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The Boston University housing system is the 2nd-largest of any private university in the United States, with 76% of the undergraduate population living on campus. On-campus housing at BU is an unusually diverse melange, ranging from individual 19th-century brownstone town houses and apartment buildings acquired by the school to large-scale high-rises built in the 60s and 2000s.

Though originally a commuter school, the University now guarantees the option of on-campus housing for four years for all undergraduate students. This is a challenge considering the size of BU's undergraduate population and its urban setting. BU has met this goal every year, often by using area hotels, though since fall 2009, with the completion of its new 960-bed 26-story dorm, the school says it has accommodated all students who wish to live on campus without using hotel space.

Housing versus Residence Life
Boston University operates residences collaboratively through Residence Life and Housing. While the two areas work collaboratively, each department reports to different areas of University leadership. Housing reports to the Vice President of Auxiliary Services and is centered on providing operational and occupancy management. Meanwhile, Residence Life is structured under the Associate Provost and Dean of Students and is centered on providing day-to-day student service, support, and programs based out of local Residence Life offices located near or within each residence.

Housing
Boston University Housing is based at 25 Buick St, and employs a number of full and part-time staff, as well as students who manage the many components that support Housing at Boston University.

Housing is responsible for the areas of Residential Safety, housing assignments, room changes, mail, keys (in coordination with local Residence Life offices), university-provided furnishings, appliances in university-owned residences, and the Terrier Card Office. Boston University Housing also works collaboratively with other departments across campus, such as Facilities Management & Planning, and within Auxiliary Services to coordinate laundry, vending, rentals, summer storage, dining services, vending services, and events & conferences.

Residence life
The Residence Life team delivers a range of programs and services to students, including specialty communities, Residence Hall Associations, the Faculty-in-Residence program, crisis intervention, conflict mediation, enforcement of residential rules and regulations, and information about campus resources.

Residence Life is one of the few departments at the University with an on-call system that allows staff to be available to assist students, parents, and members of the University community 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and 365 days a year.

Live-in Professional Staff
Residence Life employs 27 live-in workers at the "administrator" and "senior staff" level in the following roles:
 Assistant Dean of Students and Director of Residence Life
 Senior Associate Director of Residence Life
 Associate Director of Residence Life for Administration
 Associate Director of Residence Life for Student and Staff Development
 Assistant Director of Residence Life for Lower Bay State Road
 Assistant Director of Residence Life for South Campus
 Assistant Director of Residence Life for Upper Bay State Road
 Assistant Director of Residence Life for Upper Commonwealth Avenue
 Assistant Director of Residence Life for Warren Towers
 Assistant Director of Residence Life for West Campus
 Residence Hall or Area Directors

Housing selection
Every spring, returning students who have submitted a housing guarantee payment for the ensuing academic year are entered into a lottery to determine their priority in selecting housing. Priority is assigned within classes, with seniors receiving the lowest (best) numbers, and second-semester freshmen the highest. This means the "worst" senior number is always better than the best junior number, et cetera. Entering freshmen and transfer students are allocated student accommodation bostonhttps://www.universityliving.com/united-states/city/boston based on an online housing questionnaire.

Dining services
Boston University requires that all students living in dormitories be enrolled in a year-long meal plan. The plans offer differing ratios of meals and dining points, depending on which is chosen. Meals are used to gain access to one of the university's three residential dining service locations on an all-you-can-eat basis (at West Campus, Warren Towers, and Marciano Commons) and dining points can be used at designated eateries around campus on a cash basis. A Kosher plan exists which can be used at the Kosher dining hall at the Hillel House.

Combined with housing costs, meal plans can cause room and board to be quite expensive. This has created a high demand for on-campus apartment housing, as the University does not require residents with access to a kitchen to purchase a plan (although they may if they so choose). However, the higher price of such housing often offsets any savings. In addition, the main dining halls offer large selections for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and "late night".

Large dormitories

Myles Standish Hall

BU's first large dormitory was a former hotel. The Myles Standish Hotel in Kenmore Square was built in 1925 and was purchased by BU in 1949. Today Myles Standish Hall and the attached Myles Annex (a separate building purchased for housing in 1980 after the closure of Graham Junior College) together house over 730 students.

Myles is configured as a semi-suite residence. The typical suite consists of 2 single rooms and 1 double occupancy room sharing a bathroom. Common areas include group study rooms, music practice rooms, a community kitchen and a games room.

Kilachand Hall

Kilachand Hall, previously named Shelton Hall, was built as a Sheraton Hotels and Resorts-branded hotel in 1923 and bought by BU and converted to dorm space in 1954. Playwright Eugene O'Neill died in suite 401 on the 4th floor of Kilachand Hall. In his honor, the 4th floor was named a specialty housing area called the Writer's Corridor. It is said that this corridor is haunted by the playwright. The building houses 418 residents. The ninth floor consists of a study lounge that provides an impressive view of Cambridge and the Charles River. The Kilachand Hall dining hall was closed after the 2011–2012 year when a larger dining hall called Marciano Commons opened across the street.

Towers

The Towers is one of the three Boston University dormitories traditionally intended for freshmen and sophomores, the others being Warren Towers and West Campus. The building comprises two towers, each nine floors high and linked at ground level by a single story structure housing common facilities. It is located on the eastern end of campus, next to Wheelock College of Education and Human Development and behind the Questrom School of Business. It appeared in the movie 21 as the dormitory which housed MIT student Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess).

Warren Towers

Warren Towers, the largest dorm on campus, about 600 students in each of its three towers. Access to the building is via escalator to the fourth floor, where the building's dining hall and other amenities are located. The floors 5–18 are residential floors. The first three floors and basement house a University parking garage and street-level retail establishments.

Warren Towers is a mostly first-year student residence, though there is also significant retention of sophomores. The majority of rooms are identical double-occupancy floorplans, the exception being single rooms, the occasional quad, and the corner doubles. Corner doubles are almost twice the size of a standard double room and are coveted by those residents selecting housing in Warren.

West Campus

At the western edge of campus surrounding BU's Nickerson Field is West Campus, with three high-rises each housing well over 600 residents. They are named Claflin, Sleeper, and Rich Hall after BU's founders. Residents of West generally prefer it over other locations and cite its "campusy" feel and proximity to the Student Village complex and other athletic facilities. Student athletes are abundant here, for that reason. CGS, CFA, and SHA students also tend to prefer living at West Campus, as it is the closest dormitory style residence to those three schools.

All the buildings provide students with a study room.

Danielsen Hall

Often forgotten, Danielsen Hall actually demarcates the BU campus' easternmost limit, at its 512 Beacon Street address. Danielsen residents eat at Marciano Commons, or another dining location. However, the dorm does have a kitchen located in the basement. Danielsen, while a bit of a distance from central campus, has the advantage of being closer to the city. Newbury Street, for example is just a few blocks away. The Boston University Shuttle (BUS) picks up in front of Danielsen regularly, making the distance to campus much more tolerable.

