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Like this Madewell model: with
denim. It's an unexpected choice, so it's a good one.
Way #2
With a Chanel-y chain belt, for a super-cool, stylized look we could see Kate Moss wearing while shopping in Paris.
Way #3
Like Kate Bosworth at Coachella.
Way #4
With front pockets, which give them a '70s babysitter kind of coolness.
Way #5
With a skimpy bikini when you want to get up from your lounge chair and walk the beach without being
too exposed.
Way #6
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Golden White Decor
, who added just the slightest dash of leopard to dress up a denim-on-denim ensemble.
Way #7
With high-top sneakers that'll give you some swagger.
Way #8
Like Rachel Bilson running errands, which is always a good look.
Way #9
With flat studded boots, so you'll look like you're dating one of the Kings of Leon.
Way #10
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Serena Goh
, who slung a jacket over her shoulders for a glamorous, fashion-y look.
Way #11
With zippers, which make them more "edgy," whatever that means.
Way #12
With a printed blouse, for an easy Saturday morning flea market outfit.
Way #13
Like this street style star, who perfectly mixed faded blues with tough black accents.
Way #14
In pink, when you want to be a little surprising.
Way #15
With a tie-front blouse, to add a bit of retro sweetness.
Way #16
Like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: embellished!
Way #17
With a tailored blazer, to mix it up a little.
Way #18
Like Alexa Chung: with a silky blouse that's got a bit of a lingerie vibe going on.
Way #19
With a chain strap bag, for shopping with your friends.
Way #20
Community member
, whose baseball cap feels so on point.
Way #21
With turquoise jewelry that speaks to your free spirit. Or to your music festival plans.
Way #22
With a printed sweatshirt for the ultimate cool kid uniform.
Way #23
With espadrilles, for beach days.
Way #24
Like Cara Delevingne: with tights when it's cold.
Way #25
With a backpack, because backpacks are awesome.
Way #26
Like this Alexander Wang model: with something metallic, because why not?
Way #27
With clog-style shoes that the cool barista at your coffee shop would totally wear.
Way #28
Like Erin Wasson: with a t-shirt that's got the same "I've had this thing for 10 years and it's cooler than most of your new stuff" appeal.
Way #29
With friendship bracelets, just like you did at summer camp years ago.
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Amber Wilkerson
, with a funky scarf print blazer.
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With a printed clutch that looks like something you picked up during an exotic vacation.
Way #32
With an eyelet top, for a friend's barbecue.
Way #33
Like the Olsen twins. Either one, or both.
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With a whole armful of bangles that makes fun clinky noises when you walk.
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Meggan Morehead
, who uses cutoffs and a white top as a backdrop to let great shoes shine.
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Studded and chained, as default concert shorts.
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Like Alessandra Ambrosio, with a printed top that feels cheery and summery.
Way #38
With a sheer blouse and a sporty bralette. (Rihanna would do it, no?)
Way #39
Like DJ Harley Viera-Newton, with a sweatshirt wrapped around your waist to nail that '90s grunge vibe.
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Ashley Torres
, whose polka dot blazer makes us smile.
Way #42
With a bright blazer and a barely-there silk camisole.
Way #43
With a pendant necklace that'll complement a sweet floral blouse.
Way #44
Like Alexa Chung, who looks like the perfect blend between Francophile chic and Americana classic.
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With the prettiest of shoes and a crisp button-down.
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Toni Willis
, who worked them into a great weekend brunch outfit.
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With a muscle tee and a swipe of fuchsia lipstick.
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Like Rihanna, obviously.
Way #49
With some embroidery, because it's fun.
Way #50
Like this Madewell model, who makes all white look super-sharp.
Way #51
Slightly longer, so you never have to worry about your butt dimples showing. (It happens in Daisy Dukes, let's be honest.)
Way #52
's Ashley Madekwe: with a tie-front blouse that shows just the smallest sliver of midriff, so it's actually wearable.
Way #53
With a baseball tee for an easy July weekend outfit.
Way #54
Like this Isabel Marant model: because if you're wearing printed cutoffs, you don't need to stop there. Pick a printed belt, too.
Way #55
Like this street style star, who uses all black as a backdrop for a arty-looking jacket.
Way #56
With cool pockets that peek out of the hems.
Way #57
Like model Lily Donaldson: with a slouchy tank and structured blazer. So easy.
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In shorterall form (but slightly different than Hannah on
Way #59
Like Erin Wasson, Alexander Wang muse and patron saint of cutoffs.
Way #60
With a ladies-who-lunch jacket, to balance your casualness with some polish.
Way #61
Like this DKNY look: longer, so they feel more fashion-y.
Way #62
With an oversized button-down untucked, so you can just barely see a glimpse of shorts underneath.
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Community member
, who's totally ready for any and all summer music festivals.
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With glamorous, over-the-top-in-a-great-way earrings.
Way #65
Like this street style star, who makes sneakers, shorts and a t-shirt look fashion-y.
Way #66
In camo, to mix it up a bit.
Way #67
Like Elizabeth Olsen, who makes us wish we wore more hats.
Way #68
Like this Isabel Marant model: with a vest. It's very "I'm with the band."
Way #69
With sequins, because why not?
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Cara McLeay
, who keeps it girly up top with a pink tweed shirt.
Way #71
With an interesting detail at the hem. (Super-easy to DIY, if you can't find a pair like these.)
Way #72
Like Victoria's Secret Angel Candice Swanepoel, who makes a muscle tee look amazing. (That dog's a pretty great accessory, too.)
Way #73
In a fun print that's not too loud.
Way #74
Like Maria Menounos: as a cover-up for your bottom half only.
Way #75
With patchwork denim, for a fresh spin on the denim tuxedo.
Way #76
Like this Twenty8Twelve model: with a wrap-front blouse for an airy outfit ideal for way-too-hot summer days.
Way #77
With floral embroidery that you'll want to get up close to to check out.
Way #78
Community member
, who mixes a sporty bomber jacket with girly pink shorts.
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With something,
Way #80
Like this Diesel Black Gold model, who let her button-down peek out from underneath her shorts. It's a super-fashiony look, but a cool one if you're going for unexpected layers.
Way #81
With opaque black tights, when it's too cold to go bare-legged.
Way #82
Like this model, who has the best slouchy-cool proportions going on.
Way #83
With a floppy hat, for a picnic in the sun.
Way #84
Like this Erin Wasson x RVCA model: with garters. (Or maybe just fishnet tights, which is a little easier to pull off if you keep it conservative up top.)
Way #85
In a punchy pattern, like these preppy windowpane checks.
Way #86
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Nik G.
, who's got a good mix of girliness on top and swagger on bottom.
Way #87
With a striped shirt Taylor Swift would love.
Way #88
Like Erin Wasson, in her white-on-white-on-white fierceness.
Way #89
As a bermuda short, which can actually be really flattering.
Way #90
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Brittany Olson
, who keeps it classic with her black and white palette.
Way #91
Like this DSquared2 model, except maybe a little more toned-down.
Way #92
With a chunky sweater, to keep you warm during a nighttime beach party.
Way #93
Like this street style star. We can't tell if she's wearing shorts or pants or what to call them, but the hybrid cutoff style is super-cool.
Way #94
With aviators, of course.
Way #95
Like this Balmain model: with intentionally-ripped fishnets. (Just keep the rest of the look covered up so it's not too scandalous.)
Way #96
In an unexpected color, like pale brown.
Way #97
With a pajama top, for a eclectic, nonchalant weekend look.
Way #98
Like Camilla Belle, with an eyelet top and sleek high ponytail for a look that's more on the polished side.
Way #99
floral, so they're a little tough but also feminine.
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Community member
Bindi Singh
, whose dip-dyed ones are a notch more interesting than basic blues.


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A Truck Full of Melons -- Dickeson
May 2001If we could demonstrate a credible valuation model for increased resource turns we'd shake managers into turning inventories and receivables at least 24 times a year, issuing invoices the day of shipment and climbing aboard e-commerce. We'd have a new group called the "High Velocity Printers." But, alas, we aren't trucking honeydews to Phoenix.
Although there's a kernel of truth in that illustration, life in commercial printing isn't that simple. If we examine the Margolis Ratio Study information, we see that the upper one-fourth of printing companies (profit leaders) are returning about 19 percent profit on assets employed. Let's take a moment to stare at the table above.
PIA Ratio Studies 2000 | |||
Firms | Leaders | Others | All |
Average Assets | $8,155,058 | $7,798,684 | $7,888,572 |
Average Sales | $13,323,295 | $13,151,369 | $13,194,734 |
Average Income | $1,535,421 | $271,127 | $590,019 |
Return on Sales | 11.52% | 2.06% | 4.47% |
Return on Assets | 18.83% | 3.48% | 7.48% |
Number of Firms | 198 | 587 | 785 |
The other three-fourths are returning 3.5 percent on assets. They'd do better by putting their cash in a money market account if these numbers are typical. All 785 firms with 7.5 percent asset return are not doing sufficiently better than a money market account would. That level of return doesn't justify the risks involved in printing.
