. :) This is definitely one of my favorite costumes ever, despite how obscure it is. Also, this time I had my poseable Hoimi Slime/Healie with me instead, so he could sit on my shoulder! <3
ANYWAY this is really just a preview, as I did two separate photoshoots in the costume and will have some really awesome photos to share soon!!
Costume made & modeled by me
Sword & photo by Lionel Lum
Hello! I loooove your EVA cosplay! I'm looking to do my own and I was wondering if you had advice on how to make her suit?
Thank you! The suit I used is an actual military flight suit that I got off eBay. I altered it a bit after it arrived, of course, but it’s a real, heavy flight suit. Metal Gear’s military garb is all based in real life gear, so it made sense to just use that as a base! You could also find a flight suit pattern if you wanted to make it from scratch, I’m sure. :)
Cosplaying from Dragon Quest is my favorite thing to do! Here is me as Bianca and my friend Lily aka Phavorianne as Flora from Dragon Quest V. We made these costumes for a skit we did in a group at Anime Expo 2011, but this was the first time we got proper daytime photos of them! I’m very happy with the results, and it was a ton of fun. We’ll have to reunite with our hero and slime knight from 3 years ago for more photos soon. :)
Here’s a link to the post I made about our Dragon Quest V group & skit: [x]
Photos by Eurobeat Kasumi Photography.
Anime Los Angeles 2014 was Love Live Con for me. I brought four costumes but only ended up wearing my two new Love Live outfits instead! On Friday I wore my schoolgirl version Rin Hoshizora, with Sparkle Pipsi as Honoka, Tristen Citrine as Nozomi, and NyuNyu Cosplay as Nico. It was super fun precursor to our super idol Saturday. <3
Sometime soon I will post our full 9 girl Snow Halation group from Saturday!!
Photos by Lionboogy & Eurobeat Kasumi Photography.
hi!!! i love your sofia cosplay!!! i am planning on cosplaying her myself...what type of fabric did you use for the top?? and the bottom piece?? and do you have tips for the wig? sorry for all the questions, i'm still pretty new to cosplaying :S
Thank you so much! Sorry, I just saw this! I bought the fabrics for it at least two years ago so I don’t remember what they were called. They were both very stretchy to get her leotard look, and I believe the fabric I used for the bottom piece was actually swimsuit material. As for the wig, I used a long curly wig in teal and pinned it up around the crown/headband to make the afro-ish look she has. :) Does that help at all?
My cosplay of EVA from Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater. Photo taken at Tokyo Game Show 2013 by huse on Cure.
I really love EVA. I wanted to cosplay her since I first tried out the game years ago. Someday I’ll get photos with a Snake, even if it’s not MGS3 Snake!
You guys I think I like cosplaying from Dragon Quest. Looking at this image, it seems like I should fill in the missing piece and cosplay from VI next… but I think my next DQ cosplay might be from III. :x
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Sofia from Dragon Quest IV at FanimeCon 2012
Bianca from Dragon Quest V at Anime Expo 2011
Aira from Dragon Quest VII at Tokyo Game Show 2013
Jessica from Dragon Quest VIII at FanimeCon 2007
My newest costume, Aira from Dragon Quest VII. :) Photo taken at Tokyo Game Show 2013 by Rhythmsift @ Videogamr.de!
This costume has been a dream of mine since I first played Dragon Quest VII (as Dragon Warrior VII) back in 2001. With the 3DS remake this year, it felt like the perfect time to get it done, and to wear it for the first time in Japan no less!
This costume was deceptively tricky, with the “battle bra” bustier taking 3 tries/patterns, but overall wasn’t too hard. I’m hoping to get some full body photos someday soon, as well as eventually making/getting a sword. TGS has strict prop rules so I didn’t bother with making a sword for her debut. I also didn’t wear it all that long at TGS because it was super hot that Sunday and the costume is entirely faux leather and suede! Oops.
I’m really happy to have finished this costume, but man — talk about the obscurest of the obscure character wise. Not even all DQ fans know this character!

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Vladimir Putin recently issued his most alarming threat of potential nuclear warfare yet, asserting Russia's readiness to launch nuclear weapons if he perceives threats to the nation's sovereignty from the West.
In an interview released on Russian state television, Putin underscored Moscow's preparedness from a military standpoint against any perceived threat to national security.
He emphasized that weapons, including nuclear arms, could be employed if Russia's sovereignty and independence were jeopardized, stating firmly that "weapons exist in order to use them."
Putin pointed out that the deployment of US troops in Ukraine would be seen as American intervention in the conflict, potentially eliciting a response from Russia's nuclear forces. He noted that Russia's nuclear troops are consistently on standby, suggesting a high state of readiness.
This threat of nuclear confrontation has been a recurring theme since Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Putin's recent remarks echo his previous warnings, including those delivered in his annual state-of-the-nation address, where he accused the West of attempting to undermine Russia and incite an arms race.
The Russian leader showcased the capabilities of Russia's nuclear arsenal, including the Sarmat missile, also known as Satan-2, and cautioned against escalating involvement in Ukraine, warning of dire consequences.
Shortly after these remarks, the Kremlin announced the test firing of a Yars ballistic missile, capable of carrying nuclear warheads, further amplifying tensions.
Analysts suggest that Putin's threshold for nuclear weapon use is relatively low, especially if conventional means fail to achieve desired outcomes.
The prospect of unleashing nuclear missiles was also hinted at by Dmitry Medvedev, a close ally of Putin, who warned of dire consequences if Russia faced defeat in the conflict.
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Experts warn that Putin's reelection could lead to an escalation of aggression against Ukraine and the West. Dr. Stephen Hall highlights the possibility of Putin using small nuclear weapons, emphasizing the high stakes involved for him.
Despite the ongoing conflict, Putin expressed openness to dialogue while insisting on Russia's territorial gains and seeking robust security guarantees from the West. However, the situation remains volatile, with reports of continued clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces, including drone attacks deep within Russian territory.
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Controversial Kenyan singer Esther Akoth alias Akothee has reportedly been banned from performing in South Sudan.
South Sudanese media reports that Akothee had written to the country's authorities seeking permission to hold a music tour.
However, after initially granting her permission to go ahead with her tour, authorities in Africa's youngest nation have canceled the event citing moral reasons.
The decision has been made after South Sudan's top ministers led by Dr. Nadia and Makuei Lueth questioned the "Oyoyo" hit maker's morals.
“She is a bad influence and lacks self-respect. I watched her performances on YouTube and with the way she immorally behaves on stage, I conclude she is not the right musician to entertain our youth,” one news outlet quotes Dr. Nadia.
Minister Lueth says the musician is a bad role model for the young generation.
“I don’t want my kids and relatives to watch a woman spreading her legs while in pants almost exposing her genitals in the name of entertainment. That would be an erotic behavior for them to copy,” says Lueth.
A few days ago, the artist came under strong criticism from Kenya Film Classification Board (KFCB) CEO Ezekiel Mutua and Kenyans online.
Mutua condemned her over what he termed as "filthy and stupid stunts".
“Kenya has got talent but as long as we keep celebrating this kind of madness, our entertainment industry will never grow. Akothee is talented but the filthy and stupid stunts she has to pull to remain relevant should concern all of us. What’s worse is to see grown-up men and women celebrating this scatological obscenity in the name of entertainment,” said Mutua.


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Today we will introduce you to a „mysterious“ magnet application; Box with magnetic closure
Box with magnetic closure
It is important that the magnets in the front wall of the box are not in the middle but are offset approx. 1 mm to the rear.
This ensures that the lid is closed as far as it will go when the magnets pull the lid closed.
This means that the magnets at the bottom of the box are not exactly above the magnets in the lid, but are offset by approx. 1 mm to the rear wall of the box.
The magnets close the lid by themselves, as if by magic, the last 10 mm.
The advantage of our neodymium rodmagnets is their easy handling. Thanks to their elongated shape, they are easy to grip – and can therefore be used on pin boards, for example. By stringing together individual magnets, you can create neodymium rodmagnets of any length – whether you prefer large rodmagnets or small rodmagnets. Almost all models have the north and south poles on the flat circular surfaces (axial magnetization). However, some designs are magnetized diametrically (through the diameter).
Complicated clasps on a chain or bracelet can sometimes drive you insane. You can remedy this with a clasp made of two small neodymium rodmagnets in a precious metal look. You only have to attach the small rods once to both ends of a piece of jewelery and the two permanent magnet ends can be closed again and again thanks to their magnetic interaction. Small magnetic rods with a small diameter are particularly suitable here. A nickel coating also ensures a noble look.

