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The Testaments: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2019
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Disney Princess Amazing Activity Case: Over 700 Stickers
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A Very Large Expanse of Sea
'This is a gorgeous book. It's tender and fierce, beautiful even as it depicts some ugly truths. The prose is passionate and honest, unsentimental and big-hearted. The very best books move you to reconsider the world around you and this is one of those. I truly loved it' – Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of Everything, EverythingFrom the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series comes a powerful, heartrending contemporary YA novel about fear, first love, and the devastating impact of prejudiceIt's 2002, a year after 9/11, and Shirin has just started at yet another new high school. It's an extremely turbulent time politically, but especially so for a sixteen-year-old Muslim girl who's tired of being stereotyped. Shirin is never surprised by how horrible people can be. She's tired of the rude stares, the degrading comments – even the physical violence she endures as a result of her race, her religion, and the hijab she wears every day. Shirin drowns her frustrations in music and spends her afternoons break-dancing with her brother. But then she meets Ocean James. He's the first person in forever who really seems to want to get to know her. It terrifies her -they seem to come from two irreconcilable worlds – and Shirin has had her guard up against the world for so long that she's not sure she'll ever be able to let it down.Perfect for fans of the Shatter Me series as well as Angie Thomas's The Hate U Give and Nicola Yoon's The Sun is Also A Star.About the author:Tahereh Mafi is the New York Times bestselling author of the Shatter Me series which has been published in over 30 languages around the world. She was born in a small city somewhere in Connecticut and currently resides in Santa Monica, California, with her husband, Ransom Riggs, fellow bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, and their young daughter. She can usually be found overcaffeinated and stuck in a book. You can find her online just about anywhere at @TaherehMafi or on her website, www.taherehbooks.com.Also by Tahereh Mafi:Shatter MeUnravel MeIgnite MeRestore MePraise for A Very Large Expanse of Sea:'This is a gorgeous book. It's tender and fierce, beautiful even as it depicts some ugly truths. The prose is passionate and honest, unsentimental and big-hearted. The very best books move you to reconsider the world around you and this is one of those. I truly loved it.' – Nicola Yoon, bestselling author of Everything, Everything'I started reading A Very Large Expanse of Sea on a plane and couldn't put it down until I'd finished the entire thing. Tahereh Mafi's beautiful story touched my heart and taught me so much, I cannot wait for the world to read!!' – Tomi Adeyemi, bestselling author of Children of Blood and Bone'A raw yet astoundingly elegant examination of identity, loneliness and family that is unflinching in its honesty and power. Tahereh Mafi holds nothing back – and the reader is better for it.' – Sabaa Tahir, New York Times bestselling author of Ember in the Ashes'A Very Large Expanse of Sea reads like a beautiful heart – one that shines and aches and yearns, and above all else, one that loves fiercely against all odds. Years from now, you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when you experienced this. A transcendent story about truth, love and finding joy.' – Marie Lu, New York Times bestselling author of the Legend series.'Praise for the Shatter Me series:"Dangerous, sexy, romantic, and intense. I dare you to stop reading." – Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling co-author of the Beautiful Creatures series"Addictive, intense, and oozing with romance. I'm envious. I couldn't put it down." – Lauren Kate, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Fallen series"Tahereh Mafi's bold, inventive prose crackles with raw emotion. A thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love, the Shatter Me series is a must-read for fans of dystopian young adult literature – or any literature!" -Ransom Riggs, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children"IGNITE ME really does ignite all five of your senses. It blows your mind and makes you hungry for more of its amazing characters. It will completely blow your expectations; Tahereh Mafi truly knows how to deliver!" – Teenreads.com
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Star Wars: Age Of Resistance – Villains (Star Wars: Age Of Resistance
Publisher: Marvel (20 Nov. 2019)
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Willkommen! 1 (Third edition) German Beginner's course: Activity book
*This listing is for the activity book. Willkommen! 1 is also available as a Course Pack, coursebook, and CD & DVD set.*Willkommen! 1 German Beginner's Course is a best-selling multi-format German adult learning programme for classroom and home use. Fully revised and updated for this new edition, the course includes a coursebook, course pack, activity book and CD and DVD set plus online activities. This blended learning approach will get you speaking, writing and understanding German with accuracy and confidence.The course covers levels A1 to A2 of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Languages. Whether you are learning for general interest, for your job, holiday, or for an exam, Willkommen! 1 is packed full of comprehensive material and interesting features to improve your fluency and understanding.· Includes lively and contemporary topics from food, shopping and relationships to careers and life in Germany and German-speaking countries.· Book, audio and video content allow for flexible use in the classroom and at home.· Range of activities based on authentic materials including menus, brochures and interviews.· Different types of writing practice, including letters, CV, emails and blogs.· Listening material includes interviews, radio and TV clips. · 'Real-life' German videos demonstrate how the language is really spoken.· Deutschland info sections give practical and cultural insights into German life. Created in consultation with teachers and learners, Willkommen! 1 provides about 120 hours of study and is ideal for group-learning as well as for revision and self-study.Also available: Coursebook (ISBN 9781473672659): this full-colour 288-page coursebook is the primary text for the course. Ideal for classroom and home use.Course Pack (ISBN 9781473672673): includes the Coursebook, the CD and DVD Set and an online Support Book containing a key to the exercises and audio transcripts). CD and DVD Set (ISBN 9781473672642): contains all the dialogues and listening activities included in the coursebook plus video content building on the real-life German used in the course.
