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Assassin's Creed Origins: Five Subtle Changes To The Franchise, From a Veteran
Did a year off add up to anything new?
Analysis by Mike Williams, Reviews Editor
After some time off, Ubisoft's flagship franchise returns in Assassin's Creed Origins. The publisher has talked about the host of changes they've made to the game, which stands as a soft reboot of the entire franchise. Donning the hood of Bayek in ancient Egypt, players have to learn to become an assassin all over again.
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At least, that's what Ubisoft wants you to think. After some time with the game, I can firmly tell you that it's definitely a game in the Assassin's Creed franchise. After a short period spend getting the hang of the stealth mechanics and parkour, I was assassinating guards like the series never left me alone.
That said, Ubisoft did rethink some aspects of the franchise. Here's just a few of the tweaks and features that jumped out at me during my time with the game.
Eagle Vision: Same Name, New Idea
Assassin's Creed's Eagle Vision has morphed across the lifetime of the series. Most of the versions were designed to address a specific problem: as your game reaches a certain visual fidelity, you need some way to call out what the player can interact with.
Bayek doesn't have the same alternate vision mechanic. Instead, he calls upon his eagle, Senu, to scout the surrounding area for clues and hints. Senu works a lot like the owl in Far Cry Primal, able to highlight enemies, objectives, and treasure from far overhead. Senu doesn't seem to be tethered to Bayek though, as I was able to soar for quite awhile before I wanted to get back to killing.
While Senu can't attack like the owl in Primal, she does have a stasis mode, stopping her in place in the sky to scan around the immediate area. I'm not sure how that works, but I assume it's an Animus glitch.
Combat Changes: Take your Time
With Assassin's Creed: Origins, Ubisoft has decided that the slash-and-parry combat allowing you to murder an entire army forever is not the way forward. Ubisoft wants each fight to have more impact, like the first game.
The new combat system has most of your manuevers on the triggers and bumpers. Right bumper is a light attack, right trigger is a slow heavy attack, left trigger brings up your ranged weapon, and left bumper is your shield block and lock-on. (Tapping the D-pad left or right switches to your other ranged or melee weapon slot.) The X button on the Xbox One controller is dodge, which isn't animation-dependent or locked behind a stamina system, meaning you can dodge whenever.
And you'll need that dodge, because Bayek isn't the group-killing tyrant earlier assassins were. Enemies will gang up on you: if you're winding up for an attack against one foe, you may take a knife in the back from another. You can be on even footing against one enemy, but against two or three, it's best to break away and find some space. Enemy equipment matters: guards with a short sword will default to quick jabs, those with spears jab from range, big axes can knock your shield away.
You'll want to use different weapons for various occasions. In a fight against a Captain enemy with a sizable shield, I used a massive, slow bludgeon to knock away his shield, switching to my smaller Khopesh blade for successive hits. Ubisoft says the list of weapons includes swords, khopesh-style blades, dual blades, heavy clubs, heavy blades, scepters, and spears. There are also multiple types of bows, with a hunter's bow allowing for long-range sniping and the Warrior's Bow being focused on melee-range multi-arrow shots.
Swimming and Boats: Don't Drown
Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag had swimming, with optional underwater sequences accessed via a diving bell. In Origins, Bayek becomes the first assassin to be able to dive and swim underwater freely. There's a whole world in the lake and rivers of Origins, full of loot, hidden items, and even a few dangerous beasts. Underwater swimming also allow Bayek to remain hidden when approaching a boat, giving players another stealth tool.
Those "dangerous beasts" I mentioned includes hippos and crocodiles, who seemingly hate humanity and will attack boats. I shot a lazy hippo with an arrow, only to have the beast turn on me and destroy the boat I was using to get around the area. Eventually, I got away, only to look back and see the now-angry hippo attacking another ship in the distance.
Boats seem to be ever-present on the waterways, with boatsmen stopping to help Bayek in his mission. I swam out to one ship and killed everyone on board. When I was ready to leave, I looked around and there was a guy with a boat, helpfully waiting for me. They're the taxis of ancient Egypt.
Loot and Levels: Assassin's Creed Is a Soft RPG
Like Assassin's Creed Unity, Origins is a soft RPG. Bayek gains experience for every kill and quest completion in the game. For each level he gains, Bayek can unlock new abilities, like air assassination, a smoky getaway, a second weapon slot, and more.
We can go deeper in Origins though. Most enemies are lootable for money and they randomly have new weapons for Bayek to equip. Assassinate a guard and you might find a brand-new hunter bow to kill his compatriots with.
Enemies also have levels, giving you a feeling for how you'll fare against them in combat. In my demo, I was level 20, putting me on even footing with a one or two enemies of the same level. I tried to take a shot at a camp of level 25 guards and it didn't go as well. In addition, Captains are generally of higher level than their rank-and-file.
You can peep the level of an enemy by looking at them in Senu's Eagle Vision.
Naturally Interacting With The World
Let me just say, Ubisoft is using some sort of wizardry. (Not actually wizardry, just dynamic resolution.) On the Xbox One X, the draw distance on the game is pretty stunning. It's a beautiful game, whether you're high on a guard tower, swimming under the water, or wandering amongst the towns and farms of each region.
More importantly, the world is populated with life. In addition to the hippos and crocodiles, there are cranes, cats, fish, and more animals milling about for largely no purpose except the feeling of a living world. The people in Assassin's Creed Origins also have their own patterns of life, farming, heading to the market, and sleeping at night. One guard I was stalking decided to stop to take a pee, his last pee ever. Another pair of guards, after they gave up searching for me, began to move the bodies of their comrades to the river to dispose of them.
The quest system in Assassin's Creed Origins is also far more freeform, similar to the Witcher. On-foot exploration with Bayek and aerial exploration with Senu will offer certain quests and tasks for you to solve. These missions usually begin with a cutscene, where you're given context for your actions.
You're no longer seemingly locked into whatever mission you're already on. I took the demo's primary mission, and then ended up riding a horse to a completely different area following another. In a circle of random stones, I found a sequence where Bayek stargazes and takes in the night sky. Origins wants to be a bit less rigid and a bit more organic in its overall play.
I came away from Assassin's Creed Origins quite pleased. It's clear that Ubisoft took the time off to rethink some of the game's conventions, while not losing what makes Assassin's Creed what it is. I'm pleased to find that I enjoy most of the changes made. I'm looking forward to Assassin's Creed Origins, launching on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One on October 27, 2017.
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There are lots of wonderful backing papers on the cd too with art nouveau designs and ones from William Morris. So if you like that style of artwork, do have a look at the cd. I've used two of the backing papers, with distress inks on the edges, and Kaisercraft 'postmark' stamps. I've added some flowers from WOC and kept the colours quite soft and muted. There is a Marianne die cut swirl and some lace, pearls and ribbon from stash.
I think this might be going to my lovely sister-in-law who also loves this style of art - and who earlier this year bought us a fabulous framed print of 'The Lady of Shalott' by Waterhouse!
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Know what you mean about teenagers and computers!!!! We don't seem to suffer with power cuts down here but hubby brought a new router and had problems setting it up so internet was off for a bit and they didnt know what to do with themselves,quite funny really.
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"But there is also an increasing amount of pressure, because if there is a succession — even if it's a peaceful succession — that creates more uncertainty and it may also encourage behaviors that are even more provocative as a way to consolidate power within the society," she told reporters traveling with her to Asia.
During her meetings in Seoul and later in Beijing, Mrs. Clinton said she would seek a common approach to restarting six-nation talks aimed at dismantling the North's nuclear programs. Negotiations stalled last year after Pyongyang refused to commit to robust scientific measures to verify its nuclear history.
The challenge could increase because of the succession issue, she said.
Mrs. Clinton is on a four-country Asian tour — her first overseas trip since taking office last month.
Hours before she arrived in Seoul, the North Korean military issued a statement accusing South Korean President Lee Myung-bak of misusing "nonexistent nuclear and missile threats" as a pretext to invade the North.


