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A documentary film about a man born into slavery who became one of the most important artists of the 20th century
Bill Traylor was many things: a slave, a sharecropper, a father, and one of the most significant American artists of the 20th century. He lived in Alabama through the most chaotic and violent period in our history when everything in society and nature conspired to drag powerless people like Traylor under.
But, instead of disappearing, Bill Traylor soared.
Near the end of his long life, Traylor sat down, by the corner of Monroe Street, in the heart of Montgomery’s black business district and drew. It was between 1939-1942, working with astonishing patience and focus, that Traylor created over 1000 works of singular genius that today still bear witness to his ordinary, extraordinary life and times.
If ever there was a story about the redemptive power of art and transcendence of the human spirit, this is it.
Who was Bill Traylor?
Bill Traylor was born in 1853 on an Alabama cotton plantation owned by John Traylor in Dallas County, Alabama. Born into slavery, Traylor was about twelve years old when the Civil War ended, ending his legal servitude but not the basics of his way of life: he continued to live near his birthplace for another six decades, working as a farm laborer and contract farmer for the Traylor family until the late 1920s. Aging and alone, he moved to Montgomery and worked odd jobs in the segregated black neighborhood.
A decade later, in his late eighties, too weak to work, Traylor became homeless and started to draw and paint, both past memories from plantation days and current scenes of a radically changing culture in which black people had their own businesses, schools, churches, clothing and hair styles, music, food-ways and more. Traylor witnessed profound social and political change. Raised by parents who had lived their whole lives as slaves, Traylor came of age with the first generation of African American citizens.
His life ultimately spanned slavery, Reconstruction, Jim Crow, segregation and the Great Migration—which led most of his children away from the South. Traylor’s generation had little and struggled inestimably; yet they stood together, persisted, and laid the groundwork for the coming era of Civil Rights.
Traylor’s story is the ultimate American story. Having never learned to read or write, Traylor created his own visual language as a means to communicate and record the stories of his life. Traylor had an amazing way with color and is often compared to jazz and the blues; he translated an oral culture into something original, powerful, culturally rooted and entirely personal.
But music and folktales were much better at surviving than physical objects that demanded care, and Traylor’s art is the sole body of work made by a black artist of his era to survive. He made over a thousand drawings and paintings on discarded cardboard between 1939 and 1942; this body of work is truly a national treasure.
My introduction to artist Bill Traylor came with the 1982 watershed exhibit “Black Folk Art in America” at the Smithsonian Corcoran Museum of Art. I had applied for a small grant to film the opening and interview a number of the living artists who were able to attend, e.g. Blues musician and sculptor James ‘Son Ford’ Thomas, South Carolina artist Sam Doyle, Alabama’s Mose Tolliver, and woodcarver Elijah Pierce, to name a few.
Through the years I’ve made short films using that footage, always thinking about how to document Bill Traylor in a feature-length film. Over the more than three decades since that first encounter, my interest in Traylor continued to intensify with a desire to unravel and delve deeper into his art through the context of Southern culture and the complexities of the Jim Crow South.
Today, Bill Traylor is one of the most celebrated self-taught artists, with one of the most remarkable and unlikely biographies. Now, coming full circle, my documentary film Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts will premiere at the opening of a retrospective of his work at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, organized by curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art Leslie Umberger.
Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts offers a unique perspective on a turbulent and often misunderstood century of Southern history, and on the experience of ordinary black people in extraordinary times; it also offers an inspiring lesson on the stubborn persistence of the human spirit, and the transcendent power of human creativity.
Using animation, new interviews, archival photography, musical and dance performances, dramatic readings, and, most importantly, Traylor’s striking drawings and paintings, Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts is a 90-minute documentary designed to bring the spirit of his unforgettable work to life onscreen, and to introduce one of America’s most important and famous artists you’ve never heard of.
The film prominently features Traylor’s enigmatic drawings and paintings, whose genius resides in their ability to tell their own stories. We will use them as Traylor drew them—as a way to conjure up the world that lived in his memory of a vanished rural past, and to respond to what he saw from the margins of an early 20th century Southern city.
As a seasoned filmmaker and finding a collaborating partner in writer/producer Fred Barron, we have mined the archives, explored Traylor’s plantation life and Montgomery migration, researched the context of Southern black culture and history, interviewed authorities in these fields, and compiled a resource of Traylor’s known pieces of art.


The blogger behind Confessions of a Funeral Director—what Time magazine called a "must read"—reflects on mortality and the powerful lessons death holds for every one of us in this compassionate and thoughtful spiritual memoir that combines the humor and insight of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes with the poignancy and brevity of When Breath Becomes Air.
We are a people who deeply fear death. While humans are biologically wired to evade death for as long as possible, we have become too adept at hiding from it, vilifying it, and—when it can be avoided no longer—letting the professionals take over.
Sixth-generation funeral director Caleb Wilde understands this reticence and fear. He had planned to get as far away from the family business as possible. He wanted to make a difference in the world, and how could he do that if all the people he worked with were . . . dead? Slowly, he discovered that caring for the deceased and their loved ones was making a difference—in other people’s lives to be sure, but it also seemed to be saving his own. A spirituality of death began to emerge as he observed:
- The family who lovingly dressed their deceased father for his burial
- The act of embalming a little girl that offered a gift back to her grieving family
- The nursing home that honored a woman’s life by standing in procession as her body was taken away
- The funeral that united a conflicted community
Through stories like these, told with equal parts humor and poignancy, Wilde offers an intimate look into the business and a new perspective on living and dying
Confessions of a Funeral Director, Wilde… tells the stories of memorable funerals that helped him arrive at the ‘spirituality of death’ that he now embraces,… what it means to be ‘death positive’… and how he was able to start to find fulfillment as a funeral director.” --
“A fascinating look into the funeral industry and a compelling reflection on what it means to be a living, breathing human.” --
Religion News Service
“As a look behind the closed doors of the death industry, as well as a candid exploration of Wilde’s own faith journey, this book is fascinating and compelling.” --
National Catholic Reporter
“Caleb Wilde shows us how his faith was transformed and deepened as he allowed death to ‘quiet’ his faith rather than trying to manage death through his religious anxiety. I never thought of a funeral home as sacred space, but I do now. And I’m glad for it.” --
Peter Enns, author of The Bible Tells Me So and The Sin of Certainty
With this stunner of a debut, Caleb Wilde sets himself apart as one of the most gifted storytellers of a generation. Wise, vulnerable, and surprisingly relatable, this book is funny in all the right places and enormously helpful throughout. It will change how you think about death. --
Rachel Held Evans, author of Searching for Sunday
“Wilde not only helps us rethink our fears and misgivings about death and dying, he empowers us to embrace the end of life fully alive.
Confessions of a Funeral Director will make you laugh, cry, cringe, and it might just change everything you believe to be true about death.” --
Matthew Paul Turner, author of Churched and When God Made You
“To a culture long estranged from its dead, Caleb Wilde provides good guidance towards some rapprochement. By getting the dead where they need to go, a good funeral gets the living where they need to be. Here is good orderly direction towards those ends.” --
Thomas Lynch, author of The Undertaking
“With wit and warmth, Wilde breaks open the mysteries of funeral directing, allowing a glimpse into that unseen world of chemicals and coffins. Wilde teaches how to cherish the beauty in mourning and honor the deaths. His words guide us past the denials, and lead us to embrace life.” --
Carol Howard Merritt, author of Healing Spiritual Wounds
“Caleb Wilde offers a reframing of death that is so badly needed in the world today— one that takes a narrative of loss, despair, and hopelessness, and helps us discover the hope we have been so desperately craving.” --
Benjamin L. Corey, author of Unafraid
Confessions of a Funeral Director is deep. It’s also thoughtful. And refreshing.” --
Quad City Times
Caleb Wilde is a partner at his family’s business, Wilde Funeral Home, in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. He writes the popular blog Confessions of a Funeral Director and recently completed postgraduate work at Winchester University, England, in the program, “Death, Religion and Culture.” He has been featured in top media outlets, including The Huntington Post, The Atlantic, and TIME magazine, and on NPR, NBC, and ABC’s 20/20.


