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When on a diet, it is always a dreadful thought to have to eat out, attend a dinner at someone else's home or go to a party.
Cook up a storm without all the calories.
Craving something sinful? Here are some smart switches!
Are you tired of the same fast food establishments that surround your office or spending too much money per week on lunch? Do you want to stop eating leftovers for lunch? There are many things you can do to satisfy your hunger pangs especially if you don't have more than an hour to eat in between work. Here are some ideas to keep you excited every time you open your lunch bag.
The problem with being on an airplane for too long, aside from the discomfort of sitting on a chair for that many hours, is the fact that you are usually served less than pleasing food on the plane with a pretty high caloric count. This does not even include the snacks they hand out as well. In order to cut down on your calories while in transit, don't eat everything on your tray and consider bringing your own snacks instead of devouring the high-carb, high-fat ones the airline serves.
For many people, having to shovel down a certain number of servings of fruit and vegetables daily is not easy task. Some may say they have no time to prepare their own food and end up grabbing the easiest thing to eat on the go, while others simply dislike it!
Aside from hanging out with locals, the best and easiest way to get to know a new city is through their food. When visiting a new place, especially one as renowned for food as Paris, direct yourself to the nearest bistro and order a moderately priced but delicious meal every time you think of going to a fast food chain.
Here are five low-calorie cocktail recipes to make yourself on Valentine's Day with your partner, with an offering of both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. Each recipe makes cocktails for two!
"Man does not live by bread alone", but in France, you may as well! There are so many types of delicious loaves to choose from; you will find it hard to find yourself hungry or even bored with bread, as the variety is endless. Apart from just bread, there are so many condiments and fillings, both sweet and savory that you can eat with your bread.
What is usually known as a macaroon in America is a sweet treat made with shredded coconut, egg whites and sugar. French macarons, which require a little more technical finesse, are tasty confections made with almond flour mixed in a sweet meringue shell and sandwiched with flavored butter creams in gorgeous pastel colors.
When traveling, it's never fun to stick out like a sore thumb, and seeming as "local" as possible is the way to go. The French have the reputation for being unfriendly and not very welcoming to tourists, which is untrue, but they do appreciate it if you make an effort to adjust to their culture, instead of them adjusting to you.
It's true that the French love their cheese. A visit to France will introduce you to hundreds of different kinds of cheese. Like wine, cheese is regional and there are certain kinds that are certified as only being from that region. It all might seem confusing, but thankfully, there are specialty shops and delis in any country you may be, that carries cheese from around the world.
The most important meal of the day for anybody is breakfast and if you absolutely had to skip a meal it should definitely not be the first one of the day. A trip to Paris is not complete without having breakfast at a sidewalk cafe or buying bread at a nearby bakery and eating it at a park. If you are confused as to what to eat while in France, remember that breads and pastries are a good choice.
French food is always mistakenly thought to be posh and only for sophisticated palates, and while this might be true to a certain degree, mostly due to the uncommon ingredients used in French cuisine like frogs legs and goose liver, it is not always the case. The French like good food, and really take time to make sure they use the freshest ingredients and eat only "just cooked" meals, but this does not mean that their food can't be comforting and homey too.
For some cultures, wine is not a staple, it is something you drink during special occasions or when you are feeling a bit more sophisticated than your usual vodka tonic or mojito. In other parts of the world though, France being one of them, wine has been part of their daily lives for centuries. It is not uncommon to have a glass or two of wine with every meal when in France, and each major wine region boasts a different type.
The only thing better than a great meal is knowing that you will have an equally great and very sweet ending to it. The French love their food, and dessert is no exception. France has invented some of the most well-known desserts in the world and a lot of them are now made all over the world.
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Organic. A word you probably are seeing more and more on everything from food to beauty products and even clothes. What does it mean when something is organic anyway, you may ask? It means that produce is grown with little or no preservatives and artificial ingredients.
The fight against cancer continues. Although there is still no drug that can cure it, the best way to deal for now is prevention through diet. Numerous studies have been published supporting the reduction of your chances in developing cancer with simple and healthy tweaks in your diet.


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NACCE has published a new resource for community college leaders who are seeking to engage or advance entrepreneurial ecosystems in their colleges and communities. Written by NACCE members, foundation and association executives, and entrepreneurial thought leaders, the topics span rural and urban ecosystems, innovation hubs, student outcomes, funding, mapping, community support and collaboration, to name just a few.
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NACCE 2019 keynote speaker, Rodney Walker, is coming out with a new book in 2019. We will hear more from Rodney about his transformative entrepreneurial journey, as well as his new book, in October. You don't want to miss his session, so be sure to save-the-date for our annual conference!
"The Twists and Turns of Possibility: My Life is My True Story"
NACCE 2019 video contributor, Principal Michael McGrone, published a book about his life and the hardships he endured and overcame.
"This book is a riveting journey about a young man who grew up in Gary, Indiana. He was able to defy incredible odds to become a school principal, recognized all over the world for his unique approach to education. This book will take you on an emotional journey that will make you angry, laugh, cry and rejoice. Instead of running from the pain of his past, he embraced it and used it to restore hope, rebuild dreams, and save lives. Children from all over the world will understand that no matter what you go through in life, it's all by divine order to help you reach your destiny. It will help you understand that your life is not a mistake and to trust the process – "God does not call the qualified, he qualifies the called."
Principal McGrone is Rodney Walker's mentor and he will be sharing about the impactful work he has done through various mentoring programs with underserved youth. To learn more about his work, please visit www.principalmcgrone.com.
"The Startup Student: Practical Advice on How to Succeed as a Student Entrepreneur"
Written by NACCE friend and supporter, Eric W. Liguori, "The Startup Student" is a practical and tactical guide to help students make the most of their college entrepreneurship experience. With over 20 leading thoughts leaders contributing, the book's content is fresh, easy to read, and applicable to any student interested in entrepreneurship. Divided into three separate yet related parts, it is designed to be a resource, a tool, a reference guide, and a source of wisdom for all those brave student souls willing to put their ideas into action in entrepreneurship classrooms around the world.
"Annals of Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy – 2018"
NACCE faculty: This may be a great resource for you!
NACCE member, Clinton E. Day, MBA, AACSB Entrepreneurship Instructor, wrote this six-page, laminated chart which summarizes all 15 methods of evidenced-based, lean startup planning.
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Click here to see more of Clint Day's books and resources.
Additional entrepreneurship books and resources will be added in the future. If you have an item to suggest, please email us at info@nacce.com.


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"You are a monarch, like your parents before you, a ruler of a small pleasant kingdom of rivers and evergreens. Unlike your parents, however, you have hopes and dreams! You want a bigger and more pleasant kingdom, with more rivers and a wider variety of trees. You want a Dominion! In all directions lie fiefs, freeholds, and feodums. All are small bits of land, controlled by petty lords and verging on anarchy. You will bring civilization to these people, uniting them under your banner. "But wait! It must be something in the air; several other monarchs have had the exact same idea. You must race to get as much of the unclaimed land as possible, fending them off along the way. To do this you will hire minions, construct buildings, spruce up your castle, and fill the coffers of your treasury. Your parents wouldn't be proud, but your grandparents, on your mother's side, would be delighted.'"' In Dominion, each player starts with an identical, very small deck of cards. In the center of the table is a selection of other cards the players can "buy" as they can afford them. Through their selection of cards to buy and how they play their hands as they draw them, the players construct their deck on the fly, striving for the most efficient path to the precious victory points by game end.
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1. Edition Forum (2020)
Guests of our events
Remebrance and Future Forum
grows out of the experience of meetings, conferences and congresses organised by the "Remembrance and Future" Centre already since 2012.
As part of these undertakings, the Depot History Centre and Wrocław were visited by many guests. We discussed the past, shared memory, but also the inspiration we draw from history for the times we live in today. Especially worth mentioning here is Anamneses – the International Festival of History, organised by our institution together with the Tygodnik Powszechny Foundation in 2012-2013. An important experience was the Social Congress initiated by Grzegorz Górny and organised at the Depot History Centre between 2016 and 2018.
