(1) The unedited version of this opinion provides a lot more personal detail as to the NAMES of the PARTIES , as well as their ATTORNEYS.
(2) The unedited version of this opinion includes more legal citation references that enable attorneys to find (and refer to) specific passages within the opinion once the decision has been published in the official (as well as unofficial) reporters. For example, the specific citation to the Washington (2d) Reporter is also included in the unedited version of this opinion. (They are represented by the *200, *201, etc. references that appear throughout the unedited version of this opinion). All of these page references have been removed from the edited version.
(3) The edited version of the Garratt case has removed all of the NOTES (a total of 9, altogether) that were included by the Court in its original version. Aside from Note  which was reserved for the official “cite” of the case when it was subsequently reported in the Pacific (2d) Reporter, the remaining 8 of these Notes were inserted at various specific places throughout the original text of the Court’s unedited opinion, and then later individual “Headnote” captions or summaries will be added later when the case is finally published. These Headnotes have all been removed in the edited version of the case.
(4) One particularly noticeable difference between these two different versions of the Garratt case is the omission of MANY (although not quite all) of the legal citations to various individual cases and other legal authorities that are included in the unedited version of the opinion. These citations are intended to provide legal authority and support for the various legal statements and propositions made by the court in its unedited version of the opinion. The edited version of the opinion includes only a few of these legal authorities that are provided primarily for educational and teaching purposes when otherwise appropriate.
(5) Finally, and perhaps the most significant difference that you may notice in the edited version of the Garratt opinion is the omission altogether of certain more lengthy portions of the original text. In the edited casebook version of this case, these omissions are usually indicated by the insertion into the text of ellipses (a set of three periods . . . ) used in place of the omitted material. Ellipses can be used to indicate the omission of a single word, or phrase, as well as an entire sentence or even entire paragraphs from the original unedited version of the opinion. Since the edited version of the case is intended primarily to be used for legal teaching purposes, often it is very helpful to simply omit or exclude certain entire portions of the court’s discussion in an unedited opinion that may pertain to non-relevant issues or subjects, or also that may simply add unnecessary complication or create additional confusion in the court’s discussion when that discussion is being provided for teaching purposes. You will also notice that in a few places the edited version of the Garratt case may even add certain ADDITIONAL material that is NOT included in the original unedited version of the text in order to shorten and/or paraphrase the actual language that was used. In other instances, somewhat different language has been added to the text merely to clarify the original language (hopefully) without changing its intended meaning. Whenever present, these types of “edits” are always included [within bracketed portions] of the text.


obtain the figures and the latest errata from the book's website
Sarmiento & Gruber, 2006
Princeton University Press
(available from the PUP website)
Cloth | June 2006
$75.00 / £48.95
526 pp. | 8 x 11
16 color plates.
178 line illus.
Prof. Dr. Nicolas Gruber
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Dipl. Umweltnaturwissenschafter, ETH Zürich, 1993
Dr. phil. II , University of Bern, 1997
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My research interests are the study of biogeochemical cycles on regional to global scales and on timescales from months to millenia with a particular focus on the interaction of these cycles with Earth's climate system. The goal is to better understand the physical, chemical and biological processes that control these elemental cycles and to be able to make predictions for the future, particularly with regard to the global carbon cycle.
My primary research tools are the interpretation and analysis of observational data coupled with the use of models ranging in complexity from simple box models to general circulation models. My research and that of my group currently focuses on the following aspects:
- determining past, present, and future oceanic uptake of anthropogenic CO2
- investigating the role of oceanic nitrogen fixation and denitrification for marine biogeochemistry,
- identifying and studying interannual to decadal variability in the marine carbon cycle,
- applying inverse modeling techniques to estimate fluxes of carbon and other tracers, and
- to investigate the role of the coastal oceans for the global carbon cycle.
Please find additional information about my research activities as well as those of my group in the research section.
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A few representative publications:
- Sarmiento, J. L. and N. Gruber, Ocean Biogeochemical Dynamics, Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 526pp, 2006. [link]
- Gruber, N. , Z. Lachkar, H. Frenzel, P. Marchesiello, M. Münnich, J. C. McWilliams, T. Nagai, and G.-K. Plattner, Eddy-induced reduction of biological production in eastern boundary upwelling systems, Nature Geoscience, 4, 11, 787-792, doi:10.1038/ngeo1273, 2011.
- Gruber, N. , and J. N. Galloway, An Earth system perspective on the global nitrogen cycle, Nature, 451, 293-296, 2008. [pdf]
- Gruber, N. , M. Gloor, S. E. Mikaloff Fletcher, S. Dutkiewicz, M. Follows, S. C. Doney, M. Gerber, A. R. Jacobson, K. Lindsay, D. Menemenlis, A. Mouchet, S. A. Mueller, J. L. Sarmiento, and T. Takahashi, Oceanic sources and sinks for atmospheric CO2, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 23, GB1005, doi:10.1029/2008GB003349, 2009. [pdf]
- Gruber, N. , P. Friedlingstein, C. B. Field, R. Valentini, M. Heimann, J. E. Richey, P. Romero-Lankao, D. Schulze, and C.-T.A. Chen, The vulnerability of the carbon cycle in the 21st century: An assessment of carbon-climate-human interactions, In: The Global Carbon Cycle: Integrating Humans, Climate, and the Natural World, Eds: C. B. Field and M. R. Raupach, Island Press, Washington, D.C., 45-76, 2004. [pdf]
- Sabine. C.S., R. A. Feely, N. Gruber, R. M. Key, K. Lee, J. L. Bullister, R. Wanninkhof, C. S. Wong, D. W. R. Wallace, B. Tillbrook, F. J. Millero, T.-H. Peng, A. Kozyr, T. Ono, and A. F. Rios, The oceanic sink for anthropogenic CO2, Science, 305, 367-371, 2004. [pdf] [Perspectives]
- Gruber, N. , N.Bates, and C.D. Keeling, Interannual variability in the North Atlantic Ocean carbon sink, Science, 298, 2374-2378, 2002. [pdf]
- Gruber, N. , and J.L. Sarmiento, Global patterns of marine nitrogen fixation and denitrification. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 11, 235-266, 1997. [pdf]
- Gruber, N. , J.L. Sarmiento and T.F. Stocker, An improved method for detecting anthropogenic CO2 in the oceans. Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 10, 809-837, 1996. [pdf]
I currently teach the following courses at ETH:
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Eat a Peach
The Tipping Point
Lords of the Fly
A wonderful history on fly fishing for tarpon. I'm slowly getting into fly fishing myself, and this book is just a wonderful step in keeping me hooked.
Stand on Zanzibar
This book is fucking crazy. I saw a suggestion to read it on Twitter, and it was probably my favorite book of 2020. Its a science fiction novel from the 70's that predicted so much accuracy of how the world is today, and what kind of problems and issues we struggle with. I highly recommend this book to everyone. It has a very unique writing structure, but after a few chapters it becomes second nature and fun. I love this book.
The Habit of Rivers
I'll get back to it eventually.
The New Jim Crow
John Douglas & Mark Olshaker
The Orphan Masters Son
This book really painted a different Anthony Bourdain than Kitchen Confidential. You really get a closer glimpse of who he was closer to his passing. Its a lot of one off stories and anecdotes that don't really go together, but you appreciate for their uniqueness and his writing style. RIP.
A River in Darkness
The power in this book lies in the truth and weight of the words. It may not be the best written book, but the story and struggle that people are still abused with today is where its power lies. Fuck North Korea.
Can't Hurt Me: Master your mind
Took a number of sittings to really get into it, but I'm glad I read it. David Goggins is a one of a kind human, who can help shift your mindset into making you a better version of yourself. I really like the concept of callusing the mind and pushing through stressers.
New Waves: A Novel
I learned about this from Live Laugh Conf. It was amazing. I wish I could go back and read it with fresh eyes again. Basically two friends who met online growing up find out they work at the same company, and love and heartbreak and resent ensues. A very emotional and captivating experience.
Reality struck hard this year, and I felt the guilt and pressure to better educate myself as anyone else. This book was OKAY. I think the message of the book could be a little different, and the structure of how the author presents their information. I am happy to have gotten into this genre regardless. I'm looking forward to the other books I have on my list.
Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker, PhD
A wonderful roller coaster into the life of Anthony Bourdain. I loved every second of this book.
The Burning Edge: Travels through Belarus
Watch some Bald and Bankrupt on YouTube. He wrote this book about an experience in Belarus. Good read.
Ruined by Design
All about how we have designed the digital (and physical) world we live in. Criticizes big tech and sociological factors we have today. It came out late 2019 and is still relevant to society today. I thought it provided good commentary on things.
How Not To Die
Dr. Michael Gregor
This is a very important book if you're interested in eating more vegetables. A lot of the studies and research are very positive for the effects of a plant based diet. My only suggestion is to refrain from watching the authors YouTube videos before, else his voice might narrate the book in your head and he can be a little much.
Devin in the White City
Philip K. Dick
I got this through Prime reading on my kindle and forced myself through it. Some of the canon shit that the main character comes up with was mind blowing, but also some parts were hard to get through. May or may not continue on to the next books.
Okay so I finished it and did some research afterwards. I hate the protagonist, the story gets a little wishy washy and cuts to the chase, and its just a weird book. BUT, I enjoyed it.
The Art of Loving
The Soul of a New Machine
Wonderful story of the little guy. I read this as I was in the middle of a huge project at work, and it seemed to motivate me harder and give me inspiration in ways I hadn't before. Great point in time history for computing.
Hard to get through, Heavy, and sad. I think its an important book for people to read, it paints a clear picture of the corruption and terrible conditions these meat packing people went through.
Mark Kurlansky, PhD
Henry Jay Przybylo, M D
A River Runs Through It
Out of the Silent Planet
A fairly quick read, but an almost Edgar Allen Poe-eqsue story.
The Handmaids Tale
Yes. So good.
Double yes. Also so good.
As someone who spent much of my formative years in the south, I gravitated to this book. It's a very realistic and hopeful story from the authors perspective. I really enjoyed it.
Search Inside Yourself
One of the benefits of working for a big company is they shill out $$$ to send you to fancy trainings and stuff. I had the fortunate experience to go through a full 3 day Search Inside Yourself course and it was incredible. The book is basically the course in written form, but whenever life gets a little hectic and I find myself in need of a reset, this book brings me back to the mindfulness and journeling training that I went through. I highly recommend anyone willing to dive into mindfulness training to give it a go. It IS very tech focused, but if you can get over that aspect its solid.
Lundin, Paul, & Christensen
I was moving to Seattle, and a family friend gifted it to me. Cheesy, but a good message.
The Fabric of the Cosmos
At some point I just realized I didn't care enough to finish this book.
I bought this on a whim at an airport and probably got halfway through it during my flights that day and never picked it up again. It has a fun premise, just, probably will not go back to it.
The Dice Man
Favorite book of all time. Its dirty, its smutty, its intelligent, its crazy, its wrong, its right, its a mess. But something about it keeps me coming back, and I love the trials and tribulations of Luke Rheinhart.
A Farewell to Arms
Going to be honest the ending of this made me cry. I read it on a road trip after I graduated college and was pretty vulnerable and it hit me hard. I wouldn't say the book was amazing, but I really got sucked into the struggles of WW1.
The Old Man and the Sea
I read this the summer before I started college and honestly have to say it was my first understanding of anxiety. I think the story of the book was great, but having learned what this was like years before I had experienced these feelings myself was a very nice thing.
The Power of Habit
Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
Steven Levitt & Stephen Dubner
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
The Girl Who Played with Fire
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
This was another book I read for a class. The task was to compare a book to its film adaptation, and high school me had no idea what I was getting into what I started it. I just couldn't put it down.
A classic. Read it the first time for a book report in high school, and have been hooked on the genre ever since.
The Power of Now
I was recommended this book by my highschool econ teacher. I went to catholic school, so a lot of lessons and such were from religious authors. Aside from the god stuff, this book was my first dip into mindfulness. It took years before I realized it was mindfulness that I had learned, but it was a powerful book at the time.