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“Bitcoin: A Tool for Global Cooperation” by Tomer Benesh – an Israeli academic and journalist – explains how the popularity of the digital currency can benefit the whole world and also the economy. The author points out that the technology behind the digital currency is very efficient, easy to use, secure and fast.
The author argues that the new currency is an alternative to the established national currencies and he also emphasizes that the currency is a platform for all types of businesses, from small business operators to multinational corporations. In this book, he also discusses the implications of the invention of the currency. In the process, Benesh also provides some useful tips on how to start your own business in the field of currency trading.
In his introduction, Benesh points out that there is an extensive range of opportunities for the currency trading industry. He explains how the internet has made it easier for people to buy and sell currencies. However, there are still a number of problems in the market for the new currency. He also emphasizes that there are risks in trading with the new technology. However, Benesh’s book provides a lot of useful information on how the technology works and the need for the new currency.
This book provides a lot of practical tips on how to start a business in the field of currency trading. It explains how to set up a website and how to attract customers. It also provides some useful tips on how to operate a successful business. It also provides an outline on how to make a website attractive to customers. This book also provides the basics of what a website should contain. It also provides some useful tips on how to optimize a website for better search engine rankings.
Another important aspect of this book is how to use the technology. It explains how to use the payment system on a website to avoid any type of fraud. It also explains how to set up a merchant account, which is a kind of account that allows customers to pay using their credit cards. It also explains how to monitor the payment process.
The book provides an overview of the importance of the new technology. It also explains the benefits of using the new currency. It explains how the new system works and how to create a website to benefit from the new technology. The book also explains the advantages of using the new technology and how the website can be set up.


Google has recently won a significant ruling in the courts over its project to scan and index all the world’s books which will, in turn, allow it to display small extracts of text in response to search queries. This will likely have more widespread implications in the world of intellectual property in the online environment.
A New York court has ruled that the search giant’s display of excerpts from books was protected by legal provisions that allow limited the use of copyrighted material. The project, which was conceived by Google co-founder Larry Page, has apparently led so far to the digitisation of more than 20 million books. The project has become a focal point for content industry complaints that Google was seeking to profit unfairly from other people’s intellectual property.
The case was brought by the US Authors’ Guild on behalf of its members. Lawyers for the Authors’ Guild had argued that if internet users are able to search for excerpts of books, they will be less likely to buy the complete works. However the judge agreed instead with Google’s argument (which, interestingly, was supported by the American Libraries Association) that readers would be highly unlikely to be able to assemble enough excerpts through internet searches to replicate a book purchase.
The judge ruled that “all society benefits” from the book scanning and that Google this project would instead be likely to help the book industry.
Another victory for Google whose influence over the world’s content continues to go from strength to strength.


Pamphlets and politics in the Dutch Republic
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Femke Deen, David Onnekink en Michel Reinders (red.), Pamphlets and politics in the Dutch Republic (Brill 2010).
Despite surging interest in early modern pamphlets, political historians of the Dutch Republic, arguably the frontrunner in pamphleteering, have yet to explore their nature and relevance in depth. Rather than treating pamphlets as reflecting public opinion, or dismissing them as political froth, this volume aims to understand pamphlets as political actors in their own right. The articles focus on the function of a pamphlet, the pamphlet as a political actor, and the relationship between pamphlets and public opinion.
Articles deal with these questions systematically while chronologically analysing the crucial stages in the history of the Dutch Republic. The result is a fascinating window on Dutch political culture which is relevant for anyone interested in early modern society.
Contributors include: Guido de Bruin, Femke Deen, Martin van Gelderen, Craig Harline, Roeland Harms, David Onnekink, Michel Reinders, Koen Stapelbroek, Monica Stensland and Jill Stern.


