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We don’t mean to brag, but marketplaces are kinda our thing. We’ll help you list, manage and optimize all your product listings, on over 50 marketplaces (and counting) around the globe. Meanwhile, we’ll keep your inventory levels in sync and your product orders organized, as well as give you access to valuable reporting analytics that’ll help you sell smarter. With over 2,000 marketplace clients, and 15 years of experience, we’ve not only seen it all before, but we also help you take advantage of trends before anyone else.

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    Take your marketplaces strategy to the next level with ChannelAdvisor's experienced Services team.

Marketplaces + ChannelAdvisor = E-Commerce Growth

You already know why a marketplaces strategy is essential for your online business. But how does ChannelAdvisor turn your strategy into action? And help you continue to improve? With a marketplaces solution that’s robust, smart and scalable.

Our platform is built around a single integration point—a single point that can take your product data feed and transform it into product listings on over 50 marketplaces around the globe.

And we’ve developed the many features within ChannelAdvisor Marketplaces to help you list products faster, optimize listings for more sales and manage fulfillment easier.

Organize Product Information

Make sense of the many listing requirements of each marketplace by letting our powerful Data Transformation Engine format and organize your product data.

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Our Approach

Cross-border trade is your ticket to millions of new customers. But it also requires a lot of moving pieces. That’s why we developed the Agile CBT Framework: to help you know where to start, and where to go next.

  1. Start small — low investment, low risk.
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With ChannelAdvisor, Build.com started selling on multiple online channels, and the company’s marketplaces department has become the fastest-growing department in the company.

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The Reader

Hardcover | September 13, 2016

byTraci Chee

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Instant New York Times Bestseller

A stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of, perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and Bone

Sefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped, leaving Sefia completely alone, none of her survival skills can help her discover where Nin’s been taken, or if she’s even alive. The only clue to both her aunt’s disappearance and her father’s murder is the odd rectangular object her father left behind, an object she comes to realize is a book—a marvelous item unheard of in her otherwise illiterate society. With the help of this book, and the aid of a mysterious stranger with dark secrets of his own, Sefia sets out to rescue her aunt and find out what really happened the day her father was killed—and punish the people responsible.

With overlapping stories of swashbuckling pirates and merciless assassins, The Reader is a brilliantly told adventure from an extraordinary new talent.

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Instant New York Times BestsellerA stunning debut set in a world where reading is unheard-of, perfect for fans of Inkheart and Shadow and BoneSefia knows what it means to survive. After her father is brutally murdered, she flees into the wilderness with her aunt Nin, who teaches her to hunt, track, and steal. But when Nin is kidnapped,...

Traci Chee is an all-around word geek, she loves book arts and art books, poetry and paper crafts. She studied literature and creative writing at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and earned a master of arts degree from San Francisco State University. Traci grew up in a small town with more cows than people, and now feels most ...

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Format:HardcoverDimensions:464 pages, 8.56 × 5.81 × 1.5 inPublished:September 13, 2016Publisher:Penguin Young Readers GroupLanguage:English

