BREAKING NEWS! “Born Free USA campaign challenges trophy hunting industry. Top animal welfare organization sets the record straight. The cruel reality of what’s also called Canned Hunting!”
What is trophy hunting? Called a sport, trophy hunting is the slaughter of big game animals. Animals such as rhinos, elephants, lions, tigers, zebras, mountain sheep, bears (black and grizzlies), cougars and wolves. Also giraffes.
Many of the victims are endangered species.
Those hunters don’t care. Or maybe that’s part of their perverted thrill. It’s a government-protected activity catering to the monied crowd. And it’s worldwide, from Africa to here at home.
The trophy is the complete animal. Or just its severed head, skin or any other body part. Anything the hunter keeps to show his friends. Or enemies, I suppose.
Born Free USA is “an internationally recognized leader in animal welfare and compassionate conservation.” And has launched a six week-long campaign to raise awareness of the global impact of canned hunting. Revealing the brutal facts behind fabricated statements promoting this cruel, outdated practice. [1]
“The trophy hunting industry has unfortunately been able to persuade a segment of the public that it’s actually helping save endangered species. Yes, species like lions, tigers, elephants, and rhinoceroses. Killing them for so-called sport,” explained Angela Grimes, CEO of Born Free USA.
“But hunting these threatened animals as recreation and then showing off their heads or other body parts doesn’t do anything to help vulnerable populations. And this is a chance to set the record straight.”
The facts about canned hunting tell a different story from the one presented by hunting advocates:
False: “Trophy hunting helps maintain wildlife populations.” Fact: Trophy hunting weakens wildlife populations by killing off the strongest and healthiest animals. Which are considered better trophies. Hunters frequently target endangered species and contribute to the global wildlife trade that threatens biodiversity and wilderness habitats.
False: “Trophy hunting provides economic support for local communities and conservation efforts.” Fact: The trophy hunting industry benefits a small group of outfitters, sponsors, and crooked politicians. Very little of the money it generates is invested in local economies. Or creates jobs. Or is distributed to conservation organizations. Animal-friendly eco-tourism, however, is different. It offers an efficient, sustainable, and cruelty-free economic opportunity.
False: “Trophy hunting is a sport.” Fact: Trophy hunting guides lure animals with bait. They target animals in and around protected land that are accustomed to humans. They even shoot them from helicopters. In Canned Hunting Operations, “hunters” pay thousands of dollars to kill animals that have been raised in captivity. Or imprisoned in steel cages, shooting them in an enclosed area from which the animals cannot escape. There’s nothing sporting about this!
Born Free USA’s Trophy Hunting Campaign coincides with the fifth anniversary of the death of Cecil the Lion.
In a case that provoked widespread outrage, an American hunter and his guide used bait to lure Cecil from a protected Zimbabwe National Park.
They wounded the big lion. Then left him to suffer overnight before returning to kill him more than 10 hours later.
Despite the negative public reaction to Cecil’s death, the United States continues to allow trophy hunters to import trophies into the U.S. from around the world. And allows domestic trophy hunting of iconic species like wolves, black and grizzly bears, and mountain lions.
“There’s nothing sporting about this practice,” Grimes concluded. “The animals targeted by the trophy hunting industry are facing shrinking habitats, increased contact with humans, and reduced populations. Many of them are on the verge of extinction. Consequently, they need to be protected, not hunted.”
“In summary, Born Free USA works to ensure that all wild animals are treated with compassion and respect. Whether living in captivity or in the wild. And are able to live their lives according to their needs. Furthermore, we oppose the exploitation of wild animals in captivity. And campaign to keep them where they belong. In the wild! In addition, Born Free USA’s Primate Sanctuary is the largest in the United States. It provides a permanent home for more than 450 primates. All of them rehomed from laboratories or rescued from zoos and private ownership.” For more information, visit www.bornfreeusa.org/trophyhunting.
SOURCE: Born Free USA, PRNewswire & Civilized Bears.
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BROTHERS IN BLOOD: Ed Gorman’s Mountie Novels as by Daniel St James
Just as U.S. Marshall Frank Adams was about to set down his schooner of beer and face the man who’d just called him a name, the man decided to up the ante. He wasn’t going to settle for just a good old all-American fistfight; he was going to insist on gunplay.
The man’s hand was already dropping to his holster…
— From the novel COLD DEATH by Daniel St James.
re Mountie novels – I wrote this toward the end of my popular GREATEST WRITERS OF MOUNTIE FICTION blog post:
“A lot of the old pulp writers got Canada, our history, our mythology and our Mounted Police routines wrong. Just plain out wrong! And that’s continued with those more modern paperback action-packed Western series — as soon as our gun-totin’ hero crosses north of the border, he leaves the real world behind. Basic research doesn’t apply. The author doesn’t give a damn.”
It was a patriot’s rant, yes. But it was true. And yet…
Yet there’s the Brothers in Blood trilogy, written by Daniel St James. And I’m here to praise it — or at least recommend it.
“Who is Daniel St James?”
For the longest time, I’d asked “Who is Daniel St James?”
Turns out that St James was really Ed Gorman, a top-notch mystery writer and winner of the Shamus Award (given out by the Private Eye Writers of America), the Spur Award (Western Writers of America), and the Ellery Queen Award for Lifetime Achievement in Editing (Mystery Writers of America).
Ed Gorman explained in an interview that the Brothers In Blood series “died without a trace. I got a number of angry reader letters about them. Too much sex, too much back story and too many liberties with the Canadian Mounted Police.”
Ed added, “Of course I got a few letters from people who liked them, too, one from an Australian man who’d written a number of Mountie novels himself. He seemed to like them especially. But as I said they went nowhere.” [1]
Well yes, they went somewhere.
They’re on my pinewood bookshelves right next to such beloved writers as Ian Anderson, James Hendryx, Ralph S Kendall, Trygve Lund, William Byron Mowery and Harwood Steele.
The three Brothers in Blood Mountie novels were published by Berkley Books in 1991 and 1992. The titles were BROTHERS IN BLOOD, TRACKDOWN and COLD DEATH.
The Genre That Jack Built.
The Northwestern Genre burst on the cultural scene in 1903 with the publication of Jack London’s THE CALL OF THE WILD. Followed by WHITE FANG and his collections of short stories set in the Canadian Yukon. Jack had seen the hard side of the Klondike Gold Rush, ending up in Dawson City’s St Mary’s Hospital weak from malnutrition. He had lived through the whirlwind of greed and desperation. And survived the wild sled dogs and savage wolves. His stories reflected that and more.
