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Adventures of Cash Laramie and Gideon Miles Vol. II proceeds to chronicle the tales of two unorthodox 19th century U.S. Marshals. With seven more adventures, this collection includes the novella “Origin of White Deer” where the outlaw marshal leaves his Arapaho home as a teen to find his origins in the lawless town of Cheyenne, Wyoming. These noir tales infuse the Western genre with a fresh perspective on topics like race relations and social justice while still delivering pulse-racing action in the tradition of Wanted: Dead or Alive and Gunsmoke.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
A Second Serving of Cold Justice!
By Garnett Elliott
Edward Grainger rides again. Volume II starts out with the ‘Origin Story’ of Cash Laramie–how he got his name, his values, and that obsidian arrowhead he wears around his neck. ‘The Origin of White Deer’ is the longest piece in the collection, and nicely bookends with ‘Reflections in a Glass of Maryland Rye.’ The latter depicts a much older, remorseful Cash meditating on his actions and the finalties of frontier justice.

In between there’s a lot of action, both of the gun-blazing type and the darker, ‘noir’ style reminescent of The Unforgiven. The intrepid Gideon Miles also makes an appearance.

Personally, the Adventures of Cash Laramie stories remind me of old radio serials like Have Gun, Will Travel and Gunsmoke, though un-sanitized and rendered in shades of gray.

Definitely worth your silver dollars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
I’m not biased-I love this writer
By Meta Knapp
As I read through all the five star reviews, I am pleased to be among a host of readers & writers that know and love these stories.
I start reading about Cash & Miles and I just can’t put it down. I read until my eyes hurt. In the case of Vol.II, I just didn’t stop until I was finished. Even then, I wanted more. I feel more connected to these characters with every story.
I can hear Cash light a lucifer on his boot. I can feel the look in those cold blue eyes . I am right there in Cheyenne watching with the rest of the townfolk, from the sidelines, holding my breath, as he doles out his own personal brand of justice.

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Money, Cash, Ho’s
By Christopher Rhatigan
In some ways, Volume 2 of Grainger’s popular Cash and Miles series picks up where Volume 1 left off. Cash investigates crimes and exacts justice in a vivid, Western noir world. The stories are still told in Grainger’s confident, no-nonsense style.

But I felt like I got to know Cash Laramie a lot better in Volume 2.

The first story in the collection, “The Origins of White Deer,” (co-written with Chuck Tyrell) takes us back to Cash’s formative days with the Arapaho tribe. His biological parents died in a battle at Fall Creek, and Cash ends up going to Cheyenne as a letter from his father had requested. It’s there that he demonstrates his abilities and realizes his calling as a lawman. This story gives us the full picture of the challenges Cash faces as a biracial man on the frontier. It’s a well-researched, patient piece that completes this character’s fascinating history.

Every story in here is strong, but I particularly dug “Reflections in a Glass of Maryland Rye.” This is a chilling tale that shows Cash living with one wrong decision. I liked seeing this other side of Cash — reflective, sad, and uncertain.

Overall this is an excellent read and I know that Cash fans are already hungry for Volume 3.

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Want to undertake some things that cause some amazing weight loss. Kinda crazy stuff, but they’re easy and fun. Look, weight loss isn’t with regards to all that stuff you do in the gym or eat in the kitchen. Other things play a role in losing weight. In this brief article, I’m going to percentage with you 2 powerful ways you and drop the weight.

Amazing Weight Loss

1. Do the spin

As in, you spun around with arms out. Do it. You can’t picture it? Ok, think when it comes to how kids do it. That’s precisely what you want to do. As crazy as this may seem, spinning does work indirectly for weight loss. It’s not a direct weight loss exercise. Instead it goes 1-step beyond exercising. It goes directly into your CONTROL CENTER…. you’re Endocrine System.

That’s the thing that controls hormones and how and when they’re freed and in what amounts.

The thing is, your Endocrine System is not working decently due to all the unnatural chemicals that are in our food, water, air, packaging, etc. These chemicals mimic hormones and throw off your Endocrine System. Anyway, for weight loss to be quick and efficient, you need your hormones working like they should.

That’s where spinning comes in. They stimulate a normality to your normal hormonal production. Give spins a try. Just spun around 5-10 times or up until the point where you are just a little bit dizzy. Please… DON’T spun to the point where you’re wholly dizzy.

2. Rub your belly with your hand being warm

How do you do this? Rub your hands together. This will formulate a heat on them. Then, while lying down, rub circles for 1 minute with your right hand all over your belly. After that, take your other hand and rub circles for a minute.

This works for 2 reasons. The circular rubbing stimulates your digestive procedure into a more effective parsing out of nutrients and foods… and it does this faster. Second, the heat from your hands may effortlessly pass through your skin and smack-dab into your fat cells where it causes havoc. Crazy, but if you did it for 2 weeks, you’d see it works.

These 2 awful weight loss mysteries work, no matter of how crazy they may seem.

Crazy Myspace Kid Loses It

Now in paperback! Here is the book that updates the rulebook, giving parents the training and accomplishments they need to transform their teenage children into strong, confident, procreative adults.

From Publishers WeeklyBradley, a psychologist drawing on current brain research, argues that teenagers are fundamentally nuts. While 95 percent of the brain develops in early childhood, the most progressed parts aren’t finished until adolescence is closely over. As a result, teens may appear unstable, dysfunctional and unpredictable, with temporarily impaired judgment and decision-making processes. In addition, Bradley argues, contemporary culture further challenges teens’ thinking capabilities; the prevalence of sex, drugs and violence makes the teen’s occupation of cognitive balancing even more precarious. The good news is that parents do make a difference, and Bradley distinctly explains how parents may give hope or courage to and guide their kids through these tumultuous years. Stressing that teens are still “children,” Bradley inspires parents to respond like “dispassionate cops,” instructing and remaining calm even when teens behave outrageously. While Bradley’s prose which he admits might be shocking and offensive at times may be initially off-putting to some, the book is compelling, lively and realistic. Using crisp, believable anecdotes that are alternately poignant and hysterically amusive (while avoiding generic examples, jargon or psychobabble), Bradley homes in on real-life scenarios, showing parents, for instance, how to respond when their teen is “raging,” and how to set curfews and limits. Bradley draws a bright picture of what the teen is going through, and gives parents the tools to tackle contemporary issues together. An valuable parachute to parents diving into the teen years. (Sept.)Forecast: A $100,000 selling campaign, a 10-city author tour, the recent widespread media coverage of related neurological selective information and above all, the need for sensible, funny books on raising teenagers all bode well for this book’s sales.

Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library JournalFor parents who have tried everything but still have teens who are out of control, Bradley’s Yes, Your Teen Is Crazy! is a funny, blunt, and ascertaining book. Philadelphia psychologist Bradley approaches the subject from the standpoint that teens are, well, a little nuts; using current brain research, he points out that the most sophisticated elements of the mind are not developed until the end of adolescence ergo, the acting out, mood swings, ADHD, depression, suicide, anorexia, etc. The basic premise is that parents are still the most influential strength in their kids’ lives and that the old rules of parenting are not only unhelpful but destructive. Adults ought to take the blame for ignoring rampant alcohol addictions among teens, permitting sex to saturate culture so much that kids don’t even recognise what intimacy and dedication are, and believing that raising children in 2001 may be easy. Rejecting peer pressure as an pardon for unacceptable behaviors, Bradley distinguishes amid “normal” and “insane.” One chapter describes negotiation, decision-making, and the enforcement of rules; another deals with the new phenomenon of teen rage and how to survive it. Overall, the message is that kids may become fine humans even if they screw up a lot, and you need to play the parent, not the cool confidante. Therapist and professor Sells (Savannah State Univ.; Treating the Tough Adolescent) deals with teens whose conduct falls into the realm of “insanity”: kids who are enraged, push buttons endlessly, steal, ditch school, use drugs or get pregnant, and defy authority in general. Good, well-meaning parents, he notes, are worn out, and these families need prompt help. Sells’s approach is all “how-to”: he provides seven basic steps, backed up with lists of systems in the “What do I do if…” mode. These steps will empower parents to regain authority, fetch families out of deep trouble, and start out to restore the love parents and teens once held for each other. Sells’s extensive work and exploration with teens and parents is evident. Both books are splendid selections for public libraries. Linda Beck, Indian Valley P.L., Telford, PA
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From BooklistMore than a few parents will agree that adolescence is a time when kids go temporarily nuts–and take their parents with them. Yet, according to Bradley, who has counseled teens and their families for almost 30 years, there’s a great deal of neurological proof to prove that adolescent “brain damage” is no joke. With a touch of humor to leaven the seriousness of his subject, Bradley speaks candidly to parents, guiding them through the new science and exploring how the determinations may be applied to real-life relationships. With a keen eye, he examines everything from anorexia and oppositional conduct to anger, alerting parents to signals that mean professional support is the only way to go. He scolds parents more than once for contributing to a culture that saddles young people with mixing up messages in regards to drugs, sex, and more, but he’s convinced that if parents may change their own behavior, they may support their kids through difficult times. It’s all stitched together with real-life stories, which will smooth the way for dealing with today’s “new millennium adolescent.” Stephanie Zvirin
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

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136 of 139 people found the following review helpful.
Teenage Trials Viewed as a Temporary Mental Disorder
By Professor Donald Mitchell
Before reading this review, you should know that this book contains language and subjects that would cause it to exceed an �R� rating if it were a motion picture. These vulgarities, sexual references, and violence are essential to the book�s content. The author also apologizes for the need to employ them.

If your teenager had a serious case of the flu, you would be sympathetic and helpful. When the same teenager acts in ways you disagree with, are you inclined to be unsympathetic and challenging? Dr. Bradley argues in this intriguing book that your reaction should be very similar. Both are usually natural occurrences of body dysfunctions from which your teen will recover. Although that may sound like a psychological metaphor, Dr. Bradley points out that research with MRIs shows that the growth of the corpus callosum (which coordinates cross-brain functions) and development of the prefrontal cortex (which civilizes responses that the �old brain� stimulates) are both occurring during the teenage years. Until those brain developments are more complete, your teen will react in bizarre ways that she or he will be unable to explain. I found that way of thinking about teenage behavior to be fascinating.

My own description of the teenage years experienced by our children was that boys� behavior generally went downhill until age 13 when it bottomed out, to begin gradually improving thereafter. For girls, the decline in behavior seemed to begin around 13, and started to improve after age 20.

Dr. Bradley points out that teens have always been like this. So what has changed? �We�ve created a world dripping with sex, drugs, and violence and plunked our temporarily insane children in the middle of it.� Parents often treat their teens as though they can handle it. �The fact is that cannot handle �it� and they know this.� �Teens left on their own as small adults not only . . . [make serious mistakes], they become depressed and rageful in the bargain.� Dr. Bradley�s descriptions of the increased exposure to these influences on television, at home, in school, and with friends will leave you convinced that we have a more toxic environment for today�s teenagers. He cites many case histories and statistics to make his points very compelling.

The solution is for parents to change, and become a more positive influence on their teens. I was especially moved by his observation that parents need to stop mourning for their younger, happy, well-behaved child who will not return any time soon.

He offers ten commandments for being a good parent:

(1) Behave and think dispassionately;

(2) Listen well and support emotionally;

(3) Say little in a pleasant way;

(4) Take the time you need to make an appropriate response;

(5) Forget your personal pride in finding a response;

(6) Avoid being physical, even friendly gestures can be annoying to teens;

(7) Apologize for anything you have done wrong;

(8) Accept the identity your teen is trying out;

(9) Be true to your own beliefs; and

(10) Remember that all this will eventually pass.

The book offers excellent guidance on rule-setting and enforcement that are similar to what worked well with our now grown-up teens.

The book also has sections on how to deal with common problems like privacy, angry teens, drugs, sex and dating, family problems, discussing legal versus illegal drugs. You are also given a sense of what is normal and abnormal behavior related to acting out, depression, eating disorders, and suicide risk. For any hint of abnormal behavior, get professional help fast (apparently 19% of teens have given serious thought to how they would commit suicide, and the depressed teens are not the ones most at risk). You are also given good ideas for how to get teens to professional help. One of the best parts of this section is pointing out how two parents should cooperate (if you and your spouse are together) and single parents can best cope….

I particularly liked two final pieces of advice. �It turns out love is the magic, after all.� �Keep your sense of humor!�

After you finish reading this book, I suggest that you think about where your own behavior as a teen was irrationally impulsive. Dr. Bradley cites a horrible night of misbehavior that he had as a teen. I know I gave into my impulses in various occasions. Now imagine how you would have liked your parents to respond while this was going on, both with and without the house of cards falling in on you. Those recollections may be your best guide to how you can improve, and earn even higher trust and respect from your teen.

Support emotional messes and illnesses as generously as you support physical ills!

70 of 71 people found the following review helpful.
from the trenches…
By RLF
Get the book and read it…

Memorize it and practice Dr. Bradley’s suggestions until they become your first reaction to the teenage craziness around you. I don’t say this casually. I say this because I know, for a fact, what Bradley says works. It works when nothing else seems to and when you are absolutely certain you have no idea where that ex-child, now crazy person, came from. Less humorously…his suggestions work when you are desperately close to watching your son or daughter become a statistic. It works when nothing else has and, believe me, if you are at this point in his or her life, nothing else might. Simply put, Dr. Bradley saved my son. Now, he will say that I did, and I may have been the one who was mouthing the words and acting the part, but the words were his and the role was his, both borne from years of sensitive and insightful counseling of parents and their teenagers.

I know. I sat on the couch across from his. He watched and listened and I was hysterical. He made the same suggestions (quietly and dispassionately!) to me in my insanity that he shares in his book. He pounded them into my head and I became convinced of a few things: my son was crazy and I was his anchor. It is a few years later and my son and I are emerging from the insanity of those years, but I keep the book close by and I read and reread his words and I hear them echo and I vow always to follow them: “dispassionate cop” “short sentences, few syllables” “apologize (me, not my son).” Of course, I sometimes fail, but teenagers have a generous way of providing more opportunities to practice. I knew I had been given one of those chances and succeeded when I responded calmly, and dispassionately in a short sentence of few syllables and my son said, “Mom…stop that, because…it…it is….working.”

