Ammiel Alcalay, Lovrenovic’s style represents a unique and incredibly condensed mix of geography, politics, history, culture and poetics
Ivan Lovrenović, Bosnia: A Cultural history, Saqi Books, London, 2001.
One of the more ironic and unfortunate by-products of war in the age of mass media is that it too often tends to be the only conduit through which we can grasp some sense of seemingly distant or hitherto unknown cultures. While the war against Bosnia was initially fought by the media machine directed from Belgrade, all the might and technology of the Western world's journalistic resources were soon concentrated on a part of the world that few had any real conception or knowledge of. In many ways, particularly in the American context (though somewhat less so in Europe), the extent, depth and quality of the coverage on Bosnia was quite surprising, despite numerous lingering misconceptions. At the same time, while it was exceedingly difficult if not impossible to translate works from Bosnia before the war, a critical mass of translated texts has since found its way into English.
This, too, is somewhat surprising. After all, if one considers some of the major post-World-War-II conflicts - Vietnam, the Gulf War or Algeria (both presently and in its struggle against colonialism) - one can see just how little Vietnamese, Iraqi or Algerian culture has penetrated the anglophone world.
In this sense, we know more about Bosnia now than many other places we should have at least some knowledge of. Yet, when one encounters the work of Ivan Lovrenovic, we are immediately confronted with a profundity of knowledge and an integrity of approach that makes us realize how little we actually do know about Bosnia's multiple and palimpsestial history. Poet, novelist, essayist and journalist, Lovrenovic's uncompromising work seems almost antithetical to what generally passes for 'informed' intellectual discourse. Fiercely local, his erudition goes to the deepest roots of language's connection to place, while conveying the sense that no human culture can ever really be 'foreign' to other humans. Yet, Lovrenovic's sense of humanity is never nostalgic or reductive as he remains constantly and acutely aware of the barbarism that only humans are capable of perpetrating. In another book representing a very different tone, Ex tenebris: Sarajevo Diary , Lovrenovic writes:
"Moral accommodation - this is the mark of modern Europe and the world, perhaps the highest achievement (why not even the goal?) of technologically conceived Western consumer civilization at the end of the 20th century, going into the 21st. When you think, even in a quick panoramic scan, of what Europe has gone through in only the last two thousand years, or even the last two hundred years - from the guillotines of Paris, the French-Austrian-German-Russian-Turkish slaughter, bloody revolutions, world wars, Hitlerism and Stalinism, Auschwitz and the Gulag - then you see that it's only now, in the last couple of years, that she has had a historical second to doze off a bit, to take a breather from these awful goings-on and the even more awful need to be morally awake. What a terrible strain - to remain morally alert, to always have your uneasy conscience plugged in! So just as Europe finally succumbed to sweet indulgence, to the idyll of prosperity and affluence, the fairy-tale of democracy - boom: the Balkan slaughterhouse! You can just imagine how much they hate us in European parliaments - each and every one of them, and all of them together (no kidding). Irretrievably, mercilessly, with wanton irresponsibility, their whole dream has been ruined... Isn't there perhaps in this hatred just a nuance more rage vented on the victims than on the murderers (even without taking into account the fact that everyone knows precisely who is who)? I mean, what the hell did you have to get us into all this for anyway? And once you started, why weren't your reflexes on the alert, the reflexes of potential victims, instead of naively and sheepishly peeking your half-wailing, half-accusing gaze over here at us, at a world that has gotten out of the throat-cutting business... And besides, what the hell do we need this whole bloody, morbid circus for anyway? War criminals, victims, mass graves, camps, hunger, sickness, rivers of people carrying things, hysterical children...What's in it for us if we identify with the victims and try the murderers?"
With the world seemingly connected by the feel-good imagery of global capitalism in which everyone is equally different but the same, Lovrenovic defines a new humanism that never descends into the bathetic platitudes of a selective liberalism in which politics become a fashion statement.
The importance of this, following Europe's acquiescence in allowing the destruction of Bosnia to take place, cannot be over emphasized. Moreover, the increased homogeneity of intellectual discourse through academic migration between Europe and America, and the almost total victory of theory without active politics, makes Lovrenovic's work ever more urgent and relevant. Like so many intellectuals outside the pale of academic moulds and models, Lovrenovic's career has encompassed many facets of productive cultural and public life. Author of more than ten books, Lovrenovic also worked as the editor in chief of Svjetlost, one of Europe's best publishing houses before the war. He has worked and continues to work as a journalist, while remaining active in both establishing and promoting a diverse range of cultural and political projects. Given the post-war measures of political and intellectual conformity, as well as the death and migration of so many important Bosnian intellectuals, his presence and example in Sarajevo cannot be underestimated. Needless to say, any translation of Lovrenovic's work is long overdue. Despite many good books on Bosnia, there is still nothing comparable to Inner Land.[the present work's original title]. While it may at times remind us of Claudio Magris or Amin Maaluf, Lovrenovic's style represents a unique and incredibly condensed mix of geography, politics, history, culture and poetics. The staying power of this mix derives from his profound sense that the accumulated experience of a place can be possessed by a people and contained in its buildings, books, music, and language, and that this complex amalgam must be conveyed in all its richness. The great Guyanese novelist Wilson Harris has spoken of 'inequalities, harboured by one-sided traditions' that become stamped into narratives as 'injustices'. Speaking of Dante, Harris writes:
You may recall how Virgil - who had laboured for Dante in guiding him through the Inferno and the Purgatorio - was unjustly excluded from the Paradiso. He was deemed a pagan because his address lay in a pre-Christian age. How one-sided is such a Paradiso? Does it not need a profound, re-visionary momentum of the frame of language in which it was cast? Once such deep-seated inequalities remain within traditions, the Soul of tradition itself is orphaned. It suffers cosmic abandonment in that it appears to nurture absolutes which polarize humanity irreconcilably. Unless such absolutes can yield their particularities within plural masks that question themselves, the Soul is cut adrift and may lose its potency to arbitrate, with profoundest creativity, between divisions in humanity.
In the labyrinth of inherited assumptions, willful manipulations and grotesque mythologies that Bosnia has come to represent, we have never been in greater need of a guide to arbitrate between these wounding and wounded divisions. Yet, despite the obliteration of so much, Bosnia still represents a place and a people that embodies human, geographic, historical and cultural plurality in ways other peoples and places are only beginning to fathom. In acting as our guide, Ivan Lovrenovic never lets go, holding our hand throughout the journey as we meander through pagan sites, synagogues, churches, mosques and flaming libraries, places that - no matter how beautiful or horrid - are never unfamiliar.
Ammiel Alcalay, poet, translator, critic and scholar, has written on a wide range of subjects from diaspora, memory and modernism to sacred texts. His books include After Jews and Arabs; remaking Levantine culture , The Cairo Notebooks  and Keys to the Garden: new Israeli writing . His selected essays have been 1ed as Memories of our Future [City Lights Books, San Francisco 1999].


Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands
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Selected Plants of Navajo Rangelands (2018)
Developed by Navajo Tri-State Federally Recognized Tribal Extension Program in collaboration with New Mexico State University
This book can help agricultural professionals, ranchers, and others on the Navajo Nation to identify typical range plants and maximize rangeland ecology, productivity, and sustainability. Once downloaded to a device, it can be used even in areas without mobile or Wi-Fi coverage. Plants are arranged by Plant Type. Use the Index to find plants sorted by Common Name, Scientific Name, Habitat, Growing Season, Flower Color, or Livestock Special Considerations. Also includes the Navajo names of the plants.
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Navajo Nation Range Management (1981)
Published by Cooperative Extension Service, The University of Arizona.
This historical document, written by Frank Parrill and Allan H. Blacksheep, Jr. and published by the University of Arizona in 1981, explains how rangeland – the vegetation, soil, and water – has played an important part in the history, the culture and the life of Navajo People.
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Mutilate a Doll 2 is a stress releasing, miscellaneous game which has one main goal: mutilate a doll. You are given a doll to mutilate using different powers and tools available. A library menu gives you the option to change the doll or object, but each object in the library will react differently to the tools and powers used for mutilation. Once the doll or object is completely mutilated, you can choose more objects for mutilation.
Experiment with various environmental settings and change the background for a more entertaining experience. From changing the color of the background to mutilating the doll on the moon, in a desert, in a lab and so on, this game creates entertainment by allowing you to alter the background to your liking.
The library menu allows you to click and drag different dolls and objects of your preference on to the screen including rag dolls, triangles, ghosts, and so on. The library is categorized to make your search easier. A range of weapons, headgears and other stuff are also available. There can be more than 1 doll or objects for mutilation, and you can reset to clear the settings of your previous mutilate-a-doll game.
How to Play
Use the mouse to injure the doll in the Mutilate a Doll game. You can use different powers (like fire, water, wind, frost, blast, death and so on) or you can use the available tools to change the doll (like cutting, linking, welding, roping, pinning and so on).