Small dormitories, apartments, and suite style

Bay State Road
Once an up-and-coming neighborhood of affluent Boston Brahmins, the majority of Bay State Road is now owned by Boston University for housing and office use. Due to their small size, the brownstones on Bay State are inherently suited for use as specialty housing, and many are used in this fashion.

When used as a dormitory, most of the Bay State Road residences are divided into double and triple rooms with some singles. Floors also consist of less than 10 students. Most houses have floors that share a bathroom, a room for the resident assistant on the ground floor, and laundry facilities in the basement. Some rooms have private bathrooms. While some of the houses are rather well-worn, BU has undertaken a project that each summer renovates selected residences to restore the Bay State Road houses to their 19th-century appearance and ambience.

South Campus
South Campus is a student residential area south of Commonwealth Avenue and separated from the main campus by the Massachusetts Turnpike. Some of the larger buildings in that area have been converted into dormitories, while the rest of the South campus buildings are apartments. All were originally constructed as commercial apartment buildings and later purchased by the University. Aside from the characteristic red plaques at their entrances, South Campus buildings are indistinguishable from the other private residences in the area. Since there are no central dining facilities in the South Campus area, students from these dormitories can dine at Warren Towers or other facilities on the main campus.

10 Buick Street

Boston University's principal apartment-style housing area is officially called 10 Buick Street, a part of the John Hancock Student Village project which includes the adjacent Fitness and Recreation Center and the Agganis Arena. Students most commonly refer to this residence as the "Student Village", or "StuVi" (pronounced stoo-vee) for short. The apartments at 10 Buick Street are open to juniors and seniors only, and house more than 800 students in apartments. Each apartment has either two or four private bedrooms, one or two common bathrooms (one for doubles, two for quads), a common living room, and a common kitchen.

The building has two towers that are connected up to the ninth floor and rise separately to 18 floors in West Tower and 15 floors in East tower. The West Tower has apartments on floors 1–17, the 18th floor is the Student Atrium with views of Boston and the Charles River. The East Tower has residences on floors 2–15, with the 1st floor being a marketplace. The 10 Buick Street Market and Cafe has a soup & salad bar, a small selection of household items, drinks and snacks, as well as sandwiches and bagels. The basement has a laundry, mailboxes, a study lounge, as well as study and music rooms.

In 2003, the director of the student village began publishing a monthly newsletter for residents called The Villager. In 2004, the publication was redesigned to include recipes, a quiz, and an advice column. Since August 2004, The Villager has been printed bi-weekly. Ten Buick Street is the only on-campus residence at Boston University to feature a publication of this type.

33 Harry Agganis Way
Boston University's newest residence, which opened in the fall of 2009, accommodates 960 residents in two towers. The 26-story tower houses juniors and seniors in an apartment-style setting. These apartments are two-bedroom apartments for two students, or four-bedroom apartments for four students. All apartments have one bathroom, one living room, and one kitchen. The 19-story tower houses sophomores, juniors and seniors residing in suite (dormitory-style) settings. The suites house eight students each; half of the residents reside in four single bedrooms, while the other half occupy two double bedrooms. Each suite has two bathrooms and one living room.

1019 Commonwealth Avenue
Located across the street from West Campus, 1019 is suite-style housing without kitchens. Thus, residents eat at the West Campus dining hall. The suites have three double rooms which share a bathroom and common room. During the summer, Boston University sometimes uses 1019 as temporary lodging for conference attendees and other visitors.

Fenway Campus
Boston University's Fenway Campus is located in the Riverway area near South Campus. The campus is composed of multiple undergraduate and graduate residences: Riverway House, Pilgrim House, and Campus Center & Student Residence. These residences include dorm-style and suite-style rooms with single, double, triple, and quadruple occupancy. They also offer study lounges, laundry rooms, vending machines, internet access, and a dining hall (located at Campus Center Student Residence).

Other housing locations
Aside from these main residential areas, smaller residential dormitories are scattered along Commonwealth Avenue between main school buildings, including 722-728 Commonwealth Avenue, located across from CVS on St. Mary's street.

Hotels: The Hyatt and Holiday Inn Brookline
Due to housing capacity shortages, many incoming students are temporarily housed in hotels during the fall semester. These hotels include the Hyatt Regency Cambridge on the opposite bank of the Charles, and the Holiday Inn Brookline, both a manageable walk to main campus with free shuttle bus service provided to students in the Hyatt.

575 Commonwealth Avenue
One of the hotels frequently used in this way was the former Howard Johnson's hotel at 575 Commonwealth Avenue, next to the Questrom School of Business' Rafik Hariri Building. In 2001, the University closed the hotel (which it owned) and converted the building into a full-time dormitory, now known as 575 Commonwealth Avenue. Rooms are commonly divided into triples, although there are a few doubles and singles. Every room comes with its own bathroom and air conditioning, a luxury not present in most rooms on campus. This 8-story building, not including the basement, includes the first floor lobby, 6 floors for bedroom dorms, and an eight floor study area. The first floor lobby also has two lounge areas, where students can choose to study or hang out by playing pool or watching TV. Students lovingly refer to it as either 575 or the HoJo.

Capacity problems
Between 2002 and 2008, The University was criticized for overbooking its housing for the fall semester as a result of its large student population and its guarantee of on-campus housing for four years. As a result, many freshmen were moved to nearby hotels to accommodate the overflow. BU's Daily Free Press published several articles relating to the university's inability to provide "acceptable housing" for its students. With the opening of StuVi-II in Fall 2009, the school's 960-bed 19 and 26 story towers, BU said it would be able to house the nearly 80 percent of its 16,000 undergraduates who want to live on campus without using hotels.

In the past, the Boston University Office of Housing was criticized for reserving a certain percentage of each dormitory for underclasses. This caused complaints from upperclassmen who were relegated to living in substandard housing due to spots in prime housing being taken by freshmen and sophomores, squeezing the upperclassmen out of the already crowded, at the time, housing system. Additionally, some freshmen placed into predominantly upperclassmen dorms are unsatisfied with their assignments because of the difficulty of engaging with other underclassmen in these locations.

References

External links
Boston University Office of Housing official site
Boston University Dining Services official site
Dorm Reviews by Students for Boston University of DormSplash
Dormitories reviews & ratings submitted by BU students
Dorm info posted by the Residence Hall Associations, with pictures, pros, cons

Housing System
Lists of university and college residences in the United States

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Remember the story of Hansel Gretel, they were misled into Forest by the evil step mother and a father (who needed a smack around the head) due to not having enough food to eat.
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With the introduction of the Intranet and Internet web design came up with the concept of the breadcrumb, a way to get back to where you started or find out where you are in a structure.
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Craig-Hallum analyst Christian Schwab upgraded Western Digital Corp. WDC, -2.13% shares to buy from hold on Thursday, writing that while the exact timing of a NAND supply/demand recovery is hard to pinpoint, he expects that the environment will inevitably normalize. "We believe the time to buy cyclical stocks is after they have gotten crushed, not when the environment is positive and the industry is arguing they are no longer cyclical," wrote Schwab, who has a $59 target price on the shares. His upgrade comes after Western Digital's Tuesday analyst day, during which the company discussed slowing mobile-phone growth but a somewhat better-than-expected PC landscape. Shares are up 0.2% in Thursday morning trading. Other analysts were downbeat following the commentary from management. "Add it all up and we continue to see risk to the name with a reset on the horizon and net debt of $20/share adding potential risk to the dividend in a protracted downturn," wrote Evercore ISI's C.J. Muse, who has an in-line rating and $35 target on the stock. Cowen & Co.'s Karl Ackerman lowered his target to $50 from $50 and kept a market-perform rating on the shares, writing that the "financial picture remains cloudy" for the next several quarters. "This, unfortunately, will supersede the company's systematic progression toward a more margin-rich, sustainable product portfolio," he said. WDC's stock has fallen 46% so far this year, while the S&P 500 SPX, +0.10% has dropped 0.7%.


