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Inkheart (original 2003; edition 2003)
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Funke really tries to force "books are awesome and can cure cancer and stuff" down your throat through the entire story but I still liked it. :)
I can't wait to find out what happens next! A stunning page turner...
I delight in finding books that are clearly intended for bibliophiles, like love letters for literature and its dedicated readers. Inkheart is such a book. The story centers on Meggie and her father, Mo. He is a book binder whose trade is to heal broken tomes, she is still a school girl, and they are both avid readers. They also live alone, as Meggie's mother left when she was only three. The story introduces these lovely characters, and immediately throws an event at them that will change their lives. A mysterious man shows up on a dark, rainy night. Meggie spies him from her window and runs to tell her father, who apparently knows the man and invites him in. While Mo and Dustfinger closet themselves into Mo's study for a conference, Meggie tries to eavesdrop - she has a bad feeling about the stranger.
Meggie can't make much sense of the conversation. She learns that a man is looking for a book her father owns, and it sounds serious, but she can't imagine why. What she does know is that when her father packs their bags and tells her they are going on a trip - a not infrequent occurrence in their life of many moves and journeys to fix rare books - the real reason they are leaving has something to do with what Dustfinger told her father the night before. They drive to her Aunt Elinore's home, and Dustfinger hitches a ride with them.
Although Meggie isn't a fan of her curt and unwelcoming Aunt Elinore, she loves her house. Books abound. The entrance is a hallway lined with shelves on both sides. Every room has book cases, in addition to the library where Elinore stores her most precious collection. And since Aunt Elinore has devoted her whole life to reading and collecting rare books, this special room is a treasure house indeed. Too bad Elinore won't allow Meggie to even step inside. Meggie doesn't have much time to get comfortable. Soon after they arrive, a group of men in black jackets come to Elinore's large house and take her father away. Elinore keeps Meggie safe, but they are powerless to stop the men, and Mo is gone. Dustfinger, who had conveniently disappeared during the attack, returns and offers to escort the women to Capricorn's village, where Mo is sure to be.
The trio pile into Elinore's car and drive into remote regions in the hills, moving away from the sea and into dry and scrubby land. On first sight, Capricorn's village appears to be an abandoned town, but Meggie feels a menace emanating from the villains, and her feelings are justified when they meet Capricorn. His men bring the women as prisoners before their leader. He is seated on a throne in a church, which has had its holy relics replaced with corruptions or awful statues, and is entirely painted in a blood red color.
Capricorn can force Mo's hand now that he has taken his daughter captive, and Mo shares with Meggie and Elinor the truth he has been hiding for years: when he reads from a book, objects and characters sometimes leave its pages and enter the real world. An exchange is always made; when a character emerges from the book, a person from the real world enters it. Meggie's mother disappeared into the book that released Capricorn. Now Meggie knows why the evil man wants her father. Their journey is just starting - they do manage to escape when Dustfinger releases them, but Capricorn keeps the book Inkheart. Dustfinger is drawn irresistibly back. Basta and his fellows find Mo and Meggie, who have sought out Fenoglio, the author of Inkheart, and take Meggie while Mo is away. Mo and Elinor also return to the village, and the final confrontation gathers steam with all players assembled, building to a dramatic and satisfying conclusion.
The story is crafted with a loving play of language that is a pleasure to read. Even better, the author incorporates book and reading metaphors throughout the novel, in keeping with the themes and tone of the story. Other figurative language is worked into the novel, matching new characters that are introduced: fire for Dustfinger, arid deserts themes for Farid, and so on. I was impressed with the skill in craftsmanship, beginning with the characters and the plot but working its way into every description and moment. The story paces itself sedately, but with a building tension and a suspense that is masterfully sustained, allowing plenty of time to concretely paint the setting and develop the characters into rounded and believable persons. Capricorn and his minions are truly menacing, not out of magic or supernatural monsters or any other external threat, but from pure evil malice. Capricorn represents the worst of humanity. Indeed, there is a darkness in this story that makes it more suited to older children readers. The themes of displacement and abandonment, the heartless cruelty of Capricorn and Basta and the black jackets, and the mounting tension is mature fare. For older readers, of course, these aspects of the book enhance its power as a story. I savored every chapter of this book, and look forward to continuing through the trilogy.
