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Former north miami mayor marie lucie tondreau sentenced to 5 years in prison for mortgage fraud scheme – South Florida Business Journal Loan Officer (entry level) – What Is A Mortgage Deficiency Judgment? Another case where a lender is barred from pursuing a deficiency judgment is if the mortgage is a nonrecourse loan.
After a 12-day trial, a federal jury convicted former North Miami Mayor Marie Lucie Tondreau, a/k/a 54, for her recruitment of straw buyers and other conduct in an $8,000,000 mortgage fraud scheme.
A federal jury has convicted the suspended mayor of North Miami on charges of participating in an $8 million mortgage fraud scheme. Jurors returned the verdict Tuesday in the case against Lucie.
Marie Lucie Tondreau, a/k/a Lucie Tondreau, 54, North Miami, Florida, the former North Miami Mayor, was sentenced by united states district judge Robert N. Scola for her participation in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.. Following a federal jury trial, the defendant was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud and four counts of wire fraud.
U.S. Attorney’s Office March 24, 2015 Southern District of Florida (313) 226-9100 Former North Miami Mayor Sentenced in Multi-Million-Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme Former North Miami Mayor was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert N. Scola for her participation in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.
Marie Lucie Tondreau, the mayor of North Miami, Florida, is on trial in federal court in Miami, facing charges that she took part in an alleged mortgage fraud scheme that defrauded lenders to the.
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Former North Miami Mayor Sentenced in Multi-Million Dollar Mortgage Fraud Scheme. Former North Miami Mayor was sentenced by United States District Judge Robert N. Scola for her participation in a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme.. marie lucie tondreau, a/k/a "Lucie Tondreau.
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Former North Miami Mayor’s co-conspirator in mortgage fraud slapped with 8 years in prison. Oreste was also ordered to pay $8.2 million in restitution. Former North Miami Mayor Marie Lucie Tondreau was a co-conspirator in the 2005-2008 scheme.
MIAMI (Reuters) – A south Florida mayor was sentenced to 22 months in prison on Friday after being found guilty of corruption tied to his lobbying work for a secret consulting job while in office. Steven Bateman, 59, had sought a more lenient sentence following his conviction for illegally lobbying.
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Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has been associated with nervous system involvement, with more than one-third of COVID-19 patients experiencing neurological manifestations. Utilizing a systematic review, this study aimed to summarize brain MRI findings in COVID-19 patients presenting with neurological symptoms. A systematic review was conducted in accordance with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis (PRISMA) checklist. The electronic databases of PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, Scopus, and Web of Science were systematically searched for literature addressing brain MRI findings in COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms. 25 publications containing a total number of 3118 COVID-19 patients with neurological symptoms who underwent MRI were included. The most common MRI findings and the respective pooled incidences in decreasing order were acute/subacute infarct (22%), olfactory bulb abnormalities (22%), white matter abnormalities (20%), cerebral microbleeds (17%), grey matter abnormalities (12%), leptomeningeal enhancement (10%), ADEM (Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis) or ADEM-like lesions (10%), non-traumatic ICH (10%), cranial neuropathy (8%), cortical gray matter signal changes compatible with encephalitis (8%), basal ganglia abnormalities (5%), PRES (Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome) (3%), hypoxic-ischemic lesions (4%), venous thrombosis (2%), and cytotoxic lesions of the corpus callosum (2%). The present study revealed that a considerable proportion of patients with COVID-19 might harbor neurological abnormalities detectable by MRI. Among various findings, the most common MRI alterations are acute/subacute infarction, olfactory bulb abnormalities, white matter abnormalities, and cerebral microbleeds.
Afsahi AM, Norbash AM, Syed SF, Sedaghat M, Afsahi G, Shahidi R, Tajabadi Z, Bagherzadeh-Fard M, Karami S, Yarahmadi P, Shirdel S, Asgarzadeh A, Baradaran M, Khalaj F, Sadeghsalehi H, Fotouhi M, Habibi MA, Jang H, Alavi A, Sedaghat S. Brain MRI findings in neurologically symptomatic COVID-19 patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Neurol. 2023 Aug 3.

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The DISH Network has been experiencing an outage that began last Thursday, February 23, 2023. It's now Monday, the 27th. The outage coincided with the release of DISH's 4Q22 earnings call and took both the old and new Boost Mobile websites (boostmobile.com and my.boostmobile.com) as well as boostinfinite.com offline. The takedown even made it impossible for some DISH employees to work. Some of DISH's other brand websites unrelated to wireless are now up, however, DISH has stated on Twitter that there are still issues processing customer payments.
The Boost Mobile websites on the other hand continue to be a complete mess. The boostmobile.com homepage is now showing what's supposed to be on the my.boostmobile.com homepage while the my.boostmobile.com site says it's undergoing site maintenance as does the Boost Infinite website. The boostmobile.com homepage when working properly should be redirecting users to my.boostmobile.com. Parts of both websites are somewhat functional as some links on each are accessible.
DISH has not publicly stated what the cause of the problem is. Several outlets including TechCrunch have stated the cause likely stems from a cyberattack. The source of the claims comes from BleepingComputer where several DISH employees have told the outlet a cyberattack is responsible for the outages.
Update 2/28/23 - DISH has finally publicly acknowledged that they've had a "cyber-security incident" as reported by Light Reading. DISH filed form-8k with the SEC today detailing the incident. The report states that they have contacted law enforcement agencies over the attack. DISH is still unable to determine if any personally identifiable information has been stolen, but noted data had been taken from their systems, and "it is possible the investigation will reveal that the extracted data includes personal information." As of right now, the Boost Mobile and Boost Infinite websites still have not been fully restored. DISH claims they are actively engaged in restoring their systems and making steady progress in doing so.
Symptoms Of A Ransomware Attack
PCMag reports that the cause is most likely a Ransomware attack. Anyone whose been in the Garmin ecosystem for the last two and a half years would agree. In July 2020, Garmin's online infrastructure was taken down. Users of the Garmin fitness app, such as this author, were greeted for days with the message "server maintenance, check back shortly." And a more detailed message noting that the Garmin website and app were experiencing an outage as was their call center. About four days later, service began to be restored. And days later, Garmin admitted that it had been hit by a ransomware attack costing it $10 million. How Garmin's ransomware attack manifested itself is pretty much identical to what's happened to DISH and its brands.
The length of time it has taken DISH to get everything back up and running shows how serious the problem is and that a ransomware attack is likely the culprit. Any other type of outage should have been able to be quickly corrected. Perhaps even a ransomware attack may have been able to be more quickly handled with a proper plan in place to tackle such an event.
It is unknown if any customer data was stolen as a result of this hack. But often with ransomware, the purpose isn't to steal customers' data but to get the company hit by the attack to pay a fee to the party responsible for the attack. Once the fee is paid, the attacker gives a key to the affected party allowing them to unlock their files and systems.