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Chapter 1   The Consequences of Thievery     There were redcoats on the road. The gravel path that cut through the tangled jungle was teeming with people, and the mounted Oxscinian soldiers rode above the sea of foot traffic like lords in a parade: their fine red jackets unblemished, their black boots polished to a high shine. At their waists, their sword hilts and gun grips glinted in the gray morning light. Any law-abiding citizen would have been happy to see them. “No good.” Nin grunted, shifting the pile of furs in her arms. “No good at all. Thought this town would be small enough for us to escape notice, but that doesn’t seem likely now.” Crouched in the undergrowth beside her, Sefia surveyed the other shoppers, who carried baskets or towed rattling carts with burlap nests for their infants, the parents calling sharply after dirt-smudged children if they wandered too far. In their trail-worn gear, Sefia and Nin would have blended in well enough, if not for the redcoats. “Are they here for us?” Sefia asked. “I didn’t think the news would spread so fast.” “Word travels quick when you’ve got a face as pretty as mine, girl.” Sefia forced out a chuckle. Old enough to be her grandmother, Nin was a squat woman with matted hair and a face as tough as rawhide. Being pretty wasn’t what made her memorable. No, Nin was a master criminal with hands like magic. They were nothing special to look at, but she could slip a bracelet from a woman’s wrist with a touch as soft as a breath. She could undo locks with a twitch of her fingers. You had to see Nin’s hands at work to really see her at all. Otherwise, in her bear-skin traveling cloak, she looked something like a hill of dirt: dry, brown, ready to crumble in the humidity of the rain forest. Ever since they’d fled their home in Deliene, the northernmost of Kelanna’s five island kingdoms, they’d kept a low profile as they roamed from one land to the next, surviving on what they could find in the wilderness. But in the hardest winters, when the scavenging was poor and the hunting was worse, Nin had taught Sefia to pick locks, pick pockets, and even steal huge hocks of meat without anyone noticing. And for six years, they hadn’t been caught. “Can’t stay here.” Nin sighed and hefted the pelts in her arms. “We’ll unload these in the next town.” Sefia felt a twinge of guilt in her stomach. It was her fault, after all. If she hadn’t been so cocky two weeks ago, no one would have noticed them. But she’d been stupid. Overconfident. She’d tried to steal a new bandanna for herself—all viridian with gold paisley, much finer than her faded red one—but the clothier had noticed. At the last second, Nin had slipped the bandanna into her own pocket, taking the blame so Sefia wouldn’t have to, and they’d left town with redcoats on their heels. It had been too close. Someone might have recognized Nin. And now they had to leave Oxscini, the Forest Kingdom that had been their home for over a year. “Why don’t I do it?” Sefia asked, helping Nin to her feet. Nin scowled up at her. “Too dangerous.” Sefia plucked at the topmost pelt in Nin’s arms. Half of these were kills she’d brought down and skinned herself, enough to help them pay for passage out of Oxscini, if they ever got into town to trade them. Nin had kept them safe all these years. Now it was Sefia’s turn. “It might be more dangerous to wait,” she said. Nin’s face clouded. Though the old woman had never explained exactly how she’d met Sefia’s parents, Sefia knew it was because someone had been after them. They’d had something their enemies wanted. And now Sefia had it. For the past six years, she’d carried everything she owned on her back: all the tools she needed to hunt and cook and camp, and at the bottom, slowly wearing holes in the leather, the only thing she had left of her parents—a heavy reminder that they had existed, and now were gone. Her hands tightened on the straps of her pack. Nin shifted her weight and glanced over her shoulder, into the thick of the jungle. “I don’t like it,” she said. “You’ve never gone in alone.” “You can’t go in.” “We can wait. There’s a village a five-day journey from here. Smaller. Safer.” “Safer for you. No one knows who I am.” Sefia lifted her chin. “I can go into town, sell off the goods, and get out of there by noon. We’ll be twice as fast if we don’t have these pelts to lug around.” Nin hesitated for a long moment, her shrewd gaze darting from the shadows in the undergrowth to the flashes of red on the road. Finally, she shook her head. “Be quick,” she said. “Don’t hold out for the best price. All we need is enough to hop a ship out of Oxscini. Doesn’t matter where.” Sefia grinned. It wasn’t every day she won an argument with Nin. She wrested the heavy stack of pelts from Nin’s sturdy arms. “Don’t worry,” she said. Frowning, Nin tugged on the red bandanna Sefia used to tie her hair back. “Worry’s what keeps us safe, girl.” “I’ll be fine.” “Oh, you’ll be fine, will you? Sixty years of this life, and I’m fine. Why is that?” Sefia rolled her eyes. “Because you’re careful.” Nin nodded once and crossed her arms. She looked so perfectly like her grouchy old self that Sefia smiled again and gave her a quick peck on the cheek. “Thanks, Aunt Nin,” she said. “I won’t let you down this time.” The woman grimaced, wiping her face with the back of her hand. “I know you won’t. Sell the furs and come straight back to camp. There’s a storm brewing, and I want to get going before it breaks.” “Yes, ma’am. I won’t let you down.” Turning away, Sefia glanced up, noting the moisture in the air, the speed of the clouds as they crossed the sky. Nin always knew when the rains were coming, said it was the chill in her bones. Sefia stumbled off, hefting the furs in her slender arms. She was almost at the edge of the trees when Nin’s gruff voice reached her again, quick with warning: “And don’t you forget, girl. There’s worse than redcoats out there.” She didn’t look back as she struck out from under cover to join the other people on the road, but Sefia couldn’t stop herself from shuddering at Nin’s words. They had to avoid the authorities because of Nin’s reputation for thievery, but that wasn’t the reason they lived like nomads. She didn’t know much, but over the years she’d gathered this: Her parents had been on the run. They’d done all they could to keep her isolated, safe from some nameless, faceless enemy. It hadn’t been enough. And now the only thing that kept her safe was her mobility, her anonymity. If no one knew where she was or what she carried, no one would find her. Sefia shrugged her pack higher on her shoulders, feeling the weight thump against the small of her back, and weaved seamlessly into the crowd. By the time she reached the edge of town, Sefia’s arms were aching with the weight of the furs. She tottered past the docks, where a few small fishing boats and merchant ships were moored to the tipsy piers. Beyond the cove, the crimson hulks of Oxscinian Royal Navy ships lay at anchor, decks spiked with cannons. Five years ago, a handful of patrol boats would have sufficed, but now they were at war with Everica, the recently united Stone Kingdom, and they’d tightened the restrictions on trade and travel. Sefia and Nin could no longer get to the embattled shores of Everica, and even the stretch of Central Sea between the two kingdoms was rife with at-sea skirmishes and bloodthirsty privateers. To ordinary citizens, the sentinel ships might have been protectors, but to Sefia, who had never been ordinary, they were prison guards, barring her escape. At the entrance to the town square, she paused to study the layout of the market, searching for alleys she might use if she needed a quick exit. Around the perimeter were rows of shops easily identified by the crests over their doors: a cleaver and a pig for the butcher, an anvil for the blacksmith, crossed wooden peels for the baker. But it was the cluster of covered stalls in the center of the square that drew the crowds. On market days, traveling merchants and local farmers came from miles around, selling everything from bolts of cloth to scented soaps and balls of twine. Sefia wove among vendors hawking mangoes and passion fruit, sacks of coffee and catches of silver fish. Through the throngs of shoppers, she spied loose clasps on bracelets and jackets bulging with coin purses, but now was not the time for thievery. She passed