Robert W Service appeared with popular ballads like “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” and “The Cremation of Sam McGee,” earning him the title of Bard of the Yukon. “There are strange things done in the midnight sun…”
The Reverend Charles William Gordon, writing as Ralph Connor, followed with CORPORAL CAMERON OF THE NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE: A Tale of the MacLeod Trail. Others had written about the Mounties before in fiction, but Gordon’s Allan Cameron of Her Majesty’s North-West Mounted Police was driven by a fiery ideal, religious in its intensity, to be the instrument of justice. Allan Cameron became the first mythic Mountie in the way that Owen Wister’s mysterious stranger with a fast gun in THE VIRGINIAN became the classic Western hero.
At first, the Northwestern appeared as short stories, novels and ballads written by men and women, Canadian and American, who knew the reality of the place. They had been there.
The Western, the Northwestern & Mountie novels
But as the genre exploded with quickly-produced popular books, magazines and movies, all that mattered was that a tale be told. The Northwestern blended with the Western as the same pulp and screen writers created both. Adventure and shoot-outs were all that were needed. Through the 1910’s into the early 50’s, a strange new Canadian Northland appeared in print and especially on the silver screen.
Hollywood’s Canada was a fantastic land indeed. One of resolute red-coated Mounties, American gold prospectors, French Canadian fur trappers, wild lumberjacks, innocent outlaws, independent women. All living in a Neverending Wilderness of whitewater rivers, snow-covered high country, wolf-haunted forests and isolated log-cabin settlements.
The man who wrote as Daniel St James drew on all that.
Mountie Novels – “Bound By A Loyalty Only Brothers Could Share.”
Barton Jaeger was disguised as a Cree Indian. It was in that disguise that he murdered the Mounted Police sentry — and then entered the quarters of the sleeping Inspector Donald Adams, officer commanding of Fort Cree. He slashed again. With his bloody knife in hand and giving a loud war whoop, Jaeger ran from the police post believing he had got his revenge for the Mounties’ near destruction of his whiskey-running empire.
But Inspector Adams had left two sons. U.S. Marshal Frank Adams and his Canadian Mountie brother David set out to catch the killer, only to be drawn into a dangerous trap. So begins BROTHERS IN BLOOD. And the series.
Gorman’s other Mountie novels were…
TRACKDOWN: When four Mounties are killed in a matter of months, David and Frank Adams team up again to uncover a killer in the town of Sunset.
COLD DEATH: Frank and David Adams investigate the suspicious death of Canadian Mountie Karl Swenson, an old friend who appears to have committed suicide by setting himself on fire.
Clues & Villains
I didn’t know who Daniel St James was when I first read the books, except that he was a mystery writer. The clue was there in his villains. Not your traditional Western villain: the crooked banker trying to steal ownership of all the besieged ranches in the rich green Valley. Not your traditional Northwestern villain: crooked government official trying to steal all the richest gold claims along the freezing creeks. The Adams brothers fought all kinds of villains: bad guys — and bad women. The kind of twisted villains mystery writers love.
What I really liked was his multiple viewpoints. Quick chapters through the eyes of one character then another, two, three, sometimes four different people in a row. Although a true Northwestern should include the viewpoint of a loyal sled dog, too, I suppose. And a wild wolf. Maybe a wayward grizzly bear. Some writers (and editors, even readers) don’t like multiple point-of-view stories. I do. So did Ed. [2]
Editor Gary Goldstein
I’m guessing that the concept of Brothers in Blood was suggested to Ed Gorman by editor Gary Goldstein (“whose ideas and encouragement made this book possible”) with the TV series Bordertown in mind. Bordertown was “Cable’s #1 Original Dramatic Program” at that time. Filmed in the wilds of British Columbia, it was set in a frontier boomtown literally on the US/Canada border, policed by both a Canadian Mountie and a US Marshall.
Here’s the ending of TRACKDOWN: “The brothers left the beautiful dead woman and the small, dark shed behind, walked out into the frontier night, and vanished in the whipping snow and wind.” What? Vanished! Were they carried off by a fiendish Wendigo? Beamed up by aliens? No. Quintessential multiple-viewpoint wrap-up: a Hollywood FADEOUT.
Conclusion: All in all, Ed Gorman’s Mountie novels are worth tracking down. A bit darker than the classic Northwestern, but Hollywood’s Canada writ large. Great fun! [3]
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Footnotes & Heroes:
[1] “I didn’t know who Daniel St James was…” I’ve been dropping in on Steve M’s wonderful “Western Fiction Review” for years and didn’t know that the answer to my question “Who is Daniel St James?” had been there all along. Don’t know why Google hadn’t led me there until now. See Steve’s interview with Ed Gorman at Western Fiction Review Interview Ed Gorman.
By the way, the Australian author who Ed mentions in the insightful interview is almost certainly Ian Anderson, who was proud of his novels and wrote warm-hearted letters to folks who mentioned his work, including me. Like Ed Gorman, Ian drew on all those old Hollywood Mountie movie and pulp magazine storylines he had grown up with. Ian, who had actually served in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for sixteen years, also added his own knowledge and experiences to the mix.
Ian Anderson is one of my picks for the Top 10 Mountie Fiction Writers:
I doubt if any other nation’s Cultural Mythology has ever been created by such an international mix: four Americans, three Canadians, an Australian, an Englishman and a Norwegian. Two of them had served as Canadian Mounted Policemen and one was the son of the greatest Mountie of all time.
[2] “What I really liked was his multiple viewpoints.” There is something absolutely Canadian about Multiple Point of View fiction.
Here’s why. Both Margaret Atwood and Northrop Frye have commented that Canadian Literature has never produced a Mythic Hero. Our heroes are real-life hockey players and our own family members who have stoutly served in our Armed Forces. We love our Team Canada men and women who readily represent us in World Hockey Championships and the Olympics! Most of our commercial hockey players are on foreign teams.
We have no fictional heroic characters. Except perhaps for those of John Candy — his good-hearted, fumbling rogues. And Steve Smith’s Red Green: “Remember, I’m pullin’ for ya. We’re all in this together.”
