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Power The Thought - Friday, April 02, 2004
A woman who once declared that it would be quite weird to die by leaving a priceless treasure behind and interviewed with Martin Lewis of BBC that her body is to be buried, just make sure that she is really dead!!!
The one who said so was a compact-sized woman, so active that it was hard to guess her age. She walked so fast that her spouse even teased her that he had never seen a small one with short legs who could walk this fact. Her powerful talk as a leading activist could spell the audience to speechlessness. She had her own dressing style with high confidence manner without any fear for the public.
This can be interpreted that the one with her kind of soul dies hard. This is because what she has created is not a normal business kingdom but the business that has created staff members with the spirit of social and communal responsibilities. They are like the heir to the intention and spirit of the founder.
On March 3, 2004, the day she visited Thailand, the Auditorium of Chulalongkorn University was filled up with the network of this leading social activist woman. She opened the floor with the answer to a classic question of how she was successful in creating the business kingdom of The Body Shop with such uniqueness. Her retorting answer was that it was due to the fact that she had never passed the business administration course from any institution.
She is Dame Anita Roddick, who might not be widely known in our society. However, if we say she is the founder of skin care business, The Body Shop, the response should be roaring. Even though she made excuses that she did not finish any business administration course, the society is well aware of the finely refined reputation and value of her business.
Today it is obvious that Anita is proud of the success of her large kingdom. She wanted to specify that she has created the multi cultural and multi community business by integrating community way with economy to elevate the living of people before transferring into trade system and becoming products for the consumption of big cities.
She said that the first The Body Shop started in 1976 based on a simple reason of creating good life for her and her two daughters while Gordon Roddick, her husband, had been wandering in the South American forests. With barely any business experience but the simple advice of her husband to make the shop have only the revenue of f 300 per week, she had the only target to make the first shop progress until today. Today the shop has grown into almost 2,010 franchised shops in 52 countries worldwide using 25 different languages in trading.
It cannot be claimed that this success has come by unintentionally because it has been concealed with determination to do the business with different conscience. It has thus become the core value that ultimately differentiates itself from others of the same kind.
It is the business style called 'Business as Unusual' which has become the title of her first book to tell how her kingdom was born and how to create corporate value differently from other businesses. (Her book available in bookstores now is Brave Hearts, Rebel Spirits.)
The difference of The Body Shop has arisen from different way of thinking of its founder. She has pushed her own determination into one with corporate value. Dame Anita said that she has been a rebellion since the day she was born. Her idol was James Dean. With the status of Italian refugee daughter in Littlehampton in England, she was born in 1942. When she was ten years old, she found herself to do differently and felt like 'the outsider.'
She is self confident and believes that her DNA and Italian nationality have been significant in urging her to the success in life. Being a refugee in an alien society has taught her to care and share. Her mother taught her and instilled in her family to reuse, refill, and recycle even before these three words were widely known and the public did not know how to spell 'environment.' This tiny ethics nurtured by her family has become the nature and created her distinct business concept and message communicated through all shops.
She was educated to be a teacher as her mother's wishes. She wandered to teach in Kibbutz in Israel and visited local communities in various place as students. Such experience has become an inspiration in the concept of creating business and relationship with communities. Traveling has become her job as the business executive in searching for raw materials from local communities throughout the world to feed her business. It is in fact the differentiation of her business from others in seriously and sincerely supporting businesses with communities for 28 years.
"Business entities have the power that cannot be imitated by the public sector in pushing community business. Business sector shouldn't be a tool to create only benefits. It must play a part in social responsibility. Consumers should also have goad judgment in buying goods."
This is the origin of target and mission that are walking hand in hand with the care for communities and environment. The Body Shop uses its facade and merchandise to create the spirit of ideology while transferring the message of human rights protection. Concurrently, the issues of animal life projection, environmental preservation from various communities according to her travel experiences have been presented. This is the attraction venues for people of the same conscience to join the ideology. Anita used to ask her staff about where they wanted to work for after leaving The Body Shop and they answered that other places may not want to accept them to work.
However, she also gave credit to the society that her enterprise was born at a suitable time. At its foundation, the United Kingdom was entering into the Green Economy period. The acceptance of goods with natural could be easily in trend. A part of her success was favorable opportunity not luck.
What Anita believes in and continuously does is being a rebellion against unfairness to protect the people, especially if the people are local or less privileged in developed countries.
For example, in the case of a large energy company encroaching the area of the Ogoni in Nigeria in 1993 for oil exploration, Anita and other NGOs pushed for the campaign against the giant multinational oil company. The Ogoni's key persons were imprisoned but the campaign continued and eventually they were released. In 1997, under unrelenting pressure from several parties, Shell issued a revised operating charter committing the company to human rights and sustain-able development.
Anita is proud to be a part in getting such a giant business organization to think about what it really means to be a corporate citizen.
When talking about the beginning of her crystallized ideas naturally combined personal interest and community trade initiatives, Anita recounted back in 1989 when she attended the meeting at Altamira of Amazonian Indian tribes protesting against a hydro-electric project which would have flooded thousands of acres of rainforest, submerging native lands.
As she could not do anything to terminate the project, she thought that if the areas were damaged, what could be protected in advance was to preserve Brazil nuts, renowned native agricultural produce. Brazil nut is a perennial tree with hard-shell nut, of which special quality is when crushed, it will yield oil with moisture suitable to be an ingredient in skin moisturizing and hair nourishing cream.
This has become a reputable community trade of The Body Shop, with 42 projects in 26 countries, across the world. The philosophy of the project is that farmers or owners of materials must receive fair and stable prices.
In addition, The Body Shop also has the product of which ingredient is sesame seed oil of Chepang indigenous farmers in Nepal. Above all, several communities have become trade partners and run a subsidized store. The Body Shop employs a Cuban agronomist consultant specializing in organic production methods.
'The deal with The Body Shop isn't going to make the farmers financially rich, but it does enable them to maintain their chosen way of life, not in the no-choice and victimized status all the time. I'm immensely proud of our efforts to make fair or community trade relationships more mainstream today. We cannot separate corporate values from social responsibilities, respect for human rights, care and protection of animal life and nature, all of which is integrated and combined.'
What can't be omitted is that the giving mission of The Body Shop shares 25% of profits to communities with trade relationships in terms of public utilities development, educational center development, baby care center.
