![]() ![]() Recently finished: I finished Tigerman on Saturday and got my review up yesterday! Go check it out and let me know what you think. I only have two weeks to read this one before my book club meets so I hope to fly through it. I started Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Rober Pirsig over the weekend. I think I’ll have it finished by next week, though! ![]() I didn’t run as much as I thought I would this week so I haven’t made much progress with Sarah’s Key by Tatiana de Rosnay. There’s not much more reading for my class this summer so I’ll be able to enjoy this during lunch again! AND it’s about time to eat outside again. I made some small progress on Love in the Elephant Tent by Kathleen Cremonesi. I think I’ll get back to it this summer, I’m just not sure when. Please consider enabling this to participate more fully in the community.Ĭurrently reading: Nothing with A Son of the Circus by John Irving. This is a known WordPress/Blogspot issue. Note: For users of Blogspot blogs, I’m unable to comment on your posts as a WordPress blogger unless you’ve enabled Name/URL comments. ![]() Please, take some time to visit the other participants and see what others are reading. Welcome to No blog? No problem! Just leave a comment with your responses. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Soleimani had been planning imminent strikes against American diplomats and military installations in the region. Trump administration spokespersons have described the strike as a pre-emptive one. Long recognized by experts of all ideological stripes as the master architect of Iran’s strategy of regional dominance in the Middle East, Soleimani, 62, was the charismatic commander of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds Force, which trains, funds, and directs pro-Iranian militias throughout the Middle East and Africa. drone strike has greatly heightened fears over the outbreak of a shooting war between the United States and Iran that could further destabilize the entire Middle East. The targeted killing this past Friday of Major General Qassem Soleimani by a U.S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Top Ten was a light-hearted effort, focusing on relationships among police officers in a world full of super-powered “science heroes” and gods. Chagrined but determined, Moore pressed forward with his WildStorm imprint, the modestly titled “America’s Best Comics,” with projects including The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen and Tom Strong. ![]() ![]() Moore had been working at Image Comics with Rob Liefeld, then at Liefeld’s splinter company Awesome Comics, but Liefeld eventually became another entry on the lengthy roster of PAMDLWW (People Alan Moore doesn’t like working with.) Moore jumped ship to work with Image co-founder Jim Lee at WildStorm comics, but the sale of WildStorm to DC Comics put Moore back in contact with another group of PAMDLWW. Let’s look at what may be one of Alan Moore’s more “normal” efforts: the sci-fi police procedural series Top Ten (1999-2000). ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() But now that a serial killer has begun terrorizing her small town, and the echoes of the local girls he's claimed haunt her daily, she realizes she might be the only person who can stop him.ĭespite his fierce protectiveness over her, Jay reluctantly agrees to help Violet on her quest to find the murderer-and Violet is unnerved to find herself hoping that Jay's intentions are much more than friendly. ![]() Violet has never considered her strange talent to be a gift it mostly just led her to find the dead birds her cat had tired of playing with. and the imprints that attach to their killers. Since she was a little girl, she has felt the echoes that the dead leave behind in the world. While the sixteen-year-old is confused by her new feelings for her best friend since childhood, she is more disturbed by her "power" to sense dead bodies-or at least those that have been murdered. V iolet Ambrose is grappling with two major issues: Jay Heaton and her morbid secret ability. Up in pages that almost crackle with the electricity of suspense." "This creative mystery has it all.the heart of a romance novel wrapped 2011 YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults selectionĢ011 Chicago Public Library Best of the Best for Teens ![]() ![]() ![]() Education about healthy living, including how to eat healthy, take medicine as prescribed, and quit smoking.Cardiac rehabilitation is a supervised program that includes: Cardiac rehabilitation not only can help a person recover from a heart problem but can also prevent future heart problems.