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Megan Barth joins us at Whiskey Politics to discuss her federal investigations on rampant voter fraud, a massive illegal alien tax scheme #ITIN, how California's insanity will spread nationwide and breaking news on how James Comey's firing may impact Hillary Clinton. Follow Megan at ReaganBabe.com.
Megan is the founder and proprietor of ReaganBabe.com. She’s a nationally recognized political commentator, a weekly co-host for WAR-The Wayne Allyn Root Show and you’ve seen her on Headline News, CNN, NewsMax TV, 360Daily.net, One America News Network, The Tipping Point with Liz Wheeler, America Trends with Dr. Gina, The Blaze Radio, Lars Larson, Bill Cunningham, and has regular weekly appearances on a variety of nationally syndicated radio shows. Her op-eds have been published in Canada Free Press, The Hill, and the Daily Caller.
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I once heard a powerful line that always stuck with me:
There is NOTHING you can do to either increase OR decrease your worthiness as a human.
No amount of success, money in your account, or Instagram following will make you more worthy! AND no amount of failure, missed job promotions, or unprofitable ventures will take away from your value. You are good enough, you are valuable, and you are so worthy!
It’s BECAUSE you are worthy, you’re able to accomplish and enjoy wonderful things and shine your light into the world.
I see the sense of “unworthiness” play into so many people’s lives. We are taught to believe that we have to earn everything, and if we don’t get what we are truly after, it’s because we aren’t “enough.”
Can you relate? This is an insane, vicious cycle that ultimately leads us to self-loathing, depression, anxiety, perfectionism, apathy, and sadness.
The truth about unworthiness is that it simply isn’t real. There are no qualities or characteristics about you that exclude you from any said things that you desire in life. It’s simply a limited way of thinking, which excuses you from really putting both feet forward and going for what you want in life.
I believe we tend to fall into unworthiness as a way to bypass some of the major feelings that we have about ourselves, mostly our inability to really love ourselves. Think about it, if we loved ourselves in a full and complete way, we would always think that we could live the life and have the things that we deeply want, right?
Your ability to achieve your desires has nothing to do with your worthiness and everything to do with your thoughts, actions, and beliefs.
I encourage you to start the journey of banishing any unworthy sentiments you have about yourself. You were given this exact life for a reason. None of it has anything to do with whether you were worthy of it or not.
We all have the capability to do the things we want to do, to be the people we want to be, and to create the lives we wish to live. However, it starts with us, and cleaning up the way we think about ourselves.
There is NOTHING you can do to either increase OR decrease your worthiness as a human.
It’s time to sit down and list all the things that make you feel less than, or unworthy.
I am not unworthy because…
I hear others make more money than me,
I quit the thing that was no longer serving me,
I’m having tech issues
Someone says something mean to me
Someone gives me advice on how to do better
Keep this list on your phone or post it on your mirror or fridge to remind yourself that situations and outcomes do not determine your worthiness.
I hope this practice helps you release any of the feelings that might be holding you back from the things you truly desire in life. I want you to know that you are worthy of your authentic dreams, desires and goals, and that it is possible for you. Please remember this, always.
Overthinking is when what you think gets in the way of what you want.
It’s one of the most expensive things in the world because it wastes time, creativity, and productivity. It’s an epidemic of inaction.
Essentially, overthinking is when your brain spins on a thought or an idea for longer than you anticipated. Unfortunately, overthinking tends to lean toward the negative. Left to its own devices, it will naturally gravitate toward things you don’t want to dwell on.
I have to constantly ask myself things like, “Do I want to donate an afternoon of brain space to churn over something dumb I said to a friend three months ago?” What’s worse is if I don’t give it the space to process during the day, it finds a way of creeping into my brain at night and the cycle of insomnia continues.
Thoughts are something you have, not something you hone. We can’t control them, right? That’s why whenever we talk about thinking, we describe it as something outside of us that operates on its agenda:
“I got lost in my thoughts.”
“My thoughts got away from me.”
“She got carried away by her thoughts.”
We treat our thoughts as something we have no control over. If we don’t control our thoughts, then I guess our thoughts control us.
Our brain likes to believe the things it already believes. We’re magnets for information and experiences that confirm the things we already think about ourselves and the world.
If one of your beliefs is that you’re the most disorganized mom ever, then being three minutes late to the after-school pickup line will confirm that.
Even if that morning you got both kids to school on time, worked a full-time job, planned dinner, and scheduled the carpool for soccer this weekend, your brain will still convince you to ignore any new evidence that doesn’t agree with that engrained belief.
Now that you know your brain can be a real jerk, do you want to leave your thoughts to chance?
Think about all the opportunities and adventures you’ll miss out on if these sabatoging thoughts, AKA limiting beliefs are in charge of your actions.
How do you know which thoughts to listen to?
Ask yourself these 3 quick questions.
Question 1: Is it true?
One of the biggest mistakes you can make is assuming all your thoughts are true. We believe that if it’s in our head, it must be accurate. If I think it, it must be real.
I promise you’ll be shocked by how many lies you have cluttering up your head.
Question 2: Is it helpful?
The question “Is it true?” won’t be enough to smoke out the lies in your head. Asking yourself is this thought helpful? Does it move you forward or keep you stuck? Does it lead to a decision or limit a decision? Does it generate action or apathy?
A client of mine, let’s call her Sarah, told me she will never be able to get rid of the clutter in her house. She was raised in a cluttered house and she doesn’t know any other way of living.
Well, that is not entirely true. Yes, she grew up in a cluttered home. But what is not true is that she will NEVER be able to get rid of clutter in her adult home.
It is also not helpful. It stops her from taking action. She’s already made up her mind by listening to this thought.
She can choose another thought. “I can figure this out and ask someone to help me.”
She can make a choice to take one small action of cleaning out one drawer, one closet or one cabinet.
Question 3: Is it kind?
Is the thought you’re listening to kind to yourself? After listening to it a few times, do you feel better about yourself? Are you encouraged about your life and opportunities?
For Sarah, her thought of “I’ll never be able to get rid of the clutter in my home,” is not kind. It tells her she’s not capable.
Mike Peasley, PhD, asked ten thousand people how overthinking made them feel, 73 percent responded “inadequate.” When asked if overthinking left them feeling drained, 52 percent of people said yes.
Do you know why overthinking makes you feel inadequate and drained? Because you’ve been listening to unkind thoughts about yourself on repeat.
If you’re still stuck figuring out which thoughts to tune into ask this last question:
In my work as an ADHD coach, there is one common problem that all of my clients share: painful self-doubt. The ADHD brain is, unfortunately, fertile ground for the seeds of self-doubt.
It’s so easy for us ADHD or not, to get stuck up in our heads overthinking and ruminating about everything. Much of the advice around building confidence is about changing our mindset. That is one important piece of it. But for most of us, the mindset work is so hard and takes forever.
Studies have shown that the fastest way to change all the negative garbage in our heads is to take action that proves all those thoughts wrong.
How many times have you told yourself, “I never do what I say I’m going to do. I don’t know why I even keep trying.” You’re telling yourself that you can’t count on YOU. Sheesh, if you can’t count on YOU, who can you count on? I’m telling you, you can count on you.
The key to proving this limiting belief wrong is to start to build self-trust. When you learn you can count you to show up for you, it is the beginning of you building the skill of confidence.
Start building your self-trust by making one small promise to yourself. Do it for you, not anyone else.
Pick one of the following confidence building habits and commit to doing it every single day.
1. Make your bed every morning. This tells your brain rest is over and it’s a new day. It also makes you feel productive, because you just did something, you made your bed. Of course, it looks so much better than an unmade bed.
2. Drink 8 – 8 ounce glasses of water every day. Studies have shown that the number one reason we lose focus is because we are dehydrated. What a simple way to boost focus & productivity that then boosts our confidence.
3. Don’t look at social media for at least 1 hour after waking. I feel like garbage when I’m on social media, comparing myself to everyone else, feeling like I don’t measure up. When we look at this before even getting out of bed, we haven’t given ourselves the time to figure out how we feel today.
We look at the perfect Instagram pics and everyone’s fancy vacations and feel like our lives are boring or we don’t have enough. That’s a horrible way to start our day. Think of it like this. What if you woke up and there were 100 people standing in your bedroom. Imagine they are all talking at the same time telling you about their perfect lives. I don’t know about you, but I would tell them to get the heck out. When you look at your social media first thing before getting out of bed, you’ve invited people to wake up with you (kind of creepy), some of whom you haven’t ever met or haven’t talked to in years.
Set yourself up for success
Write down your promise to yourself and keep it in plain sight.
You can also share your promise with someone and get them to make a promise to themselves too and check in with each other daily.
If you miss a day, don’t beat yourself up. It’s not about perfection. It’s about showing up for yourself. Building the skill of confidence is within your reach. Get out of your head and get into action.
When you realize that you won’t die from letting go of things you thought you needed, you will be able to pursue things that are healthier for you. As you learn to let go, your self-esteem and self-confidence will grow.
Letting go is so hard because we allow our default thoughts to keep us stuck. The more we can simply watch our thoughts come and go without attaching our identity to them, the easier letting go becomes.
Thoughts are nothing more than thoughts. What we decide to do with them is what can either make us or break us.
Letting go requires you to release all doubt, worry, and fear about a situation, person or outcome.
Letting go is about accepting what is happening right now and not worrying about what will come up tomorrow.
Learning to let go is not as difficult as you might think. But it does take some courage and determination. Here are 5 Steps you can take to start letting go.
1. Stop Blaming Others
We often blame others for our misfortunes. We feel we’re the victim of others’ injustices. While this may be the case, we cannot waste our lives waiting for other people to repair the harm they did to us. They may be unwilling, or even unable.
2. Make a Decision to Let Go
Letting go is a choice to decide that you will no longer ruminate on things that are out of your control, and focus on what you can control, instead.
It would help if you put that decision in writing. Write a statement like, “I have decided to let go of ________. I realize that holding on to this is preventing me from growing and being happy.” You can expand on this by listing more of the benefits you’ll receive, and how you look forward to a new chapter in your life.
Once you’ve written your decision statement, print it and post it some place where you’ll see it every day. Also, copy it by hand in a notebook regularly, such as once a day until you are certain you won’t go back. This will ingrain it in your subconscious mind, and the new behavior will begin to manifest itself naturally.
3. Trust That You’ll Be Okay
One of the reasons we hold on to things is that we think we need them to survive. Remember, letting go is the release of our mental and emotional fixation on something. It is not a physical letting go.
Trust that you’ll be okay. If you have to, lean on a friend. Your experience isn’t unique. Chances are that many other people have gone through the same experience, and they’ve survived. You don’t have to go through a detachment by yourself. You are not alone.
To truly let go and move on, sometimes you have to forgive people who aren’t even sorry. Sometimes you have to accept an apology you’ll never receive. That takes so much strength and courage and humility. While it may seem unfair and backwards, sometimes, that’s how the chips will fall.
There’s nothing worse than holding onto resentment about someone or something for years, while they happily move on with life. And the reality is, doing this only hurts you. The most important thing is that we also have to learn to forgive ourselves.
This can be done by writing a letter to yourself, replacing self-loathing with self-compassion, and deciding to make better choices next time.
5. Learn the Lesson and Move On
Life is a series of experiences that are meant to teach us important lessons. When we refuse to let go of something, it is because we refuse to see what life is trying to teach us. As a result, we feel stuck.
When you’re having trouble letting go of something, ask yourself, “what can I learn from this experience?” The answer may not be revealed to you immediately. But when it is, you’ll be able to let go, and move on with your life.
Everyday we have a choice to keep holding on just a little bit longer, or choose that today is the day we will finally let go.

