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Amy Alton 2005. "Invisible Zapatistas: Women's Work Outside the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberación Nacional."
Suzane Avellano 1984. "Social Conditions and Political Aspirations of the Black Community in Cuba’s Early Republican Period."
Brenna Avinelis 2006. "Racism and Interracial Marriage: Case Studies in Santa Barbara and Hollywood."
Lance Awbrey 2010. "Chile: overcoming seemingly insurmountable odds to gain civilian control of the military."
Helena C. Barreto 1980. "The Life and Times of Fernão Carrilho: A Seventeenth- Century ‘Bandeirante’ of Northeastern Brazil."
Teresa Berenhauser Fernandes 1991. "Literary Tradition and Translation: Cummings in Brazil."
Timothy Karsten Braatz 1990. "Challenging the Myths: the Revisionist Movement in Mexican-American Historiography."
Jorge Cabrera 2012."Violent, Criminal, Illegal Immigrants" MS-13 - The Discursive Misrepresentation of a Global Gang."
Thomas Clark 2008. "Taking the field: baseball hegemony in Latin America."
Mónica Figueroa Landeros 1999. "Las Cristeras: A Socio-Historical Analysis of Women in the Cristero Rebellion, México, 1926-29."
Lillian Flores 1997. "The Paradox of Elite Coalition and Party Formation: A Comparative Study of the Argentine and Uruguayan Political Systems."
Jason Brian Ford 2004. "Alternative Representations of Sexuality in Post-Franco Catalan Cinema."
Sean S. Fromson 1991. "The Andean Cocaine Trade: the Destabilizing Effects of a Criminal Industry in Colombia, Peru, and Bolivia."
Douglas M. Goodner 1995. "Of Women Seen But Not Heard”: The Spanish Women in Bernal Díaz del Castillo’s Chronicle of the Conquest of New Spain."
Alison Goodwin 2006. "Eugenio Dittborn and the 'Airmail Paintings': Remembrance in Chile after Pinochet."
Elizabeth Sheldon Greider 1980. "A Case Study of Two Urban Middle-Class Families of Oaxaca, Mexico."
Natalie Hernandez 2009. "Staging the Nation: the political context of ballet folklorico in the creation of Mexican national identity."
Heathe Kiger 2004. "Relationships between Socioeconomic Status and Disordered Eating Among Latin American Women."
Julianna Cecilia Krolak 1994. "The Influence of American Oil Companies on the Mexican Revolution of 1910."
Amelia Maureen Layne 2002. "Communicative Competence in the University Language Classroom.”
Andrew Leonard 2006. "The Historical Transition of the FARC: From Marxist Insurgent Guerrillas to Bolivarian State Competitor."
Michele L. Lipka 1999. "Filmmaking and the Making of Revolution: Jorge Sanjines, the Ukamau Group, and the New Latin American Cinema."
Edwin López 2000. "Race and Revolution: Indigenous Peasants and Reform in Guatemala, 1944-1954."
María Carmen Lozano Ibañez 2002. "The Sounds of Immigration: Cultural and Legal Discourse in Spanish Pop Music and Las Leyes de Extranjería (Spanish Immigration Laws)."
Karen Luna 2006. "Salvadoran Men's and Women's Testimonios: A Gender Analysis of Historical Claims of Truth."
John Patrick Lyons 1999. "Amaro Velho Cerqueira, A Life in Service of the Portuguese Crown in the South Atlantic in the Seventeenth Century."
Fernando Magallon 2005. "The Changing Landscape of Production and Labor Organization in Kings County Dairy Farms: From Family to Immigrant Labor."
Jeanine Anne Mendoza 1987. "Membership in the Portuguese Military Order of Santiago, 1668-1706."
Omideh Miri 2004. "Barriers to Educating Deaf Students: The Roles of Culture and Stereotypes."
Paul William Moncrief 1997. "The Rise and Decline of the PRI: The Emergence of the PAN and its Impact on Democracy in Mexico."
Tina Pérez 1999. "The Life and Times of Constantino Barradas, Fourth Bishop of Brazil (1603-1618).
Michael Efren Peyron 2003. "Devotion or Dissatisfaction?: Lucas Alamán and the Catholic Church."
Adriene Pilon 1997. "Chile: The Art of Mourning."
Graciela Reynosa 2002. "The Corrido as a (Re)Interpretation of Mexican Society: Los Tigres del Norte as Socio-political Discourse."
Anabel Rivadeneyra 1999. "Poor Women’s Struggles Against Gender Inequality: A Case Study From Urban Venezuela."
Natalie Marie Rogers 2009. "Staging the Nation: The Political Context of Ballet Folklóricoin the Creation of Mexican National Identity."
Maribel Roxana Roldán Pérez 1999. "Narratives of Five Guatemalans Residing in Washington, D.C.: Uncovering Through Life Histories the Importance of Cultural and Religious Traditions of Immigrants in the United States."
Leah Russell 2010. "Anything you can do I can do better: co-optation and agency within the AfroReggae cultural groups."
Anna Belinda Sandoval Girón 1999. "Anguish, Fear, and Motherhood: Madres Angusitiadas in the Guatemalan Post-Civil War."
Mary Aileen Seliger 2003. "El Exilio y sus Angeles Enigmáticos en la Narrativa de Cristina Peri Rossi y de Juan Goytisolo."
Daniel Anthony Smith 1986. "Siku Ensemble Music in the Urban Environment: Tradition and Change in the ‘Turgurios” of Lima, Peru."
Yolanda Swoopes-Jiménez 2001. "The Brazilian Popular Church and its Role in the Formation of Black Consciousness in Brazil."
Matthew A. Tompkins 2003. "Evangelical Protestantism in a Highland Maya Community: Reshaping the Religious, Social, and Economic Landscape of Santa Clara La Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala."
Amy Vogel 2000. "Blaming Burnham for Guyana’s Decline."
Marcelo Warkentin 2000. "The Nationalization of the German-Russian Mennonite Schools in Brazil, 1930-1945."
Laura Suzanne Weingarten 1998. "Writing for Self-Discovery: Two Mexican-Jewish Women Explore Their Complex Identities."
Vanessa Ziegeler 2007. "The Rise and Fall of Fulgencio Batista in Cuban Politics."
Miguel Becerra 2010 Stereotypes of Afro-Peruvians through the media : the case of the Peruvian blackface
Cheryl Jimenez Frei (2012), Archetypes of the Veiled Other: Visual culture, travel literature, and the male gaze in the construction of the Spanish Morisca and the Peruvian Tapada, 1530-1900
Martin Jacinto 2012 Confronting Capitalist Globalization and Polyarchy in Oaxaca: An Assessment of the APPO Movement and the Prospects for Social Movements in Mexico
Jenae Jordan 2011 Modern Argentine soccer in mass media imagery : sexuality, nationalism, and the female body in historical context
Veronica Zavala 2013 ¡Venimos a Triunfar! A Discourse Analysis of Spanish Language Radio Piolin por la Mañana
Brian Wiley 2013 The 2006 Penguin Revolution and the 2011 Chilean Winter: Chilean Students' Fight for Education Reform
William Alexander Yankes 2012 Chile, una nacion resquebrajada desde su inicio: la incipiente novela "Cautiverio feliz del Mestre de Campo General Don Francisco Nunez de Pineda y Bascunan"
Marcus Cuellar 2014 Runners Left on Base: Cuban Baseball Defection Experience and a Reevaluation of Baseball Diplomacy
Angel Rodriguez 2014 Angel Ricardo, Infectious Imperialism : Race, Syphilis, and Human Experimentation in Guatemala City, 1946-1948


During Ayatollah Khamenei’s visit to the International ?Book Fair in Tehran, today (Friday), when he visited the stand of Niloufar Publications, like in other stands, he greeted the book vendors, and asked about newly published books. A book attracted his attention, and he asked: “Is this the old four-volume book?” The answer was yes. He then asked: “Who was the translator?” They said: “Abul Hassan Najafi.”
Ayatollah Khamenei said: “Aha! Abul Hassan Najafi: many years ago, Abul Hassan Najafi, with the late Mr. Habibi and some other literature intellectuals visited us. I asked him: ‘Are you the translator of The Thibaults?’ Mr Najafi was surprised that I knew the novel. Later, I admired the novel and offered a critique to his work. Mr Najafi asked, more surprised: ‘You have really read all the four volumes? I didn’t think you even heard the title of my book!”
The Leader continued, smiling: “I said, ‘I have read it… God bless late Mr Najafi. The novel The Thibaults was an excellent novel which, unfortunately, did not become as famous as it deserved it.”
The Thibaults is a long novel, written by the French author, Roger Martin du Gard, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. This novel explores, on the one hand, the European history in the early years of the twentieth century and during the first World War; on the other hand, it depicts the life events of a French prosperous, bourgeois family: The Thibaults.