the newsstand, where a member of the newsmen’s guild, a woman in a short-billed newsman’s cap and brown armbands, greeted her with more news of the turmoil abroad: “Another merchant ship lost to Captain Serakeen off the Liccarine coast! Queen orders additional naval escort for ambassadors traveling to Liccaro!” At her feet, the collection tin rang with the plink! plink! of copper coins. Sefia shuddered. While Everica and Oxscini warred in the south, the sweltering desert kingdom of Liccaro had problems of its own: Serakeen, the Scourge of the East, and his fleet of brutal pirates. He terrorized the seas around the poor island, pillaging coastal cities and extorting others, attacking traders and supply ships bringing aid to a kingdom that hadn’t had a king in generations. She and Nin had barely escaped one of Serakeen’s warships when they’d left Liccaro over a year ago. She still remembered the bursts of fire from distant cannons, the explosions of water on either side of the ship. As she made for the furrier’s stall, elbowing her way past people dressed in work shirts and old trousers, long cotton dresses and pointed coattails, a flash of gold caught her eye: a light no bigger than a puddle, rippling beneath the boot heels of the crowd. She smiled. If she looked too closely, it would disappear, so she contented herself with knowing it was there, on the edge of her vision. Her mother had always told her there was some hidden energy to the world, some light simmering just beneath the surface. It was always there, swirling invisibly around her, and every so often it would bubble up, as water appears from a fissure in the earth, a golden glow visible only to those who were especially attuned to it. Like her mother. Her beautiful mother, whose copper skin would tan to bronze in the summer months, who had given her the same slender build, the same unusual grace, the same special sense that there was more to the world than its physical forms. When Sefia had brought it up with Nin, her aunt had gone sullen and silent, refusing to answer any questions or even make casual conversation for a whole day. She’d never mentioned it again, though that didn’t stop her from seeing it. As the little pool of light began to ebb away, a man crossed in front of her. Stiff black hair flecked with gray, a stoop accentuated by an oversize sweater. She looked again. But it wasn’t him. The shape of his skull was wrong. The height was wrong. He didn’t share her straight brows or her teardrop eyes, dark as onyx. Everything was wrong. It was never him. Her father had been dead for six years, her mother for ten, but that didn’t stop her from seeing them in complete strangers. That didn’t stop the ache in her heart when she remembered, again, that they were gone. She shook her head and blinked rapidly as she approached the furrier’s, where a harried-looking woman was pawing through chinchilla furs with one hand while gripping the arm of her young son with the other. The little boy was crying, her hold on him so tight her fingers puckered his pink skin. “Don’t you ever leave my sight again! The impressors will get you!” When she shook his arm, his entire body wobbled. The furrier, a plain woman with spindly arms, leaned over the counter, digging her hands into a stack of fox pelts. “I heard another boy disappeared this week, just down the coast,” she whispered, glancing sideways to see if anyone was eavesdropping. Half-hidden behind her armful of pelts, Sefia pretended to take a greater interest in the paper envelopes of goods in the next stall, each one painted with a picture of the spices inside: cumin, coriander, fennel, turmeric . . . “See?” The mother’s voice rose in pitch. “This is impressor country!” Sefia’s pulse quickened. Impressors. Even the word sounded sinister. She and Nin had been overhearing bits of news about them for a couple of years now. As the story went, boys were disappearing all over Kelanna’s island kingdoms, too many to be runaways. There was talk of boys being turned into killers. You’d know them if you saw them, people said, because they’d have a burn around their neck like a collar. That was the first thing impressors did—brand the boys with red-hot tongs so they’d have that exact scar. The thought of the impressors made Sefia hunch her shoulders, suddenly conscious of how exposed she was in this sea of strangers, these watchers and whisperers. Checking behind her, she caught sight of a flash of crimson among the stalls. Redcoats. They were headed her way. As soon as the woman and her son left, Sefia dumped Nin’s pelts on the counter. While the furrier thumbed through them, Sefia fidgeted impatiently, glancing around at the swirling crowd, reaching behind her every so often to reassure herself that the mysterious angular object remained inside her pack. Someone tapped her on the shoulder. Stiffening, Sefia turned around. Behind her were the redcoats. “Have you seen this woman?” one asked. The other held out a yellowed sheet of paper, curling at the edges. A fading sketch. The features of the wanted woman were hooded and indistinct, but there was no mistaking the slope of her shoulders, the matted bear-skin cloak. Sefia felt as if she’d been dropped into dark water. “No,” she said faintly, “who is it?” The first redcoat shrugged and moved to the spices stall. “Have you seen this woman?” The other smiled sheepishly. “You’re too young to remember her, but thirty years ago she was the most notorious thief in the Five Islands. They called her the Locksmith. Someone a few towns over said they spotted her, but who knows. She’s probably long dead by now. Don’t you worry.” Swallowing, Sefia nodded. She recognized the story. The redcoats passed into the crowd again. The Locksmith. Nin’s old moniker. She agreed to the first price the furrier offered her and dumped the gold coins into her purse beside a piece of rutilated quartz and the last few rubies from a necklace she’d stolen in Liccaro. Was it enough? It had to be enough. Stowing her purse, she brushed the bottom of her pack once more and plowed into the crowd, elbowing the other shoppers aside in her haste to leave town. Once she reached the jungle, she began to run, breaking brush, catching on branches, made awkward and slow by the weight of her pack. Was that crashing in the foliage the sound of her own passage, or the sounds of a chase? She stole a glance behind her, imagining the creak of leather boots, the pounding of feet. She ran faster, the hard rectangular object beating painfully against the base of her spine. The woods grew hot and humid around her. Word travels quick. She had to get Nin. If the redcoats knew Nin was in Oxscini, there was no telling who else knew too. The campsite was only twenty yards ahead when, without warning, the forest around her went silent. The birds stopped singing. The insects stopped buzzing. Even the wind stopped whispering. Sefia froze, all her senses alert, her breath sounding loud as a lumber saw in the unmoving undergrowth. Her skin crawled. Then came the smell. Not the foul, rotting smell of sewage but a too-clean smell, like copper. A smell she could taste. A smell she could feel tingling in the tips of her fingers. A smell she knew. Through the trees, she heard Nin’s voice, low and guarded, the same voice she used when she was facing down large game, all claws and tusks, ready to charge: “So. You finally found me.”   