Infinite giving is the mission Anita wants to do and must be continuously executed because she does not want to leave this world as the rich addicted to external treasures.
N.B.: This article is not meant to be advertorials for the mentioned products but to present the real value of the corporation.


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Sony Ericsson's New Smartphone Offering to be an Android 3.0 Gaming and PSP Go-Like Device
Sony Ericsson is all geared up to introduce a PSP Go-like smartphone that would be capable of playing and downloading PlayStation games. The Japanese firm is developing a brand new gaming platform, ecosystem, and device and we hear they are in the final stages of planning. Engadget feels that smartphone, most likely to be launched in October this year, will possibly come running Google's Android 3.0 Gingerbread Operating System, along with PlayStation's own gaming eco system.
The phone, which will be a landscape slider like the Motorola Milestone, will be using a gaming D-pad replacing the QWERTY keypad and will have a long touchpad instead of the joystick. The new smartphone ( the image you see alongside is an Engadget mockup) will be sporting a large touchscreen, expected to be between 3.7 and 4.1 inches with WVGA resolution. To be driven by a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU and, of course, a good amount of RAM would be added too. Standard PSP buttons and shoulder buttons are also expected to find their place on the device. The phone will be mostly black with some silver touches, while the game pad area will be white or silver in color.
Games such as God of War, Call of Duty, and LittleBigPlanet for PSX and PSP platforms would be made available on this phone. Let us also expect a handful of Google games too on the device. Sony would be working closely with Google on this gaming phone. If rumors of an October launch are correct, the phone will be available for customers soon after the October date.


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An alphabetical list of the inscriptions in the Colden family
cemetery, Coldenham, Town of Montgomery, Orange Co., New York, including the
names, dates and family details as provided on the stones. — J R S Hansen, Oct.
One early mention of the cemetery, written upon the death of his aunt in June 1744, was in a letter to a friend from Cadwallader Colden, the future Lieutenant Governor of the Province of New York: "She was buried the next day in the afternoon in my Orchard by one of my Children & where I hope to be laid my self." — From The Letters and Papers of Cadwallader Colden, vol. VIII (New York: J.J. Little and Ives Co. for The New York Historical Society, 1937), p. 303-304.
Building on a list published in vol. 16 of the journal "Publication" of the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands (1914), the following is based on surveys I made in 2008 and 2013, with some additions and corrections to the 1914 version.
It must be kept in mind that many of the stones are very hard to read. The number of clearly identified burials/stones is 62. Based on the historical record, there are at least 3 additional burials, and likely more, one possibly as early as 1729. They were not listed in 1914 and have not been located physically, so are not included below.
Details in square brackets were added for clarification. Maiden names are indicated by parentheses; they are also enclosed in square brackets if they were not included in the engraving.
Alice (Colden) Antell [sic],
"daughter of Cadwr. and Elizth. Colden," d. 21 Feb 1776, age 30.
Edward Antill, 16 Apr 1795-20 Feb 1830.
Jane (Colden) Antill, d. 3 Oct 1827, age 72.
"Daughter of Alexr. Colden & Widow of John Antill."
Alexander Colden, d. 28 Sep 1816, age 59.
Anna Cornelia Colden,
"youngest daughter of David and Gertrude Colden," d. 3 Oct 1799, age 13 months.
Anna (Willet) Colden, d. 1828.
Stone shared with Thomas Colden (q.v.).
"The grateful tribute of an adopted daughter to the memory of Thomas Colden and Anna Willet. Married 1783; died 1826 and 1828."
Cadwallader Colden [Lt. Gov.], d. 28 [sic] Sep 1776, in 89th year.
[Other sources state that he died on 20 September.]
Cadwallader Colden, Esq. [Jr.], d. 18 Feb 1797, age 75.
Cadwallader Colden [III], d. 10 Jun 1805, age 59 y, 7m.
Cadwallader W. Colden, d. 11 Jun 1860, age 57y, 7m, 8d.
Caroline (Oakley) Colden, wife of Charles Rhind Colden, 4 Jun 1830-24 May 1907.
[This stone was not included in the 1914 survey.]
Carrie Crawford Colden, d. 13 Jul 1874, age 5 months.
[Inscription shared with Robert Murray Colden (q.v.).]
"Children of Charles R. and Caroline Oakley Colden."
Charles Colden, d. 25 Apr 1870, age 19.
"Son of Charles R. & Caroline O. Colden."
Charles Kearney Colden, 24 Jan 1881-4 Jan 1907
[Inscribed on one face of an obelisk that also bears an inscription for Kearney Colden (q.v.).]
Charles Rhind Colden, d. 8 May 1881, age 63.
David Colden, d. 15 Sep 1798, age 36.
"Son of Cadwallader and Elizabeth Colden."
David Colden, 18 Mar 1860, age 48 y, 10m, 3d.
Elizabeth [(Ellison)] Colden, d. 10 Jul 1815 in 89th year of her age.
"Relict of Cadwallader Colden."
Elizabeth (Fell) Colden, d. 24 Apr 1782, in 30th year.
"Wife of Cadr. Colden jun [III] and only Daughter of Joh Fell Esqr."
Elizabeth [(Fell)] Colden, d. 13 Oct 1858, age 76.
"Relict of William Colden."
Gertrude [(Wynkoop)] Colden, 4 Jul 1767-16 May 1845, age 76.
"Widow of Alexander Colden."
Kearney Colden, d. 18 Nov 1885, age 27y, 7m, 15d.
[Inscribed on one face of an obelisk that also bears an inscription for Charles Kearney Colden (q.v.).]
Margaret Colden, d. 16 Mar 1881, age 71y, 10m, 3d.
Mary Ann (Hunt) Colden, d. 29 Nov 1885, age 63y, 8m, 4d.
"our beloved mother…wife of David Colden."
Robert Murray Colden, d. 9 Feb 1866, age 8 weeks.
[Inscription shared with Carrie Crawford Colden (q.v.).]
"Children of Charles R. and Caroline Oakley Colden."
Susan Colden, d. 4 Aug 1905, age 82.
Thomas Colden, d. 1826.
[Shared stone with Anna (Willet) Colden (q.v.).]
"The grateful tribute of an adopted daughter to the memory of Thomas Colden and Anna Willet. Married 1783; died 1826 and 1828."
Thomas Colden, d. 1 Apr 1843, age 42y, 6m.
"Only son of Cadwallader C. & Eliza H. Colden."
