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Buhari working hard to end fuel scarcity, Osinbajo says
The Buhari administration is doing everything possible to quickly resolve the petrol shortages experienced by Nigerians, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has said.
Mr Osinbajo said this during an unscheduled stopover at Oando Filling Station in the Lekki area of Lagos State on Christmas Eve. He also stopped at Heyden Petrol Station near the Victoria Garden City.
In an interaction with Nigerians from all walks of life on Sunday evening during the stopover, the Vice President noted that the Federal Government was moving as quickly as it could to solve the fuel crisis and reduce the difficulties Nigerians were facing as a result.
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"We are trying to move as quickly as we can. Obviously, people have gone through a lot of pain and anguish in the past few days, and that is deeply regretted. We were trying to do what we can to move as quickly as possible and there is certainly enough products to be able to solve the problem.
"We will be able to solve the problem; the short period of scarcity is quite a bit of burden, but we know that so long as products are enough and the trucks coming out and feeding the stations, this will be over very soon.
"I am going around with the Honourable Minister of State for Petroleum Resources here in Lagos to ensure that first, the trucks are being loaded from all the depots, and also looking at the filling stations to see that things are moving on very well.
"The GMD of the NNPC is also working in Abuja to see that that things are moving quickly and we are moving around the country. So we expect that it will be resolved very quickly.
"It's such a shame that Christmas has been, to some extent, with this sort of discomfort. This is deeply regretted, and l know that, despite the resilience and strength of people in Lagos and the Nigerian people, we would see ourselves through this and will enjoy our Christmas and have a great new year," he said.
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The Centre for Criminal Appeals dedicates its practice to challenging unsafe convictions and unjust sentences. The ATJF awarded the Centre £10,000 in order for appellant prisoners to gain access to trial transcripts, which are usually unaffordable due to the high rates of private transcription companies. A case that benefitted greatly from this increase in funding involved Mr X, a self-represented, vulnerable person serving a sentence of 30 years. The centre obtained trial recordings and had them transcribed by a team of five volunteers. The recordings revealed the disadvantage suffered by this wrongfully convicted prisoner, due to his lack of formal education and the absence of a legal professional at his trial.
Passage 2000 supports and represents those who need to regularise their immigration status whilst sleeping rough so that they can access benefits accommodation and employment. They used their grant to employ a solicitor to help with the legal process, who was assisted by two volunteer solicitors. They aim to help at least 20 individuals per year.
G was trafficked into the UK and forced to work from the age of 5 years old. She worked as an unpaid maid for them and was routinely beaten and abused. When she was a few years older she was sold on to another family who treated her in a similarly horrific fashion. This continued for 10 years.
Aged 15, she managed to escape and run away from the house she was so scared of. Without money, language skills or an understanding of normal life in the UK she lived on the streets before being found and placed in the care of social services.
Through her Law Centre she applied for refugee status but disputes over her age and lack of documentation caused many delays and initial refusals. She has now been recognised as a victim of trafficking and is beginning to build a new life.
Hartlepool Citizens Advice Bureau has used the money they received from the Access to Justice Foundation to maintain a 'Telephone Advice Helpline' for 18 hours a week. An example of their invaluable work involves the advice they gave to a 27 year old student in part time employment. The CAB immediately recognised that he was being underpaid, He was advised to raise a grievance with his employer and, if the matter was still unresolved, to make a claim to the Employment Tribunal. Two weeks later, the client informed the CAB that his employer had conceded, and had now increased his pay to the national minimum wage and allowed him to have paid holidays.
Rights of Women (ROW) promotes the legal rights of women throughout England and Wales, with a particular focus on disadvantaged and vulnerable women that have experienced sexual and/ or domestic violence.
The ATJF awarded £5000 to ROW in order to assist them in making a film that would aid women survivors of domestic violence to access justice. The film would help these women navigate the family law legal system, in particular those that are unable to access legal representation due to cuts in legal aid. The film is now being circulated by the Ministry of Justice as well as women's organisations and VAWG specialists from the Crown Prosecution Service VAWG Expert Reference Group.
The Foundation awarded Vauxhall Community Law Centre a grant of £8,000. The Centre offers advice on many different legal issues, including employment disputes.
This guidance was invaluable for local Vauxhall resident, Mrs D, who sought the support of the Law Centre in order to challenge a medical assessment by the Employment and Support Allowance (ESA). Following the assessment, she was found to be fit for work despite suffering from depression, heart problems and osteoarthritis. In between lodging her appeal and the hearing, Mrs D became so ill that she was put in intensive care.
The Centre helped her appeal the decision and represented her at the hearing. She was then awarded the higher rate of the mobility component and the middle rate of the core component of DLA.
Mary is in her 60s, and she stopped work in 2007 as she suffers from Arthritis and emphysema. She was on incapacity benefit, but when that changed to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) in 2013, Mary gained only 3 points for mobility of the 15 needed. Her ESA was stopped and the report says she walked for an hour a day in the park next to her home. However, there is no park next to her home and she couldn't walk for 10 minutes, let alone an hour. Thankfully, Hastings Advice and Representation Centre represented Mary at tribunal and gained the benefits (backdated to 2013).
Paddington Law Centre was awarded a grant of £10,000 in order to pay for the salary of an Employment Law solicitor at the centre. A client that used this service was Mrs X, a disabled woman with various physical health conditions. After 20 years of service, she was bullied out of her job on account of her health problems and was on long term sick leave. The Centre commenced a claim in the Employment Tribunal and successfully challenged the Respondent's assertion that she was not disabled at a preliminary hearing. An amicable termination of her employment was finally negotiated, with an agreed favourable reference and substantial settlement payment. This allowed Mrs X the time to recover her health before commencing her new employment.


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Grace Bethel was a Registered Nurse at the Truro Hospital and was the Director of Nursing at the hospital at the time of her retirement. Grace passed away in Truro in 2012 at the age of ninety- seven.
Grace was much loved by all who knew her including patients, hospital staff, and those in the Community. Nursing and all medical fields were important to Grace and especially important to her were the children. She believed that children would enjoy success through education and she always had a strong desire to do everything she could to assist however possible.
Grace was a long-standing member of the Colchester Hospital Auxiliary. To fulfil her desire to help the children with their education Grace and her husband set up an investment within the Auxiliary that was intended to provide bursaries to the children. This fund still functions today having provided much needed financial support to many area students over the years.
The Bursary Fund is administered by the Bursary Fund Committee within the Colchester Hospital Auxiliary. Two bursaries of two thousand dollars each are available to graduating students from the Truro East Hants areas who have chosen nursing or another medically related field as their career.
Applications can be obtained School Councillors and are submitted to the Auxiliary Bursary Committee who ultimately choose two students to receive the bursaries each graduating year. The bursaries are paid directly to the University or Secondary School of the student's choice at the beginning of their second semester.
The Colchester Hospital Auxiliary ask that all students who meet the criteria of the Grace Bethel Bursary contact School Counsellors as early as possible and complete an application. The bursary recipients will be announced at the Graduation ceremonies of those awarded the bursaries.
The program was initiated in 2003 and since its inception has helped many with their very important studies. The original Bursary was available to LPN's and RN's only. The Auxiliary opted in 2017 to amend the criteria for this bursary to include staff in other medical fields within the Hospital.
These bursaries are a sum of two thousand dollars each and one bursary per year is available. The bursary is offered only to those employed at the Colchester East Hants Health Centre and is offered in May of each year. The bursary is paid directly to the School of choice of the individual awarded the funds.
All applications are reviewed by the Bursary Committee who ultimately decide who will be awarded the bursary each year.
Hospital staff who meet the criteria of this bursary are urged to submit their application as early as possible to ensure consideration for this yearly award. The deadline for applications is 15 May each year.