|ROGER J. TRAYNOR
Traynor was described by Time magazine, January 21, 1966, as a "law professor's judge." During 1974-1975, Justice Traynor lectured on legal science and ethics at the Universities of Birmingham and Cambridge in England. He also served as a member of the faculty at Hastings College of Law in San Francisco.
He received the highest award of the American Bar Association, the ABA medal "for conspicuous service to the course of American Jurisprudence;" and the Whyte Medallion, presented annually by the Law School of the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, to a leader of the American Bench and Bar. He received similar honors from the American Trial Lawyers Association, the University of California, the Virginia State Bar Association, and the City and County of San Francisco. In 1974, he received the "Earl Warren Civil Liberties Award" of the American Civil Liberties Union.
B. E. Witkin | Institute | Programs | Moot Court
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|How was it that an unpopular and sometimes immoral King, ruling over a nation on the verge of Civil War, could commission five separate committees and fund the publishing of a Book that changed the world?
This documentary is an INSIDE STORY about the planning, development and commissioning of what became known as the King James Bible. After more than 400 years, it remains the greatest Book ever published in the English Language. This documentary is an interesting presentation, not stuffy at all.
The famed Pilgrims were part of the process. In this documentary, you will be taken to the actual locations where the KJV was physically developed. You will see the handwritten notes of the translators; visit where they worked. The site is still being used today. You will see the actual FIRST EVER COPY of the KJV.
Most of us now use numerous translations for study, but the kJV was a government-funded project done by five different committees and over 50 translators. Anything good that can come from such a project is indeed a MIRACLE.
News & Views is a feature of the World News Network and the Actscelerate discussion Board.
1/7/21 7:18 pm


Power in My Hands: A Story of Hope and the Power of Prayer DVD
This powerful DVD uncovers the beauty, timelessness, and power of the prayer of the Rosary.
Recipient of 2019 Gabriel Award from the Catholic Press Association!
An all-star cast, including Fr. Donald Calloway, MIC, uncovers the beauty, timelessness, and power of the Rosary. Power in My Hands represents the faces of America and proposes the simple and yet profound power of the Rosary for all people of all ages to usher in an era of peace, harmony, and, most of all, hope. 81 minutes.


By way of background, as a young boy growing up in 1950s Florida, I was fascinated by the stories and experiences of my ancestors, their recollections dating back to the time of statehood. Their accounts of exploration of all parts of the state were of particular interest to me. Starting in my teenage years, I began to record some of their memories, names, and dates that might someday be important to others.
Also, despite the limited roadway infrastructure in the state during my school years, my father regularly took me to remote places in Florida for extended stays that friends of mine couldn’t even imagine – locations with springs, sinkholes, swamps, forts, Indian sites, rivers, lakes, and bays. This further fueled my interest in reading as much as I could about other people having come to the state, for example, pirates, Spaniards, and the Timucua and Seminole Indians.
When it came time to consider prospective colleges, I had the opportunity to visit the Naval Academy. Maybe it was a coincidence that the school had been founded almost simultaneously with Florida achieving statehood in March of 1845. Nonetheless, to me the campus had an appealing aura; it was clear that tradition and heritage distinguished the Academy from other colleges. Fortunately, Florida Senator Spessard Holland later awarded me an appointment to attend the Academy.
My four years at Annapolis taught me important new lessons in how the past might be honored in the form of “place,” including in literature. After a subsequent time in the submarine service, my wife Susan and I returned to Florida. Through the years, I earned two masters degrees, one in business and the other in engineering, and a doctorate degree in education. Susan and I held (and still hold) full-time jobs while raising our four children, each of which would themselves attend service academies and become military officers.
During the 2000s, with the children no longer living at home and armed with fresh awareness, I found new time to devote to my earlier passion of discovering and documenting all things Florida.
My first major authoring endeavor involved a multi-year effort to write and publish a historical fiction novel of 1863 Florida: "Salvos on the Backwater." Salvos was a tale about the hardships of the state at war, written from a civilian’s perspective. The novel won the 2008 Patrick D. Smith Award as the best Florida historical fiction novel. The novel would also win two first place Royal Palm Literary Awards – one for best novel, and the other for best book fiction or non-fiction.
Soon thereafter, on occasion I was asked to speak about my Salvos book, and I also came into possession of a small collection of Civil War artifacts from north Florida to go with the presentations. One of these artifacts happened to be a small, discarded campfire harmonica from the 1860s. As a personal challenge, I then took it upon myself to learn to play Civil War songs on a new harmonica while traveling to and from work. It wasn’t long before I could play dozens of tunes from memory. About that time also, I acquired period-correct Florida 1860s civilian attire for my speeches and attendance at Florida Civil War remembrance events.
Figuring out a way to use standard computer software to document Civil War music was my next challenge. My aim was to put together a rugged, portable booklet to help others learn to play 1860s songs on the harmonica. I entitled the booklet "Harmonica FUNdamentals with Civil War Songs." And, of course, Stephen Foster’s 1835 Way Down Upon The Suwannee River, the state song of Florida, is included in the booklet.
Deviating from my 1860s historical emphasis, I next wrote a long manuscript with new research, “Florida’s Early West Point Cadets,” a story documenting the state’s first 40 appointees to West Point. This work is significant given Florida’s and America’s turbulent 1800s. During that century, Florida had witnessed conflict after conflict on her soil, starting with the First Seminole War. The state’s citizenry were consequently much adept at waging war, including her youth. Many of these young men would later go on to contribute their significant war fighting skills to the fledgling nation. Presently, “Florida’s Early West Point Cadets” is pending publication by a leading journal.
My present focus is producing children’s picture books, which are out and to-be-out on Amazon and BarnesAndNoble.com in hardcover, softcover and eBook formats. "When Cal Went to Juniper Springs" and "When Cal Went to the Family Reunion" are now available to the public and another book is in the works. Stay tuned!
My research and stories have taken me on a long and enjoyable journey. I am hoping these writings and activities will help slow down the fading of old memories. My goal remains to produce stories that inspire others using lessons of the past – lessons about the remarkable toils, mishaps, successes, and character of those who preceded us. I intend to write about this as long as the Good Lord lets me.
April 22, 2014,


MediaElch is a free, cross-platform tool for managing a media library (movies and TV shows). It is able to gather information from various movie databases on the internet.
If you want to install the latest MediaElch version, you need to compile it yourself.
The latest installable version is 2.4.2 but in the repository there is already some progress towards 2.4.3. Fortunately compiling is quite easy.
I’ve tested with a plain Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installation.
Fetch some libraries first:
$ apt-get update $ apt -get install build-essential gcc libqt5scripttools5zlib1g-dev \ libzen-dev libcurlpp-dev libmediainfo0v5 libmediainfo-dev qt5-qmake \ libcurl-ocaml-dev libmysqlclient20 libzen-dev libphonon4qt5-dev \ libqt5sql5-mysql libqt5sql5 libqt5script5 libqt5xml5 libqt5gui5 \ libqt5network5 libquazip5-dev qt5-default qtscript5-dev \ qtmultimedia5-dev cdbs libqt5quickwidgets5 libqt5qml5 \ libqt5opengl5-dev qtdeclarative5-dev libqt5multimedia5 \ libqt5multimediawidgets5 libqt5qml5 libqt5quickwidgets5 \ libqt5quick5 libqt5script5
Get the latest code from Github:
$ mkdir /source && cd /source $ git clone https://github.com/Komet/MediaElch.git $ cd MediaElch && mkdir build && cd build $ qmake .. && make
After a few minutes you should find a new binary file, just start it with „./MediaElch“.