Chapter 2   Worse Than Redcoats   Sefia ducked into the nearest patch of ferns, trembling so violently the fronds began quivering at her touch. The stench of scorched earth and copper was so strong her insides hummed with it. There was the sound of laughter, like ground glass. “I almost didn’t believe it when we got word some redcoats nearly caught you in the Oxscinian backwoods, but here you are.” We. Sefia dug her fingers into the dirt. Her suspicions had been right. Someone—a group of someones—had been searching for them. And found them. Because of her. She began pulling herself along the ground. Spiderwebs caught in her hair. Thorns pricked her skin. She gritted her teeth and kept going, inching closer and closer to the campsite. “I’ve spent my whole apprenticeship hunting you. I wasn’t even sure you were as uncatchable as everyone said you were—” “Get on with it, will you?” Nin interrupted. A quick, muffled snap made Sefia pause, eyes wide, in the brush. But through the huge, shovel-shaped leaves she could see nothing. “. . . or if you were dead.” After a moment, Nin grunted, “Still kicking.” “For now.” No. Sefia dragged herself through the brush. Not again. Ignoring the spines of an overgrown rattan, she wedged herself up against a rotting log shrouded with moss and air plants. Branches caught at her clothing, but through the spiked leaves and dead vines, she could almost see what was happening in the clearing. Nin was on her knees, gingerly touching the side of her head. A trickle of blood ran down the heel of her hand and dropped from her wrist. A hooded woman stood over her. Clothed all in black, the woman was like a shadow come striding out of the forest, all violence and darkness. At her side, her right hand rested on the hilt of a curved sword. Past the screen of leaves, Sefia could just make out the forms of two black horses tied among the trees. Two horses. There was someone else in the clearing. “Search her,” came a man’s voice, dry and brittle as bones. Sefia shuddered at the sound of it. The woman in black knelt in front of Nin’s pack and upended its contents onto the forest floor. The pots and knives, the tent and hatchet, the collapsible brass spyglass, all of Nin’s belongings came clattering out in a burst of noise. Sefia started. Rattan spines raked her cheek, drawing blood. She barely noticed. A cold rivulet of fear ran down her spine. Sefia could see the woman clearly now. Her enemy had a face: ugly dishwater eyes and cratered skin, with a few limp locks of hair floating around her cheeks. Was this the same person who had killed her father? “It’s not here,” Nin said. It. Sefia’s hand went to her pack. Through the leather, the hard metal corners of the strange object dug into her palm. This was what they wanted. The woman went rooting among Nin’s things, tossing aside the patched shirts and hand-carved utensils with a carelessness that made Sefia’s insides burn. At last the woman in black straightened. The stink of metal grew sharper. It crackled and burned, until the air was buzzing with it. She whirled on Nin. “Where is it?” Nin glared up at her, bent forward, and spat in the dirt. The woman struck her across the face with the back of her hand. In the bushes, Sefia bit down on her tongue to keep from crying out. Nin’s lip split. Blood pooled between her teeth. Sticking out her chin, Nin leaned over and spat again. “Gonna take more than that to make me talk,” she said. The woman in black let out a bark of laughter. “You’ll talk. By the time we’re done with you, you’ll sing. You saw what we did to him, didn’t you?” Her father. Sefia fought back the memory of amputated limbs. Misshapen hands. Things no kid should see. Things no one should ever see. Nin hadn’t seen the body. She’d spirited Sefia away into the woods as soon as she’d shown up, sobbing and bedraggled, at Nin’s door. But Sefia had seen it. She knew what they could do. Nin said nothing. Beyond Sefia’s vision, the man spoke again, his words like ice: “Let’s go. It’s not here.” “I already told you that,” Nin grumbled. “For folks who’re supposed to be so powerful, you aren’t too bright, are you? No wonder it took you so long to track me down.” “You think that matters? You think that’ll stop us?” The woman in black hit her again. “We are the wheel that drives the firmament. We’ll never stop.” And again, her fist making wet smacking sounds against Nin’s wrinkled flesh. Sefia flinched. A branch snapped beneath her. She tensed. The rhythm of the woman’s blows didn’t falter, but across the clearing Nin froze. For a second, her eyes locked with Sefia’s, warning her to stay put. To keep quiet. Nin crumpled at the next impact. Her face in the dirt, her flesh swollen and cut. Stop them, Sefia told herself. She could go out there and give up her pack. Just give them what they wanted. But fear roiled inside her. A dismembered corpse. The sick stench of metal. She’d seen what had happened to her father. There was movement to her right. Sounds of footsteps in the dead leaves. Sefia went cold. The man was coming for her, stalking the underbrush like a predator. She still couldn’t see him, but the tips of the ferns bent and tilted at his passage, sending ripples among the fiddleheads. He was getting closer. The smell of metal was so sharp it made her teeth hurt. “Wait,” Nin coughed. The man halted. The woman in black paused, her arm drawn back. Slowly, Nin pushed herself off the ground. Blood and saliva dribbled from her chin. She wiped it away, squinting up through her bruises. “If you want to do any real damage, you’ve got to get my good side,” she said, tapping her other cheek. The woman in black seized Nin’s hand and twisted. Nin buckled. Her wrist snapped. Sefia nearly lunged out from the brush to get to her, but Nin was watching her again. Stay put. Keep quiet. “Enough,” the man said. The woman in black glared in his direction, but she grabbed the collar of Nin’s cloak, hauling her to her feet. The horses were stamping and whiffling at the edge of the clearing. Now, Sefia thought. Before it’s too late. But she couldn’t move. She couldn’t. They bound Nin’s hands and mounted, Nin letting out a slight whuff of air as they forced her up. Despite the thorns that caught on her hands and arms, Sefia pushed away the barbed leaves until she could see Nin’s swollen eyes watching her from the back of the horse. Nin. The only family she had left. Then they were gone, slipping away between the branches, which closed behind them as if they’d never been. As the sound of the horses faded into the distance, the copper smell dissipated like mist, leaving that familiar metallic taste in the back of Sefia’s throat. Her breath came in ragged gasps. Hoisting herself over the log, she staggered into the clearing, where she fell forward among Nin’s belongings. The sobs came suddenly up from her stomach, wracking her entire body. Six years on the run from these people. A lifetime in hiding. And still they’d found her. Sefia began gathering up Nin’s things—an oversize shirt, the spyglass, her lock picks—as if the weight of them would be enough to hold on to, now that Nin was gone. Of course it wasn’t. Sefia unfolded the leather case that held the lock picks, her fingers catching on the metal tips of Nin’s most trusted tools. Her eyes blurred with tears. Her mother and father were dead. And now Nin had been taken from her too. To be beaten and tortured and who knew what else. No. Sefia twisted the leather in her hands. Not yet. The woman’s words came back to her like shards of glass, cutting into her: We’ll never stop. Not until they’d gutted everything she’d ever loved. Not until they’d laid waste to everyone who stood in their path. Sefia’s hands burned, as if everything she touched would burst into flame. They wouldn’t stop? Well, neither would she. Tucking the lock picks away, she jammed a bundle of Nin’s things into her pack and shouldered it. Then, narrowing her eyes, she located the hoofprints in the soft earth and marched into the jungle. They were faster than her, but Sefia was relentless. She tracked them through miles of rain forest, over fallen logs and into creeks, past gnarled thickets of thorns and stagnant pools buzzing with mosquitoes. By midafternoon, just as Nin had predicted, sheets of water began pouring over the rain forest, dripping from the canopy until everything was wet through. Grimly, Sefia pulled her rain cloak over herself and the pack, squinting into the rain. As she slogged through the downpour, it became harder and harder to track the horses. But they didn’t stop, and neither would she. She carried on, searching for crescent-shaped puddles and broken twigs in the failing light. The rain fell, but she didn’t stop. Darkness fell, but she didn’t stop. But on the edge of a roaring creek, swollen with rain, she slipped. She slid down the muddy bank, clutching at loose roots that ripped away in her hands, and landed in the turgid water, tumbling over and over in the dark and the cold. Again and again, the current thrust her under, but every time she came up gasping for air, striking at the rapids with her arms and legs, searching for shore. With nothing but her stubbornness and what remained of her fading strength, she made it to the opposite bank and hauled herself out of the water on shaking limbs. The rain pelted her face as she lay gasping in the dark. 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Ian Attfield, Senior Education Advisor, Department for International Development