While British and American film and fiction is full of Heroes (Sean Connery’s James Bond and Duke Wayne’s iconic Westerner, including Louis L’Amour’s Hondo) that reflected those countries’ cultural convictions, consternations and conquests, Canadian fiction/mythology (including our own Mountie novels) is about Wilderness and Community. All of God’s Creatures struggling together to survive and thrive. Or at least Survive.
Our True Northern novel would be one of many voices. Feeling more like a collection of interconnected short stories than an epic romance.
The Brothers In Blood cover paintings were by Keith Birdsong and tell a wonderfully strange story in themselves.
It’s true that recruits of the North-West Mounted spent long hours in the ring with the Boxing Master. They were being taught the Canadian Way: meet trouble with a courteous voice and a big John Candy smile or — if that fails — a solid right hook.
The North-West Mounted Police had been formed with the British Mounted Rifles in mind, trained in marksmanship. After President Grant had told Prime Minister Macdonald that sending the Mounties into the Canadian West was considered an Act of War, Ottawa believed it possible that the Force of only 275 men would be fighting the U.S. Cavalry for possession of the Canadian North-West Territories.
But Grant changed his mind.
And the use of firearms by a police force of 275 men sent to bring “Law and Justice” to a wild territory as big as Western Europe, populated by white traders, the Métis Nation and an Indigenous population of an estimated 24,000 men, women and children was quickly discouraged. “A Mounted Policeman should only draw his sidearm as a last resort.”
Although the Mounties did wear their sidearms. In these cover images, Birdsong decided that David Adams would leave his revolver at home.
Keith Birdsong was best known for his Star Trek illustrations. Born in Oklahoma, Keith was of the Muscogee Creek-Cherokee people. An accomplished artist. With his own offbeat outlook on life.
My biggest laugh comes from Birdsong’s saloon fight scene for COLD DEATH. At first your eye catches the big Bowie knife. Then you see the snow blowing in. I’m trying to imagine a Northern Canadian building with wide-open Southwest swinging doors. Blackflies in summer — deadly cold in winter. “Somebody close the goddamned door!”
The fact that Berkley chose Birdsong to illustrate their BROTHERS IN BLOOD books indicates that they expected great sales for Ed Gorman’s Mountie Novels.
Image Notes: Photo of Ed Gorman is by Carol Gorman. The composite image above of the Brothers in Blood Series is from Steve’s “Western Fiction Review” — individual cover art details from my own collection. Cover art of New Mystery Adventures, August 1935, is by H J Ward.
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Staycation Ideas… What is a staycation? Staycation Definition.
STAYCATION IDEAS: How to Plan a Backyard Family Vacation.
“Do you need to stay near home this summer? Top 10 Tips to enjoying a great staycation in your own family yard!”
Right now, can you name all the wildlife that lives just around your house? Squirrels. Mice. Birds. Insects. Did you know that there are thousands of plants and animals right outside your doors? Can you name them? Can you FIND them?
Your backyard, always excellent for your health and well-being, can do even more for families this summer by becoming a Staycation Location.
Staycation Definition. As TurfMutt explained in a press release: “First it was the COVID-19 pandemic, and now it’s financial and climate change events keeping more people close to home. A backyard vacation can be a fun way to spend time together and build new memories as a family while spending time in green space. Here are our Staycation ideas.”
How do you energize and inspire your family about a backyard vacation and organize some amazing fun time?
Here are Ten Tips to help you create that great Summer Vacation at Home. A few tips are from us ol’ Civilized Bears. A lot more from the TurfMutt environmental education and stewardship program.
Top Ten Staycation Ideas
1. Make a backyard summer staycation plan. Create an easy schedule with a mixture of activities that your family will enjoy. Like dining, camping and games. Add a theme for the week, day or evening. A Luau theme can be carried through with costumes, food and activities. A sports theme can have everyone in team jerseys and doing sports activities. Use creative names for meals and activities to spice things up.
Even if you don’t have a pool, children’s water play misters or sprinklers can help everyone cool off in the backyard (provided your area is not under drought conditions).
2. Map where activities will happen in the yard. A lawn area may be the site of a soccer game, bocce ball or croquet, but it can also double as an overnight camping zone for the kids in a family tent. The fire pit can be used for roasting hot dogs for lunch or s’mores at night. Time for crafts, potting plants, and eating can happen at a picnic or dining table.
3. Assess what you have and consider their creative uses. Lounge chairs, sports and play equipment can be used for their original purposes, but they can also become part of an amazing obstacle course. The wheelbarrow used for gardening and yard work can become part of a family field day: “Wheelbarrow rides!”
The playset your children adore can become a breakfast spot or reading area.
4. Spruce up your yard. Mow the lawn and trim the bushes. Tidy overgrown areas. Add flowering plants and rearrange planters for visual appeal. Put delicate flowers in pots and out of the way of foot traffic.
Now may be the time to add a picnic table, a badminton net or croquet course, planters, patio, grill, fire pit, or pergola to your backyard.
5. Plant a vegetable garden. Do you have lots of planters? Instead of flowers, plant veggies! Easily grown vegetables include potatoes, peas, onions and runner beans. Radishes are the easiest — let your youngest kid plant ’em. Other faves include beets, tomatoes and red bell peppers.
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6. Build anticipation. Talk about your backyard vacation in advance with your family and review your plans. Count down the days to build excitement about spending time together in your family yard.
7. Organize for fun. Identify zones for different activities. Dining, lounging and reading may be best in shady spots. Sports, family yard games and tossing a ball to your dog may be better on a lawn that can handle rough and tumble play. Hammocks, lawn chairs, swings, picnic blankets and air mattresses can all provide a place for people to sit down and cool off.
And put local seashells in the sand so you can identify their species…
8. Include teachings about backyard wildlife and nature. This can be the Real Fun one! Kids love animals. All their lives they’ve watched them on TV. Asked you to read their favorite animal tales. Played with pets. Maybe visited wildlife refuges.
Ask your children to take an inventory of the many birds, butterflies and other wildlife they see on your own property, looking up their species and background. Put up a bird feeder or plant a butterfly garden, as well as potted flowering plants to support birds and pollinators. Add wind chimes, rain collectors, or backyard thermometers and wind gauges to help kids observe science in action.
9. Design new games incorporating your green space. Hold a nature scavenger hunt that’s fun, educational and tests your family’s observational skills. Create a “drive-in” movie theater by bringing laptops outside or a projector to show them on a sheet hung outside.