Ĭardiac rehabilitation is an important program for anyone recovering from a heart attack, heart failure, or other heart problem that required surgery or medical care. About one in four of those people already had a heart attack. ![]() About 800,000 people in the United States have a heart attack every year. Cardiac rehabilitation can help prevent another, perhaps more serious, heart attack and can help you build heart-healthy habits. If you have a heart attack or other heart problem, cardiac rehabilitation is an important part of your recovery. By Amy Rolfs, RN, VMH Cardiac Rehab Supervisor ![]() ![]() ![]() And yet, it’s “funny”, zoos do a lot of marketing of their new babies, giving them a name, “Come see so-and-so!” etc. It’s awful, isn’t it? If zoos claim to care about the individuals, why would they kill Marius? Killing someone shows you don’t give a stuff about them as an individual. It must change and thankfully we are starting to see that change. Since the early days of zoos, they have been there for our entertainment. Zoos and aquaria aren’t there to engage our critical thinking. We’re out for a day of fun the last thing we want to think about is that our actions have terrible consequences for the captive animals we are there to be amused by. We look at enclosures for a few moments and then go to the next. We see them as ambassadors of a species, perhaps, but rarely as individuals. ![]() It's interesting with zooed animals, who are on display in plain sight, and yet we fail to really see them. All my work will continue to focus on these individuals, bringing their lives to light in a new way. Those we wear and eat, those we keep in labs to be used in research, those we use for entertainment. Those we have a close relationship with and yet they remain invisible in our lives. ![]() We Animals looks at the invisible animals, as I call them. How does this superb collection of photos and text follow up on your previous book We Animals? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() This is a point, which it is of the utmost importance to ascertain and if possible the place of their future destination. 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This last is a matter of very interesting moment, and ought to claim your particular attention. ![]() The detachment under your command with which you will immediately march towards the enemy’s lines is designed to answer the following purposes-to be a security to this camp and a cover to the country between the Delaware and Schuylkil-to interrupt the communication with Philadelphia-obstruct the incursions of the enemies parties, and obtain intelligence of their motions and designs. ![]() ![]() Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. 2017, Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformĬreatespace Independent Publishing PlatformĬhoose your shipping method in Checkout.to The Land!!!!"-Publisher's description. "Let's go!" Richter and Sion are at it again! Even more of what you loved in the first book! Leveling, world building, awesome items, and what's that you say? Sure! Why not? What's a little necrophilia between friends!?! Join your favorite Chaos Seed as he answers the call of adventure and deals with the invaders, greedy dwarves, and a wood elf that keeps telling him he has a pretty mouth! Welcome back my friends! Welcome back. ![]() "We are life takers and heart breakers," Richter shouted. ![]() "The second captivating installment of Aleron Kong's, Chaos Seeds series. "Let's go!" Richter and Sion are at it again! Even more of what you loved in the first book! Leveling, world building, awesome items, and what's that you say? Sure! Why not? What's a little necrophilia between friends!?! Join your favorite Chaos Seed as he answers the call of adventure and deals with the invaders, greedy dwarves, and a wood elf that keeps telling him he has a pretty mouth!. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The last thing Ridley wants is a relationship-but when fate leads Ridley to form a friendship with his reclusive and pregnant neighbor, he wonders if this small-town hideout might be more of a long-term destination. Ridley Chesterfield is hiding out in Hope Springs, Idaho, avoiding a political scandal and the barrage of false media headlines that have tarnished his good name. ![]() Harboring the secret of her husband’s betrayal, her pain is deeper than anyone knows. Instead she is still reeling from the tragic, unexpected loss of her husband and daughter-and awaiting the arrival of her unborn child. Jessica Mason isn’t looking for love when she meets Ridley Chesterfield. For these two broken hearts, the first step toward love will be a huge leap of faith. ![]() ![]() ![]() Gholz SEEDS National Field Trip Endowment for The Ecological Society of America, funding ecological field experiences for students from diverse backgrounds. Since 2017, Sophia has helped oversee the Henry L. When writing nonfiction, she pulls on her love of science and history. ![]() Sophia enjoys writing fiction with humor and heart. Sophia Gholz is an award-winning children's book author, music lover, magic seeker and avid reader. states to go), or baking the best secret-recipe oatmeal cookies you’ll ever eat. When she’s not obsessing over the next plot twist, you may find her watching sports, solving puzzles, on the road (just 9 more U.S. School Library Journal calls her debut YA novel, No Way Home (Sourcebooks, 2022), an “excellent choice for any young adult collection… also appropriate for mature middle school readers.” And says that, “Fans of mystery/thrillers with puzzles…will devour this book.” ![]() Her MG novels-The Seventh Level and The Gollywhopper Games series (HarperCollins/Greenwillow)-have appeared on 26 state reading lists and have won, among other honors, the Georgia Children’s Book Award and the Grand Canyon Readers Award. ![]() Through a series of happenstances, however, she enrolled in the Mizzou School of Journalism and discovered she could write. Award-winning, middle grade and young adult author Jody Feldman had early thoughts of working as a treasure hunter, a codebreaker, a movie director, and an inventor. ![]() |