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THE 10 BOOKS THAT CHANGED MY LIFE
WORLD BOOK DAY
As we celebrate World Book Day, I am reminded of the books that have had a huge impact on my life. As a child, I loved solitude and became an avid reader looking forward to going to the library far more than I would a birthday party.
To me the libraries of my youth were more than just sources of curated information. They were the playground for my very active imagination and they represented possibilities of escape and the freedom to immerse myself in another world entirely.
I decided to share some of the books that changed my worldview and dare I add,
even my life.
1. Children's Dictionary
My very first book was a children’s dictionary given to me by our neighbours Mr and Mrs Hopps (yes that was really their name). They were such a wonderful elderly couple and they loved my family so much. The very first word I remember from that book is “accident” which was followed by the image of an ambulance. I truly treasured that book and have very fond memories of all the pictures.
2. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
I was ten when I discovered this book and everytime I read it I find out new things about it. I was probably too young to appreciate the psychological unravelling of the central character at a time of change and social unrest brought by colonisation. The book chronicles the life of Okonkwo, a well respected leader of his tribe who had pulled himself up by the bootstraps, worked very hard to attain some of the highest honours of the land and had appeared to seemingly distance himself from the legacy of shame and reproach of his lazy father.
Events then take a different turn when he gets banished from the community for accidentally killing a clansman. He flees with his wives and children to his mother’s village and after 7 years returns. However, there has been a great deal of change and he is no longer the young man with the strength and vigour he once possessed. Although the novel ends with Okonkwo’s tragic suicide, this was the first time I would see rich African history depicted through an African lens in fiction.
3. Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
This book was selected for my literature class when I was 12 and I remember devouring it in one sitting. The book opens with Oliver’s mother giving birth to him and asking to see her baby before she dies. The quick transition between life and death was quite shocking to me at that age. I also had to get my head round the notion of the existence of a poorhouse, a workhouse and an orphanage.
As we progress through the novel, we discover more about the bravery and vulnerability of the central character Oliver and how he goes from a dreadful life in an orphanage to an abusive life in a foster home. He then falls in with a gang of pickpockets and gets exploited further. I cried and was so thankful that he ended up finding kindness and love and care with the best of society. The book is a reflection of the social history of the Victorian era and it is sad that some of those ills including abuse, exploitation, human trafficking still happens today.
4. The New Floral Artist by Paula OBE
At some point in my life, I became obsessed with flower arranging. I’d always loved flowers so it was natural to explore ways I could learn about the art of floral design. I bought lots of books on the subject, and even learned about Japanese and Danish flower arranging techniques. The book that really blew my mind was Paula Pryke’s book which was published in 1996.
She used fruit, berries, twigs, leaves (monstera leaves anyone?) in ways I’d never seen before. As soon as I could, I enrolled in some of her classes, bringing home with me some of the most beautiful flowers I’d ever seen. I also took classes with the incredible Kenneth Turner (my first TV appearance was working in the background whilst he was being filmed for Sky TV), Ercole Moroni at MacQueens and Jane Packer.
5. Colette's Cakes: The Art of Cake Decorating
Many years ago I stumbled on a photograph of a wedding cake in a bridal magazine that stopped me in my tracks. I’d never seen anything like it before. I then discovered that it was the work of a renowned American cake designer, Colette Peters. The cake looked like a stack of gold, silver and white wedding gift boxes. It was so realistically done with so many edible textures and patterns that even the bows were made of sugar. I somehow tracked her down and found out that she had written a book. I ordered the book via Foyles bookstore and waited with bated breath for two months for it to arrive. The book is still the best cake decorating book in my opinion and it was way, way ahead of its time.
That wasn’t enough for me and I simply had to meet her. So I took all my annual leave and savings and headed off to Florida where she was teaching. I took several classes and found Colette to be the most humble and gracious of teachers. The cakes I made in her class still have pride of place in my heart and gave me the confidence to think of possibly owning my own business some day.
6. Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T Kiyosaki
This book was probably one of the first business books I had ever read. I was a humble scientist with my career trajectory all mapped out and thought I would probably have been happy to retire as one. However, life had other plans and I was (thankfully) being frustrated out of my job. I stumbled on this book and it was a real eye opener. It was about financial literacy and the key lessons for me were:
- The rich and the poor talk about different things at the dinner table
- Schools don’t teach financial literacy
- Take a risk and set up a business
- How the tax system works
- Money is an invention of the rich
- It is better to work to learn and the money will follow
This book was a mindset shift from me and gave me the confidence to take a bold step in setting up my cake business.
7. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Opinion may be divided about this book but what it succeeds in doing is sparking internal and external debate. Is success really based on access to opportunity and the amount of time spent on mastering a task?. There is a saying that it’s no what you know but who you know. I say it’s not who you know, but who knows you. Malcolm believes that it takes approximately 10,000 hours for full mastery to develop and I somewhat agree with him as someone who has probably made at least 50,000 sugar flowers and I’m still learning. The key learnings for me include the fact that opportunity does indeed knock for some if they are at the right place at the right time, so it does not hurt to be always prepared. Also is your work values driven and meaningful and what kind of legacy would you leave.
8. Who Moved My Cheese: An Amazing Way to Deal with Change in Your Work and in Your Life by Dr Spencer Johnson
This is a very small book and so easy to read. I go back to it often when I need to give myself a kick up the backside. It’s a very good and simplistic book on meeting and managing change. Change can be a blessing or a curse, depending on your perspective. The book examines action versus inaction and what your particular ‘cheese’ might be.
9. The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency Series by Alexander McCall Smith
These series of books have been the chicken soup for my soul. The books tell the story of main character Precious Ramotswe, a traditionally built African lady who set up a detective agency in Botswana. We come to know and love the many people in Mma Ramotswe’s life including her quiet and gentle husband, her shoe loving, very blunt assistant Mma Makutsi, and even her abusive ex husband also makes the odd appearance.
We read about some of her struggles as a business owner, wife and mother of two adopted children (one with special needs) and she has the ability to see the opportunity in a problem, sometimes using unorthodox methods in solving some of her clients’ cases. Although she reveres an old-school detective named Clovis Anderson and carries around his book, The Principles of Private Detection, she often ends up doing exactly the opposite of what he recommends and I suppose many of us can identify with that.
10. Opulencia: Artisan Baking & Sugarcraft by Elizabeth Solaru
Yes, I wrote a book. Never in a million years did I think I would but I did. I wrote the book to celebrate 10 years of my luxury cake business and it was an opportunity to showcase my beautiful cakes. The writing was a slow, painstaking process with many disappointments along the way, but I kept the faith. For me the learning was immense and I am so grateful to all those who rallied round and helped make it a bestseller. One of the key learnings for me was to follow my heart and trust my instincts. The book won awards and became a collector’s item. I am thankful that on every world book day, I can also be counted as an author.
So here you have it. Thank you for allowing me to share a few of my favourite books with you and I also want to highlight a wonderful charity, worldbookday.com Their mission is to promote reading for pleasure, offering every child and young person the opportunity to have a book of their own. Because reading for pleasure is the single biggest indicator of a child’s future success (more than their family circumstances, their parents’ educational background or their income) they want to see more children, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, develop a life-long habit of reading for pleasure and have the improved life chances this brings them.
“Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers.”
– Harry S. Truman