And here’s a totally different — but age-old — way of getting back to Nature:
10. Tell scary stories in the dark! Telling ghost stories, scary camping stories or wild animal stories in the dark is still a thrilling way to end the day. After you have eaten your BBQ meal, turn off as many backyard lights as possible and gather around in a circle. Recapture that old experience of being alone in the Wild. Tell a story from memory — or read short stories from a paper book, ebook or tablet/laptop. Scary is the keyword. Be willing to unleash your deepest fears.
“Ten great Staycation ideas!”
Yup, you can stay home and still have a great vacation. Your kids will have a whole new appreciation of the living world around them. And you’ve had some great Family Time.
For more information and tips about living landscapes, backyard learning and Staycation ideas visit Turfmutt Foundation.
About TurfMutt: “TurfMutt was created by the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute’s (OPEI) TurfMutt Foundation and has reached more than 70 million children, educators and families since 2009. Through classroom materials developed with Scholastic, TurfMutt teaches students and teachers how to ‘save the planet, one yard at a time.’
TurfMutt is an official USGBC® Education Partner and part of their global LEARNING LAB. TurfMutt is an education resource at the U.S. Department of Education’s Green Ribbon Schools, the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Green Apple, the Center for Green Schools, the Outdoors Alliance for Kids, the National Energy Education Development (NEED) project, Climate Change Live, Petfinder and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In 2017, the TurfMutt animated video series won the coveted Cynopsis Kids Imagination Award for Best Interstitial Series. TurfMutt’s personal, home habitat is featured in the Wildlife Habitat Council calendars. More information at www.TurfMutt.com.”
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“Stay at home Mom jobs!” That’s been a major online search over the last five years. But now many women are planning on going back to work after being a stay at home Mom. While other women are still looking for a good way to make real money online.
Some are looking for both! “I really need to find a second income! At home!”
We’ve managed to find success at doing Online Surveys.
“Good Lord, there’s sooo many Surveys out there! Which are the best?” We did the research. It took a while. But we ended up joining the Best Free Survey Provider (completely free to join and use) and the Best Fee-based Survey Provider (earn more money!).
Since most major companies aim their questions at women, who do the most family purchasing, this is a real Mom-centered home business.
You can make extra money getting paid to do surveys. Thousands of companies worldwide are spending millions each year to find out what consumers want to buy. This information is so valuable to them that they are willing to pay people Serious Money for their opinions.
To make money online, all you need is a computer with an internet connection and an email address where you can receive invitations to take paid surveys. If you have these, then you will need to sign up with several paid survey websites so you can start getting paid to do surveys.
Make money Online: There are two basic types of paid survey websites to make money online. There are those where you can join for free and those that charge a fee.
1. Free sites are usually owned by the market research firms that create, administer and compile the survey data. That means that their surveys are limited to the ones commissioned by their clients. Others are private companies, paying in points which can be redeemed for coupons or prizes — some companies will pay with Gift Cards or even cash. We consider AMAZON Gift Cards to be the same as Money!
2. Fee based paid survey websites charge you for access to their database and for the cost of keeping the information up to date. Most of these websites provide lists of legitimate paid survey companies and it can be more than worth the cost not to have to spend weeks figuring out which companies are legitimate and which ones are scams.
After a lot of online research we decided that we would join the Best Free Survey Provider and the Best Fee-based Survey Provider. We knew the answer to our burning question:
“How can I get started earning money?”
-> ONE.
As we have recommended to others, join SURVEY JUNKIE to make some spending money. Free to join. Free to use. Literally Free Money! They pay in points that can be redeemed as Gift Cards from companies such as Amazon, Target, Walmart and iTunes — or money deposited directly in your PayPal account.
-> TWO.
To have a shot at making BIG MONEY at home, SEARCH FOR “PAID SURVEYS AT HOME” and see for yourself. Make certain that the surveys you find are legitimate and up to date (copyright this year). We’ve had to change our chosen Paid Survey Site three times.
If you want to join one Free Survey Site and one Fee-based Survey Site, from our point of view these would be the best two ways.
The reason we can recommend SURVEY JUNKIE is because of their promise: “Be an influencer. Share your opinion to help brands deliver better products & services.”
Q&A:
Q. What countries sponsor surveys?
A. The United States, Canada and Australia are the top three. Lately the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Sweden, Norway and India have joined the top nations providing surveys, in that order.
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“STAY AT HOME!” ONLINE SURVEYS ARE HOT AGAIN! Taking surveys online…
Well, we’re certainly stuck at home. We heard great things about doing Online Surveys at home for real money. We finally decided on joining One Free Surveys Provider — and One Fee-based Surveys Provider. Glad we did.
Here’s what we learned in doing the research…
“Let’s do some paid surveys!” a Review.
Q. How many kinds of Surveys are there? Which ones make the most money?
There are basically five ways to get paid for taking surveys: Focus Groups, Telephone Interviews, Mailed Paper Surveys, In-person Interviews and Online Surveys. Five answers. Let’s look at each answer individually.
1. Focus Groups – Many companies use focus groups to see how an audience responds to an advertising campaign before it is launched. The material is presented to the group and then the group discusses the response to the campaign. Companies usually have trained personnel watching the reactions of the group and the company frequently video tapes the session for later study as well. Discussion group participation can pay up to $75 per hour.
2. Telephone Interviews – Companies use these when they want to get more detailed individual answers than are usually available with other methods. These interviews are usually relatively short and only cover one topic. For example, a specific cell phone application would be the topic of an interview, not the carrier or the phone in general.
3. Mailed Paper Surveys – In this case the company mails a detailed paper survey to the potential customer and asks them to fill it out and mail it back in a pre-addresses and pre-paid envelope. If it is a very long survey, they will offer an incentive to fill out and return the survey. Unfortunately, these surveys have a very low response rate.
4. In-person Interviews – These are usually conducted in retail stores, shopping centers and malls. For example, almost everyone has had a free sample of some kind food offered to you in a supermarket and the worker then asks your opinion about the food.
5. Paid Online Surveys – These are surveys that are conducted using survey software that is installed on websites. Like all of the others, companies pay for the survey being conducted. They’re willing to pay the potential customer because the response rate is so high and the actual cost of the survey is relatively low, it’s a bargain for the company that produces accurate information.