William Colden, Esq., d. 1 Oct 1826, age 44y, 7m.
John Fell, Esq., d. 15 May 1798, age 77y, 91d.
John Fell, d. 4 Feb 1836, age 52.
"…husband, father.."
Peter R. Fell, d. 6 Oct 1791, in 38th year.
Susan [Susannah (Marschalk) McIntosh] Fell, d. Nov 1800, in 73rd year.
"…relict of John Fell."
William Handy Fell, d. 4 Oct 1819, age 5y, 4m.
"…son of John and Mary Fell."
Margaret (Colden) [Fell] Galatian, d. 29 Mar 1833, in 75th year,
"…relict of Peter Galatian."
[The 1914 survey mis-transcribed her death year as 1855.]
Peter Galatian, d. 26 Feb 1811, age 55y, 11m, 19d.
Anna Colden Harris, 16 Dec 1853-4 Jun 1937.
[Further research may show that her maiden name was Colden. This stone was not included in the 1914 survey for obvious reasons.]
[Note: the following 2 stones were listed in the 1914 survey with the surname Hand, but closer examination of the very faded stones and further research indicate the name is probably Hart.]
Susan [(Colden?)] Hart, 17 Nov 1778-19 Oct 1854,
"wife of Thomas Hart."
Thomas Hart, 21 Nov 1779-18 Oct 1839.
The Rev. Albert Hoyt, d. 23 Jan 1829, age 31y, 3m, 23d.
"Rector of St. Andrew's Church, Walden."
Gertrude Colden (Murray) Hussey, 25 Sep ("9th month") 1817-13 Sep ("9th month") 1848.
"…wife of George F. [E?] Hussey and daughter of Robert I. Murray."
Murray Hussey, 21 Jan ("1st month") 1845- 30 Jan ("1st month") 1849.
"…son of G. F. and G. C. Hussey."
Jane [(Colden)] Murray, d. 29 Dec 1830, in 82nd year.
"…relict of Alexander Murray."
Alexander Colden Rhind, d. 8 Nov 1897, in 77th year.
"Rear Admiral, U.S. Navy."
Anna Grant [(Wilson)] Rhind, 5 Oct 1814-2 Jun 1901.
"Wife of Charles Rhind" [Jr.]
Cadwallader D. Colden Rhind, d. 28 Apr 1884, in 62nd year.
"Son of Charles & Susan Rhind."
Charles Rhind, 11 Feb 1779-31 Mar 1857.
Charles Rhind [Jr.], 10 Feb 1810-23 Apr 1908.
Charlotte Sophia Rhind [1829-1911].
[There are no dates on the stone. This stone was not included in the 1914 survey.]
Frances Rhind, 24 Feb 1846-14 Dec 1890.
"Daughter of Charles & Anna G. Rhind."
Henry Navarre Rhind, d. 8 May 1910, age 61.
"Son of Charles & Anna G. Rhind."
Malvina Rhind, 9 Jan 1819-25 Feb 1832.
"…daughter of Charles and Susan Rhind."
Mary Rhind, d. 1 Nov 1895.
Susan [(Fell)] Rhind, 11 Oct 1786- 3 Nov 1861.
"…relict of Charles Rhind."
[The 1914 survey lists her as Sarah, but it is clearly Susan.]
Susan Rhind, d. 24 Aug 1865.
[The following five names were inscribed on one of 4 sides of an obelisk:]
Charles Joseph Ruggles, d. 25 Sep 1849, age 28 y, 10m, 20d.
"Son of David & Sarah Colden Ruggles."
David Ruggles, d. 19 Dec 1837, age 54y, 9m, 15d.
Elizabeth Ruggles, d. Feb 1831, age 2 months.
"Daughter of David & Sarah Colden Ruggles."
[This inscription is on the same face of the obelisk as that of Gertrude Wynkoop Ruggles (see next).]
Gertrude Wynkoop Ruggles, d. 19 Nov 1829, age 5y, 1m, 9d.
"Daughter of David & Sarah Colden Ruggles."
[This inscription is on the same face of the obelisk as that of Elizabeth Ruggles (see previous).]
Sarah (Colden) Ruggles, d. 10 May 1842, age 50y, 5m, 25d.
"Wife of David Ruggles & eldest daughter of David & Gertrude Colden."
Isabella Trimble, d. 25 Apr 1842, age 4 y, 9m, [?] d.
"…daughter of John & Margaret L. [?] Trimble."
John Antill Trimble, d. 2 Apr 185[0 or 6], age 6m, 11 d.
"Son of John & Margaret Trimble."


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Hello, my name is Gaile. Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself to you. I'm a highly experienced; Grade A, Government Approved Driving Instructor so if you decide to choose me to teach you to drive, you can assured you will be in safe hands.
The reason I decided to become a driving instructor was because several of my close friends and family suggested I should consider teaching as a career. They said I had a talent for explaining complex things simply and clearly and I had a lot of patience. In addition they said I was a good listener in an engaging and interesting way. They wondered why I had never considered a career in teaching as to them it seemed to be a perfect match for my personality. This made me think about what I could teach. Since I loved taking drives to the country side and I enjoy classic car rally's, I put two and two together and teaching people to drive seemed like the perfect way to change careers while finding something I was good at and enjoyed doing.
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Amy Recker presently is the Preschool Special Education Director as well as the supervisor of related services (occupational and physical therapy). The preschool program consists of 8 center based classrooms, 3 itinerant intervention specialists and several other specialists in various fields who provide support and specialized instruction in various locations to students based on individual needs. Prior to being a leader of the preschool program, she was a preschool special education teacher for 12 years in which she taught a variety of disabilities and typically developing students. Having a son with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), she has a deep passion for working in partnership with families with children with disabilities. For the past 7 years, she teamed with district supervisors, community organizations, families and staff to develop and supervise the Great Day Academy Autism Unit for students on the spectrum grades K-12. She currently serves as the administrative leader of the Educational Service Center Autism Team which promotes autism awareness and provides parents and professional with resources and foundational information for understanding and teaching students with autism. Recently, she and 6 other ESC professionals from a variety of disciplines attended a five day training by international speaker Dr. Rush Aspy, co-author of the outstanding award winning book The Ziggurat Model. She and the team were trained on a collaborative team approach to assist with the educational identification of students with ASD.