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Michelle Poteet Lisanti is an American television soap opera writer.

Positions held
Another World
Screenwriter: 1995 – 1996

Days of Our Lives
Head Writer: October 10, 1980 – October 20, 1981
Breakdown Writer: 1987 – 1994, June 11, 2009–present

Guiding Light
Screenwriter: 1984 – 1985

One Life to Live (hired by Lorraine Broderick)
Screenwriter: 2001 – May 18, 2009

Search for Tomorrow
Screenwriter: 1985
Co-Head Writer: 1985 – 1986

Sunset Beach
Associate Head Writer (entire run, 1997–1999)

Texas
Screenwriter: 1981 – 1982

HW History

Awards and nominations
Daytime Emmy Award
2008; Best Writing; "One Life To Live"
2012; Best Writing; "Days of Our Lives"

Nominations
2002 & 2006; Best Writing; One Life To Live
1996; Best Writing; Another World
1994; Best Writing; Days of our Lives
1985; Best Writing; Guiding Light

Writers Guild of America Award Nominations
2003 & 2005 season; One Life To Live
1997 season; Sunset Beach
1987, 1991 & 1993 season; Days of our Lives
1984 season; Guiding Light

External links

 ABC Daytime: OLTL

American soap opera writers
American women television writers
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Women soap opera writers
21st-century American women

