Battleground Texas (in production)
On a spring April day in 2021 young Latinos, led by community leader Cristina Tzintzun Ramirez, arrive and enter the Texas State Capitol and from the very top of the Rotunda release 270,000 rose petals to symbolize the 270,000 Latinos who turn 18 each year in Texas and are eligible to vote. This action is one of many planned as they organize to get out the vote in the upcoming 2024 Presidential election. Battleground Texas tells the story of a changing state and takes viewers into the world of the largest voter registration mobilization in Texas history led by a new generation of Latinos who are on the frontlines in one of the most crucial battleground states that neither party can ignore.
Porvenir, Texas (2020)
Discover the true story behind the 1918 massacre of 15 Mexican men in this Texas border town. 100 years later, the film asks what led to the events of that fateful night and reveals the tensions that remain along the border a century later.
Willie Velasquez: Your Vote Is Your Voice (2016)
Political empowerment for Latinos in the United States has always been difficult. A Mexican-American butcher's son from Texas, Willie Velasquez questioned the lack of Latino representation in his city's government, propelling him into a lifelong battle to gain political equality for Latinos. This documentary examines obstacles Latinos had to overcome to obtain representation, and addresses issues facing Latinos today.
Children of Giant (2015)
In the summer of 1955, it seemed as if all of Hollywood descended on the dusty West Texas town of Marfa as production began on the movie Giant, starring a legendary trio--Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, and James Dean--along with young actors Earl Holliman and Elsa Cardenas. Based on Edna Ferber's controversial novel, Giant was a different kind of western, taking an unflinching look at feminism and class divisions, and at the racial divide between Anglos and Mexican Americans in the Southwest. The movie earned ten Academy Award® nominations, with a win for George Stevens as Best Director.
Now, 60 years later, Children of Giant returns to Marfa to explore the dramatic story behind the making of the film and its enduring legacy, combining interviews with the surviving cast and crew, with the recollections of residents who participated in the production, many of whose lives mirrored the controversial themes of racism and segregation explored in the film. Featuring rare behind-the-scenes footage and never-before-seen photos. Children of Giant includes interviews with several noted film historians, celebrating a film classic that remains as powerful and relevant today as when it was first released.
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine (2015)
Ancient Roads from Christ to Constantine, on American Public Television nationwide April, 2015. Hosted by Jonathan Phillips, Royal Holloway University of London historian and frequent consultant to BBC Radio and BBC Television, the series of six brilliant one-hour episodes follows the path of a small Jewish sect as it grows into the world’s largest religion, Christianity.
The series takes viewers on a journey inside the New Testament to the actual places where real people lived momentous events that changed the world forever. Our host, Jonathan Phillips explores these sites with renowned archeologists, historians, and theologians to discover just how the world’s largest religion sank its roots, struggled to survive, and finally triumphed.
The series is produced and directed by Hector Galan. Original Music Score by Joseph Julian Gonzalez. Executive producer Jerry Daigle of Sunrise Films, LLC.
The Big Squeeze (2010)
The documentary, The Big Squeeze, is a joyful leap into the heart of Texas music. And where there’s music there’s usually some grilling going on. That’s why Herminio Ramirez builds a stage right in the tiny kitchen of their Houston home for his son John. From the urban barrios of Houston to the colonias along the U.S.-Mexican border, legacies fueled by the passion-stirring combination of family, friends and food, is being passed along. In The Big Squeeze, we follow 16 year old John Ramirez and other young musicians as they do battle at the statewide accordion throwdown presented by Texas Folklife. Produced and Directed by Hector Galán. A production of Galán Inc for Texas Folklife.
A Migrant's Masterpiece: The Life and Legacy of Patrick Flores (2008)
Spanning a period of almost eighty years, this inspirational and compelling film captures the life and legacy of Patrick Flores, the first Mexican American to be appointed Bishop in the history of the Catholic Church. The film chronicles his childhood and early years as a migrant farm worker, high school drop out and cantina musician. Patrick Flores dreamed of becoming a priest, a nearly impossible goal for a Mexican American in those days in Texas. The film is a microcosm of the struggles and triumphs of Mexican Americans. The film captures Patrick’s amazing journey to the top hierarchy of the Catholic Church, becoming one of the most influential Latino leaders in the United States.
Los Lonely Boys: Cottonfields And Crossroads (2007)
After a childhood of playing cantinas and honky tonks, Los Lonely Boys blazed onto the music scene with a 2004 self-titled debut release that went multi-platinum and a 2005 Grammy win for their hit single, “Heaven”. The Garza brothers- Henry, Jojo, and Ringo- have a unique signature sound they call “Texican”. Los Lonely Boys Cottonfields and Crossroads brings their amazing story to the screen.