How to build reports that give you full insight into your entire sales & marketing funnel.
It's no secret that we live in a data-driven world, and that businesses of all shapes and sizes are trying to use data to measure and inform their strategy.
However, what remains somewhat of a mystery to most is how to successfully gather, manipulate, and analyze the data that results in true full funnel reporting and helps drive decisions in an efficient, accurate, and quick manner.
But, it's not really a mystery anymore. With new services and technology, it's possible for every business to achieve "reporting nirvana" with less effort and expense than ever before.
The biggest mistake that executives and sales leaders make is to try to report on everything. With so much data available these days, business leaders often try to consume everything. But, not every metrics is as important as the next. Looking at everything leads to wasted time and effort.
Instead, focus first on what is most important for your company's marketing and sales success.
Busy executives should determine what metrics are most important for their business and then monitor them religiously.
Once you determine what your organization's key metrics are, it's time to figure out how to gather, manipulate, and analyze them in the simplest manner possible. To do this, you will need to pull data from a variety of sales and marketing data sources such as Google Analytics, HubSpot, Mixpanel, Salesforce, Facebook Ads, Google Sheets, and many others, into one centralized sales and marketing report.
Combining multiple data sources in one report will help track key metrics more efficiently, removing the hassle of exporting data into spreadsheets, using lookups and pivots, and forcing data into a somewhat understandable chart or graph.
Multi-source aggregation is even more valuable when you can seamlessly conduct calculations across the different sources. Using a reporting platform, like Databox, you can easily create calculations across multiple different data sources. For example, if one of your key metrics is Cost Per Lead, you can automatically calculate it using spend data from AdWords and lead data from your CRM. Below is an example of simple visit to lead conversion rate calculation, built inside Databox.
Editors note: Calculations are a beta feature.
If identifying key metrics and combining multiple data sources are the core steps in the creation of full funnel reporting, then proper distribution is the key for success of the reporting process.
Distribution starts with making it available to your stakeholders. This could include directors, employees, and in FullFunnel's case, our customers too.
However, creating a data-driven culture requires transparency that most organizations lack. Often, business leaders keep core data close to their chests, keeping stakeholders in the dark about what's really happening. This is often problematic as "you can't manage a secret," and without transparency into key metrics, you are in fact creating management barriers.
At FullFunnel, we take takes advantage of two key Databox features to provide transparency to both internal and external stakeholders. The FullFunnel offices are equipped with TVs that loop Datawalls with our clients' performance data displayed for the entire team to see. This leads to extra scrutiny from multiple team members. This enables us to identify trends and spot issues and opportunities, ultimately driving collaboration in the pursuit of improved client results.
For our external stakeholders (ie our clients), we recommend they download the Databox mobile app so they can receive daily updates on their mobile phone. The custom Datacards that we build for them are quick to view and easy to understand, but show them they're getting an ROI and achieving their goals. Alerts we set up notify them proactively about issues we're seeing and successes we should celebrate together. This transparency ensures that we are always on the same page as our clients and helps to drive efficiency in our meetings. It also eliminates a lot of manual work most agencies do, allowing us to put that time towards driving better better results.
Most companies of a certain size hire an analyst to implement a process like I've described above. Analysts constantly monitor, organize, and analyze data in real-time. Analysts allow organizations to make data-backed decisions at all stages of the sales funnel. They help determine the impact of marketing campaigns, educate sales staff on using data to time and initiate sales conversations and report progress to goals. They are worth their weight in future revenue.
But, for businesses who can't afford to hire a full time analyst, achieving "reporting nirvana" has been difficult. Don't fret, though, if you don't have an army of data scientists. With the right tools and a bit of outside help, you can get real-time, full-funnel reporting too.
Every business is a bit different, though. And therefore, requires a bit of customization. Just don't start from scratch. Don't make it up as you go along. Instead, consider hiring a company that has done it a few times. Any good sales and marketing firm will have report templates to get you started and will know when to customize your reports too. They'll be able to assess your processes and systems as well as your reporting. They'll be able advise you on best practices given your business, industry, sales structure, go-to-market model as well as other things that make you unique. If this is a priority for you, don't hesitate to ask for our help.
At FullFunnel, we're big believers in full funnel reporting. It's kinda in our name.
Based on our combined decades of experience helping companies with both their sales and marketing, we believe the full funnel approach is the only way to do sales or marketing. We know it works. Take, for example, how Bullet Solutions increased sales qualified leads by 200% in just two months or how an aligned sales and marketing strategy helped Klick Push land clients like Live Nation, Zappos and AT&T.
Whatever you do, don't wait to get started. You can't improve what you aren't measuring.
Identify the data that's important for your business, pull it into one spot, make it available to all stakeholders and customize it to your needs as time goes on.
Stephen Barone is the COO at FullFunnel and an inbound marketing fanatic.


Each Wednesday, the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) Windhoek celebrates women and their accomplishments. This Wednesday, UNIC Windhoek celebrates Beauty Boois, a local yoga instructor.
Boois, whose yoga journey began five years ago, received a scholarship from the Africa Yoga Project to complete a Yoga Teacher Training in Nairobi, Kenya. Since then, she has established her own yoga business, 'Yoga By Beauty' which offers group, private and corporate yoga classes as well as hosts yoga events and partakes in community outreach.
This entry was posted in Latest News and tagged #WCW, Celebrating Women, International Day of Yoga, WednesdayCelebrateWomen, Women on June 22, 2016 by Mouton.
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The International Day of Yoga was proposed by India at the 69 session of the United Nations and was commemorated for the first time last year on 21 June 2015. This years' observance highlights the important role healthy living plays in the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals. In light of this observance, UNIC Windhoek learned more about yoga from Beauty Boois, the owner and instructor at Yoga By Beauty.
Boois' yoga journey began five years ago, when she learned about Surya Namaskara, a yoga sequence known as 'sun salutation'. She then became very interested in deep breathing, meditation and the physical practice aspects of yoga and established a daily practice and shared her yoga journey on social media. People began to approach her for guidance and lessons, and in 2013 Boois began teaching yoga for free once a week at Parliament Gardens.
After a year of teaching, she received a scholarship from the Africa Yoga Project to complete a Yoga Teacher Training in Nairobi, Kenya. Since then, she has established her own yoga business, Yoga By Beauty, through which she offers group, private and corporate yoga classes as well as hosts yoga events and community outreach.
This entry was posted in Latest News and tagged International Day of Yoga on June 21, 2016 by Mouton.
During a visit to India this year, I had the opportunity to practice yoga with one of my senior advisors. Although he happened to be a son of the country, I might equally have done the same with many other colleagues from different parts of the world. Yoga is an ancient discipline from a traditional setting that has grown in popularity to be enjoyed by practitioners in every region. By proclaiming 21 June as the International Day of Yoga, the General Assembly has recognized the holistic benefits of this timeless practice and its inherent compatibility with the principles and values of the United Nations.
Yoga offers a simple, accessible and inclusive means to promote physical and spiritual health and well-being. It promotes respect for one's fellow human beings and for the planet we share. And yoga does not discriminate; to varying degrees, all people can practice, regardless of their relative strength, age or ability.
I discovered this for myself on trying to do my first asana, a tree pose suited to beginners. It took a moment for me to gain my balance but once I did, I appreciated the simple sense of satisfaction that yoga can bring.
On this first-ever International Day of Yoga, let us see the benefits of this practice in terms of individual well-being as well as our collective efforts to improve public health, promote peaceful relations and usher in a life of dignity for all.
This entry was posted in Secretary General's Message 2015, Uncategorized and tagged International Day of Yoga, Yoga on June 22, 2015 by Mouton.


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When I turned eleven, I waited, like so many other kids, for that letter.
The Harry Potter series recently turned 20 years old, and something about that to me is incredible. This series is almost as old as I am. And when I think back to my childhood, most of what I remember is Harry Potter.
I started on the series listening to my mom read it to me when I was about five, and then I fell asleep listening to Jim Dale read the audio-book version until I was well into my teens. I still listen to them now, if I really need to knock out.
And from my ninth birthday to my thirteenth, I went to see the movies as my birthday party. It was devastating to me when they stopped coming out in November and started coming out in the summer.
What was I going to do for my birthday if not watch a new movie of my favorite thing ever?
I went to the midnight release of the seventh book, got my copy at 12:02, and finished reading at 3:45 AM, after having had to stop reading for about 45 minutes because I was sobbing that the series that had changed my life was over.
I wouldn't be who I am today without Harry Potter. I've been a voracious reader my whole life, but there was something special about this series. At this point, I think I've reread the whole series in its entirety around 14 to 15 times. And I never get sick of it. And now, when I reread the series, it's like visiting with childhood best friends.
The time might have changed, but our relationship is entirely the same.
I was at just the right age to really feel the magic, too. By the time I was reading the books on my own, I was about seven or eight years old, which was old enough to really believe, at least for a time. I waited like so many other kids, on my eleventh birthday, for that letter. I thought for sure it would come; that Hogwarts, the Wizarding World, was where I belonged.
Obviously, the letter never came. And I grew up.
But somewhere in the foundation of my personality, it burrowed itself in and became a part of me. I could as easily tell you facts about the world of Harry Potter as I could facts about my own life. Liking this series is a fundamental part of who I am.
I saw myself in these characters. I saw myself in Hermione.
As someone who's been called a know-it-all for most of her life, it was so nice to see how that can be a positive trait. And seeing how the Trio created a friendship based on mutual love and understanding and a loyalty that never wavered taught me how to be a friend. And they were my friends.
When I switched from private to public school at 10, I didn't know anyone going in. But I always knew that I'd have Harry Potter to come back to and that Harry, Ron, and Hermione would be waiting for me.
Harry Potter taught me how to be able to criticize the things I loved. Because I love this series, but I can still tell it is not without fault.
J.K. Rowling created one of the most incredible fictional worlds in this generation, but she is still just one person with one lived experience, and "Harry Potter" has influenced people all around the world. People have created a new layer to this world by putting out a call to action about how they interpret the Wizarding World. They've placed their own experiences onto the worldbuilding that was already there. People have created a layer where there is more religious diversity, more LGBTQIA+ representation beyond J.K. saying at a book reading that Dumbledore is gay.
But people do this because they love this book and this world. And at the end of the day, "books belong to their readers." And reading who people have interpreted this world has helped me become a more aware person. I've become more aware of how more inclusivity is so important in fiction.
People want to see characters like themselves. And with the Harry Potter universe, people can write endless ways to fit themselves into this magical world where they are sure they belong.
I recently went to London when I was abroad, and my friend and I stopped at King's Cross Station. It was simultaneously nothing and everything I expected. The line to take the stereotypical photo at Platform 9 and 3/4 was too long for us to get one, as our train to the airport was leaving relatively soon. But I remember seeing that silly, movie set photo-op, and feeling this warm feeling inside.
I'm one of the millions of people who grew up with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.
I grew up believing that magic could be real, and I could make it for myself.
Seeing how happy everyone was by being there, at that silly half-cart with the scarves that have piping in them to make them look like they're blowing in the wind, made me realize how much this series has changed the world. Being at Platform 9 and 3/4 made me feel like I was going home.
And it has, for the past twenty years.
For me, it will forever.