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Badell, Fliehman named MVPs
By Kyle Shaner - kshaner@aimmedianetwork.com
Greenville senior Jose' Badell has been named The Daily Advocate's boys swimmer of the year, and Versailles senior Lexi Fliehman has been named The Daily Advocate's girls swimmer of the year.
Kyle Shaner|The Daily Advocate
DARKE COUNTY – Two senior swimmers who returned to the Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships are The Daily Advocate's swimmers of the year for the 2015-16 season.
The Daily Advocate's boys swimmer of the year is Greenville senior Jose' Badell, and The Daily Advocate's girls swimmer of the year is Versailles senior Lexi Fliehman.
For a fourth consecutive season Fliehman qualified for the state swim meet. This season she finished 12th in the state in the 100 yard freestyle, was part of Versailles' fifth place 200 yard freestyle relay team and was part of the 15th place 200 yard medley relay team.
"Being named an OHSAA all-Ohio swimmer is an extremely high honor, and Lexi has received this honor for the past four years," Versailles swim coach Penny Cromwell said.
To be named all-Ohio, swimmers must place in the top 16 of their event at the OHSAA state meet. The Versailles senior also was named an all-Lima area swimmer in each year of her high school career.
Fliehman was a freestyle sprinter who focused on the 50 freestyle and 100 freestyle this year.
At the Coldwater Invitational, which is the unofficial Midwest Athletic Conference meet, she broke the meet record in the 100 yard freestyle and the 200 yard freestyle. She broke her own school record in the 50 yard freestyle at the state preliminary meet. She also was on the 200 medley relay, 200 freestyle relay and 400 freestyle relay teams that hold school records.
"Her dedication to the sport of swimming is admirable," Cromwell said. "Lexi is a hard worker and never complains about practicing. Watch for Lexi next year at Miami University as she will be a part of the girls swim team there. We will miss Lexi next year."
Badell qualified for the OHSAA state meet for a second consecutive season despite battling a back injury for most of the season.
"I think both of us were not so sure he was going to do it again," Greenville coach Mollie Mendoza said of Badell making it back to state. "Even though he was in so much pain, his ultimate goal was to get back to state. I think he did a great job continuing on even though he was not very comfortable at times. Finally when he did get some help for him it did make a world of difference."
For most of the season Badell's times weren't matching the standards he had previously set. But then when the OHSAA postseason meets came around he started to feel better and improved his times dramatically.
Badell finished eighth in the district swim meet at Miami University with a time of 55.09, smashing his previous season best of 57.98 to qualify for state.
Badell finished his high school career as one of the most accomplished swimmers in Greenville history. He holds almost every school record in almost every swim discipline.
"I think that's pretty surprising because most swimmers they have their niches," Mendoza said. "He's one of those swimmers who's good in all events."
Mendoza said Badell's dedication to swimming since he was young helped him to excel.
"I think that comes down to starting early as a young child and learning the techniques for each of the strokes and working on them every year and making sure you're bettering the strokes as you get older," she said.
Badell is looking to continue his swimming career at the college level.
"He has grown a lot as a swimmer," Mendoza said. "I think this is a great accomplishment that he has made for himself, and I just hope he does well in the future."
http://aimmedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/34/2016/03/web1_Badell-and-Fliehman-WEB.jpgGreenville senior Jose' Badell has been named The Daily Advocate's boys swimmer of the year, and Versailles senior Lexi Fliehman has been named The Daily Advocate's girls swimmer of the year. Kyle Shaner|The Daily Advocate
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Robotics Firm Genrobotics Raises Rs 2.5 Crore in Funding from Unicorn India Ventures and Anand Mahindra
Company has raised Rs 2.5 crore from existing investors Unicorn India Ventures, Anand Mahindra, and SEA Fund join as new investors
Anand Mahindra Invests in his personal capacity
Round led by Unicorn India Ventures
Funds raised to be used for scaling up production of Bandicoot and development of new products for the healthcare segment
Bandicoot is a fully automated robot for cleaning manhole with an aim to eradicate manual scavenging
Genrobotics, a Trivandrum - based robotics company has raised Rs 2.5 crore in Pre Series A round from existing investors Unicorn India Ventures. Anand Mahindra, who has invested in his personal capacity, has also joined as a new investor in this round along with SEA Fund. The round has been led by Unicorn India Ventures.
Genrobotics has already been working along with the Central Ministry as well as with State Governments in the mission of eradicating manual scavenging from the entire country. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs & Smart City Mission India has recognized the Automated Manhole cleaning robot Bandicoot 2.0, within a short span of time, they have deployed Bandicoot robots across 11 States in the country and hundreds of sanitation workers went through the rehabilitation process. Soon after the implementation at Coimbatore smart city, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has suggested and quoted Bandicoot 2.0, as an excellent example for enabling Zero Human-Intervention in the sewerage cleaning process.
The Young startup professionals at Genrobotic got a shot in the arm when one of India's biggest industrialist Mr. Anand Mahindra, praised their innovation and expressed interest to help them scale up. Mr Mahindra has always been truly one of the motivators to youth who share a deep passion for philanthropic activities, after seeing this aspiring team's work and thoughtful intentions on reaching services to the unreached ones, and he tweeted "There's a lot of nervousness about the role of robots & AI in the future. But frankly, if robots can liberate people from this most degrading job in the universe, then I promise I will discard any doubts & always pray at the shrine of technology & robotics" and Mr.Mahindra has offered his full support on ending manual scavenging through robotic scavenging.
Vimal Govind, Co-founder CEO, Genrobotics, says, "we are so happy that Bandicoot is bringing smiles to those innocent ones and we believe that our efforts brought light into the stinking realities of Manual scavenging in India. It was a great moment for us when Mr. Anand Mahindra took a personal interest in favor of robotic solutions for the real crisis hidden in. Mr.Mahindra has offered his full support on implementing Bandicoots in each and every corner of India for putting an end to this dehumanizing activity completely and it has accelerated the process of transforming the Manual scavenging to Robotic scavenging."
The funds raised will be used for further scaling up production of Bandicoot to meet the growing demand in light of eradicating manual scavenging and to develop new products and R&D to leverage the technology for the health care segment.
Anil Joshi, Managing Partner, Unicorn India Ventures, "We are happy that we went against our rules of not investing in just an idea in the case of Genrobotics. When we met them 2 years back in Kerala, the prototype was ready and they needed funding for a commercial-ready product. We decided to back them as we saw the potential robotics can bring to certain socially important issues especially if the team backing the business is as passionate as we have seen in Genrobotics. We believe that they have developed a globally relevant product and are already in talks with some international Governing bodies for its deployment. To facilitate their expansion plans, we have decided to back them up with additional funds."
About Genrobotics :
GENROBOTIC Innovations - the leading Robotics company in India, started with a mission of providing better & safer methods to the people, using Robotics & AI for working with extreme & unsafe environments and also for the welfare of mankind. They primarily focus on designing and development of Robotic solutions to address the most relevant social issues and recently introduced their sister wing in bringing new perception for the country's affordable Medical Mobility Research. The Promising Robotics company seamlessly on for achieving the dream of India's prestigious mission - Building Atma Nirbhar Bharat, thereby making India for the world in all means. They have already been an important part of the country's greatest initiatives Swachh-Bharath Abhiyan and Make in India.
About Unicorn India Ventures :
Unicorn India Ventures is a Mumbai-based VC that started in 2015 by Anil Joshi and Bhaskar Majumdar. The Fund has also launched a UK India cross border fund for funding UK startups looking to enter India and have invested in 7 UK startups. From its Fund, UIV has invested in 18 companies like Inc42, Sequretek, Pharmarack, Genrobotics, NeuroEquilibrium, SmartCoin,Open Bank, Open app to name a few. Unicorn India has also announced Fund II, which is a Rs 400 crore fund launched in 2019. It has also marked its first close of Rs 90 cr and has announced 4 investments.
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Attention Deficit Pastoral
by Kwoya Fagin Maples
Or how, if there is field before me—broad sky,
and too much green—I lose my breath,
forgetting.
Unable to keep up with my body,
now lifted off to wonder.
My children knock
around my knees, yet I can't hear their pulling.
So much is stunning me at once, the sun
on me at once. Why this?
I go in blind direction
smelling woods or earth or air,
so many roads of grass
under my shoes.
Kwoya Fagin Maples is a writer from Charleston, S.C. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and is a Cave Canem Fellow and a current Alabama State Council on the Arts Literary Fellow. She is the author of Mend (University Press of Kentucky, 2018), which was named a 2019 Finalist for the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for Poetry. Mend was also finalist for AWP's Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. In addition to a chapbook publication by Finishing Line Press entitled Something of Yours (2010) her work is published in several journals and anthologies including Blackbird Literary Journal, Obsidian, Berkeley Poetry Review, The African-American Review, Pluck!, Tin House Online and Cave Canem Anthology XIII. Her most recent poetry collection, Mend, was finalist for AWP's Donald Hall Prize for Poetry. Mend tells the story of the birth of obstetrics and gynecology in America and the role black enslaved women played in that process. This work received a grant from the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation.
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Ha esordito nel 2010 nel quartetto miss A, di cui ha fatto parte fino allo scioglimento nel 2017. Parallelamente si è dedicata alla recitazione, diventando una delle star più richieste dall'industria sudcoreana dell'intrattenimento grazie al successo del film Geonchukhakgaeron nel 2012. Come solista, ha pubblicato due EP e diversi singoli, e ha partecipato alle colonne sonore dei serial TV in cui ha recitato.

Biografia

Infanzia
Suzy nasce a Gwangju, in Corea del Sud, il 10 ottobre 1994, secondogenita di Bae Wan-yeong, ex-allenatore della nazionale coreana giovanile di taekwondo, e Jeong Hyeon-suk. Ha un fratello minore, Sang-moon, e una sorella maggiore.

Frequenta le scuole elementari e medie nella sua città natale, poi studia alla Seoul Arts High School, dalla quale si diploma nel febbraio 2013. Da adolescente lavora come modella per i cataloghi di shopping online e fa parte di un gruppo di ballerini di strada per mostrare ai suoi genitori che ha seriamente intenzione di diventare un'idol. Nel 2009, si presenta a un provino per il talent show Superstar K e riesce a passare il turno preliminare, ma infine viene eliminata: tuttavia, cattura l'attenzione di un talent scout della JYP Entertainment, che la scrittura dopo averle fatto cantare un estratto di Love di Younha.

2010-2012: debutto con le miss A

Nel 2010 Suzy entra nel quartetto delle miss A con Fei, Jia e Min. Insieme iniziano a lavorare in Cina, eseguendo per la Samsung Electronics la canzone Love Again. Debuttano ufficialmente a luglio con il brano Bad Girl Good Girl tratto dal primo singolo Bad but Good. Da ottobre 2010 a ottobre 2011 presenta il programma Show! Eum-ak jungsim, dopodiché entra nel cast della seconda edizione del reality show Cheongchun bulpae. Intanto le viene proposto di debuttare come attrice nel serial televisivo Dream High: non avendo mai pensato di cimentarsi con la recitazione e mancando di preparazione, inizialmente rifiuta, ma in seguito, spinta dalla propria agenzia, accetta. Interpreta la protagonista Go Hye-mi, una ragazza scontrosa che, per pagare i debiti di un padre assente, si vede costretta a studiare per diventare un'idol. Suzy viene più volte criticata dagli spettatori per le sue scarse capacità di attrice, ma riceve un KBS Drama Award come miglior esordiente. In seguito fa un breve cameo nella seconda stagione di Dream High insieme alle altre miss A.