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The ‘Connecting Me’ Tool Kit – This Tool Kit was developed by Scope’s Communication & Inclusion Resource Centre as a product of the learnings from the ‘Connecting Me’ project. The purpose of this initiative was to increase community inclusion for people with a disability and their families, using a co-design model.
Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest (Oct 2018) – JFA Purple Orange has written a paper about Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest. This publication uses real life examples and stories to illustrate all areas of CoPs and CoIs, including how to create and maintain a CoP or CoI and the benefits of CoPs and CoIs for people living with a disability.
Program planning and evaluation guide – The aim of this guide is to help community sector organisations plan, deliver and evaluate evidence-informed programs. Its practical advice and resources are divided into five steps. Australian Institute of Family Studies, March 2018.
How to develop a program evaluation plan – This resource has been designed specifically for Communities for Children (CfC) service providers to assist them in meeting the evaluation criterion for the 50% evidence-based program requirement. However, it may be used by anyone who wants to evaluate the outcomes of a program. This resource is provided as a guide only. Australian Institute of Family Studies, 2018.
Child Family Community Australia – What is community development? Jan 2017
Child Family Community Australia – Community Engagement: A key strategy for improving outcomes for Australian Families. April 2016.


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An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual identities against the backdrop of his Jehovah's Witness upbringing.
In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient, but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country. At the turn of the millennium, Jesse seeks a fresh start in London, escaping a broken immediate family, a repressive religious community and his depressed hometown in the industrial Black Country. But once he arrives he finds himself at a loss for a new center of gravity, and turns to sex work, music and art to create his own notions of love, masculinity and spirituality.
A wholly original novel as tender as it is visceral, Rainbow Milk is a bold reckoning with race, class, sexuality, freedom and religion across generations, time and cultures.
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How does the global art market and global cultural consumption shape small neighborhoods? And, moreover, what does this effect indicate about the future of neighborhoods in global cities? The project unites the literature on globalization, cultural consumption and inequality in its analysis of Wynwood, Miami. Formerly the Puerto Rican barrio of the city, an area that even police officers feared entering as recently as the late 1990s, this neighborhood has exploded into becoming an global destination for arts and culture. From internationally-renowned private art collections to hundreds of murals and street art, Wynwood is now a destination point for cultural consumers worldwide. In less than a decade, the neighborhood transitioned from urban blight to urban chic, from being labeled as dangerous on rental car maps to appearing on the “must do” list in travel guides. Thousands of the world’s “super-rich”—a catch-all term for High Net Worth Individuals (HNWIs)—have flowed through the streets of Wynwood in their pursuit of art. As a result, Wynwood has become an emerging market centered around cultural consumption and art. Through a long-term ethnographic study, I demonstrate how Wynwood became a "global neighborhood"--a significant node in the roadmap of cultural consumption for the global elites--and how this creation of place shapes the social interactions of those who live, work, and play in the area. In a world in which the new global elites increasingly, and relatively easily, span the globe for their cultural consumption, how is it that neighborhoods are shaped?
Garcia, Alfredo, and Joseph Blankholm. In Press. “The Social Context of Organized Nonbelief: County-Level Predictors of Nonbeliever Organizations in the United States.” Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Kugelmass, Heather, and Alfredo Garcia. 2015. “Mental Disorders Among Nonreligious Adolescents.” Journal of Mental Health, Religion, and Culture 18(5): 368-379.
Garcia, Alfredo. 2014. “Relational Work in Economic Sociology: A Review and Extension.” Sociology Compass 8(6): 639-647.
Garcia, Alfredo. 2011. “From Satan to Hume: The Secularization of Suicide in England and the Reaction from the Pulpit.” Cult/ure 6 (Spring).
Garcia, Alfredo, and Christy Guzzo. 2007. “Dientes ChiquiTICOS: An Analysis of Juvenile Dentition and Dental Health in Costa Rican Indigenous Communities.” McGill Journal of Medicine 10 (2): 81-86.
Popular Press (Selected)
2015. “Pope Francis Causes Division Among Cubans in Miami.” Religion&Politics.
2013. “The New Jim Crow: Churches Respond to Mass Incarceration.” Religion&Politics.
2012. “The Lonely Life of American Atheists.” Religion&Politics
2010. “Religious leaders blast Gingrich, Palin on New York mosque,” Pew Forum
2010. “Is the Tea Party unbiblical?” Washington Post and Huffington Post.
2010. “Evangelical’s bestseller is a must-read for members of Mexican drug cartel.” Washington Post.
2016 Chandler Award for Excellence in Religion Reporting, Religion Newswriters Association
2015 Summer Research Funding, Canadian Studies Program, Princeton University
2013 Princeton University Excellence in Teaching Award, Association of Princeton Graduate Alumni, The Graduate School, Princeton University
2013 Marvin Bressler Award for Teaching, Sociology Department, Princeton University
2013 Graduate Research Award, Center for the Study of Social Organization, Princeton University
2012-2014 Graduate Research Fellowship, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University
2005 Dean’s Summer Fellowship, Research Grant, Duke University
2005 Youth Activity Fund, Research Grant, The Explorer’s Club
2005 Danenberg Mentorship, Research Grant, Duke University
Fall 2016 Global Cultures, Religions, and Communications, Masters of Arts in International Administration, University of Miami
Fall 2016 Introduction to Religion, Adjunct Professor, University of Miami
Spring 2016, Fall 2016 Basic Ideas of Sociology, Adjunct Professor, Florida International University
Fall 2016 Religion and Moral Choice, Adjunct Professor, University of Miami
Fall 2016 Introduction to Religion, Adjunct Professor, Florida International University
Fall 2015 Social Deviancy, Adjunct Professor, Florida International University
Fall 2015 Fall 2016 Introduction to Sociology, Adjunct Professor, Florida International University
2014 Introduction to Sociology, Co-Instructor, Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative, Mercer County Community College, East Jersey State Prison
2013 Introduction to Sociology, Co-Instructor, Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative, Mercer County Community College, Garden State Prison
2013 Sociology of Religion, Assistant in Instruction, Princeton University
2012 Money, Work and Social Life (Economic Sociology), Assistant in Instruction, Princeton University
2012 Sociological Theory, Assistant in Instruction, Princeton University
2012 Introduction to Sociology, Co-Instructor, Princeton Prison Teaching Initiative, Mercer County Community College, Garden State Prison
2009 Science and Religion throughout History, St. Paul’s School, London, UK
2009 Cults, Sects and Rock n’ Roll (Popular Religion), St. Paul’s School, London, UK
2008 South Park, Religion, and Satire: Comedic Portrayals of Religion in Contemporary American Film and Television, Co-Instructor, under guidance of Mark Goodacre, Department of Religious Studies, Duke University
2006 Human Osteology, Teaching Assistant, Duke University
2006 Quaternary Prehistory of Southern Africa and Paleoanthropological Field Methods, Teaching Assistant, Duke in South Africa Program, Duke University


