The library – home to books and information, including volumes of research by those gone before.
For generations past the library was nothing short of a fountain of knowledge and relevance, but for the emerging generations growing up in an increasingly digitalised age, has the necessity for a library been replaced by touch screens and online search engines?
McCrindle Research Director and Next Gen Expert Claire Madden provides her thoughts on the relevance of the library today and as we move into the future.
AN ERA OF UNPRECEDENTED CHANGEIt is undisputed that today we live in an era of unprecedented change and development. The way we work, communicate and socialise has been greatly influenced by the extraordinary technological advancements we have seen over the past 2 decades. For example, it was only in 1997 that Google was registered as a domain and today there are over 3.5 billion Google searches each day.
The internet has transformed how we access information. In many cases, the data available to us online has replaced the need to locate the same information in books.
It is imperative that in this era of change, organisations, institutions and individuals remain relevant and engaged with the current trends. Education is at the forefront of needing to adapt to change as the emerging generations redefine learning. School students are still being assessed by closed book exams in an open book world but a shift has occurred among learners from needing to memorise things ‘just in case’ to simply accessing information ‘just in time’.
PRINT VS. DIGITAL
We needn’t look far for examples of organisations that have become outdated and irrelevant due to the huge technological shift we have seen characterise the last two decades.
Take Encyclopaedia Britannica, a trusted source that many depended on for their school assignments, whose first print edition was published in 1768. In 2010 it ran its final print edition, having been superseded by Wikipedia, invented just 9 years prior in 2001. Rather than being written by experts, Wikipedia is written by the collaborative community and currently has over 4.6 million pages in English alone. It exists as an astonishing example of the change we have seen in the learning, sharing and distribution of resources, knowledge and information.
Similarly, let’s look at Angus and Robertson, an iconic Australian bookseller, book publisher and book printer. Established in 1884, it went into voluntary administration in 2011 along with competitor Borders, showing the shift from the demand for print to the demand for digital.
If we look at school libraries and education today, some have transitioned into a completely digital and virtual model – libraries with no books at all – a concept we would not have fathomed a decade ago. Libraries are now being reinvented as engaging learning spaces where people can access information from their personal devices. Amazingly, today it is even possible to complete a university degree without stepping foot in a university library.
Libraries are experiencing significant change and librarians are no longer the only people with the keys to access the information. In the past, data was costly and difficult to access but now, students can access every piece of information within a few clicks of a button. Technologies have enabled greater efficiencies – and so, traditional ways of finding information are being surpassed with newer, quicker alternatives. For example, locating a book on library shelves by conducting a Boolean search is being replaced by a Google Docs search which provides the latest information on any device and in any location by the mere click of a button or touch of a screen.
WILL LIBRARIES CEASE TO EXIST ALTOGETHER?
While digital media will increasingly be utilised and adapted because of the efficiencies that it enables, humans are still tactile and kinaesthetic learners. The process of connecting pen to paper, turning pages in a book, and physically interacting with the information we consume is unlikely to be completely replaced by the digital offering.
Claire Madden is a social researcher and next-gen expert. She is the Director of Research at the internationally recognised McCrindle Research. Armed with her research methodologies, business acumen and communication skills, Claire effectively bridges the gap between the emerging generations and the business leaders and educators of today. She is fluent in the social media, youth culture, and engagement styles of these global generations, and a professional in interpreting what this means for educators, managers and marketers.


|Project Title||Resurrecting Early Christian Lives|
|Start Date||7 April 2014|
|End Date||30 April 2016|
|UK Project Manager||James Brusuelas, University of Oxford, Classics, email@example.com|
|Project Team||Dirk Obbink, University of Oxford, Classics, firstname.lastname@example.org
James Brusuelas, University of Oxford, Classics, email@example.com
|Lead Institution||University of Oxford, www.ox.ac.uk|
|Project Partners||University of Minnesota, www1.umn.edu/twincities/index.html|
Resurrecting Early Christian Lives investigates papyrus documents unearthed from the garbage dumps around the outskirts of Bahnasa in Egypt, known in antiquity as Oxyrhynchus, the city of the ‘sharp-nosed’ fish. Since the early 20th century this vast heap of papyri has yielded a range of ancient texts: the lost poetry of Sappho, new gospels and homilies, private letters, and documents such as contracts, loans, census returns, and fiscal accounts. More importantly, due to the immense volume of papyrus fragments discovered, these texts continue to produce new data and new discoveries. Building on data from the crowd-sourced transcriptions of our Ancient Lives project, we will now focus on papyri relevant to early Christianity. Furthermore, to increase the range of our dataset, we will also develop a transcription tool for Coptic, the final stage of the indigenous language of Egypt, notably used by Christians. Resurrecting Early Christian Lives will develop a web-based interface that will allow scholars to data mine the results of the transcriptions, thus examining in detail the complex networks of identity and authority and how Christians saw their new religion as part of their other identities (Greek, Egyptian, Roman, merchant, monk).
Resurrecting Early Christian Lives seeks to show how scholars can improve our understanding of the Christian use of texts. What new data will emerge to aid our identification of long-lost scriptures as we track scribal habits, book construction, and practices of reading? How do styles of worship and habits of mind translate into new forms when religious texts move from the Greek language into Coptic? Why did ancient Egyptian monks trade their books, and thus perhaps also their theologies and liturgies? These are the sorts of questions being opened up to close inspection by our project.
Anticipated Outputs and Outcomes
The anticipated output of our project is the development of a Coptic transcription interface for Ancient Lives, a pipeline for yielding a consensus of Coptic transcriptions, a data-mining tool to isolate and extract Christian documents from the Ancient Lives Database, a prototype universal search tool, and scholarly research papers. All algorithms and development design will be freely available via GitHub for the benefit of other research projects. In conjunction with published academic research, our project will reach across the disciplines of classics, religion, history, history of economy, and computer science.


Song of a Longing Heart
Fresh Insights on Song of Solomon
Pastor and author David Roper guides you on an illuminating journey into the rich and wondrous book of the Song of Solomon.
Roper writes, “The Song can be understood on two levels—divine and human,” and with new insights on historical context, Song of a Longing Heart helps you peel back the layers and difficult symbols to reveal a love song that rings true today.
But the Song is more than just a love ballad. There is a deep wisdom in the Song, which offers an antidote to our sex-saturated but wholly unsatisfied world . . . an answer to our search for the meaning of human sexuality.
At its most literal level, reflecting on the passion and energy of new love, the Song offers you a refreshing, inspiring picture of how God intended man and woman to come together as husband and wife.


New York City. The city of dreams, the city that never sleeps, the city that will knock you off your feet if you don’t have a plan. If you’re on a time crunch and still want to hit all the major destinations, this guide will make sure you make the most of your short trip. So get in your best New York City mindset because the hustle is real and the energy of the city can get intense!
The only way to see so much in so little time is to plan out your day by borough or area. There are different areas of the city within a mile of each other but all with endless amounts to see and do. Fun fact: most boroughs have a literal translation. For example, SoHo is the area “South of Houston Street”. NoHo, take a guess. East Side, West Side, Upper, Lower, well, you get the idea.
1. Central Park (Uptown)
This is the most iconic park in New York City and there is so much to do! Start at the South End at the Central Park Zoo. It’s only $18 per adult and you’ll get to see animals that hopefully you won’t see anywhere else in Manhattan. My favorite area is the Jackie Onassis Reservoir. You can rent rowboats and then enjoy a nice brunch at The Loeb Boathouse with a beautiful view of the park. Many New Yorkers bring a picnic and hang out on Sheep’s Meadow – a large area of grass with a great view of the city skyline. Bike tours and rentals are available daily from 8am to 8pm (Apr – Aug) and 9am to 6pm (Sep – Mar). If you have time, take a ride in a horse-drawn carriage and pretend you are Cinderella!
2. Midtown (34th – 57th Street)
You’re not accomplishing your role as an ultimate tourist if you don’t visit Midtown. Here you’ll find the staples: Times Square, The Empire State Building, and Rockefeller Center. The views from the Empire State Building and Top of the Rock (Rockefeller Center) are equally as beautiful. The lights in Times Square remind you of why New York City is also known as “the city that never sleeps”. Make sure to visit Grand Central Terminal (click here for a full calendar of events) and the New York City Public Library, the second largest public library in the United States. Every corner is a picture perfect moment but watch out for fellow ultimate tourists!
3. Tribeca (Downtown)
Check out the views of the city from the 100th floor at the One World Observatory in the new Freedom Tower, now the tallest skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere. Then take a somber but beautiful stroll through the Ground Zero Memorial and Museum and pay tribute to all the heroes and lives lost in 9/11.
Money, money, money! See where money talks at the New York Stock Exchange on Wall Street and the historic Charging Bull – a symbol of financial freedom in America. Down the street, find Battery Park to enjoy views of the New York Harbor and Statue of Liberty. Highly recommended – take the Staten Island Ferry to see Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty up close for FREE!
Walk a few blocks and you’re at the Brooklyn Bridge. If you have time, walk on the bridge and get some great photos!
4. Chelsea/Little Italy
Let’s be honest, New York City is a great place to stuff your face, and no trip would be complete without a slice or two (or three) of the famous New York pizza. For a small slice of heaven and other unique eats, head to Chelsea and Little Italy.
In Chelsea, head to Artichoke Basille’s Pizza where you can try a slice of pizza that is as unique as it is authentic. Quickly becoming a New York favorite, you should expect to endure long lines, but as soon as you take that first bite you will forget about the trip, the line, and the calories! Next, head to The High Line in Chelsea, an old freight train rail repurposed as a 1.5-mile long linear park with views of the Hudson River. Walk along the train tracks to the Chelsea Market and check out all the unique restaurants and retail shops (be sure to visit The Lobster Place… yum!).
Head over to Little Italy and take a stroll through Mulberry Street, where you can go window shopping for authentic pasta dishes, creamy gelato, and oven-fresh pastries. Make sure to check out Mario Batali’s Eatery, an entire building full of handmade pastas and sauces, and the closest you will get to real Italian outside of Italy.
When it comes to tackling the Big Apple, don’t be afraid to take it by the horns. There sure is a lot to see and do in NYC but by following our guide you’ll be able to make the most of your short trip in this iconic city.
What are some of your favorite landmarks and places to visit in New York City? Leave us a comment below, we would love to hear all about it!


Catholics today are hungering to understand the Bible better, especially when it comes to the readings we encounter in the Sunday liturgy. Opening the Word is a new resource that will help you unpack the Sunday readings and apply it to your life in a profound way.
A short video reflection from a dynamic, engaging scripture teacher will clarify the meaning of the Sunday readings. Scripture Teachers include Dr. Edward Sri, Dr. Tim Gray, Scott Powell, Fr. John Riley and Mary Healy.
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Hi! Welcome to the 4th installment of the Love to Learn Linky! Thanks to all the creative bloggers who shared their ideas with us last week. This week’s shares were inspired by their great book activities and a rewarding trip to the library I took with The Babe.
Love to Learn Book Activities
Very Hungry Caterpillar Sensory Bin from Rubber Boots and Elf Shoes
101 Kids Activities Book: Toe Painting from Tutus and Tea Parties
Author Study: The World of Eric Carle from Teacher Types
Preschool Picture Books about Art and Artists from Mini Monets and Mommies
Books Children’s Authors Liked When They Were Kids from Growing Book by Book
Also, check out the other Love to Learn Linky features this week. You might sense a pirate theme because there were some really great pirate’s booty shared. Arrgghh!
Eric Carle & Pirates from Totschooling
Water Play & Pirates from A Little Pinch of Perfect
Learning Sensory Activities for Preschoolers from One Time Through
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Love to Learn Linky
Now it’s time for some more links! I hope you’ll join me and a few of my friends for a brand new linky party.
Bloggers, share your posts every Thursday and watch as we round them up and share them all over the place. Almost anything goes, we’re just hoping your activities teach kids (or us!) something (science, art, cooking, behavior, crafting, parenting etc…).
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Left Brain Craft Brain (leftbraincraftbrain.com): Anne is an ex-engineer, current stay-at-home mama writing about crafty ways to encourage creativity (and brain power!) in our kids. Each of her projects gives kids the chance to learn about a new subject and do something crafty at the same time.
Totschooling (totschooling.net): Viviana is a blogging mom to a toddler and a preschooler, sharing ideas and resources for early education. She specializes in unique, hands-on printable activities that are educational, fun and inspire creativity in young minds.
A Little Pinch of Perfect (alittlepinchofperfect.blogspot.com): Katie combines creativity, play, and learning for the perfect mishmash of fun activities that keep kiddos entertained throughout the day. She wholeheartedly believes in the power of play and feels that all activities naturally provide a fun way to learn.
One Time Through (onetimethrough.com): Sue is an Elementary School Teacher currently on leave to be at home with her preschooler son. She shares ideas for connecting and learning with kids through meaningful, play-based activities that nurture curiosity and creativity.
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I found this wonderful autograph book in an antique shop some years back and had to have it! The book originally belonged to a woman named Agnes Stracke. Autograph books were popular among Dutch and German communities in the late 1800's and were a precursor in many ways to today's yearbooks. This book dates back to at least 1879 according to the date on one of the pages. The entries are often in English, but some of them are in foreign languages like German.
There is so much to appreciate about this piece. The gold embossed cover caught my eye first... then I opened it!
The penmanship is exquisite artwork that displays the careful detail and time involved in the inscriptions! The poems, phrases, or just personal notations speak of an age long passed. Such heartfelt passages to a dear friend are written here.
One beautiful poem reads:
When this page doth meet thy gaze Mid other scenes and future days And when thy pleasant thoughts are cast On friends and pleasures of the past Then think of me who wishes now That sorrow may never cross thy brow But all the blessings that heaven can send May visit you my dearest friend. Emma February 12th, 1882
A simple note, but one of my favorites reads: Agnes,
May the snowy wings of innocence ever protect you.
Your loving friend
September 7th, 1879
Another sweet entry from 1898 reads:
My dear Classmate.
May your noble life, be long, prosperous, and happy. And may your friends be as true to you; as you have been to me.
Your loving friend,
June 23rd, 1898
Not that I want to begin using thy or doth in my everyday vocabulary, but I am afraid that technology, and perhaps some laziness, has caused us to lose the desire to spend the time and effort to express feelings by means of the “poetic” language written with obvious care and emotion. This is a treasure that I can physically hold and read, a compilation of beautifully written expressions of friendship!


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In academic writing, accurate referencing is essential if you want your research paper, thesis or essay to make a good impression. Managing references can be an arduous task, and the different requirements for referencing journal articles, books, chapters in books and online sources can be confusing.
While there are a number of commonly used referencing styles, journals and universities often have their own specific requirements. I can help you format your references into whichever style is required.
If you are using the EndNote referencing software, I can help you import references from online databases and, if needed, customise templates for reference formatting.
Referencing styles fall into three broad categories:
- American Psychological Association, 6th edition (APA 6th)
- Modern Language Association, 7th edition (MLA)
- American Medical Association (AMA)
- National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Documentary Note (Footnote)
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Faced with the wild ups and downs of his own game, Chopra crystallised a teaching based on mindfulness, the ability to remain calm and focused, relaxed and powerful at the same time. He says: "I’ve always believed that one of the highest forms of human intelligence is to observe yourself without judging yourself or evaluating yourself. It’s a difficult thing to do. Golf allows you to do that."
Penned by the psychiatrist and author of the classic The Road Less Travelled, the book reveals what the game of golf has taught Peck about life – important lessons in perception, such as how to work through anger, accept the gift of humility and changing ingrained behaviour. Peck uses the game as a metaphor for spiritual growth.
Written by the award-winning author and peak performance speaker Robin Sieger, this book removes the mystery behind the mental mastery that lies at the heart of peak performance. Tony Jacklin says: "I wish had read this book over 30 years ago, I genuinely believe it would have prolonged my career at the highest level."
Written by long-term teacher and philosopher of eastern practice, Breathe Golf explores the relationship between breathing, the quiet mind and playing effortless golf, especially when under pressure. Drawing on a lifetime of meditation and Tai Chi, plus 18 years’ research into the perfect golf shot, Breathe Golf teaches you how to unite your mental game with your swing.
This book was first published in 1972 by the director and co-founder of The Esalen Institute, a retreat and research centre on the cliffs of Big Sur, California. It has sold over a million copies and been translated into over 19 languages. The book, a classic work on the deeper mysteries of golf, recalls the author’s encounter with the mystical golf pro, Shivas Iron. It explains the philosophical truths to be gained from playing golf.


This church is in Golden Prairie, Saskatchewan, a village
in the R.M. of Big Stick. It is mostly hidden behind a dense
hedge with mature trees scattered about the property.
Services were conducted here from 1929 to 1975 by student
ministers sent from the east by the United Church of Canada.
They would live in the church manse and also provide
church services to neighbouring towns.
For further information about the town and church:
"Golden Prairie" is a multimedia ebook that includes
photographs, written information and audio comments
about the town. It is authored by Jerome Martin and is
available at no cost as a pdf download. Included in the book
are historical photographs of the Golden Prairie United Church
dating back to 1955. Download here:
Photographed on November 17, 2016.


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La Librería del Desierto is quite a unique experience in the middle of the Atacama Desert, located only 4 kilometers away from the main square of San Pedro de Atacama. The Bookstore offers materials to explore the area and the surroundings, such as maps, local history, plus contemporary novels, bestsellers, books in English or French, photography, children's books and more, all accompanied by a spectacular view of the volcanoes, in the tranquility of an oasis, under the shade of centenary trees (algarrobos and chañares). The staff of the library gives to the customers water, tea or coffee, to make the experience even better. Desert Bookstore is ideal to share — alone or in groups — some quality time with the local and the global culture.


When visiting a new city it’s all too easy to follow the crowds and plan your to-do list based on the top TripAdvisor reviews but with a little more research and a willingness to try something new you can discover hidden, unusual gems which will not only provide you with a great talking point over dinner but will also give you a more rounded experience of the city and take you off the beaten track and away from the tourist hotspots.
So without further ado, here are three of the more unusual things you can do and see in New Haven, Connecticut.
Go to a concert at The Yale School of Music
The Yale School of Music is one of the top 10 traditional music colleges in America and produces some of the countries’ top musical talent. Immerse yourself fully in musical splendor and bask in Yale’s history by booking a ticket to one of the many concerts that take place here each year. With five decadent venues dotted across the city, there’s bound to be a performance scheduled for the date you are visiting and with performances including choir, piano, jazz, and orchestra there’s a style to suit everyone. Tickets can be purchased both online or at the Box Office and upcoming performances can be browsed easily on the website.
Look at the diseased brains in the Cushing Brain Collection
This one may not be for the squeamish or faint-hearted but if you choose to visit The Cushing Brain Collection you will certainly have a talking point over dinner. The Cushing Brain Collection houses hundreds of tumor ridden brains which were used and studied by Dr. Harvey Cushings, a renowned neurosurgeon of the early twentieth century. To visit the brains you will need a Yale Proximity ID card, if you do not have one then you are also able to sign in at the Medical Libraries Circulation Desk. Once inside, be sure to open drawers and find the artifacts hidden inside, there are also worksheets available for children and postcards to take home from the exhibit.
The Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library is one of the largest of its kind and is devoted entirely to the preservation of rare books and manuscripts. As Yale University’s principal repository of early manuscripts, literary archives and rare books you probably won’t find anything for your coffee table in here but you will be able to view iconic pieces such as The Gutenberg Bible and John James Audubon’s Birds of America. As well as hosting permanent exhibitions the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript museum also regularly hosts special exhibitions which change three times a year and showcase specific collection materials, so even if you’ve been here before the chances are something new will be on show the next time you visit.
So which will you choose? Will you visit the brains, treat yourself to a musical masterpiece or browse the rare artifacts in the Beinecke Museum, whatever you decide you’ll have learned something new and come away with a unique experience to share. So what are you waiting for?!


Wholefood invites readers into the world of real food, with an emphasis on the goodness of fresh natural produce and how to adapt your cooking and eating habits to encompass it. The book takes a holistic approach, focusing on the benefits to both the mind and body that whole foods have to offer. Written in an easy and unintimidating style, it offers a realistic, practical 'one step at a time' approach to embracing the world of organic and macrobiotic cooking.
"This book truly highlights all the wonderful things you can create using frsh, natural and unprocessed ingredients. The book is divided into sections on salads, soups, vegetable dishes and meat dishes, and the good news is that dessert is also included in the wholefood mix. There are plenty of gluten-free and vegan tips for adapting recipes, too." delicious magazine, April 2006 by Amira Georgy.
Author and natural-foods chef Jude Blereau has written Wholefood, a cookbook that contains more than 300 pages of appealing recipes. The layout and photography are attractive, and the text is informative without being preachy. Handy tips are printed in the margins an a detailed glossary explains ingredients from adzuki beans to kombu and beyond. For those with food intolerances, diary, gluten and wheat-free or vegan recipes are clearly labelled. If you're looking for inspiration or information, Wholefood delivers both at a fair price." 'Epicure' Tuesday, 14 March, 2006 THE AGE newspaper by Nikki Fisher


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Chetan Bhagat's Revolution 2020: A Book Review in Marathi
Chetan Bhagat, a B Tech graduate of IIM Ahmedabad, was born on March 23, 1974 in Mumbai and graduated from IIT Delhi in 1995. He started his career in journalism with the newspaper The Times of India. In 2003 he started his career as a full-time writer with the publisher Random House. Bhagat was one of the authors of the young adult series 'The Dewey Donnelly Fact Files' under the pseudonym Nick Prakash. Bhagat's first novel Five Point Someone is sold over 50 million copies and is in 200 languages. His book The 3 Mistakes of My Life, based on his own life, went on to become one of the top selling books of the 21st century.
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Chetan Bhagat's new book entitled, 'Two States' was released on 15 January 2020. The book has gone on to become one of the top selling books of the year 2020, especially in the young adult section. The novel details the challenges that a young couple, Tejas and Meghna, face while struggling to get their parents' permission to get married. The book is centred around the theme of the current political climate in India, with several themes falling in line with what the government has been trying to achieve in the nation. The book is also a social commentary on the various forms of discrimination and intolerance that are prevalent in the society, especially towards the marginalised sections. 'Two States' is one of the best-selling books in the history of Indian publishing. It's sold over 50 million copies, making it one of the most popular Indian books ever. This has made Bhagat the third bestselling Indian author of all time, after RK Narayan and Mulk Raj Anand. Two States is also the first book by Bhagat to be available as an audiobook. The audiobook is narrated by Vinayak Jakhar.


The humanitarian angle is certainly important - this people, the Saharawi's of the Western Sahara, cannot send athletes to the Olympics because they do not have a state.
But more importantly, this is the kind of book, when you read it, that you will look back on from a year's worth of reading and say, yes, that was good - more than good. But don't believe me - read the reviews. They are not biased.
'With vivid imagery of desperate village life and keen insight into multicultural influences, Leante’s rich, often poetic novel of romance and international politics evokes a sensuous yet savage period in this region’s tumultuous history.' Booklist, USA
'...set against one of those ongoing arenas of conflict that the media chooses to ignore - the struggle for independence of the Saharawi people of the Western Sahara first from the Spanish and later from Moroccan dominance...a necessary context to a painfully compelling story of love and loss.' Morning Star


The Harwood Public Innovators Lab
Co-hosted by United Way Worldwide and The Harwood Institute for Public Innovation, The Harwood Public Innovators Lab is a 2.5-day experience to help you and your organization learn what it means to Turn Outward – to use the community, not your conference room, as your reference point for choices and action.
Applied learning. Real-life scenarios. Action, not theory.
Learn how to make the community - not your conference room - the reference point for your choices and action.
This year’s Lab will take place December 11-13 at the Mary M. Gates Learning Center in Alexandria, Virginia.
If you Turn Outward and make more intentional judgments and choices in creating change, you will produce greater impact and relevance in your community. The Harwood Institute has partnered with some of the world’s largest nonprofit networks including United Way Worldwide, AARP, Goodwill Industries International, the American Library Association, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and others to spread this approach, which is being used across the U.S. and increasingly worldwide.
The Lab was recently redesigned to be more applied, more practical, and more hands-on. You will leave with a clear action plan for things you can do to increase your impact the day you return home. Additionally, all Lab alumni receive:
- Access to more than 2,000 public innovators worldwide through our Public Innovators Listserv
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- A library of videos that you can use to spread what it means to Turn Outward
The Public Innovators Lab is foundational for any organization seeking to drive change in their community. We encourage you to bring a cross-functional team if possible or at least another colleague to share the experience. The Lab is designed for senior teams or individuals that have responsibility for developing strategy and driving execution.
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This will be an accumulated list of exercise related studies.
Athletic performance on Low Carb
- Metabolism Volume 32, Issue 8, August 1983, Pages 769-776. The human metabolic response to chronic ketosis without caloric restriction: Preservation of submaximal exercise capability with reduced carbohydrate oxidation. S. D. Phinney, B. R. Bistrian, W. J. Evans, E. Gervino, G.L. Blackburn.
- J Clin Invest. 1980;66(5):1152–1161. Capacity for Moderate Exercise in Obese Subjects after Adaptation to a Hypocaloric, Ketogenic Diet. Stephen D. Phinney, Edward S. Horton, Ethan A. H. Sims, John S. Hanson, Elliot Danforth Jr., and Betty M. Lagrange.
- Nutrients. 2014 Jun 27;6(7):2493-508. The effects of a ketogenic diet on exercise metabolism and physical performance in off-road cyclists. Zajac A, Poprzecki S, Maszczyk A, Czuba M, Michalczyk M, Zydek G.
- Exercise and Ketosis, Peter Attia
- Nutr Metab (Lond). 2004; 1: 7. Metabolic aspects of low carbohydrate diets and exercise. Sandra J Peters and Paul J LeBlanc.
- Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1998 Dec;30(12):1677-83. Effects of high fat versus high carbohydrate diets on plasma lipids and lipoproteins in endurance athletes. Brown RC, Cox CM.
- Hofmann, Peter & Lamprecht, M & Schwaberger, G & Pokan, Rochus & Von Duvillard, Serge. (2001). Effect of dietary modifications on lactate performance curve in incremental exercise tests and blood lactate concentration during endurance exercise on the cycle ergometer – A single case study. 110. 82-87.) which looked at Lactic Acid on three diets (Normal, Low Carb, High Carb).
- Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985). 88. 1707-14. Substrate metabolism during different exercise intensities in endurance- trained women. Romijn, Johannes & Coyle, Edward & Sidossis, Labros & Rosenblatt, J & Wolfe, R.R. 2000.
- J Physiol. 1996 Apr 1; 492(Pt 1): 293–306. Interaction of training and diet on metabolism and endurance during exercise in man. J W Helge, E A Richter, and B Kiens.
- Journal of Physiology, Volume 595, Issue 9, 1 May 2017, Pages 2785-2807. Low carbohydrate, high fat diet impairs exercise economy and negates the performance benefit from intensified training in elite race walkers. Louise M. Burke Megan L. Ross Laura A. Garvican‐Lewis Marijke Welvaert Ida A. Heikura Sara G. Forbes Joanne G. Mirtschin Louise E. Cato Nicki Strobel Avish P. Sharma John A. Hawley.
- The Zone Diet and Athletic Performance. Sports Medicine, April 1999, Volume 27, Issue 4, pp 213–228. Samuel N. Cheuvront.
Exercise and Diabetes
- Nutrients. 2017 Feb 20;9(2). pii: E167. Fructose and Sucrose Intake Increase Exogenous Carbohydrate Oxidation during Exercise. Trommelen J, Fuchs CJ, Beelen M, Lenaerts K, Jeukendrup AE, Cermak NM, van Loon LJ.
- Acta Med Scand Suppl. 1986;711:55-65. Effects of Exercise on Glucose Tolerance and Insulin Resistance . Brief review and some preliminary results Effects of exercise on glucose tolerance and insulin resistance. Holloszy JO, Schultz J, Kusnierkiewicz J, Hagberg JM, Ehsani AA.
- Ethiop J Health Sci. 2016 Sep; 26(5): 409–414. Insulin Sensitivity and Plasma Glucose Response to Aerobic Exercise in Pregnant Women at Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus. Heba Embaby, Enas Elsayed, and Mohamed Fawzy.
- Metabolism. Volume 32, Issue 6, June 1983, Pages 552-557. Metabolism
Daily variations of plasma glucose and insulin in physically-trained and sedentary subjects. Jacques Le Blanc, Angelo Tremblay, Denis Richard, André Nadeau.
Exercise Physiology (Mechanisms)
- Department of Health Sciences, Coordinator of Exercise and Fitness Program, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Bridgeport, 169 University Avenue, Bridgeport, CT 06604, USA. Skeletal Muscle Glycogen Depletion and Recovery During Four Consecutive Days of Prolonged Lift and Carry Exercise. Thomas B. Price and David M. Brady.
- European journal of applied physiology and occupational physiology. 57. 192-7. Lactate threshold and onset of blood lactate accumulation during incremental exercise after dietary modifications. Quirion, A & R Brisson, G & Laurencelle, L & DeCarufel, D & Audet, A & Dulac, S & Ledoux, Marielle & Vogelaere, P. (1988).
- Sports Med. 2014; 44(Suppl 1): 87–96. New Insights into the Interaction of Carbohydrate and Fat Metabolism During Exercise. Lawrence L. Spriet.
- Nutrition. 2004 Jul-Aug;20(7-8):716-727. Optimizing fat oxidation through exercise and diet. Achten J, Jeukendrup AE.
- Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2017 Jan;49(1):133-140. Maximal Fat Oxidation Rates in an Athletic Population. Randell RK, Rollo I, Roberts TJ, Dalrymple KJ, Jeukendrup AE, Carter JM.
- The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Volume 70, Issue 3, 1 September 1999, Pages 560s–569s. Essential fatty acids in health and chronic disease. Artemis P Simopoulos.
- Acta Physiol Scand 2003, 178, 443–452 Regulatory mechanisms in the interaction between carbohydrate and lipid oxidation during exercise. L. L. Spriet and M. J. Watt.
- Eur J Appl Physiol. 2010 Mar;108(4):791-800. Increased p70s6k phosphorylation during intake of a protein-carbohydrate drink following resistance exercise in the fasted state. Deldicque L1, De Bock K, Maris M, Ramaekers M, Nielens H, Francaux M, Hespel P.
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and MetabolismVol. 288, No. 4. 1 APR 2005. Combined ingestion of protein and free leucine with carbohydrate increases postexercise muscle protein synthesis in vivo in male subjects. René Koopman, Anton J. M. Wagenmakers, Ralph J. F. Manders, Antoine H. G. Zorenc.
- American Journal of Physiology-Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 293, No. 3. 1 SEPT 2007. Coingestion of carbohydrate with protein does not further augment postexercise muscle protein synthesis. René Koopman, et.al.
- Medicine and Science in Sports [01 Jan 1979, 11(1):1-5]. Effects of preexercise feedings on endurance performance. Foster C , Costill DL , Fink WJ.
- J Strength Cond Res. 2002 Feb;16(1):50-7. The acute 1-week effects of the Zone diet on body composition, blood lipid levels, and performance in recreational endurance athletes. Jarvis M1, McNaughton L, Seddon A, Thompson D.


Igbo Americans and the Slave Trade
Igbo Americans, or Americans of Igbo ancestry, (Igbo: Ṇ́dị́ Ígbò n'Emerịkà) are residents of the United States who identify as having Igbo ancestry from modern day Nigeria. There are primarily two classes of people with Igbo ancestry in the United States, those whose ancestors were taken from Igboland as a result of the transatlantic slave trade before the 20th century and those who immigrated from the 20th century onwards partly as a result of the in the late 1960s and economic instability in Nigeria. Igbo people prior to the American Civil War were brought to the United States by force from their hinterland homes on the Bight of Biafra and shipped by Europeans to North America between the 17th and 19th centuries.
Identified Igbo slaves were often described by the ethnonyms Ibo and Ebo(e), a colonial American rendering of Igbo. Some Igbo slaves were also referred to as 'bites', denoting their Bight of Biafra origin, and other names were used in reference to their home lands in Africa. Their presence in the United States was met with mixed feelings by American plantation owners because of their 'rebellious' attitudes to enslavement. Many of the enslaved Igbo people in the United States were concentrated in Virginia's lower Tidewater region and at some points in the 18th century they constituted over 30% of the enslaved black population. Igbo culture contributed to the creolised African American culture and is perhaps evident in such cultural vestiges as the Jonkonnu parades of North Carolina. Igbo Americans introduced the Igbo word okra into the English language.
Their presence in the United States was met with mixed feelings by American plantation owners because of their 'rebellious' attitudes to enslavement.
In the United States the Igbo were most numerous in the states of Maryland(coincidentally where there is a predominant population of recent Igbo immigrants) and Virginia, so much so that some historians have denominated colonial Virginia as “Igbo land". Virginia was the colony that took in the largest percentage of Igbo slaves. Researchers such as David Eltis estimate between 30—45% of the 'imported' slaves were from the Bight of Biafra, of these slaves 80% were likely Igbo. A so-called conservative estimate of the amount of Igbo taken into Virginia between 1698 and 1778 is placed at 25,000. The Igbo concentration was especially high in the Tidewater and Piedmont regions of the Virginia interior. One of the reasons for this high number of Igbo slaves in Virginia was the domination of the Bight of Biafra region of Africa by Bristol and Liverpool English merchants who frequently brought Bight of Biafra slaves to British colonies, Virginia being one of these colonies. The high concentration of Igbo slaves in Virginia was contributed to further by neighboring states. Planters in South Carolina and Georgia looked down on Igbo slaves because many were rebellious. Because of this the majority of Igbo slaves were taken and sold to Virginian planters. Some suggest that perhaps 60 percent of black Americans have at least one Igbo ancestor.
The Igbo presence in Virginia also brought new practices such as the cultivation of Okra, a plant whose name derives from the Igbo language.
Some possible Igbo names were also found among slave records in Virginia. Names found in records such as Anica, or Anakey, Breechy and Juba may originate respectively from the Igbo names Nneka, meaning the mother is superior, and mburichi, male members of the Kingdom of Nri and Jiugba, meaning yam barn. Some had their ethnicity added to their names such as Eboe Sarah and plain Ebo. These hints of Igbo influence go along with cultural remnants pointing towards the Igbo presence in Virginia, one of which is the use of the Eboe drum in music. The Igbo presence in Virginia also brought new practices such as the cultivation of Okra, a plant whose name derives from the Igbo language. Slaves in Virginia relied on sweet potato which is argued by Douglas Chambers to be an indication of a substitute for yam, the Igbo staple crop.
Igbo landmarks in America
Igbo Village in Virginia
The Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia has completed an Igbo single-family farmers compound to acknowledge the prevalence of the Igbo in 19th century Virginia.
Igbo Landing is a historic site in Dunbar Creek of St. Simons Island, Glynn County, Georgia, United States. In 1803 it was the location of a mass suicide by Igbo slaves in resistance to slavery in the United States, and is of symbolic importance in African American folklore and literary history.


Reviews for A TWIST OF HATE
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When his family's priceless Cézanne disappears from a museum, former homicide inspector Del Miller leaves the investigation to the FBI. But that’s before an art dealer alleges that Del’s grandfather, a victim of the Nazi death camps, stole the masterpiece from a Paris gallery seventy years before. After the dealer is found dead, and Del's father is implicated, Del sets out to uncover the truth.
From present-day San Francisco to war-torn France, to the Nazi death camps and betrayal, A TWIST OF HATE is a story of family honor. One man's quest for answers about the grandfather he never knew, the father he idolizes, and the secrets behind a missing painting that lay buried deep within his family's past.


I’ve only started reading poetry (for pleasure) within the last year. Being forced to read poetry is one of the most painful things, in the world of homework, I’ve ever experienced. So, for me, finding poetry that I enjoy reading is an incredible experience.
When I saw the Pulitzer Prize awarded to Frank Bidart for poetry, I was immediately interested. The title of the collection is Half-light: Collected Poems 1965-2016, and I was intrigued by the fact that these poems span such a vast number of years. Each person’s voice changes with them as they meet new people, experience new things, and I think that that would really be apparent in including poetry from several different decades into one volume.
As I read the description of the work, I was interested by amount of voices that Bidart apparently uses in his work:
“His pages represent the human voice in all its extreme registers, whether it’s that of the child-murderer Herbert White, the obsessive anorexic Ellen West, the tormented genius Vaslav Nijinsky, or the poet’s own. And in that embodiment is a transgressive empathy, one that recognizes our wild appetites, the monsters, the misfits, the misunderstood among us and inside us.”
Taking on a range of voices is incredibly difficult to do. A lot of my own writing revolves around the same themes, attacking the same ideas. I often find myself writing similar characters with similar experiences, and while I think those characters are important, I do think that being able to write different characters and experiences is incredibly important as well. It’s something I’ve really tried to work on this last year in my creative writing.
I found myself reading a Bustle article about the book. E. Ce Miller praises Bidart’s work and discusses the vast amount of topics and issues that he covers, also commenting on the way he writes and the style he uses:
“Bidart is hardly known for being a traditional poet — instead, he is one who plays with typography, word arrangement, and meandering monologues, and utilizes unconventional punctuation and capitalization. His collections have explored a wide range of themes from the darker corners of the human psyche: guilt, murder, eating disorders, disease, illness, death; but also revels in experiences of sex, love, and the desire to live.”
When reading prose, I love looking at different types of formalism and seeing how writers break the traditional realms of writing. From my understanding, Bidart takes the liberties of breaking those rules as well.
I’m also curious how he chooses to handle the topics mentioned above because I think that many of them are difficult to talk about.
Hopefully I’ll be able to pick up the book at some point, but until then, here’s a video of Bidart reading some of his poetry. I really enjoyed “Queer” (4:52).


The Wilber Clatonia Elementary School LIbrary will be hosting a Scholastic Book Fair during the week of September 22-26. The fair is open to the public and to students during school hours and during Parent/Teacher Conferences. It is an excellent place for parents and grandparents to encouarge the enjoyment of . . .
Don’t let the flu rule! Get your flu vaccine, once a year every year. Flu season is almost here, Public Health Solutions District Health Department will be offering flu vaccine clinics for students at your school on 10/24/14 . Prior to the start of clinics, Elementary students will be bringing home consent . . .
Ray Collins is the Superintendent at Wilber-Clatonia Schools. Mr. Collins has been with Wilber Clatonia School District since 2010. Prior to that he had many years of service to the Prague Public School District. He is a former ag ed instructor, Principal, and Superintendent. Mr. Collins has four children; two . . .
School District #82 will be conducting a school census during the month of June. In order to get the most accurate and complete number and names of persons living within our district, we are asking the patrons to complete the attached questionnaire. It is important for one form to be filled out for each household. This includes . . .
October 17, 2014
Wilber-Clatonia Public School will be having student's annual health screening on October 17th, 2014. Students in grades 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th and 10th will be participating this day. Health Screenings will include; heigth, weight, oral health, vision and hearing. The Lions Club will be assisting this day! Dr. Mark Pinkerton DDS will . . .


Once again, apologies for not publishing on a timely basis. I am still working on my thesis, and hope to get back to regular posts once it is finished. While I'm a bit overwhelmed right now, I wanted to give you a kind of holiday gift this season: the present of free reading. I'll explain.
I always read Rob Pegoraro's Faster Forward posts in the Washington Post, and at the end of November he wrote one about Amazon. Apparently, Amazon has been charging Kindle users a fee for books that are essentially free! The titles in question are not just public domain books, but books that have been formatted for Project Gutenberg by volunteers, Pegoraro said. In October, he had received an email from one of the volunteers:
"Gutenberg contributor Linda M. Everhart complained in an e-mail in late October that Amazon was selling a title she'd contributed to Gutenberg, Arthur Robert Harding's 1906 opus "Fox Trapping," for $4."
"They took the text version, stripped off the headers and footer containing the license, re-wrapped the sentences, and made the chapter titles bold," wrote Everhart, a Blairstown, Mo., trapper. She added that "their version had all my caption lines, in exactly the same place where I had put them."
That made me wonder if Baby Boomers and others who are new users of e-book readers actually knew about Project Gutenberg, a great free site for books that are out of copyright. You can download all the classics from this site without paying a cent or even registering. If you like the site, and want to contribute to its upkeep, then you can donate to it. Otherwise, you can use the books there as you wish. To download the books to your Kindle, choose the Kindle format. You can also find "epub" formatting for most books and Apple formatting for some books.
Here is a link to Project Gutenberg's top 100 most downloaded books. When I looked on the day I wrote this blog Sherlock Holmes, A Christmas Carol, Huck Finn and Pride and Prejudice were all on the list, as was an audio book from an author I've never heard of called The Song My Paddle Sings, a poetry book by Canadian author E. Pauline Johnson.
Yesterday, I went to the site and decided to download some Sherlock Holmes. I took a look at Project Gutenberg's mobile site, which is in development but worked fine for me, and found that Adventures of Sherlock Holmes mysteries were listed there.
After I clicked on The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, I came to this page:
In my life, I've revisited some of the classics many times, and this is one way to do it without leaving the house, going to the library or paying a penny. So visit Project Gutenberg and enjoy the wealth of material on that site. I hope you like my "gift."
In my next post I'll show you how to get those Project Gutenberg books off of your PC and onto your mobile device. I also plan to discuss other sources of free reading material for the iPad and e-readers.


Bhaijii’s discourses contain a balance between devotion and wisdom. Whilst he entrancingly leads people into bhakti bhav (devotion). He also shares the tenets of wisdom that are enshrined in the scriptures. Citing examples from the Shrimad Bhagavat Puraan, Shri Ramcharitmanas, Shrimad Bhagavad Gita and other devotional recitations and enlightening scriptures like the Upanishads and Shubhashitas, Bhaishri, in his unique style shows us the path to lead an ideal life, to be a true devotee, with a complete understanding of life’s spiritual laws and thus indicating the path of salvation.
From highlighting the importance of our revered scriptures which teach us ethics and the direction in which we must take our lives, to the importance of our venerated Gurus, Bhaiji continues to enlighten his listeners, rekindling the flame of knowledge and devotion within them.
Bhaishri expounds the VishishtaDeit ,Dvait, Dvaitadvait,Adveit, and different philosophy in the most simple ways, very often, quoting great sages like Shri Vallabhacharyaji ,Shri Adi Shankaracharyaji , other adi gurus and great saints of india.
His discourses are a beautiful expression of the various philosophies that exuberate the richness of our Sanatana Dharma leading all of us to an understanding of life’s subtle Truths.


Saturday, December 11, 3:00pm
“In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines lived 12 little girls in two straight lines.”
So begins this delightful story of Madeline’s Christmas! Miss Clavel takes the 12 little girls on their morning walk when suddenly disaster strikes and everyone gets the flu! Everyone that is, except for the ever-resilient Madeline. Saddened that they may not be able to go home for Christmas, the girls and Miss Clavel take to their beds. But on Christmas Eve there is a knock at the front door. Expecting to see Santa, Madeline meets a rug merchant who has brought some very special rugs — rugs that will make this the most magical and memorable Christmas of all.


May I Recommend?
In case I have sparked any kind of interest in the man who became Genghis Khan, may I recommend the following:
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World, by Jack Weatherford (Broadway Books, NY; 2004)
and from the other side:
The Devil’s Horsemen, by James Chambers (Atheneum, NY; 1985, originally published 1979)
Both are available through Barnes & Noble and Amazon, and I could possibly be persuaded to lend my copies if you ask.


Weekend To Do List, January 31- February 2, 2020
Do: Beginning Genealogy
When: Saturday, February 1, 1pm-4pm
Where: Knox County Public Library System ET History Center / 610 S Gay St. Knoxville
Getting started in genealogy can be quite daunting, but there are many resources that are readily available to help you in your search. These workshops teach basic genealogy. Check out the Knox County Public Library website for more info on getting started before the workshop starts.
Instructor: Ann Blomquist, MEd.
How to begin your family search using charts and forms, free internet sites, genealogy software, and other sources.
Call 865-215-8809 to register.
Eat & Drink: SWATaco Food Truck at Next Level Brewing
When: Friday, January 31, 6pm-10pm
Where: Next Level Brewing / 700 North Broadway, Knoxville
Head out to Next Level Brewing on Broadway for an awesome brew and SWATaco Food Truck will be set up and serving delicous TexMex food. Their menu will have your mouth watering with Tacos, Burritos, Quesadillas, and more!
Try: $15 Valentine's Make & Take
When: Sunday, February 2, 3:30pm-6:30pm
Where: Board & Brush / 11113 Kingston Pike, Knoxville
Photo Courtesy of Board and Brush Knoxville Facebook Page
Buy: New On The Market, One Level Seymour Home
Listed By: The Trentham Team, Great Life RE brokered by eXp Realty
Contact: Kristie Trentham (865) 386-2512
Beautiful, all 1 Level home with 3 bd/2 ba in the heart of Seymour. Perfect location, close to Knoxville, Sevierville, and Maryville. Large Living Room with Bay Window. Kitchen has Stainless/Black Appliances, lots of cabinets, and large pantry. Office area has a built in desk and cabinets. Very large Level Back Yard with Patio area. Must see to appreciate all the space this home offers.
Family: Harry Potter Wand Make and Take
When: Saturday, February 1, 1pm-3pm
Where: Southern Grace Mercantile / 8903 Oak Ridge Hwy, Knoxville
Southern Grace Mercantile will be hosting a DIY for Harry Potter wands. This is perfect for kids and adults. 1 wand is $7 and each additional wand is $5 per person. For example if 1 person makes 3 wands it will be $17. If a group of 3 people come in to make wands and each person makes 1 wand it will be $21.
Watch & Listen: Super Sunday Dine + Dash
When: Sunday, February 2, 11am-11pm
Where: Drake's Knoxville / 242 Morrell Rd. Knoxville
Go play at Drake's for the big game! For every $25 you spend on food (dine-in, carry-out and catering) all day on Super Sunday, February 2, you'll receive a $25 promotional gift card* for use at a later date. Plus 1/2 off beer towers during the game!!
*Promotional gift card valid on food purchases only.
Have a great weekend! Let us know if you give something on our list a try!
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This year’s Public Forum, entitled “Trade Beyond COVID-19: Building Resilience”, looked at the effects of the pandemic on trade and how the multilateral trading system can help build resilience to COVID-19 and future crises. Under the main theme the Public Forum’s sub-themes were Enhancing Resilience beyond COVID-19; Strengthening the Multilateral Trading System; and Collective Action towards Sustainable Trade.
TIISA Network Director; Jane Drake-Brockman participated as coordinator in the following sessions.
WTO Joint initiative on services domestic regulation
Services and innovation: The future is digital
Other sessions of interest
Making plurilateral negotiations support the multilateral trading system.
COVID crisis, industrial subsidies and the way forward
Read related Think 20 Policy Briefs:
Think 20 Policy Brief : Digital Trade; Top Trade Negotiation Priorities
Think 20 Policy Brief : Boosting G20 Cooperation for WTO Reform
Think 20 Policy Brief : Domestic Distortions Through Industrial Subsidies


An Illustrated History of 151 Video Games
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An Illustrated History of 151 Video Games is a book written by Simon Parkin. It was published in 2014.
Why It Rocks
- The books chronicles gaming history from the early 70s to the 2010s.
- Tons of illustrations from artwork to scenes in gaming.
- Learn about many great games for your collection.
- You may learn something new about a game in the book you heavily cherish.
- Many different genres of games.
- Even talks about the failures of certain consoles like the Atari Jaguar.
- The cover art of the book alone has dozens of video game characters and is well done.
- The author, Simon Parkin has his own article on DeepFreeze.it. Luckily his crime shouldn't have much effect on your decision to get the book, especially since it happened a year after writing this book.
- May contain genres you might not have an interest in.
- Some errors, such as playing Super Mario Kart on the DS (in reality, you can not).


Who are we?
Amana Literature, formerly known as Gospel Book Room, serving India and its surrounding countries, is a representative of Living Stream Ministry which is a non-profit corporation that is primarily dedicated to the publication of the ministry of Watchman Nee and Witness Lee, and publishes the books of Living Stream Ministry with permission. Just as these two servants of our Lord Jesus Christ faithfully continued the heritage of ministry that the Lord delivered to the church, it is our aim to follow their faithful pattern by distributing the riches of Christ for the building up of the Body of Christ. Their writings focus on the enjoyment of the divine life and on the building up of the church, the goal of the work of God with man in this age.
Amana Literature has one goal: to supply spiritual food for the nourishment of all believers that they may grow in the divine life for the sake of the building up of the Body of Christ. For this very purpose translation has been going on presently in Hindi, Marathi, Tamil,Telugu, Malayalam, Odisha, Kannada, Punjabi, Mizo and Khasi.
Amana Literature is burdened to build up translation team for every language in India for translating the Holy Word for Morning Revival, title books, Life-Study of the Bible and Hymns as food supply for all the saints. If anyone has the burden to participate in this matter kindly contact us.


Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays Volume 2 (1953–1956) (Superman Atomic Age Sundays) Hardcover
More than 170 never-before-reprinted Superman Sundays from the 1950s. This second book (of three) features every Superman weekly strip from March 22, 1953 through June 24, 1956. In these tales, Superman encounters two escaped criminals from Krypton; challenges Lois to discover his secret identity in three different periods in history; battles the mysterious Prankster; meets the legendary Hercules; mixes it up with the Phantom Thief, a crook whom radiation turns invisible; encounters a flying horse named Comet (no, not the one belonging to Supergirl!); and is super-confused when he suffers from super-amnesia!
Superman was created in 1938 by two ambitious Cleveland youngsters, Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel. Their defender of the oppressed became an enduring smash sensation in comics, radio, animation, television, and motion pictures. He remains the little guy's White Knight, battling terrestrial and extra-terrestrial menaces and standing for Truth, Justice, and the American Way.


At this point of time, there are so many reading corner ideas for toddlers available and easy to search. Even if that is so, it is quite unfortunate that most of those ideas are relate to how to design the reading space or how to decorate it. Therefore, in this post we are going to talk about an idea that is rather different. It is nothing else but the suggestion for you to build the reading space or just call it small library for your kids in your kids’ playroom.
Presenting a small reading corner or library at home is one way that can foster children’s interest in reading. Children certainly cannot immediately read, but the presence of a reading corner with a unique concept will attract the child’s interest to linger even begin to be interested in choosing children’s books that have been neatly arranged in a shelf.
The Space Is Already Available
At first, the playroom may be designed for your little ones so they have a special room to spend time playing. Besides, it would also be the best decision to avoid toys to spread in all over the house. However, you really need to know that after your kids reach certain age they will start to have preference on reading even if maybe at first the type of book they love to read the most is the one with tons of pictures.
When this time comes, it is factually also the right moment for you to redecorate the playroom you have built previously by adding a reading corner for your kids where some collection of books are placed an of course can be read every time they want to read those.
This kind of reading nook ideas for kids is rarely thought about by parents. Even so, it is a highly beneficial one because there is no need to think about any more about where the reading area will be created in the house since the space is as a matter of fact already available.
If it is too complicated to design, determine the theme, and a very limited budget, this inspiring reading corner could be an alternative, you know! Yep, just attach the arrangement of the letters of the alphabet with a large size then the impression of this reading corner is more striking compared to some corner of the room in the house. Eits, other benefits … your child is increasingly familiar with the letters of the alphabet. Cool, right?!
There Is No Need to Buy Extra Furniture
Other greatness about the idea we talk about here is that there is no need for you to buy extra furniture for the library. Certainly the furniture in the playroom can also be considered as reading corner furniture, no matter whether it is a set of table and chair or just a comfortable sofa. No matter what the type of the furniture is, it is so certain that your kids will be able to find comfort easily in reading in the room.
It is especially because the room is obviously something they have already familiar with since before. The only homework you need to do if you really want your kids to love reading activities is introducing reading to them in totally fun ways.


The 60s Doctor Who story, Fury from the Deep, has had an animation makeover and is available on Blu-Ray, DVD, and limited edition Steelbook. Below we’ll talk about the best places to buy it, some background to the story and, in this year that would have been Patrick Troughton’s centenary, it seems fiiting to discuss the Second Doctor’s era in more detail (and discuss where you can buy more of his stories, and other items).
Fury from the Deep is one of the missing stories from the 1960s, when the BBC wiped various recordings to make room for new ones (thinking that people wouldn’t be interested in seeing them again[!]). The story featured in the series’ fifth season, and took part over six episodes. It’s notable for featuring the first appearance of the Doctor’s trusty sonic screwdriver, and the last appearance of companion Victoria. Not much of the original recording is left, but what is left is available as one of the Special features.
The TARDIS brings the Doctor, Victoria and Jamie to the Kent coast of England, where the ESGO complex is drawing up natural gas under the North Sea via a huge network of pipes linked to their off-shore rigs. But the Doctor is convinced he can hear something in the pipes, a heartbeat, something… alive?
Others at the complex have heard it too, and one by one contact with the rigs is being lost. But Chief Robson will have none of it, and work will continue. And so it does… until sentient, aggressive seaweed begins attacking the base and taking over the personnel one by one, creating a spearhead from which is will launch its attack and enslave the entire human race… Can the Doctor discover a way to stop the weed advancing? Or does the only real chance of success lie with Victoria and if it does, can a way be found to utilise that without harming one of the Doctor’s very best friends…
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|Alternate Black & White presentation||Behind the Scenes|
|Audio Commentaries||Photo Gallery|
|Episode 6 Film Trims||PDF Scripts|
|New 5.1 Surround Mix by Mark Ayres||Teaser Trailer|
|Production Subtitles||The Cruel Sea- Making Fury From the Deep|
|Surviving Footage||The Slide Audio Drama|
|Telesnap Reconstruction with Optional Narration by Frazer Hines||Archive Interviews|
Where to buy (updated 29/09/20)
Who is the Second Doctor?
In case you only know 21st century Doctor Who (Christopher Eccleston -> Jodie Whittaker), or just want to dig a bit deeper into the Second Doctor stories, here’s a bit of background, and some places to find out more.
Doctor Who began in 1966 and for three years the title character was played by William Hartnell. He loved playing this children’s hero, but became ill and would no longer be able to carry on in the role. This could have been a major problem for the BBC, but the writers of the show came up with the idea that, as The Doctor is an alien, perhaps he could ‘renew’ his body and, thus, be played by a different actor! An idea we’re all comfortable with now, but was a major gamble at the time, as they did not know if the show could still be successful without it’s familiar leading man.
Producer Innes Lloyd chose Patrick Troughton for his wide experience and versatility (see IMDB for his credits), and the decision was made to play him as a “cosmic hobo”, a bit like a Charlie Chaplin in space. Troughton was very nervous about stepping into Bill Hartnell’s shoes, and felt the pressure of the show upon him. But audiences were won round to this charming, sometimes clown-like figure, who’s outer joviality hid a steel-trap of a mind, and a deep sense of justice.
The second Doctor fought many monsters, old and new. The Cybermen featured in 4 stories, and the Daleks in 2, and new returning enemies arose in this era : the Ice Warriors and the Great Intelligence. This Doctor travelled with many companions – two he inherited from the “first” Doctor Ben (Michael Craze) and Polly (Anneke Wills), soon to be joined by young Scot Jamie McCrimmon (Fraser Hines) who stayed with this Doctor from the second story right through to his last. Jamie was joined by Victoria Waterfield (Deborah Watling) and Zoe Heriot (Wendy Padbury). This era also saw the first stories to feature UNIT, with their leader, firstly Colonel, later Brigadier, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart (Nicholas Courtney).
The end for the Second Doctor came in an epic ten-part story, The War Games, where we ended six years of mystery, finding out that The Doctor is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. When he reluctantly calls on his people – from whom he is on the run – to help, they do so but they also put the Doctor on trial for breaking their laws of non-interefence in other worlds. The Doctor puts up a strong defence saying that there are evils in the Universe that need fighting, but is sentenced to exile on a planet he has shown much interest in – Earth – and for his appearance to be changed again . . .
Troughton seemed unaware how loved his Doctor was until he started participating in conventions in the 80s, and was thrilled to find out. He reprised his role in the 10th anniversary story The Three Doctors, and the 20th anniversary The Five Doctors, and the non-anniversary The Two Doctors with sixth Doctor, Colin Baker.
Where you can find 2nd Doctor stories and collectables
Before I ever saw him on TV I first encountered the Second Doctor through the story novelisations by Target. You can find many of these on Ebay and Amazon, and you can hear many of them being read as audiobooks on Audible. Some of them have also been made into beautiful, collectable vinyl albums ( like The Abominable Snowmen).
You can, of course, buy the DVDs/Blu-Rays. Some are the whole story. Others, because the original was wiped, like Fury, are animated (The Faceless Ones, Power of the Daleks). Some are stories that were missing, but have now been found – like this blog’s name’s sake The Web of Fear, and The Enemy of the World), and you can hear the story of how they were found in the interview below for the ‘Time Space Visualiser’ virtual con. You can find the DVDs at Amazon, Zoom and Zavvi.
I have made a list of all the 2nd stories and how they are able to be experienced – Target novelisation, audio recording with narration, audiobook, dvd and blu-ray. Go to the ‘Extras’ link at the top of the page (or click here).
If this has given you a taste for the Second Doctor and you want to hear new stories, there are a few ways you can do this. Big Finish continue to produce classic Doctor stories, and you can find Second Doctor ones here. You can also buy CDs of these stories on Amazon, and hear them on Audible.
Finally you can commemorate the Second Doctor with various other items of interest from stamp covers, to a model of the Doctor with the Tardis, ‘Mr Men books’, all of which can be found at Amazon, and figurines & badges available from Eaglemoss. Iwoot also have various Second Doctor items like artwork or, if you’re so inclined, a mask!
I hope you’ve enjoyed this brief look at the time of the Second Doctor. If you have, please leave some comments below, and please sign up to my newsletter to get deals, news & views from the worlds of Doctor Who by e-mail. Thanks.


My Guardian Angel Took My Bicycle
I work on children’s books some of my time, but my publisher (my son) is very busy with two jobs and a family. I just figure if I go ahead and make the books, they are ready whenever he has time to format them and get them printed. Besides the stories are fun to share with the grandbabies. This book, My Guardian Angel Took My Bicycle, is based on another of my husbands childhood memories.
He had a brother who was quite a bit older than him. He sometimes liked to show off for his little brother Johnny. On this particular day he taunted him with his skill of bicycling down the big steep hill by their house with his feet on the handle bars and his arms in the air.
Johnny being much younger was sure he could do anything his big brother did and so he began to descend down the hill with his hands in the air and his feet on the handle bars.
At full speed, and about halfway down the hill his tire hit a rock and sent Johnny flying one way and his bike another. When he arrived home with no skin left on his back, torn shirt and blood everywhere, his only concern was his bicycle. He had not been able to find it after the accident.
His dad put him on the picnic table and hosed him down to get all of the gravel out of his back. Then his mom covered him in bag balm and wrapped him in strips torn from an old white sheet. For those of you who did not grow up on a farm, bag balm was a thick medicinal ointment used for about everything, including the farm animals, to help healing of cuts and bruises. For weeks he would go back up the hill and look for his bicycle, but it was nowhere to be found. His brother kept telling him that his guarding angel had taken it because he had been so foolish. And Johnny was beginning to believe that it must be so.
The funny conclusion of the story will be for another page, hopefully with a picture of the finished book.


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Quantum Palmistry: The Simian Constellation by Dr. Yoshifumi Harada The Simian constellation represents are link in us to the animal kingdom. This is a very basic constellation that represents the animal urges within us. The simian ape is a powerful primate which lives upon its basic wit wit
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The book is an autobiography of Ayaan Hirsi Ali, an expatriated Somali woman, world famous for criticizing Islamic fundamentalism and fighting for muslim women’s rights. Ayaan went through horrors during her childhood and faced death threats as a congresswoman in the dutch parliament. the cover artwork seeks to mythicize the author, paying tribute to the relevance of her saga. designed with kiko farkas from máquina estúdio.
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Good Reasons for Bad Feelings: Psychiatry’s Missing Foundation in Evolutionary Biology- Seminar by Professor Randolph Nesse
Wed 13th February 2019 from 12-1pm. Gustave Tuck LT main campus, UCL
Professor Randolph Nesse discusses his much-anticipated new book that offers a new framework which could revolutionise our perspectives around today’s mental health crisis. It isfilled with fascinating case studies and stories, compassionately told.
With his classic book Why We Get Sick, Randolph Nesse established the field of evolutionary medicine. Now he returns with a book that transforms our understanding of mental disorders by exploring a fundamentally new question. Instead of asking why certain people suffer from mental illness, Nesse asks why natural selection has left us all with fragile minds.
Drawing on revealing stories from his own clinical practice and insights from evolutionary biology, Nesse shows how negative emotions are useful in certain situations, yet can become excessive. To give just one example, low mood prevents us from wasting effort in pursuit of unreachable goals, but it often escalates into pathological depression. His insights help to explain the pervasiveness of human suffering, and show us new paths for relieving it.
See Randolph Nesse’s website here GoodReasons.info
And the Book of the Week review here Evening Standard Book of the week_ Good Reasons for Bad Feelings by Randolph M. Nesse


Urur Dhex-Dhexaad Ah/Community in Between is now on display at the Dublin Arts Council until November 3, 2017. The book is for sale through Trillium Press. Learn more about the project here. Join the authors for a community conversation on "Integration, Immigration, Identity" at the Dublin Arts Council on November 2 at 6:30 pm. Full event schedule here.
Smith, R. with Q. Hassan. (2017). Sheeko Xariir/A Story to Connect Us: Somali-American Storytelling in the Classroom. Journal of Ethnography and Education.
Hassan, Q. and Smith, R. (2017). Urur Dhex-Dhexaad Ah: Community In-Between. Trillium Press. Available here.
Smith, R. (2016). New voices and narrative participatory photography: A culturally relevant method for intercultural dialogue. In L. Hersey (Ed.), Handbook of Research on the Facilitation of Civic Engagement through Community Art. IGI-Global. Available here.
Smith, R. (2016). Beyond Place: Diasporan Creative Placemaking. Journal of Art for Life. Read here.


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meet on the third Wednesday of each month alternately in the EAA hangar at
the Watsonville Airport, and the Salinas Airport. Please join us for a fun filled evening
Directions to the EAA hangar at
the Watsonville Airport: The EAA hangar is at
60 Aviation Way (EAA #119 Hangar) called WAEC Watsonville Aviation
Education Center. Exit Highway 1 at Airport Blvd., drive toward
hills, three signals to left turn from Airport Blvd. to Aviation
Way, proceed on Aviation Way past WVI terminal.
There is a small parking lot in front of the hangar. WVI tenants
may park on the ramp by the hangar.
Directions to the
Salinas Airport: Coming From CA-1 North Take Highway 1 through Castroville & connect to 183 to Hwy 101 South. Exit Airport Blvd (326A). Turn left onto Airport Blvd. Meetings are at 342 Airport Blvd. Coming from CA-1 South Use Highway 101, take Airport Blvd 326A.
The MB 99 library
is always open before, during and after our Watsonville meetings. Also you
can see the whole list of books that we have right here!
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The NM Suicide Prevention Coalition Faith Communities Workgroup has created a Suicide Prevention Resource Guide for Faith Communities in two distinct parts. Part one is for Faith Leaders, who are increasingly being called upon to counsel members who struggle with mental illness, suicidal ideation, and addiction. Part two contains handouts for use with congregants.
There are 2 ways to access this Guide.
- It can be downloaded in its entirety and printed for free using the button above "Download Resource Guide."
- It can be purchased in a book form on Amazon. Click on the cover image above.


JENNY MCCARTHY AND FRIENDS
Jenny McCarthy's Dirty, Sexy, Funny highlights the scandalous comedy of an eclectic cast of female comedians - Paula Bel, Tammy Pescatelli, Lynne Koplitz and April Macie.
Jenny McCarthy’s honesty, humility and humor have enabled her to transcend the boundaries of her roles as comedian, actress, host, best-selling author and influential activist in the world of healing and preventing autism. When she first made her own experience with her son Evan’s diagnosis and subsequent recovery from autism, her unique ability to articulate the unspoken words of thousands of mothers and fathers across the world was recognized immediately.
A highly-regarded NY Times Best Selling author, McCarthy’s books include the bestsellers Belly Laughs, Baby Laughs, Life Laughs, Louder Than Words: A Mother’s Journey in Healing Autism and Mother Warriors: A Nation of Parents Healing Autism Against All Odds, LOVE, LUST, AND FAKING IT: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies, and True Romance. Healing and Preventing Autism, co-written with Dr. Jerry Kartzinel, BAD HABITS: Confessions of a Recovering Catholic, and her latest book hit stores May 2014, Stirring The Pot: My Recipe For Getting What You Want Out Of Life which also landed on the NY Times Bestseller List. Upon completion of her 10th book, Jenny decided to re-focus her attention on her first love – TV, radio and comedy. MUST BE 21 TO ENTER.


Dicey Tales is the pulp era supplement to the Barbarians of Lemuria Role Playing Game.
“Huh? Barbarians and Pulp?” you ask. Well, allow us to expand on this a bit.
Dicey Tales was created with the goal of giving the fan of the Barbarians of Lemuria (BoL) role playing game a chance to explore a variety of pulp genres while still remaining firmly within the BoL rules set.
This means that Dicey Tales is not a standalone game. It is a collection of articles that we hope will enable players of the Barbarians of Lemuria game to expand into different genres beyond the Sword & Sorcery realm of Lemuria, while still retaining, and building upon, the BoL system.
In order to make the best use of much of the information found in Dicey Tales, you’ll need a copy of Barbarians of Lemuria – Legendary Edition from Beyond Belief Games.
About Jeff Mejia
Jeff Mejia has been a fan of roleplaying games and the pulp era genre for over 30 years. As a writer, he has written articles and reviews for Knights of the Dinner Table Magazine and Blackgate Magazine. In 2007 Jeff co-wrote a Sword & Sorcery Role-Playing game called Broadsword for Deep7Games. He later expanded the world of Broadsword with a campaign supplement named Legends of Steel. The setting proved immensely popular, and was soon developed for several different role-playing game systems, such as Pinnacle Entertainment’s Savage Worlds system and Barbarians of Lemuria from Beyond Belief Games. The popularity of Legends of Steel enabled Jeff to begin work on a periodical focusing on pulp era gaming named Dicey Tales.


ABOUT THE PROJECT
A collaborative group of local historical institution leaders has launched the “Portsmouth History in 101 Objects” project, an initiative designed to create a commemorative book and website for the Portsmouth NH 400 anniversary in 2023. The book will feature full-color photographs of 101 objects unique to Portsmouth and short essays by local authors to represent the pre-history, birth, history, present and future of the City of Portsmouth.
The Editorial Board for the project includes Steve Butzel and Nicole Cloutier, City of Portsmouth Public Library; Tom Hardiman, Portsmouth Athenaeum; Gerald Ward, Portsmouth Historical Society; and Lawrence J. Yerdon, Strawbery Banke Museum. The Project Manager is Stephanie Seacord.
The members of the Editorial Board, their institutions and the participating organizations are compiling a list of objects suggested by a diverse array of local history, arts and culture organizations and institutions, local churches, businesses and fraternal organizations with deep Portsmouth histories, and other interested residents. In addition to traditional decorative and fine arts items, an object might be a landmark, hidden treasure, building or document. The Editorial Board has decided that for this project, a person is not an object – but a distinctive painting or photograph of a person might be an important consideration.
“The city’s historical institutions are working together with as wide a group of nominators as possible to create a Portsmouth NH 400th commemorative history book and website intended to tell the City of Portsmouth’s deep and broad story in an engaging manner for the general reader,” said 101 Objects Project Manager Stephanie Seacord. “The Editorial Board believes this project will give the Portsmouth NH 400 celebration and its participants a tangible reminder of the City's history, as viewed from this moment in time, as a legacy for future generations and a resource for historians.”
The Editorial Board has selected Kathleen Soldati as book editor and Piscataqua Press as the publisher and has started to solicit nominations of objects and essays by potential contributing authors. The goal is to have books available by Christmas 2022, for widest sales distribution during the 400th anniversary year in 2023. Details on pre-publication ordering will be forthcoming.
Organizations with a Portsmouth history to tell are invited to nominate an object using this online form.
Writers who would like to participate in the project should contact Stephanie Seacord at email@example.com They will have the opportunity to write about one of the objects nominated for the project or one they think should be included, as their contribution.


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The origin story of the the mythical Greek hero. Betrayed by his stepfather, the King, and exiled and sold into slavery because of a forbidden love, Hercules must use his formidable powers to fight his way back to his rightful kingdom.
Gaia Weiss, Kellan Lutz, Roxanne McKee, Scott Adkins
22 Sep 2018 (Usa)


|High School Supply List
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|Notice of Public Hearing
Mt. Olive Community Unit School
Macoupin and Montgomery Counties
Notice of Public Hearing
July 19, 2017
The Board of Education of the Mt. Olive Community Unit School District #5 will hold a Public Hearing on Wednesday, July 19, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. in the Jr. High Computer Lab at the Mt. Olive Community School located at 804 W Main St., Mt. Olive, Illinois.
The purpose of said hearing will be to receive public comment on a proposed waiver application to allow the district to charge less than 110% of the per capita tuition charge for non-resident children of full time employees of the Mt. Olive Community Unit School District #5.
David Brunnworth, President
Board of Education
Mt. Olive Community Unit School District #5
|Chargers Football to Offer Youth Camp
The South Mac Chargers football team will be offering youth camp to all students grades K-8th. Cost is $20 per player. Completed forms and payment need to be turned into the High School office by Wednesday June 28th. Forms are also available in the High School office.
Volleyball camp registration forms are due today, May 31.
|High/Junior High School Volleyball
Any high school or jr. high girls who plan on playing volleyball next year here is the open gym schedule. They will be held in the high school gym from 9-11 a.m.
|Painting the Baseball Concession Stand
Mrs. Gallia's Art classes painted the Baseball Concession stand this week. Good job, it looks great!
|Wildcats Baseball Concession Stand
|High School Cats Connection
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|Freshman Informational Meeting
8th Grade Parents and students:
Mt. Olive High School is hosting a Freshman Informational evening on Tuesday, April 25th, at 6:00 PM in the High School Gym. This is for current 8th grade students who will be attending Mt. Olive High School during the 2017-2018 school year.
They will also receive information about required health documents, a Curriculum/Course Guide, Freshmen Informational Handbook, and Helpful Hints, Facts and Procedures about student life at Mt. Olive High School.
Parents and students will also have the opportunity to ask questions about the high school experience. We hope to see everyone on Tuesday night!
|Raging Rivers Information
575 New Books for the Mt. Olive School Library!
How do you instill a love of books and reading in students? You have an abundance of books the students want to read! The Scholastic Reading Club and James Patterson awarded the school a $2,500 grant to purchase books students wanted to read. Suggestion boxes for book titles were placed in the elementary, jr. high, and high school areas. From those title and favorite author suggestions, 575 books were purchased. Volunteer retired teachers stamped and AR labeled the books. As a thank you, the students used books to spell the word, “thanks” and showed off the new books. Thank you, Scholastic Reading Club and James Patterson for the books along with the volunteer teachers who prepared the books for the library!
|7th Grade Art Easter Planter Contest
The 7th grade made these decorative eggs in art. They were put on painted sticks and now they are on display in the Mt. Olive Easter Planter Contest. It is in front of the Shawnee Studio. If you are on main street, check them out!
|Field trip to the St. Louis Art Museum
|More Art Museum
|The Whole Art 3 & 4 Class at the St. Louis Art Museum
|Personal Care item drive for the American Red Cross
We will be hosting a personal care item drive for the American Red Cross. These items listed are to be used for the home fires, disasters, etc. in our local area. A bin will be located outside of the nurses' office until the end of March.
Click to open flyer on Personal Care Item Drive for the American Red Cross.
|FOCUS5 Hog Raffle
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|Focus5 Trivia Night
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Come out on Tuesday, February 21 for Boys Basketball regional game. Game starts at 7:00.
Tonight, January 13, boys basketball has been cancelled.
|Macoupin County Tournament
Saturday's Macoupin County Tournament has been cancelled.
|NHS Blood Drive
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|NHS helps Santa visit Grade School
|High School 1st Semester Finals
First semester final exam schedules have been finalized. Please "click" this heading for addition information.