In 1955, Gene Deitch embarked on a daily comic strip for United Features Syndicate that he hoped would become his life's work. One of the most unusual strips of the decade, Terr'ble Thompson was about a very odd little boy who had his "Werld Hedd Quarters" in a tree house and was regarded far and wide as "the bravest, fiercest, most-best hero of all-time." Terr'ble Thompson collects the entirety of Deitch's short-lived inspiration for Tom Terrific, and a new generation will discover what could have been one of the great comic strips of all-time had it continued. The strip is drawn in a simple, modernist style that served as an antidote to the ubiquitous Disney look that had spread into all facets of popular culture. Terr'ble Thompson was a visual and verbal feast of fun that blended time and space, with Terr'ble going on adventures with great historic figures like Columbus, George Washington, and Davy Crockett. p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Arial; color: #424242}
This book examines language teacher efficacy beliefs, focusing on the individual and collective beliefs of Japanese high school teachers. It discusses personal and collective dimensions of language teacher efficacy related to personal second language (L2) capability, instructional L2 efficacy and collective capability towards collaboration. The book provides a detailed discussion about the ways in which these beliefs develop and situates the findings within the wider field of teacher efficacy research. It helps further understanding of factors that may influence teacher self-efficacy and suggests new directions for research to explore in future studies. It will appeal to postgraduates and researchers with an interest in language teacher cognition, the psychology of language teaching and those in the wider fields of self-efficacy, teacher efficacy and teacher agency. It is also of use to those with an interest in the high school English education system in Japan, as well as researchers investigating similar contexts.
To Live Forever - The Secret of Hawaii" shakes the foundations of society, revealing to our hero, Polo Chanel, a way to live forever. Polo had run away from the suffocating life of modern corporate America to the freedom of living in Hawaii. I have a lot in common with Polo. We were both educated at Yale and Stanford. Both Polo and myself were ABC Television News Reporters in Hawaii, seen by a million viewers everyday. We both knew the Hawaiian Kahuna who gave Polo the secret herbs to keep his youth. And, Polo alone is the genuine Romantic, the suave action hero who faces danger every day, conquers a vicious mob, and seduces an untamable ballerina. To Live Forever is a wild possibility, the ultimate Happy-Ending, and the secret of your forever may be as simple as reading this action-packed, fast-paced, exciting, adventure, with a classic romance that is funny, dangerous, and extraordinarily sexy as Polo finds out. The secret to living forever is the suspense for each one of us. The quest leads Polo Chanel into of Hawaii to capture hisand our chance to learn the secret of "Light", That it is part of a sizzling romance, of, exceded only by the scintillating romance that explodes between Polo and Juliette, the ballerina, is only part of the surprise ending. Everyone who has read this story has laughed, cried, and some have been moved to consider living forever.
To Live Forever - The Secret of Hawaii" (Polo Chanel's 1st diary), shakes the foundations of society by discovering the 'Huna', 'The Secret': A way to live forever. In “To Live Forever – The Hero Rises”, (Polo's 2nd diary), Polo's secret powers grow stronger.The 'Huna', unseen, wordless forces of Nature, empower Polo's growing skill at wishful thinking to manifest his charisma and his destiny. Polo ingeniously reverses his own assassination, discovers the powers of love, and changes the course of his life: he quits reporting ABC television news to star in a motion picture. Then The Motion Picture Preview of Polo riding a great white Stallion goes viral on the Internet, floods the news media, and television broadcasts, worldwide. Effortlessly, our hero rises from relative poverty and obscurity to worldwide fame and fortune. Polo is sought after by The President of the United States, by the richest man in China, and by millions of people who have seen Polo ride a great white Stallion on television and on the Internet. Lines form at the doors of Polo's home. He is hunted by Paparazzi and news media. Women chase him, and men befriend him. Only one question remains. Will Polo reveal to the world 'The Secret' of how to live forever?
“To Live Forever – Change The World” is Polo Chanel's 3rd Diary. He is a global celebrity more famous than all the movie stars and Heads-Of-State.The President of The United States, Barack Obama, asks Polo to become “The Symbol of America”, to revitalize the spirit of the American people.Polo, The President, and “The Wild Bunch” rock band begin a worldwide concert tour with each performance broadcast satellite-live to 4 Billion Internet and Television viewers. The President of China asks to appear onstage. Meanwhile, both the richest man in China and The President of The United States suspect Polo of knowing how to stay eternally young, and ruthlessly hunt for Polo's “Huna”, “The Secret” of how to live forever.
Early in his life, Leon learned how to handle life's irksome little problems, and this would be the one solution he employed for all of his troubles. When something popped up, Leon would turn around and head off in another direction. When he got older, he'd take beer with him, or wine, or anything else that would hide him from himself. What's easier than that?His life grew to be pretty easy, and because he didn't think about the important stuff, he didn't care that his life was awfully shallow as well as pretty easy. Leon was having fun and when he wasn't truly having a good time, he told himself he was, and that was the end of that.Leon drank and Leon worked, and those activities covered the entire panorama of his life. He didn't bother wondering if life should probably contain a little more than his contained, and if he accidentally thought about death, he'd make a quick turn or two away from that unnatural thought. He guessed he'd die one day, but as long as it wasn't today, he'd be fine, thank you. The day he took his usual shortcut to the beer store became the day he hadn't ever wanted to think about. Word of Leon's transformation was brought by a polite little guy named Alex, who told Leon he'd be showing him the ropes and answering his questions. He also made it clear that Leon hadn't learned nearly enough when he'd had so many chances, which explained Alex's role as guide and answerer of questions. And not only that, Leon was told, but in this new realm there were no side roads to sneak off on, no bottles to hide in.It was going to be different for Leon, tough at times yet warm and sweet, and Leon would eventually find out what was really waiting behind everything that used to chase him away.
In the 1980's there were only 4 Billionaires in the entire world. In 2014 there are 1,645 Billionaires worldwide. This story is inspired by the Tonk players, a group of billionaires, from the United States and from China who have fun using their combined resources to change the world. This is also the story of noblesse oblige, re-invented in the year 2014 by the same group of billionaire- socialites who gather in Las Vegas to play the game of Tonk. The Billionaires have adopted the style and fashions of the 1920's with a twist: A gambler's game called Tonk with a one billion dollar ante and a multi-billion dollar pot to spend on making the world a better place. One Tonk hand can change the fate of Nations. In 2016, in response to the unearthing of the mass graves in Bosnia, the Billionaires decide to play a game of Tonk and spend the pot to fix the Nation of Bosnia in such a way as to end the cycle of war and peace by bombing and shipping to the Bosnian people all the most wonderful things the modern world can offer, including a new Bosnian economy that doubles the Nations' wealth and GDP, lifting Bosnia out of poverty, removing the reason for war, and setting the worldwide standard for the other 1,645 billionaires to follow.
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