A long time ago, someone I care about recommended that I read Larklight. This year, remembering the recommendation, I made a terrible mistake and got a copy of another red children's/youth book with a one-word title, published around the same time.
Inkheart was so boring it just wasn't worth the time it would take to finish. Approximately 138 pages in, the story began to pick up--a little. I couldn't care about the characters, possibly because their attributes are described in a very patchy way. For example, the girl calls her father "Mo," and that is never explained. The protagonists are all described primarily by the way in which they love and cherish books, not just as stories but as physical objects. This is emphasized so much that it seems indulgent--a book about how awesome books are.
Wow, what a fantastic book. I had seen the movie without knowing that it was based on a book. It's a fantasy adventure story for book lovers. Maggies life has been unusual, moving around from place to place as her father, Mo works repairing rare books. But a late night visit from a mysterious man named Dustfinger send her and her father on the run. In fact Maggie finds out that they have been on the run her whole life, from someone named Capricorn whose connected to the disappearance of her mother long ago. You really should read this book.
Such breathtaking things are going to happen, you cannot even imagine. SPECTACULAR!, FABULOUS! BREATHTAKING! If you've got to read a book it's got to be this one.
Inkheart is a book about books, a celebration of and a warning about books. The "Inkheart" of the title is a book. I don't think I've ever read anything that conveys so well the joys, terrors and pitfalls of reading. ...
When the villains are at last defeated and the denizens of the book tumble through into reality, it is quite disappointing to find them gaudy, small and trivial. Is Funke saying that, while books as books are wonderful, real life has a solid sort of grimness that renders make-believe flimsy? Or is she pleading with us to mix at least a little fantasy with our reality? I don't know. Inkheart leaves you asking such questions. And this is, to my mind, an important thing for a story to do.
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Amazon.com Amazon.com Review (ISBN 0439709105, Paperback)Meggie's father, Mo, has an wonderful and sometimes terrible ability. When he reads aloud from books, he brings the characters to life--literally. Mo discovered his power when Maggie was just a baby. He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the book's wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor. Then Mo discovered something even worse--when he read Capricorn and his henchmen out of Inkheart, he accidentally read Meggie's mother in.
Meggie, now a young lady, knows nothing of her father's bizarre and powerful talent, only that Mo still refuses to read to her. Capricorn, a being so evil he would "feed a bird to a cat on purpose, just to watch it being torn apart," has searched for Meggie's father for years, wanting to twist Mo's powerful talent to his own dark means. Finally, Capricorn realizes that the best way to lure Mo to his remote mountain hideaway is to use his beloved, oblivious daughter Meggie as bait!
Cornelia Funke's imaginative ode to books and book lovers is sure to be enjoyed by fans of her breakout debut, The Thief Lord, and young readers who enjoyed the similarly themed The Great Good Thing by Roderick Townley. (Ages 10 to 15) --Jennifer Hubert
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Twelve-year-old Meggie learns that her father, who repairs and binds books for a living, can "read" fictional characters to life when one of those characters abducts them and tries to force him into service.
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A fabulous refurbished medieval manor house that stands in 800 acres of land mentioned in the Domesday Book, encircled by its own moat. Brinsop Court Manor House is in the heart of Herefordshire with views across the moat to the Skirrid and Black Mountains.
The manor house is built of Herefordshire stone and it shines inside and out. Through the ancient oak door find timber frames, old beams, mullioned windows and panelled walls. Some Victorian refinements were made in Arts & Crafts style, and 21st-century comforts have been added.
Choose to eat downstairs in the Queen Anne Dining Hall or upstairs in the huge Banqueting Hall. Cook in the well-stocked farmhouse kitchens equipped with AGAs; play darts, table tennis or snooker in the Games Room and sleep in the enormous luxurious beds.
This historic Grade I listed manor house provides luxury self catering accommodation for discerning families and groups of friends who want to holiday together for reunions or special occasions. There is plenty to do on the estate with bikes to hire, fishing in the moat, a hot tub, tennis court and fire pits. There are bespoke Treasure Trails around the estate to explore and Brinsop Court welcomes people with dogs or even their own horses. Star gazing, outdoor cooking and watching the local wildlife are popular past times or walk across the fields to the local pub. There are several local caterers who can shop and prepare meals if you want the flexibility of self catering without the work!