Bradley’s knowledge in this area is broad and deep, his suggestions are easy to understand, his book is poignant, clear, and frantic-parent friendly. His humor is readily evident and heartening. Reading the book is almost as good as sitting in a session with him…seriously. Read it seriously. Follow it seriously. It works…seriously.

Thanks, Dr. Bradley.

45 of 45 people found the following review helpful.
Light for the Teenage Tunnel
By Deanna Johnson
I’ve been a long-time Amazon customer and this is the first time I have felt absolutely compelled to write a review. I have a 17 year old son, and I wish I had read this book 5 years ago! The book is written in 3 parts – Part 1 on teens and the issues in their lives, Part 2 on parents, and Part 3 on strategies for dealing with those issues. (He even includes a section on internet obsession – a big issue in our house.) When I finished reading this book, I felt so hopeful. The author provides a guideline for staying sane while dealing with the craziness, and at the same time maintaining a connection with your kids in a way that fosters strength, love, compassion, and most and best of all – mutual respect. Not a small feat, and he does it with a warm sense of humor to top it off. I would have given this book more stars if I could!

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Ask Swiftyepisode 6

This manual reviews sixth grade the math curriculum for the required New Jersey State math assessment test (ASK–Assessment of Skills and Knowledge). Five subject review chapters cover the following topics: number and numerical operations; geometry and measurement; patterns and algebra; data analysis, probability, and discrete mathematics; and integrating the strands through mathematical processes. Two full-length exercise tests are included with answers.

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This book introduces sixth graders to the ASK test administered by the state of New Jersey and taken in schools all around the state. This manual offers subject review and exercise tests designed to acquaint students with the ASK6 exam. It prepares them to do their best on test day.

NEW JERSEY
ASK6
MATH TEST

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
Average Product
By Grace Park
This book was helpful, but the open-ended questions were confusing and there wasn’t space to answer them. Another weakness in the book was there were too many errors in the answer key. I found at least three wrong answers.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful.
great product!
By Ronald Frank
Personally, I think this is great! Not only does it give you the format of the test and practice questions,it also tells you how to solve every question they ask you. (This isn’t and answer key.) If your kid needs a 6th grade NJ ask book, this is great.

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The primary I ever heard of Myspace was that it was the platform from which the unspeakable evil that is ‘My Chemical Romance’ was launched. As I grabbed my gun and headed off to wage war on what would inevitably be the end of the world, a good friend said to me, ‘I think Myspace has other stuff too.’

Of course, he was right. As I investigated further, it appeared that Myspace was a utile networking tool, a place to meet other people for fun, for love, for business; an interchange of ideas and words, music and film. There were pages consecrated to a whole range of artists from Bob Dylan to Metallica, thru the botheration that is ‘My Chemical Romance’. I was satisfied. Myspace would no longer be the target of one of my insane rampages versus terrible music. Remember ‘Busted’? – they didn’t genuinely split up… I killed them. And I did it for your benefit.

Getting into the swing of Myspace, I begun to browse around. I found I could listen to music samples for free by new and conventional artists. It is even possible to discover outstanding new bands by merely typing in the sort of music you like listening to normally. What a great idea – no dick-head record labels and shitty gigs to deal with (yet). Here was a place where talent spoke for itself, it was not dependant on cash to promote it, or luck to discover it. An artisan may tell the world what they’re with regards to and show the world what they’ve got. This, I was sure, was the future of music.

One aspect I found very useful, in reference to music, writing, film, or whatsoever talent was on display, was the capacity to give feedback. Sure, perhaps Bob Dylan and Metallica don’t go checking their Myspace inbox on a daily basis, but I recognise for a fact that the unsigned bands and undiscovered writers do. Telling somebody you respect what they are doing, or perchance providing a heap of much necessitated constructive criticism, is something that you can’t as without apparent effort do standing at the back of a crowd in a little pub, or reading a book in your room. These words of encouragement and support may make good artists great.

When I firstborn came across Myspace I was going through a transitional amount of time in my music tastes. I’d matured significantly since my nu-metal youth, and was presently exploring a wide range of sounds. The internet helped surely helped, telling me what my favourite artists liked and were influenced by, forming chains of bands that I could explore. At the time of my Myspace enlightenment, I had just gotten into ‘The Shins’, ‘Modest Mouse’ and ‘Death-Cab For Cutie’ (Yes, I’ll confess had been observing ‘The OC’).

By listing these three bands as influences upon the results to be generated, in a well laid-out search facility, I was capable to see to it the music I sampled would be at least inspired by something I like. I likewise entered ‘The Libertines’ to add a little British influence to the results.

More than anything I was impressed by the ingenuity of this mode of search. If I’d typed in ‘Indie-Rock’, god knows what nonsensicality I could have found, but I was impressed with the hundreds of bands thrown at me by the website. There surely was a lack of talent in sure cases, as may be expected in any potpourri of novice musicians, but the results were listenable. Some bands were genuinely impressive, and others not bad. The influences distinctly showed, which is not a bad thing by any means, I had after all searched with this in mind.

I decisive that I would seek out unsigned or unknown bands, rather than the seemingly usual ones that popped up. I’d never in truth heard of these bands, but I wanted to make a musical discovery, something few others were genuinely conscious of.

A few artists genuinely stood out in my mind. Perhaps at the forefront of this group was an Irish band claiming to be ‘Arctic Monkeys… only a lot less hype.’ Their name was ’15 Minutes’, and according to the selective information given on their personal Myspace, they had been around for three years, with two permanent members. Vocalist/ guitarist, Robert McGlade and Drummer Adam Steele were the two ceaseless members, though since the arrival of lead guitarist Aaron Mooney and Bassist Keith Bernard, the band has reached unexampled levels of creativity.

With a Myspace music page, chosen tracks will mechanically play when you log on, so you have no choice but to listen to the music of whatsoever band you want to read about. When I initial clicked on the ’15 Minutes’ page, I assumed I had stumbled upon another well-established band. Perhaps I had even found the Irish ‘Arctic Monkeys’.

’15 Minutes’ are, however, unsigned and underappreciated. Their sound is remindful of ‘The Libertines’ and ‘Arctic Monkeys’, but there is a fierce quality of being one of a kind there. The lyrics may not be as intellectual as those of our Pete, but they are far superior to those of the ”Monkeys’. The guitar is incredible, exceptionally on a brilliant, ludicrously attentiongetting track called ‘Can You Help Me (Richard Hell)?’ This song could without apparent effort be one of the greatest around, which is ironic given the subject matter is the problem of not being successful. When I asked Rob McGlade (guitarist) what incisively the song was about, he told me ‘I just thought that it would be good to write a song with [Richard Hell] in it, basically begging for his help, because I think most new music is sheer bollocks.’ Amen.

‘In Dublin’ must be ’15 Minutes” best song. After one listen I was singing along; it had burrowed deep into my head like only the best or worst of songs may do, and I ascertain you, ‘In Dublin’ is of the former rather than the latter. Every fellow member of the band is on form, and there is so much energy and passion in this song that when listening, it seems they cannot fail in their quest for recognition. This is genuinely a modern, nihilistic take on the ‘fairytale/ballad’ of Dublin’s reasonable city.

