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US DOJ seizes Roman Abramovich’s Boeing 787, a rare private jet worth $350 million. Discover inside examples of one of the largest private planes in the world.
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich owned a $350 million Boeing 787.
The plane is seized by the US Department of Transportation as part of sanctions against Russia.
A few other Boeing 787 private jets exist, including purpose-built aircraft and converted passenger Dreamliners.
The US Department of Transportation has been “authorized to seize” two private jets from Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich: a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner and a Gulfstream G650ER.
Source: United States Department of Justice
According to an FBI affidavit, Abramovich “owned and/or controlled Gulfstream and Boeing through a series of shell companies.”
Source: United States Department of Justice
The seizures are part of Western sanctions and other punishments imposed on ultra-wealthy Russians in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
Abramovich’s jets have a combined value of $400 million, though the 787 accounts for the bulk of that sum at $350 million, according to court records. The Dreamliner is currently in Dubai, while the G650ER is in Russia.
While many private jets and other luxury vessels have been seized in recent months, Abramovich’s Dreamliner is of particular interest due to its size and rarity.
Boeing has converted a series of airliners into business jets, such as Tony Robbin’s BBJ 737. However, the widebody 787 version is not common, as the jet was primarily designed for long-haul commercial flights. There are only a handful of private examples.
Abramovich was purchased from PrivatAir after the carrier filed for bankruptcy in 2018. It is the most expensive private jet in the world.
Source: Luxury Launches
There are a few other Dreamliner business jets, including purpose-built jets like the HNA Group’s “Dream Jet…”.
…and converted airliners, like the Mexican Presidential 787.
The Dream Jet was recently sold and is no longer available for charter, Stephen Vella, CEO of Kestrel Aviation Management, told Insider. Kestrel created the interior of the 787 in partnership with Pierrejean Design Studio of Paris.
There are few photos of the Russian billionaire’s Dreamliner, but images of the other two jets can paint a picture of the luxury that can be found inside – take a look.
The 2,400 square foot Dream Jet was previously operated by China’s Deer Jet, which is a subsidiary of HNA Group. The aircraft can travel over 17 hours and connect virtually two cities in the world.
Before being sold, the plane could be chartered for $74,000 an hour and was rented by the rich and famous, such as Cambodian President Hun Sen.
Vella told Insider that the company was the first ever to build an interior for the BBJ 787, but it was a complex job due to the aircraft’s design and materials.
“The reason we were first is that people were a little nervous about taking the risk of creating a real VIP interior,” he explained.
However, Vella and his team had experience with the 787 and were familiar with the aircraft, so they were able to mitigate the risks and meet the challenges.
Billed as a “seven-star” hotel experience in the sky, Kestrel’s aircraft features several living and working areas, such as a rotunda, galley and crew rest areas up front…
…a VIP bathroom…
…18 reclining seats for guests and other officials and six reclining seats for security teams and nannies…
…a dining room that can accommodate up to 12 people around two tables…
…a living room with TV and chaise longue, which can be separated into two separate sofas…
…a private room…
…a master dressing room…
… and an adjoining bathroom that communicates with the bedroom through sliding doors.
The bathroom includes vanities, sinks and a shower cubicle.
Meanwhile, the bedroom has a TV and a closet.
The living room has several seating areas, including lounge chairs and sofas. This space is intended for meetings, outings, discussions or games.
Also in the giant lounge is a hidden jump seat, which is required by FAA regulations. Vella said there’s a door that hides the seat after takeoff.
Vella said the floors were wooden or carpeted and the different shades of brown and gray were meant to separate the space.
For example, he used dark brown seats in the rear bedroom and light brown in the main salon in the center of the jet.
Another Dreamliner private jet is the Mexican Presidential 787. However, Vella explained that the plane is not a purpose-built BBJ, but rather a 787 airliner converted into a business jet.
See the interior of the $218 million Boeing 787 the Mexican president refuses to use and is now renting for parties
Nevertheless, the interior has been arranged in several living areas, including a bedroom…
… and lounge areas.
However, the aircraft is no longer used as a presidential aircraft as the country’s current leader, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, prides himself on his austerity and tries to fly commercially when he can.
Earlier, the president said he viewed the plane, bought for $218 million, as an “insult to the people” and “an example of the excesses” of the country’s former leaders, The New York Times reported.
Source: The New York Times
For this reason, Obrador attempted to sell the aircraft in 2018 but had no offers. Transforming the plane into an airline would be extremely expensive and would put off buyers. He even tried to draw it, without success.
Source: The New York Times, France24
To cover maintenance costs, the government plans to lease the plane, which now costs $130 million, for private events.
“It will be open to the public if anyone wants it, because they’re getting married…and they want to bring their friends and family…or coming of age parties, birthday parties,” López Obrador said, AP reported. .
Source: Associated Press
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Your new puppy has a lot to learn after you bring her home. Besides understanding her name, getting the hang of potty training, learning the house boundaries, and bonding with her new family members, teaching your puppy impulse control is also important.
What is Impulse Control?
Impulse control involves teaching your dog that she will not be rewarded for bad behavior. While some dog trainers might teach impulse control by correcting bad behaviors, the better (and more humane) approach is to only give your dog attention when good behaviors are displayed. You can also teach impulse control by training your puppy to obey certain commands that demand your dog to divert her attention from distractions, such as “leave it,” “watch me,” and “wait.” Ultimately, impulse control is a skill that must be practiced over time. Your puppy will learn to reconsider improper actions – such as jumping on her owner for attention or going after a spilled bag of chocolate chips – when certain commands are given.
Benefits of Teaching Impulse Control
The benefits of teaching impulse control are vast. First and foremost, teaching a dog to control her impulses will result in a calmer and more relaxed dog. For instance, a common impulse is to rush out the door in order to get outside. Not only is this dangerous for the human that is standing in the doorway, but it can also be dangerous for the dog if the door is near a busy road way. To control the impulse to run out the door, the puppy can be taught that it first must sit and wait for a command, such as “okay,” before crossing the threshold.
How to Teach Impulse Control
Teaching impulse control is easy, especially if you start when your puppy is young. One command that teaches your puppy to control her impulses is “leave it.”
This command is important whenever there is an object on the ground or outside that you do not want your dog to interact with. This object could be a spilled item in the kitchen or feces from another animal outside. To teach this command, first arm yourself with an extremely high-value reward in one hand, and a “boring” treat (like kibble) in the other. Show your dog the boring treat, and then close your hand around the treat, making a fist. Your dog will likely try to lick, paw, and nibble at your hand in order to get the treat. Once your dog gives up, give her a reward from the high-value hand. Never reward with the “boring” treats, as this might confuse your dog.
Once your puppy gets the hang of this drill, overlay the word “leave it.” After your dog becomes proficient at “leave it” with boring treats, increase the difficulty. Next, place the boring treat on the floor and tell your dog “leave it.” If she goes for the treat, quickly place your hand over the treat and do not reward your dog until she has diverted her attention. Over time, you may even find that your puppy looks to you for permission before going after anything on the ground!