A number of other projects can be mentioned, such as the Europa Quo Vadis conference, or specialist conferences bringing together researchers into the history of Wrocław and the Western Territories. A very successful undertaking is the Bolesław Kominek Youth Forum which, over the course of its five editions, has brought together dozens of young leaders from all over Europe in discussions and workshops.
In this section we would like to present the guests of our past events. The experience of meeting them was at the origin of the Remembrance and Future Forum project.
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Adam Makowski Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Historian, PhD in humanities, Associate Professor and Director of the Institute of History at the University of Szczecin. In 1994 he defended his doctoral thesis entitled "Formowanie komunistycznego monopolu władzy politycznej na Pomorzu Zachodnim w latach 1945–1948", and in 2007 he habilitated on the basis of his thesis entitled "Pomorze Zachodnie w polityce gospodarczej Polski w latach 1950–1960". remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Andreja Valič Zver Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Slovenian politician and historian. She is a member of the Kranj City Council (2018-2022). She is a member of the SDS executive committee, the council of the Assembly of the Republic, the main committee of the Association for Values of Slovenian Independence and chairperson of the council of the Dr Jože Pučnik Institute. She is a member of the board of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience. As director of the Centre for National Reconciliation Studies, she signed the accession declaration in 2011 in the presence of Peter Nečas, Viktor Orban and Donald Tusk. In 2012 she received her doctorate in contemporary history from the Faculty of Arts in Maribor. In 2007, she participated in an international conference of teachers of human rights and history teaching in Bled as part of a two-year project of the same name (European Association of History Teachers EUROCLIO). In 2004-2008, president of the Slovenian Association of History Teachers. President of the Council of Jože Pucnik Institute – NGO organization. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Andrew Demshuk Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Professor of history. His research focuses on post-1945 German and Polish history. His first monograph, "The Lost German East: Forced Migration and the Politics of Memory, 1945-1970" examines how, amid the charged political context of the early Cold War, millions of West Germans expelled from the province of Silesia after World War II came to recognise that physical return was not possible. A fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. His third monograph, "Three Cities after Hitler: Redemptive Reconstruction across Cold War Borders" measures the politics of memory in urban reconstruction under three contrasting regime ideologies haunted by the recent Nazi past. His latest book, "Bowling for Communism: Urban Ingenuity at the End of East Germany" measures how catastrophic urban decay helped to prompt dynamic interplay between residents, local officials, and central authorities over the decade before the Leipzigers spearheaded the revolution that ended East German communism in 1989. Professor Demshuk specialises in courses relating to twentieth-century Central and Eastern Europe, with close attention to nationalism, genocide and ethnic cleansing, urban planning and memory, and the broader effects of mid-20th-century forced migration on the world we inhabit today. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Jakub Tyszkiewicz Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Historian specialising in modern history, Silesian history and Polish-American relations; academic teacher associated with higher education institutions in Wrocław. Graduated in history from the University of Wrocław. He completed his studies with a Master's degree in 1991. Immediately afterwards, he continued his further education in doctoral studies. In 1995 he obtained a doctorate in history. In 2004, the Council of the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Wrocław awarded him a habilitation degree in history, specialising in contemporary history, based on his thesis entitled "An open window in the Iron Curtain. The policy of the Eisenhower administration towards Poland", and a successful habilitation colloquium. Shortly afterwards, he was promoted to associate professor at the University of Wrocław. Member of the Committee of Historical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Jan Pawlak Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Jie-Hyun-Lim Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Professor of history. His research addresses the issue of nationalism in a specific context, which he calls "victim nationalism", and defines as competing collective memories for the status of victims. The author illustrates his ideas with examples from the Second World War, especially from the history of Japan and Korea, but also Germany, Austria and Poland. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Joanna Nowosielska-Sobel Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Historian specialising in modern Polish and general history, history of Silesia and Prussia; academic teacher associated with the University of Wrocław. She studied history at the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences of the University of Wrocław, where she received her master's degree. After completing her studies, she was employed at her alma mater, the Historical Institute of the University of Wrocław, as an assistant lecturer, and then from 2001 as an assistant professor in the Department of Contemporary History. In the same year, she obtained a PhD degree in history. In 2012 she was elected deputy director of the Institute of History at the University of Wrocław for teaching matters. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Krzysztof Noworyta Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Creative producer at Tengent, originator of the exhibition "Walls of Totalitarianism. 1939-1945". Co-author of two parts of the film "Niezwyciężeni". Graduate of the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. Creator and producer of innovative projects in the field, culture, science and art, which serve to popularise Polish history and its contemporary potential. He specialises in creating narratives for exhibitions, films and digital products that address global pop culture audiences. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Łukasz Adamski Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Historian and political scientist, specialist in Central and Eastern European history as well as in current political situation of Ukraine and Russia. Deputy Director of the Centre for Polish-Russian Dialogue and Understanding since 2016. In 2006-2011 he worked at the Polish Institute of International Affairs as an analyst and then as Programme Coordinator for Bilateral Relations in Europe. In 2014 he was Reporting Officer in OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. His works were published in academic journals and press, including "Gazeta Wyborcza", "Rzeczpospolita", "Tygodnik Powszechny" and "Süddeutsche Zeitung". Author of the monograph "Nacjonalista postępowy. Mychajło Hruszewski i jego poglądy na Polskę i Polaków" ("Progressive nationalist. Mykhailo Hrushevsky and his views on Poland and the Poles "), Warsaw, 2011. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Marek Mutor Kongres Społeczny 2016, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Director of the "Remembrance and Future" Centre in Wrocław. Polish philologist and historian, a graduate of the University of Wrocław. Head of the National Centre of Culture in 2006-2007 and in 2016. Creator of state programmes such as "Patriotyzm Jutra", "Świadkowie Historii". Organiser of exhibitions, including "Pociąg do historii" and "Solidarny Wrocław". Creator of the Depot History Center. kongres-spoleczny-2016-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Nikolaj Iwanow Anamneses 2013, Remembrance and Future Forum 2020, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Historian of Belarusian origin who has been associated with Opole University for many years. In the past he has also taught at Stanford University, the Sorbonne and the University of London. His research is mainly devoted to the fate of the Polish minority in the USSR, including Soviet crimes against Poles. He is the author of such books as: "Powstanie warszawskie widziane z Moskwy, Zapomniane ludobójstwo", "Polacy w państwie Stalina czy Polacy w Związku Radzieckim w latach 1921–1939". anamneses-2013-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2020-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Paulina Bednarz-Łuczewska Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Management scholar and business consultant. Graduated from Humboldt University in Berlin and Warsaw University, assistant professor at Kozminski University in Warsaw. Her professional interests cover various aspects of dialog – in interpersonal communication, management, strategy-building and education. Member of the Scientific Committee in the International Center for Study of the Phenomenon of Solidarity. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Piotr Damasiewicz Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Rafał Rogulski Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Studied cultural and political science at the Universities of Wrocław and Marburg, and participated in the Executive MBA programme at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. He was an advisor to Professor Władysław Bartoszewski, at the Polish Robert Schuman Foundation and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 2001 to 2005 he was secretary of the Culture Department at the Polish Embassy in Berlin. In 2010, Ministers Tomasz Merta and Andrzej Przewoźnik entrusted him with the creation and management of the ENRS Secretariat, which in 2015 became the Institute of European Network Remembrance and Solidarity. remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Richard Demarco Anamneses 2013, Remembrance and Future Forum 2020, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Teacher, artist, philosopher. Organiser of several thousand exhibitions and theatre premieres during the Edinburgh International Festival. Creator of the Demarco Archives, a unique collection of photographs and artworks documenting the history of encounters between the avant-garde of Western and Eastern Europe from the 1960s until the fall of communism. In 2013 he was awarded the European Citizen Prize by the European Parliament. anamneses-2013-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2020-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
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Robert Kostro Anamneses 2012, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Director of the Polish History Museum in Warsaw. A graduate in history from the University of Warsaw. He was active in the opposition Young Poland Movement. Editor of conservative journals, publicist. He has served, among others, as director of the Political Office of the Minister of Culture, Deputy Director of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute, advisor to the Union for Europe of the Nations Group in the European Parliament. anamneses-2012-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
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Robert Żurek Kongres Społeczny 2017, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Graduated in history and theology from Freie Universität in Berlin. In 2003, he defended his doctoral dissertation on the relations between the Polish and German church in the years 1945-1956. He was the deputy director of the Center for Historical Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the director of the Wrocław branch of the Institute of National Remembrance. His main interests include Polish-German relations after 1945 and relations between the state and the church in Poland and Germany. Managing Director at the "Krzyżowa" Foundation. kongres-spoleczny-2017-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Simone Zoppellaro Remembrance and Future Forum 2020, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 Italian writer and journalist. He lived in Iran and Armenia. Author of two volumes published by Guerini e Associati: "Armenia Oggi" and "The Genocide of the Yazidis". He works with the Gariwo Foundation and with the Italian Cultural Institute in Stuttgart, where he lives. remembrance-and-future-forum-2020-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
Wojciech Kucharski Kongres Społeczny 2016, Remembrance and Future Forum 2021 A historian and an archaeologist, PhD and habilitation in humanities. Studying the history of the Middle Ages and contemporary times, in particular: religion, ecclesiastical history, the history of German-Polish reconciliation after World War II, and the diplomatic relations of the Polish People's Republic government with the Vatican, history of everyday life, methodology and oral history. Deputy director for research at the Remembrance and Future Centre, lecturer at the University of Wrocław. The founder of the Wrocław Yearbook of Oral History. With the use of oral history methods, he organised and supervised an array of research projects on the post-war history of Lower Silesia. A member of the Polish Historical Society, the Polish Oral History Association and of the scientific council of the Silesian Institute in Opole. kongres-spoleczny-2016-en remembrance-and-future-forum-2021-en
During the Remembrance and Future Forum, we talk about the most critical challenges and dilemmas of today, issues which are important from the point of view of Wrocław, Poland and the whole of Europe. We invite the most interesting minds of our time, leading intellectuals and social leaders from Poland and worldwide, to take part in this multi-voice discussion.