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Pretty Lethal
The heart-pumping sequel to Pretty Deadly. If you're a fan of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Kick Ass, The Hunger Games, Quentin Tarantino or Lee Child, don't miss out on this. Life has never been sweeter for Perry. He's eighteen, he's free, and his band is on tour in Europe. He's made it good …until enigmatic femme fatale Gobi shows up in Venice and blows it all apart. Once again, Perry finds himself falling for the girl who holds his life in her hands. Will he live to tell the tale? And will Gobi? Fast and furious, bold and bloody, you won't have time to draw breath through this full-on action thriller. Joe Schreiber is the New York Times bestselling author of adult novels Death Troopers, Chasing the Dead, and Eat the Dark. His other novels for young people include, the critically acclaimed Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick, Perry's Killer Playlist, and Lenny Cyrus, School Virus. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife and children.
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My Mega Awesome Colouring Book
Get creative with colouring! This amazing book is bursting with cool colouring activities, covering everything from incredible aliens and funny monsters, to fearsome pirates and ferocious dinosaurs. With over 150 stickers and so much colouring fun to be had, this book is bound to keep children busy for hours on end!
So Much Closer
Girl meets boy. Boy moves to New York City. Girl follows boy…Scott Abrams is the love of Brooke's life. He just doesn't know it yet. So when his family moves to New York City, Brooke has no choice but to follow Scott. It's her last chance to prove to him that they're meant to be together. But the city is full of surprises that Brooke never expected. Ever since a painful family trauma, she's been closed off to her parents, to her friends, and even to herself. Now, inspired by the thrilling energy of the bustling and creative city around her, Brooke starts to explore her talents and become someone she never dreamed she'd be. So what will she do when her greatest dream of love finally comes true (girl gets boy) …and instead, she wants something more (another boy and a life that's not just about a boy).
Dragon Ball Z, Vol.
Sci-Fi martial arts action!After years of training and adventure, Goku has become Earth's ultimate warrior. And his son, Gohan, shows even greater promise. But the stakes are increasing as even deadlier enemies threaten the planet. DRAGON BALL Z is the ultimate science fiction-martial arts manga.On the green skies and blue plains of Planet Namek, a war rages between two equally evil forces: Emperor Freeza, who wants to use Namek's Dragon Balls to become immortal, and Vegeta, last prince of the Saiyans, who has betrayed his former master in search of the same prize. Trapped between these two mighty enemies are the peaceful Namekians and Earth's heroes Kuririn, Gohan and Bulma! As Freeza's henchmen Dodoria and Zarbon trade blows with the ever-stronger Vegeta, the Earthlings put their own lives at risk to protect the Namekians until Son Goku's spaceship arrives. But can even Goku's new training regimen–under 20 times Earth's gravity–prepare him for what awaits on this alien world?
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Trouble at the Treasury (Capital Mysteries (Quality)): 07 Paperback
From popular A to Z Mysteries author Ron Roy comes a red, white, and blue mystery perfect for President's Day! In the seventh book of the Capital Mysteries–an early chapter book mystery series featuring fun facts and famous sites from Washington, D.C.–KC and Marshall are thrilled to take a tour of the United States Treasury where stacks and stacks of money zip off the presses in the printing and engraving building, millions of dollars a day. But the friends find that a bundle of bills is missing. That's a hundred thousand dollars – gone! How did the thief slip the money out past cameras, guards, and locked doors? KC has a suspect. She has a clue. Now she just needs to figure out how in the world it was done! Each book highlights one of the famous museums, buildings, or monuments from the Washington area and includes a map and a two-page fun fact spread with photographs. Parents, teachers, and librarians agree that these highly collectible chapter books are perfect for emerging readers and any kid who love mysteries!
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The Steel Prince: Shades Of Magic (Volume 1)
Publisher: Titan Comics; 01 edition (15 Mar. 2019)
The Life Of Charlotte Bronte
Publisher: Penguin; New Ed edition
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Jim Barry is a family man and proud of it. He's already begun educating his five-year-old son Tommy on the finer points of ball games. But when a tragic accident at a kids' practice session leaves another boy dead, the bereaved father decides to seek his own special brand of restitution. Unless Jim and his wife Belle hand over Tommy as a replacement, Stefan Sebastyen swears he will kill them all. And pretty soon they realise that this is a guy who's more than capable of keeping his word. With their backs to the wall, it's Belle who comes up with a desperate plan to save her family…
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Series: The Sequels series (Book 3)
Publisher: Pocket Books
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Dior by Dior: The autobiography of Christian Dior (V&A Fashion Perspectives)Paperback – 7 Aug. 2018
Christian Dior (1905–1957) rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the "New Look" took the world by storm. This charming and modest autobiography gives a fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment. It is also a unique portrait of classic Paris haute couture of the 1950s and offers a rare glimpse behind the scenes. Dior details his childhood in Granville, the family and friends closest to him, his most difficult years and sudden success, as well as his sources of inspiration and creative processes.