Employers must exercise their disciplinary powers in a consistent manner. The primary reason for requiring employers to act consistently when instituting disciplinary action or meting out disciplinary sanctions is to ensure that they do not act arbitrarily. In other words, like cases must be treated alike.
The principle of consistency (also referred to as the 'parity principle') is referred to in item 7 of the Code of Good Practice: Dismissal. This principle has been affirmed in numerous decisions of the Labour Court, most recently again in Eskom Holdings Soc Ltd (2018). That case involved what is referred to as 'historical' consistency; i.e. where an employee who is accused of misconduct claims that someone else, who once had been in a comparable situation as the employee, was treated more leniently or was never charged. 'Contemporaneous' inconsistency, again, refers to a situation where an employee who was involved in the same act of misconduct as another employee or group of employees claims that he or she was being singled out for disciplinary action. This contribution only deals with alleged historical inconsistency.
If an employee during a disciplinary hearing alleges that the employer has acted inconsistently by, e.g. not charging another employee for a similar transgression in the past, the chairperson should ask the employee for details of the case in point. Note that a mere allegation of inconsistency will not suffice: the employee must at least provide the name of the person he or she uses as a referent. The employee should also be asked to explain why he or she thinks the cases are comparable. If, on the face of it, the new and old cases are comparable, the chairperson should call upon the employer to respond to the employee's argument and, wherever possible, provide verbal or documentary evidence to the contrary (e.g. the minutes of the previous hearing). If the cases are not comparable, or there are objective reasons for distinguishing between them, the chairperson may dismiss the plea of inconsistency. Objective reasons could include the fact that the person with whom the employee compares himself admitted his misconduct, whereas the employee lied about his (as happened in the Eskom case); or that the allegations were different (in Eskom the employee was found guilty of a more serious allegation than the one committed by the person she referred to).
But does this mean that if there are no objective grounds for distinguishing between the two situations, the employee automatically receives the benefit of the doubt? Not necessarily. Suppose, for example, that the allegations are very serious and that the chairperson who conducted the first hearing made a mistake in good faith in, e.g. issuing a final written warning for something that would ordinarily justify dismissal in terms of the employer's policy. In Bidserv Industrial Products (Pty) Ltd v Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (2017) the Labour Appeal Court made it clear that inconsistency is not a rule unto itself, but merely one factor to be taken into account in the determination of an appropriate course of action. It is by no means decisive of the outcome on the determination of the fairness of the decision to dismiss. Therefore, if the chairperson finds that there was inconsistency in a particular case, that in itself does not mean the employee should be found not guilty, or be given the same sanction as the person the employee compares herself to. In other words, the mere fact that an employer may have acted inconsistently does not necessarily mean that there was unfair treatment. Inconsistent treatment may be an indication of unfairness, but this is not always the case.
It sometimes happens that during a hearing an employee alleging inconsistency refers to alleged misconduct by another employee of which the employer has no knowledge. While the employer ought to investigate this incident as best it can, the fact that no action was taken against the person referred to will not amount to inconsistency if the employer had no knowledge of it.
What can employers do to try and ensure greater consistency? If you become aware of a case where the disciplinary chairperson has come to a decision in conflict with your policies and you are concerned that this could be used to support an argument of inconsistent treatment in future, inform employees that you believe that the case was decided in error and that employees should not see it as a 'precedent'. In some cases you might even be able to institute a fresh hearing to try to correct the error, but for this you should obtain labour law advice.
Inconsistencies can arise if your business is spread over different locations. You can try to implement some form of centralised control by, e.g. requiring a disciplinary chairperson always to discuss an appropriate sanction with the person responsible for your disciplinary policies and procedures – like Human Resources – before imposing a sanction. Note that, although the chairperson is entitled to seek advice on this issue, he or she would still be required to make his or her own decision in this regard.
Finally, chairpersons should be asked to carefully record their reasons for deviating from policy or past practice so that allegations of inconsistency can be met with proper reasons for such deviations.


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Q: Classic essays on electrical and general engineering I tutor English language and literature. I sometimes find that tutees are really keen on engineering, tech and so on, and find analysing the more traditional texts intimidating (I mean Shakespeare and so on).
I know there are classic essays on computing, and it occurred to me that the same might be true of electrical engineering and engineering in general. Classic books would be equally valid.
Can anyone suggest such a thing? Many thanks.

A: I think it's an excellent question but I'm trying to think of something undeniably "classic" that wouldn't be too intimidating in a technical sense (e.g. Faraday's equations, Shockleys transistor patent, etc)
As far as readable/inspiring goes, I think many of the articles written by people like Jim Williams, Bob Pease might be worth looking at. "Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities" is a non-too-technical collection of stories written by many top electrical engineers (including the above mentioned Jim Williams)
Also, a story based around a major engineering achievement may be worth looking at, for instance the Apollo missions and moon landing - "Apollo: The race to the moon" apparently focuses on the team/engineering perspective.

A: Vitruvius, Ten Books of Architecture, is something that I heavily reference when teaching about failure modes.  Parts of it are good reads.

A: I guess you will find a lot of texts you are looking for in "The World of Mathematics" by James R. Newman (editor).
It's a 4 volume collection of mainly classical texts not only about mathematics but also about philosophy, physics and some more practical topics (like "How to hunt a submarine").
It contains texts from John von Neuman, Alan M. Turing, Claude Shannon, Aldous Huxley, Lewis Carrol, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein etc.

A: "The Existential pleasures of engineering" 2nd ed. by Samuel C. Florman  ISBN 0-312-14104-1
Not about specific fields but about the general approach.
Amazon Here "A deeply insightful and refreshingly unique text, this book corrects the myth that engineering is cold and passionless... "

A: These are slightly off-topic, but are sciencey and classic.

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*Origin of Species - Charles Darwin.

*Death and Life of Great American Cities - Jane Jacobs

*Almost anything by Stephen Jay Gould, Richard Feynman.

A: Experiments with Alternate Currents of High Potential and High Frequency by Nikola Tesla, and its available for free in iBooks.