Il 22 marzo 2012 debutta sul grande schermo interpretando Yang Seo-yeon da giovane nel film Geonchukhakgaeron, grazie al quale guadagna un ampio seguito di fan. Il film è uno dei più visti nel primo trimestre del 2012 e le permette di ottenere il premio come miglior esordiente ai quarantottesimi Baeksang Arts Award, rendendola la prima donna ad aggiudicarsi il riconoscimento di astro nascente in tutti e tre i campi dell'intrattenimento: musica (vincendolo con le miss A), televisione e cinema. Nel corso dell'anno, presenta anche la trasmissione M! Countdown e fa un cameo come aspirante attrice nel serial Seonnyeoga pir-yohae, mentre ricopre un ruolo più ampio nel drama Big. Il 22 dicembre 2012, vince il premio come miglior esordiente in un varietà ai KBS Entertainment Awards, da lei co-presentati, per la sua partecipazione a Cheongchun bulpae.

2013-2017: successo ed esordio da solista

Nel 2013 continua a recitare in televisione apparendo in Guga-ui seo, dove interpreta la protagonista femminile Dam Yeo-wool, un'esperta di arti marziali: la parte le permette di mostrare una recitazione più matura che viene apprezzata dal pubblico. Narra inoltre l'introduzione di I Won't Do Bad Things, singolo realizzato dai B1A4 per la pubblicità delle uniformi Smart. L'anno successivo, appare come guest star nel drama Byeor-eseo on geudae su richiesta dell'attore Kim Soo-hyun, sua co-star in Dream High, mentre a giugno entra nel cast del film cinematografico Dorihwaga, dove interpreta la protagonista Jin Chae-seon, la prima cantante di pansori; sceglie il ruolo perché le difficoltà della ragazza per realizzare il suo sogno le hanno ricordato le proprie, a prescindere dal contesto storico. Alle riprese, che durano da settembre 2014 a gennaio 2015, arriva dopo essersi esercitata per quasi un anno nel pansori; tuttavia, la sua esecuzione canora poco rifinita viene citata tra le cause del poco successo della pellicola presso critica e pubblico. Dopo oltre un anno di assenza dalla scena musicale, il 30 marzo 2015 le miss A pubblicano l'EP Colors, per cui Suzy scrive il testo di I Caught Ya. Il successivo 25 luglio esce la ballata Why Am I Like This, registrata per la colonna sonora del serial Neoreul saranghan sigan.

Il suo primo singolo come artista principale è Dream con Byun Baek-hyun degli Exo, uscito il 7 gennaio 2016, che raggiunge la prima posizione sulla Gaon Chart e vince il premio di Miglior collaborazione agli Mnet Asian Music Award. Nel 2016 Suzy è poi impegnata con il drama Hamburo aeteuthage, nel quale dà il volto alla protagonista No Eul, una produttrice di documentari; per la serie canta due brani della colonna sonora, tra cui When It's Good, prima canzone da lei composta. A novembre gira un cameo nel film Real e ottiene la parte della protagonista, una ragazza che vede il futuro tramite i sogni, nel serial Dangsin-i jamdeun sa-i-e. La sua performance le vale le lodi della critica e del pubblico, e la porta a vincere il Premio all'alta eccellenza agli SBS Drama Award. Il 15 gennaio 2017 parte su Internet il suo primo reality show, Off the REC. Suzy, in vista del suo debutto come cantante solista il 24 gennaio con l'EP Yes? No?: per il disco, trainato dalla title track Yes No Maybe e anticipato il 17 gennaio dal singolo Pretend, scrive il testo di due delle sei tracce, Les Préférences e Question Mark. Pretend raggiunge la cima delle otto classifiche musicali sudcoreane in tempo reale in sei ore e si classifica in seconda posizione sulla Gaon Chart nazionale, così come l'EP, mentre Yes No Maybe è diciannovesima. Il 28 febbraio pubblica la sua seconda collaborazione, Don't Wait For Your Love con il cantante indie Park Won, che ha scritto il duetto con in mente la voce di Suzy, considerandola chiara e adatta a trasmettere le emozioni del testo. A novembre registra Because I Love You per l'album tributo a Yoo Jae-ha Yoo Jae-ha, 30 Years Forever As We Are.

2018-oggi: dopo le miss A

In seguito allo scioglimento delle miss A il 26 dicembre 2017, Suzy pubblica il suo secondo EP solista Faces of Love il 29 gennaio 2018: il disco è trainato dalla title track Holiday e preceduto il 22 gennaio dall'uscita del singolo I'm In Love With Someone Else. Una delle canzoni, Midnight, è in seguito oggetto di collaborazione con il pianista Yiruma ed esce come singolo il 9 marzo. Tra maggio e luglio è impegnata con quattro incontri con i suoi fan a Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok e Seul, mentre a giugno inizia le riprese del drama di spionaggio Vagabond, per il quale torna a lavorare con l'attore Lee Seung-gi, sua co-star in Guga-ui seo. Entra inoltre nel cast del film Ashfall - The Final Countdown nel ruolo minore della moglie incinta del personaggio di Ha Jung-woo. Entrambe le opere escono nel 2019, anno in cui lascia la JYP Entertainment alla scadenza del proprio contratto, e firma con Management Soop.

Il suo ruolo televisivo successivo è quello dell'imprenditrice Seo Dal-mi, protagonista femminile di Start-Up, in cui recita accanto a Nam Joo-hyuk. Il 4 settembre 2020 esce su KakaoTV il cortometraggio Nae mulgeon-i neo-ui jib-e nam-a-itdamyeon he-eojin ge anida, scritto dal regista Kim Ji-woon basandosi su un romanzo che Suzy sta scrivendo in segreto. Festeggiando il decimo anniversario della sua carriera, il 23 gennaio 2021 tiene online il concerto Suzy: A Tempo, durante il quale esegue l'inedito Oh, Lover, da lei scritto e composto.

Nel 2022 è la protagonista della serie di Coupang Play Anna, la cui interpretazione le vale il plauso di critica e pubblico, e torna alla musica per la prima volta dopo quattro anni pubblicando due singoli prodotti da Kang Hyun-min e da lei co-scritti: Satellite a febbraio e Cape a ottobre.

Immagine pubblica
Dopo essere entrata nel mondo della recitazione, Suzy è diventata una delle star sudcoreane più in voga, e grazie al successo di Geonchukhakgaeron nel 2012 le è stato conferito il soprannome di "primo amore della nazione" () grazie al fascino innocente del suo personaggio. Nel corso degli anni ha parlato spesso dell'onore di portare un simile appellativo, ma anche del fardello che esso ha comportato, definendolo "un muro da scavalcare" che le ha impedito di essere pienamente se stessa e di mostrare anche la sua sensualità. Nel 2018 ha dichiarato: "Pensavo che la gente sarebbe stata delusa se avessi mostrato parti diverse di me. Ma ho anche un lato sexy, e a volte mi trasformo in una donna innocente e femminile. Piuttosto che provare a soddisfare le aspettative del pubblico, adesso accetto queste trasformazioni".