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Herefordshire is one of the most rural counties in the UK. Famous for its black and white villages and historic market towns. It is a place to retreat from the frantic pace of the rest of the world where birdsong can be heard and the night skies are bright with stars.
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Hay on Wye, the book town is just up the road with its famous literary festival and there are poetry festivals, food festivals, walking festivals and other events and activities taking place locally throughout the year.
Brinsop is a small hamlet just north of the city of Hereford. Its a rural area and Brinsop Court Manor House is on a working arable farm. There is an award winning pub, The Bell Inn five minutes drive (or a walk across the fields) away. Wordsworth was a frequent visitor to the area when his brother in law owned Brinsop Court.
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Migrating birds close San Antonio Zoo
The San Antonio Zoo has been dealing with some unwanted guests this spring and they're causing quite a mess.
Several species of egrets and herons are nesting in the trees above a popular attraction forcing it to temporarily close.
Hundreds of migratory birds have moved into the trees above the Tiny Tot Nature Spot and the Riverbank Beach.
"This is one of the most popular exhibits in the summer," said Debbie Vanskike, marketing and public relations manager for the zoo. "A lot of families enjoy this area. Unfortunately, all these birds have landed in this area and it's really not safe."
According to Vanskike, six types of herons and egrets are nesting in the trees and they're creating a mess. The unwelcome guests have coated the entire area with bird droppings.
Vanskike said Tuesday the Riverbank Beach was drained about a month ago and the area shut down to guests to avoid contact with the bird droppings that could contain diseases.
"It's unsightly, it smells bad, and it's not very safe for our children to be playing in," Vanskike said. "It has become a health hazard, so we have to address that issue and that's what we're doing."
The zoo recently obtained special permits from the city and U.S. Fish and Wildlife in an effort to remove and relocate the birds that are federally protected but not endangered.
"The city permit allows us to trim back trees, the other permit allows us to remove the nests, remove the eggs and to deliver chicks to a rehabilitator," Vanskike said. "That's not our normal practice, but we feel that we have to do that in order to protect the public, to protect our guests, to protect our staff and protect our animal collection, because that's really vital for the zoo."
So far the process hasn't made much of a dent.
The permit allows the zoo to remove 300 birds but they removed 230 from one tree in one day, leaving hundreds more still nesting in the trees.
Vanskike said the zoo is hoping the permit can be amended to allow for more birds to be removed so the area can be reopened.
"We hope that we'll be able to clear them out but we don't know when that will be so it probably will be shut down for a while," Vanskike said.
Once they get that bird problem under control, the next step will be the cleanup, and there's going to be huge cleanup effort required at the beach-front area to make it safe for families again.
"We plan to remove all the sand that's in the beach area, to replant lots of the trees and lots of the plants that are currently in there and power-wash every single thing that children touch, so it's going to be a huge endeavor."
Zoo officials understand guests with young children who look forward to cooling off in the water attraction in the summer months will be disappointed but it's for their safety.
"We're very fortunate to have a good relationship with the city and U.S. Fish and Wildlife that they're helping us to handle this situation and be able to clear these birds out of here. We're doing everything in our power to take care of this serious issue," Vanskike said. "We're looking out for the public."
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US and Iraqi officials reportedly discussed Blackwater's impunity months before the September shooting. "We tried several times to contact the US government through administrative and diplomatic channels to complain about the repeated involvement by Blackwater guards in several incidents that led to the killing of many Iraqis," said deputy Interior Minister Hussein Kamal. However, US Embassy spokesperson Mirembe Nantongo said, "We have no official documentation on file from our Iraqi partners requesting clarification of any incident." That statement is contradicted by another US official. Matthew Degn, who served as a liaison to the Iraqi Interior Ministry until August, told the Washington Post that Iraqi officials sent a flurry of memos to Blackwater and US officials well before the September 16 shootings and were rebuffed in their requests for action. "We had numerous discussions over [Iraqi government] frustrations with Blackwater, but every time [Iraqi officials] contacted the [US] government, it went nowhere."