Acclaimed documentary filmmaker Hector Galan, himself a San Angelo native, fuses exciting live performances, vivid imagery of West Texas, intimate personal stories told by the band and their family, weaving a historical and cultural perspective on Los Lonely Boys, their Mexican-American roots and musical influences.
The film had its world premiere at the 2006 SXSW film festival and its West Coast Premiere at the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival. It was nominated for a 2007 Imagen Award for Best Documentary film and screened at the 3rd annual Turks & Caicos International Film Festival in October 2007.
Visiones: Latino Art and Culture (2005)
The award winning series for PBS VISIONES: LATINO ART & CULTURE, is a journey through the music, words, dance, painting and performance of rich Latino cultures made more complex and fascinating by their history in our country. The series explores how contemporary Latino artists continue to build on rich traditions that reflect a unique multi-ethnic experience, taking established art forms and reinventing them, constantly challenging themselves and the communities which nurture them. From New York City’s break-dancers to mural-painters in Los Angeles and Chicago to theater in Texas, the series offers a unique cross section of Latino artists working today.
A co-production of the National Association of Latino Art & Culture and Galán Productions, Inc. Presented on PBS by ITVS, co-presented by Latino Public Broadcasting. Executive Producers: Hector Galán and Sally Jo Fifer (ITVS). Winner of the “IMAGEN AWARD”, Documentary Film Category, Imagen Foundation
Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas (2005)
Mingo Saldivar takes center stage in this electrifying music performance documentary that will surely make you want to dance. Produced and Directed by Hector Galán, I Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas captures the passionate spirit of one of conjunto’s most admired and popular accordion masters who is considered a National Treasure. Mingo Saldivar was honored by the National Endowment of the Arts with the highest honor- the National Heritage Fellowship for lifetime achievement in American music traditions. Mingo Saldivar and his band, los Cuatro Espadas (the Four of Spades) take us into their world and behind the scenes as they travel the highways and backroads of Texas in their RV. We go with Mingo all over- from honky tonks to Texas size dance halls.
Mingo Saldivar is known as “The Dancing Cowboy” for his unique stylized dancing moves as he pours his heart and soul into his exciting accordion style while performing. He has taken his accordion-driven conjunto all over the world. His artistic reputation has spread outside of Texas and the Southwest through performances throughout the country and in Europe, including at venues like Carnegie Hall, presidential inaugerations, at universities, and on a special tour of Africa and the Middle East sponsored by the U.S. Information Agency. He has performed extensively in northern Mexico where his fans have developed a dance in his honor, called Mingo Mania. Texas born and Texas bred, Mingo Saldivar, in a career spanning five decades, pays tribute in “I Love My Freedom, I Love My Texas”, to the very land from which conjunto music was born.
Cinco De Mayo (2004)
The story behind the holiday. First-person accounts shed light on one of the most pivotal moments in the history of the Americas. In some ways, it is a companion story to the Alamo. But on May 5th, 1862, it was the Mexican forces who were besieged, and they engineered a stunning victory rather than a noble defeat. In the process, the history of the New World was reshaped.
Galán Inc. produced this hour long documentary, Cinco de Mayo, for the History Channel. Narrated by Henry Cisneros. Produced and Directed by Hector Galán.
Each May 5th, Cinco de Mayo celebrations are held in cities throughout the United States. Few people, however, know the history and cultural significance of this holiday. Cinco de Mayo is a story that began on a sweltering day in the city of Puebla, Mexico. It was in this city and surrounding forts that an ill-equipped Mexican Army along with Zacapoaxtla Indians and regular citizens beat the invading French Army, the most powerful army in the world at the time, in a bloody battle of the morning of May 5th, Cinco de Mayo, 1862.
The Cinco de Mayo story has never been told on American television. The History Channel brings this riveting story to viewers for the first time. Filmed in Mexico and the U.S., this film captures the events leading to the Cinco de Mayo battle and the stunning aftermath. With thousands of new reinforcements, the French eventually defeated Mexico, forcing President Benito Juarez to flee Mexico City. Napoleon the III’s goal of a French Empire in the America’s became a reality. Maximilian was chosen as the new Emperor and his wife Carlotta as Empress. We look at Maximilian’s doomed three year reign of Mexico and Carlota’s spiral into insanity.
Finally, with guerilla warfare armed by post Civil War United States, Benito Juarez forces the French to withdraw, leading to the capture and execution of Maximilian. Today the memory of the French occupation has faded, except for Cinco de Mayo, the day the Mexicans defeated one of the most powerful armies in the world.