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A strike in India's Bollywood film and TV industry is over after executives agreed to implement better pay and working conditions for staff.
Production on both movies and TV shows ground to a halt earlier this week (beg28Sep08) after thousands of technicians and actors walked out.
Unions representing film employees in Mumbai claimed that many of their members have gone without pay for several months and threatened indefinite strike action.
However, Dinesh Chaturvedi, of the Federation of Western India Cine Employees, which represents 147,000 members over 22 unions, has announced that the industry's leaders have accepted their list of conditions.
He says, "The producers have agreed to our demands."
Sushma Shiromanee, from the Indian Motion Picture Producers' Association, also confirmed the news: "The strike is over. We have agreed to the same demands as on the earlier Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)."
Both sides have reportedly signed the MoU detailing wages workers in Mumbai's film and TV studios.
It also included guaranteed wage increases of up to 15 per cent a year.
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[E] Easy/ Picture Books for Everyone
Picture books can be read and enjoyed by readers of all ages. An [E] on the spine label indicates that the book is a picture book and is located in the Easy section of the library. These books are shelved in alphabetical order according to the first three letters of the author's last name.
[F] Fiction Books
[F] on the spine of a book indicates that the book is fiction. These books are sometimes called novels. Fiction books are stories. They might be imaginary. They could also take place in a real setting and include some historical figures. Fiction books are arranged by alphabetical order according to the first three letters of the author's last name.
Non-fiction books generally contain true information or facts. They are organized by the Dewey Decimal System which is a system used to classify and shelve books according to 10 basic categories. Use the signs above the shelves to help you find your way around the nonfiction books.
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We have a collection of levelled books for early readers. They range from books, at Level 1, that have just a few words on each page, to books, at Level 4, which are like a short chapter book. Many students read levelled books at our school. It is easy and quick to find a book, and there are many to choose from. Our youngest students find searching a basket of books, by flipping, easier than searching a shelf of books.
Graphic novels are stories told in print and pictures; novels in comic-strip format. Don't be fooled by the word 'comic' because there is nothing simple about graphic novels. The story frames are varied, vocabulary is interesting, and the stories are complex. Graphic novels [GN] are an emerging genre that appeal to a wide range of students. Two favorite series are The Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi, and Babymouse by Jennifer and Matthew Holm. You'll find them in large plastic tubs below the windows at the back of the library.
Reference Books & Materials
We have a variety of reference materials for use in the library. Reference materials include: encyclopedias, atlases, dictionaries, thesauruses, and almanacs. Print materials are still good sources of reliable, accurate information. Using print reference along with electronic reference sources makes good sense.

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Foodie and Family Fun Kick Off Spring in Wilmington
By Christine E. Serio
Director of Marketing and Public Relations
Wilmington Renaissance Corporation
The winter months, tend to keep most of us indoors in hibernation mode. But as the saying goes, April and May will bring more than showers and flowers with great events for foodies and families.
Some say the best way to someone’s heart is through their stomach and Wilmington may agree. April has two major foodie events for those who love to explore the culinary delights of the city. The first is Meals on Wheels of Delaware’s Meals for the Masters.
The weekend begins with Evening With the Masters on Friday, April 10 from 6:30 to 10 p.m. at the Doubletree Hotel. Attendees will get tasty treats while enjoying dancing and live entertainment. They can also choose to enjoy the Cellar Master’s Wine Auction where they can bid on some of the finest bottles of wine.
The weekend will conclude with the Celebrity Chefs’ Brunch on Sunday, April 22 at Bank of America downtown. The highly-anticipated foodie event features brunch delights created by chefs from around the world. For more details and tickets, visit www.mealsfromthemasters.com.
The foodie heaven will continue through the next week with City Restaurant Week from Monday, April 23 to Saturday, April 28. The week will feature $15 two-course lunches and $35 three-course dinners at 14 Downtown and Riverfront fine dining establishments.
The 2012 participants include Big Fish Grill, Café Mezzanotte, Chelsea Tavern, Deep Blue, Domaine Hudson, Ernest & Scott Taproom, Firestone, Harry’s Seafood Grill, Hotel DuPont’s Green Room, Mikimotos, Orillas Tapas, Ubon Thai Cuisine, World Cafe Live at The Queen and Washington Street Ale House.
All of the dining options during City Restaurant Week are great ways to get quality family time and sio is one of the City of Wilmington’s largest events—the Wilmington Grand Prix.
Wilmington Renaissance Corporation (WRC), the City of Wilmington and their many partners once again bring cycling to the streets of Downtown Wilmington with the Wilmington Grand Prix. In its six years of existence, the event has grown from a regional bicycle race to one of the premier cycling events on the East Coast.
This year’s Grand Prix is set for May 18-20 and will once again offer three days of racing.
“We are thrilled to bring the Wilmington Grand Prix back to downtown Wilmington,” Carrie W. Gray, WRC Managing Director, said. “Last year, the event generated more than $950,000 in economic impact for the city and attracted more than 20,000 people to Market Street. We anticipate exceeding those numbers this year while presenting a fun, family-friendly, sporting event in our city.”
The action opens on Friday, May 18, with the return of the Monkey Hill Time Trial through Wilmington’s Brandywine Park, a course made famous by the Tour DuPont. The evening will also include barbecue, beer and family fun.
The events continue on Saturday with a series of men’s and women’s figure-eight criterium races in Downtown Wilmington. St. Youth races will also take place with Cadence Cycling Foundation riders as well as youth from the city.
In addition to the racing action, the Grand Prix Street Festival returns, offering free family entertainment from the 5th to 10th Street. Activities include live music, sidewalk sales, course-side cafes and variety of family games and activities including moon bounces, rock climbing, bungee jumping, fitness challenges, bike expos and more. The day will also include the Parade to Fight Hunger at noon.
The three days of cycling concludes on Sunday with the return of the Governor’s Ride, a 15-mile trek through world-class attractions. In addition, the Wilmington Grand Prix will introduce the Gran Fondo. The 62-mile ride will begin at 8 a.m. at the Delaware Art Museum and take cyclists through 13 cultural attractions in Wilmington. Registration fees for the Gran Fondo and Time Trial will benefit the Food Bank of Delaware.
“The Gran Fondo will not only attract top cyclists, pro and amateur, to ride in Wilmington, but it will showcase the beautiful cultural attractions in the Brandywine Valley,” said Jerry DuPhily, event organizer. “The area offers some of the best cycling terrain on the East Coast. Riders can experience the spectacular rolling hills of chateau country. The course will include world-class institutions such as Hagley Museum & Gardens, Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library along with Mt. Cuba Center. The Gran Fondo will be the first time cyclists will have the privilege of passing through these attractions on the same ride.”
The post-ride party will be held in the sculpture garden at the Delaware Art Museum.
“The Grand Prix is more than just a thrilling sporting event—it is a great way to showcase Downtown Wilmington,” said Mayor James Baker. “More than 20,000 people come to cheer on the cyclists and experience the street festival atmosphere. The Grand Prix is another reminder to the thousands of people who will enjoy our city’s abundance of retail merchants, restaurants and cultural venues during the three-day event that Wilmington is truly ‘in the middle of it all’.”
For more information, visit www.wilmgrandprix.com.
To stay in the loop on all the events coming to Wilmington, sign up for the Downtown News at www.downtownwilmington.com. And if you like an “inside” deal, you can also sign up for the Downtown INsider

