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If you love Eleanor and Park, Hazel and Augustus, and Mia and Adam, you’ll love the story of Maddy, a girl who’s literally allergic to the outside world, and Olly, the boy who moves in next door . . . and becomes the greatest risk she’s ever taken. This innovative and heartfelt debut novel unfolds via vignettes, diary entries, illustrations, and more.
My disease is as rare as it is famous. Basically, I’m allergic to the world. I don’t leave my house, have not left my house in seventeen years. The only people I ever see are my mom and my nurse, Carla.
But then one day, a moving truck arrives next door. I look out my window, and I see him. He’s tall, lean and wearing all black—black T-shirt, black jeans, black sneakers, and a black knit cap that covers his hair completely. He catches me looking and stares at me. I stare right back. His name is Olly.
Maybe we can’t predict the future, but we can predict some things. For example, I am certainly going to fall in love with Olly. It’s almost certainly going to be a disaster.
Destiny takes a detour in this “wickedly witty and offbeat novel” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) that was nominated for the National Book Award.
Finn Easton sees the world through miles instead of minutes. It’s how he makes sense of the world, and how he tries to convince himself that he’s a real boy and not just a character in his father’s bestselling cult-classic book. Finn has two things going for him: his best friend, the possibly-insane-but-definitely-excellent Cade Hernandez, and Julia Bishop, the first girl he’s ever loved.
Then Julia moves away, and Finn is heartbroken. Feeling restless and trapped in the book, Finn embarks on a road trip with Cade to visit their college of choice in Oklahoma. When an unexpected accident happens and the boys become unlikely heroes, they take an eye-opening detour away from everything they thought they had planned—and learn how to write their own destiny.
There was a party. There was a fight. The next morning, Sam’s best friend, Hayden, was dead. And all he left Sam was a playlist of songs and a suicide note: For Sam—listen and you’ll understand. To figure out what happened, Sam has to rely on the playlist and his own memory. But the more he listens, the more he realizes that his memory isn’t as reliable as he thought. And it might only be by taking out his earbuds and opening his eyes to the people around him that he’ll finally be able to piece together his best friend’s story. And maybe have a chance to change his own.
Part mystery, part love story, and part coming-of-age tale in the vein of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and The Spectacular Now, Michelle Falkoff’s debut novel is an honest and gut-wrenching first novel about loss, rage, and what if feels like to outgrow a friendship that’s always defined you—and the struggle to redefine yourself.
Magic, romance, and intrigue combine in this extraordinary novel—the first in the Elemental Trilogy—for fans of Cinda Williams Chima and Kristin Cashore. Publishers Weekly called it “a wonderfully satisfying magical saga” in a starred review, and Kirkus Reviews said it “bids fair to be the next big epic fantasy success.”
Iolanthe Seabourne is the greatest elemental mage of her generation—or so she’s been told. The one prophesied for years to be the savior of the Realm. It is her duty and destiny to face and defeat the Bane, the most powerful tyrant and mage the world has ever known. This would be a suicide task for anyone, let alone a reluctant sixteen-year-old girl with no training.
Guided by his mother’s visions and committed to avenging his family, Prince Titus has sworn to protect Iolanthe even as he prepares her for their battle with the Bane. But he makes the terrifying mistake of falling in love with the girl who should have been only a means to an end. Now, with the servants of the tyrant closing in, Titus must choose between his mission—and her life.
Don’t love your enemy. Declare war on him.
Seventeen-year-old Isis Blake hasn’t fallen in love in three years, nine weeks, and five days, and after what happened last time, she intends to keep it that way. Since then she’s lost eighty-five pounds, gotten four streaks of purple in her hair, and moved to Buttcrack-of-Nowhere, Ohio, to help her mom escape a bad relationship.
All the girls in her new school want one thing—Jack Hunter, the Ice Prince of East Summit High. Hot as an Armani ad, smart enough to get into Yale, and colder than the Arctic, Jack Hunter’s never gone out with anyone. Sure, people have seen him downtown with beautiful women, but he’s never given high school girls the time of day. Until Isis punches him in the face.
Jack’s met his match. Suddenly everything is a game.
The goal: Make the other beg for mercy.
The game board: East Summit High.
The reward: Something neither of them expected.
After getting kicked out of her own band—by her own boyfriend—Presley Mason finds herself back in Wisconsin, helping her parents run their renowned music store. Instead of belting out powerhouse vocals to sold-out crowds in L.A., she’s stocking shelves and inspecting rental violins. But the shop isn’t all bad: When she’s vacuuming up late one night, she bumps into the guitar teacher with the smoldering amber eyes and the killer tattoo. And that’s when things take an interesting turn.
Presley soon finds that Paul Kellerman is as good in bed as he is on guitar. So why isn’t he stoked to share his band, Jukebox Bleu, with her? Turns out Paul has crippling stage fright, which he’s been self-medicating without much success. But when Jukebox Bleu’s lead singer gets called for military service, the other members beg Presley to front them. Even though she swore never to mix men with music again, the temptation to perform is almost as intense as her chemistry with Paul. Now Presley must decide what’s more important: a second chance at love . . . or rock stardom.
There are bad boys and then there are the men of Devil’s Rock . . .
Some men come with a built-in warning label. Knox Callaghan is one of them. Danger radiates from every lean, muscled inch of him, and his deep blue eyes seem to see right through to Briar Davis’s most secret fantasies. But there’s one major problem: Briar is a nurse volunteering at the local prison, and Knox is an inmate who should be off-limits in every way.
Knox feels it too—a shocking animal magnetism that drives him to risk his own life to protect Briar’s. Paroled at last, he tries to resist her. She’s too innocent, too sweet, and she has no idea what Knox is capable of. But a single touch can lead to a kiss—and a taste . . . until the only crime is denying what feels so right . . .
In one moment, two lives will be changed forever . . . and forever . . . and forever.
The one thing that’s certain is they met on a Cambridge street by chance and felt a connection that would last a lifetime. But as for what happened next . . . They fell wildly in love, or went their separate ways. They kissed, or they thought better of it. They married soon after, or were together for a few weeks before splitting up. They grew distracted and disappointed with their daily lives together, or found solace together only after hard years spent apart.
Heads will roll!
Paris, France: a city of fashion, chocolate croissants, and cute boys. Colette Iselin is thrilled be there for the first time, on her spring break class trip.
But a series of gruesome murders are taking place around the city, putting everyone on edge. And as she tours the sights, Colette keeps seeing a strange vision: a pale woman in a ball gown and powdered wig, who looks like Marie Antoinette.
Colette knows her status-obsessed friends won’t believe her, so she seeks out the help of a charming French boy. Together, they discover that the murder victims are all descendants of people who ultimately brought about Marie Antoinette’s beheading. The queen’s ghost has been awakened, and now she’s wreaking her bloodthirsty revenge.
And Colette may just be one of those descendants . . . which means she might not make it out of this trip alive.
Acclaimed author Katie Alender brings heart-stopping suspense to this story of betrayal, glamour, mystery, history–and one killer queen.
From the author of Fault Line comes an edgy and heartbreaking novel about two self-destructive teens in a Sid and Nancy–like romance full of passion, chaos, and dyed hair.
Seventeen-year-old Amelia Gannon (just “Gannon” to her friends) is invisible to almost everyone in her life. To her parents, to her teachers—even her best friend, who is more interested in bumming cigarettes than bonding. Some days the only way Gannon knows she is real is by carving bloody lines into the flesh of her stomach.
Then she meets Michael Brooks, and for the first time, she feels like she is being seen to the core of her being. Obnoxious, controlling, damaged, and addictive, he inserts himself into her life until all her scars are exposed. Each moment together is a passionate, painful relief.
But as the relationship deepens, Gannon starts to feel as if she’s standing at the foot of a dam about to burst. She’s given up everything and everyone in her life for him, but somehow nothing is enough for Brooks—until he poses the ultimate test.
Bleed Like Me is a piercing, intimate portrayal of the danger of a love so obsessive it becomes its own biggest threat.