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Rebirth of the Thief Chapter 135
Chapter 135 – Smoke Powder
Domineering and covered in black scales, these huge Scaled Frogs appeared particularly terrifying as they lumbered across the forest floor. Tang Yao, upon spotting them, nearly received a heart attack from fright. Are you serious? Are these supposed to be the mobs we could handle!?
"Your Arcane Fairy's Ignore Level Difference is at +7 now, right?" Nie Yan asked. Ignore Level Difference was a fairly useful property, especially when engaging higher level mobs—while in PvP, its advantages were obvious. With it, Tang Yao would be able to inflict effective damage against opponents up to 12 levels higher than him. When facing opponents above that, there was a chance of ignoring the level difference.
"Yeah." Tang Yao nodded.
"Good, we can hunt these Scaled Frogs then. As long as one in five of your spells procs the Ignore Level Difference effect, you'll be able to whittle their health down. Also, with the Arcane Fairy around, you won't have to worry about conserving your mana because you'll never run out in the first place!" Only after factoring in this minor detail did Nie Yan realize that it would be beneficial to bring Tang Yao along. After all, who knew what sort of goodies these mobs would drop while hunting them at their current level? Not only that, but they gave plenty of experience as well. Hence, this was the perfect opportunity for the pair of best friends to do some levelling together!
Nie Yan glanced at the leaderboards. At present, the highest ranked player in the entire Viridian Empire was Victorious Return's guild leader, Heaven Breaker, who had already reached Level 15. After the opening of Sosil Valley and Medusa's Lair, he had soared to the top of the leaderboards. As a testament to his guild's power, the third and sixth positions belonged to Victorious Return as well. Second place was occupied by a Level 14 member of Holy Judgement, while Sleepy Fox, who was already Level 13, was ranked fourth. Fifth place belonged to a member of Radiant Sacred Flame, and seventh place belonged to Battle Crazed Alliance's very own Kill Love.
As for the top-ranked guild of the Righteous Faction in his previous timeline, Angel Corp, their scope of influence was limited to the Satreen Empire, which had their own leaderboards separate from the Viridian Empire's.
Five formidable powers had risen to prominence in the Viridian Empire: Victorious Return, Radiant Sacred Flame, Holy Judgement, Holy Empire, and Battle Crazed Alliance. The other guilds struggling for power were relegated to second-rate positions.
Naturally, many more formidable powers would emerge in the future; however, in the initial stages of the game, there were only these five. Their influence was still relatively minimal for the time being—not yet enough to shake the empire as a whole—but when they started partitioning the empire's strongholds and receiving its respective taxes, they would grow immensely in power to the extent of obtaining seats in the empire's parliament. From then on, they would truly be able to reshape the policies of the empire.
If forthcoming events proceeded as they had in the previous timeline, then Cao Xu would bring Victorious Return, Radiant Sacred Flame, and three other major guilds under his control, gaining a vast number of strongholds and ascending to the position powerful overlord. Afterward, he would secure seven seats in the empire's parliament and become such a domineering existence that the other three powers—Holy Judgement, Battle Crazed Alliance, and Holy Empire—would go to great lengths to avoid his crosshairs. If such events were to recur, then Nie Yan would be unable to live his days in peace.
If he wanted to avert this worst-case scenario, it wouldn't do to remain forever complacent in the shadows, unwilling to step into the spotlight. As a single person, no matter how many players he could take on by himself because of his growth in level or the gear he obtained, there was no way he could match the might of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of men.
As he anticipated the possibilities of the future, Nie Yan sank into deep thought. Even though he had collected several items that would greatly aid his growth in the future, these still weren't nearly enough to achieve his ambitions. He needed to quicken his pace!
"I might not run out of mana, but these things are Level 30! They're way faster than I am. As soon as I aggro one of them, I'm dead…" Tang Yao wryly pointed out.
"No worries, that's why we brought this powder along." Nie Yan retrieved a pouch of Smoke Powder from his bag.
"What's that supposed to do?" Even though he had seen its description, he was never able to figure out how it could prove useful.
Smoke Powder: Covers everything in a thirty-meter range in a dense cloud of smoke and reduces the Sight of both enemies and allies by 15. Effective against all living beings Level 50 and lower. Duration: 2 hours.
"You'll see in just a moment," Nie Yan replied in a mysterious manner.
"If this Smoke Powder only affects enemies and not allies, then I could see how it would be somewhat useful. But it doesn't, so it's pretty much useless, right? Are you sure you didn't misread the description? What about in PvP? It's useless as well! Losing 15 points of Sight is nothing! Does this even work on monsters?" Tang Yao rattled on in bewilderment. In a daylight setting, an average player at this stage of the game had 50–60 points of Sight. In a dark setting like an underground dungeon or cave where vision was reduced by 90%, only then would something like Smoke Powder prove useful. However, who in their right mind would deliberately PvP in such areas?
"Why wouldn't it affect monsters? They have stats too, right? Everyone starts out with a base Sight of 30. After raising awareness, it might rise to 60 or higher. As for me, I have 57 points of Sight. Every monster has a weakness, and for these Scaled Frogs, it's their low Sight. At 40 points, it means they won't be able to see you so long as you stay over 40 meters away from them, but I know your attacks don't reach that far. That's why I brought the Smoke Powder. It can reduce their range of vision to only 25 meters. As long as you keep your distance while firing spells, they'll never be able to catch you," Nie Yan explained.
"Is that really how it works?" Tang Yao was dumbfounded. He didn't really feel that it would be so simple, yet Nie Yan's explanation seemed so clear and logical. Maybe, just maybe, this crazy idea of his might actually work…
"Alright, get ready. We're going to head deeper into the forest."
"W-wait, what? We're still going in deeper? Why can't we just hunt them from here?"
"Because we'd be wasting the Smoke Powder on ordinary Scaled Frogs… We're heading deeper to hunt Elites and Sub-Elites." In this vast zone that covered two entire mountains, Nie Yan knew of three locations, set up similarly to Gato the Lion King's, where elites would respawn daily. As for Sub-Elites, they were even more plentiful.
Tang Yao stared blankly for a moment before coming back to reality. He already felt that killing ordinary Level 30 mobs was going to be an impossible task. Yet, at this point, Nie Yan pointed out that his interests actually lied with the Elites rather than the ordinary mobs. This was simply too ridiculous! Did Nie Yan suddenly go crazy? Most Level 30 Elites had frightening amounts of health. Would he really be able to even leave so much as a scratch?