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With the “Stay At Home” order still in place, we’ve Highly Recommended joining SURVEY JUNKIE— the Number One Free-To-Join Survey Provider. Yes! It’s Free!
They pay in points, which can be cashed in for money or Gift Cards from Amazon, iTunes and others…
On the other hand, if you want to make SERIOUS MONEY, you have to look at the Fee-based Survey providers.
And that’s where it gets complicated. Want to find out more?
Q&A: Common Questions About Making Money Online and Getting Paid To Take Surveys!
Getting paid to take online surveys at home is an easy and fun way to make extra money. To make more than a few dollars a week you will most likely need to join several paid survey websites or a top Fee-based survey provider. Why?
Think about it. Does it make sense to survey people over 50 about the latest online video games or the 20 something crowd about hair loss? Of course not. All of the companies that pay for marketing research surveys want a specific demographic group for each different survey.
So the more survey sites you belong to, the more money you can make. But if you join a Top Fee-Based Survey Provider you’ll not have to sign up with many other sites because you’ll get enough surveys to help you start making money doing online surveys. We recommend that you join one of each.
On that note, here’s a list of questions people have asked about getting paid for online surveys.
1. How much money is being paid out?
That depends on how many surveys you are offered, what they pay for completion and how many you actually complete. It could be anywhere from a few dollars a week to a couple hundred or more. Sometimes a LOT MORE.
The Top Free-to-Join sites pay in points, which you can convert to Cash though PayPal, Gift Cards or prizes. The Top Fee-based sites pay more money, and in direct payments.
2. How do I get paid?
Most paid survey websites pay you with either a paper check mailed to your postal address or directly through your PayPal account. Just remember you will need a bank account to open a PayPal account. But you will probably need one to cash the check as well.
3. Will I always be paid in cash?
No, not necessarily. Some survey websites pay only in money while others pay in points that can be traded in for coupons, prizes and sometimes gift cards or even cash. You need to read all of the agreements on any website you are thinking of joining to find out what they pay in, how you get paid and how often you get paid.
4. Exactly how much money can I make doing surveys at home?
To us, it looks like PAID SURVEYS AT HOME is still the BEST Fee-based provider, paying “$5 to $75 per survey.” And “Qualified focus group participants are often paid $50 to $150.” This is real money — but you have to decide if you want to pay a fee.
PAID SURVEYS AT HOME also sends products to your home to be reviewed — and you get to keep them.
5. Are all “get paid for survey” websites the same?
No. Some of them are scams while others are legitimate businesses. You need to be careful who you sign up with.
6. How can I tell what “get paid for survey” websites are scams?
If they don’t have a Privacy Policy, a Terms of Use and a Contact Page, they are most likely scams. I wouldn’t risk dealing with them.
7. How can I get started earning money?
-> ONE. As we recommended above, join SURVEY JUNKIE to make some spending money. Free to join. Free to use. Literally Free Money!
-> TWO. To have a shot of making BIG MONEY at home, search for “Fee-Based Surveys” and decide for yourself…
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Are You Stuck At Home Like Us & Need To Make Some Big Bucks? Here’s Our Story…
“Stay at home!” So here we are. Home. Off work, getting paid SOME money. YOU TOO, EH?
Bet your question is the same as ours: “How to make money from home?”
We’ve been here before. We have a computer. We keep asking, “Look, other folks are making extra cash online — but how are they doing it?”
Before, a few years ago, taking paid surveys was what worked the best for us. Real money. And all those free samples and products that arrived in the mail to review (and keep) didn’t hurt either.
So our question became, “OK, we’ll do surveys again for money. Good idea. But who has the online surveys that pay the most today?”
We checked out the Top Consumer rankings. Our old survey provider had dropped down in rank. In 2020, there it is — SURVEY JUNKIE is the New NUMBER 1! [*] FREE TO JOIN!So we signed up…
If you want to make real cash for an hour or two of your time working at home then this is the most important blog post you’ve read in some time.
Here’s why:
“Businesses need US! They’re paying us money — REAL CASH — FREE MONEY — to work-at-home — to get our opinions.”
No, we’re not marketing experts. In fact, we know very little about business. But we do know exactly what worked for us before. And we certainly know what products we would buy and what services we would use.
And yes, this is exactly what large companies are paying us for.
They need to know what their average customer needs and wants. So these companies pay millions of dollars every month to the average person. In return, the average person, us included, answers some questions and gives them their opinion.
Right now, with some businesses still closed, the future is uncertain — some of the biggest companies want to know what you are planning on purchasing tomorrow, next week, next month. THEY don’t know — they need you to tell them. And they’re paying top dollar to find out.
It’s that easy. You’re going to be shocked at how easy it’s going to be to build a side income by working just couple of hours a day. You’ll have a free schedule and can work from home, or wherever you may be.
I must admit that this doesn’t feel like work. But if you’re more determined than we are, are willing and able to put in more hours — and want to make some serious money — the sky is the limit!
As long as the Corovirus “Stay At Home” Order is in place (and how long is that going to be?) we’re going to need to do PAID SURVEYS AT HOME. And we heartily recommend SURVEY JUNKIE!
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NOTE: Survey Junkie’s Cash Payout is through PayPal. Their Rewards Program also offers Gift Cards, including Amazon, Target and iTunes. And then there’s the free products.
You’ve got to try this out yourself. It’s Free to Join and Use! Just click on the link below and check it out:
[*] How did we find out who was Number One? We Googled it. We discovered that there are a lot of Survey Companies out there. Some are Legitimate. Others are costly Scams.
We searched for “Best survey sites 2020 for making money.” Accessing top Consumer Reviewers such as eBiz Facts, Millennial Money, Financial Wolves, Good Financial Cents and Wallet Hacks. And, of course, The Frugal Girls, a fav personal lifestyle blog we love to follow. Result for Best Survey Site of 2024? Survey Junkie!
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HOME COOKING: Denny’s Restaurant Best Recipes to Cook Home – Burgers – Chicken
HUNGRY?
DENNY’S RESTAURANT has gained a loyal following with mouth-watering items like their Belgian Waffle Platter, Veggie-Cheese Omelette, Country-Fried Steak & Eggs, Fabulous French Toast Platter, Grilled Chicken Breast Salad, Buffalo Chicken Strips, T-Bone Steak & Shrimp, Grilled Tilapia and Mushroom Swiss Burger.