Tamsin Greene comes from a long line of witches, and she was supposed to be one of the most Talented among them. But Tamsin’s magic never showed up. Now seventeen, Tamsin attends boarding school in Manhattan, far from her family. But when a handsome young professor mistakes her for her very Talented sister, Tamsin agrees to find a lost family heirloom for him. The search—and the stranger—will prove to be more sinister than they first appeared, ultimately sending Tamsin on a treasure hunt through time that will unlock the secret of her true identity, unearth the sins of her family, and unleash a power so vengeful that it could destroy them all. This is a spellbinding display of storytelling that will exhilarate, enthrall, and thoroughly enchant.
A whirlwind romance from the New York Times bestselling authors of Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist!
“I’ve left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don’t, put the book back on the shelf, please.”
16-year-old Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on her favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. Dash, in a bad mood during the holidays, happens to be the first guy to pick up the notebook and rise to its challenges.
What follows is a whirlwind romance as Dash and Lily trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations all across New York City. But can their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions, or will their scavenger hunt end in a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?
“The Merciless is chilling. Think Mean Girls meets The Exorcist.”—MTV.com
Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page of this thrilling debut novel. Fans of Asylum by Madeleine Roux and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will devour this terrifying series.
Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.
Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.
Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls…unless she wants to be next.
By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?
Set in seventeenth century Amsterdam—a city ruled by glittering wealth and oppressive religion—a masterful debut steeped in atmosphere and shimmering with mystery, in the tradition of Emma Donoghue, Sarah Waters, and Sarah Dunant.
”There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed . . .“
On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office—leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.
But Nella’s world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist—an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways . . .
Johannes’ gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand—and fear—the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation . . . or the architect of their destruction?
Enchanting, beautiful, and exquisitely suspenseful, The Miniaturist is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth.
A #1 New York Times bestseller and the first novel in a brand-new series—from bestselling author Abbi Glines—about a small Southern town filled with cute boys in pickup trucks, Friday night football games, and crazy parties that stir up some major drama.
To everyone who knows him, West Ashby has always been that guy: the cocky, popular, way-too-handsome-for-his-own-good football god who led Lawton High to the state championships. But while West may be Big Man on Campus on the outside, on the inside he’s battling the grief that comes with watching his father slowly die of cancer.
Two years ago, Maggie Carleton’s life fell apart when her father murdered her mother. And after she told the police what happened, she stopped speaking and hasn’t spoken since. Even the move to Lawton, Alabama, couldn’t draw Maggie back out. So she stayed quiet, keeping her sorrow and her fractured heart hidden away.
As West’s pain becomes too much to handle, he knows he needs to talk to someone about his father—so in the dark shadows of a post-game party, he opens up to the one girl who he knows won’t tell anyone else.
West expected that talking about his dad would bring some relief, or at least a flood of emotions he couldn’t control. But he never expected the quiet new girl to reply, to reveal a pain even deeper than his own—or for them to form a connection so strong that he couldn’t ever let her go…
The purest intentions can stir up the darkest obsessions.
In this prequel to Mary Shelley’s gothic classic, Frankenstein, 16-year-old Victor Frankenstein begins a dark journey that will change his life forever. Victor’s twin, Konrad, has fallen ill, and no doctor is able to cure him. Unwilling give up on his brother, Victor, his beautiful cousin Elizabeth, and best friend Henry begin a treacherous search for the ingredients to create the forbidden Elixir of Life.
Impossible odds, dangerous alchemy, and a bitter love triangle threaten their quest at every turn.
Victor knows he must not fail. But his success depends on how far he is willing to push the boundaries of nature, science and, love — and how much he is willing to sacrifice.
This morning, Kady thought breaking up with Ezra was the hardest thing she’d have to do.
This afternoon, her planet was invaded.
The year is 2575, and two rival megacorporations are at war over a planet that’s little more than an ice-covered speck at the edge of the universe. Too bad nobody thought to warn the people living on it. With enemy fire raining down on them, Kady and Ezra—who are barely even talking to each other—are forced to fight their way onto an evacuating fleet, with an enemy warship in hot pursuit.
But their problems are just getting started. A deadly plague has broken out and is mutating, with terrifying results; the fleet’s AI, which should be protecting them, may actually be their enemy; and nobody in charge will say what’s really going on. As Kady hacks into a tangled web of data to find the truth, it’s clear only one person can help her bring it all to light: the ex-boyfriend she swore she’d never speak to again.
Told through a fascinating dossier of hacked documents—including emails, schematics, military files, IMs, medical reports, interviews, and more—Illuminae is the first book in a heart-stopping, high-octane trilogy about lives interrupted, the price of truth, and the courage of everyday heroes.
A broken past and a divided future can’t stop the electric connection of two teens in this “fast-paced, fantasy-romance” (VOYA) novel.
Seventeen-year-old Vane Weston has no idea how he survived the category five tornado that killed his parents. And he has no idea if the beautiful, dark-haired girl who’s swept through his dreams every night since the storm is real. But he hopes she is.
Seventeen-year-old Audra is a sylph, an air elemental. She walks on the wind, can translate its alluring songs, and can even coax it into a weapon with a simple string of commands. She’s also a guardian—Vane’s guardian—and has sworn an oath to protect Vane at all costs. Even if it means sacrificing her own life.
When a hasty mistake reveals their location to the enemy who murdered both of their families, Audra’s forced to help Vane remember who he is. He has a power to claim—the secret language of the West Wind, which only he can understand. But unlocking his heritage will also unlock the memory Audra needs him to forget. And as the storm bears down on them, she starts to realize the greatest danger might not be the warriors coming to destroy them—but the forbidden romance that’s grown between them.
This love story for the ages, set in a reimagined industrial Asia, is a little dark, a bit breathless, and completely compelling. A “grisly and satisfying” tale (Publishers Weekly) inspired by The Phantom of the Opera.
Sixteen-year-old Wen assists her father in his medical clinic, housed in a slaughterhouse staffed by the Noor, men hired as cheap factory labor. Wen often hears the whisper of a ghost in the slaughterhouse, a ghost who grants wishes to those who need them most. And after one of the Noor humiliates Wen, the ghost grants an impulsive wish of hers—brutally.
Guilt-ridden, Wen befriends the Noor, including the outspoken leader, a young man named Melik. At the same time, she is lured by the mystery of the ghost. As deadly accidents fuel tensions within the factory, Wen is torn between her growing feelings for Melik, who is enraged at the sadistic factory bosses and the prejudice faced by his people at the hand of Wen’s, and her need to appease the ghost, who is determined to protect her against any threat—real or imagined. Will she determine whom to trust before the factory explodes, taking her down with it?
Cloud Atlas meets Orphan Black in this epic dimension-bending trilogy by New York Times bestselling author Claudia Gray about a girl who must chase her father’s killer through multiple dimensions.
Marguerite Caine’s physicist parents are known for their groundbreaking achievements. Their most astonishing invention, called the Firebird, allows users to jump into multiple universes—and promises to revolutionize science forever. But then Marguerite’s father is murdered, and the killer—her parent’s handsome, enigmatic assistant Paul— escapes into another dimension before the law can touch him.
Marguerite refuses to let the man who destroyed her family go free. So she races after Paul through different universes, always leaping into another version of herself. But she also meets alternate versions of the people she knows—including Paul, whose life entangles with hers in increasingly familiar ways. Before long she begins to question Paul’s guilt—as well as her own heart. And soon she discovers the truth behind her father’s death is far more sinister than she expected.
A Thousand Pieces of You explores an amazingly intricate multi-universe where fate is unavoidable, the truth elusive, and love the greatest mystery of all.
In this riveting sequel to the national bestseller The Queen of the Tearling, the evil kingdom of Mortmesne invades the Tearling, with dire consequences for Kelsea and her realm.
