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At its meeting on March 25, 2021, the General Council of the European Systemic Risk Board (ESRB) continued to debate the impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) on financial stability in the European Union (EU ). While noting that the economic situation is expected to improve during the year 2021, she underlined the high uncertainty surrounding the short-term economic outlook, linked in particular to the dynamics of the pandemic and the deployment of vaccination campaigns, as well. than the damage to production capacity and the over-indebtedness caused by the crisis. The General Council reaffirmed that the main source of systemic risk in the EU came from the impact of the pandemic on economic activity – notably through increasing pressures on the solvency of non-financial corporations (NFCs) and indebtedness households – and a possible ripple effect on the financial system. In particular, NFCs in several sectors continued to suffer from a very significant drop in their income, even though they had already exhausted their liquidity reserves and encountered difficulties in renewing their maturing debts.
The General Council noted that it was essential to continue the extraordinary public support measures until the recovery was firmly established, but saw that it was possible to improve their targeting. Preventing a destructive wave of corporate insolvencies and minimizing their cost to society have been essential to preserve economic and financial stability. The General Council stressed that to help rebuild the economy and facilitate adjustment to structural change, current public support measures must become more targeted as the crisis unfolds. He also found it useful to increasingly complement liquidity support with equity support, possibly including quasi-equity and grants, for viable but over-leveraged businesses, noting that successfully containing pressures on Solvency in the non-financial corporate sector was crucial to minimize the spillover effects of the COVID-19 Crisis on the financial sector. A note from the ESRB highlighting the major problems linked to business bankruptcies will be published in the spring.
The General Council considered it essential to contain negative feedback loops between the real economy and the financial system. He supported the call for microprudential banking supervisors to proactively identify and provision Non-Performing Loans (NPLs) and strengthen their organizational capacity for resolving NPLs. He also supported the European Commission's action plan on NPLs[1], including measures to improve the depth and efficiency of NPL secondary markets to support NPL resolution. Given the key role of banks in financing EU NFCs, and in particular small and medium-sized enterprises, debt assessment and, where appropriate, restructuring of the debt of viable but over-leveraged companies may need to play a role. important. Member States should identify a set of options to facilitate this process in order to improve the debt repayment capacity of companies. In addition, the General Council called on Member States to review and, where appropriate, improve insolvency and collateral enforcement procedures and strengthen the capacity of the judiciary to avoid bottlenecks.
The General Council also noted an increase in evidence of an overvaluation of asset prices in certain segments of the financial markets, which could lead to a sudden and sharp correction. In this context, he also underlined the risk that the fallout from rising long-term US bond yields on European bond markets could have negative effects on the European economy if the steepening of the yield curve were to significantly precede the recovery. economic.
Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the real economy, and to help cope with a possible wave of insolvencies, a number of macroprudential authorities have lowered the macroprudential cushion requirements in 2020 to try to prevent banks from acting pro-cyclically and ensure that they continue to provide credit to the economy, thereby promoting its recovery. These measures complemented the flexibility offered by microprudential authorities, including that of the ECB's banking supervision, which released around € 120 billion of Tier 1 Common Equity capital to help banks continue to fulfill their role. financing of the real economy. At the same time, the responsiveness of macroprudential authorities was uneven across Member States due to the varying magnitude of the available countercyclical capital buffers. Some macroprudential authorities have therefore reacted by lowering or postponing the gradual introduction of certain structural capital buffers (such as systemic risk buffers or buffers from other systemically important institutions). Other macroprudential authorities have communicated to banks the option of using cushions, while refusing to release cushions to strengthen stability and confidence in their banking systems.
The General Council pointed out that European banks were operating with capital levels above the combined cushion requirement, in part thanks to government support measures that helped bank creditors and in part to the response of prudential policies and regulatory. The General Council underlined that the full and timely implementation of the Basel III accord remains a priority. While it was too early to fully assess whether the macroprudential pillows were working as intended, the general council also noted that the evidence already gathered could serve as a starting point for a discussion on improving the pillar framework in the medium term, in the mid-term. opting to contribute to the revision by the European Commission of the macroprudential policy framework in 2022.
Market turmoil in March and April 2020 demonstrated the need to tacklesystemic problems generated by monetary funds (MMF). Although significant changes in the regulation and supervision of MMFs have been introduced in recent years, these reforms have not addressed all sources of systemic risk. In particular, the combination of investor buybacks and deteriorating asset market liquidity has created liquidity management challenges for MMFs that invest in private sector debt securities. These liquidity pressures in the money markets have eased as a result of monetary policy measures, which have also had the effect of supporting the functioning of the market. Against this background, and with the aim of both informing and being informed by related discussions at the global level, the General Council discussed the macroprudential dimension of reforms across the MMF sector, including funds that have not experienced stress over the past year the market turmoil. The General Council will further consider a range of issues, including the broader markets in which MMFs operate, the behavior and expectations of MMF investors, as well as the structure of MMFs and liquidity management tools. available to them, with a view to adopting a recommendation by the end of 2021. A note from the ESRB summarizing the initial considerations in this regard will be published in the spring.
In addition, the General Council considered macroprudential policy issues arising from low interest rates and structural changes in the EU financial system, drawing on a ESRB report published in 2016. The General Council noted that the low interest rate environment was mainly due to structural factors, including demographics, productivity, excess savings and / or low investment. Beyond recent cyclical developments, the COVID-19 shock may have increased the likelihood and persistence of a "long low" scenario, making it "even lower for even longer". From a medium to long-term perspective, the General Council assessed the risks associated with (i) large-scale risk-taking, (ii) the sustainability of business models and (iii) structural changes in the financial system. He highlighted four main areas of concern, namely:
bank profitability and resilience;
indebtedness and borrower sustainability;
systemic liquidity risk;
the sustainability of the business models of insurers and pension funds offering longer-term performance guarantees.
A report summarizing the analysis and policy proposals of the ESRB will be published in the spring.
Finally, the General Council appointed Professor Stephen Cecchetti as Vice-Chairman of the Scientific Advisory Committee (CSA). Professor Cecchetti, currently the Rosen Family Chair in International Finance at Brandeis International Business School, replaces Professor Richard Portes. Following the departure of the United Kingdom (UK) from the EU, Professor Portes is no longer eligible for the post of ASC Vice-President as UK nationals are no longer EU citizens.[2] The General Council will continue to benefit from his knowledge as long as it remains a member of the ASC and participates in other areas of work, including as co-chair of the Expert Group on Non-Bank Financial Intermediation. The General Council expressed its sincere gratitude to Professor Portes, who, as President and Vice-President, has been a driving force behind the work of the ASC.
The current ESRB assessment of systemic risks in the EU is summarized in the 35e issuance of its risk dashboard, which is released today. The Risk Scoreboard is a set of quantitative and qualitative indicators of systemic risk in the EU financial system.
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Semiconductor nanocrystals prepared by colloidal chemistry have been studied for more than three decades but it is only now that they are employed in mass-market commercial applications. Nowadays, these nano-objects can be fabricated with an excellent control of their composition, size and shape in such manner that their electronic structure and their optical properties can be accurately tuned. Semiconductor nanocrystals can be sometimes considered as artificial atoms for reasons which will be discussed. In this talk, I will present recent advances in the field that potentially open new perspectives of application. I will show that the artificial atoms can be self-assembled to form new types of two-dimensional crystals in which the electronic structure results from the effect of the periodic scattering of the electrons induced by the nanogeometry. Recent progress in colloidal chemistry enables the fabrication of materials in which each nanocrystal can be considered as a LEGO brick®. Moreover this concept of LEGO® can be extended to the calculation of the electronic band structure of the superlattices. By combining the original band structure of the bulk semiconductor and the effects of the nano-structuring, we show that these new materials are characterized by exotic band structures including Dirac cones, non-trivial flat band bands, and topological bands.
 Colloidal nanocrystals as LEGO® bricks for building electronic band structure models, Athmane Tadjine, Christophe Delerue, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2018 | DOI: 10.1039/C7CP08400E.
 Transport Properties of a Two-Dimensional PbSe Square Superstructure in an Electrolyte-Gated Transistor, M. Alimoradi Jazi, V. A. E. C. Janssen, W. H. Evers, A. Tadjine, C. Delerue, L. D. A. Siebbeles, H. S. J. van der Zant, A. J. Houtepen, D. Vanmaekelbergh, Nano Letters 2017 | DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01348.
 From lattice Hamiltonians to tunable band structures by lithographic design, A. Tadjine, G. Allan, C. Delerue, Phys. Rev. B 94, 7 (2016) 075441 | doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.94.075441.