Mrs. Recker earned a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education grades K-8 from The Ohio State University, Preschool and Early Education for the Handicapped Certification from Bluffton University and a Master of Educational Administration and Principal Licensure grades K-6 from the University of Dayton.
Amy is a member of the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). She works closely with other preschool programs throughout Allen County and serves on several early childhood committees. She enjoys vacationing with family and friends, playing golf, singing songs in the car and watching movies. She is married to Ross Recker, has two children, Evan and Conner and a rambunctious dog named Cooper.


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In your website design, keep in mind that web browsers are more friendly to websites that have independent CSS pages and provide conditional loading. Testing and maintenance in the future are much easier when these techniques are employed. You do not want to run into problems when making changes to your site.
It is important to make use of ALT tags for your images in your site design. These tags help describe images for those that use graphic-disabled browsers and for those that are visually impaired and who use tools to translate the images to voice. No mater whether you use image links or not, the use of an ALT tag gives a better explanation. The ALT tags will bring up the search rank of your site because search engine crawlers use them as well.
If you are stuck when it comes to designing your website, remember that the entire Internet is at your disposal. You can look at an infinite number of websites to obtain inspiration. Find a website that you like, identify what makes that website appealing, and determine if it is an idea that you can borrow and improve upon. Borrow ideas and create your own to build a truly unique page. Take those ideas and improve them.
Use navigation that is easy, clear, and simple to maintain. Your navigation links should be easy to see and use to keep visitors on your site. It is important to keep the navigational structure tidy and organized.
When putting together the pages of a new website, resist the feeling that you have to take advantage of every single bit of available space. If you make excessive use of pixels, your website will seem too busy and cluttered. Allow for good spacing between elements, which will in turn, make the experience more pleasant for your visitors. In many ways, empty space provides value to a website.
Try making separate CSS pages for different browsers with conditional loading when designing websites. This technique will make testing and maintenance easier. All websites will have to be maintained, and this will help make it easier to change things.
If you have ideas for multiple websites, it's a good move to go ahead and reserve a domain name now. Come up with something inventive, something that people will remember. However, reserve it right away, because these names go fast. There are many people who have similar ideas. You cannot count on being unique all the time.
Learning about design on the web is much easier as you practice. So, go ahead and start up some simple pages with HTML and C+ to see if you have some of the fundamentals down. Proceed with what you know about it soon, because you may need more practice than you initially think you will need.
You should use a good layout for the site, one that you are able to work with and is basic so it's easy for you to understand the foundation of the web design first. As you continue to learn about web design, you can update and change your site to reflect your new knowledge.
Go ahead and sign up for a newsletter that can inform you about website creation periodically, so that if you ever lose sight of your web design goals you have a place to come back to and begin once again. Newsletters can help both beginners and veterans learn more.
To help test your site's effectiveness, make use of task-based usability tests. The point of using tools like these would be to discover some issue that is hidden deep within the depths of your site. A well-designed website will have testers reporting no bugs or complaints. If it's not, you can get insight on how to fix it.
Research is very important when it comes to website design. Research your niche, so you can set your sights on your target audience. Your goal is to incorporate the content that will bring in the most customers. This will help you approach site design more efficiently.
When you design a site, keep your target audience in mind, ask, or poll people to see what they'd like to see on your site. This can help with the design aspect as well as other components of the site. Taking the advice of your target audience is crucial if you want your design to be successful.
Figure out your site's target audience and ask them what they're interested in with a website. This will assist with the overall design of your website in a positive way. Giving the people what they want is vital to almost any type of success.
Designing a website does not mean you have to spend money. When it comes to the tools you need for web design, with a little effort, you can find very cost-effective alternatives to top-of-the-line high-priced software. For instance, there is no cost open source software that can assist you in many of the sames ways as paid software. Making the most of this software can assist you in saving a great deal of money.
Try not to steer consumers on your website into different places other than what they are presently interested in. This means no surveys or offers that are required to continue. When you take away the visitor's choices by your own demands, you will lose their loyalty and decrease your credibility.
When using FileZilla for a file server, use their quick menu settings, with a username, correct port, and domain. This makes it simple whenever you log back into the server, because all you do is click on the menu and select personal settings. Doing so will save a great deal of time.
Learn as you go, adding new skills and techniques for web page design. After getting the hang of a design concept, find another one to learn. Doing this can add time to designing a website early on, but later you'll be such a pro that you can crank sites out in droves.
When you include videos on your site, you need to be aware that not everyone has a high Internet bandwidth. If your videos are faster than your clients Internet access, then it will work against you. This means a very slow-loading video that's going to buffer every other second.
For some people, their bandwidth is very low, and you need to consider this when putting videos up on your site. While you can be tempted to have videos at 5,000 kilobytes per second, that may be too fast for a lot of people's connections to handle. This can mean a very slow loading time for the video, which will cause it to buffer frequently.
Properly maintaining your website gives you an opportunity to remove negative comments and spam that might accumulate on your pages. This is imperative for forum and blog administrators. The removal of negative comments and spam is the sign of a great site designer.
It is essential that you check your website's statistics often. You will know who visits your website and which pages they like the most. This will point to what you need to update in order to keep visitors returning.
Tools for your visitors to use should be user friendly and consistent. Keep all underlined text clickable and allow for a change of color of links already clicked. Providing visitors a user friendly site will ensure they return often.
The world of technology rapidly advancing making it very important to remain educated about website development on a continuing basis. People need to provide a great website which satisfies visitors. If you understand this, you understand how web page design is turning profits for many people.
Background colors on websites should be neutral. Visitors to your website can be overwhelmed by strong textures or busy patterned backgrounds and it can give an impression of being an amature. Your background should be a neutral color or white. Neutral colors are easier to read.
Using free stock images can help you save a bit of money when creating your website. The Internet has many of these images; typically, they are just as good as those that cost money. When you save money on these, you are able to spend that cash on other business and design aspects.
Simplicity is imperative in order to design an effective website. Dark text with a dark background is a big mistake. This can be hard on the reader's eyes and a challenge to read. A busy background pattern is also something to avoid. The text and pattern will mix together. Keeping it simple with a white background and black text might be your best bet.
For most standard websites, maintain neutral background colors. Backgrounds can make the visitor feel overwhelmed and may look bad. Make your background white or similarly neutral. Neutral colors have been shown to make reading easier when used as a background.
Set goals for yourself that are realistic about how long each individual task will take to complete. Working to meet a deadline that is not feasible, will result in poor work, which will translate to more issues down the road. It is preferable if you can allow yourself enough time to do your work with care.