With each passing day, Kelsea Glynn is growing into her new responsibilities as Queen of the Tearling. By stopping the shipments of slaves to the neighboring kingdom of Mortmesne, she crossed the Red Queen, a brutal ruler whose power derives from dark magic, who is sending her fearsome army into the Tearling to take what is hers. And nothing can stop the invasion.
But as the Mort army draws ever closer, Kelsea develops a mysterious connection to a time before the Crossing, and she finds herself relying on a strange and possibly dangerous ally: a woman named Lily, fighting for her life in a world where being female can feel like a crime. The fate of the Tearling —and that of Kelsea’s own soul—may rest with Lily and her story, but Kelsea may not have enough time to find out.
In this dazzling sequel, Erika Johansen brings back favorite characters, including the Mace and the Red Queen, and introduces unforgettable new players, adding exciting layers to her multidimensional tale of magic, mystery, and a fierce young heroine.
Celebrate the season with three holiday novellas by New York Times bestselling author Shannon Stacey, available together for the very first time!
Chloe Burke thinks upgrading the electrical system of her childhood home while her parents are away would make the perfect Christmas gift. Fortunately, there’s an electrician in town who can get the job done by the holidays. A little festive fun is just what she needs, but could their holiday fling turn out to be the real thing?
Mistletoe and Margaritas
Claire Rutledge still believes in love, despite losing her husband. After two years, she’s not surprised by the steamy dreams telling her it might be time to start moving on. But she didn’t expect her friend Justin to have the starring role. When they both get caught up in the holiday spirits at a party, their simmering mutual attraction boils over into a night neither of them can forget.
Snowbound with the CEO
Adrian Blackstone built a million-dollar business with hard work and determination-and by remaining professional at all times. Denying his longtime attraction to his beautiful executive assistant Rachel Carter hasn’t been easy but it’s necessary. She’s indispensable, and he can’t stand the thought of losing her if things didn’t work out. But then a wicked snowstorm leaves them stranded in a romantic winter wonderland….
While walking home from work one evening, Jeff Manning is struck by a car and killed. Two women fall to pieces at the news: his wife, Claire, and his co-worker Tish. Reeling from her loss, Claire must comfort her grieving son as well as contend with funeral arrangements, well-meaning family members, and the arrival of Jeff’s estranged brother, who was her ex-boyfriend. Tish volunteers to attend the funeral on her company’s behalf, but only she knows the true risk of inserting herself into the wreckage of Jeff’s life.
Told through the three voices of Jeff, Tish, and Claire, Hidden explores the complexity of relationships, the repercussions of our personal choices, and the responsibilities we have to the ones we love.
Jenna Oliver doesn’t have time to get involved with one boy, let alone two. All Jenna wants is to escape her evaporating small town and her alcoholic mother. She’s determined she’ll go to college and find a life that is wholly hers-one that isn’t tainted by her family’s past. But when the McAlister twins move to town and Jenna gets involved with both of them, she learns the life she planned may not be the one she gets. Ian McAlister doesn’t want to start over; he wants to remember. Ian can’t recall a single thing from the last three months-and he seems to be losing more memories every day. His family knows the truth, but no one will tell him what really happened before he lost his memory. When he meets Jenna, Ian believes that he can be normal again because she makes not remembering something he can handle. The secret Ian can’t remember is the one Luke McAlister can’t forget. Luke has always lived in the shadow of his twin brother until Jenna stumbles into his life. She sees past who he’s supposed to be, and her kiss brings back the spark that life stole. Even though Luke feels like his brother deserves her more, Luke can’t resist Jenna-which is the trigger that makes Ian’s memory return. Jenna, Ian, & Luke are about to learn there are only so many secrets you can keep before the truth comes to reclaim you.
Seventeen-year-old Ismae escapes from the brutality of an arranged marriage into the sanctuary of the convent of St. Mortain, where the sisters still serve the gods of old. Here she learns that the god of Death Himself has blessed her with dangerous gifts—and a violent destiny. If she chooses to stay at the convent, she will be trained as an assassin and serve as a handmaiden to Death. To claim her new life, she must destroy the lives of others.
Ismae’s most important assignment takes her straight into the high court of Brittany—where she finds herself woefully under prepared—not only for the deadly games of intrigue and treason, but for the impossible choices she must make. For how can she deliver Death’s vengeance upon a target who, against her will, has stolen her heart?
Jo Montfort is beautiful and rich, and soon—like all the girls in her class—she’ll graduate from finishing school and be married off to a wealthy bachelor. Which is the last thing she wants. Jo secretly dreams of becoming a writer—a newspaper reporter like the trailblazing Nellie Bly.
Wild aspirations aside, Jo’s life seems perfect until tragedy strikes: her father is found dead. Charles Montfort accidentally shot himself while cleaning his revolver. One of New York City’s wealthiest men, he owned a newspaper and was partner in a massive shipping firm, and Jo knows he was far too smart to clean a loaded gun.
The more Jo uncovers about her father’s death, the more her suspicions grow. There are too many secrets. And they all seem to be buried in plain sight. Then she meets Eddie—a young, brash, infuriatingly handsome reporter at her father’s newspaper—and it becomes all too clear how much she stands to lose if she keeps searching for the truth. Only now it might be too late to stop.
The past never stays buried forever. Life is dirtier than Jo Montfort could ever have imagined, and the truth is the dirtiest part of all.
For fans of We Were Liars and The Girl on the Train comes a chilling, addictive psychological thriller about a teenage girl who cannot remember the last six weeks of her life.
Eighteen-year-old Jill Charron’s senior trip to Italy was supposed to be the adventure of a lifetime. And then the accident happened. Waking up in a hospital room, her leg in a cast, stitches in her face, and a big blank canvas where the last 6 weeks should be, Jill comes to discover she was involved in a fatal accident in her travels abroad. She was jetted home by her affluent father in order to receive quality care. Care that includes a lawyer. And a press team. Because maybe the accident…wasn’t an accident. Wondering not just what happened but what she did, Jill tries to piece together the events of the past six weeks before she loses her thin hold on her once-perfect life.
America’s favorite pop band, Roman Holiday, is done, dead, and so totally last year. For eighteen-year-old rockoholic Junie Baltimore, this is music to her ears. But when she discovers their sexy ex-lead singer hiding out on the boardwalk, her summer vacation becomes the cover story of the year.
She’s willing to keep him a secret, but when a sleazy paparazzo offers her the cash she needs to save the bar her father left behind, could she sell out for the chance to save her future? Who is she kidding? That’s a no-brainer…but she never planned on falling head over heels for the lead singer.
The thirteen qualities of Robin’s Perfect Man range from the mildly important “Handsome” to the all-important “Great taste in music.” After all, Westfield’s best high school folk musician can’t go out with some shmuck who only listens to top 40 crap. When hot Carter Paulson walks in the door of Robin’s diner, it looks like the list may have come to life. It’s not until the end of the meal that she realizes he’s profoundly deaf.
Carter isn’t looking for a girlfriend. Especially not a hearing one. Not that he has anything against hearing girls, they just don’t speak the same language. But when the cute waitress at Grape Country Dairy makes an effort to talk with him, he takes her out on his yellow Ducati motorcycle.
Told in first person alternating perspectives, language, music, and culture go along for the ride as Carter and Robin find their song.
Welcome to Boomerang.com, the dating site for the millennial gen with its no-fuss, no-commitments matchups, and where work is steamier than any random hook-up.
Mia Galliano is an aspiring filmmaker. Ethan Vance has just played his last game as a collegiate soccer star. They’re sharp, hungry for success, and they share a secret.
Last night, Ethan and Mia met at a bar, and, well . . . one thing led to another, which led to them waking up the next morning—together. Things turned awkward in a hurry when they found themselves sharing a post hookup taxi . . . to the same place: Boomerang headquarters.
What began as a powerful connection between them is treated to a cold shower courtesy of two major complications. First, Boomerang has a strict policy against co-worker dating. And second, they’re now competitors for only one job at the end of summer.
As their internships come to an end, will they manage to keep their eyes on the future and their hands off each other, or will the pull of attraction put them right back where they started?
