![]() I liked the descriptions of life among the Kahn'yen'kehaka. I liked him, but he seemed a little too perfect. Nathaniel seems more of a typical romance-novel hero, tall and strong and handsome, but without the flaws and weaknesses that make Jamie Fraser such an intriguing character. And her attitude toward both the Indians and the black people she encounters seems far too late-20th-century-P.C. I never got the impression that she thought like someone born and raised in the 18th century. Elizabeth is nearly as outspoken and stubborn as Claire is, but she is at times far too modern in her attitudes. ![]() I liked the main characters, for the most part. The novel follows the adventures of Elizabeth and Nathaniel, as they elope, flee together into the Mohawk lands, and try to stay one step ahead of Nathaniel's arch-rival, Richard Todd. She soon meets and falls in love with Nathaniel Bonner, a white man who was raised by Native Americans. The book tells the story of a twenty-nine-year-old Englishwoman, Elizabeth Middleton, who travels to a remote area of New York State in 1792, to take up residence there with her father and brother. I highly recommend Lord of the Wilderness.I've heard many OUTLANDER fans talk about Sara Donati's novel, INTO THE WILDERNESS, and finally decided to read it for myself. Michel’s writing ~ not your typical, generical romance but one packed with realism and vigor and a love that dares even the threat of death itself. A raw and rugged story, I was enthralled with Ms. The author has obviously done a massive amount of research about the American Revolutionary War era and area, and her plot snares you fast, from page one. a fresh, unpredictable story with feisty, complex, and complicated characters that magnetize. Michel is a master at crafting realistic characters who tug at your heartstrings.”~Forward Reviews Bronze Medallion "Book of the Year"Ī rich and riveting read amidst the backdrop of revolution.a classic, historical delight. This extraordinary tale will captivate readers like few others and sweep them away to another time and place.” With vivid characters, arises an evocative love story that is intricately woven in the American Revolution. Michel has created a powerful, poignant, and touchingly far-reaching epic of romance and adventure. “An extraordinary writer, a master storyteller, and a superb historian, Elizabeth St. Michel’s Duke of Rutland Series IV is captivatingly fresh, and unblinkingly gritty, balancing war and hardship with amusing, romantic, and vivid characters you will long remember. This heart jolting historical romance blends the dangerous world of espionage and patriotism with the threat of death and the promise of a brave new future together.įull of action and adventure, mystery and suspense, and humor with a love and passion as powerful and beautiful as the wilderness. But Juliet will not give up, believing he could be as passionate about love as he is about his country. In this man, Juliet sees someone she could build a life with if he would only stay, but a dark guilt from his past eats at his soul and he’s vowed to never love again, despite the undeniable attraction between them. ![]() Nearly starved and constantly fighting off advances by her lecherous master-not to mention the fear of Indian attacks-Juliet never expected to find a hero in a mysterious buckskin-clad warrior who saves her from rape. Lady Juliet Faulkner has been sold into indenture by a cruel baron, sent to America where she slaves on a wild outpost. Amid the breathtaking scenery of the wilderness, Joshua finds a red-haired beauty who tempts him to open his hardened heart. His need for vengeance drives him almost as much as his need to help the colonists build the new life they are struggling to forge. Posing as a trapper, Joshua travels the territories collecting intelligence-but also searching for the man who killed his beloved betrothed. While the Revolutionary War rages on the eastern coast, Patriot spy, Lord Joshua Rutland, gathers information from the new frontier for General George Washington. ![]() Michel returns to her action and adventure historical romance roots with this passionate redemptive story, a probing tale that reminds us that love and sacrifice can shape even the most broken among us into a perfect and stunning masterpiece. International Book Award winning author Elizabeth St.