“Rembrandt in Oman” is an unusual choice of coffee table literature but the book has some excellent Arabesque etchings and indeed an interesting back story.
In August 2010: I was invited, for 5 days, to be personal guest of His Excellency Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohamed bin Abdulla Al Salmi , the Minister of Awqaf & Religious Affairs in the Sultanate of Oman.
His Excellency and his family were, beyond doubt, the finest hosts that I have ever had the honour and privilege to encounter. Interestingly my trip coincided with the semi-finals and finals of the soccer World Cup. So rather than being a quiet affair; ostensively during the day it was, …. BUT…. the evenings; heated reaction to referees decisions, the drama of each pass, volley, free-kick and corner were met with the same passion and energy, as one would find, in an East-End Pub on match day!
Notably I had been invited to design 4 little Palace’s, for the sons of His Excellency, overlooking the beachfront in Qurum, a beautiful suburb of Muscat the Omani capital. This made for very long days in a 50 degree Oman summer, followed by World Cup on the TV in the evening and back to work throughout the night to create drawings to present to His Excellency over breakfast, lunch and dinners each day. A tremendous experience that I will cherish indefinitely. I vow to return, when my diary permits, to galvanise a strong relationship between our two families.
Something really impressive; the Al Salmi Library, the Oldest Privately Owned Library in the Sultanate of Oman; privately owned by His Excellency’s family. His Excellency mentioned that he had organised an Exhibition entitled Rembrandt in Oman
“The library is a way to gain knowledge and to bring harmony to the society”
Rembrandt in Oman: The Al Salmi Library presented, for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa, 100 Rembrandt etchings during the “Rembrandt in Oman” exhibition in Muscat. The exhibition was held from the 20th of August to the 19th of September 2009 at the Grand Hyatt Muscat.
The Al Salmi Library had initiated this exceptional exhibition. “To host a Rembrandt exhibition for the first time in the Middle East and North Africa was a great privilege. With exhibition Rembrandt in Oman we will expose our people to the outside world. Everybody considers Rembrandt to be a great virtuoso. He produced more than three hundred prints over a period of forty years. His etchings were always eagerly collected and commanded high prices even during his own lifetime. His bold experiments with etching techniques are something art lovers in Oman and in the Gulf region should see”.
His Excellency paused for a second and produced a copy of his book for me as a keep sake. If you flick through it; please be careful; it has great sentimental value to me.
History of The Al Salmi Library:
The Al Salmi Library was established more than 100 years ago. However not many are aware of this unique privately owned library, located in Bidiya in the Interior of the Sultanate of Oman. The library is not just a place filled with religious, cultural and historical books. It is also a place where the culture of the region can studied. The Al Salmi family believes that this is a way to gain knowledge and to bring harmony to the Omani society.
The library was established more than 120 years ago by Nur al-Din al-Salmi, who was born in 1867. According to the Al Salmi family, the library started taking shape sometime in 1887.
Initially, the library was part of the school that was founded by Nur al-Din al-Salmi, who himself was a language, religion and history teacher. Nur al-Din al-Salmi’s love for books and manuscripts was legendary. In recognition of Nur al-Din al-Salmi’s effort to spread knowledge and education in Oman, His Majesty Sultan Faisal bin Turki granted him 500 silver karz (Maria Theresa Thaler) in 1895.
The financial reward was a real turning point in the history of the Al Salmi Library. Nur al-Din al-Salmi decided to travel immediately to Mekka to go on Hajj. During his stay there, he spent all the silver karz for books on various topics. That was the time when Al Salmi Library got its first large consignment of books. The library stands testimony to the fact Nur al-Din al-Salmi was always collecting reference books for his school and himself and he was writing as well.
In the 19th century, Al Salmi Library was establishedin Bidiyah in Dhahir then in 1970 the library was moved to (al-Mintarib), its current location. In 1984 Sheikh Muhammad al-Salmi, son of Nur al-Din al-Salmi, constructed a special building for the library in Bidiyah.
The majority of the manuscripts are unique and not available anywhere else. The library has adopted a scientific method to preserve all the contents and every manuscript and document has been digitally scanned.
In 1994, during the Cultural Heritage Year in Oman, the Al Salmi Library was rewarded for its efforts in promoting knowledge with a special prize from His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin Said.
Features of The Al Salmi Library:
The one story building is an architectural marvel. It has all the facilities of a library including a reading area.
Al Salmi Library consists of four sections:
· letters and documents (mainly exchanges between prominent personalities throughout history)
· manuscripts (700 valuable manuscripts collected from Oman and the region)
· old printed references (over 6000 pieces)
· collection of valuable antique items from Oman (including swords and khanjars)
Visitors of the library come from Europe and other parts of the world. They are mainly researchers and have heard of the Al Salmi Library through different sources. Most of the manuscripts are available only in Arabic. Of course those coming from abroad either know Arabic or bring along a translator.
The privately owned library enjoys the moral support of the Omani government. The Al Salmi Library is supervised by the Ministry of Heritage and Culture.
The library is open to the public upon request. All books and manuscripts may not be taken from the library.
The Future of Al Salmi Library:
In the future, the Al Salmi family wants to see the library grow. Currently the third generation of the Al Salmi family is managing the library. There are no directors but the whole family is passionate about preserving the scripts for future generations in Oman. Family members continue to collect rare manuscripts from abroad and from various places in Oman. No worth can be put for the collection at the Al Salmi Library. The library collection is priceless. The Al Salmi Library supports writers in publishing new titles and books about the region.
The family’s future plan is to establish a fully fledged museum beside the existing library. Al Salmi Library is not just a normal library but an institution of knowledge, that will as well continue supporting publishing ventures. In addition, the library has plans to bring more art exhibitions to the Sultanate – probably from East Asia.


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Alban Douglas' book, One Hundred Bible Lessons, has been out of print for years unless you live in the Philippines. He wrote the lessons while a missionary in Manila. Currently, you have to pay over $100 for a new copy on Amazon. However, after long negotiations with the owner of the copyright, we have secured permission to be the only publisher authorized to reprint this book in the USA & Canada. I have had a copy for over 20 years and love it. If I had to reduce my library to 10 books, this would be one of them.
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I love books! As I am fond of telling people, my husband doesn't worry if I tell him I am going shopping for clothes, but panics if I tell him I am going to the book store. Interactive books are even better. From Pearl Harbor to Hiroshima: The War in the Pacific is an excellent book for kids (and adults!). We've had fun not only reading the pages, but pulling out the replicas of original telegrams and even the notes of President Roosevelt's address to Congress.
My youngest is doing a research paper on Pearl Harbor this year, so we purchased this book for his studies. I really like how it is a simplified version of each campaign in the Pacific, setting up very nicely how Japan came to attack the United States at Pearl Harbor and finishing with each of the battles in the Pacific.


Photographs of a book of photographs of books.
Sol LeWitt, Artist’s Books (Edizioni Viaindustriae, Foligno, 2009)
Artists’ books are, like any other medium, a means of conveying art ideas from the artist to the viewer/reader. Unlike most other media they are available to all at a low cost. They do not need a special place to be seen. They are not valuable except for the ideas they contain.
I love Sol LeWitt’s artist’s books, each one a sequenced working-through of a particular idea, be that an examination of form, line or colour, or a photographic catalogue of a set of objects (grids, sunsets, brick walls).
Perhaps my favourite’s Autobiography (1980), LeWitt’s attempt to document methodically his home and studio and their contents - beginning with the floors and the plumbing and ending up with books, artworks, family photographs - thus exploring the systems and assumptions within which he lived. When I was failing to learn photography, I began, rather haphazardly, a similar project, only to discover LeWitt had long since done it far better than I could ever hope to.
I’ve never actually held a copy of Autobiography in my hands, let alone flicked through one. To buy it now would set you back at least £1200. So much for “available to all at a low cost" and "not valuable except for the ideas they contain.”


Wilfred Laurier University presentation – period 1 – in the Library Seminar Room. University of Ontario (UOIT) presentation – period 3 – in the Library Seminar Room.
HHSS Guidance Department is offering a presentation on Friday, October 31st at noon in the school theatre for students applying to university. Students will learn how to apply on-line and will be given their application PIN numbers at this presentation.
HHSS Interact Club is challenging all students and staff to donate non-perishable food items for their Halloween for Hunger Food Drive. We will be accepting donations in the main office until Friday, October 31st. The food collected will be donated to … Read More
Students are reminded that picture retake day is on Monday, October 20th in the morning only. This is for staff and students who missed getting their picture taken on the first picture day. If students are unhappy with their first … Read More
The Guidance Department will be presenting and distributing a handout on How to Apply to Ontario Colleges.to all graduating students. This information session will take place on Friday, October 24th at 12:00 p.m. in the HHSS theatre.
Haliburton Highlands Secondary School ANNUAL HONOURS AND AWARDS CEREMONY will be held on Saturday, October 11th, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in the Athletic Complex. Last year’s Grade 9, 10, 11 Honour Students and Perfect Attendance will be recognized on Thursday, … Read More
Progress Report Cards will be sent home with students on Tuesday, October 7th. Parents’ Night will be held on Wednesday, October 8th, from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. in the Athletic Complex.


Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage by Elizabeth Gilbert
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
I finished Committed, and am at an understanding with the book. I would say this book is worth a read, but as a reader, one must be committed to the book. A reader has to go into this book with an open mind (a few of Gilbert's views may be too liberal for some) and a reader absolutely must finish the book. This is not the type of book one can pick up, read a few chapters of and then put down. You'll walk away with an incomplete viewpoint and it isn't fair to you nor is it fair to Gilbert to not finish this book once you start it. In this way, the book itself is an excellent metaphor to marriage and relationships.So, why did I read the book? There were no imminent questions about marriage in my life requiring reflection. Italian and I are happy in our marriage and have really grown up together, supporting each other along the way. Honestly, I picked up the book because I wanted to know if Elizabeth got married. Why did I care? Because it seemed obvious to me they were in love at the end of Eat, Pray, Love. That was it. The book, then, was a surprise in its discourse on the institute of marriage, and I realized while reading it that I have also separated the concepts of being bound by love to another person and the social construct of legally binding two people into a specialized contract. I've viewed the contractual arrangement of marriage and the aspects of love and intimacy as two distinct parts of being married, and they happen at different times. Sometimes, one is even missing.Overall, without "giving away" the book and without betraying the intimate aspects of my marriage, I would say Gilbert's book is a modern look at marriage and her reflection on the topic is at a level often missing in today's world. Just like a good marriage, if you start it, you do have to invest time into it, hearing out her arguments, and seeing how she finds peace. For those getting married, it's a good read to spark discussion. For those married, it's a good read to spark discussion. For those contemplating if they ever want to get married, I think this book will be especially poignant. Getting married is a very public display of an extremely personally decision, and Gilbert's public display of her struggle with the decision may be relevant or insightful.
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Joseph Campbell wrote an excellent book called The Hero’s Journey A NUMBER OF years ago. He studied myths and writing over the years and came up with 12 items that almost all stories include.
Years later, Chris Vogler wrote his version of Campbell’s work and called it The Writer’s Journey. I have just completed reading Vogler’s book and am thinking of ways I can use it as a guide in writing my novel, Taming the Dragon.
I intend to describe my progress using this and other writing guides.
|THE HERO’S JOURNEY|
Mapping the Journey
||Stages of the Journey


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1. The Goal by Eliyahu M. Goldratt
In The Goal, Goldratt provides a compelling story that challenges the way we look at how we measure operational improvement. His analysis distills the work of any organization into three operationally-measurable elements: Inventory, Overhead and Throughput.
At first glance, the ideas Goldratt pr...
2. Freakonomics by Levitt and Dunber
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What are the 21st century challenges shaping our lives today and in the future?
The BSA and Policy Press are very pleased to announce our collaboration on a new book series, 21st Century Standpoints. This stimulating series will bring pressing public issues to the general reader, scholars and students. It offers sociological provocations on pressing questions in the 21st century and sets out why sociology matters, how it can transform social life and why it must continue to contribute to public debate. Our vision is to establish the series as a rich and accessible collection that appeals as much to the general reader as to those within the academy.
Beautifully produced in print and digitally, these books will offer standpoints to shape public conversations at this time of social, political, economic and cultural disruption. They will move beyond simple critique to propose better ways of understanding, and living in, our world.
This series makes a very welcome addition to our publishing portfolio including academic journals and our book series Sociological Futures. Through this series we are able to support sociologists who wish to reach a new public in a lively and dynamic way. This additional publishing outlet provides supported access to this type of publishing and marks an important collaboration between the Association and Policy Press, who is well placed to bring together academic integrity and accessibility for the non-specialist audience.
The Association has long been focussed on reaching out to a wide public audience to bring sociological thinking to issues that affect us all. Our strategic priorities include a focus on public engagement because of the importance we place on ensuring that sociological messages are part of the public conversation. This book series, written in an accessible style, makes a significant contribution to our aims and to pursuing a public sociology agenda.
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May 8, 2018
The room was packed at the Daniel Boone Branch of the St. Louis County Library as Tyson Staff Scientist Dr. Solny Adalsteinsson gave a public talk on ticks, tick-borne diseases in Missouri, and prevention strategies. The crowd was very engaged and Solny fielded questions for nearly 45 minutes after her presentation.
The TickEncounter Resource Center at the University of Rhode Island is a good site for learning more about tick bite protection and tick-borne disease prevention. However, keep in mind that some of the information may be specific to the East Coast and not applicable in Missouri.


Zagato, Alessandro (ed.)
2015 The Event of Charlie Hebdo: Imaginaries of Freedom and Control. Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis, volume 15. New York and Oxford: Berghahn.
Reviewed 29 Nov 2015 by: Jack David Eller <firstname.lastname@example.org> Anthropology Review Database
Keywords: Charlie Hebdo Attack, Paris, France, 2015, Terrorism, Social aspects, France
ABSTRACT: Several short essays in a very short (and physically small) volume examine and critique the response to the January 2015 attack on the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, raising important issues of tolerance, democracy, free speech, and satire.
The year that ended (hopefully) for France with the coordinated attacks on Paris in November 2015 began long ago with the January attack on the office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Although the memory already seems distant, ten months is not much time in academia; it usually takes almost that long for a finished manuscript to reach publication, but in this diminutive volume we have nine essays composed, edited, and published in an outstandingly timely manner, in both senses of the term—that ten months is not much time, and that once again it is time to make sense of an Islamic assault on a Western country.
As Bjorn Enge Bertelsen and editor Alessandro Zagato state in their introduction, the contributions to the collection «start from the observation that the events being popularly attributed to Charlie Hebdo go beyond the sensational headlines of the mainstream media, transcend the spatial confines of nation-states, and lend themselves to an ever-expanding number of mutating discursive formations» (p. 3). They share the view with most if not all of the authors that «more than representing a historical rupture—the emergence of something novel or to some extent separated from current historical conditions and themes—the shootings constitute an intensification of current processes. It is a moment in which patterns of social life become more evident as well as easily identifiable and analyzable.»
The nine articles in the volume consist of the introduction, seven essays, and an afterword by Bruce Kapferer. Each piece is short, because the volume as a whole is tiny—114 pages in pocket book format. Knut Rio, like several of the contributors, inspects the Western value of ‘tolerance,’ and he specifically situates the event as «a continuing reappearance of the systemic conflicts built into French colonialist relations» (p. 15), which posit a radical difference between Western ‘civilization’ and non-Western ‘barbarity.’ But Rio notes the unavoidable tension or contradiction in tolerance regarding the freedom to speak, the freedom to criticize, and the freedom to satirize and even ridicule, which emerges repeatedly in the essays,
Axel Rudi sees the Charlie Hebdo incident as an affront to the West’s ‘sacred,’ specifically its value of ‘free speech,’ in two ways—first, the shootings of the office and second, the government’s response of clamping down on those who directed their own satire at the magazine and the attack. «To me,» Rudi writes, «this uncritical and selective espousing of the Enlightenment seems to indicate a popular affirmation of its symbolic qualities rather than a concern with freedom of expression’s facticity or content» (p. 28). Other essays also highlight the inconsistency in the reaction of France and the West, as in Maria Dyveke Styve’s chapter on the eight-year-old boy who was questioned by police for not joining the chorus of ‘I am Charlie.’ «While the thousands of people gathered in the streets of Paris were arguably defending the right to freedom of speech, this freedom apparently does not extend to Ahmed when saying that he was for the terrorists» (p. 37).
Zagato raises two weightier issues in his essay on ‘imaginaries of violence.’ «On the one hand, the images of the attacks related to the inconsistency of present-day liberal-democratic ideological and political forms, which need to be legitimized by a constant state of alert, fear, and eventually war. On the other hand, they evoke what is conspicuously absent in this story: a politics of liberation and emancipation, a collective capacity to oppose segregation in the name of an idea of equality» (p. 48), as concerns both the «disenfranchised young people» (p. 52) living in France’s depressed banlieus and the offensive, even racist content of the magazine that Westerners rose up to defend. Mari Hanssen Korsbrekke asks the painful question, ‘Where were you, Charlie?’ when it comes to previous assaults on free speech inside and outside of Europe. «Could it be,» Korsbrekke wonders, «that some people’s right to freedom of expression is more important than that of others?» (p. 63).
The remaining two essays each evoke, in their own way, the subject of morality. Jacob Hjortsberg grapples with the problem of the morality of humor and satire: «If, in relation to Charlie Hebdo, speech can be defended only insofar as it is construed as moral, this is a problem, I will argue, since the speech or expression that is actually being discussed here—satire—is a particular kind of speech, the unique value of which is precisely that it is amoral» (p. 70). Satire claims the right to make fun of everything, including morality itself, but it becomes clear that satire is the discourse of a particular moral community in the sense, first, that a society must accept satire as a valid activity and, second, that another society may not share that value. The strongest case in point is the West’s self-appointed freedom to make fun of Islam’s holiest figure, Muhammad, which is the highest form of insult and blasphemy within Islam. Speaking of which, Theodoros Rakopoulos directly addresses the topic of blasphemy, noting yet another paradox for Western and secular societies that want to allow ‘religion’ into the public sphere without allowing or acknowledging ‘God.’ How does deal with mockery of God in a supposedly secular society?
Since Charlie Hebdo and its ilk pride themselves on their humor (often recognizing no lines that should not be crossed), Bruce Kapferer appropriately enough organizes his afterword around the concept of the joke and what he calls «the crisis of egalitarianism» (p. 95). More than most conclusions or afterwords, Kapferer not only summarizes the contributions but identifies some things that may be missing in them, particularly how they «obscure a joke in the structure of the realization of their own thought»(p. 100). He echoes the sentiment that satire is amoral, adding that «it is also outside all moral reason» (p. 107). At the same time, democracy, based on pluralism of opinion and belief, means that «no one moral community has any necessary right over any other (Muslims over non-Muslims or vice versa), a matter which the Charlie Hebdo event threatened» (p. 109). Kapferer concludes powerfully that satire «pursues the fundamental egalitarian logic at the root of the democratic, which is that nothing has ultimate legitimacy or moral foundation save that of the a priori truth of equality itself,» making it the perfect instrument «to attack all form, to destabilize all value» (p. 110)–which is a difficult condition for any society, even democratic society, to live in.
Several of the authors (all of whom have a connection to the University of Bergen and many of whom appear to be younger scholars) react to the enthusiastic, even fetishistic, mantra of ‘I am Charlie’ that followed the event, and several liken it to the famous film moment in Spartacus when many of his rebellious companions step forward to proclaim, ‘I am Spartacus.’ But anthropologists are wary of all fetishes, and one of the best things we can do for the wider society is to point out when it is acting fetishistically. The book also represents two other contemporary aspects of anthropology, the first being a renewed interest in ‘the event’ (see e.g. Lotte Meinert and Bruce Kapferer’s In the Event: Toward an Anthropology of Generic Moments), and the second being a sort of speeded-up fieldwork and ethnography that Christine Hine in her Ethnography for the Internet: Embedded, Embodied, and Everyday calls ‘pop-up ethnography.’ (Both titles just mentioned at reviewed elsewhere in ARD.) The Event of Charlie Hebdo is almost certainly not the final word on those attacks and the subsequent responses, but if journalism is the first draft of history, then short fast books like this are the first draft of anthropology.