 Topological states in multi-orbital HgTe honeycomb lattices, W. Beugeling et al., Nat. Commun. 6 (2015) 6316 | doi: 10.1038/ncomms7316.
 Dirac cones, topological edge states, and nontrivial flat bands in two-dimensional semiconductors with a honeycomb nanogeometry, E. Kalesaki et al, Phys. Rev. X 4, 1 (2014) 011010 | doi: 10.1103/PhysRevX.4.011010.


Flashbacks about the homeland. Just something I found on the web, this is a bridge in yamaguchi, which translates as the mouth of the mountains.
I haven't swam in your waters since the early days of yore, when the air was soft and sweet like tarted taffy from tuckers store. I long to see your shimmering body and gaze you over after forgetting what it was I wanted to do.
At night you patiently wait for us to rise, and with the sun we circle you, desperately trying to consume all that is there. Above and below the silky cover we lay our teeming minds to rest, and seemingly uncover a lost emotion, that escapes as soon as the roads widen and trees clear.
O' Quaker, remind me once again how the old is undone, and the worst of worry dissolved within your belly. Take me out and never bring me back on a walk through your shaded arms. Spoil me with a season of friends, sure to keep me full throughout the year.
Here are the pictures that I promised, a little before schedule even. There are a lot of pics in here, taken from Nov. 18th till recently. Yes that date does sound familiar: It was Kai's birthday.
Besides the B-day photos, there are pictures from Thanksgiving Vacation back in the Hamptons and also a trip we recently took to Boston.
I have a lot of pictures to get up and on the flickr site, but for now these will have to suffice. Kai has been doing this new thing where all he wants to do is "Talk Talk Talk." His favorite thing to talk about, in case you didn't already know, is Obama: Obama Car, Obama Juice, and even Obama's Mama.
He does this ridiculously cute thing where if you ask him what his favorite (insert noun, e.g. movie) is, he will respond with "Obama movie." It is sort of indistinguishable in his speech, because he slurs it a little, but that is exactly what he is trying to say. I do not know how he even picked it up. Maybe it was all the hoopla over the election. Kai is always thinking.
When you ask him who his favorite politician is, he will respond with Obama's Chin-Chin, because he can't pronounce "politician" correctly; this actually means something pretty funny in Japanese. I will leave it to you all to translate it.
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Continuing with the off theme, presidential race, this one was to good not to post.
Oh yeah and by the way, we will be home in 8 days!!! Can't wait to hop in that lake, it's been 100 degrees here for about 3 weeks now.


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All You Need to Know About Insulin
How a medical breakthrough saved countless lives.
By Helen Cowan
Before the discovery of insulin, diabetes was a death sentence. Widely regarded as the first true miracle drug, insulin has saved millions of lives. But why do some people need insulin and how does it work?
Diabetes has been recognised as a disease since ancient times, and as early as 1775 physician Matthew Dobson detected the presence of sugar in the urine of diabetics. Diabetic children were thin, listless and pale, with sickly sweet breath, and would inevitably slip into a coma before their untimely death.
In 1797, John Rollo demonstrated that a very low kilojoule diet could prolong the lives of diabetics, but only for a limited period before they died of starvation or complications from malnutrition.
But at the beginning of the 20th century, although the biological mechanism of diabetes was understood, medical science was yet to come up with an effective treatment.
Diabetics were suffering from what is now known as type 1 diabetes. This means the body cannot make insulin, a deficiency perhaps caused by genetics or an immune response triggered by a virus.
Type 2 diabetes is a different disease, where the body has difficulty using insulin. It often begins later in life, and can lead to loss of insulin production. Type 2 diabetes can be triggered by genetics and lifestyle, such as being overweight and having a poor diet.
Insulin is a hormone that unlocks cells, letting glucose in, where it is either used as energy or stored as fuel. Without insulin, glucose remains in the blood and is passed through the kidneys into the urine. Diabetics produce a lot of urine as the glucose draws water out of the body, leading to thirst. Weight loss and a lack of energy result when glucose cannot get into the body's cells.
The Discovery of Insulin
Canadian Dr Frederick Banting, together with medical student Charles Best, building on the work of earlier physicians, isolated insulin from the pancreases of dogs and cows in 1921.
In 1922, the insulin was first tested on 14-year-old Leonard Thompson, a diabetic, and it restored him to health.
No other drug in the history of medicine changed the lives of so many people so suddenly. Banting was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in 1923 for his work in diabetes.
Insulin Injections
The many types of insulin can be divided into those that act quickly and for a short time (taken just before a meal), and those that act slowly and for a long time (taken once or twice a day to keep glucose levels stable). Many diabetics are prescribed both forms of insulin.
While life-saving, injected insulin is unable to match the body's own insulin for blood-glucose control. When blood-glucose levels fall too low, it can lead to confusion and even coma, and sugar needs to be given by mouth or injection. Chronically raised blood-glucose levels can damage the eyes, kidneys, nerves and heart.
Pumps that constantly monitor blood glucose and adjust the amount of insulin injected are available, and may better control blood-glucose levels. Pancreas transplants are also occasionally available. An insulin pill to replace needles has proved difficult for researchers, as insulin is destroyed in the stomach. For now, insulin injections are indispensable for the health of diabetics across the world.
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Hello. My name is Reneé Nunez and it is a privilege and blessing for me to serve as principal of our school. I can think of nothing more rewarding than having the opportunity to share the love of Christ with my students, families and staff. My husband, Chip, and I are natives of Louisiana. We moved to Texas in 1989 and my vocation in Catholic schools began. We have three children including Carah, SAOP Class of '09, SPX Class of '13, and a junior softball player at Delta State University. George, SAOP Class of '15 is a 9th grader at Klein Oak and Libby a 7th grader. This begins my 31st year in education and 26th in the Archdiocese. I have served as a teacher and assistant principal at St. John Paul II, and founding principal of St. Laurence in Sugar Land and SAOP. I have an M.Ed. from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and 30+ graduate hours in Instructional Technology and Administration from the Universities of Houston and St. Thomas. My teaching certification spans early childhood to high school including administrative for PreK-12. I am a life-long learner, something I hope your children will become too.


There were two good pieces of retail research released this week. The Magna Global retail report and the closer to home emma (Enhanced Media Metrics Australia) from Ipsos. The latter detailing its latest product insight report on Australian retail. Both give good insights into what is happening at an international macro and a national detailed level.
So what does emma have to say about how we Australians shop?
The emma research found that we Australians are a just like the rest of the OECD, a nation of shoppers, with three-quarters of us shopping online and almost one in 10 of us visiting a bricks and mortar stores in a shopping centre in any month. On average, we spend more than $1000 a month on consumer goods, with a simplistic split of 15% on grocery, 10% on clothing, 10% on home furnishings, 10% on electrical, 8% on gardening and 8% on IT products. The balance of 40% is, I guess, being spent on cars, out-of-home dining and entertainment, and our ever-increasing utility bills!
Our key national retail brands were all named as being the most popular places for us, including the overarching Westfield brand above the big roofs of our big malls, with Bunnings, Big W, Kmart, Target and Officeworks cited as the most popular big stores.
So while this gives us a good big picture view of our big retail brand shopping habits, what about at the micro, small business end?
Well I don't have any detailed research. However, my store and mall walks all point to shrinkage in owner-operated stores. There are more empty storefronts when I walk cities and towns in Australia. Gut feeling, as with any recessionary period, is that many smaller retailers just run out of puff, and cash, just before interest rates drop and shoppers start to spend. If that's the case I would recommend trying a pop-up store in the run up to Christmas to try to get back into the market.
While in LA earlier this year, I came across the XCVI pop-up shop. A store tucked at the back of a Santa Monica mall in a low footfall area. These are the areas of a mall that lease for less and fail earliest. Unless there is a reason to go to the back of a store, or a mall, we don't. We are lazy by nature.
Walking into the store all the fixtures were clean, white wood, collapsible and on wheels. I've shown a couple of photos below.
Now, I truly do love this store. It is a women's clothing store, and you can tell that all the clothing and accessories have been bought and sourced by one buyer. A passionate and keen-eyed retailer. I was travelling with two women, who had shopped their way through the mainstream clothing stores, but who both, upon entering the store, were wooed by the layout, clothes and the outstanding service. And they bought more. It just felt like really 'honest' small retailing.
As we run into our biggest selling period, a time when we will all comfortably exceed spending $1000 each month in November, December and January, it would be good to see previous retailers re-entering the market via pop-up stores. If you choose to set up a pop-up store, and because this clothing one worked using these fixtures, rather than reinvent the wheel and design your own, email me and I will send you through more photos to build from.