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The Birth of Christianity: Discovering What Happened in the Years Immediately After the Execution of JesusPaperback – 1 April 1999
In this national bestseller, John Dominic Crossan reveals how Christianity emerged in the period following Jesus's death. Very little is commonly known about the 30s and 40s BCE, compared to the years following. Crossan, the world's leading expert on the historical Jesus, reconstructs that era, relying on a multidisciplinary approach. Analyzing oral tradition, comparing Gospel manuscripts, and researching cross-cultural anthropological studies, Crossan shines new light on the theological and cultural contexts from which the Christian church arose. The Birth of Christianity thoroughly illuminates the mysterious period of time that set Western religious history on the path it has followed for the last two thousand years. John Dominic Crossan is generally regarded as the leading historical Jesus scholar in the world. He is the author of several bestselling books, including The Historical Jesus, Jesus: A Revolutionary Biography, The Birth of Christianity, and Who Killed Jesus? He lives in Clermont, Florida. "Ambitious and groundbreaking, The Birth of Christianity is a must read for those with a serious interest in Jesus and the early church." – Toronto Star
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Twenty Ads That Shook the World: The Century's Most Groundbreaking Advertising and How It Changed Us AllPaperback – Illustrated, December 1, 2001
James Twitchell takes an in-depth look at the ads and ad campaigns—and their creators—that have most influenced our culture and marketplace in the twentieth century. P. T. Barnum's creation of buzz, Pepsodent and the magic of the preemptive claim, Listerine introducing America to the scourge of halitosis, Nike's "Just Do It," Clairol's "Does She or Doesn't She?," Leo Burnett's invention of the Marlboro Man, Revlon's Charlie Girl, Coke's re-creation of Santa Claus, Absolut and the art world—these campaigns are the signposts of a century of consumerism, our modern canon understood, accepted, beloved, and hated the world over.
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Successful Marketing in a Week: Teach YourselfPaperback – May 10, 2016
Great marketing just got easierMarketing is about the relationship between an organization and its marketplace, and in particular its customers and potential customers. Customers are the lifeblood of a business; without customers a business has no future. In order to succeed and make a profit, a business must therefore aim to identify and satisfy the needs of its customers. The purpose of marketing is to help the business achieve these aims. In this book you will learn, in a week, about the nature and techniques of successful marketing and how it can improve business performance.Today's business world is highly competitive and changing fast, and marketing, as a body of knowledge and best practice, must respond to these changes. However, there is one fundamental fact about marketing that remains constant: it is that, to become successful and remain successful, an organization must be better at meeting customers' needs than the competition.Each of the seven chapters in Marketing In A Week covers a different aspect:- Sunday: What is marketing?- Monday: Marketing and the customer- Tuesday: Marketing information and marketing research- Wednesday: Strategic marketing- Thursday: The marketing mix – product and price- Friday: The marketing mix – place- Saturday: The marketing mix – promotion
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Making Presentations (Essential Managers)Paperback – August 31, 1998
Learn all you need to know about improving your presentation skills from thorough planning and preparation to selecting the best method of presenting and dealing with audience questions. "Making Presentations" not only shows you how to relax and prepare yourself mentally but also provides practical techniques for you to use when making a presentation. Power tips help you to handle real-life situations and develop first-class presenting skills that will dramatically improve your impact. This innovative series covers a wide range of management and personal development topics. Each title is a comprehensive yet compact source of easy reference for all those in or aspiring to a position of responsibility with a focus on developing and enhancing professional management practice.
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Customer Fraud and Business Responses: Let the Marketer Beware
From remarkably frank and credible responses to their comprehensive research questionnaire, Tian and Keep provide a unique, wide ranging catalogue of frauds that customers perpetrate on businesses–and what marketers can do to combat it. They were able to receive and analyze more than 250 written descriptions–a 71% response rate!–of the acts that customers committed and the methods they used. Instead of merely a checklist, Tian and Keep obtained their data in the customers' own words, resulting in highly detailed and reliable insights into why customers did what they did. They find that customer fraud has emerged as a form of guerilla warfare against companies, that it is adapted to specific situations, and that underlying customers' motivation is a need to get even. Ethics has little do with it. In fact, some respondents even asserted that they had an obligation to commit fraud: they did it to retaliate against what they perceived as unethical acts that businesses committed against them. The result is a rare documentation of the specifics of fraud, how it threatens not only business but entire economies, and the actions–bold and subtle–that marketers can take in self-protective response.Not only will corporate management, particularly in marketing, get detailed descriptions of their customers' fraud strategies and tactics, but they will also receive insights into where they are vulnerable and why. Tian and Keep show that fraud has become so socially acceptable among middle class customers that they are willing to share their tactics, strategies, and secrets with their friends. With this as their foundation, the authors give practitioners an arsenal of detection and deterrence methods. Equally important, they provide ways to implement them without alienating their other, blameless customers. They also show marketers what they can do to reestablish trust in their marketing exchanges with customers, and improve relationships in ways that will diminish (if not fully eliminate) the incidence of fraud. For management generally as well as marketers in companies of all sizes and type, Tian's and Keep's book is essential, engrossing, and useful reading.