Today I want to share the super-set of books that helped me to learn the principles modern and successful software engineering companies relied on to grow and prosper.
I sincerely recommend the books for leaders who aim to build effective product teams, create outstanding software products and grow their own professional level in leadership and management.
Even if you can’t apply all of the principles at your current workplace, the knowledge can serve as a North Start in your personal development and help to become more efficient in any environment.
EMPOWERED: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products (Silicon Valley Product Group) — learn about the main difference between the best and the rest.
The Manager’s Path: A Guide for Tech Leaders Navigating Growth and Change — a comprehensive guide on the manager’s path from the first steps to the top level.
Team Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow — the basics of building teams composition in a software engineering company.
Who: The A Method for Hiring — tips and tricks to hire the best
Software Engineering at Google: Lessons Learned from Programming Over Time — what is software engineering and how to build Google from a technological perspective.
Working Backwards: Insights, Stories, and Secrets from Inside Amazon — Amazon’s tips and tricks to build an efficient environment in a modern software engineering organization.
No Rules Rules: Netflix and the Culture of Reinvention — learn the insights of Netflix’s success in building and running its technology team.
I wish you a good reading :-) Don’t hesitate to share the best books you can recommend to improve leadership and tech management skills in the comments.
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Nanalal was born on 16th March, 1877. He was the fourth Son of Revabai and Dalpatram Dahyabhai, who himself was a very well-known poet. The family followed Swaminarayan Religion. In 1893 Nanalal went to Vadhavan for studies, his guru was Kashiram Dave. Nanalal passed metric from Ahmedabad. He married at a very young age of 13 years to Manekba. He took History as a main subject in B.A. and passed in 1899. He passed M.A. from Pune in 1901. Nanalal loved to play cricket and was the only Guajarati player in Gujarat College Cricket Team. He started writing poetries since the young age of 15, but never told his father about it, as he was a very shy child.
After passing M.A. Nanalal joined as head master at the princess School at Sadra. After which he joined the Rajkumar College in Rajkot. Soon this young and enterprising poet became the chief Justice of his native state of Rajkot. In 1918 he became the education officer of the whole of Kathiawar under the British Political Agency. In 1919, on the occasion of 50th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, Nanalal wrote a poem on Gandhiji and described him as the 'Hermit of Gujarat'. Nanalal became President of Antyuj Parishad in 1919.
When Mahatma Gandhi launched the Non-Cooperation movement, Nanalal responded to it by resigning from his government post in 1921, to join it. He was keen to enter politics, but as time passed his beliefs stopped matching Gandhiji's and his followers, hence he gave up the idea and settled in Ahmadabad, deciding to give attention only to his writing.
Nanalal was not only a lyrical poet, but he also wrote a good number of plays and attempted narrative poetry on epic scale. Nanalal also wrote novels, short stories, biographies, essays and criticisms. He wrote more then 80 books. He was a pioneer of modern Guajarati poetry. He was a bold experimenter.
Nanalal expired on 9th January, 1946. On 16 th March 1978, Indian Post & Telegraph Dept. brought out a commemorative postage stamp in the great poets honour.


Zine is a mobile app that provide book readers a streamline search experience to find a title of a book in various formats in multiple market channels (library & retail).
Role: UX/UI Designer | Project Type: Individual | Program: Figma
Libraries served over 274 million digital books to cardholders in the last couple of years. This had made users be on the waiting list for several months to check out one ebook. In addition, the cumbersome process to check out from the library made it difficult to easily download ebooks directly to digital devices.
To learn and understand more about the users in the field, I used secondary resources to understand their habits, preferences, and motivations. Some research questions that I wanted to find were:
When readers are looking for a title, where do they search first?
Do readers buy books or borrow books from the library?
If readers borrow books from the library, do they encounter any challenges?
What do readers do if the book that they want to borrow has a long waitlist?
Secondary Research: Survey
From Pew Research Center survey results, it revealed e-book readers' habit, behavior, and preference from a quantitative perspective.
E-reader device users were more likely than non-users to purchase their own copies of both print and e-books.
Preference between digital and printed format depends on lifestyle scenarios.
Prefer printed format when reading to children and sharing books with others.
Prefer digital format to get a book quickly, traveling or commuting, and looking for a wide selection.
Secondary Research: Interviews
Next, I analyzed interviews conducted by Pew Research Center and Overdrive to understand what readers think and how they feel about their experiences. I narrowed them into 3 key insights:
Finds alternate solutions
Since I get most of my books from the library I have found that often one form is overlooked. An ebook may have a long waiting list while the paper or audio form is available to check out today... I try to find all the options and choose the shortest.” (Source: Pew Research Center)
E-book for convenience, printed books to keep
”A lot of people use the library to check out a e-book initially, and then buy copies for themselves for the books they love. I have been that person!” (Source: Overdrive)
Virtual library is cumbersome
"It’s hard to find out what books are available as e-print, it’s hard to know if they are available for check out, and the actual check out process involves multiple steps." (Source: Overdrive)
Online Forum: onlinebookclub.org
I looked at an online forum for book readers to continue to learn more about their habits. The three discussion topics that I looked at were: e-book vs printed book, opinions on e-book pricing, and finding e-books.
What I Learn:
Owns both printed and digital format
“I would definitely have both versions; a paperback and an ebook version. I actually do have a few books that I have both versions of. I love those books too much that I actually bought an eBook of it so that I can reread it over and over..."
More willing to purchase printed format than digital
“..want ebooks either super cheap or free because they aren't tangible products we hold in our hands the way a physical book is so somehow they seem less valuable. I find myself much more willing to buy regular books full priced and usually only get ebooks on sale or borrow them from my library.”
Long wait list = Purchase book instead
“The waiting list is sometimes very long for a particular book or audiobook. In these cases I usually just purchase it.”
Meet the User
How can I provide Kindle users a streamline experience to borrow books and browse through alternative solutions to accommodate their active lifestyle?
A mobile apple that allows users to search through multiple market channels (library and retail database) to accommodate users who wants to buy or borrow books in various format.
Before I started creating the wireframes, I sketched out initial core screens that show the features that the users would interact with.
I created mid-fidelity wireframes to lay out the screens that users would go through when interacting with the app. This allows me to visually see the user flows of how the users will use the app to achieve their goal.
How Will Users Use the App?
I created a storyboard of how users may the features on the app to visualize a potential experience that would make the search process more efficient to fit in their active lifestyle.
UI Design Inspirations
For my color palette, I was inspired by the colors from the Antelope Canyon. The soothing warm and cool colors give it a sense of enlightenment and comfort, which represents how reading can make people feel. Having a clean and simple interface is what I value as a designer so there was no hesitation that those would be the foundation of the design. I also added illustrations to give it a more playful and "human touch" to tie in with the casual activity.
04. Test & Iterate
5 participants were given a set of tasks to test out the usability of the app. They also provided feedback on the UI design to make my design iterations.
Even though participants were able to navigate through the app, they prefer to have a guideline to understand the functions and benefits of the app before using it.
Improve UX Language
The choice of words for the CTA button on the search result page and the borrow page were unclear.
Provide distinctive CTA buttons
The current design for the buttons does not distinctly show there are 2 options to select from
Improve Search Efficiency
Add the search feature as a main feature to additional pages, so users don't need to go back to the homepage.
I made iterations to the design to improve the user interface and user experience based on the feedback that I received.
I designed onboarding screens that new users would go through after the sign-up stage. The onboarding process will introduce the features to help them understand the app.
Improved UX Language
I changed "Search Prices" to "Shop" and "Place on hold" to "Add to waitlist."
Differentiate CTA Buttons
I selected an additional colors from the style guide to display the options to visually show there are 2 user flows.
Improved Search Efficiency
I added a search icon at the top of the book page. Clicking on the icon, takes users to the search page, where they can search for a title or change libraries.
Readers who uses a Kindle can link their Amazon account to the Zine App. This allows users to download the ebook from the library to their Kindle device. In the walkthrough, the user's Amazon account has already been set up.
Add library card
Select Los Angeles Public Library as main library to search in
Search the title, Gone Girl
Take a look at the the summary of the book
Find how much a paper book cost
Check to see if the ebook is available in the library to borrow
There are several things I would change if I were to continue for this project. I would recruit participants to do the survey and interview while using the secondary research as a set of assumptions to validate. It would help provide a deeper understanding of the needs and pain points of the target audience. Also, I would do a usability test to see if users understand the concept.