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Q: SQL Delete vs Update I have seen something like this asked a number of times but not quite in this configuration.  I have a table that has a one to many relation.
Let's say I have a computer table and a parts table.  The user enters a generic info in the computer table then selects parts that are stored in the parts table with a relationship to the computer table of computerId.  So the original write is a simple insert.  Now let's say the user select the computer again and changes the part on the pc, adds some new, removes some, and updates a few.  Then the user hits save to save the changes.  I run a simple update on the computer table but now the issue with the parts table.
Would it be better to delete all the records from the parts table for the computer Id  and then do a clean insert of all the parts selected.
Or Run some method that would look at the existing parts in the table and where the part has been updated update the record, where the part no longer exists do a delete, and then insert the remaining parts?

A: Clearly the simple solution is to delete all and then insert all.
The down side of this SQL traffic, locks, and table fragmentation.
If it is small table and only few concurrent users then fine.
In a high volume environment I do the following
There is no update - that is just an ignore
-  delete items gone
-  ignore any items not changed
-  insert new items
And you can do that in one pass two/three statements.
Or you could define a stored procedure.
Do the delete before the insert to clear space first.
You can get real fancy and use an update for delete / insert but that just gets more complex than it is worth in my mind.  You would still have an insert or a delete if the item count is not the same.
delete comp_part
 where compID = @compID and partID not in (....);

Insert is a little more tricky:
You can to it with a series of inserts and if you have a PK just let the insert fail
The other way is to create a @table and use it for both the delete and insert
This is only worth the hassle if you have a REALLY busy table.

A: It all depends upon the business model, if you would want to track the transaction than its not a good option to delete it. If you have all your old transactions with your customers than it would be beneficial for tracking purposes., Your CustomerID would be Primarykey and you can have another Unique key as PartOrderID which will be a unique value for each insert.
Hope this helps

A: Really you should have three tables. Product, Part, and ProductPart; the ProductPart table would store the association of "this product has these parts". As far as updating, the simplest thing would be to delete all ProductParts for a given Product and re-insert the records you want.