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Yvonne Ike, Managing Director and Head, Sub-Saharan Africa (Ex-RSA), Bank of America Merrill Lynch

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Ben Shepherd, Consulting Fellow, Africa Programme, Chatham House

Henry Thompson, Project Consultant, Africa Programme, Chatham House

Alex Vines, Research Director, Area Studies and International Law; Head, Africa Programme, Chatham House

Anthe Vrijlandt, Europe Liaison Manager, TradeMark East Africa

Chair: Murray Grant, Managing Director, Intermediated Equity, CDC Group

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Private sector expansion is critical to achieving the job creation required for countries in sub-Saharan Africa to prosper and become significant sources of global consumption and production. However, supporting the growth of businesses requires a range of structural changes and policies such as better access to finance, improved transport infrastructure and increased productivity that can help achieve economies of scale at a firm and industry level.

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Hi I'm divorced and proud father of 18 year old Princess. I grew up in WA. D.C. I live in Orlando, Florida. I'm retired and prepare income taxes and light bookkeeping for private industries. I'm 66 inches tall or 5 Feet 6 inches tall. My current weight is 151 Lbs. I'm white with a tan short dark brown hair green eyes and always clean shaven and well groomed. I'm looking to meet my best friend and to have fun and learn everything from her.

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RR made a comment in a below post about always hitting the same fave haunts.

Lately mine has been La Grande Orange. See, I work from home, so meetings that aren't at a client's location can get tricky. Plus, my boss lives in Scottsdale and we like to get together for meetings rather than doing everything by phone. Because we can't EAT together by phone.

Enter LGO. It's the perfect spot for a casual meeting.

Surely, you all have some idea of the Craig and Kris DiMarco empire -- Postino, Chelsea's Kitchen, LGO, Tammie Coe Cake, dare I say Arlecchino for gelato, etc. I'm pretty sure they're going to take over the world, or at least Arcadia.

Anyway, order at the counter, they call your name and you're set to eat. In the past, there were just a few bistro tables on the sidewalk and small patio. With the opening of the LGO Pizzeria, you can now eat in that part of the restaurant. They don't start making pizzas until 4 p.m., so it's open seating with no wait service in the dining area all day long.

Nice and comfy and perfect during these few weeks before it's 1,000 degrees.

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Croque Monsier -- almost as good at the one I had at the Cafe Dupont in the 15th in Paris. Gooey with Gruyere, crunchy bread, salty with ham and great tomatoes.
Nicoise Salad -- a little untraditional, more of a deconstructed nicoise and made with a tuna salad that includes golden currants and capers. Kalamatas, potato, egg, asparagus on the side with a yummy lemony vinagrette.
BLT -- it's bacon, how can you go wrong.
Ooey Gooey Cupcakes -- delish! If it comes out of the fridge case, I like it better if I wait for it to come to room temp.
Cookies -- snickerdoodle is my fave. Chocolate chip is so rich and chocolately.
Spanish Latte -- oh my god! It'll make you wanna slap your mama. I'm not much of a coffe drinker, but this I love. It's espresso with milk and sweetened condensed milk for a sugary kick. Wow! It's rich.

