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I, Exile by David M. Samuels – Book Review
This book review was originally published over at booknest.eu.
Genre: Fantasy, Low Fantasy
Format: Kindle e-book
Copy: Courtesy by the author through r/fantasy's TBRindr list in return for an honest review;
The opportunity of coming across a gemstone of a book is why I am happy to read the works of indie fantasy authors whose titles haven't yet gained wider recognition online. I've come across some brilliant works, and I've faced off against some reads that didn't quite cut it – in the face of all those, David M. Samuels' I, Exile measures up as an engaging and entertaining story of personal growth and adventure, with no small dose of sarcasm thanks to smartass protagonist Emelith. Oh, and a bloody lich makes this feel like a proper romp through pulpy fantasy goodness.
What this book reminded me of, as I read it, was the Forgotten Realms novels in the 90s, those Drizzt Do'Urden books every fantasy nerd and their father (i.e. me and my dad) read; not in the characters, necessarily, as there isn't much in Emelith to remind you of Drizzt, but in the excitement and swift action, in the stakes that are never anything less than life-and-death, in the easy prose which allows you to glide through the pages, and in the unexpected allies found and forged along the way.
The setting for I, Exile is a post-apocalyptic desert in a world that has undergone a massive flood as recently as a few centuries back. All sorts of nasty buggers have made this desert their home, as is the way of these things but the nastiest, perhaps, is a lich seemingly no longer happy with staying with his skull buried in the sand. I'll say no more about the lich, as that'd be giving away more than is strictly necessary, except for this – this is a fun villain, who strikes a balance between tropey and novel in all the right ways.
Emelith's journey made I, Exile more appealing than it otherwise would've been. Prone to anger and snap judgements, the further our protagonist goes into this Mad Max-esque (to use the author's own comparison) wasteland, the more she realises about herself. Quiet moments of contemplation abound in-between the excellent action sequences.
Samuels' novel is technically adept – for its vast majority, I had a hard time finding any typos, grammatical errors or punctuation mistakes. Only the last few percent offered a slight increase in that type of issues, and that might be because I was sent an arc pre-publication date. The prose is expressive without coming across as bloated; if anything, it's on the economic side as far as descriptions go.
One piece of criticism I have is, the short blurb and the cover for the book did not work for me – the cover looks so very much like a bad 90s comic, I considered skipping it on this basis alone. That's not the kind of feeling you want your cover to elicit. The blurb is too short and doesn't arouse interest nearly as much as it should.
The cast of supporting characters includes plenty of interesting names, many of whom have their own motivations which conflict either with one another's, or with Emelith's, There's a mysterious priestess, a few warriors.
I enjoyed I, Exile. My score for this one is 4/5 Stars on Goodreads, and I happily recommend you put it on your to-read list!
You'll enjoy this one if:
You like less magic and more wit in your fantasy;
You've a love for desert settings, monsters, and a pleasing surplus of back-stabbing;
You're looking for fun action and choppy dialogue, courtesy of a brash badass;
You want to take a deep breath of that action-adventure-y nostalgia of 90s fantasy – it's pulpy, it's fun, and it's head and unlike many of the 90s Forgotten Realms book, it's actually good!
And more! Prob'ly.
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I received a lovely email from a customer, Jane, the other day.
In November last year, I shared with you Crystal's beautiful version of my design "Claire Doily" from Elegant Hardanger Embroidery.
Following my recent post on embroidery on clothing, I was contacted by one of this blog's regular readers, Helen. Helen has embroidered many pieces of clothing and enjoys wearing her embroidery. She sent me some photos of her creations, which she has kindly given permission for me to share with you.
Yesterday I received a photo from Ruth, who was one of the students in my classes on the needlework cruise that I taught on in February this year. Ruth took my Mountmellick class and my Portuguese Whitework Panel class.


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Don't Miss Universe It
Marilu Thomas
Failure, Peace
I have a friend, let's call her Joan, who has been having a hard time for almost a decade. This includes legally, relationally, and with parenting issues, although professionally she has done very well. Easter did not give her any uplift. In fact, she shared that she has been praying for a Win lately. "I tell God every morning, I just need a Win, God. A big Win. A Win so I can feel like a Winner again." It left me speechless, which if you know me is quite astounding. I was stuck thinking about my own life experience, which included more losses than wins, and certainly never really feeling like a "Winner." I thought of the feeling of disappointment and lostness, after the Win not the invincibility or Winnerness I wanted to feel. It set me up for searching for the secret to Winning. In my life, it has been losing that has released me from the tyranny of the illusion of Winning. With my friend, I couldn't find the words to explain how the Win she was seeking would be like all the other Wins she had set her heart on.
Dave Zahl, my colleague in preaching here, addresses this in his new book Seculousity, which I couldn't stop reading this weekend. He writes, "Victory doesn't usher in contentment or peace so much as fear, paranoia, and the pressure to maintain…Performancism turns life into a competition to be won or a problem to be solved, as opposed to, say, a series of moments to be experienced or an adventure to relish…this lies at the root of much of the skyrocketing anxiety, loneliness, and fatigue that saddle so many hearts and minds today." (8)
I did not come to this on my own—in fact I was a mid-life inductee into the clergy, after the heartbreak of Winning all the things that I thought would make my life feel like a success. I had the great job, the successful husband, the 2 kids and the dog. A house that didn't even need a picket fence—all the trimmings, and all the heartbreak, of the successful life. I even had Religion- had it all of my life. But I felt hallowed out—not like a Winner. More like an imposter. A loser who created the illusion of a winner. What had I done wrong? Where did I miss the memo?
This is where I connect with the scripture today from John. The disciples are locked in a room, feeling like failures, wondering why their charismatic leader had been killed in a crowd fueled lynching. What had they done wrong? What were they going to do now? What a week before looked like a big Win on Palm Sunday, looked like a big scary failure after Good Friday. They were afraid that they would be next. They were not even looking for a resurrection because they were stuck in the death of their leader and the death of their ideas of what winning looked like. And they believe they have lost the person they loved and who loved them. Jesus comes right through the locked doors and walls and tells them, "Peace be with you."
I have to admit, when I hear the word Peace, I am not impressed. I think of it as the customary response to any question asked of Miss America or Miss Universe, (you know it), "World Peace." I call it, Miss Universing it. We all say we want peace and yet our actions never reflect anything but self. What we really mean by World Peace is, "People should do as I say do and then I will feel peaceful."
In this scripture today, Jesus says Peace three times. Peace be with you. Peace be with you. Peace be with you. He is not Miss Universing it, He is bringing it.
Context is important here. Christ has died, a very ugly, bloody death and is now standing in the with the disciples and his first words are, "Peace be with you." What are we most afraid of? We are like the disciples, we fear death. We lock ourselves in rooms that we think keep us safe from death—rooms like worry, perfectionism, intellectualism, medical and nutritional dedication, among other ways we think we will beat the odds—and yet death finds us anyway. Jesus is answering this fear of ceasing to exist by telling us he has been there for us and all is well. He has come through the doors of death to tell us that the coast is clear, the surrender flag is up, the war is over. We don't need to be afraid any more.
After this first Peace, Jesus shows the disciples his hands and his side, his wounds from his crucifixion. His resurrection did not erase his wounds and by his wounds, the disciples, even Thomas, recognize Him. We know Christ by His wounds as He knows us by our wounds. As Rev. Fleming Rutledge reminds us, "The resurrection is not just the appearance of a dead person. It is the mighty act of God…[that] negated the powers that nailed him to the cross." The powers that nailed Christ to the Cross were the powers of darkness—of fear and death. This is the Pentecost of the book of John, where Christ breathes the Holy Spirit's peace on them. Christ brings the Peace, he does not tell the disciples to be peaceful or to quit being afraid and get it together. He doesn't accuse them of leaving him and betraying him. He is the Peace. What brings the most peace into your thoughts and emotions? Love. We can think of Christ saying, "My love be with you." Jesus Christ is the human revelation of God's love. God is standing in the midst of the disciples, showing the wounds he suffered for them, and us, and breathing love on them.