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Swindon Town visit Bury on Saturday in Match Round 2 of Sky Bet League 1 knowing the travelling team has taken all three points in the last three encounters between the two teams.And the win has been secured each time courtesy of a 1-0 scoreline, with this trend stretching back to April 2007.
On that day it was Swindon who triumphed, thanks to a Lukas Jutkiewicz goal, before the Robins won on the road to the Shakers again in the next meeting, in October 2012; James Collins with the goal on that occasion.
It was also 1-0 to the travelling team in the reverse match during that 2012/13 campaign, with Bury taking maximum points at the County Ground thanks to a Steven Schumacher strike.
Bury wins: 13
Swindon wins: 21
While Bury took the points in the most recent clash, they had lost the previous six meetings and have have only got the better of the Robins twice since the turn of the century.
Two of the biggest talking points from Match Round 1 in the Sky Bet Football League involved these two sides.
While the impressive Nathan Byrne bagged a hat-trick for Swindon Town – the first of 2015/16 in The Football League - Bury were involved in a far more controversial incident, eventually being the beneficiaries of Doncaster Rovers' sportsmanship.
Read more: Nathan Byrne included in Team of the Week after opening weekend treble
Read more: Doncaster Rovers' display of sportsmanship viewed more than one million times around the world
Join us on Twitter for coverage of Sky Bet League 1's Match Round 2 schedule, to see who grabs this week's headlines, via @SkyBetLeague1.


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Step into the thrilling world of Ruth Ware, a master of suspense whose gripping narratives have captivated readers worldwide. With her knack for crafting suspenseful plots and keeping readers on the edge of their seats, Ruth Ware has become a prominent figure in the world of crime fiction. In this article, we will delve into the life and literary genius of Ruth Ware and explore her top 3 thrillers that have garnered critical acclaim and kept readers guessing until the last page.
The Life and Literary Journey of Ruth Ware
Ruth Ware's journey as a writer began with her love for mystery and suspense. Born and raised in a small town, she developed a passion for storytelling from a young age. After pursuing a career in publishing, Ware decided to fulfill her own writing dreams. Her unique perspective, penchant for twists and turns, and compelling characterizations quickly gained her a dedicated following.
The Top 3
Now, let's delve into the top 3 thrillers by Ruth Ware that showcases her mastery of suspense and her ability to keep readers on the edge of their seats.
1. "The Woman in Cabin 10"
"The Woman in Cabin 10" takes readers on a high-stakes journey aboard a luxury cruise ship. When the protagonist witnesses a mysterious disappearance, she becomes entangled in a web of secrets and danger. Ruth Ware's skillful pacing, atmospheric setting, and complex characters make this novel an exhilarating read.
2. "The Turn of the Key"
"The Turn of the Key" plunges readers into the depths of psychological suspense. Set in a remote Scottish Highlands mansion, the story follows a nanny who becomes embroiled in a chilling mystery. With its haunting atmosphere, unreliable narrator, and unexpected twists, this novel showcases Ware's ability to craft a suspenseful and atmospheric narrative.
3. "In a Dark, Dark Wood"
"In a Dark, Dark Wood" immerses readers in a remote cabin in the woods, where a bachelorette party takes a sinister turn. As secrets unravel and tensions rise, the protagonist finds herself fighting for her life. With its atmospheric setting, intricately woven plot, and cast of intriguing characters, this novel showcases Ware's ability to create a chilling and suspenseful story.
Opinion of the Critics
Ruth Ware's thrillers have received widespread critical acclaim, solidifying her place as a leading voice in the genre of suspense fiction. Critics have praised her ability to create atmospheric settings, her skill in crafting intricate plots, and her talent for keeping readers guessing until the final revelation. Ware's novels have been lauded for their immersive storytelling, complex characters, and gripping narratives.
"The Woman in Cabin 10" has been celebrated for its relentless pacing, its ability to keep readers hooked, and its clever twists and turns. Critics have commended Ware's ability to create a claustrophobic and suspenseful atmosphere, drawing readers deeper into the mystery with each page. This thrilling novel is a testament to Ware's talent for crafting gripping narratives that leave readers eagerly anticipating the next revelation.
"The Turn of the Key" has been hailed as a chilling and atmospheric psychological thriller. Critics have lauded Ware's skill in building tension, creating a sense of unease, and crafting complex characters. The novel's exploration of the human psyche, its use of unreliable narration, and its ability to keep readers guessing until the very end has garnered high praise from reviewers.
"In a Dark, Dark Wood" has been recognized as a compelling and suspenseful tale that keeps readers on the edge of their seats. Critics have applauded Ware's ability to create a sense of dread and uncertainty, weaving a tightly plotted story that unravels with each chapter. The novel's intricate web of secrets, it's atmospheric setting, and its unexpected twists have resonated with readers and critics alike.
How the Best Book by Ruth Ware Can Change Your Life
Among Ruth Ware's thrilling works, "The Woman in Cabin 10" stands out as a book that has the power to change your perspective on suspense fiction. This gripping novel invites readers into a world of secrets, deception, and high-stakes danger. Through the protagonist's journey, readers are taken on a thrilling ride that challenges their assumptions and keeps them guessing until the very end.
"The Woman in Cabin 10" not only provides a thrilling reading experience but also prompts introspection. The novel explores themes of trust, perception, and the consequences of hidden truths, encouraging readers to question their judgments and the narratives they construct in their own lives. Through Ware's expert storytelling, readers are prompted to consider the reliability of their perceptions and the extent to which they may be influenced by external factors.
Ruth Ware's life and literary contributions have cemented her as a master of suspense, captivating readers with her gripping narratives, atmospheric settings, and skillful plot twists. Through her top 3 thrillers, including "The Woman in Cabin 10," "The Turn of the Key," and "In a Dark, Dark Wood," Ware has established herself as a force to be reckoned with in the world of crime fiction.
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- They may kick their hands; make noises, smile or cry.
- Depending on their reaction you can choose which music baby enjoys.
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- While baby listens to different tunes, they will react differently to each one.
- Some tunes may even make baby laugh.
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Most of the commentary on Gerald Vizenor's fiction focuses upon trickster and the post-modern implications of Vizenor's texts; however, bears and their meaning within the Chippewa (1) oral tradition and religion appear often and directly in Vizenor's work. Discussing the famous Lakota leader Luther Standing Bear's comments on bears, Vizenor notes that "the bear is an archshadow in the silence of tribal stories, the memories and sense that are unsaid in the name" ("Ruins" 144). If, as Vizenor often asserts, trickster is a figure in a language game, then bear is a shadow in remembered tribal stories and rituals of the Grand Medicine Society or midewiwin, and this shadow looms heavily over Vizenor's texts. A. LaVonne Ruoff notes that "Vizenor's emphasis on bear transformation is explained by that animal's role as the renewer of Ojibwe life in their mide [shaman] ceremony" (44). In the myths and ceremonies of the midewiwin bears transform, sustain, and even regulate human existence. In Summer in the Spring, Gerald Vizenor tells us how gichimakwa, great bear, serves as a means to bring the sun spirit to teach the Chippewa about the midewiwin (91-92). In the rituals of the Grand Medicine Society, bears serve as guides, barriers, the breaker of barriers, and guardians of portals to spiritual power. Great Bear could also restore life (Vizenor, Summer 91); the power of immortality and resurrection are specifically associated with the orders of the midewiwin. (2)
There are eight orders or degrees of membership in the Society: four earth and four sky (Dewdney 111-14, Johnston, Ojibwe Heritage 84, Landes 22). Basil Johnston notes that there were "minor variations in different areas of the land of the anishnabeg" (84). While the first order allows the successful initiate to "conduct funeral ceremonies and preside at Feasts of the Dead" (Johnston 89), the fourth order gives mide masters power over life and death. To go beyond the fourth order was considered by many a perversion of power (Dewdney 114, Landes 52). However, in his 1997 novel Hotline Healers, Gerald Vizenor protests that, "The shamans can be treacherous, unstable, and touchy, but only the envious mistrust their visions" (52).
The process of becoming a mide of any order resides in the initiation ceremonies of the various degrees of the midewiwin and involves the important Bear Spirit as well as other animal spirits. Candidates for initiation traditionally went through a year of preparation including vision quest, learning about spiritual and medicinal issues, and fasting. After the year of preparation the initiation ceremonies into these orders represent death and rebirth into a new spiritual life. As the candidate makes his way around the midewigun, a rectangular structure where the ceremony takes place, bears represent both good and evil (Vizenor, Summer 93-94, Dewdney 117, Johnston, Ojibway Heritage 85-86). Good bears appear at the entrance and serve as guides, but the candidate also meets bears representing "evil and temptation that the candidate would encounter in the moral order" and who serve as barriers to the candidate (Johnston 83-86). An offering is made to bear to purchase entrance to the mide life (Landes 136). At certain moments the shaman conducting the ceremony as well as the candidate impersonate bear (Dewdney 116). While bears can represent barriers, bear and otter are considered the great breakers of spiritual barriers. According to Selwyn Dewdney, "most prominent in the ceremony are the Bear's three hesitating steps and final successful one into the midewigun" (171). After testing, the candidate arrives at the center of the lodge and is shot with a sacred shell (3) and revived, "Such was the dramatic way in which the state of non-existence and resurrection were demonstrated. The candidate now was not what he was before, but transformed. He had been reborn" (Johnston 87).
The bear motifs of bears breaking barriers, of humans being guided by spirit bears, and of rebirth into a new life are central themes in Vizenor's works. …