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The King James Version has continued to this day to be one of the most beloved and widely sought-after translations of the Bible into the English language. Now over 400 years old, the King James Version has been shaping Christians for centuries with its majesty and solemnity.
1984 – George Orwell
George Orwell’s nineteen Eighty-Four is one of the most definitive texts of modern literature. Set in Oceania, one of the three inter-continental superstate that divided the world among themselves after a global war, Orwell’s masterful critique of the political structures of the time, works itself out through the story of Winston Smith, a man caught in the webs of a dystopian future, and his clandestine love affair with Julia, a young woman he meets during the course of his work for the government. As much as it is an entertaining read, nineteen Eighty-Four is also a brilliant, and more importantly, a timeless satirical attack on the social and political structures of the world.
My Side of the Mountain – Jean Craighead George
Sam Gribley is terribly unhappy living in New York City with his family, so he runs away to the Catskill Mountains to live in the woods – all by himself. With only a penknife, a ball of cord, 40 dollars, and some flint and steel, he intends to survive on his own. Sam learns about courage, danger, and independence during his year in the wilderness, a year that changes his life forever.
The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton
Ponyboy can count on his brothers. And on his friends. But not on much else besides trouble with the Socs, a vicious gang of rich kids whose idea of a good time is beating up “greasers” like Ponyboy. At least he knows what to expect, until the night someone takes things too far.
The Return of the King – J.R.R. Tolkien
The Return of the King is the towering climax to J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. In this concluding volume, Frodo and Sam make a terrible journey to the heart of the Land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron.
In addition to narrating the prose passages, Rob Inglis sings the trilogy’s songs and poems a capella, using melodies composed by Inglis and Claudia Howard, the Recorded Books studio director. This recording also contains Tolkien’s preface to the trilogy, including a prior history of the ring, and shire habitat, history, and folkways.
The Hobbit – J.R.R. Tolkien
In this fantasy classic, master storyteller J.R.R. Tolkein creates a bewitching world filled with delightful creatures and thrilling dangers. Narrator Rob Inglis will hold listeners of all ages spellbound with his skillful portrayal of hobbits, dwarves, and enchanted beasts.
The Great Gatsby – F Scott Fitzgerald
The Great Gatsby is a 1925 novel by American writer F. Scott Fitzgerald. Set in the Jazz Age on Long Island, near New York City, the novel depicts first-person narrator Nick Carraway’s interactions with mysterious millionaire Jay Gatsby and Gatsby’s obsession to reunite with his former lover, Daisy Buchanan.
To Kill A Mockingbird – Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by the American author Harper Lee. It was published in 1960 and was instantly successful. In the United States, it is widely read in high schools and middle schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has become a classic of modern American literature, winning the Pulitzer Prize.
Where The Red Ferns Grows – Wilson Rawls
Where the Red Fern Grows is a beloved classic that captures the powerful bond between man and man’s best friend. This edition also includes a special note to readers from Newbery Medal winner and Printz Honor winner Clare Vanderpool.
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Last night, my mission (one of them) was to create a book to hold my Spellbinders' dies. These dies are very thin and, until now, were becoming scattered in my stamp room. Many of the dies come in a CD case, but the Nestabilities I've purchased recently don't come in what you'd like to use as a permanent storage container. The pages in my book are cut from thin cardboard, and I used adhesive magnets on each page to hold the dies. The book was bound with the Bind-It-All, and it works like a charm! All I have to do when I want to use the dies is flip through the book, choose the die I want to use, lift it off the magnet, and then put it back. This book only holds my Nestabilities and smaller dies, but I'll probably make another book for the larger dies.


Meg Arenberg is an Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature in the Department of Humanities and the African Languages and Translation Program at the Africa Institute. She earned her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Indiana University Bloomington in 2016. Prior to joining the Africa Institute, she completed postdoctoral research positions in the Department of African, Middle Eastern, and South Asian Languages and Literatures (AMESALL) at Rutgers University, New Brunswick and the African Humanities Colloquium at Princeton University. She also holds a MESc from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and held the role of Managing Director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities at the University of Pennsylvania from 2018-2020.
Arenberg is a scholar of 20th and 21st-century African literatures with particular research interests in intertextuality, Kiswahili poetics, translation studies, and digital media.
Her current book project, Disruptive Forms: Tanzanian Literature Beyond Nation, investigates how literary forms and social and political relations overlap and collide in the literary imaginations of authors from Tanzania. Starting from the early years after Tanganyikan and Zanzibari independence during which Swahili language and certain of its literary genres were actively reterritorialized by nationalist politics, the book traces the ways in which writers from Tanzania—across language and genre—have harnessed literary form to resist and transcend the nation and summon communities of relation that exceed it.
Arenberg is also at work on two literary translation projects from Kiswahili into English: Mohammed Khelef Ghassani’s poetry collection N’na Kwetu [I Have a Home] and Ali Hilal’s novel Mmeza Fupa [Swallower of Secrets], both winners of the Safal-Cornell Kiswahili Prize for African Literature.
Arenberg has received recognition for her work from both the American Comparative Literature Association and the American Literary Translators Association.