And our personal fave — Denny’s Bacon Caesar Burger!
And now in 2020, Denny’s have re-opened some of their outlets — from North America to midtown Manila in the Philippines — offering Free Delivery Orders and their new Dine-Thru pick-up.
Originally named Danny’s Donuts, Denny’s Restaurant went on to become one of our most popular family eateries.
In 1977, Denny’s introduced the Grand Slam Breakfast in Atlanta as a nod to Hank Aaron. It went on to become Denny’s most famous, and still-popular, breakfast.
Today, besides its famous pancakes, Denny’s is becoming renowned for its nutritious Breakfast items. Such as its Carb-Watch Ultimate Omelette: a three-egg omelette with sausage, bacon, green peppers, mushrooms, onions and diced tomatoes. Topped with shredded Cheddar cheese and served with tomato slices.
It serves many popular salads, including the Grilled Chicken Breast Salad — a seasoned, grilled chicken breast sliced and served on top of mixed greens with tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions and Cheddar cheese. Served with the dressing of your choice and dinner bread.
And then there’s Denny’s Steakhouse Strip & Shrimp, a new mouth-watering 8 oz. strip steak and six of our new lightly seasoned, golden-fried shrimp. Served with your choice of two sides and dinner bread.
Some Denny’s have cut back in services right now. Or your local area might not have one at all.
>>> But if you want to prepare a delicious meal to impress family, friends or even a hot date — maybe someone you met on a romantic dating site — here are DENNY’s most popular recipes of all time…
–Denny’s Cheese Soup–
4 tablespoons butter or margarine
10 ounces cream of chicken soup
10 ounces cream of celery soup
1/2 soup can Kraft’s mayonnaise
1 jar Cheese Whiz – (8 oz)
1 can chicken broth – (14 oz)
Salt — to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper — to taste
Put butter, soups, mayonnaise and Cheez Whiz in 1 1/2-quart saucepan, stirring constantly over medium heat, until smooth. Stir in broth and season to taste with salt and pepper.
Stir occasionally until piping hot — but don’t let it boil.
–Denny’s Chicken Fried Steak–
4 Cubed steaks
Corn oil
Season salt
2 tablespoons Lambrusco’s red wine Or Juice
2 cups Bisquick
1/4 pound Butter or margarine — Melted
1/3 cup Cooking oil
The night before, put the steaks in a dish in single layers. Wipe them on both sides with an even coating of corn oil. Dust them on both sides with a generous amount of season salt. Drizzle each steak with wine or juice. Seal the dish in doubled foil or plastic wrap and refrigerate it for about 24 hours prior to preparing the final dish. Remove the steaks from the fridge and coat both sides well in the Bisquit mix.
Combine the butter with the oil in a large skillet until melted. Brown both sides of each steak, till crispy. Transfer right back to the same baking dish and seal in foil. Bake at 375 degrees for about 30 minutes.
–Denny’s New York Style Cheesecake–
3 lbs. cream cheese
1 3/4 c. sugar
1 1/4 c. sour cream
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. lemon juice
6 eggs
1 tsp. grated lemon peel
> Crust:
1 1/2 c. graham cracker crumbs
4 oz. butter, melted
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 c. sugar
Note: You can add a number of favorite filling ingredients. A favorite of ours is fresh strawberries.
Combine the graham cracker crumbs with the cinnamon and sugar. Add the melted butter. Press into pans and set aside. Cream the cheese, then add the remaining ingredients with the eggs last. Whip until smooth.
Bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees, then turn down oven and bake for 55 minutes to 1 hour at 275 degrees. If the top starts to overflow the pan, press in sides gently.
After the baking is done, put wax paper on top and place a plate on top of paper to weigh it down. Cool. Top with sour cream layer and chocolate swirls; strawberries or leave plain.
Or Try (Our Favourite!)…
–Denny’s Bacon Caesar Burger–
1 Hamburger bun
1 Hamburger patty*
1 slice Romaine lettuce
2 Hamburger slices of dill pickles
1 slice of red onion
2 slices of tomato
2 slices Monterey Jack cheese
2 slices of bacon cooked
1/4 cup Caesar dressing – served on the side
* We use medium ground beef for our patties. If you’re using lean ground, we advise mixing in an egg (for 4 patties) and a few oat flakes.
Cook hamburger patty and season with salt and pepper. Toast the bun separately in a skillet, or you can even do this in the oven using the broiler. Assemble like this:
Starting from the bottom bun.
Bottom bun: slice of romaine lettuce, 2 slices of tomatoes, 2 slices of pickle, onion, hamburger patty, 2 slices of Monterey Jack cheese, 2 slices of Bacon placed crosswise, Top Bun
Who Are Today’s Best Selling Christian Writers of Literature & Fiction?
Christian fiction continues to sell — really sell. And continues to grow in readership.
As I update this, the #1 Christian bestseller on Amazon is READING THE BIBLE WITH RABBI JESUS: How a Jewish Perspective Can Transform Your Understanding by Lois Tverberg, on Kindle. The top seller in Christian Literature & Fiction is CHASING FIREFLIES: A Novel of Discovery by Charles Martin.
In paper, the top best seller is PRAYER JOURNAL FOR WOMEN: 52 Week Scripture, Devotional & Guided Prayer Journal by Shannon Roberts. And in Fiction it’s THE SWEETEST OBLIVION by Danielle Lori.
TOP CHRISTIAN WRITERS 2024 – Best Selling Christian Books Tolkien to Kingsbury.
Also among the Best Sellers in Christian Fiction are THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA, Boxed Set by C S Lewis. THE STRANGER IN A LIFEBOAT: A Novel by Mitch Albom. FROM LUKOV WITH LOVE by Mariana Zapata. SNEEZY THE SNOWMAN by Maureen Wright. ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: A Novel by Louise Perry. REDEEMING LOVE: A Novel by Francine Rivers. And FORGIVING PARIS: A Novel by Karen Kingsbury.
RANGER FAITH: Texas Ranger Heroes Book 4 by Lynn Shannon is #1 on the Kindle Best Sellers on the Christian Literature & Fiction Paid List. And POISONED LEGACY: Of Gold & Blood Book 1 by Jenny Wheeler is #1 on the Free List. Search ’em out!