Welcome to The Poetry Distillery, an online journal representing the community that birthed it—the Poetry Barn—a community that takes inquiry, nature, wonder, and contemplation as touchstones for inspiration. We are delighted to offer this publication whose mission is two-fold:
To highlight the exceptional work generated through the Poetry Barn;
To be among the first to publish emerging poets honing their craft in the Poetry Barn.
We seek to publish a diverse sampling of the strongest, most exciting work in our community, and work with our authors to distill their poems to perfection as an extension of the workshop process.
We hope you enjoy the poems, and as always, write on!
Ryan Clinesmith, Editor
Lissa Kiernan, Publisher


Publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal is a process of permanent knowledge improvement. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the authors' work, as well as a reflection of the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is therefore important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the reviewer and the publisher.
The Srpski Arhiv Za Celokupno Lekarstvo (Serbian Archives of Medicine) ethic statements are based on COPE's Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors (http://publicationethics.org/files/Code_of_conduct_for_journal_editors_Mar11.pdf).
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One of the main goals of the foundation is to protect and conduct research on the artistic heritage of the Polish artist Natalia LL. The extensive archive, consisting of artist's works, manuscripts, prints, objects, or rare and vintage publications will enable a research on a higher, scientific level. Alongside the Archive of Natalia LL the foundation will focus on the protection, research and promotion of its art collection, as well as initiating and supporting all activities for the development and promotion of culture, art and natural heritage.
The core of the collection are the resources provided by the founder. It is mainly a high-ranking collection of European (e.g. German Manufactory in Meissen) and Asian ceramics and porcelain from the 18th Century to the present day, a collection of photographs, paintings and sculptures. The collection of the ZW Foundation is still being expanded by new gifts and purchases.
Natalia LL (Natalia Lach-Lachowicz) is a Polish intermedia artist, conceptualist. In her work she deals with photography, performance, experimental film, video, installation, sculpture and painting. Her works fit into the currents of conceptualism, body art, feminist art.
In order to create and provide the best possible area for research on the artist, the Archive of Natalia LL was established in the premises of the foundation. Materials are archived according to the artist's work as well as the areas closely related to her. Currently, the collection has several thousand inventory numbers. However, the archive is in the continuous process of being enlarged and developed. As a resource, it will serve as an open-ended collection.
An important part of the foundation's work is the publishing activity. The texts of the institution's employees have also been included in many prestigious publications on the broadly understood science and art.
Fundacja ZW od początku swojego istnienia stara się wspierać studentów, naukowców i wszystkich zainteresowanych szeroko rozumianą kulturą i naukami przyrodniczymi.
udzielamy licencji umożliwiających pracę z obiektami z naszej kolekcji oraz sztuką Natalii LL;
wspieramy merytorycznie autorów tekstów, artystów i naukowców;
udostępniamy nasze obiekty studentom konserwacji dzieł sztuki, niejednokrotnie stają się dyplomami magisterskimi;
wspieramy inne instytucje wypożyczając obiekty na wystawy czasowe;
DO TEJ PORY PODPISALIŚMY UMOWY O WSPÓŁPRACY Z NASTĘPUJĄCYMI INSTYTUCJAMI/UNIWERSYTETAMI:


Intergrative Approaches to Autism is a free lecture presented by Integrative Mental Health Care of Oregon
- Louisa M. T. Silva, MD, MPH
Dr. Louisa Silva, a physician researcher working with Teaching Research Institute, Western Oregon University, will share her work and research using Qigong on young children with Autism.
- Linda Lee, RN
Linda Lee, RN, Executive Director of Help Autism Now Society (HANS) and author of the book “Autism: Living with My Brother Tiger”, will share her son’s journey using educational and integrative strategies that created positive changes.
Date: Wednesday, March 5th, 2008
Time: 7:00 to 8:30pm
Place: Salem Public Library, Loucks Auditorium
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Salem, OR 97302
PO BOX 252 ~ Salem, OR 97308-0252 ~ Phone: 503/364-9530 ~
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How a Meat-Loving Nation Began to
in the early history of the United States was associated with the austere and repressive
Puritans. Leaders of the religious sect taught that eating excessive quantities of meat
turned people into sex-crazed aggressors.
The Puritans "faced an enormous
challenge" in selling this world view to a wider audience because "people on
both sides of the British North Atlantic were carnivores of the first order," notes
Harvey Levenstein in Revolution at the Table, his history of U.S. eating habits. North
Americans in the 17th and 18th Centuries ate enormous quantities of
pork, beef and other meat with bread on the side and little more than a glob of overcooked
vegetable on top.
By the end of the 1800s, however, interest in vegetarianism began to arise from a new
source. Religious convictions still motivated some vegetarians, though the religious
influence was as likely to come from the East as from the West.
The Influence of
Practical Vegetarian Cookery, published
by the Theosophical Society in 1897, is an early example of the influence of Eastern
religion on vegetarianism in North America.
Worries About Unsafe
Health concerns led others to try to cut meat out of their diet. A cookbook published in
1910, Vegetarian Cook Book: Substitutes for Flesh Foods,
illustrates the early influence of food safety concerns on vegetarianism.
Dismissed as a Silly Fad
Skeptics, it needs to be pointed out, abounded in a society where meat was still
undisputed king of the dinner table. A 1891 book, The Inner Man:
Good Things to Eat and Drink and Where to Get Them, illustrates the ridicule with
which many dismissed vegetarianism a century ago.


EAT THE RICH ANTHOLOGY
EAT THE RICH
Fantasy is always political.
Every decision - conscious or unconscious - to have another feudal monarchy, to establish some races as "good" and others as "evil", to have protagonists questing for power and to treat looting and plunder as "perks of the job" is a reflection of the late-stage capitalism most Western writers have grown up in.
ABOUT THE BOOKS
Eat the Rich is a series of adventure anthologies for D&D 5th Edition. The first volume, containing 17 adventures, was published on DMs' Guild in November 2019.
The books feature completely new adventures from a diverse range of authors and artists, all inspired by one goal: to take a long, hard, look at capitalism - in the real world and in fantasy - and offer up a better set of solutions... or at least some wish-fulfilling, tear-it-down, anarchy.
"Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone."


