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To begin with, what exactly is dandruff?
Dandruff is a flaking and scaling of the skin on the scalp which can be accompanied by a mild itch. The flakes are actually dead skin cells. Dandruff occurs when the normal cycle of shedding dead skin cells speeds up. It is not serious or dangerous, and does not affect your general health, but tends to relapse often, meaning that complete resolution can be a difficult goal to achieve. Seborrheic dermatitis is a more severe form of dandruff, which is inflammatory and characterised by flakiness, a more severe itch and visible redness. Unlike dandruff it can also affect the skin on the rest of the body, particularly the face and the chest.
And how do you know you’ve got it?
Dandruff is evident from the whitish/yellowish greasy flakes that accumulate in the hair and on the shoulders, where they are particularly noticeable on darker clothes.
What’s the difference between dandruff and a dry scalp?
It can be difficult to differentiate between dry scalp and dandruff for laymen as they present with similar symptoms (flakes and mild itch). However, the flakes look slightly different: dandruff flakes are often larger and appear more greasy compared to the smaller, drier flakes seen with dry scalp. Where dry scalp is the result of a lack of moisture, dandruff often is accompanied by increased levels of oil.
What could be causing dandruff?
The exact cause is not completely clear. Factors that contribute to the condition include:
- Male hormones
- Seasonal changes (particularly going into the winter months)
- An unhealthy lifestyle such as poor diet, excess alcohol, lack of sleep
- Certain drugs such as anti-cancer drugs, methyldopa, cimetidine
- Nutritional deficiencies such as a lack of zinc
During lockdown there has been an increased level of stress and anxiety which could be contributing to dandruff flare-ups. People are also reporting a change in their drinking habits during lockdown which, as we all know, can affect the body.
Are there any home remedies that you would prescribe?
If you think you suffer from dry scalp, try to reduce the temperature of the water when you shower. Also, try to shampoo less frequently and use a smaller amount of shampoo when you do. If you suffer from dandruff, washing your hair more regularly might help to lift off the dead skin cells, i.e. the flakes. If regular shampoo does not help, try over-the-counter anti-dandruff shampoos. Another great over-the-counter option is Sebco coconut oil compound. It’s messy, but if you apply it to the affected skin for one hour before rinsing it off with a shampoo, it can help. Only use this method for one week. Some patients also find tea tree oil helpful because of its antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory properties. If you see no improvement after four weeks, it’s a good idea to consult your doctor.
Which are the best shampoos and conditioners to use? Does Head & Shoulders work?
Yes, Head & Shoulders works because it contains the active ingredient zinc pyrithione. In general, anti-dandruff shampoos are classified according to the active ingredient they contain. Ones to look out for are:
- Pyrithione zinc (found in Head & Shoulders)
- Selenium sulfide (Selsun Blue)
- Ketoconazole (Nizoral)
- Tar (Neutrogena T/Gel)
- Salicylic acid (Neutrogena T/Sal)
When patients tell me anti-dandruff shampoos don’t work, it is often the result of them not using the shampoos adequately. It’s important the active ingredients have enough time to work. The shampoo should be massaged onto the scalp and left to work for at least ten minutes before washing out.
How do these anti-dandruff shampoos work?
They have soothing/anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal and keratolytic (compounds that break down the outer layer of the skin) effects. All these help to treat scalp conditions.
What about using oral products or supplements – are any of them any good?
Dermatologists have a range of oral treatments for patients with severe seborrheic dermatitis that is unresponsive to topical treatment. It depends on the patient, so you would need to book a consultation to know which products to use. In patients with confirmed nutritional deficiencies, a supplement-based diet might be recommended, however this is best done under medical supervision.
Are there any dietary changes you can make on your own?
The wrong diet can contribute to inflammation. Eating a healthy diet is important for your whole body to function effectively. The Mediterranean diet – rich in fruit and vegetables, unrefined grains, nuts, fish and extra virgin olive oil – is the best studied model. Also, being overweight is a strong risk factor for putting your body in an inflammatory state, so weight loss is a critical factor to reduce inflammation.
What about cutting your hair shorter?
There is no scientific evidence to support the idea that cutting your hair shorter will prevent scalp conditions, but it might be easier for anti-dandruff shampoo to penetrate the skin on the scalp when there is less hair, which can indirectly lead to a more effective treatment.
Should you steer clear of grooming products?
Grooming products may dry the scalp further and worsen the health of the skin on the scalp. But if you can't live without them, it’s important to avoid applying them directly onto the skin of the scalp – limit the application of the product to the hair itself.
Does the weather/environmental factors affect dandruff or a dry scalp?
Winter months tend to be worse for dandruff and a change of climate when travelling can also provoke an outbreak. This is because a change in climate (temperature, humidity) changes the skin flora and the water loss through the skin.
At what point should you go and see your dermatologist or GP?
If there is no improvement in the condition after using over-the-counter anti-dandruff shampoos for a month; if the dandruff is accompanied by rashes on the face or body; if the itch keeps you awake at night; if your quality of life is seriously affected by the dandruff; or if you just want to confirm the diagnosis, we are there to help.
What can you expect from a visit to your dermatologist?
The dermatologist will firstly confirm the diagnosis is dandruff and not another condition which could present with similar symptoms, such as eczema or psoriasis. They will then educate you on the condition and prescribe a treatment tailored to the severity of the condition. They will also discuss whether there is a need for maintenance therapy to prevent relapses.
Is it ever a symptom of a more serious underlying condition?
Seborrheic dermatitis is common and it is rare to be associated with an underlying condition. Occasionally dandruff can be associated with neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s disease and depression. In extremely rare cases, severe seborrheic dermatitis unresponsive to topical treatment can be a feature of HIV.
And finally, what can you do to stop dandruff coming back?
Stop stressing about it! Scratching is terrible too. Sit back and relax. If your dandruff relapses often, book an appointment with a dermatologist.
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CEN - EN 1605
Thermal insulating products for building applications - Determination of deformation under specified compressive load and temperature conditions
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This European Standard specifies the equipment and procedures for determining the deformation occurring under specified conditions of compressive load, temperature and time. It is applicable to thermal insulating products.


FAB 4. SR’s Notes On The Bucs’ Preseason Finale
With Tampa Bay’s preseason finale at Dallas being on a Thursday night, I didn’t have time to do a 2-Point Conversion and finish this week’s SR’s Fab 5, so I’ll finish off this column with some notes from the Bucs’ victory over the Cowboys.
• It was great to see two young Bucs defensive players really help their causes with tremendous performances in Dallas on Thursday night. Defensive lineman Patrick O’Connor had three tackles, a sack, two tackles for loss and a QB hit against the Cowboys, and finished the preseason with 14 tackles and two sacks. I had him making the final 53-man roster in my prediction last week, and his performance on Thursday should have solidified that.
I also had inside linebacker Jack Cichy make the 53-man roster, and he had a tremendous performance with four tackles, one tackle for loss, one QB hit and one fumble recovery. Cichy finished August with 13 tackles, one sack, one QB hit, his fumble recovery and a pass breakup.
That’s quite a feat coming back from a torn ACL that he suffered last October.
• Rookie running back Bruce Anderson finally showed up in the preseason and may have snagged a spot on the practice squad. Anderson had underwhelmed in the first three preseason games. Anderson missed the first game at Pittsburgh due to injury, but had just three carries for three yards and one catch for six yards in the team’s win over Miami.
Against Dallas, Anderson racked up an impressive 70 yards on 20 carries (3.5 avg.), including a team-high 20-yard run, and scored a touchdown. The Tampa native (Newsome High School) also had one catch for seven yards. That might not be enough to keep him on the Bucs’ 53-man roster ahead of Dare Ogunbowale and Andre Ellington, but Anderson needed this performance to potentially earn a practice squad spot in Tampa Bay.
• Cornerback De’Vante Harris dropped two interceptions in Dallas that would have helped his cause for making the 53-man roster. Rookie cornerback Mazzi Wilkins has forced two fumbles in the preseason, including one against Dallas that stopped a potential Cowboys scoring drive. But Wilkins missed a key tackle on Jalen Guyton’s 69-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter, which didn’t help the USF product. Harris had great coverage on Dallas’ ensuing two-point conversion, which was no good and preserved the win.
The Bucs will need to keep a fifth cornerback for the first four games until Ryan Smith is eligible to return from his four-game PED suspension. Both Wilkins and Harris are good options for depth and this one could be a toss up on Saturday afternoon.
• Matt Gay locked up the kicking duties in Tampa Bay with an impressive showing in the preseason finale with an extra point and a 53-yard field goal. That was Gay’s second field goal from beyond 50 yards in August. Gay, the team’s fifth-round pick, finished the preseason 5-of-6 (83.3 percent) on his field goal attempts and was 3-of-3 on his extra points.