The terms risks and returns are two of the most commonly used words you hear in any discussion about investing. For most of us, when we talk about our investment returns we simply mean how much money our savings made for us – or lost for us! And we like to quantify our returns by quoting a single number, where we say something like – Yes! I just made 10% on that investment! Or, as can also be the possibility – D'oh! I just lost 15% on that dumb investment! In any case, we like to think that a simple, single number says it all. But does it really?
And what about that other word – risk? That's the other investment term we should all get to know better. We should also all think about an investment's rate of return in relation to the risks that the investment takes on in order to become better investors.
In one of our previous articles we pointed out how two similar mutual funds (RBC Canadian Equity and TD Canadian Equity), with the same risk rating – Medium risk – experienced dramatically different investment returns in the 2008-2009 stock market decline. Despite the same risk ratings, one lost 23%, while the other lost double that amount. Clearly the risks associated with one fund were greater than the other.
But let's face it. Most of us are lazy! We like things quick and simple and that's why we like to reduce our investment returns to a simple, single number. But as with most things in life, investment returns are no simple matter.
To get a true sense of an investment's real rate of return you need to put them in their proper context. And how do you do that? Well, first you have to try and assess how much risk you had to take to make that so-called 10% return or that 15% loss. And how do you assess the investment risk?
Well, for most people, the term risk simply means the chance they'll lose money. But it can actually have multiple meanings to each of us. So let's get some help defining what risk really means.
For example, when you read an investment's risk described as medium, do you understand what that really means? Or do you simply think to yourself, Ok, well, I'm ok with medium-risk, I just don't want any high-risk investments! If you're like most of us, you simply assume that the investment professionals have done their homework and share the exact same definition of risk as you do and thus you trustingly accept their simple, one-word description of the investment's risk. But as we discussed in our last article, a mutual fund's risk rating is a creation of the fund's very own investment managers, and how unbiased is that?
Investors and investment professionals have long understood that an investment's rate of return is directly linked to the amount of risk the investment presents. High-risk investments offer higher potential returns, and conversely, low-risk investments offer lower returns. And with this in mind the concept of an investment's risk-adjusted rate of return was born.
By definition, an investment's risk-adjusted return is a more useful measure of an investment's rate of return because it attempts to measure the amount of risk that is taken to generate an investment's return. It's of great importance because it enables the investors to make an apples-to-apples comparison between returns for different investments.
Sounds Greek, doesn't it. Well, for most of us average investors, who actually has the interest or time to learn and apply any of these complicated measures? (Not me and I like investing!) So, next time, we'll delve into the use of an investment's standard deviation as this is the least complicated type of risk measurement that you and I are likely to use as a measure of risk-adjusted returns.


Works from this series were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Ora Gallery, New York; East Anglia University, Norwich, United Kingdom, 2016; produced in New York as part of the Wallace Art Awards, 2015, Paramount Award Winner ISCP New York Residency.
'The revolutionary new colorant Vantablack has caused a sensation in the art world.
His recent works are geometric, minimalist, black on black paintings that aim to trigger simultaneous connections between the mind, matter, and heart. Their inky blackness alludes to ancient systems and interpretations of creativity. The 'void' is a place of mystery, where time and human connections are meaningless, where everything, including man and his fragment of invented time, is part of all else. Siasau's use of an abstract image focuses the viewer's attention on the painting's surface. A pattern fills the canvas, emphasising its flatness but the result does not deny an illusion of depth.
Siasau will exhibit his new paintings OREXART in 8 June – 1 July, opening Thursday 8 June 5-7pm.


The famous Romanian geriatrician and gerontologist, Prof. Dr. Ana Aslan, famous worldwide for her discoveries, set the basis for the Gerovital H3 treatment, developing the first cosmetic products with geriatric effect, thus declaring war to Aging.
The most recent discoveries have registered major progresses in knowing the mechanisms of skin Aging. Now we know all details on the biological cycle of the cell, about the way it can be influenced, about the exact location of the breathing processes, growth and cellular division.
The mitochondrial diminished capacity of generating and stocking energy in the ATP molecule.
– SOD, also called "The Anti-Aging Super-Enzyme", ensures the skin's firmness on a long term, acting against the oxidative degradation and protecting the fibroblasts, the collagen and elastin protein chain responsible for the skin's elasticity. SOD is the most active antioxidant enzyme, of natural origin.
– The Trylagen acts against the wrinkles and ensures a softer, more elastic skin, stimulating the production of new collagen and elastin fibbers, which are a support for synthesis.
– GP4G regenerate the skin from within, as a source of pure energy which supplements the diminished capacity of the cells to regenerate and stock energy.
The products from the Gerovital H3 Evolution range are structured on two age groups, in order to respond to the specific requests differentiated like this.
The products meant for women over 30 years old fight against the first Aging signs: the fine lines around the eyes and mouth, eye pouches and dark circles, the loss of skin's brightness. The structures of these products are light and immediately offer comfort and a lasting hydration.
The products meant for women over 45 years old are especially created to solve more complex problems caused by photo-Aging and diminishment of the estrogen production around menopause: accelerated loss of skin elasticity, deep wrinkles' formation, dark spots occurrence. The products from this range are rich in nutrients and offer an emolliating feeling, a long lasting hydration and a visible growth of skin tonus.