Network of ChampionsPaperback – February 1, 2017
p Helmstter offers 6 scripts for creating the behavior of a champion networker such as getting motivated and staying motivated showing the plan getting into action believe in amway I can do this I know I can and a specially new version for Amway of his highly successful script believing in the incredible you Some of the topics that Helmster covers include p ul li How to change old mental programs that get in the way of your business success li li Discover the 9 essential virtues of network marketing li li Identify the most successful and least successful network marketing styles li li Overcome the 1 problem that most network marketers face every day li li Learn why some people turn down the opportunity and what to do about it li li Learn how to build a more positive business attitude and strong self esteem beginning immediately li ul
Market Research in a Week: Teach YourselfPaperback – August 30, 2016
Market Research just got easierEvery day in business we make decisions. To reduce the risk associated with making these decisions, it's essential to understand your consumer and your market, and this is why we conduct market research. Decisions are not taken in a vacuum; there are competitive products and services in your marketplace, which means that consumers can choose whether or not to buy your product. Some decisions are high risk such as launching a new product, changing the packaging of an existing product, making a price change, changing the creative direction or strategy of the advertising or selling into new markets. How will your consumers react to the decisions you make and how will your competitors respond? This book takes you through the market research process from initial problem identification through research design, consideration of alternative methodologies, briefing an agency, questionnaire design and approval, to managing the project, analysis and presentation of results.Whether you use an outside research agency or your own market research or consumer insight department, spending a week to understand the process will give you unique skills which will ensure that you get the research results you need that will address the marketing questions you have.Each of the seven chapters in Market Research In A Week covers a different aspect:- Sunday: Market research and project design- Monday: The research brief and research proposal- Tuesday: Qualitative market research- Wednesday: Quantitative market research- Thursday: Questionnaire and topic guide design- Friday: Research analysis- Saturday: Report writing and presentation skills
Secrets of Great Salespeople: 50 Strategies You Need to Sell Successfully (Secrets of Series)Paperback – December 6, 2016
Discover the 50 secrets that great salespeople know – complete with strategies for putting them into practice.What do great salespeople know that the rest of us don't? Do they have a secret recipe for success? Is there a special alchemy to selling? The Secrets of Great Salespeople reveals the 50 things you need to know to in order to sell. Each chapter outlines one of the 50 ideas and gives three strategies for putting it into practice. Some ideas will surprise you, all will inspire you. Put these simple strategies together and you have a recipe for sales success, a formula that will unlock your selling potential. Whether you want to build lasting and profitable customer relationships, hunt down new clients, or are just beginning to work in a sales-related field, this book provides the tools and techniques you need to sell more. With dedicated sections on being a 'Farmer' or a 'Hunter', on customers and for novices, it gives you everything you need to know.
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Perennial Seller: The Art of Making and Marketing Work that LastsHardcover – July 18, 2017
The book that Inc. says "every entrepreneur should read" and an FT Book of the Month selection…How did the movie The Shawshank Redemption fail at the box office but go on to gross more than $100 million as a cult classic? How did The 48 Laws of Power miss the bestseller lists for more than a decade and still sell more than a million copies?How is Iron Maiden still filling stadiums worldwide without radio or TV exposure forty years after the band was founded?Bestselling author and marketer Ryan Holiday calls such works and artists perennial sellers. How do they endure and thrive while most books, movies, songs, video games, and pieces of art disappear quickly after initial success? How can we create and market creative works that achieve longevity?Holiday explores this mystery by drawing on his extensive experience working with businesses and creators such as Google, American Apparel, and the author John Grisham, as well as his interviews with the minds behind some of the greatest perennial sellers of our time. His fascinating examples include:• Rick Rubin, producer for Adele, Jay-Z, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, who teaches his artists to push past short-term thinking and root their work in long-term inspiration.• Tim Ferriss, whose books have sold millions of copies, in part because he rigorously tests every element of his work to see what generates the strongest response.• Seinfeld, which managed to capture both the essence of the nineties and timeless themes to become a modern classic.• Harper Lee, who transformed a muddled manuscript into To Kill a Mockingbird with the help of the right editor and feedback.• Winston Churchill, Stefan Zweig, and Lady Gaga, who each learned the essential tenets of building a platform of loyal, dedicated supporters.Holiday reveals that the key to success for many perennial sellers is that their creators don't distinguish between the making and the marketing. The product's purpose and audience are in the creator's mind from day one. By thinking holistically about the relationship between their audience and their work, creators of all kinds improve the chances that their offerings will stand the test of time.
Twenty Ads That Shook the World: The Century's Most Groundbreaking Advertising and How It Changed Us AllPaperback – Illustrated, December 1, 2001