Not only did Gay show off his big leg in the preseason right off the bat with a 55-yarder at Pittsburgh, he also drilled two game-winners in victories over Miami and Cleveland. Gay’s competition, veteran Cairo Santos, was 2-of-2 on field goals and 2-of-2 on extra points in the preseason, but doesn’t have the leg strength that the rookie does.
Gay will stay in Tampa Bay as the Bucs’ kicker this year, but Santos will get picked up elsewhere and will be kicking for another team in Week 1. If general manager Jason Licht is smart he’ll call the New York Jets and see if he can get a seventh-round pick for Santos as the Jets have really struggled with field goals this preseason.
• Tampa Bay tight end Tanner Hudson finished as the second-leading receiver in the preseason with 19 catches for 245 yards (12.9 avg.). New England receiver Jakobi Meyers just edged him out with 20 catches for 253 yards. But Hudson led the entire preseason with a league-high three touchdowns, including his first quarter TD at Dallas.
More importantly, Hudson might have secured himself a roster spot as the fourth tight end due to his superb receiving ability. His only problem is that he is a below average blocker. Will the team give him time to develop as a blocker and add more muscle in the weight room? Hudson has shown too much ability to stash on the practice squad for another year.
• Bucs third-string quarterback Ryan Griffin only played in the first quarter of the team’s win in Dallas on Thursday night, but it was enough to give him the preseason passing title. Griffin completed 65.2 percent of his passes for 744 yards with four touchdowns and two interceptions – both of which came against Dallas and were fluky in nature.
General manager Jason Licht has always believed in Griffin, and the 29-year old Tulane product won over head coach Bruce Arians and the coaching staff in training camp and the preseason. He’s earned a spot on the 53-man roster – even with Blaine Gabbert’s shoulder injury.
• The Bucs went 3-1 in the preseason with the team’s only loss being a 30-28 loss in Pittsburgh in the preseason opener. Preseason records mean little and success in August doesn’t automatically translate into a successful regular season.
Yet for a team that needed a culture change and needed to learn how to win, the fact that the Bucs had come-from-behind victories in each of the last three preseason games is a mentality that Tampa Bay can build on come September.


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Deadbeat” dads who don’t pay maintenance for their children were literally woken up with a bang this week.
Over 100 fathers, who allegedly don’t financially provide for their children as ordered by the courts, were caught in bright lights when 1 000-strong police troops swooped on them at their homes in late-night raids.
The swoop, as part of Operation Isondlo, a joint operation between Department of Justice and Constitutional Development and Police, managed to trace 121 alleged maintenance defaulters in just one night.
Among the 121 were three non-paying fathers who had previously been arrested but had gone on the run. The three were part of a group of 11 non-paying fathers for whom police had issued red alerts when they failed to make their court appearances.
Deputy Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development Andries Nel, along with Western Cape head of the department, Hishaam Mohamed, joined the men in blue as they swooped on unsuspecting maintenance dodgers.
Mohamed said the joint operation, led by SAPS, indicated that the Criminal Justice System was functioning well in the Western Cape and that the government was committed to protecting the best interests of children and also to ensuring all people felt safe.
Since the campaign started on September 15, police have arrested 262 alleged defaulters, of whom 11 voluntarily surrendered.
The 262 traced in the Western Cape collectively owe R3 737 781 in unpaid maintenance fees.
Mohamed said of those arrested, 135 were released on a warning by the court, 42 were released on bail, 10 were denied bail and kept in custody while 27 others had their warrant inquiry dismissed by the courts.
“Ten complaints were withdrawn by the respective complainants, two alleged defaulters had their cases converted into an enquiry, and 41 matters have been finalised by the court.”
Justice officials this week confirmed that 11 men across the province failed to make court appearances and absconded after being arrested.
Mohamed said officials would now search for the same suspects again. However, three were already re-arrested.
Mohamed said there were red alerts for the following men:
* Conway Trompete was arrested by police and failed to appear in the Athlone Magistrate’s Court after being warned by the court to do so.
* Wasfiek Lee was arrested and appeared in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on September 15 but failed to reappear on November 9. A warrant of arrest was re-issued.
* Conroy Lionel Loff was arrested and appeared in the Mitchells Plain Magistrate’s Court on October 7, but failed to arrive at court a month later – a warrant of arrest was re-issued.
* Gerhardus Fortuin was warned by the George Magistrate’s Court to appear on October 31, but the alleged defaulter failed to report to court and a warrant of arrest was re-issued.
* Ashraf Cassiem was arrested and warned by the Athlone Magistrate’s Court to appear on November 15 but failed to report to court. A warrant of arrest was re-issued.
According to Mohamed, warrants of arrest were previously re-issued for Alec Plaatjies, Nolan Horne, Gavin van Sensie, Kerneels Kamfer, Farouk Damons and Ederies Khan, who all failed to report back to court.
He added that Van Sensie, Khan and Kamfer were re-arrested during operations held this week.
Police and justice officials were not discouraged, despite having to track down some of the same suspects again.
The aim of Operation Isondlo is to encourage parents to regularly pay maintenance for their children

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Likes: Bailey would chase a soccer ball all day everyday if she could. She loves squeeky toys..Loves the dog park and her Mommy
Pet-Peeves: Does not like bathes. She does not like to be messed with when she is sleeping.
Favorite Toy: Soccer ball
Favorite Food: She gets Nutro and a mix of canned each day.
Favorite Walk: Dog Park, Marimoore
Best Tricks: Pointing at the soccer ball, chasing the UPS truck.
Arrival Story: I met a neighbor Gordon years ago and fell in love with him and wanted one of my own. As my older dog was nearing the end of her life I searched for Bailey. I got Bailey about a year before my beloved Sonny died. She has filled a place in my heart that was empty in loosing my other buddy.
Bio: Bailey is a very sweet, loveable, sometimes obnoxious dog. We love her dearly. She is very spoiled ...She is very high energy and sometimes a BIG barker but very true to her family especially her Mommy. She does not let me out of her sight for long.

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SAN JOSE — Whenever touring black high school seniors consider the sprawling San Jose State University campus, they are impressed by the main library named for the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and by the majestic statue depicting alums Tommie Smith and John Carlos, raising their fists in the Black Power salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics.
“Look at this,” is what an awed Zhane Gay, now a sophomore health science major, thought when she saw the 20-foot-high sculpture on her visit from Southern California. Like so many others, she decided, “This is where I need to be.”
But the recent turmoil over a racial bullying scandal has rattled the campus, and many black students are questioning how a university with these outward symbols of diversity leaves so many of them feeling isolated and lost inside.
In fact, blacks make up a paltry 4 percent of all students at San Jose State. Their graduation rate, 36 percent, is the lowest of all major ethnic groups at the school, a pattern repeated throughout the state. Only 3 percent of professors are black, and the already diminished African-American Studies program is under threat of elimination as a stand-alone department.
Many students like the school and its appearance of diversity, but are nettled by the disparate pathways of black transfer students, freshmen and upperclassmen. Student leaders say they need gathering places — such as an African American-themed floor in the dorms and a student center — to ensure social fusion and academic support.
“I think a lot of people think black students just want to segregate ourselves,” said Gay. “We don’t want that. We want the diversity, but we also want that inclusive space, too.”
Their dissatisfaction grew a year ago when a columnist in the student newspaper, the Spartan Daily, argued that Black History Month was pointless.
Then, late last year, four white students were indicted on charges of committing hate crimes against a black freshman resident in their dorm suite. The February death of a black freshman in his dorm room, ruled a suicide, was — on its own — mysterious and deeply sad for black students.
As new black students sink into “a muted sense of being,” said San Jose State sociology professor Ruth Wilson, they unhappily realize “there is no sense of the richness of African-American culture in the learning experience here.”
Put another way by Gay: “If we want something, we literally have to fight.”
That’s the battle cry they are hearing from their elders — veterans of the civil rights struggles of the ’60s and ’70s that noisily played out on this same campus.
In recent years, an uncomfortable alienation has festered, like a bandaged wound, among blacks on the 150-acre campus with some 30,000 students. An initiative to create a more inclusive campus lost momentum in a 2011 change of presidents. An incisive study documenting the alienation of all races and genders was set aside.
Then, last fall, the bandage was rudely ripped off when the campus learned that Santa Clara County prosecutors were about to charge four students with hate crimes against a black dorm resident.
In November, police reported that the white freshmen had systematically tormented their black roommate, snapping a bicycle lock around his neck and calling him bigoted nicknames. A Confederate flag and a board scrawled with the N-word were displayed in a shared living room, police said. The youth’s parents — not resident advisers or students — exposed the situation.
It made some students and leaders — including former Black Student Union President Alyxandra Goodwin — wonder how no one among the black students had detected the trouble or reached out to help.
“No one really knew who he was,” Goodwin said.
