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The Seven Ways We Lie by Riley Redgate | Book Review
Synopses: In Seven Ways We Lie, a chance encounter tangles the lives of seven high school students, each resisting the allure of one of the seven deadly sins, and each telling their story from their seven distinct points of view.
The juniors at Paloma High School all have their secrets, whether it's the thespian who hides her trust issues onstage, the closeted pansexual who only cares about his drug-dealing profits, or the neurotic genius who's planted the seed of a school scandal. But it's Juniper Kipling who has the furthest to fall. No one would argue that Juniper—obedient daughter, salutatorian, natural beauty, and loyal friend—is anything but perfect. Everyone knows she's a saint, not a sinner; but when love is involved, who is Juniper to resist temptation? When she begins to crave more and more of the one person she can't have, her charmed life starts to unravel.
Then rumors of a student–teacher affair hit the fan. After Juniper accidentally exposes her secret at a party, her fate falls into the hands of the other six sinners, bringing them into one another's orbits. All seven are guilty of something. Together, they could save one another from their temptations—or be ruined by them.
Riley Redgate's twisty YA debut effortlessly weaves humor, heartbreak, and redemption into a drama that fans of Jenny Han and Stephanie Perkins will adore.
Cover: I really like this cover. I think there is something almost comical about the fact that it's "Hello, my name is..." stickers with the seven deadly sins. Very seldom does someone come straight out and say they're sinned or done something wrong, but that's what these stickers do. They introduce you. I like it because everyone has succumbed to all of the seven deadly sins at some point in their lives.
My Review: I found this book to be very real, and I'm entirely sure why because nothing like this happened in my high school, but I just feel like it could. The story follows seven different people going through Junior Year in their own way. There are lies and secrets and jealousy and rumors, which definitely happens in high school (and beyond). Olivia made a reputation for herself that she doesn't deny but also questions the double standard of, Kat is trying to isolate herself from everyone around her, Matt is more than he appears to be, Claire can't stop comparing herself to her friends, Juniper seems to have everything figured out but still gets herself into sticky situations, Lucas is scared to tell the truth about himself, and Valentine is struggling to figure out exactly who he is. I liked that the book was told from all of their points of view and not one character figuring this all out about them because some things stay between different characters as they form bonds with each other. All of these kids just want to be recognized for who they are and try to live a life that makes them happy even with outside circumstances that aren't. Junior year is tough because it's the year everything starts to matter for college, and you're at an age where you're basically an adult. It's a crazy year, and it's definitely easier to playoff struggles at home or within yourself than have them add to the stress. But it gets to be too much and reactions differ from person to person: Matt & Olivia and Lucas & Valentine have each other, Juniper drinks, Kat quits her passion, and Claire does hurtful things to the people around her. This book did a great job of showing how everyone reacts differently to situations.
There were two things about the story that I didn't really like. One was that Claire never admits that Lucas was right and she compares herself to others. I think by the end she knows she needs to stop comparing and judging, and she has that moment of guilt when she realizes Lucas knows it was her who started the rumors about him and a teacher, but she never outright admits he was right and I wish she did. Second, I personally don't think a school would give as much information about the student-teacher affair as they did. Maybe they would hold the assembly at the beginning of the story, but I'm not 100% convinced, and I really don't think they would announce over the loudspeaker what teacher it was and that he turned himself in. I feel like that's such bad attention on the school that they would try to keep it under wraps.
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26 Kisses by Anna Michels | Book Review
Reading Group: 16-years-old+
Synopses: Kasie West meets Morgan Matson in this hilarious and heartwarming debut about a girl's summer mission to get over her ex-boyfriend by kissing her way through the alphabet.
Getting dumped by her boyfriend is not how Veda planned on starting her summer. When Mark makes it clear that it's over between them, Veda is heartbroken and humiliated—but, more importantly, she's inspired. So she sets out on the love quest of a lifetime: use the summer to forget about Mark, to move on, and move up. All she has to do is kiss twenty-six boys with twenty-six different names—one for each letter of the alphabet.
From the top of the Ferris wheel at her hometown carnival to the sandy dunes of Lake Michigan, Veda takes every opportunity she can to add kisses (and boys) to her list, and soon the break-up doesn't sting quite as much. But just when Veda thinks she has the whole kissing thing figured out, she meets someone who turns her world upside down.