"Stop daydreaming already and let's go," Nie Yan said.
The pair penetrated deeper into the forest, avoiding any Scaled Frogs they encountered along the way.
In a certain guild's headquarters in Calore, the elite members of Victorious Return were all assembled in a meeting hall, an accommodation that the game provided to every guild upon their creation. Theirs in particular was quite large and spacious, capable of fitting over several hundred people.
Their guild leader, Heaven Breaker, was a man in his forties with a tall, robust build and suntanned skin. His appearance, as well as his vicious tendencies in the game, struck fear into the hearts of many players. He was Cao Xu's business partner in reality and a well-known figure in the criminal underworld. Were it not for the fact that he'd exhausted all other available means, Cao Xu wouldn't have been able accumulate such massive wealth. Conversely, without Cao Xu's support, his influence wouldn't have risen at such an astronomical rate and he wouldn't be in the position he was in now. He had over 50,000 subordinates under his control, including quite a few miscreants and criminals. Since he had heard some murmurings behind the scenes, he had entered Conviction early in hopes of taking advantage of its economy to gradually wipe away the records of his criminal past. With the backing of his powerful network, Victorious Return would rapidly expand!
At this moment, Heaven Breaker was akin to a raging lion. The other elite members stayed quiet out of fear; it had been quite a while since their guild leader was this mad.
"Thanks to you three, our dungeon running schedule has been delayed yet again by at least another day! Tangerine, explain what the hell happened out there! How did the three of you end up being killed by a single Thief!? You useless idiots! Is it because things have become too relaxed these past few days? Is that why you decided to screw things up!?" Heaven Breaker furiously cursed.
Tangerine and the other two didn't dare to utter even a single word. Eventually, they could only obediently explain what had happened during their encounter with Nie Yan.
"I'm also not sure what happened… I just remember us clashing daggers during the fight, and then, before I knew it, he suddenly stunned me with Concussive Blow…" Night Shadow explained in a flustered and confused manner. Their exchange was simply too short, and Nie Yan was too quick. From start to finish, he had been clueless.
After hearing the three recount their details of the event, Heaven Breaker pressed no further and began contemplating with a dark expression.
"Alright, you three can leave now. Go run Medusa's Lair a few times to replace the gear you lost. We're heading to Misty Forest tomorrow," Heaven Breaker calmly instructed, not allowing anyone to see what was going on in the back of his mind.
As if they had just been pardoned of a terrible crime, Tangerine's, Night Shadow's, and Hidden Blade's expressions immediately brightened as they excused themselves before fleeing the hall.
This was the second time such an event had occurred. The first could be chalked up to coincidence since Violet Flames might have died due to carelessness. However, this time, the same player had single-handedly taken down three of his elite members—including Tangerine, who ranked third in the entire guild. In that case, this Nirvana Flame definitely wasn't simple. An expert Thief with unbelievable skill… this did drum up some interest inside of him.
While the pair of friends traversed deeper into the forest, Nie Yan suddenly received a voice call. He checked the Caller ID; it was actually no other than Victorious Return's guild leader, Heaven Breaker!
Heaven Breaker surely wasn't contacting him with kind intentions, but Nie Yan answered the call anyway. Although Victorious Return's association with Cao Xu was kept tightly under wraps, he understood that he would have to confront his enemies eventually, so it might as well be now.
「Nirvana Flame, I presume?」Heaven Breaker's somewhat hoarse voice rang out from the other end.
「Right, that's me.」
「You've killed four of my members so far: Violet Flames, Night Shadow, Tangerine, and Hidden Blade. I'm now giving you two options: one, you can join my guild, and I'll be willing to forgive all of your past transgressions. As for number two, I'm sure we're both very clear on what it is. Victorious Return will never let its enemies off. I'm quite a busy man, so I'll give you three minutes to consider things over.」Heaven Breaker's tone carried over his arrogant and menacing nature.
「Well, since the first option seems impossible, I guess I have no choice but to pick option number two. If you have what it takes, then bring it on. I'll welcome your wrath at any time,」Nie Yan replied coarsely. Considering the interactions he'd had with them in the previous timeline, what could this little enmity between them now possibly count as? He wasn't the least bit afraid of Victorious Return, whether it be in this life or the previous!
「Then that makes things easier for the both of us, doesn't it? I do truly appreciate your candidness.」Heaven Breaker grimly laughed before hanging up.
Tang Yao noticed the change in Nie Yan's expression and asked, "What's wrong? Did something happen?"
"It's nothing," Nie Yan waved his hands before changing the subject. "Hey, Tang Yao. Have you ever thought about creating our own guild?"
"Wait, what?! Starting a guild?" Tang Yao asked in shock. This sudden question caught him completely off guard.
"Yeah, a guild that's even more powerful than Victorious Return and Radiant Sacred Flame combined!"
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So, first of all, many apologies for the multi-week gap in our content schedule. I would like to formally say that "We're Back" and things should be running smoothly again. For the record, this is what happens when you replace your old trusty iMac for a Macbook Pro with literally no useable ports on it so all of your audio equipment you've been hoarding for over a decade is now obsolete. My bad, ultimately, but can't a guy complain a little? See below for a list of topics covered on today's show. As always, thanks for listening!
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Former Penn State RB Caziah Holmes has Enrolled at Florida State
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As first reported by Chris Hummer of 247Sports, former Penn State running back Caziah Holmes, who entered the transfer portal Aug. 15, has enrolled at Florida State. Holmes was listening to offers from Florida, Marshall, Old Dominion, UTSA and Western Michigan before landing with Mike Norvell and Florida State.
The 5-foot-11, 217-pounder Holmes was a Class of 2020 four-star recruit out of Cocoa High School in Titusville, Florida. Holmes appeared in all nine games as a freshman and ran for 227 yards on 51 carries to go with two touchdowns and added six receptions for 37 yards.
He got increased playing time due to injuries to Noah Cain and Journey Brown, with the latter turning out to be career-ending. With Cain back from injury, the arrival of Baylor transfer John Lovett and the emergence of his classmate Keyvone Lee, Holmes's playing time decreased dramatically in 2021. Holmes only appeared in three games and opted to redshirt last year.
Holmes's decision to transfer also could have been due to the arrival of 2022 blue-chip running backs Nicholas Singleton and Kaytron Allen to Penn State's already loaded backfield. Holmes was battling nagging injuries during spring practice that further set back his development.
Holmes will join Trey Benson, Lawrence Toafili, and Treshawn Ward in a talented backfield. In Florida State's 47-7 win over Duquesne last weekend, they all rushed for 100 yards.
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In 1934, John Foresta started on the North Side of Phoenixville selling produce out of his truck. He then was buying hogs and slaughtering them out of the back of his house at 214 St. Mary's St. John opened a slaughter house on the corner of Bridge St and Pothouse, named Foresta's Abattoir. During WW II, restrictions about food caused rationing and forced the slaughterhouse to close. The property was sold off to a restauranteur from Philadelphia who eventually let the building and property go vacant for almost 20 years.
Bill Foresta started the store at 205 Church St.
The property of the slaughterhouse was purchased back by the Foresta's and is currently our location today. The photo on the left is the market back in December of 1974. On the right shows the growth of the store over the years.


Specific Item Information: ACF delivered these cars to the B&M in 1946. They were painted with Dupont Tufcoat Alkali-Resisting Gray with back bottoms, end platforms and brake detail.
Model Information: This model was originally produced by V-Line. Deluxe Innovations later acquired the tooling. The deLuxe models of these common cars are weighted with the same copper slugs used in their box cars for superior tracking and immunity to magnetism.
Most releases feature more than one paint scheme variation within a road name. For instance, the Missouri Pacific set features cars delivered with MP reporting marks and painted "corrosion resistant gray" that is actually a tan color, and cars lettered for MoPac subsidiaries Missouri-Illinois and St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico (both carrying the traditional buzz saw logo) that are painted in a more traditional gray color. Some of the more modern paint schemes including Delaware & Hudson and National Bureau of Standards have the four-color ACI tags. ACI stands for Automated Car Identification and worked like a grocery store bar code reader using a color TV camera instead of a laser. Unfortunately, the tags couldn't be read if they were dirty and the system fell out of favor by the early 1980's. This aspect of 70's railroading is rarely modeled but we include it on appropriate cars.