The final rites of Venerable Professor Bellanwila Wimalarathana Thera will be take place at the Sri Jayewardenepura University grounds this evening with full State honours.
Maha Viharaya where he served from Saturday (3) for devotees and the public to pay their last respects.
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Interview with the Authors of Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle #PNR #paranormalromance
JA: Hi ! Thank you so much to you and your readers for having us join you today! You asked some great questions, so I'll get right to them
Do your characters seem to hijack the story or do you feel like you have the reins of the story?
MB: A little of both. I have a map in mind of what needs to happen, but the characters surprise me in the details and extras all along the way!
JA: That often depends on the story. In this case, with Trouble Under the Tower, I had the reigns for most of the story, but the characters really hijacked the ending. I hadn't planned on the whole scene in the forest, with the standing stones, and it added a lot of words to the story. Once I'd written it, however, it was so "right," I just had to leave it and let the characters have their way!
CC: My characters tend to take every story in unexpected directions. I try only to have a vague plan about where they need to end up and let them decide how they get there.
Convince us why you feel your book is a must-read.
MB: Four different authors, four different couples all in one fictional castle! Plus ghosts, mysteries, and secret passageways, a big bonfire and a masquerade ball—that's a lot of fun and excitement in one book!
JA: While everyone's taste is individual, if you like spooky, sexy reads where the hero and heroine work together to solve a mystery and fall in love in the process? Well, then, this story is for you!
CC: I feel like the Caynham Castle stories are a must read for anyone who loves a setting with lots of history and mystery to uncover. Each tale unravels something about the castle, the town and the people. They are all good fun!
Have you written any other books that are not published?
MB: Not that aren't in the process of being published! I write pretty quickly, so there are always other books in the pipeline!
JA: I have a number of books that ARE published, and some which are waiting in the wings for their turn to be published. I also have other books that will forever stay "under the bed" in terms of publication. They were learning books, books where I cut my teeth on learning how to write. They're not suitable for publication. I may resurrect the ideas from them, but as written? They'll forever stay under the bed!
CC: I actually have another Cross Springs novel that I simply haven't released. Not for any real reason, but simply because I haven't worked up the energy to promote it. It's a book I love, too. I really need to get that one out in the world!
Pen or typewriter or computer?
MB: Sometimes I outline on paper, but I always write the book on my computer!
Anything you would like to say to your readers and fans?—Thank you! You're absolutely the best, and I am honored to provide books that take you away from the daily worries into fun and fantasy.
JA: For me, it's pen first, then computer. I sometimes have to get the ideas down on paper before they can gel. However, once I know where I'm going—have a roadmap of the story––then it's off to the laptop to get it down into a computer file.
CC: I do all of life on the computer. I only resort to writing longhand when I am seriously stuck on a story. In those cases, writing longhand seems to activate a different part of my brain and "unstick" things.
Anything you would like to say to your readers and fans?
JA: First, hello and thank you!! I hope you're staying healthy and safe and that your loved ones are too. Hugs to everyone riding out the storm of our current world situation. Second, if you're a fan, thanks so much! I'm so privileged to know that people like my stories. There are some doozies in the works for 2021! The sequel to The Slip Traveler's Fate. A new Haven Harbor novel. A shifter story…So much fun! Check out my website, www.JeanneAdams.com and sign up for my newsletter to keep abreast of new releases.
CC: I hope you'll all join us at Caynham Castle and help us celebrate Samhain, when the veil between the worlds of the living and the dead is the thinnest!
Trick or Treat at Caynham Castle
Jeanne Adams, Morgan Brice, Caren Crane, Nancy Northcott
Publisher: Rickety Bookshelf Press
Genre: PNR, Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Date of Publication: 9/25/20
ASIN : B08JZJ69YN
Come to western England's Welsh Marches and the wickedly, spookily fun Halloween Ball at Caynham Castle. Let the Earl of Caynham and his fiancé welcome you into Halloween fun.
Lovers from Cape May, New Jersey, take a Halloween holiday at the magnificent Caynham Castle in Secrets and Ciphers. As their love and trust deepens, they also stumble across and solve a 700 year old mystery! Enjoy this M/M Romance with Morgan Brice's Erik and Ben from Treasure Trail.
Follow an archeologist witch from Idaho as she tangles with a sexy photographer from the witchiest town in America, Jeanne Adams's Haven Harbor, Massachusetts. In Trouble Under the Tower, they discover a hidden chapel, fend off thieves, and help put a dark entity to rest. Somewhere in all that trouble, love sneaks in!
In Mr. Never Again, spies from Nancy Northcott's Arachnid Agency come to Caynham Castle to guard a weapons designer and her family. When her son goes missing, her loyalty may be at risk. Hunting for him offers Blaine and Dana a second chance at love if they're brave enough to take it.
In Caren Crane's tale, Murky Waters, a landscape architect from Massachusetts finds much more than he expects, both in a floral designer from his friend's shop, and in the woods south of Caynham Castle. Discovery of an evil waterborne spirit threatens the new love he has found, unless his lover figures out how to set him free.
Four spooky, witchy, spirit-filled stories set against the stunning background of Caynham Castle's epic Halloween Ball and Bonfire Night!
Excerpt Secrets and Ciphers by Morgan Brice:
"So when you said 'castle,' you really meant—holy shit! That's a friggin' castle!" Ben Nolan's eyes went wide as the hired car pulled into the parking area at Caynham Castle.
Erik Mitchell laughed. "What did you think I meant?"
Ben shook his head, still staring at the large stone building partially hidden within the inner bailey walls. "I thought you meant like Biltmore. Or San Simeon out in California. You know—a big, fancy house built by a gazillionaire. But this is an actual castle!"
"Parts of it date back to the eleven hundreds," Erik replied, nudging Ben to get him to open his door so their driver could retrieve their luggage. "The fortifications were meant to withstand warfare. It's been continually inhabited by the Mortimer family for nine hundred years."
"Wait until I tell my sister-in-law. She thinks it's extra special that she lives in the same house her grandparents built."
Erik paid the driver, and then he and Ben stepped to the side of the lot, awaiting the golf cart that would take them closer to the entrance. Caynham Castle had been converted to a hotel back in the 1930s, combining history, fine food, exceptional comfort, and aristocratic flair for those who yearned for a memorable destination.
"For the U.S., that's an accomplishment," Erik said with a shrug. "Different places, different times."
"And you're friends with the guy who owns it? The duke?"
"Earl," Erik replied distractedly, checking his text messages to assure that they were in the right place to catch their ride.
"Oh, earl. My bad." Ben rolled his eyes.
"And I'd say we're more friendly colleagues than drinking buddies," Erik answered. "He was the patron of the task force I served on around a fraud investigation in a major museum. We hit it off. He's very down-to-earth. You'll like him."
"Are you on his Christmas card list?"
Erik gave him a weird look. "What?"
"You heard me."
"I get a holiday card from my mailman too. It's a polite fiction. Doesn't make us besties."
"So you do get a card from the earl?" Ben pressed.
Erik sighed and gave him a look of fond exasperation. "Yes. Are you happy now? It's a very fancy card with foil stamping and laser die-cuts, and the signature is printed on the card. In case you were keeping track."
"My dad always got a Christmas card from Earl Denning, the guy who ran the lawnmower repair shop near our house in Newark," Ben said. "Not quite the same thing."
Erik laid a hand on Ben's shoulder as if he could guess what was bothering him. "Relax. I never thought you'd feel uncomfortable. I just wanted to spoil you a little." He gave Ben a coaxing look that usually melted any hesitation.
"I've been to fancy places, just not quite this fancy," Ben admitted, wondering if any of the clothing he had brought with him would be suitable. Well, at least there's the tux Erik had me get for Jaxon's big gala. But I don't think I can wear that all week.
"Think of it as a museum," Erik cajoled. "And remember what I told you about the food and the cake at the castle tea shop."
Ben smiled, forcing his insecurities to the back of his mind. Erik had planned this trip to give them both some much-needed time off together, and Ben didn't want to dim that glow.
"I'm looking forward to all of it," he assured Erik. "The castle part just took me by surprise."
"Because I totally tricked you into coming to a castle by telling you we were coming to a castle," Erik said, but Ben could see his partner's worried frown had eased.
"Yeah. You're sneaky like that," Ben teased.
About Morgan Brice:
Morgan Brice is the romance pen name of bestselling author Gail Z. Martin. Morgan writes urban fantasy male/male paranormal romance, with plenty of action, adventure and supernatural thrills to go with the happily ever after. Gail writes epic fantasy and urban fantasy, and together with co-author hubby Larry N. Martin, steampunk and comedic horror, all of which have less romance, more explosions. Characters from her Gail books make frequent appearances in secondary roles in her Morgan books, and vice versa.
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ExcerptTrouble Under the Tower by Jeanne Adams:
"Good afternoon, sir." The desk clerk greeted him with a broad smile. The warmly lit area boasted stone walls, rich wood and a softly burning fire. It was also gaily decorated for Halloween with carved pumpkins and a dish of candy on the desk. "Checking in?"
"Yes, thank you." The dark-haired woman smiled as he gave his name. "Alden McDonald."
"Oh! A double welcome then as you're here as the guest of the earl and Dr. Alden." Obviously connecting the names, she frowned. "Are you related?"
He grinned. In Haven Harbor, most of the families were intertwined in one generation or another. "A very long time ago, someone married someone. My family resurrected the name."
The Alden name kept hanging around in most Haven Harbor families.
"I didn't think people celebrated Halloween this much in England. I thought that was an American thing." He gestured toward the ghost.
The receptionist grinned. "It's catching on over here a bit more. You may already know, we're hosting a 1920s themed Halloween Ball for charity.."
Ah. That explained it.
"Welcome to Caynham Castle, Dr. McDonald. Do let us know if there's anything you need. Patrick will drive you up to your room in the castle proper."
Nodding, he retraced his steps to the waiting golf cart. "Tell me about the towers," he said to Patrick as he gave the young man his room number.
Patrick grinned. "Which ones? The one you'll be staying in? The one the ghost of Lady Alice Neville's daughter haunts? The one with the bar?"
He listened in delight as Patrick pointed out Caynham Tower. Secret passages and hidden doors. What was not to love about that, especially this near Halloween?