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The spectacular 2023 AFL season came to a heart-racing close on Saturday with Collingwood defeating the Brisbane Lions in the 2023 AFL Grand Final at the MCG, live, exclusive and free on Seven and 7plus.
The Seven Network’s coverage of the game reached a national audience of 4.98 million Australians on Channel 7 and 756,000 on 7plus.
The showdown between Collingwood and the Brisbane Lions is the most watched TV program in 2023 outside of the FIFA Women’s World Cup 2023™, scoring an average total television audience of 3.75 million viewers, including 3.3 million viewers nationally and 2.47 million in the capital cities. An additional 441,000 viewers watched live on 7plus – the biggest ever audience for an AFL match on a streaming platform.
Seven’s 2023 AFL Grand Final total audience is up 22% on last year’s Final between the Geelong Cats and the Sydney Swans.
Collingwood’s epic four-point victory over Brisbane, which will go down in history as one of the greatest Grand Finals of all time, dominated its timeslot in the capital cities with a 92.2% share of viewers during the game, a 94.8% share of 25 to 54s and a 96.7% share in 16 to 39s.
In Melbourne, the Grand Final recorded a 97.4% share of viewers during the game, with Sydney recording a 79.5% share of viewers in its timeslot, and Brisbane a 87.9% share.
Managing Director Seven Melbourne and Head of Network Sport, Lewis Martin, said: “Seven’s live, free and exclusive coverage of the unmissable premiership decider reminds us of just how much we all love footy. It’s the passion of the fans that elevates footy from being a sport to a unique spectacle that unites the nation.
“The AFL is Australia’s number one winter sport, it’s a core part of our DNA, and Seven’s expert commentary, insights and coverage showcase the entertainment and exceptional competition of the AFL like no one else.”
Seven West Media Chief Revenue Officer, Kurt Burnette, said: “Seven’s AFL coverage reached an incredible 13.77 million viewers this season, once again delivering unrivalled reach, attention and addressability on a massive scale, across every demographic and every screen. Australia’s leading brands were showcased to 53% of Australians.
“Seven’s delivery of mass culture experiences will only continue as we head into the iconic Bathurst 1000 across Seven and 7plus in October next weekend, with exciting new seasons of SAS Australia, Big Brother and the Summer of Cricket, coming soon. The biggest change to sports streaming rights in recent history takes place next year, when Seven adds the full digital rights to AFL and cricket. That will bring massive audiences in 2024 and beyond across the screens of Seven, with the new rights unlocking the full audience potential of free sport for advertisers and brands.”
The huge audience numbers for the AFL Grand Final follow a highly successful 2023 Final Series.
Excluding the Grand Final, the Final Series reached 7.9 million Australian nationally, with an average broadcast audience on Seven of 1.1 million.

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antique carpets Fundamentals ExplainedArabian geographers and historians traveling to Persia present, for the first time, references to using carpets on the ground. The not known author on the Hudud al-'Alam stets that rugs were being woven in Fārs. one hundred decades later on, Al-Muqaddasi refers to carpets within the Qaināt.
Identical threads which pass under and about the warps from 1 side to another are identified as wefts. The warps on either side on the rug are Ordinarily plied into a number of strings of different thickness which can be overcast to kind the selvedge.
From the late fifteenth century, the design with the carpets depicted in miniatures altered considerably. Big-format medaillons appeared, ornaments started to clearly show elaborate curvilinear layouts. Substantial spirals and tendrils, floral ornaments, depictions of flowers and animals, ended up often mirrored together the extensive or short axis of your carpet to obtain harmony and rhythm. The sooner "kufic" border design was replaced by tendrils and arabesques.
This is certainly a beautiful hand-knotted antique Persian Heriz rug. It's got an all over pattern over a pink subject and navy blue border. It measures 8' x 11' which is in excellent ailment.
In Iran, common dyeing with purely natural dyes was revived while in the nineteen nineties, inspired by the renewed standard curiosity in ordinarily produced rugs, but master dyers like Abbas Sayahi had held alive the know-how about the standard recipes.
To begin earning a rug, 1 requirements a foundation consisting of warps and wefts: Warps are sturdy, thick threads of cotton, wool or silk which operate in the length on the rug.
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The earliest carpets woven in Kashan with the change with the nineteenth century exhibit some imbalances inside their layouts, which was defeat, and carpets have been made mainly using a red or ivory subject and elaborate ogival central medallions.
This method proceeds right until the rug is concluded, once the warps are severed as well as carpet is taken off the loom.
The dyed yarn is then still left to dry, subjected to air and sunlight. Some colours, Primarily dim brown, require iron mordants, which could hurt or fade The material. This usually leads to more quickly pile use in locations dyed in darkish brown colours, and will develop a aid influence in antique oriental carpets.
Often in Chinese rugs the yarn is trimmed following completion and also the trimming is slanted where the colour improvements, providing an embossed 3-dimensional impact.
The Kashan weavers did so, and on twelve September 1602 Muratowicz presented the carpets towards the Polish king, and the Monthly bill into the treasurer with the crown. Consultant Safavid carpets fabricated from silk with inwoven gold and silver threads had been erroneously believed by Western art historians to be of Polish manufacture. Even though the error was corrected, carpets of this kind retained the identify of "Polish" or "Polonaise" carpets. The greater acceptable type title of "Shah Abbas" carpets was recommended by Kurt Erdmann.
Antique Persian rugs is usually divided into two key types – city (formal) rugs, which have been designed in workshops, are known for their finely-woven and sometimes intricate layouts, and village rugs (informal), which might be greatly varied in their one of a kind blends here of city and nomadic motifs and tactics. For nowadays’ s interiors, metropolis rugs have a tendency to work perfectly in official configurations, such as New York places of work or apartments, While casual nomadic rugs in many cases are outstanding alternatives for more casual spaces like rooms in state homes.
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So, it turns out that leaves are a source of nitrous oxide, otherwise known as laughing gas. Who knew? Apparently, deer knew.
As evidenced in video footage captured by the JS Project Wild, deer root around in a pile of leaves and inhale nitrous oxide—then go crazy.
They jump on each other, prance around each other, rise up on hind legs and basically act as if they are high as a kite. Because, apparently, they are.
Also on FTW Outdoors: Jaws-like panic grips beachgoers, who flee surf in terror
JS Project Wild explains: “Supposedly decomposing leaves emit nitrous oxide, especially when the leaves are concentrated such as in a pile. My leaf pile is huge and some of the leaves are four years old. I periodically `stir’ the pile with my loader tractor. However, if the leaves on the top are dry, the deer will actually dig down to the rotting leaves and then inhale. It’s crazy—at different times in the video you will actually see them do this.”
It is crazy, but it is true about leaves emitting nitrous oxide, as reported by the National Science Foundation.
Yes, it’s crazy.

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One of a kind Strat Master Built by Todd Krause for NAMM 2015. Alder Body, Flicker Flame Graphic on body and pickguard by Troy Lee Designs. In unplayed condition. Comes with original hardcase, case candy, COA signed by Todd Krause, NAMM show placard, a hard cover / leather sleeve copy of The Dream Factory Limited Edition book autographed by Fender Master Builders Greg Fessler, John Cruz, Paul Waller, Dennis Galuszka, Jason Smith, Scott Buehl, Todd Krause, Dave Wilson, Yuriy Shishkov, Tom Montgomery, Stephen Stern andJosefina Campos
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The Changing Face of the Farm Workforce
by ANGELA HATTON
It’s good to be back at work. Yesterday afternoon’s panel discussion brought out some interesting figures about the immigrant workforce.
Let’s start with some statistics shared by Domingo Martinez, director of the Cambio Center (Research and Outreach on Latinos and Changing Communities). It’s important to note that the United States government counts ethnic groups, not immigrants, which means the statistics on exactly how many Latino immigrants are in the United States legally and illegally is difficult to pinpoint, though some have tried. The Pew Research Center estimates 11.9 million undocumented workers are in the United States. More commonly, statistics simply show the Latino/Hispanic community overall, which includes native-born citizens. With that in mind, Martinez quoted the latest U.S. Census Bureau’s statistics, which show a marked increase in the Latino/Hispanic community under age 44. Martinez said at the same time, trends show a parallel decrease in the population of all other ethnic groups.
Before 1980, the Hispanic population centers were isolated to the Southwest and major metropolitan cities. Over the past thirty years, immigration has led to more widespread growth. Let’s look at this on the regional level in western Kentucky. The Pew Hispanic Center reports in Christian County, between 1990 and 2008, the Latino population doubled. Latinos now make up 6% of the population. Twenty years ago Graves County had 93 Latinos. In 2008, there were 1,802 Latinos residents, an 855% increase.
The experts on yesterday’s panel said these numbers mean the face of the American farm worker is going to be changing, and already has. Martinez said we need to set aside biases about immigration, and look at the issue in terms of labor supply. Jim Dickrell, editor of Dairy Today magazine, said that we also need to examine common misconceptions like the myth that says Latinos take agriculture jobs because they’ll work for less. He said dairy industry jobs have starting salaries of between $30,000 and $34,000. Dickrell said farmers have told him it’s not that they don’t want to hire non-Hispanics; non-Hispanics don’t want the jobs. Matt Foulkes, University of Missouri Assistant Professor of Geography asked that we consider that, increasingly, Hispanics aren’t just farm workers, they’re farm-owners. The Census of Agriculture shows that Hispanics, blacks, and women make up a growing number of farm-owners.
A question that was not addressed fully is one of economic mobility. As the non-Hispanic population shuns careers in labor-intensive fields like farming, Hispanics looking for a job are left only with the choice of manual labor. Foulkes countered that argument by saying that Americans in general are less economically mobile than we presume. But, he said, the hope remains with the children of immigrants, those who are born here, and who may have the chance for higher education and alternative career paths.