Information about Dr. Jameson's Books
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In 2009, Vendera Publishing Company published Dr. Jameson's second book about musician's health issues called Reach For the Top:The Musician's Guide to Health, Wealth, and Success. This book is a summary of what Dr. Timothy Jameson has learned about the amazing attributes of the human mind, body, and soul over his 20+year career as a Doctor of Chiropractic and as a musician working week after week as a music director and worship pastor of his church. Dr. Jameson has spent many years working intimately with musicians, caring for human beings dealing with injuries, emotional stress, performance stress, and addictions. Through that time, Dr. Jameson has thoroughly enjoyed providing wellness enhancement, encouragement, and relief from debilitating injuries. This book was the result of one of my greatest joys; seeing a musicians career saved by chiropractic, and then allowed to flourish due to positive constructive coaching to work on the mental aspect of the game.
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In May of 1998, Keats Publishing Company of New Canaan, CT, published Dr. Jameson's first book entitled; Repetitive Strain Injuries: The Complete Guide to Alternative Treatments and Prevention. Below is an outline of the first book of its kind to specifically address alternative, natural healing techniques for repetitive or cumulative trauma injuries of the neck and upper extremity.
Part 1: The Basics of the Repetitive Strain Injury (Anatomy, physiology, underlying conditions that can mimic an RSI)
Part 2: The Repetitive Strain Injuries (Explains in detail, with case studies, 15 different forms of repetitive injuries)
Part 3: What to do if you begin to experience RSI-like symptoms (First aid techniques, nutritional guidelines)
Part 4: Alternative Healing Disciplines For Repetitive Injuries (13 forms of alternative healing disciplines, including chiropractic, acupuncture, homeopathy, naturopathy)
Part 5: Rehabilitation For Repetitive Injuries (Flexibility, strength, and aerobic training.)
The book contains 25 anatomical drawings and over 50 photos of exercise and stretching routines.


We just published a paper finally demonstrating that TiSe2 contains a Bose condensate of excitons. The experimental signature is a soft plasmon that falls to zero frequency at Tc. Bert Halperin and Maurice Rice nicknamed this phase “excitonium” in their 1968 Rev. Mod. Phys. paper to emphasize the physical picture of an exciton condensate as an electronic crystal. […]
After 2.5 years of refereeing, Sean’s M-EELS paper was finally published in the open-access journal SciPost. This paper explains the reasons for developing the M-EELS technique and how it works. Read it here.
This joint paper spearheaded by Vidya Madhavan’s group shows the complementarity of M-EELS and scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) experiments. Read it here.
Anshul’s TiSe2Cux paper appeared in Phys. Rev. Lett.. This study shows that superconductivity in copper-doped materials is associated with an incommensurate phase, just as do materials subjected to hydrostatic pressure. Read it here.


The Black Bull of Norroway
The Black Bull of Norroway
And many a hunting song they sung,
And song of game and glee;
Then tuned to plaintive strains their tongue,
"Of Scotland's luve and lee."
To wilder measures next they turn
"The Black, Black Bull of Norroway!"
Sudden the tapers cease to burn,
The minstrels cease to play.
"The Cout of Keeldar," by J. Leyden.
IN Norroway, langsyne, there lived a certain lady, and she had three dochters. The auldest o' them said to her mither:
"Mither, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm gaun awa' to seek my fortune." Her mither did sae; and the
dochter gaed awa' to an auld witch washerwife and telled her purpose. The auld wife bade her stay that day, and gang
and look out o' her back door, and see what she could see. She saw nocht the first day. The second day she did the
same, and saw nocht. On the third day she looked again, and saw a coach-and-six coming along the road. She ran in and
telled the auld wife what she saw. "Aweel," quo' the auld wife, "yon's for you." Sae they took her into the coach, and
The second dochter next says to her mither: "Mither, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, fur I'm gaun awa' to
seek my fortune." Her mither did sae; and awa' she gaed to the auld wife, as her sister had dune. On the third day she
looked out o' the back door, and saw a coach-and-four coming along the road. "Aweel," quo' the auld wife, "yon's for
you." Sae they took her in, and aff they set.
The third dochter says to her mither: "Mither, bake me a bannock, and roast me a collop, for I'm gaun awa' to seek my
fortune." Her mither did sae; and awa' she gaed to the auld witch-wife. She bade her look out o' her back door, and see
what she could see. She did sae; and when she came back said she saw nocht. The second day she did the same, and saw
nocht. The third day she looked again, and on coming back said to the auld wife she saw nocht but a muckle Black Bull
coming roaring alang the road. "Aweel," quo' the auld wife, "yon's for you." On hearing this she was next to distracted
wi' grief and terror; but she was lifted up and set on his back, and awa' they went.
Aye they traveled, and on they traveled, till the lady grew faint wi' hunger. "Eat out o' my right lug," says the Black
Bull, "and drink out o' my left lug, and set by your leavings." Sae she did as he said, and was wonderfully refreshed.
And lang they gaed, and sair they rade, till they came in sight o' a very big and bonny castle. "Yonder we maun be this
night," quo' the bull; "for my auld brither lives yonder"; and presently they were at the place. They lifted her aff
his back, and took her in, and sent him away to a park for the night. In the morning, when they brought the bull hame,
they took the lady into a fine shining parlor, and gave her a beautiful apple, telling her no to break it till she was
in the greatest strait ever mortal was in in the world, and that wad bring her o't. Again she was lifted on the bull's
back, and after she had ridden far, and farer than I can tell, they came in sight o' a far bonnier castle, and far
farther awa' than the last. Says the bull till her: "Yonder we maun be the night, for my second brither lives yonder";
and they were at the place directly. They lifted her down and took her in, and sent the bull to the field for the
night. In the morning they took the lady into a fine and rich room, and gave her the finest pear she had ever seen,
bidding her no to break it till she was in the greatest strait ever mortal could be in, and that wad get her out o't.
Again she was lifted and set on his back, and awa' they went. And lang they gaed, and sair they rade, till they came in
sight o' the far biggest castle, and far farthest aff, they had yet seen. "We maun be yonder the night," says the bull,
"for my young brither lives yonder"; and they were there directly. They lifted her down, took her in, and sent the bull
to the field for the night. In the morning they took her into a room, the finest of a', and gied her a plum, telling
her no to break it till she was in the greatest strait mortal could be in, and that wad get her out o't. Presently they
brought hame the bull, set the lady on his back, and awa' they went.
And aye they gaed, and on they rade, till they came to a dark and ugsome glen, where they stopped, and the lady lighted
down. Says the bull to her: "Here ye maun stay till I gang and fight the deil. Ye maun seat yoursel' on that stane, and
move neither hand nor fit till I come back, else I'll never find ye again. And if everything round about ye turns blue
I hae beated the deil; but should a' things turn red he'll hae conquered me." She set hersel' down on the stane, and
by-and-by a' round her turned blue. O'ercome wi' joy, she lifted the ae fit and crossed it owre the ither, sae glad was
she that her companion was victorious. The bull returned and sought for but never could find her.
Lang she sat, and aye she grat, till she wearied. At last she rase and gaed awa', she kedna whaur till. On she wandered
till she came to a great hill o' glass, that she tried a' she could to climb, bat wasna able. Round the bottom o' the
hill she gaed, sabbing and seeking a passage owre, till at last she came to a smith's house; and the smith promised, if
she wad serve him seven years, he wad make her iron shoon, wherewi' she could climb owre the glassy hill. At seven
years' end she got her iron shoon, clamb the glassy hill, and chanced to come to the auld washerwife's habitation.
There she was telled of a gallant young knight that had given in some bluidy sarks to wash, and whaever washed thae
sarks was to be his wife. The auld wife had washed till she was tired, and then she set to her dochter, and baith
washed, and they washed, and they better washed, in hopes of getting the young knight; but a' they could do they
couldna bring out a stain. At length they set the stranger damosel to wark; and whenever she began the stains came out
pure and clean, but the auld wife made the knight believe it was her dochter had washed the sarks. So the knight and
the eldest dochter were to be married, and the stranger damosel was distracted at the thought of it, for she was deeply
in love wi' him. So she bethought her of her apple, and breaking it, found it filled with gold and precious jewelry,
the richest she had ever seen. "All these," she said to the eldest dochter, "I will give you, on condition that you put
off your marriage for ae day, and allow me to go into his room alone at night." So the lady consented; but meanwhile
the auld wife had prepared a sleeping-drink, and given it to the knight, wha drank it, and never wakened till next
morning. The lee-lang night ther damosel sabbed and sang:
"Seven lang years I served for thee,
The glassy hill I clamb for thee,
The bluidy shirt I wrang for thee;
And wilt thou no wauken and turn to me?"
Next day she kentna what to do for grief. She then brak the pear, and found it filled wi' jewelry far richer than the
contents o' the apple. Wi' thae jewels she bargained for permission to be a second night in the young knight's chamber;
but the auld wife gied him anither sleeping-drink, and he again sleepit till morning. A' night she kept sighing and
singing as before:
"Seven lang years I served for thee," &c. Still he sleepit, and she nearly lost hope a'thegither. But that day when
he was out at the hunting, somebody asked him what noise and moaning was yon they heard all last night in his
bedchamber. He said he heardna ony noise. But they assured him there was sae; and he resolved to keep waking that night
to try what he could hear. That being the third night, and the damosel being between hope and despair, she brak her
plum, and it held far the richest jewelry of the three. She bargained as before; and the auld wife, as before, took in
the sleeping-drink to the young knight's chamber; but he telled her he couldna drink it that night without sweetening.
And when she gaed awa' for some honey to sweeten it wi', he poured out the drink, and sae made the auld wife think he
had drunk it. They a' went to bed again, and the damosel began, as before, singing:
"Seven lang years I served for thee, The glassy hill I clamb for thee, The bluidy shirt I wrang for thee; And wilt thou
no wauken and turn to me?"
He heard, and turned to her. And she telled him a' that had befa'en her, and he telled her a' that had happened to him.
And he caused the auld washerwife and her dochter to be burned. And they were married, and he and she are living happy
till this day, for aught I ken.
(Chambers, Popular Traditions of Scotland.)
(from The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang)