Go, enjoy! But, try to go during an off time. I won't even approach the place on a weekend.

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Ping's or New Green Bo Sunday?

ko1 | Jun 27, 2006 02:32 PM

We're coming to Manhattan again this weekend and figured that after Saturday's dinner at Le Bernardin we'd hit Chinatown for a more casual dinner. After checking the board, we've narrowed it down to New Green Bo and Ping's. Any thoughts on favorite dishes or which you prefer? Also, neither takes reservations, correct? When is the best time of evening to go? TIA?

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Chromecast uses HDMI-CEC technology, which, to cut a long story short, lets consumer products – your smartphone, for instance – interact with things like a HDTV, once the dongle is connected, of course, and plugged into a power source. Most modern TVs support this technology, too – although some like to use different names, just to make things difficult; Samsung’s version is called Anynet+, for instance.

You may also need to go into your HDTV’s Settings to ensure the feature is enabled. This will vary from TV to TV; but once you’ve found it, it requires nothing more than a tap on the remote to switch it on. Once you’ve done this you’ll be able to use your smartphone, via Chromecast, as a remote for your HDTV.

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  • #41
    Regardless my opinion on fake tails, I think for the 3ft hunters you would be completely fine without one. If you move up to the juniors where you see more of them then maybe reevaluate.

    • #42
      Spray the hocks with Show Sheen and the tail does hang between the hocks.

      If you *think* you have been able to notice every horse that has a fake tail, dollars to donuts there were a whole whack of them at each and every show that did have a fake tail that you didn't notice.

      How would you know if a horse was wearing a fake tail that you weren't able to pick out of a crowd? You didn't notice it!

      Get a 1/2 lb that is nicely tapered. Leave the banged tails to the WP folks.

      • #43
        You need to get a standing shot instead of all the movement ones, where you can actually see his tail.

        But a fake tail will NOT make his neck look longer!

        • Original Poster

          Originally posted by lauriep View Post
          You need to get a standing shot instead of all the movement ones, where you can actually see his tail.

          But a fake tail will NOT make his neck look longer!
          Checking to make sure it's not going to make it look shorter! Haha I know there's basically nothing I can do to make it look much longer except do an insane amount of extra braids, but it's okay. I just don't want to make him look super hind end heavy and awkwardly even shorter in the front. I don't have any standing ones yet, but I'll see if I can get one tomorrow.

          • #45
            I don't care for the look of a fake tail that looks fat at the bottom. Of course, I am in the minority of people who can appreciate the look of a thin mane and tail, especially on an appaloosa.
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            • #46
              Originally posted by Andrew View Post
              B R A V O!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

              Fake tails need to be banned plain and simple!!!!
              I take it with your name you are a male? If so, you never looked at a woman with make up? Or a nice outfit? Heels? Colored hair? Or if you are a female - you have NEVER done any of these things?

              Isn't putting shoes on a horse considered fake? Should they too be banned?

              Please; this does not mean someone is FAKE. It means they want to look nice... yes some over do it but the reality of it all is there are fake a holes that would never have a manicure done, color their hair or put on false eyelashes and they are still FAKE.

              A fake tail can look nice if done well. Some don't and some need them if they have a big head or something like that.

              I agree it's a balance issue and when braided I think they finish the look if the tail is too thin.

              So whatever you want OP. I think your horse would look nice and agree with Rel6.
              If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

              • #47
                Originally posted by gumshoe View Post
                Spray the hocks with Show Sheen and the tail does hang between the hocks.

                If you *think* you have been able to notice every horse that has a fake tail, dollars to donuts there were a whole whack of them at each and every show that did have a fake tail that you didn't notice.

                How would you know if a horse was wearing a fake tail that you weren't able to pick out of a crowd? You didn't notice it!

                Get a 1/2 lb that is nicely tapered. Leave the banged tails to the WP folks.
                That's a great idea. My horses tail sticks between their legs - the real ones not a fake one...

                I have been lucky and have had horses with big fat tails where people ask if they are fake.

                Here is a butt shot of my horse with NO FAKE tail...

                Other horses fat "real" tail:

                My new horse, I just asked my trainer today if he gets a fake tail for the show... his is so wimpy and sad..... But maybe with good nutrition now it will get fuller. (?)

                I did have an appy growing up so I was happy when I got a few horses with pretty tails...

                I think a fake one that doesn't look QH would be fine like gumshoe says.
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Outright inflammatory, vulgar, harassing, malicious or otherwise inappropriate statements and criminal charges unsubstantiated by a reputable news source or legal documentation will not be tolerated and will be dealt with at the discretion of the moderators.

2. Conversations in horse-related forums should be horse-related.
The forums are a wonderful source of information and support for members of the horse community. While it’s understandably tempting to share information or search for input on other topics upon which members might have a similar level of knowledge, members must maintain the focus on horses.

3. Keep conversations productive, on topic and civil.
Discussion and disagreement are inevitable and encouraged; personal insults, diatribes and sniping comments are unproductive and unacceptable. Whether a subject is light-hearted or serious, keep posts focused on the current topic and of general interest to other participants of that thread. Utilize the private message feature or personal email where appropriate to address side topics or personal issues not related to the topic at large.

4. No advertising in the discussion forums.
Posts in the discussion forums directly or indirectly advertising horses, jobs, items or services for sale or wanted will be removed at the discretion of the moderators. Use of the private messaging feature or email addresses obtained through users’ profiles for unsolicited advertising is not permitted.