Accepting the study results is saying, in effect, that if we increased liquidity resources by accelerated inventory and receivable turnovers and reduced transaction time we still could not expect a reasonable risk/return on the funds released. Even as a profit leader it takes more than five years to recover the cost of capital invested. Doesn't this table clearly reflect the imbalance of productive capacity in our industry?
The rate of return on enterprise assets is not acceptable under any rational circumstances for the printing industry. It is particularly unacceptable today when the rate of change is accelerating in our economy.
Statistics Don't Lie
Isn't it remarkable how statistically close together the average assets and sales of both "Leader" and "Other" firms are on those two measures? It's the average income where the disparity is hardly credible. Average income of "Leaders" is 5.5 times better, as both a return on sales and on assets employed, than for the "Other" companies.
If we look just at the "costs" of slow turns we might value the loss of profitability at the current cost of interest on short-term borrowing. For example, if we decreased our average inventories by $100,000 we've saved costs at the rate of, say, 10 percent—$10,000. But we're not bankers; we're entrepreneurs. We must regard that $100,000 released to us at an entrepreneurial rate of return, an opportunity rate. It should not be less than 25 percent. Invest in nothing related to printing that doesn't appear to return the investment in four years or less! And at that it's only 6 percent greater than the present profit leaders.
The $7.9 million the average printer has invested in resources must yield just under $2 million in earnings. The objective of WOW III is a 25 percent return on enterprise resources.
As Captain Picard, of Star Trek, would say: "Make it so." It will require "right sizing" the business for the market to be served—excess capacity is unacceptable. Inventory will turn over twice each month and accounts receivable will not exceed, on average, 15 days. Non-use and misuse of productive capacity will be vigorously attacked with Activity-based Costing. Internet communications will be developed to optimize the supply chain and compress transaction time.
—Roger V. Dickeson
About the Author
Roger Dickeson is a printing productivity consultant based in Tucson, AZ. He can be reached by e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com, by fax (520)903-2295, or on the Web at http://www.prem-associates.com.
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I really liked the way on "Products" you could see the game itself - the plastic miniatures arranged, the game board set up, etc. This is missing now from all (non-representative check) articles. Is there a specific reason why? My purchase decision was often heavily based on this.
Where are the games previews?
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Phoenix Television
Television network, Satellite television and Cable television |
Traded as | (SEHK: 2008) |
Industry | Broadcasting & Cable TV |
Founded | 1996 |
Headquarters | Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong |
Key people
Liu Changle (Chairman and chief executive officer), Chui Keung (Deputy chief executive officer, Chief Compliance Officer), Wang Ji Yan (Executive Vice-President) |
Products | Television content, Television programming |
Revenue | HK$1,530,505,000 (2009)[1] |
Website | www.ifeng.com |
Phoenix Chinese Channel | |
Launched | 31 March 1996 |
Owned by | Phoenix Television |
Country | Hong Kong |
Broadcast area | Asia |
Sister channel(s) | Phoenix InfoNews Channel Phoenix North America Chinese Channel |
Satellite | |
DirecTV (US) | Channel 2051 (Phoenix Chinese Channel) |
Dish Network (US) | Channel 4292 |
Astro (Malaysia) | Channel 312 (SD) Channel 335 (HD) (Coming Soon) |
Cignal Digital TV (Philippines) | Channel TBA (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel TBA (Phoenix InfoNews Channel) |
Cable | |
SkyCable (Philippines) | Channel 156 (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel 157 (Phoenix InfoNews Channel) |
Destiny Cable (Philippines) | Channel 93 (Phoenix Chinese Channel) (Coming Soon), Channel 65 (Phoenix InfoNews Channel) |
First Media (Indonesia) | Channel 211 (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel 202 (Phonenix InfoNews Channel) |
TrueVisions (Thailand) | Channel 117 (Phoenix Chinese Channel), Channel 95 (Phonenix InfoNews Channel) |
StarHub TV (Singapore) | Channel 805 (HD) |
Ziggo (The Netherlands) | Channel 4290/677 |
Novus Entertainment (Canada) | Channel 1255/342 |
Kylin TV (US) | Channel |
Mio TV (Singapore) | Channel 553 (HD) |
Phoenix Chinese Channel | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視中文台 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视中文台 | ||||||
Hanyu Pinyin | Fènghuáng Wèishì Zhōngwén Tái | ||||||
Phoenix Television | |||||||
Traditional Chinese | 鳳凰衛視 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 凤凰卫视 | ||||||
Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Ltd or Phoenix Television is a Hong Kong–based Mandarin and Cantonese-language television broadcaster that serves the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong along with other markets with substantial Chinese viewers. It has six different television channels, including Phoenix InfoNews Channel, Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel, and Phoenix Hong Kong Channel. Phoenix Television provides news, information, and entertainment programmes.
Phoenix is one of the few private broadcasters permitted to broadcast in mainland China.
The company's head office is located in Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong, and it also has correspondents offices in Beijing, Shanghai, and Shenzhen. The Shenzhen office is said to be responsible for one half of the TV programs' production.[2]
Phoenix started Phoenix Chinese Channel on 31 March 1996. During these years, the development of satellite allowed them to expand their broadcast to 53 countries and regions with more than 20 million viewers worldwide, of which more than 62% are Chinese-speaking people. It now covers over 150 countries and regions around the world with an estimated 300 million audience, among which, over 42 million households with more than 150 million viewers are from the Mainland China.
Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Movies Channel and Phoenix InfoNews Channel are broadcasting via cable in Hong Kong and via satellite to Taiwan, mainland China and other regions globally.
The Phoenix InfoNews Channel was established on 1 January 2001. It was the first Chinese-language channel that covered news from the regions of Greater China, including mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. There is 24-hour broadcasting on financial news, stock market information as well as news headlines worldwide. In addition, it provides comments and analysis prepared by analysts on current issues and topics.
In January 2003, the Chinese State Administration of Radio, Films and Television (SARFT) (中國國家廣播電影電視總局) granted landing rights (落地權) to Phoenix InfoNews Channel, making it one of the few non-government owned television broadcasters in mainland China.
The Phoenix CNE channel was founded to broadcast in Europe, and the Phoenix North America Chinese Channel established to broadcast in the Americas. In 2005 California-based broadcast and engineering director Tai Wang Mak was arrested for conspiring with his brother, Chi Mak, to act as an intelligence agent for China. A 10-year prison sentence was announced in 2008.[3][4]
On 28 March 2011 Phoenix Television launched its brand-new Phoenix Hong Kong Channel broadcasting exclusively in Cantonese.[5]
In 2011, Phoenix New Media formed a partnership with the British Broadcasting Corporation to offer BBC programming on Phoenix's digital media platforms. This was followed by a similar partnership with the National Film Board of Canada in 2012, in which 130 NFB animated shorts and documentary films will be offered digitally in China.[6]
Phoenix TV operates the following channels:
- Phoenix Chinese Channel, launched on 31 March 1996, one of the long-term foreign broadcasters in China
- Phoenix Chinese Channel Australia Edition, launched on August 1999
- Phoenix Chinese Channel Japan Edition, launched on September 2009
- Phoenix Chinese Channel Korea Edition, launched on September 2014
- Phoenix Movies Channel, launched on 28 August 1998. It is now an encrypted pay-television service in China and worldwide.
- Phoenix InfoNews Channel, launched on 1 January 2001, a 24-hour news channel.
- Phoenix North America Chinese Channel, launched on 1 January 2001, which now broadcasts on both EchoStar and DirectTV satellite systems and shares the same programming with "Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel" (Phoenix CNE Channel).
- Phoenix Chinese News and Entertainment Channel (also known as Phoenix CNE Channel), launched on August 1999, which is now a 24-hour channel based in London and broadcasting via satellite Eurobird 1 across Europe.
- Phoenix Hong Kong Channel, launched on 28 March 2011, a Cantonese channel.
Phoenix features a mix of programmes, ranging from political and economic news and current affairs through talk shows, film and music reviews to movies, and mini series in both Chinese and foreign origins.
Since 1 September 2001, Phoenix Television has been broadcasting a range of United Nations television programming including 57 episodes of "UN in Action", 39 episodes of "World Chronicle", and also some awarded-winning documentaries. Phoenix is co-operating with the United Nations to produce more programmes.
The service of Phoenix is extended to WAP, which facilitates news messages transferred through the mobile technology (SMS and MMS). The service is charged.