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Closings for Sarasota residential real estate showed a 9 percent decrease in April compared to March. The decrease, however, is not indicative of a destabilization again in the market but rather an annual trend. March typically is the peak month each year for property sales in Sarasota.
A total of 474 residential properties were closed in April compared to 519 in March 2011. One year ago, the closings for April were 500, a decrease of only 6%. The bulk of the sales were in single-family homes, with 257 closings, followed closely by condo sales of 143 units.
Of the condos, a penthouse at the Ritz Carlton residences sold within one day of reaching the market, selling for $4,000,000.
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Looper (Stuart and Karn David) have announced a new 10-track acoustic album, Quiet & Small, out today on Mute Stream Now
Watch the video for ‘These Things’, taken from the new album
The album’s release falls on the 20th anniversary of Looper’s first show, at Glasgow School of Art, and follows the release of Stuart David’s latest novel, Peacock’s Alibi. The book, the follow up to 2001’s The Peacock Manifesto, is published by Polygon books and The Independent have already made it one of their 9 Best Scottish Fiction Books
Quiet & Small is a collection of acoustic versions of Looper tracks – versions of tracks from 1999’s Up A Tree, 2000’s The Geometrid, 2003’s The Snare (where we were first introduced to the character of Peacock Johnston, the central character of the latest novel) and 2015’s Offgrid:Offline.
Looper emerged from Belle & Sebastian in 1997, when Stuart David (co-founder and bass player of Belle & Sebastian) and his wife Karn (an artist who directed the early B&S videos) collaborated for a show at Glasgow School of Art. A degree show fundraiser for Stuart’s sister Karla Black – who received a Turner Prize nomination in 2011- the performance was a multimedia affair incorporating TVs, super 8 film, 35mm slides and kinetic sculptures. Since nothing broke down and everyone clapped, they decided to keep doing it.
The band went on release four albums via Sub Pop, Jeepster & Mute, with many of their tracks appearing in the film, including Mondo 77 which appeared in Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky – Watch the recent video for that track here
After a break from music for a few years, Karn went back to art school to study animation and Stuart turned his focus to studying literature and writing novels, a move to the remote countryside, post-study, prompted the creation of a new body of work, 2015’s Offgrid:Offline and the 5CD box set, These Things, which collates tracks from their entire catalogue. Stuart David’s memoir In the All-Night Café: A Memoir of Belle and Sebastian’s Formative Year was published by Little Brown/Abacus in 2015 to critical acclaim. Peacock Johnson, along with his wife Bev, has featured in Stuart David’s novels, Looper songs and videos, in stage performances and, in his star turn, in Ian Rankin’s 2003 Detective Rebus novel, A Question of Blood.
Johnson’s existence crisscrosses between fiction and reality with comic exuberance. David, posing as Peacock Johnson, bid successfully at a charity auction to have a Rebus character named for him.
In the new novel, the fictional Johnson is finding his notoriety tiresome, ‘The Rankin boy blew me up out of all proportion – took a few rumours he’d heard here and there and exaggerated me beyond belief. That’s their job, Duncan. Writers, they write fiction. But a wheen of folk’ve been treating me differently ever since they read that book. I’ve been smeared. …In real life, I’ve never been done for so much as light GBH, never mind killed a guy. I’m an ideas man, with a part-time sideline in petty theft to pay the bills.’
QUIET & SMALL – TRACKLISTING
1 – Burning Flies (from 1999’s Up A Tree)
2 – These Things (from 2000’s The Geometrid)
3 – On The Flipside (from 2000’s The Geometrid)
4 – Oh, Skinny Legs (from 2015’s Offgrid:Offline)
5 – The Lucky Bird (from 2015’s Offgrid:Offline)
6 – Bug Rain (from 2000’s The Geometrid)
7 – Quiet And Small (from 1999’s Up A Tree)
8 – The Snare (from 2003’s The Snare)
9 – The Strangest Girl (2005 single release)
10 – Up A Tree Again (from 1999’s Up A Tree)
PRAISE FOR PEACOCK’S ALIBI
“A pacy thriller with an above-average laugh count… David has created a gem in the loveable rogue Peacock” – Scotsman
“Good, fast-paced fun” – Sunday Herald
“Peacock is witty, humorous and relatable. A light-hearted and gripping story that keeps the reader on their toes” – Dundee Courier