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176 pp. | Roaring Brook/First Second | April, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-81652-8 $24.99 | Paper ISBN 978-1-62672-414-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-87842-7 $11.99
(2) YA Illustrated by Choo. This post-apocalyptic, archipelago-set graphic novel teems with atmosphere and angst, in addition to gutsy witches, mysterious curses, and horrifying monsters. Teenage Li-Zhen, or Lizzy, is a witch with a tragic family history--her mother, father, and grandmother died fighting a sea serpent, the Leviathan, when she was an infant. Now Lizzy, traveling on her own for the first time to market to sell her and her grandfather's farm goods, spends all her money at the fair (where she passes time with her same-sex crush, Eli). She steals three coins from a wishing well to pay her ferry fare home; cursed, she must fulfill the three wishes that she stole, or the well will take her "down into the water, into the dark." A series of accelerating adventures unfolds, all leading to a ferocious battle between Lizzy and the Leviathan. Choo's manga-influenced cartooning is cinematic and immersive, expertly balancing long-distance establishing shots with up-close character-driven action. The digitally produced illustrations are rendered in a thin black line, providing plenty of open space for an ever-changing, emotive color palette within immersive, intriguing visuals.
Reviewer: Patrick Gall | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2022
Voyages and travels
224 pp. | Holt/Godwin | May, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-83202-3 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-83201-6 $9.99
(2) 4-6 At school Marty keeps a low profile to conceal the difficulties of his home life: a single mother who hoards and who lives with agoraphobia. Gracie comes from the prosperous side of the tracks but has challenges of her own: a busy, neglectful single dad and hearing loss. On the plus side, Marty has a warm, eccentric grandfather who gardens and encourages Marty's dream to one day visit the Eiffel Tower, and Gracie has a full complement of confidence. They also, increasingly in this story of a growing friendship, have each other. Just when readers think they know what familiar middle-grade-fictional territory they are in, Welsh writer Lewis throws a curveball toward magical realism and tall tale. The seed that kindly Grandad gave Marty for his birthday grows into a gigantic pumpkin, and Grandad decides to turn it into a boat and sail with Marty and Gracie to Paris to see the Eiffel Tower. The narrative tension switches from that of unreliable parents and school bullies to pumpkin-craft-threatening waves in the English Channel. With lots of help from a supportive community, the three succeed in their odyssey and the theme of following your dream (no matter how loopy) is made concrete. The two modes of storytelling don't entirely mesh, but the total effect is immensely likable.
Reviewer: Sarah Ellis | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2022
Family--Grandfathers
Senses and sensation--Hearing
Mihi Ever After
240 pp. | Holt | November, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-81431-9 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-81432-6 $9.99
(2) 4-6 Fourth grader Mihi Whan Park, who loves fairy tales and princesses, wants nothing more than to fit in at school, a place where microaggressions abound. A botched game of Snow White results in Mihi's being sent indoors to the library for recess, where she meets two other misfits, Reese and Savannah. Though the three girls are vastly different--Reese is curious and inventive, Savannah is quiet and cautious, and Mihi is headstrong and bold--they share a love of princess stories and adventure. These qualities and their common interests come in handy when they discover a magical portal in the school librarian's fridge that takes them to the Rainbow Forest, where they find themselves in training to become royalty. But it turns out that learning how to be a princess isn't as easy or as much fun as Mihi expects. The Rainbow Forest is full of mystery and danger and is home to several classic Western fairy-tale characters, including Sleeping Beauty and Goldilocks's three bears. In a tale of kinship and self-discovery, Keller conveys the isolation one feels when faced with racism and stereotypes without steering readers away from the primary story line. In her quest for belonging and creating her own perfect fairy tale, Mihi finds that genuine friendship is what she needed all along.
Reviewer: Gabi K. Huesca | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2022
Princes and princesses
Self-acceptance
Applebaum, Kirsty
Lifeling
272 pp. | Holt | April, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-31735-3 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-31736-0 $10.99
(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old Lonny is a lifeling: he has the ability to restore life to dying creatures, though this special power causes him to age every time he uses it. He's close to adult-size now; to protect him, his watchmaker father forbids him and his little brother, Midge, from going into town, where Lonny is more likely to give in to the almost irresistible buzzing sensation that alerts him to a creature in need. The boys have lived a sheltered and isolated life in the forest, almost in suspended animation, never interacting with anyone other than their father and housebound grandad. Their late mother's photo album and grandmother's notebook of stories provide clues to the larger world. One fateful day, the brothers do venture into town, on what turns out to be the day of the annual Lifeling Festival. They're shocked to hear their grandmother's stories repeated as myth, but with important differences, skillfully delineated by Applebaum, reflecting the townsfolk's point of view. The narrative otherwise sticks closely to Lonny's perspective as he comes to realize some complicated and dangerous truths. A richly imagined Tuck Everlasting–esque fantasy, with an epilogue that turns the story in an unexpected but satisfying direction.
Reviewer: Susan Dove Lempke | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022
Family--Father and son
Badua, Tracy
Freddie vs. the Family Curse
256 pp. | Clarion | May, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-358-61289-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-358-61279-7 $16.99
(2) 4-6 Seventh grader Freddie is jinxed by a family curse. Bad luck follows him "like toilet paper stuck to my shoe," whether he's tripping over his own feet and falling flat on his face or losing his pants. One day, Freddie finds what looks like an ancient coin in his garage. It turns out to be a family heirloom in which the spirit of his great-granduncle Ramon is trapped. Determined to free Ramon, Freddie has just thirteen days to outsmart the evil spirits that have been casting misfortune on his life--and that are now bent on trapping Freddie. Badua's intriguing and humorous debut novel integrates snippets of Filipino American history into the plot alongside elements of the supernatural and contemporary-kid life. Intergenerational conflicts arise between Freddie's parents and his lovable, superstitious grandma, Apong Rosing, leaving our protagonist and his quick-witted cousin, Sharkey, to defeat the Ruiz family curse once and for all. Weaving together mystery, folklore, history, magic, and intrigue, Freddie's adventures are an entertaining delight.
Reviewer: Jerry Dear | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2022
Behavior--Clumsiness
Family--Great-uncles
Folklore--Philippines
Bakewell, Catherine
We Are the Song
304 pp. | Holiday | May, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-8234-4889-0 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-8234-5285-9 $11.99
(2) 4-6 Twelve-year-old Elissa is a Singer, one of the few whose voice can channel the power of the goddess Caé and make miracles happen for her people. Lucio, seventeen, is her Composer, responsible for guiding her and writing sacred songs. Elissa has songs she wants to write, too, but she fears claiming more than one gift will displease the goddess. When their travels through war-torn Basso lead them to a governor and then a king who want Elissa to work for them, Lucio bends to their pressure (and to the pleasures of court life), even after the governor demands a song that accidentally kills an entire village. Elissa feels that performing miracles for the powerful isn't the will of the goddess--and when the king wants to direct her magic against the enemy, she puts her foot down. Bakewell crafts a spellbinding narrative that weaves the protagonist's guilt over the fate of her parents (convicted of heresy for trying to shield her from the church) with her motivation to write a song that brings peace, despite the impossibility of success. Readers may find their own religious convictions either strengthened or challenged by the portrayal of an absolutely loving goddess who appears in the flesh to make her wishes transparently clear to Elissa; others may gravitate toward Elissa's troubled relationship with the talented Lucio or the depiction of a devoted musical community.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2022
Barton, Bree
Zia Erases the World
256 pp. | Viking | April, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-593-35099-7 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-593-35100-0 $9.99
(2) 4-6 Sixth grader Zia Angelis is living with depression--the Shadoom, to Zia, who is fond of inventing portmanteau words. She doesn't know how to explain what she's feeling to her supportive mother, to her one-time friends, or to Alice Phan, the cool new girl at school. When her "grumpy Greek grandmother" moves in, Zia discovers a dictionary in her yiayia's things that turns out to have magical powers: it's erasable, and whenever Zia removes a word from the dictionary, that concept disappears from the world. Getting rid of peach seems like no big deal, but when Zia tries to combat the Shadoom by erasing fear and pain, the results are far messier. Discovering that her yiayia has always known the dictionary's secret--and that all generations of her family have faced their own problems with depression--allows Zia to fix what the dictionary broke and deal with her mental health on her own terms. Barton fits a lot into the narrative--depression, dementia, economic inequality, Greek and Vietnamese heritages, the small indignities of school--without overwhelming the story. The characters are fully formed, and Zia's eventual solution to the problem of the dictionary is unexpected but just right. The frequent invented words range from charming to cloying, depending on the reader's sensibilities, but are unquestionably creative.
Reviewer: Sarah Rettger | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022
Greek Americans
Vietnamese Americans
Emotions--Sadness
Language--Vocabulary
Clark, Zack Loran
The Lock-Eater
368 pp. | Dial | January, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-98481-688-7 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-98481-689-4 $10.99
(2) 4-6 When a gearling (a mechanical clockwork man) shows up at the orphanage in search of an apprentice for his witch mistress, Melanie Gate (an orphan with a talent for opening locked things) embarks on the adventure about which she's always dreamed. Once outside the city gates, however, the gearling, newly named Traveler, reveals that the witch is a fiction, that he himself is far more than the mindless automaton he'd initially seemed, and that he needs a human to front for him. Traveler can't remember his past, but he's able to do remarkable feats of magic, and he both teaches Melanie and sets her up to appear to be the magical prodigy Lady Porta the Periwinkle, a role Melanie is happy to play. When they run into a real aldermage, however, the man sees through Melanie's impersonation and blackmails her into using her talent to steal a hidden treasure. Strong themes of belonging and identity inform the narrative: Melanie is torn between her drive for excitement and her longing for the warm and cozy friendships she made at the orphanage; Traveler questions how "real" he is and fears being used as a weapon. Both characters' origins have roles to play in a conflict between two magical factions, and Melanie's fellow orphans swoop in for a rescue at just the right moment. Although lighthearted, this inventive fantasy nonetheless plumbs areas of darkness and loss, with those serving as a bracing counterbalance.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: March, 2022
The Marvellers
336 pp. | Holt | May, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-17494-9 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-17495-6 $9.99
(2) 4-6 Eleven-year-old Ella Durand is poised to attend the Arcanum Training Institute for Marvelous and Uncanny Endeavors, a school specifically designed to educate magical youth in developing the arts of touch, vision, spirit, sound, and taste. As the first conjuror student, Ella has the whole magical world looking at her, with some rooting for her success and others hoping for her demise. Although she is shunned by most of her classmates, Ella finds friendship in two fellow outcasts: Brigit, her roommate, who hates magic and detests the school; and Jason, her school guide, who always has a magical companion with him. When a terrifying felon escapes the nearby prison, allegedly with the aid of a conjuror, tensions swell and protests mount in the Marvellian world, and Ella faces increased rumors and prejudice against her. She and her friends must work together to clear the conjuror name before she is expelled and conjurors are forbidden to set foot in the Arcanum Institute ever again. Clayton (The Belles, rev. 5/18; The Everlasting Rose, rev. 3/19) is adept at building inclusive fantasy worlds filled with magic, lore, and beauty. With Ella's memorable voice and unique characterization, this is a marvelous middle-grade adventure, indeed.
Reviewer: S. R. Toliver | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022
Fugitives
Schools--Boarding schools
Supernatural--Extrasensory perception
Fagan, Deva
The Mirrorwood
304 pp. | Atheneum | April, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5344-9714-6 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5344-9716-0 $10.99
(2) 4-6 Born outside the Mirrorwood, a place full of magic surrounded by an impenetrable thorn thicket (not the only fairy-tale allusion here), protagonist Fable tries to hide her "twist": cursed to have no face of her own, she must steal faces from others. Now pursued by blighthunters (including the determined young Vycorax), Fable flees with her talking cat, Moth, into the Mirrorwood, but Vycorax is able to get through the thorns as well. Fable convinces her that together they can end the blight (including Fable's own twist) by defeating the demon prince at the heart of the Mirrorwood and awakening the true prince. But they learn that they will have to kill the demon prince, using the sharpest tooth of a near-mythical beast called the Withering, and it's all a bit more than Fable has signed on for. The author excels in setting expectations and then subverting them: the Withering offers advice; the demon prince turns out to be nice; a blessing given to the true prince turns out to be a curse. Fable's twist ties in to themes of identity and self-confidence with gratifying neatness as the novel unfolds in unexpected directions through Fable's and Vycorax's competing motivations and pushes through multiple complications to a highly satisfactory conclusion.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022
Human body--Face
Fraser, Lu
The Witchling's Wish
32 pp. | Bloomsbury | July, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5476-0906-2 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5476-0907-9 $12.59
(2) PS Illustrated by Sarah Massini. A lonely little witch who lives in a cozy cave wants to magic herself a friend, but she's missing a key ingredient for her spell: "some furriness from a one-eyed teddy bear." She imagines a "huge and hairy...extremely scary" creature; nevertheless, she's determined to do whatever it takes and bravely heads out on her broom. Her crystal ball guides her to young Lily and her (not terrifying) well-loved bear, Ted, who work their own friendship magic on the witchling: "That's what a friend would do! / You thought of me, you thought of Ted, / you didn't think of...YOU!\" Fraser's warm rhyming text and Massini's fanciful mixed-media illustrations cast an inviting spell.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2022
Stories in rhyme
The Rat Queen
400 pp. | Candlewick | October, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-5362-1858-9 $18.99
(2) 4-6 In this spooky fantasy, Annie finds a book of folktales from Litvania, her parents' homeland, and begins reading magical stories filled with clever girls and menacing beasts. For her tenth birthday, Annie's father gives her paper on which she is supposed to write her bad thoughts and actions and then feed the paper to the nuodeema burna, or the sin-eater, under the floorboards of her father's study. Once she begins participating in this Litvanian tradition, she ceases to grow, and the rats that have been plaguing the neighborhood get bolder still. Sinister family secrets, such as a never-aging father and a mother who'd mysteriously disappeared, come to the surface with the hordes of vermin that take to the town. Annie must restore order to her community--and all of Litvania as well. Her adventures are bound to find an eager audience in readers who value determination and moral fortitude in the face of an increasingly confusing grown-up world.
Reviewer: Sarah Berman | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2022
Animals--Rats
Supernatural--Horror stories
Herrick, Amy
The Tiltersmith
320 pp. | Algonquin | April, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-64375-099-6 $17.95 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-64375-288-4 $15.95
(2) 4-6 A freak snowstorm, when it should be spring, ushers in a story in which earth science, fantasy adventure, and mythical archetypes collide. Edward, Danton, Feenix, and Brigit are ordinary middle schoolers, albeit with vibrant personalities and extraordinary interests. Scientific Edward finds an unusual cocoon, and while he intends to study it, he can't seem to keep the thing solidly in his memory. Rebellious Feenix meets a strange green fellow in the woods who asks for her help and gives her some juggling balls; these, too, become difficult to remember. When the devilish and sly Superintendent Tiltersmith arrives at their school and turns the principal into a toad, the children embark on a quest to rescue a magical Persephone-like Lady from the Tiltersmith and restore equilibrium to the planet and its seasons. Herrick succeeds in crafting a story that feels solidly of this world, even when the protagonists fall through a wormhole or enter a timeless magical forest. Good and evil characters alike are given scintillating personalities and complex motivations, while the story's villain will send shivers down readers spines.
Reviewer: Sarah Berman | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2022
Idle, Molly
40 pp. | Little | October, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-54113-8 $18.99
(2) K-3 As the seasons pass, young Hilda visits elderly witch Hazel. In the spring, she helps Hazel sweep her front porch; in summer, they air the music room; in fall, they clean cobwebs in Hazel's parlor; and in winter, Hilda tidies Hazel's room as Hazel is bedridden. Hazel reanimates past memories with her broomstick, and Hilda watches in wonder. She sees a young Hazel playing imaginatively with her cat; a teenage Hazel performing music and setting a caged bird free; and the "belle of the ball" version of Hazel, who wears a snake like a scarf and what look like Cinderella's glass slippers ("It's a looooong story," she tells Hilda). During wintertime, Hilda sees all iterations of Hazel as the witch slips away from her life. The book's palette is dominated by an earthy brown, a pleasing balance to the ethereal subject matter. Idle's wispy, fine-lined depictions of memories are conveyed in a white that nearly glows off the terrestrial browns, as do the sparks of magic that fly through the air in graceful, flowing lines. When spring comes around again, the still-mourning Hilda returns to sweep Hazel's porch, only to be met with a special memory of her own, and new life bursts forth in a nest in Hazel's tree. A bewitching examination of the abiding power of memories and story.
Reviewer: Julie Danielson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2022
Intergenerational friendship
Emotions--Grief
Rust in the Root
(2) YA In an alternate 1937 in the wake of the Great Rust (a nationwide mystical event resulting in devastating economic consequences), the Roosevelt administration has ushered in a variety of public programs to get the nation back on track. Those with natural magical gifts, known as mages, have been asked to support Mechomancy, the country's industry and technology infrastructure (and thought by many to be superior to the mystical arts more commonly practiced by Black mages). Seventeen-year-old Black mage Laura Ann Langston reluctantly joins the "Bureau of the Arcane's Conservation Corps, Colored Auxiliary" in New York to earn her official mage's license. After she is assigned as apprentice to another Black mage known as the Skylark, the two are thrown into a perilous mission: to take on an ancient dark magic with a history of slaughtering Black mages that is threatening destruction on a massive scale. Fortunately for both of them, Laura Ann's power manifests in ways neither of them could have expected. The events are told from the alternating accounts of the Skylark's official governmental report, her truthful observations, and Laura Ann's first-person account. Plucky queer-Black-mage Laura Ann's voice brings a fresh, at-times humorous perspective to life in 1930s New York (and other dimensions). "Primary sources," including photos from Laura Ann's Brownie camera, bolster her account. Ireland (Dread Nation, rev. 5/18) has confidently merged the historical and the mystical into a fast-paced, complex, and entertaining read.
Reviewer: Eboni Njoku | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2022
Depression (Economic)
Roosevelt, Franklin D.
Kemp, Laekan Zea
Omega Morales and the Legend of La Lechuza
336 pp. | Little | September, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-316-30416-0 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-316-30448-1 $9.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Vanessa Morales. Omega Morales comes from a family of empaths, enchanters who can read and influence the emotions of people and objects around them. Omega struggles to control her power, which causes her to feel like an outcast within her family. Her inability to manage her magic also means that she cannot control how much the feelings of others affect her, forcing her to isolate herself from her emotion-filled classmates. When the trees talk of a scary being haunting the city, Omega goes in search of answers and discovers the legend of La Lechuza, a terrifying witch with the power to transform herself into an owl. Could La Lechuza be responsible for the violent occurrences happening throughout the city? Omega, cousin Carlitos, and best friend Clau (a young ghost who has refused to pass on to the afterlife) work to unravel the mystery before it's too late. Kemp's middle-grade debut, with Morales's black-and-white art interspersed, is an entertaining, sometimes frightening, and thought-provoking story that comments on generational trauma, bullying, friendship, and family. Readers will relate to Omega's struggles to trust herself in difficult situations.
Reviewer: S. R. Toliver | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2022
Animals--Owls
Emotions--Empathy
Family--Cousins
Legends--Mexico
Supernatural--Ghosts
Lily and the Night Creatures
240 pp. | Simon | August, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-53449-461-9 $17.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-5344-9463-3 $10.99
(2) 4-6 Illustrated by Emily Gravett. Part animal fantasy, part family drama, part horror story, this novel set in an English village opens outside a house at sunset with an anxious conversation among Mole, Crow, Mouse, and Snake: will the girl come? Will she win? The girl, Lily, is already having a tough day. After enduring dialysis and an iron injection, she must spend the night at her grandmother's while her parents are at the hospital having a new baby, a sibling Lily does not want. She also has left Willo, her favorite stuffed animal, behind. She sneaks out of her grandmother's house to go back home (it's nearby) and retrieve Willo; when she arrives, however, she finds not only the motley crew of talking animals but also her house possessed, Coraline-style, by two evil coal-eyed parent replicas. Told in third person from Lily's perspective, the story captures the frustration of struggling with a chronic illness as well as the character's inner determination. While she attempts to save her family, the animals never coddle her and need as many assists from her as she does from them--and they also provide helpful comic relief during the scarier parts. Gravett's eerie illustrations capture the mood of the text and use visual cues, such as black backgrounds with white text when Lily is in the dark, to build tension. Full of twists, the story divulges key interpersonal details and magical elements with smart pacing, frequently allowing readers to reconsider everything from new perspectives.
Reviewer: Julie Roach | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2022
Family--Parent and child
Unseen Magic
352 pp. | HarperCollins | February, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-305798-2 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-0-06-305800-2 $9.99
(2) 4-6 In the tiny town of Aldermere in the midst of California's redwood forest, magic is a given. It makes life unpredictable--an unlabeled door may lead anywhere, for one thing--but for Finley, it offers a way to forget her anxieties. Whisper a memory into a cup of magical tea, drink the tea, and instantly that memory is gone and she's calm and confident. So when the tea shop closes because of an accident, Fin sneaks in and makes her own tea, inadvertently creating Teafin, her "evil doppelgänger," from her used tea leaves. When a rash of petty crimes disturbs the town, she's sure Teafin is the culprit and vows to stop her. Not all of Lloyd-Jones's sentences pull their weight in this lengthy tale, but the inventiveness and charm of its magical details balance that out. Aside from its interest in Fin's suppressed traumatic memories (the theme behind the doppelgänger), the novel celebrates the regional. Dogberries, thimbleberries, huckleberries, salmonberries, and blackberries are sold at the Foragers' Market, giving more than a nod to wild fare and sustainable living; indeed, the town's dilemma about preserving its magic is very much the thorny issue of conservation and protection. Lloyd-Jones provides a measure of humor, too. "Aren't you evil?" one character asks Teafin. "I'm just uninhibited," Teafin declares.
Reviewer: Deirdre F. Baker | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022
Redwood National Park (CA)
Lakelore
304 pp. | Feiwel | March, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-250-62414-7 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-250-62415-4 $10.99
(2) YA Two teens--both brown, trans, and neurodivergent--reunite years after a chance meeting and find themselves bound together by their most personal experiences and by the magic of a local lake. Bastián copes with ADHD and the next step of their gender transition by creating alebrijes--brightly painted, fantastical, papier-mâché creatures--and sending them into the lake. Lore, who is dyslexic and was bullied at their old school, moved to town after a devastating fight. As the lake's magic breaks its usual boundaries, seeping into Bastián's and Lore's lives on dry land, they realize that it is responding to the painful emotions they've released into the water (Bastián via alebrijes, Lore through cans of paint) and that they can't reject their own pain or imperfections. The book is committed to its characters' gender, racial, and neurodivergent identities; while this focus can feel overworked at points, the intimacy and seriousness with which it addresses neurodivergence in particular is welcome. McLemore (The Mirror Season, rev. 5/21) successfully binds the novel's fantasy elements to the inner lives of their characters, strengthening the narrative effects of both the mundane and the magical. Readers with identities in common with the protagonists will find relief and recognition in this impassioned book, and teens in general should feel welcomed by its warmly open storytelling.
Reviewer: Anne St. John | Horn Book Magazine Issue: May, 2022
Emotional problems
Transgender persons
Méndez, Alexandra V.
What the Jaguar Told Her
420 pp. | Levine Querido | October, 2022 | Trade ISBN 978-1-64614-175-3 $18.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-64614-236-1 $18.99
(2) 4-6 In this novel set in 2001, Jade's family has recently moved to Atlanta thanks to her journalist mom's new job. Their new house is bigger (no more sharing a room!), and there is a nice backyard with a path into the forest. But Jade had to leave behind her best friends and her abuela in Chicago, and to make matters worse, Abuela soon suffers a stroke. Amid all these changes, Jade doesn't find it too strange when during a walk in the forest she meets Itztli, a mysterious old man who also appears in the shape of a jaguar, and who invites Jade to listen to his story, a story that connects him to her family and her Mexican ancestors. The third-person narration flows naturally, sticking closely to the authentic point of view of a middle-school girl as she faces the challenges of growing up during a turbulent time. The novel is deepened through Méndez's characterization of Jade's family as rich in cultural traditions and strong relationships and by the presence of magical elements and stories of the Mexica and other Indigenous cultures. "A Note on Research" provides further reading.
Reviewer: Alicia K. Long | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2022
Atlanta (GA)
Animals--Jaguars