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Signed Collector's Edition Hardbacks of the Complete Syphoner Saga: Please give your mailing address when you pledge. eBooks: Send me a message with your preferred email and format (ePub, mobi, or PDF) for the trilogy. ![]() In my own meager way, I wish to bless you with a few rewards. I hardly have the words to express my gratitude, but as you've had a hand in creating all this - this world I've made my own - I'm sure you know my heart better than I do. Our existence is so much grander with you around, and your support, much like your presence, is a well-received but much unexpected surprise. You are forever revered by all the citizens in the LeStrange universe. I can't say I expected to find you, and here of all places. Surprise Sidestory Novella (5000 words for every pledger up to 25,000 words) delivered with Book 3 as a Signed Paperback copy Includes: Signed Hardbacks of the Complete Syphoner Saga: Please give your mailing address when you pledge. Book 1 will be sent right away, Book 2 on and Book 3 on August 18, 2021. Shoutout: Message me your social media tag(s) This bonus lasts either 24 hours from when the Syphoner absorbed the soul or if they fall unconscious, die or go to sleep.Royalty floods through your veins, doesn't it? You can feel the Syphoner's call in your bones, can't you? You don't need me to tell you where you belong, you're LeStrange Royalty, you Royalblood, you! And just how does one thank a monarch for support? I'll do my humble best, but I have a feeling you'll like these rewards. The slain target must pass a will save vs a DC of 5 + the Syphoner's level + the Syphoner's Constitution modifier, if they fail, the Syphoner gets a bonus from the soul. Practiced spell advancementLevel 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1Ī Syphoner can syphon a portion of a slain target's soul and bring it into themselves. Syphon Soul - within 10' of target as a full round action, at will, gain benefits from target.Syphon MP - Touch attack as a swift action, at will, 2d6 + con mod. ![]() Syphon HP - Touch attack as a swift action, at will, 4d6 + con mod.Syphon Soul - within 5' of target as a full round action, 5/day, gain benefits from target.Syphon MP - Touch attack as a move action, 2/encounter, 1d12 + con mod.Syphon HP - Touch attack as a move action, 2/encounter, 2d12 + con mod.Syphon Soul - within 5' of target as a full round action, 4/day, gain benefits from target.Syphon MP - Touch attack as a move action, 2/encounter, 1d10 + con mod.Syphon HP - Touch attack as a move action, 2/encounter, 2d10 + con mod.Syphon Soul - within 5' of target as a full round action, 3/day, gain benefits from target.Syphon MP - Touch attack as a move action, 2/encounter, 1d8 + con mod.Syphon HP - Touch attack as a move action, 2/encounter, 2d8 + con mod.Syphon Soul - within 5' of target as a full round action, 2/day, gain benefits from target.Syphon MP - Touch attack as a standard action, 1/encounter, 1d6 + con mod.Syphon HP - Touch attack as a standard action, 1/encounter, 2d6 + con mod.Syphon Soul - within 5' of target as a full round action, 1/day, gain benefits from target SOUL SIGNATURE QUALITY SOUND - Two powerful 6mm dynamic neodymium drivers are designed to deliver the SOUL’s signature sound of balanced deep low bass without sacrificing the clarity of the mids and highs COMPACT AND SLEEK DESIGN FOR CUSTOM FIT - No more bulky earphones, each earpiece of ST-XS only weight 4g, it is compact and sleek, securely. ![]() ![]()
![]() Finding solace in his passion, Jack launched Happy Jack on June 7, 2020, as a lifestyle brand that embraces the idea that "it's okay not to be okay."Ī slew of celebrities have thrown their weight behind the Happy Jack Brand, including Enrique Iglesias, Rita Wilson and Charlie Damelio, Jake Paul, and others by wearing, tagging, and sharing the brand's message of love, acceptance, and understanding. Jack, who passed away at the age of 19 shortly after creating the brand, would use paint and design as a way to escape his battle with mental health. With the help of family and friends of Jack, Happy Jack has continued to provide resources and outlets for those facing up to their mental health difficulties. Marsh states that although the song contained little that the band had not done before, it did "what the band did well", giving the "soaring harmonies, enormously fat bass notes, thunderous drumming" and the guitar riffs as examples.The brand – founded by late teenager Jack Nathan and continued in his memory by his parents and his sister - was first created to help those struggling with mental health and give back to those in need. Charlesworth particularly praised Moon's drumming for carrying not just the beat, but also the melody itself, in what he calls "startlingly original fashion". But Chris Charlesworth praised the "high harmonies, quirky subject matter" and "fat bass and drums that suspend belief". Daltrey reportedly thought the song sounded like a "German oompah song". Despite its chart success, Who biographer Greg Atkins describes the song as being the band's weakest single to that point. Greg Littmann interprets the song as a possible reaction to alienation, as Jack allows "the cruelty of other people slide off his back". According to Marsh, "the lyric is basically a fairy tale, not surprisingly, given the links to Pete's childhood". However, the man never seemed to mind and only smiled in response. ![]() Children on the beach would laugh at the man and once buried him in the sand. According to some sources, Townshend reported the song is about a man who slept on the beach near where Townshend vacationed as a child. Rolling Stone critic Dave Marsh calls this line "the hippest thing" about the song. ![]() At the tail end of "Happy Jack", Townshend can be heard