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The author of 'Dirty Streets', Tad Williams is an established old hand who's been down this road more than twice, so he's well versed in the art of writing fantasy sci-fi. It shows, too; this is a far more polished novel than most para-preter-supernatural stories of angels moving among us everyday 21st century folk.
The core of the story is a traditional urban American noir gumshoe detective tale, slickly spliced to supernatural spindrift in the shape of angel and demon advocates, who hold hearings over every dead body and argue for the eternal redemption (or otherwise) of each mortal soul. It's a credible interpretation of the `angels walk among us' theme, and gives Williams an excellent excuse for populating a city bar with angels hosted in human bodies, sans wings and harps, bitching about their paperwork while avoiding trips 'upstairs' to head office. The other part of the story, if you strip away the demons and replace them with old-style Las Vegas gangsters, hoodlums and hard men, couldn't be more traditional if it tried. The hero has a mystery to unravel and he goes about it the pulp fiction way; tapping up underworld sources (literally underworld, in this instance), tracing paperwork on land registries, and falling hard for the gangster's moll, an archetypal bad girl femme fatale. `Dirty Streets' ticks all the boxes you'd expect to find in a Jimmy Cagney movie, yay unto the night on the wrong side of the sheets with the girl from the wrong side of the streets -- was is a set up? Does she really have feelings for him? Has she betrayed him to the crimelord or saved his sorry ass? Is she really a victim or is that a heart of pure ice? In lesser hands this would turn to pure corn, but Williams has the tone just right, and the action scampers along with just enough original ideas (like the pig; he's a winner) to keep readers who have themselves been round the block entertained. At times the dialogue feels like it's desperate to be spoken in a slow drawl by Philip Marlowe... So 'Dirty Streets' is a nifty mix of old fashioned pulp detective fiction and al la mode supernatural saga. This is the first in the series so much of it is devoted to establishing the core characters, situations and set up, and I was not entirely satisfied when I reached the end. It felt like quite a small story, stretched over a large canvas.
I'm also a little sad that the mystical wonder of the supernatural world -- which is in part why this genre first attracted me -- is being slowly battered down to grim reality; every eerie or awesome aspect gets tarnished with the humdrum inevitability of human interpretation. For me, this tale of angels was just too ordinary, although it was a pleasant enough way to pass a day. 7/10
If you are a rational human being you are probably unaware of the vast amount of fantasy based crime fiction that is out there. Jim Butcher has created a Wizard PI, Charlie Huston a Vampire PI and Kim Harrison a Witch Cop. There are loads of books like it out there and fantasy writer Tad Williams wants a piece with his novel `The Dirty Streets of Heaven', a book that features a Bobby Dollar, an angel that seems to get involved in crime solving against his will. As well as having one of the worst names in fiction history, Bobby is your atypical PI, leading with a snarky remark as well as a gun. Similar ingredients to this worked for Butcher's Harry Dresden, so were did Williams go wrong?
For one thing, the book is far too long. I am a fan of crime and PI noir in particular. The secret to a good PI book is to get in and out as soon as you can - Robert B. Parker was an expert. Williams does not do this and instead allows his fantasy experience to lead him. Fantasy fans like a book they could use to knock out a home invader and this is certainly doable with `Streets of Heaven'. There is too much explanation and individual scenes go on too long. I would almost say that the book is twice as long as it should be. Williams would have been better suited writing an introductory novel for the Bobby Dollar character and then introducing more of the Angel world in future titles.
The issues do not stop here. Bobby himself is not charismatic enough to pull off the nasty comments he flings around, he reads as if he is almost as bad as the demons. I also felt that Williams had some real issues with the PI vernacular; the voices of the characters sound off. References to the UK and the European Union crop up a few times and you could add up similar references to this across all the US crime fiction I have read on less than one finger. The only thing going for `Streets of Heaven' is the concept of the dead being judged, which is a genuinely good idea and worth exploring. The rest of the book is overlong, unauthentic sounding and has an annoying main character.
The blurb on the back of the book is a little misleading because the main character, Bobby Dollar, isn't actually a Private Detective; he's an angel who acts as an advocate for the souls of people who have just died. Bobby is based in San Judas, in California, and when he receives a call to the death of a wealthy philanthropist, he is surprised to find that the soul isn't there. Not only that, but Hell's advocate has also met with a sticky end. The rest of the novel deals with Bobby's attempts to find out why souls are going missing whilst trying to navigate round threats to his life from people who think he might be somehow involved.
This book is a nice easy read. I haven't read any other of Tad William's books so I'm not sure how it compares but the plot did propel me through it very quickly. Williams does have a slightly irritating habit of explaining things as he goes along, so there were quite a few times when the narrative said things like; `You might be wondering why I didn't just (fill in blank) but that wouldn't have been possible because...' This just felt like bad planning/ editing and tested my patience somewhat.
I'd certainly read another in this series because I think the character has plenty of scope to develop, This novel was fine as an introduction but I doubt it's his best work.
Before picking up 'The Dirty Streets of Heaven' (TDSOH) I had never read a book by Tad Williams. I was vaguely aware of his work, but had never felt a desire to try any of it. Having finally finished TDSOH I can't say that feeling has changed.
TDSOH is essentially a urban-fantasy noir-ish detective story where the twist is that the 'PI' is an Angel and many of the characters involved are creatures of either Heaven or Hell. Set in the fictitious but contemporary city of San Judas, on the San Francisco Bay, the book is narrated by Bobby Dollar. Bobby is an Angel on earth and defender of recently departed souls on behalf of Heaven. As the story unfolds he also becomes amateur sleuth, investigating why some souls appear to be vanishing before they can be judged and dispatched to Heaven, Hell or Purgatory. As with all film-noir detectives Bobby is cynical, world weary, beaten up, disillusioned and anti-authoritarian. Think a contemporary Humphrey Bogart in the Maltese Falcon but with wings.
At least I think that's what Tad Williams would like readers to imagine. Everything about the books screams out that it wants to offer a new, fantastical spin on classic detective motifs, from the seedy bar where the hero and all his friends hang-out, through the (literally) ice-cold femme-fatale, to the outwardly respectable but inwardly dastardly big boss with his lantern jawed henchmen. They and many other are all there, and many of them are interesting twists on old concepts and work very well.
Unfortunately the whole book suffers from two fatal flaws. The first is Williams writing style, which simply doesn't suit the genre he's trying to work in. Crime-noir needs to be punchy and hard edged, just like its protagonists. Dialogue and narrative both need to rattle along with the rat-a-tat tempo of a machine-gun. Prose needs to be spare and to-the-point. By comparison Williams writes like many fantasy authors; using three words when two would do. Brevity and conciseness are not his strong point. His dialogue doesn't fizz and the pace of the plot is just too slack.
He then compounds his error by giving the story too much flab. There is simply too much going on in the book. Detective stories require twists, double-crosses and blind alleys, but there are too many here. There are also too many incidental and unnecessary characters within the story, none of whom contribute anything but an extended page count. An example would be two ghosts who crop up in one lengthy scene. Its a nice concept and well executed, but adds nothing to the plot. It just slows the narrative down even further.
Overall TDSOH should have been half the length it actually is. It looks and feels like a typical-doorstep fantasy novel when it needs to be a far slimmer affair.
When I compare it to works by other writers working in the same genre it suffers by comparison, which is the book's other key flaw. If I compare it to Jim Butcher's Dresden series, even the early ones such as Storm Front: The Dresden Files Book One it doesn't even come close stylistically or in terms of plot and character. Butcher got the whole hard-boiled detective style spot on from the word go. The early Dresden novels are first and foremost great detectives stories with fantastical elements. Only once he had established the character of Dresden and his world did he begin to expand the books' scope and plots, but he has always maintained that hard-boiled style. Williams by comparison never offers up that same edge and tries to do to much world building too soon, burying the central plot in unnecessary detail and action and leaving it struggling for room to breathe.
The result is a book that is too long and struggled to hold my interest as its story went around in circles. There are other problems too, such as the whodunnit element being too obvious to anyone who has every read a detective story, plot holes you can drive a car through and some fantastical concepts that really don't work or are poorly explained, and when you compare it to works by the likes of Jim Butcher or Ben Aaronovitch it comes across as a second-rate effort.
Tad Williams may be a decent author when writing in his usual genres, but based on TDSOH urban-fantasy noir is simply not his strong suit. Having only just managed to finish this first Bobby Dollar adventure I will definitely not be returning for the next in the series.
I must admit that this one `grabbed' me and I wasn't disappointed. I'm a big fan of Jim Butcher and his Harry Dresden books, so this particular book was of great interest.
Despite a slightly and I do mean slightly, sluggish start, the story picked up its skirts and ran quite nicely. Lots of twists and turns, good character depth and basically a well constructed story with humour, intrigue and a dash of good old fashioned broken heart to add to the mix.
A cracking 'celestial detective' read and well worth a look.
Most angels and heaven novels suck because they lack credibility. Don't get me wrong, this is nothing to do with religion, but because the background doesn't contain any of those details that ring true. After all, even Milton has some issues with it. The best of them, like Richelle Mead's Succubus series, confer credibility by just accepting the basis and brazening it out. With others, and I've read a few lately, the quirky lack of believability has to go alongside something else that distracts from thoses issues - like a hard on noir writing style, or overkill on romance (no names, no pack drill).
Tad Williams' "The Dirty Streets of Heaven" is something new. Sure, he's adopted the noir convention, but the worst part is the name of his protagonist - Bobby Dollar. Underlying all that is a carefully worked out, detailed and above all consistent world. He's even created a whole city, San Judas, in the Bay Area effectively replacing San Jose to set most of his action in, with some slight tweaks to the real history of Palo Alto, Stanford, Redwood City and the rest of the area. This is Heaven and Hell, with demons and guardian angels, but not quite as we might have imagined it. There's a lot going on underneath the basic plot of this novel, and I expect that will be used to build up a grader tale as the series progresses. There's also the potential for some serious metaphysical reflection.
In line with the noir tradition, nothing is revealed until it has to be, and there are no giveaways. Bobby isn't a detective, as he frequently has to point out, and maybe he's not quite smart enough.
The opening scenario is that Bobby is an advocate on earth for dead souls, and has to plead in front of a heavenly judge against a demonic advocate - and the result will be a soul to suffer eternal damnation, heaven, or purgatory with the prospect of eventual heaven: and the rules are strict.
Then souls start vanishing, and Bobby is tied into the story, which involves a conspiracy linking both heaven and hell. That's all the plot I'm going to give away, and it gets complex.
The book is long; the edition I read was over 400 pages. There's plenty of action, some sex (this is adult, not young adult), although I felt it did lag a little in the middle, and wasn't moving forward fast enough for me - largely because it wasn't clear what the significance of the various events and revelations was.
I have read Tad Williams more traditional fantasies in the past, but a long time ago. I liked them well enough then, and this change of style works well for him. I enjoyed it a lot; he made the heaven and angels theme seem far more realistic and genuine than I have found in other books in this sub-genre. I will be watching out for the next in the series, and plan to back fill on some of the fantasies I skipped over.
I chose 'The Dirty Streets of Heaven' because of the intriguing product description and it looked as though it would be a fun read, I wasn't disappointed. Bobby Dollar is an angel who spends most of his time in a 'meat' body down on Earth. He is an advocate, pleading for the souls of the newly deceased and trying to make a better case than the opposition; even though sometimes the best he can hope for is getting them a spot of time in purgatory. The fun starts when a soul goes missing, who is responsible, how could such a thing happen? Then more souls go missing and the high ups on both sides get increasingly worried. Meanwhile Bobby is being chased by demons who believe that he has something, this 'something' appears to be valuable but Bobby has no idea what it is or who has it. Heaven and hell have kept an uneasy truce going but the disappearing souls and the 'something' threaten to upset the balance.
At heart this is a hard-boiled detective novel where the characters just happen to be angels and demons, there is even a classic femme fatal in the guise of The Countess of Cold Hands. Even if you don't usually read fantasy but are a fan of classic hard-boiled American crime fiction then you might well enjoy this one. It is inventive and fun with a cast of very unusual characters. The writing style is engaging and although a few of the references to American culture escaped me it didn't spoil the reading experience. It should particularly appeal to fans of 'The Dresden Files' - Jim Butcher and 'The Night Watch Saga' - Sergei Lukyanenko.
Tad Williams' novel has the most unlikely protagonist I've ever met - ex-member of the angelic equivalent of special forces, now a defender of souls and part-time gumshoe. Let me explain... Bobby Dollar (stupid name, that I assume is a nod to the 1940s noir thrillers that this tries to emulate) defends souls. When people die, his job is to defend them at their own personal judgement day, opposed by a demon prosecutor. When souls fail to show up for judgement, something is clearly wrong, and Bobby has to investigate. It's not that simple, of course, one of the Dukes of Hell has decided he has something stolen from him and puts a hit out on him, and Bobby (of course) falls in love with one of the demons (cue for some hot sex, ho ho ho).
It sounds stupid and it is, but to my considerable surprise, it works. It's dark and gripping in the same way as a Raymond Chandler novel is, the ending is neat but not too neat, and the eschatological stuff is nicely presented: your (atheist) review enjoyed the descriptions of heaven and hell and thought that the religious traps were neatly avoided. Bobby is a believable character as he really doesn't have a clue what is going on most of the time, even though he is an angel.
I raced through the second half of the book in one sitting, and wholeheartedly recommend it to Chandler fans, fantasy fans and possibly even hard SF fans. It works well as a stand-alone novel, although I anticipate there will be others.
For me, a really good book not only touches you in some way but it also has a depth and layering of the story that feeds a much larger plot arc. Tad Williams here has written a book that truly fits the mould of a great opener to a trilogy. Not only does he lay out the characters and locations of San Jude, the city on earth where most of the story takes place; he also lays out the world in which the story takes place. Heaven and Hell are real. Angels are real and they have many different roles in their constant fight against demons. Enter Bobby Dollar.
Bobby Dollar is an advocate, he argues for the salvation of the recently deceased against the advocate demon. Something goes wrong on a routine call and the wider storyline unfolds.
What I really liked about this book was the scope of the story, by the end of the book things had definitely changed, the characters and their relationships would not be the same again. And the ending, as all good one's should, asked more questions than it gave answers. This left me really interested to see how the second and third parts of the trilogy play out.
I also did like the Bobby Dollar (Dolories) Character, you get the the sense that things are not all black and white and his ways of dealing in 'grey' is what is most desired about him in the plan for him. No matter how many Arch Angels he disappoints.
This is a world of many colours and I will definitely be seeing it through to the end.
Urban Fantasy novels that is. There are so many I seem to be tripping over them. But that's my fault for leaving them on the floor of the room where I keep my books. Yes, I seem to be going through a UF phase at the moment and as they come in series that's quite a lot of books.
This one matches up to the best and has a very different premise. I wasn't too sure of it at first as it seemed to have a very fundamentalist approach in its traditional view of heaven and hell -God, angels, Satan, demons, souls going up or down or to purgatory- until it became clear that they were all non-denominational and things were a lot more complicated than it first seemed. Our hero, angel Bobby Dollar is an advocate for souls arguing for a client's right to go to heaven. But he's of an independent bent and gets in trouble, so much so that it's not clear if he can even trust his own side. And how come he's never met anyone who's actually met God?
I don't want to say too much or would spoil the pleasure of you finding out what's going on for yourself. Suffice to say that this Urban Fantasy is different enough from the usual run to make it well worth investigating and it's a very promising start to a new series.