Brief descriptions of the most established categories of posters.
A brief explanation of how this specific type of meaningful images came into existence.
What is it? What types there are and how to correctly identify them?
Let's get more clear on what a brand strategy is, why it's necessary, and how it can be used.
Immerse yourself in the talented Czech artist’s macabre world.
Who are they and how to instantly notice and to carefully preserve them?
A collection of my practical advices to aid you, no matter the state of your progress on achieving it.
Reasons why you should search for new information on a daily basis.
Why being a graphic designer is a remarkable job?


This page offers a compilation of plays written by David over his lifetime available for download and by request. Contact David for information on obtaining complete scripts, or click any "stage a production" link for licensing opportunities.
Last Gleaming examines the last moments of Presidents John F Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, and Richard Nixon, unalike and tied together by in an unusual way. The first act, A Warm Day in November, Jacqueline Kennedy tries desperately to save her marriage by persuading her husband to cancel an event in Dallas. The second act, Dancing Among the Wildflowers, Lyndon Johnson deliberating masks his failing health from his wife, Lady Bird, so that she fulfills her personal commitments. The final act, The Family Hour, Richard Nixon staggers back to the East Wing after receiving the news of his impending impeachment and is confronted by his wife, Pat and an ultimatum.
THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES
Mysterious deaths, hidden documents, ghosts from the past, lovers from opposite sides of a centuries-old curse, and family secrets interweave in David's adaptation Nathaniel Hawthorne's novel of haunting tragedy and romance. In this dark, Gothic love story, Hawthorne expresses the belief that new hope and promise can supersede the grim despair of the past.
Note: A dramatic musical background score for THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN GABLES composed by Kathleen Dahill is available on compact disc for use with amateur productions for $19.99 (plus shipping). Please contact www.wildwdstudios.com for further information.
CHARLES DICKENS'S GHOST STORIES
Charles Dicken's Ghost Stories is a collection of eerie Victorian tales from one of the world's greatest storytellers. Beguiled from early childhood by his nursemaid's stories of giants and demons, ghosts and monsters, Dickens harbored a lifelong interest in ghosts, apparitions and events of chilling coincidence.
While preserving the original material's humor, romance and eeriness, David's adaptation also evokes Dickens's fascination with the macabre. A lively mixture of comedy, pathos, and the supernatural, the stories include The Signalman, The Bagman's Uncle, The Queer Chair, and The Portrait-Painter's Story.
October 2011: On stage at the Festival Playhouse in Arvada, CO.
From Charley Ault, Director "The audiences have thoroughly enjoyed it. It is something a little different from our usual fare. Some have said that it ranks in the top ten of shows they have seen. That is pretty good considering we have produced over a thousand plays in 75 plus years."
New Hampshire Community Theatre Awards 2007
Winner: Play, Director, Actress (2), Scenic Design, Lighting Design;
Nominations: Original Play, Supporting Actor (2), Supporting Actress, Costume Design
Edited clip from the Concord Community Players production of Charles Dickens's Ghost Stories
Approximately 8.5 minutes
(Feature length video filmed and produced by Chris Sweitzer, Wildwood Studios)
THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY
Maintaining the original novel's dark and erotic themes, David's adaptation of THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY also evokes Oscar Wilde's cynical and flashing wit. The play tells the fascinating story of a wealthy young man, Dorian Gray, who after seeing his portrait, claims that he would sell his soul to remain youthful while the portrait ages in his place.
Influenced by the temptations of high society, Dorian embarks on a hedonistic life, fully exploring his intellectual, aesthetic, and sensual appetites. Despite his innocent beauty, he exerts a corrupting - and deadly - influence over many acquaintances. Meanwhile his portrait grows more hideous with each new sin, until in a fit of remorse he destroys it and himself.
New Hampshire Theatre Awards 2010
Nominations for Ghostlight Theater Company's Production in the Drama/Comedy category: Best Production, Best Director (Ozan Haksever), Best Set Design (Jim Webber), Best Lighting Designer (Craig Brennan), Best Sound Designer (Nat Ward), Best Costume Designer (Jannaruth Jenner), Best Original Playwright (David Preece), Best Actor (Devon Scalisi as Lord Henry), Best Actor (Joe Metcalfe as Dorian Gray), Best Supporting Actor (Andrew Mattox as Basil Hallward)
TENDER exposes the love-hate relationship between F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ernest Hemingway, two of the most important American writers of the twentieth century. Based on true incidents, David's play focuses on their destructive relationship and shows how their dangerous intimate friendship spirals Fitzgerald's wife Zelda into the depths of madness.
Set in Paris, the play takes place one night in 1927 when Hemingway visits Fitzgerald for assistance with his first novel, The Sun Also Rises. In the course of a drunken evening, past truths are painfully revealed and lives forever changed.
LA Weekly Theatre Awards 2003:
Nominations: Playwriting, Leading Female Performance
New Hampshire Professional Theatre Awards 2007:
Winner: Best Original Play
Nominations: Best Non-Musical, Actress, Director
ACCORDING TO JOHN
This two-act play - a modern-day heresy trial - involves the ordination of a gay priest and a retelling of the Book of John.
THE SCARLET LETTER
The stage adaptation of Nathanial Hawthorne's novel The Scarlet Letter
Set in 17th-century Puritan Boston - the years 1642 to 1649 - this drama centers on Hester Prynne, a young woman who conceives a daughter through an adulterous affair, and struggles to create a new life of repentance and dignity.
This love story set in New York City in the late 1980s, features a young man confronting his fears of loving someone who is HIV Positive.
The two men meet accidentally through Molly, a stubborn Scottish Terrier who brings them together on her daily walk through Central Park. While facing his partner's mortality, the protagonist reluctantly finds himself immersed in the daily life and rituals of his lover and his dog.
WALKING MOLLY is about the triumph of love in the face of adversity.


The SSCY Family Resource Centre offers families many different resources, such as books, videos, newsletters, and adapted toys. It is located in The Square on the main floor of SSCY Centre. You may contact the Family Resource Centre at (204) 258-6536.
Funding for the SSCY Family Resource Centre is from the Khartum Ladies Auxiliary and the Children’s Rehabilitation Foundation.
In this family-friendly centre, families will find over 2000 harder-to-find resources about special needs and general health issues, including:
- books, videos and DVDs about specific disabilities or conditions
- story books about or including children with special needs
- books addressing the concerns of siblings and parents
- general parenting resources
- education issues
- magazines and journals
Families are welcome to sign out most resources for a four-week period. We are able to mail print and video resources to Manitoba locations outside of Winnipeg.
Click here to learn more and see all of our resources.


Article from ROAPE Volume 29 Number 92
African Diaspora, ‘Development’ & Modern African Political Theory
Those concerned with the study of African political economy and 'development' in Africa have often neglected those ideas that emerged from the African diaspora, while those who study the African diaspora have often been more concerned with issues of 'identity' than with the political future of Africa. This article argues that for those who are concerned to study anti-colonialism, it is difficult to separate the history of Africa and the African diaspora during the colonial period in the early 20th century. Many key anti-colonial ideas were developed as much in the diaspora and in the capital cities of Europe, as they were within the African continent. Ideologies such as Pan-Africanism, which developed within the diaspora in general, and Britain in particular, drew from the same 19th century sources that imposed eurocentric notions on the ideology of African nationalism. However, such ideologies, as developed by activists from the diaspora, created the basis for alternative strategies not only for the anti-colonial struggle but also for a modern African political theory, a necessary requirement for people-centred development in post-colonial African states.


Those opposed to the naming of Canberra’s new Federal electorate after war correspondent and Australian War Memorial founder, Charles Bean, are shooting wide of the mark.
It is a dangerous practice to place a moratorium on honours for any of our 19th and early 20th century forbears who had the misfortune to have been “politically incorrect” by the standards of our time.
Edmund Barton, Billy Hughes, Alfred Deakin and John Curtin, like most politicians until the 1950s, were staunch champions of the “white Australia policy”.
That hasn’t stopped the nation from honouring them by naming Federal electorates in their memories.
To say Bean does not deserve the same purely on the basis of anti-semitic remarks that he subsequently regretted and made significant atonement for is double standards.
In the 1940s, at a time when public opinion was deeply divided on the matter, Bean supported the establishment of a safe refuge for the Jewish people in Australia.
He also conceded he had been wrong in opposing the promotion of Monash.
Charles Bean was, without doubt, one of the greatest Australians of his generation. He shared the hardships, and the dangers, of the diggers at Anzac Cove and on the Western front.
When asked by a dying soldier “will they remember me?” he left no stone unturned to ensure the answer was a resounding yes.
Bean was scrupulously fair in his reporting and writing and, far from traducing Monash on the basis of his religion, if anything later overstated the Australian General’s contribution to the war effort.
Bean’s 12-volume official war history and his best-selling abridged account “Anzac to Amiens” are among the most influential books published in this country in the last 100 years.
They helped to define the character of the young nation and set down the facts behind the Anzac legend for all time.
The real irony is that if Bean was alive, and able to comment on whether or not the new electorate should be named in his honour, today the odds are he would be staunchly opposed.
The Bathurst-born scribbler who took a bullet through the leg at Sari Bair on August 6, 1915, and then refused medical evacuation because he felt it was more important to record the deeds of the troops, never wanted the commemoration of Australia’s World War I sacrifice to be about him.
This is despite the fact he displayed genuine heroism at Gallipoli on May 8, 1915, rescuing a wounded soldier under fire during the second Battle of Krithia.
Bean felt his words were his monument and that the real heroes were the men he wrote about. When, many years after the war, he was offered a knighthood the journalist/historian turned it down.
The real issue is not Bean’s fitness to be honoured in this way but rather why the Australian Electoral Commission feels now is an appropriate time to honour yet another dead, white, male.
It is a shame they did not consider this an opportunity to recognise the many women, recent immigrants or people of indigenous background who are equally worthy of such an honour.