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10:35am — More on Suspects
Friday, November 18th, 2005 at 10:30am
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — 3 charged with developer's murder held on multimillion-dollar cash-only bonds.
Held on a $7 million cash-only bond is Bryan Jacob Sandoval, 20, charged with an open count of murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, forgery, possession of stolen property, conspiracy and tampering with evidence, according to Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center records.
Edward Anthony Esquer, 35, is being held on a $6.5 million cash-only bond and is charged with an open count of murder, armed robbery, forgery, possession of stolen property and conspiracy to tamper with evidence.
Jeffrey John Fietek, 41, is held on a $2.5 million cash-only bond, charged with an open count of murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, forgery, possession of stolen property, tampering with evidence and conspiracy to tamper with evidence.
Also held in connection with the suspected home invasion/robbery on Thursday that left real estate developer R.J. Schaefer dead and his 52-year-old wife Olga wounded are two females — one of whom is a 17-year-old female, whose identity is being withheld by authorities, and the second is Penny Lynn Rasmussen, 22. Rasmussen is being held on a $100,000 cash or surety bond, charged with harboring/aiding a felon, forgery, receiving stolen property and possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine). The 17-year-old is being on held on unspecified drug charges.
Details of the alleged crimes are unclear at this time, but should be available once the criminal complaint becomes available. The suspects will make their first appearance before state District Judge James Blackmer.
For an account of the shocking crime, see the story below by Journal Staff Writer T.J. Wilham.
According to KOB-TV's Eyewitness 4 Web site, it was a series of financial transactions that led police to stake out a house on the 11000 block of Nambe NE near Juan Tabo and Lomas.
A woman left the house and was detained by police Thursday night, APD spokeswoman Trish Hoffman told KOB-TV. A man left in a separate vehicle and attempted to elude police but was captured near Juan Tabo and Lomas, Hoffman told the station.
The investigation then led to picking up two men at the Best Western Inn motel near Tramway and Central, according to the Web site.
Jail records show that it was Rasmussen and Esquer who were picked up in the vicinity of the Nambe NE address, and the two men found at the Central Avenue motel were Sandoval and Fietek. It is still unclear how the juvenile was allegedly involved with the others or how and when she was taken into custody.
8:25am — NE Hgts. Suspects ID'd: Five held in connection with Thursday killing of R.J. Schaefer.
Less than 24 hours after a suspected home invasion in the 7700 block of American Heritage Drive NE, police charged five people in connection with the murder of a prominent ABQ Realtor and developer and the shooting of his wife.
According to Bernalillo County Metro Court records, charged with open counts of murder and other crimes are Jeff Fietek, 41; Edward Anthony Esquer, 35; and Brian Jacob Sandoval, 20. Also being held on other charges in connection with the incident are Penny Rasmussen, 22; and an unnamed 17-year-old female. All are being held on cash-only bonds at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center.
6am — 5 Arrested in Hgts. Killing: Suspects in suspected home invasion face murder, other charges.
Three males and two females, including a 17-year-old, formally arrested after overnight questioning by ABQ police in Thursday morning's shooting death of prominent developer R.J. Schaefer and critical wounding of his wife, Olga, Albuquerque Police Department spokeswoman Trish Hoffman said.
The five were being held at the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center, she said.
It is unclear whether the four people detained for questioning late Thursday were among those arrested shortly before 5 a.m. today, but suspicious activity on the victims' bank account led police to take two men and two women into custody late Thursday, police told the Journal.
Arrested this morning and held on cash-only bonds were three males, age 41, 35 and 20, facing charges of an open count of murder, armed robbery and other crimes. A 22-year-old female was held on harboring, drug and other charges, and the 17-year-old juvenile faced drug and forgery charges.
R.J. Schaefer, 68, was found dead in his doorway Thursday morning at his home on the 7700 block of American Heritage Drive NE, near the Arroyo del Oso Golf Course, and his wife, Olga, 52, was located in a rear bedroom suffering from gunshot wounds when police arrived around 7 a.m.
A white Cadillac Escalade belonging to the victims was found abandoned several blocks away after a short search.
Two of last night's detainees were found at a home on the 11000 block of Nambe NE near Juan Tabo and two others were picked up at a Best Western motel at Central and Tramway.