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Sunday, January 15, 2012
JEFF OF THE CINEFILES: HALL OF FAME: FILE #0018: BEFORE SUNRISE (1995)
Directed By: Richard Linklater
Written By: Richard Linklater & Kim Krizan
Cinematography By: Lee Daniel
Editor: Sandra Adair
Cast: Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy
American tourist Jesse and French student Celine meet by chance on the train from Budapest to Vienna. Sensing that they are developing a connection, Jesse asks Celine to spend the day with him in Vienna, and she agrees. Passing the time before his scheduled flight the next morning. How do two perfect strangers connect so intimately over the course of a single day? What is that special thing that bonds two people so strongly? As their bond turns to love, what will happen to them the next morning when Jesse flies away?
Based on a night that Writer-Director Richard Linklater took with a woman when he was young. One of my favorite movies. Why because it seems to be about so little, but manages to make an impact and seem personal to whoever watches it. Making it universal in it’s aspect. Two young people walking around Vienna talking, but it is about so much more. The conversations are at times trite, but reveal so much about the characters and their lives.
This film is a combination of scenery and dialogue. As the locations are natural, Colorful, historical and rich. It’s Europe after all.
The film works as a Romance, Comedy, Travelogue and a social look at the mind set of contemporary youth of the 90’s. Either way it’s like one of those classic movies with a certain style and grace. With an empahasis on Character and dialogue. This is not only a minor classic but a classic film. So many scenes that I remember and cherish in my memory from this movie, being the hopeless romantic that I am. This is a movie I truly believe should be shown in film schools. To teach the student about composition of shots and writing characters and making them truthful.
The scenes that spark the most are the scene where the leads are in a store listening to a record and stealing glances at each other, but looking away when the other looks. The Street Poet who can make a poem centered around whatever word you give him. The longing seen in each other’s eyes as the day comes to a close. The wondering Did they or Didn’t they in the morning after.
This film was followed by a sequel picking up 10 years later. The characters are older. So we get some of our questions answered. We get to find out how they have changed since the last time that they saw each other. Some more questions are actually put forth.
I remember seeing this film in the theater with my cousin. A quarter of the audience walked out. The film was advertised as a romantic comedy with wacky hijinks. The audience didn’t expect a dialogue heavy film that really only has 2 characters. They wanted Pratfalls and slapstick. The audience reacting so negatively to the film only made me realize what a one of a kind film this was. It’s a gem .As the remaining audience sighed about when would the film be over or when they would stop talking and have more action. It made me realize how unique and beautiful the film was, line by line and Scene by scene. Thank god for Home video and dvd where it gained it’s audience.
I wish I could say this is the film that made me want to be a filmmaker. It’s not of course, but it opened my eyes to the fact that films didn’t have to be only plot and story based, They could also just be about characters. This is a film that is mostly conversations, but it is what isn’t spoken that is really going on. We have to read between the lines. It made me want to write and tell stories that were more personal and smaller. So while not being the inspiration, It is one of the films that helped guide and inform me to the style and type of films I wanted to make. As well as helping to open me up to films that are different then what was the usual blockbuster type.
This is a nice sweet film. if you haven’t seen it. You should discover on DVD.I don’t think you’ll be disappointed


2019 Subaru Legacy GT Redesign, Release Date And Price – Subaru definitely only came into existence known throughout the world thanks mainly to their efforts worldwide Rally Tournament during the 90’s. Prior to then, these folks were the next maker that made common automobiles that appeared to be a little ‘out there’ in comparison with typical manufacturers.
For everyone looking for anything a bit various, Subaru is right up there and so they make damn great autos; the performance and trustworthiness are good, now, they’ve even got the design proper. Maybe the only concern that needs resolving is whether you would get on together with the level-several electric motor, which supplies the Sub an incredibly special noise, particularly if you’re making advancement.
Gossip has it how the after that generation 2019 Subaru Legacy GT release date is going to be envisioned from June 2019. Expect to see a completely open public very first at one of the major cars demonstrates sometimes from the before part of 2019. Later we could read through and discover the first reviews.
From everything we know from gossips, the near future 2019 Subaru Legacy redesign won’t be considered a trend in styling or design, nevertheless, it will get a number of updates within the design division; enough to differentiate it from your forerunner for sure.
Up at the front, the grille will be restyled and get stainless inserts and it will surely be located between two new Directed headlamps and Guided fog lamps. The rear of the car may also acquire some changes by using an altered back fender, new Brought illumination, and two exhaust.
The size of the vehicle, including length and size, will probably stay the same. The automobile is going to be available only as being a sedan inside the US industry, station wagon customization is exchanged by Outback not long ago.
Under the hood is definitely the typical toned-a number of 2.5-liter engine, which forces out 175 BHP and 174 lb/ft of torque, but there will also be a 3.6 liter V6 with 256 BHP and 247 pounds of torque. All engines will have a CVT design transmission and naturally all-wheel drive. Do not anticipate the newest Legacy to sporty even though – the 2.5 liters is going to do a zero to sixty dash in 9.4 mere seconds in sports mode. Yawn. And unlike Impreza, no turbo types readily available.
The cabin is not likely to anticipate significant changes with regards to design, though it will receive up-to-date toned components. The technology fixed is going to be upgraded and also the bottom version can have StarLink infotainment touchscreen display process, back view digital camera, powerful torque vectoring, keyless entry, Bluetooth, mobile phone incorporation and air conditioning.