CROSSMARK CEO Kevin Moore looks at the world of retailing from grocery to pharmacy, bottle shops to car dealers, corner store to department stores.


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This morning, millions of people in different parts of the world are taking apart fake spider webs, facing hangover from yesterday party or dealing with their conscience while looking at empty packages of sweets and candies.
However, in this period, many other people are still attached to their local traditions which proudly survive the Halloween "invasion".
When I was a child, not the 31st of October, but the 1st of November meant sweets at will.
What is globally known as "trick or treat?" takes the name of "deads' soul" in my small paradise corner in Gargano. The origins of this celebrations come from the celtic tradition, whose calendar starts on November 1st. During this day people thought deads come back to the Earth for a short visit giving start to a series of rituals and customs handed down the centuries.
In my hometown, the 1st of November of each year, kids jaunts fill up streets since early afternoon, knocking at people's doors to ask for sweets buy saying "give us the deads' soul or we"ll break your door!". Deads' soul is represented by sweets and fruit that in ancient times were in really short supply, thus they were considered gifts from dead friends and relatives.
For the same reasons parents were preparing the "cauzetta" which in my dialect means little sock, namely a sock (that is actually quite big) full of sweets (and in the past also fruit) and sometimes toys. Parents would hide the cauzetta in the house making their children look for it and telling them it is a gift from beloved who passed away. Recently this traditions has affected also couples that give eachother the cauzetta.
The sock full of sweet is actually a national traditions in Italy although linked to the figure of Befana, a old woman who brings sweets to good children and coal to bad ones. It is celebrated on January the 6th, remembering the visit of the Three Wise Men to baby Jesus Christ.
In the last years, unfortunately, also the Deads' soul tradition is suffering from globalization and nowadays kids look more attracted by Halloween celebrations than keen to preserve their local traditions. However this custom still resists and it makes me smile seeing kids knocking at doors on 31st of October shouting "trick or treat" but sent back home by old women who tell them it's the wrong day and refuse to open their doors to give candies.
Do you have local traditions instead of Halloween? Or do you know any interesting story from all around the world?


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How does noise affect captive pied tamarins?
By Fiene Steinbrecher
Backed by Hans Steinbrecher, Rolf Behrens, Hilke Steinbrecher, Janine Brown, Puck Steinbrecher, Ingrid Powell, Manfred Osterloh, Peter Krupp, Lena Hoven, Holger Hoven, and 57 other backersGerd Friedrichs, Mi Chelle, Adi Lüttmann, Valea Zu Klampen, Kai Liedtke, Meike Schomäker, Pia Peters, Annika Schwabe, Dalia, Isabelle Delger, Angelika Feldhege, Dr Eluned Price, Melina Streichardt, Carina Schröder, Sigrid Janssen, Lutz Streichardt, Karin Behrens, Hans-Ludwig Fischer, Ghaith Humaimidi, Ute Lawrentz, Heike Schwab, Tiffany Lang, Ingo Blaser, Elizabeth Corey, Sandra Roberts, Gunnar Krupp, Doris Hoven, Jana Dierks, Regina Mödder, Janin Oltmer, Julia Frerichs, Hanno Hoven, Lars Zu Klampen, Nina Walkenhorst, Anke Wolff, Magdalena Bergen-Gerdes, Helga Eekhoff-Rusch, Jutta Wendt, Jannik Von Aschwege, Sarah Richdon, Georgina Smart, Alberto Rodriguez Barbon, Katharina Becker, Thilo Krupp, Michaela Zitterich, Hartmut Eilers, Mark Beresford, Egon Oetjen, Alex Kendall, Julia Eilers, Adam Dallas-Chapman, Sarah Gradidge, Janine Eilers, John Roberts, Amy Collette, David Lang, and Cindy Wu
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DOI: 10.18258/16514
How does noise affect captive pied tamarins? Steinbrecher, Fiene.. Anglia Ruskin University, 1 Jul 2020. Experiment. doi: 10.18258/16514
The pied tamarin is a very sensitive and critically endangered primate species. With only a small population left in the wild, maintaining a healthy captive population is a vital conservation strategy. However, in captivity pied tamarins tend to struggle more than other species of tamarin, and this can lead to health problems.
Why is this? My study will focus on the different noises they experience in captive environments and investigate if and how sounds affect them.
To help any animal cope with captive conditions it is of the highest priority to understand different stressors and their effect on the animal. A start is usually made by trying to recreate the wild settings including enclosure design, diet, etc. However, even with the best efforts the acoustic environment for captive animals will always differ to that of wild ones and therefore is an important factor to consider.
In fact, sound levels at zoos rarely represent those of the natural habitat of animals - often representing a much louder and more irregular environment defined by anthropogenic sounds. For pied tamarins, a small primate that is easily aroused and threatened by many natural predators, a noisy environment most likely represents a potential source of stress.
The pied tamarin faces many challenges, not only in captivity but also in the wild. It is listed as critically endangered (IUCN) and can only be found in a small, locally restricted area in and around the vicinity of Manaus, Brazil. With such a fragile and declining population left in the wild, it s even more important to conserve this species in captivity.
However, the captive management of the pied tamarin is more difficult than for other species. Their high tendency for an activated stress response seems to cause several health problems, reduced wellbeing, and reduced breeding success. Understanding noise as a potential stressor will help to improve the pied tamarin's captive stress management, welfare and conservation.
The goal of this study is to investigate pied tamarins' responses to different sounds.
This will be done in a playback experiment in which different sounds (rainforest, visitor voices, construction noises, etc.) will be played to the pied tamarins. Before and after each playback, saliva will be collected form the trained animals to later analyse for cortisol, a hormone that represents the physiological stress levels. In addition, behavioral data will be collected during the playbacks. Together this allows to evaluate the pied tamarins (stress) response to the different sounds and help understand what they perceived as noise.
For more detailed information please see methods.
Your contributions will allow me to complete this project and will cover the costs related to cortisol analysis. The acoustic equipment I need is already available within my university.
Cortisol analysis will cost about $6 per sample. I expect to collect and analyse roughly 400 saliva samples during the playback experiments.
I am stretching my budget by $ 1000 which would be the cost of more saliva cortisol analysis. This would allow me to do this study with more animals and more repetition, which would validate my results and strengthen my study.
Pied tamarins are critically endangered in the wild and sensitive to stress in captivity. Fiene's project will help us understand how noise affects them; this has not been studied before. The study will produce valuable results for the management of captive tamarins, and for the fragmented populations around Manaus in Brazil, where human activities affect them badly. I have known Fiene since she carried out her Masters research with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust a few years ago. She is highly motivated and has excellent research skills.
Dr Eluned Price
Zoo Research Manager
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
I am very happy to endorse this project. Fiene is an excellent researcher, who is carrying out her PhD work at Anglia Ruskin University, in collaboration with The Durrell Conservation Trust. Fiene's research will help us to understand the effects of human noise pollution on pied tamarin health and conservation. This will allow us to improve captive management, as well as helping the conservation prospects of wild populations of this critically endangered primate species.
Jacob Dunn
Reader in Evolutionary Biology
Anglia Ruskin University & University of Cambridge
This is an extremely important and interesting project! Fiene will investigate how noise affects the stress response and behaviour of captive tamarins. This knowledge can contribute to improve welfare and conservation efforts in this critically endangered species. Fiene is a very able and highly-motivated student. I am excited to fully endorse this project, and encourage everyone to support it in any way that they can.
Claudia Wascher
I think this is a very important project that will help us have a greater understanding of the health issues that this sensitive species has in captivity. Pied tamarins are notoriously difficult to look after in captivity and it is thought that chronic stress could play a role in some of the diseases that occur in captivity with pied tamarins. The tamarin is critically endangered in the wild with the habitat disappearing fast, it is essential that a captive conservation assurance population is built up in captivity. I fully support the study.
Dominic Wormell
This project is part of my doctorate degree at Anglia Ruskin University (UK) started in September 2019. Currently I am collecting data for a different part of this study and training animals for saliva collection for the playback experiments, which are expected to start in September.
I am fully committed to this project and, with your help, I will be able to make a significant contribution in the conservation efforts for the pied tamarins in the near future.
Project Launched
have at least 15 individuals trained for saliva collection
record different sounds for the playback experiment
finalize preparation for the playbacks
start playback experiments
Fiene Steinbrecher
Anglia Ruskin University, Jersey Zoo
Research will take place in collaboration with Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust (DWCT). They are the leading experts in captive pied tamarin management (including captivity and wild research).
University supervision is provided by Dr. Jacob Dunn and Dr. Claudia Wascher. In addition, Dr. Eluned Price (Research Manager, DWCT) and Dom Wormell (head of the mammal department) will present on site guidance.