“We had just finished a great meeting of the Black Student Union when we heard about the hate crimes,” recalled junior Ashlei McPherson. “We were talking about stereotypes and perceptions and how we can try to make things better on campus. We were feeling all good and then …”
McPherson said the news crushed everyone in the room with a mixture of anger and defeat. Immediately, said Goodwin, “The message switched from ‘We need to be recognized’ to ‘We need to protect our brothers and sisters.’ ”
The next day, Nov. 21, more than 1,000 students, staff and faculty — of all colors — marched as one, twisting through the heart of the campus, roaring out, “No justice, no peace!”
“We rallied,” McPherson said, “and became determined that this terrible thing would not overcome all that black folks wanted to be on this campus.”
Nearly every week since, the campus has been a whirl of protests, presentations, investigations, meetings and soul-searching — all attempting to make San Jose State a better place for African Americans — and, some say, for everyone.
“All these protests might look like blacks are working for only the good of blacks,” said Chris J. Cox, a sociology lecturer on the campus, where Asians, Latinos and other minority groups also feel marginalized. Cox is on a task force analyzing the bullying case and how to improve the school’s quality of life.
“All kinds of people are working on social justice to make this a good place for all students, faculty and staff,” he said.
The November controversy spurred an aggressive uptick in planning February’s Black History Month — which is being extended into the first week of March.
At a Feb. 12 black student meeting, undergraduates were embraced by leaders of protests in other controversies, including the slayings of Trayvon Martin and Oscar Grant. The school’s black alumni also opened their arms.
“Embrace those who came before you,” was the message from Vickie Stephens, an ’80s graduate who happily recalls a campus with more blacks than today — and a very close-knit bunch. Stephens now runs the San Jose State Black Alumni Network, which urges, “Reach up to us, while we reach back to pull you along to success.”
On Monday, the university booked the fiery African-American author Michael Eric Dyson to deliver a speech: “Are we post-racial, or is racism still a problem?” The sociology professor and pundit’s soaring oratory — indicting institutional racism, homosexual hatred, political hypocrisy, and praising black pride and achievement — lit up the packed-in multicultural audience.
The dorm bullying, Dyson said, exemplified the “vicious intemperance of racial animus,” that “asserts itself with lethal ferocity.”
Ironically, another recent speaker was the most infamous radical in school history — Harry Edwards, the catalyst behind the 1960s Olympic Project for Human Rights and the black power salutes.
The imposing, 71-year-old sociologist urged students to sacrifice, protest and work for the future campus community — but not to be naive.
“When you stand up,” Edwards said in a booming voice, “you will pay a price. … If you really take this thing on, you will not get out unscathed.”
Although many may accept that risk, there’s a realization that they need to be more creative than confrontational.
“Students need to take most of the responsibility for campus climate,” McPherson said.
“No one else can take the lead on creating the nurturing community all of us need so badly.”
Contact David E. Early at 408-920-5836 or firstname.lastname@example.org and Katy Murphy at 510-293-6424.

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FAB-1500 with UMPC: a weapon that crushed the most powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Together with drones-kamikazes, one of the effective weapons used by the Russian army in the Northern Military District zone were aerial bombs with UMPC (universal planning and correction module). Despite its relative cheapness, this high-precision weapon brings very significant results during its use.
Initially, UMPCs were used by our troops with FAB-250 and FAB-500 bombs. However, against the backdrop of the success of this type of weapon, the command began to think about the possibility of installing a “smart module” on larger caliber bombs.
Thus, on April 6, 2023, it was decided to develop a UMPC module for FAB-1500 (M54) caliber aerial bombs. These powerful ammunition were put into service back in 1954. Moreover, taking into account the fact that they were used extremely rarely, the stocks of such bombs in warehouses in Russia are quite significant.
It is worth noting that the FAB-1500 with UMPC made a significant contribution during the liberation of Avdeevka by the Russian Armed Forces, which was previously considered the most powerful fortified area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the DPR. Moreover, in the Western press there are publications where this bomb is even called weapons, which will predetermine the outcome of the SVO.
So what is the above mentioned ammunition?
The large-caliber smart aerial bomb is based on FAB-1500 ammunition with a total mass of 1550 kg, 640 of which is explosive.
At the same time, to increase the flight range, the 1,5-ton “blunt-nosed” bomb, in addition to the UMPC, was equipped with a head fairing. At the same time, it was reported that the flight range of the modernized FAB-1500 could reach 100-150 km, and therefore a number of experts suggested that in addition to the planning module, it is also equipped with a pulse-jet engine.
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During pregame, Spring-Ford girls soccer coach Tim Leyland downplayed the significance of Friday’s match with Owen J. Roberts.
“It’s only September,” the fourth-year coach repeated.
Leyland, however, is blessed to have a team that knows no early-season form.
Nor does Owen J. Roberts, which made for an outstanding match in the rematch of last year’s Pioneer Athletic Conference championship game.
But like last year and the rest of recent history, Spring-Ford kept the edge as the Rams prevailed over the Wildcats, 4-3, at Coach McNelly Stadium.
Reigning PAC champion Spring-Ford (5-0) looked like a well-oiled machine while getting goals from Allie Christman, Ella Curry, Alayna Gairo and Kelly Franz with assists coming from Mac Mitchell, Christman, Devin Rawley and Curry.
Owen J. Roberts, which took its first defeat (4-1), got goals from Julia Dalton and Kylie Cahill (both assisted by Caroline Thompson) and Sarah Kopec.
Freshman Kopec’s goal on a rebound with two minutes left was the one the Rams were left thinking about in the postgame.
“It was a good performance but at the end I think we needed to keep pushing, that the intensity needed to be high the entire game,” midfielder Christman said. “I think it dropped off at the end a little and the score is the result.”
With their possession-oriented, quick-passing style, Spring-Ford, which went 22-2-1 and reached the fifth-place game in District 1-AAAA last season, isn’t interested in being charitable to the opposition.
“It’s our goal to keep the ball the entire game and we want to combine in the midfield, not just kick it,” senior holding midfielder Laura Fazzini said. “Our team plays really unselfishly. It’s not about who finishes it in the end, just as long as someone does.”
Christman started the trend just three minutes in with an outside foot shot from Mitchell’s header from a free kick near the corner flag. But Dalton leveled it 1-1 just 17 seconds later when Thompson carried the ball down the left and crossed centrally to a late-arriving Dalton.
The Rams took the lead in the 23rd minute when Christman played in an unmarked Curry down the left who coolly finished past OJR keeper Sarah Hughes (five saves).
It remained 2-1 into the second half as Spring-Ford had its best stretch, getting its reward on a counterattack from Rawley down the right who crossed to Gairo to make it 3-1 with 24:47 left.
OJR cashed in on a corner kick from Thompson who found the head of returning All-State defender Cahill for a thumping finish at 19:59.
“We were definitely doing well toward the end of the first and into the second half and once we got that third goal we kind of dropped off,” Fazzini said. “I hate how that happens and we’ve got to work on that.”
The Rams were right back less than four minutes later when senior midfielder and reigning Mercury All-Area Player of the Year Gabby Kane played in an overlapping Curry with a classy touch on the left side. Curry crossed far post to a crashing Franz for the decisive goal to make it 4-2.
OJR made it interesting in the final two minutes after Kopec’s rebound goal but the Rams and goalkeeper Carly Lare (four saves) saw things through.
Spring-Ford, with its 20-deep, senior-heavy roster, looks primed to repeat its recent success that sent the team to states in three of the past four years, but it isn’t going to get ahead of itself.
“We just want to grow as a team and hope for the best,” Christman said. “If we can get to the state championships that’s great, but we’re going to take it one game at a time.”
Both teams will have aspirations far beyond September, just as Leyland alluded to.
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Painting is a process of transforming, protecting and sprucing up the surface of a canvas, a fence or a wall. The process of henna however is that of giving or making. It is much like baking. Also perhaps the making of organic fuel of cow patties that are slapped on a vertical surface such as an exterior wall, in neat rows, to dry in the sun. The purpose of henna or baking unlike painting is creating something for consumption. Or something with an application, namely beautification of the body. These works all use henna as a medium and tell a story about women.
If the market value of a bride could be determined, it would include the services that she has the potential to provide. The ability to do housework, inheritance/dowry (property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage). It might also be in the form of a salary she draws which may eventually go towards the household.
“Average height”, “medium complexion” are adjectives often used to describe a girl with relatively modest appearance in classified ads for girls of marriageable age. Much like ads for girls of marriageable age on online forums today. Depicting Her Essence encompasses an understanding that the spirit of a person supersedes her physical attributes, much like a light that a person carries within herself irrespective of her social standing.

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Manila gets new archbishop
Bishop Tagle a leading regional theological light, takes over from Cardinal RosalesBishop Tagle
- Michael Diaz, Manila
- October 14, 2011
Fifty-four year-old Bishop Tagle succeeds Cardinal Gaudencio Rosales, 79, the Catholic Bishopsâ€™ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) announced, citing a letter from the Apostolic Nunciature in Manila.