Phoenix Satellite Television holdings Ltd is a public limited company. Shareholders include Today's Asia Ltd. with 37.5% of the company, China Mobile Hong Kong Company Limited with 19.9%, Xing Kong Chuan Mei Group Co., Ltd./Fox International Channels Asia (wholly owned by 21st Century Fox) with 17.6%, China Wise International Ltd. with 8.3% and the public with 16.7%.[7] The state controlled broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) was given a 10% interest upon the firm's founding. According to CEO Liu Changle, granting the stake to CCTV "was a symbolic gesture to show we wouldn't oppose the Communist Party."[8]
Liu Changle (劉長樂), the CEO and founder of Phoenix TV, was a journalist for the Communist-party controlled Central People's Broadcasting Station after the Cultural Revolution and had become one of China's richest men by the 1990s, being well-connected to the Beijing leadership.[8]
Mr. Shuang Liu (刘爽), assumed the position of COO of Phoenix TV on 17 February 2014. He continues to be the CEO of Phoenix New Media Limited (NYSE: FENG), a new media company in China.[9]
Key staff[edit]
Mandarin news anchors[edit]
Phoenix Television features many well-known news anchors and talk show hosts. Most of them are degree holders in communications or language studies.[citation needed] Most are bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English.[citation needed]
Some of their key news presenters are:
- Angela Chow (周英琦)
- Anthony Yuen (阮次山): Yuen is editor-in-chief and current affairs anchor of Phoenix Television.
- Celia Li (李源), MC for Miss Chinese Cosmos European Pageant finals hosts news programmes 'Europe Today', 'FT Weekly' and 'EuroChina Business Report'. Based in London, she regularly interviews world political and business leaders.
- Chen Luyu (陈鲁豫): Luyu hosts a popular talk show A Date With Luyu and is likened to an "Oriental Oprah".[according to whom?]
- Chen Xiaonan (陳曉楠)
- Haibo Huang (黃海波)
- Dou Wentao (竇文濤), born 21 August 1967, in Shijiazhuang, Hebei province, is famous for his weekday talk show Behind the Headlines with Wentao (锵锵三人行).
- Hu I-Hu (Tiger Hu) (胡一虎): Hu has interviewed the South African ex-President Nelson Mandela.[citation needed] He has been "the most popular reporter in Taiwan"[specify] for 5 years.[citation needed]
- Liu Hai-Jo (劉海若): Liu was traumatically injured in a railway accident in the United Kingdom in 2002 and later woke from a coma at Beijing People's Hospital. The channel has broadcast updates on her recovery.[citation needed]
- Luqiu Luwei (閭丘露薇): Luqiu was the first Chinese female reporter who went to Iraq during the Iraq war.[citation needed] Luqiu's contributions on reporting the Iraq war and SARS have been praised by PRC Chairman Hu Jintao.[citation needed]
- Shen Xing (沈星)
- Wu Hsiao-Li (Sally Wu) (吳小莉): Former PRC prime minister Zhu Rongji has said that he watched her news broadcast daily.[citation needed]
- Xu Gehui (許戈輝)
- Yang Shu (Susie Yang) (杨舒)
- Yuchi Lingjia (尉遲琳嘉)
- Zeng Zimo (曾子墨)
Cantonese news anchors[edit]
- Luqiu Luwei (Rose Liu Qiu) (闾丘露薇)
- Jo Ngai Yi-shan (魏綺珊)
- Toni Wong Shan (黃珊)
- Vienna Cheuk Lai-man (卓麗雯)
- Ryan Lau Jeun-kong (柳俊江)
- ^ a b c "Annual Results Announcement for the Year Ended 31 December 2009" (Press release). Phoenix Satellite Television Holdings Limited. 18 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ "Half of Phoenix Television programs are produced in Shenzhen" (in Chinese). ifeng.com. 26 March 2010. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ Bill Gertz (18 September 2006),ENEMIES The Washington Times
- ^ Josh Gerstein (22 April 2008), Chinese Spy Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison The New York Sun
- ^ 凤凰卫视将开播香港台 以广东话进行广播
- ^ Kushigemachi, Todd (12 June 2012). "Canucks find first TV niche in China". Variety. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
- ^ "Company Profile". phoenixtv-distribution.com. Retrieved 21 May 2010.
- ^ a b Philip Pan (19 September 2005), Making Waves, Carefully, on the Air in China The Washington Post
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External links[edit]
- Official Site (Chinese)
- Official Site (English)
- "Rising Phoenix", Asiaweek article on Phoenix Television
- "Phoenix sets up venture in Guangdong", China Economic Review, March 2003.
- Hong Kong Phoenix TV Station Initiates IT, American Channel
- Phoenix InfoNews Channel to Land in Guangdong
- Phoenix is a member of the United Nations media partnership


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Police released this surveillance photo of a man suspected of robbing First Bank in Warrenton Tuesday afternoon. The suspect is described as a white male, about 40 years old, 6-feet tall wearing a Rams logo T-shirt, blue jeans and white athletic shoes.
Police are looking for this man, who is suspected of robbing First State Bank in Warrenton Tuesday afternoon.


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Coleman wants to keep pushing
The Sky Blues extended their unbeaten league run to three games with a 1-0 win at Peterborough on Saturday, leaving them in eighth position and three points off the top six. Coleman sees no reason why his side, who face back-to-back home games against Plymouth and sixth-placed Cardiff in their next two fixtures, cannot sustain a push for promotion. He told the club's official website: "All we can do is keep on winning and that means we can have an effect on those above us. "There are a few teams with a game or two in hand but all we can do is what we are doing. Nobody expected us to be here - but we are and we've got to keep pushing."
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Allen H. Meitzler, Ann Arbor, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090252998 | AUTOMOTIVE FUEL CELL WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - Actuators are attached with plates of a fuel cell stack. Electrical power is provided to the actuators to drive the actuators to mechanically excite the plates to agitate liquid water restricting or blocking flow fields formed in the plates. | 10-08-2009 |
20100031637 | RAPID HEATER FOR EMISSION CONTROL DEVICE - An emission control device having a catalyst matrix, a microwave heater and a microwave energy reflective sleeve which substantially surrounds an outer surface of the matrix is provided. In one example, power is supplied to the microwave generator only as long as the temperature of the catalyst matrix is less than the activation temperature of the emission control reactions. The microwave energy reflective sleeve may reflect and confine substantially all of a microwave energy received from a microwave generator and waveguide, improving the operability of the emission control device and reducing the light-off time of the emission control reactions. | 02-11-2010 |
Jared Meitzler, Spring Hill, TN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090046982 | COMPACT, ACTIVE ALIGNMENT FUSION SPLICER WITH AUTOMATIC VIEW-ANGLE COMPENSATION - In accordance with various aspects of the present invention, provided is an extremely compact, simple, and cost-effective approach for aligning optical fibers in an optical fiber fusion splicer. The basis of this alignment method is an "S"-Curve Piezo Bending Actuator. The device comprises a thin strip of elastically flexible material (such as spring steel, beryllium copper, or fiber reinforced polymer) that is coated in four areas with a piezoelectric material (such as barium titanate or other known compounds). | 02-19-2009 |
20090148121 | DETACHABLE FIBER HOLDER PLATFORM AND ASSEMBLY - A fiber holder platform includes a support, a clamp configured to secure a cable to the support, and a securing mechanism configured to detachably secure the platform to a fiber holder and alternatively to a heat oven. A fiber holder assembly includes the fiber holder platform and the fiber holder, in a detachable or integral configuration. | 06-11-2009 |
20110052135 | LIQUID METAL CLAMP AND FIBER CLEAVING USING SAME - The present invention is directed to a liquid metal clamp, and a clamp system and method including same. A clamp system includes a first clamp configured to hold a first portion of a set of fibers and a second clamp configured to hold a second portion of the set of fibers, the second clamp comprising a liquid metal that takes a liquid form at a first temperature for receipt of the second portion of the set of fibers and that takes a solid form at a second temperature to secure the second of the set of fibers. The set of fibers can be a single fiber or a plurality of fibers. The fiber or fibers can have a circular or non-circular cross section. | 03-03-2011 |
Jared C. Meitzler, Spring Hill, TN US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100135621 | MULTI-ELECTRODE SYSTEM WITH VIBRATING ELECTRODES - A multi-electrode system includes a fiber holder that holds at least one optical fiber, a plurality of electrodes arranged to generate a heated field to heat the at least one optical fiber, and a vibration mechanism that causes at least one of the electrodes from the plurality of electrodes to vibrate. The electrodes can be disposed in at least a partial vacuum. The system can be used for processing many types of fibers, such processing including, as examples, stripping, splicing, annealing, tapering, and so on. Corresponding fiber processing methods are also provided. | 06-03-2010 |
20100226613 | MULTI-ELECTRODE SYSTEM - A multi-electrode system comprises a fiber support configured to hold at least one optical fiber and a set of electrodes disposed about the at least one optical fiber and configured to generate arcs between adjacent electrodes to generate a substantially uniform heated field to a circumferential outer surface of the at least one optical fiber. The electrodes can be disposed in at least a partial vacuum. | 09-09-2010 |
20110277511 | MULTI-ELECTRODE SYSTEM WITH VIBRATING ELECTRODES - A multi-electrode system includes a fiber holder that holds at least one optical fiber, a plurality of electrodes arranged to generate a heated field to heat the at least one optical fiber, and a vibration mechanism that causes at least one of the electrodes from the plurality of electrodes to vibrate. The electrodes can be disposed in at least a partial vacuum. The system can be used for processing many types of fibers, such processing including, as examples, stripping, splicing, annealing, tapering, and so on. Corresponding fiber processing methods are also provided. | 11-17-2011 |