This design had a life span that is truly enormous. The last cars of this design were built in the 1960's -- three decades after the first cars were built for Santa Fe. Quite a few of these cars are still in service. Because you have to stand on the roof in order to open the hatches, these cars were immune from the "No Roof Walk" rule of 1964, but a number would be scrapped when friction bearing trucks were outlawed. Amazingly, some cars are now being retired because they have hit the Federal Railroad Administration's 50 year rule!
The deLuxe models of these common cars are weighted with the same copper slugs used in our box cars for superior tracking and immunity to magnetism. Most releases feature more than one paint scheme variation within a road name. For instance, the Missouri Pacific set features cars delivered with MP reporting marks and painted "corrosion resistant gray" that is actually a tan color, and cars lettered for MoPac subsidiaries Missouri-Illinois and St. Louis Brownsville & Mexico (both carrying the traditional buzz saw logo) that are painted in a more traditional gray color. Some of the more modern paint schemes including Delaware & Hudson and National Bureau of Standards have the four-color ACI tags. ACI stands for Automated Car Identification and worked like a grocery store bar code reader using a color TV camera instead of a laser. Unfortunately, the tags couldn't be read if they were dirty and the system fell out of favor by the early 1980's. This aspect of 70's railroading is rarely modeled but we include it on appropriate cars.
Originally designed at the height of the Great Depression, the first ten cars of this design were delivered to Santa Fe in an austere black paint scheme. Covered hoppers have always been used for any bulk cargo that had to be protected from the elements. Some have the impression that covered hoppers are used mostly for grain. Nothing can be further from the truth. In fact, moving grain in covered hoppers has only been commonplace since the 1960's. Before that period, most grain moved in 40' box cars with grain doors temporarily nailed over the doorways. In the steam era, covered hoppers were used for cement, sand, clay, talc, and other powders. The cargo was loaded through eight square hatches in the roof. To empty the car, the hatches at the bottom are opened and the load spills out. At this point, some low man on the company ladder would have to climb into the car with a broom and sweep out the corners and the center sill. The American Car & Foundry covered hopper design was such a success that it became a defacto standard for years. Even Pullman Standard (ACF's arch enemy) built cars to the same design. The distinctive open triangles in the sides make these cars easily distinguishable even from a distance. ACF would also develop a version without the open triangles which was not as prolific as the version presented here. Amazingly, many of these cars are still in use today, in MOW and lineside service. Many have been rebuilt as ballast hoppers, including for SP, CSX, Amtrak, and Santa Fe.


The delay in transfer of imaging studies when a patient moves between hospitals and between public and private systems has been a barrier to expedient and safe patient management.
There is also suboptimal reporting when patients have serial imaging undertaken partly in the private sector and partly in the public sector, because of inability to access previous imaging for comparison.
Availability of a DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) server enables sharing of health information, including imaging data, across various sites and jurisdictions.
In Perth, Western Australia, we have successfully introduced electronic image transfer between five public teaching hospitals and three large private practices with different picture archiving and communication systems.
In Australia it is common for patients to move between public and private hospitals for their care. Patients are seen in the private practice environment for follow-up and ongoing treatment and management after discharge from public hospitals. The reverse is also true — patients who have diagnostic imaging studies in private clinics are referred to public hospitals for further management.
The current system of transferring imaging studies from one location to another as hard copies or on compact disc leads to delays in management and occasionally adverse outcomes for the patient concerned. The need for a solution to this problem was precipitated by two cases.
Patient A, who was taking warfarin therapy, presented with a large spontaneous subdural haemorrhage. The patient was referred to the neurosurgeons at a neurosurgical centre, but deteriorated while waiting for computed tomography (CT) images to accompany the transfer.
Patient B presented with haematemesis. A contrast CT study revealed an aortoduodenal fistula. While waiting for CT images, the patient had another massive haematemesis and deteriorated and died while being transferred.
Five major teaching hospitals in Perth and several of the smaller general metropolitan public hospitals are serviced by a single centralised picture archiving and communication system (PACS). Each hospital can view patient images across the entire system, an ability seen as extremely advantageous to patient care across the Perth metropolitan area.
Two major private providers of diagnostic imaging in Perth and one large provider in a rural area each have their own PACS environment. Although they use different radiology information systems, they coincidentally use the same PACS application as each other (but not the same as the public hospital PACS).
In May 2008, the Western Australian Department of Health (DoH) and the private radiology provider Perth Radiological Clinic (PRC) undertook a pilot project to see whether a public–private PACS link could be established to facilitate electronic transfer of images between the Armadale–Kelmscott Memorial Hospital (a public outer metropolitan hospital that outsources its radiological imaging to PRC) and the metropolitan tertiary hospital PACS.
The brief was to expedite patient management, allow specialist opinion without physical patient transfer, and reduce repeat examinations (and hence radiation exposure) of patients transferred to public hospitals for tertiary-level management. Additionally, the system was to allow bidirectional image transfer to enable private sector radiologists to access public sector images for patients under their care. Members of the project team included representatives of the DoH's Information and Communications Technology group, representatives of two major private radiology providers, PACS administrators from the Perth tertiary hospitals, and ourselves.
The pilot project was funded by an initial grant of $100 000 from the DoH. To implement the project, the working group initially proposed to set up a dedicated server, the Western Australian Radiology (WARAD) server outside the DoH firewall (in the "demilitarised zone" [DMZ]) that could receive images from the private sector for retrieval by the public hospital PACS. Similarly, the public hospital PACS could send images to the WARAD server for retrieval by the private sector (Box, A). However, because of security issues, an alternative model was developed whereby the WARAD server could receive images from the private sector for the public system but images for the private sector would be sent directly to the private provider's network via secure virtual private network (VPN) links (Box, B). The VPN provides an exclusive link to the WARAD server, which is more secure than transferring data via a public internet connection.
The WARAD server is a proprietary DICOM (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine) server loaded with the same software as the existing public hospital PACS, for workflow and compatibility advantages. It was installed and configured for $40 000 and has an ongoing annual maintenance cost of $4000. The system set-up cost for PRC (borne by PRC) was $25 000, and the ongoing maintenance cost of the dedicated VPN link is $1500 per month. No other significant costs were incurred. WARAD server maintenance is now part of the DoH's PACS application support.
The bandwidths from the private providers and the DoH vary between 10 and 100 Mbps (megabits/second), while the DoH's network link from the WARAD server back to the DoH internal PACS servers has a bandwidth of 1 Gbps (gigabit/second).
No major compatibility issues were encountered other than minor network address translation issues, which were easily solved.
The agreed protocol requires that patients give consent, with the sending site obtaining and keeping a written consent form (or verbal consent in emergency cases). The patient consent procedure is a difficult area that is under constant review. The working group is currently discussing with the legal branch of the DoH the feasibility of developing an "implied consent" model that would allow patients an "opt out" option when they first present. This would reduce current heavy demand on the time of authorised personnel in both private and public systems.
Once images have been transferred to the receiving PACS, local protocols are implemented to make the images available for viewing by authorised users. In the public system, the images are viewable by any authorised PACS user with an appropriate username and password. Access in the private system is determined by the private providers' existing security models.
Access to the server infrastructure is limited to authorised system administration staff by way of specific firewall rules for that user and a unique username and password. All access is auditable.
To further protect patient privacy, images in the WARAD server are deleted after 2 weeks (this lag period is under review). If there is a requirement to have the images permanently stored in the receiving PACS, system administrators create radiology information system events to which the images can be linked.
A memorandum of understanding outlining the system concept, responsibilities of each party, timeliness of image exchange, and patient confidentiality and consent issues was signed by both the public and private parties. A process and protocol document was developed and distributed to clinical staff and radiographers.
The pilot project was completed in May 2008. A similar exchange of digital images was introduced in Pennsylvania, United States, in 2006,1 but, to our knowledge, the system described here is the first successful link between public and private PACSs in Australia.