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Q: HAproxy SSL handshake failure when i use HAproxy as load balancer, at HTTP termination mode and i tail log of it
(tail -f /var/log/haproxy.log). There are 2 types of log appearing
[time] frontend_name/1: SSL handshake failure

and
[time] frontend_name~ message

frontend_name is name follow frontend keyword config in /etc/haproxy/haproxy.cfg
I don't know what /1 and ~ in log message is, and why SSL handshake failure appearing at log has ~
Can someone help me explain and fix this error?
Thanks!

A: ~ after frontend name means connection has been established using SSL/TLS
You can find reference to it in %ft entry in the table at: https://cbonte.github.io/haproxy-dconv/2.4/configuration.html#8.2.4
About /1 in frontend_name/1: SSL handshake failure:
I can't find it in the docs, but by experimenting i found it's the number of port in frontend, to which connection was attempted and SSL handshake failed.
For config:
frontend frontend_name
  bind *:443,*:444 ssl crt <path_to_cert>
  bind *:445 ssl crt <path_to_cert> no-tlsv13

If i make TLS1.3 connection to port 445 (e.g. openssl s_client -connect 127.0.0.1:445 -tls1_3), i will get:
frontend_name/3: SSL handshake failure

because 445 is 3. port listed in this frontend.
[UPDATE]
I found a bit more. Error log format explains that /1 in frontend_name/1 is bind_name and can be declared:
bind *:443,*:443 ssl crt <path_to_cert> no-tlsv13 name bind_ssl_foo

will result in frontend-name/bind_ssl_foo: SSL handshake failure.
Unfortunately we can't change error log format.
To learn more we have to make that connection successful and that most likely requires us to lower security (FOR DEBUGGING ONLY!). Normal clients will still negotiate highest security they can, TLS 1.2 or 1.3.
bind *:443 ssl crt <path_to_cert> ssl-min-ver TLSv1.0

Since haproxy 2.2 default for ssl-min-ver is TLSv1.2.
Second step is to log SSL version, negotiated cipher and maybe whole cipherlist send by client by appending %sslv %sslc and maybe %[ssl_fc_cipherlist_str] to your log-format:
log-format "your_log_format_here %sslv %sslc %[ssl_fc_cipherlist_str]"

If you don't have your own log format you can extend HTTP format:
log-format "%ci:%cp [%tr] %ft %b/%s %TR/%Tw/%Tc/%Tr/%Ta %ST %B %CC %CS %tsc %ac/%fc/%bc/%sc/%rc %sq/%bq %hr %hs %{+Q}r %sslv %sslc %[ssl_fc_cipherlist_str]"

To use ssl_fc_cipherlist_str we need to set tune.ssl.capture-cipherlist-size 800 in global section, because default is 0.
sslv is SSL/TLS version client connected with.
sslc is SSL/TLS cipher client connected with.
ssl_fc_cipherlist_str is cipher list client offered when negotiating SSL/TLS connection. It can be long. Use if you are extra curious.
That will append to your logs info like this:
TLSv1 ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA ECDHE-ECDSA-AES256-SHA,ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA,DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA,ECDHE-ECDSA-AES128-SHA,ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA,DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA,AES256-SHA,AES128-SHA,TLS_EMPTY_RENEGOTIATION_INFO_SCSV

Match by IP previous errors with current entries and you will know what TLS version and ciphers they were using. Then decide whether to adjust your ciphers or force this client to upgrade their SSL software.
So all required changes below:
global
  log /dev/log daemon
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Home » News » Charity » Over 30,000 thousand African migrants and refugees, most of whom Eritreans and Ethiopians, protest in Israel against detention and for respect of their human rights.
Over 30,000 thousand African migrants and refugees, most of whom Eritreans and Ethiopians, protest in Israel against detention and for respect of their human rights.
By wdc38 in Charity on January 6, 2014 .


Browse the latest corporate news from i9 Sports.
i9 Sports Corporation, a leading national youth sports league franchise business with nearly two million registrations from New York to Hawaii, announced today that Coral Springs has been sold to a new owner.
i9 Sports Corporation, a leading national youth sports league franchise business with nearly two million registrations from New York to Hawaii, announced today that Grayson has been sold to a new franchisee.
i9 Sports Corporation, a leading national youth sports league franchise business with nearly two million registrations from New York to Hawaii, announced today that East Charlotte has been sold.
i9 Sports Corporation, a leading national youth sports league franchise business with nearly two million registrations from New York to Hawaii, announced today a widespread growth initiative.
i9 Sports, the nation's first and largest youth sports league franchise*, welcomes Steve Sobel as he joins the organization with a franchise in North San Diego County, California.
i9 Sports, the nation's first and largest youth sports league franchise*, welcomes Shawn Gillespie to the organization after awarding the Fort Myers' resident a franchise territory in Naples, Florida.
i9 Sports has awarded six franchise territories across the East Coast, bringing its unique concept to Boca Raton and Orlando, Florida; Richmond, Virginia; and Baltimore, Maryland.
i9 Sports® announced today it has accelerated its momentum from a record-breaking 2015 and reported exceptional growth in the first quarter of 2016, positioning the brand for tremendous success this year and beyond.
Frank Fiume, founder and chairman of i9 Sports ®, the nation's first and largest youth sports league franchise, announced today he fulfilled a life-long dream by selling his company to his employees.
i9 Sports®, the nation's first and largest youth sports league franchise, announced today it completed the fourth quarter of 2015 with nine new franchise agreements.
i9 Sports® announced today promotions for key brand leaders including company president Brian Sanders to the position of chief executive officer and Kim Armellino to vice president of finance and administration.
i9 Sports®, the nation's first and fastest-growing youth sports league franchise, announced today it experienced a record-breaking third quarter by generating the highest number of registrations of any season in its history.
i9 Sports announced today it has kicked off the second quarter with four new franchise agreements to open new programs and expand the brand's presence in Florida, Texas and California.
i9 Sports, the nation's first and fastest-growing youth sports league franchise, announced today it kicked off 2015 by signing two new franchise agreements for locations in Philadelphia, Pa. and Madison, Wis.
i9 Sports, the nation's first and fastest-growing youth sports league franchise is taking concussion safety head-on by pioneering concussion safety reform within youth sports.
Tampa-based entrepreneur, Frank Fiume, is fundamentally changing the game for young athletes through the nation's first and fastest growing youth sports league franchise.
i9 Sports, the nation's first and fastest growing youth sports league franchise with a league in our area, calls for a big time out from some accepted youth sports moves.
A new survey reveals moms are buckling in the bleachers under the grueling pressures of their children's sports, jeopardizing their jobs, relationships, self esteem and sanity.
i9 Sports Franchise Scores Big in Communities Across U.S.
i9 Sports Franchise Opens 100th Location!
The desire to own a home-based franchise that focuses on kids and sports has proved to be the winning formula for Tampa Bay based i9 Sports Corporation, who recently announced the opening of their 100th franchise location.
i9 Sports Corporation, a leading franchisor of youth sports leagues, camps, and programs, announces a brand new collaboration with entertainment icon, Walt Disney Pictures.
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More than 200 porcelain pieces are recovered from the Nanhai 1 shipwreck, which was recovered off the coast of the Chinese city of Yangjiang and currently housed – still submerged – in the Maritime Silk Road Museum.
Chinese archaeologists receive approval to search an 800-year-old shipwreck, the Nanhai No. 1, for more artifacts. The wreck is currently in a sealed pool in the Marine Silk Road Museum at China's Guangdong Province. Artifacts already recovered from the shipwreck show that China was taking part in international trade with the other side of the old world.