David Lose makes this clearer for me as he writes, "I've usually thought of peace as the absence of something negative — the absence of war, or strife, or fear, or anger. And, indeed, the first definition in the dictionary corroborates this view: "peace: freedom from disturbance." But it occurs to me on reading and re-reading Jesus' words to the disciples that maybe I've got it wrong. Maybe peace isn't an absence of something, but instead is its own presence. Maybe peace is something, all on it's own. Maybe it creates something positive, makes something wonderful possible, not just curtails something negative. Maybe this is what Jesus means by saying, "My peace I give to you."
Dave Zahl tells us that this peace is "a respite from the noise of daily demand to achieve rather than receive." The disciples receive Christ's peace; they don't achieve it. They have done the opposite, in fact. They are afraid because they know that they have betrayed Christ and don't deserve the love and peace he is offering them. What does it take for us to receive? The white flag. Like my friend Joan, we might need to stop fighting everything and everyone so that we can win and be the top of the heap. The heap is just piled higher and deeper every time we try to capture the flag at the top. We can let go of control and receive the peace that passes all understanding, the peace that is the kiss of grace.
One last story as experienced by Timothy Paul Jones. He and his wife adopted a little girl when she was 8 years old. It was her second adoption and the first one had not gone well. The first family always treated her differently than their biological children and when they went on vacation to Disney World every year, they left her with a friend. Once Tim found out this history, he and his wife decided that they needed to go to Disney World. Tim says, "I thought I had mastered the Disney World drill. I knew from previous experiences that the prospect of seeing cast members in freakishly oversized mouse and duck costumes somehow turns children into squirming bundles of emotional instability. What I didn't expect was that the prospect of visiting this dream world would produce a stream of downright devilish behavior in our newest daughter." He describes how she amped up the stealing, the insults and other mutinies that an eight-year-old can manufacture. When he called her on it, she said she knew he was going to say she couldn't go to Disney World. She was going to force his hand before she got disappointed in the end. He says, "She knew she couldn't earn her way into the Magic Kingdom—she had tried and failed that test several times before—so she was living in a way that placed her as far as possible from the most magical place on earth." He could have easily have said, "That's right. You don't deserve to go!" But he didn't. He told her, "Is this trip something we're doing as a family? Are you part of the family? Then you are going. We're not leaving you behind."
It would be nice to say that she had no bad behavior after that but we all know that she still didn't believe she would go until the night after she had experienced all the lines, bad food and overpriced tickets that Disney World can offer. That night, when she was going to bed, she told Tim, "Daddy, I finally got to go to Disney World. But it wasn't because I was good; it's because I'm yours."
Grace isn't a peace you can achieve by being good; it's a gift you receive by being God's. It's God's goodness that comes looking for you when you have nothing to offer except being afraid in your locked room. This is the ineffable and indescribable mystery of the peace that passes all understanding that is grace.
Peace be with you. Amen
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Black Friday was sad in Europe
November 27, 2022Last Updated: November 27, 2022
Consumers in Europe have gone about staying more cautious about their spending during 2022, in front of attractive purchase offers on "Black Friday", which is the annual celebration that takes place in November of each year, and includes unprecedented discounts.
Where the demand for "Black Friday" offers decreased throughout Europe, given that the rise in prices in the current year led to the erosion of real wages and lower living standards,
As of Friday afternoon, shoppers at UK retailers were 22 percent below COVID-19 levels in 2019, according to data provider Springboard.
I and throughout Europe, the outlook is not rosy either, as inflation is still rising, and the energy crisis may continue beyond winter, in addition to the fact that recession is looming on the horizon, and all of these factors weigh on consumers, and deal a big blow to family budgets, And overshadow the shopping events.
Thomas Dvorak, chief economist at the Oxford Economics consulting firm, expects darkness to descend on Europe during Christmas, noting that "consumers are unlikely to accept Christmas cuts and are likely to become more frugal in their expenditures."
Lily, a customer from the United Kingdom, told Xinhua that she had to cut back on her shopping plan in light of the high inflation rate.
She also noted that people "keep their money a little more, and are a little more careful about what they buy at the present time, especially since Christmas is around the corner."
Inflation in Britain rose by 11.1 percent in October, its highest level in 41 years, which contributed to reducing average ordinary wages by 2.7 percent between July and September, the sharpest drop in growth since it began. Similar records in 2001.
Amid the worsening cost of living crisis, consumer confidence in Britain during the month of November is still close to its lowest historical levels, after touching a bottom in September, according to surveys conducted by the market research company "GfK".
There is no rapid improvement on the horizon, as statistics show that inflation is expected to decline in the next year 2023, but it is likely to remain high at 7 percent in the European Union and 6.1 percent in the "euro" area.
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The Hopkinton High School Art Department invites you to join us at the opening reception for our Annual Honors Art Exhibition on March 21, 2019 at 6:00PM. The exhibition is on display at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts, 98 Hayden Rowe Street, Hopkinton, MA and will be on view through April 4, 2019.
Please join us for our Annual Honors Exhibition on March 22, 2018 at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts.
Join us for an evening filled with arts and entertainment. Featuring works from over 20 visual art electives at the high school, works from 6th, 7th and 8th grade as well as artwork from the three elementary schools. Come secure your copy of the 12th edition of HopArts, our annual juried publication of high school artworks and catch a few of the one act plays!
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"Write the story that you want to tell"
Middlesex County middle and high school students are invited to submit original Public Service Announcements and Posters to the Annual PSA and Poster Project hosted by Middlesex Partnerships for Youth, Inc. and the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.
This year's theme is "Write the story that you want to tell." This theme aims to empower students to reflect on who they are and who they want to become. Self-discovery, confidence, goal-setting, and good decision making are important components of writing your own story - the story only you can tell. The overarching goal of the 2016 PSA & Poster Project is for students to communicate a direct, positive voice to other teens.
This project is open to all middle school and high school students who live in or attend school in Middlesex County. Students may enter one or both projects. Videos must be between 30 and 60 seconds long. Posters must be one page and submitted electronically. Please see the attached applications for the official rules and submission requirements for each project.
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Professor Andrés Cervantes is the General Director of the Cancer Area at the Institute of Health Research INCLIVA in Valencia and he is Professor of Medicine at the University of Valencia. He completed his training in Medical Oncology at the University Hospital in Valencia. After completing his clinical training he got a research fellowship for two years at the Free University Hospital in Amsterdam, where he obtained his PhD degree with a work on multidrug resistance in the Cellular Pharmacology Lab of this institution.
Professor Cervantes serves as Head of Section in Medical Oncology at the Dept. of Haematology and Medical Oncology at the University Hospital in Valencia. His main areas of research and clinical interest are gastrointestinal and gynaecologic malignancies as well as phase I trials and new drug development. He is the author of many research articles and educational papers published in peer-reviewed journals. He is also the Editor of Cancer Treatment Reviews and Clinical and Translational Oncology. Since January 2014, he is serving Annals of Oncology, the ESMO flagship journal, as Associate Editor for the gastrointestinal malignancies area. He is ESMO's Educational Committee Chair.
Arndt Vogel, MD, is managing senior physician and assistant professor in the Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology at Hannover Medical School (Director Prof. Dr. M.P. Manns). He is responsible for patients with gastrointestinal tumors and part of the endoscopy team. He is leading a research group interested in the pathogenesis and treatment of GI-cancer.
Arndt Vogel studied Medicine and graduated in Medicine at the University of Göttingen in 1998. He received his medical training in Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology at Hannover Medical School, Germany. From 2002 to 2004 he served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Arndt Vogel is a clinical investigator in oncology since 2006 and has served as Principal Investigator on several phase I - III trials and has conducted several investigator-initiated trial. He is a member of societies including the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Society for Medical Oncology, and the European Association for the Study of the Liver. Arndt Vogel has responsibilities in the establishment of the national guideline and is the coordinator of the ESMO clinical practice guideline 2018 on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Since 2004, Arndt Vogel is head of a research group that is focused on molecular aspects of hepatocellular carcinoma. Several foundations and agencies, among other the Deutsche Krebshilfe and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, fund his basic research. Arndt Vogel is a Reviewer or Editor for many top-tier scientific journals and the author or coauthor of articles published in peer-reviewed journals including Cancer Cell, Gastroenterology, and Hepatology, as well as numerous book chapters.