Cover: I think this cover is really cute. It's 26 kisses; lipstick kisses with a letter designated to each one. It's clever and tells what the book is about in a simple way.
My Review: I really enjoyed this book, and it was a quick read for me. Being dumped the way Mark dumped Veda was definitely a shock, and it seems the best way to get over being shocked is to shock everyone else around you. So Veda goes from the girl who only ever kissed one boy for two years to the girl who kissed 26 boys in one summer. Of course, this came with some fallout when her little brother started hearing rumors about her and when those rumors were blown out of proportion (but what rumor isn't?). And I know people may have been upset when Killian came around, and Veda wouldn't go out with him because she wanted to finish the challenge. I mean come on, why kiss a bunch of randos once and be called a slut when you can kiss one boy all the time? The challenge/dare/bet whatever you want to call it started as a way for her to get over Mark and it worked. When Killian was in the picture Veda was over Mark and ready for a new boy. But I get why she wanted to finish it. She needed the accomplishment of it, even if it meant being called awful things behind her back and getting weird facebook messages. I think we've all been in situations that we really want to quit, maybe even tell ourselves we're going to, but never do. I know I've done this in school (nerd alert!). I took AP Stats my junior year of high school and even from the summer work I knew I was going to hate it. I could have dropped it, added a study hall to my class schedule, and been perfectly happy, but I didn't. I stuck with it and hated every second of it, but when it was over, I was really proud of myself. Now, I know, those are two different situations, but I really don't think they're all that different. At the end of it all, I got out of taking a math class in college and Veda ended up with Killian anyway. Because I think he understood too. Even though he hated everything about the challenge, he let Veda finish it, even helped her, because he knew that was how he was going to get what he wanted. The challenge worked for more than just getting over an ex. It helped Veda step out of her comfort zone, finally deal with the Seth situation, and realize exactly what she wanted in her life. I think we could all learn something from Veda's summer.
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Archives|Scandal for Cloning Embryos: 'A Tragic Turn' for Science
Scandal for Cloning Embryos: 'A Tragic Turn' for Science
By GINA KOLATA DEC. 16, 2005
Last May, a stunning research paper in Science, one of the world's most respected scientific journals, instantly changed the tenor of the debate over cloning human embryos and extracting their stem cells. A team of South Korean scientists reported in the paper that they had figured out how to do this work so efficiently that the great hope of researchers and patients -- to obtain stem cells that were an exact match of a patient's -- seemed easily within sight.
But that rosy future has been cast into doubt with the statement last month by Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, who led the team that wrote the paper, that it contained fabricated evidence. Questions have also been raised about earlier research and a new debate has begun.
Scientists and ethicists caution that the full story is not in, but they are staggered by how the research has unraveled so far.
"This is a tragic turn," said Laurie Zoloth, director of the Center for Bioethics, Science and Society at Northwestern University. Stressing that she considers Dr. Hwang innocent until proven guilty, she asked, however, whether the edifice of stem cell research was built on sand.
"We depend entirely on the truthfulness of the scientific community," Dr. Zoloth said. "We must believe that what they are showing us and what they say has been demonstrated is worthy of our concern and attention."
The South Korean story, Dr. Zoloth added, raises questions about whether the science is good. "Good as in true and real and morally worthy of our funding," she explained. "That is so most especially in this twilight sort of terrain with a lot of open questions that people disagree about. At least we thought that the step-by-step slow technical achievements had placed the science on a trajectory."
"Is this our version of W.M.D.?" Dr. Zoloth said.
A vocal opponent of cloning human embryos voiced a similar concern. "Certainly, if these reports are true, it's a tragedy for science," said Nigel Cameron, president of the Institute on Biotechnology and the Human Future at the Illinois Institute of Technology.
He said the episode showed that stem cell research and cloning to create human embryonic stem cells, "is a hype balloon and it's been pricked." Not so, said the ethicist Arthur Caplan, an outspoken supporter of stem cell research. "We know that in science, speed kills if you go fast, and that's what the South Koreans did," he said. "It's also clear that they will do whatever it takes to right this ship. At the end of the day, critics of stem cell research will try to use this, but they won't get very far. People bending the rules in other countries doesn't reflect badly on us."
The promise of cloned human embryonic stem cells remains, said Dr. George Daley, a stem cell researcher at Children's Hospital in Boston.
"The goal is still there and the medical value is still largely theoretical but no less than before."