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Land Purchase Campaign to Save Ecuadorian Cloud Forest
Western Ecuador is part of the global Choco-Tumbes biodiversity hotspot that is restricted to a narrow swath of land from the Andes to the Pacific along western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. As a result, the cloud forests of northwestern Ecuador are home to numerous species with restricted ranges, including an Endangered slipper orchid called Hirtz' Phragmipedium. This orchid is known to be protected only in the Dracula Reserve, which Rainforest Trust helped establish in 2014. Our local partner Fundación EcoMinga has been working with orchid botanists to identify additional key areas for the protection of orchids and other plants such as the Endangered Anulque Arrowroot and Croat's Dracontium. While the reserve was founded with an orchid conservation focus, the goals have been broadened to include building habitat connectivity among the units that comprise the Dracula Reserve, benefiting additional species such as the Critically Endangered Brown-headed Spider Monkey and Endangered Black-and-chestnut Eagle.
Rainforest Trust and Fundación EcoMinga seek $582,186 to expand the Dracula Reserve by 1,475 acres, more than doubling its current size to 2,616 acres. This will help create a corridor of protection that not only connects the different units of the existing Dracula Reserve, but also connects Dracula to the Awa Ethnic and Nature Reserve, spanning 284,986 acres across the Ecuador-Colombian border.
Carchi Province, Ecuador
Key Species (Based on IUCN Red List):
Brown-headed Spider Monkey (CR), Black-and-chestnut Eagle (EN), Hirtz' Phragmipedium (orchid, EN), Anulque Arrowroot (Calathea anulque -EN), Croat's Dracontium (plant, Dracontium croatii – EN)
Threats:
Road construction, commercial orchid collection, timber extraction
Expand Dracula Reserve
Local Partner:
Fundación EcoMinga
Financial Need:
Cost Per Acre:
The Hirtz' Phragmipedium is an Endangered slipper orchid not known to occur in any other protected area besides the Dracula Reserve.
The orchid's distribution is highly localized within Ecuador and Colombia where it is associated with wet, partially shaded areas. The reserve supports Anulque Arrowroot and Croat's Dracontium, in addition to several other plants with limited ranges that have not yet been evaluated by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), such as the tree Carapa amorphocarpa, so far only found within Dracula Reserve. The reserve is also home to the Critically Endangered Brown-headed Spider Monkey, one of the rarest primates in the world. Endangered Black-and-chestnut Eagles are sometimes found at the reserve, exciting news as it is believed that fewer than 200 mature birds exist in Ecuador. Mammals such as the Spectacled Bear, Puma, Jaguarundi and Ocelot are also found on site and will greatly benefit from a system of connected conservation areas that facilitate movement.
The Choco needs protection to limit the detrimental collection of orchids.
The greatest challenge to conservation work in the region is the construction of new roads, as this can open the way for deforestation and loss of habitat connectivity. Other threats in the area include commercial orchid collection and timber extraction.
People do not live inside any of the units that compose the Dracula Reserve, though indigenous groups inhabit the neighboring Awa Reserve.
The local community outside of the reserve is not indigenous and primarily engages in agricultural activities. Some have expressed interest in ecotourism, and our local partner is exploring economic opportunities with the community such as providing bird guide trainings.
Rainforest Trust and local partner are working to expand the Dracula Reserve by 1,475 acres, more than doubling its current size to protect a total of 2,616 acres. This will help create a corridor that will connect the different units of the existing Dracula Reserve mosaic, as many of the species in the area are endemic and have very restricted ranges. In addition, this newly connected web of protection will reach the Awa Reserve.
Protecting Endangered Parrots in Mexico Land Purchase to Consolidate the Monte Mojino Reserve


