![]() ![]() ![]() Which of the characters appearing in this opening sequence of the murder in the hansom cab are immediately identifiable?.What do we learn in these early scenes?. ![]() What do we see and hear in the opening scene of the film as the key credits are superimposed? Why is it important to establish the mystery and the crime early on in a film or novel?.The traditional elements of the detective story tend to follow a similar pattern:ī) The wrongly accused suspect at whom circumstantial evidence points,Ĭ) The bungling of sometimes dim-witted police keen to make an arrest,ĭ) The greater powers of observation and superior mind of the detective andĮ) An often startling and unexpected conclusion, in which the detective reveals how the identity of the culprit was ascertained.ĭetective stories frequently operate on the principles that superficially convincing evidence is ultimately not relevant and that the crime often masks some deeper malaise and mystery. ![]()
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![]() In the early 19th century slave resentment continued to grow, especially as a boom in wine production increased labor demands. A revolutionary uprising took place in 1808, shortly after the abolition of the slave trade and the takeover of the colony by the British. Toward the end of the 18th century some slaves claimed individual rights, reflecting the influence of wider revolutionary movements in the Atlantic world. Some runaways joined indigenous groups in the Cape interior, while others formed more isolated maroon communities. ![]() Although there were few major revolts, individual resistance was widespread and desertion common. Throughout the 18th century slaves outnumbered settlers. ![]() The majority were sold to settlers and worked as domestic servants in Cape Town or as laborers on the grain, wine, and pastoral farms of the Cape interior. Some were owned by the VOC and labored on the Company farms, outposts, and docks. ![]() Slaves were transported to the Cape from a wide range of areas in the Indian Ocean world, including South and Southeast Asia, Madagascar, and Mozambique. Slavery was a mainstay of the labor force of the Cape Colony between its foundation by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in 1652 and abolition in 1834, by which date the Cape was under British rule. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Male teachers would not let her into their classrooms, the high canopy was difficult to get to, and worst of all, people were logging and clearing the forests. But she encountered challenge after challenge. Meg set out to climb up and investigate the rain forest tree canopies - and to be the first scientist to do so. ![]() Meg Lowman was always fascinated by the natural world above her head - the colors, the branches, and, most of all, the leaves and mysterious organisms living there. NSTA/CBC Best STEM Book This picture book biography tells the story of Meg Lowman, a groundbreaking female scientist called a "real life Lorax" by National Geographic, who was determined to investigate the marvelous, undiscovered world of the rainforest treetops. ![]() ![]() ![]() Renae: Lots of sugar! I’m the mother of two young kids, and my first “job” is seeing to their well-being and keeping the house. RJ: I touched on how stressful writing and publishing can be. I grew up in the country and I get a little stressed when I’m boxed in. I think I just have a large personal space. ![]() I have to laugh, because I don’t feel prolific. ![]() Thank you for the welcome and the “prolific” bit. I mean, yes – authoring is really stressful and I use sugar to keep from bouncing off the walls. **Accepts the coffee gratefully** What? No cake? She usually waves hello from a safe distance. *hands over coffee* (Now you may have heard Renae isn’t a hugger. It’s too bloody stressful.” Now look at us! I remember thinking “I’m never going to start writing. At the time I hadn’t started writing myself and I found it fascinating to hear the trials and tribulations she had gone through to get to that point. Renae has been a prolific author for the past year or so and I had the pleasure in meeting her just before her debut novel was released. All of Renae’s books are set in Australia which is just one reason why readers love her. We all know Renae from her best sellers, Loving Jay, The Blinding Light and more recently, You Are the Reason. Today I have the pleasure in interviewing fellow Perth girl, Renae Kaye. ![]() ![]() ![]() However when he sees her in a new light he goes for it.įor some reason Raine keeps inadvertently making Carter mad at her, but in the midst of it all she finds herself wanting him. The Love Story: Carter feels something for Raine, though he doesn’t understand it since she hides herself away and does her best to escape his notice. ![]() ![]() She suffers from a bit of social anxiety and tries to make herself invisible in clothes that are too big. Though her aunt is friends with Carter’s parents. She is not wealthy like Carter and the rest of the student body since her uncle left her and her aunt. The heroine: Raine Laurent – Lives next to Carter Blackthorne and attends Alstone High with him. Though he is insecure at times, especially when his parents tell him to try and be more like Raine. Carter is an alpha male with all the arrogant, dominant and possessive traits that make a great bully. The Hero(s): Carter Blackthorne – Football player and self proclaimed King of the school along with his friends Kian and Xavier. Stand-alone Bully Romance with ties to The Four series! ![]() ![]() ![]() Her arrest made the front page of the local news and landed her behind bars for nearly two years. Then, on a cold day during her senior year, the police caught her walking down the street with a Tupperware full of heroin. ![]() For the next nine years, Keri ricocheted from one dark place to the next: living on the streets, selling drugs and sex, and shooting up between classes all while trying to hold herself together enough to finish her degree at Cornell. But when her skating career suddenly fell apart, that meant diving into self-destruction with the intensity she once saved for the ice. Growing up, that meant throwing herself into competitive figure skating with an all-consuming passion that led her to nationals. ![]() "Keri Blakinger always lived life at full throttle. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Don’t you see that you’re not just a role model for Black Children? You’re important for people who don’t look like us. King said, “you have opened a door that must not be allowed to close. that changed her plans of quitting Star Trek. “It seemed neither she nor her character would ever be seen as important or equal.” As popular as she was playing Lieutenant Uhura, Dalton highlights the many instances where Nichols lost her self confidence. Though her character showed her unlimited opportunities, in real life Nichols was faced with racist attitude that, for some reason, white people think they are better than Black people. To Boldly Go is an empowering tribute to Nichelle Nichols, who played Star Trek’s communication officer, Lieutenant Uhura. Watching the crew of the starship Enterprise “boldly go where no man has gone before”, exploring strange new worlds was very entertaining, however, for Davis, seeing Lieutenant Uhura “ brought them pride that someone who looked like us standing as an equal to make the future better for everyone.” ![]() For Angela Dalton, TV night - the best night- meant a glass of sweet, syrupy red Kool-Aid and the show, Star Trek. Many people, myself included, loved Star Trek for showing the possibility that their could be peace and acceptance throughout the universe if we only would embrace one another as equals. Written by Angela Dalton: Illustrations by Lauren Semmer To Boldly Go: How Nichelle Nichols and Star Trek Helped Advance Civil Rights ![]() ![]() ![]() Luckily, you don’t have to suffer in silence or give up on your dream of a college degree. ![]() You’re not alone, and it’s perfectly normal to struggle in a new environment and buckle under the weight of elevated expectations. So don’t feel bad if your thoughts go from “Can someone write my paper?” to “Write me a paper asap!” within the first few weeks of the college term. If you try to stay on top of all your responsibilities, you’ll likely burn out or suffer an anxiety attack sooner rather than later. You will soon forget about your plans to discover the party scene, visit your parents every other weekend, or find your soulmate on campus. Not only is it your first attempt at independent life free from parents’ oversight, but it’s also a completely new level of academic requirements and independent study many aren’t ready for.Īnd if you’re an overachiever or a perfectionist, keeping up with all the classes, assignments, extracurriculars, and side gigs will keep you up most nights. After all, college is an eye-opening experience for most students. If you’re suddenly wondering, “Can someone do my paper for me?”, there’s likely a very good reason for that. ![]() ![]() ![]() Language is pretty raw with lots of "f-k" and its text-friendly variations, and plenty of everything else. Grace often mentions the death of her parents in a car wreck and how it brought her to her new school. One character is stabbed to death and others sustain injuries and blood loss. ![]() Expect Grace to get injured and saved a lot, and expect some intense supernatural creature fighting. Jaxon is even angrier, though, and once again you may be prompted to have that not-so-fun talk about what a healthy relationship should look like and how to handle stalkers and worse. (Author Tracy Wolff has also written erotica and it shows, though the sexual content is toned down significantly for the teen audience.) Parents who had a problem with Edward's possessiveness and angst in Twilight - sorry, Jaxon is that way, too. The sexual tension is the same: lots of longing and kissing, with perhaps a few longer scenes of kissing and more sultry details than Twilight. ![]() ![]() In fact, the hot vampire love interest, Jaxon, gives Grace a copy of Twilight when she still doesn't know he's a vampire, hoping she'll figure it out. Parents need to know that Crave is the first book in a series that will remind you very much of Twilight. ![]() ![]() ![]() When two great Saints meet, it is a humbling experience. In Lennon, Riley casts Lennon as a modernist hero in a sweeping epic, dramatizing rock history anew as Lennon himself might have experienced it. What emerges is the enormous, seductive, and confounding personality that made Lennon a cultural touchstone. Riley explores Lennon in all of his contradictions: the British art student who universalized an American style, the anarchic rock ‘n’ roller with the moral spine, the anti-jazz snob who posed naked with his avant-garde lover, and the misogynist who became a househusband. Written with the critical insight and stylistic mastery readers have come to expect from Riley, this richly textured narrative draws on numerous new and exclusive interviews with Lennon’s friends, enemies, confidantes, and associates lost memoirs written by relatives and friends as well as previously undiscovered City of Liverpool records. ![]() ![]() Riley portrays Lennon’s rise from Hamburg’s red light district to Britain’s Royal Variety Show from the charmed naivetéf “Love Me Do” to the soaring ambivalence of “Don’t Let Me Down” from his shotgun marriage to Cynthia Powell in 1962 to his epic media romance with Yoko Ono. In his commanding new book, the eminent NPR critic Tim Riley takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame. ![]() |