Suzy è anche una testimonial molto richiesta, ed è stata spesso definita la "regina delle pubblicità". Nel 2012 ha firmato quindici contratti per un valore stimato di 7,5 miliardi di won; ad aprile 2013 sono saliti a ventidue, facendole incassare circa 10 miliardi di won. Grazie al suo cosiddetto "Suzy power", ha contribuito ad accrescere i guadagni delle compagnie che ha sponsorizzato rafforzando le vendite dei loro prodotti. Nel corso della sua carriera è stata modella di make-up, profumi, macchine fotografiche, cellulari, videogiochi, accessori, gioielli, vestiti, scarpe e prodotti alimentari, oltre al servizio postale nazionale, all'organizzazione del turismo e al parco acquatico Caribbean Bay, ed è stata la prima sponsor di una marca di zucchero in Corea del Sud. I marchi per i quali ha lavorato le hanno talvolta dedicato dei prodotti recanti il suo nome: un profumo di The Face Shop, delle lenti a contatto di Clalen, una linea di jeans Guess? dal nome "Suzy Denim" (), e due rossetti di Lancôme. Per la linea di accessori del marchio Beanpole ha disegnato la Bonnie Bag nell'autunno 2015.

Nella classifica delle quaranta celebrità sudcoreane più influenti del 2014 stilata da Forbes Korea, Suzy è apparsa al terzo posto.

È stata la prima donna coreana ad avere una statua di cera presso Madame Tussauds, inaugurata nella sede di Hong Kong il 13 settembre 2016.

Filantropia
Molto attiva nell'ambito della beneficenza, nell'aprile 2014 ha donato 50 milioni di won alla Life Share Association di Gwangju per i familiari delle vittime del naufragio del Sewol. Quello stesso anno si è registrata come donatrice di organi e tessuti. Nel 2015 è diventata il 791º membro della Honor Society, che riunisce coloro che hanno donato almeno 100 milioni di won al Community Chest of Korea: Suzy ha prevalentemente destinato i suoi contributi alla ricerca sulle malattie incurabili come la leucemia.

Nel 2016 ha donato 10 milioni per le famiglie con basso reddito della sua città natale, Gwangju, mentre nel 2017 100 milioni per coprire le spese di cura dei pazienti del Life Sharing Practice Headquarters. In occasione del suo compleanno, il 10 ottobre 2018 ha devoluto 100 milioni di won alla stessa organizzazione per la cura di cancro e leucemia infantili, una donazione ripetuta anche nei due anni successivi.

Nel 2019 ha destinato 100 milioni di won alla Hope Bridge National Disaster Relief Association per aiutare le vittime degli incendi nella provincia di Gangwon. L'anno successivo ha donato la stessa cifra per prevenire la diffusione del COVID-19 e per aiutare le zone colpite dalle piogge torrenziali estive. A settembre 2020 ha elargito 50 milioni di won alla campagna Dreams of Eunbyul per la sponsorizzazione dei bambini provenienti da famiglie con basso reddito.

In occasione della Giornata mondiale dell'infanzia in Corea del Sud il 5 maggio 2021, ha destinato 100 milioni di won alla Happiness Sharing Association per gli orfani; la medesima cifra è stata donata alla Life Sharing Practice Headquarters due mesi dopo per finanziare la cardiochirurgia nei neonati prematuri. A novembre il comitato dell'organizzazione le ha conferito un "gran premio" per aver donato 500 milioni di won alla Life Sharing Practice Headquarters in cinque anni.

Nel 2022 ha donato 100 milioni alla Hope Bridge Disaster Relief Association sia per le vittime degli incendi nelle province del Gyeongsang Settentrionale e del Gangwon, sia per quelle delle alluvioni di agosto. Un'elargizione di pari importo è stata fatta all'UNICEF per il terremoto in Turchia e Siria del 2023.

Discografia
Di seguito, le opere di Suzy come solista. Per le opere con le miss A, si veda Discografia delle miss A.

EP
 2017 – Yes? No?
 2018 – Faces of Love

Singoli
 2017 – Pretend
 2018 – I'm in Love with Someone Else
 2018 – Midnight (feat. Yiruma)
 2022 – Satellite
 2022 – Cape

Collaborazioni
 2012 – Before This Song Ends (con i JJ Project)
 2014 – Farewell Under the Sun (con Bernard Park)
 2015 – Together in Love (con Show Luo)
 2016 – Dream (con Byun Baek-hyun)
 2017 – Don't Wait For Your Love (con Park Won)
 2019 – Out of Breath (con Babylon)
 2022 – Because of You (con Kang Seung-won)

Colonne sonore

 2011 – Winter Child (Dream High)
 2011 – Dream High (Dream High – con Ok Taec-yeon, Jang Woo-young, Kim Soo-hyun e JOO)
 2011 – So Many Tears (Nado, kkot!)
 2012 – You're My Star (Dream High 2)
 2012 – I Still Love You (Big)
 2013 – Don't Forget Me (Guga-ui seo)
 2015 – Why Am I Like This (Neoreul saranghan sigan)
 2016 – Ring My Bell (Hamburo aeteuthage)
 2016 – When It's Good (Hamburo aeteuthage)
 2017 – I Love You Boy (Dangsin-i jamdeun sa-i-e)
 2017 – Words I Want To Hear (Dangsin-i jamdeun sa-i-e)
 2020 – My Dear Love (Start-Up)
 2022 – Inevitable (Avvocata Woo)

Singoli pubblicitari
 2012 – Come Out If You Love Me (per Bean Pole, con gli Achtung)
 2012 – Classic (per Reebok Classic, con Ok Taec-yeon e Jang Woo-young)
 2012 – Moments (per Canon, con Duk Won dei Broccoli, You Too)
 2014 – Wind, Wind, Wind (per Bean Pole)

Brani scritti
 2015 – I Caught Ya (testo) delle miss A (in Colors)
 2016 – When It's Good (testo e musica) di se stessa (in Hamburo aeteuthage OST)
 2017 – Les Préférences (testo) di se stessa (in Yes? No?)
 2017 – Question Mark (testo e musica) di se stessa (in Yes? No?)
 2018 – Sober (testo) di se stessa (in Faces of Love)
 2018 – Bxatxh (testo e musica) di se stessa (in Faces of Love)
 2018 – Sleeplessness (testo) di se stessa (in Faces of Love)
 2022 – Satellite (testo) di se stessa

Filmografia

Cinema
 Geonchukhakgaeron (), regia di Lee Yong-joo (2012)
 Dorihwaga (), regia di Lee Jong-pil (2015)
 Real (), regia di Lee Sa-rang (2017) – cameo
 Ashfall - The Final Countdown (), regia di Lee Hae-joon e Kim Byung-seo (2019)