Accordion Dreams (2001)
Accordion Dreams, the much anticipated follow up to Hector Galán’s Songs of the Homeland, was broadcast nationally on PBS on August 30, 2001.
Accordion Dreams was screened throughout the country including CineFestival of San Antonio, SXSW of Austin, the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival, CineSol Latino Film Festival, the Dallas Video Festival. A special screening was held at the historic La Villita Dance Hall in San Benito, Texas and at the Great Plains Film Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. Accordion Dreams was honored as the “best film to explicate the Latino/ethnic heritage of the Great Plains Region” with the prestigious “Rainbow Award”.
Accordion Dreams was also selected by the American Film Institute as a program participant in the 2001 Enhanced Television Workshop, where it is being developed as a prototype in the use of new technologies for the development of interactive, digital TV.
The Forgotten Americans (2000)
Filmmaker Hector Galán takes you on a journey to the colonias. We travel into American communities where hope resides despite the fact that the streets have no names and often there is no running water or electricity.
Galán Inc.’s production of The Forgotten Americans, narrated by Henry Cisneros and produced/ directed/edited by Hector Galán, is a moving documentary special funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Forgotten Americans is a co-production of Galán Inc. and Texas State University, with Dr. Jaime Chahin, as executive producer. Forgotten Americans captures a day in the life of America’s poorest people along the Texas border who live in “colonias”. The film had its world premiere on March 17, 2000 at a special screening at the Smithsonian in Washington DC and then was nationally broadcast on PBS in December 2000. It is now also available for purchase through our online store.
For more extensive information about this documentary and colonias, including Hector Galán’s filmmaker’s journal, please visit the PBS website on the Forgotten Americans.
Texas and the Latino Vote (2000)
Presidential front-runners in both political parties are making special efforts to court Latinos – and for good reason: Hispanics could play a critical role in Texas, California, New York and Florida, which carry the largest blocs of electoral votes. “Texas and the Latino Vote” – a joint project by WFAA, KERA 13, KERA 90.1 and KUVN (Univision) – focuses special attention on the opportunities and challenges confronting Hispanics in 2000. Disputing the myth that Latinos don’t vote and presenting historical and cultural perspectives on civic engagement.
The Border (1999)
Six independently produced segments examine contemporary life along the U.S.-Mexico border. Unfinished Business and Winter Texans produced by Galán Productions, Inc. Hosted and narrated by John Quiñones from ABC’s 20/20.
2000 Nominated for Emmy for “Outstanding Achievement Magazine Program”
2000 “Honorable Mention”, Society of Professional Journalists, San Diego, CA Chapter
Chicano! History of the Mexican-American Civil Rights Movement (1996)
This four part landmark documentary series now a classic for Mexican American history of the U.S., chronicles the struggle for equality and social justice of the Mexican American community in the United States from 1965 to 1975. Produced from Austin Texas by Galán Productions, Inc. It features the Chicano land struggle, Cesar Chavez and the UFW, the Los Angeles High School Walk-outs and the creation of the political party La Raza Unida.
1997 “Golden Eagle Award”
1997 “Telly Award”
Songs of the Homeland (1995)
The history of the Texas Mexican experience as told through the development of Tejano music. Filmed on location throughout Texas, Songs of the Homeland tells the story of Tejano Music. This critically acclaimed documentary features images of the past and present and includes performances and interviews with musical pioneers such as Tony de la Rosa, Valerio Longoria, Lydia Mendoza, Isidro Lopez, Sunny Ozuna, Mingo Saldivar, and Little Joe Hernandez. Produced and Directed by Award Winning Filmmaker Hector Galán, Songs of the Homeland is an exuberant journey into the heart and soul of Tejano music.
1995 “Special Jury Award” at the CineFestival Latino Film & Video Exhibition
1994 “Award of Excellence” at the CineSol Latino Film Festival
Go Back To Mexico! (1994)
Examines the issues revolving around the heated debate on illegal immigration in the state of California.
The Hunt for Pancho Villa, The American Experience (1993)
After notorious revolutionary leader Pancho Villa's raid on Columbus, New Mexico, General John Pershing and his 150,000 man cavalry set out to get Villa, dead or alive. Just before dawn on March 9, 1916, a band of Mexican revolutionaries loyal to General Francisco "Pancho" Villa crossed the border into the United States and attacked the town of Columbus, New Mexico. Within a matter of hours, seventeen Americans and 67 Mexicans lay dead. The next day, President Woodrow Wilson announced the formation of the Punitive Expedition under the command of General John "Blackjack" Pershing. Within three months over 150,000 U.S. National guardsmen and Army regulars would be mobilized, in what was the largest troop deployment in the United States since the Civil War.