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The year 270 AD was not a good time for Christians. The Roman Empire was in very bad health, and a lot of the blame was assigned to the Christian faith. A succession of many short-lived Emperors kept Christians in constant danger of imprisonment, torture, and death, while external threats such as the invading Visigoths chipped away at the Empire. Christianity was very fragmented, without a strong core doctrine, and little or no unity between the early churches.
Into this world was born a child destined to be an awesome force for change in the Christian world. In the small Greek town (now part of Turkey) of Patara, a boy was born to wealthy parents, who named him Nicholas. He was raised to be a devout Christian, but both of his parents died in one of the many epidemics that regularly swept the empire, while he was still very young. He had a sizable inheritance, and no idea what to do with it, so he approached the local village priest, confessed his sins, bequeathed all his money to the poor, and expressed his desire to become a priest. Impressed by the youngsters gumption, the priest took him in. He knew, however, that Nicholas lacked the education needed to become a full priest, but prayed for a miracle, just the same. As often happens, their prayers were answered positively.
In the nearby city of Myra, the Bishop passed away, and the authorities were pressed to name a new bishop for the church. Nicholas was well-known in the village, and highly respected. He had done a lot for the town, often at his own peril with the Roman authorities. One of the town elders said they had a vision, where an angel told him that Nicholas had earned the honor of being made a Bishop. The rest of the elders agreed, and Nicolas was made the youngest Bishop the Christian church has ever had, even to this day.
Bishop Nicholas wasted no time in exercising the duties of his office, and undertook them with the zeal, energy, and bravery that only youth could sustain. He became a common thorn-in-the-side to the newly ascended Emperor Constantine (who was not yet a Christian), as he had been to his predecessor Emperor Dioclecian. Due to his outspoken defense of Myra’s populace, both Christian and otherwise, he was a regular guest of the Roman prison system, and endured torture and confinement frequently. He had a reputation for defending the wrongly accused, sailors, and an unbounded love for children.
One of his deeds that eventually earned Bishop Nicholas a permanent ‘attaboy! Involved a poor man who had three daughters. It was the custom of the time that a woman’s father provide a substantial dowry to ensure them a good marriage. This man’s daughter had little hope of any martial possibilities, and the man, as was customary for that time, contemplated selling them into slavery, where at least they would be fed, and clothed. Upon hearing of this, Bishop Nicholas devised a plan that would supply a dowry without embarrassing the father, or his daughters. One night around Christmas (which hadn’t really been officially established, yet) , a mysterious figure appeared on the roof of the mans house and dropped a bag of gold down the chimney, and as luck would have it, it landed right in one the oldest daughters stockings (it was common to hang them on the fireplace to dry after washing them, and since dampers had yet to be invented, the fireplaces were off-set from the chimney, allowing things to go up and down the chimney without landing in the fire….). The mystery caller vanished into the shadows. With this as a dowry, the oldest daughter was quickly married-off to a good man. The event became the talk of the town. “Who was that masked man???” When the next daughter came of age, the event was repeated, and now the town had the worlds first super-hero, complete with a secret identity. The “shadow” even expanded his rounds, since he was out anyway, and began dropping small gifts and goodies down the chimneys of under-privileged children’s homes, and others in need. The father of the daughter was determined to discover the identity of this anonymous benefactor, so when his third daughter came of age, the man hide out on the roof, and caught Nicholas in the act. He invited him in, and gave him refreshments, some food, and his undying gratitude. Word spread like wildfire through the Christian community of Bishop Nicholas, and his unselfish deeds, and even reached the newly converted Emperor Constantine. The Emperor was so impressed that he assigned Bishop Nicholas to the Council of Nicea in 325 AD, which was responsible for creating the New Testament, the Nicene Creed, and the Catholic Church. Bishop Nicholas is also believed to be the author of the Holy Trinity Doctrine.
Nicholas passed away in 343 AD, and was declared a Saint by the new Catholic Church. Miracles continued to be attributed to him (and still are). Although he was originally buried in Myra (now Demne, Turkey), his body was later moved to Bari, Italy. His work lives on with the tradition of the Christmas stockings, and Saint Nicholas on the roof-tops. As Christianity spread to the Netherlands, and Scandinavia, the spelling was slightly changed to Santa. Nikolaus, and eventually shortened by Scandinavian and Dutch immigrants to America to Santa Clause. In the United Kingdom, St. Nicholas was refereed to as St. Nick, or more often “Father Christmas”.
So how did this extremely brave and dedicated Catholic Bishop evolve into a jolly, rotund sled-pilot, and keeper of flying reindeer and elves? You can blame modern commercialism for this one. Clement Clark Moore was born in the Hudson Valley, just outside New York City, in 1779. He graduated Columbia College and was an expert on languages, namely Greek, Latin, Hebrew, French and Italian. He wrote the first lexicon on the Hebrew language (Hebrew-English translator). This resulted in his being appointed a Professor of Oriental and Greek Languages at the Episcopal General Theological Seminary of New York. He continued with many famous translated works, and even authored political pamphlets advocating a negotiated end to the War of 1812.
Sometime around 1822, Clement decided to document the rich Dutch Christmas folklore of the area with a poem, and illustrations. The legend of Sinterklass ( which would translate as Santa Claus) was penned in a fairy-tale style, solely for the purpose of entertaining Moore’s children. To this effect, flying reindeer were added to the legend of Santa Clause bringing toys down the chimney. It was never intended for publication. His model for his version of Santa Claus was his portly, and ever-cheerful Dutch housekeeper, complete with a luxurious full white beard. He titled his poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas, and it was read aloud for the first time on Christmas, 1822. In 1823, a visiting rector’s daughter, Harriet Butler, ran across a copy of the poem and was so enchanted by it that she asked for a copy. She forwarded the copy anonymously (and without permission) to the editor of the Troy Sentinel newspaper, who immediately published it, without an authors credit, and re-named it as The Night Before Christmas. It was an instant hit, so much that other papers across the country also published it. Needless to say, when Moore found out his little poem was a national Best-Seller, he was flabbergasted, and would not even acknowledge authorship until 1838. In 1848, Moore authorized a fully-illustrated version of the poem to be published, with the illustrations done by T.C. Boyd. The red suit and elves were still to come, but when Henry Onderdonk published this version, America got it’s first look at our modern Santa Claus, the jolly, full bearded, fat man.
The next stage in the development of the modern Santa Claus was the red suit. In 1915, Haddon Sundblom was commissioned to do a poster of Santa wearing White Rock Sodas colors of red and white. It was a poster advertising their bottled mineral water. It was so successful that Coca Cola bought the rights to the image, and had Norman Rockwell do a 1930s poster for them. This immortalized the red suit.
Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Mrs. Clause, the elves, and the North Pole were all introduced in the 1939 booklet Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer, written by Robert L. May, and published by Montgomery Wards. The song Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer was written by radio producer, and decorated WW-II combat veteran Johnny Marks, in 1949. When beloved Singing-Cowboy-star Gene Autry released his version of the song on Nov. 25th, 1949, it shot to the #1 position on Billboard Charts. Although it has since been recorded by other big-name artists such as Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, the Cadillacs, Red Foley, Spike Jones, and even Alvin and the Chipmunks, Autry’s version is the only one to ever hit #1 on the charts.
There remains one loose end to tie up. Who was Kris Kringle? Actually, the name is an evolution of the Germanic Christkindl, meaning the Christ-Child. In German culture, Christkindle was the symbol of the giving of gifts and charities. In the New World, German immigrants often inter-married with English settlers, and the term Christkindl became intertwined with Saint Nicholas. Eventually, it was anglicized into Kris Kringle. It was made official in the short story Miracle On 34th Street, by Valentine Davies, and made into a movie in 1947. In it, the Santa Claus refers to himself as Kris Kringle.
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Pseudepigraphic text which relates the adventures of the apostle Judas Thomas as he preaches an ascetical or encratite form of Christianity on the way to and from India. Like other apocryphal acts combining popular legend and religious propaganda, the work attempts to entertain and instruct. Some form of the work was clearly in circulation by the end of the 4th century when testimonies begin.
The Gospel of Thomas is very different in tone and structure from other New Testament apocrypha and the four Canonical Gospels.
Unlike the canonical Gospels, it is not a narrative account of the life of Jesus; instead, it consists of logia (sayings) attributed to Jesus, sometimes stand-alone, sometimes embedded in short dialogues or parables.
Scholars have proposed a date as early as 40 AD or as late as 140 AD, depending upon whether the Gospel of Thomas is identified with the original core of sayings, or with the author's published text, or with the Greek or Coptic texts, or with parallels in other literature.
Valantasis and other scholars argue that it is difficult to date Thomas because, as a collection of logia without a narrative framework, individual sayings could have been added to it gradually over time.
While the Gospel of Thomas does not directly point to Jesus' divinity, it also does not directly contradict it, and therefore neither supports nor contradicts gnostic beliefs.
When asked his identity in the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus usually deflects, ambiguously asking the disciples why they do not see what is right in front of them, similar to some passages in the canonical gospels like John and Luke .
Davies argues that the apparent independence of the ordering of sayings in Thomas from that of their parallels in the synoptics shows that Thomas was not evidently reliant upon the canonical gospels and probably predated them.
Several authors argue that when the logia in Thomas do have parallels in the synoptics, the version in Thomas often seems closer to the source.
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Theissen and Merz argue the genre of a collection of sayings was one of the earliest forms in which material about Jesus was handed down.
This fact, along with the quite different wording Hippolytus uses when apparently quoting it (see below), suggests that the Gospel of Thomas "may have circulated in more than one form and passed through several stages of redaction." Although it is generally thought that the Gospel of Thomas was first composed in Greek, there is evidence that the Coptic Nag Hammadi text is a translation from Syriac (see Syriac origin).Tags: Adult Dating, affair dating, sex dating