I am currently a PhD student at Anglia Ruskin University in Cambridge (UK) looking at the effects of the acoustic environment on captive pied tamarins. I previously received a BSc in Biology from Mahidol University International Collage (Thailand) and a MSc in Animal Behaviour and Conservation from Anglia Ruskin University (UK).
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With your support, this study will make a big difference to the pied tamarins. The information gained from this study may not only help captive individuals, but may also help wild conservation management, as anthropogenic noise is a big part of urbanization and human encroachment - threats that are very persistent for wild pied tamarins. Thus, this study will not only aid the captive pied tamarins, but also wild ones and ultimately help to ensure the pied tamarin's survival.


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Q: How to run a python script between a particular times every single day (on Linux)? I am looking for a way to be able to run a python script at a particular times of day and then have it auto terminated at another time of day. Ideally, I would want this to not be done within the script itself.
For example: I would want the script to start at 08:00 and end at 10:00 then start again at 11:30 and then terminate at 15:00 and I would need this to happen every day automatically.
I have browsed through many suggestions online, and many of them suggested to use cron, however, as far as I can see, cron does not natively offer the functionality of automatically terminating an application.
Others have suggested using cron to start the application at a particular time and then use another cron instance to create a "terminate" file that the program will search for at every loop iteration and if the file is present then the python script will terminate via a sys.exit() function or something, however, this seems quite janky and more of a workaround than a real solution.

A: You may use Jobber. You will be able to start scripts whenever you want and for the time you want.
Warning : Jobber is not free. You can try it for free though.
Here is the link to Jobber's website.

A: You could write a script that creates a lockfile with cron  (https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12815/what-are-pid-and-lock-files-for), and use the lockfile to know what the process ID is, then terminate the process with that id using cron as well

A: After you have determined that the process name is uniquely identifiable you could do something like this (that's indeed also using cron).
 0  8 * * * /path/to/unique_name.py& ( echo "pkill unique_name.py" | at 10:00 )
30 11 * * * /path/to/unique_name.py& ( echo "pkill unique_name.py" | at 15:30 )

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And "name safe" versions (using kill).
 0  8 * * * /path/to/unique_name.py& echo kill $! | at 10:00
30 11 * * * /path/to/unique_name.py& echo kill $! | at 15:30

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DOCTOR REPORTS: HUGO CHAVEZ IS DEAD
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According to a Nicaraguan doctor, HUGO CHAVEZ IS DEAD OR AS GOOD AS DEAD. CUBAN DOCTORS ARE KEEPING HIM ALIVE ON ANCIENT SOVIET-ERA MEDICAL EQUIPMENT IN A VAIN ATTEMP TO SEE IF THEY CAN GET HIS BODY TO LAST LONG ENOUGH FOR AN INAUGURATION. BUT HE'S DEAD AS A DOOR NAIL — TRUST ME. [RAYMOND TOTE-TUNDY MD]
Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez has, for all intents and purposes, died surrounded by his family and his two pet dogs SaySay and Ponito, and American actor Sean Penn." said Dr. Raymond-Tote Tundy, a doctor from the Skylight Institute for Cuban Medical Studies in San Sanibal, Nicaragua.
"President Chavez was especially happy to have Sean Penn by his side when he whispered his last words which were reported to be, 'You have been like a son to me. Please go out and find another father-figure to use to spite your own country…pass the torch.'
"Sean Penn, who so moved by these words that he cried and wailed and walked around pretending to be retarded. That kind of mugging got him Academy Award nominations and he did not want to waste the opportunity to express his gift for expressing maudlin sentiment while the press was around."
You might remember that during the Bush administration, Sean Penn enjoyed hanging out with the paunchy plantain gulping Chavez, because he sought only to spite the USA and its President, but since President Obama took over the White House, Sean Penn has been on his best behaviour and has not intentionally done anything to humiliate his own country.
"I feel sorry for Chavez in a way," said Fidel Castro who was sitting not too far away fro his own life-support machine. "He actually thought that Sean Penn was his friend. He was too fat and stupid to know that Sean was using him as a tool to get even with George W. Bush and to betray the people of the USA who made him rich. Sean Penn thinks he is my friend too but in my opinion he is a stupid and simpleminded retard — which is probably why he is so good at playing parts like that in movies.
Castro continued.
"Hugo and Sean used to play cards but Sean used to always win, and at one point, Sean Penn owned the entire city of Caracas. Of course they only played with imaginary money which is all they really have in Venezuela anyway, but I can only think about what a stupid idiot Chavez was.
"Imagine how stupid you have to be to come here — to Cuba — for medical treatment of all things. We put people with HIV in concentration camps and we still amputate limbs with a bottle of rum and a chainsaw. If only he had not been such a stupid ass, he could have gone to the USA for treatment and perhaps he would have done better — who knows, right?"
Doctor Tote-Tundy went on to elaborate on the condition of Hugo Chavez.
"Hugo Chavez appears to have died and is being kept in a state of aliveness by antiquated Soviet Union style machines from the 1970s," said Dr. Tote-Tundy. "His cancer recurred and with that recurrence came severe infections and a gradual fading away of the body's defenses against all hosts of pathogenic bacteria.
"The doctors in Cuba are simply trying to keep his heart beating and his body from rotting so that he will last long enough for his inauguration which is not scheduled until 10 January. There are rumors floating around that one of his feet fell off or tunred black, and while I did not witness this, I think it could be true because a heart-lung machine from 1975 is not able to pump blood to the feet.
"When a person is essentially dead but blood and oxygen is still being moved throughout the body to prevent decomposition, certain parts of the body just don't get enough oxygen and they start to turn black and die like they would if the person was 100% dead. Iwould say that at this point Chavez is 99% dead and that at least one of his feet is 100% dead. "
Goodbye Hugo — and may flights of fart-inducing burritos sing thee to thy rest.
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LB 11356 BEFORE WE WERE WICKED DICKEY, ERIC JEROME
While out on an enforcement job for his boss, Ken Swift meets Jimi Lee and falls immediately in lust. He hurts people to pay for college and she`s Harvard-bound, but they can`t resist the chemistry between them. When Jimi Lee becomes pregnant all bets are off. Unrated. 2019. 513 pages.
LB 11353 ALICE NETWORK QUINN, KATE
Pregnant and unmarried Charlotte St. Clair escapes the sharp eye of her mother in London to track down her cousin Rose, who went missing during the war. She finds Eve Gardiner, a former spy. A name Charlie utters resurrects Eve's memories of the past. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2017. 703 pages.
LB 11354 ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN SEE, LISA
Mi-ja and Young-sook are best friends, even though their backgrounds are markedly different. When they come of age, they join their village`s all-female diving collective, which is run by Young-sook`s mother. However, Mi-ja`s parentage marks her for scorn and drives the friends apart as war looms. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019. 641 pages.
LB 11380 LETTERS FROM PEACEFUL LANE DAILEY, JANET
In the rugged Ozarks of Branson, Missouri, a woman struggles to save her marriage–and finds answers from an unexpected source. Unrated. 2019. 363 pages.
LB 11379 CARE AND FEEDING OF RAVENOUSLY HUNGRY GIRLS GRAY, ANISSA
Althea Butler, eldest of three girls, took care of her sisters Viola and Lillian after their mother died. When she and her husband Proctor are arrested, Althea will need to depend on Viola and Lillian for help, while they have troubles of their own to face. Unrated. 2019. 453 pages.
LB 11413 WILD CARD WOODS, STUART
Stone Barrington`s enjoyment of a peaceful country retreat with his latest paramour is interrupted by an unwelcome stranger sent by someone who wants to silence Stone and his collaborators for good. With boundless resources and a thirst for vengeance, this foe will not be deterred. Unrated. 2019. 401 pages.
LB 11414 MEOW MAYHEM LICKEL, LISA J.
"After being left at the altar, Ivy Amanda McTeague Preston uproots herself and her cat, an Egyptian Mau named Memnet, from her boring and lonely life to start over at the urging of Mayor Conklin, a fellow pedigreed Mau owner. Truesdale Thompson is ready to move in a fresh direction with his life. A private man whose physical wounds are the only outward sign of a tragic accident in his past, True and his cat, Isis, open a branch of his trendy little bookstore and coffee shop in Apple Grove. When Ivy takes a mysterious message while the mayor is away on business, only Ivy's criminology professor mom and True believe there's something rotten in Apple Grove. Can Ivy carry on her romance with True while saving the town from further Mayhem?"-From the back cover. Unrated. 2019. 459 pages.
LB 11416 TORTURE OF THE MOUNTAIN MAN JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM W.