In June 2008, imaging studies on 65 patients were successfully transferred between the public and private sector. Due to the success of the pilot project, two additional private providers requested linkage and were connected by February 2009, and two additional independent practices now wish to join. Current traffic is approximately 150 studies per week in any one direction. Challenges include the resource-intensive nature of the transfer process: the personal intervention required by staff in both the public and private systems to obtain consent and the time spent on telephone communication each time a patient presents for imaging are substantial.
Since the implementation, there has been only one minor adverse incident, in which the images required were transferred in a timely fashion for a second opinion but were not reviewed until the next day. However, this did not affect the outcome for the patient.
PACS = picture archiving and communication system. VPN = virtual private network.
* In system A, firewall rules allow external providers to send to the WARAD server; internal PACS servers to send to the WARAD server; and the WARAD server to send to internal PACS servers and external provider servers. In system B, firewall rules allow external providers to send to the WARAD server; the WARAD server to send to internal PACS servers; and internal PACS servers to send to external providers.
1 Department of Imaging, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA.
2 Armadale–Kelmscott Memorial Hospital, Perth, WA.
3 Western Australian Department of Health, Perth, WA.
We would like to thank the WA DoH and many other people in both the public and private hospitals and clinics whose support and help has been instrumental in bringing the venture to fruition.
1. Menschik ED. Cross-town cooperation. Imaging Econ 2006; 19: 35-38. http://www.imagingeconomics.com/issues/articles/2006-02_08.asp (accessed Sep 2009).
2. Sung JC, Sodickson A, Ledbetter S. Outside CT imaging among emergency department transfer patients. J Am Coll Radiol 2009; 6: 626-632.


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Features:Officially Licensed by Hasbro and TakaraTomy.Approximately 8inches Tall (20.32cm).55 Points of Articulation.Die-cast Metal Parts .LED Illuminated Eyes.
Three A Toys Real Steel Ambush 1/6 scale 42cm
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"One of the '100 imaginary places you must visit before you die.'" The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Become enchanted by The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. You'll be in some fine company!
The Circus arrives on September 13, 2011, but in the meantime, see what your fellow readers, authors, press, and booksellers are saying about the book below. Read an early excerpt HERE and visit Erin on Facebook!
Advance Author and Press Praise
"The Night Circus made me happy. Playful and intensely imaginative, Erin Morgenstern has created the circus I have always longed for and she has populated it with dueling love-struck magicians, precocious kittens, hyper-elegant displays of beauty and complicated clocks. This is a marvelous book."?
—Audrey Niffenegger, author of The Time Traveler's Wife
"Erin Morgenstern is an artist and a fabulist, and, with her debut novel, The Night Circus, she's suddenly a fantastically successful author as well. Morgenstern's yarn is escapism at its finest. If the aroma of popcorn, caramel, and a burning bonfire doesn't leave you bewitched, then a whirlwind climb through the enchanting Cloud Maze or a stroll through the lush and charming Ice Garden will. Morgenstern's Circus is the stuff that dreams are made of, and nothing short of a wild ride. —Elle
"Debut author Morgenstern doesn't miss a beat in this smashing tale of greed, fate, and love set in a turn of the 20th-century circus. Supporting characters…are perfectly realized and live easily in a giant, magical story destined for bestsellerdom. This is an electric debut on par with Special Topics in Calamity Physics." —Publishers Weekly, starred
"Generous in its vision and fun to read. Likely to be a big book—and, soon, a big movie, with all the franchise trimmings."
—Kirkus Reviews, starred
"Debut novelist Morgenstern has written a 19th-century flight of fancy that is, nevertheless, completely believable. The smells, textures, sounds, and sights are almost palpable. A literary Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, this read is completely magical.
—Library Journal, starred
"This big and…compelling first novel ushers in a menacing tone with its first sentence. With appeal for readers not particularly geared to fantasy but who plainly enjoy an unusual and well-drawn story, this one will make a good crossover suggestion."
—Booklist, starred
"Take a bow, Erin Morgenstern. This is one of the best books I have ever read."
—Brunonia Barry, author of The Lace Reader
"A riveting debut. The Night Circus pulls you into a world as dark as it is dazzling, fully-realized but still something out of a dream. You will not want to leave it." —Téa Obreht, author of The Tiger's Wife
"Every once in awhile you find a novel so magical that there is no escaping its spell. The Night Circus is one of these rarities—engrossing, beautifully written and utterly enchanting. If you choose to read just one novel this year, this is it."
—Danielle Trussoni, author of Angelology
"Pure pleasure…Erin Morgenstern is a gifted, classic storyteller, a tale- teller, a spinner of the charmed and mesmerizing."
—Aimee Bender, author of The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake
"The Night Circus is a gorgeously imagined fable…The tale is masterfully written and invites allegorical interpretations even as its leisurely but persistent suspense gives it compelling charm. An enchanting read."
—Katherine Dunn, author of Geek Love
Advance Reader Praise
"Morgenstern's circus is a new place, one of the "100 imaginary places you must visit before you die." –Mark Oswood
"Simply put, you couldn't possibly not want to visit The Night Circus. I was utterly besotted by this book. It twists. It turns. It demands attention be paid to the timeline. I felt aggrieved at having to close The Night Circus and periodically return to my everyday world. It is now the top title on my gift-giving list." –Margaret Drown Rasmussen
"This is a wonderful read—beautifully written with just the right amount of childlike wonder and adult emotion to keep the reader wanting more—Miss Morgenstern is truly a gifted author—as the Mad Hatter would say "Never lose your Muchness." Looking forward to the audio and movie version but even more so her future books." –Arleen Larzelere
"I predict that this book will be a smash hit. I was hooked from the first chapter and kept trying to find excuses to run away from other duties so I could snuggle up and drift away into this magic dream world. It is outstandingly visual and will translate wonderfully into film. Fans of Harry Potter should really adore the incredible cast of characters on a more sophisticated plane." –Lani Strom
"This is one of the best books I have read in a long time! I wanted to read something different from my usual since I don't read much fantasy. I wasn't sure if this would hold my interest. This book was beyond fantasy—it was more like a surreal dream that draws one deeper into its world with each chapter. Highly recommended!" –Loren Baxtrom
"I absolutely adored this book! The Night Circus is an enchanting, magical fairy tale. From the beginning you are transported to another time and place, and you will not want to leave. This is a story about love, destiny, and magic and it is so beautifully written that I had to force myself to slow down and enjoy the writing instead of rushing ahead so that more of the story was revealed. This is a story that you will not soon forget. An absolute pleasure to read." –Ilyse Bass
"I loved this book! It drew me into its world from the beginning and has not let me go, even though I am finished. I feel like starting again at the beginning, just to remain in the world of the circus. Morgenstern has created a feast for the senses in her characters and their story. The insertion of descriptions of individual circus tents and acts told from the point of view of the reader help to make you feel as if you are visiting The Night Circus as well." –Stephanie White
"I loved this book!!! It is mystical, magical and illusionary. The characters are well-defined. The plot keeps us guessing and is a real page-turner. This is a first book for Erin Morgenstern and hopefully a bestseller!" –Darlene Mour
"This is a very intriguing book! I am excitedly turning pages and enjoying the magical (no pun implied) language that prefaces each movement of the characters…..What a joy it would be to see this book adopted for a movie….there is enough suspense that accompanies the personality quirks of each character…a nightly joy to read!!! Thank you." –Paulette George
"And I thought that Flaubert could write sensual prose as a counterpoint to his journalistic style. I found the book a great read. The book is a major achievement for nothing else than the cinematic, descriptive evocations of places, characters, etc. Loved it." –William Estill
"This is the most incredible book that I have read in years! It is in a league of its own and I predict that it will be a huge success. This is THE book that I plan to buy for family and friends." –Kathleen Welhouse
"I did not want the story to end!I was reminded of Peter Straub's novel Shadowland, Ray Bradbury's Something Wicked This Way Comes, and the magical realism of Latin American literature. Older teens and adults will find this a fascinating read. A possible book club selection, too." –Maureen Connelly
"Wow! Just finished The Night Circus and want to return immediately. This is a first novel that reveals an extremely talented and imaginative author, along with a mystical, magical world of love, conflict, and courage. I will carry this story and these characters with me for some time, and intend to highly recommend it to my book club." –Patricia Schulze
"An amazing first novel—and it better not be the last one from Erin Morgenstern!" –Kathrin Cipcich
"I hated for this book to end. It was one of those delicious stories that you hate to put down to eat or sleep and look unhappily at how few pages are left as you near the end. This is an excellent first effort, which hopefully, will be the beginning of a wonderful career for Erin Morgenstern. I'm sure this is one book in which I will need to inscribe my name to assure that it is returned to me after it is repeatedly lent out."
