Cat Maxims: On Worry: Do it in your next life. On Curiosity: It never killed anything except a few hours of time. On Life: Life is easy, and then you nap. Life is changing rapidly, with each modern day more chaotic than the last. These changes have been particularly horrific for cats. A mere thousand years ago they were revered as gods, but now they co exist on almost equal terms with humans. This terrible comedown in status has severley shaken their self esteem. A modern cat has so many pressures to contend with, so many committments. There are mice to chase, curtains to scratch, humans to train... and a vast amount of sleeping and grooming to fit in. It's not surprising that so many suffer from stress and burnout before they've even reached their fourth life!
From schoolboy band to sold-out stadium tours and worldwide album sales of over 100 million, Genesis were one of the defining progressive rock bands of the seventies, playing a huge part in shaping the genre. Over a career spanning fifty-five years from formation to the Last Domino? tour of 2021, they developed and adapted through many changes, some of which polarised their existing fans but attracted countless new ones. While Foxtrot and The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway helped define progressive rock, it was the three-piece line up of Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins that became the real hit-makers, with albums like Invisible Touch and We Can't Dance and massive hit singles like 'No Son of Mine' and 'Land of Confusion'. This book takes the reader on a journey through their entire catalogue, which includes fifteen studio and six live albums, including five consecutive number ones in the UK and five consecutive top tens in the USA, visiting each album in turn and examining every track. It is compiled from the viewpoint of a lifelong fan, and it is hoped that the book stirs many old memories, as it has done for the author, as well as providing some insight for more recent fans of the band. Stuart Macfarlane was a teenager during the seventies, the heyday of classic rock. He quickly developed a love of progressive music, listening to as many bands as he could find and was regularly in the audience at the famous Glasgow Apollo. His previous writing experience includes many technical conference papers and publications as well as reviews and interviews for Rock Society Magazine. He is also a musician, having written and performed original music through the 80s with Dunfermline band StraiTTalk. He lives in Dunfermline, Scotland.
Evaluating Children's Interactive Products directly addresses the need to ensure that interactive products designed for children — whether toys, games, educational products, or websites — are safe, effective, and entertaining. It presents an essential background in child development and child psychology, particularly as they relate to technology; captures best practices for observing and surveying children, training evaluators, and capturing the child user experience using audio and visual technology; and examines ethical and legal issues involved in working with children and offers guidelines for effective risk management. Based on the authors' workshops, conference courses, and own design experience and research, this highly practical book reads like a handbook, while being thoroughly grounded in the latest research. Throughout, the authors illustrate techniques and principles with numerous mini case studies and highlight practical information in tips and exercises and conclude with three in-depth case studies. This book is recommended for usability experts, product developers, and researchers in the field. Presents an essential background in child development and child psychology, particularly as they relate to technology Captures best practices for observing and surveying children, training evaluators, and capturing the child user experience using audio and visual technology Examines ethical and legal issues involved in working with children and offers guidelines for effective risk management
Cats rule the world, humans are our slaves... We are independent, proud, disdainful... and very, very cute. This title talks about how adorable the cats are.
When you've made a complete idiot of yourself and an abject apology (indeed a total grovel) is called for, Sorry! is the solution. You can't swallow the stupid things you said, but you might just earn the chance to start all over again. And a lovely smile.
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