Once a century, one person is chosen for greatness.
Elisa is the chosen one. But she is also the younger of two princesses. The one who has never done anything remarkable, and can’t see how she ever will.
Now, on her sixteenth birthday, she has become the secret wife of a handsome and worldly king–a king whose country is in turmoil. A king who needs her to be the chosen one, not a failure of a princess.
And he’s not the only one who seeks her. Savage enemies, seething with dark magic, are hunting her. A daring, determined revolutionary thinks she could be his people’s savior, and he looks at her in a way that no man has ever looked at her before. Soon it is not just her life, but her very heart that is at stake.
Elisa could be everything to those who need her most. If the prophecy is fulfilled. If she finds the power deep within herself. If she doesn’t die young. Most of the chosen do.
What if there was an app that told you what song to listen to, what coffee to order, who to date, even what to do with your life—an app that could ensure your complete and utter happiness?
What if you never had to fail or make a wrong choice?
What if you never had to fall?
Fast-forward to a time when Apple and Google have been replaced by Gnosis, a monolith corporation that has developed the most life-changing technology to ever hit the market: Lux, an app that flawlessly optimizes decision making for the best personal results.
Just like everyone else, sixteen-year-old Rory Vaughn knows the key to a happy, healthy life is following what Lux recommends. When she’s accepted to the elite boarding school Theden Academy, her future happiness seems all the more assured. But once on campus, something feels wrong beneath the polished surface of her prestigious dream school.
Then she meets North, a handsome townie who doesn’t use Lux, and begins to fall for him and his outsider way of life. Soon, Rory is going against Lux’s recommendations, listening instead to the inner voice that everyone has been taught to ignore — a choice that leads her to uncover a truth neither she nor the world ever saw coming.
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I am no economist, but like President TrumpDonald TrumpKinzinger says Trump 'winning' because so many Republicans 'have remained silent' Our remote warfare counterterrorism strategy is more risk than reward Far-right rally draws small crowd, large police presence at Capitol MORE, I know that money talks. As the United States has imposed strict tariffs on Mexico, Canada and the European Union, which are three of our top trading partners and allies, as well as China, President Trump has repeatedly cited the “unfair” trading practices of those nations. Fairness is certainly a worthy pursuit for any administration, especially when it comes to the national interest.
But what if this protectionist ideology sought to defend more than just Americans? Human rights violations might not be top of mind for executives and economists considering the ramifications of the trade policies of the Trump administration, but they should be. As the largest importer in the world, America is uniquely positioned to bring attention and change to places where discrimination, imprisonment and murder are the daily reality for religious and other minorities. Rather than settle for tariff battles, perhaps compassion should dictate, in part, how trade deals evolve and which countries the United States adopts as its partners.
Mexico, our third largest trading partner, is ranked No. 39. Some may be surprised to see Mexico on the watch list, but corruption has led to various forms of violence due to lack of protection for Christians. Attacks against church members who speak out against criminal organizations have become more frequent, along with government impunity toward the perpetrators. Around two dozen priests have been killed since 2012. The United States has already issued a travel advisory for Americans considering traveling to Mexico due to overall violence. The Trump administration should also consider these concerns in its trade strategy.
India, another top trading partner of the United States, is ranked No. 11 on the watch list for the most dangerous countries for Christians. A recent rise in religious persecution is a direct result of extremist Hindu groups that have been driven by nationalism and a desire to rid the country of both Christians and Muslims. President Trump should refuse to enter into major trade negotiations with countries that do not grant their citizens basic human rights such as religious freedom. The United States should also pressure our allies to reconsider some of their trade deals. While Christians do not face the same level of persecution in many nations within the European Union, those countries have trade deals with religious freedom offenders such as Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
To be sure, not all countries deserve the type of sanctions that the United States employs against Iran or North Korea, which is why more nuanced trade policies and taxation on imports can still be used to send a clear message. Addressing human rights in business discussions and decisions is not a new approach. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently brought up human rights in trade discussions with China, particularly relating to Canadian citizens who remain jailed in China.
Americans are often quick to boycott companies and commercial sponsors to address a social injustice or to create positive change, often with astounding success. It is time we apply that same economic pressure as a nation to countries that continue to allow religious minorities to suffer. A country that permits violations of religious freedom should be viewed as a sponsor of human rights violations. The United States should take this into serious consideration when shaping trade policies.
David Curry is president of Open Doors USA, an organization that has served persecuted Christians around the world for more than 60 years.

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Following the lead of other U.S. racing jurisdictions, the National Steeplechase Association will randomly test for alkalizing agents or "milkshakes" on race day. The enforcement begins March 26 at the Aiken Steeplechase in Aiken, S.C.The testing procedure will involve taking blood samples of random NSA starters prior to running. The samples will be tested by Philadelphia-based Dalare Associates (the NSA's official testing lab) for levels of total carbon dioxide. The NSA policy mirrors the flat-racing rules in terms of threshold levels, with the only real difference being the testing procedures. The NSA sanctions races at 35 one-day meets, which often have temporary stabling and other issues that limit the ability to do pre-race testing.
"We don't have the means to test every horse, so our rule will involve random testing and a post-race fine and disqualification," said Duncan Patterson, chairman of the NSA's Hearing, Review and Appeals Committee. "We will probably test more horses to start with, and after that the deterrent will be there."Patterson called the move necessary in the improvement of NSA racing. Studies have shown milkshakes to be most effective in longer races and steeplechases are run at distances of between two and four miles."We're following the national trend in testing for it, and we'd be sticking our heads in the sand if we didn't," said Patterson. "It's going to be a little bit of a logistics problem and will increase our drug-testing budget, but it's incumbent upon us to test for it."

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Although the BMW 4-series coupe was first shown more than four years ago, the trickling out of multiple variants of the model over time means the car still feels fresh. But time marches on, and 2018 brings an update for the luxury sports coupe.
BMW tweaked the 4-series’s engine lineup and naming convention in 2017, and those continue for 2018. The 4-series is available as the turbocharged four-cylinder 430i or turbo-six 440i in two-door coupe, convertible, and four-door Gran Coupe forms. With the two-door coupes there is a choice of either a manual transmission (not dead yet) or an automatic, while all body styles offer a choice of rear-wheel drive or all-wheel drive.
The subject of this test was a 440i two-door coupe with the eight-speed automatic and rear-drive, in a pretty Estoril Blue Metallic. It came with the $2000 Premium package (heated front seats, navigation, larger instrument-cluster display) and the $2550 M Sport bundle (18-inch M star-spoke wheels, sport seats, Aluminum Dark Carbon interior trim, M sport suspension, M steering wheel, aero kit, dark exterior trim, and anthracite headliner). With $550 for the paint and $1450 for black leather with blue contrast stitching, our test car totaled $56,245.
Lights and Colors
The 4-series was already good, and the 2018 refresh provides the lightest of improvements. As when you click the automatic-fix wand in iOS’s Photos app, you can notice the differences only when you put the result next to the before image. Both the head- and taillights have been upgraded to full LEDs, with the headlights gaining a dual, open-hexagonal design that recalls the original 4-series concept.
The front fascia now features standard fog lights and wider air intakes, and the rear bumper also has been tweaked. There are new 18- and 19-inch wheel designs and two new exterior paint colors: Snapper Rocks Blue and Sunset Orange. Overall, the 4-series’s styling is less extroverted than that of competitors such as the Infiniti Q60, the Lexus RC, and the Mercedes-Benz C-class coupe.
The interior sees small updates as well. New gloss-black trim adorns the center console, the dash has contrasting double stitching, and, with navigation, the infotainment system has a new interface with configurable tiles. The facelift also brought a grippier steering wheel, three new leather color options, and the aforementioned carbon-look trim.
Although the cabin is nicely designed, it’s a fairly staid aesthetic, and the materials in which it’s rendered leave us cold. BMW’s usual texturized-rubber surfaces are used throughout, but they’ve been around so long that they make the cabin feel somewhat dated. The Mercedes-Benz C-class has set the bar for interiors in this class, and the 440i is nowhere near as luxurious or stylish. Storage space remains scarce.