Televisione
 Dream High () – serial TV, 17 episodi (2011-2012)
 Human Casino (), regia di Kim Sung-yoon – film TV (2011)
 Seonnyeoga pir-yohae () – serial TV (2012)
 Big () – serial TV, 14 episodi (2012)
 Guga-ui seo () – serial TV, 22 episodi (2013)
 Byeor-eseo on geudae () – serial TV, episodio 17 (2014)
 Hamburo aeteuthage () – serial TV, 20 episodi (2016)
 Dangsin-i jamdeun sa-i-e () – serial TV, 32 episodi (2017)
 Vagabond () – serial TV, 16 episodi (2019)
 Start-Up () – serial TV, 16 episodi (2020)
 Nae mulgeon-i neo-ui jib-e nam-a-itdamyeon he-eojin ge anida (), regia di Kim Ji-woon – cortometraggio (2020)
 Anna () – serial TV, 6 episodi (2022)

Videografia

 2010 – This Christmas (con gli altri artisti della JYP Entertainment)
 2012 – Classic (feat. Ok Taec-yeon e Jang Woo-young)
 2015 – Together in Love (feat. Show Luo)
 2016 – Dream (feat. Byun Baek-hyun)
 2017 – Yes No Maybe
 2017 – Don't Wait For Your Love (feat. Park Won)
 2018 – I'm In Love With Someone Else
 2018 – Holiday (feat. DPR Live)
 2018 – Sober
 2018 – Midnight (with Yiruma)
 2022 – Satellite
 2022 – Cape

Oltre che nei videoclip delle miss A e nei propri, Suzy è apparsa anche nei seguenti video musicali:

 2011 – Pretty But Hateful, videoclip del brano di Son Ho-young
 2018 – First Love, videoclip del brano di Epitone Project
 2022 – Celeb, videoclip del brano di Psy

Riconoscimenti

Doppiatrici italiane
Nelle versioni in italiano delle opere in cui ha recitato, Suzy è stata doppiata da:
 Giuliana Atepi in Dream High
 Chiara Oliviero in Ashfall - The Final Countdown

Note

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

Miss A
Idol coreani


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Q: googlesigninbutton doesnt react to click My google sign in button doesnt work and I dont know why.
I made an OnClickListener wich should work but the Google Signin Button never responds.
Here, my code:
public class TabbedActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    private SectionsPagerAdapter mSectionsPagerAdapter;
    private static final String TAG = "LoginProcess";
    Intent mapIntent;
    SignInButton gsignInButton;
    private static final int RC_SIGN_IN = 1;
    LayoutInflater inflater;
    View rootView;
    FirebaseAuth mAuth;
    FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener mAuthListener;

    /**
     * The {@link ViewPager} that will host the section contents.
     */
    private ViewPager mViewPager;
    GoogleSignInOptions gso;
    GoogleApiClient mGoogleApiClient;

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.activity_tabbed);
        mapIntent = new Intent(TabbedActivity.this, MapsActivity.class);
        mAuth = FirebaseAuth.getInstance();

        mAuthListener = new FirebaseAuth.AuthStateListener() {
            @Override
            public void onAuthStateChanged(@NonNull FirebaseAuth firebaseAuth) {
                FirebaseUser user = firebaseAuth.getCurrentUser();
                if (user != null) {
                    // User is signed in
                    Toast.makeText(TabbedActivity.this, "onAuthStateChanged:signed_in:" + user.getUid(), Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                    startActivity(mapIntent);
                    finish();
                } else {
                    // User is signed out
                    Toast.makeText(TabbedActivity.this, "onAuthStateChanged:signed_out", Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();

                }

            }
        };

        inflater = getLayoutInflater();
        rootView = inflater.inflate(R.layout.welcomescreenlogin,  null);
        gsignInButton = (SignInButton) rootView.findViewById(R.id.sign_in_button);
        gsignInButton.setOnClickListener(onClick);

        gso = new GoogleSignInOptions.Builder(GoogleSignInOptions.DEFAULT_SIGN_IN)
                .requestIdToken(getString(R.string.default_web_client_id))
                .requestEmail()
                .build();

        mGoogleApiClient = new GoogleApiClient.Builder(this)
                .addApi(Auth.GOOGLE_SIGN_IN_API, gso)
                .build();

        Toolbar toolbar = (Toolbar) findViewById(R.id.toolbar);
        setSupportActionBar(toolbar);
        // Create the adapter that will return a fragment for each of the three
        // primary sections of the activity.
        mSectionsPagerAdapter = new SectionsPagerAdapter(getSupportFragmentManager());

        // Set up the ViewPager with the sections adapter.
        mViewPager = (ViewPager) findViewById(R.id.container);
        mViewPager.setAdapter(mSectionsPagerAdapter);

    }

    View.OnClickListener onClick = new View.OnClickListener() {
        public void onClick(View v) {
    signIn();
        }
    };

    @Override
    protected void onStart() {
        super.onStart();
        mAuth.addAuthStateListener(mAuthListener);

    }

    @Override
    protected void onStop() {
        super.onStop();
        if (mAuthListener != null) {
            mAuth.removeAuthStateListener(mAuthListener);
        }

    }

    public void signIn() {
        Intent signInIntent = Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInIntent(mGoogleApiClient);
        startActivityForResult(signInIntent, RC_SIGN_IN);
    }

    @Override
    public void onActivityResult(int requestCode, int resultCode, Intent data) {
        super.onActivityResult(requestCode, resultCode, data);

        // Result returned from launching the Intent from GoogleSignInApi.getSignInIntent(...);
        if (requestCode == RC_SIGN_IN) {
            GoogleSignInResult result = Auth.GoogleSignInApi.getSignInResultFromIntent(data);
            if (result.isSuccess()) {
                // Google Sign In was successful, authenticate with Firebase
                GoogleSignInAccount account = result.getSignInAccount();
                firebaseAuthWithGoogle(account);
            } else {
                Toast.makeText(TabbedActivity.this, "Signup Error", Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                // Google Sign In failed, update UI appropriately
                // ...
            }
        }
    }

    private void firebaseAuthWithGoogle(GoogleSignInAccount acct) {
        Log.d(TAG, "firebaseAuthWithGoogle:" + acct.getId());

        AuthCredential credential = GoogleAuthProvider.getCredential(acct.getIdToken(), null);
        mAuth.signInWithCredential(credential)
                .addOnCompleteListener(this, new OnCompleteListener<AuthResult>() {
                    @Override
                    public void onComplete(@NonNull Task<AuthResult> task) {
                        Log.d(TAG, "signInWithCredential:onComplete:" + task.isSuccessful());

                        // If sign in fails, display a message to the user. If sign in succeeds
                        // the auth state listener will be notified and logic to handle the
                        // signed in user can be handled in the listener.
                        if (!task.isSuccessful()) {
                            Log.w(TAG, "signInWithCredential", task.getException());
                            Toast.makeText(TabbedActivity.this, "Authentication failed.",
                                    Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
                        }
                        // ...
                    }
                });
            }
        }

And here my Layout
<RelativeLayout xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
android:orientation="vertical" android:layout_width="match_parent"
android:layout_height="match_parent"
android:background="@drawable/welcomegradientlogin">

<TextView
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:textAppearance="?android:attr/textAppearanceLarge"
    android:text="Sign in to Google"
    android:id="@+id/Welcome"
    android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal|center_vertical"
    android:textColor="#FFFF"
    android:textSize="35sp"
    android:layout_centerVertical="true"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

<com.google.android.gms.common.SignInButton
    android:id="@+id/sign_in_button"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/Welcome"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
    />

</RelativeLayout>

The problem may have to do something with the fact that the class extends "Appcompatactivity" or just that the other methods to execute the signin process arent written correctly.