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A Dublin Man's Role in a Moment of History
A Dublin Man's Role in a Moment of History
Forty five years ago today the faces of students at the University of Georgia changed forever. In the midst of a political turmoil and mercifully without the infliction of violent attacks, two African-American students entered the halls of the University of Georgia. There to make sure the process was completed was a former Adrian and Dublin man, who was the Assistant Registrar of the University of Georgia. This is the story of Paul Kea and his role in one of the most momentous moments in Georgia History, the integration of the University of Georgia.
For a hundred and sixty five years every student attending the University of Georgia was white. For that matter, every educational institution in the entire state was segregated. In the early years of the state, colleges and universities were segregated between the sexes. With the Supreme Court decision in Brown vs. the Board of Education, it was only a matter of time before admission to the University of Georgia could not be conditioned upon the race of the applicant. Beginning in 1943 under a grant in aid program, Georgia paid the surpluses of out of state colleges and universities over state institutions to Negro students attending school outside the state.
The first attempt to integrate the University of Georgia came in 1957 when Horace Ward's law suit was thrown out of court. Charlayne Hunter, an outstanding student at Atlanta's Turner High School, was approached by black Atlanta civic leaders to challenge the University of Georgia's ban on black students. She joined classmate Hamilton Holmes in applying for admission for the year 1959-60. Both were turned down. Hunter enrolled in Wayne State College in Michigan and Holmes attended nearby Morehouse College.
Beginning in 1959 the University hired Paul Kea as the Assistant Registrar and Assistant Director of Admissions. Paul Randolph Kea was born on September 5, 1925 in Adrian, Georgia. The youngest child of Fitzhugh Lillian Kea and Dora Vivian Proctor, Paul Kea attended school in Adrian. His oldest half brother, Morris Dawson Kea, was Laurens County's longest serving attorney. His family lived on Railroad Street. His parents worked day and night to help the family through the depths of the depression. Paul worked in his father's grocery store. The Kea house was always filled with music. Mrs. Kea taught music to the kids of Adrian. In the late spring and during the summer Paul enjoyed swimming in the refreshing waters of the Ohoopee River near Captain James's well. He wrote passionate and reminiscent poems about his coming of age in the then sleepy village, once a bustling railroad center.
Paul Kea served his country in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After the war, he returned home to Dublin, where he worked as a staff announcer at radio station WMLT. While in Dublin, Kea, a talented writer in his own right, taught English in the Laurens County School system. He later taught in Clarke and Oglethorpe counties as well as in the city system of Jefferson, Georgia.
Both Hunter and Holmes continued to make applications for admission on a quarterly basis. Each time they were turned down. Holmes underwent an oral interview by Registrar Walter Danner, Director of Admissions Morris Phelps and Kea. On the basis of hearsay information transmitted to him through Danner, Kea quizzed Holmes about his criminal record. Holmes denied any guilt and without proof of the allegation, Kea dropped the matter. The officials asked Holmes if he had attended interracial parties or patronized beatnik joints. Based on the results of their interview, Holmes was turned down again for admission in the fall of 1960. The interview with Hunter went more smoothly. Though declining her admission in the fall, Kea and Danner did not discount her possible acceptance at a later date as the student body had reached its limit.
With the aid of out of state attorneys, Hunter and Holmes filed a suit in Federal court seeking immediate admission to the university. When Federal marshals could not find Registrar Danner to serve the lawsuit, Paul Kea was added as a defendant. Kea was served as a university official and as an individual defendant. A hearing on their claim was postponed from September to mid December. State Attorney General Eugene Cook, a former resident of Dublin and Wrightsville and a proponent of segregation, represented the State of Georgia. The matter was heard by Federal District Court Judge W.A. Bootle.
One of the first witnesses called to the stand was Paul Kea. Kea was grilled by the plaintiff's attorneys on the standards for admission. One letter after another and totaling near a hundred were shown to Kea for identification. Many of them related to letters by white students, who were denied admission in 1960, but were instructed to reapply or were advised to enroll in other state colleges for later admission to the university. Nearly three weeks later on January 6, 1961, Judge Bootle ordered university registrars to admit both Hunter and Holmes.
The university's first black students arrived in Athens on January 9, 1961. As they entered the registrar's office they were taunted and jeered. Inside the front door, they were met by Kea who processed their paperwork without delay. Though their first days were violence free, a minor altercation arose two days later outside Hunter's dormitory. Athens police restored order and both Hunter and Holmes were suspended from the school and escorted back to their homes in Atlanta for their own safety. The duo were reinstated a few days later and seemingly all enmity died away.
Charlayne Hunter, who did build some lasting friendships with fellow students, graduated in 1963 with a degree in journalism. Hunter became a world renown journalist with the New York Times and a television journalist on the MacNeil Lehrer on PBS and a bureau chief for CNN. Hamilton Holmes graduated the same year with a degree in science. He became the first African-American student to attend the medical school at Emory University. Holmes, an orthopedic surgeon, died in 1995. At his death, he was the Associate Dean of the Emory University School of Medicine.
In 1968, Paul Kea was promoted to the co-ordinator of Continuing Education Programs at the College of Education. He served in that position for 27 years until his untimely death at the age of 58 on June 12, 1984. He is buried in Northview Cemetery in Dublin.


You are the Style is a heartfelt take on style, breaking it down into mindset, self-love, self-expression and acceptance. Getting dressed to feel like your best self, doesn't have to be about being in fashion, but instead it's about feeling great from the inside out. Laurie's take on style is just what women of all ages, styles, and sizes need to feel empowered in their own wardrobes and in their own skin.
There is something holding you back from stepping into your most dynamic self: you!
It is time to take control of the style conversation, rebuild your self-expression from the ground up and learn to manifest your wildest vision of yourself into reality. You are the Style will bring you a whole new perspective on yourself, your body, your wardrobe, and your life.
I can’t wait for you to dive in!
This is not just a style guide; this is a lifestyle guide! One that empowers you to live a life full of self-love, compassion, gain confidence and look fabulous while doing it. Laurie's writing is funny, relatable, and packed full of advice that is easy for any woman to follow! Like a warm hug from a good friend, this book wraps you up into a world where you become the best version of yourself. Laurie reminds us all that clothing isn't meant to hide who we are but rather it's a way to let our unique personalities shine through. She has only one "rule" to finding your style, and that is being true to who you are inside and out!
What I loved about this book is that it takes a look at different aspects of image. Clothes are the main focus but the author also covers other things like skin care and accessories. She also tackled a very important topic on self-love and feeling good from inside out.This is definitely a must read for every woman. If you ever look at your wardrobe and feel like you have nothing to wear despite having loads of clothes, this book is for you. If you are like me and have days when you dress and feel like you don’t want anyone to see you, then this book will give you fresh insights to get rid of those feelings. For moms learning to love their new bodies, you will find answers, a friend and guidance between the pages of these books. I can’t recommend it enough! This is indeed a lifestyle guide!
What I love about Laurie's approach to style is that it's an inside out process. She not only helps you revamp what you put on your body, but who you become and how you feel in the process. Laurie has helped me powerfully step into and embody my future self and because of our work together, I know her new book 'You Are the Style' is going to help so many other women do the same. This book is for you if you've ever struggled with what to wear or how to communicate who you are through your daily outfit choices.