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The Whitfield-Murray Historical Society is proud to announce that the “Polar Express” is returning to the Chatsworth Depot on Saturday, December 3rd. Dramatic readings of the book, THE POLAR EXPRESS, by local retired educator C. L. Dunn will take place inside the depot on each half hour. The Chatsworth Train Depot will be elaborately decorated for the Christmas Holidays. The Depot’s Big Blue Train will take riders to visit Santa at the nearby Historic Wright Hotel. The hours of operation will be 12:00 noon until 4:00pm. Highlighting the afternoon will be a model Christmas train set up and running in the freight room of the depot. Local train enthusiasts Ted Yarbrough and Robert Caffee will provide operating trains. Refreshments will be served at the depot by Friends of the Chatsworth-Murray County Library. The event is free for children 10 and under (must be accompanied by a paid adult), but a $3 donation for those ages 11 and up is requested for Depot admission. Big Blue Train rides to see Santa and the Hotel tours are free, but donations are always encouraged. The event is sponsored by Friends of the Chatsworth-Murray County Library, the Wright Hotel Committee, and the Chatsworth Depot Committee. The Chatsworth Depot is located on First Avenue in the historic district of downtown while the Wright Hotel is on the corner of Market Street and Second Avenue, a block east of the Murray County Courthouse.


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A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, Etc.
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The county seat and principal town of Benton county, is a flourishing town containing about 3,000 inhabitants (circa 1878). It is situated on the west bank of the Cedar River (south bank at this point), and occupies the only really fine position for a good town on the Cedar in Benton county. It is on a high bottom that never overflows, and the prairie gradually rises from the bank southward, and affords beautiful sites for residences. The timber on the opposite side is nearly two miles in width. Nature has done much for this spot, and the good taste displayed by the citizens of the city in the construction of their homes and arrangement of their grounds, renders it one of the most attractive and beautiful towns to be found in Iowa – “The Beautiful Land.”
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Gentleman’s Agreement: The Antisemitic Origins of Restrictions on Stockholder Litigation, 36 Queen’s Law Journal 71 (2010)
This article delves into the circumstances under which the first security-for-expense statute was adopted in 1944 by New York, using it as an example to show that seemingly innocuous legislation can originate in bigotry and prejudice
Financialism: A Brief History, in THE EMBEDDED CORPORATION (Cynthia A. Williams and Peer Zumbansen, eds.:Cambridge University Press; 2010)
Aimed at describing various financial, economic, and legal developments in the USA between the years of 1952 and 2007, this article argues that they combine to transform the American economic system from capitalism into a process called Financialism that strips future economic profits for present consumption, leading to unsustainable capitalism and intergenerational inequity.
Toward a New Law and Economics: The Case of the Stock Market, (in circulation; available on SSRN.com) (2010)
This text exemplifies a new perspective toward the examination of the role of the U.S. public equity markets, and ultimately suggests that their part in real economic growth is extremely limited. Mitchell’s research and logic break down a political facade that has misled many for generations.
The Financial Determinants of Corporate Governance (with Dalia T. Mitchell), in CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (H. Kent Baker and Ronald Anderson, eds; John Wiley & Sons; 2010)
This powerfully insightful chapter, published together with similar excerpts, is a base level exploration of the interdependence of finance and corporate governance, demonstrating that the laws governing corporations primarily have developed to satisfy the needs of those who finance them. Mitchell worries that such a unidirectional development leads to legal and economic disregard of other stakeholders who depend upon corporations.
The Legitimate Rights of Public Shareholders 66 Wash. & Lee L. Rev. 1635 (2010) (selected for republication in Corporate Practice Commentator, R. Thompson, ed.)
Recently, an academic debate covering the right of expanding the public shareholders’ participation in corporate governance has split many politicians into fractured parties. The debate has accompanied a dramatic increase in institutional shareholder and hedge fund activism attempting to influence the conduct of corporate affairs. Mitchell shows that public stockholders largely have been irrelevant in financing productive corporate activity.


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The Ekamra Sports Literature Festival welcomes sports fans to listen to diverse speakers and intensely debated issues in a day-long event which will feature national and international sports insiders sharing their insight and passion.
Some highlights from the scheduled sessions: Olympic gold medallist Sami jo Small with her forthcoming book The Role I Played: Canada’s Greatest Olympic Hockey Team’; The Best of Canadian Sports Writing’, an anthology; The Thin White Line: The Inside Story of Cricket’s Greatest Scandal’ authored by Nick Greenslade, the deputy sports editor of The Times (London); 1982 Brazil, A Glorious Failure’ by Stuart Horsfield which looks at the story of one of the greatest sports teams ever that never won; Kevin Rempel’s book Still Standing: When You Have Every Reason To Give Up, Keep Going’ along with Kirsten Worley’s Woman Enough.’ CBC Sports’ Scott Russell will speak to the author of 1982 Brazil while another session with a panel addressing Gender Inequity in Sport will be facilitated by two-time Olympic speedskater and CBC Sports host Anastasia Bucsis.
The day will kick off with a session with hockey great Sami Jo Small, moderated by Teddy Katz, a former CBC Sports Journalist and founder of Think Redefined. Legendary Indian broadcaster Arup Ghosh will take the lead in the session featuring The Thin White Line, and the Canadian Sports Writing Anthology session will be facilitated by Toronto Star writer Navneet Alang.
In the first edition in 2018, the festival hosted 12 sessions over two days with nearly 50 speakers in Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. Packed audiences heard former Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, field hockey guru Ric Charlesworth, multiple gold-medal-winning Olympic swimmer Stephanie Rice, fast-bowling legend Jeff Thomson, Indian Test batsman Ajinkya Rahane and former Test player Mohammed Kaif.
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About Ekamra Sports Literature Festival: The Ekamra Sports Literature Festival is Asia’s and the World’s largest ever sports literary festival founded in 2018 and bringing together some of the biggest names from Indian and international sport. (PTI)