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Estate Section house hits the auction block
Owner tries a different sale route for 201 Banyan Road.
Palm Beachers tend to acquire. So it’s no surprise when jewelry and antiques from island estates end up at auction to generate a little cash.
But putting a house here up for bid is a different animal entirely.
High-end real estate auctions for private sellers have made headlines around the country of late, but they haven’t yet caught on in Palm Beach. One was held on the island five years ago during the recession — and that Estate Section house didn’t even land a buyer. The property later sold conventionally.
So it was news when a different auction house, New York City-based Sheldon Good & Co., recently announced that it would put up for bid a Georgian-style house at 201 Banyan Road.
Built in 1930 and renovated by its owner, the six-bedroom house with 8,026 total square feet stands on the northwest corner of South County Road. The Estate Section property will be sold with deeded beach access.
The auction will take place at 7 p.m. Nov. 11 at the St. Regis Hotel, 2 E. 55th St. in Manhattan. Registration opens an hour prior.
The house has been on and off the market since 2008, listed with several different agencies. It was most recently priced at $8.75 million, dropped from about $9.5 million, by Barrett Welles Property Group, which last week became part of Brown Harris Stevens. That listing was canceled in July.
The house is carrying a “reserve price” of $7 million, meaning that if bids reach or exceed that number, the owner — a trust in the name of Carol Simmons — is legally obligated to sell it to the highest bidder. The owner also has the option of selling it for less, if the reserve price isn’t reached. The winning bidder will pay an additional 5-percent premium.
Once the gavel slams and the contract signed, the deal should close 21 days later, because the inspections, surveys and the like are already in hand, said Craig Post, executive director of the auction house.
“Sellers like the certainty of a sale (within a specific time frame), and buyers like it because they get to name their price for the property,” Post said, adding that the “streamlined” transaction also is a plus.
Simmons bought the house in 2002 and spent three years renovating it, according to a story last year in the Shiny Sheet. She revised the floor plan and made additions, including a new swimming pool and a loggia with an outdoor fireplace
Among her changes, Simmons installed a Renaissance-era marble door surround in the living room. Other features include an 1840 Georgian mantelpiece, hand-painted finishes and trompe l’oeil details.
The auction also will include two New York homes — one in the Hamptons with a reserve price of $12 million and an equestrian property in Dutchess County with a reserve of $9.5 million.
Potential buyers must pre-register and deposit $350,000 in an escrow account to bid on the Palm Beach property, Post said. Participants can bid by phone or via a representative during the event. Potential bidders also can tour the house by appointment on Saturdays through Nov. 7.
For more details, call Sheldon Good at (800) 516-0014 or visit SheldonGood.com/luxury.
On the beach — Considered one of Midtown’s prime oceanfront buildings, Dunster House at 360 S. Ocean Blvd. has seen another sizable sale. Directly facing the ocean, Unit 2C sold for a recorded $3.85 million. The three-bedroom apartment has 2,480 square feet of living space.
The property was priced at $4.1 million by Fite Shavell & Associates agent Karen Donnelly. (Full disclosure: She’s the sister of Shiny Sheet society columnist Shannon Donnelly.) The condo was sold by a trust in the name of the late Saurine L. Brown, who died in 2009. She was married to the late Eugene D. Brown, who paid $569,500 for the unit in 1985, property records show.
Sotheby’s International Realty agents Crissy Poorman and Mary Boykin represented the buyers, listed as Gary D. and Dao Engle on the deed recorded Sept. 3.
In May 2014, Karen Donnelly also was the listing agent when the apartment next door, Unit 2A, sold for $3.73 million. Agent Bobby Goodnough of Linda A. Gary Real Estate was on the buyer’s side of that deal.
Darrell Hofheinz writes about real estate and edits Home & Loggia. He welcomes news items about Palm Beach real estate for this column. Email firstname.lastname@example.org, call 820-3831 or tweet @PBDN_Hofheinz.

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Patients with low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma historically have demonstrated a benefit with hormonal maintenance therapy following cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy.
Patients with low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma historically have demonstrated a benefit with hormonal maintenance therapy following cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based chemotherapy.1,2 Additionally, studies have demonstrated that patients with this rare histologic subtype have relatively poor response to treatment with chemotherapy, leading investigators to question whether patients may be overtreated in the adjuvant setting.2 However, a lack of data supporting either approach has left both as viable options for treatment of patients with stage II to IV disease.3 Those who experience disease recurrence have a poor prognosis, therefore investigators have aimed to identify the optimal adjuvant treatment to mitigate detrimental survival outcomes.
Despite serous classification being the most common histologic subtype of epithelial ovarian cancer, low-grade disease is relatively rare and presents with different clinical presentation, pathogenesis, and diagnostic hurdles than its high-grade counterpart.2 “Low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary or perineum is considered a rare epithelial ovarian cancer. It constitutes only approximately 2% to 3% of all epithelial ovarian malignancies, and approximately 5% of all serous cancers, which is the most common epithelial ovarian cancer subtype,” Amanda Nickles Fader, MD, said in an interview with OncologyLive®. Fader is the vice chair of gynecologic surgical operations and director of the Center for Rare Gynecologic Cancers at Johns Hopkins Medicine and an associate professor of gynecology and obstetrics in the Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics and the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland.
“What we know about low-grade serous carcinoma is that it’s very different in many respects to its more common counterpart, highgrade serous ovarian carcinoma,” Fader said. “The molecular expression in the tumors is different, the epidemiology is different, and low-grade serous tumors often develop in younger women compared with high-grade serous [tumors] where most women are post menopausal. The disease course and the prognosis can be a little bit different as well.” Fader noted that women with low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma have longer survival but tumors are often diagnosed in advanced stages and those who have disease recurrence have poor prognosis.2,3 “One of the reasons for that is that low-grade serous tumors are indolent in their growth patterns and don’t respond as well to chemotherapy. Therefore, we have to be a little bit more creative in identifying best treatment strategies,” Fader said.
Low-grade serous tumors are like many breast cancers in that they are rich in estrogen and progesterone receptor expression, according to Fader. “[The tumors] have high endocrine receptor expression and we [want] to leverage that by looking at endocrine or hormonal therapies that we can use to inhibit those receptors, such as with the aromatase inhibitor letrozole,” Fader said. “Two studies were performed looking at use of letrozole in the treatment of women with upfront adverse or primary advanced stage, low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma or carcinoma of the peritoneum,” Fader noted, citing institutional analyses of hormonal maintenance therapy for this population.
The first was a single-center study conducted at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston that compared outcomes of women who received hormonal maintenance therapy or underwent routine observation.1 Following primary cytoreductive surgery and platinum-based therapy, 133 patients were placed in observation and 70 received hormonal therapy, (54.3% received letrozole). The median duration of hormonal therapy was 33.3 months (range, 1.0-223.2).1
The median follow-up was 70.8 months for the entire cohort, 80.3 months for those under observation, and 54.9 months for those in the intervention group. The median progression-free survival (PFS) was 26.4 months (95% CI, 21.8-31.0) in the observational group compared with 64.9 months (95% CI, 43.5-86.3) in the hormonal therapy group (P < .001).1
“The landmark study from Gershenson et al… showed that when you added letrozole maintenance therapy after a woman had undergone surgery and received standard carboplatin and paclitaxel therapy for 6 cycles, compared with women who only got the [chemotherapy], the women who received [hormone therapy] had a significantly improved PFS. So that was exciting to see,” Fader said.
The median age was 47 years with all patients having received a median of 6 cycles of chemotherapy. The primary site of the tumor was in the ovary for 68.9% of patients who received hormonal therapy and in 78.2% of patients who underwent observation. Nearly all patients (95.7% and 96.2%, respectively) were estrogen receptor (ER) positive, and most patients (66.7% and 54.9%, respectively) were progesterone receptor (PR) positive. At baseline, most patients in the observation arm (91.7%) had no evidence of disease after chemotherapy compared with 40% of patients in the experimental arm.1
A subgroup analysis showed that for those who were clinically disease free after chemotherapy, the median PFS for those who underwent observation was 30.0 months (95% CI, 24.9-35.1) vs 81.1 months (95% CI, 54.9-107.2) for those who had received hormonal therapy. An improvement was also consistent in those with persistent disease at 15.2 months (95% CI, 7.6-22.9) and 38.1 months (95% CI, 17.8-58.4), respectively. Of note, no significant improvement was observed in overall survival (106.8 vs 102.7 months, respectively).1
The second retrospective study, conducted at Johns Hopkins University and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, omitted chemotherapy altogether in this population.4 All 27 patients, who had stage II to IV low-grade serous carcinoma and had undergone underwent primary cytoreductive therapy, received maintenance hormonal therapy. One patient proceeded to chemotherapy following treatment with hormonal therapy.4
“We looked at similar women and there was a smaller study of 27 patients. But we looked at women [mostly] with stage III and IV low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma who had undergone upfront surgical debulking and then went on letrozole therapy alone with no chemotherapy and we found that they did very well,” said Fader, who was the lead study author on the trial.
Most patients had stage IIIC (n = 18) or stage IIIA (n = 6) disease with a median age of 47.5 years. Among all patients, 85.2% had no residual disease following surgery, 96% of patients were ER positive, and 32% were PR positive. At 2 years, the median PFS and OS were not reached. The 2-year PFS rate was 82.8% and the 2-year OS rate was 96.3%, with 3-year PFS and OS rates of 79.0% and 92.6%, respectively. At a median follow-up of 41 months, 22% (n = 6) of patients had recurrent disease.4
Spurred by these results, the phase 3 NRG-GY019 randomized trial (NCT04095364) has been initiated to evaluate wheth maintenance therapy with letrozole monotherapy will elicit noninferior PFS to intravenous paclitaxel/carboplatin plus maintenance letrozole.5
“A study that I’m very privileged to lead, NRG-GY019 is a randomized, controlled, noninferiority trial that’s looking at women with stage II to IV low-grade serous ovarian carcinoma of the ovary or their peritoneum,” Fader said. “Women must have undergone an attempt at maximal cytoreductive surgery, and then the women are [randomly assigned] to receive carboplatin/ paclitaxel followed by letrozole maintenance therapy or letrozole alone. We believe it’s the first ovarian cancer trial in the advanced-stage setting that does not have chemotherapy in one of the treatment arms and we’re trying to study if we can omit chemotherapy altogether in this population of women who have very low-grade indolent tumors, or [whether] the chemotherapy is important and the letrozole should be added to those patients.”
Specifically, patients enrolled in NRG-GY019 will be randomly assigned to carboplatin/paclitaxel for 6 cycles followed by letrozole 2.5 mg daily until disease progression or letrozole alone at 2.5 mg daily until disease progression.5 At baseline, tumors will be assessed for TP53, which is present is nearly all high-grade serous carcinomas, with nearly all low-grade tumors being wild type.2,5
Investigators aim to enroll approximately 450 patients, which presents a challenge, Fader noted. “We’re actively enrolling and this trial is open now in 4 countries, which we’re very excited about,” she said. “In order to power the trial to look at the primary end point of PFS, we need 459 patients…. We’re approximately 50% of the way there, the trial has been open for 3 years, and we have about 225 patients enrolled to date. It’s important that we enroll the total number of patients needed to have the power to answer this question."
The primary end point of the study is PFS with secondary objectives including toxicity, objective tumor response, OS, and patient adherence to orally administered letrozole.5 For the analysis, patients will be stratified by region (United States/Canada vs Asia/Europe) and residual disease following surgery (microscopic vs any gross disease).6
“We’re grateful to the sites that have already opened the study, and we’d love to encourage more sites to consider it so that we can learn whether we’re possibly overtreating our patients in this setting,” Fader said.