"Now the tower you're staying in, sir,,," Patrick pointed at the bulk of the main building after they came out from under the second curtain wall archway into the inner ward. "That one's the Challenge Tower. Some say they hear the ring of swords on the landing as you go up the stairs."
"Swords?"
"Yes, indeed. See, the sixth earl caught his daughter's suitor in her room." Patrick wiggled his eyebrows to give extra meaning to the statement. "The earl challenged the guy to a duel. They battled up and down the hall. You can still see the sword marks."
"Did the earl kill the suitor?"
"Nah." Patrick's youthful enthusiasm was infectious. "The man kept saying he wanted to marry the daughter––so the earl disarmed him and ordered the young scallywag brought to the library." Patrick used a growly voice to mimic the sixth earl's demand. "They wrote up the marriage documents then and there.
Laughing, Alden got out of the cart and headed into the main castle building. Patrick would follow with his luggage, so he headed up a set of stone steps with a thick glossy wooden railing.
He paused on the second landing and opened his magical senses. As if summoned, the faintest clash of swords rang in his ears and he felt the rush of cold that indicated ghosts were afoot.
Once settled in the room, Alden took time enough to wash up and change into jeans. Slipping on his well-broken-in hiking boots, he headed out for a meal.
Sebelle trotted up the stairs, heading for her room. It had taken every ounce of control she had to stop work for the day on the archeological site under Caynham Tower.
When they'd cleared the floor of the hidden rooms, they'd found a trap door in the floor.
A. Trap. Door.
Who knew what they would find beneath it?
"A trap door!" she exulted dancing over the expansive landing. She bounced up the stairs, only looking up at the last minute when she sensed something.
"Whoa!" The absentminded guy in the tweed jacket took a step down into her path. He was looking at the tapestry on the opposite wall.
"What? Oh, sorry," he exclaimed, catching the railing to steady himself. His hand brushed hers and she felt a warm glow.
Uh-oh. He had magic.
"No, I should have taken the other side. My mind was elsewhere…" She stopped. He was perfectly still, his brow furrowed.
"You're Dr. Sebelle Turturro. The head archeologist for the Caynham Tower project."
"Yes." She braced herself. He could be a reporter. Most guests were unaware of the study. Absolutely no one but her team knew about the trap door.
"Fascinating stuff. Hidden passages. Leaping ghosts. Secret rooms." He stopped, his gaze unfocused. "You're…"
Oh, no. This could be a mansplaining moment––a losing proposition––or questions about her visibly multiracial heritage––black, Polynesian and white––her gender, or her curvy body, or some other obtrusively asinine thing. Knowing about magic, and having enough for a spark, frequently turned men into assholes.
"I'm?" she finally asked, because she had to break the tension.
"The Dr. Turturro who wrote the paper on the disappearance of the Etruscan."
Surprised––shocked, really––she smiled. "You read it? She wracked her brain for who he might be. Her study team was already assembled.
"Dr. Alden McDonald. Your photographer." He extended his hand and they both gasped at the magical current that ran through the connection. "And a fellow practitioner, I take it?"
Their hands still joined, she gave a cautious nod. Hard to argue you weren't into the woo-woo and witchy when you met someone who made your hand spark like a live wire.
"I generally don't admit it."
"I get that." Alden opened his mouth to say more, but instead he cocked his head. "Do you hear it?"
She stilled her surprise at his easy acceptance, and listened.
Harsh, panting breaths. The ring of steel on steel. A thump. A gasp of pain or surprise.
"What the hell?" She broke their connection and pivoted. The noise from the landing. faded. Only a ripple of the tapestry gave a hint of something mysterious.
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Excerpt Mr. Never Again by Nancy Northcott:
Even a babysitting assignment could go horribly wrong. Especially when you were watching an engineer to be sure she didn't illegally sell a government-backed weapons system. In the wrong hands, well…World War III, anyone?
Even so, there would be tiny moments to enjoy the perks of the situation. Like several days staying in an actual castle, The Caynham Castle Hotel, on the boss's dime.
Dana Gresham swung her rented sedan around a curve, and the town of Caynham-on-Ledwyche came into view. A few minutes later, she was driving through a charming mixture of half-timbered, medieval buildings interspersed with Tudor brick, Georgian stone and more modern styles. If she didn't get to see more of it while on duty, she would stay a day or so after and explore.
There was only one fly in the ointment, and she absolutely would not think about him until she had to. Which would be when she checked into the hotel in approximately ten minutes and informed him she was here. Until then, no harm in admiring the quaint little town. Or the castle now looming above the trees ahead on her right.
Her cell phone buzzed, the tone a signal that the call came from her employer, the multinational, covert agency known as Arachnid, or from another employee. The car's dash display read, Harris, and Dana grimaced. She'd jinxed herself by thinking about him.
Pressing the button on the steering wheel, she took the call. "Gresham."
She turned left on Caynham Castle Road. The castle drive lay a little way ahead on her right.
"What's your ETA?" Blaine Harris's deep voice still sent ripples through her, and wasn't that aggravating? Dana grimaced. She needed to get her hormones under better control.
It wasn't like him to be so abrupt, though. Frowning, she replied, "About ten minutes. I just drove through town. Why?"
"Vidhur Mahajan has gone missing."
The ten-year-old son of their subject. Personal considerations dropped away, and Dana mentally summoned an area map. "How long ago?"
"Nobody's sure. Apparently, he wanders off every once in a while. The family was in the group touring the castle garden and beehives—lots of shifting positions to see things, a bunch of kids along, and everybody feeling safe on the Earl of Caynham's private land. With his private bees."
That dry tone hinted that he found Caynham-on-Ledwyche's bee products industry baffling. She swung into the car park for a church and stopped.
"When they returned to the hotel," he continued, "they realized Vidhur and this other kid had taken a powder. The family seems more exasperated than worried."
The family being Dr. Kara Mahajan, her widowed sister, Bhavna Chaudry, and Vidhur's fourteen-year-old sister, Aaliyah.
"She feels safe here," he added. "Even the kid wandering off doesn't especially worry either her because he likes to do that. She encourages it as fostering his independence."
"Yeah, well, there are limits." As the eldest of five, having been responsible for the younger ones while her widowed dad worked two jobs to keep food on the table, Dana wasn't exactly lacking experience with kids.
"Maybe they just wandered off, but how do we know?" she asked. "Could the group who want to buy his mom's weapons system be looking for a little insurance? We know they want to buy, but nothing we've seen gives me a strong feeling she wants to sell."
"Wouldn't you at least think about it in her shoes?"
"Probably. Wouldn't you?"
Mahajan's husband had been tortured and murdered by Pakistani intelligence. If she carried a grudge, nobody could blame her. Acting on it by selling India a weapons system underwritten by the British government, however, would take that too far.
"But if she doesn't want to sell," Dana continued, "what better leverage than one of her kids?" If that was the case, this assignment had just become a clusterfuck.
"Yeah. So we need to find that kid asap. If we can't, well…"
"I know. I'm at the church. Where should I go from here?"
"Officers from MI5 masquerading as local detectives are questioning the family while the rest of their team fanned out to search," Blaine said.
The Security Service had point on this with Arachnid, meaning Dana and Blaine, as backup. The British government thought no one would suspect two Americans of working with them.
"I'm on the path to Saxon Hundred, northwest of Caynham-on-Ledwyche," he informed her.
"Because Vidhur Mahajan's into gaming and there's a game store there."
"Got it in one. Meanwhile, you swing through Caynham and see if you spot them. One more set of eyes always helps."
"On it. Keep me posted."
"Back atcha."
Blaine wasn't one for phone etiquette, so the sudden absence of sound was her only cue that they were done.
Heading back onto Caynham Castle Road, Dana frowned at the picturesque buildings. What in this quaint town would draw a ten-year-old interested in robotics and gaming?
Was searching in the town a waste of precious time?
If someone had snatched the boys, any useful information lay back at the castle.
About Nancy Northcott:
Nancy Northcott's childhood ambition was to grow up and become Wonder Woman. Around fourth grade, she realized it was too late to acquire Amazon genes, but she still loved comic books, mysteries, science fiction, fantasy, history, and romance. A sucker for fast action and wrenching emotion, Nancy combines the romance and high stakes (and sometimes the magic) she loves in the books she writes.
She's the author of the Light Mage Wars paranormal romances, the Lethal Webs and Arachnid Files romantic suspense series, and the historical fantasy trilogy The Boar King's Honor. With author Jeanne Adams, she co-writes the Outcast Station space opera mystery series.
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Excerpt Murky Waters by Caren Crane:
Jason Wetherell eyed the limestone castle walls with a weary, appreciative gaze. As a landscape architect, he appreciated how Caynham Castle rose in stately elegance from its environs on the hill. As a traveler, he was grateful for the staff that opened the door of his airport transport, pulled his luggage from the trunk and escorted him to a waiting golf cart.
"Welcome to Castle Caynham, Mr. Wetherell," the smiling porter said. Though the fact that he knew to expect Jason at this time was a surprise. "Ben will see you to Reception and they'll get you checked right in."
He gave the man a baffled nod and folded himself into the golf cart. The young man wasted no time getting him through the imposing stone archways and down the passage to set of very modern-looking entry doors. He saw signs directing guests to Reception on the driver's side and a busy-looking gift shop on his own side.
"I'll stay with your bags until you get checked in, sir," Ben said. "The Reception desk is right through those doors."
Jason figured he probably should have done some research on Castle Caynham before he got here, but he trip had come up so suddenly he hadn't. He'd been waiting for an opportunity like the one the Mortimers had in mind for the Caynham property for a long time. His whole career, really. When his old college roommate, Tom Greenbury, called to tell him what the Earl of Caynham had in mind, Jason felt like it was the chance of a lifetime. Even if it meant he had to attend a costume gala happening on Halloween, of all things.
Jason approached the substantial desk and the smiling receptionist, whose name tag read Angela. "Jason Wetherell, checking in," he said with a smile. "Or did you know that already?"
"Actually, I did know that, Mr. Wetherell," she said with a smile of her own. "Lord Mortimer gave us your itinerary, so we were tracking your progress. I know there were delays leaving Boston, but we're glad you're with us now."
That explained the personal attention, at least. Jason found it disconcerting to be the center of attention, but he understood the Earl's interest in his arrival. He was anxious to meet the man. He'd never met anyone with a title before. Then again, he'd never taken on a project with the scope of what the Earl wanted, either.