Produced and directed by Hector Galán, The Hunt for Pancho Villa recounts the events that brought the U.S. and Mexico to the brink of war in the early part of this century. The film draws on a wealth of visual archival materials, such as photographs, postcards, cartoons, newsreel and film excerpts found in public and private collections in the United States and Mexico. Eleven months after they entered Mexico, the Punitive Expedition returned without ever having caught sight of Pancho Villa.
1994 Imagen Award given by The National Conference
1994 Cine Golden Eagle given by the Council on International Non-Theatrical Events
1993 Spur Award for “Best Western TV Script-Documentary” given by Western Writers of America, Inc.
Who Cares About Children? (1992)
Looks at the children who are damaged and “lost” inside Arkansas’ troubled foster care system and the political battle between children’s advocates and Governor Bill Clinton just as he launches his Presidential campaign.
Power, Politics, And Latinos (1992)
Examines the history of Latino voting patterns, as well as the potential impact of the growing Latino electorate on the 1992 presidential election.
The Color Of Your Skin (1991)
Examines the dynamics of race through the military’s Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute as the students confront each other with their racial anger and frustration.
Los Mineros (1991)
This critically acclaimed documentary film, Los Mineros, is narrated by Luis Valdez and recounts the 50-year story of Mexican American miners and their struggle to shape the course of Arizona history between 1903 and 1947. The film profiles the rise and fall of the sister cities of Clifton-Morenci, where the mining of copper ore governed the lives of all the inhabitants. Using archival footage and the testimony of witnesses, the film examines the mineros' struggles for equal pay and fair working conditions, even in Mexico where mines were owned by American companies.
1993 “Best Documentary Feature” at South by Southwest Film & Media Confrence
1993 San Sebastian (Spain) International Film Festival
1992 Finalist at the Houston International Film Festival
1992 San Antonio Cinefestival
The Forgotten People: Latinas With AIDS (1990)
Profiles Latinas with AIDS, their struggles with the disease and coping with their families and society.
New Harvest, Old Shame (1990)
Reveals how and why farmworkers remain the worst treated workers in America thirty years after Edward R. Murrow’s documentary, Harvest Of Shame, exposed the farmworkers’ lives.
1991 “Golden Apple Award” on domestic social issues at the National Educational Film & Video Festival
1991 “Blue Ribbon Award” at the American Film & Video Festival
The Dallas Drug War (1989)
Profiles a community held hostage by crack and those who are fighting back.
Shakedown in Santa Fe (1988)
Looks at the changes at the Penitentiary Of New Mexico eight years after one of the bloodiest riots in American penal history.
Vaquero: The Forgotten Cowboy (1988)
The unsung hero of the American West is the Mexican American "Vaquero," literally translated as "cowboy" in the Spanish language. Today, there are only a handful of these descendants of America's first cowboys since a rapidly changing industry has quickly made this lifestyle obsolete. Shot on location in South Texas, this moving documentary pays homage to a breed of men that history has overlooked as they continue a trade from an era gone by.
Special collector's DVD has both the English and Spanish Versions of Vaquero and a bonus track of La Mujer en el Rancho, documentary short that examines the role of women in the ranching culture of South Texas from 1750 to the present, exploring the sources of these roles in Mexican and Spanish cultures.
Stopping Drugs Pt. 1 (1987)
A harrowing look at the lives of those who seek treatment for drug addiction.
Standoff in Mexico (1986)
Takes an in-depth look at the country’s complex political system.
The Emerging Force (1985)
Focuses on the growing Hispanic political and economic power in America.
The Mask of El Zarco (1984)
Features the life and works of a Mexican-American mask maker.
Cuba - A Personal Journey (1984)
Traces the path of an exile’s return visit to Cuba after twenty years.
Chasing the Basketball Dream (1984)
Looks at college athletics versus academics.
In the Shadow of the Capitol (1983)
A look at the other Washington and examines the evolution of black political power in America.
A journey on the new underground railroad which probes the church’s involvement in the sanctuary movement.
The End of the Race (1981)
Looks at the survival of the traditional Pueblo Indian culture through the eyes of the Pueblo Indian cross-country runners of New Mexico. This award winning documentary follows four Pueblo championship cross-country runners exploring cultural values associated with running and the complexity of carrying forward the tradition in contemporary Pueblo society.
1982 Bronze Award given by International Film and Television Festival of New York
1982 Bronze Award given by Houston International Film Festival


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In the 13th century, a young Venetian named Marco Polo set out with his father and uncle on a great adventure.