The Handbook of Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Design
Dr John Warner has spent the past seven years of his twenty five year career working in various roles in the Lithium-ion battery industry from product management, to project management to marketing and has attempted to help fill that gap with a new book titled “The Handbook of Lithium-Ion Battery Pack Design” published by Elsevier Publishing.The book is available through the Elsevier website as well as through major online book sellers such as Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble.
By Dr John T Warner
Introduction by Dr Warner:
"This book is intended to introduce a variety of topics that surround Li-ion batteries and battery design at a detailed enough level to make batteries understandable for the “layman.” If you are an engineer, you will swiftly understand these concepts. However, if you are like many of us and are not an engineer, then this book will help you make sense of the world of Li-ion batteries and be able to speak intelligently about them. The concepts in this book are focused on vehicle electrification, but are also relevant to many other applications including stationary energy storage, marine and offshore vessels, industrial motive, robotics, and other types of electric applications. In essence, this book is intended to take the mystery out of modern battery applications. But let me make a disclaimer as we get started, this book is not intended to make you a battery engineer nor is it intended to replace your battery engineering team. It is instead a tool to add to your tool kit."


Session # 15 is also dedicated to oriental cinema.
This is a special session in partnership with Shortcutz Porto, marked by the absence of film programmer, Fernanda Ramone, who unfortunately left us too soon …
The cinema has the power to rescue memories and through the films she chose, Fernanda will be present somehow at this session. “Daughters of China”, by the journalist Vera Penêda and “Pioneers: Chinese Female Artists”, by the director Zhong Zhihao, are the films that she made us arrive.
Porto Femme also participated in the curation of this session with the films “June Lily” by Tan Yuehan and “Shadow” by Lei Lei.
DAUGHTERS OF CHINA
China | 10’00’’ | Documentary | 2013 | Portuguese subtitles
Journalist Vera Penêda
A woman who grew up in China during the Japanese occupation (1931-1941) and who never had a dream; the daughter, who wanted to be a soldier, but who was selected to work as a saleswoman during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976); and her granddaughter, an only child, born in China in the 1980s, a cabaret and burlesque dancer, indifferent to the “leftover women” label, imposed by Chinese society because she was still single at the age of 27.
Three generations of Chinese women talk about childhood, love, marriage, work and dreams, describing how life has changed dramatically for women in China over a century.
China | 5’06’’ | Animation | 2018
Director: Tan Yuehan
Production: Hong Kong Baptist University
The scene behind that toilet door still appeared in her nightmare over and over. She tried to cut her hair to erase the bad memories but failed.
The young girls were still struggling in their respective dilemmas. However, the June lily finally withered and fell.
Facing the horrible male power and destruction of both body and mind, she chose to escape or….
China | 5’32’’ | 2017
Director: Lei Lei
Production: Lei Lei
This animation gives an account of the injuries inflicted on a girl after she was followed and sexually harassed by combining oil painting and photography.
PIONEERS: CHINESE FEMINIST ARTISTS
China | 21’08’’ | Documentary | 2017 | English subtitles
Director: Sean Zhong Zhihao.
A group of artists tries to make a difference through their work to expand their knowledge of feminism with powerful visual impact. In addition to paintings and sculptures, these women also create performance art, produce films, theater and write articles in China’s modern era. They are pioneers in a conservative society. Each has a unique view of the quest for gender equality in a harmonious society. This film is the result of a year-end project by young filmmaker Sean ZHONG Zhihao.


About The AuthorsSusan B. Roberts, PhD, professor of nutrition and professor of psychiatry at Tufts University, is an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and weight control. She is the author of Feeding your Child for Lifelong Health, as well as nearly 200 articles published in research journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA and The Lancet. Dr Roberts lives with her family in Weston, Massachusetts.
Betty Kelly Sargent is the coauthor of Beautiful Bones Without Hormones (with Leon Root, M.D.), What Every Daughter Wants her Mother To Know and What Every Daughter Wants Her Father To Know.


