In Harm's Way

What distinguishes these illustrations? Consider the design and layout of the book, visual elements, use of space, media, perspective, and style. Elizabeth, Queen of the Sea, deserve to receive the honor of having Caldecott because of the skillful way the illustrator Brian Floca was able to add small visual details that further enhanced the quality of the story. Using pen-and-ink and water colors Brian Floca illustrate the charming story of Elizabeth, a seal who wonder from the sea into city,…

Software Used to Create Vinyl Banners A lot more goes into vinyl printing in NYC than meets the eye. It requires oversized printers, special equipment, and even graphic software. This software needs to be very extensive so that the people creating the vinyl banners has an unlimited number of possibilities to make the banners really stand out. Below you will be able to learn a little more about the software that can be used to create vinyl banners and what benefits they offer. 1. Graphics…

Back in 2010 The Lion and the Mouse, by Jerry Pinkey, was awarded the Randolph Caldecott Award by the ALSC for being the most distinguished picture book of the year. When the ALSC decides what book will be the receiver of the Caldecott Award there are quite a few factors that go into their decision making process. Their website shows all of these factors, but the main ones to be focused on are that the publisher/artist must be an American citizen and that their illustrations be original. As far…

Each morning we wake up to a future that is about to happen but yet is out of reach by default, unpredictable by nature. Are we ever ready for what’s ahead? We try to keep up but are clumsy at best in being present with all that comes our way. A while back we buried a friend. He had been sick, but his death came sooner than expected. We were barely able to keep up with the harsh pace of his illness and still struggle with his passing. Around the same time, I found a little kitten on the street,…

has developed and advanced to impact American culture in distinct ways. Because media is such a large part of today’s society, people often do not think about where it all started. It would be difficult to pinpoint exactly when it began because the creation of media in one way or another has been going on for centuries. Media originated…

Independence is always a key component to self-learning and a way to become a protagonist. Once something becomes a problem, it is in our mind that we must fix the issue before it becomes even more of an issue. We must learn to overcome any obstacles that may arise when it comes to learning because it is necessary to overcome obstacles in our life as well. If it is hard to deal with stress, then it is most likely going to be hard to be motivated and complacency may settle in as it becomes easy…

long distance relationship, know that trusting one another and staying faithful to each other is the only way the relationship will work. Without trust in the relationship,…

Customer Perspective Customer retention is a means of keeping existing customers and making sure they are happy with the services provided from a business (John Lewis).One way to keep increasing customer retention year on year is to provide loyalty cards or discount cards. This makes sure that each customer has an incentive to keep shopping at John Lewis/ Waitrose. “Providing the best customer service – wherever and however they shop with us” (Lewis, 2015). Always keeping the customer informed…

part of a growing class of marginalized and unprotected Americans without papers”, how as a nation can we let all these possibly great minds go to waste on a simple matter of being born on the wrong side of the border. To me the DREAM Act is a great way to find new great minds in our immigrants and instead of fighting so hard to push them away, we should embrace them as one of our own. In this new flat world our nation should take advantage of any opportunity to get ahold of an edge over our…

after having days of thinking about my future. I decided to attend college in the fall to major in liberal arts of business and then go to a four-year school in the state. People often say that once you get into college your life changes in a better way. Once in College you start to realize the things that are important to life and how hard is to get those things. Sometimes when you make mistakes it doesn’t matter how hard you tried you will never get the things you lost back. My first day at…