Jakov Lind, one of the greatest of post-war writers, who bore witness through his darkly surreal and imaginative tales to the madness of our time, was born Heinz Landwirth on February 13, 1927 in Vienna. On March 13th, 1938 the Nazis marched into Austria. "The war against the Jews began practically the next morning", wrote Lind. "By Saturday all of Vienna was one big swastika." It was no longer safe to be a Jew in Austria. In December of 1938 Lind and his sisters were placed on a kindertransport (children's train) bound for Holland. He was eleven years old.
In as yet unoccupied Holland, Lind learned fluent Dutch in a matter of weeks. He lived in a Zionist children's home near the Hague and was later taken in by a Dutch Jewish family. In 1941, he found himself in a Zionist training camp where young "pioneers" received agricultural training to prepare for emigration to Palestine (already forbidden by the Nazi authorities.) After witnessing the first mass roundup of Jews in 1943, Lind made the decision to go underground in June 1943 and obtained false identity papers in the name of Jan Gerrit Overbeek, Dutch laborer. On the way to get his papers, Lind writes: "I pinned my Nazi badge up front, put on my grey hat with the brim down, tied a black tie over my dark grey shirt, and looked like a Nazi home from a spell of duty. I put on a fierce look, and left for Line 3 ... Office workers and labourers on the streetcar moved away from me ..."
Several months later Lind found work on a river barge transporting goods between Holland and Germany, "sailing under a false self", he later wrote. But when the Allied bombing attacks began on the industrial cities along the Rhine, it was time to get off the river. It was then that a miracle, as he referred to it, brought him a job as a courier for the German Air Ministry.
At the end of the war, Jan Overbeek became Jakov Chaklan. Claiming to have been born in Haifa, he was able to board a ship in Marseille which docked in Haifa in July 1945. In Palestine Lind married, had a son, Grisha, and published the Diary of Hanan Edgar Malinek which was translated into Hebrew and published in a weekly magazine. But Israel was too hot and made him melancholy. He returned to Europe. "Writing was all I thought about", he wrote. "But when was I going to write and how?"
Lind went to Vienna and studied for three years at the Max Reinhardt Theater Seminar. But Vienna was swarming with former Nazis and he wanted out. He crisscrossed Europe, always restless. "Without Nazis and madmen after me", he wrote, "survival seemed a dull, uninspiring project."
In 1954 Lind landed in Dover, made his way to London and decided to stay. There he married Faith Henry and had a son, Simon, and a daughter, Oona. Settled in London, he began work on a collection of short stories. Eine Seele aus Holz (Soul of Wood), published in Germany in 1962, was proclaimed a masterpiece, became an immediate literary phenomenon, and was translated into fourteen languages. As one critic wrote: "Lind's general theme is the destruction of European Jewry ... He treats it with a kind of broad gallows humor, utterly grotesque and fascinating ..."
Compared to Kafka, Grass and Gogol, Jakov Lind became an international literary star overnight. But he did not want to be a German writer. It felt like betrayal to write in German, his mother tongue which had so recently been put to such murderous use.
Lind's second novel, Landscape in Concrete was published in 1963. Ergo, a novel, came out in 1968 and became a successful play produced by Joseph Papp in New York. In 1965 and 1968 The Silver Foxes Are Dead and Other Plays were published and performed as radio plays in Germany. And then, encouraged by his publisher, a major shift occurred. Lind wrote his first book in English, Counting My Steps (1969), an autobiography of his childhood in Vienna and his war years in the Netherlands and Germany. This was the beginning of Lind's distancing himself from his mother tongue and the pain and ambivalence of writing in German. But it also distanced him from his roots. "Madder than anything", he wrote, "was to think I could ever unlearn sounds I knew by heart and kidneys and replace them with other and better sounds."
Lind was to write three more autobiographies: Numbers (1972) on his wanderings across Europe after the war; the Trip to Jerusalem(1973); and Crossing: The Discovery of Two Islands (1991) about his arrival in England and the years in London and New York. In the 1980's Lind published a novel, Travels to the Enu: The Story of a Shipwreck (1982), The Stove (1983), a series of short parables, and The Inventor (1987), an epistolary novel, all of them written in English and translated into many languages.
During these years, Lind was much in demand and traveled, read and spoke widely. He taught, wrote articles, directed a film "Die Ose" (The Eye) and starred in "Das Schweigen des Dichters" directed by Peter Lilienthal and shown at the Venice Film Festival. Several of his works were produced on radio and in the theatre. But he was ambivalent about fame. "After so many years adjusting to failure", he wrote, "I found success burned me like an open sore."
Lind was a talented painter as well. His works are brilliantly colored, highly imaginative, mythical creations. His artwork appears on the jackets of most of the English language editions of his books.
Lind, who divided his time between London, an apartment at the Chelsea Hotel in New York, and a summer house in Majorca, was an original, in his work and in his life, a larger than life figure with a thick mustache and a head of wavy hair which made him stand out in any gathering, a man who liked wine, women and words. Anthony Rudolf has written: "He was a coyote, a trickster ... A wicked smile played around his mouth, while witty aphorisms and deep insights tripped off his lips. He emanated inner strength — and an electric intelligence that we all wanted to emulate."
On February 16, 2007, Jakov Lind, one of the major literary figures of our time, died in London of heart failure. He was 80 years old.
Writes Lawrence Langer in The Holocaust and the Literary Imagination (1975): "Behind the imaginative lunacy of Lind's novels and tales — and he never permits us to forget it — looms the historical deracination that inspired it."
Jakov Lind's highly praised works, his dark and grotesque tales which possess such remarkable originality, invention, imagination and wit, essential documents of 20th century madness, will endure.
— Gwen Edelman


St. Louis County Library and St. Louis Public Library have launched a shared integrated library system (ILS), providing library cardholders access to nearly 5 million items
The system will make accessing library materials more convenient and accessible for both St. Louis County and city residents to check out. Patrons across the region will be able to seamlessly view, request, receive and check out material from either system.
Using the shared catalog, patrons can discover materials from either library system through a single search and have them delivered to their library of choice. Patrons will be able to use their current library card to access items from both systems — they will not need to obtain a new library card.
“Increasing access to these valuable resources will be a tremendous benefit to users of both library systems,” County Executive Sam Page said. “Libraries unleash imaginations by linking us with a sea of information. And, working together, our libraries are providing more opportunities for our children and for the young at heart.”
“Our public libraries bring together people of all ages and backgrounds, and this new system will connect residents across the region to even more resources,” Mayor Tishaura O. Jones said. “This collaboration shows how government works best when we work together and think creatively.”
SLCL and SLPL have regularly collaborated on projects to increase access to library programs and services. Including:
Eliminating overdue fines in 2020, removing a significant barrier for many patrons.
Providing scholarships for adult learners to complete their high school diploma and earn a career certificate through the launch of the Career Online High School program in 2017.
Introducing Wi-fi hotspots for patron check out to help address the region’s digital divide.
Offering a reciprocal lending agreement for city and county residents for 28 years.
This recent collaboration opens up even greater opportunities for the two library systems to work together in the future.
To learn more about SLCL visit www.slcl.org. To learn more about SLPL visit www.slpl.org.


Please use the information below if you'd like to write about Cure Your Child with Food and/or author Kelly Dorfman. Please contact us if you need additional information.
Basic Information about the Book:
Full Title of Book: Cure Your Child with Food: The Hidden Connection Between Nutrition and Childhood Ailments
Short Title of Book: Cure Your Child with Food
Previously Published as: What's Eating Your Child? The Hidden Connections Between Food and Childhood Ailments: Anxiety, Recurrent Ear Infections, Stomachaches, Picky Eating, Rashes, ADHD, and More. And What Every Parent Can Do About It
Author: Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Original Publication Date (What's Eating Your Child): April 28, 2011
Re-issue Publication Date (Cure Your Child with Food): April 23, 2013
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Press Contact: John Jenkinson
Biographical Information for the Author:
Name: Kelly Dorfman, MS, LND
Short Bio: Kelly Dorfman is a nutritionist who specializes in difficult cases. She has written dozens of articles, has been featured in several books and quoted in publications such as The Washington Post. Kelly lectures and speaks across the country. She lives outside Washington, D.C.
Long Bio: See this page.


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More than 80 area reentry, Department of Corrections, and justice officials attended the first St. Louis Alliance for Reentry (STAR) professional development series on July 13, 2011. The first topic concerend issues revolving around sex offenders.
Workshop presenters included Mary Bouman, District Administrator for the Missouri Department of Corrections; Mary Schicker, LCSW, Team Lead for Re-Integrative Services at Provident; and Dr. Greg Markway, Chief of Mental Health Services at the Missouri Department of Corrections. Regional Administrator of Missouri Probation and Parole Nancy McCarthy and Area Resources for Community and Human Services Vice President of Grant Management Services Les Johnson gave the welcome addresses. Download PDFs of presentations:
- Understanding Sex Offenders Within the Reentry Process (Mary Bouman, District Administrator, Missouri Dept. of Corrections)
- Sex Offender Treatment: Collaborating With Community Supervision (Mary Schicker, LCSW, Team Lead for Re-Integrative Services at Provident, Inc.)
- Sex Offender Services: Missouri Department of Corrections (Dr. Greg Markway, Chief of Mental Health Services, Missouri Dept. of Corrections)


The Academy of Ancient Music appoints Richard Bratby as Hogwood Fellow
Author, journalist and critic Richard Bratby has become the fourth Hogwood Fellow appointed by the Academy of Ancient Music (AAM).
Named after AAM founder Christopher Hogwood CBE, the position seeks to further our understanding of and relationship with early music. Bratby’s primary role is the curation and preparation of a commemorative book about the history and work of AAM, ahead of the orchestra’s 50th anniversary celebrations in 2023/24.
Richard Bratby commented: ‘The history of the Academy of Ancient Music is one of the great untold stories of British orchestral life – and one of international significance. This is the group that arguably did more than any other to lift historically-informed performance out of its academic niche and into the concert halls and record collections of the world. The story of the AAM is, in a large part, the story of the way we perform, present and (most importantly) enjoy music today.
As the AAM approaches its 50th anniversary, it’s a good time to take stock: to step back and examine this unfinished story in full. AAM has been part of my musical life for as long as I’ve been listening to Purcell and Mozart; to be entrusted with telling that tale is a privilege, a challenge, and – I’ve got to be honest – so far, enormous fun. I’m determined to do justice to the character, the ambition and the irrepressible energy of one of the world’s great orchestras.’
AAM CEO John McMunn said: ‘Nearly silenced though we are by COVID-19, there is much to look forward to at the Academy of Ancient Music, with the completion of our fabled Mozart piano concerto cycle due to begin in the coming months, the debut of a new Music Director in September and our 50th anniversary season in 2023/24.
As we prepare for this next chapter in the AAM story, I can think of no better use of the current enforced calm than to take stock of how we got here in the first place, and no better man to tell the tale than Richard Bratby. Richard has been steeped in classical music culture his whole life, first as a cellist, latterly as a concerts manager, and more recently as a respected critic and author. I am delighted to announce his appointment as Hogwood Fellow and I look forward to working with him in our continued efforts to explore, preserve and reveal the great treasure house of baroque and classical music for generations to come.’
Previous Hogwood Fellows include Robert Levin, Sandy Burnett, and most recently Emma Safe, who Bratby succeeds in the post. During her tenure, Safe created artworks inspired by the sounds and rhythms of AAM’s performances, which later graced the covers of AAM’s critically acclaimed recordings, including Dussek: Messe Solemnelle (AAM011) and Handel: Brockes-Passion (AAM007).
Richard Bratby writes on music for The Spectator, Gramophone and The Arts Desk and is deputy music critic of The Birmingham Post, as well as a programme and sleeve-note writer for the BBC, Wigmore Hall, Royal Opera House, Chandos Records and the Salzburg Festival. In 1998 he joined the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra as manager of the new CBSO Centre, and went on to launch and manage the CBSO’s chamber music series and Youth Orchestra before leaving to become a full-time writer in 2015. During his sixteen years with the orchestra he served for four years on the CBSO Board, and was latterly Secretary and Chief Executive of the CBSO Benevolent Fund. Born on the Wirral, Richard studied Modern History at St Edmund Hall, Oxford before playing as principal cello in the now-defunct Lanka Philharmonic Orchestra. After a stint teaching A-level History, he joined the staff of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 1997 and moved to the CBSO the following year. He is married to the theatre historian Annette Rubery, and they live in Lichfield, Staffordshire with their cat Rusty. His book Forward: 100 Years of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra was published by Elliot & Thompson in 2019.
Find out more about Richard here.