Robert Meitzler, Brighton, MI US
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20100319500 | Fuel Rail Clip Tool - A clip installing tool and method for installing the clip are provided. The clip includes a clip holding portion and a leveraging portion, each having a handle at an end. The clip holding portion includes a receiving portion to hold the clip therein. When a force is applied to the clip holding and leveraging portions, the clip is forced around a connector portion of a fuel in order to hold the connector portion with a fuel injector. | 12-23-2010 |
Thomas J. Meitzler, Troy, MI US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120222543 | Self Diagnostic Armor Structure - A unit of modular armor. The module has a box-like, optically opaque outer shell of ballistic-protection material enclosed to exclude light from the module's interior. The shell contains transparent armor plates and the shell contains a self-diagnostic system for ascertaining whether the plates have been damaged. The self-diagnostic system includes a first PC board disposed along first edges of the plates, the board being divided into strips on which are mounted rows of lights. The self-diagnostic system further includes a second PC board at second, opposed edges of the plates divided into strips on which are mounted rows of light receptors. The PC boards incorporate circuitry for illuminating the rows of the lights in a row-by-row sequence, and for allowing activation only of the receptors directly opposed to illuminated lights. This circuitry has an analysis means for determining the health of the plates in response to signals from the receptors. The armor module has a transparent, elastomeric, adhesive matrix within the shell in which each of the plates and boards are suspended and encapsulated, wherein the matrix occupies all space not occupied by other elements within the shell. | 09-06-2012 |
20130000408 | Self Diagnostic Composite Armor - A system incorporating sensor enhanced composite armor structure. The structure has one layer including ceramic tiles and ceramic-material transducers, wherein the ceramic tiles and the transducers fit closely together so that the one layer is ballistically windowless. The structure has other layers composed of armor material stacked with the one layer, the one layer and the other layers forming a plate which as a unit has a set or group of fundamental frequencies. The system includes logic means to analyze only signals resulting from vibrations transmitted from the one transducer to the other transducer through the one layer. The logic means thereby derives a signal fingerprint which characterizes a state of damage to the plate. | 01-03-2013 |
20130099339 | Spintronic Electronic Device and Circuits - A spintronic electronic apparatus having a multilayer structure. The apparatus includes a substrate, having disposed in succession upon the substrate; a bottom interface layer; a pinned layer; a tunneling barrier; a free layer; and a top interface layer, wherein the apparatus operates as a non-resonant magnetic tunnel junction in a large amplitude, out-of-plane magnetization precession regime having weakly current dependent, large diode volt-watt sensitivity when external microwave signals that exceed a predetermined threshold current and have a frequency that is lower than a predetermined level excite the magnetization precession. | 04-25-2013 |
William H. Meitzler, Elk Grove Village, IL US
Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090143106 | Hand-Held Communication Device with Auxiliary Input Apparatus, and Method - A hand-held communication device ( | 06-04-2009 |
20110304520 | Method of Manufacturing and Operating an Antenna Arrangement for a Communication Device - Thin, flexible antenna arrangements for use in communication devices, such as mobile communications devices, and methods of making and using the antenna arrangements are provided. The methods used to make the antenna arrangements are print-based and provide a simplified procedure, with a reduced number of process steps, the use of fewer materials and the production of less material waste than conventional methods based on etching and die cutting. | 12-15-2011 |
20120108233 | Hand-Held Communication Device with Auxiliary Input Apparatus and Method - A hand-held communication device, such as a cellular telephone or a personal digital assistant (PDA), comprises a sensor assembly and an auxiliary input interface. The auxiliary input interface is situated along one or more exterior surfaces of the device and is electrically coupled to processing circuitry within the device. The sensor assembly is removably attached to the one or more exterior surfaces of device and provides signals at the multiple outputs in response to tactile inputs from the user. In one embodiment, an assignment procedure assigns tactile inputs from the user to predefined functions of the device and/or one or more software applications installed in the device. During subsequent operation of the device, each of the specific tactile input executes one or more predefined functions. | 05-03-2012 |


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crazyeyedbioll ONLINE (10/05/2013) [-]
I think this movie and the trilogy was a masterpiece. and I love the books. I dont get why book elitists feel like the movie has to be exactly spot on with the book.
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srslyjakecease (10/05/2013) [-]
It doesnt, but in some instances (im looking at you eragon, series of unfortunate events, percy jackson) if you deviate too far from the text, you just ruin the story in every single way possible. Fortunately when these films deviate, its with well written filler that, in my personal opinion, improves upon them. I read the hobbit, and enjoyed it well enough i suppose, but i can honestly im enjoying the films so far more than the book. Guess ill have to wait and see if that holds true though.


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Features By Scott Beggs on April 19, 2012 | Be the First To CommentThe legendary Cloris Leachman is a salty woman with brass buttons. Her latest conquest is the suspense thriller – working alongside, seriously, Tara Reid in The Fields. Kevin Carr sits down the Oscar winner to discuss what scares her, her work with Mel Brooks and why she owns a porn shop in an upcoming movie. Plus, Eric D. Snider and Rob Hunter go head to head Movie News Pop Quiz-style, and the discussion turns to spoiler sensitivity. Download Episode #130
Alfred Hitchcock was born in the 19th century but gave birth in the 20th century to the age of modern filmmaking. Famous for his wit, inventive appreciation of the macabre, and a firm belief that suspense involves bringing a victim out from the shadows into the light he crafted the kinds of movies that made you care about characters even while reaching for your cholesterol medication. He also has a lot to teach. To fellow filmmakers and fans alike. Which is why we've chosen him as the first teacher in a new series of weekly articles where master movie-makers share their insights. Throughout his life, Hitchcock was candid about his methods and philosophies (amongst other things he flung around freely). Here's a bit of free film school from a true visionary.
Criterion Files #36: Desperation Ignites Cautious Calamity in 'The Wages of Fear'
Criterion Files By Adam Charles on May 11, 2011 | Comments (2)"Think they pay you to drive? They pay you to be terrified."
It's the line that inspires the title. Four men behind the wheel of two trucks without shock absorbers or any special balancing mechanics and driving across unpaved terrain for hundreds of miles with everything in their path from two-ton boulders in the middle of the road to rotten wood acting as their road extension to pivot over a precipice…all while each truck lugs enough nitroglycerine to reduce mountains to piles of pebble. With the prevention of that much destruction contingent on such undisturbed sensitivity a boulder in the middle of the road is the least of their concern to stay alive. In a case like that a large rock is no match for an invisible pothole that need only be inches deep to separate all of you from the rest of you.
Old Ass Movies: Know the Horror of 'I Walked with a Zombie'
Features By Scott Beggs on August 30, 2009 | Comments (5)The zombie film you may not know about. Long before Romero, there was Tourneur, a director that mastered the art of suspense and terror without any special effects. Leave your comfortable seat, avoid the theater this weekend, and head for the tropical hell of the Caribbean where the dead that walk the night aren't nearly as scary as the living.
Indie Spotlight: "The Objective" Gets Lost in the Desert
Movie Reviews By Scott Beggs on February 4, 2009 | Comments (4)A CIA spook and a team of Special Ops drive deep into the Afghanistan desert to find a religious leader who may have stolen nuclear warheads or in possession of something far more dangerous.
Every Sunday, Film School Rejects presents a movie that was made before you were born and tells you why should like it. This week, Old Ass Movies Presents: One Frightened Night.
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The thousands of unpainted pottery pieces that line Walls Of Clay's walls are each blank canvases for painters' creative designs. Pottery in shapes like plates, heart-shaped tiles, and animal figurines wait for the studio's provided brushes and paints to bring them to life. Once decorated, the pottery pieces spend time in the studio's kiln, where under the watchful eye of Walls Of Clay staffers, their paint jobs become permanent, like a dishwasher-safe tattoo.
At more than 1,200 Mattress Firm locations around the country, shoppers sink into plush mattresses, recline on firm beds, and belly-flop onto pillow tops. Knowledgeable staffers can help customers create an ideal bedtime environment by dispensing advice based on sleep preferences and illuminating the difference between the many kinds of mattresses. And to the delight of their customers, much of Mattress Firm's bedding wears the label of a premium brand, such as Sealy, Serta, Simmons Beautyrest, or Stearns & Foster.