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Some new horror films you may have missed post-quarantine
Many of us miss the thrilling, pictorial experience we receive from watching a horror film on the big screen, but amid a real-life pandemic, fans are making due by buying horror movies online to watch from the safety of their crypts. Nevertheless, as devoted admirers of the genre, we understand the need to fill your soul with something kooky and refreshing, which is why we thought you would appreciate knowing about the movies that have slipped through the cracks and out into the world of horror post-quarantine.
Black Water: Abyss
If you missed this relaxing return to the big screen, you might want to consider renting it for a stay-at-home movie night. Inspired by true events, the first installment entitled, Black Water, was released 13-years-ago and also involved a beast and some nasty bites. However, Black Water: Abyss, follows a group of spelunkers to an uncharted caving system in the forests of Northern Australia. As a tropical storm approaches, the band of adventure-lovers are forced to abseil into the mouth of the cave to take shelter underground. Although, when the cave starts to flood, tensions amid the group arise as they find themselves lost, disoriented, and trapped in the depths of a giant, ominous cave. The cavers soon discover they aren’t the only beings displaced by the storm, as the danger mounts and hungry crocodiles pit the friends against each other in a fight for survival.
Looking for a flick that pays homage to ‘80s horror? The Wretched was initially supposed to be released in May, but instead, this atmospheric chiller skyrocketed to America’s number one film by making a debut at drive-ins across the country! So, while you were busy binging a run-of-the-mill Netflix special, you could have been witnessing the malevolence of this wicked witch subgenre. The film sets the scene with a rebellious teenage boy named Ben, who’s sent to a small town for the summer to live with his Dad, post-divorce. Between working the marina and fending off the preppy locals, he discovers the neighbors next door are acting out of the ordinary, as their amnestic presence leads him to believe a sinister spirit has taken possession of their bodies and is now preying upon children to wipe away their existence. Chilling and suspenseful, there are a lot of dark corners found in the events followed by this terrifying plot sequence.
For fans who enjoy films with a speculative and futuristic concept, there was a new science fiction horror installment that was released onto video on demand (VOD)! The movie Shifter deviated from its original release date in March due to COVID-19 but is ready to shock viewers with a supernatural experience from the comforts of their homes. The story follows the painful and gruesome side effects of an experiment gone wrong after a young woman accidentally travels through time. It pushes the boundaries of horror and sci-fi and is bound to excite the senses! Who knows? You may even find yourself buying this horror movie online to add to your ever-growing collection of grim flicks!
Which of the above horror films are you most excited about? Drop a comment below to share with other readers.


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A cancer-causing carcinogen that is outlawed in the state of California has been found in 98 shampoos and soaps.
Gardiner’s frogs lack a typical middle ear & eardrum needed to hear sounds. Yet they are still able to make croaking sounds & hear the calls of other frogs.
In a new PSA for the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, Clive Standen – star of the History Channel’s epic series “Vikings” – urges an end to the horrific annual whale
NOAA officials have finally discovered why over 330 dolphins have died from New York to Virginia – and it all has to do with a deadly cetacean morbillivirus. Similar to measles
A new health discovery shows that women who eat higher amounts of fruits and vegetables can reduce their risk of invasive bladder cancer.
Another beautiful sea creature has died in captivity at a SeaWorld park. Bella, a four-year-old beluga whale, died this past Sunday at SeaWorld San Antonio. Bella was born at SeaWorld
Think of the last time you found a crumpled, discarded sheet of paper on the ground- did you recycle it, or throw it in the trash can? We would all


Estyn has recommended that education services in Torfaen are placed into special measures. The council becomes the sixth local authority to be told it requires 'significant improvement.'
The schools inspectorate said they found that since their "original inspection in October 2011 the authority has made limited progress against most of the recommendations and improvements have been slow."
"On completion of the original inspection Estyn identified five recommendations for the authority to address, during the monitoring visit the inspectorate concluded that the authority has partially addressed 3 of these recommendations and not addressed the remaining two."
"As such it is the view of the inspection team that the authority has made insufficientprogress to address the recommendations in the inspection report and thatthe authority should be placed in the category of Special Measures."
More top news
A North Wales family is raising awareness of chronic tinnitus, after their father took his own life. He suffered for six months.
The report reveals those who regularly consume large amounts of alcohol are more likely to engage in moderate or even problematic gambling.
Powys has been named as being one of the top 20 places to enjoy a long, healthy and safe retirement.