Check out other websites to come up with a style that you may want to work with, and can really inspire you to create a beautiful site. This will help you to understand the type of content that you want.
No matter what you do, keep learning. It is impossible to learn everything about web design because it changes everyday. Spend some time regularly learning about the advancements in the field.
There are many benefits of using good website creation practice. Your website look will immediately improve, it will be much simpler to use, and your visitors will be impressed by the professional presentation you and your company exude. The success of your website depends on good web design. There are several good website development suggestions in this article. Use these so you are able to compose a website that is successful!
If you have hired a company to do your web design, be sure to pay them on time. This company handles the maintenance of your website. If you can't meet your financial obligations in a reasonable time frame, they will be much less likely to provide quick assistance when you have a problem with your site. Paying regularly will help improve your relationship with them and help your website remain in good working order.


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Dead Rising 3 uses procedural generation techniques to build its zombies piece by piece, so in theory no two zeds will be the same.
Wounds from being eaten alive by the undead are a lot like fingerprints: no two people have the same set. That's the case in Dead Rising 3, at least. Rather than building giant hordes from the same handful of character models, the developers at Capcom randomly construct each enemy from a big pile of body parts like a ghoulish Mr. Potato Head.
"You'll never see the same zombie twice," boasts Capcom producer Mike Jones. "It's all procedurally generated: hair styles, clothing, colors, textures. And the gore is too: missing jaws, missing eyes... it's all totally dynamic. That's a whole system that we built. We didn't just model the zombies, we had to model the pieces and the system puts them together."
Dead Rising 3 is drawing on the power of next-gen consoles to make its environments more diverse, in addition to its hordes. "You're looking at more custom work and less reuse," says Jones. "Every building and every interior in Dead Rising 3 is handmade and hand crafted ... Absolutely it costs more money and more time. But ultimately it yields a more unique experience and you'll run through the world and know where stuff is without looking at the map because everything has its own feel."
You'll be able to admire each zombie's individuality as they're gnawing on your brains when Dead Rising 3 launches alongside the Xbox One on November 22.
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As the General Services Commission's Director of Executive Business Administration Mr. Pierce directed the business management and procurement operations for each Texas state agency, exceeding two billion dollars in annual acquisitions. Responsible for managing a two million-dollar operation budgets for eight departments consisting of one hundred team members.
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A while back, I ministered at the BASIC College Ministries Conference to the women. The kids and I tagged along with my husband's band, Isaiah Six, who was leading worship for the event. I had planned on going anyway to tag along with my husband (his band Isaiah Six was leading worship), just to be around Daddy, knowing that it was a busy time for him. Funny thing, just before the event, I got a call from Kent Murawski, the director, and he said the speaker for the women had to back out, and he wondered if I would do the session. Derek basically told me I was doing it…I am never one to jump at those kind of things. But in my heart I knew it was God, so I said ok. So, I went, knowing that the Lord put me up to it.
Kent asked me to share about purity, modesty, etc. So I threw some thoughts and scriptures down in my trusty green notebook, and Derek helped me to organize it all…here are some snippits from it.
When we truly understand our Father's love for us, and have a true picture of how He views us, we can walk in complete security and confidence in this life, regardless of our upbringing. And when that revelation sinks deep into our hearts, it will affect us internally, and then externally.
His love will transform us internally…all of the former devices, so to speak, that have developed over time that try to fill that need for love and acceptance, will melt away by the work of His Spirit as we surrender to Him. If we "awaken love before it's time" (Song of Songs 3:5), or let the love for a man become our main focus before it is God's time, our devotion to Christ gets interrupted. We must surrender this part of our lives to Him…in that place of surrender is where the Spirit works. As we believe how loved we are, our love for Christ will produce that hidden beauty of the heart that Peter speaks of in I Peter 3:3,4.
"And let not your adornment be merely external-braiding of the hair, and wearing gold jewelry and putting on dresses; but let it be the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God."
Knowing His grace and love will change us externally…Our culture has conditioned us from childhood to focus on beauty and romance. Come on, think about it…have you ever seen an ugly or overweight Disney princess? And everyone of those tiny-waisted, long-legged girls "find their prince" and live happily ever after. It is everywhere we look…" if you look like this, you will get a guy like this, and you will be happy." Derek and I have very intentionally warned our three girls of this trap. We want them to be secure because of who they are in Christ, not because they have a pretty face or the right clothes. SO, if we should not imitate our culture which worships beauty and romance, how do we dress? Like women in bible times? Is it time to bust out the drapery and face cloths? No, but the word says modesty is becoming to a woman of faith.
As we decide what to wear, we should be aware of two things. First, avoid vanity. The reference to braided hair and gold jewelry speaks in Bible times of those in royalty, or those in harlotry. Royalty dressed this way to be vain…to flaunt their wealth and position. This is obviously a sinful attitude.
Second, the reason for the harlot to dress this way was to allure men. We as women of faith should never desire to cause our brothers (or unbelieving men for that matter) to stumble over our appearance. Yet, this is an extremely common way of living for women. "What can I do to get that second look?" We need to ask the Lord to help cleanse us of the contamination of our culture, and to truly desire to please Him first. And that will cause us to be the most beautiful women on the planet.
I saw this quote on a sister's myspace, and I thought it was the perfect summary.
"A woman's heart should be so lost in God, that a man needs to seek God to find her."


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GAINESVILLE - Nine months before Preston Tucker was to enroll at Florida, baseball coach Kevin O'Sullivan was sure Tucker would have little trouble adjusting to the college game.
O'Sullivan even predicted Tucker's power would make the 6-foot, 205-pounder a threat in the middle of the Gators' lineup in 2009.
Tucker has made those predictions seem a bit conservative in the wake of one of the best seasons by a freshman in school history.
"I've met my expectations," Tucker said Wednesday. "I wanted to do well. I wanted to hit in the middle of the lineup. I wanted to produce, get pretty big numbers.
"I met those goals."
In a very big way.
Entering this weekend's NCAA Regional at McKethan Stadium, Tucker leads the Gators with 12 home runs and 77 RBI and is their third-leading hitter (.338 average).
But those stats really can't capture how good he has been this season.