What Is The Martha Stewart Effect and How Does It Affect Your Lives?
Our first subject for this Thrive Live is what is the Martha Stewart effect and how does it affect you?
This is something I've thought about for a long time because in our Kindermusik classrooms, I know that parents are always comparing their children to other children.
"Oh my goodness, I must be behind or I must be doing something wrong."


transitive verb To hold the attention of or occupy in an agreeable fashion.
transitive verb To cause to laugh or smile by being funny.
transitive verb Archaic To delude or deceive.
To cause to muse; absorb or engage in meditation; occupy or engage wholly; bewilder; puzzle.
To keep in expectation, as by flattery, plausible pretenses, and the like; delude; keep in play.
To fix the attention of agreeably; engage the fancy of; cause to feel cheerful or merry; entertain; divert: as, to amuse an audience with anecdotes or tricks, or children with toys.
Synonyms Amuse, Divert, Entertain, Beguile, occupy, please, enliven. Amuse may imply merely the prevention of the tedium of idleness or emptiness of mind: as, I can amuse myself by looking out at the window; or it may suggest a stronger interest: as, I was greatly amused by their tricks. Divert is to turn the attention aside, and (in the use considered here) to something light or mirthful. Entertain is to engage and sustain the attention by something of a pleasing and perhaps instructive character, as conversation; hence the general name entertainment for lectures, exhibitions, etc., designed to interest in this way. "Whatever amuses serves to kill time, to lull the faculties and banish reflection; it may be solitary, sedentary, and lifeless: whatever diverts causes mirth and provokes laughter; it will be active, lively, and tumultuous: whatever entertains acts on the senses and awakens the understanding; it must be rational and is mostly social." Crabb. Beguile is, figuratively, to cheat one out of weariness, of dull time, etc. The word is as often thus applied to the thing as to the person: as, to beguile a weary hour; to beguile one of his cares.
intransitive verb obsolete To muse; to mediate.
transitive verb obsolete To occupy or engage the attention of; to lose in deep thought; to absorb; also, to distract; to bewilder.
transitive verb To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing or mirthful emotions; to divert.
transitive verb To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
verb transitive To entertain or occupy in a pleasant manner; to stir with pleasing emotions.
verb To cause laughter, to be funny.
verb transitive, archaic To keep in expectation; to beguile; to delude.
verb transitive, archaic To divert attention, to distract, to bewilder.
Middle English, from Old French amuser, to stupefy : a-, to (from Latin ad-; see ad-) + muser, to stare stupidly; see muse.
From Middle English amusen ("to mutter, be astonished, gaze meditatively on"), from Middle French amuser ("to amuse, divert, babble"), from Old French amuser ("to stupefy, waste time, be lost in thought"), from a- + muser ("to stare stupidly at, gape, wander, waste time, loiter, think carefully about, attend to"), of uncertain and obscure origin. Cognate with Occitan musa ("idle waiting"), Italian musare ("to gape idly about"). Possibly from Old French *mus ("snout") from Proto-Romance *mūsa ("snout") (—compare Medieval Latin mūsum ("muzzle, snout")), from Proto-Germanic *mū- ("muzzle, snout"), from Proto-Indo-European *mū- ("lips, muzzle"). Compare North Frisian müs, mös ("mouth"), German Maul ("muzzle, snout").
"I suppose you will want to, what you call amuse yourself, to see the beasts at Exeter Change, and the playhouses.
Carla Hall Lyons who "amuse" - bouched us with her lovingly prepared culinary creations and hilarious quips.
The amuse was a goat cheese ball, rolled in parsley and resting on a spoon with tart preserves.
The amuse was a cucumber with an amazing swirl of what I think was minted cream on top.
I am not objecting to the amusement; only to cease to educate in order to amuse is to degenerate.
The amuse is a pâté of arctic char which is smokey, savory, and fishy, served with crispy, slightly bitter parsnip chips.
amuses meaning has gone from "to stupify" to "to entertain"