The Monastery Murders (Stanton and Barling #2)
Christmas Eve, 1176. Brother Maurice, monk of Fairmore Abbey, awaits the night prayer bell. But there is only silence. Cursing his fellow brother Cuthbert’s idleness, he seeks him out—and in the darkness, finds him brutally murdered.
Summoned from London to the isolated monastery on the Yorkshire Moors, Aelred Barling, clerk to the King’s justices, and his messenger Hugo Stanton set about investigating the horrific crime. They quickly discover that this is far from a quiet monastic house. Instead, it seethes with bitter feuds, rivalries and resentments. But no sooner do they arrive than the killer strikes again—and again.
When Barling discovers a pattern to these atrocities, it becomes apparent that the murderer’s rampage is far from over. With everyone, including the investigators, now fearing for their lives, can Barling and Stanton unmask the culprit before more blood is spilled?


These books are from the Shoin Collection - a set of 20 English/Japanese volumes, each focused on a different aspect of Japanese kimono. These books are out of print, and we've already sold out of several of the volumes (sorry). They are excellent references for collectors - get 'em while you still can!
We also have dozens of other kimono, Kyoto, and Japanese culture-related books in our reference library. Click here to see the ones we recommend, each with a direct link to amazon.com in case you'd like to purchase them.


I’m at the end of my patients, God knows what was update, MAMP or Brew or something else but I ended with this nasty error for Redis integration:
Warning: PHP Startup: Unable to load dynamic library '/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.32/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/redis.so' - dlopen(/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.32/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/redis.so, 9): image not found in Unknown on line 0
Whaaat was that?
Ok, I know I don’t have the redis library or php is not able to load dynamically the library therefore I fixed this couple times through different methods, like:
- install the library through
But, I have MAMP I don’t want to mess with brew if it’s not necessary, I want to keep it simple and mostly I need a damn quick solution.
redis in my project otherwise I would disable the extension from
Anyway, decided to take the straight approach. The error says it doesn’t have the
redis.so in that location. A short search on google revealed a github project with
Pecl redis Extension for MAMP 3.x & 4.x I forked the project so it would be available at any point at this location: https://github.com/obsergiu/php-redis-mamp. And:
- From the upper error got the version of php:
- Checked if the path from the upper error exists:
- Open Finder
- Pressed the combination of keys
CMD+SHIFT+Gor from top menu
Go > Go to Folderand past the path from the error:
/Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.32/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/if it opens we’re good to go and skip (c).
- In terminal just run the following command which will create the entire folder structure (the folder might look different for a different version of PHP):
mkdir -p /Applications/MAMP/bin/php/php5.6.32/lib/php/extensions/no-debug-non-zts-20131226/
- Download from github the redis version closer to what php version you have and save to(created directory):
That’s it, that’s everything. I saved the file in the location it was looked by MAMP and everything works properly.


Publish open access, free of charge
Here at the Open Knowledge Foundation we think that open access is great. It’s cost-free to readers, and thus knowledge can be read, shared and re-used across the world without impediment. But publishing itself isn’t cost free, and the costs of publishing must be supported somehow. The fear of expensive charges sometimes discourages academics from attempting to publish in OA journals. Indeed some traditional publishers charge huge fees to make an article open access e.g. the $5000 that Cell Press journals (Elsevier) charge.
Open access journal publishing doesn’t have to be this expensive though. To encourage economists to publish in Open Access journals, the IZA – Institute for the Study of Labor are kindly covering the cost of OA publishing for articles submitted to the 5 journals in the IZA Journal Series published by SpringerOpen. The only additional requirement stated is a reasonable one: “Authors are expected to actively support the IZA journals by refereeing a certain number of articles.”
The IZA open access journals
The requirement to review other articles in-turn is not unique to these journals. In STM publishing, an exciting new Open Access journal called PeerJ is also using this requirement to keep costs down. Arranging peer review is often cited as an expensive component of journal publishing, thus by requiring a pool of authors to provide reviews (if they are appropriate reviewers) it should help minimize overall costs to the publishing company.
There are of course other excellent open access journal publishing options in economics available and some of these are reviewed here. We support all quality open access journal publishers and repositories.
The official announcement about this by Klaus F. Zimmermann, Editor-in-Chief of the IZA Journal Series is available here.


What better way to inform your stakeholders of the existence of the Neighborhood Council System than by mail? By sending a mailer out to each residence within your Neighborhood Council’s boundaries, you can effectively introduce, or re-introduce, your Neighborhood Council and garner more support, voter turnout, and candidate registration for 2016 Elections. More than 75% […]
Your regional branch library is the perfect partner in connecting with your stakeholders during this Election process. Los Angeles branch libraries have computers for individuals to register as candidates, register to vote online, and research which Neighborhood Councils represent their needs. Your local branch library has a genuine interest in positively serving the needs of […]
Online Voting Neighborhood Council Elections Chairs and Outreach Chairs will benefit from attending any one of the January 2016 Online Outreach Workshops. Bring your computers, plans, budgets and ideas!
Anyone can attend, for these workshops benefit all who set the course for elections outreach, marketing, and communications.
1.Go to the EmpowerLA.org and hover over Leadership Academy […]
EmpowerLA’s Leadership Academy is coming to your neighborhood in January with workshops that focus on NationBuilder and Nextdoor
NationBuilder is a community building platform, a powerful digital tool that allows Neighborhood Councils to engage their communities by:
Accessing and Managing Voter Registration Data
Managing Neighborhood Council Contact Data
Creating email blasts with Surveys and RSVPs
Tracking and Managing Social Media […]
One of the simplest ways to get connected is to make sure that your website has links to the EmpowerLA website, to the Elections page, and to the Voter Registration Portal (if you’re one of the 35 councils offering Online Voting).
There are three clickable buttons that can be placed on your website (complete with code for […]
Cheron McAleece was recently recognized as a Clean Streets Hero for her outstanding contributions to cleaning up her neighborhood streets where she has worked with the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council to organize over 18 neighborhood cleanups all over East Hollywood. Cheron is truly a Clean Streets Hero for her many years of volunteerism and commitment to neighborhood cleanups in […]
The NCSA is coming up on our first year anniversary and building momentum! We encourage you to get involved with us, share your voice, and help us shape a sustainable future for LA:
-Connect with us online: Connect with NCSA and NC green leaders at our Facebook page and group to: stay abreast of the latest […]
All Public Works Liaisons are invited to engage with and attend the following:
Board of Public Works to Visit LANCC – The Board of Public Works is discussing the Clean Streets Initiative at the next LANCC monthly meeting on November 7th @ 10am. Please visit LANCC’s website for meeting details by clicking here: LANCC. We highly […]
To the Neighborhood Councils of Los Angeles: for the next few weeks, UCLA undergraduate students under the direction of Kathy O’Byrne from the Center for Community Learning at UCLA, as well as Stephen Box, director of the EmpowerLA initiative, will be working with the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to create a project that will capture […]


All meetings start at 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted, in the Felker Family Genealogy and Local History Room at the Everett Roehl Marshfield Public Library.
The list of 2019 Topics and Speakers will be coming soon!
January 24th- "Using Your Smart Phone to Organize and Track Your Family History", with Andrew Schnitzler. Come learn with us about useful tools that you can use from your Smart Phone to organize and track your family history and documents.
February 28th - “‘Free’ Legacy Family Tree Webinars; DNA Overview.” Discover the treasure of Legacy Family Tree webinars available online and watch an introduction to Y-DNA, mitochondrial DNA, and autosomal DNA testing, including how each of these types of DNA are inherited, how they are tested, who you should have tested, and where you should purchase testing. Presented by MAGG member, Donald Schnitzler.
March 28, 2019 - “Finding My Dad’s Birth Family; Using Ancestry DNA and Other Tools to Narrow the Search.” MAGG member, Sandy Kocian, will discuss her ongoing journey identifying the parents of her father, Henry Olson, who was placed in a Wisconsin orphanage as an infant in 1918.
April 25th -
May 23rd -
June 27th -
July 25th -
August 22nd -
September 26th -
October 24th -
November/December - No Meeting