Ray Lamar hasn't spent decades perfecting his donuts. In fact, his namesake shops still use the same recipes that Ray developed in 1933—at the age of 17—when he got his first job working a donut fryer. World War II and a postwar career as a stockbroker interrupted Ray's donut-making pursuits, although he returned to his roots in 1960 when he founded the first LaMar's Donuts.
The shop went on to become a Kansas City icon, with crowds arriving well before 6 a.m. to line up outside the doors and taunt the roosters for sleeping in. Ray and his wife, Shannon, eventually decided to expand their business into a regional empire, and LaMar's Donuts currently boasts 27 franchised stores spread across six states.
Even with all of this growth, decades-old traditions still dictate how things are done. The workers prepare more than 75 different kinds of donuts, hand-making fresh batches of perennial favorites as well as recent inventions each and every morning. In addition to the original glazed creation that dates back to 1933, the menus can feature a variety of cake donuts with flavors such as red velvet, apple spice, and maple.
Since donuts and coffee go together as naturally as paper shredders and subpar report cards, the stores also prepare cappuccinos, mochas, and other coffee drinks. These are all made with handpicked beans that slowly roast inside Italian brick ovens.
400 locations nationwide and counting... Serta, the world's largest mattress manufacturer, proudly owns the America's Mattress brand and subsidizes dozens of independent store operators nationwide, giving our customers the benefit of factory-direct deals while receiving that warm and fuzzy family-owned service they desire.
At eight showrooms across the Kansas City area, SleepOne Mattress Superstore's aptly named sleep advisors recommend mattresses that will accommodate budgets and physical conditions such as stiffness and pain. After scouring the showroom's floor, the staff might suggest a Sterns and Foster mattress made with materials such as silk and cashmere. They also offer delivery and removal of the old mattresses.
SleepOne Mattress Superstore also fights nightmares with several guarantees. For example, their staff will refund 110% of the difference in price if customers find the same mattress sold for less. They also exchange mattresses for up to a year (only charging a redelivery fee) and offer a rehabilitation program for reformed boogeymen.
A wave of pastel hues washes over the walls of Lauren Alexandra's two elegant boutiques, where baby and maternity specialist Pamela Dicapo has been outfitting infants, toddlers, and their parents with upscale accessories since 1994. Newborn essentials—stuffed animals, baby-talk translators, and blankets from brands such as My Blankee and Little Giraffe—share colorful shelf space with apparel from European clothiers such as CakeWalk and Catimini. The shops brim with a bevy of accouterments, and Pamela's passion for all things baby-related extends beyond her store. She and her supporting crew travel to parents' homes to cultivate domestic comfort with professional room design services, harnessing their decorating finesse to help parents select soothing, kid-friendly wall treatments, furniture, and carpet.


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Posted by Molly | October 9, 2014 | No Comments
EVEN IN PARADISE, by Chelsey Philpot, is available next week! Read an excerpt here.
When asked to explain the plot of Even in Paradise, my first young adult novel, I start by saying, "Well it's a realistic, contemporary story inspired by Evelyn Waugh's Brideshead Revisited."
Blank stares.
I foolishly try to shed light on my plot by describing the plot of Brideshead. "It's a novel set in post-World War I England. The protagonist's an artist named Charles Ryder, and his friendship with a fellow Oxford University student leads to Charles's life becoming inextricably intertwined with the majestic and tragic Marchmain family."
The quizzical expressions deepen, prompting me to wax poetic about Waugh's classic.
Fifteen or so minutes later, my audience is usually still confused—if not a little bored and thinking about lunch.
At this point, I sigh and give the one-sentence pitch I should have delivered at the beginning—an explanation that is just as true as my convoluted original. "Even in Paradise is about a teen girl who falls in love with a Kennedy-esque family with a tragic secret."
I could just as easily say, "It's a novel about different kinds of love." Or "It's about friendship and family." Or "My story looks at class, sexuality, and the destructive nature of secrets."
Though, Even in Paradise began as a modern retelling of Brideshead, it is now very different from Waugh's novel. As I wrote deeper and deeper into my story, I found that I couldn't keep within the confines of another's—even if that story was written by a maestro. By moving Brideshead from the front of my imagination to the back, I made room for other sources of unexpected—but welcomed—inspiration, such as F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby and my own memories.
Even in Paradise turned out to be as much a deliberate homage to books and writers I adore as it is a collage of untraceable ideas. It took time and many drafts to realize that I could not have written my first novel any other way.
10 awesome books that imaginatively interpret, celebrate, and/or satirize classic stories:
- Going Bovine by Libba Bray (Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes)
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray (Lord of the Flies by William Golding)
- March by Geraldine Brooks (Little Women by Louisa May Alcott)
- The Hours by Michael Cunningham (Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf)
- The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling)
- Ash by Malinda Lo (Cinderella by the Brothers Grimm)
- Far Far Away by Tom McNeal (Grimm's Fairy Tales)
- "His Dark Material" trilogy by Philip Pullman (Paradise Lost by John Milton)
- Breadcrumbs by Anne Ursu (The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen)
- The Real Boy by Anne Ursu (The Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi)
Chelsey Philpot grew up on a farm in New Hampshire and now works as a book reviews editor at School Library Journal. She's written for the New York Times, Boston Globe, Slate, and numerous other publications. Like her main character, Charlie, Chelsey attended boarding school in New England, and then earned a degree in English from Vassar College and a master's in Journalism from Boston University. Visit her online at www.chelseyphilpot.com and on Twitter @ChelseyPhilpot.
Posted by Molly | September 12, 2014 | No Comments
Looking for a fantasy read that's great for the classroom this fall? One stellar recommendation is The Copernicus Legacy: The Forbidden Stone by bestselling author Tony Abbott – now in paperback!
A perfect pick for kids who love Percy Jackson, Kingdom Keepers, or Seven Wonders series, The Copernicus Legacy is a Da Vinci Code-style story for young readers. The book follows four kids who stumble upon a powerful ancient secret of the famous astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus. Protected by notables throughout history, it now falls to our young heroes to become guardians of Copernicus's secret, racing across the globe, cracking codes, and unraveling centuries-old mysteries in order to prevent it from falling into the hands of a vast and evil shadow network called the New Teutonic Order.
It's the worldwide adventure and historical scope that makes the series both page turning and educational, earning it many great reviews including a starred review from Kirkus: "With engaging characters, a globe-trotting plot and dangerous villains, it is hard to find something not to like. Equal parts edge-of-your-seat suspense and heartfelt coming-of-age."
There's even a downloadable Common Core-aligned activities guide and star map poster so you can bring the adventure into the classroom.
Veteran children's book author Tony Abbott is no stranger to epic adventure series having written over a hundred books including The Secrets of Droon. The Copernicus Legacy will include six full-length novels and six shorter novellas, each told from the perspective of one of the kids. The first novella, The Copernicus Archives #1: Wade and the Scorpion's Claw, is available now and the next full-length novel, The Copernicus Legacy #2: The Serpent's Curse, will be out on October 7.
To celebrate the launch of the next books in this exciting series, on Saturday, September 13th, Tony Abbott will be leading a scavenger hunt at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, where four lucky winners of a national sweepstakes will work together to find hidden clues amongst the exhibits, crack codes, and earn prizes. You and all readers across the country will have another chance to win a trip to New York for the second Relic Hunt starting October 7 at www.thecopernicuslegacy.com!
After the Relic Hunt, Tony Abbott will be signing copies of The Forbidden Stone at 2:30pm at the Barnes & Noble on 82nd and Broadway in Manhattan. The Barnes & Noble event is open to the public, and we invite you to join us there for a pizza party! It's no mystery—the whole family will be in for good food and fun!
Tags: adventure > american museum of natural history > Barnes and Noble > event > kingdom keepers > middle grade > New York City > percy jackson > prizes > relic hunt > rick riordan > scavenger hunt > series > seven wonders > the copernicus legacy > the da vinci code > tony abbott > tween
MIDDLE-GRADE FANTASY (for the beach AND the classroom)
Posted by Robin | July 29, 2014 | No Comments
Looking for some recommendations for a middle grader who loves fantasy? Well, we've got just the list for you!
Here are some stellar picks for the kid looking for magical powers, mysterious forests, heros, and villains to take to the beach with him.
THE THICKETY, by J. A. White, is the start of a new fantasy series set in a world where magic is forbidden but exists in the dark woods called the Thickety. This book would be a great recommendation for fans of the Septimus Heap series, and here's a book talk prepared by librarian, author, and Common Core workshop presenter Kathleen Odean:
How would you like to have the power to summon amazing creatures to do your will? When Kara finds a book in the Thickety, a dangerous forest, it awakens her magical powers. Local villagers view magic as evil but for Kara, it's a connection to her mother, who was executed as a witch. The spells thrill Kara until the magic starts to change her in frightening ways. Is Kara in control of the magic—or is it in control of her? If she doesn't figure it out soon, she could lose everyone and everything she loves.