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Valmiki Ramayana. You can get complete Ramayana in Hindi with Summary written by Maharshi Valmiki. Download PDF file of full Ramayana in Hindi and English.
The Ramayana is undoubtedly the most popular and timeless epic holy book of all time in Hindu Mythology. The Indian Epic Ramayana is loved by all Hindu and they read this holy book with full devotion. According to Maharshi Valmiki, the Ramayana is a word which is completely based on a memorable story of Lord Rama or the anaya of Rama in search of Humanity and human values.
Ramayana is completely a result of a literary work and so it joins “the inner happiness of Vedic writing with the external lavishness of delightfully significant narrating”.
This sacred story of Shri Rama written by Maharshi Valmiki is also known as Adi Kavya or true epic. Valmiki implemented all his efforts what he could do in writing Valmiki Ramayana epic and so Swami Vivekanand had said about Maharshi Valmiki ” There is no language is as purer as Valmiki’s Language and dialogues, none chaster, none more so simpler and so impressive than the dialogues in which the great epic poet has delineated the life of Rama.”
[Ramayana – रामायणम्]
The Ramayana is an epic which is translated from memory referred as Smriti. According to ancient art of Srimad Valmiki Ramayan in Hindi and Sanskrit, there have been so many interjected verses which are contradicting to understand. However, the Scholors, historians and grammarians have put a lot of efforts in standardize the original content to make Ramayana an easy epic to read by verifying various manuscripts from different parts of India and Lanka. And Srimad Valmiki Ramayan is a critical example of this effort.
Note: After a long and continuous research on the various versions of Ramayana (incomplete) available on the internet, our website has finally been able to share the most correct and complete version of Ramayana in Hindi and English ( The Valmiki Ramayana).
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The epic Valmiki Ramayana is mainly composed of verses which is also known as Sloka in Sanskrit language (the ancient language from India which is also known as the language of Gods). Further these Verses are categorized into specific chapters called Sargas and in each chapter a particular story or kand is told. The chapters or Sargas of Valmiki Ramayana is again grouped into books called Kaandas or kanda which is same like that of inter node stem in sugarcane pant.
Thus we can say that the final arrangement of Valmiki Ramayana is arranged into 6 kanda or books. Here is a small chart presentation given below which will define the structure of Valmiki Ramayana.
|1||Bāla Kāṇḍa(Book of Childhood)||The origins and childhood of Rama, born to king Dasharatha of Ayodhya and destined to fight asuras. Sita’s swayamvara and subsequent wedding to Rama.|
|2||Ayodhya Kāṇḍa (Book of Ayodhya)||The preparations for Rama’s coronation in the city of Ayodhya, his exile into the forest and the regency of Bharata.|
|3||Araṇya Kāṇḍa (Book of the Forest)||The forest life of Rama with Sita and Lakshmana, his brother. The kidnapping of Sita by the asura king Ravana.|
|4||Kishkindha Kāṇḍa (Book of the Monkey Kingdom)||Rama meets Hanuman and helps destroy the vanara king, Vali, making Vali’s younger brother, Sugriva, king of Kishkindha instead.|
|5||Sundara Kāṇḍa (Book of Beauty)||Detailed accounts of Hanuman’s adventures, including his meeting with Sita. Traditionally read first when reading the Ramayana, this book’s name derives from the fond name given to Hanuman by his mother.|
|6||Yuddha Kāṇḍa (Book of War, also known asLanka Kanda)||The battle in Lanka between the vanara and the asura armies of Rama and Ravana, respectively. After Ravana is defeated, Sita undergoes the test of fire, completes exile with Rama and they return to Ayodhya to reign over the ideal state. The test of fire or Agni Pareeksha is not part of the original Valmiki Ramayana, most scholars consider it to be a later addition as is the story of Sita’s banishment below.|
|7||Uttara Kāṇḍa(Last Book)||The detailed story of Ravana’s life, his encounter with Lord Shiva , Vali, Sugreeva’s brother and Kartha Veera Arjuna and many others until Shurpanakha’s humiliation in the Aranya Khanda is retold by sage Vashishta to Rama and Sita. Rumours of impurity lead to Sita’s banishment, during which she gives birth and raises Lava and Kusha. Later, in course of time Sita disappears into the earth. The twin boys of Sita later ascend the throne of Ayodhya, after which Rama reaches Vaikuntha upon requests from the gods. People of Ayodhya who followed Rama were offered santhanika lokas.|
Table Source: Wikipedia.org
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Time of Composition
There was a long time of oral custom before the Ramayana was really composed, and the first strand of the epic drew upon different prior society stories about Rama.Like various other established ballads or folks written in old times, the definite date and time of the composition of Ramayana is yet to be known accurately. The reference to the Greeks, Parthians, and Sakas demonstrates that the time composition of Ramayana can’t be sooner than the second century BC. Be that as it may, the accord is that Ramayana was composed between the fourth and the second hundreds of years BC with expansions up to around 300 CE. Philosophically, it might be the period just after the Vedic age when the Ramayana started.
On the demand of hanumanchalisa.info users we have also shared the PDF Ramayana in Hindi. The link to download Valmiki Ramayana in Hindi as well as in English is given below. You just need to right click on the link to download Complete Valmiki Ramayana Summary in Hindi.
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I think the information is sufficient as i already have linked complete Valmiki Ramayana in Hindi and English PDF above in the post. Ramayana is really a great epic by Valmiki and there is none more impressive than Valmiki language to write complete Ramayan in Hindi Lyrics.


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Chapter 1: Introduction, market driving force product Objective of Study and Research Scope the Global Managed Security Services market (2021-2027).
Chapter 2: Exclusive Summary – the basic information of the Global Managed Security Services Market.
Chapter 3: Changing Impact on Market Dynamics- Drivers, Trends and Challenges & Opportunities of the Global Managed Security Services; Post COVID Analysis.
Chapter 4: Presenting the Global Managed Security Services Market Factor Analysis, Post COVID Impact Analysis, Porters Five Forces, Supply/Value Chain, PESTEL analysis, Market Entropy, Patent/Trademark Analysis.
Chapter 5: Displaying the by Type, End User and Region/Country 2016-2020.
Chapter 6: Evaluating the leading manufacturers of the Global Managed Security Services Market which consists of its Competitive Landscape, Peer Group Analysis, BCG Matrix & Company Profile.
Chapter 7: To evaluate the market by segments, by countries and by Manufacturers/Company with revenue share and sales by key countries in these various regions (2021-2027).
… To be continued
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Library Media Center
Welcome to the LMS Library Media Center
The mission of the LMS School Library is to collaborate with other school personnel in an effort to assist students in becoming effective users of information through growth in knowledge and information literacy as well as develop and foster a life-long love of reading.
LMS Library Goals
- To promote the enjoyment of reading, viewing, and listening to a variety of print and non-print materials in an atmosphere where everyone is valued and welcomed
- To provide assistance to students in selecting materials to read while celebrating students’ accomplishments and growth
- To provide self-enriching ideas, resources, and engaging experiences for all users
LMS Library Policies
- Checkout two books at a time for up to two weeks.
- Renew books as needed on a case-by-case basis.
- Be given a fine or replacement cost for any lost or damaged materials.
- Use the computers and have access to printing as needed for school related purposes that will be monitored by the library staff.
LMS Library Information:
- The library has over 8,000 books on a wide range of topics and levels.
- The library is open before and after school, during lunch, and during the school day. Students also come to the library with their ELA class every other week.