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Is breast cancer curable at last stage?
While treatable, metastatic breast cancer (MBC) cannot be cured. The five-year survival rate for stage 4 breast cancer is 22 percent; median survival is three years. Annually, the disease takes 40,000 lives.
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Stage IV. Stage IV describes invasive breast cancer that has spread beyond the breast and nearby lymph nodes to other organs of the body, such as the lungs, distant lymph nodes, skin, bones, liver, or brain. You may hear the words “advanced” and “metastatic” used to describe stage IV breast cancer.
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ACS Technologies was recognized by the South Carolina Hospital Association’s (SCHA) Working Well initiative and Prevention Partners for achieving the highest standard of tobacco-free excellence by creating a tobacco-free workplace and providing high-quality tobacco cessation programs for employees. Organizations are awarded with Prevention Partners’ Gold Star for this achievement. In order to receive this recognition, ACS Technologies has a tobacco-free worksite policy, refers its employees to effective quit programs and counseling, provides comprehensive cessation benefits (nicotine replacement therapy and prescription medications), and offers incentives to encourage employees to quit tobacco. These are among several evidence-based components recommended by Working Well and Prevention Partners for comprehensive quit-tobacco systems at worksites.
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Operating restaurants in London always makes me nervous. It is a multi-cultural city where I have to consider every aspect that can attract a global market. Nizuni, my Japanese restaurant, operated for over six years - it was such a hard decision to close it permanently, but I had to. I had to expand and concentrate on Korean cuisine. KOBA, On The Bab and our new brand Mee Market now serve only Korean cuisine, but with different target customers.
Which was the easiest to launch?
KOBA, 13 years ago. I had a very limited understanding of London at the time, and just followed my instinct and hoped for the best. Mee Market, my new Korean deli and cafe, was the hardest to launch. Londoners have high expectations, and I had to deliver.
Which is your favourite area to operate in?
Shoreditch. The customers are young, and they are more open-minded to new cultures and trends. For example, I was really surprised to find that the UK had an interest in Korea’s ‘K-Culture’.
Why was On the Bab the one you chose to expand across multiple sites?
On The Bab is more casual and easily approachable, it gave me a good opportunity to discover and approach the public with different versions of Korean food, but under one brand. It now has four locations and they’re each really distinct - the menu at each site is 70% uniform and 30% designed for the area.
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A 28-year-old male has been charged with possession of child pornography and voyeurism, after he was arrested at a border crossing last month.
Jason Marc Michel Moreau of Stanley, Manitoba, was trying to enter Canada at the North Portal border crossing. During a secondary examination of personal effects by Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) officers, Moreau was allegedly found to be possessing suspected child pornography, and videos obtained through voyeurism, on his personal laptop.
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Drawing on extensive research and firsthand interviews with young adults across the United States, Abandoned offers a comprehensive look into the problems of disconnection in rising generations and "aims to bring [the] emerging discipline of youth policy into the mainstream." A journalist and lawyer with a public policy focus, Anne Kim succeeds in this aim; while the content of Abandoned is academic in nature, it is never dry, and the combination of data and anecdotes will appeal to policy wonks and general readers alike.
Kim explores recent science around adolescence and young adulthood as a formative period of a person's life before considering what disconnection looks like and how it is that nearly 4.5 million young people (or 11.5% of Americans between the ages of 16 and 24) are not participating in either school or work. She documents the "systems and institutions" (such as foster care and the criminal justice system) intended to help young people that have instead exacerbated the problem, and then offers concrete examples of programs that are working and policy suggestions that could better support young adults at minimal cost.
Kim is practical about the problems of disconnection. She addresses the many ways that racism, classism and privilege intersect to create pathways to opportunity for some, but not other, young adults, and outlines the hardships many disconnected youths face. But key to her approach--and suggested solutions--is an emphasis on the opportunity being overlooked in this population's untapped potential. "The investment we make in our young adults is a reflection of our collective vision for the county's future," she writes. Abandoned is a road map for what that vision could be. --Kerry McHugh, blogger at Entomology of a Bookworm