Dr. Cameron, however, said the political implications of the South Korean scandal are huge.
When it seemed that the South Koreans had taken a giant leap forward in stem cell research, he noted, "we panicked into thinking that we have to join in." Politicians and patient groups argued that cures were around the corner if scientists could get the needed support. States poured money into stem cell programs.
The collapsing South Korean claims, Dr. Cameron added, made him ask: "Where's the beef? Where are those cures? Why is it that there is no private money going into this research? The business community values it at zero."
Richard Doerflinger, deputy director of anti-abortion activities at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, said that he has argued for some time that the stem cell proponents were exaggerating the state of the science and misleading the public about scientific accomplishments. They promised cures that, if they ever came, would not come any time soon. But Mr. Doerflinger said that when he tried to point out what he saw as misleading claims, " no one would listen."
Now, he said, with the collapse of some of the South Korean scientists' research, the situation may change.
"In one sense, this puts us back to where we were before May of 2005, when there still was some uncertainty about whether this would work at all," Mr. Doerflinger said. "In another sense it does illustrate in my mind how hype and ambition have gotten ahead of the science."
"How am I going to exploit it?" he said. "You don't have to. It's just speaking for itself."
News Analysis Correction: December 17, 2005, Saturday Because of an editing error, a news analysis yesterday about a colleague's statement impugning the stem cell research of Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, a South Korean scientist, misstated what Dr. Hwang said about it last month. Dr. Hwang admitted then that an error had been made in submitting photographs that accompanied an article about his research, but he has not publicly admitted that he fabricated evidence, and has defended his research.
Also because of an editing error, the article misstated the title of Richard Doerflinger, who maintains that stem cell proponents are misleading the public about their accomplishments. He is deputy director for pro-life activities -- not "anti-abortion activities" -- at the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
A version of this an analysis; news analysis appears in print on December 16, 2005, on Page A00006 of the National edition with the headline: Clone Scandal: 'A Tragic Turn' for Science. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe

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Bro: A System for Detecting Network Intruders in Real-Time
by Vern Paxson , 1999
"... We describe Bro, a stand-alone system for detecting network intruders in real-time by passively monitoring a network link over which the intruder's traffic transits. We give an overview of the system's design, which emphasizes highspeed (FDDI-rate) monitoring, real-time notification, clear ..."
specialized language used to express a site's security policy. Event handlers can update state information, synthesize new events, record information to disk, and generate real-time notifications via syslog. We also discuss a number of attacks that attempt to subvert passive monitoring systems
Parallel database systems: the future of high performance database systems
by David J. Dewitt, Jim Gray - Communications of the ACM , 1992
"... Abstract: Parallel database machine architectures have evolved from the use of exotic hardware to a software parallel dataflow architecture based on conventional shared-nothing hardware. These new designs provide impressive speedup and scaleup when processing relational database queries. This paper ..."
Abstract: Parallel database machine architectures have evolved from the use of exotic hardware to a software parallel dataflow architecture based on conventional shared-nothing hardware. These new designs provide impressive speedup and scaleup when processing relational database queries. This paper
RTP: A Transport Protocol for Real-Time Applications
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Real-Time Databases
by Krithi Ramamritham - International Journal of Distributed and Parallel Databases , 1993
"... Data in real-time databases has to be logically consistent as well as temporally consistent. The latter arises from the need to preserve the temporal validity of data items that reflect the state of the environment that is being controlled by the system. Some of the timing constraints on the transac ..."
on the transactions that process real-time data come from this need. These constraints, in turn, necessitate time-cognizant transaction processing so that transactions can be processed to meet their deadlines. This paper explores the issues in real-time database systems and presents an overview of the state
Language Support for Lightweight Transactions
by Tim Harris, Keir Fraser , 2003
"... Concurrent programming is notoriously di#cult. Current abstractions are intricate and make it hard to design computer systems that are reliable and scalable. We argue that these problems can be addressed by moving to a declarative style of concurrency control in which programmers directly indicate t ..."
Concurrent programming is notoriously di#cult. Current abstractions are intricate and make it hard to design computer systems that are reliable and scalable. We argue that these problems can be addressed by moving to a declarative style of concurrency control in which programmers directly indicate
A Scheme for Real-Time Channel Establishment in Wide-Area Networks
by Domenico Ferrari, Dinesh C. Verma - IEEE JOURNAL ON SELECTED AREAS IN COMMUNICATIONS , 1990
"... Multimedia communication involving digital audio and/or digital video has rather strict delay requirements. A real-time channel is defined in this paper as a simplex connection between a source and a destination characterized by parameters representing the performance requirements of the client. A r ..."