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ReviewsAlbums
Venice Is Sinking: Azar
Josh Frank
We music writers traffic in generalizations. Entrusted by you, the general public, to give advice on how to spend your hard-earned money, we are obligated to make comparisons to other, more familiar artists, in the hope that maybe it will make us easier to understand. Now, though, I find myself unable to accurately compare Azar to anything. I could say that Azar, the second album from Venice Is Sinking, is like other baroque-pop albums from bands like The Arcade Fire or Sigùr Ròs, but that wouldn't be quite accurate. It sounds so sleepy and melodramatic, but there are also occasional hints of energetic bounciness that make it feel joyful instead of tired.
Azar defies categorization. That doesn't mean that you will love it, but it deserves attention simply for its grand scale and finely crafted compositions that feel like miniature films. The band's use of outdated instruments with weird names, like the Omnichord and the Boxharp, may feel like a gimmick. But so what if it is? Even if it is unnecessary, it gives the music a creepy, atmospheric edge that lends these songs intrigue and mystery.
For such a complicated and vast album, Azar is surprisingly accessible. Its melodies are sweet and richly orchestrated, and it vaults back and forth between sweeping orchestral landscapes and minimalist ballads. For those who like their music with three chords and a chorus, this album will not make you very happy, but then again, some people prefer swimming pools to surfing in the ocean. If you are looking to fall into an opium-induced coma on a delicate bed of summer flowers, Azar is as perfect an album as any you'll sleepwalk into.
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Alan Schwartz Joins Guggenheim Partners as Executive Chairman
Guggenheim Partners announced today that former Bear Stearns CEO Alan Schwartz has joined the firm as executive chairman.
New York - Schwartz will work closely with the executive team to achieve Guggenheim's vision of becoming a leading global diversified financial services firm. With more than $100 billion in assets under supervision, Guggenheim's current business lines include investment management, investment advisory, investment banking and capital markets services. Guggenheim is headquartered in Chicago and New York with a global network of more than 800 professionals in 20 principal offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
"Alan Schwartz is one of the most respected figures in our industry, and we are thrilled to welcome him to the firm," stated Mark Walter, CEO of Guggenheim Partners. "Guggenheim has grown a substantial and thriving business by staying focused on its clients. Alan's counsel, experience and leadership will be invaluable across the entire firm as we continue to build on our existing businesses and pursue new opportunities."
"Guggenheim Partners has built an organization with tremendous scalability, resources and talent," stated Schwartz. "I am excited to join the firm at this stage in its development and help it become a force in the financial services arena. As part of my role I will focus on transforming Guggenheim's existing broker-dealer, which is focused on sales and trading of fixed income securities, into a full-service investment banking enterprise."
Alan Schwartz was formerly with Bear Stearns, which he joined in 1976 as the head of institutional equity sales in the firm's Dallas office. During his 32 years at the firm, he served as director of research, investment strategist, head of investment banking, co-president from 2001 to August 2007 and president and chief operating officer from August 2007 until he became chief executive officer in January 2008. He was also a member of Bear Stearns' executive committee and board of directors. Most recently, Schwartz was affiliated with Rothschild, Inc. He serves on the advisory board of Marvin & Palmer Associates and as a director of numerous charitable organizations, including the Robin Hood Foundation (chairman), St. Vincent's Services, the National Mentoring Partnership, the American Foundation for AIDS Research and NYU Medical Center. Schwartz is a graduate of Duke University, where he serves on the board of trustees and athletic advisory board, and he is the former chairman of the Fuqua School of Business board of visitors.
About Guggenheim Partners
Guggenheim Partners, LLC is a diversified financial services firm with more
than $100 billion in assets under supervision. The firm's businesses include investment management, investment advisory, insurance, investment banking and capital markets services. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and New York with a global network of offices throughout the United States, Europe and Asia.
Guggenheim Partners to act as Investment Advisor for Security Benefit Life's Gen...
Guggenheim Third Quarter 2019 High-Yield and Bank Loan Outlook: High-Yield Corporate Bond Spreads and Bank Loan Discount Margins Widen When the Federal Reserve Cuts Interest Rates
Guggenheim Investments, the global asset management and investment advisory business of Guggenheim Partners, today provided its Third Quarter 2019 High-Yield and Bank Loan Outlook.
Brian Giuliani Joins Guggenheim Securities to Expand Industrials Investment Banking Practice
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Brian Giuliani will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Industrials Investment Banking Group. Mr. Giuliani will commence work at Guggenheim in September.
Onur Eken Joins Guggenheim Securities to Expand Industrials Investment Banking Practice
Guggenheim Securities, the investment banking and capital markets division of Guggenheim Partners, announced today that Onur Eken will join the firm as a Senior Managing Director in the Industrials Investment Banking Group. Mr. Eken will focus on advising companies in the capital goods sector and will commence work at Guggenheim in September.


Discussion in 'questions. answers. conversations.' started by Sam Z, Dec 1, 2018.
I now that both UA and DL provide a dollar revenue requirement waiver for elite status for members with foreign addresses - does AA do the same thing?
No waiver for foreign addresses in AA program, only UA and DL.


I'm running a TRANCE DANCE on Sun 26th March, 2pm, Jubilee Hall, Chagford, Devon, UK.
Since the late 90s, Trance Dance has been my strongest and most natural way of connecting to what one might call the Spirit World. And I'm mobile: if you're in the UK and you hire a hall, I can come and run a dance. And/or do some astrology readings.
People have been dancing to rhythmic music for thousands of years. The dance acts as a gateway to 'non-ordinary' consciousness: to the Spirit world, the Otherworld, the Unconscious…. There are many ways of framing it. In this sense it is a ritual, a ceremony.
We are much more than our everyday 'rational' selves. This understanding was basic to early peoples. It is a perspective, a way of being in the world, that has been largely lost in the modern West. And with it, a source of deep nourishment and guidance.
Trance dance helps us re-establish that relationship with the larger self, which knows no boundaries, that connects us to the whole of life. At the same time, the dance journey is personal and practical: we can bring those 'close-to' places that trouble us, or a desire for guidance, or prayers for others. Whatever we bring, the Spirit world has a way of addressing it, of helping it move on.
Trance dance can be like a shamanic journey, or like a big dream. We are taken somewhere else, and it can have a profound effect on our daily life. Everyone's relationship to this other world is personal to them, there are no 'right' or 'wrong' experiences. And it takes time afterwards to reflect on and absorb what has happened. Like dreams, the implications can sometimes take years to unfold.
The dance itself lasts about an hour. We are in ceremonial time, so it can seem much shorter or longer. And there is plenty of space around it: beforehand, to quietly gather ourselves and find our intentions (if any) for the dance; and afterwards, to slowly make the transition back to this reality.
this is the best idea i've heard in years. it would be wonderful to make this happen near where i live in california so i'm going to see if the way opens for this and you would come here to dance with us.
have always had transformative experiences dancing. i dance my dreams with animal spirits. they come to me. i will talk to the animals in my dream tonight and ask them to show me how to do this.


With an advanced feature set, the new IR5500 Open Path Gas Detector from General Monitors redefines the industry standard as the 'first and only open path detector to meet agency performance requirements' on both the LEL meter and ppm meter scales.
The device is the industry's first detector with split range scale for ppm meter and LEL meter monitoring, according to the company, and is the first to be certified for operation at -55ºC.
It is also among the first major open path detectors certified to FM approvals, EN, and IECEx performance standards.
Outdoor combustible gas leaks pose a significant danger at petrochemical facilities, as well as in electric utility, wastewater treatment, and other hazardous operation plants. Leak sources typically include pipelines, valves, tanks, burners, compressors, separators, flare systems, aeration ponds, and other equipment.
The IR5500 Open Path Gas Detector provides continuous monitoring of combustible gas concentrations. The system consists of an IR source and receiver, which continuously monitors for methane in both the 0 to 5,000 ppm meter and 0 to 5 LEL meter range.
The IR5500's advanced infrared sensor technology features a single beam detection design, which improves accuracy and reduces drift. The design of the sensor includes continuous self-check monitoring for fail to safe operation. Automatic gain control compensates for dirty optics, rain, and fog – the result is precision accuracy with exceptional reliability in harsh environments and improved false alarm rejection.
Unlike most open path detectors, the IR5500 features a built-in display, which simplifies installation and maintenance while reducing the total cost of ownership. The IR5500 requires no tools for alignment at any range and can be aligned without a scope at 100 meters or more.
The IR5500's sensitivity can be checked by placing a test gas film in front of the receiver. The IR5500 is calibrated at the factory and needs no further calibration, while it also requires little maintenance other than a periodic visual inspection, test gas film check, and cleaning of the windows to ensure dependable performance.


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El Paso: At a Glance
El Paso Water Utilities (El Paso Water) conservation scorecard performance has dropped slightly from 76 points in the 2016 scorecard to 70 in the 2020 scorecard. Although El Paso Water continues to implement a wide range of water conservation best management practices, the utility has not taken an aggressive stance on limiting outdoor water use through outdoor watering restrictions as some other major Texas cities. Water loss in the utility's distribution system has also increased over the years. El Paso Water continues to represent in many ways a good model for water conservation by a large retail water utility, but there are opportunities for improvement.
El Paso Water Utilities (El Paso Water) serves the City of El Paso, the sixth largest city in Texas with a population around 759,000. According to its most recent Water Conservation Plan, El Paso Water also provides water to an additional 75,000 residents through eight wholesale contracts. El Paso is located in the far northern part of the Chihuahuan Desert and receives on average only eight inches of rain each year. El Paso is in the Region E water planning area.
El Paso Water uses both groundwater and surface water, specifically from the Rio Grande (40%) and two aquifers, the Hueco (40%) and Mesilla Bolsons (20%). In 2018, El Paso Water delivered over 107,748 acre-feet of treated water and approximately 61,378 acre-feet of treated wastewater. El Paso Water for over 25 years has been injecting treated wastewater back into the Hueco Bolson to augment that water source, and El Paso Water has a joint brackish groundwater desalination project with Fort Bliss that is currently the largest such facility in the country.
El Paso has had an active water conservation program since the early 1990s which has and continues to garner results. Though its total score here has not changed significantly, there has been progress that should be noted. Since the 2016 scorecard, El Paso Water has implemented an additional six Best Management Practices, increasing its total from 10 to 16 BMPs, a relatively high number compared to other water utilities in Texas. Additionally, El Paso Water has achieved a relatively low GPCD consistently of below 140 GPCD, and now aims for 126.5 by 2024, and 125 GPCD by 2029.
El Paso Water did regress slightly since the 2016 scorecard with regard to water loss and its water rate structure. Its water loss percentage rose from 9.73% to 13.05% and its water rate structure no longer sends a strong conservation pricing signal. El Paso Water would benefit from addressing these water loss and water rate structure concerns, and could further reinforce its efforts through stronger outdoor watering restrictions (such as no-more-than-twice- or no-more-than-once-a-week outdoor watering limitations).