shouting "I saw you!" it is said that he had noticed drummer Keith Moon trying to join in surreptitiously to add his voice to the recording, something the rest of the band would try to prevent (Moon had a habit of making the other members laugh). ![]() Author Mike Segretto describes Daltrey's vocal as "imitating Burl Ives". The song features Roger Daltrey on lead vocals with John Entwistle singing the first verse, making it one of the few songs composed by Pete Townshend to feature Entwistle on lead vocals. It was included on the American version of their second album, Happy Jack, originally titled A Quick One in the UK. It was also their first top 40 hit in the United States, where it was released in March 1967 and peaked at No. It was released as a single in December 1966 in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. "Happy Jack" is a song by the British rock band the Who. ![]() According to the Association of Zoos and Aquarium, the mortality rate for giraffe calves in human care is about 25 percent, said Zimmerman. Nineteen giraffes had previously been born at the Columbus Zoo. Giraffes face several threats that contribute to their endangered status, including habitat loss, climate change, oil and gas exploration, and poaching. The news follows the loss of another Masai giraffe, Zuri’s, calf, Ubumwe, who was born Oct. Its World Giraffe Day The Columbus Zoo is home to two subspecies of giraffesMasai and reticulatedand both are endangered. The animal care team and a large animal veterinary surgeon from The Ohio State University tried to manually extract the calf without success, then performed an emergency Cesarean section at approximately 8:00 p.m., Zimmerman said.Īfter the calf was extracted, the veterinary team found that the calf had serious congenital defects and would not have survived even if it had been born in the normal way, Zimmerman said.Ĭami’s condition is currently stable but Zimmerman says her prognosis remains guarded and she will continue to be monitored around the clock.Ĭesarean sections in giraffes are extremely rare and typically conducted as a last resort due to the high risks involved in putting giraffes under anesthesia, Zimmerman said. Giraffe calves are typically born front hooves first, and it is extremely rare for calves to survive after being born rear hooves first. See Masai giraffe / Giraffa camelopardalis tippelskirchi in Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, Taxonomy of Masai giraffe and other zoo animals from number zoos. According to the zoo, the female giraffe was born Augat 7:48 p.m., to 19-year. Tuesday, in a behind-the-scenes area of the region, the zoo’s animal care team saw that the calf was presenting rear hooves first, spokeswoman Elizabeth Zimmerman said. POWELL, OH (WCMH) The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has announced another Masai giraffe calf was born. ![]() Zoo officials announced late Tuesday that a Masai giraffe calf born to six-year-old Cami did not survive a difficult birth, the second calf to die in less than a month at the zoo’s Heart of Africa region.Īfter Cami began to exhibit signs of labor around 3:00 p.m. Cami, a 6-year-old female Masai giraffe, came to the Columbus Zoo in 2013 from the Nashville Zoo. COLUMBUS – A second infant giraffe has died at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. ![]() Once the process is over, press and hold the ‘ Option’ key and open iPhoto library from the Applications folder or from the Dock. Depending on the size of the library, it will take few minutes or longer to transfer the folder. Now, drag and drop the iPhoto to the external hard drive. Open Finder and choose Pictures from the sidebar. Now, connect the external drive which you want to use as a backup. Now exit from iPhoto library by selecting Quit iPhoto from the iPhoto Menu or press Cmd + Q. ![]() ![]() From the list select iPhoto Library (default). To start backing up your iPhoto library, first open iPhoto then click File tab and choose Switch to Library.Ī new iPhoto window will open with the list of all iPhoto libraries available on your Mac. How to Backup iPhoto Library to External Hard Drive? If something goes wrong with your Mac, all your photos are gone making you wonder how to restore my pictures folder? To save yourself from this situation you need additional backup. So the original copies are only on your computer and nowhere else. With everyone using digital cameras to click pictures, the original copies stored in the camera once copied to your computer, are almost erased from your camera to make way for the new images. Hence it is recommended to always have multiple backups of your important files. And this is something to be concerned about if you want to keep your old items like your photos. It automatically deletes old files from Time Machine to make space for the newer ones. it as a backup point does an incredible job but is not stored forever. Time Machine is a great backup feature in Mac machines, you can easily backup your iPhoto library using Time Machine. Though you use Time Machine as a backup, which is