Hold the Line
When the 4-series debuted, we hailed the turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six in the 435i. “The 3.0-liter turbo six is one of the best engines available in any sub-$100,000 car—period,” we said. While that was the previous N55-generation six, the new B58 in the 440i is just as good, if not better. The turbocharged six makes 320 horsepower at 5500 rpm and 330 lb-ft of torque from 1380 to 5000 rpm, up from 300 in both measures previously.
With the eight-speed automatic transmission, the rear-wheel-drive 440i edged out the 435i xDrive we tested in 2015, scoring a 4.4-second time to 60 mph. By comparison, the twin-turbocharged V-6 Infiniti Q60 Red Sport 400 did zero to 60 in 4.5 seconds, the 321-hp Cadillac ATS V-6 coupe needed 5.6, and the 306-hp Lexus RC350 F Sport ran it in 5.7. From 70 mph, the BMW stopped in a respectable 166 feet.
With the temptation of that acceleration available with the simple flex of an ankle, one might expect fuel economy to take a hit, yet the 440i nailed its 25-mpg EPA combined figure during our testing (EPA city/highway estimates are 21/32 mpg).
Finding a sweet spot between balanced stiffness and comfortable ride quality is a black art. With the refresh, BMW worked on creating a stiffer suspension and a better steering setup, with impressive results.
The electrically assisted steering is on the light side, but turn-in is quick and there is some feedback—which is more than we can say about many BMWs of late. The 2018 update included tweaked damping, and the 440i provides a stable ride, with a suspension that capably absorbs bumps while still having a connected feel to the road. Despite a taut ride with little body roll, the numbers say the 4-series trails behind the competition at the skidpad. It registered 0.86 g, whereas the Q60, ATS, and C-class have hit 0.90 g or more. It is worth noting, however, that the 440i was on all-season Pirelli tires and likely would post a better number if it were equipped with the optional $1700 Track Handling package, which includes Michelin Pilot Super Sport performance rubber.
Entering this test, the BMW 4-series was among our favorite luxury coupes, and the incremental changes only improved an already strong package. The suspension is comfortable but still athletic, the engine is marriage material, and the relatively simple styling looks better after each day spent with it. The interior is slightly out of step, and the car might need stickier rubber to make the most of the chassis, but there are options available to address those issues—for a price, of course. Although BMW has fiddled a bit with the recipe, this remains one tasty two-door.
2018 BMW 440i RWD Coupe
Vehicle type: front-engine, rear-wheel-drive, 4-passenger, 2-door coupe
PRICE AS TESTED
$56,245 (base price: $49,695)
turbocharged and intercooled DOHC 24-valve inline-6, aluminum block and head, direct fuel injection
Displacement: 183 in3, 2998 cm3
Power: 320 hp @ 5500 rpm
Torque: 330 lb-ft @ 1380 rpm
8-speed automatic with manual shifting mode
Wheelbase: 110.6 in
Length: 182.7 in
Width: 71.9 in
Height: 54.2 in
Passenger volume: 94 ft3
Trunk volume: 16 ft3
Curb weight: 3710 lb
C/D TEST RESULTS
60 mph: 4.4 sec
100 mph: 10.8 sec
130 mph: 19.2 sec
150 mph: 28.8 sec
Rolling start, 5–60 mph: 5.0 sec
Top gear, 30–50 mph: 2.8 sec
Top gear, 50–70 mph: 3.3 sec
¼-mile: 12.9 sec @ 109 mph
Top speed (governor limited): 155 mph
Braking, 70–0 mph: 166 ft
Roadholding, 300-ft-dia skidpad: 0.86 g
C/D FUEL ECONOMY
Observed: 25 mpg
75-mph highway driving: 37 mpg
Highway range: 580 miles
EPA FUEL ECONOMY
Combined/city/highway: 25/21/32 mpg


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A recent report alleges 1 person died and 7 were injured after Lizzo attempted a stage dive at her recent Memphis concert show, according to news reports.
Stage diving is a risky activity that involves jumping from a stage into a crowd of people, usually during a musical performance. Stage diving can cause serious injuries to both the diver and the audience members, such as fractures, concussions, spinal cord damage, or even death. According to Wikipedia, some notable cases of stage diving accidents include Peter Gabriel breaking his ankle in 1971, and Charles Haddon committing suicide after injuring a fan in 2010.
Lizzo has gone viral for the stage diving incident, but right now there isn’t any confirmation of whether the story is true or not. The reports didn’t detail the type of alleged injuries the fans sustained. It’s tough to believe Lizzo would do something so risky, which makes the story a bit hard to believe.
If the story is fake, it shows how ruthless social media can be, and how easily it is to create a report that the masses are convinced really happened. As you can see the tweet above has over 34K retweets, and 125K likes, which probably means millions of people have seen it, and shared the news with someone else.


In the wake of hundreds being affected by the 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, many persons are encouraged to give and give genuinely. The 5 major hurricanes, the highest number since 2010, make 2017 potentially the costliest hurricane season on record, with a preliminary total of over US$224 billion in damages thus far.
There is little doubt, that 2017 is turning into a year of historic significance, in the face of the struggle against climate change, and the real effects on communities around the globe. In Grenada, many of our corporate businesses as well as individuals have come together, to lend support and assistance to our fellow islanders in wake of the volume of extreme weather events.
The Grenada Motor Club (GMC), organiser of International Drags Grenada, sought to make a difference to the islands hit by recent hurricanes, through its Test & Tune sessions held on Saturday, 23 September. Speaking at the handover ceremony to the National Disaster Management Agency (NaDMA), President of the GMC Angus DaBreo, thanked the local racers for their contribution and support of the initiative.
Following further consultation and discussion with race enthusiasts and drivers in the region, in the aftermath of the hurricanes, the GMC has made a decision to hold an Invitational Drag Racing Event in November, in place of the initially planned International Event announced earlier on this year.
Ian DaBreo, the club’s PRO, advised that although the club is not in expectation of as many cars from the islands, as the rebuilding stage is still ongoing. Support can be anticipated from Trinidad & Tobago, St Marten and of course host country Grenada.
He stated, “We have taken into consideration the very real challenges facing some of our usual regional participants in being able to come to Grenada and participate in the event. We know that a number of the racing fraternity will do all they possibly can to attend, but for some circumstances are beyond their control. There is an opportunity here, for us to use this event to engage and encourage our sponsors to partner with us, in further contributing towards the Dominica relief fund in particular. We will be committing to contributing 10% of any sponsorship funds received.”
DaBreo continued “Every donation, regardless of size, can help to rebuild the communities that have been hit by these natural disasters. It can be easy to feel overwhelmed in the face of recent events, resulting in displaced communities, ruined livelihoods, and hundreds of billions of dollars in damage. However, as an organisation we are trying to show that there are things we can all do to help. We invite as many persons as possible to come out in support of our Caribbean neighbours.”
GMC Invitational Drags will take place 18-19 November 2017.
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The mechanism for the nitrate removal from wastewater in a submerged fixed film filter is reviewed and evaluated to demonstrate that the denitrification process is significantly reduced by the presence of oxygen.
The kinetics were developed for a fully nitrate penetrated biofilm, influenced by oxygen. It was demonstrated that there is a linear reduction of the denitrification rate with depth of oxygen penetration, proportional to the oxygen concentration to the half power. For a partly nitrate penetrated biofilm the influence of oxygen is a function of the ratio between the penetration of oxygen and the penetration of nitrate without the influence of oxygen.
The phenomenon was investigated in laboratory scale with biocarbone and biostyr as media and at a full scale biocarbone plant. The investigation was performed with organic matter in excess on a thin biofilm taken directly from a full scale plant. The results of the experiments with influence of oxygen fit the kinetic concepts well.