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ICEBREAKER: WHAT DOES A “PERFECT” DAY LOOK LIKE FOR YOU?
My ideal day would look a bit like this:
- Wake (you think that would be enough!) around 8AM well-rested.
- Sun and a cool breeze stream through my bedroom windows as I’m burrowed under the covers going over the list of my many blessings in my head, followed by a kiss and squeeze slowly extricating myself from his hold.
- Greet my sweet boys and let them outside to do their thing. They are comical (and distracting) throughout the day.
- Stand on the back deck with a hot mug of tea in hand, breathing in crisp air while getting my thoughts in order for the day ahead. No rush to do be anywhere or do anything, take my time.
- Meditation (iAwake), journal (morning pages) and oracle card pull (Wisdom of the Oracle deck)
- Make calls and respond to emails for a new business venture. Connect with clients, consider ideas and future plans.
- Enjoy random through-the-day Facetime, calls or texts from each of the kids.
- Lunch or tea with a girlfriend or two.
- Private reformer Pilates class for an hour with Jackie in Port Credit.
- Home to shower and change.
- Write through late afternoon at my table at the club, then have my honey join me for dinner.
- Get home and take the dogs for a walk.
- Review business issues of the day.
- Put on whatever show we’re binge-watching at the moment. (Currently, it’s Californication which, after my initial reluctance, I am greatly enjoying.)
- Meditation call with my Mastermind group.
- Journal: 3x grateful for, 2x like about myself, 1x look forward to …
- List: What needs to be done tomorrow? through the week?
- Read at least 2 chapters in my latest novel-in-progress.
- Lights out.
- Fall asleep to the feel of his breath on my neck, a cool breeze through the open window, pups at my feet.
DEEPER QUESTION: IF YOU KNEW THAT IN ONE YEAR YOU WOULD DIE SUDDENLY, WOULD YOU CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT THE WAY YOU ARE LIVING NOW? WHY?
For the most part, my ideal day is exactly how my days go. Upon reflection, there are two things I’d change about how I am living now:
- I would dedicate more time to writing my novel – shelved since October. Time to get back at it.
- I would be more mindful and present for the practices that are so very good for me: meditation, journaling, card pulls. Those things that fall by the wayside when other things come up.
The why is simple: I don’t want any more regrets.


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I love how you are so much into little princess life there not a lot of father who like you I’m raising my daughter on my own father skip out in her life I have respect for you and for your lovely lady so beautiful to see this. Such a beautiful bond. To good not many fathers do this with their children. Your mother raised you right. Blessings to you and your. I like how the Star Wars The Mandalorian Baby Yoda poster canvas moreover I will buy this song was playing in the back ground girls just want to have fun when she put on makeup on her dad.
It’s crazy how much she looks like her mom but she’s mad cute. If you watch other videos she also makes her mom’s facial expressions. She is such a cute little doll. She has Star Wars The Mandalorian Baby Yoda poster canvas whole face and personality. Your relationship is goals. She always like y’all videos but as a father to a little girl seeing the bond you have with you daughter nothing but respect.
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She is hilarious she’s got you wrapped around her finger. to cute. You are so blessed to have each other. She looks just like her momma So Cute. One Lucky Man. I wish I had a dad like that. I don’t mean to be negative Nancy but I would lower the Star Wars The Mandalorian Baby Yoda poster canvas moreover I will buy this head part on her car seat for her safety she’s cute. But seen other videos with her too. Always enjoy your videos. She is definitely her mom’s twin. Love the relationship you have with your daughter you.
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Made my day theta not Star Wars The Mandalorian Baby Yoda poster canvas that take out the time. To be with theory kids that with me when I was a little girl with my daddy in it still me now with my daddy I just don’t put make up on him. She is so cute she looks like DE but do something with her hair she is always a mess but so cute he is sexy as hell too. Omg she is so cute. She looks just like her mommy. Awesome video. I watched more than once for sure.

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February 2014, vol. 3, special issue 3 (Food Sciences)
Miriam Solgajová, Eva Ivanišová, Janka Nôžková, Helena Frančáková, Žigmund Tóth, Štefan Dráb
Food Sciences of Food Sciences
In food industry, especially among the brewers, using of natural ingredients is increasingly growing demand. Beer is one of the most popular beverages in the world with evident positive effects on the overall health condition. It can be used as a base for developing a variety of products with specific physiological activity. Bee pollen is considered to be one of the possible sources of active ingredients for that purpose. Activity of phenolic and flavonoid compounds in bee pollen can contribute to the antioxidant potential of beer. The objective of this study was to examine the influence of different types and content of bee pollen on the antioxidant properties of malt beverages and to compare phenolic and flavonoid profiles. The technological process of malt beverages preparation with addition of bee pollen was also verified. It was found out that all beverages enriched with bee pollen had higher polyphenol, flavonoid content and antioxidant potential than control sample – pure wort. The higher antioxidant activities of all extracts was measured in sample R2 - wort with 0.6% of dry rapeseed pollen and sample R4 - wort with 0.6% of frozen rapeseed pollen. The higher phenolic content than in other samples was measured in sample M4 - wort with 0.6% of frozen poppy pollen and sample M1 - wort with 0.256% of dry poppy pollen. Higher total flavonoid content was found out in sample M2 - wort with 0.6% of dry poppy pollen and M4 - wort with 0.6% of frozen poppy pollen. In conclusion, the most noticeable results of antioxidant activity, phenolic and flavonoid content were achieved in samples with higher 0.6% addition of bee pollen, mostly poppy (Papaver somniferum L.) pollen.