Among the highlights:
- He tied a single-game Southeastern Conference mark and set a school record with 11 RBI in the Gators' 16-3 victory over Central Florida on April 8. He hit home runs in three consecutive at-bats - a grand slam in the fifth inning, a three-run shot in the sixth and another grand slam in the seventh.
- Tucker drove in eight of UF's 20 runs in the Gators' series against Vanderbilt in April. In the series finale, a 16-9 loss, he hit two home runs and drove in five.
- He was an integral part of Florida's seven-run, ninth-inning rally for a 9-8 victory over Alabama on March 28.
Tucker tripled to start the inning then later delivered a two-out, two-run single that tied the score. When Jerico Weitzel scored one batter later, it capped the largest ninth-inning comeback in school history.
Then there's this: Tucker's RBI total broke Brad Wilkerson's freshman school record of 68 set in 1996. It's not a bad start to a career when you're breaking records set by the person universally regarded as the best baseball player in school history.
Tucker has impressed his teammates, too.
Freshman pitcher Nick Maronde stopped to watch Tucker take batting practice and left shaking his head.
"I was pretty impressed," Maronde said. "He had a lot of power. I played against him over the summer, but I never saw him take BP until fall, and he hit some balls pretty far."
Even so, Tucker still had some doubts when he arrived at UF last August.
"There's always a couple doubts when you're going into a new environment, especially playing [in the] SEC [at a] D-1 school like this where the game is sped up, everything's a little bit faster, the players are a little bit stronger, everyone throws a little bit harder," Tucker said. " ... But coach O'Sullivan kept telling me, 'These are the best pitchers in the league, and if you can hit well off of these guys, then you'll be just fine.' "
O'Sullivan was right again.
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Did you know that it is illegal in the United States to "possess, sell, purchase, barter, transport, import or export any bald eagle — alive or dead?" And it is on this basis that New York art dealer Ileana Sonnabend's heirs have valued her Robert Rauschenberg masterwork "Canyon" at zero for estate tax purposes. The rationale is, if they cannot sell it or even give it away, there is obviously no market for it and therefore, it has no ascertainable value. The article in Sunday's New York Times "A Catch 22 of Art and Taxes, Starring a Stuffed Eagle" was facinating reading. Some highlights:
- The estate valued the work at zero because of the IRS' own guidelines for determining the fair market value (FMV) of property which state that taxpayers should "include any restrictions, understandings, or covenants limiting the use or disposition of the property." (Sidebar – this explains the common estate planning technique of the "family limited partnership" – a way to legally discount the value of lifetime transfers). Because of this restriction, the family contends that "Canyon's" FMV is zero. Interestingly, the article does not discuss the fact that it is a crime to merely "possess" the dead eagle. Ms. Sonnabend was able to legally get around that technicality but what about her heirs?
- According to Stephanie Barron, one of the members of the IRS' Art Advisory Panel, the group evaluated "Canyon" solely on its artistic merits, without reference to any accompanying restrictions or laws. Hmm… If value is determined in part by any restrictions on use or disposition, then how could the panel NOT consider any legal restrictions? Says Ms. Barron: "It's a stunning work of art and we all just cringed at the idea of saying that this had zero value. It just doesn't make any sense." Perhaps so, but did the panel err in not considering this obscure legality?
- A bizarre argument advocating a black market valuation was advanced by a former director of the IRS' Art Appraisal Services Unit. Said Joseph Bothwell as quoted in Forbes: "There could be a market for the work, for example, a recluse billionaire in China might want to buy it and hide it." Yeah, or maybe the heirs could carry the work under a raincoat to a dark alley and sell it to some random passerby. To me, this line of reasoning is very dangerous.
- There was an initial valuation by the IRS of $15 million; when the estate refused to pay the additional tax and penalty, a Notice of Deficiency was issued stating that the value was in fact $65 million. Although an intriguing turn of events, I do not want to argue the dollar amounts here, I want to stick to the principles of valuation.
- What about gifting the piece to charity and getting a charitable deduction for the value (what value? – and isn't the fact that they can't dispose of the thing the whole point of this discussion?) Get over it – the value passed on to the heirs would be the FMV as determined in the negotiation. The contribution would be made by the heirs, not the estate, and taxes and penalties would still be owed at the estate level. According to the heir's attorney, they would then face the limits on deductibility based on their current and future adjusted gross income. Assuming a $65 million valuation, it would take them about 75 years to absorb the deduction in full. Not the best piece of tax or charitable planning.
Most fascinating of all from my viewpoint is what started this whole thing, the restriction on the ownership and transferrance of any bald eagle, dead or alive. So I went to the actual federal law to see what all the fuss was about. Yes, it is a crime but: "….. whoever violates any …… regulation issued pursuant to this subchapter, shall be fined not more than $5,000 or imprisoned not more than one year or both." Now, imprisonment for one year appears to be a bit of a restriction (worth what?), but $5,000? On a potentially $65 million valuation? And couldn't such a criminal penalty be negotiated separately to end the uncertainty? Methinks there is much more here than meets the eye. Stay tuned for the Tax Court case……..


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In these films Father Christmas is depicted as a horrific monster, a near-feral madman who while capable of being "tamed" for a short while is incredibly dangerous and as far removed from the lovable elf of folklore as imaginable.
Father Christmas is depicted as supernaturally strong, aggressive and driven almost purely by a predatory instinct that sees him mercilessly slay any who get in his way.
The films revolve around the efforts of an elite-group of scientist / bounty-hunter stereotypes in capturing and subduing this fearsome beast while the narrator speaks much like a documentary host as he describes in deadpan-style humor the atrocities Father Christmas can commit (as well as ways to survive his wrath).
Rare Exports Inc.
Father Christmas is first seen in Rare Exports Inc where he is depicted as naked wild man incapable of speech yet being stronger than a bear and capable of amazing speed - even when shoot multiple times with tranquilizer darts the monster keeps on running (though it is worth noting in this movie he runs away from the hunters rather than towards them).
After being captured Father Christmas is showered and put through a rigorous test in order to tame his wild nature, using a fake child which the elite-hunters put on his knee and try to encourage him to talk to (much as a mall Santa would do).
However the feral Father Christmas instead continually tries to devour the fake child, earning a few disciplinary slaps from the elite-hunters (much like training a wild animal) - eventually Father Christmas is tamed and packaged away.. though the fact he is still kept in a cage means it is debatable how tame he truly is.. (this is further eluded to in the next movie).