‘The Boy Who Cried Woolfe’ begins with a jumpy guitar intro that will surely be the soundtrack to a good deal of a hard night’s drink-fuelled shenanigans. Many of the scuffles and drunken states I’ve found myself in over the years come to mind when I listen to this track, and it occurs to me just how well ’15 Minutes’ have captured the non-glamorous, and utterly confusing, world of contemporary youth.

‘Miss Liberty’ is perhaps the least impressive and most vacant of ’15 Minutes” impressive array of tracks. The lyrics are disappointing when equated to other tracks, and the guitar is surely weaker. The bass, however, drives the song well and salvages much for the band. ‘Miss Liberty’ might not be clever or musically sophisticated, but it is bouncy and pleasurable nonetheless.

’15 Minutes’ have tapped into the culture and music of today and it is an inevitability that they will become the biggest thing in music in a very short time. Even their worst song is still good, and I could unquestionably see ‘Miss Liberty’ become a big success. If my prophecies for Myspace are correct, it will catapult them to stardom in no time.

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On-line security for kids is a real topic for parents. The internet when employed decently may be a powerful instructional tool for children. At the same time, it may be very detrimental. It is in my sentiment networking sites, only blurs the line among what is reality and what is the truth. They have fixed control and there is no way of genuinely monitoring the content of these sites.

Children do not have the aroused maturity to recognize what is a dangerous contact and who they consider are their friends. The on-line world is no dissimilar then reality. The assumption is, if he/she is the same age, shares the same interests and lives in the same city then that will have to be true. If he/she says he is my friend and wants to meet me to talk or play, then it’s no dissimilar than a friend at school. We as parents know that isn’t always the case!

Even if there is no direct contact with the child and a parent monitors who is added as “their friend”, networking websites link into other profiles. Its too easy to obtain sufficient selective information when it comes to the child merely by searching their friends or reading posts the child made either on someone’s internet site or a message board. Should we put our children at risk just because they want to connect with others?

When my daughter came home one day, stating her friend had a myspace page and she wanted one too. When I asked her if she knew what myspace was, she did not have any idea. She just wanted what her friend had. Therefore, I decisive a good substitute would be to fabricate her own web site where I controlled the content. She could percentage it with her friend, but at the same time be safe. Not to mention, I could keep family and friends altered on her activenesses and developments as she is a particular needs child

When designing a internetsite for your child, here are things to remember:

Personal information: Do not list your city where you live, emplacement of school, or any child’s personal data you do not want for public consumption. Eliminate any method of contacting the child directly. If a child has his or her own email address, only percentage that with friends and family but do not post it on-line.

Parent’s Statement: Enclose a statement or disclaimer that this internetlocation is monitored by a parent and there is no data to contact the child. Also inform users of the internetlocation all content has parent approval and is kid friendly. I would highly commend providing a method either by form or email for another parent to contact you directly for further questions or concerns. The goal is to admonish potential predators but still give hope or courage to feedback from other parents.

Kid Approved links and content: While designing your site, remunerate careful attention to the content of the internet sites you link. Clearly you don’t want to link into pornography or graphically violent sites. FCC has specific guidlines when syndication to children. You may view their data at Kidz Privacy. Making sure that links do not point to non-kid friendly web sites may be tricky. Here are galore tips to keep in mind.

I wanted to create a pink panther page so I went to find cartoon videos on You Tube. I later came upon after I posted the cartoon of pink panther, at the end of the movie, it gave a selections of other videos you may view. Little did i know, one of the videos contained a very provocative dance to the Pink Panther Theme song! I quickly got rid of it and searched to find an alternate. Since You Tube commended selection is key word based, it took me a few hours to find a clip that only offered kid friendly videos at the end. It was time consuming but worth the effort.

On-line gaming sites: Some on-line gaming websites have free games you may post on your website. Most of the websites will link back into the main web site where users may view other on-line games. Some of the web sites may or may not integrate incorporate suitable content depending upon the age. So be selective and restrict websites you don’t want your children viewing. There are galore dissimilar types of online software such as Cyber Patrol that helps parents control not only the content they see, but likewise monitors their time on the internet.

Create restrictive access pages: Restrict any areas you would like to post more personal data like a family calendar, specific school events, etc. Only give select friends and family access to this information.

How do I design my site?

There are on-line communities like geocities that offer free on-line website building. My concern with using that type of service for a children’s internetlocation is the advertising. You may not keep out of the way of it and it is clickable! or a few bucks a month, these types of services offer DIY templates where you may construct and design your own internet site without the worry of advert and pop ups. Or you may design your web site yourself even though apps like MS Frontpage, Adobe Dreaweaver or MS Publisher. Graphic Designers may also make creating children’s websites painless and a fantasti surprise. What I like with regards to creating your own children’s internetsite is you will have the capacity to select your own URL which is much requiring little effort for a child to do not forget then a lengthy address. So to me, it is worth the expense.

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Vietnam.

A young American soldier waits for his enemy, rifle in hand, finger on the trigger. He is affrighted to move and yet scared not to move. Gunshots crackle in the still air. The soldier fires blindly into the distant trees at an unseen enemy. He crouches and waits — heart pounding, tense and trembling, biting back tears. When will it all be over?

Walter Dean Myers joined the army on his seventeeth birthday, at the onset of American involvement in Vietnam, but it was the death of his brother in 1968 that for a limitless time changed his mind regarding war.

In a gripping and powerful story-poem, the award-winning author takes readers into the heart and mind of a young soldier in an alien land who comes face-to-face with the enemy. Strikingly illustrated with evocative and in an emotional manner wrenching collages by Caldecott Honor artisan Ann Grifalconi, this unforgettable portrait captures one American G.L’s haunting experience.