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If your boss is a jerk, there might be a scientific reason for it. A new study suggests feeling powerful dampens the part of the brain that helps us connect with others.
It turns out, feeling powerless boosted the mirror system — people empathized highly. But, Obhi says, “when people were feeling powerful, the signal wasn’t very high at all.” So when people felt power, they really did have more trouble getting inside another person’s head.
“What we’re finding is power diminishes all varieties of empathy,” says Dacher Keltner, a social psychologist at University of California, Berkeley, not involved in the new study. He says these results fit a trend within psychological research.
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Grand Slam Brasilia about to be cancelled
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The Grand Slam in Brasilia, scheduled to be held in October is in danger and the Brazilian Judo Confederation notified the IJF two weeks ago to cancel the Grand Slam of Brasilia. The decision was deliberated and approved by the CBJ Board of Directors on meeting, but the IJF doesn’t yet accept the cancellation.
Frankly speaking there was not enough money for the event. Recently the license for the Grand Prix in The Hague was taken away as financial problems were foreseen. The Brazilian Judo Federation understands that, with the current financial scenario, it is impossible to comply with the organisation of the Grand Slam.
Given the cancellation the word is now to the IJF to take steps, confirm the cancellation or propose a solution.
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Following discussions with the International Judo Federation, the Government of Brasilia and Sponsors, the Brazilian Judo Confederation (CBJ) has now confirmed that it will host two Judo Grand Slams in the city of Brasilia in 2019 and 2020. Previously the CBJ clarified at its own website to give back and cancel the Grand Slam. That seems solved quickly. Read more
Matheus Theotonio da Silva is present at the Baku Grand Slam as an observer. The Brazilian is a former judoka who had a spell on the Brazilian National Judo Team. Now he’s the Federation’s National Sports & Event Manager. IJF Media sat down with him for a chat about the recently added Grand Slam. Read more
Brazil is back on the route of international judo events. Three years after the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, Brazilian judokas will once again feel the taste of competing at home with a Grand Slam in the city of Brasilia held from 6-8 October this year. Read more
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BEIRUT: In a bid to shed light on the many challenges facing Lebanon, The DailyStar issued a near blank print issue Thursday with each page bearing a single phrase referring to one of the country’s problems.
The phrases, printed in bold, referred to the government deadlock, rising public debt, increasing sectarian rhetoric and unemployment. The back page had a photo of the cedar tree, a national symbol, with a caption reading: “Wake up before it’s too late!”
Lebanon has been in the grip of an economic crisis for months, and the government has not met since a June 30 shooting in a mountain village that escalated tensions between the Christian and Druze communities.
Lebanon’s national debt is hovering around $85 billion, or 150 percent of gross domestic product.
Last year, Annahar elected to print a blank issue as well, a form of silent protest as the country's multitude of problems became more and more evident.
"People are fed up and we're still waiting for the political class to make good on its promises as we stare at one of the most consequential periods in our history," Editor-in-Chief Nayla Tueni told reporters gathered at Annahar's newsroom on October 12, 2018.
At the time, Lebanon's Cabinet formation was in a deadlock, entering its fifth month.
"We call on everyone to form a government at the soonest," she said.
That very same government has been paralyzed for over a month now, as rivaling political parties continue to feud in the wake of the deadly Qabrshamoun incident.
-- WIth AP
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Moreover, I’m thinking that the freshly convened Oregon Legislature will be trying mightily to ignore the rabid badger in its lap — i.e., the budget. That’s a no-win situation for any elected official, so lawmakers may well be ripe for some handy distractions. Like a safety crusade!
So, here are a few more bicycle-related bills that EugeneBicyclist lobbyists be pushing in the days ahead:
It shall be unlawful for any cyclist to undertake the transport of a banjo …
Or any item that could be (or could be mistaken for) a jousting lance …
Or perhaps that is actually a small surface-to-air missile.
Either way, we don’t like the looks of it. So, no. Not allowed.
Heck, let’s just make it no unsafe loads, in general.
We’d also like to propose that it shall be illegal to have more than one milk crate on any one bicycle.
And for God’s sake, one cyclist shall not be permitted to propel more than one bicycle simultaneously.
What was this young man thinking? Clearly, he was not thinking about safety, was he? A $90 fine is what we are thinking. At least. Because, look — can you believe it? — he appears to be wearing headphones, as well.
One cyclist shall not be permitted to propel more than one bicycle simultaneously even if one of said bicycles has no wheels.
Need we explain the perils of this? I think not.
Also, it shall be unlawful to place in-your-face, holier-than-thou and/or sanctimonious signs or messages on your bike.
These are not appropriate in the era of The New Civility.
We shall allow no handlebars oriented at cruel or impossible angles
Can you say “impaled”? No! We don’t condone bullfighting in this country, and we will not condone this.
No laminated decorative spoke cards …
which might possibly fly out and sever someone’s jugular.
No! This is a death machine in waiting.
And my God, I shudder to think of the horrid scenarios that could result from this activity:
No dangerously oversized baskets.
I mean, really. Is this person needing to portage a half dozen rabbits all at once?
Nor shall we permit baskets that look like they were formerly used as props on the set of “Survivor” …
And which could sag dangerously onto the front tire resulting in a friction and therefore fire hazard. The last thing we need out on our public highways are cyclists bursting into flames.
I think, also, that we can learn something from the corporate lawyers who are charged with protecting bicycle manufacturers from lawsuits. They must know something.
So, we will prohibit the riding of bicycles in the rain, just to be safe …
… and also at night, when it is known to get dark.
(!) This attorney even saw the need for an exclamation mark (!)
Oh, oh! And this! I almost forgot. How is it possible — how! — that this is still legal? After all these years?
“Look, Ma!” my ass. NO! End it now.
If you feel I’ve forgotten something, feel free to exercise your right to petition your government for a redress of grievances …