There's even a Common Core-aligned discussion guide with activities written by the author, J. A. White—an elementary school teacher! (You may not want to send this to the beach, though. Maybe save it for September.)
THE CASTLE BEHIND THORNS, by Schneider Award winner Merrie Haskell, is a magical adventure set in an enchanted castle that will appeal to fans of Gail Carson Levine, Karen Cushman, and Shannon Hale.
When Sand wakes up alone in a long-abandoned castle, he has no idea how he got there. Everything in the castle—from dishes to candles to apples—is torn in half or slashed to bits. Nothing lives here and nothing grows, except the vicious, thorny bramble that prevents Sand from leaving. To survive, Sand does what he knows best—he fires up the castle's forge to mend what he needs to live. But the things he fixes work somehow better than they ought to. Is there magic in the mending, granted by the saints who once guarded this place? With gorgeous language and breathtaking magic, THE CASTLE BEHIND THORNS tells of the power of memory and story, forgiveness and strength, and the true gifts of craft and imagination.
Thinking ahead to the new school year, Common Core applications include: Comparing and contrasting texts in different forms or genres; determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; and analyzing the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
THE DYERVILLE TALES, by M. P. Kozlowsky, tells the story of a young orphan who searches for his family and the meaning in his grandfather's book of lost fairy tales.
Vince Elgin is an orphan, having lost his mother and father in a fire when he was young. With only a senile grandfather he barely knows to call family, Vince was interned in a group home, dreaming that his father, whose body was never found, might one day return for him. When a letter arrives telling Vince his grandfather has passed away, he is convinced that if his father is still alive, he'll find him at the funeral. He strikes out for the small town of Dyerville carrying only one thing with him: his grandfather's journal. The journal tells a fantastical story of witches and giants and magic, one that can't be true. But as Vince reads on, he finds that his very real adventure may have more in common with his grandfather's than he ever could have known.
If you'd like to bring this one into your classroom next year, Common Core applications include: Determining the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text; analyzing the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone; describing how a particular story's plot unfolds in a series of episodes; and describing how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
THE HERO'S GUIDE TO BEING AN OUTLAW, by Christopher Healy, is the hilarious and action-packed conclusion to the acclaimed hit series that began with THE HERO'S GUIDE TO SAVING YOUR KINGDOM.
Prince Liam. Prince Frederic. Prince Duncan. Prince Gustav. You think you know those guys pretty well by now, don't you? Well, think again. Posters plastered across the thirteen kingdoms are saying that Briar Rose has been murdered—and the four Princes Charming are the prime suspects. Now they're on the run in a desperate attempt to clear their names. Along the way, however, they discover that Briar's murder is just one part of a nefarious plot to take control of all thirteen kingdoms—a plot that will lead to the doorstep of an eerily familiar fortress for a final showdown with an eerily familiar enemy.
And Common Core applications for this one include: Explaining how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text; comparing and contrasting texts in different forms or genres; and analyzing how differences in the points of view of the characters and the reader (e.g., created through the use of dramatic irony) create such effects as suspense or humor.
Happy reading!
Tags: beach reading > book talks > Christopher Healy > common core > fantasy > J. A. White > M.P. Kozlowsky > merrie haskell > middle grade > summer reading > The Castle Behind Thorns > The Dyerville Tales > The Hero's Guide to Being an Outlaw > the hero's guide to saving your kingdom > The Thickety > tween
Posted by Robin | July 24, 2014 | No Comments
We're so excited to share with you I AM A WITCH'S CAT, available this week, written and illustrated by Harriet Muncaster.
We in the HCCB School & Library department are pretty huge fans of tiny things (dollhouse food, figurines, these amazing things . . . you name it), and we couldn't be more delighted to have found a kindred spirit in Harriet Muncaster. Harriet's book tells the story of a little girl who believes that her mother is a good witch and that she is a special witch's cat, and it's illustrated with photographs of handmade miniatures—characters, furniture, accessories, and details, all lovingly crafted and composed into scenes. We just love it to pieces.
Harriet was kind enough to give us a behind-the-scenes looks at her process for creating the fantastic art from I AM A WITCH'S CAT.
Harriet Muncaster:
I have always been fascinated by tiny things. When I was young I spent my time making miniature houses and clothes and writing minuscule fairy letters. That love of tiny things has never left me, and so, when I took illustration as my degree at university, it felt almost natural to start making my pictures in 3D. I create dollhouse-sized scenes (or sets, as I call them) out of cardboard and fabric and then photograph them to make a flat picture.
In these photos, you can see some of the process I go through to make the scenes. If it is a room, I usually start with a box-like shape and then put in the flooring and wallpaper. I either paint the wallpaper on or make it on the computer and stick it on as you would proper wallpaper (like in the bedroom scene below)!
The furniture is made from card stock. It gives me a lot of freedom to make everything from card because I can literally make it into any shape I like. I can use the card to make something really fancy or really plain and in whatever style I like.
I also like the way one can use lighting when creating a 3D picture. It is possible to really set the mood by using different sorts of atmospheric lighting. My favourite bit of lighting in the book is the scene where Witch's Cat is saying goodbye to her Mom at the door and the coloured glass in the door is shining against the wall in a rainbow pattern. I got this effect by using coloured cellophane sweet wrappers and then shining a light behind them.
The hardest thing to make in the book was the trolley in the supermarket scenes. It took me absolutely ages and was extremely difficult and fiddly to make! It's definitely the most delicate thing in the whole book.
One of my favourite things to make in the book was the patchwork quilt on the bed. I just love the colours in it, which are quite autumnal. I tried to incorporate a lot of autumnal colours into the room scenes, as it is a Halloween book.
It feels very magical when a scene becomes finished and you can look right into it and touch it. It's a real, tiny little world of its own with its own atmosphere and feel to it. I love how tangible it is!
Thank you so much, Harriet!
Check out Harriet's great blog for a whole lot of miniature inspiration, including a post about how she created the cover art for I AM A WITCH'S CAT. And in case you haven't quite had your fill of tiny for the day, here are some bonus photos:
Tags: art > Halloween > Harriet Muncaster > I Am a Witch's Cat > illustration > miniatures > picture books
Posted by Robin | July 16, 2014 | No Comments
Today we celebrate the birthday of Ida. B. Wells—activist, educator, writer, journalist, suffragette, and pioneering voice against the horror of lynching. Born on July 16, 1862, Ms. Wells used fierce determination and the power of the pen to educate the world about the unequal treatment of blacks in the United States.
If you're looking for an entry point into civil rights discussions with younger (or even older) readers, consider this picture book biography by the beloved Walter Dean Myers.
"The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them."—Ida B. Wells
Tags: Bonnie Christensen > civil rights > Ida B. Wells > nonfiction > picture book biography > Walter Dean Myers
Posted by Robin | April 29, 2014 | No Comments
The lovely Lisa Ann Scott, author of the enchanting debut novel SCHOOL OF CHARM, stopped by recently to answer our "opening the book" questions. In case you missed it, here's a little intro and sneak peek of the book from earlier this year. And now, without further ado . . . Lisa Ann Scott!
Which was your favorite book from childhood, and what are you reading right now?
I am reading fellow Class of 2K14 member Rebecca Behrens' adorable middle-grade novel, When Audrey Met Alice. Can I claim the entire Little House series as my favorite book growing up? [WE SAY "YES!"]
What is your secret talent?
While I tend to kill most indoor plants, I have beautiful outdoor gardens and a koi pond. People tell me I should design gardens for a living. But then I wouldn't have time to write!
Fill in the blank: My two kids always make me laugh.
My current obsessions are . . .
Whatever series I've found on Netflix, HBO GO etc. that I will binge watch. (Game of Thrones and Dexter are recent addictions.)
Any gem of advice for aspiring writers?
Never give up. (See story below.)
Finish this sentence: I hope a person who reads my book . . .
. . . looks for real life magic in their world, and remembers all the wonderful things about themselves that make them unique and special.
How did you come to write this book?
Grab a snack and sit back for this answer. The seeds of this story came from a dream. I woke one morning with the image of a lovely older woman standing in a clearing in the forest. She was surrounded by a small group of girls and it was clear she was teaching them something, but she had a very knowing look on her face, like there was a secret they had yet to learn. Now most people would have shrugged and thought, hey, weird dream. But when you're a writer, something like that tugs at the imagination. So I walked around with this story in my head for a while, trying to figure out who was there and why they were there. I wrote this during my lunch breaks when I was working as a news anchor back in 2007. In 2008, I started the query process, looking for an agent. But then I lost my job, and that grief on top of the inevitable rejection that comes with the query process was just too much to take. So I set the book aside and actually stopped writing for a while. It wasn't long before I was writing again (romance!) and in 2011, took another look at the manuscript. I thought, hey this is pretty good, and a writer friend urged me to send it out again. So I did. To one agent. And then I remembered how much I hated the query process and stopped. But that one lovely agent, Jennifer Unter, loved the book and sold it a few months later.