Greetings to all android game lovers and droidapkgames.net fans out there. This is my first tutorial ever since i started to blog i want ti also use this medium to inform you guys that my birthday is on 15th of this month (September) 😛 . In this tutorial am going to show you guys how to install an android games with obb data file (cache), this is not a new something for some guys out there but i still have to write the tutorial for the newbies out there.
In this tutorial we are going to make a use of an android file manager app know as file x-plore (this my best file manager app right form the days of s60v2 and s60v3 mobile phones) you can download it from HERE and android game known as SLAUGHTER (A Supercool android third person shooter game with stunning graphics, breathtaking gameplay, and easy control layout accompanied with a nice soundtrack that will makes the game ultra coo).
*NOTE: You can use these steps to install any android game with obb data file. I.e it's not only for slaughter.
Now let's hit the nail on the head.
After downloading the x-plore file manager install and open.
1. Locate the game in .zip/.rar format and click on it.
2. Click on the red/blue (will be red if you are using the free version and blue if you are using the pro version) arrow at the top left/right (depend on the current pane you are in) to switch to the other screen/pane where you will locate the obb data folder (obb data folder is located at SDcard/Android/Obb) if you didn't find the folder in your there don't panic thinking you won't be able to play games with data files (cause i actually felt the same way the day i wanted to play a game with obb data file) just long press the Android folder a pop will display with list of actions, just click new folder and name the folder obb.
Once you are done, proceed with step 2 below.
3. Look right click copy or Long click the obb data folder, a pop with list of actions will be displayed click on COPY and wait for few mins for your work to be done.
Once you're done copying the obb data folder to obb proceed to step 3.
1. click the .apk file to install the game close the file x-plore (if you like you can delete the .zip/.rar file you downloaded or leave it the choice is yours).
2. Open the installed game and enjoy.
Hope this works for you? As i said earlier this tutorial is the general way to install android games with obb data files it's not only meant for Slaughter game as i used in the screenshots.
Do you encounter any error or you have questions to ask? Kindly make use of our comment box below.


Regular readers of this blog will know that I have a fondness for the Lego related games. Those same readers may additionally be aware that I am also quite fond of Rock Band.
Well now they're being brought together. Lego Rock Band has been announced.
Possibly the best announcement ever? Well the confirmation of Europe's The Final Countdown and Carl Douglas' Kung Fu Fighting surely help. And it's Rock Band's first foray onto the DS. If this news does not make you smile, I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to look for that soul you appear to missing.


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A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver is meditative observance, but also a collection of poems full of praise not only of the natural order but of humanity's place in that order. In "And Bob Dylan Too," she talks of how the shepherds sing as the sheep praise the grass by eating it and how the bees' hum signals the opening of spring blossoms. And in many ways, nature comes to life, becomes anthropomorphized in conversation with a narrator, allowing for the unspoken rules to be broken and/or expanded. Oliver has a deep sense of connection to the natural world that shines through in each line of each poem, and yet, there is a bit of rebellion in her poems that points to a time when breaking free of the natural order is not only OK, but unexpected and inspiring.
From "Lines Written in the Days of Growing Darkness" (page 27):
to the petals on the ground
to stay,
knowing as we must,
how the vivacity of what was is married
to the vitality of what will be?
I don't say
it's easy, but
what else will do
What readers will love about Oliver's poetry is the homage she pays to the natural world in all its beauty, but also the connect we have to it. In "The Moth, the Mountains, the Rivers," the narrator of the poems asks that we each take the time to live in awe of the wonders around us, to truly sit without worry about the busy schedule and to just be and observe. It is almost a plea of sorts. In other poems, the narrator simply marvels at nature and even decides to take her home to a mountaintop for silence and reflection and invites the reader along. But one of the most descriptive and captivating poems in the collection was "Tides," about the movement of the ocean and the only purpose it has: to be. Unlike those who talk of its erosion of beaches and its awesome power, Oliver focuses in on its rhythmic movement, its constancy, and its beauty and in this way draws a parallel to how the narrator casually, calmly walks the beach.
A Thousand Mornings by Mary Oliver is reflective of the past, of youth, and of wilder days, but it also is about recapturing that youth, if only in the mind, remembrance, and observance of nature. But there are moments of distinct action and conviction that the past can be recaptured even if it is at the end of life. For those looking for Oliver's traditional poetry, this collection is ripe with observation of the natural world, but it also offers a deeper look at aging and longing for things that have passed.
About the Poet:
Mary Oliver was in Maple Heights, Ohio. As a teenager, she lived briefly in the home of Edna St. Vincent Millay, where she helped Millay's family sort through the papers the poet left behind. In the mid-1950s, Oliver attended both Ohio State University and Vassar College, though she did not receive a degree.
Her first collection of poems, No Voyage, and Other Poems, was published in 1963. Since then, she has published numerous books, including Thirst (Beacon Press, 2006); Why I Wake Early (2004); Owls and Other Fantasies : Poems and Essays (2003); Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems (1999); West Wind (1997); White Pine (1994); New and Selected Poems (1992), which won the National Book award; House of Light (1990), which won the Christopher Award and the L. L. Winship/PEN New England Award; and American Primitive (1983), for which she won the Pulitzer Prize.
This is my 4th book for the Dive Into Poetry Challenge 2013.
Filed Under: challenges, Dive Into Poetry Challenge 2013, Penguin, poetry, Publishers/Publicists, purchased, Read in 2013, reviews Tagged With: A Thousand Mornings, Mary Oliver
Glad you enjoyed it. I love nature, but I'm not a big fan of nature poems. However, this sounds like one that would be interesting to peruse from time to time.
So glad this one was special for you.
I really think Oliver's poems are a good place to start for beginning readers.
This sounds like a beautiful book of poetry. I love anything that takes you back to nature and realizing what's really important.
I really enjoyed this collection.
Ti says
I love poetry that is inspired or focused on nature.
You should check this out!
Ali says
I love Mary Oliver. She writes with such a great balance between the internal self and the external natural world.
This is one of those collections where I would say it is the most balanced I've seen in terms of internal and external.


The CTCPA is deeply involved in the « environmental display » plan.
Following the work group GT1 with the ADEME/AFNOR platform, in partnership with ADEPALE, notably through the CTCPA implication with the branch work group on food.
Following the work group dealing with environmental display of the ANIA.
Assisting industries processing plant-based canned food, with experimentation by consumers.
Participating to the research project Acyvia, carried out by the RMT Ecoval and financed by ADEME. This project aims to gather environmental data on the primary process of processed food products.
> Content of the "Environmental display" plan.
Good practices referential BP X30-323 : general principles for environmental display.
Method based on a simplified life cycle approach.


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Q: Drive API insert permission internal error Generally, I don't ask questions to stackoverflow because I always find an answer by searching. But today, we have a very important problem.
We have somes Drive API issues for a few hours.
A lot of 500 Internal Server Error when we want to take the ownership of a document.
We have tested directly with APIs Playground and it's the same :
https://developers.google.com/drive/v2/reference/permissions/insert
{
 "role": "owner",
 "type": "user",
 "value": "blabla@example.com"
}
The big problem is the API return an error but the take ownership is OK. So Google return to us an error whereas the request is passed correctly...
Does it means we can't trust the API ?
We use Python for this application but we have the same issue for the same request in another application in Java...

A: Drive is having one of its bad hair weeks. They happen from time to time.
To answer "Does it means we can't trust the API ?", well trust is a bit subjective, but we have started to add defensive coding to our apps. So rather than assume the API is working to spec, we assume it isn't and do a double check.
Eg.after an insert we are now re-fetching the inserted file to confirm that it has been correctly inserted. We also track 304 rate limit errors on inserts because sometimes, despite the exception, the file was inserted. (similar to your observation, except you're seeing 500).

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Paper Mario: Sticker Star Wins Best Handheld Game At D.I.C.E Awards – 3WIREL!
Nintendo's cherished Paper Mario: Sticker Star for the Nintendo 3DS has walked away with the accolade of best handheld video game of 2012 at this years D.I.C.E Awards in Las Vegas. PlayStation exclusive Journey grabbed eight awards at the event, including Game of the Year. You can view all the winners of the acclaimed event right here.


The deer antler inlay on this titanium wedding band goes all the way around, showing no joints. This deer antler ring can be worn by both men or women. Since antler is a natural and unique material, the antler color will not be exactly as pictured when your ring is made. This titanium ring can be made using your own antler, horn, or tusk.
This deer antler ring comes with FREE ring armor waterproofing (a $75 value).