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“Because of your generosity, lives will be saved.”
Note: To register as a blood donor is a responsibility. We remind you of your responsibilities because you carry hope for those in dire need. Also, kindly respond politely if you are unable to donate blood in some situations.
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Stacking the Shelves is a weekly meme hosted by Tynga’s Reviews, which is all about sharing the books that you’ve acquired in the past week!
I’ve had a spending spree this week as I finally spent some of my birthday book vouchers! My birthday was back in January but I have a thing where I like to keep vouchers for a while so I can have a splurge a bit later on in the year!
These are the print & eBooks I bought:
Christodora by Tim Murphy
I’ve had this book on my wish list ever since I heard about it last year. It was published this year so I had to get it! I’m really looking forward to reading this but I’d like to save it for when I have time to read it in big chunks. It won’t be on my TBR for long though.
In this vivid and compelling novel, Tim Murphy follows a diverse set of characters whose fates intertwine in an iconic building in Manhattan’s East Village, the Christodora. The Christodora is home to Milly and Jared, a privileged young couple with artistic ambitions. Their neighbour, Hector, a Puerto Rican gay man who was once a celebrated AIDS activist but is now a lonely addict, becomes connected to Milly’s and Jared’s lives in ways none of them can anticipate. Meanwhile, the couple’s adopted son, Mateo, grows to appreciate the opportunities for both self-realization and oblivion that New York offers.
As the junkies and protestors of the 1980s give way to the hipsters of the 2000s and they, in turn, to the wealthy residents of the crowded, glass-towered city of the 2020s, enormous changes rock the personal lives of Milly and Jared and the constellation of people around them. Moving kaleidoscopically from the Tompkins Square Riots and attempts by activists to galvanize a response to the AIDS epidemic, to the New York City of the future, Christodora recounts the heartbreak wrought by AIDS, illustrates the allure and destructive power of hard drugs, and brings to life the ever-changing city itself.
Our Hearts Will Burn Us Down by Anne Valente
I heard about this on a youtube channel and it sounded like a book I had to read. I’m intrigued by the comparisons to Station Eleven as I adored that book. I’m always a bit wary of novels about school shootings as it needs to be handled very carefully and sensitively but I’ve heard really good things about this book. I hope to read this very soon.
The lives of four teenagers are capsized by a shocking school shooting and its aftermath in this powerful debut novel, a coming-of-age story with the haunting power of Station Eleven and the bittersweet poignancy of Everything I Never Told You.
As members of the yearbook committee, Nick, Zola, Matt, and Christina are eager to capture all the memorable moments of their junior year at Lewis and Clark High School—the plays and football games, dances and fund-drives, teachers and classes that are the epicenter of their teenage lives. But how do you document a horrific tragedy—a deadly school shooting by a classmate?
Struggling to comprehend this cataclysmic event—and propelled by a sense of responsibility to the town, their parents, and their school—these four “lucky” survivors vow to honor the memories of those lost, and also, the memories forgotten in the shadow of violence. But the shooting is only the first inexplicable trauma to rock their small suburban St. Louis town. A series of mysterious house fires have hit the families of the victims one by one, pushing the grieving town to the edge.
Nick, the son of the lead detective investigating the events, plunges into the case on his own, scouring the Internet to uncover what could cause a fire with no evident starting point. As their friend pulls farther away, Matt and Christina battle to save damaged relationships, while Zola fights to keep herself together.
New World Fairy Tales by Cassandra Parkin
I’ve been trying to read more short story collections in recent times and this is one I heard about recently and thought it sounded wonderful. I’m excited to read this so will be starting it very soon. (on a side note, I have a fear of dolls though so this cover is terrifying for me…eeek!)
In contemporary America, an un-named college student sets out on an obsessive journey of discovery to collect and record the life-stories of total strangers. The interviews that follow have echoes of another, far more famous literary journey, undertaken long ago and in another world.Drawing on the original, unexpurgated tales collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, six of their most famous works are re-imagined in the rich and endlessly varied landscapes of contemporary America.From the glass towers of Manhattan to the remoteness of the Blue Ridge mountains; from the swamps of Louisiana to the jaded glamour of Hollywood, New World Fairy Tales reclaims the fairy tale for the modern adult audience. A haunting blend of romance and realism, these stripped-back narratives of human experience are the perfect read for anyone who has read their child a bedtime fairy story, and wondered who ever said these were stories meant for children.
First Love by Gwendoline Riley
I’ve been hearing about this book everywhere at the moment and have found myself swept up in the hype and wanting to read it. It’s a short novel that I think I’ll want to read in one sitting so I’ll be starting this in the next few days.
Neve is a writer in her mid-30s married to an older man, Edwyn. For now they are in a place of relative peace, but their past battles have left scars. As Neve recalls the decisions that led her to this marriage, she tells of other loves and other debts, from her bullying father and her self-involved mother to a musician who played her and a series of lonely flights from place to place.
Drawing the reader into the battleground of her relationship, Neve spins a story of helplessness and hostility, an ongoing conflict in which both husband and wife have played a part. But is this, nonetheless, also a story of love?
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada
This is another book that I’ve had my eye on for a while. It sounds like it could be a heartbreaking and harrowing read at times but also a beautiful read. And look at the cover – isn’t it stunning? I’ll need to be in the right frame of mind to read this one but I definitely want to get to it soon.
Someone tickled me behind my ears, under my arms. I curled up, became a full moon, and rolled on the floor. I may also have emitted a few hoarse shrieks. Then I lifted my rump to the sky and tucked my head beneath my belly: Now I was a sickle moon, still too young to imagine any danger. Innocent, I opened my anus to the cosmos and felt it in my bowels.
A bear, born and raised in captivity, is devastated by the loss of his keeper; another finds herself performing in the circus; a third sits down one day and pens a memoir which becomes an international sensation, and causes her to flee her home.
Through the stories of these three bears, Tawada reflects on our own humanity, the ways in which we belong to one another and the ways in which we are formed. Delicate and surreal, Memoirs of a Polar Bear takes the reader into foreign bodies and foreign climes, and immerses us in what the New Yorker has called ‘Yoko Tawada’s magnificent strangeness’.
How to Survive a Plague: The Story of Activists and Scientists by David France
I saw this book was on the shortlist for the Wellcome prize and knew I had to read it. I’ve found previous picks of theirs to be fascinating reads and I’m sure this will be too. This is a long book so it might be one that I start soon and then read on and off as and when my brain is up to serious non-fiction.
How to Survive a Plague by David France is the riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic and the grass-roots movement of activists, many of them facing their own life-or-death struggles, who grabbed the reins of scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Around the globe, the 15.8 million people taking anti-AIDS drugs today are alive thanks to their efforts.
Not since the publication of Randy Shilts’s now classic And the Band Played On in 1987 has a book sought to measure the AIDS plague in such brutally human, intimate, and soaring terms.
Weaving together the stories of dozens of individuals, this is an insider’s account of a pivotal moment in our history and one that changed the way that medical science is practised worldwide.
Mothering Sunday by Graham Swift
I’ve heard so many good things about this book so when I spotted it in a Kindle Daily Deal for 99p last weekend I snapped it up. This is only a short book so I hope to find a free afternoon soon where I can sit and read this in one sitting.
It is March 30th 1924.
It is Mothering Sunday.
How will Jane Fairchild, orphan and housemaid, occupy her time when she has no mother to visit? How, shaped by the events of this never to be forgotten day, will her future unfold?
Beginning with an intimate assignation and opening to embrace decades, Mothering Sundayhas at its heart both the story of a life and the life that stories can magically contain. Constantly surprising, joyously sensual and deeply moving, it is Graham Swift at his thrilling best.
Now We Are 40 by Tiffanie Darke
I’ve been wanting to read this book so badly so I decided to treat myself seeing as I had the vouchers, and I started reading it straight away. I’m not quite 40 yet but I’m a Generation X-er (just!), and my husband is in his mid-40s so he definitely is, so this book is bringing back memories.
What happened to Generation X? Millenials dominate our Facebook feeds and people bang on about the baby boomers – but what about us? The lost generation, the middle youth, the middle child of today. Are we still cool?
Generation X? Remember them? The kids who believed they’d never grow up. The generation Douglas Coupland immortalised in his novel of the same name. The wry, knowing navel-gazers obsessed with cool and being cool who today are sandwiched between the boomers of the 60s and the millennials.
Gen X’ers came of age against a backdrop of Britpop and the Spice Girls, Tarantino and Pulp Fiction, Madchester and the Stone Roses, acid house and rave, super clubs, Ministry and Cream. They holidayed in Ibiza high on hooch and E and never ever believed there’d be a comedown.
So whatever happened to them?
We turned 40. And as Tiffanie Darke points out in this witty exploration of the generation who defied generalisation, we’re not handling it all that well…
Where once we wore floaty skirts and Doc Martins, now we’re sporting Scandi fashion and ‘interesting’ trainers. We still party in Ibiza but now bodyboard in Cornwall. Where once mixtapes were the ultimate mating call, now we take selfies and swap Spotify playlists – all the while conspicuously wearing large Dr Beats headphones and casually leaving old packets of Kingsize Rizla lying round our open plan kitchens.
This week I received one ARC:
Greatest Hits by Laura Barnett
I was thrilled to get approved for this on NetGalley as it sounds like such a good read and I’m really looking forward to starting it.
Cass Wheeler – a British singer-songwriter, hugely successful since the early 70s, whose sudden disappearance from the music world three decades later has been the subject of intense speculation among her fans – is in the studio that adjoins her home, taking a journey back into her past. Her task is to choose sixteen songs from among the hundreds she has written since her early teens, for a uniquely personal Greatest Hits record, describing the arc of her life through song.
It has been over a decade since Cass last put out an album; ten years since a tragedy catapulted her into a breakdown. In the course of this one day – both ordinary and extraordinary – each song Cass plays sets off a chain of memories, leading us deep into her past, and into the creative impulse that has underpinned her work.
This is the story of a life – the highs and lows, love and separation, success and failure. Of what it is to live a fulfilled life, and how to make peace with our mistakes.
So, that’s all of my new books from the past week. Have you bought any new books recently? Tell me all in the comments below, or if you have a stacking the shelves post on your blog feel free to post the link below too.
My weekly wrap up post will be on my blog tomorrow so please look out for that.