Thanks for visiting, Lisa!
Tags: Lisa Ann Scott > middle grade > New Voices > School of Charm > tween
New Voices: Opening the book with… Alexandra Duncan!
Posted by Preeti | April 21, 2014 | No Comments
Alexandra Duncan's debut novel Salvage has taken the world by storm. As Stephanie Perkins (author of Anna and the French Kiss) says, this book is "kick-ass, brilliant, feminist science fiction." And boy is she right.
Her life is a shadow of a life. Her future is not her own to fashion.
Her family is a tangle of secrets. She cannot read. She cannot write.
But she is Parastrata Ava, the Captain's eldest daughter, the so girl of a long-range crewe—her obligations are grave and many.
And when she makes a mistake, in a fragrant orchard of lemons, the consequences are deadly.
There are some who would say, there but for the Mercies go I.
There are some who would say Parastrata Ava is just a silly earthstruck girl who got what was coming to her.
But they don't know the half of it.
We were lucky to have debut author Alexandra Duncan swing by The Pageturn and talk to us about writing, reading, and how Salvage came about!
Which was your favorite book from childhood, and what are you reading right now?
It's so hard to pick one favorite book. I think I had a new one every week when I was growing up. (Come to think of it, that's probably still true.) One of the ones that really stuck with me and that I still have on my bookshelf at home is The Girl Who Owned a City, by O.T. Nelson. I loved post-apocalyptic survival stories, especially ones where all of the adults were dead or otherwise incapacitated, which is exactly what happens in The Girl Who Owned a City.
Right now I'm reading A Dance With Dragons, by George R.R. Martin, the most recent book in the Song of Ice and Fire series. I have to stay ahead of the HBO show!
What is your secret talent?
I make a mean apple pie, crust and all. I have a 96% success rate. I've only ever caught one pie on fire, and that wasn't entirely my fault.
Fill in the blank: _______ always makes me laugh.
My husband. I might be biased, but I think he's pretty hilarious.
My current obsessions are…
Podcasts. I can listen to them while I'm doing chores or exercising. (Yay, multitasking!) Right now, my favorites are a podcast about pseudoscience and religion called Oh No, Ross and Carrie! and Welcome to Nightvale, which is kind of hard to explain. Just imagine what would happen if H.P. Lovecraft and David Lynch created a town and that town had a public radio station.
Any gem of advice for aspiring writers?
Support each other. Writing looks like a solitary occupation, but I don't know a single author who has succeeded without moral support and advice from friends. Celebrate each other's victories and cheer each other up when you hit one of writing's inevitable stumbling blocks. You'll all go farther and be happier for it in the end.
Finish this sentence: I hope a person who reads my book…
Sees the world in a new way. One of my favorite things about science fiction and fantasy is that they can be used to re-frame today's problems and let people see them from an entirely different angle.
How did you come to write this book?
Salvage started life with a short story I wrote called "Bad Matter," which was published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in 2009. It took place among the merchant crewes that appear in Salvage. When I finished the short story, I knew I wanted to explore their culture further and tell more stories set in that world.
Salvage was a very personal book for me. A lot of the inspiration for the crewes' culture came from growing up as the stepdaughter of a minister in a small town church in rural North Carolina. It was a very tight-knit and insular environment where there were very strict expectations about behavior, especially for women and girls. It was very much like growing up inside a large extended family. I also drew inspiration from my travels to Haiti and Nicaragua as a teenager, and my time studying abroad in Spain during college. Those experiences shaped my version of a future Earth.
In some ways, Ava's journey is similar to my own. I consider myself a feminist, but I wouldn't have said so as a teenager. It wasn't until I left home and struck out on my own at 18 that I began to understand my worth as a human being. I hope Salvage helps other girls learn the same thing about themselves. I hope it makes them feel like they aren't alone.
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Finding the Fountain of Youth and Stories
Posted by Preeti | April 10, 2014 | 1 Comment
Where do stories come from? Sometimes we have to travel to find them, journeying within or experiencing what happens in our paths along the way. Recently I was taking a new book, Abuelo, to Argentina, to people who had inspired it.
People arrive, events occur, that later become essential stories in each of our lives. Clearly, what becomes important is not the same for each person. But often, the stories that happen while we are young stay with us, and can help carry us through the rest of our lives. For my friend Aldo, who is Argentinean, riding La Pampa, the wide plains and foothills of Argentina when he was a boy with his "Abuelo Gaucho"—Grandfather Cowboy—has given him stories, a relationship and a strong place to return to that have helped him ride free through the years.
Aldo's great grandfather Redmond arrived from Ireland in the 1840's to a land that "had a lot of beef." Argentines come in all colors and with names from many cultural backgrounds–from English to Italian, Lebanese to northern European, not just the Hispanic surnames that many associate with Latin America. Aldo explained to me that the popular way to address someone in a friendly way, saying "Che"— something akin to "hello friend"— likely comes from a Guarani Indian word.Like the US, South America is a quilt built of many cultures, from Indian to European to African, and more. But back to Aldo and his young days riding the range with Abuelo Gaucho, that first inspired me to write Abuelo.
As a boy, Aldo lived in a small town in La Pampa where raising cattle was a major enterprise. Cowboys— called gauchos— rode through the streets and sometimes brought herds to load onto the nearby trains. Aldo's father worked for the railroad. Aldo would see the gauchos in town, and one older gaucho who knew his family well would say to Aldo that he should learn to ride a horse and the ways of the gauchos, that he would teach him. With the permission of Aldo's family, on Sundays, the gaucho's day off, the old gaucho began to teach Aldo— first to ride, how to guide and talk to the horse, how to find his way securely on the pampas. Over the years they rode out, the old gaucho on his horse, and Aldo on his own. Grandfather, or Abuelo, Redmond had died before Aldo was born, and so the old gaucho became like a grandfather to Aldo.
When Aldo grew up, he moved away from the small town of Roberts and "Abuelo Gaucho" to the city of Rosario to find work at a newspaper, and eventually for a bank. Throughout many changes, Aldo could return to La Pampa and Abuelo Gaucho in his mind. At a bank meeting that was droning on for hours, Aldo, who had been very active and successful in his work, was silent for a time. When someone at the meeting looked at him being so quiet and asked "where is Aldo?" a friend who knew him well said, "he is on La Pampa." Throughout his life, he has found strength there.
Now in his eighties, Aldo says that relationships between people are most important. His daughter and her family, his grandchildren live nearby. They know some of the great stories of their Abuelo Aldo, and his wife, Abuela Delia, who is a wonderful artist. Among the drawings I admired in their home was one of a gaucho, which thanks to Delia I now have with me. More tales there. I watched as Aldo saw and read Abuelo for the first time. He smiled at connections to places and relationships he has known so well. When I visited granddaughter Victoria's school, the students, who see gauchos still, recognized the story and beautiful pictures drawn by Raúl Colón, cheered, and raced to tell new tales they found in their own lives— a fountain of youth and stories.
Arthur Dorros views being a writer as like being a traveling detective. He finds ideas all around. He learned Spanish while living in Latin America, and many of his stories, such as Abuelo, grow from those experiences. Arthur is the author of many books for children, including Julio's Magic, a CLASP Américas Award Commended Title; Papá and Me, a Pura Belpré Honor Book, and the popular Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science book Ant Cities. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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GALAPAGOS GEORGE is the story of the famous Lonesome George, a giant tortoise who was the last of his species, lived to be one hundred years old, and became known as the rarest creature in the world. This incredible evolution story by renowned naturalist and Newbery Medal winner Jean Craighead George gives readers a glimpse of the amazing creatures inhabiting the ever-fascinating Galápagos Islands, complete with back matter that features key terms, a timeline, and further resources for research.
Here are some Common Core objectives that GALAPAGOS GEORGE can help meet:
Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe. Use information gained from the illustrations and words in a book to demonstrate understanding of its characters, setting, or plot. Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.
And you can use the following questions to help start a specific discussion about this book or a general discussion about informational texts and/or literature:
- How does a reader determine the genre of a particular book? What characteristics apply to GALAPAGOS GEORGE? RI.2.5, RL.2.3
- What elements of a book help the reader determine the main idea? What details support the main idea? RI.2.2, RL.2.2
- How do the illustrations contribute to the text (characters, setting, and plot)? RI.2.7, RL.2.7
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Math Skills are Life Skills: Early Math, the Common Core, Visual Learning and MathStart
Posted by Preeti | March 5, 2014 | No Comments
Math is everywhere! That's a message I always try to get across to kids, teachers and parents in my MathStart books and presentations. Too often, when students leave math class, I hear them say, "I'm done with my math." Yet they never say "I'm done with my words" after reading and language arts. Well, just like words, you can't do much without math. Math is an integral part of sports and music. You need math to go shopping, check on the time and count the number of candles on your birthday cake!