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Time for a break from recipes to share one of the books I just finished reading. It’s French Women Don’t Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano. I had heard about this book from a few different sources and wanted to know what all the fuss was about, so I grabbed it as soon as I saw it at my favorite used book store back home.
About the Author: Mireille was born in France, came to the USA as an exchange student in high school, returned to France with a few extra lbs., and now resides in New York as the co-founder and CEO of Clicquot, Inc.
Summary: A non-diet guide to living a healthy life. No need for deprivation, just learn the French woman’s secrets to eating the foods you love without the guilt. Mireille outlines steps for taking a food inventory, recasting, stabilization, and maintaining a balance going forward.
Things I liked: I thought this book presented wonderful tips to living a healthy life. There are so many quick fix diets out there that don’t last in the long run. I agree completely that life shouldn’t be lived counting calories, instead you should enjoy the life that surrounds you-who cares if you eat some chocolate and bread along the way 🙂 I also loved that there are tons of recipes in this book! I’m planning on trying a few of them, I’ll make sure to share them with you.
Things I didn’t like: I had a basic understanding of how to live the lifestyle presented in this book before reading it, so it definitely felt repetitive at times. Also, I had to catch myself from getting defensive of the generalization of healthy French women vs. fat, lazy Americans. However, putting down that guard made me realize that Mireille, having experienced both lifestyles, is not in this to criticize anyone.
Would I recommend this book to others: Yes, I would recommend this book to anyone looking to forget the fad diets. It gives a refreshing look at how to enjoy the beauty of food with great tips and recipes. Also check out the French Women Don’t Get Fat website.


MPI - Literature and Links
Message Passing Interface (MPI) Forum:
Home page of the MPI Forum with the official specifications (MPI 1.0: 236 pages, MPI 1.1: 239 pages, MPI 2.0: 376 pages, MPI 2.2: 647 pages, MPI 3.0: 852 pages, MPI 3.1: 868 pages).
Marc Snir, Steve Otto, Steven Huss-Lederman, David Walker, Jack Dongarra:
MPI. The Complete Reference Vol. 1: The MPI core. Second edition.
350 pages - MIT Press
The first edition of this book is available online as html version or as postscript version (350 pages).
Vol. 2 is for more advanced MPI programmers:
William Gropp, Steven Huss-Lederman, Andrew Lumsdain, Ewing Lusk, Bill Nitzberg, William Saphir, Marc Snir:
MPI: The Complete Reference. Vol 2: The MPI-2 extensions.
350 pages - MIT Press - 1998
Presentations and Training Material to the courses by the IT Center. Videos, foils, exercices with solutions.
The script of Peter Pacheco (member of MPI-Forum) is well-suitable for beginners. The ca. 50-page document “A User's Guide to MPI” is available as a postscript file.
This script has been enhanced to a book:
Parallel Programming With MPI
440 pages - Morgan Kaufmann Publishers - 1996
The only book in German, well-readable and with accent for practical application:
Peter Sanders, Thomas Worsch:
Parallele Programmierung mit MPI - ein Praktikum
150 pages - Logos Verlag - 1997
For a long time the following book was the only teaching book for MPI (written by members of the MPI-Forums). It is often referred to as the standard work.
W. Gropp, E. Lusk, A. Skjellum:
346 pages - The MIT Press - 2. Auflage 2000
Meanwhile there is a second book:
William Gropp, Ewing Lusk, Rajeev Thakur: Using MPI-2 406 pages - The MIT Press - 2000
MPI Homepage des Argonne National Labs, wo MPICH entwickelt wurde.
Homepage of Lehrstuhl für Betriebssysteme der RWTH Aachen (Chair for Operating Systems), which worked in two projects (MP-MPICH and MetaMPICH) on development of MPICH. Another page contains links and a “Praktikumsanleitung” with a chapter about MPI programming.
MPI web page of the HLRS Stuttgart - gone with the wind, archive versions:


Welcome to the Northborough Historical Society
The Northborough Historical Society was founded in 1906 through the efforts of Reverend Josiah C. Kent. Rev. Kent invited a group of townspeople to meet at the Unitarian parsonage on November 6, 1906 to consider the desirability of organizing such a society. Nine men and four women responded favorably to Rev. Kent's plea that "the facts of Northborough history should be collected and thus preserved from oblivion."
Read this article written by Northborough Historical Society's Historian Robert Ellis, published in The Record on May 18, 2006, titled "Historical Society Respectful of Northboro's past."