Evandro de Azambuja, MD, PhD, is the Head of the Medical Support Team (Academic Promoting Team) located at the Jules Bordet Institute in Brussels, Belgium.
Dr de Azambuja earned his first PhD from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil, in May 2007 and his second PhD from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B) in December 2015.
His principal interest in oncology is breast cancer, especially in the adjuvant/neoadjuvant settings. He is deeply involved in the conduct of large phase III trials in breast cancer such as HERA (adjuvant trastuzumab), ALTTO (trastuzumab and/or lapatinib) and APHINITY (trastuzumab with or without pertuzumab) and – in the neoadjuvant setting – the LORELEI trial which tests the efficacy of PI3K inhibition. He is also greatly engaged in studies concerning cancer toxicity of new drugs in oncology as well as in long-term follow-up of patients enrolled in clinical trials with focus in cardiotoxicity. Within the latter context, he was a co-author of guidelines on treatment-related cardiac toxicity by the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). He was past Chair of the survivorship group of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO).
Dr. de Azambuja was a member of the ESMO Young Oncologists Committee (YOC), a faculty member of the ESMO Leaders Generation Programme launched in 2016 and he was also appointed as a Breast Faculty Member of ESMO in 2017 and a Board Member of the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO) since 2015.
He is currently Fellowship & Award Committee Chair (2018-2019) of ESMO and also serves as member of its Executive Board.
Dr. de Azambuja is also a member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology (BSMO). He is actively involved in editorial boards of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO), "ESMO Open – Cancer Horizons", and ESMO Perspective.
He has (co)-authored approximately 150 peer-reviewed articles and 9 book chapters.
He has been a member of Education and Scientific Committees of the ESMO, EBCC and ECCO meetings.
In 2000, Dr. Machiels won the 'Translational Research Award, First Prize', Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Baltimore, USA, and in 2002 the AMGEN Award from the Belgian Society of Medical Oncology.
Dr. Tabernero serves on the Editorial Boards of various top tier journals including Annals of Oncology, ESMO Open, Cancer Discovery and Clinical Cancer Research. He has (co) authored approximately 350 peer-reviewed papers.
He is currently ESMO President (2018 – 2019) of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and an Executive Board Member. He is also member of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), and has been appointed as member of several Educational and Scientific Committees of ESMO, ECCO, ASCO, AACR, AACR/NCI/EORTC, ASCO Gastrointestinal, and WCGIC meetings.
Paolo A. Ascierto obtained his medical degree from the University of Naples, Italy, the institution where he subsequently earned his Board Certification in Oncology. He went on to serve consecutive positions at the National Tumour Institute "Fondazione G. Pascale", in Naples, as a postdoctoral fellow and then as Vice Director of the Department of Clinical Immunology. Professor Ascierto is currently Director of the Unit of Melanoma, Cancer Immunotherapy and Innovative therapy at that same institution. He is an active Scientific Reviewer for several international journals, including, JCO, Lancet Oncology, and Clinical Cancer Research, as well as being the Editor-in-Chief of the Combination Strategies section of the Journal of Translational Medicine and Chief Section Editor of Expert Reviews of Immunology Vaccines and Informatics. As a result of Professor Ascierto's experience and expertise, he has been a valued invited speaker at more than 350 national and international meetings. Furthermore, he is an active member of the Italian Society of Medical Oncology (AIOM), American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO), European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) and Society of Immuno Therapy of Cancer (SITC). Professor Ascierto has presided as Principal Investigator on over 50 clinical trials and he is the author of numerous publications in peer-reviewed journals. Such journals include: The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet Oncology, Journal of Clinical Oncology, and Clinical Cancer Research, among others. Primarily, his major research interests are the genetics and proteomics of melanoma, the assessment of molecular markers for tumour progression in melanoma, management of targeted therapies for melanoma, vaccination treatments and immunotherapy of cancer, biochemical and immunological monitoring, and combination approaches for the cancer treatment.
Professor Ronald de Wit is Medical Oncologist, senior staff member and full professor at the Erasmus MC Cancer Institute. He earned his medical degree at the University of Amsterdam and specialized in Internal Medicine and Medical Oncology (1982-1990). Prof de Wit is member of a wide range of professional societies and committees and serves as Faculty and Program Committee Member of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) and the European Society of Medical Oncology (ESMO) 1999-ongoing. He is track chair for Genito-Urinary Cancer ESMO-Asia 2018. His research focus is Genito-Urinary Oncology. He is former chairman of the EORTC-Genitourinary Group Chemotherapy Subcommittee and initiated and led randomized studies in testicular cancer, renal and bladder cancer. He co-chaired phase 3 registration trials, ranging from docetaxel (TAX 327), and AR targeted agents, to checkpoint inhibition (PD-1) trials in bladder cancer. He is involved in a wide variety of ongoing clinical studies and serves on Industry Advisory Board Committees, as well as Data Monitoring Committees. Prof de Wit is collaborating with the Dpts of Urology and Translational Pathology in preclinical and clinical translational research. In 2011 he launched the Dutch Uro Oncology Study Group (www.stichtingduos.nl) creating a collaborative network of 25 academic and supraregional hospitals in the Netherlands and is Chairman of the Group. His publications include over 280 papers and book chapters.
Solange Peters, MD-PhD, achieved her MD from the Medical School at the University of Lausanne in 1998, following this she attended the Microbiology Institute at the University of Lausanne until 2002, concluding with a MD-PhD thesis on new HIV drug-resistance mechanisms. From 2002-2006, Prof. Peters did her residency in Internal Medicine, followed by a Fellowship at the Multidisciplinary Oncology Centre, both at the University Hospital of Lausanne. In September 2006, she sat the ESMO Examination in Oncology and was awarded the ESMO Best European Exam result. This was shortly followed by the SSMO (Swiss Society of Medical Oncology) oral exam November 2006. In 2013, Prof. Peters received the title of Lausanne University Private Docent (PD-MER) and was appointed Professor and Head of Medical Oncology at the Faculty of Biology and Medicine in Lausanne successively in 2015 and 2016. Prof. Peters is currently in charge of teaching and patient care in the area of medical oncology and thoracic malignancies at the Department of Oncology of Lausanne University, where she is building a translational programme in collaboration with the molecular oncology laboratory directed by Prof. D. Hanahan and Prof. E. Meylan in Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne and the Ludwig Institute. Prof. Peters' main field of interest is new biomarker discovery and validation in preclinical and clinical settings. She is also strongly involved and interested in multimodality trial building for locally-advanced NSCLC as well as clinical and translational cancer immunotherapy. Her current research projects as a chair are focused on multimodality curative-intent treatment of stage III NSCLC, combined immunotherapy for the treatment of NSCLC, SCLC, thymic malignancies and mesothelioma, denosumab in advanced NSCLC, ALK, RET, EGFR as well HER2 inhibitors. She acts as the local PI of lung trials opened in Lausanne Cancer Centre, focused on phase I, predictive biomarkers and NSCLC immunotherapy. In addition, she is a co-PI of several other trials. She is co-chair of Swiss Lung Cancer Research group, and responsible for trials organisation and coordination, as well as related databases for the ETOP (European Thoracic Oncology Platform) Lungscape project database (member of the steering committee), where she is responsible for communication, scientific coordinaton and member of the Foundation Council. Prof. Solange Peters is an active member of the educational programme within ESMO. Prof. Peters is currently President-elect (2018 – 2019) of the European Society for Medical Oncology's (ESMO), serves as member of its Executive Board and also she is Chair of the Women for Oncology Committee and ESMO Faculty for Lung and Other Thoracic Cancers. She was member of the ESMO E-Learning and CME Committee and elected ESMO Swiss National Representative. She is also subject editor for the ESMO Guidelines Working Group. She was the scientific chair of ELCC 2016 and acts as chair of ESMO 2018 annual congress in Munich. She is in parallel active in IASLC where she also acts as a Board Member. She is a member of AACR (American Association for Cancer Research) and EORTC (European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer). Of national organisations, Prof. Peters is vice President of SAMO (Swiss Academy for Multidisciplinary Oncology), member of SAKK (Swiss Group for Clinical Cancer Research), FMH (Association of Swiss Physicians) and ASMAC/VSAO (Association of Swiss Interns and Residents) and was the president of FOROME (Association Romande pour la formation continue en oncologie médicale) for 5 years. Prof. Peters has authored numerous peer-reviewed manuscripts and book chapters, served as the associate editor of 'Lung Cancer' and became Deputy Editor of the 'Journal of Thoracic Oncology' (JTO), the official journal of IASLC, in 2013. She was Editor in Chief of Cancer Treatment Communications. In addition, she acts as Associate Editor for 'Frontiers in Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs' and Review Editor for 'Frontiers in Thoracic Oncology'. She is the author of numerous articles in peer-reviewed publications as well as book chapters and abstracts and the Co-Editor of the book "Perspectives in Thoracic Oncology" (UNI-MED), the book series 'Progress in Tumor Research' (Karger) as well as new therapeutic strategies in lung cancers (Springer).
Dr Susana Banerjee (MBBS MA MRCP PhD) is a Consultant Medical Oncologist and Research Lead for the Gynaecology Unit at the Royal Marsden, London, UK. She is a Team Leader (Associate Honorary Faculty) in Gynaecological Cancers at the Institute of Cancer Research. Dr Banerjee specialises in ovarian cancer and the systemic treatment of endometrial and cervical cancers. Dr. Banerjee graduated with a 1st class from St. John's College, University of Cambridge and completed her medical training at Royal Free Medical School where she was a University of London Gold Medal Finalist. Dr Banerjee was awarded an Avon Breast Cancer Crusade Clinical Fellowship for laboratory research and gained a PhD from the Institute of Cancer Research, University of London. She was awarded the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium Novartis Oncology Basic Science Award for her research in 2007. Other prizes include the Association of Cancer Physicians McElwain Prize and the Sir Antony Driver Prize. She was also 'highly commended' for the Pfizer British Oncology Association Young Investigator Award. She completed specialist training at The Royal Marsden and was appointed a Consultant in 2011. Dr Banerjee serves on several national and international specialist groups including the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Gynaecological Cancers Clinical Studies Group, European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Executive Steering Committee for Gynaecological Cancers, NCRI ovarian and cervical cancer subgroups. She also served on the ESGO (European Society of Gynaecological Oncology) Faculty in 2015. Dr Susana Banerjee was an active member of the ESMO Young Oncologists' Committee (YOC) from 2010-2016. She led the ESMO YOC Burnout Survey- the largest survey in Europe presented in 2014. She served on the ESMO Nominating Committee 2014-2015 and is currently a member of the ESMO Women for Oncology Committee. Dr Banerjee was selected to be part of the first Leaders Generation Programme in 2016. Susana is involved in a number of ESMO-related educational activities including being Co-Chair of the ESMO Medical Students Course (2015 and 2016), Track Chair (Young Oncologist) for the European Cancer Congress in 2015 and a member of the OncologyPro Working Group. She is an author of the ESMO/ASCO Global Curriculum in Medical Oncology, ESMO-ESGO-ESTRO Consensus on Endometrial Cancer and Co-Editor of the ESMO Handbook of Translational Research. She is on the Gynaecological Cancers sub-committee for the ESMO Congress 2017 (in partnership with EACR) and the Track Chair for Gynaecological Cancers for the ESMO Congress 2018. She joined the ESMO Executive Board in 2017. Dr Banerjee is actively involved in clinical trials and translational research. Her research interests include individualisation of patient treatment and targeted therapies in gynaecological cancers. Dr Banerjee is UK Chief Investigator and principal investigator at the Royal Marsden for multiple national and international clinical trials. She is on the Advisory Board for Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology journal and Editorial Boards of Cancer Treatment Reviews and ESMO Open.
Pós-doutorado MGH/Harvard University Professora e pesquisadora UFMG Presidente do Grupo Brasileiro de Tumores Ginecológicos, EVA. Diretora Técnica DOM Oncologia.
Luisa Villa é bióloga, PhD em Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular pela USP. Atualmente é Professora Associada do Departamento de Radiologia e Oncologia da Faculdade de Medicina da USP, aonde dirige os laboratórios de Biologia Molecular e de Inovação em Câncer do Instituo do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo-ICESP. Coordenada o Instituto Nacional de Ciência e Tecnologia do HPV (Instituto do HPV). É membro da Academia Brasileira de Ciências.


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A majority of consumers are willing to pay for a great customer experience according to the 2018 Aspect Consumer Experience Index survey. And while consumers said effectiveness is the single most important aspect of that ideal interaction, this year's annual survey findings show that catering to engagement preferences and experience-created emotions can be the key to unlocking long-term loyalty and sustained business from customers.
Forty-five percent of consumers (and 66% of Boomers) said the most important aspect of a personalized experience is being able to interact with brands on the channel they want – even more important than knowing their name or their transaction history. But consumer expectations vary widely between agent-engaged- and self-assisted interactions. Forty-one percent of consumers who conducted self-service interactions had higher satisfaction expectations compared to doing the same with an agent. But consumers who conducted interactions with agents had a 70% satisfaction expectation compared to conducting the same via self-service.
While consumer interest in self-service isn't declining anytime soon, the personal, human touch still packs a considerable punch when it comes to inspiring customer satisfaction, and ultimately, loyalty.
The Aspect Index survey reveals strong proof that agent positivity and commonality of experience play a big part in creating experiences consumers want. For example, 61% of consumers value talking with someone who has gone through the same experience they have more than they care whether the representative is employed in the company's contact center or if they are a gig/contract worker.
And, proving the theory that happy agents equal happy customers, 62% of the respondents said talking or live- chatting with a happy customer service agent would also make them happy.
Most consumers (72%) said they would rather interact with a happy agent and have their experience take a little longer than interact with an uninterested agent and have their experience go a little faster.
Nearly half (48%) of the consumers surveyed don't define getting a question answered or a request completed without speaking/chatting with a customer service agent as customer service. However, 38% of the respondents and 50% of Millennials view the option of performing self-service as a natural part of the brand experience and as a positive attribute of the organization.
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Зак Вудс (; род. 25 сентября 1984) — американский актёр и комик. Наиболее известен по роли Джареда Данна в комедийном сериале HBO «Кремниевая долина». До этого у него была роль в трёх сезонах ситкома «Офис», где он играл Гейба Льюиса.

Ранняя жизнь
Вудс родился в Трентоне, Нью-Джерси. Он — еврей. Отец Вудса является квалифицированным психиатром и социальным работником, который специализируется на клинической терапии, а его мать — практикующая медсестра. В детстве он занимался карате и играл в Бейсбольной малой лиге. Вудс является средним ребёнком в семье; у него есть старший брат и младшая сестра. В 1997 и 1998 годах, он посещал центр искусств Интерлохена. Вудс вырос в Ярдли, Пенсильвания, и окончил среднюю школу Пеннсбери в 2003 году. Он является выпускником Нью-Йоркского университета.

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Он начал исполнять импровизацию в театре Upright Citizens Brigade в 16 лет и был частью импровизационной скетч-труппы «The Stepfathers», членами которой также были Бобби Мойнахан и Крис Гетард. Он преподавал импровизацию в Колумбийском университете, Университете Дьюка и Линкольн-центре. Он появился в таких фильмах как «В петле», «Копы в глубоком запасе», а также в скетче «Adam and Eve in the Friends Zone» от «CollegeHumor».

Начиная с 2010 года, он исполнял роль Гейба Льюиса в ситкоме NBC «Офис». Он был повышен до основного актёрского состава в 7 сезоне.

С 2014 года Вудс играет Джареда в сериале HBO «Кремниевая долина». Он также появился в сериале HBO «Вице-президент» в роли Эда Уэбстера.

У Вудса была роль в комедийном боевике «Шпион» (2015), где также играли Мелисса Маккарти, Джейсон Стейтем, Роуз Бирн, Джуд Лоу, Эллисон Дженни и 50 Cent. Он появился в последующем фильме Фига «Охотники за привидениями».

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In 2014, she released 'The Fires of Red: Season One', a body of work composed of 14 original songs and drawings "that serves as a visual songbook, detailing a modern fictional drama.
Putting her knowledge in film scoring to good use, Kaliné worked with Kemi Adetiba on her King Woman series and has also worked on a number of other films.
A believer in Social advocacy, she has written a number of songs that address social issues. 'Bring Them Home', written in honor of the abducted Chibok girls in 2014. 'Every Woman, EveryChild' a theme song written for a UN-affiliated foundation of the same name, and 'Stand and Fight' that addresses domestic violence which won her first place in Berklee's 'Songwriting for Social Change' competition in 2012. In 2016, she performed the Nigerian National Anthem at the Nigerian Embassy, D.C, upon the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari. Among several other performance opportunities, Kaliné has opened for Chaka Khan, Angelique Kidjo, Keziah Jones, Bez, and Victor Olaiya.
While expressing herself, as best as she can, with her music, she transcends the genres, from R'n'B to jazz to Afrobeat, "to create an authentic alternative sound".
The lady of the moment, having recently released her second body of work, 'There's A Story Here' (a compilation featuring 5 songs and an interlude, including the earlier released 'Oya Oh'), she shares her musical journey with me, and details about her new EP, giving us a beautiful and insightful read.
Who is Kaliné, and what does she do?
Kaliné: I'm a singer-songwriter/pianist, a film composer who tells stories through melody and lyric.
Kaliné: I come from a musical family and my mum started me off with classical piano training. My dad played a lot of different kinds of music around the house so I grew up to have very eclectic taste. My brothers, uncles, aunties, cousins all either play an instrument or sing.
Kaliné: A typical day when I'm not performing.. I get up, pray/morning devotion, exercise, eat/get ready for the day, do some vocal warm ups, respond to emails and messages, work on the administrative/creative goal of the day (to do with my entertainment company); e.g. editing video content for social media and then I write or record some song ideas, do some reading as well. When I have a show, my day is completely different. And when I have a deadline, it's also relatively different as well haha.
Kaliné: I'm inspired in various ways by various people. I'm mostly inspired by multi-faceted people in the creative industry who have been in show business for more than 2 decades and are still at the top of the game i.e. Jennifer Lopez, Beyoncé. I'm also inspired by cross-over Nigerian artists whose art is consumed globally e.g. Wizkid. And then lastly I'm inspired by Persons in the public eye that do a lot for either the local or global community. Some of my main heroes are Princess Diana, Benazir Bhutto and Oprah Winfrey.
Apart from music, what other art form(s) do you identify with?
Kaliné: Fashion, Film, Dance, Creative Writing, Art… The list goes on. I'd say pretty much all art forms. For me, it's hard to isolate music from other art forms because of how interconnected they are.
What themes do you pursue in your music?
Kaliné: I'm generally interested in singing about themes that are relatable to the average person and I love singing about topics that bring communities closer together such as 'social change'.
Kaliné: My family, those I love and the fact that I know I was brought on this earth to do something. I'm pretty sure it's music but ask me in 10 years (haha).
Tell me about your favorite performance.
Kaliné: My favorite performance was definitely Kaline Live at Christmas. On December 16th, 2018 I performed a 90-minute show to a sold-out concert hall in Lagos (Terra Kulture). The reason this was so amazing for me was the fact that we had so many elements to the show that we worked so hard to pull-off. We had visuals that coincided with the music, we had choreography, I had 9 costume changes, and of course the music arrangement and also the guest artists entrances. Creating a show is probably my second favorite thing to do after 'performance'.
Now, regarding your recently released EP, 'There's A Story Here', what inspired the compilation and arrangement of the EP?
Kaliné: The EP is a combination of songs that I wrote 5 years ago and songs I wrote very recently. The decision to call the EP "There's A Story Here' came from looking for a common thread that ran through all the songs. All the songs have one thing in common – they all have a story that they stemmed from.
What is/are your favorite track(s) from the EP, and why?
Kaliné: My favorite changes all the time. Right now, it's 'Ki Lo Fe?' because of the drum pattern and the South African house beat in the bridge.
'Stranger' happens to be my favorite, it's soulful, and really beautiful. I'd like to know the story behind it.
Kaliné: I wrote 'Stranger' after being a 'shoulder-to-cry-on' to my friend who was complaining about a relationship she was in. She was my roommate and we were sitting on her bed talking about her situation. Of course, I embellished the whole story a little and the basis of the message is about recognizing the confidence it takes to leave a situation that is no longer serving you.
Kaliné: Off the top of my head..I lied to my parents about being at a friends house when I really had been picked up to go on a date with a guy they weren't too keen on. Hahaha!!
What's your favorite song to belt out at any given time?
Kaliné: For someone reason… whenever I don't have a song in my head, the song that always rolls out of my mouth is 'If" by Destiny's Child. It's so weird because I haven't listened to it in at least 10 years. Strange right? Another song I belt out occasionally without warning is 'Jesus Loves Me' Whitney Houston's version.
Kaliné: Besides creating concerts and shows… Traveling… and reading.
What words do you live by, and by who?
Kaliné: To thy self be true.
What is next for Kaliné?
Kaliné: Music videos, an acoustic remix album of the EP and a tour. And then a new album before the end of the year. A lot to do… so little time.


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With dark clouds starting to form in the sky, Sotis was quickly trying to find shelter to avoid the potential rain. As he walked, he started to notice stunning purple flowers growing alongside the trail. Although these had no aroma, their vibrant color was enough to make anyone stop and admire their beauty, unless they were preoccupied with finding protection against the rain. Far in the distance, Sotis noticed small buildings, seemingly a small village. Having identified potential shelter, he started running in direction to this unknown village.Bookmark here
As he ran, the number of purple flowers started significantly increasing. What started as a handful of flowers soon became an entire sea of them, filling the borders of the road with purple. This recurrence of flowery terrain did not stop when Sotis reached his destination, with the entire village being surrounded by these purple flowers. To Sotis's surprise, this village did not have any sort of palisade, a common trait he has seen during his travels. All the houses were in plain sight, revealing the inside of the village for all to see. The inside of the village was just like its outside, with the sea of flowers flooding into the village. The purple flowers filled the near entirety of village's terrain, making it near impossible for anyone to walk without trampling on the delicate petals. However, there was something peculiar that caught Sotis's attention. There was not any person in sight. Thinking that everybody was potentially inside their homes to hide away from the rain, he started walking around the village, still trying his best to avoid stepping on the blossoms.Bookmark here
"Hey! Is anybody here? Hello?" continuously yelled out Sotis, hoping to see another soul present.Bookmark here
He received no response, with the wind being the only other sound he could hear. He continued walking around, starting to consider simply barging inside one of the multiple vacant houses. However, he quickly banished this idea upon hearing an unusual noise, a sound similar to a groan of pain. Sotis stood still, trying to identify where the noise came from. He shortly heard the same sound again, managing to figure out the direction to the source of the sound.Bookmark here
Sotis quickly ran towards the place where the groans were coming from, being a small wooden house, with no windows to show the inside of it. The door was slightly opened, leaving a small gap just wide enough to let sound flow out of it. Sotis burst the door open, hoping to find the source of this unusual noise. The entire house was composed of a single collective room, lit by a handful of candles. The light emitting from them revealed the inside of the house: a small table surrounded by 3 chairs, wooden boxes of food in the corner of the room, an empty shelf alongside the wall, and two beds next to each other. One of the beds was larger, with a blanket covering the sheets. A few steps away from it was the other bed, much smaller than the previous one Sotis had seen, with a very noticeable characteristic. This small bed had a person on it, the only person Sotis had seen in the entire village. This person was a small and young girl, with long pinkish hair. The groans Sotis had heard previously came from her. With her eyes closed, her sleep was clearly disturbed, almost as if she was having a terrifying nightmare. Being undoubtedly in pain, Sotis quickly walked up to her, waking up from her sleep.Bookmark here
"Hey, are you alright?" he calmly said, shaking her delicately.Bookmark here
The small girl slowly opened her cute blue eyes, discerning Sotis's face. Suddenly, she raised her back, standing on her bed with a white blanket hiding her legs. With a large, adorable smile on her face, she happily greeted the man standing by her bed.Bookmark here
"Hi! I'm Soleil! Nice to meet you!" she said with a gleaming smile.Bookmark here
Sotis was perplexed, still trying to wrap his head around the groans of pain he had heard moments ago. Soleil was smiling brightly at him, clearly showing no sight of being hurt. Reassured that this small girl was unharmed, Sotis smiled back to her, greeting her as well.Bookmark here
"Hi Soleil. I'm Sotis. Nice to meet you as well," he said, lowering himself down to her height.Bookmark here
Soleil grinned, revealing her clear white teeth. She slowly got herself off the bed, with her feet being unable to reach the floor from where she was sleeping. Sotis silently observed her as she was getting off. Soleil was no older than 5-years-old, and yet, she was seemingly the only inhabitant of this village. There was no adult here to take care of her, let alone any other person. With these questions looming in Sotis's mind, he proceeded to ask them to the little girl.