Iraq's anger would be understandable even if the only incident involving Blackwater was the Nisour shootings--more so if you take into account the past year of the company's actions. But this is a four-year pattern that goes beyond Blackwater. The system of "private security" being paid billions in US taxpayer dollars has not only continued despite rampant abuses; it has flourished. Blackwater and its ilk operate in a demand-based industry, and with US forces stretched thin, there has been plenty of demand. According to the Government Accountability Office, there are as many as 180 mercenary firms in Iraq, with tens of thousands of employees. Without the occupation and continued funding for the war, these companies would not be in Iraq.
Even though this scandal is about a system, not about one company or "a few bad apples," Blackwater does stand out. While it has no shortage of US and British competitors in Iraq, no other private force's actions have had more of an impact on events in Iraq than those of the North Carolina-based company. Blackwater's primary purpose in Iraq, at which it has been very effective, is to keep the most hated US occupation officials alive by any means necessary. This has encouraged conduct that places American lives at an infinitely higher premium than those of Iraqi civilians, even in cases where the only Iraqi crime is driving too close to a VIP convoy protected by Blackwater guards.
It isn't just the Iraqi government and the country's civilian population that are angered by Blackwater's conduct. Col. Thomas Hammes, the US military official who once oversaw the creation of a new Iraqi military, has described driving around Iraq with Iraqis and encountering Blackwater operatives. They "were running me off the road. We were threatened and intimidated," Hammes said. But, he added, "they were doing their job, exactly what they were paid to do in the way they were paid to do it, and they were making enemies on every single pass out of town." Hammes concluded they were "hurting our counterinsurgency effort."
Just as the world was learning of the September 16 Blackwater shooting in Baghdad, another scandal involving the company was breaking in the United States. Allegations surfaced that weapons brought into Iraq by Blackwater may have ended up in the hands of the Kurdish militant group the PKK, which is designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the State Department. According to a September 18 letter sent by Representative Henry Waxman to State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard, a federal investigation into whether Blackwater "was illegally smuggling weapons into Iraq" was obstructed by Krongard, who, Waxman charged, is a partisan operative with close ties to the Bush Administration. Waxman cited a July e-mail message from Krongard in which he ordered his staff to "stop IMMEDIATELY" cooperating with the federal prosecutor investigating Blackwater until Krongard himself could speak to him. Waxman said Krongard's actions caused "weeks of delay" and that by subsequently assigning a media relations staffer instead of an investigator to aid the prosecutor, Krongard had "impeded the investigation." Blackwater, for its part, denies that it was "in any way associated or complicit in unlawful arms activities" and is cooperating in the federal investigation. Waxman has announced that he will hold hearings on the issue in October.
In keeping with Krongard's stance, the State Department has responded to the widening Blackwater inquiry with stonewalling and evasion. Indeed, Blackwater's attorney told the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which Waxman chairs, that State had directed the company "not to disclose any information" regarding its Iraq security contract without written authorization. After Waxman protested, the department specified that this restriction applied only to classified information. Waxman, for his part, is looking for answers from the top gun: He sent Blackwater CEO Erik Prince a letter requesting his presence at a hearing. "One question that will be examined is whether the government's heavy reliance on private security contractors is serving U.S. interests in Iraq," Waxman informed Prince. "Another question will be whether the specific conduct of your company has advanced or impeded U.S. efforts."
Those are good questions. But it is unfortunate that it has taken four years of the most privatized war in US history for Congress to ask them. Last time Prince was invited to appear before Congress, he sent his lawyer instead. This time Waxman could choose to use the power of the subpoena. As has finally become clear to some in Congress, war contracting is not merely about squandered taxpayer dollars. It is about life and death. The stakes are far too high to let Prince and his cronies call (or fire) any more shots.
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Teetering on the brink of insolvency, the United States Postal Service
may shutdown altogether, leading to an extremely dire Christmas season
with NO ONE getting cards or gifts in the mail. Unless the agency is
able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month, the post office may
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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - "Our situation is extremely serious," the postmaster general, Patrick R. Donahoe says. "If Congress doesn't act, we will default."
Donahoe has been pushing a series of painful cost-cutting measures to erase the agency's deficit. Plans include eliminating Saturday mail delivery, closing up to 3,700 postal locations and laying off 120,000 workers, or nearly one-fifth of the agency's work force in spite of a no-layoffs clause in the unions' contracts.