Resources for your Career Exploration
Below are some resource links to get you started on your career exploration journey.
Blog Posts or Articles
- What’s Your Favorite Alt-Ac Resource?
- A Blog from GradHacker and MATRIX: Going Alt-Ac: How to Begin
- Why you need to start thinking about a career outside academia – today!
- Finding Your Path
- PhDs at Work: an online space for this shared learning and for making new connections
- AAAS: Science Careers
More Resource Links
Statement from the FUTURE Program on Racial Trauma
We want to acknowledge the abhorrent and tragic recent events concerning the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor, which represent the most recent blatant displays of systemic racism in a long history of such in this country. This is not OK and it has never been OK.
We acknowledge and see the traumatic impact of such events on our Black Communities. We stand with our Black colleagues, friends, and community members as we process our collective grief and anger.
In our workshops, we have said repeatedly that career exploration is an embodied experience and it's absolutely the case that events that occur outside the PhD/Postdoc experience impact us and need to be taken into consideration. As such we welcome and support considering the ways intersecting identities (race, ethnicity, gender expression, ability, class, immigration status, age, etc.) shape your career goals and your experience of your career journey.
We want to support your journey, through whatever paths it winds. Please find below statements of support and resources you may find helpful.
Anti- Racism Education Resources
- Message from Chancellor May
- Message from the School of Medicine
- Resources for Racial Trauma - UC Davis office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Super Comprehensive Resource List (with categorized reading lists)
- Anti-Racism Resources - Compilation from the NYT, The Cut, and others
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- Further Resources for White and Non-Black POC
- White Woman's Guide to Meaningful Change
- And a Guide for Guys too!
- What White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Unraveling Whiteness - A Call for More Courage
- 5 Steps Latinos Can Take to Combat Anti-Blackness
- SURJ Sacramento - Reading List
- 5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses “Good” white women give to viral posts
- 'When They See Us’ Movie - with Learning Companion for Students, Teachers and Everyone Who Wants to Learn
- Anti-Racism Reading List
- Bookshop.org - Dear White People
- For younger readers - Coretta Scott King Award Winners
- Anti-racism books - drawing by Jane Mount


MANGAZONE MOD APK (MOD, For Android)Free Download Latest Version
MangaZone Mod APK is a mobile application that provides a platform for manga enthusiasts to read and discover a wide range of manga titles. Further, The app offers a diverse collection of manga from various genres, including action, romance, fantasy, comedy, and more
MangaZone Mod APK is a mobile app that allows users to read a wide selection of manga titles for free. Further, It has a vast library of manga from various genres and provides a user-friendly interface for easy navigation. Thus, Users can bookmark and favorite manga, receive notifications for new releases and even read offline.
APK Features of the app
This is a great app. Further, You can also use it free of cost. So, the Following are the free features of this app.
MangaZone has a vast library of manga titles from different publishers and sources. Further, Users can explore and access a wide range of manga series, including popular titles, ongoing series, and completed works. Moreover, The app is regularly updated with new chapters and releases to keep users engaged and up to date with their favorite manga.
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It covers various genres to cater to different interests and preferences. So, Users can discover manga in genres such as action, adventure, romance, comedy, fantasy, sci-fi, horror, and more. Thus, the app offers a comprehensive selection to ensure there’s something for everyone.
The app provides a user-friendly interface that is easy to navigate. Manga titles are neatly organized, making it simple to search for specific series or browse through different categories. So, The interface also allows users to customize their reading experience, such as adjusting the screen brightness or choosing different reading modes.
Bookmarking and Favorites
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MangaZone fosters a community of manga enthusiasts where users can engage in discussions, share recommendations, and interact with fellow readers. Moreover, Users can provide feedback on manga series, suggest improvements, or report any issues they encounter while using the app.
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This app is an awesome app. Further, You can also use this app in the paid version. Thus, In the paid version, it has the following features.
The free version of MangaZone includes advertisements that may appear while reading manga. Further, By subscribing to the paid version, users could enjoy an ad-free experience, allowing for uninterrupted reading.
Premium Manga Library
The paid version of MangaZone may have provided access to an expanded library of manga titles. Moreover, While the free version offered a considerable collection, the paid version might have granted users access to even more manga series, including popular and premium content.
Early Access to New Chapters
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Download and Offline Reading
The ability to download manga chapters and read them offline could be a paid feature in MangaZone. Further, This option would allow users to save their favorite manga onto their devices and access them without an internet connection. Moreover, t is convenient for users who want to read manga while traveling or in areas with limited connectivity.
The paid version of MangaZone might have provided high-quality images for manga chapters. Moreover, This feature could enhance the reading experience, particularly for users who prefer crisp and detailed visuals.
What is MangaZone?
MangaZone was a mobile app that provided a platform for reading manga, which are Japanese comic books or graphic novels. Thus, it is a great app.
Is MangaZone free?
Yes, It was a free app that allowed users to read manga titles without any subscription fees. Moreover, you can also use it free of cost.
Can I download manga from Mangazone?
Yes, you offered a download feature that allowed users to save manga chapters for offline reading. Further, it has many free features. Thus, it is an amazing app.
Are the manga titles on the app legal?
There were some concerns about the legality of the manga available on the app. Further, It’s important to note that manga creators and publishers hold copyrights to their works, and unauthorized distribution of manga may infringe on those rights.
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MangaZone APK Mod is a popular mobile application for reading manga, which are Japanese comic books or graphic novels. Further, It provides a vast library of manga titles from various genres, including action, romance, fantasy, and more. Moreover, Users can access and read manga chapters on their smartphones or tablets, with features like bookmarking, offline reading, and adjustable viewing options.


SENSE Transitional Justice Center hosted a workshop for history teachers on the use of the archives of the ICTY and Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, bringing together twenty educators from Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro and Northern Macedonia.
The workshop was organized in Pula by the Mechanism's Information Program (MIP), in cooperation with SENSE Center, the Croatian History Teachers Association and its European counterpart EUROCLIO. The participants were shown how to use the online archives of the ICTY and SENSE TJC, followed by practical exercises to create teaching material using the Tribunal archives.
This was one in a series of MIP workshops for history teachers in the countries of the former Yugoslavia held with the aim to train them on how to effectively use judicially-established facts when creating educational material related to the 1990s conflicts.
A new website project that is currently being developed by SENSE was shown to the workshop participants. It is called ICTY Oral History and will be formally launched in the coming days. It's a compilation of over fifty video interviews which SENSE made between 1998 and 2017 with the ICTY presidents, judges, prosecutors, investigators, defense counsels and other actors involved in the work of the Tribunal and the development of international criminal law. They reveal uncertainties, failures but also important achievements of this institution since it was established in 1993. Their stories will help the public understand and appreciate the work of the ICTY.


The reunification process
Contrary to the expectations of the new Prime Minister H. Modrow, who hoped to negotiate an agreed unification with the Federal Republic to safeguard the specificity of the GDR, Bonn, through Chancellor H. Kohl, left no doubt that any aid to the Germany Orientale was subordinated to the prospect of his rapid absorption into the state structures of the FRG.
The opening of the Berlin ‘wall’ and the start of free movement between the two Germany (9 November 1989) had rapidly transformed the peaceful November revolution into a pure and simple request for the adoption of the Western model. The elections of March 1990 for the new Volkskammer (the Parliament of the GDR) saw the victory of the conservative parties, which more decisively aimed at the annexation of the eastern Germany by the RFG. The GDR, with the agreement for monetary and economic unification (1 July 1990), effectively sacrificed its sovereignty to that of the Federal Republic, which imposed the immediate transition from the nationalized economy to the market economy, opening a unprecedented crisis in the social fabric of the eastern regions. July 1, 1990 was the decisive stage in the process of absorption of the GDR, formalized with the political union of the following October 3. A fundamental assumption of the latter had been the definition with the powers, and in particular with the Soviet Union, of the new international statute of Germany, in fact replacing a peace treaty that after the Second World War had never been concluded. In this context,
The united Germany
Kohl and the construction of the new national entity The most important political act that accompanied the formal completion of the unification was the Pant-German elections of December 1990. The decline in electoral participation indicated the existence of reservations in the population of both parts of the country: in the West the fear of compromising with the costs of unification the well-being achieved, in the East the distrust of a rapid recovery of the economy and the fear of remaining second-class citizens for a long time. The CDU-CSU retained the relative majority; the SPD suffered a new defeat, which confirmed in particular the poor consensus enjoyed in the eastern part. The developments of the united Germany were marked by the difficulty of truly unifying the two parts of the Germany, with the absorption of the former GDR into the legal, political and social order of the Federal Republic, aggravated by the economic imbalance, by the persistence of different political cultures, by the disappointment of many expectations. The purge of the public administration and the lack of an Eastern ruling class contributed to accentuate the problems of unification.
In the early 1990s, the coalition government between CDU, CSU and FDP, led by Kohl, privileged internal problems, partially limiting Germany’s action on the international scene. Only after a heated political debate, the Bundestag authorized participation in the naval blockade against Serbia and Montenegro (1992), the sending of airplanes to Bosnia and joining the UN mission in Somalia (1993). On the European level, the Community commitment, sanctioned in 1992 with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, materialized in the construction of the European Monetary Union: despite the fear of the disappearance of the mark, a symbol of fifty years of prosperity and freedom, it united in a critical attitude towards Kohl different classes and political groups, Germany joined the ‘euro in 1998.
In internal politics, measures were taken to contain the social tensions exacerbated by unification: ban on neo-Nazi organizations, limits on the granting of the right of asylum and increased penalties for acts of racism. Despite the difficulties, the CDU and its leader Kohl maintained a solid basis of consensus: in 1994 the presidency of the Republic, R. von Weizsäcker (CDU), in office since 1984, was succeeded by R. Herzog, also from the CDU, while the elections reaffirmed the primacy of the CDU / CSU and FDP coalition. The last British, French and US military contingents left Berlin, destined to become the capital in 1999. But unemployment had exploded, especially in the East, with dramatic growth rates; nor did the policy of rigor to face the deficit produced by the transfer of resources from the West produce the desired results. Kohl’s long government gradually weakened, despite the successes achieved internationally and the ability to absorb the most dangerous socio-political effects of unification.