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- Philip MacDougall
15th February 2016
Dr Philip MacDougall, local historian, takes you on a journey through the City of Chichester revealing much of its lesser-known history. Here you will find the story behind the city’s nineteenth-century banking crisis, the activities of a London mob of criminals who targeted the Goodwood races, a fascinating collection of letters written during the First World War and even how local politicians once bribed potential voters with lashings of beer.
Blending the serious and the not so serious and drawing heavily on primary sources, including newspapers and original documents, Secret Chichester gives a fascinating look at this city’s past with images from long ago and today.

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A report on Thursday shared that Buccaneers quarterback, Tom Brady, will miss the next ten days of the team’s training camp with a personal matter. We’re taking a deeper look at what that means.
The Buccaneers reported on Thursday that quarterback Tom Brady will miss the next ten days of training camp with the team to take care of a personal matter. Brady will also miss the first two preseason games against the Miami Dolphins and the Tennessee Titans.
Despite missing time, the Buccaneers’ quarterback isn’t likely to miss too much of importance. Brady was not scheduled to play in the game against the Dolphins this weekend and would have played sparingly against Tennessee had he been available for the second preseason game.
Brady was on the field Wednesday in the first two-day joint practice sessions with Miami leading up to the first preseason game. He was also excused from practice last week when he took care of a personal matter.
Absence Of Buccaneers Quarterback Creates Time For Others
In Brady’s absence, Blaine Gabbert and struggling second-year quarterback Kyle Trask will take most of the reps in practice and the two preseason games. Buccaneers’ Head coach, Todd Bowles said Brady’s personal absence was planned before training camp, and he expects Brady to rejoin the team following the preseason game against the Titans on the 20th.
Bowles said, “He’s going to deal with some personal things. This is something we talked about before training camp started. We allotted this time because he wanted to get in and get chemistry with the guys and get two weeks of training camp, knowing he wasn’t going to play the first two games. He didn’t want to take away reps from Blaine and Kyle as well as Ryan going into these next two games. It’s something he needed to handle. We trust him.”
Bowles also added that the plan was for Brady to come in for the first two weeks of training camp to get some chemistry with the new guys (Russell Gage, Julio Jones, and Kyle Rudolph) and then take time off for a personal matter. Adding to his thoughts on Brady’s absence, Bowles said he would be more worried if Brady did not have the years of experience that he has and his work ethic, stating “there’s always going to be doubt” about Brady and his availability for the regular season. Still, he has high confidence that Brady will start the season opener in Dallas on September 11.
Does his absence mean Brady is having second thoughts about his commitment to playing a third season for the Buccaneers? Not according to head coach Todd Bowles. “Per our conversation, I’m not worried,” he said.
Brady has looked good in training camp so far and was exceptionally sharp in the joint practice session with the Dolphins on Wednesday. Brady enters this season needing 2,421 passing yards to hit 100,000 yards passing for his career.


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A General’s Regrets
Review: Daniel P. Bolger’s ‘Why We Lost’
Militants from the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate the group’s declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah
Militants from the al Qaeda-inspired Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) celebrate the group’s declaration of an Islamic state, in Fallujah / AP
BY: Wayne Hsieh
January 3, 2015 5:00 am
Daniel P. Bolger’s Why We Lost starts off as a bracing confessional: “I am a United States Army General, and I lost the Global War on terrorism. It’s like Alcoholics Anonymous; step one is admitting you have a problem. Well, I have a problem. So do my peers.”
Bolger finds among uniformed American military leaders, including himself, “poor strategic and operational leadership”—a damning statement since such skills are the special domain of these men. Reflecting the military’s tradition and ethic of command responsibility, he forthrightly declares the eighty losses under his various commands “all my fault.” After this penitent declaration, however, the book becomes both more and less than a memoir castigating American military leaders. Instead, what emerges is a first-draft history of America’s still ongoing post-9/11 wars, which benefits from both Bolger’s self-effacing military ethic and his academic training at the University of Chicago, where he received a doctorate in History.
While judicious and balanced in its treatment of these complex conflicts, Why We Lost never quite escapes Bolger’s own professional background as a senior U.S. Army officer, and the complex internal dynamics of the regions in which Bolger fought his wars do not receive the crisp analysis they deserve. Most importantly, the larger Arab Spring and its nightmarish consequences never fully factor into Why We Lost (although mentioned, ISIS’ recent rampages were obviously too recent to receive full treatment from Bolger).
Such a discussion would greatly complicate Bolger’s most important claim—that the greatest failing of American military leaders was to not forthrightly call for the United States to immediately depart both Afghanistan and Iraq after scoring early victories in the conventional military operations at which the United States most excels. Whatever one thinks of the Obama Administration’s decision to not push harder for a substantial American military presence in Iraq after 2011, it is hard to believe that a swift American departure would have left behind a durable enough Iraqi state to withstand the tumults triggered by what has become the Arab Winter, and which could thus avoid becoming a safe-haven for terrorism targeting the United States.
Furthermore, for those who believe the 2003 invasion of Iraq either villainous or incompetent (or both), Bolger himself ably portrays the invasion as an understandable reaction to the chaotic circumstances following 9/11. Indeed, Bolger’s own narrative account of the U.S. war in Iraq seems to undermine at times his own argument that the whole project was preordained to failure. Take, for example, his optimistic treatment of the state of affairs in late 2005 and early 2006, before the bombing of the al-Askari Mosque in Samarra, and the importance he ascribes to the latter to triggering the sectarian carnage of 2006 and 2007.
If individual acts (in this case a terrorist attack masterminded by a Jordanian extremist, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi) have such weight, then surely sectarianism need not have doomed Iraq to years of brutal ethnic cleansing? After all, the al-Askari Mosque had long stood as a Shia shrine in a sea of Sunnis, relatively unmolested until it was demolished by an extremist foreigner. Never mind the relatively calm years following the Surge, compromised to large degree by the tumult in Syria, Iranian meddling, and the misguided decisions of Iraq’s own political leaders—factors that might have been mitigated by inspired and effective diplomatic and military assistance from the United States. Finally, the Obama Administration’s slowly escalating re-commitment of American military resources in Iraq, and its entrance into the new theater of Syria shows how even a White House determined to avoid the tribulations of the Middle East may find itself drawn into such troubles against its own inclinations.
While Bolger argues that the destruction of Al Qaeda’s centralized leadership structure (culminating in Osama bin Laden’s death at the hands of U.S. Navy SEALs) should be a proper limit of a sensible military strategy focused on counterterrorism, the Islamic State has displayed some of the shortcomings of relying on special operations forces and drone strikes. The radicalization via social media of thousands of young men—and even some young women—holding western passports does not seem amenable to solutions focused on tightly targeted counterterrorism measures.
And what of Afghanistan, which at the moment seems to be free of dangerous threats to the US homeland? In his treatment of Afghanistan, Bolger especially faults American military leaders for not providing a credible counterterrorism option during the Obama administration’s first major strategic review of US policy in 2009. While one cannot help but admire Bolger’s unwillingness to scapegoat civilian leaders for the US military’s own internal failings, the Obama administration early in its tenure never gave a coherent sense it wanted a real alternative to the nation building and large commitment of resources Bolger saw as misguided, despite the President’s own skepticism regarding the Afghan surge.
No one compelled the White House to retain a Republican secretary of defense obviously committed to Stanley McChrystal’s proposed increases in US commitments, or to install a counterinsurgency advocate such as Michèle Flournoy into a senior Pentagon posting. Such was the policy incoherence in the White House that according to media reports, it recently floated the prospect of Flournoy for the position of Secretary of Defense, which she swiftly shot down—this despite Flournoy’s past support for a substantial residual force in Iraq and for the Afghan surge, the former a policy option the White House continues to repudiate, and the latter one which it seems to regret.
Considering his scathing condemnation of American military leadership in his preface, it is curious that the book is largely free of more specific criticism of general officers. The portion of the book devoted to Afghanistan is the only part of his larger narrative that criticizes an American general officer, McChrystal, for specific errors of judgment beyond the acceptance of a strategy of nation-building and long-term commitments of large numbers of US forces to Muslim countries.
Even then, while Bolger sharply critiques McChrystal’s restrictions on US troops’ use of firepower while fighting the Taliban, his portrayal remains deeply sympathetic. Bolger at one point compares George Casey, who presided over Iraq’s descent into sectarian chaos in 2006, to Ulysses S. Grant, while even the much-maligned Ricardo Sanchez appears more a victim of impossible circumstances than anything else. Bolger at times reveals to the reader the hidden undercurrent of resentment among some quarters of the U.S. military to David Petraeus’ famed ambition, but he also makes clear his admiration for King David’s abilities and inimitable talents. The only American general who receives a truly unkind word in the entire book is the author himself, which speaks well of Bolger’s character as a leader and officer, but not so well of his ability to grain critical distance from his professional peers.
Bolger’s book remains an important one—a testament to the frustrations and complexities of more than a decade of war after 9/11, the end of which remains out of sight. Its narrative method of mixing vignettes at the tactical level with larger big-picture analysis provides real insights, and its absence of over-pious moralizing and Monday-morning quarterbacking is refreshing. For readers unfamiliar with these wars, its honesty about the grim realities of combat and its absence of partisan rancor will prove especially valuable. But as Bolger himself admits, the young men and women who served at the sharp end of the spear, sometimes under his own command, will be far more able to process the lessons of these wars than his own generation. This book, however, will help that generation begin this important process.
Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh is an associate professor at the United States Naval Academy, where he teaches military history. He helped conduct counterinsurgency operations at the district level as a State Department political officer in Iraq in 2008 and 2009.
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text: Statistics homework help. 2. At a different institution the effect of alkane and base structure was studied to determine if substitution or elimination was favored. Among the various systems examined, 2-bromo-2-methylbutane was used as the starting material and sodium methoxide as base and the product distribution was determined using gas chromatography. THIS ARTICLE IS ATTACHED a. Compare the reaction conditions used in our elimination experiment vs. the conditions used in the article using the same starting material and sodium methoxide as the base. in our reaction we used KOH and tert butoxide as the bases, with 2-bromo-2-methylbutane b. What was the distribution of substitution vs. elimination in their product in the above reaction? c. In our experiment, the elimination product was favored. However, would not be able to see any substitution product formed in our reaction. Why was that the case? d. If we were to run kinetic experiments on our reaction with KOH as well as the one in the article with the methoxide and 2-methyl-2-bromobutane, which would give a higher rate (faster)? Show your answer.3. The following amines are sometimes used as bases for elimination reactions: N,N-diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA), 1,8-diazabicycloundec-7-ene (DBU), 2,6-di-tert-butylpyridine. Perform a literature search and provide the structure of these bases. What do they all have in common that makes them good bases for elimination as oppose to dimethylamine? Explain your answer.