When Smoke Jensen is summoned to a small Texas town under siege by a scourge of kill-crazy bandits, volunteers line up to take out the Mountain Man. Being Smoke Jensen, he wouldn't have it any other way. Unrated. 2018. 447 pages. Donated to TSLAC TBP in FY2018
LB 11415 IF SHE WAKES KORYTA, MICHAEL
"Tara Beckley, a senior at Hammel College in Maine, is driving a visiting professor to a conference when a horrific car accident kills the professor and leaves Tara a prisoner of locked-in syndrome. She is fully alert, but unable to move a muscle. Trapped in her body, she learns that someone powerful wants her dead — but why? Abby Kaplan, an insurance investigator, is hired by the college to look in to Tara's case. A former stunt driver, she can tell that Tara's car crash was no accident. She starts asking questions and is soon on the run — with a young hit man named Dax Blackwell hard on her heels."–Provided by publisher. Unrated. 2019. 551 pages.
LB 11418 DEEP HARBOR MICHAELS, FERN
When Carol Ann "CJ" Jansen lost her beloved older brother, Kick, in a boating accident, she came adrift. Kick had taken on the role of caring for his little sister after their parents were killed in a car crash. Inheriting half his fortune has left CJ financially secure–yet needing a purpose. As administrative assistant to powerful congressman Snapper Lewis, she's immersed herself in the exciting and often tumultuous world of politics. But suddenly, the career that anchors her life is threatened. CJ stumbles upon information that could implicate her boss in corruption. When the congressman goes missing, the closer CJ gets to uncovering the truth, exposing one shocking secret after another, the more she wonders if she's also in jeopardy. Moving to a small New England town for her own protection, CJ gradually begins to engage with her new surroundings. Her blossoming friendship with the owner of a charter fishing boat offers the promise of much more. But before she can claim happiness, CJ must navigate a course through all her doubts and fears, and trust that this time, the water that took so much from her might just lead her safely home. Unrated. 2019. 517 pages.
LB 11117 DEPARTMENT OF SENSITIVE CRIMES MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDER
The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department of Sensitive Crimes take their job very seriously. The lead detective, Ulf Varg, prioritizes his cases above even his dog's mental health. Then there are detectives Anna Bengsdotter, who keeps her relationship with Varg professional even as she realizes she's developing feelings for him … or at least for his car, and Carl Holgersson, first to arrive in the morning and last to leave, who would never read his colleagues' personal correspondence–unless it could help solve a crime, of course. Finally, there's Erik Nykvist, who peppers conversations with anecdotes about fly fishing. Along with an opinionated local police officer named Blomquist, the Department of Sensitive Crimes takes on three extremely strange cases. First, the detectives investigate how and why a local business owner was stabbed … in the back of the knee. Next, a young woman's imaginary boyfriend goes missing. And, in the final investigation, Varg must determine whether nocturnal visitations at a local spa have a supernatural element. Unrated. 308 pages.
LB 11115 DIE BY THE GUN JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM W.
Dewey 'Mac' McKenzie is wanted for a killing he didn't commit. He saved his hide once by signing on as a cattle drive chuckwagon cook and bolting the territories. Turned out Mac was as good at fixing vittles as he was at dodging bullets. But Mac's enemies are hungry for more, and they've hired a gang of ruthless killers to turn up the heat. Mac's only hope is to join another cattle drive on the Goodnight-Loving Trail, deep in New Mexico Territory. The journey ahead is even deadlier than the hired guns behind him. His trail boss is an ornery cuss. His crew mate is the owner's spoiled son. And the route is overrun with kill-crazy rustlers and bloodthirsty Comanche. Worse, Mac's would-be killers are closing in fast. But when the cattle owner's son is kidnapped, the courageous young cook has no choice but to jump out of the frying pan, and into the fire. Unrated. 443 pages. Related names: Johnstone, J. A., author.
LB 11109 FOOL'S MOON STUCKART, DIANE A.S.
Two tarot-savvy cats and their tenderhearted human outwit a cruel criminal in this animal-centric whodunit. Most days, Ruby Sparks feels like the sign that says "Tarot Card Reader Extraordinaire" should say "Tarot Card Reader Fairly Competent." But as challenging as it is to take care of her half-sister's New Age shop, and her growing menagerie of enchanted pets, Ruby never worries that she's bitten off more than she can chew. Unrated. 475 pages.
LB 11102 SABRINA KANE COOK, WILL
The death of Sabrina's husband en route to Illinois leaves her alone in an untamed land. But the widow proves more than a match for the world of the frontier. Unrated. 2019. 258 pages.
LB 11104 TINDERBOX LEWIS, BEVERLY
The day before her parents' twentieth wedding anniversary Sylvia Miller stumbles across the key to the old brass tinderbox her father, Earnest, keeps in his Lancaster County watch repair shop. Inside is a secret from his life as an Englisher. When she confronts him, Earnest admits that he is not fit to be a member of the Hickory Hollow Amish church. He confesses his secret to Rhoda, his wife, and Sylvia, but when word of Earnest's deceit reaches others in the community the truth pits Amish neighbors against one another, threatens to dry up Earnest's livelihood–and to break up Sylvia's engagement to the preacher's grandson. Unrated. 397 pages.
LB 11100 UNDER THE TABLE: A NOVEL EVANOVICH, STEPHANIE
Suffocating in her dead-end marriage, Zoey Sullivan moves in with her sister in New York and starts taking catering jobs. She meets shy computer programmer and millionaire Tristan Malloy and offers to give him a makeover, only to fall for him as he gains confidence. Unrated. 2019. Related names: Adaptation of (work): Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988. My fair lady.
LB 11096 BETTER SISTER: A NOVEL BURKE, ALAFAIR
When a prominent Manhattan lawyer is murdered, two estranged sisters–one the dead man's widow, the other his ex–must set aside mistrust and old resentments. but can they escape their past? Unrated. 2019. 428 pages.
LB 11114 LOST ROSES: A NOVEL KELLY, MARTHA HALL
It is 1914 and the world has been on the brink of war so many times, many New Yorkers treat the subject with only passing interest. Eliza Ferriday is thrilled to be traveling to St. Petersburg with Sofya Streshnayva, a cousin of the Romanovs. The two met years ago one summer in Paris and became close confidantes. Now Eliza embarks on the trip of a lifetime, home with Sofya to see the splendors of Russia. But when Austria declares war on Serbia and Russia's Imperial dynasty begins to fall, Eliza escapes back to America, while Sofya and her family flee to their country estate. In need of domestic help, they hire the local fortuneteller's daughter, Varinka, unknowingly bringing intense danger into their household. On the other side of the Atlantic, Eliza is doing her part to help the White Russian families find safety as they escape the revolution. But when Sofya's letters suddenly stop coming she fears the worst for her best friend. From the turbulent streets of St. Petersburg to the avenues of Paris and the society of fallen Russian emigres who live there, the lives of Eliza, Sofya, and Varinka will intersect in profound ways, taking readers on a breathtaking ride through a momentous time in history. Unrated. Bestseller. 629 pages.
LB 11105 BOOK OF DREAMS GEORGE, NINA
On the way to see his son Sam for the first time in years, Henri is involved in an accident and winds up in a coma. Thirteen-year-old Sam and Henri`s former lover, Eddie, wait by his bedside while Henri floats in dreams. Translated from the 2016 original German. Unrated. 2019. 466 pages. Related names: Pare, Simon, translator.
LB 11111 COLLUSION: A NOVEL GINGRICH, NEWT
Valerie Mayberry comes from the kind of wealthy family that would be royalty in any other country. Obsessive and compulsive, she's also the FBI's counter-intelligence expert on domestic terrorism. Brett Garrett is a dishonorably discharged ex-Navy SEAL coming off a secret opioid addiction. A brusque, fiercely independent operative who refuses to play by the rules, the seasoned pro is now a gun for hire, working as a security contractor in Eastern Europe. When a high ranking Kremlin official with knowledge of a plan to attack the US must be smuggled out under the nose of a kleptocratic Putin-like Russian president and a ruthless general, Mayberry and Garret are thrown together to exfiltrate him and preempt a deadly poisonous strike. As these unlikely partners work to protect their human asset, their mission is threatened by domestic politics: leftist protests, Congressional infighting, and a culture riven by hatred. Unrated. 515 pages. Related names: Earley, Pete, author.
LB 11106 DEATH BAKES A PECAN PIE WASHBURN, L.J.
Hollywood comes to Weatherford, Texas, as a movie company arrives to shoot scenes for a film based on the novel by Phyllis Newsom's friend Eve. But movie fantasy turns to deadly reality as a murder recreated for film turns out to be the genuine article, and once more Phyllis has to track down a cunning killer to see that justice is done. Unrated. 323 pages.
