Sunday, December 23, 2007

Circus Dreams

Ever dreamt about running away and joining the circus. Sara Gruen's new novel, Water For Elephants, takes place in the Great Depression. Jacob is a veterinary student just shy of a degree, he was put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It was there that he met Marlena, the beautiful equestrian star married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. And he met Rosie, an untrainable elephant who was the great gray hope for this third-rate traveling show. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and, ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.

Friday, December 7, 2007

Create Your Own Web Page


WANT TO CREATE YOUR OWN WEB PAGE. The first step is to find space for your own webpage. Many sites offer free space. Google page creator makes it easy. Geocities is another free site. AOL or your school may also give you space. You can either use a tool to create your page, like google page creator or you can start one from scratch using HTML--the language of webpages. Google also lets you alter your webpage using HTML. If you want to code your own page and see how pages work try this site http://www.howstuffworks.com/web-page.htm It's lots of fun. Try a website for starting a business. How about a website about your school or town.Or how about your hobby--say horsebackriding or your favorite pets. Do you know why, you will find yourself in Google's first page search. Its based on popularity. Where you are linked, how many people have accessed your webpages. One of the best tricks is to have yourself linked to popular webpages or to each of your own pages.