Company representatives may participate in discussions and answer questions about their products or services, or suggest their products on recent threads if they fulfill the criteria of a query. False "testimonials" provided by company affiliates posing as general consumers are not appropriate, and self-promotion of sales, ad campaigns, etc. through the discussion forums is not allowed.

Paid advertising is available on our classifieds site and through the purchase of banner ads. The tightly monitored Giveaways forum permits free listings of genuinely free horses and items available or wanted (on a limited basis). Items offered for trade are not allowed.

Advertising Policy Specifics
When in doubt of whether something you want to post constitutes advertising, please contact a moderator privately in advance for further clarification. Refer to the following points for general guidelines:

Horses – Only general discussion about the buying, leasing, selling and pricing of horses is permitted. If the post contains, or links to, the type of specific information typically found in a sales or wanted ad, and it’s related to a horse for sale, regardless of who’s selling it, it doesn’t belong in the discussion forums.

Stallions – Board members may ask for suggestions on breeding stallion recommendations. Stallion owners may reply to such queries by suggesting their own stallions, only if their horse fits the specific criteria of the original poster. Excessive promotion of a stallion by its owner or related parties is not permitted and will be addressed at the discretion of the moderators.

Services – Members may use the forums to ask for general recommendations of trainers, barns, shippers, farriers, etc., and other members may answer those requests by suggesting themselves or their company, if their services fulfill the specific criteria of the original post. Members may not solicit other members for business if it is not in response to a direct, genuine query.

Products – While members may ask for general opinions and suggestions on equipment, trailers, trucks, etc., they may not list the specific attributes for which they are in the market, as such posts serve as wanted ads.

Event Announcements – Members may post one notification of an upcoming event that may be of interest to fellow members, if the original poster does not benefit financially from the event. Such threads may not be “bumped” excessively. Premium members may post their own notices in the Event Announcements forum.

Charities/Rescues – Announcements for charitable or fundraising events can only be made for 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organizations. Special exceptions may be made, at the moderators’ discretion and direction, for board-related events or fundraising activities in extraordinary circumstances.

Occasional posts regarding horses available for adoption through IRS-registered horse rescue or placement programs are permitted in the appropriate forums, but these threads may be limited at the discretion of the moderators. Individuals may not advertise or make announcements for horses in need of rescue, placement or adoption unless the horse is available through a recognized rescue or placement agency or government-run entity or the thread fits the criteria for and is located in the Giveaways forum.

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  • #21
    Originally posted by Foxtrot's View Post
    It is more that the Chronicle of the Horse sponsors this BB for free and for that we are extremely lucky. OT days are fun, but not horse related and do not direct people to the horse magazine itself. If we had an open OT day, the whole world would join, people with no interest in horses - and I'm sure there are lots of boards out there for that purpose. Right?

    Menagerie - good idea so far. thanks.
    I agree, I think this Menagerie forum is great, and the OT days can be "special" for totally random personal stuff.

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    • #22
      This is fantastic- thank you SO much!

      And I agree with some of the above posters that while OT days are certainly fun, we don't need them all the time. However, many of us 'horse people' are also 'dog/cat/etc people' and having a place to talk about our other pets is wonderful!
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      • #23

        Great idea, since so many horse people have other animals in the family.

        • #24
          I think this is a great idea.
          The very existence of flamethrowers proves that sometime, somewhere, someone said to themselves, "You know, I want to set those people on fire, but I'm just not close enough to get the job done".

          • #25
            Very cool. Thank you!
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            • Original Poster

              Originally posted by ayrabz View Post
              well, I'm sure I'll get booed here. I don't mean to, I swear.
              Mods said they'd be checking back for feedback, so I'm posting.
              I LOVE the idea. I DO. But I'm truly confused. IF we can have an exotic animal (as in: not dog, cat, or farm related animal) forum...then, why? can't we have an open forum for COTHers to talk to each other in other regards?

              Please, I know I'll get flamed, and again...I DO think this is a good idea...what I"m confused on, is why? we can't have one that is just for us to share other things on, vs. horses and horse life IF we can have this one?

              I'm missing something, obviously...as to me, these are threads/discussions that would have otherwise been deleted. If we're relaxing that, then why are we limiting it to something NON horse related but yet, specific? at all?

              Thanks for the question (boooooo!!! ) ~

              Back when we started the Around the Farm forum, we intended to allow it to include discussion of other pets too, as horse people are generally animal people, and it's all sort of part of the "lifestyle."

              The pet threads really started to dominate ATF, however, and some users were understandably not thrilled with having to wade through lots of pet posts when they come here for horses.

              By creating a separate forum for other animals/pets, we're able to exclude this forum from the searches some of those posters used to scan for new topics each day, so it enables them to easily ignore the non-horse stuff if they so choose.

              We've gone back and forth re: a full-time OT forum for years, and while we got the OK to open it up to other animals around the dawn of the ATF forum, in the end, the powers-that-be still want to reserve that free-for-all OT feature as more of a special event...

              Part of the reasoning is likely to preserve the power of the OT forum to help folks blow off some steam with a unique diversion for a day or few, some of it relates to resources required to run a full-time OT forum on a site as busy as ours, and some of it still pertains to desire to keep the overall focus here on horses. Even though parrots, dogs and potbelly pigs clearly aren't horses, the whole critter-laden lifestyle is pretty much inherent to life with horses.

              That all said, I can always keep asking.

              Thanks for all the positive feedback...we had a feeling it wouldn't be a tough sell!