a good thing, you should have additional backups as well. Photos, in particular, we often capture to cherish them in the future. Backing up your data regularly is very crucial, in order to tackle any data loss situation. He showed an interest in art and drawingĪt a very young age, so it came as no surprise when he He had been inĭeclining health since suffering a brain hemorrhageĬalifornia. Hits like The Rescuers, died on September 8 in The Seven Dwarfs to equally acclaimed modern Ranged from such '30s classics like Snow White and Legendary Disney animator Frank Thomas, whose work Bambi, who is standing with his father, oversees the gathering, then takes his father's place as the Prince of the Forest. ![]() More time passes as new growth appears in the burned-out areas, and one day, Flower and Thumper, who have families of their own, proudly watch as Faline introduce her twin fawns to the other forest animals. The animals dash through the forest as the fire races along behind them, but eventually the Great Prince and Bambi reach safety, and Bambi is reunited with Faline. He falls unconscious as a fire, sparked by the hunters' campfire, begins to spread, but the Great Prince arrives and urges Bambi to flee. Faline escapes from the dogs, but Bambi is shot as he jumps across a ravine. Faline is separated from Bambi during the confusion, but when she is cornered by a pack of dogs, Bambi rushes to rescue her. Later, Bambi is disturbed by the sound of hunting horns, and the Great Prince warns him that Man has returned in great numbers, and that they must retreat deep into the forest. Bambi is challenged by another young buck but triumphs in battle, and soon is gamboling across the meadow with Faline. Faline flirtatiously licks Bambi, and the young couple chase each other and play. Left on his own, the disgruntled Bambi is drinking from the stream when he once again meets Faline. Friend Owl warns them that all animals become "twitterpated" during the Spring, and soon his words are proven true as a pretty girl skunk and a lovely little bunny mesmerize Flower and Thumper. Later, Spring comes again to the forest, and the adolescent Bambi, Thumper and Flower are scornful of the silly antics of the birds. The Great Prince arrives and tells the grieving fawn that his mother cannot be with him anymore, then urges his son to follow him. Bambi races ahead as gunshots ring out, and upon reaching the thicket, is terrified to realize that he is alone. Soon the grass begins to grow again, and Bambi and his mother return to the meadow to graze, but there, Bambi's mother becomes alarmed and orders him to run. Bambi is mystified by the occurrence, and his mother explains that "Man was in the forest." Later, in the winter, Thumper and a clumsy Bambi ice skate on a pond covered with "stiff water." The season is harsh, however, and Bambi's mother diligently forages for food for her hungry son. ![]() The Great Prince senses danger, however, and helps Bambi and his mother reach the forest as a gunshot echoes through the meadow. The Great Prince then walks through the meadow, and Bambi is awed by his father's majestic bearing. Bambi and Thumper play and eat clover, although Bambi is overcome with shyness upon meeting a pretty little girl fawn named Faline. One day, Bambi's mother takes him to the meadow to graze, but warns him that he must be careful as the meadow is without sufficient cover. Bambi and his mother lead an idyllic life, cuddling to ward off April showers and enjoying the protection of the forest. While learning to say "flower," Bambi is confused when a young skunk emerges from a patch of blossoms and assumes he is being named, but the skunk is pleased by his new moniker. Later, Thumper accompanies Bambi on a walk, teaching him how to say "bird" and introducing him to the beauties of the wilderness. Especially interested in Bambi, the new arrival, is young rabbit Thumper, who watches the fawn take his first awkward steps. One April morning, the animal inhabitants of the forest welcome a new fawn, the son of the Great Prince of the Forest. ![]() The series adaptation is directed by Barry Jenkins, known for directing the Best Picture-winning film Moonlight in 2016 and critically acclaimed If Beale Street Could Talk in 2018. Colson Whitehead’s 2016 novel The Underground Railroad took the metaphorical Underground Railroad moniker to the literal sense in a young girl’s search for freedom as she escapes plantations and foes in the antebellum South. GradeSaver, 14 April 2019 Web.Amazon Prime just released a 10-episode limited series adaptation of The Underground Railroad, bringing the tragic tale to life with a brilliant cast of new and familiar faces. "The Underground Railroad Slave Narratives and the “Real” Underground Railroad". Next Section Literary Elements Previous Section Imagery Buy Study Guide How To Cite in MLA Format Rothstein, Talia. This literary choice allows the story of his protagonist, Cora, to conjure the voices of the thousands of heroic slaves who took it upon themselves to seek freedom. And by converting a metaphor into a real machine, Whitehead