Multimedia communication involving digital audio and/or digital video has rather strict delay requirements. A real-time channel is defined in this paper as a simplex connection between a source and a destination characterized by parameters representing the performance requirements of the client. A
Supporting Real-Time Applications in an Integrated Services Packet Network: Architecture and Mechanism
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Real-time american sign language recognition using desk and wearable computer based video
by Thad Starner, Joshua Weaver, Alex Pentland - IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PATTERN ANALYSIS AND MACHINE INTELLIGENCE , 1998
"... We present two real-time hidden Markov model-based systems for recognizing sentence-level continuous American Sign Language (ASL) using a single camera to track the user's unadorned hands. The first system observes the user from a desk mounted camera and achieves 92 percent word accuracy. The secon ..."
We present two real-time hidden Markov model-based systems for recognizing sentence-level continuous American Sign Language (ASL) using a single camera to track the user's unadorned hands. The first system observes the user from a desk mounted camera and achieves 92 percent word accuracy
Distributed Database Systems
by M. Tamer Özsu
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this article, we discuss the fundamentals of distributed DBMS technology. We address the data distribution and architectural design issues as well as the algorithms that need to be implemented to provide the basic DBMS functions such as query processing, concurrency control, reliability, and replication control.
Composable memory transactions
by Tim Harris, Mark Plesko, Avraham Shinnar, David Tarditi - In Symposium on Principles and Practice of Parallel Programming (PPoPP , 2005
"... Atomic blocks allow programmers to delimit sections of code as 'atomic', leaving the language's implementation to enforce atomicity. Existing work has shown how to implement atomic blocks over word-based transactional memory that provides scalable multiprocessor performance without requiring changes ..."
Atomic blocks allow programmers to delimit sections of code as 'atomic', leaving the language's implementation to enforce atomicity. Existing work has shown how to implement atomic blocks over word-based transactional memory that provides scalable multiprocessor performance without requiring


With apologies to every Hollywood drug movie from the past 30 years, Colombia is no longer Cocaine Capital. For years, the country suffered in the grips of cartels, narco-gangs and drug kingpins like Pablo Escobar, making it off-limits to tourists and even business travellers. But the bad old days are over – something the country's tourism board is acknowledging with its official slogan, "The Only Risk Is Wanting to Stay." With cartels neutralized and the streets safer, Canada has signed a billion-dollar- free-trade agreement with Colombia, and the tourists are flooding in.


BRANDYWINE was dominated by two trainers, Davies and Neilson, each of which trained two winners as well as a number of second and third placed horses..
Davies also saddled Charles E. Noell's Rollforward, ridden by Poretz, to win the Henry Latrobe Roosevelt Challenge Trophy Novice Timber in 5:50 over Naylor's Jack Slade, trained by Neilson and ridden by Keating, with Keystone Thoroughbreds' La Isabelle, trained by Todd McKenna and ridden by Gerard Galligan, third.
Rollforward won the John Strawbridge Memorial Trophy awarded to the owner of the horse with the fastest time of the say.
"Rollforward is owned by Charles Noell and my wife, Blythe," said Davies. "He has been plagues by little things - he was hurt in the van.This year we have good horses and good riders. Eric is a great amateur. He just wants to ride and fox hunt. We've had a great weekend with five wins. We appreciate everything we have. If we never win another race, we've had a great time."
Davies also trained three winners at Elkridge-Harford the day before Brandywine.
Mrs. William D. Class, Jr.'s Gas Can Eddie, trained by Billy Meister and ridden by Bethany Baumgardner, was second, with Gerry Brewster's Derwins Prospector, trained by Davies and ridden by Annie Yeager, third.
"It was great, she just skipped away," said Neilson.
"My horse jumped really well," said McKenna. "He has a nice turn of foot. I was in behind the entire race and went to the front before the second to last fence. i discussed how to ride the race with my mother. It went the way we'd planned it."
Kathy Neilson with Joshue G, Eddie Keating riding, winner of the Heavyweight raceNeilson also saddled Armata Stables' Joshua G, ridden by Keating, to win the Joseph T. Murtagh Memorial Heavyweight Race.