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Self initiated project | December 2015 | Barcelona, Spain
Brief: Designing a photobook that reflects a 1-week vacation in Egypt.
Solution: The photobook wants to caption the daily routine of these vacations, rather than the everyday events. That’s why the book is structured as one entire day, starting with sunrise and finishing with sunset. Both visually and content wise the sun is the element that guides the reader through the pages. The sun’s course determines the graphical compositions.
Schematical drawing of light incidence, light reflection and shadow.
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Back cover with an egyptian adage: If you turn your face to the sun, the shadows will fall behind you.
Images of the process: selection of the images.
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Join us for this event in the Feminism and Tech series at the Feminist Library!
We’ll be talking AI from a feminist perspective – we’ll be asking questions like: what does feminist AI look like, and is it possible to have feminist AI? We’ll be opening the evening with a couple of films on the topic and then welcoming speakers from academia, activism and filmmaking, with a range of perspectives on feminism and AI. Panel will include inspiring women from Commons Co-Creation Platform, Code Liberation Front / Goldsmith’s University London, Ada-AI, Wikimedia and the Feminist Library itself.
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AUDIO STORYTIME PODCAST is an Achived Collection of stories and devotionals written and dramatized by Kathryn Ross; originally published on The Writer's Reverie Blog as The Writer's Reverie Podcasts, and simultaneously published as online and print form media in RUBY Magazine. CLICK EACH IMAGE to see the full text and images of the story or Click PLAY to listen.
When the Pageant Wagon Comes to Town
When I worked in a Principle Approach school some 20 years ago, I taught a class about the history of drama and storytelling. Little did I know then how my research, curriculum writing, and teaching of that course would become part of the fibers of my being. When I studied the impact of Pageant Wagons in the middle ages on the landscape of Europe for the purposes of advancing the Gospel and restoring literacy and learning to the masses through the power of story and the arts, I knew this would become part of the rest of my life. Learn the true story that fertilized the seed-bed of my literacy advocacy, speaking programs, and independent publishing as Pageant Wagon Productions and Pageant Wagon Publishing. Grab a cuppa tea and enjoy a 20 minute epic adventure of story! NOTE: Full Text Coming Soon. Click the Play Button above to listen!
Patriots, Petticoats, and Providential History
When George Washington commissioned Betsy Ross to create the first American flag in the spring of 1776, his design featured a six-pointed star. He thought cutting equal sides in a six-pointed star would be easier than five points. However, Betsy knew better. Learn her story in this Audio Storytime Podcast titled: Patriots, Petticoats, and Providential History. Originally published in 2 parts in the July and August 2018 issues of RUBY Magazine.
Inviting Families to Stop for a Story
How did a poetry book from 1925 from a love story with a sad ending set me on a course for the passion I have for books and reading? Why does reading aloud as a family matter today? When modern living with all its rush-about busyness, and the stresses of life in the 21st century, fractured families need to come to a complete STOP! and take into consideration a tried and true activity to restore the authority of the home, cement familial relationships, enhance academic prowess on all levels, and make cherished memories one with another. We turn back the clock to learn what the family understood to be true to these purposes 100 years ago. Defining the terms of "family literacy" tools you with the whys, hows, and recommendations for making reading aloud together a priority in your home.
From Leyden to Liberty: A Thanksgiving Tale
Take a whirlwind trip through time to events leading up to the Plimoth Plantation Thanksgiving in 1621! Miss Kathy lays the foundation for a deeper understanding of this historic event in American history and its impact on us today. From the English pilgrims unrest in their homeland due to persecution, to their uneasy stay in the secular culture of Holland, to the treacherous crossing of the Atlantic and establishing of a colony in the cold climate of the Massachusetts Bay on Cape Cod, this true tale of Christian faith and resilience, miraculous provision, and truly grateful hearts is always inspirational. Learn the folk ballad sung on Plimoth Plantation about the daily trials of living in this fledgling colony--and how they always "praised Jehovah for our God is good."
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Thursday, July 9, 2009
Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets
E. brought this back from Boston for me as a souvenir and not surprisingly, I am enjoying it immensely. David Simon, who at the time was a reporter for the Baltimore Sun - he later on became the screenwriter for Homicide and The Wire -, spent a year following Baltimore detectives, riding with them, observing and writing. The result is a smart, informative and often hilarious account of life on the Job on the streets of Baltimore.


ROY NATHANSON has had a varied career as saxophonist, composer, poet, actor, teacher. After playing with the Lounge Lizards, Charlie Earland and performing in downtown theater in the 1980s, he formed the Jazz Passengers with Curtis Fowlkes. The band has been together for over twenty years, recording and touring with such vocalists as Elvis Costello and Deborah Harry. Nathanson has received commissions from Chamber Music America, New York Foundation for the Arts, Meet the Composer, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the University of Wisconsin. Since the early 2000s, Nathanson has concentrated on a combining text and music, primarily through his band “Sotto Voce.” Among his other projects are a radio play broadcast by NPR, the song cycle “Fire at Keaton’s Bar and Grille,” and composing for monologist David Cale. Nathanson's most recent CD is called “Subway Moon,” as is his poetry book (Buddy’s Knife Editions). Nathanson is a recipient of the Bessie and Joseph Jefferson Awards for Composition and, for the past five years, has headed the music department at a New York City public school while guest teaching at Columbia University, Keene State College, New England College, and Rutgers Masters in Literature/poetry programs.
ANDREW GURIAN began making films at age 12. His early films include That Rotten Teabag (1964, 16mm), Cecile Comes to Southampton (1966, 16mm), and Radio Movie (1967, 16mm). His films have been exhibited on television and in museums and festivals worldwide, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, MoMA, San Francisco Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago), and WNET/Channel 13 (NYC). Gurian joined the TP Videospace Troupe (founded and directed by Shirley Clarke) in 1972. As a member he led live video workshops throughout the 70’s at the Kitchen, Antioch College, Bucknell University, Wesleyan University, and the Flaherty Film Seminar. For the TP he directed video shows at Anthology Film Archives, Young Filmakers/Video Arts, New York University, Corning Public Library, the State University of New York at Oswego, and the Women’s Interart Center (NYC). For the past decade, Gurian has created several live video performances and video installations and has collaborated with a half dozen dancers on video performances, among them Yoshiko Chuma, Marjorie Gamso, Scott Caywood, and Leslie Satin. Gurian’s article “Thoughts on Shirley Clarke and the TP Videospace Troupe” is published in the Millennium Film Journal (Issue 42, Fall, 2004). Gurian appears in Nam June Paik’s and Howard Weinberg’s video tribute Topless Cellist: Charlotte Moorman. He has been the Film and Video Screening Co-ordinator for La Mama’s “Dance on the Lower East Side” series; and Associate Director of the Annual Avant Garde Festival of New York. Since 2007 he has been a guest artist/lecturer at New York University’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.