–Erica Minchella
"The Night Circus is full of wonderment and intrigue. It was quite difficult to put this book down, but when I did the magic still lingered in my head. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a bit of curiosity and magic. Beautifully written…I absolutely adored this novel." –Sara Summarell
"Fantastical journey!! Ms. Morgenstern has done an outstanding job of creating a truly magical world—sharing each and every incredible detail with the reader until we too are transported along with its wonderful characters. I did not want the book to end and it has stayed with me long after I read (and reread) the last line…Thank you to Ms. Morgenstern for reminding me of why I am a reader!" –Debbie Viggiano
Advance Bookseller Praise
Sheryl Cotleur at Book Passage: "Reading a novel like this is like being asked to come out and play—exhilarating!! [The Night Circus] is smart, inventive, creative, thoughtful, wise, pleasurable, and imaginative beyond measure. This is a fantastic story."
Mark at Politics & Prose: "I read [The Night Circus] greedily in just a couple of days…what a great story, really a marvel."
Geoff Jennings at Rainy Day Books: "Loved The Night Circus. LOVED IT."
Adrian Newell at Warwick's: "Wow! I've been late to work twice this week because I simply can't put [The Night Circus] down. This is going to be huge!! Breathtaking, magical, who knew that the circus could be so interesting?"
Lindsey McGuirk at Village Books in Bellingham: "Reading this book made my heart flutter. It feels like the first time you see the night sky completely void of light pollution. Reading it is like being surrounded by lightning bugs. I felt like a child seeing an amusement park for the first time. I adore this book."
Jamie Fiocco at Flyleaf Books: "A reader's trifecta! I don't know what to love the most; the captivating story, the richly detailed lives and trappings of the players, or the thoughts I'm left with now that the reading is done. I'm so impressed with Erin Morgenstern's powers of imagination and her storytelling. What a treat!"
Stefanie Kiper at Water Street Bookstore: "I loved [The Night Circus]. Morgenstern has created such a compelling, complete world with this book. Cinematic, unique, memorable."
Annie Philbrick at Bank Square Books, Inc.: "The Night Circus or Le Cirque des Reves as it is called, is a captivating and an illuminating debut novel. [Erin] Morgenstern has written a debut novel that will thrill you to the last page. It made me want to go back to the tablets of history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries to see if such a night circus existed because Morgenstern's writing certainly makes you think it did. From her first line 'The circus arrives without warning,' to the last 'You are no longer quite certain which side of the fence is the dream,' Morgenstern draws you into her world and does not let you go."
Michele Filgate at RiverRun Bookstore: "Fans of Neil Gaiman and Harry Potter will find much to love in Erin Morgenstern's imaginative and atmospheric debut novel. Reading The Night Circus is like viewing your own dreams through another person's mind. There's a familiarity but you never know quite what to expect."
Elizabeth Jordan at BookPeople Bookstore: "Erin Morgenstern's debut is cinematic and intoxicating. Taking place in a magical circus open only at night, it appeals to all five senses so that you can see the black and white circus tents, the intricate and fantastical exhibits, smell and taste the caramel apples, hear the ticking of clocks and the hushed admiration of the circus-goers, and feel the heat of the bonfire at the center of it all. I don't remember the last time I was so thoroughly immersed in the world of a book. I didn't want it to end!"
Cathy Langer at Tattered Cover: "Wow! I really loved [The Night Circus]. Magical, wonderful, brilliant, mysterious, and sensual. Erin Morgenstern created a world that I was happily lost in and want to go back to."
Jenn Northington at WORD: "The Night Circus is an exquisite pleasure to read. Tightly written, beautifully told—I predict that readers of both literary and speculative fiction will find themselves just as entranced as I was."
Jamil Zaidi at The Elliott Bay Book Company: "I [am] amazed [by The Night Circus]…I cannot think of anyone who likes to read who will not be absolutely smitten with this tremendous journey of the imagination."
BJ Bloebaum at Powell's: "I found myself quite enchanted [with The Night Circus]. It has all the elements that I love—magic, mystery, True Love, clockwork devices, great sacrifice—all in a setting that is so very well described that I could see it clearly in my mind. It ended up sucking me in so deeply that I lost track of time."
Stephanie Crowe at Page & Palette: "Wow!!!!!!! What a magical, mesmerizing ride! I loved it!!"
Eric Sample at Barnes & Noble: "How many different ways can I say I LOVE THIS BOOK!"
Erik C. Barnum at Northshire Bookstore: "This first novel is a dazzling and beguiling literary debut, and should not be ignored. The suspenseful plot is an intriguing backdrop to an exquisitely written fable and love story that I found to be completely irresistible."
Caitlin Harrison at The Book Bin: "What a beautiful, beautiful book! Each chapter is like discovering a new tent in Le Cirque des Reves—mysterious and full of living magic. I finished it in one go, well after midnight, and couldn't help feeling as I put it down that I was wandering away, dazzled, from the circus gates themselves."
Bill Cusumano at Nicola's Books: "If forced to use just one word, call it phantasmagorical."
Cheryl Johnson at That Bookstore: "It's a great book for adult and young readers: captivating, magical, and just fun in general…the best way to describe it is just magical!"
Nona Camuel at Coffeetree Books: "Erin paints a dream with her words in the The Night Circus. Meandering through the tents of Le Cirque, I wished that this truly existed, and did not want my visit to end! Superb! Many thanks, Erin!"
Emily Adams at Third Place Books: "I fell in love with the mysterious and magical world of The Night Circus. When I finished the book, I just sat on the couch and stared at the cover, holding it in both hands, unwilling to let go, wanting the story to continue. Throughout the book I felt wide-eyed, dazzled, transported by vivid imagery to a world where anything is possible and not everything is as it seems."
Laura Miller at Peerless Books: "BEST BOOK EVER. The Night Circus is Morgenstern's first book; if this is what we can expect from her, I look forward to the many other pieces of literary art that are certain to come…"
Elizabeth Anker at Alamosa Books LLC: "A book that will become an obsession. You will want to read it again as soon as you turn the last page…and then again."
Anderson McKean at Page and Palette: "What a magnificent, mesmerizing novel. This enchanting debut by author Erin Morgenstern is a delight for the senses and the soul."
Jessica Stockton Bagnulo at Greenlight Bookstore: "I adored The Night Circus. It is my favorite kind of fiction—the kind that is just a little larger and more wonderful than life. It is destined to attract readers of all kinds and persuasions, and then to enchant them."
Emily Crowe at The Odyssey Bookshop: "If you believe that The Shire is worth saving, if you believe somewhere in your heart that your Hogwarts letter will still find you, if you believe in tesseracts and kything, this is the book for you. More than anything else, this is a book that rewards those readers who know that true magic lies in the believing, not in the object of belief."
Sarah Knight at Northshire Bookstore: "What a wonderful imagination and original voice Erin Morgenstern has. I was mesmerized by the story, her characters, and her writing. I could see the characters in their exquisite clothing; picture the delights/amusements offered at each tent. What a magical novel. I was totally captivated by it."
Emily Gaitlin at Reed's GumTree: "The only thing I didn't like about THE NIGHT CIRCUS was that I finished it! I wanted more! I felt like I was actually a part of the most whimsical and wonderful circus ever created."
Holly Frakes at Schuler Books: "[One] of the best books I have read in recent memory… The Night Circus awakened my imagination and was so intriguing and unique. Wow."
Lanora Haradon at Next Chapter Books: "This novel is going to be bigger than The Time Traveler's Wife. It's going to be bigger than The Secret Life of Bees!"
Lincoln Eddy at Schuler Books: "[The Night Circus] is by far the best book I've read in a long time…I loved it and I will be rereading it many times."
Whitney Spotts at Schuler Books: "An excellent debut."