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              • #27
                Thank you so much

                After owning the easiest keeper ever for 29 years, I was a member of this forum, but temporarilary unable to access the forum when she passed away. I was unable to come here and get sympathies and there theres.
                Now it looks like I will never be able to afford another horse, and this is the only place I really go to keep up with what is going on in the outside world. I just love COTH, and now I love it more.
                I still have 4 pets, and three are nearly 18 years old. so this is going to be a favorite of mine. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
                and Amy
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                • #28
                  coollies, thank you!
                  where am I, what day is it, am I still having a good time?

                  • #29
                    New threads made in this forum WILL NOT appear in the New Posts or Today's Posts searches, so for those not interested in scrolling through pages of new puppy threads in search of interesting horse topics, hopefully that will allay most of your concerns re: this new offering.
                    Awesome. This addresses my concern about having to scroll through a bunch of OT stuff to find the horse stuff. Thanks for making this forum its own entity so those of us not interested are not affected by it.

                    • #30
                      I like the name
                      Nothing says "I love you" like a tractor. (Clydejumper)

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                      • #31
                        Yea! What a great idea! Thanks, Mods.
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                        • #32
                          Thanks Mods!

                          I always felt guilty asking non-HR pet but still farm-related questions on Around The Farm or Off Course

                          Now I can post here with a clear conscience

                          & kudos for keeping these threads off the New Posts - let those remain mostly HR, Amen
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                          • #33
                            Thanks for the new forum!

                            Please leave Off-Topic day as is. There are plenty of other sites to discuss the day2day garbage of the world.
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                            • #34
                              Originally posted by 2DogsFarm View Post
                              I always felt guilty asking non-HR pet but still farm-related questions on Around The Farm or Off Course

                              Now I can post here with a clear conscience

                              & kudos for keeping these threads off the New Posts - let those remain mostly HR, Amen
                              That too, it is important to keep a clean conscience, always.

                              I do wonder how much longer I can keep from getting another cat, now that we will have a place for kitten pictures.
                              I am already avoiding the breeder forum, this one may be a tought one also.

                              • #35
                                Great idea! Love the name!! Thanks!!!

                                • #36
                                  I am so glad to see this. So many of us horse fanatics have other critters too, it just makes sense and surely can and will increase traffic that will make the advertisers happy<G>.
                                  RIP Sasha, best dog ever, pictured shortly before she died, Death either by euthanasia or natural causes is only the end of the animal inhabiting its body; I believe the spirit lives on.

                                  • #37
                                    Originally posted by fooler View Post
                                    Thanks for the new forum!

                                    Please leave Off-Topic day as is. There are plenty of other sites to discuss the day2day garbage of the world.

                                    Ditto and ditto, thanks Mod1!!
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                                    • #38

                                      Pretends to look adult and sedate

                                      Thank you so much! I have so many questions about the rest of the menagerie on our farm. The horses haven't made it into the house yet, although the mini found the malamute's dog door..

                                      Then there are the on going joys of puppy/cats/horses/ odd wildlife...
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                                      • #39
                                        I'd like to add my voice to the positives and say I think this is a GREAT idea! Yep, many of us "horse people" have other animals and it's great to be able to talk to our COTH pals about those other critters. Love the name for this section, too! Thanks, mods!!!

                                        • #40
                                          Thank you so much! We'zums all loffs you!

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As we approach the end of the year, it got me thinking, sometimes a fresh start is good.  With the end of Windows XP approaching, now might be a good time to consider migration options.  XenDesktop Local Mode, which includes XenClient Enterprise 5, is a solution that opens the door to a new paradigm on how to manage endpoint devices.

New to XenClient?  Watch the XenClient Enterprise 5 video to see how this core pillar of XenDesktop enables IT to centrally manage and secure corporate laptops and PCs — while providing unprecedented personalization capabilities for end users. Also, check out a recent post where I highlight a key feature introduced: Personal vDisk (PvD) technology.  I explain the power of this feature further in another blog, focusing on a key element, the Synchronizer.

We all live by the mantra of “if ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”  Yet, at some point we will have to address the problem and move to Windows 7 or give your users a thrill surprising them with Windows 8.1.  Change is tough and while we all hate it, sometimes it has to be done!  Why not in the process of moving to Windows 7, slipstream XenClient into the mix and enhance the migration experience.  XenClient gives a few options to assist in your migration and possibly make the adoption of a new operating system (A.K.A change) to the end user a bit more bearable!

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The End is Near:
What about the looming end to XP?  The good news there is you can run XP on XenClient Enterprise!  This is great because if you have a pesky application that will only run on XP, you can still offer up an environment until you can fully migrate that application to a newer version of Windows.  Once the application migrated, with a simple unassignment in the XC Synchronizer, XP can be gone forever!

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There is an option to dual boot a system, which is a great way to keep a system intact and run XenClient Enterprise while slowly migrating your user to XenClient full time.  On pages 9-15 of the XenClient Enterprise Engine Installation Guide we explain how to dual boot between XenClient and a local operating system.  I would suggest this option for the user who is apprehensive towards change (aren’t we all?) since this helps to ease them into XenClient.

Migrating the User Data:
The other alternative is to just ensure the user data is backed up and migrated.  Luckily Citrix has ShareFile for that and if user settings are a concern, check out our User Profile Management tool. This will allow the collection of important user data, but allow a fresh start with Windows 7 or even Windows 8.  On and the good news is ShareFile does work on Windows XP.  At the end of the day, your users just want to have a working system with their data intact.

Maybe it is just my old IT brain talking, but I just like to start fresh!  Consider a different approach when planning your migration off Windows XP by downloading XenClient Enterprise 5 and try it free on up to 10 devices.

Join the conversation by connecting with the Citrix XenClient team online!


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