The Northborough of today was in 1660 part of the sprawling frontier town of Marlborough, a chunk of which broke away as Westborough in 1717. Few people then lived in the bounds of present-day Northborough, but by 1744 there were thirty-seven families here, and Westborough recognized the area as its northern "precinct", entitling it to its own meeting house at the site of the present Unitarian Church near the juncture of Church and Whitney Streets.
Northborough in turn gained its independence in 1766. A patriotic town, Northborough supplied its minutemen to the American Revolution. Anti-slavery sentiment grew in the 1830s; in the following decade the town vigorously protested the annexation of Texas with its concomitant threat of the extension of slavery. A Northborough native, John Davis, cast one of only two votes in the United States Senate against the declaration of the Mexican War in 1846. A large contingent of Northborough men volunteered for action in the Civil War, which resulted in the end of slavery.
Meanwhile Northborough grew as a village of farms and mills on the Assabet River and other streams. The nineteenth century saw the development of manufacturing: farm tools, woolen and cotton cloth, ornamental combs, buttons, bricks, shoes and cameras were among the town's products. The railroad came to Northborough in 1856 and street railway lines in the 1890s.
For many years Northborough retained its largely rural character. As late as 1940 only 2,382 people lived here. In the decades after World War II many people who worked in Worcester, Boston and elsewhere found Northborough a congenial place to live. By the mid-1970s, with Route I-290 crossing town in the north as well as Route 20 (the historic Boston Post Road) in the center and Route 9 in the south, over ten thousand people called Northborough home.
The Northborough Historical Society, founded in 1906, is dedicated to increasing the appreciation of the town's rich and varied history. Our museum in the former Baptist Church at the corner of Main and School Streets (open, free to the public, on Sunday afternoons in spring and fall) boasts a fine collection of objects of Northborough art and history. Our archive, with its thousands of documents and pictures, is available to researchers.
We sponsor monthly programs and various educational outreach activities. Meetings are usually held on the fourth Friday evening of the month. Typical programs have included "A Video Tour of the White Cliffs" (once the summer home of the millionaire firearms manufacturer Daniel Wesson); "Northborough Artists Past and Present", and "New England History and Tradition Through Song". Another benefit of membership is the Hourglass, the monthly newsletter of the Historical Society. For more information about the Society and membership please call 508.393.6298. Whether interested in joining or not, guests are always welcome at the monthly meetings.
PAST PRESIDENTS of the NHS from 1906 to the PRESENT
President: Robert Marchetta
Vice President: Ken Bennet
Secretary: Hilary Wilson
Treasurer: Frank Bissett
Membership Secretary: Norm Corbin
Director: Jane Fletcher
Director: Helen Calverley
Director: Jenifer Bakkala
Director: Ted Rollins
Museum Trustees Chairman: Cindy Atwood
Property Committee Chairman: Paul Derosier


A native of Loveland, Colorado, Gloria L. Velásquez is an internationally known poet and fiction writer. She is the author of a bilingual collection of poetry entitled, I Used to Be a Superwoman Superwoman Chicana and the creator of the Roosevelt High School Series which to date includes five novels which feature adolescents of different ethnic backgrounds: Juanita Fights the School Board (1994); Maya's Divided World (1995); Tommy Stands Alone (1995); and Rina's Family Secret (1998), and Ankiza (2000). Venturing into the music world, the new Superwoman Chicana CD which features poetry and music is available from Arte Público Press.
A major voice in Chicano/a Literature, Velásquez is included in the 1997 anthology, Literatura Chicana, 1965-1995, edited by David Foster and Manuel Hernández. Her poetry also appears in a major textbook, Sendas Literarias, alongside the work of three of Latin America's most famous authors: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, Alfonsina Storni and Antonia Darder. The 1997 anthology, Latina and Latino Voices in Literature for Teenagers and Children, devotes an entire chapter to Velásquez's life and development as a writer. A literary biography of her has been included in the new volume of Something about the Author (SATA).
Gloria Velásquez has been the recipient of numerous awards. In 1996, she was featured during Hispanic Heritage Month on KTLA, Los Angeles. Velásquez was also selected for inclusion in Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans, 1994-1995. She has similarly been included in Chicano Writers: Second Series, Dictionary of Literary Biography, edited by Francisco Lomelí and Carl Shirley. Velásquez also received the 11th Chicano Literary Prize in the Short Story from the University of California at Irvine, 1985. At Stanford University, she was awarded the Premier and Deuxième Prix in poetry (1979) from the Dept. of French and Italian. Velásquez was also featured in the May 1996 issue of the Stanford Alumni Magazine. In 1989, Velásquez became the first Chicana to be inducted into the University of Northern Colorado's Hall of Fame for her achievements in creative writing. In addition, the Special Collections department at Stanford University has recently archived materials surrounding her literary production under the title "The Gloria Velásquez Papers."