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SPRINGFIELD — For municipal officials, the idea of consolidating 650 downstate police and fire pensions into one will save money in the long run, provide better investment returns and provide more stability to weaker systems.
But representatives of the pension plans said consolidating them will cost money that could take up to 20 years to recover and that there are more pressing issues facing the systems, including Tier 2 benefits that are inadequate.
The goal of consolidating downstate police and fire pension funds has been on the radar of the Illinois Municipal League for several years. This year, it also got the attention of Gov. J.B. Pritzker who appointed a task force in February to look into the feasibility of consolidating local pensions “beginning with downstate police and fire funds.” The group is supposed to deliver recommendations by July 1.


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Great Pizza Just Off I-84 on Way to UConn? Try Camille's
A three-hour drive to Boston is best broken up by lunch, preferably pizza, and always with a good friend. This is how I found myself at Camille’s Wood Fired Pizza in Tolland with someone as obsessed with pizza as I am.

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text: Ok, this book was c.r.e.e.p.y... I'm not a big fan of dolls, and to have them be the "message" in this book was just "ugh"-inducing. "Ugh"s aside though, One Scream Away is an edge-gripping, fast-paced read. Beth is stubborn and strong--she has to be, she's protecting her child. Neil is cynical. And Chevy is just creepy. Heebie-jeebies creepy. (have I mentioned creepy?)The plot is tightly written, and you go on a ride to the finish line with Beth. And all the while you're wondering, why won't you speak up? What are you keeping hidden? Let him help!! *sigh* One Scream Away is a gripping read, all the way to the end.


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It is amongst the famous tattoo designs which can be easily taken up by individuals who like to show off their tattoos. It is preferable to get inked on arms, by choosing some beautiful colors and designs which when inked looks amazing and complements the personality of an individual. In this tattoo use of different bright colors is also suggested to make it look more beautiful.
24. The eye here has a reflection in it that is impossibly hard to do. The statue looks real and the contrast the artist was able to convey is just unreal. This piece is one of our favorites because it evokes such emotion to the observer. The eye makes your heart ache as the candles represent some sort of vigil or homage to someone or something in the past.
For people who survived particularly trying times in the past such as a troubled upbringing or the loss of a family member, a wolf tattoo also holds great appeal. Wolves have been surviving in the harsh wilderness for thousands of years, making them excellent symbols for survival and fortitude. Free spirits might also find a wolf tattoo attractive due to the wild and liberated nature of wolves.
Though the history and real meaning of tribal tattoos are regrettably lost in most people today, they remain popular among men looking for a manly design. A tribal tattoo oozes with masculinity. No doubt about that. This makes it a popular choice among first-timers who aren’t too sure which design to go with in order to depict masculinity in the most obvious way possible.
Based in a private studio in Germany, Mike Wolf incorporates mandalas and mandala-inspired designs into much of his creative life. They’re seen in many of his tattoos as well as his linocut printmaking and t-shirt line. But no matter the medium, the sweeping curves and concentric circles are made with the solid geometric shapes, proving that what’s left out is just as important as what’s added in.
I am soon to be starting my half sleeve. But am worried that my ideas for it don’t match together as a theme and might make the tattoo look terrible. I am getting a koi coming up the top part of my arm with cherry blossoms, with a film negative roll coming down and with 3 panels with freddy krugers glove in one, Michael Myers mask in another and Jason voorhees mash in the other. Does anyone have thoughts on this idea? I think it would be great but wouldn’t mind additional opinions.
Deer have been revered as animals of beauty and grace, with their lithe movements attracting the human race to chase and catch them. At the same time, this charming animal is associated with some symbolic attributes too, like a female deer or doe is regarded as an epitome of motherly love, kindness and gentleness. On the other hand, a stag or male deer denotes fertility, virility and sexual prowess. In general sense, the deer tattoo relates with the symbolic meanings of nobility, peace, love and kindness. Some also regard it as a sign of rebirth and resurrection while others take it as an epitome of beauty.
Tattoo sleeve designs are very common nowadays for people who want their bodies covered with ink. However, these types of tattoos are much bigger compared to spine tattoos or tribal tattoo designs. So before you decide on having one, you have to be sure that you really want to because there’s no turning back. In case you want to have one, we have compiled 40 awesome tattoo sleeve designs which can be found here on our website.
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It is not important that every lion tattoos put forth their fierce side, some of them portray how calm and peaceful they are. It is one of those tattoos which brings up the peaceful side of lion and can be chosen by individuals who believes that lion has this side too. This tattoo can be painted along with a beautiful design of men showing off their association.
A tattoo is an ink design added into the skin, generally with the help of a needle. This procedure has prehistoric roots, it has been used by people for thousands of years, in various forms. Examples can be seen in the majority of human cultures, and despite some societal stigma, tattoos are getting to be ubiquitous in the West, with an estimated 25 percent of American people are wearing at least one by the end of the twentieth century.
Content A bit larger canvases are preferred for inking the woof buddy of the jungle book. You may give it a scary look by involving certain facial expressions and horrifying backdrop. Though, a cool look is given by changing the expression that look a bit cute and childish. Yeah, wolves and childish are two words that hardly pair together. But there comes the role of truly fascinating artist who could make anything look like something it is not.