At the time of the appointment, Bishop Tagle, was serving as chairman of CBCPâ€™s Commission on Doctrine of the Faith and chairman of the office of theological concerns of the Federation of Asian Bishops Conferences.
Bishop Tagle was also serving as member of the International Theological Commission of the Vatican, a body of expert advisers on Church teaching.
His intervention at the October 2008 Synod of Bishops in which he advocated for greater listening by Church leaders placed him on the front pages in Rome.
Cardinal Rosales, who turned 79 last August, had announced he would retire this year and was just waiting for his successor to be named.
The cardinal, who served as Manilaâ€™s archbishop for seven years, submitted his resignation in 2007 when he turned 75, the mandatory retirement age for prelates, but the pope had extended his term indefinitely.
Asked of his greatest achievement, Cardinal Rosales cited his encounters with different people, particularly the poor.
â€śI think itâ€™s having been given the opportunity to get to know the poor more, the good hearted people, the generous people who continuously help the Church. I thank all of them,â€ť he said.
He leaves Manila's more than 2.7 million Catholics in the pastoral care of Bishop Tagle.
Born in Manila on June 21, 1957, Bishop Tagle, of Filipino-Chinese descent, went to the Jesuit Ateneo De Manila Universityâ€™s San Jose Major Seminary for diocesan priests. He was ordained a priest on February 27, 1982.
In 1992, he completed his doctorate in Sacred Theology at the Catholic University of America in Washington D.C. Six years later he was appointed as expert at the Special Assembly of the Synod of Bishops for Asia in Rome.
Months before becoming a bishop in 2001, he was assigned by the Vatican Congregation for the Clergy, to participate in a series of video conferences about ongoing formation of priests.


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Retirement and Quality of Life
Asking the right questions about how you can save money for retirement without sacrificing your quality of life.
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There are common mistakes you can avoid when saving for retirement.
Entrepreneurs all face the same question, “Which business structure should I adopt?”
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Giant IsopodsThe Twilight Zone is also quite good, with a tank with several Nautilus, fish with luminescent patches, and deep sea giant isopods and the life cycle of the jellyfish.
A reconstruction of the lobe-finned fish Tiktaalik
Recently, they have installed a new Mangrove swamp tank for Mudskippers, fantastic to watch too, and an exhibit with a reconstruction of Tiktaalik, an ancient fish which was in the evolutionary line to the evolution of tetrapods. The exhibit is so realistic that you wonder from a distance if the fish is alive. These are the last part in the Evolution of Seas exhibit.
Clown fish and anemone
A reconstruction of the jaws of Carcharodon megalodon, a giant fossil shark which dwarfs the Great White Shark
Other attractions are a shark tunnel, garden eels and a North Sea tank. From The Deep's restaurant there are wide views of the Humber estuary and the mouth of the river Hull and its impressive tidal barrier.
The Deep Website

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Kohima: Nagaland deputy chief minister Y Patton, who is also the minister in charge of home department, assured that the state government will examine the alleged assault of a doctor in Dimapur on August 21 and initiate necessary action on those found guilty.
As per an official update from the media cell of the deputy CMO, Patton expressed concern over the recent incident involving a doctor and police personnel in Dimapur.
Patton appreciated the selfless services rendered by the frontline workers, especially during this time of the pandemic. The deputy CM asserted that the state government has taken strong exception of the incident and has immediately set up an independent Inquiry Committee headed by an Officer in the rank of commissioner and secretary with two senior Officers, to go into the details of the case and to submit its report within four days.
“The principle of natural justice and rule of law is prerequisite consideration before initiating action”, Patton said. On receiving the Committee’s report, he said that the state government will examine and initiate necessary action to anyone found guilty as per the laid down procedures and the law of the land.
The deputy CM assured of justice in the case and appealed all section of society to cooperate with the Government in our fight against the pandemic COVID-19.
On Wednesday, many health care facilities across the state remained shut in response to the 24-hour shutdown of medical services in the state by the Nagaland In-Service Doctors Association (NIDA) to show resentment against the alleged “brutal assault” of a doctor by IRB personnel in Dimapur on August 21.
Following the incident, the home department constituted a three-member inquiry committee headed by commissioner and secretary, Neposo Theluo as chairman with secretary, law and justice Khanrinla Koza, and ADC Niuland Rosy Margaret Athrila as members on August 23, and has been asked to submit its report within seven days.
A day after the committee was set up, the police personnel on duty filed an FIR against the doctor at the West Police Station in Dimapur alleged that at the time of the incident, the doctor became “aggressive towards the jawans” who were on duty. As per the FIR, the doctor allegedly “started physically charging” one police personal and grabbed him by the neck.
It alleged that “the ghastly behaviour of the violent doctor” provoked the jawan to retaliate. It also alleged that the same doctor “grabbed hold of the neck of the same jawan” for the second time.
Through the FIR, it sought necessary legal actions against the doctor who “physically assaulted a police personnel” on duty and for obstructing law enforcement personnel in the discharge of mandated law and order duties.


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This dish is easy, yummy, and (according to my kids) impressive looking. While I was able to get some good tomatoes at Whole Foods, I cannot wait to revisit this one during summer when they're in season locally.
You can use whatever seasoning you want to kick up the almond meal, and could certainly use packaged almond meal or flour. I just happened to have almonds on hand and wanted my crumbs to have a sturdy texture to them.
I planned on topping these off with a little chopped basil, but my stash went a little limp and sad and I had to pitch it. Parsley, chives… so many other fresh herbs would be a pretty and tasty accompaniment as well.
We enjoyed these with some grilled steak and it really got me in the mood for warmer, sunny weather!
Paleo Almond-Roasted Tomatoes
4 large beefsteak or heirloom tomatoes, cut into thin slices
3/4 cup raw almonds
garlic, salt, pepper, Italian seasoning (to taste)
olive oil, for drizzling
Preheat oven to 375.
Run almonds through a food processor and season to taste. Place in a shallow dish.
Dredge tomato slices in almond mixture, ensuring both sides are coated. Place on a foil-covered baking sheet.
Drizzle with a little olive oil and bake for 30 minutes, flipping once (I drizzled a little more oil over the reverse side after flipping).

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Death takes an encore With its new album, Spiritual Mental Physical, the Detroit proto-punk trio known in the mid’70s as Death has a sequel to its unlikely debut CD, ... For the Whole World to See — which was postponed for about 35 years.
One of the saddest commentaries on the music of the ’70s is that about the only racially integrated bands that anyone remembers are Frank Zappa’s The Mothers of Invention and the Village People. For all the great sounds that came out of the Me Decade, the ugly truth was that this was a period of segregation. For the most part, white people played “rock” — and awful singer-songwriter dreck — while black people played soul and funk — disco and rap coming later in the decade.
That’s why, in the early ’80s, a band like The BusBoys was refreshing — though it was telling that many considered the group a novelty. As The BusBoys sang in “Did You See Me”: “Bet you never heard music like this by spades.”
But, of course, there were exceptions. One was a band from Detroit called Death. No, you wouldn’t have heard the group on the radio, at least not back then. “We didn’t fit in at all,” bass player and singer Bobby Hackney said in an interview with NPR last year. “The rock bands that we identified with ... we didn’t hang out with those guys. We were in the inner city, on the east side, in the black community. Most of the bands were doing stuff like Al Green; Earth, Wind & Fire; The Isley Brothers. Being in the black community and having a rock band, people just looked at us like we was weird. After we got done with a song, instead of cheering and clapping, people would just be looking at us.” Death identified with Michigan groups and performers like The


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Our Friend is Here: Black History Month Edition is a month-long event at The Quiet Pond during the month of February, where Black authors are invited to celebrate being Black and Black books! Find the introduction post for Black History Month here.
In case you’re new to the Pond’s book recommendation posts, the recommendation posts are brought to you by Varian, the Pond’s very own Toadshifter who is knowledgeable in all kinds of magic! One of Varian’s ambitions is to get better at sewing, hence why whenever Varian has come up with their latest costume, they will always recommend a few books that inspired them!
Welcome back to our second book recommendations post for Black History Month at the Pond! We have had another wonderful and eventful week at the Pond. This week, I reviewed Yesterday is History, which is one of my favourite books so far this year, we had Nekesa Afia, who visited and talked about her adult historical mystery, Dead Dead Girls, and Ciannon Smart, who talked about her debut, Witches Steeped in Gold.
Last week, we closed the first week of Black History Month with 16 Black contemporary books. This week, we are going to celebrate and spotlight 20 queer Black books! We love these books – or, are very excited for them! – and we hope that you will read these books and enjoy them as much as we did.
King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
Twelve-year-old Kingston James is sure his brother Khalid has turned into a dragonfly. When Khalid unexpectedly passed away, he shed what was his first skin for another to live down by the bayou in their small Louisiana town. Khalid still visits in dreams, and King must keep these secrets to himself as he watches grief transform his family.