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Analyze, evaluate, design, and manage information technologies to support effective organizational activities, work practice, and human usability. Investigate the preservation, organization, and access to records and documents in all physical and digital formats. Consider the user and circulation of records and documents, and the social and cultural institutions, that house them.See faculty in information and library science
How we store, retrieve, and share knowledge
Archives and records management
Study theories, methods, and significant problems in archives and records management. Learn how to respond to the challenge of managing and preserving electronic records.
Study digital and computational humanities, text markup, and the digital preservation of, organization of, and access to cultural texts.
Computer mediated communication and media studies
Study the role of computers in mediating human communication, conjoining information, media, and communication tools and technologies.
Study the collection, organization, distribution, and use of recorded knowledge in any form, including issues such as trust, strategic intelligence, and knowledge organization.
Research specific cultural forms, such as music and natural science entities, and their institutional and knowledge organization infrastructures.
Examine ethical choice and policy making by professionals and users in collecting, organizing, and making available information. Research the role of intellectual freedom in expressing and accessing information.
Research information retrieval, knowledge portals, algorithms, and machine learning, from practical and critical perspectives.
Study the interrelationships between people and information technologies, including the technical mediation and shaping of personal, social, and organizational forms and agencies.


Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) is conducting a feasibility study to identify and evaluate opportunities for collaboration in the collection, curation, sharing and creation of online/digital resources that are used for teaching, practicing and assessing technical skills that have traditionally been done in hands-on, physical spaces.
We are grateful for your response by the end of the day, September 18, 2020
The goal of the first phase of the project is to identify:
- the colleges and institutes that are interested in participating in this project
- the programs and courses for which there is a critical need for specific online resources to be created and the resources that would be required to do so
- the resources that are currently available, that may be shared if the appropriate incentives are in place
- the incentives that would be required for there to be a viable and sustainable way for inter-institutional collaboration in creating and sharing online resources that could be used for sector-specific skills particularly in high labour market demand areas, such as trades (e.g., welding and trucking), health care, nursing, personal support workers, engineering etc.
- the programs for a small number of pilots based on the findings of this initial survey
The intent is that the information gleaned from the feasibility study will be used to inform the creation of a public, digital catalogue of media-rich open educational resources, focused on hands-on skills training. This digital space would also become a sandbox for Canadian educators to explore, create, and collaborate with each other and potentially with educators around the world to enhance the curriculum for training specific technical skills.
Throughout the study emphasis is placed on exploring ways to enable and maintain access to hands-on skills training for vulnerable learners, including Indigenous students, persons with disabilities and those who live in areas under-served by broadband.
If you have any questions about the study or would like to participate please contact Valerie Lopes – email@example.com, or @valerielopes


50 Life-Extending 'Secrets' Shared In Book
April 17, 2006
The following is a reprint from the blog "Livin' La Vida Low-Carb":
What can we learn from the world's longest living people? Plenty!
We all know people who have gotten older and yet they've seemed to slow down the process of aging. I met a woman the other day that looked like she was maybe 60 years old, but she was actually 90 years old! Her son is a friend of mine and he looked like he could be her brother.
It's amazing how these human bodies of ours are such resilient structures that some people can live much longer than others. Don't you wish you could get to the very essence of what makes some people live longer, healthier lives? What are those deep-down secrets to extending life just a few more years?
Well, look no further than 50 Secrets Of The World's Longest Living People written by Sally Beare for the answers. Beare is a self-taught nutritionist whose health was greatly improved after a visit to a nutritionist following some rather strange physical reactions happening in her body. Once those conditions were improved by changes in her diet, she set out to discover exactly what people need to do to improve their health through diet and lifestyle changes.
Part One of this book takes you to the five "longevity hotspots" in the world where people live long, healthy lives without the need for a prescription pill to cure every ailment under the sun. The pharmaceutical industry doesn't want you to read 50 Secrets Of The World's Longest Living People because it exposes their public scam for what it is. But you would be wise to take a closer look at what people in these various countries (and no, the United States is not one of the "hotspots") are doing to extend the length and quality of their lives.
Beare lays it all out for you in simple-to-read language with a convenient "Dos" and "Don'ts" list at the end of each chapter on the "hotspots." You'll quickly notice a lot of similarities in these lists that will zoom in specifically on what we all can do to improve our health and, thus, lengthen our lifespan.
Although I am an advocate of a low-carb lifestyle change after my nearly 200-pound weight loss on low-carb, not everything in Part Two of this book matches up with what I believe is best for me nutritionally. But these 50 principles are not all meant to be followed word-for-word in their entirety. Instead, you should select the ones that fit into your lifestyle needs and apply them appropriately.
Some of the ones I took notice of that coincide with people who are livin' la vida low-carb include eating 5-7 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, use hemp for its fiber and essential fatty acids, eat organic goat's cheese, consume eggs, eat the good fats found in fish, have a handful of nuts and seeds daily, choose extra virgin olive oil, keep aging away with a salad a day, find long life in a bowl of berries, eat yogurt for very friendly bacteria, eat more organic and avoid "frankenfoods," avoid the pastries, drink lots of water -- the most essential nutrient, take vitamin supplements especially CoQ10, exercise daily, believe in God, laugh often, help other people, avoid the Standard American Diet (SAD for short), get adequate sleep, and much, much more!
Every single one of the 50 Secrets Of The World's Longest Living People are expanded upon in great detail by Beare as she shows you how to implement them into your own life to help you live longer, too!
Finally, in Part Three of the book, Beare shares how you can put all of her advice together to work for you. You can call this the "Cliff's Notes" section of the book where she basically summarizes everything you have already read in the previous chapters, including tips and actual recipes from those infamous "hotspots" where people live longer. You will want to reference this book again and again as you seek to live a long, healthy, and prosperous life.
50 Secrets Of The World's Longest Living People is a book that should be in every home, school, and library in the United States of America. If it was, then I assure you that radical changes would take place in obesity, sickness, prescription drug use, sugar consumption, the fast food industry and so much more. Once you take a peek into the lives of those who have found the secrets to extending life, you'll never want to go back to your old ways again!


And at the end of this story, you will be saying to yourself, “Well, I can certainly understand why he did what he did.”
It starts at the very beginning of the Christian era. Satan, upon having learned that his hold on humans has been destroyed by Jesus’ crucifixion, makes a vow: at some point in human time, he will find the one who will wreak his revenge.
He finds him in the 15th century–the child Vlad Dracula. But what he doesn’t know is that Vlad’s father’s illegitimate child has also been born to the gypsy woman he raped. This child, too, is destined for greatness–but of a different nature.
A masterful mix of history and fiction, this tale is nothing short of genius. It focuses on the early years of the Dracul reign, and a strange curse that falls over both legitimate and bastard child alike. The reader is taken back and forth between historical facts and fictional encounters without any stop in the action.
The military strategies, the protocol, the constant mental chess game that flows in peace negotiations–so much more than is outwardly obvious to the casual reader. But every lift of the eyebrow, every sigh–it means something, whether in defense or in capitulation. And there is always an equal and opposite reaction that carries the reader from one even to the next without a stop.
The historical facts of Vlad’s imprisonment by the Turks, and the possible fiction of his military prowess deeply impressing his captors, the battles, and the results of their outcome, all play a part in this fantastic story.
And then there is the presence of the evil malevolence that seems to overshadow the lives of the Draculs from the very beginning of Vlad’s life. Regarding the crucifixion narrative that starts this story, I was very much gratified by the respect the author has for this very sensitive scene. The connections he makes between the denizens of the dark and the angels of light are very unique.
What impressed me the most was the love the elder Dracul had for all of his sons, and the way he strived to stay faithful to his oaths of defending the Faith. He knew that going against the Turks, which was what he had sworn to do, would be the death of Vlad and his brother. The way he agonizes over this, and how his decision affects both sides, are skillfully told by a man who knows his 15th-century history.
To the squeamish or sensitive, I give fair warning–there are some brutal scenes in these pages. But without them, would we consider war less brutal than it is?
History fans–both of fiction and non-fiction–would love this book.