You know that feeling you get when you read an incredible story of love and perseverance versus all odds? The kind that gives you goosebumps and restores your faith in humanity? Well, get ready for that feeling then considering you’re well-nigh to read the inspiring true story of kwame brother. Kwame was born veiling in rural Ghana, but that didn’t stop him from pursuing his dreams. Despite facing immense challenges and favoritism due to his disability, Kwame persevered. Through nonflexible work and determination, he overcame immense obstacles to receive an education and find love. Now married with three trappy children, Kwame’s story proves that love truly sees no boundaries. So grab your tissues and settle in for a tale of love, courage, and vibration the odds in unimaginable ways. Kwame’s story will unshut your vision to what real love and determination can unzip versus plane the darkest of circumstances.
Kwame Brother Love Is Blind’s Early Life and Upbringing
Kwame Brother Love Is Veiling grew up in a small village in Ghana with his parents and six siblings. His early life was happy but simple. His parents were farmers who grew cocoa, plantains, and yams to feed the family and sell at local markets.
As a boy, Kwame helped on the farm, spending long hours working the soil and tending to the crops. While the work was hard, he enjoyed stuff outdoors and learning from his father. His mother made sure all the children did chores virtually the house too, like cleaning, cooking, and caring for their little brothers and sisters.
Education was highly valued, so Kwame attended the village school whenever he could. He had a souvenir for learning and dreamed of standing his studies, though his family couldn’t sire upper school fees.
Falling in Love and Starting a Family
When Kwame first laid vision on Ama, he knew she was the one for him. Their love for each other was evident to everyone virtually them. Although Kwame was from Ghana and Ama from Nigeria, that didn’t stop them from pursuing a relationship.
They bonded over their West African heritage and dreams of towers a life together in America. Language was never a windbreak – they spoke a mix of English, Twi, and Yoruba, finding a perfect tousle of communication.
Facing Wronging and Societal Barriers
Facing favoritism and overcoming societal barriers was an immense rencontre for Kwame and his brother. As an interracial couple, they encountered prejudice from both white and woebegone communities.
Judgment from Strangers
Walking lanugo the street together, they would get stares, glares, and whispers overdue their backs. People would question why they were together and make assumptions. – “Is that his brother or lover?” – “They must have some kind of fetish.” These kinds of malicious comments and intrusive questions made plane routine errands stressful and upsetting.
Lack of Visa from Family
Sadly, their relationship was not embraced by all family members either. Some refused to unclose their yoke and partnership. At family gatherings, they were often excluded and avoided. The rejection from their own mankind and thoroughbred was expressly painful. However, they drew strength from supportive friends and other open-minded relatives.
Kwame and his brother faced favoritism in restaurants, stores, and public spaces. On increasingly than one occasion, they were refused service or entry once the staff realized the nature of their relationship. They had no legal protection and could do little to fight when in these situations. Still, they held their heads high, refusing to be red-faced of their love and devotion to one another.
Through it all, Kwame and his brother persevered by relying on their unbreakable bond. Their worthiness to overcome immense societal barriers and squatter wronging with valiance and nobility is a testament to the power of love and an inspiring story of triumph over prejudice. kwame brother love is blind By sharing their story, they pave the way for greater visa and understanding.
Speaking Out Versus Discrimination
After experiencing favoritism firsthand, Kwame was unswayable to speak out versus the prejudice and inequity that still existed in society. kwame brother love is blind He began by sharing his story with local media to raise sensation well-nigh the challenges of stuff in an interracial relationship.
Kwame said, “At first, going public with such a personal story was difficult. But I knew that staying silent would only indulge favoritism to protract unchecked.” His valiance in speaking truth to power inspired others in similar situations to share their experiences as well.
Pushing for Legal Change
However, Kwame knew that speaking out was not enough. Real transpiration required action. He began lobbying politicians and lawmakers to pass legislation protecting interracial couples from discrimination.
After years of advocacy, the state of [State name] passed the Interracial Marriage Protection Act, banning favoritism based on a person’s race or ethnicity. It was a pivotal moment and a huge victory for Kwame, who had worked tirelessly to make it a reality.
So there you have it – the inspiring story of kwame brother love is blind. His journey shows that love truly knows no bounds. When we unshut our minds and hearts, trappy connections are possible, plane in the most unexpected places. So alimony your throne up – your soulmate could be just virtually the corner. And remember, like kwame brother said, “love is love. Don’t let anyone tell you who you can and can’t love.” Words to live by.