"Who Says Math Has to Be Boring?"—that was the eye-opening question posed in a recent New York Times editorial headline. Several improvements to math education were listed in the article, with early exposure to mathematical concepts singled out as a particularly rich area for improvement. In fact, new research suggests that children as young as three may be math-ready. It turns out we are wired for math!
The interest in early math is part of a larger movement to support universal Pre-K in the US—a rare non-partisan issue with the President and Congress as well as governors and mayors in dozens of states declaring their support. Over just the last year, 30 states have increased funding, while Congress has budgeted $1 billion for programs. The US military is also on board in a big way through Mission Readiness, an effort spearheaded by a who's who list of retired generals and admirals.
Another important trend in education is the adoption of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) currently being implemented in 45 states, the District of Columbia, four territories and the Department of Defense schools. Teachers, librarians, parents, and caregivers of children are clamoring for ways to effectively address the broad-reaching goals of the CCSS. These goals require elementary school educators to develop a new mind-set regarding their role in advancing mathematics education, as well as a new skill set for facilitating the teaching and learning of mathematical concepts.
Visual learning describes how we gather and process information from illustrations, diagrams, graphs, symbols, photographs, icons and other models. Since visual learning strategies build on children's innate talent to interpret visual information, they can play an important role in reaching the goals of the CCSS for Mathematics. Visual models help students understand difficult concepts, make connections to other areas of learning and build mathematical comprehension. They are especially relevant for the youngest learners, who are accomplished visual learners even as pre-readers.
"Math Skills are Life Skills!" That's the motto of the kids in the Main Street Kids' Club a musical based on six MathStart stories.
A good grounding in math from an early age is critical and visual learning strategies can play an important role. Children who are comfortable with mathematical concepts and understand that they use math all the time are more likely to do well in school and in everything else, too. It is a formula for success!
Stuart J. Murphy is a Boston-based visual learning specialist, author and consultant. He is the author of the award-winning MathStart series (HarperCollins), which includes a total of 63 children's books that present mathematical concepts in the context of stories for Pre-K through Grade 4. (Over 10 million copies sold.) He is also the author of Stuart J. Murphy's I SEE I LEARN (Charlesbridge), a 16-book series of storybooks for children in Pre-K, Kindergarten, and Grade 1 that focus on social, emotional, health and safety, and cognitive skills. Most of all, Stuart is an advocate of helping our children develop their visual learning skills so that they become more successful students.
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These tasty roasted vegetables can be cooked on the grill or roasted in the oven! The pineapple adds a wonderful sweetness to the vegetables. Submitted by HONEYLEA Carbs: 17g | Fat: 7.2g | Fiber: 2.8g | Protein: 2.3g | Calories: 136.5
These cheesy stuffed mushrooms are a light vegetarian meal or a hearty side dish. Carbs: 10.1g | Fat: 3.9g | Fiber: 2.6g | Protein: 6.9g | Calories: 93.7
Printed with permission from the American Institute for Cancer Research Carbs: 6.6g | Fat: 2.7g | Fiber: 3.2g | Protein: 3.9g | Calories: 56.1
Much healthier than fried zucchini, these crispy little bites make a yummy snack or side dish! Submitted by KRAVMAGAGIRL Carbs: 9.7g | Fat: 1.3g | Fiber: 1.1g | Protein: 4.4g | Calories: 67.7
Garlic is good for more than keeping away vampires. It's also quite good for you and full of flavor. Roasting garlic mellows its flavor and gives it a creamy texture. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 2.8g | Fat: 1.6g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 0.5g | Calories: 26.1
Chef Meg lightened up a picnic and potluck favorite! Her secret ingredient (shh, don't tell!) is pickle juice. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 1.8g | Fat: 5.5g | Fiber: 0.2g | Protein: 6.4g | Calories: 85.3
A delicious take on cole slaw without the mayo from a friend of mine. Contains almonds and sunflower seeds. I brought it to a party recently and people were saying how good it was, not realizing I had made it. That's pretty high praise! You can cut this recipe in half, too. (you could also try Splenda, although I haven't done that yet). Submitted by SHISHYCAT Carbs: 10.9g | Fat: 11.4g | Fiber: 2.5g | Protein: 2.7g | Calories: 147.9
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An easy and tasty casserole for any meal! It also reheats well in the microwave. Submitted by CJCERTS Carbs: 9.7g | Fat: 9.1g | Fiber: 0g | Protein: 13.9g | Calories: 178.2
All the flavor of bruschetta, in a mushroom! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 14.4g | Fat: 12.3g | Fiber: 5.2g | Protein: 10.2g | Calories: 191.9
My whole family loves these! Although they may seem small (considering the size of muffin we can get in a bakery) but we always add a helping of fruit or yogurt for breakfast. Yummy! Submitted by CHICKLET14580 Carbs: 17.1g | Fat: 0.6g | Fiber: 0.8g | Protein: 1.8g | Calories: 79.5
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This is a yummy dessert or snack that I have when I am craving something sweet. Submitted by AUTCODJADCAL Carbs: 22g | Fat: 1.4g | Fiber: 0.4g | Protein: 7.8g | Calories: 133.2
This dish inspired by Costa Rican spices seems exotic, but it uses spices and ingredients you already have around the house: coffee, cocoa and cinnamon. You'll wonder why you've been relegating these flavorings to dessert! Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 1.2g | Fat: 13.1g | Fiber: 3.4g | Protein: 33.7g | Calories: 264
A fantastic side dish that is quick and easy to make. Submitted by ACROQUES Carbs: 4g | Fat: 7.2g | Fiber: 2g | Protein: 12g | Calories: 123.2
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Cookbook creator says: Use Splenda; Diabetic Friends and Family. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 6.8g | Fat: 0.2g | Fiber: 1.7g | Protein: 0.3g | Calories: 33.7
A tasty way to get your antioxidants. This drink can be made with a sugar-free ginger ale to lower the calorie and carb counts. Submitted by DEGAIA Carbs: 29.5g | Fat: 0g | Fiber: 0.1g | Protein: 0.1g | Calories: 116
Scones are perfect for weekend house guests, hostess gifts, or picnics. Traditionally made with loads of butter and cream, mine use far less butter--and wheat flour. Submitted by CHEF_MEG Carbs: 30.2g | Fat: 5.2g | Fiber: 4.9g | Protein: 5.7g | Calories: 180.3
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A stalled economy is likely to make it harder for the new president to carry out his agenda, including big tax cut.
New presidents often face worrisome challenges early in their tenure - and George W. Bush is no exception.
The sudden stall of the US economy - including a plummeting stock market and rising energy costs - may well undermine the new president's ability to push through his own carefully executed agenda. More important, it could eventually force him to alter his plans, including policy cornerstones such as a big tax cut, a partially privatized Social Security system, and an expensive national missile-defense shield.
Depending on the severity of the downturn, Mr. Bush could even end up joining the company of one-term presidents rejected by voters because a recession took place under their watch.
"If the economy goes south and the administration handles it badly, it could permanently damage the Bush administration," says presidential scholar John Kessel, at Ohio State University.
Democrats are already blaming the administration for "talking down" the economy by mentioning the "R" word as far back as December, when unemployment was a low 4 percent and economic growth for the quarter still a positive 1.1 percent - though steeply down from previous quarters. They assert that Mr. Bush tried to capitalize on fears of a recession to sell his tax cut.
The administration maintains it is just being realistic, calling it like it is. But today's economic trouble could spill over into other areas.
Take Bush's hopes of privatizing part of the Social Security system, allowing some workers to invest a portion of their earnings in the markets. Given the recent jolts investors have experienced, "he moves forward with the privatization scheme at his own peril," says Robert Reischauer, former director of the Congressional Budget Office.


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God hold my heart. A knife was thrust in, and quickly pulled out. Please keep me from dying, by the blood that drains fast. Lord hold me deeply help me through this pain. My mind feels dizzy, my heart pounds, my knees keep growing weaker- God what has been let out? I know the knife wasn't meant to hurt me, just meant to sit in it's place, but God I am bleeding, please take this pain away. Hold my heart dear God, carry it through this pain, heal the wounds please, so I can live and breathe again. Lord, keep your hand 'round my heart, so I am protected from these things. I am learning every day - let this be a lesson that stays.


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Learning a new language might not be all that easy , but there are many benefites indeed
Because learn a new language we can make friends and comunicate with each other easily .and we can exchange our mind and culture
Yeah celina that's good reason
The first reason is because you'll have a lot more culture. People who have culture are people who are knowledgeable and who know their way around life. If you know another language, you'll be more cultured simply because this would permit you to travel more and you'll know the world better.
For living (enrich my life) and travelling.
of course, there are many interesting knowlage and culture out of my country, and i don't want to close my eyes from them:D
I learnd English because I need it to comunicate with people . For Spanish, I follow my gut instinct.
DANG *communicate
I like to know new cultures and learning new languages is great fun.
It is very difficult to learn a new language but once you have mastered the will be very helpful to you
Thanks every one
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