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After receiving the winter adventure gear we go for the snowmobiles and listen to a short briefing for safe driving. We drive in a queue by snowmobiles traversing snowy landscape crossing lakes and rivers and climbing up the hills following our guide who knows the ways. Once arrived to the husky farm we have a little break before another great experience – husky driving safari in the wilds. During this 30 min safari we may drive ourselves at least 10 kilometers. On the half way we may – if wanted – swap the driver and the passenger. During the safari we will also sit by open fire and barbeque our lunch which includes something for all tastes. Lapland Welcome STAR SAFARI.
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It’s an incredible time for the West Virginia sports betting market. The college football season is playing its most important games and NCAA basketball is back in full swing.
Both the WVU Mountaineers and Marshall Thundering Herd are busy on the football field and the hardwood in late November.
While families will be celebrating Thanksgiving this week, bettors in the Mountain State will be thankful for another week of great games. WV sportsbooks are sure to remain quite active during the holiday season.
Even though WVU and Marshall each had disappointing showings a week ago, there is a lot riding on the final game of the 2019 regular season.
The Mountaineers look to rebound after a seven-point home loss to Oklahoma State. For one of the few times all season, WVU held a halftime lead as well as a lead heading into the fourth quarter.
Unfortunately, a scoreless fourth led to another defeat and dropped WVU’s record to 4-7 on the year.
Marshall football had a difficult game, too. It lost to Charlotte by 11 despite being touchdown favorites entering the contest. The loss brings the Herd’s record to 7-4 overall. They’re now in second place in the Conference USA East Division behind Florida Atlantic.
Although the football season might have disappointed many who follow both schools, things are looking up in the early part of the hoops schedule. WVU took down Boston University by 25, while Marshall dismantled Howard by 28 last week.
In their following game, the Mountaineers beat Northern Iowa, 60-55, to improve their record to 5-0 to start the new season.
With the final week of the college football season here, expect for bettors to make it a memorable weekend at sportsbooks. Let’s examine last week’s games and preview this weekend’s action for WVU and Marshall.
WVU Football Predictions
The Mountaineers gave Oklahoma State everything it could handle on Saturday afternoon. After leading through three quarters, WVU fans and backers thought their side was going to beat its second straight ranked opponent.
OSU scored its go-ahead score with a little over 11 minutes remaining in the game. The 13-play drive covered 78 yards and gave the Cowboys a 4-point lead.
Quarterback Jarret Doege played well again, but the Mountaineers only managed just one touchdown. Doege was 28 of 38 passing for 307 yards and one score.
WVU’s running game was a disappointment yet again. As a team, it rushed 22 times for only 26 yards.
This week, coach Neal Brown and company will turn their attention to the final game of the season. Since WVU won’t be qualifying for a bowl game, this week is the last of 2019.
The Mountaineers will travel back to Texas to battle TCU on Friday. TCU’s had a tough year as well, sitting one game ahead of WVU at 5-6.
Even though they lost their last matchup with Oklahoma, the Horned Frogs played a good game a nearly escaped with a win. They lost by only four points on the road in Norman.
This is going to be another interesting test for WVU on the road in the Big 12. Surprisingly enough, both of WVU’s conference victories have come on the road this year.
Dual-threat quarterback Max Duggan leads TCU’s offense. He’s passed for nearly 2,000 yards and 15 touchdowns while adding over 500 yards and six scores on the ground.
In spite of the fact that the Mountaineers are around 13-point underdogs, they have a real chance to win this game. They’ve been playing significantly better of late and should want to end the season on a high note.
Marshall Football Preview
Marshall football has been much more successful in 2019. Even so, it just had one of its worst performances of the season. With a six-game win streak on the line, the Herd couldn’t hold and lost to Charlotte, 24-13.
After scoring the game’s first 10 points, it seemed that Marshall had control of another one. This didn’t last long though, as its offense sputtered all afternoon. The team only gained 230 yards and 13 first downs for the entire game.
Isaiah Green was ineffective at QB for Marshall. He passed for just 86 yards on 6 of 17 passing. Green also only averaged 2.6 yards per carry.
The letdown absolutely stings, however, Marshall still has meaningful football in its future. It needs to win its season finale to help its bowl resume and to have a chance at winning Conference USA.
The Herd will host Florida International in Huntington on Saturday at noon.
Marshall is almost a touchdown favorite, but FIU is feeling good after its latest victory. It beat Miami this past week as three-touchdown dogs.
What should help the Herd is FIU’s lack of consistency on the road. At home, the Panthers are 6-1, but when they travel, they’re 0-4. In its last two road contests, FIU lost by a combined score of 87-24.
Marshall is 2-1 following a loss this season and could be 3-1 after Saturday. Knowing that they will probably be playing in a bowl game in December, coach Doc Holliday will have his guys ready to bounce back.
Mountaineers Basketball Unbeaten
WVU basketball is off to a perfect start to 2019. It’s 5-0 thanks to its latest win over Northern Iowa at the Cancun Challenge.
The Mountaineers came back from a 15-point deficit on Tuesday night to take down the Panthers. After scoring just 20 points in the first half, WVU put up 40 in the second en route to a 60-55 win.
WVU’s Miles McBride recorded 18 points and five assists off the bench to spark the Mountaineers. Guard Jermaine Haley was the only other Mountaineer to reach double digits in scoring.
Four players average at least 10 points per game. They include Haley, Oscar Tshiebwe, Derek Culver and Emmitt Matthews Jr.
Coach Bob Huggins and his team will continue playing below the border in the Cancun Challenge. WVU takes the court again Wednesday night against the undefeated Wichita State Shockers in the championship game.
Forward Trey Wade leads the Shockers. They took care of business against South Carolina Tuesday, winning 70-47 before WVU took the court.
This meeting will be a good measuring stick to see how WVU is actually doing this year. Its record is quality, but the Mountaineers haven’t played any team worth noting so far.
A win against Wichita will be huge for WVU to gain a solid victory and to build momentum moving forward.
Thundering Herd Hoops
Following three consecutive losses, the Thundering Herd took out their frustrations against Howard. They won their second game of the year by scoring 91 points while coasting to a win.
Iran Bennett scored 17 points and added six rebounds in the blowout.
Marshall has leaned on its two talented guards often to start the season. Jarrod West and Taevion Kinsey each average over 15 points per game.
West averages the most points with 15.4, but Kinsey leads the Herd in rebounds and assists. They both are strong on the defensive end as well. Combined, the two average 3.8 steals per game.
Although Howard wasn’t much of a challenge, Marshall’s next opponent will be. The Herd travel to Florida to take on the ranked Gators on Friday night.
Florida enters this matchup ranked 24th in the nation, but that’s only because of a few slip-ups early on. Prior to the year starting, the Gators were ranked 6th in both the AP and Coaches Poll.
They’re a very talented team that has ambitions of a deep tournament run. Marshall should be a competitive team this year, but Florida is simply out of its class.
WV Football Betting Odds
Thanks to the return of online sports betting apps in WV, gamblers are able to place wagers on their mobile devices within seconds. Here are this week’s odds for both WVU and Marshall according to the two online sportsbooks available:
|WVU vs. TCU|
|DraftKings||WVU +13.5||43||WVU +430
|FanDuel||WVU +13.5||42.5||WVU +410
|Marshall vs. Florida International|
|DraftKings||Marshall -78||49||Marshall -315
|FanDuel||Marshall -8||48.5||Marshall -300
|Updated: Nov. 29.|