"Hey Soleil, are you the only person here?" he asked, hiding his uneasiness inside him.Bookmark here
"Nope, not at all!" she responded proudly, "They are simply out of the village, and will be coming back soon! That's what papa and mama said!"Bookmark here
"I see. And I'd assume that your parents have gone out as well?"Bookmark here
"Yep, that's it!"Bookmark here
Her response troubled Sotis, and simply brought more questions than answers. He doubted that the entire population of the village had left, leaving Soleil alone. Sotis started pondering the countless possibilities of what could have happened. Perhaps Soleil was abandoned, or the village had to evacuate. Nonetheless, Sotis's contemplation was brought to a close when he felt a slight tug on his trousers. He looked down, seeing Soleil staring straight in his eyes.Bookmark here
"Hey, mister. Let's play!"Bookmark here
Soleil took hold of Sotis's right hand, and started dragging him out of the house to go outside. Sotis let himself be moved by the young girl, matching the pace of Soleil's tiny feet. As she took a step outside, the small droplets of water started to fall down from the sky, almost as if the clouds had sensed that the two were heading out. In a matter of seconds, these water drops quickly turned to a heavy downpour, washing away the girl's desire to go outside. With the rain pouring down in torrents, Soleil's joyful and merry mood slowly turned to disappointment. Having finally met someone after being left alone for these last few days, Soleil was thrilled to have this traveller keep her company. With a pout on her face, Sotis gently patted Soleil's head, trying to cheer her up.Bookmark here
"Should we go play inside then?" said Sotis, in a comforting tone.Bookmark here
With a wide grin on her face, Soleil happily nodded, and skipped back inside the house. She quickly walked to the side of her bed, Sotis closely following behind. Soleil rummaged underneath her bed, and eventually pulled out a small flute. The instrument had an elaborate carving on it, with a magnificent pattern Sotis had not yet seen before. Soleil proudly held the flute in her hand, letting wanting to show it to Sotis.Bookmark here
"That's quite the splendid instrument you've got there," he said.Bookmark here
"Hehe, it's a gift from my mom!" proudly said Soleil, "I got it many months ago. Mom said it comes from another city far, far away. You know, apparently, the world is filled with plenty of beautiful places. I heard that there are all sorts of pretty plants and big buildings everywhere! Hey, hey, did you ever go to any fun places?"Bookmark here
Soleil's eyes were gleaming, excited to hear about Sotis's story. Succumbing to the child's cheerful mood, Sotis proceeded to tell his journey. He described the different landscapes he had seen, from the tall mountains filled with flourishing trees, to the dazzling blue lakes and seas. Sotis talked about the people he encountered, and the different cultures he saw. Soleil was listening quietly, being in complete awe at the traveler's stories. She had only ever heard of the outside of the village from the other adults in town. Sotis's descriptions had just opened an entire new world for her, a world wider than she had ever imagined before.Bookmark here
The two continued to talk for hours, not noticing the time pass by. The rain slowly started to subside, almost simultaneously as the sun was about to set. Having heard Sotis's countless stories, Soleil's imagination of what the rest of the world could be like was running wild. She dreamed of the people she could meet, the views she could see, the emotions she would feel, the experiences she could gain. With this vision in mind, she suddenly stood up on her small legs, ready to make a declaration.
"I've decided!" Soleil said, with her fists on her hips, "I'm going to travel the world, just like you! When I grow up, I'll become the greatest traveler, and the entire world will know my name!"Bookmark here
This huge announcement by the small child brought a warm smile to Sotis's face, with Soleil's joy and happiness transferring over him.Bookmark here
Alright then," he said, "When you become an adult, let's meet up again. I can't wait to see the traveller you will become."
Soleil chuckled, smiling with all her teeth. While she was standing proudly, a slight grumble was heard from her stomach.Bookmark here
"Ah! I forgot to eat! Mom will be mad if she finds out that I skipped a meal!"Bookmark here
Soleil frantically ran towards wooden crates that were positioned at the corner of the room. Standing on the tip of her toes, she reached down to grab something to eat. She eventually pulled out two apples and a couple of bread loaves. She ran back to Sotis, handing him an apple and a slice of bread.Bookmark here
"Here you go!" Soleil joyfully said, offering him the food that was in her tiny hands.Bookmark here
Sotis gratefully accepted it, taking the apple and the bread from the girl's hands. He took a bite in the red fruit, sinking into the apple's flesh. Soleil proceeded to do the same, trying to take as big of a bite as her little mouth could. They continued to eat for several minutes, alternating between the doughy bread and the sweet apple.Bookmark here
"By the way, are apples and bread all the food you have?" asked Sotis, concerned for Soleil's nutrition.Bookmark here
"Yesh!" responded Soleil, with a mouthful of bread, "Dad shaid thath if ever they aren'tch here, to jusht thake food from the boxch."Bookmark here
She swallowed what she had in her mouth, while Sotis was left in deep thinking upon hearing her words. Having seen the current state of the village, as well as Soleil's current lifestyle, he knew he had to do something to help the little girl, at least until another villager returned.Bookmark here
The two of them continued to play for hours. Despite the laughs and smiles they shared together, Sotis kept in the back of his mind the possibilities of what could have happened to the other villagers and what he could do to help Soleil. After having talked for hours with her, Sotis realized how attached she was to her hometown, making it near-certain that she would never wish to leave the village. His first thought was to check out the rest of the village's houses, in hope to find hints to the mystery surrounding it. His second thought was to find something slightly more nutritious for Soleil, so she could become the strong adventurer she is destined to be. With Soleil's eyelids having much difficulty staying wide open, Sotis started to tuck her in bed.Bookmark here
"Hey, mister?" drowsily said Soleil.Bookmark here
"Hmm? What is it?" calmly asked Sotis.Bookmark here
"I had a lot of fun today. Let's play again tomorrow."Bookmark here
"Sure. Let's play again tomorrow."Bookmark here
"Hehe, I can't wait till tomorrow then."Bookmark here
Being softly patted on the head by Sotis, Soleil quickly fell asleep, exhausted by today. Feeling tired as well, Sotis laid down on the floor, just by the side of Soleil's bed. With tomorrow in mind, Sotis closed his eyes, ready to bring Soleil another day of joyful experiences.Bookmark here
Just as the sun was about to rise, Sotis woke up. He looked to his left, seeing Soleil sleeping soundly. Being glad to see that she was doing alright, Sotis left her house, in search of a meal for Soleil.Bookmark here
Sotis went to a forest that was just as the edge of the town, past the fields of purple flowers. Armed with his trusty dagger, he heightened his instincts, ready to catch any prey that could be close. As he searched, he made sure to collect any wild crops he found. While picking up some brown mushrooms, he heard a rustle in the bushes. Dagger in hand, Sotis was ready to put his hunting skills to the use. Silently watching the rustling bushes, he saw a large rabbit coming out of it. With no hesitation, Sotis suddenly pushed himself off the ground, and cleanly sliced the rabbit's neck. Having caught his prey, he returned back to the village, ready to investigate the mysterious disappearance of the villagers.Bookmark here
With the sun shining bright, Sotis walked around from house to house, hoping to find some clues. Each house he entered was furnished, and all had clear signs of people having once lived in these. After having gone through dozens of buildings, he had finally found something that caught his attention. In what seemed like a normal bookshelf had a singular noteworthy book: a short research document on the village itself. Although most towns and cities had books dedicated to these, the village's mysteries made finding this book all the more surprising. Despite the village's name being scratched out and ineligible, Sotis was able to deduce that the book was indeed about the village thanks to the iconic purple flower that was shown on the book's cover. With the book in hand, he was about to flip through the pages, until he heard a small groan of pain. Having found a potential clue and now knowing the source of the sound, Sotis put the book in his pouch, and hurried to Soleil's side.Bookmark here
As Sotis imagined, Soleil was once again crying out small groans of pain. He delicately shook her a bit, hoping to wake her up, just like he had done yesterday. Once again, Sotis managed to wake Soleil up, whom slowly rubbed her eyes. She looked around, seeing Sotis's face looking right at her.Bookmark here
"Hi! I'm Soleil! Nice to meet you!" she said with a gleaming smile.