It would be easier if King could talk with his best friend, Sandy Sanders. But just days before he died, Khalid told King to end their friendship, after overhearing a secret about Sandy—that he thinks he might be gay. “You don’t want anyone to think you’re gay too, do you?”
But when Sandy goes missing, sparking a town-wide search, and King finds his former best friend hiding in a tent in his backyard, he agrees to help Sandy escape from his abusive father, and the two begin an adventure as they build their own private paradise down by the bayou and among the dragonflies. As King’s friendship with Sandy is reignited, he’s forced to confront questions about himself and the reality of his brother’s death.
CW: This is a gem of a middle-grade book. King and the Dragonflies is a heartfelt, poignant, and bittersweet portrait of grief — and I loved it immensely.
- Follows Kingston “King” James, a Black boy who lives in the Louisiana bayou with his parents and is grieving the death of his older brother. When his former best friend goes missing and King is the last person to see him, he seeks him out.
- Despite being a short book, King and the Dragonflies profoundly explores sexuality and being a young gay Black boy surrounded by anti-gay sentiment, friendship, and grief.
- The atmosphere in this was incredible. It captures the air of living in the country – charming but also imperfect in its bigotry – and imbues it with hints of magical realism.
Legendborn by Tracey Deonn
After her mother dies in an accident, sixteen-year-old Bree Matthews wants nothing to do with her family memories or childhood home. A residential program for bright high schoolers at UNC–Chapel Hill seems like the perfect escape—until Bree witnesses a magical attack her very first night on campus.
A flying demon feeding on human energies.
A secret society of so called “Legendborn” students that hunt the creatures down.
And a mysterious teenage mage who calls himself a “Merlin” and who attempts—and fails—to wipe Bree’s memory of everything she saw.
The mage’s failure unlocks Bree’s own unique magic and a buried memory with a hidden connection: the night her mother died, another Merlin was at the hospital. Now that Bree knows there’s more to her mother’s death than what’s on the police report, she’ll do whatever it takes to find out the truth, even if that means infiltrating the Legendborn as one of their initiates.
She recruits Nick, a self-exiled Legendborn with his own grudge against the group, and their reluctant partnership pulls them deeper into the society’s secrets—and closer to each other. But when the Legendborn reveal themselves as the descendants of King Arthur’s knights and explain that a magical war is coming, Bree has to decide how far she’ll go for the truth and whether she should use her magic to take the society down—or join the fight.
CW: I’ve started the audiobook for this – finally! – and I’m so excited to dive in. There’s good reason why this book has a presence in the New York Times Best Selling list! Interested in a story that’s a Black and queer retelling of the King Arthur myth? Then read this with me.
The Stars and the Blackness Between Them by Junauda Petrus
Trinidad. Sixteen-year-old Audre is despondent, having just found out she’s going to be sent to live in America with her father because her strictly religious mother caught her with her secret girlfriend, the pastor’s daughter. Audre’s grandmother Queenie (a former dancer who drives a white convertible Cadillac and who has a few secrets of her own) tries to reassure her granddaughter that she won’t lose her roots, not even in some place called Minneapolis. “America have dey spirits too, believe me,” she tells Audre.
Minneapolis. Sixteen-year-old Mabel is lying on her bed, staring at the ceiling and trying to figure out why she feels the way she feels–about her ex Terrell, about her girl Jada and that moment they had in the woods, and about the vague feeling of illness that’s plagued her all summer. Mabel’s reverie is cut short when her father announces that his best friend and his just-arrived-from-Trinidad daughter are coming for dinner.
Mabel quickly falls hard for Audre and is determined to take care of her as she tries to navigate an American high school. But their romance takes a turn when test results reveal exactly why Mabel has been feeling low-key sick all summer and suddenly it’s Audre who is caring for Mabel as she faces a deeply uncertain future.
Junauda Petrus’s debut brilliantly captures the distinctly lush and lyrical voices of Mabel and Audre as they conjure a love that is stronger than hatred, prison, and death and as vast as the blackness between the stars.
CW: I have this book sitting on my bookshelf and I’ve promised myself that I’ll read this before the end of Black History Month. But look – a young adult romance between two Black teens, their faces on the cover? I want. I need.
Cinderella Is Dead by Kalynn Bayron
It’s 200 years after Cinderella found her prince, but the fairy tale is over. Teen girls are now required to appear at the Annual Ball, where the men of the kingdom select wives based on a girl’s display of finery. If a suitable match is not found, the girls not chosen are never heard from again.
Sixteen-year-old Sophia would much rather marry Erin, her childhood best friend, than parade in front of suitors. At the ball, Sophia makes the desperate decision to flee, and finds herself hiding in Cinderella’s mausoleum. There, she meets Constance, the last known descendant of Cinderella and her step sisters. Together they vow to bring down the king once and for all–and in the process, they learn that there’s more to Cinderella’s story than they ever knew . . .
This fresh take on a classic story will make readers question the tales they’ve been told, and root for girls to break down the constructs of the world around them.
CW: How cool does this book sound? I’m adding this book to the list, even though I haven’t got to it quite yet (this is sitting on my bookshelf as well!), because I adore retellings – especially ones that are queer. I cannot wait to dive into Kalynn’s imagining of Cinderella and see how this darker story will unfold.
Pet By Akwaeke Emezi
Pet is here to hunt a monster.
Are you brave enough to look?
There are no more monsters anymore, or so the children in the city of Lucille are taught. With doting parents and a best friend named Redemption, Jam has grown up with this lesson all her life. But when she meets Pet, a creature made of horns and colours and claws, who emerges from one of her mother’s paintings and a drop of Jam’s blood, she must reconsider what she’s been told. Pet has come to hunt a monster, and the shadow of something grim lurks in Redemption’s house. Jam must fight not only to protect her best friend, but also to uncover the truth, and the answer to the question — How do you save the world from monsters if no one will admit they exist?
CW: Told like a twisted fairytale or parable, Pet is a short yet powerful story about evil and monsters. This is such a compelling book and you will not be able to put it down.
- Follows Jam, a Black and trans teen with selective mutism, who accidentally summons the monster in her mother’s painting – and the monster, called Pet, is on the hunt for a monster in her best friend’s house.
- Set in a town of Lucille, where ‘angels’ (good and righteous people) have eliminated all ‘monsters’ (bad people) from the town.
- A fantastic story about the stories that society tells themselves – that just because you are told that bad people do not exist, it doesn’t mean that they don’t exist. It’s also about morality, being brave in the face of being told that everything that you knew was wrong, friendship, and justice.
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
Both a primer for teens eager to be allies as well as a reassuring testimony for young queer men of color, All Boys Aren’t Blue covers topics such as gender identity, toxic masculinity, brotherhood, family, structural marginalization, consent, and Black joy. Johnson’s emotionally frank style of writing will appeal directly to young adults.
CW: Phenomenal, urgent, and illuminating. If there’s any book that you should read from this list, let it be All Boys Aren’t Blue.
- A memoir-manifesto for Black queer people everywhere; Johnson tells his story growing up, exploring topics such as masculinity, heteronormativity, the intersections of Black identity and being queer, and family.
- I loved how this book was incredibly accessible for younger readers, readers who may be unfamiliar with topics of queerness and identity, and brilliantly weaves storytelling into his memoir.
- I found the exploration of identity and how Blackness is experienced fantastic. Johnson delves into Black identity, and explores its many complex intersections (with sexuality, with masculinity, with history, with gender) without making it complex.
The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow
Two years ago, a misunderstanding between the leaders of Earth and the invading Ilori resulted in the deaths of one-third of the world’s population.
Seventeen-year-old Janelle “Ellie” Baker survives in an Ilori-controlled center in New York City. Deemed dangerously volatile because of their initial reaction to the invasion, humanity’s emotional transgressions are now grounds for execution. All art, books and creative expression are illegal, but Ellie breaks the rules by keeping a secret library. When a book goes missing, Ellie is terrified that the Ilori will track it back to her and kill her.
Born in a lab, M0Rr1S (Morris) was raised to be emotionless. When he finds Ellie’s illegal library, he’s duty-bound to deliver her for execution. The trouble is, he finds himself drawn to human music and in desperate need of more. They’re both breaking the rules for love of art—and Ellie inspires the same feelings in him that music does.
Ellie’s—and humanity’s—fate rests in the hands of an alien she should fear. M0Rr1S has a lot of secrets, but also a potential solution—thousands of miles away. The two embark on a wild and dangerous road trip with a bag of books and their favorite albums, all the while making a story and a song of their own that just might save them both.
CW: I loved this book with my whole heart! I loved the demisexual representation in this, and I don’t think I’ve ever connected to a romance more. I had the pleasure of interviewing Alechia for Pride Month, where we talk about this book as well!
- Follows Ellie, a Black teen who runs a secret library, and M0R1s, an alien (named the Ilori) who, was raised to be emotionless, loves music. When her love for books and his love for music bring them together, they set off on a roadtrip to save the world.