The New Testament, Psalms and Proverbs from the New American Standard Bible; recovery annotations by Don Umphrey; editor, David "Buck" Griffith.Add to Cart $11.97 *Sale Price
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Info: Convenient for step studies. More than 600 questions for self-examination or group study. A Step Overview for each of the 12 steps. 117 Step Reflections that connect step information to Bible passages. 63 Recovery Insights tied to verses aimed at additional spiritual growth. An Introduction tracing the roots of addiction to the Garden of Eden. A chapter detailing the origin of the steps and their biblical basis. Cross references throughout.
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Info: When does helping turn to enabling? When does partnering with God morph into "playing God?" When does true love become tough love? This Christian mom details how she was brought to her knees by vain attempts to fix her drug-addicted son. She describes her spiritual journey to recovery that resulted in a new relationship with Jesus Christ. To guide people in finding the same spiritual solutions, 14 of her 16 chapters are followed by workbook sections that include blanks for biblical fill-ins. Use this volume in conjunction with Journey to Recovery Through Christ: CASA's 12-Step Study Bible where biblical citations in Janet's book include page numbers found in this Bible plus other tie-ins. Or you may use any other NASB Bible © 1995.
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Audience: People with any addiction who wish to work through the biblical basis of the 12 steps to recovery.
Info: The 12 steps used by recovery groups take people from the slavery of any addiction to the freedom of a God-centered life. It is assumed in the workbook that God's revealed truth is found in the Bible. Each chapter contains a step overview, a first-person story, plus biblical passages and fill-ins. Use in conjunction with the New International Version of the Bible © 2011.
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Info: After murdering two people at age 17, Clyde Thompson’s killing streak continued in prison. Adding two escape attempts to his record, Texas prison officials gave him the “Meanest Man” moniker and put him in solitary confinement. Without hope, he reaches up for help. Later, he corresponds with a woman on the outside who is a prisoner of her handicap, and an unusual love story begins to unfold. This classic story demonstrates that no matter how low a person gets, God will help if He is asked.
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Audience: Movie fans
Info: This feature film was shot in Hollywood and has won numerous film festival awards. These include Best Picture at the International Christian Festival, six best actor awards for title star Mateus Ward, and three best screenplay awards for director Justin Ward and book author Don Umphrey. The movie will be available throughout the U.S. later this year.
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Audience: The loved ones of alcoholics and addicts; addicted people seeking a way out.
Info: Describes in biblical terms why people turn to an addictive substance, the onset of denial, the downward path toward self-destruction, and what it takes for a person to leave that path to seek the Lord. Examples come from the author’s alcoholism and recovery. Includes questions for self-examination/group discussion.
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Audience: People in recovery and those wishing to minister to them.
Info: Addiction is defined in terms of idolatry. Part I of this book: The allure of addiction and why people are drawn to return to it. Part II: Spiritual guidelines and pitfalls on the road to recovery. Parallels are drawn in Part I with the ancient Hebrews in Egyptian slavery and in Part II, their journey to the Promised Land. Examples come from the author’s alcoholism and recovery. Plus, questions for self-examination/group discussion. This title is not sequential with Deliver Us I; it stands alone or may be used in conjunction with Deliver Us I.
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Audience: Those wishing to minister to addicted people.
Info: Nineteen co-authors, many in recovery, tell about their ministries to help addicted and co-dependent people, including fellow Christians, relatives, friends, neighbors, co-workers, homeless, institutionalized, the list goes on.
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Audience: Sex addicts, those wishing to learn what makes them tick.
Info: This dirty dozen, now cleansed by grace, reveal their preceding pasts to help others. The Internet provides every possible form of porn. Some 60% of Christian men seek it out; many become addicted. For some it serves as the gateway to other sexual sins. Co-authors include two former ministers, a former missionary, two preachers' sons and several Christian college graduates.
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Audience: Spanish-speaking people wishing to learn about the biblical basis of the 12 steps.
Info: This is a translation of 12 Steps to a Closer Walk with God: A Guide for Small Groups. (See info. above.)
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The Upbeat K9: Exploring Remarkable Canine Stories
Welcome to The Upbeat K9, where we share extraordinary stories of our beloved canines. In this article, we'll dive into the captivating tale of Zvyozdochka, the last dog to venture into space. Prepare to be amazed by her courage, determination, and the lasting impact she had on space exploration.
Unveiling the Pioneer
Let's travel back in time to the space race era, specifically to 1960s Soviet Union. During this period, both the United States and the Soviet Union were striving to achieve groundbreaking milestones in space exploration. While human astronauts paved the way for further discoveries, animals were also enlisted for these groundbreaking missions.
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The Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz is an American children's novel written by author L. Frank Baum and illustrated by W. W. Denslow, originally published in 1900. It has since been reprinted on numerous occasions, most often under the title ‘The Wizard of Oz’, which is the title of the popular 1902 Broadway musical adaptation as well as the iconic 1939 musical film adaptation.
The story chronicles the adventures of a young farm girl named Dorothy in the magical Land of Oz, after she and her pet dog Toto are swept away from their Kansas home by a cyclone.The novel is one of the best-known stories in American literature and has been widely translated. The Library of Congress has declared it ‘America's greatest and best-loved homegrown fairy tale’.
This Summer, PEC’s students have created their own version of this wonderful work.


The Hunger Games is a young mature novel written by Suzanne Collins. First time it was published on September 14, 2008, by Scholastic, in hardcover. It is written in the voice of sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen, who lives in a post-apocalyptic world in the country of Panem where the countries of North America once existed. The Capitol, a extremely superior metropolis, holds complete power over the rest of the nation. The Hunger Games are an annual occasion in which one boy and one girl aged 12 to 18 from each of the 12 districts nearby the Capitol are selected by lottery to compete in a televised fight in which only one person can stay alive.
The book has been released as a book and also an audiobook and e-book. The Hunger Games had an preliminary print of 200,000 – twice doubled from the original 50,000. Since its early release, the novel has been translated into 26 different languages and rights of manufacture have been sold in 38 countries. The book received very positive reviews from main reviewers and authors. The Hunger Games is the first novel in The Hunger Games trilogy, followed by Catching Fire, published on September 1, 2009, and Mockingjay, published on August 24, 2010.
A film version, co-written and co-produced by Collins herself and directed by Gary Ross, was avaliable worldwide on March 23, 2012. The film stars Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss, Josh Hutcherson as Peeta, and Liam Hemsworth as Gale.


Written specifically for the Northeast climate, this definitive guide to growing sweet, juicy strawberries reveals the secrets to a prolific berry harvest every year. Learn about the best strawberry varieties for the Northeast climate and even how to extend the strawberry season into fall. Chock full of up-to-date information, including organic growing principles, this book reveals how to get your strawberry patch to thrive season after season. Soil preparation, planting and maintenance are included, as well as an entire chapter on eco-friendly, non-toxic treatments for pests and diseases. The 94-page book includes photos, illustrations, resources and recipes to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
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Hello mummies & daddies!
Some of the kids are going to take the Independent Reader Folder home today for the first time. In this folder you will find a book (with MY NAME on it) and a worksheet with a list of books and a happy-so/so-sad face option.
Your child is supposed to read the book and, with your help, look for the correct title on the worksheet to let me know if he (or she) has liked the book "a lot", "a little bit" or "not at all".
IMPORTANT: Both the book and the worksheet have to come back ON MONDAY, even if you haven't been able to read it during the weekend.


Need three chord songs to play? Mel Bay has four books in their ‘101 Three-Chord____ Songs’ series. Buy the books OR use the ‘song lists’ (look for the ‘Contents’ tab for each songbook) of each to try playing the songs by ear and the lyrics by memory.
The books include:
– ‘101 Three-Chord Children’s Songs for Guitar, Banjo & Uke’
– ‘101 Three-Chord Country & Bluegrass Songs for Guitar, Banjo & Uke’
– ‘101 Three-Chord Hymns & Gospel Songs for Guitar, Banjo & Uke’
– ‘101 Three-Chord Songs for Guitar, Banjo & Uke’
There is also a ’50 Three-Chord Christmas Songs for Guitar, Banjo & Uke’
With the books ‘you will need only minimal playing skills and three chords–G, C, and D7–to accompany each song in this great book. The jam-packed book is invaluable for all beginning musicians, casual musicians, teachers, family bands, and performers. Melody, lyrics, and chords are included for all songs…
Guitar, uke, and five-string banjo diagrams are included for the three chords, along with basic accompaniment tips. Transposing and how-to-use-the-capo tips are included for singers. An invaluable sourcebook for teachers–and a handy, compact fakebook for performers.’
Check them out… Mel Bay Publications, Inc.