From Publishers WeeklyCamouflage endpapers set the stage for Myers’s (Handbook for Boys: A Novel, reviewed below) strange and gripping picture book set in Vietnam and geared to older readers. “The land of my enemy has wide valleys, mountains that stretch along the far horizon, rushing brown rivers, and thick green forests,” the riveting narrative poem begins. Grifalconi’s (the Everett Anderson books) sophisticated mixed-media collage shows a breathtaking vista, lush with trees, jagged mountains and terraced hillsides. On the next spread, Myers drops readers into the jungle with the narrator, a young American soldier, and his squad of nine men. The protagonist makes a nerve-wracking trek (“Somewhere in the forest, concealed in the shadows, is the enemy”), witnesses a bombing raid (“My body shakes. I tell myself that I will not die on this bright day”) and comes face-to-face with an enemy soldier (“In a heartbeat, we have learned too much regarding each other”neither fires). Myers, who fought in Vietnam, lays bare the young man’s emotions. Short phrases combine power with grace as the author artfully conveys the outward events of warfare and the resulting inner turmoil: in the village, the young man sees “the enemy. A brown woman with rivers of age etched deeply into her face. An old man, his eyes heavy with memory.” Grifalconi, too, subtly highlights war’s ridiculous contradictions. One in particular striking scene finds the G.I. facing his enemy all over a field alight with heartbreakingly lovely flowers and wildlife. Readers will hope this is as close as they ever get to the real thing. Ages 8-12.
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From School Library JournalGrade 4 Up-Myers’s verse powerfully evokes the experiences of a young soldier in this picture book. Searching the unfamiliar landscape, his squad tries to sense the presence of the enemy in the jungle. But who is the enemy? The old man in the village? The babies? Planes pass overhead, dropping bombs “at a distance that is never distant enough.” The author captures the young man’s fear, uncertainty, and weariness. “We move again. We are always moving.” The layers of Grifalconi’s full-page collage art conceal and disclose the flickering images of the text. Figures blend into the forest. Shadow and shape converge. The repetition of words and a landscape scene at the beginning and near the end of the book are exceptionally effective because they are the same except for the addition of fire and plumes of smoke in the “wide valleys” and “thick green forests” after the patrol has finished it is mission. These pictures are difficult to erase from one’s memory. When the soldier does encounter an enemy as young as himself, neither fires. Close sufficient to see one another, they can not kill. “In a heartbeat, we have learned too much with regards to each other.” Myers and Grifalconi’s demonstration is one that is hard to forget.
Kathy Piehl, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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From BooklistGr. 4-8. Myers’ Fallen Angels (1988) remains a landmark YA novel when it comes to an American teenager in Vietnam. At 17, Myers was a soldier there; his brother passed from physical life there. Now, in this spare, poetic picture book for older readers, Myers speaks in the voice of one young soldier who is with his squad for the duration of combat in the forest: “I am so afraid.” With his fear is his consciousness of his own violence: “I am the enemy.” The words express the physicalness of the combat soldier’s experience–the crush of his combat boots, the sound of his breath, the sweat on his back. Grifalconi’s collages of photos and watercolors are uneven in quality. The best of them extend the sense of fragility by focusing on a leaf, a helmet, a bird versus the dense brush and the exploding sky, and prepare readers for the climactic moment when, suddenly, the African American boy comes face to face with an enemy soldier who is as frighted as he is. Myers’ message is in the lack of drama. There’s no heroism, just weariness and waiting for the war to be over. Hazel Rochman
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By E. R. Bird
All at once lush and frightening, Walter Dean Myers has penned a tale that seeks to remind us what war actually is. There are “Enemies” that are old men and babies. “Enemies” that sit beneath trees and contemplate their loved ones. Never have the lessons of Vietnam been more poignant or necessitated than they are right now. In writing this book, Myers has sought to present war beyond gore and gloom, looking rather at the very essence of death itself. Helped in this try by the award winning collage artisan Ann Grifalconi “Patrol” is a exceptionally bad or displeasing story that may hit a little too close to home for some, and not close sufficient for others.

Told in picture book format (a format that I suspect will raise a few eyebrows right there) the story follows one man allround his day in Vietnam. The man is frightened. He knows that his enemy is nearby and wants to injure him, just as he (on numerous level) wants to hurt his enemy. The man’s patrol burns down an innocent village that may house members of the enemy. He calls in bombs and dives into elephant grass for cover. There, he without intention runs face to face with the enemy. “In a heartbeat, we have learned too much regarding each other”. Both men escape and the patrolman goes back to base camp to write a letter to a loved one. He writes, “I am so very tired of this war”.

Taken in total, the book is a mélange of beauty and fear. Grifalconi has deftly intertwined illustration and photograph in the pages of this book. There are extraordinary pictures in which men drawn only with the slightest of pen lines crouch beneath big overblown tree leaves. When bombs burst in the distance, planes are both the actual cut-outs of airplanes and the hollows cut out of a misty sky. The men looking at are bathed in the orange light of the distance. Myers’ text is up to the challenge of confronting what war is. Though the author never goes so far as to condemn the idea of war itself, he finds other ways of showing how ridiculous some wars in truth are. When you’re as good an author as Walter Dean Myers, all you have to do is write the truth and your message will appear for you.

The inside cover of this book proclaims that it is age range is 8-12, which is patently ridiculous. I won’t debate if it is suitable or unsuitable for an eight year-old. That is left exclusively up to the reader (though there is not one thing gory or horrific sufficient to shock a kid of that age). What I take issue at is the age of 12 indicated as the oldest age at which a person would want to read this book. First of all, this book is perfective for teens and even college age kids and adults in giving a good eye for eye glare at the horrors of being caught in a fighting situation. Second, this book has a myriad of dissimilar uses. Teachers and librarians are constantly on the look out for picture books that are mature sufficient for those adults learning to read. What better intention could this book have?

When Walter Dean Myers joined the army at the age of seventeen, he had to come to grips with Vietnam and the fact that his brother passed away in combat. For this author, this book strikes close to home, revealing the stupidity of fighting. With our nation perpetually in combat these days, it takes books like this one to remind us of the dangers of acting as a nation without thought or intelligence. “Patrol” gives us some lessons to learn.

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The Realities of War…..
By Roz Levine
“The land of my enemy has wide valleys, mountains that stretch along the far horizon, rushing brown rivers, and thick green forest. My squad of nine men are in the forest. Above me, birds twitter nervously in the treetops. Insects and little animals scurry through the underbrush, attempting to keep away from the crush of my combat boots. The squad leader raises his hand. We stop. The sound of my breath is soft in the morning air. Somewhere in the forest, concealed in the shadows, is the enemy. He knows I have come to kill him. He waits for me…” Walter Dean Myer’s autobiographical picture book chronicles a day in the life of one soldier, on patrol, in the jungles of Viet Nam. His spare, poetic text comes alive on the page, and takes the glamor and excitement out of war as you trudge through the difficult, hot terrain, ever vigilant. “We move again. We are always moving. My legs ache. My shoulders sag. My thousand eyes look for death in the waving bamboo fields.” You may feel the smooth wooden stock of the soldier’s rifle, the cold sweat running down his back, the fear and quivering as shots are fired and bombs explode, and the rapid beating of his heart. “I think I see the enemy. I reload and shoot again. It is only a shadow, but I do not stop shooting. In war, shadows are enemies, too.” But mostly, you feel the weariness and futility. “I am so tired. I am so very tired of this war.” Ann Grifalconi’s stunning, multi-media collages are evocative and gripping, and together word and art paint an eloquent and powerfully bright portrait of the Viet Nam War. Perfect for youngsters 9-12, Patrol: An American Soldier In Vietnam is a haunting experience that shouldn’t be missed, and unquestionably one of the best new books of 2002.

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This book has dissimilar types of pictures. The pictures are a bunch of picturesf cut out and put on one piece of paper. I think this army book is a outstanding book for kids to understand what it feels like to be in a war.
The writting of this book is also distinguishable because it is a type of poem writting form. This book is easy to read and understand. Kids ought to read this book if they are mesmerized in war stuff and if they don’t like to read long books.

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The American boy band, Jonas Brothers, is not only making headlines because of their music and acting efforts. Recent controversies involving Kevin, Joe, and Nick Jonas have caused Disney to lose a great deal of cash to cover up bad promotion swirling around. From the buzz-making Jonas Brothers shirtless pictures to debatable dating rumors left and right, the teen group act has been receiving a lot of jabs from the media, paparazzi and currently, a heap of disappointed fans.