The American institution is being squeezed on both sides from revenue and costs.
The Internet generation has led to people and businesses sending far less conventional mail. Mail volume has fallen with the rise of e-mail, electronic bill-paying and a Web that makes everything from fashion catalogs to news instantly available. The system handles an estimated 167 billion pieces of mail this fiscal year, down 22 percent from five years ago.
Simultaneously, decades of contractual promises made to unionized workers, including no-layoff clauses, are increasing the post office's costs.
Labor represents 80 percent of the post office's expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx, its two biggest private competitors. Postal workers also receive more generous health benefits than most other federal employees.
A hearing on Tuesday by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will address the agency's predicament. Democrats and Republicans in Congress, still smarting from the brawl over the federal debt ceiling, have no solutions forthcoming.
"The situation is dire," Thomas R. Carper, the Delaware Democrat who is chairman of the Senate subcommittee that oversees the postal service says. "If we do nothing, if we don't react in a smart, appropriate way, the postal service could literally close later this year. That's not the kind of development we need to inject into a weak, uneven economic recovery."
Missing the $5.5 billion payment due on Sept. 30, intended to finance retirees' future health care, won't cause immediate disaster. But sometime early next year, the agency will run out of money to pay its employees and gas up its trucks, officials warn, forcing it to stop delivering the roughly three billion pieces of mail it handles weekly.
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When a debtor stops making payments on his or her debts and starts spending again after being overwhelmed by the amount of debt incurred and the seeming futility of the debt repayment process (the overall amount of debt owed does not appear to dramatically lessen as payments are made). Experiencing debt fatigue may eventually cause the debtor to declare bankruptcy as a last-ditch effort to resolve the situation.
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In order to make debt fatigue less likely to occur, a debtor should stop incurring additional debt and also make a repayment plan that allows the debt to be fully repaid sooner rather than later. By not dragging the debt out any longer than necessary, the debtor will start seeing more dramatic results of the debt repayments sooner, preventing him or her from becoming unmotivated by the overall debt burden.
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Who has Grapes in Maine
How about a few notes from anyone growing grapes in Maine. What types do you grow? What are the difficulties?
I have seen a few around but not many especially in Washington County.
I grow Concord, makes a great grape jelly. My grape vines are about 12 years old and have been transplanted to different locations and once out of the ground in bare root and peat for a year twince in its life time too, grapes are amazingly resilent for me.
If I remeber I will ask my husband what kinds he grows. there is a white grape and I cant remember the name of it.
There were a couple of neglected 50+ year old Concord type black slip-skin grapevines on the southern Maine property I purchased in 2000 that I have tried to "bring back". lack of full day sun makes ripening iffy with indian summer needed to achieve good sugar levels. I also have fungal and insect attacks every year that I don't really fight. That being said I do get a small harvest every year and could be making jam/jelly. Usually we just eat whatever is ripe out of hand as we pass by and throw the sour ones to the chickens at the end of the season. And they do look nice on the arbor I built for them.
I have a vine for ornamental purposes on a trellis on the North side of the house, but it has been skeletonized by bugs, more than other years. I sprayed, and hopefully killed them off. I saw big ugly caterpillars that looked somewhat like tomato hornworms. They were a pinky brown & then turned light green. They seem to roll up leaves for hatching, so I am not sure if the insecticide could get inside to kill whatever it is that is inside. I did pick off the rolled leaves I could reach & stomped on them.
I bought one Concord in a pot from Lowe's last year and never did anything with it. I'm watering it and thinking about giving it a little fertilizer and getting it into the ground somewhere this year, maybe with some others and a trellis. Something in the pot has a leaf already, not the main plant, but I don't know if that's a grape or something else. For all I know that could be anything from a lilac to one of the marauding raspberries that are all around our yard now.
If I plant that or any other grapes, I need to make sure our Labragoats can't snack on any fruit that might appear, because grapes (and raisins) are bad for dogs, even piggie-dogs with cast-iron stomachs. :(
If I do start some kind of "arbor area," I might add another variety or two, to see if it adds some color and makes the effort more worthwhile. Any suggestions? Maybe a red-white-and-blue motif? :)