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ADHD, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and autism are among the frequently diagnosed disorders in child psychiatry. The recognition that neurobiological factors contribute to the development of these disorders has resulted in an increased use of drugs to relieve the symptoms. Psychopharmacological treatment supports the effects of other treatments such as psychotherapy. The present article summarises the most common psychiatric disorders in childhood as well as the effects and side effects of psychoactive drugs in children. The effectiveness of methylphenidate on symptoms of ADHD has been demonstrated in a number of placebo-controlled randomised studies. In about 30% of children the drug is ineffective or induces side effects. Comparative studies have shown antidpressants to be similarly or less effective than the stimulants. The use of antidepressants in childhood depression is not supported by placebo-controlled, randomized studies in children. The effects are only demonstrated in open label studies. The effects of tricyclic antidepressants and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors in anxiety disorders have been shown in a number of placebo-controlled randomised studies. In a limited number of placebo-controlled studies haloperidol has been shown to improve symptoms of autism in only part of treated children.
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Tootoosch, the Thunderer
Written in January, 1945 in the midst of bombing operations carried out with 426 Squadron RCAF. based at Linton-on-Ouse near York, England. 426 Squadron was the ‘Thunderbird Squadron’: “On wings of fire” was the Squadron motto. Tootoosch was the Haida name for the Thunderbird
God of the sun, inhabitant of skies
Where flash the fork-ed lightning’s jagged flames
From storm clouds black and fiercely ominous;
God of the Ravens - mighty thunderer
Tootoosch, thy totem lives and breathes again,
Once more thy lightning’s flash and thunder’s roll
Strikes terror to the craven hearts beneath.
Thine eyes dart flames, destroying those whose deeds
Have earned thy wrath. Amidst the raging storm
Thou came and brought thy fledgling-brood with thee.
On wings of fire - fly they now with me
And sing that cataclysmic song of thine,
‘The chant of death’ that only they can sing,
For that they live and - dying, live anew
In those that surely fall after them.
Each night they’ll sing their trackless way
Amidst the stars that thou dost call thine own
And bring thy curse unto their enemy.
Thy clutch will be within their curving hulls,
The eggs of death - that thou didst prophecy
Would burn the tents and scatter pestilence
O’er all the land where dwell the hated race,
Will nightly rain upon their naked heads.
And we who live and are thy savage brood
Desire only this one boon of thee:
A warrior’s death, a warrior’s home in eternity.
[Editor’s note: The poem was included at the end of the transcription of the letter of March 31, 1945.]


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‘The Bold and the Beautiful’: Krista Allen Reveals Taylor’s Biggest Flaw
The Bold and the Beautiful‘s Krista Allen is doing an excellent job as Taylor Hayes. The actor had big shoes to fill replacing Hunter Tylo but is making the role her own. Since making her debut on Dec. 10, Allen has been getting to know every aspect of her character, including Taylor’s weaknesses.
‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ star Krista Allen says trust is Taylor Hayes’ biggest flaw
Since debuting The Bold and the Beautiful, Allen has wowed fans with her performance as Taylor. Before joining the show, Allen researched her character and studied old videos of Taylor. Her studying paid off because The actor is doing a remarkable job capturing Taylor’s mannerisms, poise, and strength.
While Taylor is a beloved heroine, she’s far from perfect. In an interview with Soaps.com, Allen reveals what she believes is Taylor’s biggest flaw. “She’s way too trusting, and you see it with both Ridge and with Sheila. She truly believes that people can change, even when their own past behavior says otherwise,” Allex explained.
Reunion with Ridge Forrester leads to heartache
The Bold and the Beautiful fans agree with Allen that Taylor is too trusting, especially toward Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye). Ridge is the love of Taylor’s life; they have children and have been through many obstacles. Yet, Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) or something else always tore them apart.
Taylor’s unresolved feelings for Ridge and the pain of seeing him with Brooke kept her away for years. But her return and Ridge’s marital problems with Brooke could spell good news for Tridge. The show appears to be pushing toward a Taylor and Ridge reunion.
While Tridge fans are excited, they’re also worried about the reunion. The couple’s reunion is short-lived, and Ridge goes back to Brooke as seen in the past. This time, Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) causes them to break up.
Taylor Hayes’ dreams crushed by Sheila Carter
Taylor’s dream of reuniting with Ridge is coming true on The Bold and the Beautiful. Ridge and Brooke break up after learning of her drunken kiss with Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan). The heartbroken fashion designer will seek comfort from his ex-wife, much to the delight of Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood).
Unbeknownst to the couple, their reunion started with Sheila’s scheme against Brooke. Sheila switched Brooke’s nonalcoholic champagne with the real stuff, setting the latest scandal in motion. Sheila’s secret is safe for now, but it’s only a matter of time before it gets out.
When the truth is finally revealed, it may lead to more sorrow for Taylor. Not only will she lose Ridge, but she’ll feel like a fool for believing Sheila had finally changed.


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Motor Sport shop gift guide
The only team to have competed in every year of the Formula 1 World Championship, Ferrari has a glittering history of success — along with victories and titles in GT and sports car racing.
Its history, and the long list of legendary factory drivers, have embellished the mystique, along with the stunning range from its road car division.
Celebrate every era of the Scuderia, and its drivers, with our pick of art, models and memorabilia from the earliest days to the modern era,
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Michael Schumacher – Pit Stop
The intensity and pace of a Formula 1 pitstop are captured beautifully in this Getty Images print from the 2003 Malaysian Grand Prix, where Michael Schumacher fought from the back of the pack to finish fourth.
People’s Champion: Nigel Mansell signed Ferrari 640 print
Embraced by the Tifosi, who nicknamed him ‘Il Leone’, Nigel Mansell fought with his customary determination during a 1989 season dominated by the McLaren Hondas.
It began with a win in Brazil; Mansell becoming the first Ferrari driver to win on his debut with the team for 18 years. Starting sixth on the grid in Rio, he benefitted from an early clash between Begrer and Senna, then used the power of the Ferrari V12 to overwhelm Riccardo Patrese and take the lead. This picture, signed by Mansell, commemorates the victory.
Gilles Villeneuve 1982 artwork
This artwork of Gilles Villeneuve in the 1982 Ferrari 126C2 beautifully captures the speed of the Canadian, his indefinability and the sadly fleeting moment of his time at the peak of racing.
Full Throttle: Ferrari 330 P4 John Ketchell print
The blurred red streak sped through the mountains of Sicily faster than any competitor and looked destined to win the 1967 Targa Florio by miles. But around an hour into the race, the enthusiastic crowds cheering a Ferrari victory fell silent. The wheels had literally come off the 330 P4 of local star Nino Vaccarella after an encounter with a low stone wall. This print captures the passion and pace of the early stages of that race, showcasing one of Ferrari’s most beautiful sports cars.
Ferrari — The first 60 years panoramic print
The first 60 years of Ferrari’s illustrious history in a single piece of wall art. This panoramic print includes every GT, sports and single seater car from the team’s first 60 years.
F1 Decades Collection: 2000s
A licensed series of Automobilist posters celebrates 70 years of the Formula 1 World Championship and this print, marking the first decade of the 21st century, features the Ferrari F2002, which won 15 of that year’s 17 races. Choose from the limited edition pictured or a collector’s edition with foil embossing.
John Surtees Ferrari 312 at Spa limited edition print
The Ferrari Grand Prix Polaroids: Ecclestone Collection
1:18 Ferrari 156 ‘Sharknose’ signed by Phil Hill
This stunning limited edition 1:18 model is a replica of Phil Hill’s Ferrari 156 – or ‘Sharknose’ as it was commonly known. Represented as raced at the 1961 Monaco GP, the model is signed the F1 World Champion Hill himself.
Stirling Moss signed 1960 Ferrari 250 GT SWB
Kimi Räikkönen 2007 signed replica steering wheel
Michael Schumacher signed full-size replica helmet
Often regarded as one of the most distinctive and recognisable designs of all time, Michael Schumacher’s 1998 Ferrari helmet is a bold and beautiful statement. This full-size replica is superb, with it’s chrome reflective coating, sponsor detailing and beautifully lined interior, this will form the centre-piece of any motor sport collection.
Phil Hill: Inside Track
A lavish book detailing the many period photographs taken by the great Phil Hill. With behind the scenes pictures and detailed captions by Hill, this is a must-own for fans of Ferrari and classic motor sport.
Ferrari — from Race to Road collector’s edition
Niki Lauda: His competition history
Ford versus Ferrari — The battle for supremacy at Le Mans 1966
Borrani 3 ear spinner cufflinks
Motoring Leg-ends socks
Stefan Johansson Dequetteville Terrace print
Fangio vs Collins – 1950 duffel bag
You can travel in style this Christmas with the Ferrari – Maserati inspired Historic Italian Commemorative Holdall. Featuring brown Italian full grain leather with Racing Red materials and stitching, the bag also combines original 60’s seat belt webbing for handles and shoulder straps. The vibrant and colourful lining is taken from Tim Layzell’s painting ‘ The Friendly Rivals’ depicting Ferrari’s Peter Collins battling it out against Maserati’s Juan Manuel Fangio.
John Surtees & Ferrari mug
This attractive ceramic mug features beautiful an illustration of John Surtees winning the 1966 Belgian Grand Prix in his a Ferrari 312. Designed by John Ketchell, it includes snippets of information about the driver’s name, achievements, the car and the race pictured.
Juan Manuel Fangio & Ferrari mug
This beautiful John Ketchell artwork mug shows F1 legend Juan Manuel Fangio drives his Ferrari D50 to victory British Grand Prix in 1956.