With this greeting, Sotis's second day with Soleil, and Soleil's first day with a stranger was about to begin.Bookmark here
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With the Senate hurtling toward a climatic showdown over its controversial filibuster rules, the deep personal animosity between Senate Majority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) spilled awkwardly into public view Thursday.
Reid said McConnell could not be trusted to keep his word to move executive branch nominations through the Senate.
The verbal firefight followed Reid's announcement that he would set in motion a process to change the Senate's rules to make it easier to vote on Obama administration nominees that have been blocked by GOP filibusters.
Reid said he planned to use a party-line vote to change the Senate's rules so that nominees can be confirmed by a simple majority, thereby doing an end run around a Republican blockade of nominees to key boards that oversee Wall Street and labor relations.
The method for changing the rules would require a ruling from the presiding officer, likely to be Vice President Biden, declaring filibusters on such Cabinet or agency nominations invalid, followed by a vote requiring 51 votes to uphold the ruling.
After two previous threats to change rules on party-line votes — a move that critics have dubbed the "nuclear option" — Reid declared that this time he would do so. He set a key test vote beginning Tuesday with the nomination of the head of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
"We have the votes to move forward on this," Reid said after a 90-minute meeting Thursday afternoon with the Democratic caucus.
Reid's declaration punctuated an emotional day for Reid, 73, and McConnell, 71, who have developed a particularly contentious relationship after nearly seven years of serving as leaders of their parties in the Senate. They spend nearly every day just a few feet apart, across a blue-carpeted aisle separating the two desks from which they have led their respective caucuses.
"These are dark days in the history of the Senate," McConnell said late Thursday during the day's second bickering match between the two leaders.
Reid's move would dramatically affect the ability of the minority party in the Senate to block nominees it does not like, and the prospect of such a move rankled other senior Republicans. They threatened to cut off bipartisan negotiations on unrelated legislative matters and vowed to expand the use of bare-majority rule in the Senate if and when they regain the majority.
They singled out the long-stalled project to store high-level nuclear waste outside Las Vegas, a proposal that Reid has blocked by using every procedural tactic available.
One last-gasp effort at civility was set for Monday evening, when an unusual bipartisan caucus of the entire Senate is scheduled in the Old Senate Chamber.
Not used for formal sessions since 1859, that room has helped defuse previous moments of partisan rancor — including impeachment proceedings for the trial of President Bill Clinton — with senators emerging saying they had invoked the compromising spirits of Clay, Calhoun and Webster.
The accusations and threats are the result of an escalating conflict in which both leaders have faced increasing pressure from large swaths of junior senators. Fully 55 senators — 31 Democrats and 24 Republicans — have taken office since January 2007 and have served only with Democrats in charge.
The GOP's blocking tactics in recent years have escalated, including brief filibusters of nominations for defense secretary and CIA director that usually are not subject to party politics. In those cases, McConnell bowed to pressure from junior Republicans who have never tasted the majority.
Under similar pressure from junior Democrats who never served in the minority, Reid has threatened twice before to ignore the long-standing precedent that changing the Senate's rules requires 67 votes. That supermajority level is otherwise reserved for ratifying international treaties and removing an impeached president from office, a level meant to ensure that Senate rules would not change with the political winds the way they do in the authoritarian House.
Just last January, Reid told The Washington Post that he personally still believed in a "60-vote threshold" to end filibusters and that his threat to change the rules on a party-line vote was designed to extract concessions from McConnell.
On Thursday, Reid said he reversed course because Republicans had reached new levels of obstructing nominations, violating the spirit of a deal the two leaders hatched in January to avert a similar showdown.
At issue are nominees for secretary of labor, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, the heads of the CFPB and the Export-Import Bank, and several members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).
The most contentious nominations in question are those for the CFPB and NLRB. Republicans had been filibustering any nominee to lead the CFPB because of their opposition to the way the Dodd-Frank law regulating Wall Street had established the agency, and had been delaying nominees to the labor board. Fearing the two agencies had been left inoperable, Obama used his appointment power in January 2012 to temporarily fill those spots, rejecting decades of previous precedent that dictated a president could do so only while the Senate was adjourned for a lengthy period.
Federal courts have since ruled that those appointments were invalid, casting in doubt more than 1,000 rulings that the NLRB has issued in the past 18 months. The Supreme Court will hear a case on the constitutionality of those appointments in its next term.
If the Senate confirms those temporary appointees to full terms, the board could presumably reissue those rulings and render moot the debate over their validity.
Republicans said Thursday they were not willing to confirm the nominees appointed by recess appointments and urged Obama to send up new names for those posts. They also accused Democrats of yielding to a labor-union campaign to change the confirmation rules in the hope that the NLRB would be cleared of uncertainty.
"They seem to be in the pockets of the unions," Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) said.
Several senior Democrats — led by Sen. Carl Levin (Mich.) — oppose the proposed rule changes, warning their junior colleagues that it would lead to Republican abuse when that party holds the majority.


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The 2 Series Gran Tourer and its smaller Active Tourer sister were something of a departure for BMW. A front-wheel-drive layout hadn't been used by the brand before, but you can be reassured that all the car's mechanical parts have been tried and tested in the MINI range.
While the Gran Tourer hasn't been independently crash-tested yet, the smaller Active Tourer has, and its ratings apply to the larger model. Both have plenty of standard safety equipment to protect you and your family.
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While the rear-wheel-drive BMW 2 Series placed 50th in our 2018 Driver Power survey, the Gran Tourer should be regarded separately and have yet to feature in the rankings. However, its mechanical package is shared with the MINI hatchback, and that was rated as above average for reliability.
BMW didn't rate especially well as a brand, though – it came 21st out of 26. Among disappointments mentioned by owners were build quality and interior comfort, as well as ride and handling – perhaps surprisingly. Of more concern, though, is the fact that 28.2% of owners reported experiencing at least one fault in the first year of ownership.
The smaller 2 Series Active Tourer secured the maximum five-star rating from Euro NCAP, which praised it for offering excellent child occupant protection. It scored 85% in this regard, and 84% for adult occupant protection. Owing to its mechanical and structural similarities, it's safe to assume that the larger Gran Tourer will perform very similarly.
A lot of safety kit comes as standard on the Gran Tourer. A vast number of airbags are featured, including full curtain ones, along with the usual electronic stability and traction control systems. Additional safety features like the Driving Assistant, which includes city braking, lane departure warning, a speed limit detector and 'Forward Collision Warning" which uses a fleet of sensors to apply the brakes if the driver doesn't respond to a potential front collision.
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Lexington Park in St. Mary's County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum
Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland
By Richard E. Miller, June 16, 2012
1. Patuxent River Naval Air Museum Marker
Patuxent River Naval Air Museum. Naval Air Station, Patuxent River, Maryland. . This Museum is the vision of a group of Navy and civilian personnel who in 1974 set out to formally organize a museum to preserve and celebrate the history of the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River. . . They received support from the community, the county, and the State; and in 1978 the Naval Air Test & Evaluation Museum opened in a building on grounds provided by the Naval Air Station. The building was originally built as the USO Canteen toward the end of World War II. . . In 1992, the Secretary of the Navy designated the Museum as one of the ten official Navy museums. . . In 1997, the Museum's name was changed to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum to reflect its new mission of preserving and interpreting the research, development, testing & evaluation of naval aircraft and their related systems. . . The Museum is the repository for all of the artifacts, photographs & films, documents and other heritage memorabilia from Patuxent River, and other stations, such as Warminster, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey, now all consolidated at Patuxent River under the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Air Warfare Command Aircraft Division. . . The aircraft on the Museum grounds are representative of the aircraft developed for the Navy and actually tested at Patuxent River. . . The Museum is dedicated to all of those who have expended their talents in a myriad of different ways to the cause the advancing naval aviation technology. . This historical marker was erected by Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River. It is in Lexington Park in St. Mary's County Maryland
This Museum is the vision of a group of Navy and civilian personnel who in 1974 set out to formally organize a museum to preserve and celebrate the history of the Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River.
They received support from the community, the county, and the State; and in 1978 the Naval Air Test & Evaluation Museum opened in a building on grounds provided by the Naval Air Station. The building was originally built as the USO Canteen toward the end of World War II.
In 1992, the Secretary of the Navy designated the Museum as one of the ten official Navy museums.
In 1997, the Museum's name was changed to the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum to reflect its new mission of preserving and interpreting the research, development, testing & evaluation of naval aircraft and their related systems.
The Museum is the repository for all of the artifacts, photographs & films, documents and other heritage memorabilia from Patuxent River, and other stations, such as Warminster, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey, now all consolidated at Patuxent River under the Naval Air Systems Command and the Naval Air Warfare
2. Patuxent River Naval Air Museum - with marker visible on sidewalk to left of the main entrance
Command Aircraft Division.
The aircraft on the Museum grounds are representative of the aircraft developed for the Navy and actually tested at Patuxent River.
The Museum is dedicated to all of those who have expended their talents in a myriad of different ways to the cause the advancing naval aviation technology.
Erected by Naval Air Test Center at Patuxent River.
Location. 38° 16.594′ N, 76° 27.784′ W. Marker is in Lexington Park, Maryland, in St. Mary's County. Marker can be reached from Three Notch Road (Maryland Route 235) north of Pegg Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. The marker is off the highway at the main entrance to the Museum which occupies the northwest corner of the Naval Air Station. Marker is at or near this postal address: 22156 Three Notch Road, Lexington Park MD 20653, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Against the Odds (a few steps from this marker); Cedar Point Lighthouse (within shouting distance of this marker); Grumman A-6 Intruder (within shouting distance of this marker); The F9F-8B "Cougar" (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sikorsky CH-53A Sea Stallion
3. "American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics - Historic Aerospace Site"
NAS Pax River (2006)
plaque displayed in the museum lobby.
(about 500 feet away); The African American Monument In Elmer Brown Freedom Park (approx. one mile away); Welcome to the African American Monument of St. Mary's County (approx. one mile away); Architectural Significance of the First Lexington Park Community (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lexington Park.
Also see . . . Pax River Naval Air Museum. (Submitted on October 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland.)
Additional keywords. NAS "Pax" River; American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Historic Aerospace Site, (AIAA)
Categories. • Air & Space • Education • Industry & Commerce • Waterways & Vessels •
4. Entrance to the museum's historic aircraft display area
with the relocated cupola of the historic Ceder Point Lighthouse at left - viewed from near the Patuxent River Naval Air Museum marker.
More. Search the internet for Patuxent River Naval Air Museum.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on October 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. This page has been viewed 524 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 27, 2012, by Richard E. Miller of Oxon Hill, Maryland. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.


Paxton's statement noted that the cities of Deer Park and neighboring Galena Park ordered residents to stay indoors twice this week because of concerns about unhealthy air quality — and that those concerns also prompted Deer Park ISD and other area school districts to cancel classes for several days.
An ITC spokesperson declined to comment.
The first fire, which broke out Sunday morning and spread to more than a half-dozen storage tanks, was extinguished Wednesday.
Throughout the fire, the agency said air-quality monitoring indicated there was no threat to human health. That changed after the fire was extinguished, when monitoring indicated elevated levels of benzene.
"Emergency crews working the extinguished fire site at Intercontinental Terminals Co. in Deer Park are addressing escaping vapors," TCEQ said in a news release Thursday morning.
The statement noted that a recent report by the group found that TCEQ has penalized companies for fewer than 3 percent of unauthorized releases of air pollution over the past seven years.


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San Francisco, CA (January 12, 2005)--Dolby Laboratories has made two changes to its executive team. Steve Forshay has been promoted to senior vice president, research. He previously held the title of vice president of research and development. Also promoted was Craig Todd to vice president of technology strategy.
Since joining Dolby in 1982, Forshay has helped facilitate research and development of the audio and surround sound technologies conceived and developed by Dolby's inventors and technologists.
After joining the company in 1977, Todd worked on the development of Dolby Surround. He was instrumental in establishing Dolby Digital in DTV, CATV and DVD formats, and has most recently made major technical contributions to the technology strategy and systems architecture of Dolby's Digital Cinema system.


The use of photovoltaic panels in isolated buildings is very useful since the investment needed to place solar panels on the roof of a farm, a chalet in the mountain or in a hotel in a secluded spot, is much less than what it would cost take the electric network there In this case, it has the advantage of being a renewable energy and, therefore, does not require fuel supply.
The photovoltaic installations connected to the network are one of the latest and most innovative applications of photovoltaic systems. This application consists of the installation of photovoltaic panels and an inverter capable of transforming the energy supplied by photovoltaic solar panels and injecting it into the electricity grid.
The investor in this type of installation is the central core. The investor must have certain protections in situations that may occur in the electricity network (for example, network lag, network cut, voltage out of range).
The cost per kWh generated is usually greater than the energy generated by other energy generation systems. For this reason, in order to achieve the economic viability of these systems, the country must have legal regulations and financial aid lines, which offset the higher cost per Kwh generated.
Within the solar energy installations connected to the network, we include large solar installations. These are large areas of land with a large number of photovoltaic panels with the aim of generating large amounts of electricity.
The photovoltaic panels generate electricity in direct current from solar radiation. However, in solar installations connected to the network, this electrical energy must be passed to alternating current.
Public lighting, by means of photovoltaic systems, is presented as one of the most economical solutions, to illuminate the entrances in towns, crossroads, rest areas, etc.
This type of photovoltaic applications can also be found in billboards, bus stops, street lights and tunnel lighting among other examples.
Photovoltaic solar energy allows the automation of headlights.
For aerial use, panels are being used to supply beacons and signposts on the slopes.
Lighthouses and buoys for maritime use.
Another great application is the signaling of roundabouts, curves, traffic signs, obstacles, etc. by means of high luminosity LEDs. The low consumption of the LEDs allows to realize a small-sized photovoltaic installation in these systems.
In this sense, we also find examples of hour and temperature indicators on public roads, at railway level crossings or on oil platforms.
Another great application, which has recently been added with great importance in road safety, is the signaling of roundabouts, curves, traffic signs, obstacles, etc. by means of high brightness LEDs, which allows a small-sized photovoltaic installation due to its low consumption.
In the field of telecommunications, photovoltaic solar energy is used in the fields of mobile telephony, in radio and television repeaters. On the road, the SOS poles are powered by this type of renewable energy since it saves the work of getting them network power cables.
Radars, radiotelephony in general and for military or forest monitoring posts, rural telephony via satellite, are other examples in which solar energy is used to operate.
Rural electrification currently has all the comforts that can be had in a conventional electrification system. This parity is due to the incorporation of new sine wave inverters. This system allows the use of any domestic appliance.
One of the most important applications currently is the electrification of small rural nuclei with a centralized system.
To manage the energy, an electronic energy limiting device is installed in each of the homes, programmed to be able to supply the user with a daily energy, but now the equipment has to be intelligent enough to increase the assigned energy , if the state of the battery is good, or otherwise if it is bad.
The second major drawback, the power of the inverter and its performance against small loads, has been solved with the installation of several inverters in parallel.
In livestock applications, photovoltaic solar energy is used to feed pumps to provide water in cattle troughs.
Photoelectric energy is also used on farms. Farms are often far from power distribution lines. The photovoltaic panels allow in these cases to electrify the farms (lighting motors, shearers, etc.).
In certain livestock farms, photovoltaic energy is used to feed milking systems and milk cooling. Even these systems are practical for the electrification of fences.
One of the most important applications in agriculture is direct-drive water pumping. This application highlights its simplicity of installation, its null maintenance and its total automation. These systems are composed of a field of photovoltaic panels, electronic equipment and the entire system of controls and sensors for pumping.
Another application to highlight in agriculture, has been the electrification of irrigation controls and electrovalves. This electrification has allowed a better distribution and saving of water, fundamentally systems based on drip irrigation or low pressure.