Not always listed in the Christian category, Tolkien’s LORD OF THE RINGS still sells worldwide, in 45 languages.
For those of us who enjoy — and need — a good story with genuine Christian heart, here are some of my favourites.
Still in print, the 20th Century saw some literary masterworks in the true Christian spirit. J R R Tolkien’s little Hobbits battled dark forces seemingly too powerful to overcome. Englishman C S Lewis gave us Aslan the Lion of Narnia. And G K Chesterton wrote about timid Father Brown with his confessor’s knowledge of human frailties and passions.
Tolkien remains the most popular author listed by younger readers. He’s remembered by fans years later. Paolo Romeo has reported, “My favourite author is JRR Tolkien. My devotion started exactly 30 years ago, when I first read THE HOBBIT and THE LORD OF THE RINGS. And then all his books translated in Italian at that time. Subsequently I read all his books in English as well.
“…a storyteller, a philologist at Oxford, a parent, a Roman Catholic, and a keen observer of the world around him. I was so taken by Tolkien’s life that his writing inspired me to move and study in the UK when I was 19. It still bears much influence on my life.”
Other writers of Faith followed to entertain us with their inspirational fiction into the new Millennium, becoming today’s top Christian writers.
JANETTE OKE. Janette Oke (née Steeves) was born on February 18th, 1935, in the Canadian western community of Champion, Alberta. She grew up on the vast Canadian prairies, steeped in its folkways and history (including the revered history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police). She also grew up with the independent, conservative values of the time and place, becoming a committed Evangelical Christian. Janette graduated from the Mountain View Bible College in Canada.
Her first novel was ONCE UPON A SUMMER. Published in 1981 by Bethany House, it was a Christian novel that blended history, romance and faith.
Her second novel was WHEN CALLS THE HEART — the first in her Canadian West Series — and a bestseller. WHEN CALLS THE HEART told the story of teacher Elizabeth Marie Thatcher who arrives from the cultured East. She faces a rougher place and culture than she had expected. Her faith is tested. But she meets her Mountie. The novel was a success, and has been adapted into a popular television series.
She’s gone on to sell millions of titles and is considered the originator of modern faith-based Christian fiction.
Other titles include A BRIDE FOR DONNIGAN, A QUIET STRENGTH, ANOTHER HOMECOMING and BEYOND THE GATHERING STORM. Recently, Janette returned to the Canadian West with WHERE COURAGE CALLS, WHERE TRUST LIES and WHERE HOPE PREVAILS.
Many of her books are available in boxed sets.
Janette Oke has received the 1992 ECPA President’s Award. As well as the 1999 CBA Life Impact Award for her “significant contribution to the Christian book industry.” She has also won both the Gold Medallion Award and the Christy Award for fiction. Janette and her husband, Edward, still live in Alberta, Canada.
FRANK PERETTI. Called “America’s hottest Christian novelist” and “a sanctified Stephen King,” Frank Peritti is a top selling Christian author, with millions of sales.
Born in the Canadian western town of Lethbridge, Alberta, in 1951, Peretti grew up in Seattle, Washington. He started with a stint of playing banjo in a bluegrass group and studying English, screen writing and film at UCLA.
Then he assisted his father in pastoring an Assembly of God church and began a writing career.
Following his first sale, a fantasy novel entitled THE DOOR IN THE DRAGON’S THROAT, Perretti published THE PRESENT DARKNESS in 1986. Considered the first of the new Christian fictional revival, THE PRESENT DARKNESS has been called his masterpiece. It still sells and draws new fans to his published novels. His concept of “Spiritual Warfare” continues to engage readers.
Other literary works include PIERCING THE DARKNESS, PROPHET, THE OATH, HOUSE (coauthored with Ted Dekker) and Frank Peretti’s latest, a trilogy. The Harbingers Series: INVITATION, THE ASSAULT and PROBING.
KAREN KINGSBURY. Born in 1963, Karen Kingsbury lives with her husband, Donald, and six children in the Pacific Northwest state of Washington, close to the Canadian border.
With millions of sales, her series of Christian novels include her Firstborn Series, Redemption Series, Red Glove Series, 911 Series, Women of Faith Series. And her newest, the Sunrise Series. One of her first Faith-based books, DEADLY PRETENDER was made into a CBS Movie-of-the-Week. It was re-titled, “Every Woman’s Dream” for broadcast.
Karen’s latest release is the Children’s Story ADVENTURE AWAITS, written with Tyler Russell.
She has been called “the queen of Christian fiction” by TIME Magazine. Karen has said, “Fans say that they are closer to God and each other after reading the stories the Lord has given me to write.”
TERRI BLACKSTOCK. Terri was born in Belleville, Illinois, on Dec 7, 1951.
With over 30 titles published, Christy Award winner Terri Blackstock’s book sales are in the millions. Her Christian fiction novels include LAST LIGHT, Restoration Series #1, DAWN’S LIGHT, Restoration Series #4, the Christy-winning INTERVENTION, and DOWNFALL, Intervention Series #3. Terri’s latest title for 2018 is IF I LIVE.
Terri’s advice for aspiring Christian Writers is:
“Don’t get it right, get it written. I used to spend weeks writing and rewriting the first three chapters, until I heard this bit of advice. Now I write the first draft without judgment, and rewrite extensively on the subsequent drafts. Just having the book on paper — even if it’s terrible — makes the rest of the job seem easier.”
TED DEKKER. Ted was born in 1962 in the wilderness of Netherlands New Guinea. His parents were Canadian and American missionaries. In an interview, he said, “I grew up in one of the darkest places in the world you can imagine, in the jungle, with cannibals. We’re talking about animism, heavy spiritualism, tremendous amounts of fear. Co-workers of my parents were killed and eaten. By cannibals… ”
Now living in Austin, Texas (with his wife and two of their daughters), Ted Dekker has published over 40 novels. He writes Christian fiction in the Thriller/Suspense genre. With titles on the New York Times Best Seller lists, his novel THE BRIDE COLLECTOR was nominated for a 2011 Christy Award.
Other novels by Ted Dekker include BONEMAN’S DAUGHTERS, ADAM, and, coauthored with Tosca Lee, FORBIDDEN, Books of Mortals Series, #1. His 2018 publications are THE 49TH MYSTIC, and, in October, RISE OF THE MYSTICS.
And here’s the good news for those of us who love Christian fiction: new works are being published every day! Don’t you Love it?