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BACKGROUND: Colonoscopy is associated with cardiovascular events including hypotension, hypertension, and myocardial ischemia. The pathogenetic mechanisms of these cardiovascular events are unknown, but there is evidence that the autonomic nervous system may play a role. Conscious sedation is often used to relieve the inconvenience caused by the procedure. In this study, we evaluated the effects of sedation on cardiac autonomic regulation during colonoscopy.
METHODS: One hundred and eighty patients undergoing elective colonoscopy were prospectively randomized into three groups: (i) sedation with intravenous midazolam (midazolam group); (ii) sedation with intravenous saline (placebo group); and (iii) no intravenous cannula (control group). Continuous electrocardiogram was recorded prior to, during, and after the colonoscopic procedure. Heart rate variability (HRV) was assessed by means of the power spectral analysis; the powers of low-frequency (LF 0.04-0.15 Hz) and high-frequency (HF 0.15-0.40 Hz) components were calculated.
RESULTS: Intubation of the colonoscope increased the LF component of HRV and decreased HF power in all study groups compared to baseline recording. Furthermore, compared to baseline, the LF/HF ratio--a marker of cardiac sympathetic regulation--increased during intubation in the midazolam (P < 0.001) and placebo (P < 0.05) groups, with no change in the control group. During intubation the midazolam group presented with higher LF and lower HF power than placebo (P < 0.001) and control groups (P < 0.01). Accordingly, the LF/HF ratio was higher in the midazolam group than in the placebo (P < 0.05) or control groups (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONS: Midazolam potentiates the dominance of the sympathetic nervous system induced by colonoscopy. Therefore, conscious sedation with midazolam may contribute to the occurrence of cardiovascular events during colonoscopy.
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|Journal||Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology|
|State||Published - Sep 2000|
- Conscious Sedation
- Heart Rate
- Hypnotics and Sedatives
- Middle Aged
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Prospective Studies
- Clinical Trial
- Journal Article
- Randomized Controlled Trial


Originally Posted by ghostdncr
Inside ten yards, I'm thinking a bear won't recognize the difference between a slug and a solid wad of #00 buck but once inside, the buckshot is going to splay off in all different directions. That's the multi-point wound dynamic I based my statements on.
FWIW, two rules that have served me well and could easily apply here: 1. You can't miss fast enough to win a gunfight. 2. The perfect weapon is the one you actually have with you, not the one back home in closet because it's too heavy/long/expensive for everyday carry.
Inside 10 yards? maybe, but I would sure like some evidence that soft lead balls at 10 yds would be strong enough to smash through bone to get to CNS and vital organs. Remember, just killing it is not the objective, stopping it really fast is!
I double checked the weight of the Mossberg 500 with the 16" bbl and the dual pistol grips - slightly less than 5lbs empty, 5-1/4lbs fully loaded including the side-saddle ammo clip, and the sling. My friend carried it in a cross shoulder sling (butt toward left shoulder) so all he had to do is reach down with his right hand and grab the barrel and pull it around front to a horizontal position and it was ready to grab and fire - could even brace it against the sling. I tried it and it works pretty smoothly.
I agree with your 2 rules.


Scorer de Bruyne needs more time: Pep
City boss says midfielder needs to find ‘right rhythm’ but praises his defensive work
Manchester City playmaker Kevin de Bruyne is rediscovering his best form following injuries but he will need more time to start regularly despite a solid display in Wednesday morning’s (Sept 22, Singapore time) 6-1 League Cup win over Wycombe Wanderers, manager Pep Guardiola said.
De Bruyne, 30, widely regarded as one of the world’s best midfielders, suffered facial injuries in City’s Champions League final defeat by Chelsea in May and played in Belgium’s Euro 2020 quarter-final loss to Italy with ankle ligament damage.
Making only his second start of the season, de Bruyne scored a goal and lasted the full 90 minutes to help holders City rout third-tier Wycombe, but Guardiola said his talismanic midfielder needed a “proper pre-season.”
“The European Cup wasn’t perfect and after he had an injury for the national team, he needs to be fit, to be physical in the right rhythm,” Guardiola told reporters.
“And that’s why it was so good what he did knowing he’s not in the perfect way... but step by step, he’s better.”
Guardiola added that he was impressed with de Bruyne’s defensive contributions.
He said: “In previous games he played good but his backwards (runs) were not good... He didn’t run backwards like he runs forward and today he did it for the first time.
“Step by step Kevin will be back because I know he’s an incredibly professional player and he loves to play and we need him so much.”
The City boss said fellow midfielder Phil Foden, who also got on the scoresheet and provided two assists, was working his way back to full fitness following an injury while on England duty.
“Phil was injured for two months,” Guardiola said. “He doesn’t need many games to take his rhythm because he’s a guy who lives 24 hours to play and his physicality is sharp.”
Brandon Hanlan gave Wycombe a shock 22nd-minute lead before City hit back with goals from de Bruyne, Riyad Mahrez, Foden, Ferran Torres and Cole Palmer. – REUTERS