Alumnus (2011): University of Cape Coast Chapter (Editor-in-Chief, BizzAfrica: Entrepreneurship, Youth Development, Media & Publications)
About Michael, MLD Publications And BizzAfrica
Michael Hammond is currently the Editor-In-Chief of BizzAfrica, a journal by MLD Publications, which is focused on young African entrepreneurs.
He started MLD Publications in the year 2009, whiles pursuing a first degree at the University of Cape Coast, Ghana, and has over the years, spearheaded its growth into one of Ghana’s rising success stories.
MLD Publications’ first magazine, Public Eye, provided valuation information in a myriad of areas, such as education, health and tourism. It was in both hardcopy and online digital versions. The publication run until Saturday, January 2, 2016, when it was rebranded as BizzAfrica, with a focus on young African entrepreneurs.
Over the years, BizzAfrica has featured top entrepreneurs such as Anne Amuzu, a co-founder of Nandi Mobile, Richard Dogbe, the CEO of Jobhouse Recruitment Services and Edwin Obi Wilson, the brain behind Ed Obi Fashion Wear.
In 2016, together with his team, he won the Inter-University Challenge during the 2016 African Universities Day and Innovation Week, organized by the Association of African Universities (AAU)
Michael has also been instrumental in the organization of a number of high profile events as well. In October 2016, he successfully partnered with some stakeholders to organize the first Young Entrepreneurs Summit in Ghana.
Again, from April 18 to 20, 2018, he worked with the Association of African Universities (AAU) to organize the maiden edition of the African Youth Summit in Accra, Ghana.
We are proud of him as one of our Telescope Dons (alumni).
He was the very first person to be inducted into the Hall Of Fame of TTCJN.
And for being able to survive all the difficulties of the training programmes and not giving up, he received the title of “The Last Man Standing“.
(Don) Michael Hammond is part of the 2011 year group of the TTCJN alumni. He belonged to the University of Cape Coast Chapter.
He was a very hard working and committed member and because of that, was appointed as the Chapter Manager of the UCC Chapter and further rose to the highest national office as the National Coordinator for Chapter Affairs for the organization.
During his tenure as Chapter Manager, membership increased by 30% and revenue from the sale of our intercampus newspaper also increased by a similar margin. He has a high team spirit and is able to really motivate his subordinates to work towards any objective.
He did his part both as a Telescope and leader, and eventually graduated as a Front Page Correspondent (Level 3 Rank).


Watch the prodigal JustWatch. They were a family torn apart by redemption...kept apart by pride...but brought together by a miracle.
The Bible: In the Beginning...The Bible: In the Beginning...
Covering only the first 22 chapters of the Book of Genesis, vignettes include: Adam and Eve frolicking in the Garden of Eden until their indulgence...
Live and BecomeLive and Become
In 1980 the black Falashas in Ethiopia are recognised as genuine Jews and are secretly carried to Israel. The day before the transport the son of a...
The Nativity StoryThe Nativity Story
Mary and Joseph make the hard journey to Bethlehem for a blessed event in this retelling of the Nativity story. This meticulously researched and...
On the way to meet with an independent artist in the South, newlywed art dealer Madeleine is convinced by her husband, George, that they should stop...
The Grim ReaperThe Grim Reaper
A mother is worried about her husband and her older son. They are no longer going to church, begin communicating with dead spirits and, worst of all,...
Pamela's PrayerPamela's Prayer
In 1969, Pamela Bucklin is born. The same day, her mother dies. Pamela is raised by her father, Wayne, who commits to pray with his daughter every...
I Beheld His GloryI Beheld His Glory
Cornelius is a Roman Centurion who, upon orders from the Apostle Thomas, is sent to proclaim the glories of Christ. Cornelius recounts Jesus' Entry...
Members of a devout Christian congregation try to start a new life in Palestine.
Revelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and FireRevelation Road 2: The Sea of Glass and Fire
On the day after the Biblical rapture, law and order have broken down - the highways have become a no-mans-land of bandits and looters. Josh's world...
The Christmas CandleThe Christmas Candle
Deep in the heart of the English countryside lies the enchanting village of Gladbury. Legend has it every 25 years an angel visits the village...
Aphrodite, Goddess of LoveAphrodite, Goddess of Love
The construction of great temple dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite, followed by new and high taxes and the arrival of a plague, create discontent in...
In the Bible, Saul persecuted Christ's church and its followers. Overcome parallels this story. Set in modern day, a young man in high school...


How the Native American dreamcatcher took over the world
Dreamcatchers have become popular all over the world, but this protective charm has a long and storied history that’s intertwined with the Native American cultures of North America. Here we’ll explore the history and meaning of the dreamcatcher, and shed some light on its significance.
Origins of the Dreamcatcher
The dreamcatcher is widely believed to originate from Ojibwe people, a first nation tribe that lived in the southeast of what is now Canada. Taking the form of a spider's web, the dreamcatcher was traditionally made from willow and plant fibres and was hung above the cradle or bed of a child to provide protection from bad dreams.
The Ojibwe people spoke of the Spider Grandmother known as Asibikaashi. She is an important protective deity, and as the native peoples expanded across America, the dreamcatcher became a way for distant people to connect with the spider grandmother and obtain her protection for their children. As a result, mothers and close female relatives were inspired to create spider web charms which often included sacred items such as feathers and beads, and the dreamcatcher was born.
During the 1960s and ‘70s the Pan-Indian movement sought to unify the descendents of the first nation tribes. It was a political and social justice movement that looked to protect native peoples and their traditions, and the dreamcatcher became its de facto symbol. Even tribes that had no history of spider charms adopted the dreamcatcher as a unifying symbol, and they became a popular craft item that were sold widely to create income for disenfranchised reservations across America and Canada.


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||Hats off to Math...Wear your favorite HAT!
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Trying to escape the oppression leading him to drinking, drugs, and despair, 22-year-old William James rejects a teaching position offer at a prestigious Buffalo high school and moves to Mexico to find freedom in its beaches, mountains, and culture.
But soon, this freedom becomes oppressive as well as William finds himself unable to avoid the pull of the wild party scene in the small town of Lila where he lives. He continues a downward spiral until he meets a complex and compassionate Mexican woman whose love inspires him to face the question he’s been avoiding: Is this trip a desperate search for life or a slow death?
Will, the lead character, rejected a good job to escape from himself and the problems that surround him. He moves to Mexico, but at some point, he notice that nothing is changing. For me, this is the most important message from this book, he realizes the solution was not to run away from his problems because the problems go with you wherever you decide to go.
This history is pretty crazy with all the partying, but I liked Will and I understand that he was just trying to find his place in the world. But as I expected, he falls into a bad life (drinking, girls, and drugs).
One of the things I liked about this book was the descriptions of the places, it really puts you there. The author illustrates and captures the essence of Mexico, we can experience and have a mental image of everything.
To be sincere, it took me a while to finish this book. Initially, I was thinking that I was in a kind of book slump, but it turns to be something else. This history is so slow paced, in every chapter I was expecting something more, but always continues on the same level. In my mind, at some point, something big was going to happen.
However, I really enjoy the type of writing, it seemed that the author speaks directly to us. So, I rated 3 stars.
This is the second book I have read by Jonathan LaPoma and I will continue to follow his work.
My sincere thanks to the author for sending me the book.


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I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruction.
A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. (Proverbs 24:30-34)
Lately, Mary and I have been reading through the life of King Solomon. We follow a reading plan which takes us through the Bible in a year, and Solomon’s story lies in the middle of the Old Testament so come June we are confronted with the author of this proverb. To be honest, when you get to the end of his life you wish he’d heeded his own advice!
Solomon started off well - can there be a higher honour than building the very Temple itself - but by the time he died he was offering sacrifices to foreign gods. In 1 Kings 11:3-6 we read:
He had 700 wives, who were princesses, and 300 concubines. And his wives turned away his heart. For when Solomon was old his wives turned away his heart after other gods, and his heart was not wholly true to the LORD his God, as was the heart of David his father. For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites. So Solomon did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and did not wholly follow the LORD, as David his father had done.
Solomon had failed to tend to his spiritual life, and had ignored some of the direct commands of God. Thorns overgrew his soul, and the broken down wall allowed wild animals in. I am sure Solomon did not one day wake up determined to turn away from God, but rather by stages he slipped away. His attention drifted, and he became less alert.
“A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest”.