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A comprehensive official monograph that provides a complete history of one of the most renowned brands in the luxury automotive landscape.
This lavishly produced volume features the complete collection of all the models produced by Lamborghini from 1963 to the present day, including special editions, unreleased models, and those that underwent significant evolutions. Stunning photography highlights the exquisite lines and lavish details of the vehicles, along with spectacular archival images and technical information celebrating the glamour and excellence of Italian automotive design. The book also includes information on the prominent designers, including Filippo Perini, Walter de Silva, Mitja Borkert, and Marcello Gandini, who created some of the company's most iconic models, such as the Miura, Countach, Aventador, Huracán, and the new Urus as well as astonishing prototypes such as the Marzal, Egoista, and the Terzo Millennio.
This official book is dedicated to the history of the legendary Italian luxury sports car company that was founded in Sant'Agata Bolognese in 1963 by Ferruccio Lamborghini. His dream was to create the perfect car and, more than half a century later, Lamborghini continues to produce sports cars that are sought after and renowned throughout the world for technical innovation, cutting-edge design, and stylish, original use of color. //= $productLongDescription; ?>


Click here for video excerpts from the Cathy Weis Archive: 1983-1987
The Cathy Weis Archive contains hundreds of hours of footage of Weis’ work as a performance videographer in New York City from 1983 – 2000. Weis approached her documentary work with a choreographer’s eye, capturing not merely the spatial records for the purpose of re-staging the choreography, but the nuances of performance usually lost in conventional recording. Documenting many rare and improvisational performances by emerging and established artists, as well as discussions, informal gatherings, and outdoor scenes, Weis has produced an archive that is a unique record of dance and performance from a eclectic and dynamic period in the history of New York City art-making. The archive is not only an invaluable resource for the creative processes of dancers, performers, and artists, but for dance historians and educators as well.
Preserving and cataloguing the holdings of the archive is a major and ongoing initiative of Cathy Weis Projects. With the consent of the artists represented, excerpts will ultimately be made accessible to artists, performers, students, scholars, and critics all over the world. Weis’ latest creative project, Look Into the Past with Madame Xenogamy, is an initial way the public can engage with some of the archive’s rare and historic footage.
Recognizing a critical need for the preservation of the tapes, in early 2003, Weis engaged Gartenberg Media Enterprises, a company that restores and distributes libraries of classic and avant-garde films and archives of publishing and photographic assets. With their help, Weis developed a customized and comprehensive catalogue with standardized nomenclature for the diverse camera positions and points of view represented in the recorded imagery, and of all creative, intellectual, and technological information related to each work. The digitization and cataloging of the archive’s holdings remains an ongoing project.
Artists represented in the archive include:
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“Unearthing the Legacy: Ancient Natural Sapphire Mukkaru Beads from Sri Lanka”
In the heart of Sri Lanka lies a treasure trove of ancient wisdom and craftsmanship, hidden within the enchanting Mukkaru stone beads. These time-honored gems offer a glimpse into the rich history of the Mukkaru people, a mysterious race that once migrated to this land during the era of ancient kings.
**A Glimpse into History: The Mukkaru Beads**
At the center of this historical narrative are four exquisite Mukkaru stone beads, each with its unique weight and charm, weighing in at 4.53, 3.80, 4.33, and 2.26 carats respectively. These beads, now in shades of light blue, violet, and white, were once part of the Mukkaru legacy.
* A Glimpse into the Past**
As we delve into the heart of these beads, we discover the inklings of their history. Their clarity is a testament to their age and the journey they have undertaken through the annals of time.
**Crafted by Mukkaru: Ancient Expertise in Gemstones**
These beads are more than just gems; they are a tribute to the Mukkaru, an ancient race hailing from distant shores. The Mukkaru people were not just settlers; they were revered gem specialists who arrived in Sri Lanka with a mission – to mine and trade in the world of precious stones.
Their craftsmanship, honed over centuries, allowed them to work with even the hardest of stones, including Sapphire, boasting a remarkable Mohs hardness of 9. They achieved this through traditional polishing techniques, using the elusive kabarondum dust. Beyond mere polishing, they would meticulously drill these gems, transforming them into exquisite necklaces and jewelry, each piece a testament to their artistry and dedication.
**Rediscovering Mukkaru’s Legacy: A Journey Through Time**
Today, we stand on the precipice of rediscovering the Mukkaru’s footsteps, as we venture into the very mines they once frequented. What we unearth is a remarkable transformation – gems that were once abandoned or undervalued have now risen to become highly sought-after treasures.
One such example is the spinel. In ancient times, it was considered a low-value stone, but today, it commands respect and top-tier prices in the world of gemstones. These Mukkaru beads offer a glimpse into the exquisite craftsmanship and advanced technology of their time, a heritage worth preserving and celebrating.
As we marvel at these Mukkaru stone beads, we can’t help but wonder at the depth of their knowledge and their unique techniques. They were the pioneers of their era, the masters of their craft, and their legacy continues to shine through these remarkable gems.
In the heart of Galpaya’s “Mukkaru” Deposit Mining, where the Mukkaru people once thrived 700 to 1000 years ago, these beads stand as timeless witnesses to a bygone era. They embody not only the artistry of a mysterious race but also the enduring allure of gemstones that transcend time and captivate the hearts of all who behold them.


Beauvoir, the Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library, is the nation’s most comprehensive site dealing with Mississippi’s favorite son and confederate, Jefferson Davis.
A National Historic Landmark, the complex includes the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library, the restored antebellum home, the Confederate Museum and veterans cemetary on 51 landscaped acres fronting the Gulf of Mexico.
Address: 2244 Beach Blvd., Biloxi.
Hours: Seven days a week, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. (summer) and 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. (winter)
Admission: $12.50, adults; $10, seniors, military and AAA; $7.50, students and children ages 6-18; free for ages 5 and under.
Web Site: www.visitbeauvoir.org


The purpose of the conference proceedings is to provide a written record of the scholarly work undertaken by physics education researchers by documenting the research presented at the annual Physics Education Research Conference. To this end, the editors welcome the submission not only of significant or final results, but also of preliminary research results and discussions of works in progress.
In order for a manuscript to be eligible for submission to the Proceedings, the first author must make a presentation at the 2003 PERC in Madison, Wisconsin. That is, the first author must contribute a poster to the contributed poster session, lead a roundtable discussion, give an invited talk, present a poster at a targeted poster session, or present data at a data analysis consultation session. (One need not submit a manuscript in order to make a presentation.)
Work that is presented at the main AAPT meeting but not at the PERC is not eligible for submission to the Proceedings. Everyone submitting a paper for publication may also be asked to help with the peer-review of other people's contributions.
Manuscript submissions may be contributed or invited. Contributed manuscripts are those associated with either a contributed PERC poster or a roundtable discussion. All contributed manuscripts will be peer-reviewed, with an understanding that submissions may show preliminary results and works in progress.
Invited manuscripts are those associated with either an invited oral presentation, an invited poster at a targeted poster session, or a data presentation for a data analysis consultation session. Each person who makes an invited presentation at the PERC is expected to submit a manuscript documenting that presentation. There will be separate, invited sections of the Proceedings for the invited manuscripts. Some invited manuscripts may be peer-reviewed at the author's request.
As of this year, we are accepting only electronic submissions. E-mail submissions in .pdf format to Jeff Marx (email@example.com). Those unable to create a .pdf copy should make individual arrangements with Jeff. Manuscript submissions must be received by Friday, July 18th, 2003. Because we will foward papers to reviewers before the conference, we are unable to accept late submissions.
The exception to the July 18 deadline is for invited submissions that will not be peer-reviewed. These must be submitted by August 29, 2003 (tentative).
Papers must be ready for publication when submitted. In order for this to occur, the following guidelines must be followed:
Beyond the conference registration fee, there will be no additional fee required to contribute a paper for publication in the proceedings. Once published, the proceedings will be available for purchase. The purchase price of the proceedings is now included in the registration fee for the meeting. Orders for the proceedings will also be taken at the conference.
No, only work presented at the PERC is eligible for inclusion in the conference proceedings. Hence, presentation in a PER session of the main AAPT meeting does NOT qualify (the main meeting is not the PERC).
Printing will be in black and white and so manuscripts should be submitted in black and white.
The deadline to submit the manuscript is BEFORE the conference in order to allow (force) reviewers to do reviews during the conference. This will keep the turn around time short and allow reviewers to be influenced by interactions at the poster sessions and oral presentations. Modifications to the submitted manuscript that address the reviewers' comments can be made after the conference. NO manuscripts will be accepted after the deadline of July 18, 2003.
If you are attending the conference, you can order a copy of the proceedings there, but the proceedings will be available off site as well.
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Have you ever felt lost in a sea of information, searching for wisdom and clarity? Well, imagine finding a beacon of knowledge, a guide who dispels ignorance and leads you to enlightenment.
That’s the essence of the Totakashtakam, a beautiful Sanskrit hymn praising the role of the Guru in Hindu tradition.
Written by Totakacharya, a devoted disciple of Adi Shankara, the Totakashtakam is like a heartfelt letter poured into eight stanzas.
Each verse overflows with gratitude and reverence for the Guru, who is compared to an ocean of wisdom, a torch illuminating the path to spiritual truth.
Totakashtakam Ragam Gujarati
વિદિતાખિલ શાસ્ત્ર સુધા જલધે
મહિતોપનિષત્-કથિતાર્થ નિધે ।
હૃદયે કલયે વિમલં ચરણં
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 1 ॥
કરુણા વરુણાલય પાલય માં
ભવસાગર દુઃખ વિદૂન હૃદમ્ ।
રચયાખિલ દર્શન તત્ત્વવિદં
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 2 ॥
ભવતા જનતા સુહિતા ભવિતા
નિજબોધ વિચારણ ચારુમતે ।
કલયેશ્વર જીવ વિવેક વિદં
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 3 ॥
ભવ એવ ભવાનિતિ મે નિતરાં
સમજાયત ચેતસિ કૌતુકિતા ।
મમ વારય મોહ મહાજલધિં
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 4 ॥
સુકૃતેઽધિકૃતે બહુધા ભવતો
ભવિતા સમદર્શન લાલસતા ।
અતિ દીનમિમં પરિપાલય માં
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 5 ॥
વિચરંતિ મહામાહ સચ્છલતઃ ।
અહિમાંશુરિવાત્ર વિભાસિ ગુરો
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 6 ॥
ગુરુપુંગવ પુંગવકેતન તે
સમતામયતાં ન હિ કોઽપિ સુધીઃ ।
શરણાગત વત્સલ તત્ત્વનિધે
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 7 ॥
વિદિતા ન મયા વિશદૈક કલા
ન ચ કિંચન કાંચનમસ્તિ ગુરો ।
દૃતમેવ વિધેહિ કૃપાં સહજાં
ભવ શંકર દેશિક મે શરણમ્ ॥ 8 ॥
Here’s a Breakdown of The Hymn’s Key Messages From Totakashtakam
Praise for the Guru’s Knowledge and Compassion ~ Totakacharya first admires the Guru’s vast understanding of scriptures and spiritual teachings.
He sees the Guru as someone who can dispel the darkness of ignorance and lead him towards enlightenment.
Seeking Guidance for Self-Realization ~ The disciple expresses his desire to understand the true nature of God and the soul.
He pleads for the Guru’s help in navigating the complex questions about reality and existence.
Protection from Delusion and Evil ~ The hymn acknowledges the challenges on the spiritual path.
Totakacharya seeks the Guru’s protection from negativity and harmful influences, urging him to be a haven in the face of confusion.
Yearning for Liberation ~ The ultimate goal for many spiritual seekers is moksha or liberation from the cycle of birth and death.
Totakacharya expresses his longing for this freedom and implores the Guru to guide him towards achieving it.
Surrender and Trust ~ In the final verses, the disciple surrenders completely to the Guru’s wisdom and grace.
He acknowledges the Guru’s eternal presence and seeks his guidance in every aspect of life.
Meaning and Significance of Totakashtakam
The Totakashtakam is not just a beautiful poem, it’s a powerful reminder of the importance of the Guru-disciple relationship.
It emphasizes the crucial role of a spiritual teacher in providing guidance, knowledge, and support on the path to self-realization.
The hymn’s simplicity and sincerity resonate with people of all ages and backgrounds, making it a timeless classic in Hindu devotional literature.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Adi Shankara?
Adi Shankara was a renowned Indian philosopher and theologian who founded the Advaita Vedanta school of thought. He is considered one of the most influential figures in Hinduism.
What does “Totakashtakam” mean?
Totakashtakam translates to “Eight Verses of Totaka” and refers to the eight stanzas of the hymn.
Where can I find the Totakashtakam?
The Totakashtakam is available in Sanskrit and various translations online and in many religious texts. You can also find audio recordings of the hymn chanted beautifully by devotional singers.
This time we published Totakashtakam Lyrics In Gujarati and if you want to read this stotram in any other language then you can select it from 9 different languages.
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Whether you’re a seasoned spiritual seeker or simply curious about Hindu traditions, the Totakashtakam offers a glimpse into the profound bond between a Guru and their disciple.
Its message of gratitude, trust, and the pursuit of truth continues to inspire and guide countless individuals on their journeys of self-discovery.