The rumors were said to have been caused by the brothers’ respective relationships with famous young stars in Hollywood. With the exception of the oldest sibling, Kevin, the rest of the Jonas Brothers have caused a stir because of highly publicized dates and affairs.

Joe Jonas’ highly sensationalized break up with country singer, Taylor Swift, caused a major buzz in Hollywood. To compound matters, Swift has been very vocal with regards to her sensations towards the split. Swift said that the break up was sudden and only happened through a phone call. Joe, according to her, was the one who made the ‘break up’ call that only lasted for 27 seconds.

“When I look at that person, I’m not even going to do not forget the boy who broke up with me over the phone in 27 seconds when I was 18,” said Taylor in a talk show interview.

In response, Joe rebutted the claims of his ex-girlfriend and said that the phone call only lasted as it did because Taylor wasn’t open to listen his side. He likewise refused other allegations that he cheated on Swift with 10,000 BC actress, Camilla Belle. Although Camilla and he are already dating, he insisted that he never cheated on any girlfriend.

Nick Jonas has also been the target of tabloids because of his kinship with Hannah Montana star, Miley Cyrus. The two apparently broke up because of Nick’s new fling, Selena Gomez, another Disney star. Selena starred in the Jonas Brothers’ music video, Burnin’ Up as the singer’s love interest. The incident caused the two teen actresses to cause cat fight rumors and the Youtube war amid Miley and Selena likewise emerged because of Nick.

Despite these, the Jonas Brothers is taking the rumors in stride. They also have the support of Disney and their record label. However, Disney did numerous reprimanding to the siblings to keep away from further harm on their squeaky clean effigy peculiarly when there some jarring Jonas Brothers shirtless photos disseminate all over the internet. In a great deal of reports, it was said that Disney is alarmed with the issues that have been surfacing in regards to their sweet, clean, and dandy young stars like Hannah Montana, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, and just recently, the Jonas Brothers.

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In the past, contributions from the very rich to the poor were most ofttimes made anonymously. Many of the direct recipients of charity did not even recognise the identity of their benefactors. Today all this has changed.

However, there is no doubt that endorsement of respective charities by well-known film stars, musicians and sports personalities, coupled with the celebrities’ own actual high-profile donations, may vastly increase public cognizance of a great deal of indisputably worthy causes.

Underprivileged children, homeless refugees, victims of natural disasters and sufferers from diseases such as AIDS are amidst the ominous persons who have been hugely helped ” not only by generous donations from wealthy personalities, but also thanks to contributions made by general donors who have been deeply moved by the charitable actions of public figures they admire.

Caring Stars

One well-known celebrity philanthropist is actress Angelina Jolie, who uses her fame and fortune to raise consciousness of the plight a lot of 20 million refugees in 120 countries around the world. Her work on behalf of refugees begun in 2001 when she was filming in Cambodia, where she decisive to adopt a refugee child. By adopting orphaned children ” her son Maddox from Cambodia, and a daughter Zahara from Ethiopia in 2005 ” Jolie has also sparked interest amidst other potential parents to help or adopt other needy children around the world.

Named a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Commission for Refugees in 2001, Jolie has toured a great deal of other refugee locatings including Thailand, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Namibia, Tanzania, Kenya, the Balkans and Ecuador. Besides pledging and donating assorted million dollars to dissimilar charitable causes, she likewise champions the cause of banning land mines.

Film actor and producer George Clooney is another fervid supporter of significant causes. These include the ‘ONE Campaign’ to eliminate AIDS; and ‘Make Poverty History’, share of an 84-nation coalition calling for a breakthrough versus poverty all around the world. He is likewise involved in the Global Campaign Against Poverty (GCAP), which aims to narrow the gap amid rich and poor by addressing man-made elements such as unjust global trade systems, debt burdens that suffocate any prospect of a country’s economic recovery and inefficient aid in impoverished areas of the world.

Together with Samuel L Jackson, Clooney co-sponsors ‘Rock for Darfur’, a series of charity concerts organised by MySpace.com and Oxfam. The funds go to help Oxfam’s disaster relief work and to aid refugees in Sudan and neighbouring Chad. Finally, there is ‘United Way’ ” Clooney’s own self-supported programme which collects cash and goods from respective donors and distributes the proceeds to local charities.

Jackie Chan is Hong Kong’s most widely known and esteemed film star. In 1988, he founded the Jackie Chan Charitable Foundation to offer scholarships and active assistance to young humans in Hong Kong. The foundation’s motto is: ‘To help, to heal and to excel.’ As Jackie explains: “Sometimes it takes only one act of benignity and caring to alter a person’s life. Long ago, when I was a child in need of assistance, somebody was kind to me. My charitable foundation is my way of passing on that kindness. By supplying scholarships, grants and funding … I am helping to make the world a better place.”

Chan’s charitable donations cover a wide spectrum that includes home care for youngsters at risk; support for unemployed youngsters; professional self-empowerment counselling; training camps for students; and anti-suicide campaigns. Over the years, the foundation’s actions have grown substantially, broadening their scope to include medical services and help for victims of natural disasters or humans suffering from severe illnesses.

Environmental Warrior

Popularly described as a ‘Hollywood heartthrob’, youthful movie star Leonardo DiCaprio is a passionate defender of the environment. To foster more outstanding cognizance of environmental issues, he actively cooperates with organisations such as Global Green USA, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the International Fund for Animal Welfare and National Geographic Kids.

His own Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation focusses specially on global warming, which may be combated by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adopting substitute and renewable energy sources. “I urge people around the globe to stand up,” he declares, “and ask local leaders, if they haven’t already, to pledge to buy cleaner cars, build green facilities, and buy green power like wind or solar energy. Our actions may determine if we become a casualty in the war for a habitable planet for generations to come.” His worries also extend to sustaining clean water furnishes all around the world (DiCaprio estimates that 1.2 billion of the world’s persons do not have access to safe drinking water) ” and he is a fervid advocate of sustaining the earth’s biodiversity.

Philanthropic Sportsmen

In 1994, at the height of his sporting career, tennis champion Andre Agassi set up the Andre Agassi Charitable Foundation (AACF) to provide recreational facilities and instructional chances for children in southern Nevada, USA, specially in the Las Vegas area. It has supported more than 20 organisations and raised more than US$60 million since it was launched. Its particular mission is to support mistreated or abandoned children who are considered ‘at risk’ or deprived of basic chances in life. In order to foster reputation and self-esteem in these children and heighten their career possibilities, the Foundation funds a combining of emotional, physical and academic programmes.

The Andre Agassi Boys & Girls Club, opened in 1997, features a basketball court, tennis courts, a computer lab, a library and a teen centre providing a assortment of activities. Through the tennis Team Agassi and the basketball programme Agassi Stars, children learn the values of good sportsmanship. They likewise attend study sessions. By balancing athletics and education, the Agassi Club provides not only a safe place for youngsters to go after school, but a positive learning environment. In 2001, the Foundation donated an further and added US$720,000 towards building an Andre Agassi Cottage for Medically Fragile Children.