"You'll be staying in the Challenge Tower, Mr. Wetherell, which is to the left of the Great Hall," Angela said, marking his room's location on a handy map of the Castle. "As you can see, you're on the top floor of guest rooms, so you'll have a splendid view of the grounds."
"Very good," he said, not knowing enough about the area to appreciate what the view should be. "Who do I need to see about when I'll be meeting with Lord Mortimer?"
"Ms. Wellbern, Lord Mortimer's assistant, has left information for you regarding your meeting," Angela said. "It won't be until tomorrow, though, so you'll have today to rest and familiarize yourself with the Castle. And with Caynham-on-Ledwyche, if you're feeling like going into the town."
"I think I'll try to get settled in first and get my bearings," Jason said, taking the slim folder of information she handed him and tucking it into the inner pocket of his coat. He hadn't been sure he would need the overcoat, but brought it from an abundance of New England caution. He was glad he had. Not only was the sky gray and threatening more rain, but there was a distinct chill in the air outside. It reminded him of home.
He shook his head and headed back out to the golf cart, not wanting to ruin his first day here with memories and regrets about his home and family. Ben was waiting on him, just as he had promised.
"So where are we headed, Mr. Wetherell?"
"The Challenge Tower, apparently," Jason said. "I'll admit to being curious about that name. I'm sure there is a story attached to it."
"Indeed there is, sir," Ben said, navigating carefully through the light foot and golf cart traffic to a broad path leading toward a formidable-looking set of towers set into a looming walled fortress.
Jason was a bit floored by the sheer scale of the place, not to mention the impressively-maintained stonework. It had to take a full-time crew just to keep up the point work. Amazing.
"Back in the late 17th century," Ben said, driving slowly and carefully, "the 6th Earl challenged his daughter's lover to a duel on a landing of the staircase in the Tower. They battled long and hard, up and down the stairs. The young man kept telling the Earl all through the duel that he loved the girl and wanted to marry her, but the Earl wasn't swayed. The Earl won the duel, but he didn't kill the young man. He was so impressed with his sword work that he had the man bandaged and brought to his library. The men had some brandy and the Earl agreed to the marriage. Ever since then, that tower has been the Challenge Tower."
"That's quite a story," Jason said, amused. "Any grain of truth in it?"
Ben threw him a surprised look. "Of course. You can see the cuts their duel left in the stone for yourself."
Jason shook his head, astonished that a place with that sort of history was still standing and occupied. At times like this he realized how young America was, even the old parts, like his hometown in Massachusetts.
He was glad to be here and for this chance to do the work he'd dreamed of since he decided to study landscape architecture. But finding project suited to his degree in cultural landscape studies and design was apparently a challenge. He huffed a laugh to himself at the irony of staying in the Challenge Tower.
About Caren Crane:
Caren Crane began writing warm, witty contemporary romance and women's fiction to save herself from the drudgery of life in the office. An electrical engineer by training, she longed to create worlds where things were any color except cube-wall gray. She still works in a cubicle, but gets to hang out with witty, fabulous people whenever she's writing, which greatly encourages butt-in-chair time.
Caren lives in North Carolina with her wonderful husband. She has three fiercely intelligent, gorgeous grown children, having neatly side-stepped her mother's threat that she would have children Just Like Her.
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Naugatuck's Brielle Behuniak returns a shot during the Naugatuck Valley League doubles tournament final in May 2019 at Woodland Regional High School in Beacon Falls. Behuniak and her partner, Hailey Russell, won the championship. –FILE PHOTO
They understand, but that doesn't make it any easier.
In a typical year, high school seniors would spend the last week of March practicing with their spring sports teams, crunching for Advanced Placement exams, and getting fitted for proms.
Everyone — including the soon-to-be-graduates — know by now that this is not a typical year. While the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference this week deferred making any decision on the fate of the spring season in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, local seniors are grappling with the uncertainty of their futures.
"I understand the precautions that are necessary to keep everyone safe and keep everyone healthy, but it's just very frustrating because there's a chance that I'm missing out on a lot of the activities that I've waited four years for," said Woodland's Nick DeLucia, who saw his basketball season cut short and worries about his final baseball season, his senior prom and his graduation.
"It's just hard to see all of these things that I've waited for be taken away by something that is completely out of my or any person's control. I only have a few months left with all these people who I grew up with, and this pandemic is really affecting that. It's just really frustrating."
With schools closed indefinitely, shutdowns in place, and the pandemic not expected to peak in the United States for some indeterminate period — nobody's sure whether it'll be weeks or months — the CIAC went with a wait-and-see approach.
It gave these athletes at least a glimmer of hope — even if it's a false one — that something can be salvaged from their senior years.
"I'm very relieved that the CIAC decided that canceling spring sports would be premature," said Naugatuck's Brielle Behuniak, who was expecting the chance to defend her Naugatuck Valley League doubles tennis title with Hailey Russell.
"It would be heartbreaking for all student-athletes if they are canceled, but it would be exceptionally devastating for seniors. However, I completely understand that the safety of the student-athletes and members of our community are top priority. Despite all the uncertainty, I'm hopeful that the CIAC would consider other alternatives for student-athletes to compete in at least some of the spring season should the guidelines allow."
Her partner agreed.
"It would be awesome for Brielle and I get to play our final season of tennis and possibly repeat what we did last year," Russell said. "If we don't get to play, although I will be heartbroken, I'm grateful for all of the memories I have made throughout these past four years. I'm relieved that the season is not completely canceled yet and am holding onto hope that my team and I will be able to step onto the tennis court before graduation. However once again, everyone's safety and health are much more important."
CIAC Executive Director Glenn Lungarini indicated that all ideas are on the table, from shortening the regular season to extending state tournaments past the school year — perhaps even into July. There also remains the distinct possibility that the seasons never happen, especially if schools cannot reopen. In many ways, the decision may be out of the CIAC's hands.
"We want students to be hopeful and we want them to know that we are working on our end to deliver (a spring sports season) in any way possible that we can," Lungarini said.
Naugatuck softball coach Kevin Wesche, who sits on some of the high school softball committees as well as the Connecticut High School Coaches Association, is hopeful that spring sports can begin because there is not as much direct contact between athletes as in winter sports such as basketball and ice hockey. He also sees a way to get close to an entire season in a shortened window.
"We can have multiple meets or games like a summer ball tournament with four or five games in a weekend or a couple during the week," Wesche said. "We could probably get in a full 16 to 20 game season in a matter of four weeks then have two weeks for states."
In track and field circles, Woodland boys and girls track and field coach Jeff Lownds, in his 19th season, said he is requesting his athletes use proper caution and not do anything strenuous or in groups while they are out of school.
"I want them all to be healthy; they can go for a run on their own," Lownds said. "I don't have any problem with that. (But) they need to keep a relative balance to do their class work and with exercise. They need to take a walk on a beautiful day and do those things."
"Let's be prudent and not overreact, and at the same time, if there is a chance for limited competition, it would be good for all," Lownds added.
DeLucia and senior teammate Jason Claiborn said they've individually continued their preparations for the baseball season despite all gyms being forced to close.
"I know what the most likely scenario is, but I'm holding onto hope as long as I can," Claiborn said. "I'm just praying that they can figure something out — a smaller season, or even a season with no fans is much better than no season at all. I know the CIAC knows that sports mean a lot, but they really have to take into consideration that sports are many kids' lives — including mine."
Nobody's sure when life will return to normal — whatever the new normal will be, at least — but DeLucia encourages everyone to do his or her part by practicing social distancing and following established guidelines.
"A lot of people are getting extremely negatively affected by this whole thing, and I just hope that this will all go away soon so we can return to normal life," DeLucia said. "If we all work together for just a few weeks, this will all be over soon — not even just for sports, but for daily life."
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Year: 2009 | Volume: 296 | Issue: 6 | Page No.: 959 - 969
PDE4 inhibitors roflumilast and rolipram augment PGE2 inhibition of TGF-{beta}1-stimulated fibroblasts
S Togo, X Liu, X Wang, H Sugiura, K Kamio, S Kawasaki, T Kobayashi, R. F Ertl, Y Ahn, O Holz, H Magnussen, K Fredriksson, C. M Skold and S. I. Rennard
Fibrotic diseases are characterized by the accumulation of extracellular matrix together with distortion and disruption of tissue architecture. Phosphodiesterase (PDE)4 inhibitors, by preventing the breakdown of cAMP, can inhibit fibroblast functions and may be able to mitigate tissue remodeling. Transforming growth factor (TGF)-β1, a mediator of fibrosis, can potentially modulate cAMP by altering PGE2 metabolism. The present study assessed whether PDE4 inhibitors functionally antagonize the profibrotic activity of fibroblasts stimulated by TGF-β1. The PDE4 inhibitors roflumilast and rolipram both inhibited fibroblast-mediated contraction of three-dimensional collagen gels and fibroblast chemotaxis toward fibronectin in the widely studied human fetal lung fibroblast strain HFL-1 and several strains of fibroblasts from adult human lung. Roflumilast was ~10-fold more potent than rolipram. There was a trend for PDE4 inhibitors to inhibit more in the presence of TGF-β1 (0.05 < P < 0.08). The effect of the PDE4 inhibitors was mediated through cAMP-stimulated protein kinase A (PKA), although a PKA-independent effect on gel contraction was also observed. The effect of PDE4 inhibitors depended on fibroblast production of PGE2 and TGF-β1-induced PGE2 production. PDE4 inhibitors together with TGF-β1 resulted in augmented PGE2 production together with increased expression of COX mRNA and protein. The present study supports the concept that PDE4 inhibitors may attenuate fibroblast activities that can lead to fibrosis and that PDE4 inhibitors may be particularly effective in the presence of TGF-β1-induced fibroblast stimulation.