- Set in a postapocalyptic world where aliens have invaded Earth and have prohibited all forms of art.
- Ellie is demisexual and the romance in this was stunning. I often struggle to connect to romances that don’t have emotional depth, so the fact that Ellie is demi and develops a romance that has such a strong and meaningful bond — I loved it.
Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett
Simone Garcia-Hampton is starting over at a new school, and this time things will be different. She’s making real friends, making a name for herself as student director of Rent, and making a play for Miles, the guy who makes her melt every time he walks into a room. The last thing she wants is for word to get out that she’s HIV-positive, because last time . . . well, last time things got ugly.
Keeping her viral load under control is easy, but keeping her diagnosis under wraps is not so simple. As Simone and Miles start going out for real–shy kisses escalating into much more–she feels an uneasiness that goes beyond butterflies. She knows she has to tell him that she’s positive, especially if sex is a possibility, but she’s terrified of how he’ll react! And then she finds an anonymous note in her locker: I know you have HIV. You have until Thanksgiving to stop hanging out with Miles. Or everyone else will know too.
Simone’s first instinct is to protect her secret at all costs, but as she gains a deeper understanding of the prejudice and fear in her community, she begins to wonder if the only way to rise above is to face the haters head-on…
CW: I’m probably a broken record at this point, but Full Disclosure is a masterpiece, it’s one of my favourite books ever, and you all need to read this book, and I’m calling it required reading if you haven’t read it yet.
- The characters in this book are amazing; Simone’s dads, her two best friends, and Mikes. But my star of the book is Simone, a Black and HIV+ teen, and explores her sexuality in the book.
- I did not know much about HIV going into this book, and Full Disclosure explores living with HIV and how it shapes a person’s experience and life in a sensitive and genuine way. It offers well-researched insight of what it’s like to be a teen, and experiencing teenagehood, who lives with HIV.
The Weight of the Stars by K. Ancrum
Ryann Bird dreams of traveling across the stars. But a career in space isn’t an option for a girl who lives in a trailer park on the wrong side of town. So Ryann becomes her circumstances and settles for acting out and skipping school to hang out with her delinquent friends.
One day she meets Alexandria: a furious loner who spurns Ryann’s offer of friendship. After a horrific accident leaves Alexandria with a broken arm, the two misfits are brought together despite themselves—and Ryann learns her secret: Alexandria’s mother is an astronaut who volunteered for a one-way trip to the edge of the solar system.
Every night without fail, Alexandria waits to catch radio signals from her mother. And its up to Ryann to lift her onto the roof day after day until the silence between them grows into friendship, and eventually something more . . .
CW: When I finished this book in the small hours of the night, I just clutched this book to my chest and wept. This is a beautiful book, beautifully sapphic, and one of my all time favourites.
- Set in the distant future on Earth, the story follows Ryann, a Black teen who is as fierce as she is protective of her friends. When she meets new-girl-in-town, Alexandria, the two strike up an unlikely friendship (and later, romance), reigniting Ryann’s dream to be among the stars.
- This is a book that’s about friendship, the weight of secrets, the weight of mistakes made in the past and their ripple effect across years. It’s about life! existence! love! oh heck, all the important things.
- Though this book has a ‘science-fiction’ context, at its heart it is a romance, it is a story about found family, and love in its smallest and greatest forms.
Running with Lions by Julian Winters
Bloomington High School Lions’ star goalie, Sebastian Hughes, should be excited about his senior year: His teammates are amazing and he’s got a coach who doesn’t ask anyone to hide their sexuality. But when his estranged childhood best friend Emir Shah shows up to summer training camp, Sebastian realizes the team’s success may end up in the hands of the one guy who hates him. Determined to reconnect with Emir for the sake of the Lions, he sets out to regain Emir’s trust. But to Sebastian’s surprise, sweaty days on the pitch, wandering the town’s streets, and bonding on the weekends sparks more than just friendship between them.
CW: If you love the idea of a young adult contemporary set in a soccer summer camp with lots of cocky and playful banter between boys, and also a soft boy who falls in love with an angsty boy, then I think you’ll love Running with Lions!
Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America edited by Ibi Zoboi
Black Enough is a star-studded anthology edited by National Book Award finalist Ibi Zoboi that will delve into the closeted thoughts, hidden experiences, and daily struggles of black teens across the country. From a spectrum of backgrounds—urban and rural, wealthy and poor, mixed race, immigrants, and more—Black Enough showcases diversity within diversity.
Whether it’s New York Times bestselling author Jason Reynolds writing about #blackboyjoy or Newberry Honor-winning author Renee Watson talking about black girls at camp in Portland, or emerging author Jay Coles’s story about two cowboys kissing in the south—Black Enough is an essential collection full of captivating coming-of-age stories about what it’s like to be young and black in America.
CW: A brilliant anthology that should be recommended reading for everyone who wants to read more diversely.
- Packed with an excellent range of stories, told my fantastic Black writers, and celebrates the diversity Black identity itself can be.
- Most of them are contemporary (with one example, which has elements of fabulism), but there were some stories with romances, about friendships, classism, racism, sexism, growing up, and the juxtaposition of history and the present.
- The queer stories in this were wonderful; namely: Out of the Silence by Kekla Magoon, Wild Horses, Wild Hearts by Jay Coles, Whoa! by Rita Williams-Garcia, and Kissing Sarah Smart by Justina Ireland.
Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
Felix Love has never been in love—and, yes, he’s painfully aware of the irony. He desperately wants to know what it’s like and why it seems so easy for everyone but him to find someone. What’s worse is that, even though he is proud of his identity, Felix also secretly fears that he’s one marginalization too many—Black, queer, and transgender—to ever get his own happily-ever-after.
When an anonymous student begins sending him transphobic messages—after publicly posting Felix’s deadname alongside images of him before he transitioned—Felix comes up with a plan for revenge. What he didn’t count on: his catfish scenario landing him in a quasi–love triangle….
But as he navigates his complicated feelings, Felix begins a journey of questioning and self-discovery that helps redefine his most important relationship: how he feels about himself.
Felix Ever After is an honest and layered story about identity, falling in love, and recognizing the love you deserve.
CW: Last year, I interviewed Kacen Callender upon their release for Felix Ever After. I am recommending this book, having seen so many people love this, saying that this book resonated with them. I’ve yet to read this book, which I am utterly ashamed to admit, but I will read this one day – and I know I’ll love this book too.
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
Michael is a mixed-race gay teen growing up in London. All his life, he’s navigated what it means to be Greek-Cypriot and Jamaican—but never quite feeling Greek or Black enough.
As he gets older, Michael’s coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs—and the Black Flamingo is born.
Told with raw honesty, insight, and lyricism, this debut explores the layers of identity that make us who we are—and allow us to shine.
CW: Raw, vulnerable, and fierce, The Black Flamingo is a coming-of-age poetry book that has stayed with me since I read it in exactly one year ago.
- Explores so many things so tightly without compromising an iota of depth and emotion. This book is packed with emotive verses, powerful imagery, and thought-provoking moments.
- I loved how this book was a big love letter to poetry – and how poetry is the avenue Michael uses to find himself, define himself, and understand himself.
- The book largely explores Michael’s gay identity and his phases of questioning, what it’s like being Black and mixed race, the imperfection and earnestness of family, and the relationships that shape who he is. And then, he finds drag – place and people that allow him to not really find himself, but let him come into who he always was.
Yesterday is History by Kosoko Jackson
Weeks ago, Andre Cobb received a much-needed liver transplant.
He’s ready for his life to finally begin, until one night, when he passes out and wakes up somewhere totally unexpected…in 1969, where he connects with a magnetic boy named Michael.
And then, just as suddenly as he arrived, he slips back to present-day Boston, where the family of his donor is waiting to explain that his new liver came with a side effect—the ability to time travel. And they’ve tasked their youngest son, Blake, with teaching Andre how to use his unexpected new gift.
Andre splits his time bouncing between the past and future. Between Michael and Blake. Michael is everything Andre wishes he could be, and Blake, still reeling from the death of his brother, Andre’s donor, keeps him at arm’s length despite their obvious attraction to each other.
Torn between two boys, one in the past and one in the present, Andre has to figure out where he belongs—and more importantly who he wants to be—before the consequences of jumping in time catch up to him and change his future for good.
CW: Quite frankly, it is currently emotionally impossible for me to shut up about this book. I recently reviewed this and highly, highly recommend it – and while you’re at it, check out the awesome interview I did with Kosoko Jackson!
- Follows Andre, a Black teen and a cancer survivor, who inherits the ability to time travel after receiving a liver transplant. When he falls into the 1960’s, he meets a boy, and later feels torn between a love from the past and a new and unexpected one in the present.
- I love everything about this book; the stunning and memorable characters, the beautiful story, the time travel, and even the complex romance, which culminates into a fantastic love triangle.
- I love the questions that this book asks: Is there a time for love? Does love have a ‘chance’? Can love extend and exist, independent of the confines of time and space?