A: please add this line in Button

android:onClick="onClick"

<com.google.android.gms.common.SignInButton
    android:id="@+id/sign_in_button"
    android:layout_width="wrap_content"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content"
    android:layout_below="@+id/Welcome"
    android:layout_centerHorizontal="true"
    android:layout_marginTop="24dp"
    />


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May 27, 2020 | Middle Grade Review
2014, Nancy Paulsen Books
Nonfiction/Biography
Grades 5-8; Lexile 900L
Print copy at library; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive and Axis360
Jacqueline Woodson, one of today's finest writers, tells the moving story of her childhood in mesmerizing verse.
Raised in South Carolina and New York, Woodson always felt halfway home in each place. In vivid poems, she shares what it was like to grow up as an African American in the 1960s and 1970s, living with the remnants of Jim Crow and her growing awareness of the Civil Rights movement. Touching and powerful, each poem is both accessible and emotionally charged, each line a glimpse into a child's soul as she searches for her place in the world. Woodson's eloquent poetry also reflects the joy of finding her voice through writing stories, despite the fact that she struggled with reading as a child. Her love of stories inspired her and stayed with her, creating the first sparks of the gifted writer she was to become.
brown_girl_dreaming.pdf
To Be Where You Are
Print copy and book on CD at library; ebook and audiobook available through Libby/Overdrive and Axis 360
Wounds heal, bonds grow stronger, and celebrations continue...Welcome back to beloved Mitford.
After twelve years of wrestling with the conflicts of retirement, Father Tim Kavanagh realizes he doesn't need a steady job to prove himself. Then he's given one. As for what it proves, heaven only knows.
Millions of Karon fans will be thrilled that it's life as usual in the wildly popular Mitford series: A beloved town character lands a front-page obituary, but who was it, exactly, who died? And what about the former mayor, born the year Lindbergh landed in Paris, who's still running for office? All this, of course, is but a feather on the wind compared to Muse editor J.C. Hogan's desperate attempts to find a cure for his marital woes. Will it be high-def TV or his pork-chop marinade? In fiction, as in real life, there are no guarantees.
Twenty minutes from Mitford at Meadowgate Farm, newlyweds Dooley and Lace Kavanagh face a crisis that devastates their bank account and impacts their family vet practice. But there is still a lot to celebrate, as their adopted son, Jack, looks forward to the most important day of his life--with great cooking, country music, and lots of people who love him. Happily, it will also be a day when the terrible wound in Dooley's biological family begins to heal because of a game--let's just call it a miracle--that breaks all the rules.
In To Be Where You Are, Jan Karon weaves together the richly comic and compelling lives of two Kavanagh families, and a cast of characters that readers around the world now love like kin.
to_be_where_you_are.pdf
Apple Cider Slaying
Lindsey, Julie Anne
2019, Kensington
Apples are at the core of the family business run by Winona Mae Montgomery and her Granny Smythe. But this year's crop is unseasonably ripe with murder . . .
ONE ROTTEN APPLE
Blossom Valley, West Virginia, is home to Smythe Orchards, Winnie and her Granny's beloved twenty-five-acre farm and family business. But any way you slice it, it's struggling. That's why they're trying to drum up business with the "First Annual Christmas at the Orchard," a good old-fashioned holiday festival with enough delicious draw to satisfy apple-picking locals and cider-loving tourists alike--until the whole endeavor takes a sour turn when the body of Nadine Cooper, Granny's long-time, grudge-holding nemesis, is found lodged in the apple press. Now, with Granny the number one suspect, Winnie is hard-pressed to prove her innocence before the real killer delivers another murder . . .
apple_cider_slaying.pdf
The Bubble Wrap Boy
Earle, Phil
Grades 4 - 6; Lexile 790L
Ebook available through Axis 360
Charlie Han's troubles are much bigger than he is. At school he's branded an outsider, a loser—the tiny kid from the Chinese takeout. His only ally is Sinus Sedgely, a kid with a lower-level reputation than Charlie himself. Life at home isn't much better. His dad is more skilled with a wok than he is with words, and his mom is suffocating the life out of Charlie, worried about his every move. But when a new passion leads Charlie to the mother of all confrontations, he finds his real mom has been hiding a massive secret. A secret that, while shocking, might actually lead Charlie to feeling ten feet tall.
Read a review by Katie Kruger:
bubble_wrap_boy.pdf
The Year of Less
Flanders, Cait
2018, Hay House
Ebook and audiobook available through Libby/Overdrive
In her late twenties, Cait Flanders found herself stuck in the consumerism cycle that grips so many of us: earn more, buy more, want more, rinse, repeat. Even after she worked her way out of nearly $30,000 of consumer debt, her old habits took hold again. When she realized that nothing she was doing or buying was making her happy--only keeping her from meeting her goals--she decided to set herself a challenge: she would not shop for an entire year.
The Year of Less documents Cait's life for twelve months during which she bought only consumables: groceries, toiletries, gas for her car. Along the way, she challenged herself to consume less of many other things besides shopping. She decluttered her apartment and got rid of 70 percent of her belongings; learned how to fix things rather than throw them away; researched the zero waste movement; and completed a television ban. At every stage, she learned that the less she consumed, the more fulfilled she felt.
The challenge became a lifeline when, in the course of the year, Cait found herself in situations that turned her life upside down. In the face of hardship, she realized why she had always turned to shopping, alcohol, and food--and what it had cost her. Unable to reach for any of her usual vices, she changed habits she'd spent years perfecting and discovered what truly mattered to her.
the_year_of_less_by_cait_flanders.pdf
May 13, 2020 | YA Review
2013, Square Fish
Print copy at library; ebook and audiobook available through Libby/Overdrive and Axis360
Humans and androids crowd the raucous streets of New Beijing. A deadly plague ravages the population. From space, a ruthless lunar people watch, waiting to make their move. No one knows that Earth's fate hinges on one girl. . . .
Cinder, a gifted mechanic, is a cyborg. She's a second-class citizen with a mysterious past, reviled by her stepmother and blamed for her stepsister's illness. But when her life becomes intertwined with the handsome Prince Kai's, she suddenly finds herself at the center of an intergalactic struggle, and a forbidden attraction. Caught between duty and freedom, loyalty and betrayal, she must uncover secrets about her past in order to protect her world's future.
With high-stakes action and a smart, resourceful heroine, Cinder is a Cinderella retelling that is at once classic and strikingly original.
cinder.pdf
The War that Saved My Life
2015, Dial Books for Young Readers
Print copy and audiobook at library; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive; audiobook available through Libby/Overdrive and Axis360
Ten-year-old Ada has never left her one-room apartment. Her mother is too humiliated by Ada's twisted foot to let her outside. So when her little brother Jamie is shipped out of London to escape the war, Ada doesn't waste a minute—she sneaks out to join him.
So begins a new adventure for Ada, and for Susan Smith, the woman who is forced to take the two kids in. As Ada teaches herself to ride a pony, learns to read, and watches for German spies, she begins to trust Susan—and Susan begins to love Ada and Jamie. But in the end, will their bond be enough to hold them together through wartime? Or will Ada and her brother fall back into the cruel hands of their mother?
the_war_that_saved_my_life.pdf
The Bodies in the Library
Wingate, Marty
2019, Berkley Prime Crime
Hayley Burke has landed a dream job. She is the new curator of Lady Georgiana Fowling's First Edition library. The library is kept at Middlebank House, a lovely Georgian home in Bath, England. Hayley lives on the premises and works with the finicky Glynis Woolgar, Lady Fowling's former secretary.
Mrs. Woolgar does not like Hayley's ideas to modernize The First Edition Society and bring in fresh blood. And she is not even aware of the fact that Hayley does not know the first thing about the Golden Age of Mysteries. Hayley is faking it till she makes it, and one of her plans to breathe new life into the Society is actually taking flight--an Agatha Christie fan fiction writers group is paying dues to meet up at Middlebank House.
But when one of the group is found dead in the venerable stacks of the library, Hayley has to catch the killer to save the Society and her new job.
the_bodies_in_the_library.pdf
May 6, 2020 | YA Review
2010, Harper Collins
Grades 9 - 12
Print copy at library; ebook available through Libby/Overdrive, Axis360, and Freading; audiobook available through Libby/Overdrive and Axis360 to edit.
The first book of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the inspiration for the hit movie from Dreamworks! John Smith seems like an ordinary teenager, living a normal life with his guardian Henri in Paradise, Ohio. But for John, keeping a low profile is essential, because he is not an ordinary teenager. He's an alien from the planet Lorien, and he's on the run. A group of evil aliens from the planet Mogadore, who destroyed his world, are hunting anyone who escaped. Nine Loric children were sent to Earth to live in hiding until they grew up and developed their Legacies, powers that would help them fight back—and help them save us. Three of them are now dead. John is Number Four, and he knows he's next....
i_am_number_four.pdf