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The Christian message has been an essential element of Mountie Fiction from its beginning.
The Reverend Charles William Gordon, writing as “Ralph Connor,” reflected his passionate beliefs in his earliest novels, including CORPORAL CAMERON OF THE NORTH WEST MOUNTED POLICE: A Tale of the MacLeod Trail, the story that created the Mountie Fiction genre.
Others, such as Archdeacon H A Cody, who as a young man had done missionary work in the Yukon Territory, followed. James Oliver Curwood (who coined the phrase “God’s Country,” using it in a number of book titles). Janette Oke with her popular Canadian West series. And Alan Morris with his Guardians of the North series from Bethany House. All continued the tradition.
An extensive look at the writers who created the magnificent Mythology of our North-West Mounted Police. My Top 10 Mountie Fiction Writers, including Ralph Connor and James O Curwood, in some detail — and a look at many other authors. Amply illustrated with marvelous magazine and book covers. FREE TO READ ==> The GREATEST AUTHORS OF NORTH-WEST MOUNTED POLICE FICTION
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” J R R Tolkien
Further Christian Writers Reading:
THE LETTERS OF J R R TOLKIEN, Edited by Humphrey Carpenter with Christopher Tolkien, George Allen & Unwin
A HOBBIT, A WARDROBE AND A GREAT WAR: How J R R Tolkien and C S Lewis Rediscovered Faith, Friendship and Heroism in the Cataclysm of 1914-1918 by Joseph Loconte, Thomas Nelson/HarperCollins
JANETTE OKE: A Heart for the Prairie by Laurel Oke Logan, Bethany House
TOP CHRISTIAN WRITERS 2024 – Best Selling Christian Books Tolkien to Kingsbury.
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Animal Shelters Close Due to Covid-19: How To Adopt A New Pet.
Animal Shelters Close Due to Covid-19: How To Adopt A New Pet During the Caronavirus
“Home To Home Comes to the Rescue with Lifesaving Pet Adoption Program.”
The Covid 19 pandemic has also affected our animal family members. Lots of questions…
Can Pets get Covid 19?
It seems to be happening. We saw the recent breaking news: “Tiger at Bronx Zoo tests positive for Coronavirus.” And we tweeted in response: “If a tiger can get it then our own house cats are vulnerable. Can dogs get it? Maybe. Gotta keep our dogs home, not used as greeters or couriers.” We’re doing it with our own cats and new puppy — keeping ’em home.
Where can I order our favorite pet foods online?
Pet food sales have seen a 54% rise in sales. Not that our cats and dogs want more — folks are just stocking up. However, the pet food industry has stepped up it’s game. Just last week we were able to get two cases of Fancy Feast Primavera for out cats Rusty and Tillie. The top online pet suppliers are restocking, at least temporarily. It’s all about timing, eh? And we can make our own pet food: dogs love real chicken and rice.
Are Animal shelters open for adoption?
Some are — most are closed.
What if I really want to rescue a new pet during the Coronavirus?
Home To Home™, “an innovative pet rehoming program,” could save half a million pets from ever setting a paw in an animal shelter, and be put at risk for euthanasia. As Home To Home said in a recent press release: “we’ve partnered with 17 animal shelters around the nation to help pets find loving homes amidst a pandemic that has forced many shelters to close.” [1]
Its creators are asking the public for help “to expand the foster and adoption web platform to help rehome more animals during this challenging time.” The cost for expansion is $150,000, which is gaining traction through a Kickstarter campaign.
“We’re always looking for ways to support the Home To Home program,” explained Dr. Marty Becker, also known as America’s Veterinarian.
Dr. Becker has firsthand experience using the program to save Lazaruff, an emaciated pit bull-type dog, from death’s door. Lazaruff required months of medical assistance before he could find a new loving home. The Beckers used Home To Home, so he would never have to be in an animal shelter. Watch Lazaruff’s amazing story.
“In normal times,” they said, “animal shelters take pets in when owners surrender them for reasons like financial hardship, housing instability or other life circumstances. Now, with shelters closed, turning away people who need to surrender a pet is the only option without a shelter-run program like Home To Home.”
Founded by Panhandle Animal Shelter (PAS) in 2016, the program is a proven tool for keeping pets out of shelters and helping them be placed into their new homes. It has gained national recognition from animal welfare organizations for its lifesaving potential to reduce the staggering 733,000 animals euthanized every year in animal shelters due to resource constraints and a lack of space.
Uniquely, the program was designed just for animal shelters, who can often prevent the need for surrendering a pet with the resources they can offer. If surrendering is the only option, the shelter can use its vast network to find a new home for the pet without going through the stress of waiting in a shelter.
– Brian Alan Burhoe
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[1] How Home To Home Works: Home To Home is a national program working with animal shelters to provide a proactive approach to caring for pets. Each shelter manages their Home To Home program locally to leverage their community influence to help owners find new loving homes for their pets while avoiding a shelter stay.
Shelters are given a customized website where pet owners will complete a brief form about their pet, upload pictures, and submit the information to the shelter. The shelter staff reviews the profile and shares it on their website and social media. For those seeking a pet, they contact the owner directly to learn more about the pet and make arrangements to meet. The pet goes from one home to the next.
To learn more about how the program works, click here. To support the campaign, visit the Home to Home Kickstarter…
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In a case that provoked widespread outrage, an American hunter and his guide used bait to lure Cecil from a protected Zimbabwe National Park.
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Turns out that St James was really Ed Gorman, a top-notch mystery writer and winner of the Shamus Award (given out by the Private Eye Writers of America), the Spur Award (Western Writers of America), and the Ellery Queen Award for Lifetime Achievement in Editing (Mystery Writers of America).
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The Brothers In Blood cover paintings were by Keith Birdsong and tell a wonderfully strange story in themselves.
4. Spruce up your yard. Mow the lawn and trim the bushes. Tidy overgrown areas. Add flowering plants and rearrange planters for visual appeal. Put delicate flowers in pots and out of the way of foot traffic.
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Home To Home™, “an innovative pet rehoming program,” could save half a million pets from ever setting a paw in an animal shelter, and be put at risk for euthanasia. As Home To Home said in a recent press release: “we’ve partnered with 17 animal shelters around the nation to help pets find loving homes amidst a pandemic that has forced many shelters to close.” [1]