Once upon a time, there was a mommy of three boys, Tyler, Michael and Julius. Every day the mommy happily wrote all sorts of stories on her computer, and every night the same thing happened.
“Mommy! Tell us a story!” The three little boys would plead.
The mommy never knew what to do. She would fake a coughing fit or excuse herself to go potty. She distracted (anyone want chocolate?) and demurred. She pleaded exhaustion or a headache. She simply couldn’t tell anyone the truth. She was a terrible storyteller. “Howard!” She would call to her husband. “The boys want a story.” So Howard would trudge into the room with a contrived, heavy sigh, “Another story?”
Tyler, Michael and Julius would nod feverishly, and Howard would pluck a tale from the trees or out of the sky or from a lifetime ago. A man completely incapable of reading a book or communicating a feeling could somehow spin a yarn with a cast of characters, intriguing and funny, getting themselves into all sorts of mischief. He even managed to end with some kind of moral.
Night after night, his stories entranced the boys, their mouths hanging open, glee in their eyes. The mommy listened, equally impressed. How did he do it? She wondered. It made her all the more insecure.
Generally, by the time Howard was finished, all that was required of her was some back tickling and kisses. Easy stuff she loved. But some nights, not often, but some nights, the children would persist in hearing one of her tales. They pitied her and gave her prompts to work with, “Tell us about when you were little?” Tyler would ask. But the mommy had blocked out most of her childhood and could not recall or imagine any of the funny antics that Howard could. “Tell us about a cat, a lizard and a fly?” Julius suggested.
“A cat, lizard and fly…” She pondered a moment. She had it! “There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.” She looked around at their eager faces. “She swallowed the cat to catch the lizard…” Their faces dropped.
“Mom!” They interrupted her, mid brainstorm. “That’s a nursery rhyme,” Michael scolded. “Not a story.”
“I don’t know boys. I have a headache.”
They shook their heads, not accepting it for a minute.
They were enjoying the game and shook their heads again smiling.
“Who wants a drink?”
“Can I read you a story?”
“NO!” They happily shouted.
Wait! What’s that?” The mommy put a hand to her ear. “It’s the phone. Sorry, boys.”
“The phone isn’t ringing!” Tyler said.
“Come on.” Michael demanded. “Just do it!”
“Okay fine.” She finally conceded. “But it’s going to stink.”
“We don’t care.” Tyler encouraged.
“Okay. Here goes…” But nothing would come. “Uh…”
Eye squinting. Deep thinking. Nothing.
“Mom!” They stared at her. Her brain hurt. The pressure was too much.
“Okay, okay.” She began. There once was a mommy of three boys… uh, let’s call them Myler, Jichael and Zulius.”
At that, the boys giggled and the mommy perked a bit. “And this mommy just couldn’t think of a bed time story.”
“Oh no!” The boys said simultaneously.
“Wait. It’s good. So, she pretended to have a headache. The mommy held her head. Ow. Ow. Owwwwwwww.”
They giggled some more.
“And then she pretended to be so tired. YAWN!”
She fell over on the bed. “Zzzzzzzzz!”
“Mommy” Julius said, “Wake up!”
“Oh sorry. Okay, then she decided they needed snacks so she left to go get them apple slices.” She zoomed from the room. “Huffing and puffing, she put the apples on the bed. Then she decided they needed drinks. She ran down to get water.”
Giggles followed her out.
“Huffing and puffing, balancing three cups of water, she tried to be funny. But she was so tired coming back up that she walked right into the wall. The water spilled all over her. She was now wet. Oh man!”
The boys cracked up.
“So of course she had to run back down to get more water. Out the mommy ran, down the stairs and up with three new cups, but when she got back up the floor was still slippery and she fell, water cups flying in the air. She lay on the floor.”
Hysterical laughter filled the room.
Howard walked past, and offered a hand to help her up. “Show off.” He smirked.
She was soaked and may have broken a hip, but the boys were still laughing.
“Okay boys. Time for bed.”
“You didn’t finish!” They protested.
“Oh sorry.” She said as she tucked them in. “Then the mommy had to be taken to the doctor and the boys had to clean up the floor. They got so tired from working, they fell asleep.”
“That was a good story mommy.”
She smiled and kissed their happy, sleepy faces. “Good night, babies. I love you.”


To continue the theme of holiday reading, in this post I am going to blog about a publisher who I have always loved from my teens to now, Mills and Boon. My own library of reading material is eclectic, but if I want something light hearted and quick to read, with a touch of good old fashioned romance, it has to be Mills and Boon. I am in the process of writing one myself and was very happy to be accepted on their affiliate programme.
The books maybe quick to read but they are definitely not quick to write, it is a different sort of writing discipline. Once again however Mills and Boon is the perfect holiday romance reading material. Being around 50,000 words they can be read in an evening. They are now also available in eBook format. You do not even need to be on holiday to enjoy one. With the kids school holidays the books are a blissful way of unwinding after running around after kids all day. They have something for everyone. If you want costume drama type romance there is historical, good old fashioned boy meets girl there is modern. For those who want extra naughtiness there is blaze, but beware it’s very, very saucy.
With the summer season there are many great offers and clearance sales going on, especially on eBooks for as little as £3.49. A box set in the Mills and Boon world for those who want to indulge in fantasy is the Tall, dark and handsome collection, a total of sixteen scandalous affairs. At the moment there is twenty per cent off new releases. To find out more about these and other saucy summer treats please visit www.millsandboon.co.uk.


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This architectural gem will showcase exquisite details, including a three-level elevator, a four-car garage (with two-car attached to the home and an additional two-car attached via the porte-cochere), three fireplaces, and a grand and welcoming Foyer entry. The open floor plan seamlessly connects the Family Room and Kitchen, extending the living space to the outdoor areas, such as the Patio, Screened Porch, and Barbeque Station. The main level features a Den (or Optional Guest Suite) and a thoughtfully designed Speak Easy room.
Discover the upper level of the home that boasts four Bedrooms and four full Bathrooms, including the luxurious Primary Suite with opulent walk-in closets, a morning bar, and a spa-inspired Bath. The Laundry Room, Family Lounge, and Exercise Room are also conveniently located on this level. The walk-out lower level offers a Rec Room, Game Room, and a 5th Bedroom serviced by a full Bath.
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Background: Surgery is the act of opening or showing body parts by cutting and closing them again by suturing the wound as an invasive treatment carried out by the medical team. Surgery is divided into two, namely Major Surgery and Minor Surgery. Surgery can cause discomfort or pain, one of the non-pharmacological techniques is murottal al-quran therapy. Objective: Knowing the application of listening therapy to the al-quran reading to reduce pain intensity in postoperative clients. Methods: This type of research is a literature review, namely a description of the theory, findings, and other research materials obtained from reference materials to be used as the basis for research activities to formulate a clear frame of mind from the formulation of the problem to be studied. Results: The researchers concluded based on these 5 journals that the murottal al-quran technique was effective in reducing pain levels in the postoperative period. Conclusion: Based on the five journals that have been presented, it is found that the murottal al-quran technique can reduce the level of pain intensity in postoperative clients.
Marliyana. (2018). Pemberian terapi Murottal Qur'qan Terhadap Nyeri Post Op Laparatomi Di
RS.Dr.H.Abdul Moeloek Provinsi Lampung. Jurnal kesehatan Panca Bhakti Lampung.
Mutolib, Ahmad. (2018). Terapi Murottal Dan Aroma Lavender Untuk Menurunkan Intensitas Nyeri Pasien Post Operasi laparatomi Di Rumah
Sakit Roemani Muhammadiyah Semarang
Rachmawati, N. P. (2018). Pengaruh
Murottal terhadap Nyeri Post Operasi.
Suhartono, M. (2019). Pengaruh Pemberian Terapi Murottal terhadap Tingkat Nyeri Pada Pasien Post Operasi Hernia Inguinalis. Jurnal Ners Widya Husada Volume 6 No 1 Hal 23-30.


Libraries and bookstores are two of my favourite places. Very rarely does our library have children's new release books available so I love to visit our local bookstore and see what is in. Often I bring home books that were not on my list because I've found something different or I've taken the recommendations of the bookstore staff!
This morning we visited our local Harry Hartog Bookstore, then took our books and some lunch to the park. Want to see what books we chose?
This book is SO good!! Whose Bones: An Animal Guessing Game, Board Book by Gabrielle Balkan and Saw Brewster. In the UK we had the Book of Bones: 10 Record-Breaking Animals which is the same concept but for older children. Whose Bones is fantastic for young children and I am so thankful for this sturdy board book version.
It features six animals, the skeleton is shown on the left page and the right page opens out with the answer of who the bones belong to and just a little bit of information about the animal. The animal skeletons are all interesting, it features the Blue Whale, Somali Giraffe, Reticulated Python, Bumblebee Bat, African Bush Elephant, and a Chimpanzee. It's awesome and fun and I think it would be a hit for all children in the preschooler age group (3-5yrs). If you are a Preschool Teacher, consider this for your classroom!!
For primary age+ (5yrs+), I would recommend Book of Bones.
Be A Tree by Maria Gianferrari and Felicita Sala. The illustrations in Be A Tree caught my eye, they are so captivating and almost entrancing and alluring. This is a celebration of trees and compares how humans are much like trees and how the forest is like a community, the message is that we are stronger together.
"Our roots twine with fungi, joining all trees in the forest together. We talk, share food, store water, divide resources, alert each other to danger."
"So, be a tree. For together, we are a forest."
My three-year-old loves most 'sound' books, and they are a nice way to attract the child's attention. I make sure our 'sound' books still meet my book criteria including that they are accurate and the sounds are real sounds.
Each double-page takes us to a different location including Madagascar, South Georgia Island, Isla Escudo de Veraguas, Ascension Island, Flores Island, Svalbard, Azores, Galapagos Islands and Sumartra. The back of the books has a continents map, showing each location includes and a few animals listed as under threat. Each right size page has at least one button to press to make an animal sound. Each location shows around five animals and a little bit of information on each animal.
The paragraphs are bite-sized and just right for the preschooler age. Although we will read one double page at a time, not usually the book from front to back, but each child will have a different attention span.
The Boy and the Sea by Camille Andros and Amy June Bates. I picked this one up after it was highly recommended by a Harry Hartog staff member. It looked sweet and nice, but it wasn't until I get to the park and read the story in full that I fell in love with it. It has a powerful message that really hits home. This is a story that I will read to my three-year-old, not one he would flip through and enjoy by himself. It is a story of a boy who has questions about life and turns to the sea for answers. The sea is always there for the boy and sometimes answers. The sea tells the boy to Dream, Love, and Be.
"From time to time, the sea was dark and dangerous. So was the boy. Other times the sea was tranquil and tender. So was the boy. But, once in a while, the sea felt the pull of something more. And the boy did, too."
Snap Under the Sea Cards. These are bright and fun. I am looking for some under-the-water type resources, I would prefer something photographic but these are eye-catching and fun. Snap cards can be used in so many ways, as a memory game but also as simple picture cards, cards for sorting, counting (octopus or starfish arms/legs), and for various language activities.
If you are looking for an adult read, I'm currently reading Raising Them: Our Adventure in Gender Creative Parenting, it is thought-provoking and challenges societal norms.
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Kirtan lover, Bhakti-yogini, Yoga teacher
«Kirtan allows us to enter into a mystery world – a world where all the logic of our minds, all the conditioning and learning are left outside. And in this mystery we create a temple inside of our hearts, a place of refuge, a place of love, a place of just being.»
– Jai Uttal
After a discovery of asana practice in a hometown library book, Radha Kripa’s interest in the wisdom teachings and personal transformation during her high school time led her into Bhakti-yoga tradition, which emerged as a profound science of life rich in philosophical nuances and practical guidances towards a life of integrity and authenticity. After university graduation in Spanish language and literature, Radha Kripa spent 8 following years immersing herself in the practices of Bhakti and scriptural studies, and attending philosophy seminars, mantra meditation and kirtan events in both Europe and India. Rediscovering the joy of practicing asana and pranayama brought about further yoga studies and a full time engagement as a yoga teacher in the field of asana, mantra meditation and yoga philosophy. Together with her husband JayGopal, Radha Kripa is finding immense joy in sharing the beauty of kirtan and mantra meditation with others.
Join us with your voice and your heart in joyful chanting of the ancient mantras that have the power to nourish and protect our lives. The language of the mantras is just like the language of the thunderbolt: you don’t have to learn it in order for your heart to understand it. Let the transcendental […]


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Title: American Journal of Innovative Medicine & Standardization
Abbreviation: Am J Innov Med Stdzn
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