In the Modern Languages and Literatures Department, at Cal Poly State University, Velásquez teaches Spanish language courses as well as Latin American and Chicano/a Literature courses in Spanish. In addition, Velásquez has developed a course on Chicano/a Culture (HUM 310 ) which she teaches in English in the Humanities Program. As an associate faculty member in Ethnic Studies, Velásquez teaches a course on Chicano/a Culture in the American Cultural Images series (ES 323).
Women's History Month article in the Mustang Daily, February11, 2000
Nahual Bilingual Quarterly Publication, Spring 2001
Gale Literary Database
Chicano Writers: Second Series
Who's Who Among Hispanic Americans
Latina and Latinos in Literature
Reporter Herald, October, 1997
The Rice Thresher, September, 1997
Denver Post, April, 1997; August 1995
Daily Camera, April, 1997, Boulder, Co.
"Gloria Velásquez Papers," Special Collections: Stanford University
Weeknight Edition, Channel 8, Houston, Texas
Rocky Mountain News, April, 1997, May 1995, July 1994
Stanford Alumni Magazine, May 1996
Southwest Women's Literature List, Latina/o Literature and Literature of the Americas at the University of Northern Colorado
Johnstown Breeze, June 1994
Latino Review of Books, "Superwoman Chicana," Roberta Gordenstein, 1999
Poetry and Fiction
Roosevelt High School series
Book Reviews of the Roosevelt High School series
New Translation into French of Ankiza J'aime qui je veux (2002) Editions Pocket Jeunesse, Paris
Publisher (to order books or Superwoman Chicana CD)
Arte Público Press
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-2090
"Chingonas," Making Face, Making Soul... a Chicana feminist homepage
Roosevelt High School Series Homepage


Archive for the ‘Hosting / Domains’ Category
An overview of the WHOIS protocol, the de-facto “standard” for querying domain name information.
Starting from 10 May 2011, the new maximum number of users for a Google Apps for free account will be set to 10.
I’m very proud to announce the immediate availability of Whois 2.0.
An introduction to Public Suffix Service 0.5.0, the new release of the domain name Ruby parser based on the Public Suffix List.
Public Suffix Service is a Ruby domain name parser based on the Public Suffix List.


After the failure of human civilization to live up to their Creator's expectations,
God chose to put his expectation into one special group of people. To do this He
spoke to a man named Abram. Abram lived in a place called UR. It was a pagan community
divorced from God where they worshipped the moon and stars. God directed Abram,
whom he renamed Abraham, to leave his home and wander to another far away land.
This took a lot of trust on Abraham's part. And for Abraham trusting God he was
given a promise. His children would become a great nation on Earth. Abraham did
his part and left his home to wander. Even as a man whose family and friends lived
in tents they prospered. His descendants did grow into a great numbers. They are
known today as the twelve tribes of Israel.
These tribes moved to the land of Egypt during a time of famine. After four hundred
years living in this foreign land, they were brought back to the land God granted
them. Today this is known as the Land of Israel. It was during their forty year
walk in the desert while they were returning from Egypt that God gave them the Ten
Commandments. He gave them other rules and expected them to act, dress and live
lives above those of all the nations around them. This was to show they were different
and a people that belonged to God, the Creator. If they obeyed they were promised
great prosperity and happiness. Unfortunately few obeyed during the next few hundred
years. Their history is filled with intrigue, murder, war and mayhem.
The nation was nearly a thousand years old when they demanded to be ruled by a earthly
king. God granted them their wish with warning of the dire cost to themselves.
King Saul was the first king and King David the second. King David and his successor
and son King Solomon are perhaps the best known in history. God used King David
with all his strengths and weaknesses to demonstrate what he wanted his children
to be. After King Solomon, whose described as the richest man who ever lived, the
nation of Israel became terribly corrupt. The old lust for sex, riches and power
that destroyed God's first plan again destroyed his hope for Israel..
In the Bible library of the Old Testament the writings of the prophets are numerous
making up a great many pages of the Book. These prophets of God began speaking and
writing around 800 BC to warn the nation of it's future. They continued for several
hundred years. The common message was: If Israel would turn from their wicked ways
and serving other gods, God would turn from destroying them. If they continued to
follow the way they were going they would be taken out of the land he had given them
with great suffering. After being warned for these hundreds of years they became
one of the most immoral nations on Earth. It was during this time the prophets also
began to foretell the coming of another plan concerning the Messiah. They described
the coming Savior in detail. In the year 400 BC the prophets fell silent and the
Old Testament library was completed. God's efforts concentrated on developing Plan
3 as Plan 2 was closing


Creative writing workshops under the mentorship of Zoran Krušvar.