Understanding women is the key to having a good relationship with women. Once you have a good relationship with women, you will have a better life, and you will also have better sex.
If you want to understand why women are the way they are, you need to be enlightened and the best place to start would be with reading “Mother Nature: Natural Selection & The Female of the Species” by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy, Phd.
Instead of being like most men and finding it difficult to communicate with your female partner, you will start to understand what is really going on. Women are the ones who buy self-help books to understand you and get what they want from you and from life. The one truth that you need to understand about women is that every woman is a would be mother. Hrdy says in “Mother Nature” : “Mothers are flexible, manipulative, opportunists.”
Women will never tell you the entire truth behind why they do the things they do and why they think the things they think. But if you know what is going on, you will no longer be angry with them because you feel like you are being lied to. You will not expect them to give you what they cannot give. This is the only way to have a completely honest relationship with a woman. And once you understand the motivation behind what women do, you will get more sex.
I have read many books. I have spoken to many people, (both women and men), about life and what they want in life. Most of all, I have listened to many women throughout my life. During the 70 years that I have been alive, I have learned that the statement, “Through Truth you will find Beauty” is probably the single most complete and understandable key to living a better life. And behind that statement is the truth that natural selection has forged every aspect of humankind since the days of “Adam and Eve.” I know that I am on the road to Truth, not bull shit.
There is a book on the market that I found searching Amazon.com today, and which I am going to read. “The Mating Mind: How Sexual Choice Shaped the Evolution of Human Nature” by Geoffrey Miller, Phd, appears to give credence to what I have been saying all along. There is even a name for the field that I have been studying for so long: Evolutionary Psychology. Publishers Weekly says of this book: “Miller looks at several kinds of sexual selection. “Romantic” behavior like the making of complex art wouldn’t have helped our ancestors find more food or avoid predators. It might, however, have helped display the fitness of proto-men for the proto-women with whom they wanted to mate–and vice versa… Miller provides an articulate and memorable case for the role of sexual selection in determining human behaviors.”
After I have read it, I’ll post what I think of “The Mating Mind” and how much it matches with what I have learned through my own education about Darwinism, sexual selection and how much further it takes me to finding Truth and Beauty.
Come Up to Beauty – Ron