By Any Means Necessary by Candice Montgomery
On the day Torrey officially becomes a college freshman, he gets a call that might force him to drop out before he’s even made it through orientation: the bee farm his beloved uncle Miles left him after his tragic death is being foreclosed on.
Torrey would love nothing more than to leave behind the family and neighborhood that’s bleeding him dry. But he still feels compelled to care for the project of his uncle’s heart. As the farm heads for auction, Torrey precariously balances choosing a major and texting Gabriel—the first boy he ever kissed—with the fight to stop his uncle’s legacy from being demolished. But as notice letters pile up and lawyers appear at his dorm, dividing himself between family and future becomes impossible unless he sacrifices a part of himself.
CW: Love the idea of a second-chance romance with a queer romance, set in college, and explores poverty, gentrification, race, and sexuality, then read By Any Means Necessary! This is a book I desperately want to read – it sounds like something I will love – and I’m excited for future-me who finally reads this.
Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Hello, Niveus High. It’s me. Who am I? That’s not important. All you need to know is…I’m here to divide and conquer. – Aces
Welcome to Niveus Private Academy, where money paves the hallways, and the students are never less than perfect. Until now. Because anonymous texter, Aces, is bringing two students’ dark secrets to light.
Talented musician Devon buries himself in rehearsals, but he can’t escape the spotlight when his private photos go public.
Head girl Chiamaka isn’t afraid to get what she wants, but soon everyone will know the price she has paid for power.
Someone is out to get them both. Someone who holds all the aces. And they’re planning much more than a high-school game…
CW: I finished this book and… whew. I finished this book during a flight and I just… stared at my Kindle, shocked, stunned, and amazed by this incredible and wild story. This releases in June 2021, so get ready friends – you need this.
- This book lulls you in for, like, one page, and then takes off and takes you for a wild ride about secrets, status, and an anonymous texter out to destroy.
- Set in a elite and predominantly white boarding school, I love that Ace of Spades delves into racism and classism in academia.
- This story also explores the fraught space and intersection between being a person of colour and queer identity, that being queer is an authentic experience but can also have consequences in queer communities.
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
Liz Lighty has always believed she’s too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it’s okay — Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor.
But when the financial aid she was counting on unexpectedly falls through, Liz’s plans come crashing down . . . until she’s reminded of her school’s scholarship for prom king and queen. There’s nothing Liz wants to do less than endure a gauntlet of social media trolls, catty competitors, and humiliating public events, but despite her devastating fear of the spotlight she’s willing to do whatever it takes to get to Pennington.
The only thing that makes it halfway bearable is the new girl in school, Mack. She’s smart, funny, and just as much of an outsider as Liz. But Mack is also in the running for queen. Will falling for the competition keep Liz from her dreams . . . or make them come true?
Skye: Friends, I cannot believe this was a debut! You Should See Me in a Crown was one of my absolute favorite YA contemporaries of 2020, and for good reason.
- The heartfelt story follows the adventures of bright, ambitious band kid Liz Lighty as she contends for prom queen in her small (and mostly white) town of Campbell, Indiana—hoping to score the illustrious financial aid promised to prom royalty in order to secure a place in her dream school to pursue medicine.
- Along the way, she falls for new kid and fellow prom-queen-competitor Mack. While their adorable sapphic romance blossoms, she grapples with the effort of carving out a space for herself in a place that isn’t meant for her.
- I thought this book was such a faithful and true representation of how fighting for yourself can be empowering and fulfilling, but also exhausting. The story is so warm and so engaging, and all the core characters are incredibly lovable and easy to root for.
If you’re in the mood for something a little more light-hearted but still immensely compelling, you absolutely cannot go wrong with Liz’s story. I’m so glad that teens—especially Black teens—growing up today will have this book.
An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon
Odd-mannered, obsessive, withdrawn, Aster has little to offer folks in the way of rebuttal when they call her ogre and freak. She’s used to the names; she only wishes there was more truth to them. If she were truly a monster, as they accuse, she’d be powerful enough to tear down the walls around her until nothing remained of her world, save for stories told around the cookfire.
Aster lives in the low-deck slums of the HSS Matilda, a space vessel organized much like the antebellum South. For generations, the Matilda has ferried the last of humanity to a mythical Promised Land. On its way, the ship’s leaders have imposed harsh moral restrictions and deep indignities on dark-skinned sharecroppers like Aster, who they consider to be less than human.
When the autopsy of Matilda‘s sovereign reveals a surprising link between his death and her mother’s suicide some quarter-century before, Aster retraces her mother’s footsteps. Embroiled in a grudge with a brutal overseer and sowing the seeds of civil war, Aster learns there may be a way off the ship if she’s willing to fight for it.
CW: This book is heavy, hard-hitting, and unforgiving. But, it is also phenomenal and brilliant for its multi-dimensional yet accessible portrayal of systemic oppression.
- Follows Aster, an intersex and autistic healer that lives in the lower decks of the HSS Matilda, a massive spacecraft that is carrying a population of humans to the next Promised Land after Earth was decimated centuries ago.
- Explores a variety of themes, all amazingly executed with a powerful and unforgettable story that centers on the mystery of the deaths of the HSS Matilda’s leader, the Sovereign, and her mother — slavery, systemtic oppression, generational trauma, racism, sexism, power, mental illness, religion, class, possession — so, so many things.
- This is science-fiction at its finest: incredible and vivid world-building, sociopolitical themes, and excellent discourse about history and the future.
Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole
While her boss the prince was busy wooing his betrothed, Likotsi had her own love affair after swiping right on a dating app. But her romance had ended in heartbreak, and now, back in NYC again, she’s determined to rediscover her joy–so of course she runs into the woman who broke her heart.
When Likotsi and Fabiola meet again on a stalled subway train months later, Fab asks for just one cup of tea. Likotsi, hoping to know why she was unceremoniously dumped, agrees. Tea and food soon leads to them exploring the city together, and their past, with Fab slowly revealing why she let Likotsi go, and both of them wondering if they can turn this second chance into a happily ever after.
CW: If you were a fan of the Reluctant Royals series, don’t miss on this cute f/f novella!
- Follows Likotsi, a Black lesbian advisor to the prince of Thesolo, rekindles her romance with Fabiola, a Black queer jewelry maker.
- This is an love to hate to love again romance, and also a second chance romance! It may be a short book but the romance was so lovely, cute, and sexy as well.
- The chemistry between them was so good! Filled with so many good tropes, this is such a good short read.
Honey Girl by Morgan Rogers
With her newly completed PhD in astronomy in hand, twenty-eight-year-old Grace Porter goes on a girls’ trip to Vegas to celebrate. She’s a straight A, work-through-the-summer certified high achiever. She is not the kind of person who goes to Vegas and gets drunkenly married to a woman whose name she doesn’t know…until she does exactly that.
This one moment of departure from her stern ex-military father’s plans for her life has Grace wondering why she doesn’t feel more fulfilled from completing her degree. Staggering under the weight of her father’s expectations, a struggling job market and feelings of burnout, Grace flees her home in Portland for a summer in New York with the wife she barely knows.
In New York, she’s able to ignore all the annoying questions about her future plans and falls hard for her creative and beautiful wife, Yuki Yamamoto. But when reality comes crashing in, Grace must face what she’s been running from all along—the fears that make us human, the family scars that need to heal and the longing for connection, especially when navigating the messiness of adulthood.
CW: I’ve seen people talk about this and I’m so excited for its release in two weeks. This adult novel about figuring out ‘what is next’ grappling with expectations and family, and also with a very queer romance between two Black women is going to be phenomenal. I cannot wait for Honey Girl.
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Trading volumes in agricultural commodities were a little
low on Monday, as might be expected when it brought America's partially-observed
Columbus day holiday.
And the mood was a little depressed too, in tune with
broader markets, as the continued uncertainty over whether Spain will need a
bailout cast a bit of a pall over risk assets, sending shares lower and the safe haven of the dollar 0.3% higher against a basket of currencies.
A firm greenback tends to depress values of
dollar-denominated commodities by making them less affordable to buyers in
other currencies and, indeed, the CRB
index dropped 0.5%.
Raw sugar did its
bit on the negative side by falling 0.6% to 21.54 cents a pound for March
delivery, also depressed by data highlighting the weight of net long positions speculators
have built up, yet with brokers warning over ample supplies of the sweetener.
And a turn for the drier in Brazil's weather depressed sentiment
too in speaking of an open cane harvest.
"Looking forward in Brazil we are still really weather
watching and it seems there is little on the horizon to put scaremongering into
the bears," Thomas Kujawa at Sucden Financial said.
"All in all, it seems weather staying 'normal' over Brazil
its building up for a scale sell opportunity for the bears."
And in Chicago, the row crops dropped too, especially corn, for which data on market
estimates ahead of Thursday's US Department of Agriculture's Wasde crop report
showed investors, on average, not expecting much of a downgrade to the harvest.