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This is a scale model kit to be assembled by an adult, it includes all the parts as indicated, but it does not include glue or paints.
This is a 1/24 scale plastic model assembly kit of the Nissan Fairlady 240ZG that measures after assembled: Length: 180mm, width: 71mm, height: 53mm.
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The USS SAMUEL B.ROBERTS visiting Pointe Noire. We are paying attention to Africa , but are we paying enough? Photo :U.S. Navy
"Congo will soon build a tanker port at Pointe Noire, in the south of the country, with the help of China in a bid to improve the country’s capacity to import and export goods, official sources said on Saturday."
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ID/Title: Letter from Pvt. Edward A. Sweeney
Date: August 18, 1919
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Description: A cordial letter sent to Sister Mary Genevieve in Cincinnati, Ohio from Pvt. Edward A Sweeney during World War I. Edward describes his seasickness while traveling to an undisclosed location, however further into the letter he mentions going to Germany. He also tells of his discussions with injured soldiers who wish to rejoin the fighting men.
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- Getting It Right First Time programme sets out three mental health workstreams
- Clinical efficiency and safety programme is advertising for three clinical leads
- Roles are on two year, part time secondment basis
The Getting It Right First Time programme is recruiting clinical leaders to head its new mental health workstreams.
The £60m clinical efficiency and safety programme has advertised for three clinical leads for mental health on a part time secondment over two years.
Each lead will oversee one of the GIRFT programme’s three mental health workstreams:
- urgent and emergency and inpatient child and adolescent mental health services;
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GIRFT is run by NHS Improvement and involves clinician led teams examining service lines in every trust in England to determine whether they are operating at sufficient scale, among other factors.
It began by investigating elective orthopaedics but has since expanded into 15 surgical and 16 medical specialties.
The mental health clinical leads will work with Professor Tim Kendall, mental health national clinical director for NHS England and NHSI.
The job advert, posted on the GIRFT website, said the programme aims to improve the quality of mental health services and reduce unwanted variation.
It added: “Further, it will enable less to be spent on unnecessary treatments, patients will spend less time in hospital settings and clinicians will be freed up to provide more care – contributing to £1.5bn of health service costs each year.”
The clinical leads will oversee the creation of a national review of data across the country using the GIRFT methodology. Providers will be benchmarked against one another and best practice with each trust receiving a comprehensive review of their data.
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The programme will lead to a national report and recommendations for the sector.
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In a study published by Elsevier in July 2013, Cajochen C, et al. discuss the effects of the moon on human sleep patterns. Their findings concluded that these cycles resulted in:
- Decreased sleep by 30%
- An increase in time to fall asleep by 5 minutes
- Total sleep duration reduction by 20 minutes
“These changes were associated with a decrease in subjective sleep quality and diminished endogenous melatonin levels.”
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This weekend's conference championship games will provide numerous angles, but each of the teams has a top-10 tackler on special teams.
As Dana Carvey and his character, "The Church Lady," used to say, "Well, isn't that special?" It has been, special teams play that is, for the four teams in this week's championship games.
Because of the performances of kicker David Akers
and punter Andy Lee
, the San Francisco special teams have garnered plenty of attention. But one of the common denominators among the four clubs playing Sunday is their excellent overall special teams play.
Worth noting is that all four teams have at least one coverage player in the top 10 in special teams tackles, and the Giants have two. The players: linebacker Jacquian Williams
and safety Tyler Sash
(both from New York), safety C.J. Spillman (49ers), wide receiver Matthew Slater (Pats), and defensive end Albert McClellan
TAGS WAS CLOSE
The Pro Football Hall of Fame typically does a terrific job of keeping the results of its votes private – the balloting on the original list of 100-plus candidates to reduce the pool to 25 semifinalists (26 this year because of a tie), the reduction to the 15 modern-day finalists, and, of course, the vote on inductees – and this year certainly has been no different.
Word from a fairly reliable source, though, is that former commissioner Paul Tagliabue, a semifinalist since 2007, was 16th in the voting for a finalist berth this year, one slot short of qualifying for formal discussion by the 44 selectors.
"Tags" was a finalist three straight years, 2007-2009, but failed to receive the 80 percent vote required for induction. This marks the third straight year in which Tagliabue was among the pool of semifinalists, but did not advance to the finals. Selectors will convene in Indianapolis on Feb. 4, the day before Super Bowl XLVI, to elect the Class of 2012.
ON THE LINE
The emphasis when studying offensive lines generally is directed at the tackles, but this weekend's game will cast some focus on the interior blockers as well.
There are plenty of terrific inside defenders in the conference championship games – 49ers end/tackle Justin Smith
, Baltimore tackle Haloti Ngata
, New England's Vince Wilfork
, the New York ends when they sink them down inside against guards in their "NASCAR" pass-rush scheme – and the centers and guards of the offensive units will have to play well for their respective teams.
The Ravens plan to try to exploit the middle, to exert pressure inside against Tom Brady
, and the Patriots will have to be alert to that tactic. As much as in any week of the season, protection this weekend will have to be from the inside out.
Another common thread among the Final Four franchises is that all of them ranked in the top half of the league in fewest missed tackles. In fact, according to Pro Football Focus, the 49ers missed the fewest tackles in the league during the season (61), and New York and Baltimore also were in the top 10.
It's expected that Buffalo will continue to use multiple defensive fronts in 2012, even though new coordinator Dave Wannstedt is basically a 4-3 proponent.
The Dolphins, who expect Chad Henne to return from injury and feel that Matt Moore can be a capable backup, are not expected to try to move up in the first round for a quarterback prospect.
One team that might consider taking a quarterback earlier than expected in the 2012 draft is Dallas. The Cowboys have quietly shown interest in several quarterbacks and placed a claim for Kyle Orton when he was waived by the Broncos in November. With Jon Kitna retiring, the Cowboys are looking for a quarterback to compete with Stephen McGee to back up Tony Romo.
Former Buffalo starter Trent Edwards, who was out of the league in 2011 and who has started only 10 games since the end of the 2008 campaign, worked out this week for Philadelphia, and might be a candidate as a backup quarterback to Michael Vick. The Eagles' staff is high on two-year pro Mike Kafka, but might not be ready yet to declare him the No. 2 guy, and could be seeking a more experienced alternative.
There currently are two franchises, Washington and Buffalo, which have finished last in their respective divisions for four consecutive seasons. Since the ‘02 realignment, just two other clubs, Cleveland (2003-2006) and Oakland (2004-2007), had four straight divisional last-place finishes.
Both Eli Manning and Joe Flacco of the Ravens have compiled four postseason wins on the road in their careers, and could set a new league record with a victory on Sunday.
The Giants' Tom Coughlin has six playoff wins on the road, just one shy of Tom Landry's record.
Look for San Francisco offensive assistant Bobby Engram and Giants defensive quality control coach Al Holcomb to join the staff of new Pitt haed coach Paul Chryst when their respective teams have finished their seasons.
Somewhat overlooked in the comments this week by Rooney II was the nugget that his father, Dan Rooney, likely will step down from his post as ambassador to Ireland sometime this year and return to the Steelers, at least in an advisory capacity.
In his first two seasons in Washington, coach Mike Shanahan is just 11-21. Jim Zorn (2008-2009) and Steve Spurrier (2002-2003) both were fired despite each winning one more game in their two seasons with the Redskins.
The Giants are 4-0 in NFC championship games.
It appears that, had Mike Mularkey not landed the Jacksonville head coach job, he would have been dismissed as offensive coordinator in Atlanta. His successor, Dirk Koetter, should have more freedom than he had with the Jaguars, where his efforts at having a vertical passing game and even some of his weekly game plans were thwarted by then-boss Jack Del Rio. The Falcons may consider some outside candidates to replace deposed offensive line coach Paul Boundreau, but the front-runner for the job might be incumbent assistant line coach Paul Dunn.