It’s that time of year again, when we get to down tools, set the out-of-office reply on our work email, and finally get a chance to put up our feet. So, you grab a drink, get yourself comfy on the couch, and then hit endless buttons on your TV remote trying to find something worth watching amongst the endless offerings in today’s digital world. It can all be a bit of a nightmare, wading through all the garbage to find a rare gem, but thankfully the good folks at Garage Movies have assembled the world’s most comprehensive library of adventure sports films and TV. And for all of us who are motorcycle mad, there is a host of amazing two-wheel content, and we’ve even got a special offer on the table for the Pipeburn faithful.
Outside of the big few streaming services, there is an endless array of startups that attempt to entice new viewers by serving a niche market. The problem is, they tend to have very few titles on offer and it can be hard to justify the cost. That’s not the case with Garage Movies, however, whose platform is jam-packed with enough content to last you a lifetime and new additions always added. From the endless array of adventure films, surfing and snow docos, amazing stories of the wildest corners of the world, and all the two and four-wheel action you can handle.
To hook you up this holiday season, the team at Garage Movies has a free 30 day trial for Pipeburn readers. All you have to do is follow the link and enter the promo code Pipeburn30. Whether you’re Isle of Man obsessed like I am and love every second of the amazing documentary TT3D: Closer to the Edge, feel like settling in for a great feature film like The Motorcycle Diaries or need your custom fix with TV shows such as Bike & Builder: the Road to Mama Tried; there really is something for everyone. But to make your experience even easier, here are six must-watch titles we highly recommend.
Leaving Tracks: This new documentary tells the remarkable life story of the highly successful financier, turned National Geographic photographer, and finally Patron saint of the custom motorcycle world, Bobby Haas. Already an intimate and compelling telling of his life, with Bobby’s recent passing this is a film that will truly pull at your heartstrings. In his quest to build his Mecca, the Haas Moto Museum, he finds love and kinship amongst the world’s best bike builders and reveals the traumas that inspired him to leave such an amazing legacy!
Oil in the Blood: In his unmissable feature-length documentary, director Gareth Maxwell Roberts, explores the recent renaissance in the custom bike world and speaks to those who define the scene. Featuring interviews with nearly 300 builders, riders, journalists, artists, and racers from all four corners of the globe, you’ll see plenty of familiar faces and find out what makes them tick. This is the film that tells the story of who we are, why we do what we do, and the common bonds that bind us together.
Wide of the Mark: The concept is simple, six Aussie mates set off on a two-wheeled adventure to tackle the unbelievable wilderness that is the Australian island of Tasmania. But despite the rugged terrain and rut-riddled roads, you won’t find a BMW GS here, the crew builds custom bikes and then push them to and beyond breaking point. With just a mud map in hand, it’s semi-organised chaos at its best, and the scenery is simply stunning. The drone footage of the mighty Jacob’s Ladder alone is worth the price of entry and watching six kick-ass customs rip it up, priceless!
Death Rides a Horse: Since the first GI’s arrived home from the Second World War, people have been adventuring down the Baja Pennisula on two-wheels. By the time the ’60s rolled around, the same pilgrimage was now also the domain of surfers. So, in the Summer of 2018, six friends, four custom bikes with surf racks, and a Chevy panel wagon made the trip to do both! Fun, thrilling, and highly entertaining, this is a film that will have you planning your own next adventure.
Finke: There and Back: Takes you directly to the centre of Australia, where the desert, heat, and sand make for some of the most uncompromising terrain on the planet, and here you’ll find the warriors of the Finke Desert Race. From KTM backed superstars like two-time Dakar Rally winner Toby Price, to back shed based single rider teams, and the ever inspiring paraplegic Isaac Elliott attempting to complete the race that he started a decade earlier; this event pushes man and machine to their absolute limit. When it all goes right, the crown of the ‘King of the Desert’ awaits, when it goes wrong, life can literally hang in the balance.
On Any Sunday: From legendary documentarian, Bruce Brown, comes the original motorcycle documentary that took the world by storm and opened the public’s eyes to the thrills and spills of the life of a motorcycle racer. In the same way that his film ‘The Endless Summer’ did for surfing, this masterpiece not only helped to chronicle that which it captured, it also helped to define its very existence!
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Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey: A wizard who recruits Bilbo and helps to arrange the quest to reclaim the Dwarves' lost treasure in Erebor.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey follows title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor, which was long ago conquered by the dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of thirteen dwarves led by the legendary warrior, Thorin Oakensheild. Their journey will take them into the Wild; through treacherous lands swarming with Goblins and Orcs, deadly Wargs and Giant Spiders, Shapeshifters and Sorcerers. Although their goal lies to the East and the wastelands of the Lonely Mountain first they must escape the goblin tunnels, where Bilbo meets the creature that will change his life forever ... Gollum. Here, alone with Gollum, on the shores of an underground lake, the unassuming Bilbo Baggins not only discovers depths ofguile and courage that surprise even him, he also gains possession of Gollum's "precious" ring that holds unexpected and useful qualities ... A simple, gold ring that is tied to the fate of all Middle-earth in ways Bilbo cannot begin to know.
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey: A Wizard who selects Bilbo Baggins to help the dwarves to go to the Lonely Mountain. Also is a member of the White Council.
After successfully crossing over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company must seek aid from a powerful stranger before taking on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to fulfill his contract with the dwarves. The party must complete the journey to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins must seek out the Secret Door that will give them access to the hoard of the dragon Smaug. And, where has Gandalf got off to? And what is his secret business to the south?
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey: An Istari wizard and mentor to Frodo, who helps him decide what to do with the Ring. He becomes the leader of the Fellowship after it is decided to take the Ring to Mount Doom and destroy it.
The foreword, spoken by Galadriel, shows the Dark Lord Sauron forging the One Ring in order to conquer the lands of Middle-earth. A Last Alliance of Elves and Men is formed to counter Sauron's forces at the foot of Mount Doom, but Sauron kills Elendil, the High King of Men. His son, Prince Isildur grabs Elendil's broken sword Narsil, and slashes at Sauron's hand, separating him from the Ring and vanquishing his army. However, because Sauron's "life force" is bound to the Ring, he is not completely defeated until the Ring itself is destroyed.
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the Grey/Gandalf the White: the Wizard who fell fighting the Balrog, who has now returned, more powerful than ever, to finish his task.
The film begins with a flashback set to the first film, with Gandalf battling the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, but this time continues from Gandalf's perspective, with the scene continuing to follow both as they hurtle down below, fighting while in free-fall. Frodo awakens from his dream and continues his journey with his trusted and loyal friend, Sam. They are then attacked by the ring-possessed Gollum wishing to retrieve "his precious" from the ones he thinks stole it from him. The Hobbits subdue and bind him with Sam's Elven rope given to him by the Elven elder Galadriel in Lórien. Sam distrusts Gollum and wishes to abandon him, but Frodo understands the burden of the creature and takes pity on him. Realizing they are lost in the Emyn Muil and in need of a guide, Frodo persuades Gollum to lead them to the Black Gate of Mordor...
Ian McKellen as Gandalf the White: The Wizard who travels to aid the Men of Gondor, acting as a general at the Siege of Gondor.
The film begins with a flashback of how Sméagol acquired the One Ring, before his degeneration and name change to 'Gollum', taking Frodo and Sam to Minas Morgul. Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Gandalf, Théoden and Éomer meet up with Merry, Pippin and Treebeard at Isengard, now under the Ents' control, and Gandalf deduces that Saruman will pose no further threat. They also recover the palantír. Pippin's curiosity gets the better of him at Edoras, and he looks into it. The vision he sees (of a dead white tree in a burning stone courtyard) alerts Gandalf that Sauron is planning to attack Minas Tirith, and he rides off there with Pippin. In Rivendell, on her way to the Undying Lands, Arwen has a vision of her son by Aragorn and convinces Elrond to reforge Narsil, the sword that cut the Ring from Sauron's finger long ago. She then forsakes the gift of immortality to be with Aragorn; her fate now rests with the outcome of the war.
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Air & Water brings together for the first time the complete collection of Colin See-Paynton’s fish and fowl engravings for the period 1984-2004.
This limited edition book contains 43 engravings presented as a complete portfolio, printed one to a page. To accompany the plates Keith Harwood has selected extracts of text from piscatorial and ornithological literature by writers such as Bernard Venables, Arthur Ransome and Thomas Bewick.
The book is available in a choice of two bindings, both printed on heavyweight environmentally friendly matt paper from sustainable sources.
750 copies numbered 1-750 bound in fine green Egyptian cotton cloth with gold blocked titling and tipped-in image on front. Gold and blind blocked on spine with head and tailbands, marker ribbon and marbled endpapers.
100 copies numbered 1-100 bound in full Morocco grain leather in deep red with silver blocked titling and tipped-in image on front. Silver and blind blocked on spine with head and tailbands, marker ribbon and marbled endpapers. Each copy signed by Colin See-Paynton and presented in a cloth covered slip-case.
Publication date: Cloth 28 July, 2006; Leather 30 October, 2006
Pages:104 Format: 220mm x 270mm Illustrations 43
Leather bound: Limited Edition of 100 SOLD OUT
Cloth bound: Limited Edition of 750


The book of palms Das Buch der Palmen Le livre des palmiers
Contributor(s): Lack, H. Walter.Publisher: Köln, Alemania Taschen Description: 565 p ilustraciones a color.Content type: still image | text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783836556231.Other title: Buch der Palmen | Livre des palmiers.Subject(s): Botánica | Palma | Brasil | PerúOther classification: L-0979
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Trees of paradise: Exquisite illustrations of the tropical palm On December 15, 1868, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius (1794-1868), Professor of Botany at the University of Munich and director of the Royal Botanic Garden, was carried to his grave in a coffin covered with fresh palm leaves. The fronds were a reference to his groundbreaking Natural History of Palms: a work in three volumes, published between 1823-1853.
This encyclopedic treasury of 240 exquisite chromolithographic illustrations was based on Martius's expeditions through Brazil and Peru. From 1817 to 1820, he traveled over 2,250 km (1,400 miles) through the Amazon basin to investigate natural history and native tribes with zoologist Johann Baptist von Spix.
The result was an unrivaled catalog of all known genera of the palm family, outlining the modern classification of palms, describing all the palms of Brazil, and producing the first maps of palm biogeography. Martius's folio is unusual in its inclusion of cross-sectioned diagrams, conveying the architecture of these mighty trees, which central Europeans would have found hard to imagine accurately. Equally remarkable are the color landscapes showing various palms--often standing alone in simple and elegant beauty. About the Series:
Bibliotheca Universalis -- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe at an unbeatable, democratic price!
Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, the name TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible, open-minded publishing. Bibliotheca Universalis brings together nearly 100 of our all-time favorite titles in a neat new format so you can curate your own affordable library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia.
Bookworm's delight -- never bore, always excite! Text in English, French, and German
Edición Original 2010 -- Colofón.
Resumen disponible en inglés.
Texto en Inglés, Alemán y francés.


TE REO RESOURCES
Our team recognises that educators globally are being asked to step up their e-learning capabilities as never before. Educators in New Zealand face the additional challenge of providing high quality digital resources in Te Reo Māori. Our on-going work here in Rotorua tells us that these resources are few and far between.
We strongly believe that all learners in our bicultural nation deserve access to the high quality. relevant learning resources in both the English and Māori languages. As part of our commitment to honouring our values and ensuring that technology is inspiring, powerful and simple, we have created this first accessible resource in Te Reo Māori suitable for teachers and learners alike to explore the Book Creator app together.
This is an initial step in what we hope will be an ongoing dialogue with our Māori language educators about the resources our learners most need to spark their imaginations and grow their digital skills.


A cover re-design of The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak. Liesel, the protagonist, would steal books to escape her bleak reality during the times of the Holocaust.
Problem: The old cover did not give proper insight into the story—Liesel’s desire to find happiness and sanity.
Solution: Illustration and typography merge to show Liesel “hiding” behind the book pages. Illustrations are made from cut pieces of newspaper and book pages.
Old book cover samples.
New book cover design + title page.


The Overdrive.com system is compatible with PC, Mac, iPods and iPads, Sony readers, the Nook reader and any reader that supports e-pub format. The Kindle will be available soon on this service as well.
The way Overdrive.com works, the school would subscribe to the service every year. A portion of the subscription goes towards the purchase of e-pub content. Of course additional content can be purchased anytime. Patrons then go to the website, enter a student ID or library ID and then browse the books in the school's online library. Once a book or books are located they add the books to their cart and then check out. During the check out the system will download the books to the device. The books remain active for 2 weeks then expire automatically on the device and are then available once again for check out. If a book is not yet available the patron can place the book on a wait list. I imagine there is some sort of email notification when the book is available.
I am not 100% familiar with the way the system works but there is an excellent video showing how it all works. See the video here
Here is a link to the Park Falls Overdrive.com web site. I downloaded the Overdrive APP to my iPod, all I need now is a library card from them and I would be able to sart to check out books!!