LB 11110 MACHINES LIKE ME: AND PEOPLE LIKE YOU MCEWAN, IAN
Machines Like Me occurs in an alternative 1980s London. Britain has lost the Falklands War, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power, and Alan Turing achieves a breakthrough in artificial intelligence. In a world not quite like this one, two lovers will be tested beyond their understanding. Charlie, drifting through life and dodging full-time employment, is in love with Miranda, a bright student who lives with a terrible secret. When Charlie comes into money, he buys Adam, one of the first batch of synthetic humans. With Miranda's assistance, he co-designs Adam's personality. This near-perfect human is beautiful, strong, and clever–a love triangle soon forms. These three beings will confront a profound moral dilemma. Unrated. Bestseller. 380 pages.
LB 11101 NEON PREY SANDFORD, JOHN
Clayton Deese skips bail after a job that went south. The US Marshals come after him and find a jungle full of graves behind Deese`s rural Louisiana cabin. Now Lucas Davenport is on the trail of a serial killer who has been operating for years without notice. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2019. 461 pages.
LB 11103 POISON LESCROART, JOHN T.
Attorney Dismas Hardy`s plans to ease into retirement and reconnect with his family after recovering from two glancing gunshot wounds are cut short when–against his wife`s wishes–he is pulled back into the courtroom by the murder of Grant Wagner, the steely owner of a successful family business. Unrated. 505 pages.
LB 11107 GUARDING GABY: SECOND CHANCES, BOOK 1 BRASHEAR, JEAN
Gabriela Navarro believed she and Eli Wolverton would always be together…until he abandoned her. Years later, Gaby has made a new life in the big city. Her future is bright, and Eli is her past. When she returns to bury her father and learns that Eli is accused of his murder, she is stunned, but she no longer knows the man who's replaced the boy she loved. Then their paths cross again, and though the longing between them is more powerful than ever, Eli refuses to defend himself and pushes her to go. Does Gaby believe the charges against him, or the urgings of her heart? There is so much more at stake than Gaby can imagine. With his freedom and his life on the line, only one thing would draw Eli away from his search for the truth: Gaby's safety. Even if that means he'll lose her forever. Unrated. 2019. 341 pages.
LB 11108 IF THESE WALLS COULD TALK CROWNOVER, JAMES D.
Can the walls of an abandoned house absolve a man accused of a thirty-year-old murder? Not before Silent Cooper and Dempsy Nealy battle Apache thieves, Pancho's Villistas, marauding outlaws, and El Tigre of the Playas Valley. The loss of a letter beneath the ruins of a famous Arizona ranch house thirty years ago led to an untimely marriage for Dempsy's Aunt Cindy, who now runs three ranches with an iron will and a shotgun loaded with buckshot. No man stands in her way–for long. Dempsy dreams of a ghostly visitor in the desert, or was it a dream? The rock house of the Smuggler Hills seems to be an impregnable fortress until a small creature descends the chimney. A cemetery reveals a scandalous secret. Unrated. 473 pages.
LB 11116 INVITED MCMAHON, JENNIFER
In 1924, a young mother, Hattie Breckenridge, is hanged from a tree in her yard by the town mob, accused of a crime that was actually committed by her daughter. Nearly a century later, a young married couple, Helen and Nate abandon the comforts of suburbia to begin the ultimate, aspirational do-it-yourself project: building the house of their dreams on the same forty-four acres of rural land where Hattie once lived. When they discover that this charming property has a dark and violent past, Helen, a former history teacher, becomes consumed by Hattie's story and the tragic legend of her descendants, three generations of "Breckenridge women," each of whom died amid suspicion, and who seem to still be seeking something elusive and dangerous in the present day. Unrated. 556 pages.
LB 11112 18TH ABDUCTION PATTERSON, JAMES
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her husband Joe Molinari team up to protect San Francisco from an international war criminal in the newest Women's Murder Club thriller. For a trio of colleagues, an innocent night out after class ends in a deadly torture session. They vanish without a clue–until a body turns up. With the safety of San Francisco's entire school system as stake, Lindsay Boxer has never been under more pressure. To solve the School Night case, Lindsay turns to her best friend, investigative journalist Cindy Thomas, as the chief of police and the press clamor for an arrest. Together, Lindsay and Cindy take new approaches, and unexpected facts about the victims leave them stunned. Unrated. 438 pages. Related names: Paetro, Maxine, author.
LB 11425 CHOCOLATE CREAM PIE MURDER FLUKE, JOANNE
When her bakery becomes the setting of a star-studded TV special, Hannah hopes to hide the unsavory scandal in her personal life. But that`s practically impossible with a disturbing visit from a shifty character she once loved and a murder victim in her bedroom. Unrated. 2019. 509 pages.
LB 11427 FALL OF GONDOLIN TOLKIEN, J.R.R.
Tuor is sent to Gondolin by the god Ulmo, only to fall in love with the elf king`s daughter, Idril. Their bliss is shattered when the evil Morgoth sends an army to destroy Gondolin. This previously unpublished Middle-earth tale was edited by the author`s son Christopher. Bestseller. 2018. 425 pages.
LB 11429 LAST SECOND COULTER, CATHERINE
When NASA didn`t believe she spoke with aliens, astronaut Nevaeh Patel quit the program. Now working for a French company, she launches a satellite to do the aliens` bidding. It`s up to special agents Nicholas Drummond and Michaela Caine to stop the earth-altering mission. Some violence and some strong language. 575 pages. Related names: Ellison, J. T., author.
LB 11443 STONE BRIDGES NEGGERS, CARLA
Adrienne Portale has never settled in one place for long, but takes a job as innkeeper in tiny Knights Bridge, Massachusetts, to spend some time getting to know the father she only recently found. When three small boys get lost in the wilderness that borders the inn, Adam Sloan leads the search. His family ties to the town go back generations. Adrienne sees the bond that people in a small town have as they band together to find the missing children. Adam is impressed with her calm strength, but he's sure she won't find what she's looking for in his quiet hometown. Despite their differences, Adam and Adrienne discover they have more in common than they'd expected. They love to explore old stone walls and bridges, and she adores his dog. As summer bleeds into the gorgeous New England fall, the attraction between them grows, and they must decide where–and who–makes a place home. Unrated. 467 pages.
LB 11445 MEMORY HOUSE HAUCK, RACHEL
Eighteen years after losing her father on 9/11, Beck Holiday is a tough New York City cop burdened with a damaging secret, suspended for misconduct, and struggling to get her life in order. Then a mysterious letter arrives informing her she`s inherited a house along Florida`s northern coast. Unrated. 585 pages.
LB 11447 MISS JULIA TAKES THE WHEEL ROSS, ANN B.
Miss Julia invites the charming visiting doctor and his painfully shy wife to dinner. While Miss Julia and Sam both note the wife`s obvious lack of social skills, it`s Julia`s friends Hazel Marie and Binkie that pick up on some of the doctor`s less palatable qualities. Unrated. 495 pages.
LB 11448 A LIST JANCE, JUDITH A.
The last story of Ali Reynolds`s broadcasting career was a piece about a young man in need of a kidney, which spiraled into a medical mismanagement scandal that landed a prestigious local doctor in prison for murder. A decade later, the doctor is plotting revenge. Unrated. 545 pages.
LB 11449 ORPHAN OF SALT WINDS BROOKS, ELIZABETH
England, 1939. Ten-year-old Virginia Wrathmell arrives at Salt Winds, a secluded house on the edge of a marsh, to meet her adoptive parents: practical, dependable Clem and glamorous, mercurial Lorna. The marsh, with its deceptive tides, is a beautiful but threatening place. Virginia's new parents' marriage is full of secrets and tensions she doesn't quite understand, and their wealthy neighbor, Max Deering, drops by too often, taking an unwholesome interest in the family's affairs. Only Clem offers a true sense of home. War feels far away among the birds and shifting sands, until the day a German fighter plane crashes into the marsh, and Clem ventures out to rescue the airman. What happens next sets into motion a crime so devastating it will haunt Virginia for the rest of her life. Seventy-five years later, she finds herself drawn back to the marsh, and to a teenage girl who appears there, nearly frozen and burdened by her own secrets. In her, Virginia might have a chance at retribution and a way to right a grave mistake she made as a child. Unrated. 397 pages.
LB 11357 ACCESSORY TO WAR: THE UNSPOKEN ALLIANCE BETWEEN ASTROPHYSICS AND THE MILITARY TYSON, NEIL DEGRASSE
Author of Astrophysics for People in a Hurry (DB 89846) explores the ways astronomers and astrophysicists have contributed to warfare and military action throughout history. Topics include multi-spectral detection, ranging, tracking, imaging, high ground, nuclear fusion, and access to space. Unrated. Bestseller. 2018. 993 pages.