Battle Aray, owned and trained by Meister and ridden by John Brophy, was second, with Out Playing, owned by Don Cochran, trained by McKenna and ridden by Galligan, third.
The Foxhunter Timber had only two entries, and Sarah Martin fell off her W W Salty Queen early in the race, leaving Colin McNeil's Forgotten Knot, trained and ridden by Julie Nafe, to finish the winner in 7:24 .
"Forgotten Knot is a Radnor Hunt staff horse," said Nafe. "He's ridden by the whipper-in. This was his first time racing. We lost our lead early, but he just went on nice and bold. I had fun with him."
Thomas Houghton rode Lickety Split, trained by his father Bernie, to win the Small Pony race,Elizabeth Barr on Squeak won the Medium Pony and Joey Dipierro on Hot Chocolate won the Large Pony.


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Home Entertainment The White Lotus Episode 3 Release Date, Spoilers, Synopsis Story, Watch Online...
The White Lotus Episode 3 Release Date, Spoilers, Synopsis Story, Watch Online Details HBO Series
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'The White Lotus' Season 1 episode 2 is going to be premierd on HBO and HBO Max. The episodes will be available on the same day and viewers can watch the episode with a subscription to OTT platform Crave on the same day as it will air in the US. If you have an HBO add-on, you can watch them on Amazon Prime. The creator of this comedy TV series is Mike White.
The story of this series is about a group of vacations and the staffers that attend them at the eponymous hotel in Hawaii. It determined stairs on dignity and privilege, the show is depicting the pettiness and hypocrisy of its characters. The second episode of this series starts with Almond and Shane who argue about a letter and couldn't let it go.
His relationship with Rachel is also suffering and things getting worse day by day. Upset Rachel also asks for advice from Nicole. Nicole finds out that Rachel has written an article and everything was smooth until he found that letter. Mark's doctor tells him that he doesn't have a career in this field. He also tried to form a relationship with Quinn. Olivis and Paula lost their pack of drugs and went to Armond's office.
Tania talks to Belinda and she was willing to sponsor that latter ever decides to set up a massage parlour. Mark learns about his uncle that his father died of AIDS and not cancer as he previously thought. Armind consumed a pill from the pack. The 3rf episode is set to release on 25th July, 2021 at 9 pm EST on HBO. In the third episode, title 'Mysterious Monkeys' Nicole and Mark decide to take away all the electronic gadgets from Quinn.
They were planning to have fun during their vacations. Mark has already decided to learn scuba lessons, and the latter might not have any choice but to join them. The white lotus manager helps Shane to arrange a romantic dinner for his wife. Rachel is continued to struggle with her mediocrity and tried to embrace her current circumstances. Belinda also thinks that Tanya will get set up in her massage parlor. She will likely help Tanya with the decision on how to immerse her mother's ashes. To know more about this article stay connected to.
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The flippant title is not to suggest that there isn't a systematic process for the push to cloud software, but more that whilst Cloud is all about best practice, the solution maps for customers appear more like 'man-in-a-shed' drawings than state of the art design. Whilst HR or IT Directors seek a single box or perhaps a single cloud on a blue sky horizon, actually there are more tubes, connectors and boxes than a plumbing store.
This is not a criticism but a reflection of reality. HCM software has always struggled to chase investment. As a non-revenue earning function HR has had to find a business case on a conceptual or efficiency basis rather than in pure profit/loss terms. This has led to a disparate patchwork of solutions added as need has forced a gap to be filled. HCM providers have fought a long battle to sweep up the market with end to end solutions and a package for every process. But the modern world of employee interaction, self-service and mobile access have meant that the technical design investment in 'on-premise' both as a software provider or a purchaser has become preclusive. Markets have turned to cloud to provide the flexibility, intuitive design and lower cost model as a way to solve these problems.
The issues come in many forms. Part of this is the solution sophistication of cloud software which wants take on the might of 'on-premise' solutions but is not there yet in many cases and in some will never be there. Will cloud providers ever develop their own complex solutions for expenses, time processing or payroll? Unlikely, when packaged integrations are much simpler and cheaper, and service providers are becoming larger and larger. This inevitably means that integration solutions will always be part of the process.
It doesn't mean that we should give up, more that we should be realistic in approach. In this blog series I would like to talk more about this issue – How HR can rise to the challenge of fighting process over bureaucracy and start to win the race, regardless of how complex the solution map.