Also consecrated to children’s welfare is seven-time Grand Slam tennis champion Roger Federer. In 2003 he launched the Roger Federer Foundation in Basel, Switzerland to fund projects for disadvantaged children, specially in South Africa. Following the excessive damage and destruction 2004 tsunami, he instigated assorted other fund-raising initiatives, including the ATP All-Star Rally for Relief. This led to a international cooperative relationship with UNICEF, and in April 2006, Federer was appointed a UNICEF ‘Goodwill Ambassador.’ UNICEF Executive Director Ann M Veneman voiced her selfconfidence in his capacity to make a divergence when she said: “Roger Federer will fetch extraordinary energy and talent to working with UNICEF to improve the lives of children allround the world.”

Federer believes sport may help win a victory over injustice and build bridges amongst cultures. “As tennis players, we have a distinguishable opportunity,” he says. “We are given a prospect to visit so a lot of dissimilar countries and cultures and interact with humans from all walks of life. It is our obligation to…use our fortune to make a divergence in the lives of those who most need it. If I may make a contribution to this, I am more than happy to do so.”

Fulfilling Dreams

As a child, Tiger Woods dreamed when it comes to getting the world’s best golfer. “I worked hard,” he says, “and used my family’s values to everything I did. Integrity, honesty, discipline, obligation and fun ” I learned these values at home and in school, each one pushing me further toward my dream.” Knowing that thousands of other children dream in regards to their futures too, Tiger and his father set up the Tiger Woods Foundation in 1996. “Through personal enrichment programmes, scholarships, direct grants, junior golf teams, and the new Tiger Woods Learning Center finished in 2005,” explains Tiger, “the foundation is helping millions of children reach their dreams.”

The Tiger Woods Foundation makes direct community investments through it is grant and scholarship programmes. In 2005 it awarded closely US$2 million in grants to youth-related programmes, and gave the Baton Rouge Area Foundation $200,000 to set up a Hurricane Katrina instructional fund. The Foundation likewise donated $100,000 to Give2Asia to aid children displaced by the 2004 tsunami. The Professional Golfers Association of America (PGA) Tour contributed a sameness amount of $100,000. Another well-known PGA champion golfer, Phil Mickelson, was the catalyst behind a charity designed to gain America’s military men and women. Called ‘Birdies for the Brave’, it is sponsored by the Phil and Amy Mickelson Charitable Gift Fund. Amounts of US$100 for each ‘birdie’ and $500 for each ‘eagle’ that Phil makes are donated to help military families by financing education for the children of deceased military personnel, or help handicap-accessible homes for severely-injured or disabled American veterans. In cooperative relationship with Exxon Mobil, the Mickelsons also co-sponsor a five-day ‘academy’ for mid-primary level teachers to improve their attainments in motivating children and instructing mathematics and science.

Scoring for Families

Basketball superstar Michael Jordan’s record-breaking achievements on the basketball court may have ended with his retirement in 1999, but his charitable work proceeds to gain organisations he helped establish. In 1996, at the height of his athletic career, his US$2 million contribution helped finance the opening in Chicago of the James R. Jordan Boys & Girls Club and Family Life Centre (named after Michael’s father). The club offers children’s recreational and learning facilities, infant day care and a family healthcare centre.

In the same year, he consecrated $1million to the University of North Carolina to set up it is Jordan Institute for Families. At it is dedication ceremony, he explained, “I feel very blessed and fortunate to have had a family structure which nurtured and provided a positive influence for myself and my siblings. Many young people today are overwhelmed by the pressures of life, engaged in a struggle and attempting to survive. I am supporting the Jordan Institute for Families because I believe that everything that may be done ought to be done to preserve the family and to improve the quality of life for all individuals, particularly children and the elderly.” Jordan remains involved with the Boys & Girls Club of America, UNCF/College Fund, Special Olympics and a assortment of other organisations supporting children and families. British football icon David Beckham and his popstar wife Victoria traditionalisti their own charitable trust in 2002, and more lately joined forces with UNICEF to raise funds for children worldwide. In January 2005, Beckham was appointed a UNICEF ‘Goodwill Ambassador’ with a peculiar focus on the UNICEF’s ‘Sports for Development’ programme. Sport is seen as a positive strength to improve the lives of children all around the world, specially those who have been affected by disease, poverty or conflict.

Beckham’s firstborn action as a UNICEF ambassador was to launch a global appeal on behalf of the 1.5 million children who were victims of the 2004 tsunami, supporting the organisation’s humanitarian work in the region. He’s appeared in a series of films to raise consciousness of those children who are being forgotten in the fight versus AIDS. Through UNICEF’s ‘Unite for Children, Unite versus AIDS’ campaign, contributions go towards helping millions of children. Proceeds of a World Cup Party hosted by the Beckhams in May this year generated funds that will enable UNICEF to reach a lot of more children around the world. David and Victoria have likewise contributed to Children Today, a London-based charity for disabled children.

Fighting Poverty and Malaria

Irish pop star Bono (real name, Paul Hewson) has been deeply involved with social and political causes since the 1980s. The U2 star’s involvement with the Bob Geldof’s Band Aid and Live Aid charity projects secured his place as a international legend. From 1999, he has growingly committed himself to relieving third-world debt and raising knowingness of the plight of Africa.

Since the end of his ‘Elevation’ tour in 2001, Bono has been actively campaigning for debt-relief in Africa and has visited a good deal of African countries. In 2002, he set up an organisation called ‘DATA’, to raise cognizance of Debt, Aids and Trade troubles in Africa. At present, he is particularly concerned with regards to the problem of eradicating of malaria, which is the biggest killer on the African continent. Bono has been cited as saying that the idea of defeating malaria in Africa would be as stimulating as having witnessed Neil Armstrong’s original walk on the moon. In 2003, 2005 and 2006, Bono was a prospect for the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1984, Bob Geldof organised Band Aid to gain children dying of starvation in Africa. He gathered Britain’s top group of singers and musicians to record the single, ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, which became the fastest-selling single record in UK music history, raising over 8 million pound global for help in Ethiopia. In 1985, Geldof went on to organise two Live Aid concerts, one in London and the other in Philadelphia, featuring more than 60 of rock music’s biggest stars performing ‘live’. Over 100 million pound was raised for African famine relief.

In January 2004, Geldof visited friends in Ethiopia, where he came across that more people were at peril of starvation then than for the duration of the famines of the 1980′s which inspired Live Aid. Geldof communicated his concern vociferously to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. The result was the establishment of a Commission for Africa, comprised of 16 African political leaders and others. Relief measures proposed included the doubling of aid, cancelling debt and reforming trade rules. Following the Commission’s 2005 report, Gelfdof decisive to stage eight simultaneous concerts around the world to exert pressure on the so-called rich nations’ club: the G8. The event was entitled Live 8.

Combating AIDS

British singer, composer and pianist, Sir Elton John, is well-known for his aid for AIDS charities. As long ago as 1986, he was contributing profits from his recordings to the American Foundation for AIDS Research and encouraging his fans to do the same. Since then, he has worked diligently to foster more outstanding knowingness of the sickness amidst the general public.