Speaking of the Falcons, Koetter has pledged more emphasis on the screen pass, a play that was essentially non-existent under Mularkey, and that could mean Atlanta makes a big play for free agent guard Carl Nicks of New Orleans. The two-time Pro Bowl blocker is a road-grader in the running game, but very adept at getting downfield on screens as well, and quite accustomed to the chore having played for Sean Payton and the Saints, one of the top screen-pass teams in the league.
Of the 11 head coaches hired in 2009, only two, Jim Schwartz in Detroit and the Jets' Rex Ryan, still have their jobs.
The Steelers may be forced, for one of the few times in their history, and only the third time in about the past 20 years, to go outside the organization for an offensive coordinator after Bruce Arians "retired" amidst pressure from the top this week. Running backs coach Kirby Wilson, who might have moved up into the role, continues his long recovery from burns over 45 percent of his body, suffered in a recent home accident.
The last word: "This is not going to be a cute football game. It's not going to be for the meek and mild. This is going to be a bloodbath, that's what it's going to be." – New York Giants' defensive tackle Chris Canty, per multiple New York-area newspapers, on Sunday's NFC championship game against San Francisco


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U.S. SURGEON GENERAL David Satcher said recently that more sex education is needed to help prevent AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies.
President Bush and most politicians reacted as if Satcher's recommendation were radioactive.
Satcher, whose term ends in February, got an icy response from the White House. Press Secretary Ari Fleischer stressed that Satcher had been appointed by President Clinton and that Bush would make his own choice for the nation's top public health post when Satcher departs.
Satcher's recommendations came in a report titled "Call to Action to Promote Sexual Health and Responsible Sexual Behavior." The report summed up a two-year study and recommended many things that upset Bush and his conservative supporters.
Bush has no intention of reading it. Fleischer said his domestic policy advisers briefed the president on the 16-page report. They probably told him it's a political "no-no."
That's too bad, given that the AIDS pandemic knows no borders.
The study calls for an "honest, mature and respectful" national dialogue on sexual health and sexual behavior and on the need for sexual education.
The study complains that a "code of silence" cloaks sexual issues.
"Society's reluctance to openly confront issues results in a number of untoward effects," the report said. The silence impedes sexual health and stands in the way of communication between parents and children and between sex partners, the report said. Ignorance, the report adds, may encourage high- risk sexual practices.
Fleischer said Bush believes that the "best way" to prevent pregnancy and to avoid disease is sexual abstinence. The president also believes that these matters should be decided at the local level.
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"Few would disagree," the Satcher report said, "that parents should be the primary sexuality educators of their children or that sexual abstinence until engaged in a committed and mutually monogamous relationship is an important component in any sexuality education program."
For the president and his conservative following, that spells marriage, of course, and nothing else.
The controversial report, commissioned by the Clinton administration, deals with the real world, not the fictional world where every young woman and young man falls in love, gets married and lives happily ever after. Some will -- but some won't.
The report also urges tolerance for homosexuals and rejects the theory that homosexuality is a reversible lifestyle.
Such views are anathema to religious and social conservatives.
Satcher said he strongly believes in sexual abstinence but that people should be educated so that when they make a decision about sex, they have the information to protect themselves and others.
That's why he believes that contraceptives should be distributed at schools when students learn about sex.
The human cost of sexual activity among Americans over the past few decades is frightening. This includes about 40,000 new cases of HIV each year; 45 million people with genital herpes, with one million new cases every year; 1.4 million abortions since 1996; 100,000 children who are sexually abused each year.
There is bound to be a litmus test for the next surgeon general on attitudes toward sex education. Whoever gets the job will do fine if they think education means only the safe subjects of reading, writing and arithmetic.


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I am a student of history and human behavior. I am the sole college educated member of my working class family who consider me a “radical liberal” and elitist. Clearly, they have aligned with right wing media who have branded those who share my political and social leanings.
Like many Americans, I am outraged by the violent attack on our Capitol, in the name of patriotism, but recognize it for what it is. While it was fomented by conspiratorial elements in our government, social media, and dangerous fringe groups, there is no conspiracy in believing that it was a heinous assault on our democratic process and the rule of law. We must see it for what it is.
There are those among us who threaten to destroy the fabric of this nation. Truth be told, these events are evidence that we are a nation, deeply divided, and that our republic, “if we can keep it,” remains vulnerable from within. It seems that the countermeasure to this threat is to assess how we got here, address the etiological factors, and commit to every possible measure to strengthen our democracy. This includes a better understanding of our nation’s ills.
While it is easy to dismiss the insurrectionists as thugs and misfits, let us consider that they may be a consequence of a society that has left them behind; sons and daughters of poverty, a failed education or mental health system, joblessness, technology, or social change, who perceive themselves as victims with few options. Clearly, Trump has played them, and seduced them into aligning with his own pathological view of victimization, manipulated them for his own political gain. That said, the villains of the recent insurrection are a threat to our democratic way of life, and must be accountable for their actions. We cannot allow laws to be violated, elections to be overturned by mobs, and the tenets of our Constitution to be defiled.
As a people, we must recognize the inequities in our society, and the deleterious impact on our citizens. If democracy is to survive into the next century, we must begin to address the consequences of economic disparity, racism, social injustice, hopelessness, and diminished opportunity, and mitigate these pernicious forces. Despite the historic roots of these problems, and contemporary factors that reinforce them, we must face the challenges of the future with new hope and commitment.
We need to work together to protect our democracy, and human rights, and to condemn the voices of division. We must also demand that our elected officials return civility to government and maintain their oath of office to protect our Constitution. Anything less is a betrayal of their country, voter rights, and the bedrock of a democratic nation.
Claire Walsh, a social worker, lives in Deep River.


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GREENWICH, Conn. -- Amy Siebert, the Commissioner of Public Works in Greenwich, will lead a discussion about current and planned activities within the department at a meeting of the Retired Men's Association of Greenwich.
Siebert and her department heads will speak to the group on Wednesday, Jan. 4, at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Place, Greenwich.
Siebert is responsible for all matters involved in the construction, development and maintenance of the physical properties of the town, except for the design and maintenance of school property. The department also provides technical and engineering services to other town departments and agencies. The agency handles waste removal, sewers, highway maintenance (including leaf and snow removal), permits, building inspection, building construction and maintenance, and engineering.
Siebert has served as Commissioner of Greenwich’s Department of Public Works since 2008 and as Deputy Commissioner since 2007, following three and a half years as Sewer Commissioner. She earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University, a Masters of Science and a Masters in Public Affairs from the University of Texas/Austin
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Governor Jay Inslee
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Governor Jay Inslee has led the State of Washington since 2013 and has made fighting climate change his number one priority in his presidential campaign. As governor, he has enacted policies that make Washington a national leader in clean energy, clean air and clean water. He created a new Clean Energy Fund that has invested over $100 million in developing innovative energy techniques and growing clean energy jobs, as well as the Clean Energy Institute at the University of Washington, which is pioneering research into next-generation renewable energy technologies like solar and battery storage. Prior to his governorship, Inslee represented Washington’s 1st and 4th Districts in the House, where he voted against the Iraq War and championed investments to grow America’s clean energy industries.
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Diamondbacks | Cirillo will start NLCS Game 4
Nick Piecoro, of The Arizona Republic, is reporting Arizona Diamondbacks IF Jeff Cirillo will start at second base in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series Oct. 15, in place of IF Augie Ojeda. Cirillo is 2-for-2 as a pinch hitter in the series. Ojeda is 2-for-12 (.167) with nine runners left on base in the series.