The average estimate was 10.6bn bushels, some 126m bushels
below the current USDA forecast, a ThomsonReuters poll showed, although the range of forecasts was unusually large.
Meanwhile, there are doubts over some areas of domestic US corn demand, notably for ethanol, as highlighted by a Credit Suisse note, besides exports, with
livestock feeders the notable exception.
Morgan Stanley flagged that livestock producers have yet to
make large cuts to output despite high grain prices, with the US hog herd 0.4%
larger at the start of last month than a year before.
Cattle on feed were, at 10.6m head, a modest 0.6% lower
'Enough old crop corn
Still, at broker Allendale, Paul Georgy appears to have
found one reason why livestock producers are managing to avoid the bullet of
elevated grain prices.
"Talking to dairy framers in southern Illinois, I was
surprised to learn that they felt they had enough old crop corn on hand to
carry them through May of next year before using drought damaged 2012 corn," Mr
Chicago corn for December dropped 0.8% to $7.42 a bushel,
closing back below its 10-day moving average.
Extra supplies swallowed
more modest in their declines, easing 0.2% to $15.51 a bushel for November delivery,
helped by ideas that even though the USDA is likely to lift its forecast for the
US crop, thanks to better than expected yields, demand is strong enough to mop
up the extra supplies.
Darrell Holaday Country Futures said that yield expectations
had recovered so much that in Thursday's Wasde report "any yield at 36.5 bushels
an in acre or lower would likely result in higher price levels.
Furthermore, "given the pace of export sales, USDA is going
to be forced to increase export projections if they increase the production
"If production goes up 50m bushels, we would expect a 50m-bushel
increase in exports
Signally, the November contract was able to recover after
earlier looking like tumbling back through its 100-day moving average.
Still, it was wheat which did best at flying the flag for
bulls, boosted by weather concerns in Australia, where the outlook is for more
dryness after some rain relief at the weekend, and in the US, where forecasts
removed rain needed for sowings of winter crop.
Indeed, the GFS weather model "turned significantly drier
for the central and southern Plains in the weekend models", Country Futures' Mr
"When everyone went home last Friday, there was strong
belief that a general rainfall event would invade all of the Plains late this
week and into the weekend.
"That has changed dramatically and the latest model run at
midday today has pointed to very weak event for the Plains."
The grain got an extra helped from a 600,000-tonne downgrade
to 35.9m tonnes in the French farm ministry estimate for the domestic wheat crop,
the European Union's largest.
And this when importers are looking to France for imports,
with Russia's drought-hit export supplies appearing to have run dry.
"With the French crop making up the bulk of EU exports this
year a crop downgrade will reduce the availability of third country exports,"
grain traders at a major European commodities house said.
Chicago wheat for December added 0.4% to $8.61 a bushel,
while in France itself, the November contract gained 0.3% to E259.75 a tonne.
London's benchmark November wheat lot climbed back above
£200 a tonne, rising 2.3% to end at £201.65 a tonne.


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We have endeavoured to find immunological indications of chronic virus infection in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (myalgic encephalomyelitis) and to investigate immune responsiveness to viruses in such patients in comparison with normal subjects and patients with muscular dystrophy. Levels of circulating IgM immune complexes were elevated (above the 95% normal control range) in 10 (17%) of 58 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome, which was not significantly different from the normal controls or from dystrophy controls (by Mann Whitney U test). Levels of IgG complexes were only increased in 10% of patients. Lymphocyte proliferation in response to concanavalin A (Con A), assessed by increase in 3H-thymidine incorporation, did not differ between 14 patients and 18 normal subjects. The proliferative response to Coxsackie B virus antigen did not differ between chronic fatigue patients and normal subjects when expressed either as an increase in counts or as a stimulation index. Adjustment of the counts in relation to the proliferation response to Con A, as an indication of the overall proliferative response of the cell preparation, did not reveal any hidden difference. IgM antibodies to Coxsackie B viruses were not found in any of 20 patients and in 1 of 20 dystrophy controls. Significant levels of neutralizing antibodies to Coxsackie B viruses 1-5 were found in 6 out of 19 (32%) patients compared with 4 out of 17 (24%) dystrophy controls, which does not differ from currently expected normal incidence. Antibody titres to other respiratory viruses were also not notably different between the patient and control groups. In conclusion we can find no evidence for a definable viral aetiology for the chronic fatigue syndrome, neither in terms of a persistent infection nor an altered ability to respond to virus.
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Cavaliers move closer to fourth seed
Daniel Gibson raised up on his tip toes, pointed his right hand toward the basket and admired a 3-pointer long after it went in.
It was a thing of beauty.
On Sunday night, it was about the only thing that looked any good.
Gibson made his 3-pointer and three straight free throws early in the fourth quarter while LeBron James rested, and the Cleveland Cavaliers moved closer to the Eastern Conference’s No. 4 seed with an unappealing 84-76 win over the Miami Heat.
“Sometimes you’ve got to grind them out,” Gibson said. “Sometimes the ugly ones are the best ones. We got the win.”
Delonte West scored 18 points, Zydrunas Ilgauskas had 14 and 14 rebounds and James finished with 13 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Cavaliers, who played poorly but did enough down the stretch to beat the pathetic Heat.
Cleveland led by just two points after three quarters and didn’t pull comfortably ahead until there was less than five minutes to go.
The Cavaliers, who are only 13-12 since a major trade in February, need to win one of their final two games – at Philadelphia on Monday or home against Detroit on Wednesday – to secure the fourth seed and home-court advantage in the first round of the NBA playoffs against Washington.
The Wizards have clinched at least the No. 5 seed, and will meet the Cavs in the postseason for the third straight year.
“I wanted to play somebody else,” James said. “But if we had to play somebody, I’m happy it’s Washington.”
Let the trash talking begin. Or continue.
For the past few weeks, the Wizards have been stirring things up with comments about James and the Cavaliers, who beat Washington in six games in 2006 and then swept the Wizards in four straight last year. First, DeShawn Stevenson called James “overrated.” Then, Gilbert Arenas said in a blog last week that “everybody wants Cleveland in that first round.”
“He’s going to get his wish,” Cavs forward Joe Smith said. “We’re going to bring it.”
Ricky Davis scored 17 points and Daequan Cook and Earl Barron had 13 apiece for Miami (14-66), whose dismal season is nearly over.
The Cavs outscored the Heat 12-2 – with James was on the bench – in the first 4:45 of the fourth to open a 69-61 lead.
Gibson, who has struggled to find his shot since missing 18 games with an ankle injury, triggered the run with a 3-pointer. On Cleveland’s next trip, he was fouled by Jayson Williams while attempting a 3-pointer and made all three free throws to put the Cavs ahead 65-60.
After making his 3-pointer, Gibson stayed at the arc with his arm outstretched like a statue.
“My father has been telling me that I’m leaving before the shot hits the rim,” Gibson said. “So I did that for him. I was going to stay there an extra 10 seconds so he could see that I wasn’t going anywhere. And it went in, so maybe he’s right.”
llgauskas and Anderson Varejao scored to cap the run, and by the time James checked in with 5:18 remaining, Cleveland had an eight-point lead.
The Cavaliers have been out of step for weeks, and the losses, injuries and inconsistency has led to some frustration.
After Varejao fumbled away an inside pass in the third quarter from James, Cleveland’s All-Star forward yelled at his frizzy-haired teammate, who didn’t take the criticism well. As James took a seat on the bench for a timeout, Varejao walked over and the two exchanged words.
But later in the fourth, Varejao and James seemed to have made up and the Cavaliers avoided an embarrassing loss to the NBA’s worst team.
“We made free throws down the stretch and we gradually nailed the coffin,” James said. “Defensively we were very good. Offensively we couldn’t make shots, but I can live with it if we play defense like that. It’s tough when the crowd expects you to come in and blow them out. We continued to grind and grind and grind.”
The Cavaliers, who had lost three of four coming in, played most of the second half without Wally Szczerbiak and Ben Wallace, acquired along with West and Smith in 1-player deal at the deadline. Szczerbiak went 0-for-3 in 10 minutes and Wallace had two points in 20.
The Heat were in position for an upset before going 6-of-17 from the floor in the fourth.
“We just went stone cold,” Heat coach Pat Riley said. “I thought we played extremely well, but not driving the ball really hurt in the fourth. We just kept taking jumper after jumper. We just couldn’t make enough shots. It’s the same old story.”
Notes: Cleveland swept the season series from Miami for the first time since 1989-90. ... Patriots WR Randy Moss sat behind Cleveland’s bench. He and Williams were high school teammates. ... Riley hasn’t had much to praise this season, but he’s proud of Davis, who is on target to play in all 82 games. “I give him a lot of kudos,” Riley said. “He’s been playing hurt. There’s a lot of players today who don’t play hurt.” ... The Cavs outrebounded the Heat 53-33 and 15-4 on the offensive end.