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Living just down the street from a major river, I can go up on the levee and have both shorelines in view. I watch all the many barges and fishing boats make their way up and down this massive, essential waterway. The captains of these vessels all know one thing for certain—they are going to run into trouble if they get too close to either shoreline.
Just as these ships balance between the river’s shorelines, our brains mimic this ebb and flow between our own rocky shorelines of rigidity and chaos. We often go through life unaware of where we are on this river. When we run ashore into rigidity, we cling tightly to our views, becoming dogmatic and closed to what life is trying to teach us. This often hinders our ability to attune and connect with others.
We also suffer by lingering on the shore of chaos, unclear about what we believe, without a sense of inner knowing, while creating disruptions in our relationships with others. When our awareness or self-organization is flowing optimally between rigidity and chaos, our mental health is in a state of harmony. In real life practice, we approach one shore and then another, trying to navigate the flow, attuning with others as they do the same. This attuning to others helps us navigate the river of life.
The way we understand ourselves—how we regulate our emotions, our thought life, self-understanding, morality—is shaped through our orientation with others. Attuning with others is how we construct this orientation. It happens from our earliest moments when we cling to our mothers for comfort and understanding. We experience it when we witness someone suffering pain—our brains mirror that pain. When we see someone laugh, it lights us up. We are connected, and it is this linking of who we are with others that grows our capacity to navigate the waters between rigidity and chaos.
The linking of ourselves with others also allows the left and right hemispheres of the brain to coordinate. It perpetuates a loop—the more we embrace our interconnectedness, the better we can regulate ourselves and, once again, connect to others. As we grow in our ability to regulate and connect, we find adaptability and agility in between the shores of rigidity and chaos.
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NYMAZ believes that all children and young people should have access to high quality music making opportunities, no matter their circumstances or geographic location. We also believe that music can change young people’s lives – raising aspirations, enabling personal and social development and of course bringing fun and enjoyment through creative expression.
Working to develop non-formal, inclusive music activities with children in North Yorkshire for many years, NYMAZ’s work and the way it is delivered has always been characterised by the rural nature of the county. Limited transport options curtail young people’s access to music opportunities and the travel costs for specialist music leaders going to isolated areas can be prohibitive.
Our campaigns combine our specialist experience of working in rurally isolated areas with research findings to advocate for the benefits of participatory music, to call for better support for rural music provision and to test out new approaches for delivery using online technology.
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09-07-08, 07:03 AM
As you might have seen, I just got a super deal on a used bmx, the rear hub needs an overhaul, ie grease up the bearing.
Are there any good online guides to the process? Also what tools do I need?
09-07-08, 11:16 AM
wrenches to take the axel nuts and cones off, take the axel out, clean the hub off well with a rag or shop towel etc... clean the ball bearings off and make sure they arent chipped or damaged, if they are you may want to replace them, if you dont care then be sure to use a ****ton of grease. even if they arent do this anyway. fill the races with grease and put the axel and bearings back in. tighten the hub back up.
09-07-08, 04:19 PM
sounds simple, thanks!!
Yeah the hardest bit is not dropping the bearings and having to chase the suckers around. Be careful opening it up!
You can't use too much grease, so go crazy, especially the first time. Any excess will get squeezed out of the way when you put it back together and the first few times you ride, just wipe it off with a rag or paper towel when it does and you're sweet. Once you've done it a few times you'll get a better feel for how much grease you actually need and how much is just gonna get squeezed out.
09-08-08, 01:34 PM
word. its just one of those things you have to do a few times to get the hang of it.
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Improved Radiotherapy Sensitivity of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Cells by miR-29-3p Targeting COL1A1 3’-UTR
Ying Guo, Jianhua Zhai, Jing Zhang, Changbao Ni, Huifang Zhou
Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Tianjin Medical University General Hospital, Tianjin, China (mainland)
Med Sci Monit 2019; 25:3161-3169
Available online: 2019-04-29
Radio-resistance is an obstacle to the treatment of human nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). However, how microRNAs (miRNA) are involved in this process remains unclear. In the present study we explored the role and possible molecular mechanism of miR-29a-3p, formerly known as tumor suppressors, in radio-sensitivity of NPC cells.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: A radio-resistant sub-cell line, CNE-2R, was established to detect the expression of miR-29a/b/c-3p using qRT-PCR. CCK-8 assay, colony formation assay, and single-cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) assay were carried out to analyze the radio-sensitivity of NPC cells. qRT-PCR, luciferase reporter, and Western blot experiments were performed to validate the targeting of COL1A1 by miR-29a. Short interference RNAs (siRNAs) were used to investigate whether COL1A1 mediates the radio-sensitizer role of miR-29a. Expression of miR-29a and COL1A1 in radio-resistant NPC tissues was finally determined.
RESULTS: miR-29a was decreased in the radio-resistant CNE-2R cells. Following a time-course irradiation (IR) exposure, miR-29a exhibited a time-dependent decrease. Cellular experiments confirmed that miR-29a induced radio-sensitivity of CNE-2R cells via suppressing cell viability and enhancing cell apoptosis after IR. We confirmed that COL1A1 is a direct target of miR-29a and can exert radio-resistance effects in NPC cells. We also found that knockdown of COL1A1 inhibits NPC cell viability and sensitivity to IR. Finally, we observed a downregulation of miR-29a in radio-resistant NPC tissues and its decrease was associated with upregulation of COL1A1.
CONCLUSIONS: miR-29a is a critical determinant of NPC radio-response for NPC patients, and its induction provides a promising therapeutic choice to elevate NPC radio-sensitivity.
Keywords: Radiotherapy, Adjuvant