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Rooted in the Earth
Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage
Dianne D. Glave
Crossing the ocean on a slave ship, working the land under threat of violence, eluding racists in nighttime chases through moonless fields and woodlands, stumbling across a murder victim hanging from a tree—these are images associated with the African American experience of nature. Over the decades, many African Americans have come to accept that natural areas are dangerous. Unfamiliar with the culture's rich environmental heritage, people overlook the knowledge and skills required at every turn in black history: thriving in natural settings in ancestral African lands, using and discovering farming techniques to survive during slavery and Reconstruction, and navigating escape routes to freedom, all of which required remarkable outdoor talents and a level of expertise far beyond what's needed to hike or camp in a national forest or park.
In Rooted in the Earth, environmental historian Dianne D. Glave overturns the stereotype that a meaningful attachment to nature and the outdoors is contrary to the black experience. In tracing the history of African Americans' relationship with the environment, emphasizing the unique preservation-conservation aspect of black environmentalism, and using her storytelling skills to re-create black naturalists of the past, Glave reclaims the African American heritage of the land. This book is a groundbreaking, important first step toward getting back into nature, not only for personal growth but for the future of the planet.
Praise For Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage…
"This will interest young readers studying environmental history; an important addition for all library collections." —Library Journal
"Draws on personal perspectives and oral and recorded histories to detail the ways that the history of Africans in America is rooted in the earth." —Booklist
"I love it! Especially the juicy first-person accounts from enslaved and free black people that convey the depth of the relationship between them and the land . . . [The author] has done our country and the world an incredible service." —Audrey Peterman, coauthor, with Frank Peterman, Legacy on the Land: A Black Couple Discovers Our National Inheritance and Tells Why Every American Should Care
"In reclaiming the black heritage of the American landscape, Rooted in the Earth takes us beyond the hurt and struggle of people and nature and leaves us clean for the continuing journey like bare feet in the soil, fresh fruit, and sassafras leaf stems chewed like gum as a kid." —Jarid Manos, author, Ghetto Plainsman; founder/CEO, Great Plains Restoration Council
"This book is a compelling look at American history and its impact on African Americans and their relationship to the natural world. As part of the up and coming majority it is their influence and political power that will determine the sustainability of America's environmental protection policies, which influence an entire planet." —Dudley Edmondson, author, Black & Brown Faces in America's Wild Places
"For those who have felt that Blacks are unduly disconnected from the land, this book is both a roadmap and a welcome home sign." —Majora, urban revitalization strategist and host, Eco-Heroes and The Promised Land
Lawrence Hill Books, 9781556527661, 208pp.
Dianne D. Glave teaches in the department of history at Morehouse College. She is the coeditor of To Love the Wind and the Rain: African Americans and Environmental History.