The Lazard Legacy
“The Lazard Legacy” is the tale of Dr. Ben Pike—fed up with the big city and a relationship gone sour—who returns to his hometown hoping to rekindle relations with his estranged family—the wealthy and powerful Lazards, who have dominated these parts for generations.
A series of inexplicable deaths and a beautiful woman’s cry for help soon transform Ben’s peaceful dream into a nightmare as he seeks to uncover the truth behind his legacy in this gripping tale of psychological suspense and all-consuming evil.
In this gratifying thriller, Rawlings—himself a small-town Georgia doctor—spins a masterful tale of murder, deceit, lust and treachery set in a remote corner of the Deep South. The novel has more twists and turns than a summer tornado and will make anyone think twice before relocating to a strange country town.


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Joan Sanderson's life is stuck.
Her older sister, Allie, is starting a family, and her younger sister, Tori, has a budding career. Meanwhile, Joan is stuck at home with Mom and her aging grandmother. Not exactly a recipe for excitement--or romance.
When a hunky young doctor moves in next door, Joan sets out to catch his eye. But it won't be easy. Pretty Tori flirts relentlessly, and Joan is sure that she can't compete. But with a little help from God, Allie, and an enormous mutt with bad manners, Joan begins to find her way out of this rut and into the life she's been hiding from.
Book 1 of the Sister-to-Sister series, Stuck in the Middle combines budding romance, soul searching, and a healthy dose of sibling rivalry that is sure to make you smile.
This book was very cute! I enjoyed all of the characters and the storyline. There are sequels that I may have to pick up as a quick read as well. I gave this 4 out of 5 stars.
Have you read this book or series? What did you think?


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Sometimes, we become trapped in the most ordinary places. At eleven years old, Michelle was trapped in her bed struggling to survive a stroke. No one heard her cries and she couldn’t move. Nothing could be more frightening. It took days for a diagnosis that would trap her into a short lifespan – an inoperable lesion in her brain that would cause painful radiation treatments and permanent paralysis of her right side. That’s when the doctors said there was nothing more they could do.
Yet she was determined not to be trapped by those words. All We Have is Today: A Story of Discovering Purpose is her testimony, a testimony of a child faced with overwhelming obstacles and how God used those experiences to develop awe-inspiring faith and a prevailing perseverance, even when all hope seemed to be lost.
Typed with one hand and a damaged brain, Michelle’s book has a powerful message to share with others that will help people in their own lives, no matter what the circumstances. You don’t have to have had a stroke, or cancer, or even an illness. Her point is clear. Regardless of your situation, regardless of the challenges you face, you have to live. You have to go on. You have to venture ahead. And when you develop a sincere level of dependence on the creator of our universe, you too can move forward.


I don't know quite when it happened, but somehow in the past few years I have become more keenly aware of the importance of story in my life, in the life of my communities, and in general, as a means of carrying and communicating Truth.
The modern world, that is the world influenced by the enlightenment, pushed story to the fringes of society. Stories became unimportant and were considered merely entertainment at best, or as utterly frivolous at worst. What mattered during the reign of the enlightenment were facts. Facts became truth, and the pursuit of facts was all that mattered (See my previous post Truth, Fact, Story, Myth).
Nevertheless, story has made a roaring comeback, at least in my life, and in the lives of many others. Some have said that we are entering a new age in human history, the post-modern age. I do not know quite enough at this time to comment on that, but I have always had a couple of problems with the term. The first is the need to label the current age at all. The urge to label things was an enlightenment concept in the first place. Second, post-modern is a purely negative term, denoting only that we are NOT in the modern world. The term offers nothing positive.
Yet, even though I am ambivalent about the term, I think some things are changing. The one change that I have noticed the most is that story is once again creeping back into society and not remaining at its margins. Stories are becoming a preferred means of telling the truth.
So, how has this happened in my life? Several separate streams seem to have come together to form a raging river of story in my life. The first was my personal study of the New Testament, specifically my study of the gospels. In my first NT class at Seminary, Dr. C. Clifton Black had us merely read through the Gospel of Mark and then we would discuss it in class as a story. In my comparative study of the gospels, I found that the differences and apparent inconsistencies between the gospels were motivated by story. The evangelists were all telling the same story, but they were emphasizing different aspects of that story, each one masterfully highlighting a different part of the life of Jesus.
A second major stream has been the influence that certain stories, both in book and video form have had on my life in the last couple of years. I have found both movies and novels highly formative in my life. From books like the Chronicles of Narnia, the Lord of the Rings, The Harry Potter series, and Steven Pressfield novels, to movies like Shawshank Redemption, Usual Suspects, Lord of the Rings, the Matrix Trilogy, V for Vendetta, and Lady in the Water, to Television programs like Lost, Battlestar Galactica, Alias, 24, and others, I have found that profound truths are carried by these stories much more powerfully than any other medium.
Jesus understood this concept that stories are wonderful vehicles for truth. A great deal of Jesus' teaching came in the form of stories (parables). Jesus' stories are often some of the most memorable and most touching parts of the gospels.
Finally, a fourth stream came together for me and that was meeting my wife. Very early on we realized each others' love of story, and we started to make our own story together. And, as one of our mutual friends once said, "life is a fairytale."


This book is devoted to the area of expertise by artist Annette Quentin-Stoll: Three-dimensional surface structures. The presented felting methods were developed experimentally in the search for organic structures, which resemble the skin or the spine or fur dress of animals. The book gives an insight into the working procedure of the artist and it shows the interplay between the stimulation by forms, colours and structures and the experiment with felt.
Annette Quentin-Stoll is not about re-imaging or depicting things that surround us, but about the imitating of forms, and ultimately about the self-discovering and self-expression. All structural experiments were documented for the book during its creation. The results were therefore not yet fixed at the beginning of the work; The reader is allowed to follow the development itself. In addition to the experiments on different structures, the book contains important information about the design of pre-felts and presents various concrete projects for implementation.
With around 500 illustrations, the book is designed for experienced felters who know that the felting process requires time and patience. Instead of step-by-step instructions, it contains recipes, suggestions and tips & tricks for those who already have felt experience. The interplay of text and pictorial material combined with your curiosity, enthusiasm for experimentation and patience, »FilzExperiment« will be the perfect companion for designing fascinatingly beautiful felt art works.
The textile artist Annette Quentin-Stoll was born in Dresden 1978. She studied textile art at the Westsächsischen Hochschule Zwickau and finished with the thesis »The Felted Play«. Annette Quentin-Stoll presented her works in numerous international exhibitions. The artist holds felt workshops and courses for textile design in Germany and the USA.
»FilzSpiel – the felted play« was Annette Quentin-Stolls first book which was published in 2008. In 2009 »FilzExperiment« and in 2013 »FilzGeschichten« (Felt Stories) followed. Whereas The Felted Play is bilingual in German and English, the other books mentioned are in German only, but the amount of amazing images will speak to those who already have knowledge and experience with felting techniques.