Rare Exports: The Official Safety Instructions
In Rare Exports: The Official Safety Instructions the now "tamed" Father Christmas is shown to be far from benevolent after all as the narrator (in typical deadpan-style) details the rules one must abide to in order to prevent Father Christmas reverting to his natural state as a monstrous killer.
Loud noises cause discomfort to Father Christmas and will provoke him into attacking those responsible, smoking will cause Father Christmas to home in on the offender and according to the narrator he has been known to tear the lungs out of those who smoke in his presence: though playing dead may save one's life.
Disrepectful behaviour (such as spitting) can also cause Father Christmas to lunge at the offender and maul them, however the most dangerous thing one can do in the presence of Father Christmas is drink and swear - this was shown in the movie with a comedic scene in which a drunken man smashes a bottle and swears at Father Christmas, who is locked inside a cage: the sheer rage Father Christmas feels is sufficient to shatter the cage (complete with a Hulk-style roar) and Father Christmas leaps at incredible speed towards his victim.
The rest of the movie shows a disturbing scene involving a rogue Father Christmas, who has massacred a large group of people - a young boy is approached by the beast and manages to appease him via feeding him a gingerbread cookie: however Father Christmas (still covered in blood) continues to eye the boy like a hungry predator.
Eventually the boy's father and an elite-hunter arrive on the scene, the father covers the boy's eyes while the other hunter shoots the rogue Father Christmas dead: as once the rules are broken it is impossible to stop Father Christmas (this is a dark parody on the fact man-eaters, once they taste human flesh, can not be trusted and often have to be killed).


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Mills County, Iowa Crime Statistics
This page contains crime rates for Mills County, Iowa. You can look through the breakdown of crime by type, changes to crime data over time, and see how Mills County compares to similar locations. If you are interested in seeing public records information for Mills County, Iowa, you can click the Public Records tab at the top.
Total Crime
Between 2001 and 2008 there were 2,137 total crimes reported in Mills County, Iowa (163 of them violent). Of the 267 crimes that take place per year in Mills County, close to 50% transpire less than one mile from home. On average, someone is a victim of a crime in Mills County, Iowa 267 times a year. This includes 1 murder, 24 rapes, and just about two thousand thefts (including 176 car thefts).
Crime Trends
In the course of the most recent 10 years, crime data were available in Mills County, Iowa for 8 years. Throughout that period, reported crime in Mills County has risen by 60%. Throughout that same period of time, violent crime climbed by 90%. By and large, the crime data indicate a significant rise in crime over the last 8 years in Mills County. If the current trend continues, predicted crime numbers could hit four hundred for Mills County, Iowa in 2009.
Crime Comparisons
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i'm back y'aaaalllllll. a happy new year to all of you and welcome to a new year of internships & jobs! new year new job right?
let's whizz through these !!
Part-Time Internship @ Scouting office Maria B. Campbell Associates UK Ltd
Responsibilities include administrative support (such as assisting the scouts, preparing memos and scheduling clients) and editorial support (reading and evaluating manuscripts, preparing publishing reports, coverage of various media for articles of interest or relevance to clients).
Applicants should be motivated, organised and ready to work in a fast-paced environment. They need a good eye for detail and the ability to think on their feet.
This is a great way to learn about many aspects of publishing, especially the international market, editorial, agenting, and book to film adaptation.
The internship would be three days a week (ideally Monday, Wednesday and Thursday) and run from April 4th for three months. The internship is unpaid but expenses will be covered. (booo – 3 months unpaid is actually disgusting)
CVs and cover letter to Katie McCalmont (firstname.lastname@example.com) with the word 'internship' in the title.
Closing date: 10/2
CV, cover letter and salary expectations to firstname.lastname@example.com. Early applications may be prioritised.
Closing date: missing again, so asap!!!
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Job Information
AECOM Senior Landscape Architect - Museums, Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi
Job Summary
AECOM Middle East is looking to recruit an experienced Landscape Architect, for a major landscape development in Abu Dhabi. The landscape Architect shall reports to the Resident Engineer on the site. Oversees reviews & manages and monitors implementation of the construction documents on site. Responsible to manage teams of discipline Inspectors on site. Supports the Resident Engineer technically and contractor and client counterparts to ensure that the construction is carried out in accordance with plans and specifications. Liaises with the design office, sorting out the Contractor's RFI's.
Job Duties
Understands local codes (ADM/landscape department and ESTIDAMA regulations), standards and project contract documents and monitors construction activities (hard and soft landscape ) to ensure compliance with contract documents/Specs.
Interprets or clarifies technical aspects of contract documents
Maintains and prepares a variety of records, including daily/weekly progress reports, or as directed by The Resident Engineer.
Ensuring that responses to contractors' submittals/Shop drawings and RFI's are complete and in compliance with the contract documents/duration cycle where problems are found, work with Team Lead to resolve.
Well knowledge with the type of hardscape and soft landscape materials specified in the drawings .
Review the Contractor's hard and soft landscape shop drawings.
Audit inspections for conformity to contract documents and contractor submitted plans.
Assist the Resident engineer to identify, respond to or evaluate technical issues to maintain the schedule.
Highlights any non-conformity to construction/ engineering related issues on site through issuance of NCRs
Visit the plants nursery for further healthy selection.
Attends progress review meetings and co-ordination meetings to assist the Resident Engineer in resolving any site issues such as discrepancies in project's drawings.
Participates in the coordination and monitoring of snagging and project handover.
Provide support to Resident Engineer/Team lead to ensure projects run smoothly by providing expert knowledge and advice.
Liaises with the Design team on modifications if required.
Gives daily site reports and highlights issues that arise on site to the Resident Engineer.
Coordinates with the other team members(Electrical and Mechanical Engineers)
Monitor Health and Safety of the construction works and report on violations.
Draw the required section through the pavement or the soft landscape areas.
Review the contracts documents to decide the required materials samples and Mockups.
Experience in parks construction and supervision in Abu Dhabi.
Choosing trees, shrubs and plants that will suit the land type and the needs of the site
Making sure there is suitable access to the site for disabled people and other users, for example people with pushchairs.
Specific Skills Required:
Site experience in basic design requirements, estimation, installation and all site activities related to all Landscape works including golf courses
Familiar with all the landscape Engineering methodologies as well as the corresponding equipment, materials, consumables, tools related to landscaping works.
Well versed in interpreting and executing Landscaping related drawings.