Nancy Simpson-Brice at The Book Vault: "Share the amazement. You will become consumed by this book until the very last word. Strap yourself in for The Night Circus. This is the type of book that should be debated over cups of coffee-grown-cold, long, long into the night! Highly recommended."
Pete Schulte at Tattered Cover: "Trust me, you won't want to exit this circus until the very last sentence."
Georgiana at Magnolia Books: "Erin Morgenstern has a wondrous mind and a way of writing that transmits her wonder directly and cleanly, yet suffused with the magic she feels. WOW."
David Joslin at Mysterious Galaxy Books: "What a wonderful, truly magical, book!"
Kenny Brechner at DDG Booksellers: "Anyone who does not enter the pages of this novel will be much the poorer for it. This magnificent tale of tales, of bindings and passionate contests, of adjoining rooms of wonder and intimacy, is itself a wonder and a challenge to all who enter. Whether you call it magic or manipulation, Morgenstern has employed her art to put on a literary spectacle, a variant of the world serpent which swallows its own tail, encompassing all within itself, whose movements shake the world within, and which lives forever."
Barbara Theroux at Fact & Fiction: "What an amazing book. Before I finished I was plotting ways to tell people about it."
Drew Williams at Little Professor Book: "I. Loved. It. All in all, a phenomenal novel."
Renee Wilson at Auraria Campus Bookstore: "I absolutely loved the [The Night Circus]; it was hard to put down. Really [it] was the best I've read in years."
Nikki Furrer at Puddn'head Books: "Oh. My. God. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this book. I want to live in it. It's elegant and strong and fantastical in just the right way. It'll be an easy handsell for most of our regular customers, and I expect it to have strong sales all the way through Christmas. I've been craving anything magic, and I love all things circus, so this was my thing anyway, but it's so well done, I think it's going to be a big book for quite some time. PLEASE tell me she's finished her second book!"
Cat Connolly at Watermark Books & Café: "Surreal, decadent, hypnotic—such words evoke the canopy Erin Morgenstern has pitched in her novel, The Night Circus. Equal parts Water for Elephants and The Prestige, the plot coils its way into the spectacle of the mysterious world of Le Cirque des Rêves itself, coming to regard with a serpentine gaze the tangle of love and rivalry at the knot's heart."
Penelope Barcelo at Kepler's: "Ms. Morgenstern has truly crafted a world, rich with lyricism and grandiose and one I found very hard to leave."
David Menard at Watermark Book Company: "The story, the language, the characters—I've had dreams less vivid. Masterful!
Lynn Riggs at Books & Company: "It is a bewitching kaleidoscope of a world with an enigmatic tattooed contortionist, a remarkable set of twins, and a very ordinary young man as enthralled by the circus as you will be by this book. But at it's most basic, it is an enchanting story of love."
Lisa Baudoin at Books & Company: "Pop some popcorn and get comfortable because you will not want to put this one down. "
Linda Bond at Auntie's: "I was alternately chilled and warmed, but always enchanted by this unexpected tale."
Karyn Reis at Read Booksellers: "It's a moving love story in which the lines between magic and reality are blurred together. A gorgeous read indeed."
Becca Wren at Joseph-Beth Booksellers: "This is going to be HUGE. Love it! LOVE IT!"
Susie at Old Firehouse Books: "One of the best books I've read this year. The author has created a setting with a life of its own that the reader will want to return to again and again."??
Kat Bailey at Bookshop Santa Cruz: "The Night Circus is a sparkling blend of fairy tale, romance and magic—think Aimee Bender meets Harry Potter, in 19th century Europe. A gorgeous, complex book that will stay glued to your hands for days."
Stacie M. Williams at Boswell Book Company: "This continuous dreamscape of a novel juggles a tale of fated characters with exquisite descriptions of a magical place where ice gardens grow, cloud mazes climb high into the sky, and wishes can come true."
Dana Schulz? at ?Snowbound Books?: "I'm in love. The opening reminds me of the City of Forgotten Books in The Shadow of the Wind. This is going to be huge."
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Ancient Plankton Help Researchers Predict Near-future Climate
Mauna Loa Observatory
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Pliocene Climate
The Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawai'i recently recorded the highest concentration of carbon dioxide, or CO2, levels in human history.
In fact, the last time CO2 levels surpassed 400 parts per million was during the Pliocene, a geological epoch between two and five million years ago, when oceans surged 50 feet higher and small icecaps barely clung to the poles.
"The Pliocene wasn't a world that humans and our ancestors were a part of," said University of Arizona associate professor of geosciences Jessica Tierney. "We just started to evolve at the end of it."
Now that we've reached 415 parts per million CO2, Tierney thinks the Pliocene can be used to understand the climate shifts of the very near future. Past studies attempted this, but a nagging discrepancy between climate models and fossil data from that part of Earth's history muddled any potential insights.
A new study, published today in Geophysical Research Letters, used a different, more reliable type of fossil data than past studies. Tierney is the lead on the study, which resolved the discrepancy between fossil data and climate model simulations and showed that, yes, the Pliocene is a good analog for future climate predictions.
The Pliocene Problem
Before the industrial revolution, CO2 levels hovered around 280 ppm. For perspective, it took over two million years for CO2 levels to naturally decline from 400 ppm to pre-industrial levels. In just over 150 years, humanity has caused those levels to rebound.
Past proxy measurements of Pliocene sea surface temperatures led scientists to conclude that a warmer Earth caused the tropical Pacific Ocean to be stuck in an equatorial weather pattern called El Niño.
Normally, as the trade winds sweep across the warm surface waters of the Pacific Ocean from east to west, warm water piles up in the eastern Pacific, cooling the western side of the ocean by about 7 to 9 degrees Fahrenheit. But during an El Niño, the temperature difference between the east and west drops to just under 2 degrees, influencing weather patterns around the world, including Southern Arizona. El Niños typically occur about every three to seven years, Tierney said.
The problem is, climate models of the Pliocene, which included CO2 levels of 400 ppm, couldn't seem to simulate a permanent El Niño without making funky, unrealistic changes to model conditions.
"This paper was designed to revisit that concept of the permanent El Niño and see if it really holds up against a reanalysis of the data," she said. "We find it doesn't hold up."
Fat Thermometers
About 20 years ago, scientists found they could deduce past temperatures based on chemical analysis of a specific kind of fossilized shell of a type of plankton called foraminifera.
"We don't have thermometers that can go to the Pliocene, so we have to use proxy data instead," Tierney said.
Since then, scientists have learned that foraminifera measurements can be skewed by ocean chemistry, so Tierney and her team instead used a different proxy measurement – the fat produced by another plankton called coccolithophores. When the environment is warm, coccolithophores produce a slightly different kind of fat than when it's cold, and paleoclimatologists like Tierney can read the changes in the fat, preserved in ocean sediments, to deduce sea-surface temperatures.
"This is a really commonly used and reliable way to look at past temperatures, so a lot of people have made these measurements in the Pliocene. We have data from all over the world," she said. "Now we use this fat thermometer that we know doesn't have complications, and we're sure we can get a cleaner result."
El Niñ…Nope
Tierney and her team found that the temperature difference between the eastern and western sides of the Pacific did decrease, but it was not pronounced enough to qualify as a full-fledged permanent El Niño.
"We didn't have a permanent El Niño, so that was a bit of an extreme interpretation of what happened," she said. "But there is a reduction in the east-west difference – that's still true."
The eastern Pacific got warmer than the western, which caused the trade winds to slacken and changed precipitation patterns. Dry places like Peru and Arizona might have been wetter. These results from the Pliocene agree with what future climate models have predicted, as a result of CO2 levels reaching 400 ppm.
This is promising because now the proxy data matches the Pliocene climate models. "It all checks out," Tierney said.
The Pliocene, however, was during a time in Earth's history when the climate was slowly cooling. Today, the climate is getting hotter very quickly. Can we really expect a similar climate?
"The reason today sea levels and ice sheets don't quite match the climate of the Pliocene is because it takes time for ice sheets to melt," Tierney said. "However, the changes in the atmosphere that happen in response to CO2 – like the changes in the trade winds and rainfall patterns – can definitely occur within the span of a human life."
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