LB 11355 HOW TO BE A PATIENT: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING THE WORLD OF MODERN MEDICINE GOLDBERG, SANA
"From registered nurse and public health advocate Sana Goldberg, a timely, accessible, and comprehensive guide to the medical industrial complex that teaches readers how to be their own best advocate and get the care they deserve"– Provided by publisher. Unrated. 2019. 597 pages.
LB 11381 MAID: HARD WORK, LOW PAY, AND A MOTHER'S WILL TO SURVIVE LAND, STEPHANIE
Recounts years working in the domestic service industry, struggling in poverty as a single mother. Examines the difficulties and misleading rhetoric surrounding poverty as well as the realities of life in service work. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019. Land, Stephanie. 441 pages.
LB 11378 CRUSHING: GOD TURNS PRESSURE INTO POWER JAKES, T.D.
Author of Instinct (DB 79599) and Destiny (DB 82330) presents a guide to learning from life`s challenges and trusting in God`s love. Uses personal experiences, including his teenage daughter`s pregnancy, his mother`s death from Alzheimer`s, and his son`s heart attack, to illustrate lessons learned. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019. Jakes, T. D. –Anecdotes. 327 pages.
LB 11417 SHOUT: A POETRY MEMOIR ANDERSON, LAURIE HALSE
A memoir in verse shares the author`s life, covering her difficult early childhood, her rape at thirteen, and her experiences surrounding the publication of her 1999 novel Speak (DB 49958). Unrated. For senior high and older readers. 2019. 285 pages.
LB 11113 FINDING MY VOICE: MY JOURNEY TO THE WEST WING AND THE PATH FORWARD JARRETT, VALERIE
"The ultimate Obama insider" (The New York Times) and longest-serving senior advisor in the Obama White House shares her journey as a daughter, mother, lawyer, business leader, public servant, and leader in government at a historic moment in American history. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019. Jarrett, Valerie, 1956- Obama, Barack — Friends and associates. Obama, Michelle, 1964- — Friends and associates. 460 pages.
LB 11098 K: A HISTORY OF BASEBALL IN TEN PITCHES KEPNER, TYLER (BASEBALL WRITER)
The baseball columnist for the New York Times presents a history of the sport, told through the ten major pitches of the game. Includes commentary from some of the best pitchers in baseball history, such as Nolan Ryan, Greg Maddux, Bob Gibson, and Mariano Rivera. Unrated. 2019. 472 pages.
LB 11099 AMERICAN MOONSHOT: JOHN F. KENNEDY AND THE GREAT SPACE RACE BRINKLEY, DOUGLAS
On May 25, 1961, JFK made an astonishing announcement: his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. In this engrossing, fast-paced epic, Douglas Brinkley returns to the 1960s to recreate one of the most exciting and ambitious achievements in the history of humankind. American Moonshot brings together the extraordinary political, cultural, and scientific factors that fueled the birth and development of NASA and the Mercury, Gemini and Apollo projects, which shot the United States to victory in the space race against the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War. Drawing on new primary source material and major interviews with many of the surviving figures who were key to America's success, Brinkley brings this fascinating history to life as never before. Unrated. 2019. 898 pages. Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963 — Influence.
LB 11097 AMERICAN SPIRIT: PROFILES IN RESILIENCE, COURAGE, AND FAITH KYLE, TAYA
Life leads us through difficult terrain. But what happens if you use challenge as an opportunity to discover your purpose? These Americans did and are changing the world. After losing her husband, "American Sniper" Chris Kyle, Taya Kyle entered a period of deep grief. And yet the experience served as a catalyst for profound growth. Taya found her own reserve of strength with the help of the generous love and support of family and friends–and also many strangers across America, who selflessly shared their own stories of suffering, survival, and triumph. Inspired by her experience, Taya discovered her calling: spreading a message of how love, passion, and service can combine to help us persevere over personal pain and heal our communities. American Spirit profiles more than 30 individuals, young and old, rich and not-so-rich, famous and unknown, who have overcome hardship and done extraordinary things for their communities and for the nation at large. Unrated. 2019. 446 pages. Related names: DeFelice, Jim, 1956-, author.
LB 11428 INHERITANCE: A MEMOIR OF GENEALOGY, PATERNITY, AND LOVE SHAPIRO, DANI
The author of Family History (DB 63237) describes how, after submitting her DNA for analysis, she discovered that she was not actually related to her father. Discusses her struggle to piece together the story of her life and uncover her own identity. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2019. Shapiro, Dani. 359 pages.
LB 11432 LIBRARY BOOK ORLEAN, SUSAN
The author re-opens the unsolved mystery of the most catastrophic library fire in US history. On April 29, 1986, fire broke out at the Los Angeles Public Library and destroyed or damaged more than a million books. Examines the evolution of public libraries while celebrating their value in society. Bestseller. 2018. 539 pages.
LB 11435 MATRIARCH: BARBARA BUSH AND THE MAKING OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY PAGE, SUSAN
A biography of former First Lady Barbara Bush. Discusses her childhood in New York, loss of a daughter to leukemia, battle with depression, and role as wife and mother of two American presidents. Draws on interviews with friends and family, conversations with Bush, and diary entries. Unrated. Bestseller. 2019. 582 pages.
LB 11446 SHIP OF FOOLS: HOW A SELFISH RULING CLASS IS BRINGING AMERICA TO THE BRINK OF REVOLUTION CARLSON, TUCKER
Political pundit discusses class dynamics in early twenty-first-century America. Focuses on an elite class of the wealthy and powerful, positing that they hide their agendas behind identity politics, strip political parties of meaning, and will drive America towards ruin. Some strong language. Bestseller. 349 pages.
LB 11352 PAY ATTENTION, CARTER JONES SCHMIDT, GARY D.
Carter must adjust to the unwelcome presence of a know-it-all butler who is determined to help him become a gentleman and deal with burdens from the past. For grades 4-7. 2019. 303 pages.
LB 11350 FLUSH HIAASEN, CARL
The Florida Keys. With their father jailed for sinking a gambling boat, Noah Underwood and his sister Abbey gather evidence that casino owner Dusty Muleman is illegally emptying sewage tanks into coastal waters. They receive help from a former card dealer, a pirate, and Dusty's ex-girlfriend. For grades 5-8. 2005. 323 pages.
LB 11351 SEE YOU IN THE COSMOS CHENG, JACK
Eleven-year-old Alex Petroski, along with his dog, Carl Sagan, makes big discoveries about his family on a road trip, and he records everything on a golden iPod he intends to launch into space. For grades 4-7. 2017. 411 pages.
LB 11423 MERCI SUAREZ CHANGES GEARS MEDINA, MEG
Merci Suarez relies on her close extended family as she goes through many changes during her sixth-grade year at Florida`s Seaward Pines Academy. For grades 4-7. 2018. 383 pages.
LB 11424 DRAGON PEARL LEE, YOON HA
Min, a girl with fox magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet to find out what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces. Commercial audiobook. For grades 4-7. 2019. 515 pages.
LB 11420 WILD ROBOT BROWN, PETER
Roz the robot discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island, with no memory of where she is from or why she is there. Her only hope of survival is to try to learn about her new environment from the island's hostile inhabitants. For grades 3-6. 2016. 286 pages.
LB 11422 WILD ROBOT ESCAPES BROWN, PETER
After being captured by the Recons and returned to civilization for reprogramming, Roz is sent to Hilltop Farm. She befriends her owner's family and animals, but pines for her son, Brightbill. Sequel to The Wild Robot (DB 84426). For grades 3-6. 2018. 284 pages.
LB 11436 IF I STAY FORMAN, GAYLE
Cellist and Juilliard hopeful Mia clings to life after a car accident kills her family. While observing herself during an out-of-body experience, Mia flashes through her past to determine whether to fight for survival or die. Some strong language. For junior and senior high readers. 2009. 481 pages.
LB 11437 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL KINNEY, JEFF
The Heffley family road trip starts off full of promise, then quickly takes several wrong turns, from a fender bender to crazed seagulls. But even the worst road trip can turn into an adventure! For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2014. 229 pages.
LB 11438 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: OLD SCHOOL KINNEY, JEFF
When his town organizes an electronics-free event, a disgusted Greg Heffley struggles to survive life in a community without modern conveniences. Meanwhile, tension builds among kids struggling to enjoy the activities of past generations. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2015. 229 pages.