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“The orchestra provides the support, the background during worship. It creates the feeling of what the music is all about. It sets the tone and creates all the underpinnings of what the vocalists can do. We want it to be as good as if you were listening to a recording.” (Larry Brubaker, Director of Worship Administration)
The Prestonwood Orchestra is an all-volunteer group of experienced musicians who enjoy using their God-given gifts to praise Him through music. Our musicians have a wide range of experience from amateur to professional – and everything in between. We believe that God calls certain people to the Instrumental Music Ministry here at Prestonwood.
If you are an experienced musician and are feeling led to being part of this Instrumental Music Ministry, please fill out the get involved form and pick “Instrumental Music” as your ministry of choice.
Our staff will be sure to respond to your indication of interest.
VISITORS: Prospective members are asked to visit orchestra rehearsal at least 3 times and then be approved by director before playing in services. (Some exceptions are made based on experience and ability). The Prestonwood Orchestra rehearses in the Orchestra Room on Wednesday evenings from 6:45-8:15 p.m. If you are interested in visiting an orchestra rehearsal or need additional information, please contact Larry Brubaker.
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A CHILD has been shot after getting caught in the line of fire during a drive-by shooting in Sydney’s west.
The 13-year-old girl was shot in the leg when her friend’s Constance Street home at Guildford was sprayed with bullets around 9.45pm on Tuesday.
It’s understood a number of shots were fired into the home’s garage, which had its roller door open, from the passenger side of a silver SUV.
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Police said the 13-year-old victim was sitting inside the garage, chatting to a group of her friends when the shots rang out.
She was struck in the thigh and taken to the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in a ‘serious but stable’ condition.
It’s understood the 13-year-old was a visitor at the house at the time of the shooting.
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Superintendent Matt Appleton said it was an “atrocious crime”.
“It’s a cowardly act for someone to fire into a house in any circumstance, but then to put children at risk is hard to describe in words. She was very lucky,” he said.
While police have said they do not believe it was a random attack, they are unsure who the intended target was.
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EMA is just as old as me, something to celebrate? November 1994 , Berlin, Germany the first EMA ever was hosted by Tom Jones. It had performances from Aerosmith, Prince and a lot of other people famous at that time.
So I’m bored so I’m going to make a small, did you know about the EMA’s.
did you know that …
… Eminem is the star who has won most EMA prices, he has won 8 prices. And he is nominated again this year, so maybe he will win some more?
… 8 Americans have hosted the Europe Music Awards and only 3 Europeans + Borat & Ali G aka Sacha Baron Cohen (U.K).
… It has been hosted in 11 different countrys.

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Remember hearing how the NDP didn’t campaign on a carbon tax in 2015? Well, that was the prime. If you don’t hear the NDP campaigning on a sales tax, there’s no reason to believe they won’t implement one anyway.
When reached for comment, Freedom Conservative Party leader Derek Fildebrandt said “the FCP is most certainly not ‘Sharia compliant’. I literally just ate a pork chop with a beer.”
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Tim McGraw and Faith Hill have announced “Soul2Soul The World Tour 2017” will be coming to KeyBank Center on October 26th, 2017. The 65-city tour celebrates the 10th anniversary of the record-breaking “Soul2Soul II” tour, the highest-grossing country music tour of all time, and the first time Faith Hill has toured since 2007.
Tickets on sale now. Tickets are $119.50, $89.50, and $69.50 (includes $3.50 facility fee) and can be purchased at the KeyBank Center Box Office, online at www.tickets.com, or by calling 888-223-6000. All tickets subject to applicable service charges and fees. No service charge applies at the KeyBank Center Box Office. Dates and times subject to change without notice.
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In the olden days people went out of the cinema hall during a song, then came a time when audience came to theatres only for the item numbers. The choreographers learnt to carry forward the narrative in the songs and the two best examples of these are Vyajantimala’s energetic and suspense filled ‘Hothon pe aisi baat’ in Jewel Thief and Sridevi’s ‘Kahan se aayin hai’ taking you to dream land in Chaalbaaz.
But their iconic numbers which defined them as ultimate seductresses were expressions of love. ‘Main ka karu ram’ in Sangam where Vyajantimala seduces her husband at their honeymoon and ‘’Kaate nahi katti’ in Mr India where Sridevi in blue chiffon swoons to her invisible beloved.
They don’t make like them anymore and frankly the choreographers don’t conceive the dances the way did it in the olden days.


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Marines help out on home front
|Photo gallery: Marine Corps help refurbish publ|
By Mary Vorsino
Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer
By Mary Vorsino
Some 90 Marines took a break from weapons and combat training yesterday to pick up mops, paintbrushes, sponges and Spackle as they refurbished 30 vacant public housing units.
The Marines will be at it again today.
And they hope to have the 30 units ready by tonight.
"We're here to give back," said 1st Lt. Dan Rhodes, who helped coordinate the Marines' volunteer efforts yesterday and today. The Marines worked on units at the Pumehana, Makamae and Punchbowl Homes public housing projects in Honolulu. The units required basic maintenance and repairs — from painting to waxing floors to heavy cleaning.
The Marines are the latest group to pitch in to repair vacant public housing units — a major problem for the state Public Housing Authority. Of the 6,249 public housing units statewide, about 543 are vacant because they need repairs, according to March 31 figures. The number doesn't count units approved for demolition or otherwise taken out of the inventory.
Chad Taniguchi, public housing authority director, said the state is encouraging volunteer groups to refurbish vacant units in hopes of catching up with a backlog of repairs. The number of vacant units has gone down over the past few years, and Taniguchi hopes to have all the vacant apartments now empty ready for families by the end of the year.
"The help of the Marines in this case is really helpful," Taniguchi said. "Together with some of the nonprofits ... we're hoping to do more of this."
Aloha United Way helped plan the volunteer effort, after the Marines contacted the nonprofit looking to help the community in a big way.
"This provides something tangible that they can see at the end of the day," said Jody Shiroma Perreira, Aloha United Way vice president of marketing.
The group of Kane'ohe Marines, which is set to deploy to Iraq in August, also has other volunteer projects planned in May, including helping to sort donations at a shelter and building a playground at a preschool.
Along with giving back, the projects are meant to break negative stereotypes about Marines and get those deploying used to interacting with civilians. Another coordinator for the group, 2nd Lt. Mark Beaudette, said interacting with "locals" is just what the Marines will be doing in Iraq.
So the volunteer efforts, he said, are good practice.
The mood at the cleanup yesterday was light-hearted, as Marines shuffled between floors with mops, buckets and paintbrushes in hand.
"It feels good, helping and giving back to the community," said Lance Cpl. Zachary Harless, 23, who was doing paint touch-ups in a unit.
Sgt. Jose Juarez, who was painting a closet, nodded.
"It's a good project," said Juarez, also 23.
And residents at the public housing projects were happy for the assistance, saying they have seen units sitting vacant for months because there isn't enough manpower or money to address sometimes minor repairs.
Chong Choi, 61, lives at Punchbowl Homes on Captain Cook Avenue and said a unit near hers is vacant, even though it appears to need little more than a good paint job. With a smile, she said she was happy to see the Marines helping out and giving back.
"It's a good thing," she said.
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Early to Mid-Elementary Level
A delicious collection of food-inspired piano pieces for kids! Stevens' clever lyrics combined with her creative rhythmic nuances make this an engaging must-have for all teachers of early beginners. Titles include: I Love My Ranch • French Fries, Ice Cream • Macaroni Pizza • A Pickle Sandwich • Rock & Roll Rotini.
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Composer: Wendy Stevens
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Dimensions: 12" x 9"
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INTRODUCTION. Since the introduction of cardioplegic arrest, major advances have been made in preservation of myocardial function during open heart surgery. Despite variation in composition of cardioplegia, myocardial protection has been based primarily on use of high-potassium cold cardioplegic solutions. Although these solutions originally were designed to protect adult hearts, they have been adopted for pediatric cardiac surgery, but available laboratory data has been inconclusive to explain vulnerability of immature myocardium to cardiac surgery. Most reports suggest that developing mammalian hearts are more resistant to damaging effects of cardiac insults than adult hearts. However perioperative myocardial damage with low cardiac output remains the most common cause of morbidity and death after repair of congenital lesions and pediatric patients continue to need mechanical assist devices, as well as prolonged inotropic support or an open chest despite a technically faultless repair. Additionally cardiac damage from inadequate myocardial protection can prolong hospital stay and result in delayed myocardial fibrosis, leading to cardiac dysfunction months to years later. Therefore preservation of myocardial function in immature hearts assumes even greater importance, because a perioperative insult is both less well tolerated and more difficult to treat. Many techniques of pediatric myocardial protection have been extrapolated from adult hearts, but due to the structural, functional and metabolic differences between immature and mature myocardium, this strategy lack of scientific rigor. Cardioplegia should be tailored to the immature heart in the context of differences in age, cyanotic status, and pressure/volume overload, because all these variables influence the susceptibility to ischemia-reperfusion injury (...).
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