Guests enter via a restored timber gate, bordered by bamboo fencing and a tranquil leafy garden before being welcomed into the impressive event space. The venue's modern polished concrete floors, neutral white walls and elegant modular pendant lighting are easily enhanced with installations via ample rigging points throughout the space. The vintage overhead crane (two ton max capacity) can also be called into duty if you wish!
An oversize marble bar creates a striking feature and compliments the well-appointed fixtures throughout, with filtered natural light providing a bright airy feel from the skylights above in the 4.5m tall ceiling. A private and undercover outdoor courtyard area offers an intimate breakout space, flanked by climbing vines and bud lighting to add a subtle touch of elegance in this restored warehouse.


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2020-2021 Classes
Children in Global Health and Humanitarianism
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Guest Scholar: Jean Hunleth, Washington University, St. Louis, School of Medicine
Children around the world face life and death situations every day. They are part of families and communities that are confronted by serious social and political problems, from the AIDS epidemic and other disease outbreaks to extreme poverty, forced migration, structural racism, and war. Numerous global health and humanitarian interventions aim to help children, such as those targeted at orphans or children outside of family care. However, very few incorporate children's perspectives of their own needs into their programming, leading to potentially ineffective or harmful interventions. We will address the following questions: Why should we take children seriously in global health and humanitarian work? How do children participate in families and communities in ways that impact health and wellbeing? And what research methods are appropriate for working with children in adversity? We will also address head-on the longstanding devaluation of children's knowledge, actions, and experiences in policymaking and program development. As a class, we will develop ways to get decision makers to take children seriously.
Jean Hunleth works with children and families to identify more appropriate ways to deliver public health. She uses methods from anthropology and the visual arts and is especially fascinated by the important social and political implication of children's fantasies and play. Jean earned her PhD in Anthropology and Master of Public Health from Northwestern University. She is the author of the award-winning book, Children as Caregivers: The Global Fight against Tuberculosis and HIV in Zambia, and numerous articles published in anthropological, public health, child welfare, and medical journals. She got her start in global health as a Peace Corps volunteer in Zambia, which drove her to pursue a career focused on children's creativity and the diversity of childhood experiences.
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Why do some social movements create change and some fizzle...
RICK PERLSTEIN is the author of The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan. Before that, he published Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America (2008), a New York Times bestseller picked as one of the best nonfiction books of the year by over a dozen publications, and Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus, winner of the 2001 Los Angeles Times Book Award for history. A contributing writer at The Nation, former chief national correspondent for the Village Voice, and a former online columnist for the New Republic and Rolling Stone, his journalism and essays have appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, and many other publications. Politico called him the "chronicler extraordinaire of American conservatism," who "offers a hint of how interesting the political and intellectual dialogue might be if he could attract some mimics." The Nation called him the "hypercaffeinated Herodotus of the American century." Born in 1969 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, he lives in Chicago. In his spare time, he performs jazz piano and vocals and practices yoga.
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Fearing a Killer Crossover of The Walking Dead Franchises
Photo Courtesy: Skybound
After an explosive season finale on Fear the Walking Dead that may have wiped out more than a few main characters — along with a soft reboot of the TV show — what's a sister series to do? If you guessed crafting a killer crossover storyline between the two blockbuster programs in hopes of providing a ratings bonanza, you'd be correct!
Fans of the undead know all about the ongoing All Out War taking place on Season 8 of The Walking Dead, but they may not be paying attention to the spin-off series, which has upped its game last year. After TWD's season premiere, which was also Episode 100, Mercy, this season's storyline is starting out with a bang. But who's going to be the character to crossover?
At New York Comic Con, Robert Kirkman threw out the idea that there would be one character from TWD and Fear crossing over into storylines, but there wasn't a ton of speculation. The rumor mill was never cranking out at full throttle, because everyone assumed Sgt. Abraham Ford (Michael Cudlitz) was the foregone conclusion, since Houston was mentioned as a storyline possibility for Fear's Season 4, and the character originated from that area (and the actor's currently available, since he was killed off from TWD last season).