Holiday Reading 2002
New Zealand Fiction for younger readers
- Beames, Margaret. Duster
- If there's one thing in the world Fliss wants it's a dog but she's not allowed to have a pet. When she discovers a tired and grubby little dog in the school grounds, obviously lost, Fliss names him Duster.
- Clarkin, Brendan. Pirate's Cove
- Brett is off to school camp at last. When he hears how Pirate's Cove Camp got its name, he can't help wondering if any of the rumours are true. He and his friends start to investigate and the trouble starts.
- Crouth, Julia. The frog search
- Josie is delighted when one of her tadpoles turns into a beautiful fat frog. She enjoys finding insects and worms for Henry to eat. But when winter comes, Henry disappears. Josie is very sad and wonders if she'll ever see Henry again. Includes factual information about frogs.
- Crump, Barry. Harry Hobnail and the Pungapeople When Harry Hobnail goes tramping he realizes that keas are not the only mischief-makers on the mountain. Third instalment in the Pungapeople series.
- Else, Barbara. Another 30 New Zealand stories for children
- In this sequel to 30 New Zealand Stories for Children, Barbara Else has selected a fresh range of New Zealand stories. Some of New Zealand's top writers have contributed: David Hill, Fleur Beale, Roger Hall, Pat Quinn, Jack Lasenby, Kate de Goldi, Diana Noonan and Patricia Grace.
- From the big chair: stories to keep you on the edge of your seat.
- A collection of stories featured in the television series The big chair.
- Mahy, Margaret. Wonderful me!
- Welcome return of this collection originally published in 1972 as The first Margaret Mahy story book.
- Whillis, Sharon. The boxing day test


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Numbers 26:1 After so many Israelites had died, the Lord talked to Moses and Eleazar, the priest, son of Aaron, and He said:
Numbers 26:2 You must count all the Israelites, everyone who is 20 years old or older, and anyone who can go to war. You must also write down from what families they come.
Numbers 26:3 Then Moses and Eleazar, the priest, talked to the Israelites in the Moab Flatlands next to the Jordan River near the city of Jericho. They told them
Numbers 26:4 List all the men of Israel 20 years old and older, just as the LORD commanded Moses. This is the record of all the families of Israel who came out of Egypt.
Numbers 26:5 Reuben was the oldest son of Israel. The families in the Reuben tribe were Hanok, Pallu,
Numbers 26:6 6 Hezron from the Hezronite family group; Carmi from the Carmite family.
Numbers 26:7 There were 43,730 people in the families of the Reuben tribe.
Numbers 26:8 The son of Pallu was Eliab,
Numbers 26:9 The sons of Eliab were Nemuel, Dathan and Abiram. The people had chosen Dathan and Abiram to be leaders. They were the people who rebelled against Moses and Aaron with the group of Korah. They were also rebellious against the Lord.
Numbers 26:10 Then the earth opened and swallowed them with Korah. The Korah group died when 250 of their men were burnt. They became a sign to the other people,
Numbers 26:11 But the children of Korah did not die.
Numbers 26:12 The families in the Simeon tribe were: Nemuel, Jamin, Jakin,
Numbers 26:13 Zerah from the Zerahite family; Shaul from the Shaulite family.
Numbers 26:14 There were 22,200 people in the families of the Simeon tribe.
Numbers 26:15 The families in the Gad tribe were: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni,
Numbers 26:16 Ozni from the Oznite family; Eri from the Erite family;
Numbers 26:17 Arodi from the Arodite family; Areli from the Arelite family.
Numbers 26:18 There were 40,500 people in the families of the Gad tribe.
Numbers 26:19 Er and Onan were sons of Judah, but they died in Canaan.
Numbers 26:20 The families of the Judah tribe were: Shelah, Perez and Zerah.
Numbers 26:21 The families of the descendants of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
Numbers 26:22 There were 76,500 people in the families of the Judah tribe.
Numbers 26:23 The families of the Issachar tribe were Tola, Puah,
Numbers 26:24 Jashub from the Jashubite family; Shimron from the Shimronite family.
Numbers 26:25 There were 64,300 people in the families of the Issachar tribe.
Numbers 26:26 The families of the Zebulun tribe were: Sered, Elon and Jahleel.
Numbers 26:27 There were 60,500 people in the families of the Zebulun tribe.
Numbers 26:28 Joseph was the forefather of the families of Manasseh and Ephraim.
Numbers 26:29 The first family in the Manasseh tribe was Makir and the people of Makir were the forefathers of the Gilead families.
Numbers 26:30 The Gilead families were: Gilead, Iezer, Helek,
Numbers 26:31 Asriel from the Asrielite family; Shechem from the Shechemite family;
Numbers 26:32 Shemida from the Shemidaite family; Hepher from the Hepherite family.
Numbers 26:33 Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons. He had only daughters. The names of the daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah and Tirzah.
Numbers 26:34 There were 52,700 people in the families of Manasseh. 35The families of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Beker and Tahan.
Numbers 26:36 Shuthelah was also the forefather of the Eran family.
Numbers 26:37 There were 32,500 people in the families of the Ephraim tribe. These were all the families who were descendants of Joseph.
Numbers 26:38 The families of the Benjamin tribe were: Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram,
Numbers 26:39 Shupham from the Shuphamite family; Hupham from the Huphamite family.
Numbers 26:40 Bela was the forefather of the Ard and Naaman families.
Numbers 26:41 There were 45,600 people in the families of the Benjamin tribe.
Numbers 26:42 The Shuham family was the only family of the Dan tribe.
Numbers 26:43 There were 64,400 people in the family of Shuham.
Numbers 26:44 The families of the Asher tribe were Imnah, Ishvi and Beriah.
Numbers 26:45 Beriah was the forefather of the families of Heber and Malkiel.
Numbers 26:46 Asher also had a daughter whose name was Serah.
Numbers 26:47 There were 53,400 people in the families of the Asher tribe.
Numbers 26:48 The families of the Naphtali tribe were Jahzeel, Guni,
Numbers 26:49 Jezer from the Jezerite family; Shillem from the Shillemite family.
Numbers 26:50 There were 45,400 people in the families of the Naphtali tribe.
Numbers 26:51 All of the Israelites together were 601,730.
Numbers 26:52 The Lord said to Moses:
Numbers 26:53 You must divide the land among these families. Each family must get as much land as the number of people in the family.
Numbers 26:54 You must give a big family a bigger part of the land and a small family a smaller part of the land. Each family must get as much land as the number of people in the family.
Numbers 26:55 But you must draw lots when you divide the land.
Numbers 26:56 The lots will show what part of land each family must get, what land the big families must get and what land the small families must get.
Numbers 26:57 The families in the Levi tribe were Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
Numbers 26:58 There were also other Levi families. They were Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi and Korah. Kohath was the father of Amram,
Numbers 26:59 Amram married Jochebed. She was born in the land of Egypt, and she was a descendant of Levi. She and Amram had 3 children. They were Aaron, Moses and their sister Miriam.
Numbers 26:60 Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
Numbers 26:61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they sacrificed offerings to the Lord with fire that the Lord did not want.
Numbers 26:62 There were 23,000 men in the Levi families who were one month old or older. Moses and Eleazar did not count them with the other Israelites because they did not get land with the other Israelites.
Numbers 26:63 Moses and Eleazar the priest counted all these people. They counted the Israelites while they were in the Jordan Valley in Moab. This was near the Jordan River across from Jericho.
Numbers 26:64 Many years before, in the desert of Sinai, Moses and Aaron the priest counted the Israelites. But all these people were dead. Not one of them was still alive,
Numbers 26:65 The Lord had told those Israelites that they would all die in the desert, that was sure. Not one of those Israelites stayed alive. Only Caleb, son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, son of Nun, were still alive.