makes concrete the labor required to seek freedom. His own novel is written in much the same style. In an interview with National Public Radio in 2016, Whitehead comments that the tones of the slave narratives he read were often quite matter-of-fact. Whitehead embarked on a thorough investigation of this literary genre as research for the writing of The Underground Railroad. However, thousands of such accounts exist. The most famous of the genre are those published by prominent black abolitionists Frederick Douglass and Harriet Jacobs. In the 1930s, however, the Works Progress Administration under President Franklin Delano Roosevelt began cataloging oral histories under the title, “Slave Narrative Collection.” The fugitive slave narrative, as the genre came to be known, was written by any number of slaves who survived their experiences riding the Underground Railroad and came to publish accounts of their travels. Yet there is certainly disagreement about historians over the nature of the Underground Railroad-was it a coherent, organized network, or an absolutely chaotic myth (Goodheart)? The sources that provide clarity into these questions were long neglected by American historians, literary scholars, and the public. A patchwork network of “stations”-in reality only safe houses-stretched northward through to Canada. Estimates put the number of workers, white and black, at 3,200, which included about 500 former fugitives who returned as Railroad operatives (Bial 8). He exclaimed, “He must have gone on an underground railroad!” That was in 1831 indeed, the Railroad was most active in the sixty years before the American Civil War (1861-5). In close pursuit, his master arrived on the other side of a river bank only to discover Davids was nowhere to be found. One theory for its first use describes an incident between a runaway slave named Tice Davids and his master in Ohio. The term “Underground Railroad” is an unofficial one, making its origins hard to trace. But what actually was the Underground Railroad, and how does its historical importance figure in Whitehead’s novel? The notion of the Underground Railroad is widely taught in American public schools, and thus Whitehead can rely on a shared national understanding to execute the central conceit of the novel. In reality, the Underground Railroad is the symbolic name for the networks across America used by fugitive slaves and their allies to facilitate escape. ![]() Colson Whitehead's fictional Underground Railroad is a literal train line that runs across America, built by former slaves for their own liberation. ![]() For any other similar values, use this rectangle calculator to verify the results. Where: l Length of the Rectangle A Area of the Rectangle w Width of the Rectangle. It supports different units such as meters, feet, and inches. The formula for calculating the length of the rectangle is: l A / w. This calculator will calculate the perimeter of a rectangle given the length of its sides. Step 3: Substitute the values in the formula and calculate the area. ![]() Step 2: Write down the formula of area of rectangle. How to Calculate the Length of a Rectangle when the Area and Width of the Rectangle is Given. 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Since it is light on your resources, it can also be a good replacement for the classic image viewer of Windows.Solution home Knowledge Base FTK Plus and Portable Case QView / QBlaze Viewer is not showing any documents In addition, when running a GIF, you can increase or decrease the speed or perhaps save a specific frame.Īll in all, qView is an easy to use application that provides you a convenient solution for viewing photo albums on your PC. The program comes with a few minimalistic editing functions, such as cropping the sides off and previewing the images at different resolutions, including the original one captured with your camera. ![]() Therefore, you can access a folder and view all images stored therein a slide show, a function that can come in handy if you are reviewing the album for a special event, for instance. The idea behind the tool is to offer an alternative to the image viewer embedded in Windows, but that also includes a few extra options. The tool does not have many options, but rather you can scroll to viewport, scale the pictures and access info dialog of a certain picture. The app packs a minimalistic interface that is fully dedicated to displaying the image, whereas you can bring up the options and menu by right-clicking anywhere on the interface. qView is a lightweight image viewer that packs several features to help you view your photo albums. While the inbuilt Windows Photo Viewer is an option, sometimes you may want a little more than what this tool has to offer. These images are memories that you would like to relive from time to time and remember beautiful moments. Perhaps you can blame it on the gadgets, but people nowadays take a lot of pictures almost every day, be it of themselves, nature, food or other activities they enjoy. |
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