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After watching a recent Talking Dead episode, that rumor is no longer holding any credibility. Production of Fear's next season has already ramped up and the crossover character has been announced (to less fanfare than expected). It will not be Abraham. It will be Morgan Jones. Really? No one was clamoring for this character's origin story. Everyone has been learning more about this person via the current season, even though we were introduced to him in the pilot. While a complex and interesting character, Morgan's not exactly my first choice for reigniting the fanbase for both shows. In fact, this could potentially be a problem in scheduling — and possibly continuity — for the actor to balance working on two different shows. Most likely it means actor Lennie James will be killed off this season in TWD and return in flashback fashion next year for Fear.
Honestly, I was hoping the crossover character could possibly be Rosita Espinosa (Christian Serratos) or even Dr. Eugene Porter (Josh McDermitt), but the filmmakers had other ideas.
Generally, whenever a TV show resorts to gimmicks or changes showrunners, it's not a good thing. With Fear's ratings at an all-time low, Dave Erickson is out and Ian Goldberg and Andrew Chambliss are running the day-to-day operations, even though Scott M. Gimple is officially in charge of both Walking Dead programs, while overseeing the overall storyline and canon. The numbers don't lie, but one crossover character may not be enough to keep the spin-off series alive. Previous seasons of bad acting, bad writing, bad directing and unrelatable characters kind of doomed the show from its start. All of that seemingly changed halfway through last season and was aiming at something bigger (and hopefully better), before the slate was practically wiped clean on the season finale.
We, as an audience, were promised to learn about the origins of the killer outbreak from TWD. After being introduced to Patient Zero in the pilot, other than a brief flashback in a subsequent season, we STILL don't know, really, why the dead are rising. As a show, Fear has been mismanaged from the beginning. As an overall franchise, the audience may have already moved onto the next shiny object, as ratings for the mothership are also falling fast. So, will we get more than an episode or possibly two during sweeps or will Morgan's presence be longer lasting and really make an impact on the show? I guess we'll have to wait to find out.
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Measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from vegetation in terms of ozone reactivity
Jun Matsumoto*
A new system that uses the total reactivity with ozone (RO3) was developed for measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) emitted from vegetation into the atmosphere. The decrease in ozone caused by the reaction with VOCs was monitored at the ppbv level by dual chemiluminescence detectors (CLDs) based on the NO-O3 reaction. Ozone was monitored by the dual CLDs before and after the reactor to correct for fluctuations in the ozone concentration. Such dual detectors can remove the interference caused by water vapor. A glass double-tube was adopted as the reactor. The loss rate of ozone to the wall was typically (6 ± 3) × 10-4 s-1. Gaseous cyclohexane was also added to the sample before it was introduced into the reactor to scavenge secondary OH radicals. From the characterization of the RO3 analyzer using the standard VOC sample the dependence of ozone reduction on the reaction time and reactivity were shown to agree with theoretical predictions. A calibration procedure for determining the reaction time was also established. Consequently the detection limit for RO3 in a 57-s reaction was determined to be 1.4 × 10-4 s-1 (S/N = 3) which corresponded to 27 ppbv of limonene. It was confirmed that the RO3 analyzer was capable of measuring BVOC levels. Finally a practical trial was conducted in which BVOCs emitted from a real needle-leaf tree were monitored. BVOC emissions from the tree were detected and a significant increase in RO3 was observed when the tree was irradiated with light.
Aerosol and Air Quality Research
https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2012.10.0275
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Ozone Engineering & Materials Science 100%
Volatile organic compounds Engineering & Materials Science 95%
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Matsumoto, J. (2014). Measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from vegetation in terms of ozone reactivity. Aerosol and Air Quality Research, 14(1), 197-206. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2012.10.0275
Measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from vegetation in terms of ozone reactivity. / Matsumoto, Jun.
In: Aerosol and Air Quality Research, Vol. 14, No. 1, 02.2014, p. 197-206.
Matsumoto, J 2014, 'Measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from vegetation in terms of ozone reactivity', Aerosol and Air Quality Research, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 197-206. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2012.10.0275
Matsumoto J. Measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from vegetation in terms of ozone reactivity. Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 2014 2;14(1):197-206. https://doi.org/10.4209/aaqr.2012.10.0275
Matsumoto, Jun. / Measuring biogenic volatile organic compounds (BVOCs) from vegetation in terms of ozone reactivity. In: Aerosol and Air Quality Research. 2014 ; Vol. 14, No. 1. pp. 197-206.
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