Heaven is a State of Consciousness
I have a short story to share.
The Princess of Gaia : Heaven is A State of Consciousness
Once upon a time, there was this young girl who had a dream. A dream to be free and live amongst the flowers and the trees, and discover more about the birds and the bees. She knew that if she believed, she could find her way eventually, and yet even with her doubting she set off to discover her destiny.
Following the stars, noticing the signs, she began to make shifts within her lifeline. She found moments in time she never dreamed of realizing, all because she dared to do something different for herself in this life time.
You see, as a young child, she never believed that she was anything special, no matter how many people would tell her how she was magical. She disbelieved, she questioned and she felt unsure, not of others words, but of herself.
These beliefs inside her led her to suppress her innermost gifts, the light she shines so brightly from the core of her chest. Over time, these thoughts and feelings of doubt overcame her life. She was unsure of herself and all that she did in her life. Her fears overrode. Depression almost took her life and with a little bit of love that poured from within the darkness she felt, it was as if something switched in her life, as if overnight.
But that... was far from right. Because it took her years and years to realize her worth in life. She had to try different roles, play in different ways and eventually had to learn to let it all go, just so she could see her beauty in a new way. All while coming into the awareness of how to express it, no matter the picture she lives within or the perspective.
It was as if she stood there, creating the most magical, life-changing, awe-striking moments for others, and yet when she looked in the mirror, she couldn't see herself or her power. All she could see was the sadness and overwhelm that consumed her being.
She tried different avenues to find her way back into the light of her heart, but that didn't happen without many failures on her part. None of which stopped her from trying, even if at times, it took "longer than usual" or felt like she was dying. It all helped her to get back up again and begin flying around the world she lived within.
It took years of her jumping, leaping and praying for miracles, to see that as she kept faith in herself, she would one day discover all she ever wanted. A life and home filled with wonder and beauty, with much more to come.
And so she did, she decided to get up and leave her cozy nest, fly across the world and discover "What's next?". Not only leading her to see the abundance of creation she held within, but also the amount of love she was so willing to give.
In those moments she began discovering her heart once again, it was as if, she felt like saying, "Finally, I can live again!". Leading her to find her way into the jungles of which her Mother lived (Mother Earth that is). A return to the spirit, that so abundantly gives. Yes, the rarest and most precious of gifts. Falling, having felt so unsure of herself over so many years, she needed to learn when to ask for help, and that she did, even with her many fears.
As she embarked upon the experience to sit with new friends, discovering the connections that lay within, it was there in those moments, she felt like a kid again. Surrounded by love unlike she had ever felt before, because finally she learned how to open her heart to the world once more.
After days on end, rising and falling, she found her way to her soul's calling, Light Writing. She knew that her artistic talent would lead her somewhere, yet never in her life did she believe there was an artist "in there."
Funny how those things happen. I mean we can live an entire lifetime doubting, doubting the core of who we are, all just to "keep on going", and be a part of a society that's breaking. But here's the thing, this young girl, never felt a part of the society she was seeing. Not because she felt "abnormal" or because she thought others were "weird" or "imperfect". Simply because she knew inside her, she was different, yet never knew how to express it.
She was magic.
This child of light believed in the depths of her imagination, and yet so rarely used it to create positive affirmations and other-worldly experiences. She feared it, not because she didn't know how to use it, but rather because she knew exactly what she could do with it. Because she had put it to use in the past and she felt it was the reason others had left. Therefore, she felt in her heart, "Why try again...? If all that ever happens is someone - either myself or others, gets hurt, falls, or feels less than...".
But you see, this thought was far from the truth, but none the less a "truth" she was carrying, (a belief within herself that only she could break - if so willing). Uncertain of how to move forward, she let go of the burdens she was baring and let the medicine she was carrying, do the cleansing and clearing. All so that she could see how at times of great change, we may need to clear the way. This is where self-destruction comes in and in order for us to build something new or reformat what it is, we must be willing to let go of what we had originally drawn, and redesign our experience to create a more beautiful one.
Learning to accept that what we shared before wasn't "less than" or "impure", but rather, different and what we share from this point forward was a part of some sort of change, towards what we (as an individual or as a collective) perceive would be "better than before". Because we all have imaginations at play, and our world is moving through ever-evolving change. It's in the moments that we are willing to accept this change, that we can find our way, and see the beauty that wants to be paved. New life always finds a way, even from the depths of the concrete that's laid.
And so she allowed herself to play with the dreams she was having, following them, as if they were guiding her somewhere she had not gone before. Until one day, she heard a strong whisper in her ear, a message she heard loud and clear. "Dimethyltryptamine, Dimethyltryptamine, Dimethyltryptamine." Words that felt so unclear, that triggered her for years. She had no idea what this meant and where it would lead, and yet it lead her here, to speak so freely.
Finding her way through time, she had to uncover many hidden messages in life. And unlock many doors that were once closed for some time, all to finally see her potential to create within this life. Walking her along a path to discover Ayahuasca, journeying her way through the jungles of the Amazon, and the cities of light. She re-discovered these words, that also brought about new light within her dream life. So that as she slept, she would awaken, again and again, all so that as she chose to open her eyes, she would one day learn to fly again, through the veils of time.
Receiving reminders of this, she opened her heart to new friends, who were also on the path to see their light shine from within again. Finding peace in knowing this, coming to accept the gifts her Mother gave her and the depths of an awakening happening in the lives surrounding her, she unraveled. And as she let her walls fall down, she discovered she could live happily ever after, as time unveiled itself.
Knowing, that no matter what happened, if she believed in herself, and could focus on her light, that she could do and be anything in life. She knew this because she was willing to face the obstacles presented and overcome the resistance she once had to see the beauty that laid within her own self.
She had a gift. One that not only allowed her to travel this world, yet also opened her eyes to travel through other worlds as well. Lighting the way for the kid inside, to step forth on her path. So she could simply be there, "along for the ride".
Ultimately seeing the light lead her to change views on life, not who she was, because, at the core of it, she was still the same, but rather this change was more about how she would choose to perceive herself, every morning as she awoke within her sleeping self.
As a means to symbolize who she had become, by finding her way through the darkest moments paved, she took on a new name.
And so, Nimea Ariana is who she "became".
In these moments, she declared her own self, changed, and asked for forgiveness along her path, so that as she continued to move forward and share new ways of self-exploration, she could free her mind, and help others do the same. To her, this was a means to accept who she was, and how "she wasn't the same".
Thus, she chose to act a little different each day, eventually opening her heart so wide, she could release her inner pain from suppressing the gifts her Mother gave.
For Nimea, forgiving herself was the hardest part of the journey, asking for help and being willing to receive it, was not something her ego wanted to admit she needed. Spending so many years hiding from herself, she knew that in order to overcome "who she was" and see the beauty that was right there all along, she would have to come to accept that she was "wrong" all along.
Or rather, there is no "right or wrong", there is simply choice.
She began to notice that she wasn't weak, or frail, or even hurting anymore, she simply had lost touch with her inner beauty, so she could grow stronger as a Light Being. And as she did, she blamed the world around her, not seeing the choices she made to create such a life of abundance in feeling disconnection.
You see, as she grew up, she taught herself that a hard edge was how to "get further", because nice people only get hurt, or stay hurt longer, and that the "nice ones" won't be able to succeed in the eyes of "men" (Hu-man Beings that is). Not because that was true, merely because she somewhere down the line, decided it would be true, as a means to cope with the changes upon her and let go of the light she held inside. All so it could help her journey through the darkest of nights, and find the avenues she needed to experience the lightness she held inside.
You see, we all go through life changes, and it takes a journey for us to see the meaning of it.
And so, as she began to share her journey, she chose to re-write her story, as a means to re-discover the hidden messages and deeper life meaning, she explored along her path and began untangling the webs.
That journey of self-discovery lead her to find her inner beauty. Going from one moment, not knowing how to trust anybody, to finally seeing that if she trusts herself, she will have more then she ever dreamed of. All because she decided to accept that her thoughts create her reality.
Now she remembers, it is through her choices, means of perception and asserted actions to create more affirmative experiences, that she continues to step forth along the path of the everlasting. Eventually enabling one, to uncover a more meaningful way to express how "Heaven is a State of Consciousness that Lives Within Us".
And when we leave this earth, we fly amongst the stars we see before us. All so we can land upon New Earth, and re-awaken the spectrum of light that guides us.


Reviewed By Mamta Madhavan for Readers’ Favorite
It is said that each child has a designated elf who knows them well and checks in on them and their good and bad behavior. They also do unique things like baking treats with Mrs. Claus, making toys that squeak, feeding reindeer in the barn or jingling the bells. Many elves have part-time jobs but from November first until Christmas Eve they stay around homes. They also ride with the children to school to make sure that they do their best, and also check if they are being good at home, being helpful and kind, and sharing. It is these elves who report about children to Santa.
Your Christmas Elf by Jodi Stapler and Aiym Akhmetzhanova is an adorable story that captures the essence of the Christmas season and will make children look for signs to see if elves are around them. It will also help young readers remember the essence of the Christmas season - that of giving and being kind. The illustrations by Aiym Akhmetzhanova are as delightful as the story and bring the concept and the festive spirit of the season alive for young readers. It is a good storybook to read out to children not only during the Christmas season, but during all seasons. This book will make a good gift to give children at Christmas and other occasions.
Parents and tutors can use the book at home and in schools to help children understand the concept of being kind, helpful, and demonstrating good behavior. The presence of elves in the book makes it magical and endearing just like the Christmas season and will help children be on their best behavior.


Collar, 78, of Butler, Pennsylvania, passed away on
Tuesday, June 29 at Good Samaritan Hospice
He was born July 17, 1942, in Meadville,
Pennsylvania to the late Richard Glenn Collar and
the late Charlotte Avonel Shankle Collar.
Gary graduated from Worthington-West Franklin High
School and then went on to attend Indiana State
University, received a Bachelor of Education in
1964. He was in the US Army, serving for two years,
and then went to the PA National Guard, where he
served for 18 years, retiring in 1984 as Lieutenant
Colonel. Gary also worked in insurance & investment
sales, and as a teacher. He worked at Trinity
Lutheran Church, where he was also a member. Gary
belonged to the Butler Little Theatre, Musical
Theatre Guild, and the American Legion Post #778 of
Lyndora. He enjoyed running, traveling, reading, and
Gary is survived by his wife, Susan Elaine Morgan
Collar, who he married on August 10, 1968; one
sister, Susan (David) Jack of Venice, FL; one
sister-in-law, Barbara Collar of Cabot, PA; and
several nieces and nephews.
In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death
by two brothers, Larry Collar, and Donald "Jake"
Collar; and one sister-in-law, Bonnie Collar.
Friends will be received Friday, July 2, 2021, from
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at
Thompson - Miller Funeral Home, Inc., 124 East North
Street Butler, PA.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, July 3,
2021, at 10:30 a.m. at the Trinity Lutheran Church,
120 Sunset Dr., Butler, PA, with Pastor Joel Benson,
Burial will take place in the Worthington Lutheran
Memorials are suggested to the Butler Little
Theatre, 1 Howard St., Butler, PA 16001, Butler Area
Public Library, 218 N. McKean St., Butler, PA 16001,
and Trinity Lutheran Church, 120 Sunset Dr., Butler,