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Home » ACCA Opposes Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces
ACCA Opposes Energy Conservation Standards for Consumer Furnaces
October 24, 2022
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) notified the Department of Energy (DOE) this month that it opposes the July 7, 2022, notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to revise the energy efficiency standards for residential natural gas furnaces. The proposal, if adopted, would negatively impact ACCA’s over 3,000 member companies, individual homeowners, including low-income households, small businesses, and seniors.
Federal and state lawmakers and regulators focus a significant amount of time on the HVACR industry because of the energy its products consume. Former Secretary of Energy, Ernest Moniz believed energy efficiency improvements within the HVACR industry could have an enormous impact on addressing peak demand for electricity going forward. ACCA agrees with the Secretary, but the DOE is not focused on the problems that ACCA's contractor members work on every day: incorrect equipment sizing and poor equipment installations.
"The problem of poor HVAC installations is rampant in part due to many public officials believing that industry-recommended installation standards and training programs are aspirational and do not require trained technicians," said Barton James, ACCA president, and CEO. "If DOE would turn their attention to educating and incentivizing homeowners to demand that HVAC systems are installed according to the industry’s recommended minimum standards, then the HVACR industry would be able to meet Secretary Moniz’s wish for a 25 to 30 percent improvement in efficiency, and far exceed the goals from this furnace rule."
“ACCA strongly believes that America’s HVAC Contractors should have options for their customers based on their applications needs, fuel and installation cost, energy reliability, and product availability when it comes to heating homes and businesses. ACCA once again opposes this latest attempt by the DOE to offer a solution that does not address the root energy problem," added James. “This regulation will create an unnecessary burden on homeowners, who already are facing increasing costs of living, by demanding them to install equipment that they can neither afford nor will reach the desired efficiency that the DOE claims this regulation is needed to meet. ACCA firmly stands by the position that HVACR contractors and consumers should have access to whatever source of fuel makes the most sense for their business and economic needs. If the DOE wants to have a real impact on reducing fuel use and increasing the energy efficiency of heating systems, they should focus on proper equipment sizing, correct duct design, and quality installations based on nationally recognized standards such as ACCA's Manual J®, Manual S®, and Manual D®, which help ensure that systems are properly sized, have the correct ductwork, and are installed in a manner that allows the equipment it reach its stated efficiency rating."
Fead the full letter that ACCA sent to the DOE here.
ACCA will continue to keep its members updated on the status of the DOE's rulemaking activities regarding energy-efficiency standards for furnaces and fight for common-sense regulations and legislation that leverages our members' expertise.


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A fantasy re-envisioning of the classic fairytale "Bluebeard" by Charles Perrault, in which Perrault's young wife reads herself into his dark allegory on marital mistrust.
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Over the past several years, the Algoma District School Board (ADSB) has developed a close partnership with Right To Play (RTP), an organization that uses the power of play to educate and empower children to be guardians of their own health and active participants in their communities. In the last two years, ADSB students and staff have participated in Play Academies led by Right To Play and ADSB will continue to build the relationship as we once again host a Play Academy on April 14th and 15th.
Over 100 elementary students from ten ADSB schools will take part in the training sessions to be held at FH Clergue in Sault Ste. Marie. Led by RTP instructors, the Play Academy session is a full-day workshop that empowers students to become leaders by developing facilitation skills while increasing knowledge around child rights. Students will become certified as Junior Leaders and be able to lead Right To Play games at their home schools. In the spring, Junior Leaders from across the country can choose to lead activities at their school for a “Today We Play” nationwide event.
The aim of the Play Academy training session is to help students feel confident in their ability to lead peers in games that educate about social justice, the reward of giving back, and living an active lifestyle, while using newly developed facilitation skills with a focus on inclusion, teamwork and cooperation.
Right To Play programs create positive experiences and help to teach important life skills which help children adopt and maintain lifelong healthy behaviours and attitudes. The approach blends seamlessly with ADSB’s own focus on character building, well-being and giving back to the community.
“Right To Play believes that play is a powerful tool to change the world. It can inspire individuals and bring together entire communities. A game of football can educate children about tolerance and peace, and a game of tag can teach about malaria. When children play, they develop skills like cooperation, confidence and leadership – all important life lessons. Play provides a retreat from everyday hardships and brings joy and laughter, allowing kids to be kids.” – excerpt from Right To Play website at www.righttoplay.ca


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Vipshop (VIPS) - Get Report stock is retreating by 11.27% to $11.26 in afternoon trading on Thursday, as weaker-than-expected guidance overshadows a 2015 fourth quarter earnings beat.
The China-based online retailer anticipates that 2016 first quarter revenue will increase by 40% to a range between 11.8 billion and 12.3 billion yuan, compared to 65% growth during the fourth quarter.
Vipshop's forecast is below analysts' estimates, Barron's notes.
For the fourth quarter, the company reported earnings of 0.84 yuan per ADS on revenue of 13.9 billion yuan.
Revenue for the most recent quarter was 12.5% higher than analysts' projections, while per-share earnings were 11.3% above estimates, Barron's adds.
Separately, TheStreet Ratings team rates the stock as a "buy" with a ratings score of B-.
Vipshop's strengths such as its robust revenue growth, notable return on equity, reasonable valuation levels, impressive record of earnings per share growth and compelling growth in net income outweigh the fact that the company has had generally high debt management risk by most measures that we evaluated.
You can view the full analysis from the report here: VIPS
TheStreet Ratings objectively rated this stock according to its "risk-adjusted" total return prospect over a 12-month investment horizon. Not based on the news in any given day, the rating may differ from Jim Cramer's view or that of this article's author.


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A neighbourhood favourite for six years, Little Nest eatery will soon give up its home and close.
Most people agree we need to improve our roads and bridges and transit throughout Metro Vancouver. How to pay for them is obviously the challenge.
Seven B.C. First Nations are calling on the provincial government and political leaders to commit to providing equal access to low-cost financing for public infrastructure construction.
The Burnaby Teachers' Association may be crying foul over the school district's decision to lay off 75 teachers, but the district says these layoffs are just part of the system and have to happen every year.
The St. Thomas More Knights lost 2-1 to Seycove in AA high school senior girls' soccer provincial qualifying last Monday.
Why are we involved with Metro Vancouver? It is time for the Langleys to opt out. We are helping to pay off the West Coast Express, the Canada and Millennium Lines, and the Evergreen Line, and now there's talk of a $3 billion underground line to UBC to serve 50,000 people - and we are not benefiting from any of this.
Editor: -- Re: "Larger issues to talk about."
New Westminster stuck with tradition and elected an NDP MLA to the legislature in Victoria.
Re: Homeowners get 2.47 per cent tax increase, Burnaby NOW, May 10.
Re: Selective facts in letter, Letters, The Record, May 10.
New Westminster Liberal candidate Hector Bremner wasn't surprised in the least to see his party top the polls on election night.
"A big public toilet," was the analogy used by Burnaby resident Flora Kemp about her next-door neighbour's composting technique.
The Burnaby Intercultural Planning Table is organizing a storytelling project so refugees and new immigrants can share their tales with the community.
Burnaby-New Westminster MP Peter Julian runs the fastest mouth in Ottawa, according to Samara, a non-partisan organization that analyzes politics.
Fortius Sport and Health announced nine provincial sport organizations that will now call Burnaby home, inside its new $61 million sports hub yesterday.
Modern tap dancing is no longer just about bow ties and jazz hands on Broadway. Just ask Burnaby-based dancer Danny Nielsen.
Police are investigating a number of car break-ins that happened last Friday in the 6800-block of Village Green just off Beresford Street in South Burnaby.
Byrne Creek Secondary hosted a gardening fair on May 4 to encourage people to grow their own food.
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text: But observe more attentively what he says, that “through the offence of one, many are dead.” For why should it be on account of the sin of one, and not rather on account of their own sins, if this passage is to be understood of imitation, and not of propagation? 258 But mark what follows: “And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift; for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the grace is of many offences unto justification.” 259 Now let them tell us, where there is room in these words for imitation. “By one,” says he, “to condemnation.” By one what except one sin? This, indeed, he clearly implies in the words which he adds: “But the grace is of many offences unto justification.” Why, indeed, is the judgment from one offence to condemnation, while the grace is from many offences to justification? If original sin is a nullity, would it not follow, that not only grace withdraws men from many offences to justification, but judgment leads them to condemnation from many offences likewise? For assuredly grace does not condone many offences, without judgment in like manner having many offences to condemn. Else, if men are involved in condemnation because of one offence, on the ground that all the offences which are condemned were committed in imitation of that one offence; there is the same reason why men should also be regarded as withdrawn from one offence unto justification, inasmuch as all the offences which are remitted to the justified were committed in imitation of that one offence. But this most certainly was not the apostles meaning, when he said: “The judgment, indeed, was from one offence unto condemnation, but the grace was from many offences unto justification.” We on our side, indeed, can understand the apostle, and see that judgment is predicated of one offence unto condemnation entirely on the ground that, even if there were in men nothing but original sin, it would be sufficient for their condemnation. For however much heavier will be their condemnation who have added their own sins to p. 21 the original offence (and it will be the more severe in individual cases, in proportion to the sins of individuals); still, even that sin alone which was originally derived unto men not only excludes from the kingdom of God, which infants are unable to enter (as they themselves allow), unless they have received the grace of Christ before they die, but also alienates from salvation and everlasting life, which cannot be anything else than the kingdom of God, to which fellowship with Christ alone introduces us.


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