Have the knowledge of the related authorities requirements
Computer literate – proficient in programs such as AutoCAD, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and the relevant discipline design software.
Minimum Requirements
10-15 years demonstrable experience in the parks construction, design and all aspects of supervision and project administration of the landscaping works(Parks) related to large-scale projects within Middle East/ UAE mainly in Abu Dhabi in the consulting industry desirable preferred.
Required specific Museum project experience
Preferable if available in Abu Dhabi and the history of experience is a supervision consultant.
Preferred Qualifications
- Education Bachelor Degree in Architectural Engineering or equivalent would be preferred. ESTIDAMA, LEED GA or AP Certifications.
What We Offer
AECOM is a place where you can put your innovative thinking and business skills into high gear and work alongside other highly intelligent and motivated people. It's a place where you can apply your skills to some of the world's most challenging, interesting, and meaningful projects worldwide. It's a place that values the diversity of our areas of practice and our people. It's what makes AECOM a great place to work and grow. AECOM is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Job Category Engineering - Construction
Business Line Construction Services
Business Group Design and Consulting Services Group (DCS)
Country United Arab Emirates
Position Status Full-Time
Requisition/Vacancy No. 207253BR
Clearance Required No
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Sony's game streaming service for the PS4, namely PlayStation Now, just received a brand new subscription model for US customers. The service is now allowing you the ability to sign up for 12 months at $99.
In comparison, you can subscribe for one month at $19.99 and for three months at $44.99. In the long term, if streaming PS3 games to your PS4 is what you're after, then the 12 month subscription offers the best deal at $8.25 per month.
PlayStation Now has also receive nine new games this month, namely Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham Origins, Mortal Kombat, Lego Batman 2: DC Super Heroes, Lego Harry Potter: Year 5-7, Lego Batman: The Videogame, FEAR, Lego Movie Videogame and Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4 and. Not a bad selection of titles courtesy of the folks at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment.
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Okay, ladies. I woke up from my nap just for this. You'd better be entertaining. I am pretty incoherent so I apologize if I seem drunk or rambling in my conversation here. Now let's get started. I thought The Aviary was just decent, to be honest. I thought, at first, it was just me and my age being too old for this, but then I thought back to all the other middle grade novels that I have loved, and it's just not the case. Something was off about this book for me. What did you guys think?
Well, I DNF'd it. I've liked middle grade in the past, so I honestly think it was this book in particular, not the age difference, that mattered.
I didn't think it was bad. In fact, I loved the ending, and Frances was a character I ended up loving, but I was just too weighed down with the overall sad tone, and the detached writing. I never knew what the main character was really feeling. And there was a LOT of emotions in this book. Like, Emotion Titanic levels.
Oddly enough, that was one of my main issues. I didn't FEEL anything for the characters. I liked the birds but I did not feel particularly attached to them. And I think that was my main issue. I felt the writing style was telling me way too much and not showing me nearly enough. If you tell me how I should feel, it's just never going to work. Also, I felt a lack of tension in the writing. I feel this with some other middle grade books too, so I feel like it's a writing style I can't get used to, and that's probably one of those, "It's not you, it's me" type of things. I do think if I had read this as an actual middle grader that I probably would have liked it A LOT more.
I still can't get past the sad birds. I know the birds were special but I picked up on the absolute misery of the animals. I did a paper on middle school about birds going insane and such, and the parallel issues caused me a lot of distress.
I found the situation the birds were in to be sad. Mike's family has a few pet birds and they're so well taken care of. But then I think about these tropical birds in The Aviary living outside in one cage together and it makes me sad.
Right??! No one really cares for them until their secret is discovered! So, if they were just ordinary birds, doing BIRD things, then they deserve to sit, neglected and disliked, in the elements, because they are doing what birds do?! It was incredibly insensitive and horrible! I'm going to start crying again because I thought the treatment of the birds was very despicable.
As a former bird owner who loved and took care of two parrots (my mom made me give them away), what would have made you feel okay with their treatment, Lyn? Is it just the fact that they were in cages, or was it that they were unsheltered from the elements that bothered you? I never actually thought much about the treatment, but I did feel bad for them, spending all that time in a cage and never being let out.
Birds require a lot of interaction. They are highly intelligent, and (sad stuff coming) birds will go insane with a proper diet of attention due to their intelligence. Hell, one bird was pulling out her feathers, and no one cared? No one though this was an issue? Oh, yeah, they were just horrible scary birds. I'm really steamed over the treatment of the animals.
Yeah, I had forgotten about the plucking until now. Good point. You've made me see it differently. I just figured that since they had each other, it wasn't too bad. I mean, it was a really sad situation either way and I wanted them to be free, but I didn't actually consider it abuse until I heard your viewpoint. So sad.
I feel like we are always getting caught up in the way the animals are treated in these books. We need to start picking books with animal protagonists or something, to balance the bad stuff.
Good point.
Yeah, I feel like I should apologize for this one after the way I reacted to the last one. It's almost like it's karma or something.
I don't want to end this on a depressing note. Kara, the ending was actually really touching, and I was very shocked about the resolve of the mystery. It did warm my heart to see a very bittersweet ending.
I obviously didn't make it that far. I think mainly because I didn't like the historical setting. When reading a historical book I like to have something that identifies what time period we're in and not just random placings of "Thee" and "Dear."
Good point, Bekka. There wasn't a whole lot of imagery or sense of place, was there?
In my animal righteous mode, I totally missed that.
Yeah, it makes sense. I am just trying to think of all the reasons why the book didn't work for me. I mean, I liked it, but something wasn't right and I also think that was one of the reasons. I loved the ending too though. It was a nice way to wrap it up, and even though I could see it coming, I thought it was peaceful and touching, and I love happy endings and standalone novels. It's a rare thing these days.
I gave it three stars, because I did like the ending.
That's what I ended up giving it too. I really wish I could have given it more, but I cannot justify it.
Can I mention how excited I am over the next pick?
Me too. I bought it already, and I read the first page and I am pretty sure I am going to love it. You both have read it, right?
I read only one book by the author, and it is seriously one of my top five favorite books, ever.
Oh, so you read Midwinterblood, but not White Crow? And for Bekka this is a reread? SHould be interesting! I am excited!
Yes! I love Marcus Sedgwick so I can't wait for you guys to join in on the fun!
Right, just Midwinterblood. EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
I hope I connect with the writing style. I think I will. I am SO EXCITED.
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