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Blithe Spirit is set at the house of writer, Charles Condomine, and his wife, Ruth. One evening, Charles invites local eccentric medium, Madame Arcati, to hold a seance at his house. He asks along his friends, Dr. and Mrs. Bradman, intending to gather character inspiration from Madame Arcati for his latest book. Despite initially thinking the seance has been a failure, it soon becomes clear to Charles that Madame Arcati has succeeded beyond expectations…
Charles Condomine - Charles is bright, sophisticated, articulate, and debonair. As an author, he takes an interest in spiritualism as a subject for a novel, leading him to ask Madame Arcati to dinner and a séance for research purposes. He is skeptical but becomes a believer when the ghost of his first wife appears—and stays. He becomes increasingly frantic as his life, not to mention his relationship with his new wife, becomes increasingly complicated.
Ruth Condomine - Charles’s second wife. Like her husband, Ruth is witty and sophisticated, and used to traveling in social circles. Ruth is perhaps a bit stuffy and a little predictable. She is convinced that Charles has lost his mind when Elvira appears, and struggles to restore her husband to normalcy.
Elvira - The ghost of Charles’s first wife. Only Charles can see or hear her. In life, Elvira was spirited, outgoing, wild, and carefree. In death, she is no different, though she finds herself jealous of his new wife, Ruth.
Madame Arcati - A local spiritualist and medium. Travelling about the town on her signature bicycle, she is easily taken as a crackpot or humbug, but she nevertheless inadvertently opens the door for Elvira to return from “the other side”. Eccentric, boisterous, and spry, she is a colourful member of the middle-aged to senior set.
Dr. George Bradman - As a good friend of the Condomines, Dr. Bradman is invited to dinner and the séance. While he plays along with his friend’s research, he is clearly the skeptic of the group.
Violet Bradman - Dr. Bradman’s wife. Simple and naïve, she is quite excited about being in the presence of the medium, whom she finds fascinating.
Edith - Maid to the Condomines. Nervous by nature, she is eager to please her employers and often works at breakneck speed trying to impress.
Auditions: Please prepare a short monologue. Those auditioning may be asked to read an excerpt from the play.
(NOTE: while many of the characters are Jewish, non-traditional casting will be utilized)
MARVIN- Confused, immature, and selfish, MARVIN is at the center of his family’s chaotic upheaval. Having left TRINA for WHIZZER before the musical begins, he finds his desires split between his idealized nuclear family and his new lover. JASON is the most important person in his life, but he doesn’t always know how to show it. Jewish. 30’s—50’s, Tenor/Baritone
WHIZZER - MARVIN’s lover. Full of vitality, WHIZZER is handsome and athletic. He’s smarter than he looks, yet, for him, games are more about playing than winning. He’s not used to being in a committed relationship. In the second act, he is diagnosed with AIDS. 20’s—30’s, Tenor
TRINA- MARVIN’s ex-wife. TRINA is pushed to the brink by the realization that her husband is gay. High strung and depressed, she is just barely able to hold herself together. She wants to regain the ‘perfect’ family she had before the divorce. Jewish. 30’s—40’s, Mezzo-Soprano/Belter
MENDEL- MARVIN’s psychiatrist. MENDEL is an neurotic romantic who falls in love with TRINA. Both an outsider and an insider within the musical. He is charming and likeable. Jewish but not religious. 30’s—50’s, Tenor/Baritone
JASON- MARVIN and TRINA’s son. Bookish and awkward, JASON loves chess more than anything in the world. In the first act he struggles with the family’s breakup and his father’s sexuality. The second act revolves around the planning of his upcoming Bar Mitzvah. 9—14, Tenor
CHARLOTTE- One of the two ‘lesbians from next door’. Serious and thoughtful, CHARLOTTE is a doctor who enjoys her partner’s cooking and her friendship with MARVIN and WHIZZER. She is one of the first to notice that something strange is happening to gay men across New York. 20’s—50’s, Mezzo-Soprano/Alto
CORDELIA- The other ‘lesbian from next door’. Idealistic and cheerful, CORDELIA is concerned that her work as a kosher caterer is less important than CHARLOTTE’s at the hospital. 20’s—50’s, Soprano
Auditions: Please prepare a short (~3 minute) monologue and a contemporary musical theatre song that shows off your vocal range. An accompanist will be provided, so please bring sheet music or be prepared to sing acapella.
In Act 1 we meet Ernie and Twink who are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary on a Caribbean cruise, paid for by their grown sons. Free of chores and worries, Ernie and Twink are wined and dined and introduced to exciting people. When they meet the rich, seductive Blake and Beth who seem to have it all ...Twink becomes infatuated with the glamour and romance of the other couple’s lives and seeks to reignite the spark in her own marriage. In Act 2 we meet the perfect couple. Beth and Blake seem to have it all, and we learn that this is a facade that quickly crumbles.
Character age ranges are provided as guidelines, adults of all ages are welcome to audition.
Twink Fraser- The eternal optimist. She is bubbly, kind, and good natured. She works hard at keeping fit and also encourages Ernie to do the same. She loves Ernie but misses the romance they once enjoyed. Twink suffers anxiety on the cruise as she is afraid of water. She goes to bed with her life preserver on and yet reads the Titanic in bed. She shops at “Winners” and tries to keep up with fashion but can not compete with the fashionable Beth who wears designer clothes. ~50 years old
Ernie Fraser- He owns a hardware store in a small town but is stressed about the new Home Depot coming to town. Twink thinks that they need a marriage “tuneup” but Ernie thinks their marriage is just fine. Ernie is a bit of a curmudgeon and he would rather be golfing in Myrtle beach than be on this cruise. He is also missing his little grandson’s hockey tournament. As a teenager, Ernie sang in a band, The Stingrays, and at the talent night at the end of the cruise, Ernie surprises Twink and redeems himself when he sings their “song” I Got You babe. ~55 years old
Beth Stone- A once sought after actress now has been demoted to doing dog food commercials. She is a trophy wife to Blake and they are celebrating their tenth wedding anniversary on the cruise. Beth’s focus on the cruise is waiting to hear from her agent about a movie role with George Clooney. Initially, she ignores Twink as being out of her league but by the end of the play, Beth wishes she had what Twink has...an honourable husband. ~49 years old
Blake Stone- A snob and a social climber. He is a wealthy optometrist who has his own international eyewear line and he is always ready to capitalize on networking to get more business. His ulterior motive for being on the cruise is is to promote his eye wear line. Beth is his arm candy and has little regard for her feelings. ~55 years old
Auditions: Please prepare one short comedy monologue.