Chipmunk’s Corner: A Creative’s Home
Looking for a peek inside a creative’s life? Or did a search for sewing inspiration or insight into a movie costume draw you?
“In the beginning, God created. . . ” – Genesis 1:1
Chipmunk’s Corner is a little bit of sunshine in the web designed to inspire and encourage with faith, sewing, fun, and music. With anything from accordion music to costume design, the content will always be geared toward creativity and faith. After all, God is the original creative – and we have been created in His likeness. Why not be creative too?
Corrie ‘Chip’ Sams has enjoyed creativity from a young age. Homeschooled through all the grades with her sister, she had plenty of opportunity for creating, building, and crafting. She is still surprised her mother let her play with the sewing machine at such a young age. Her early creations were anything but pretty, but laid the foundation and skills for further adventures.
‘Chip’ has done everything from leathercraft to writing fiction, sewing to web design, miniature horse tack to watercolors, and anything else that caught her fancy. She checked out so many ‘how-to’ books from the library that a librarian once told her she had checked out every oversized book in the system. Eventually she decided that as much as she enjoyed variety, it was better to pick a handful of creative things to focus on.
A huge part of Chip’s creativity is in her music. She plays and teaches both accordion and piano at Able To Play Music in Spokane, WA. Her musical journey also started at a young age, first with piano lessons that she disliked greatly, then with an accordion which her Father purchased for her at the age of 12. She really had no idea what an accordion was at the time – but really loves the versatility and musical expression possible with the instrument now.
Chip is happy and blessed to be involved in ‘The Portatos | Modernized Accordion Band‘ and loves sharing musical creativity with those around her. Because God is creative, Chip wants to share the creativity God gifted her with others in her life and online. Chipmunk’s Corner is one result of that desire.


‘For each age is a dream that is dying, or one that is coming to birth’
This summer, Write to Freedom embarked on creating a written word trail around the Dartington estate that was launched during the Ways with Words festival in July. Taking inspiration from Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst (who purchased the neglected 14th Century Dartington Estate in 1925) and their links with the Workers’ Educational Association (WEA), the trail sought to revisit the Elmhirsts’ original vision, and invite Dartington’s current workers to engage with and respond to their ideals.
Whilst researching archive material for the project, and requesting folder after folder of letters, articles, essays and notebooks, I was often stunned by the foresight of what I was reading. For instance, Rabindranath Tagore (with whom Leonard Elmhirst worked closely in the 1920s) wrote in 1922: “A civilisation which has attained such an unnatural appetite must, for its continuing existence depend upon numberless victims”.
Almost 100 years later, and we have stretched that unnatural appetite to its absolute limit. Sweatshops, environmental devastation and vast social inequalities around the globe have become the norm. These are bleak times, and it is too easy to be swallowed by them. Dartington offers a haven of likeminded people seeking solutions to the many issues that haunt today’s world. This was very apparent when we ran creative writing workshops with various projects around the estate.
Dartington has always been a work in progress. It has morphed and transformed over the years; from an experimental school and rural community, to a seed-bed for visionaries, to a creative arts college; to the active social enterprises that it consists of today. The thread that gives continuity throughout is the Elmhirsts; their passions, interests, ideals and legacy they left to the world.
I was amazed to discover that the 1945 post-war Labour manifesto was written here, at Dartington. The manifesto that gave birth to the Welfare state and the NHS. It’s author, Michael Young, attended Dartington school as a child – The Elmhirst’s original ‘Dartington Experiment’ in rural education.
Today, as the systems that our grandparents’ generations fought so hard to put in place are gradually broken down and privatised, it felt very timely to be reminded that even huge entities like the NHS began life as a dream; a vision for a fairer society. Those dreams were realised by collective action, by humongous effort, yet they began life by being given the right conditions to emerge. Working on this project has taught me how the Elmhirsts’ vision was to create a place where conditions were ripe for all sorts of new possibilities. I hope that somewhere in Dartington today, whether it’s a child at Park school, a social policy advisor at Research in Practise, or a student at Schumacher College, that the seeds of new dreams are being planted.
Learning about Dartington’s history has undoubtedly deepened my experience of coming to work on the estate (our office is based here), and I feel grateful to the Elmhirsts for their legacy. Dartington is an incredibly beautiful estate, left to all of us with the intention of creating a more just, sustainable and creative society.
The Dartington Now and Then trail is running until the end of September 2015. Trail guides can be picked up from the Visitors’ Centre.
Guest blog by Nicky Puttick – Project & Development Manager


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Technical highlights: FTTP is deployed to nearly 50% of the customer base, with the rest served via coax and copper technologies.
With the technological help of Home Telecom, the Berkeley County Mobile Library meets the educational needs of small communities without access to a local library. The efficiency and lower cost of the mobile library allows Berkeley County to provide rural users with laptops and internet access, as well as 2,500 books, audiobooks, movies and music. Home Telecom provides Wi-Fi to most of the library’s 30 stops. The communities rely on the internet access provided in order to conduct both personal and professional business.


IRANIAN JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE TESTING (IJLT)
Table of Contents
|Application of Confirmatory Factor Analysis in Construct Validity Investigation: The Case of the Grammar Sub-Test of the CEP Placement Exam
Payman Vafaee, Nesrine Basheer, Reese Heitner
|Theoretical Misconceptions and Misuse of Statistics: A Critique of Khodadady and Hashemi (2011) and Some General Remarks on Cronbach’s Alpha
|How Does “Sentence Structure and Vocabulary” Function as a Scoring Criterion Alongside Other Criteria in Writing Assessment?
|A Comparison of the Performance of Analytic vs. Holistic Scoring Rubrics to Assess L2 Writing
Cynthia S. Wiseman


In 1968, as war rages in Vietnam, another battle begins in the spiritual realm. The Voodoo Deity of Death, Baron Samedi, has conspired to destroy the status quo so that he might exit the realm of the dead and take his place in heaven. In order to abscond from his role as the personification of death, he must first find a replacement. Arming a mortal American soldier named Max with the powers of death, Samedi is then free to seek his destiny, but is Max forced to share Samedi’s destiny? Can Max choose his own path? This is the story of The VoodooChille.


My new historical novel is published in Britain and America this August. Its UK title is THE GOVERNESS and it is published in the USA as THE ROYAL GOVERNESS. As you can see from the banner above, and the covers below, the two editions look distinctly, beautifully, different. But the story is the same, and an absolutely amazing one:
In 1933, a progressive young teacher, Marion Crawford, becomes governess to little Princess Elizabeth and her sister Margaret. Inside the castles and palaces she finds a family frozen in time. Determined to give her pupils a fun and normal childhood, she takes the princesses on tubes and buses, swimming at public baths and Christmas shopping at Woolworth’s.
During her seventeen years at the heart of the royal family, ‘Crawfie’ occupies a ringside seat at some of the most seismic events of the twentieth century. The drama of the Abdication, the glamour of the Coronation, the trauma of World War Two. When Elizabeth first sets eyes on Philip, Crawfie is there.
But such devotion demands sacrifice, a personal life put on permanent hold. And Crawfie’s dedication counts for nothing once she publishes The Little Princesses, a loving, harmless account of life as a royal governess. It earns Marion the Windsors’ lasting fury…
Her story, glamorous, dramatic and tragic by turns, shines a captivating light into the world’s most famous family as never before or since. It is also the story of the building of a Queen. Basing her fiction on Marion Crawford’s own accounts, plus a wide range of historical sources and her own imagination, Wendy Holden weaves a majestic tale of love, sacrifice and allegiance.
‘Never has the future of the Royal Family been more hotly debated. But The Queen has been the world’s most successful monarch. Is her sure touch all down to the spirited young teacher who brought the real world to her remote royal childhood? Maybe so. Yet Marion ‘Crawfie’ Crawford was banished by the Royals forever following a minor indiscretion. When I found her extraordinary story, I knew it was the novel I had to write.’ WENDY HOLDEN
For more about what inspired the book, go to ABOUT ME
Praise for The Governess/Royal Governess
‘A beautifully woven and exquisitely detailed story of strong upstairs/downstairs women whose lives entwine during some of the most significant periods of modern British history… I am in awe of Wendy Holden.’ HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
‘Beautifully researched and captivating… Wendy’s Holden’s tender and intimate portrait of ‘Lilibet’, the future Queen Elizabeth II, is masterly.’ RACHEL HORE, author of Last Letter Home
‘Compelling characters and a wonderful blend of historical accuracy and real narrative drive… a heartbreaking study of loyalty and love.’ SALLY MORRIS, Daily Mail
‘A brilliantly imagined and poignant novel… a story of sacrifice, deep affection, strained loyalties and divided English society in the post-Downton Abbey era. Having set herself a huge challenge, Wendy Holden has triumphed.’ ELIZABETH BUCHAN, author of The New Mrs Clifton
‘A great book for escaping into…I loved this!’ KATIE FFORDE, author of A Summer At Sea
Wendy Holden absolutely delivers in this perfect blend of story and history. THE ROYAL GOVERNESS is a fabulous read for not only for devotees of period fiction and the British Royals, but anyone with a hunger for a well-crafted tale. Lovers of The Crown series on Netflix will adore this! SUSAN MEISSNER, Bestselling author of The Last Year of the War
“An intimate view of the royal family at a time of great uncertainty and change, The Royal Governess is a beautifully written and richly detailed piece of historical fiction. Marion Crawford’s dedication to her charges, as well as her passion for education and reform, shines through the pages. Through her eyes, the reader is transported back in time and thoroughly immersed in the lives of the British royal family. A delightful read!” CHANEL CLEETON, New York Times bestselling author of When we Left Cuba
‘This is a wonderful book. Masterfully weaving seismic historical events with one woman's personal story, The Governess is cinematic in its scope, and yet always intimate, a moving, gorgeously written page-turner. We peek behind the Windsor's swagged silk curtains - the insider details are a total delight - but the story's beating heart belongs to the devoted royal governess, Crawfie. Holden takes the reader on a glittering, unforgettable journey. I absolutely loved it.’ EVE CHASE, author of Black Rabbit Hall, The Glass House
‘Sensitive, funny and fascinating - this masterful novel gives the reader fly-on-the-wall privileges into the early life of the Queen.’ FREYA NORTH author of The Turning Point


Kelly Legal Updates
Kelly Legal Updates are currently undergoing a redesign and redevelopment. Future editions will provide information on topics including our team, how Kelly Legal supports the Mackay community and useful legal information and guides.
Lessons from Yong Internationals v Gibbs re agents commission
Paul Watkins, Senior Associate, at Kelly Legal discusses the implications for real estate agents of the case handed down by the Queensland Court of Appeal on 15 July 2011 denying an agent entitlement to a commission of $226K because the agent failed to complete a section of a PAMDA form.
Clear Title Special Alert June 2011
Changes to the first home transfer duty concession, abolition of the home transfer duty concession and introduction of the building boost payment.
Clear Title Autumn 2011
Revisiting the basics about when a real estate agent is entitled to commission.
Clear Title Summer 2010-11
Following a summer of destruction, some useful insights into risk and insurance between the date of a contract and settlement.
Clear Title Summer 2010
What are real estate agents required to disclose to a buyer?
Alzheimers Australian presentation
Information about Powers of Attorney, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Advanced Health Directives, Statutory Health Attorneys, Guardians and Administrators.
Presentation slides re Power of Attorney and Guardianship
Slides from a presentation on Powers of Attorney and Guardianship matters.
Presentation slides from public forum on dementia
Issues concerning dementia and Powers of Attorney and Wills.
Kelly Legal Update - Keswick Developments Legal Aspects
This update discusses the key legal aspects fo the Keswick Island Development and is a useful guide for anyone considering purchasing or developing on the Island.
"Ban the Banners" - What Remains?
This update discusses the original "ban the banners" legislation, more recent updates and the impact of this legislation on building convenants and those involved in the property industry.
Kelly Legal Update - Legal Fundamentals – Planning and Development
An overview of the evolution of Queensland planning law and current topical issues.
Body Corporate lot entitlement and disclosure changes
An overview of the recent changes to the Body Corporate and Community Management Act .
Introduction to grants of probate.
Introduction to enduring powers of attorney.
Contractor's Seminar (Asset Protection Credit Control) - presentation slides


The Machine Common Sense (MCS) program seeks to address the challenge of machine common sense by pursuing two broad strategies. Both envision machine common sense as a computational service, or as machine commonsense services. The first strategy aims to create a service that learns from experience, like a child, to construct computational models that mimic the core domains of child cognition for objects (intuitive physics), agents (intentional actors), and places (spatial navigation). The second strategy seeks to develop a service that learns from reading the Web, like a research librarian, to construct a commonsense knowledge repository capable of answering natural language and image-based questions about commonsense phenomena.
Project Overview and Background
MCS Program Links
Violation of expectation examples using IntPhys (https://intphys.com/)


1. To descend. 2. To give one's attention. Often used with to: Let's get down to work. 3. To exhaust, discourage, or depress: The heat was getting me down. 4. To swallow: got the pill down on the first try. 5. To describe in writing: If I could just get.
Find this Pin and more on Elements of Design/Semiotics J250. Lotus Blossom is a symbol of beauty, strength, and grace. The strong stem's connection to the flower represents an eternal, unbreakable bond between two people. Lotus flower means "overcoming all.
The purpose of this article, as it is indicated by its title, is the study of the parts of the speech in Isidore of Seville. After expounding the aspects related to the Etimologiae , the grammar, the sentence and the parts of speech in the introduction.
The Perodua Alza is surely one of the most anticipated cars of recent times. In fact, this blog has been spreading the news of the Perodua MPV since early 2008, and we’ve been teased by numerous spy shots and revelations ever since. Well, it’s finally.
Far East Orchard also owns a portfolio of medical suites in Singapore's medical hub of Novena, which includes medical suites in Novena Medical Center and Novena Specialist Center Orchard is a city in western Fort Bend County , Texas , United States.
English :: Indonesian dictionary extracted from http://en.wiktionary.org/ # License :: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License; GNU Free Documentation License # Version :: 20170720 # Size :: 9429 English glosses; 10187 Indonesian.
A comprehensive Indonesian-English dictionary / by Alan M. Stevens and A. Ed. Schmidgall-Tellings p. cm. Rev. ed of: Contemporary Indonesian-English dictionary. c1981 Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0-8214-1584-0 (cloth : alk.
It will be necessary to say a few words regarding the orthography followed in the following dictionary, and the sources from which information has been derived in making the compilation of the work. That system has been adhered to, as nearly as possible.
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Haven’t touched wordpress for so long. So here is the deal. I post stuff I want, you read my stuff. I might review or comment or rant on somethings or not. I will post these stuff in my crappy English, mind you. So yeah, here we go my first post. Enjoy.
Sorry for bad English and descriptive vocabulary, still practising this language.
A short review on “Heavy Object” a Light Novel series by Kazuma Kamachi.
Heavy Object is a series written by Kazuma Kamachi, also known as the author of the famous A Certain Magical Index series. The series was written with the setting timed in a not-so-distant future where the UN has collapsed and Four main alliances were made by different countries after the collapse of the UN. These four alliances would be known as the Legitimacy Kingdom, the Information Alliance, the Faith Organization, and the Capitalist Corporations. All 4 different world powers held different views on how politics should be handled and each world powers contained a lot of countries that joined up because of their shared view on things. The Legitimacy Kingdom was filled with countries that believed in the importance of blood lines in politics, The Infromation Alliance believed that knowledge is power, thus the people that have a lot of information should be able to control the politics to an extent, the Faith Organization is comprised of Theocratic countries that believed that their Gods should lead them to where they should be, and last but not least is the Capitalist Corporations where they believed that the man who controls money controls the people. In the series each world powers would emerge themselves in small scale territory wars all over the world using the technology called ‘Object’. An ‘Object’ is a giant mechanised weapon that held a huge amount of firepower that was made similar to that of a tank with bigger guns(that’s right guns) and sturdier body that could withstand a nuclear bomb. The Object is swift, huge, and deadly; an avatar of fear itself for the soldiers who witnessed the horrors of the weapon. The story moves along to the lives of a certain battlefield student and a certain heir to a certain house from the Legitimacy Kingdom. Both of them would later on be depicted as someone who are able to out do the Objects which threatens their survival in the battlefield.
Overall the story was well made as expected of Kazuma-sensei. The characters are easy to emphatise with, a lot of simple explanations were scattered here and there and the flow of each battle feels fine. A bit of a downside of the story is the unpredictability of the next volume. No one really knows how the story would end or continue. Because of the way each volume was set up only as an expansion to the Heavy Object lore, the series might feel endless because of the weight of the plot feeling less heavier than his other works.(oh the irony!) Compared to A Certain Magical Index, or The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village, Heavy Object is a series with less weight on the main plot, but more on the sub plots each volume represents. All in all Heav Object is a good series, especially if you are in to the light stuff that does not require you to think back too much on the main story, but if you like a story that connects heavily with each other, I would still recommend you to read it but you might finish the series with a slight unsatisfied feeling left in our mouth, much like an unsalted egg.