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Treatments and outcomes in bipolar disorder
Bipolar disorder is defined by recurring mood episodes and patients have a markedly increased risk of suicide. Pharmacological and psychological treatments for bipolar disorder have proven efficacy in clinical trials yet the generalizability of current evidence to routine clinical practice is contested. This thesis presents studies on treatments and outcomes relevant to bipolar disorder patients using data from national registers. In study I, II, IV, we studied the effectiveness of different treatments using within-individual study designs to reduce the impact of confounding-by-indication. In study I, we showed that commonly used drugs, such as lithium, several anticonvulsants, and atypical antipsychotics, were associated with a reduced risk of psychiatric hospital admissions. The association between treatment and hospital admission was stronger for lithium compared to the atypical antipsychotics olanzapine and quetiapine. This differs from previous clinical trial evidence. In study II, we showed that lithium, but not valproate, was associated with a lower risk of suicide-related behaviour. In study III, we studied risk factors for completed suicide in the Swedish National Quality Register for Bipolar Disorder (BipoläR). We identified several risk factors for suicide, e.g., recent affective episodes and psychiatric comorbidity. In study IV, psychoeducation was associated with a reduced risk of recurrence and hospital admission in BipoläR. Finally, in study V, we studied the impact of CYP2C19 polymorphisms on antidepressant treatment patterns as well as the risk for treatment emergent mania using a large sample of patients with bipolar disorder. The mainly negative results suggest that information on CYP2C19 genotype has limited clinical value. These studies showcase the possibility of conducting psychiatric treatment research in national registers to fill important knowledge gaps. The studies can be used as supporting evidence when there is a lack of evidence on the effectiveness of different treatments in routine clinical care. We also underline the unique position of lithium in bipolar disorder treatment and extend current knowledge on risk factors for suicide.
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I. Erik Joas, Alina Karanti, Jie Song, Guy M. Goodwin, Paul Lichtenstein & Mikael Landén. (2017). Pharmacological treatment and risk of psychiatric hospital admission in bipolar disorder. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 210 (3), 197-202. ::DOI::10.1192/bjp.bp.116.187989II. Jie Song, Arvid Sjölander, Erik Joas, Sarah E. Bergen, Bo Runeson, Henrik Larsson, Mikael Landén & Paul Lichtenstein. (2017). Suicidal behavior during lithium and valproate treatment: a within-individual 8-year prospective study of 50,000 patients with bipolar disorder, American Journal of Psychiatry, 174(8), 795-802. ::doi::10.1176/appi.ajp.2017.16050542III. Caroline Hansson, Erik Joas, Erik Pålsson, Keith Hawton, Bo Runeson & Mikael Landén. (2018). Risk factors for suicide in bipolar disorder: a cohort study of 12 850 patients. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica, 138(5), 456-463. ::doi::10.1111/acps.12946IV. Erik Joas, Kristoffer Bäckman, Alina Karanti, Timea Sparding, Francesc Colom, Erik Pålsson & Mikael Landén. (2020). Psychoeducation for bipolar disorder and risk of recurrence and hospitalization–a within-individual analysis using registry data. Psychological Medicine, 50(6), 1043-1049. ::doi::10.1017/S0033291719001053V. Erik Joas, Lina Jonsson, Alexander Viktorin, Erik Smedler, Erik Pålsson, Guy M. Goodwin & Mikael Landén. Effect of CYP2C19 polymorphisms on antidepressant prescription patterns and treatment emergent mania in bipolar disorder. Manuscript.
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University of Gothenburg. Sahlgrenska Academy
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology. Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
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Plastic and Cosmetic Surgery in Katy, TX
Founded in 2003 by Dr. Leo Lapuerta, the Plastic Surgery Institute of Southeast Texas is an AAAASF–certified out-patient surgical facility. Dr. Lapuerta has performed over 20,000 surgical procedures and non-invasive cosmetic treatments with an excellent safety record and has repeatedly earned effusive praise for his exemplary work. Dr. Lapuerta has been recognized as one of the top plastic surgeons in Katy, TX for multiple years, and his passion is clear to see in examples of his previous work.
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Leo Lapuerta, MD Plastic Surgery
21312 Provincial Blvd #B
Katy, Texas 77450
Dr. Lapuerta: Voted Best Plastic Surgeon in Katy, TX
Dr. Lapuerta is proud to offer patients throughout the Katy area convenience with our plastic surgery office located at 707 S. Fry Road #255, Katy, TX 77450. Our location is easy to get to and is right off the Katy Freeway at Fry Road and Kingsland Boulevard, right by Christus St. Catherine Hospital. Our staff is happy to schedule your consultation with our Katy office and learn more about your aesthetic goals and the procedures that can help you achieve the beautiful results you desire.
Our Katy, TX location offers local residents convenience and ease without having to travel too far from home with our centrally-located Fry Road plastic surgery center.
What Types of Procedures Does Dr. Lapuerta Offer at His Katy Plastic Surgery Center?
Dr. Lapuerta has been performing plastic surgery in Katy, TX for over 20 years, and has sought out opportunities to continue developing his expertise and experience with a wide range of procedures and techniques. Learn more about some of the most common types of plastic surgery Dr. Lapuerta offers at our Katy location.
Dr. Lapuerta specializes in helping patients uncover the youthful look that they once had. His unique approach to facial plastic surgery is to work in harmony with each patient’s facial structure and specific needs.
While Dr. Lapuerta offers expertise in a wide variety of facial rejuvenation procedures, one of the most commonly requested procedures with patients in Katy are Botox® injections, an injectable cosmetic treatment that works by relaxing muscles in the target area, reducing the appearance of wrinkles and fine lines. Botox is the most popular cosmetic procedure across America, as it can quickly and efficiently reduce signs of aging with little to no downtime. Botox is used to address a number of different problem areas, including crow’s feet, frown lines, under-eye wrinkles, and other wrinkles.
Administering Botox is a quick, painless procedure, allowing patients to get in and out of our Katy plastic surgery center within 30 minutes. There is some slight discomfort when the needle pricks the skin, but other than that, Botox should be quick, easy, and free of any major discomfort. You can expect to see some results immediately, with full results usually visible somewhere between five days and two weeks.
The one downside of Botox is the results do not last as long as the results from plastic surgery. Botox will revitalize your appearance for 3-4 months; once the results begin to fade, it is advised that patients return for a second round of treatment. For best results, that routine should continue moving forward, with patients coming in for Botox injections three to four times a year.
Along with Botox injections, Dr. Lapuerta offers a wide array of plastic surgery options for those looking to revitalize the appearance of their face. Some of the most popular facial rejuvenation surgical procedures include:
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Aging, gravity, weight loss, and pregnancy affect our bodies in different ways, often leaving people feeling less confident in their appearance. Cosmetic and plastic surgery help to address these issues. Dr. Lapuerta takes into account the needs and goals of each of his clients looking for plastic surgery in Katy, TX, working to address each unique situation and offer the best recommendations for each patient’s individual needs.
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A breast lift requires the surgeons to remove any excess skin and tissue in the region, then reposition the breasts to lift them up to their former position. If the patient desires, a breast lift can also be combined with a breast implant to improve the size and shape of the breasts. Patients can also have the areola and nipple adjusted to make sure the region is as aesthetically pleasing as possible.
In the first two days following surgery, patients may feel some discomfort and are usually prescribed medication to help manage the pain. After a few days of bed rest (and with your surgeon’s approval), patients are able to successfully return to work and normal everyday life.
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If you're shopping for a new Yamaha PSR-E443 digital piano, then this is the package for you. Why would you want to buy this bundle instead of just purchasing this keyboard on its own? The answer is the included SK D2 Survival Kit. This little extra kit will ensure that you're up and running with your new keyboard the moment you take it out of the box. Get yours today at Musiciansbuy.com!
Yamaha PSR-E443 Digital Piano
The PSR-E443 is an ideal first keyboard in many ways, but also a robust alternative for more experienced players who are seeking advanced features as they perform or compose their own music. With its wide-ranging capabilities, including built-in AUX IN jack, it represents a great value that will grow with players as they build their abilities and confidence.
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This essential kit contains everything you need to make using your Yamaha portable keyboard just that much more enjoyable. Every box contains a power adapter, a footswitch and headphones. Plus, you also receive a two-year extended warranty and over $200 of rebate offers on great Yamaha instruments and accessories.
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- PATTERN function to create your own grooves
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- 755 High Quality Voices Including Super-Realistic Sweet! and Cool! Voices
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