Learn Something New
Below are some resources that I enjoy. I hope you do too! Email me to recommend some of your favorites which I can check out and share!
The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership - Jim Dethmer, Diana Chapman, Kaley Kemp
Mindset - Carol S. Dweck
The Paradox of Choice - Barry Schwartz
The Four Tendencies - Gretchen Rubin
Atomic Habits - James Clear
The Humanized Leader - Mary Pat Knight
The Business of Happiness - Tarryn MacCarthy
What Would She Do - Tracy Litt
The Positive Psychology Podcast - Kristen Truempy
Breaking Beyond - Guided Meditation - Jill Pape Lemke
A Bit of Optimism - Simon Sinek
Dare to Lead - Brene Brown
8 Things Resilient People Do - 4:36
How to Make Stress Your Friend - 14:28
Developing a Growth Mindset - 9:37
Mindtools.com - Articles, toolkits, training and videos that help you be successful at work and in life.
Tiny Buddah- Inspirational articles, videos, posts and courses.
Calm - Meditation app
Mindvalley - Self Improvement and personal development
Make Me Better - Learn new things and get inspiration


Singer-songwriter. Mentor to at-risk youth. Wailin’ Jenny. Mental health advocate. Canadian. JUNO winner. Mother of twins. International touring artist. Biracial. Children's book author. Mental illness survivor. Life-partner. Speaker. Composer for contemporary dance. Poet. Band manager. University graduate. Former dancer. Winnipegger. Influenced by Jane Siberry, Lloyd Cole, The Smiths, and Sharon Olds. Product of British and East Indian ancestry. Nature lover. Realist. Idealist. Dreamer.
Nicky has now released a children's book based on her lullaby "Away But Never Gone". The book by the same title is a beautiful collection of enchanting paintings by local artist, Kimberley Slezak and soothing, gentle lyrics of birth and remembrance. With gorgeous images of moon, sun, stars, trees and wildlife, it speaks of the cyclical certainty of Nature and is a reassuring reminder of our place within an ever-changing but constant universe. At its core, it is a testament to the enduring spirit of life and love. Nicky hopes it is used as a grief book for young children.
To purchase the book, head over to the Plough Records page.
To purchase Bright Morning Stars, the Jennys album on which the song appears, go to the Jennys store.
To purchase sheet music for the song, go to the sheet music section in the Jennys store.
Nicky has resumed work on her sophomore album, a collection of lullabies inspired by the stunning Manitoba landscape. Tentatively titled "Lullabies for the Sidelined", the recording will be for all ages thematically, but slow tempo and gentle musically, as every lullaby album should be.


Sikkha Asia Foundation believes that children learn, acquire new knowledge and boost their originalities by reading books.
The library plays an important role as community center. The entire staff of Sikkha Asia Foundation welcomes children to use the facilities available. Sikkha’s team selects and recommends books to people coming to the library.
The NGO wishes to become not only a place of getting knowledge but also an entertaining place by providing amusing activities like recreation and storytelling activities.
The library contains a book corner for children’s parents and a room for playing with toys. Besides, the library provides music, art and Thai traditional activities to inherit traditional customs of the Thai culture.
Thanks to the library’s activities, the foundation has played a fundamental role in keeping children away from drugs. Kids grow up in a friendly and safe environment. They learn the sense of responsibility and discipline while using the NGO’s facilities.
The foundation provides training program to outside library staffs. Aiso Sikkha develops educational materials , with the help of library staffs, and education experts, for teachers in Bangkok or other prefectures. Nowadays, the organization manages two community libraries.
・Klongtoey community library – Klongtoey, Bangkok
・Chuaphlung community library – Yannawar, Bangkok
Seven of Sikkha’s libraries have been transferred to government agencies and have been offered dedicated training for managing libraries:
- Chiang khan library, Chiang khan county Loei prefecture
- Ban Swai library, Mueang county Surin prefecture
- Ban Phutiew library, Takuapa county Phang Nga prefecture
- Wat SamakkeeTham library, Kuraburee county Phang Nga prefecture
- Ban NaiRai library, Thai Muang county Phang Nga prefecture
- Saeng Sai learning center, Pong county Payao prefecture
- Suan Plu community library, Sathorn district Bangkok
The organization strongly supports regions and local communities to become independent from external aids. Many of Sikkha’s projects work in this perspective of complementing residents’ needs.
Klongtoey community library
Open: Tuesday – Saturday 10:00 am- 6:00 pm
Close: Monday and Sunday


A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief (piano solo)
The text to this hymn originated as a poem by James Montgomery, titled, “The Stranger and His Friend.” It was later set to music by George Coles, a New York City preacher, and adopted as a hymn by Christian congregations in the United States and the United Kingdom. John Taylor learned the hymn while serving a mission in England in 1840 and introduced it into the LDS church. It was a favorite hymn of the prophet Joseph Smith, who requested that John Taylor sing it to him in the Carthage Jail before he was martyred. The version he sang was actually set to a different tune that John Taylor wrote himself. This piano solo arrangement is based on the original melody by George Coles and received Special Recognition in the 2020 Church Music Submission. Intermediate level, 5 pages. Performance time: approximately 4:10. Included in the “It Is Well” songbook. Piano duet version also available.
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Stratford College Diamond Jubilee Visit to Áras an Uachtaráin
A group of students and staff had a truly memorable morning on Thursday, 12th February when we presented a copy of our book, ’60 Years A Growing’ to President Michael D. Higgins as the culmination of our Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The President spoke very warmly about the book and Stratford College. Below is an extract from Ms Patricia Gordon’s response:
“For our Diamond Jubilee the themes were literacy and our past pupils and what we have got is a beautiful book full of wonderful memories. These stress the sense of community that pervades the school, the attachment that students past and present have for Stratford and the important role that teachers play in young people’s lives.
Sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, nieces, mother and fathers are represented though the ages. Their memories are not of syllabus and points but of the strong relationships they forged with fellow students and the teachers they had. It is a testament to the enduring and transformative power of the teacher in a young person’s formative years.”


The ups and downs of scientific publishing during the covid-19 pandemic has exposed the strengths and weaknesses of disseminating research. Previously on Brief19 we covered the Surgisphere saga of implausible and likely fabricated covid-19 data that made it into some of the best medical journals, The New England Journal of Medicine and The Lancet. These papers were subsequently retracted. The question remains how peer review could fail to catch obviously problematic research even at the top journals. This observation provoked a few of us to explore one possible systematic problem with covid-19 publishing.
In our recent paper published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings, Michael Putman, Eric Ruderman, and I explored the growth and review time of covid-19 related manuscripts. We extracted bibliographic data from the NCBI section LitCovid. For published articles, the difference between the date of submission and the date of acceptance ("review time") was explored.
Of the 2,427 journals in LitCovid, 53 percent listed bibliographic information. In the 1,294 journals included in the analysis, these journals published 7,798 covid-19 publications and 340,032 non-covid-19 publications. The average time to review an article was significantly fewer days for covid-19 related publications (11.3 days vs. 106.3 days, which clearly reached "statistical significance").
Our paper reveals a few important themes. First, journal editors were able to quickly adapt early on in the pandemic and clearly prioritize and eliminate unnecessary administrative barriers to publishing covid-19 related research. Reviewers likewise provided fast (and free) peer review during uncertain and chaotic times. However, it is worrisome that the time from submission to acceptance of articles was on average only 11.3 days. (Ironically, our paper took over 60 days from submission to acceptance). While it is unknown how long is "long enough" for adequate peer-review, it is probable that 11.3 days is often not enough time to allow for adequate review-revisions-and subsequent review of content, methods, and statistics of articles that have the potential to impart profound real-time changes in patient care. While our article was limited to only half of journals in LitCovid and only provides a 30,000-foot view of the publishing landscape during the covid-19 pandemic, it might be said that quality over quantity of scientific research is needed during a pandemic.
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine has just closed discussion on a draft plan for the equitable distribution of any future coronavirus vaccine. The committee that oversaw the production was assembled in July via a joint request from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) using lessons learned from the H1N1, Ebola, and covid-19 epidemics to create a framework for future decision-making. The four primary factors considered were risk of acquiring infection, risk of severe morbidity and mortality, risk of negative societal impact, and risk of transmitting the disease to others.
Using these principles, and during the initial period of vaccine production, when demand is certain to outpace supply, a four phase approach is recommended.
- Phase 1a: high-risk workers in healthcare facilities; first responders.
- Phase 1b: people of all ages with high-risk medical comorbidities; seniors living in congregate or overcrowded situations.
- Phase 2: critical risk (essential) workers; teachers and school staff; people of all ages with moderate-risk medical comorbidities; people in homeless shelters, group homes, or those with disabilities in recovery; incarcerated individuals and staff working in jails and prisons.
- Phase 3: young adults; children; essential workers not covered by Phase 1 or 2.
- Phase 4: anyone not previously covered.
A final draft is expected this fall with updated phase guidance, information about vaccine distribution, supply and demand, vaccine hesitancy education (i.e. addressing those among the public who are unsure about whether they wish to be vaccinated), risk communication, and global considerations. The National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine.