The Swingeing London image of Mick Jagger by Richard Hamilton is one of the best-known in rock art.
It’s currently highly visible on posters in London as Tate Modern promotes its Richard Hamilton retrospective exhibition.
Swingeing London, showing Mick Jagger handcuffed to a prison guard in the back of a van, is also occasionally used on book covers, employed as a metaphor for “Pop Art” or the “Swinging Sixties”.
Such books are essential collectables for many a serious Rolling Stones aficionado. Here are two examples from my collection.
Pop Art by Hal Foster is an art historical study of the work of Richard Hamilton and contemporary pop art giants Warhol, Lichtenstein, Richter and Ruscha.
Groovy Bob is a biography of art dealer and Swinging London scenester Robert Fraser. It’s a highly regarded study of a period of rapid cultural change, as some in England started to throw off the shackles imposed by Victorian society.
Together with the five desirable artefacts covered in my two posts last week, these two books make up my 7 essential Mick Jagger by Richard Hamilton collectables.
If you can expand my list, please share your expertise with fellow Rolling Stones art collectors by clicking Leave a reply at the top of the post.


A key asset of any military is high-quality personnel. Attracting and retaining persons to a dangerous profession is a challenge made more difficult by a failing post-service support system namely, Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC). The success of the Canadian military to attract quality personnel hinges on the success of VAC to care for the wounded, ill, and injured military personnel and their families. Given veterans’ ongoing disapproval of VAC’s performance, the Government of Canada must address the VAC’s failings to illustrate the country’s commitment to current and future military personnel.
Modern veterans are typically middle aged when they leave the military. The emphasis for these veterans is a transition to civilian life. “Transition” continues to be a significant issue for VAC and veterans. In Chapter 1, “Beyond Medicalization: Military Conditioning and the Limits of Military- to-Civilian Transition,” John Whelan and Maya Eichler discuss military conditioning and the transition to civilian life. They describe the making of military identities and consider how the effects of military conditioning pose obstacles in the transition from military to civilian life.
Katarin MacLeod uses case studies in Chapter 2 to explore and offer definitions of Military Literacy and Veteran Literacy. She seeks to understand its role and impact on how our military and veteran families can both cope and connect to the education system. Katarin examines the perspective of a spouse, children, and pre-service teachers. The issues are complex and multi-faceted.
Leduc and MacLeod discuss, in four vignettes, the creation of veteran vulnerability in Chapter 3. These four vignettes identify how veterans organizations have been outmanoeuvred, recall the value of the Veteran’s Benefit Act, briefly address the Government of Canada’s marketing of veteran benefits and services, and expose the resulting veteran’s vulnerability.
“It’s Just 700” is a group of Canadian Military Sexual Trauma (MST) survivors led by Marie-Claude Gagnon. The group provides confidential peer support and information. In Chapter 4, Maya Eichler, Marie-Claude Gagnon, and Michelle Lamothe combine efforts to identify that Department of National Defence (DND), VAC and Veteran Review and Appeal Board (VRAB) fail to listen to and engage survivors of MST. In a time of #MeToo, it is unfathomable that MST survivors face these challenges.
In Chapter 5, MacLeod and Leduc continue the MST conversation. MacLeod reviews the failings of the VRAB as it pertains to MST survivor applicants. The survivors are fighting a well-entrenched denial culture that may be insensitive to situations that include MST survivors. MST survivor applicants, like all veteran applicants, may face even greater evidentiary burden with the proposed “Rules of Practice and Procedure.” Leduc speaks to the problem of bundling and labeling conditions brought on by sexual trauma when applying for benefits. He identifies a path for MST survivors that have been used successfully by Gulf War Syndrome and Agent Orange veterans.
Matt Barrett addresses an uncomfortable subject in Chapter 6: suicide by military personnel and institutional and organizational attitudes toward suicide. Generally, a bureaucracy will attempt to diminish attribution to minimize liability. Despite advances in psychology and public expectations, the ways in which bureaucracies define military service will affect how resulting mental injuries are regarded and treated.
In Chapter 7, the final chapter is a pragmatic account of VAC’s and GoC’s failings. Natasha Mohr is the widow of the late Petty Officer First Class Rick Mohr. Natasha shares her nine-year battle with VAC’s bureaucracy to gain the recognition that her husband’s death was the result of military service. Natasha’s story provides just one example of the needless pain and suffering that thoughtlessness at VAC caused in the veteran community. By including this chapter, we acknowledge the ones who bear the brunt of political and VAC failure: the families of veterans.
More than ever, Canadians need to be involved with holding our government to account for the effective care of military veterans. As Canadian politicians argue about expensive ships, armoured vehicles, fighter jets and what company gets those contracts, they forget the necessary personnel and technicians that are required to keep these machines moving. Cyberwar requires unique people with rare skills. Regiments require physically and mentally resilient soldiers to counter chronically unstable situations or insurgency. These people are a valuable resource in society, business, and the military. Canadians need to be asking the government: “why would anyone serve in the Canadian Armed Forces if they know that the Government of Canada is failing to care for them?” Instead of being a key asset, wounded, ill and injured veterans and their families are treated like a liability.
Treated Like a Liability: Veterans Running Battles with the Government of Canada comes in three formats: softcover, hardcover and e-book. The books available on the FriesenPress website, Amazon.ca, https://books.google.ca, and Chapters.Indigo.ca.


Aboriginal Literacy Program Launch - Toronto Library
Today we gathered on Awabakal Country to launch an Aboriginal Literacy Program formed out of a partnership between social purpose organisation Life Without Barriers and Toronto Library.
Lake Macquarie Mayor Cr Kay Fraser opened the event and shared that she still owns the very first books that she was given as a child. Eleven-year-old Kirra Lee Simon did a wonderful Acknowledgement of Country and she was followed by the Biraban dancers who performed three traditional dances for the audience.
The morning was then filled with Aboriginal Cultural Awareness activities for the children, parents and carers in attendance – including storytelling, painting, a musical puppet show featuring native Australian animals, and a possum walk throughout the Library. Branch Librarian Kieran O’Donoghue said, “Toronto Library will be continuing the program in May and June this year with stories in the big blue chair, computer education sessions and even Aboriginal art classes.”
Aboriginal trainee assistant at Lake Macquarie Libraries Maree Simon added, “We intend to reach out to the Aboriginal community in the Lake Macquarie region and invite and welcome them to enjoy the range of activities we offer here. Where better to learn about Aboriginal history and culture than the library!”
Life Without Barriers State Lead for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Initiatives, Les Ahoy said, “This program introduces literacy resources to Aboriginal children which encourages reading and engagement with books, thus improving their literacy skills. Through the program parents and carers will be encouraged to read books with their children. And in doing so, they will be empowered to be the role models for their children.”
Life Without Barriers Chief Executive, Claire Robbs said, “At Life Without Barriers we believe that reconciliation must live in the hearts and minds of all Australians. We must work together to improve education, cultural, spiritual, physical and emotional wellbeing in young Aboriginal and people. We are thrilled to be a part of this wonderful program and partnership that strengthens our community and celebrates the history, cultures and traditions of Aboriginal people.”
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Posted on April 19, 2017 by School of Art
CSULB Painting Professor Yu Ji is participating in an exhibition entitled Words in Characters; Books as Vehicle at the Oklahoma State University Museum of Art. “Into the Dust” is the artwork in the exhibition and is meant to be an effort to prevent our memory from fading into oblivion. With words written in Chinese Han characters, the book records the Chinese Cultural Revolution (1966-1976) that took place 50 years ago. Its scripts, read vertically from right to left, lay a chronology of a human banality capable of tyranny and inflicting pain to others. As a survivor of this Revolution, Yu Ji attempts to use this work to keep our memories alive, as Mr. Santayana said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” The exhibition will also travel to the East Asia Library of Stanford University later this year.


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Mystic Series - The Spirituality of Julian of Norwich
Time & Location
About the Event
Julian of Norwich (1342 - c.1416-19) was a medieval English anchoress—a woman who lived in a hermit’s cell attached to a church—who took her religious name from the church where she lived in East Anglia (England).
Most of what is known of her is from her two works, A Book of Showings, written shortly after a near-fatal illness in 1373, and a longer version of the same, written 15-20 years later. Her original, shorter, Showings is considered to be the earliest surviving English language work by a woman.
Julian’s writings reveal an understanding of the intimate relationship between God and creation, insights into the role of suffering and love in the spiritual life, and her experience of God as “our mother” as well as father.
In this program we will explore these and other aspects of Julian’s spirituality, making connections to our own.
The morning includes 20 minutes of Centering Prayer and a 5 minute break.
Jim Gill holds a master’s degree from the Institute in Creation Centered Spirituality (Mundelein College -Chicago) and trained as a spiritual guide through Siena Retreat Center’s Spiritual Guidance Training Program. He ministered in Milwaukee area parishes for over three decades in Adult, Family and Child formation. Most recently he was a staff member at Siena Retreat Center, and began a free-lance ministry in retirement from full-time work in July of 2020.
Jim is an Associate of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
The Zoom link will be sent with the confirmation of registration e-mail.


Renaissance Charter Schools at Pines had their first annual Book-A-Thon. Doors were open on Saturday from 8:00 am until 12:00 pm to allow parents to drop off gently used books. These books will be utilized in our school resource library that will open next year. Here at RCS at Pines, we know that reading opens the door to a great education; and with the help of our staff, parents, and community, we are now able to offer our students over 400 books to choose from. This will help students work toward their CSUSA Reading
Challenge goals and build their love for reading!


Join Me, Assist Me -Erasing Black Male Illiteracy - Cash App $smoke74a
This is a little-known fact that many people in our black communities don’t readily comprehend or fully miss the ramifications. The individual states, as well as the federal government, utilize the standardized reading levels of our 8 and 9-year-old babies to determine the number of prison cells necessary to house those babies once they reach adulthood. The literacy or lack of literacy skills is one of the major components that drive prison construction. That is one of the main reasons our educational centers focus on having children reading by grade level by no later than the fourth grade. The reason is that most of the intervention models cannot accelerate on-level reading achievement for a vast number of our brown and black babies. At the current time, almost 2/3 of the black children enrolled in our public schools are reading at the most basic levels or below. This means that our mushrooming black illiteracy rate will not decrease in the coming decades. The rate of illiteracy will increase and that means more constructed prison cells and fewer constructed classrooms.
The choice is ours as a community, only we can disrupt this classroom to prison cycle for our brown and black babies. In essence, we can develop tens of thousands of Blackmen Who Read Aloud and build universal black literacy for the coming generations. We must link together, band together as brothers to advance the cause of literacy for all. We also must integrate the multiple available community resources that promote and engage learning with this population of students. The task will not be easy because once our children reach the middle grades to the beginning of high school educational frustration sets in. This means that the joy of learning decreases and boredom sets in. Young adults want to do anything but be engaged in a failed system of learning.
About 60 months ago I started a project to read black historically relevant books aloud in sessions of one hour to expose our struggling population of adult readers to our glorious black history. Because illiteracy has closed the door to them getting this type of vital historical information. It is said that learning one’s history develops a sense of purpose and a sense of desire. The Blackman’s Read Aloud Hour Project should be nationalized because it will assist in delivering a digital solution to the many brown and black struggling readers. It will also illuminate the issue of black illiteracy as well as promote the goal of black universal literacy, It can also be used as a teaching tool. The project must be developed professionally with the assistance of black digital marketing specialists to ensure that it has the necessary exposure to drive interest. That is the primary reason why I established The Blackman Read Aloud Hour Project to assist in the elimination of black male illiteracy in America. Every little donation helps, so, go to my cash app and make a pledge because the ebooks I read cost monies and I can always upgrade my home equipment. I promise you that Blackman Read Aloud Hour Project will have complete transparency. My cash app is $smoke74a and the monies will be solely used to maintain and build my program. I am in the process of developing a 5013C non-profit to expand the reach of the project but until then I depend on these types of individual donations.
Every brown and black baby enrolled in school should be able to read at grade level but even if that doesn’t happen we must ensure they can read as adults. Just think about this potential pitfall that the COVID 19 school shutdown caused in 2020, the fact that so many black and brown babies lost years' worth of direct classroom instruction directed towards literacy development. This loss of literacy instruction partnered with the usual loss of educational growth in the summer will mean that our babies will not ever be able to catch up in the race towards reading proficiency. You see not only we’re the school buildings closed but also all the libraries that housed the books needed for children to practice developing literacy skills. Now more than ever projects such as mine are as important or more important than ever. The Blackman Read Aloud Project has an essential place as an important tool in assisting our babies to gain those missing literacy skills.
Andrew Boone: North Carolina Slave Narratives: Federal Writer's Project: Age 90 years-old
Just A Little Respect, America, Just A Little Respect
The Queen of Soul, Aretha Franklin passed away three years ago on 8/16/2018, and I can only think about the gift God gave the world when she was born. This weekend the movie RESPECT comes to the movie theatres across with Jennifer Hudson playing the role of Aretha Franklin. The shoes of Aretha Franklin are simply too large for Ms. Hudson to fill but still, I'm happy to see Aretha Franklin's life story come to the big screen. While I personally won't venture out to see the movie I do hope that it captures the essence of this powerful black woman and doesn't focus solely on the negative to build audience interest.
Aretha Franklin was to me the symbolic treasure of the later days of the Black Civil Rights Movement as well as the symbolic treasure of the early days of the Black Power Movement. I cannot fathom where our black communities would have been having not Aretha Franklin graced us with God-given talents. Aretha Franklin was the daughter of a great missionary of God, C.L. Franklin, who stood up to the powers of racism never once failing to back down. He demanded that the downtown forces of white institutional racism respect the manhood and womanhood of those blacks in his flock. Of course, Reverend Franklin's flock included the blacks residing in the entire city of Detroit, the state of Michigan, and the entire nation.
It's no wonder that the revelation he and his wife Barbara produced, Aretha, became a powerful voice in the call for justice during the civil rights movement. No, Aretha wasn't tasked to make speeches demanding justice. That was not the talent God had given her to assist a nation of black people to rise up against the forces of bigotry and hatred. The talent that God gave her was an angelic powerful voice that rose above the elements of white hatred, rose above the oppressive living conditions faced by our ancestors, rose above the lost dreams and hopes of so many black people in America. It was a voice that reached across the racial aisles and touched those white people willing to have just a little understanding of a nation of black people's plight.
Aretha Franklin took a song that was written and first sung by Otis Redding, RESPECT, and created a genuine masterpiece. The song was all about a black people's movement upward in America. Show me a little respect was personalized in the song about a relationship between a man and woman but in reality, the connection was Black America telling White America for just some respect. Aretha always sang the lyrics of her songs with incredible emotional passion, an element of passion that moved her audience. It didn't matter if that audience was in the auditorium listening live or in their living rooms listening to her records, or on the streets listening to her music on the radio stations.
When the SCLC was struggling for funds, Dr. Martin Luther King would put a call too Aretha for assistance. King asked and Aretha always answered with an affirmative "YES" and she would be on a stage somewhere promoting the cause of civil rights. Just like Mahalia Jackson's voice was distinctive and immediately recognizable. So was the voice of Aretha Franklin and both of these bold black sisters were embedded in the fight for our peoples' rights to gain social and civil equality. Aretha Franklin never backed down to calls that her activism was threatening her earning power. Because inside Aretha Franklin was a desire to see her Black America rise up and be respected. I am sending my prayers today to Aretha Franklin knowing full well that whatever the results. The ultimate Queen of Soul has done well for the time she has been on the planet. I know that the hands that lead her over these troubling waters will provide comfort and grace today and forever. She is and will always be "the most natural of black womanhood".


Current WSBA Bylaws
Download or print the current WSBA Bylaws as amended in May 2018.
The latest edition of the Bylaws of the Washington State Bar Association includes the comprehensive review of the Bylaws adopted by the Board of Governors on Sept. 24, 2010, and all other amendments approved by the Board of Governors through May 18, 2018.
Proposed Bylaws Amendments
To be considered at the March 19-20, 2020 Board of Governors Meeting
- Article III Judicial
- Hardship Exemption - First Reading
Considered at the Nov. 22-23, 2019 and Jan. 16-17, 2020 Board of Governors Meeting
- Article II Definitions
- Article IV Governance
- Article IV and VI Governance and Elections
- Article VII Executive Committee
- Article Xl Sections


We love to do fun things on the weekends, but the cold weather makes that a challenge. Lately we have really enjoyed going to the Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library. They have a Children's Library that is great! Marlie is able to play with lots of puzzles, soft toys, books and more, and we are able to just relax with a book or magazine of our own (when we're not playing with her!).
On our most recent trip Kaylee joined us and the girls had so much fun.
Working on puzzles
Building a dinosaur display. The girls enjoyed doing the "ROAR" sound effect!
K & Minnie
Serious about reading!
2 months ago


life has been pretty hectic for a few weeks. I have left the big city and am now living in a very small seaside village. There is a city 9 miles away and I bumped into someone who lives locally when I was in the library there. It seemed we were both interested in finding a creative writing group. The nearest one is miles away, and not handy if you do not have a car. I asked at the local library about the possibilities of me starting up a creative writing group. The librarian was very helpful..it starts next month.


Publications and Reports
Please click on the titles below to download available publications and reports. The publications and reports are also available in hard copy and may be ordered by completing this order form.
It's More Than Money - TIF-LEAP, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools (2013)
CTAC’s new five-year study examines the genesis, development, and implementation of the SLO approach together with the incorporation of the VAM approach. This provides a study in the opportunities, complexities, benefits, and challenges that arise in measuring and compensating the impact of teacher effectiveness on student growth. It is a chronicle that draws one into the promise of performance-based compensation and a cautionary tale that alerts any district starting down this path that significantly more is at stake than money alone.
Professional Development Audit (2008)
CTAC has released the findings from its groundbreaking audit of the effectiveness of professional development in literacy provided by the Schultz Center for Teaching and Leadership to educators in Duval County Public Schools (Florida). The audit examined the impact of professional development on student achievement, teacher and principal perspectives, and classroom implementation.
Earning to Learning: The Link Between Teacher Compensation and Student
Learning Objectives (2008)
Student learning objectives have the potential to positively impact the performance of teachers and their students. This paper analyzes the importance of student learning objectives and provides a step-by-step guide for successfully designing and implementing learning objectives as a part of compensation reform.
for Standard Bearer Schools: Focusing on Causes to Improve Student
This guide explains the standards, tools and processes used in assisting entire school communities to identify and address the causal factors that affect student and school performance. Using this process has markedly increased student achievement for all subgroups in diverse urban districts throughout the nation.
Directions in Christina: Accomplishments for Children, Challenges Ahead
Demonstrates significant improvement in student learning is possible when system-wide reform is the focus. The Christina School District undertook system-wide reforms to address a persistent pattern of underachievement and to tighten the achievement gap among groups of students within the district. The report reveals an unusually high level of education progress and highlights the successes gained by the District after a two-year intensive effort to improve education in their public schools. A comprehensive approach was designed to build the capacity of the district to make and sustain improvements in student achievement, strategic management and policy, leadership, human resource development and management, and stakeholder satisfaction and ownership. This report details changes in the way the district and schools aligned instruction with standards, assessed students, managed data, conducted school planning, and involved stakeholders, particularly parents, in school improvement.
as Partners (2005) (Findings and Recommendations)
CTAC has launched a project with the Seattle Public Schools to strengthen the collaboration of parents, school staff and community organizations in support of student achievement and school improvement. This initiative focuses on results for children of families living in poverty, and non-native English speaking and ethnic minority families. Using surveys in eight different languages, CTAC assessed awareness and involvement among a representative sample of parents in the 47,000-student district as well as school and district staff. CTAC also interviewed teachers, school administrators, parents and representatives of local community-based organizations. Based on the results, CTAC is guiding a train the trainers process to prepare a corps of culturally and linguistically diverse school staff, community organization representatives and parent instructors who will train others across the district and community to better understand and assume their roles as partners in school improvement. The project builds capacity to use the accountability provisions and reporting requirements of No Child Left Behind for concrete improvements in student learning and school/community collaboration.
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for Change: Pay for Performance in Denver Final Report (2004)
Catalyst for Change is the final summative report for the Denver Pay-for-Performance pilot that focused on developing a link between student achievement and teacher compensation. A groundbreaking longitudinal study of Pay-for-Performance impact on student achievement, teacher quality, and systemic change. Denver introduced Pay-for-Performance as a new element in a large urban district. The pilot was a catalyst for changing the district so that it could become focused on student achievement in a more coordinated and consolidated way. A key part of Denver’s story is how a pilot, with key internal and external supporters, engendered positive systemic change in a larger institution.
Decision-Making: An Introduction to Student Achievement and Teacher
Data Comparisons (2002)
Many accountability systems are exploring the viability of using student achievement results at the classroom level as part of a new teacher compensation system. For any school district, this is a considerable undertaking with significant challenges. By addressing these challenges, a district develops the ability to achieve a better understanding of current performance and is far more able to make instructional improvements which demonstrably benefit students. This report presents student achievement and classroom performance data from the Denver Pay-for Performance study in several different comparisons and discusses the value and applications of each comparison toward the advancement of the district’s efforts to analyze and use student achievement data. As interest in accountability continues to grow, any performance system which attempts to link teacher compensation with student achievement, and with any other accountability system that is based on student achievement, will require reliable ways to examine student achievement at the classroom level.
to Results: Pay for Performance in Denver (2001)
This report presents findings based on the halfway point of the Pay for Performance pilot program with the Denver Public Schools. At the mid-point of this program, the Pilot was very much in the critical phase of seeking to fully and fairly test the powerful concept – is Pay-for-Performance a viable and effective strategy for the Board of Education and the Association to use to accomplish their goals? This report contains CTAC’s analyses, findings, and mid-point recommendations, and provides the necessary foundation for the mid-course adjustments made to the pilot.
and Realities: The Impact of the State Takeover on Students and Schools
in Newark (2000)
After several years of state intervention and at a time of transition of district leadership, the Community Training and Assistance Center conducted a comprehensive study of the impact of the state take over on students and schools. This report presents CTAC’s findings, analyses and recommendations based upon that study.
and Consent: A Study of Collaborative Decision-Making in Denver
The Community Training and Assistance Center was contracted by the Denver Public Schools to study the effectiveness of Collaborative Decision-Making, Denver’s strategy for site-based management and community involvement. This report reveals survey and interview results and presents recommendations in five areas of CDM involvement that are designed to increase the satisfaction of participants by clarifying and aligning expectations roles, responsibilities, and lines of authority.
How to Advocate for Public Education (and Get What Your District Needs)
Offers field-tested strategies by drawing from the insights and experiences of those who have led their districts step by step, to victory. This 124-page manual provides a detailed look at the requirements for building advocacy capacity within a school district. It is intended for use by school leaders and board members as well as others who want to organize and build community coalitions that will win public and political victories for education. Each chapter provides practical steps for developing a focused advocacy campaign and for building a constituency for reform efforts over time.
Practices in School to Work: Lessons Learned (1998)
Presents findings and recommendations from leading School-to-Workinitiatives throughout the country. This report serves as a critical starting point, presenting the directions and strategies for educational and corporate leaders to consider as they design and launch a School-to-work system that responds to the unique needs of their communities and regions.
Challenges of School to Work: A Regional Assessment (1998)
Evaluates the efforts of a regional strategy for developing and coordinating school to work efforts. This study identified and examined existing practices, assessed the prospects for success of the regional School-to-work system and suggests strategies for developing and implementing such a system.
A Manual for
Organizations (Bi-lingual manual in English and Vietnamese) (1990)
This practical manual on organizational planning grew out of CTAC's four-year project to help refugees create and manage organizations to help their communities. 51 pages in English plus 62 pages in Vietnamese.
Power: How to Set Up and Run an
Advocacy Group (Bi-lingual in English and Spanish) (1986)
This practical manual on how to set up and run an advocacy group grew out of CTAC's three-year Elder Leadership and Advocacy Project. This project demonstrated that elders from different racial, cultural, and language backgrounds, primarily low income, can get together and makes their lives better. In some societies, elders are treasured for their wisdom and leadership. In our society that emphasizes youth, elders are often portrayed as weak and feeble, with the result that elders - especially low-income elders - may lose confidence and let others do for them what they should be doing for themselves. While isolation makes people feel powerless, organizing helps elders to be strong and genuinely capable. 44 pages in English plus 44 pages in Spanish.
You Need to Know: A Manual on
Developing Youth Leadership (1985)
This manual is an outgrowth of CTAC's multi-cultural leadership training project for urban youth from Asian, African-American, Creole, Haitan, Hispanic, Portugese, and White cultures. The training program developed skills needed for youth leadership on both school and community issues. 79 pages.
These reports resulted from CTAC's project to help build the capacity of the Houston community as a whole to meet the challenges of the HIV epidemic. The project focused on replacing funding-driven fragmentation and territoriality with collaborative planning and service delivery that focus on the needs of affected populations, and on the community's programmatic and administrative ability to meet those needs. Based on intensive technical support and assistance to the Houston, Texas HIV/AIDS community, CTAC developed these two publications as a resource for policy makers, government administrators, community-based providers, funders and consumers interested in developing effective collaborative partnerships to address HIV/AIDS:
Funding Streams and Planning Groups (2000)
A comparative view of programs, structures and decision-making processes that can be used as a base for guiding future HIV/AIDS collaborative partnerships.
Houston's Response to HIV/AIDS (2000)
Provides analyses and makes recommendations for creating a more responsive and collaborative HIV/AIDS care and prevention system.


|Live in Sydney|
|Video album by Kylie Minogue|
|Released||1 October 2001|
|Recorded||11 May 2001(Sydney Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia)|
|Kylie Minogue chronology|
"Live in Sydney" is the 2001 DVD release by Kylie Minogue, recorded during one of the Sydney shows on her On a Night Like This Tour. The DVD features exclusive backstage footage of the concert, including a look into the dancers dressing rooms and a prank played on Kylie during the show entitled 'Will Kylie Crack'. The DVD was certified 3× Platinum in Australia.


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The addition and remodel of the Harold B. Lee Library consisted of a three-level, underground addition to the main campus library. Landscaping and walkways cover most of the addition, maintaining the preconstruction character of the major campus quadrangle above.
The first underground level comprises classrooms, book stacks, and study areas, while the second level below houses book stacks and study spaces, a 200-seat auditorium, and a Special Collections section with exhibits and archival storage areas. The third and lowest level contains mechanical and electrical equipment. At grade level, a glass-encased entry links the original library building to the underground addition.


This post could live in teenagers as well. Because I’m wondering about the books that are available for teenagers at the moment. Christmas is what set me off. Giving books for Christmas to be precise. My daughter is a voracious reader. She is mid teens. One of her aunts loves books and always gives my daughter a voucher for Christmas and Birthdays. I encourage this as there is no way on earth I could fund her book supply. I’m seriously considering hiring her out to a few online book stores to read and review the books for teenagers, because she is awesome at reading.
I have loved that my daughter found reading so easy. And loved it. After the early struggle with the boys reading/vision problems it was a huge relief to have one who read so easily and with such enjoyment. She’s read her way through a whole load of Saddle Club books purchased 2nd hand on Ebay. Several sets of ‘Fairy’ books. Most of the local library. Various book vouchers given to her, and a few things I’ve bought. Trouble is if you don’t buy locally – and sometimes the best books have to be ordered in here, then you have a 90 minute trip home. And by the time you get home the kids have finished reading their new books and you could put them straight onto Ebay to sell – if only the little beggars weren’t packrats.
So the other day as I was driving along pondering………as you do when you are not supervising a learner driver – I was wondering what books are teenagers reading. Then I started thinking about the books she has read recently. The year before last I had a book I’d picked up cheap and I read it first – well actually I read it instead of giving it to her. It was full of dark little undercurrents of eating disorders, depression, sex for the girl with low self esteem. Excuse me! This is not what I want my daughter reading. She was upset I wouldn’t let her read it. I don’t THINK that she found the book at the school library or a friend’s place and read it anyway, but she might have. Then she came home last year with a pile of books she’d purchased with a voucher from her aunt. Talk about dark reading. It was about a girl who had a car accident in the first chapter – her whole family was wiped out and she was in a coma – for the rest of the book. It’s not that I don’t want my daughter reading about serious matters of life sometimes….but not all the time. Frankly, I wonder to myself as I’m reading them sometimes………is there any wonder that teenagers feel suicidal at times! They can be very emotional and hormonal, and let me just say – stop worrying about those manky song lyrics you all feel are depressing you teenagers and giving them bad ideas; that’s nothing to what’s in some of those books. A lot of those books actually. My daughter recently told me ‘Don’t read that book Mum, it would make you really sad.’ I find it not only odd, but a little scary that my teen is warning ME about books I shouldn’t read! As the age-old phrase goes ‘What’s the World Coming To?’
So here’s the deal. I want to know what books for teens are out there? What teenagers are reading? Reading ideas. But more than that – I want to know what is in them. I want to see my daughter reading some real life stories. Some with sad endings. Some with glad endings. And some real, real life – where there is no ending, it’s just a part of a big picture. I want to see her laughing at a book. Crying over a book. Reading a book and thinking of many things. The dark books that I’ve mentioned – the thing that astounds me is how well they are written. I’m the sort of person who reads and as the story is going into one part of my brain, another part is saying – oh these words just don’t hang well together. This person was struggling to get these pictures into words for us. So I especially want to find Well Written Interesting books for Teenagers to enjoy. I’m going to be researching this now and over January. So keep this bookmarked – so to speak 😉 so that you don’t miss out on anything I uncover.
Feel free to give me tip offs about authors who write well for the teenage reader. Specify if it is more appealing to a reader who likes adventure, sci-fi, techie stuff, girlie stuff, boyish stuff (how sexist is that? but hey I could spend years trying to unsexist my remarks, but then you’d be out of a job) or animal lovers, history lovers.
I love reading – I don’t have time to do all the things I’m interested in. I don’t have the money to do all the things I’m interested in. I don’t want to find out for sure how uncomfortable all the things I’m interested in, could be. So I like to read about them, and then maybe do some of them. And just dream about the rest from the comfort of my chair on the deck of our farmhouse.
So I’m on a mission to find interesting, well written books for teenagers to read. I’m also going to see if I can find some for teenagers who struggle with reading. Because although mine don’t now – I know how sad it can be to see your child unable to tap into that vast source of enjoyment that reading is.


Preserving Education as a Public Good: Commentaries on ‘The Fight For America’s Schools’
Editor’s Note: This post by Barbara Ferman introduces a book colloquy published by UAR discussing her book “The Fight For America’s Schools: Grassroots Organizing in Education,” including introductory and concluding essays by Ferman, with essays in between by Jeffrey Henig, Clarence Stone, Stefanie Chambers, and Sarah Anzia. Links to the essays are provided at the end of the post.
By Barbara Ferman (Temple University)
On October 19, 2017, Bill Gates announced that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation would invest $1.7 billion in education with 60% going for curricula development and network building among schools, 15% for charter schools, and 25% for “big bets that have the potential to change the trajectory of public education over the next 10 to 15 years.” (quoted in L. Camera, 2017) Less than one month later, on November 16, 2017, the School Reform Commission (SRC), the body set up by the Pennsylvania legislature to govern the Philadelphia School District, voted to dissolve itself, returning school governance to Philadelphia This vote was the result of intense grassroots activism involving thousands of teachers, nurses, school aides, students, parents, and other activists.
These two events represent the yin and yang of education in the U.S. On the one hand, we have individuals and foundations with very deep pockets, and some with good intentions, but typically no background in education, public sector institutions, or democratic practices, shaping education policy and practice. On the other hand, are the constituents of public education–students, teachers, parents, nurses, school aides. While they possess a strong determination and commitment to public education and a knowledge of what works and what does not work in the classroom, they lack the deep pockets and access to decision makers. Moreover, they are constantly fighting battles in the larger war over who controls education policy. Given the severe resource imbalance between these two forces, the question becomes, how do the Davids of grassroots activism compete with the Goliaths of market-based reform in education? This is the question that animates The Fight For America’s Schools: Grassroots Organizing in Education. (Ferman, 2017) The question is significant because of its implications for democratic decision-making and the future of public education in the U.S; who will make education policy, in whose interests, and towards what ends.
The Fight for America’s Schools offers a deep dive into how individuals and organizations have entered the fray of education politics, a politics that has become increasingly pluralistic and contentious in the 21st Century. The book examines how grassroots activists in Pennsylvania and New Jersey challenged various neoliberal reforms in education such as high stakes testing, school closures, state takeovers of local school districts, and charter school expansion. The case studies focus on who the activists were, how they became involved, the challenges they faced, and the prospects for coalition building across different constituent groups. The comparative analysis reveals the role of political, organizational, demographic, and historical factors in shaping how activism played out in each location and in its effectiveness.
The UAR colloquy brings together five education scholars to comment on the arguments presented in the book and offer their own perspectives on the battle for public education. Clarence Stone expands the conversation through an examination of market-based school reform efforts in Washington, DC and Memphis. Stefanie Chambers asks how scholars can push for meaningful democratic change and how we can make our research more accessible to non-academic audiences. Focusing on the centralization of education policy, the direct attacks on local school boards which often from external actors, and top down accountability, Jeffrey Henig offers a sobering view of how effective grassroots activists can be in challenging these reforms. Finally, Sarah Anzia questions the book’s assessment of how much the politics of education have changed and how widespread market-based reforms really are.
The cases in the book and the commentaries leave us with both hope and despair. Grassroots activists have successfully pushed back on some reforms but the odds are long and the battle is far from over. My hope is that this book stimulates serious thinking, discussion, and strategizing about how we can all fight to preserve America’s schools. This colloquy is a step in that direction.
 The legislation that established the School Reform Commission stated that only the SRC could dissolve itself. Three commissioners voted for it, one against it and one abstained.
Lauren Camera, “Gates Foundation to Shift Education Focus, Education Reporter, October 19, 2017.
Stephen Sawchuk, “Gates Foundation Places Big Bet on Teacher Agenda.” Education Week, November 5, 2013. https://http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2013/11/06/11gates_ep.h33.html
Barbara Ferman, ed. The Fight For America’s Schools: Grassroots Organizing in Education (Cambridge,MA: Harvard Education Press, 2017)
Read the entire colloquy through these links:
Preserving Education as a Public Good: Lessons from the Grassroots by Barbara Ferman
Prospects for Grassroots Influence: Can We Be Realistic Without Being Fatalistic? by Jeffrey Henig
Rhetoric, Reality, and Politics: The Neoliberal Cul-de-Sac in Education by Clarence Stone
Fighting for America’s Schools: Toward a More Democratic Approach by Stefanie Chambers
The Backlash Against School Choice and Accountability Policies: The Organizations and Their Politics by Sarah Anzia
Where Now? Current Observations, Future Directions by Barbara Ferman
Barbara Ferman is Professor of Political Science at Temple University and Founder and Executive Director of the University Community Collaborative, a media based, social justice initiative for high school and college students. Her publications include: The Fight For America’s Schools: Grassroots Organizing in Education (2017: Harvard Education Press); Challenging the Growth Machine: Neighborhood Politics in Chicago and Pittsburgh (1996: University of Kansas Press); Governing the Ungovernable City: Political Skill, Leadership, and the Modern Mayor (1985: Temple University Press); The Political Hand: Policy Implementation and Youth Employment Programs (1985: Pergamon Press); and articles and book chapters on housing, racial integration, pedagogy, and civic engagement.
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Does the book discuss the teacher strike waves? Also think a big problem is the charter schools. I used to work for them and they are trash.
No it does not since the book was published before that. However, in the last essay in this colloquy I do mention the strikes; they are most encouraging!!


Please Note - These are SLASH stories - that means two men in romantic &/or sexual situations. Proceed at your own risk.
Man in the Mirror
NC-17, September 09
Set immediately after 'Freefall'
NC-17, flashback to slightly non-con, m/m, m/f/m (con), Aug 07
RE-WRITTEN, Aug 09
Sequel to 24/7
NC-17, June 07
August 2006 Re-write to celebrate the release of the movie
Originally written May 2002, re-written 2006
Sonny and Rico go undercover in a world of gay centrefolds and Orlando parties. But is this case as tough as they're making out?
PG-13, May 2007
For One Night Only
PG-13, June 2006
The Last Bullet
May 2002 - WIP
Sonny returns from Orlando to Miami as Crockett,
but will his friends ever trust him again?
A Study In Light
'A Study In Light' copyright M Marsh
Part One : Blame
Part Two : Explanations
Part Three - When
The Sun Goes Down


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26 books to go to the charity shop next time I'm passing through town. Feel like I've ripped out a part of my soul as I love reading and books (definitely going to need a library in my future house!), but they have to go to create space and allow for some updates.
Clearing through everything, I've also made my list of books I have that I've never read, and I'm amazed at how many there are! Definitely feeling inspired to get back in to reading regularly again and remembering how much I've missed it. 'Divergent' is on the bedside and ready to start!


In Search of Bigfoot/Cry Wilderness DVD Review
DVD Review- In Search of Bigfoot/Cry Wilderness (Drive-In Collection Double Feature)
Distributor: Vinegar Syndrome
Street Date: August 12th 2014
Technical Specifications: 480P Video, Color, 1.33:1/1.85:1 Aspect Ratios, Mono Audio
Runtime: 76 Minutes/91 Minutes
If you’re a cult and exploitation film fan and are somehow unfamiliar with Vinegar Syndrome, you need to get acquainted fast! Operating out of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the company has been putting out some fantastic vintage erotica, cult horror films, and other genres onto DVD and Blu-Ray for the past few years. With this brand new release of In Search of Bigfoot and Cry Wilderness (part of their Drive-In Collection of double features), they have taken us on yet another fascinating journey into cinema obscurity.
In Search of Bigfoot (1975) – Directed by Lawrence Crowley and William Miller, this documentary follows a group of scientists, researchers, anthropologists and other experts as they journey into the Washington wilderness to locate the elusive Sasquatch (Bigfoot). The leader of the gang of researchers, Morgan, claims to have personally come face-to-face with the creature 20 years prior to the filming of the documentary, which propelled him to launch this expedition. This is actually a fairly well made documentary on the subject, even with its corny voice-over and overzealous obsession from the crew. It reminds you of a cheesy film reel a science teacher may have shown their students in the 1970’s, but at the same time, remains very informative of not only the legend itself, but the surrounding Washington wilderness. This one comes recommended, even though it’s clearly a “watch once” kind of film (unless you’re a Bigfoot fanatic).
Cry Wilderness (1986) – In this low-budget offering, a young boy at a Private school insists to his headmaster that he befriended Bigfoot last summer while visiting his father, a forest ranger. After getting in quite a bit of trouble for what the headmaster deems as lying, and being told by Bigfoot himself that his father is in danger, the boy runs away from the school, hitch-hiking his way to the wilderness to visit his father once more. Upon arrival, the boy, his father, and their friends have frequent run-ins with the Sasquatch, who remains fairly hidden for the most part. When the boy becomes separated from the group and with hunters on the creature’s tail, Bigfoot’s there to save the day and teach a lesson or two for those that wish to deprive nature of its natural beauty. This is a really bizarre but ultimately harmless family film, utilizing some cheap effects and a B-squad of acting talent, but also showcasing some beautiful scenery and impressive footage of various animals in the wild. I’m not sure if I was supposed to laugh out loud at some of the dubbed voices and Bigfoot’s “Santa Claus” laugh, but I sure did, and ultimately enjoyed this odd gem for the most part.
Vinegar Syndrome presents In Search of Bigfoot and Cry Wilderness with brand new transfers that were scanned in 2K from the original camera negatives. The 16mm source for In Search of Bigfoot looks outstanding and generally lacks the artifacts or anomalies you would see in most footage from the time period. Even with the occasional scratch or debris, the colors look outstanding and the detail is surprisingly clear, even in standard definition. Cry Wilderness exhibits a bit more inherent softness on the print, but looks fairly clean and consistent throughout. Black levels are solid for the most part, and colors are strong and authentic to the time period. For the most part, both films look really good, and hats off to Vinegar Syndrome for the restoration work they have done here.
With a solo Mono audio track for both films, the audio is never very impressive, but it’s clear and audible enough for the DVD format. Running a little front-heavy with a “tinny” sound, the dynamic range is never there, but honestly, who cares, right? As mentioned before, both of these films are rather obscure and it’s delightful just to have them on DVD on this double feature set.
Vinegar Syndrome’s DVD for In Search of Bigfoot/Cry Wilderness doesn’t have any special features to speak of. There are chapter selections located in the main menu labeled “reels”, but no trailers or commentaries are found on the disc. I believe that most would say that the films themselves are quite enough, given that the movies presented here are rather obscure and catered to cult audiences who seek out films of this nature.
As you can see from the “Unboxing” pictures below, this DVD edition from Vinegar Syndrome features the original theatrical posters for both films within the “Drive-In Collection” retro case design. I really dig the style utilized on this series, which emphasis the cult fun and grindhouse style posters for these films. On the reverse of the case you’ll find a plot synopsis for both films, some technical specifications, and production stills.
Vinegar Syndrome’s Drive-In Collection has offered up some tasty cult and exploitation treats, and this double feature for In Search of Bigfoot & Cry Wilderness stands apart from the collection in its focus and family friendly tone. In Search of Bigfoot is fairly informative on both the subject and surrounding nature in Washington’s forests, and Cry Wilderness is a cheesy but harmless family film with some unintentional laughs to boot. The transfers have been restored from the original camera negative, and look surprisingly detailed for the DVD format. Though the audio track is a little lacking in terms of power, I’m not sure the audience that seeks out these kinds of films would even notice. I really enjoy these DVD gems that Vinegar Syndrome puts out, and this collection comes recommended for fans of strange cinematic oddities.


Objective: This case describes the chiropractic care of a woman with a history of infertility and miscarriage.
Clinical Features: A 27 year old female presented for chiropactic care to improve her overall health, in the hope that she may ultimately be able to have a child. In the previous year she had suffered 2 miscarriages, and had been anovulatory for 9 months. She was under medical treatment for infertility and ulcerative colitis, and followed a restrictive diet. Prior to attempting to become pregnant, she had been on the birth control pill for 7 years.
Conclusion: This case report of a woman with a history of infertility and miscarriage contributes to the growing body of literature on the response to chiropractic care among infertile women. The article discusses the impact of stress on a woman’s nervous system, and the possible associated changes in reproductive health. Further research is called for to evaluate the safety, cost, and effectiveness of chiropractic care in women’s health.
Leslie Bedell, D.C. Bio, Journal of Vertebral Subluxation Research December 2, 2003, pp 1-7


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Mari (short for Marilynn)… Zipes (Ukrainian maiden name – rhymes with Yipes!)…Wallace (as in Braveheart) was born in White Plains Hospital, Westchester County, New York State. She spent her entire childhood in the idyllic town of Pleasantville, New York, home of the Reader’s Digest (where her mother worked for almost 22 years). She sang in all the choirs, went to both the Junior and Senior Proms with teased hair, read profusely and was the Literary Editor of the high school year book, The Green Quill.
Mari fell in love with England…
She studied English at the University of Rochester (with a bit of French and History of Art on the side) but it was spending her Junior Year Abroad in Nottingham, England, that proved to be the turning point in her life. Mari fell in love with England (and a dashing young man in the Royal Navy) and was determined to return. She attained her M.A. in English and Dramatic Literature at New York University, and subsequently moved into New York City. There she became a double addict: to the dubious joys of the New York Times crossword puzzle and the wallet–depleting Broadway theatre.
She spent 4+ years at Scholastic Magazines as the picture researcher for ‘Art & Man’ and was ultimately the chief picture researcher for the audiovisual division – and a member of the Newspaper Guild of New York and the American Society of Picture Professionals. But England kept singing its siren song and Mari could resist no longer. Thanks to London educational publisher, Edward Arnold, she managed to get a work permit into her hot little hands which led to other picture-related work – for Mitchell Beazley (working on books for Terence Conran and Hugh Johnson), Marshall Cavendish (partworks and Americanising texts) and Reader’s Digest books to name a few. She joined the National Union of Journalists…and co-created the Society of Picture Researchers and Editors, SPREd. Her membership number was 002. She doesn’t remember who got 007.
She fell in love again, this time with the English countryside…
Mari met and married a true Brit who moved her to deepest Sussex where she fell in love again, this time with the English countryside. Her adventures and misadventures while adjusting to a rural environment have provided entertainment value for readers of ‘Countryfile’ magazine for over a year.
Since becoming a country wife and learning how to shovel manure, she has also trod the boards with a Gilbert & Sullivan Society, revitalised her rusty French and ten words of German as a member of a local Twinning Association, and honed her writing skills while doing some productive networking, thanks to the Society of Women Writers and Journalists.
Oh yes – she also spent a number of years teaching English to the English (they needed it) at an independent girls’ school where she sang in the school’s musical productions, took girls to the theatre, the opera and art museums, and ended up as the school’s marketing director.
Theatre is still an abiding interest and Mari drags her other half to plays in London, Surrey, Hampshire, West Sussex…and the U.S. She has kept the programmes of virtually everything she’s seen since age 18, and hopes her daughter will make a fortune in selling the programmes after she ‘shuffles off this mortal coil’. Speaking of Shakespeare (as per the previous quote), Mari admits to being a Shakespeare groupie and quotes the Bard at every opportunity. And so, if you have ploughed through this unorthodox biography, let the man from Stratford-on-Avon voice his appreciation on Mari’s behalf: ‘I can no other answer make but thanks, and thanks, and ever thanks…’


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A very short review for this very short book. I love going back and rereading all the books I read as a child. When it comes to new childrens books, I might find them cute, but there isn't a lot of actual enjoyment there. Most of them are forgotten as soon as I finish them. This one stands out. I grew up in North Eastern America, and experienced the long, cold, grey winters that have Ivy feel gloomy. Even though we don't know anything about Ivy, this still made me feel a connection with her. I really like the way Oelschlager wove snippets from different poems together. The end products had a pleasant rhythm.
Kristin Blackwood did a brilliant job. The illustrations are absolutely adorable. I loved the colors that were used, and I loved the water colored look they had.
Overall this was a very enjoyable little read.


7 edition of Defending the Fatherless (Vision Forum Family Renewal Tape Library) found in the catalog.
November 17, 2001 by Vision Forum .
Written in English
|The Physical Object|
Anglo-Saxon runic casket
The General Association of the Gentlemen of Devon to His Highness the Prince of Orange
Climate change and water resources in the Sacramento-San Joaquin region of California
Super Sharp Crosswords (241 PUZZLES TO TEST YOUR SKILLS)
Some thoughts on a housing policy for Nairobi
Romanism in Russia
Radiochemistry of selenium
Legal aspects of church management
Private equity operational due diligence
Data quality analysis at the National Transonic Facility
Industry and the countryside
What does it mean that God is father to the fatherless. In Defense of the Fatherless takes the issue of the global orphan crisis and examines the root issues behind it, the corruption involved, what the Bible says and what God’s heart is for orphans, and how Christians are called to respond.
I found the book /5(12). Sometimes you read a book that offends you because it forces you to rethink your worldview on a key topic. If you read In Defense of Defending the Fatherless book Fatherless with a willingness to struggle and admit past mistakes, as well as a desire to learn, you just might find a new way forward on what it means to care for the fatherless.
Defending the Fatherless. Learn to do right, Seek justice, Encourage the oppressed. Defend the cause of the fatherless. plead the case of the widow. Isaiah Supporting and Equipping foster and.
In Defense of the Fatherless is the book every adoption and family preservation advocate has been waiting to read. - Jessica Honegger, Founder & Co-CEO of Noonday Collection Sometimes you read a book.
Home > Books > Apologetics-Defending the Faith > Atheism > Faith of the Fatherless Paul Vitz's Faith of the Fatherless is a minor classic, a book that should be on the short list of all those who. about — Defending the Fatherless Defending the Fatherless began in the spring of as a ministry of Calvary Chapel Nexus.
It is a ministry that began as a way for the body of Christ to support. (Preface to the Second Book of Maccabees, ) The New Testament closely reflects the thought of the deuterocanonical books in many passages. For example: Revelation (RSV). Learn how Fathers in the Field ministry, and The Great American Rescue Mission, enables fatherless boys through the provision of godly mentoring fathers and outdoor activity.
“Defend the cause of the Fatherless ” Isaiah 3 Goals [Intentional. Commitment] New Book. Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. Defend the Faith. is an excellent resource for any Catholic wishing learn more about their faith and how to defend it.
Robert M. Haddad goes through many objections to Catholic teaching as well as other topics with clear refutations, explanations, and copious quotes from the Bible, the Early Church Fathers /5(2).
“Defend the weak and Defending the Fatherless book fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed.” (Psalm NIV) “Give justice to the weak and the fatherless; maintain the right of the afflicted and the destitute.
In this new and expanded edition, Defend the Faith. is more than just another book on Catholic apologetics. Born from Robert Haddad's personal encounters with numerous non-Catholics over 30 years, Defend the Faith. A father of the fatherless, and a judge of the widows, is God in his holy habitation.
Psalms | View whole chapter | See verse in context Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Psalms | View whole chapter | See verse in context They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.” 18 “Come now, let us reason together,” says the LORD. “Though your sins are like scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are as red as.
Defending the Cause of the Fatherless Septem / 0 Comments / in Inspiration / by Mike Verkaik Right now I’m in the middle of planning Oceans Ministries’ next trip to. “Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.” King James Version (KJV).
The Biblical theme for Oklahoma is DEFEND THE FATHERLESS. It is taken from the admonishment proclaimed by the prophet Isaiah (Isaiah ). This theme was chosen based upon.
Bible Book List × Explore what it means to live a life of faith with daily insights from John Piper. Psalm KJ Defend the poor and fatherless; do justice to the afflicted and needy.
ASV. Judge the poor and fatherless. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing; but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.
Psalm Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless. In both my previous series of essays here on BioLogos and in this new set of posts on how the great theologians in the history of the Christian Church (ranging from the 2nd to the 18th centuries) thought about Creation, I am making three main arguments: Christians should think of Scripture and Creation as two “books.
18 defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. Question: "What does it mean that God is father to the fatherless?" Answer: Psalm says, “A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.” Of all the ways.
They judge not for the fatherless nor defend them, neither does the cause of the widow come to them [for they delay or turn a deaf ear]. AMP Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless.
Marybeth Robinson- CoFounder/Vice President. Marybeth married her husband Joey in May When she was pregnant with their second son inGod fueled her desire to become a foster parent while reading a book handed out at a weekend church service called Journey to the Fatherless. “Maybe the question isn’t what happened to Alan Dershowitz.
Maybe it’s what happened to everyone else.”—Politico In Defending the Constitution, Alan Dershowitz—New York Times bestselling author. In Defense of the Fatherless Quotes Showing of 3 “When you build an orphanage in a poor community, you create orphans.” ― Sara Brinton, In Defense of the Fatherless: Redeeming.
Fatherless Lens Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.
Religion that God our Father accepts as. Defend the Founding Fathers by making that point forcefully and frequently. Allegation 5: Remembering and honoring the Founding Fathers means that we’re honoring slavery or other past sins.
Once again, wrong. When we honor the Founding Fathers with statues, paintings, books. Defending the Fatherless with Jedd Medefind|Ap Adoption is dear to the heart of God.
Adoptive parent Jedd Medefind talks to Dennis Rainey about the explosion of interest and. These verses are explained in my book, Defending The King James Bible, pages ).
THE KING JAMES BIBLE’S SUPERIOR TEXTS A. The Superior Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament. Defending The Fatherless is a Texas Domestic Non-Profit Corporation filed on Ma The company's filing status is listed as Voluntarily Dissolved and its File Number is The Location: Texas (TX).
This page features daily selections from the book, I Want to Know More of Christ, by Steve Hall. As you listen to the audio or read the text versions (which are updated every day) may you become increasingly captivated by the fullness of Christ. and you listen to their cry, defending the fatherless.
Founded on the biblical directive to “Defend the cause of the fatherless ” (Isaiah ), the Fathers in the Field ministry works with churches across the U.S.
to connect dedicated Christian mentors with fatherless. defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror. In the next-to-last book of the Bible, the apostle Jude exhorts us to “earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints” (Jude 3).
His warning refers primarily to professing Christians who would dilute the faith instead of defending. Sadly, countless children have not experienced the same positive outcome, but Adventist organizations and others committed to rescuing as many children as possible are “[defending] the weak and the fatherless.
Fathers in the Field helps men make such a commitment to a fatherless boy. Mentor Father’s commit to three years with a minimum of four times of contact each month: twice taking the. Psalm defending the fatherless and the oppressed, so that mere earthly mortals will never again strike terror.
DEFENDING THE DEUTEROCANONICALS. James Akin. When Catholics and Protestants talk about "the Bible," the two groups actually have two different books in mind. In the sixteenth century, the. Psalm King James Version (KJV).
3 Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. There are a lot of negative effects to children being raised in a single parent household.
Many of the statistics surrounding this type of living circumstance look bleak. Here is a look at some of the best quotes about fatherless daughters that are encouraging and share the truth. “As fathers .#2: “Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States; If he approve he shall sign it, but if .


Raintree: Sanctuary by Beverly Barton
Things are better in threes Darlings!
This is true with chocolate, money and jewellery, the perfect trilogy. My second husband often gifted me with such a trilogy though what I would have preferred is a trilogy of foreplay, steamy sex and cuddling but who am I to complain with a blue box from Tiffany’s?
I have waited for the ending of The Raintree Trilogy for three months now and I was not disappointed! It seems the books just get better as you go along. Inferno was okay, Haunted was fantastic and Sanctuary was incredible. This book was hotter than hot, Darlings!
War is coming to the Raintree clan! The evil Ansara, their sworn enemy, is about to attack and Mercy Raintree is in danger. She hides a terrible secret and fears the Danir, or leader, of the Ansara clan. Judah Ansara stole her heart years ago and she has loved no other since then.
What is she to do, therefore, when he shows up to protect her?
The two try to fight their growing attraction but are forced to come together when the battle starts on the Solstice. Aided by her brothers Gideo and Dante, Mercy is able to protect her people. But can she protect herself and her daughter from the man she fears and loves at the same time?
Will Mercy be able to protect the Sanctuary and what will become of the Ansara and the Raintree after the war? What strange roll does her daughter play? And will Judah ever love her again?
Oh, Darlings, what a conclusion! There is everything you could hope for in this novel: it tied up all the story lines in the previous two books, all the characters from the trilogy were present and mysteries were answered. Most of all, we are witness to a love of the ages. Mercy and Judah are meant to be together and this book simmered with their heat.
I didn’t want this book to end, Darlings! I now have to go back to the beginning and read the series one more time. This one gets five out of five pearls, Darlings! I was left breathless! That normally happens after really good sex, but it can happen after a good book too!
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by Dr. William Hanna
He was the genius and philosopher of his time. Aside from his duty as priest of Al Mu'allaqah (the Hanging Church in Cairo, Egypt,) he was one of the most acknowledged scientists and philosophers of the fourteenth century.
From childhood, Ibn Kabar was raised in an age where many Coptic scholars flourished in the areas of science, philosophy, and theology. Some said he was a physician who possessed intricate knowledge of diseases and their cures. His knowledge of the chemicals and ingredients that are used in the mixing of the Holy Myroun (Holy Oil) is proof of his medical knowledge. In addition, he knew detailed names and compositions of various herbs and medicine, as evidenced in his book, The Great Ladder.
Ibn Kabar received his preliminary education in Coptic elementary schools known as "katateeb" during that period of history. After his education, he joined the civil service and earned several promotions upwards through the ranks of the government until he became a scribe in the service of the Prince of Egypt. Throughout his service, he dedicated himself to the study of civil sciences, religion, and linguistics. He also study ancient church books in detail with the assistance of the Coptic Patriarchate, and particularly, Pope Yoannes VIII, the 80th Patriarch of Alexandria. Through his close ties with the Coptic patriarchs, he continued his education.
His Calling by the Lord
In 1283 A.D., after King Khalil Ibn Almalek Mansour Qualoon banned Copts from his administration, Coptic scribes were removed from the services of the rulers of Egypt. Ibn Kabar retired from government service and dedicated himself wholly to the study of religion, theology, philosophy, and history.
In 1300 AD (1016 Martyrs) “Arakhinaat alshaab” (the heads of the congregation) agreed to nominate him to become priest on the hanging Church. The hanging Church was the Cathedral for the Patriarchate in Cairo during that time. He was over thirty years of age at that time. He gave his first sermon after his elevation to the priesthood in the presence of Pope Yoanness the 8 th at the monastery of Shahraan (an old monastery outside Cairo) in 1300 AD (1016 Martyrs).
He flourished during the period in which many Copts were known for their knowledge in specific subjects or topics. He increased above all of them by being knowledgeable in a diversity of subjects and topics. He filled the gaps in many fields through his writings. He was not only fluent in both Coptic and Arabic, but he also excelled in Greek, Hebrew, Syrian (Aramic) and he also exceeded them in his knowledge of the rituals and beliefs of the Church and his great knowledge was recognized by Egyptian historians Coptic and Muslim alike. Family: History did not record in detail the lineage of this family except that we know from the little known about his father “elsheikh el-akmal el assaad” (the elder, the perfect, the joyful) that he was a philosopher that comes from a highly regarded family. He was not poor, but most likely well to do. He lived in what is now known as old Cairo in a large house he owned on a “daarb” small street that carried the family’s name. His neighbors were the most highly regarded people of his time like the head of the Jewish congregation, the governor of Guiza sharaaf eldeen ibn algossaqui, and the Judge taag eldeen abdelreheem elsanhoury who was in charge of the offices of the ruler “sultaan masr” of Egypt.
We do not know about his children except about abu albarkaat ibn Kabar who is mentioned in two ancient hand written documents still kept in the eastern documents library of St. Joseph College in Beirut, Lebanon. They are both mentioned in the large Index of the library.
Patriarchs of His Time
He lived during the times of: Pope Youanness 7th (78 Pope, 12711293 AD); Theodosus 2 nd (79 th Pope, 1294-1300 AD); Pope Youanness 8 th (80 th Pope, 13001320 AD); and Youanness 9 th (81 st Pope, 1320-1327).
The elder, the sun of leaders Ibn Kabar wrote an encyclopedia of knowledge in Church Sciences, Coptic Language, Religious-Christian Philosophy. This made him remembered forever more and made him a leader of all reformers and he did not waste his pen on worldly writings that could have been of financial profit but instead concentrated on what benefits the public (Church) service. His last writing was dated 1320 AD. Some of his most famous writings are:
The Lamp that Light the Darkness
In Clarifying the Service The book is a Church encyclopedia in 24 Parts, and many appendices and some other Parts about the Christian Faith, the acts of the Apostles, and we were able to find a copy of it in the Library of the Patriachate dated as late as 1684 AD (1400 Martys) and has an indication that it was read by Mr. Hanna-llah Ghattasswho was known to be in charge of the civil services of the ruler “Gawaalee” in 1714 AD (1430 Martyrs). This book was also made into a trust on the Church of St. George in “Kasser al Shamaa” (The Candles Palace) in 1744 AD (1460 Martyrs) and another copy without a date was found in the same Church. A copy was found in the library of the well-known scientist Girgis Philothaaous Awad dated 1343 AD (1059 Martyrs). An older copy was found in the Vatican library dated 1333 AD (1049 Martyrs). There are other copies in libraries of different monasteries and libraries in Egypt, Berlin, Paris, and Beirut. The library of the eastern fathers did publish the introduction and some chapter from this book.
Grieving, Sermons, Miscellanies, Epistles, and Letters
The book covers 51 topics in Arabic. 23 of these topics were published in the Book the Precious Jewel in the Sermons of the Church from the original hand written manuscript the oldest copy of the published portion is in the library of the house of the patriarch ate, and is dated 1433 AD (1148 Martyrs); it has the signature of the Deacon “maggd eldoulah”
Coptic Language Dictionary
Known as the proposed Great Ladder Book and is divided into 10 major Parts containing 32 sections. It contains agreed to Coptic phrases each properly translated to Arabic. Many copies of this book are in the library of the house of the patriarch ate, the oldest copy in the library is dated 1779 AD (1495 Martyrs) and has the signature of the teacher (leader) Ibrahim Gawhary (was a minister during the time of Mohammad Ali AlKabeer). Also copies exist in the libraries of the monasteries, for sale in book libraries, and one in the library of Girgis Philothaaous Awad, the Vatican library, was printed in Rome, and was of interest to many ‘mostashriquoon” specialist in middle eastern studies.
The Ascend of the Minds in the Knowledge of the Fundamentals
Is also known as the revelation of mysterious secrets in the reasons behind Christianity. The book is divided into 18 parts about Christian faith, beliefs in the One God and the trinity three manifestations (aquaneem); and the Incarnation of the Son; etc. One hand written copy is dated 1333 AD and is kept in the Vatican Library. A copy of this original is in the library of the Easter fathers in Beirut. Two other copies made while the author was alive are written and kept one in Damascus dated 1323 AD; and one in the House of Patruiachate Library in Cairo dated 1658 AD (1375 Martyrs). This one is given the name “Teriaque El-equool fi-elm el-oosool” numbered 231 Divinity and is credited to (another famous Coptic Scholar) Ibn el-assal sibt al-aab bottros el-sadamenty. No one knows if it is the same book under another name or another book on the same subject.
Redood ala El Yahood Wil Muslmeen (Replies to Jews and Moslems)
Hand written book in Rome (Vatican Library)
An Epistle Full of Clear Proof Against those Who Teach Against Freedom of Choice
In addition to these, he helped the price of Egypt papars in writing a book titled ”ketaab zobdat elfikrah fi tareekh elhigrah” (the crème of thinking in the history of the immigration (of the prophet of Islam Mohammad))
A massive persecution period did take place in the latter days of his life on earth, during that time they sent looking for Ibn Kabarr and were not able to find him. He isolated himself in his house for a long time and when he got very weak and when he felt that the time of departure is near, he wrote his own obituary and he departed in peace on May 1oth 1234 AD (Bashans 15 th 1040 Martyrs). In the days of Pope Youanness the 9 th and most likely was buried near the Hanging Church (where he served) in the cemeteries prepared for the highly regarded priests.


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Shoah, Bernard Ores
The true story of Bernard Orès, a young Polish Jew from Przemysl, who had to hide for 8 months in a bunker dug under the roadway with two comrades to escape the SS soldiers. From his hole in the Mauthausen camp, this film traces, in animation, the story of this survivor.
After studying animation at the École Estienne, Baptiste Drapeau joined La Fémis, the most renown cinema school in France, in 2014 as a director. He made several short films including HALF AND HALF, an animated film and THE MANEATER, selected in many festivals. His first feature THE LODGER with Alice Isaaz and Jacqueline Bisset is presented at the Angoulême Film Festival in 2020. SHOAH – BERNARD ORES is his first professional production in 2D animation.


For Sale - complete set of Racing Planes and Air Racers
Anyone want an excellent reference on air racing from 1909 to 1977? I have a complete set of Racing Planes and Air Racers by Reed Kinert (and Dusty Carter).
Vols 1-4 (1909-1967) are bound with no dust jacket
Vols 5-8 (1968-1971) are bound with no dust jacket
The remaining vols 9-13 (1973-1978) are individual
In case you are wondering where 1972 is, the individual volumes cover the previous year's races. So, the 1973 volume covers the 1972 races. All books are in good condition. Some have minor wear, some have faded spines, but none are damaged. See pictures
The books have SOLD. I do not want to break up the set. I will accept paypal or personal check. If paying by check, I will not ship until it clears.
But Bill, why are you selling these if they are so awesome? Well, ahem, I have two sets and decided I only need one. Long story short, I had a box of books that I thought I lost. I replaced the books from the “lost” box. Recently, I found the missing box and now I have some duplicates.
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New Bison in the Interior Library
Bureau: Department of the Interior
|Celebrating installation of the white buffalo sculpture now in the Department of the Interior Library are (from left) George Franchois, director of the Interior Library; Maureen Booth, law librarian, who has generously loaned the sculpture to the library; and the sculptor, Kathy Elk Woman Whitman. The ceremony took place as part of the 75th Anniversary of the Indian Craft Shop at Interior on Sept. 20, 2013. Photo by Susan Schram.|
|Shop director Susan Pourian outfits Robert Stanton, senior advisor to the Secretary of the Interior, with a pin commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Indian Craft Shop. Located in the main Interior building, the shop features original art murals painted in 1938 by Chiricahua Apache artist Allan House and Navajo artist Gerald Nailor. Photo by Tami Heilemann, DOI.|
|Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell and other officials (plus the bison) welcome employees and artists to the sculpture garden outside the Indian Craft Shop to celebrate the shop's 75th anniversary. Behind her (from left)are Jeff Marquis and Gerry Gabrys, executives of Guest Services Inc., which operates the shop, and shop director Susan Pourian. After the ceremony, the bison was installed in the Interior Library. Photo by Tami Heilemann, DOI.|
Over the past month employees and other visitors to the library in the main Interior building in Washington, D.C., have been intrigued by an evocative buffalo sculpture just inside the library entrance. Unlike the bison on the Interior seal, this buffalo is white and unlike most sculptures, it was created from scraps of shiny metal. The story behind the buffalo, its artist, and its owner is also special.
The buffalo's first residence in the Interior building was in The Indian Craft Shop just down the hall from the library. The sculpture captured the attention of many visitors to the shop — and it meant the world to one employee in particular, Interior law librarian Maureen Booth.
"The story of this sculpture, and the way it spoke to Maureen was so powerful that it became a centerpiece for our 75th Anniversary Celebration this fall," says Susan Pourian, director of the shop, which was established in 1938 as an outlet for the work of American Indian artists.
The bison is the creation of award-winning American Indian artist Kathy Elk Woman Whitman (Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara) and is titled "Return of Spiritual Ways." Whitman notes there is a good reason why she made the sculpture from recycled Diet Pepsi soda cans.
"Our Native American culture holds the white buffalo in high regard. They are sacred to us. They are rare," Whitman says. "When they appear, they bring us courage. In my tribe, the Mandan, the white buffalo was used in many sacred ceremonies."
Whitman emphasizes that in times past, a buffalo was killed for sustenance only and her people used every part of the animal: "Before it was taken, a prayer was said out of respect and reverence and to show our appreciation. There was no waste. Everything had a purpose. Because the buffalo sustained us as a people in the past, they were and still are held in high regard. They still sustain us spiritually. This is why I created the buffalo from recycled aluminum cans, to remind us all of how sacred life is and to be conscious of how we live, to take care of this sacred Mother Earth."
While on display in the craft shop, the sculpture had assumed special spiritual significance to Booth. She had taken extended leave in 2012 to care for her husband, Walter, who subsequently passed away from pancreatic cancer. Upon her return to work, she was drawn to the buffalo sculpture in the craft shop. "I began visiting the shop to see the sculpture because it lifted my spirits," Booth says. "I was fascinated by the ruff on his neck, the eyes and the stance — a stance of moving ahead but not running. I saw life in the buffalo."
The fact that Booth and her husband had collected American Indian art together was one of many reasons that she decided to purchase this sculpture. "The craft shop staff would periodically move the buffalo and when I couldn't immediately see it, I would panic that it had been sold," she says. "I realized how important the buffalo was to me and that I had to make sure it never left Interior. It just so belongs here." Booth purchased the sculpture and arranged to put it in the library under an Art on Loan agreement.
On Sept. 20, Booth, Pourian, and Whitman joined Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, employees, other American Indian artists, and Guest Services executives for a celebration in the sculpture garden marking the shop's 75th anniversary.
Jewell expressed her gratitude that Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes had established the Indian Craft Shop and recognized the importance of its mission. "The reason we exist is to bring visibility to the work you do," she told the artists, noting that the craft shop is here to bring to the public "the incredible talents and stories from contemporary art and historic [traditional] art being done today."
The shop is obviously much more than a shop. For more information, see http://www.indiancraftshop.
Submitted by Joan Moody, Office of Communications, Office of the Secretary
Oct. 30, 2013