The truck driving sector is durable, however it can be difficult to get into when you have little on-the-road experience to accompany your CDL. This can be frustrating, however there are means around this dilemma.
Readjust your own assumptions. When you're brand-new to truck driving, you need to be willing to take exactly what you could get-don't be also fussy.
Be sure to submit your (carefully modified as well as expertly offered) truck driving resume or application anywhere. The even more applications you turn in, the quicker you snag a CDL job.
Take a long haul CDL job. Experts of truck driving are commonly offered inclination for local CDL jobs; it usually takes a couple of years of encounter to be taken into consideration for these openings. Long run driving jobs are where several newbies obtain their start.
Deal truck driving companies a test duration of your work; if they don't accept of your test after that they can cut you loose, no doubt asked.
Accept part time CDL job provides. It may not be excellent but it counts as driving encounter and also could assist you obtain a far better CDL job in the near future.
The trucking industry is currently taken into consideration as the greener field by a great deal of most that are looking for a career or changing from an existing job. The high demands for common carrier enticed a bunch of most who want to have gratifying income sources as well as at the same time a life time job. However truck driving jobs aren't simply your ordinary jobs where you could get away by merely exciting an interviewer or showing sub-par skills. Due to the fact that a great deal of lives are at stake, Jobs from the trucking industry need the right person for the appropriate job.
That is why most trucking firms would certainly also look for the help of a headhunter or an on-line job site to make the screening of the prospects simpler. This is a component of the trucking sector's duty to make sure safety in all of their operations.
Just like any other goal, a hopeful trucker needs to aim tough in order to enter the trucking sector. Even people that have obtained years of encounter in truck driving jobs are required to present some demands with regards to their encounter in dealing with trucks. This is the part where numerous candidates fall short especially the brand-new entrance truck drivers. They were unable to confirm their abilities in handling a truck. Stay on the secure side and also locate a certified CDL (Commercial Truck Driving) school that will certainly not just offer the right abilities and expertise that you need but will likewise refer you to finest trucking firms.
There are numerous situations where applicants that completed a truck driving program still can not qualify. The factor is always the exact same which is absence of truck driving experience. There are many elements that you should understand prior to spending a bunch of bucks in truck driving institutions. It holds true that finishing a program from a qualified truck driving school rises your opportunities of landing a job in the trucking market. But one has to understand that there are even more to think about than the trucking companies such as the strict policies for every state and the requirements of insurance coverage companies.
Truck driving jobs were also affected by the past hazards to national security. After a collection of terrorist assaults in the United States, the laws controling commercial truck driving have actually gotten stricter. It is as a result important to consider having truck driving encounter for six months or even more in order to be clear from any aspects that may invalidate you both in trucking firms as well as insurance policy companies. It would certainly be better if you can manage to discover the best trucking business that can help you in your training as well as give you initial driving encounters from a program that is usually gotten in touch with the job training.
Your job below would call for driving a truck with a minimum gross automobile weight of 26,000 pounds. This field calls for a commercial driver's permit, as well as you will carry a variety of items. The top paying job around in 2009 was with the postal service, which paid a mean yearly salary of $53,020. Driving for transportation devices manufacturing paid $52,470 per year. Transporting items for authors of print media such as newspapers and publications paid $52,070 for a mean yearly income.
These vehicle drivers run automobiles that have a general ability listed below 26,000 pounds. gross vehicle weight. You will drive the vehicle within a well-known area, do shipments and also could need to tons and also discharge the vehicle. The top paying jobs in this area are wired telecommunications service providers as well as the postal service, that both paid an annual mean wage of $50,850 in 2009. Driving for the motion picture and video clip sector paid $48,760 dollars for a mean yearly income in the exact same year.
This job will need you to drive a truck along a well established course as well as market items to customers or to choose up products. Motorists for accounting solutions paid an annual mean income of $40,310, while those driving for grain as well as oilseed milling paid $39,240 in the exact same year.


From time to time I find a project that just tickles me to make. I don't know why, I guess it just strikes my fancy here and there. This was one of them. It's a card purse, and don't let it imtimidate you - it's SO easy to put together! My aunt will be getting this for her birthday later today with some cards added inside. I was able to (tightly) fit 5 cards and envelopes in here.
Supplies are SU cardstock in Almost Amethyst, Lovely Lilac, So Saffron and Certainly Celery. I can't remember who made the DP, I just have a little left in my stash. Image is Bildmalarna Mimosa Tea which you can get in the Paper Jewels store. Other Supplies are Stickles, Dew Drops, a SU flower punch, some oval punches, circle and scallop punches, and misc ribbon from my stash.
This is sooo adorable Colleen! I love everything about it. Hugs!
Wow!! This is gorgeous!! Super nice job!
Great idea, it's really adorable!
What a super cute idea...great colors too!


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