In 1992 he set up the Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) as a charity to fund specific programmes for HIV/AIDS preventative action and to help AIDS victims. This non-profit foundation is committed to the elimination of discrimination and prejudice versus humans affected by HIV/AIDS; it likewise provides specialised services to AIDS victims, and preventive education programmes to persons at risk of contracting the disease. Since it is founding, EJAF has raised over US$100 million to support AIDS-related programmes in 55 countries around the world.

The foundation’s work is supported not only by John’s own contributions, but through galore fund-raising events, sports programmes, art and photographic exhibitions, Oscar parties and gala dinners organised or co-sponsored by John, from time to time with auctions of his own and other stars’ personal items. Last year, EJAF introduced new initiatives purposed at HIV preventative action amidst residents of the southern United States and the Caribbean, young persons and drug users and people not long ago freed from prison.

In Tune With Children

In the 1980s, pop idol Madonna became a supporter of the charity called amFAR, the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Since then, she has likewise turned her attention to Children in Need ” a charity that provides practical and lasting aid to thousands of youngsters 18 years old or younger who may have experienced neglect, abuse, homelessness or poverty, and may be suffering from severe illnesses, disabilities, psychological disorders or addictions. The Make-a-Wish Foundation, which grants the wishes of children suffering from life-threatening medical conditions, is another of Madonna’s favoured causes.

Malawi, one of the poorest countries in the world, is suffering from famine, drought, poverty and impairment of normal physiological functions such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis and hepatitis. Most recently, Madonna has contributed generously to Raising Malawi, a charity whose Orphan Care Initiative provides food, medical care, clothing, clean drinking water and schooling to 32,000 orphaned children in the impoverished African nation. Madonna not long back demonstrated the extent of her commitment to this charitable cause by adopting a Malawian child.

In 1999, the American singer Mariah Carey received a Congressional Award for her contributions to youth charities and non-profit organisations. She was recognised for her work with the Administration for Children’s Services in New York City, and she participates in Children’s Services’ programmes to assure that children are raised in a stable family environment. One Carey contribution of over US$1,000,000 went to the children’s Fresh Air Fund, which enables city children to take pleasure in summer camping in the countryside.

Camp Mariah is a Career Awareness Camp for New York adolescents operated beneath the auspices of the Fresh Air Fund that aims to exaggerate their cognizance of instructional and career options. It offers a distinguishable probability for almost 300 boys and girls aged 12 to 14 to engage in an instructional curriculum while enjoying camp adventures. Intensive three-and-a-half-week summer sessions and weekend camping trips are complemented by year-round actions in New York City. Camp Mariah was named after Mariah Carey for her generous aid and dedication to Fresh Air children.

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Today, marriages have a 50 percent chance of lasting. Longing to improve those odds, pastor Clayton King, author of the general Dying to Live, and his wife, Charie, disclose a revolutionary biblical perspective—at the heart of a godly union is a heart of service. Love is more with regards to understanding one’s spouse than being understood.

Offering wisdom from God’s Word and beneficial counsel from their decade of marriage, the Kings present 12 relationship-building questions for couples to ask before they wed. They guide and give hope or courage to couples to talk about their:

• religious backgrounds
• past relationships
• desires for family and future
• financial habits and goals
• vocational aspirations

These questions disclose expected values and worries and aid each person perceive the needs and hopes of their loved one. A outstanding resource for churches, counselors, dating couples, and young men and women who dream of a evermore marriage.

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12 Questions Review….
By David Lewkowicz
Clayton & Charie King have written one of the best books I’ve read for Youth, College age and Young Adults to study 12 questions that you need to recognise before marriage. There are a lot of pre-marriage books out there that are good but this one is GREAT and I’ve started using it for marriage counseling with young couples and they to walked away blessed and ready for marriage.

Student Pastors, young humans and parents get this book and challenge your child to grasp what marriage is all about.

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One I will use in my ministry
By Alvin Reid
I spend most of my life with young adults either as a professor at a seminary, a conductor of ministry to young masters in my church, or as a spiritual dad to a lot of young adults I love. Clayton and Charie King have written a helpful and practical book for young adults and others. Many today are nervous with regards to marriage because they see failure all around them. Others have never seen a outstanding and godly marriage, so they do not recognise what that looks like. The Kings show the wonderful, positive, beauteous side of a marriage founded in Christ without ignoring the real struggles we all face. I will be having the couples I counsel read this one, and I give hope or courage to you to do the same.

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WOW! is all I may say
By Jennifer
I read this book, expecting a confirmation that I was ready for marriage. Boy was I defective but I loved the book. It forced me to look at myself, my thought patterns and habits, where my heart is and how my heart is reflected through actions. I HIGHLY commend this to any individual looking to get married, all ages, all stages of life. It is also a book for singles and marrieds alike. I like that it pointed me to where I am and gave instructions on how to move forward. Even if you don’t buy into the whole church/ Jesus thing this counsel is just plain good mutual sense. The Bible, in general, is a good rule of thumb. Not to take away from how awful a kinship with Jesus is but don’t timid away from the book just because you aren’t a believer. Thank you Clayton and Charie for being transparent and pouring into people from your overflow.

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1. Show yourself on your profile picture being with a very hot girl. Trust me, this works! She’ll recognise you’re a fun popular guy who has women around him.

2. Show an array of cool photos in your profile doing dissimilar things. Cool hobbies (rock climbing etc), more hot women, famous landmarks or people. Only then do you show yourself with your mates.

3. Never show yourself posing either with your top off showing off your body or keeping your camera out with your own hand.

4. Never show your kinship status. This is BAD! She must have to ASK you to find that out! Also if she know you’re single then it’s evident why you are messaging her.

5. Never poke her, do real men need to do that?

6. Show your ex’s. That’s right, show that you have ex girlfriends because you’re a great guy and women find you attractive.

7. Do not have your profile open for random access. She must have to request you to add her. This gives you a subtle psychological advantage!

8. Take all the boring and negative wall posts and delete them. She ought to not be seeing that your mates have invited you over to spend your Saturday night playing on the xbox.

Myspace Girls

This study examined 50 MySpace profiles constructed by 14-17 year old African American females attending a Los Angeles public high school for the duration of the 2007-8 academic year. The text, images and multimedia apps found in these profiles were analyzed in relation to gender and racial ideologies that permeate standard mass media. These public profiles function as intersectional digital bodies wherein signs and messages used to commune and socialize with others are publicly broadcast on the Internet. MySpace is a corporate entity ripe for viral selling and altho promotion is portion of it is social fabric, most profiles in this sample were for the most part devoid of logos and did not link to corporate profiles as ?friends? within the network. These profiles did disclose images and text that were ideologically aligned with white, heterosexual love, Western standards of beauty and constructions of femininity. However, they did not transmit racist or homophobic ideologies by way of images, text or multimedia applications. Ultimately these profiles represent the originative and multifaceted digital identities constructed by a select group of young African American females on MySpace.

About the AuthorMichelle earned a B.A. degree in Sociology with minors in Women Studies and African American Studies from the University of California, Irvine and a M.S. degree from the School of Justice & Social Inquiry at Arizona State University. She now serves as the Academic Success Specialist for the Film & Media Studies program at ASU.

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