LB 11439 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE GETAWAY KINNEY, JEFF
With the cold weather and the stress of the approaching holiday season, the Heffley family decides to escape to a tropical island resort for some much-needed rest and relaxation–but sun poisoning, stomach troubles, and venomous creatures all threaten their vacation. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2017. Juvenile Fiction
LB 11440 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE MELTDOWN KINNEY, JEFF
When snow closes Greg Heffley`s middle school, he and his best friend, Rowley Jefferson, face a fight for survival as warring gangs turn the neighborhood into a wintry battlefield. For grades 3-6 and older readers. 2018. 229 pages.
LB 11419 ENDURANCE: MY YEAR IN SPACE AND HOW I GOT THERE KELLY, SCOTT
Younger readers` edition adapted from the memoir Endurance: A Year in Space, A Lifetime of Discovery (DB 89525) by NASA astronaut Scott Kelly, who spent a record-breaking year aboard the International Space Station. Also recounts his early years in school and as a test pilot. For grades 6-9. 2018. 496 pages.
LB 11421 APOLLO 8: THE MISSION THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING SANDLER, MARTIN W.
Explores the space race during a time when Americans desperately needed something to believe in. Covers the history of the Apollo 8 mission, the technical challenges, and the key players involved in launching three astronauts into space to orbit the Earth`s moon in 1968. For grades 5-8. 2018. 237 pages.
LB 11426 TO THE MOON!: THE TRUE STORY OF THE AMERICAN HEROES ON THE APOLLO 8 SPACESHIP KLUGER, JEFFREY
Recounts the exciting and inspiring true story of Apollo 8, the first manned American spaceship to break free of the Earth's orbit and reach the moon. For grades 5-8. 2018. Related names: Shamir, Ruby, author. 439 pages.
LB 11430 ON THE COME UP THOMAS, ANGIE
When teenaged Bri, an aspiring rapper, pours her anger and frustration into her first hit song, she finds herself at the center of a controversy. Strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2019. 613 pages.
LB 11431 LIBRARIAN OF AUSCHWITZ ITURBE, ANTONIO
Fourteen-year-old Dita and her family are imprisoned by the Nazis at Auschwitz. When a Jewish leader asks Dita to risk her life and take charge of the eight precious volumes the prisoners have managed to sneak past the guards, she agrees. Violence. For senior high and older readers. 2017. 637 pages.
LB 11433 OF JENNY AND THE ALIENS GEBHART, RYAN
Eighteen-year-old Derek ignores the anticipated alien invasion that could mean the end of the world until he imagines a future with Jenny–a future for which she has other plans. For young adult readers. Unrated. 2019. 475 pages.
LB 11441 WHERE SHE WENT FORMAN, GAYLE
Rising rock star Adam and successful cellist Mia, from If I Stay (LB 11436), reunite in New York and reconnect after the horrific events that tore them apart years earlier. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2011. 285 pages.
LB 11442 THREE SIDES OF A HEART: STORIES ABOUT LOVE TRIANGLES
Collection of sixteen short stories featuring love triangles, by young-adult authors such as Rae Carson, Veronica Roth, Sabaa Tahir, and more. In Garth Nix's "Triangle Solo," two band friends compete for a returning student's affections. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. For senior high and older readers. 2017. 577 pages. Related names: Parker, Natalie C., editor.
LB 11444 ON THE EDGE OF GONE DUYVIS, CORINNE
In 2035, a comet hits Earth, and life on our planet struggles to survive the event. Sixteen-year-old Denise, who is autistic, tries to find her missing sister and also help her neglectful, undependable mother as the disasters begin. Some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2016. 627 pages.
LB 11450 LONELIEST GIRL IN THE UNIVERSE JAMES, LAUREN
Romy, the only surviving crew member of a spaceship traveling to a new planet, is on a mission to establish a second home for humanity. Alone in space, Romy communicates with a lone passenger from a new ship, a boy called J. Unrated. For senior high and older readers. 2017. 421 pages.
Young Adult Non-Fiction
LB 11434 WE ARE DISPLACED: MY JOURNEY AND STORIES FROM REFUGEE GIRLS AROUND THE WORLD YOUSAFZAI, MALALA
Nobel Peace Prize winner explores her own experience as a displaced person, and shares the personal stories of the incredible girls she has met on her journeys–girls who have lost their community, relatives, and often the only world they`ve ever known. Unrated. For senior high and older readers. 2019. 240 pages.
LB 11451 57 BUS SLATER, DASHKA
Recounts the true story of Sasha, a white, middle-class, agender teen, who was set on fire by Richard, a black teen from a crime-plagued neighborhood, while riding the 57 bus in Oakland, California. Strong language and some violence. Stonewall Book Award. For senior high and older readers. 2017. 379 pages.
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Opening hours: Shops are open from 09.00 to 13.00 and from 16.00 to 19.30. Most shops are closed on Sunday.
Most of tourists who visit Fuerteventura do so for the blue skies and pleasant temperatures, seeking rolling waves and a rocking nightlife. However, away from the visitor hubs, the tranquillity of old is easy to find, even on the beaches - with such a profusion of broad sandy strips, towel space is never going to be a problem. Away from the shoreline, desolate roads lined with squat, round windmills link tiny villages of sugar cube cottages. Here, the population ekes out an existence producing world renowned cheese and ruby red tomatoes.
Located 2 km from the near island of Fuerteventura, this island has been a nature reserve for several years since the ´80s. Isla de Lobos means Wolves Island and it was named like this due to the numerous sea wolves that used to live on it, so that they were considered the original conquerors of the island. Nowadays, Isla de Lobos is a very popular tourist attraction, especially for nature lovers.
If you want to enjoy the stunning desert beauties of Fuerteventura, Corralejo Natural Park is the best place to go. With its long coast (2.5 by 10.5 kilometres), this island has two different landscapes to offer to its excited visitors: in the north you can admire the biggest dune of the Canary Islands, whereas in the south you can enjoy a stunning volcanic landscape which will make you the most excited nature lover.
There is something unnerving yet fascinating about standing close to the wreck of a beached ocean liner. Although much of the SS American Star has been claimed by the sea since its demise in 1994, the bow still soars defiantly from the shallow waters.
Lajares is a small village located just ten minutes drive from Corralejo and it is the most attractive destination for tourists who love local shopping. Artisania Lajares is indeed a must for all women in search for high wuality handicrafts like lace or embroidery.
In the sleepy ex-capital of La Oliva you will find the ornate Canarian carpentry of fine mansions, such as the Casa de los Coroneles where the soldiers of the island used to live. Take the chance to visit the pretty little church, Parroquiade Nuestra Seiiora de Candelaria, whose square bell town is visible from miles away.
Located right in the center of Corralejo, this place is a must if you are passionate with surfing. Homegrown Surfschool was founded in 1995 and it offers the possibility of practicing surf in the longest beaches of the Canary Island. Listen carefully to the wise teaching of the most professional surf-teachers ever, nad get ready to become the king of the waves!
With its perfect exotic charm, Fuerteventura has so much to offer to nature lovers. The Oasis Park is the best example: here you will go through unforgettable experiences involving sea lions, reptiles, strange birds, parrots, lemurs among over 250 different species. Don´t miss the unique Botanical Garden where to admire numerous tropical plants and don´t forget to take a break at the cosy restaurant inside the Park.
With the Oceanarium Explorer you can enjoy the underwater world without actually having to be under water. You can have a look at the sea lions (or swim with them if you feel up to it), try out game fishing or rent different watercraft. And if you want to experience new adventures, try the aquatic bikes ride! Don´t hesitate to rent a water scooter, the best teachers ever will teach you everything!
At the Fuerteventura Golf Club the sun shines almost all year around. It is ideally located right outside Caleta de Fuste and it offers a beautiful view of the ocean, which you can enjoy all throughout the course's 18 holes. Don´t miss the biggest green area of the island together with the stunning landscapes enriched with lakes and palm trees!
From the Mirador Morro Velosa you get a great view of the magnificent mountain tops and almost the entire island, a perfect place for a day trip. The hike is pleasant and not very strenuous, and at the top you can find a café and more information.
If you want to experience Fuerteventura from the water instead of land you can go on a Catamaran tour during which you can enjoy the ocean breeze, sunbathing with your family or friends and if you are lucky, you might even see dolphins.
Stars by Night offers stargazing, workshops and astronomy courses in order to discover the most hidden secrets of the volcanic island of Fuerteventura. You can join in on one of their stargazing tours, where you are guaranteed to get closer to the night sky than you have ever been before.
If you want to discover the hidden parts of Fuerteventura, such as coves, volcanoes and other exciting places, you can go on a Cross Island tour. Cross Island takes you to those places you did not know about, and probably to some of the places you will remember the most from your trip to Fuerteventura.