The project is implemented in partnership with the City Library of Rijeka.
Applications are closed! We have fulfilled all positions for the first cycle of workshops.
But, do not despair, there will be a new cycle of workshops in the fall.
Keep an eye on our social media for any updates!
The workshop mentor is Zoran Krušvar, a psychologist, journalist, well-known and award-winning Croatian writer, translated abroad, and the manager of various multimedia projects. He is the author of three collections of short stories, two novels for children, two novels for adults and picture book for children. He is a member of the writing collective “Fluminati” and the informal literary group “Ri Lit”. His works have been translated into English, Polish, Romanian and French.
Each workshop will cover some of the basic elements of writing a literary text, such as opening and closing a story, plot, characters, narration, etc. Each meeting will include a theoretical part, examples from practice, specific tasks, as well as mutual reading and mutual constructive criticism. written assignments. Some workshops will be attended by guest mentors, well-known local writers.
Publication of produced material
The second part of the activities that will be carried out in the project, is the collection and editing of produced materials with the aim of publishing a collection of the best works of participants. The collection will be published in electronic form and available to the public for download in digital form. By publishing the works of the participants, their participation in the program is completed, the effort is rewarded and the progress achieved through continuous writing is evaluated.
Significance for the development of Rijeka culture
In addition to the development of literature, this program is an investment in the cultural future of Rijeka. On several levels, it contributes to the development of writing culture and laying the foundations of the future young literary scene. Also, in addition to developing writing skills, the Fiction Laboratory provides a model of enjoyable and rewarding activity that productively fills the free time of children and youth. The city of Rijeka thus gets not only a generation of future writers, but also a generation of healthy and creative children and youth, actively involved in the cultural life of the community.
About the project
The project has been held several times and has spawned several published, award-winning and successful writers. In the period from 2008-2012. The workshops were attended by more than 20 young people, and the then participants are active and published writers: Antonija Mežnarić, Tamara Crnko and others. The laboratory is based on the interests of students for fiction and general content of speculative fiction (SF, Fantasy, Horror, etc.), and through a series of educational workshops under the mentorship of the leader and guest workshops under the mentorship of recognized local writers, teaches students various tools and methods of creative expression written medium. The focus of the project is to encourage the creativity and imagination of the participants and to create literary content.
This program is an extremely valuable non-institutional supplement to the activities intended for young people of secondary school age, which are implemented within the City Library of Rijeka. In addition, the program promotes the development of literacy and literary creativity of young people, and especially the culture of reading, which enriches their upbringing and education. Furthermore, by creating new generations of young authors, she contributes in the long run to the development of the Rijeka cultural scene and the literary-publishing and library activities.


There's much to see here. So, take your time and read about the stories yet to come. I hope you enjoy what you read and take a moment to drop me a line.
ERIE ENDING is my first novel. When an environmental activist, Connie King, is murdered on a wildlife refuge in Ohio, the Refuge Manager, Angela Martin, says goodbye to her nemesis. After she identifies the victim, the Sheriff accuses a beloved volunteer of the crime, and Angela investigates. Through shady real estate deals, Angela discovers that the victim enhanced her bank account, not the environment. As career-driven Angela learns people are not always what they seem, she joins forces with volunteer, Lilly Weathers, to find the truth and unwittingly puts herself in the path of a killer.
Trust Fall: Refuge Manager Donna Winship is off to West Virginia to receive leadership training at the National Conservation Training Center. Along with her luggage, she carries baggage from a past romantic entanglement that still haunts her. But what happens when a murderer intrudes into the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service’s premier training facility, a place where learning to trust is part of the curriculum and students drop their defenses? Donna discovers the body of a classmate on campus, the first of many, and realizes that up-and-coming leaders are targets for a killer. The land around the training center is rife with Civil War history. Will that history bury Donna with it?
The Big Empty: Lilly Weathers, a widow, and retired investigative researcher, leashes up her two dogs and begins a new life as an RV volunteer for national wildlife refuges. Her first job lands her in Nevada in the middle of a murder conspiracy that involves military readiness training. When the refuge manager, Lilly’s long-time friend, is accused, she tries to clear his name. The Southern Paiute Indians have a powerful connection to these desert lands, and Lilly experiences the energy of their ancient rock writings firsthand. While Lilly comes to terms with starting a new life alone in this vast landscape, she investigates the canyons near Area 51, befriends a crackpot who has visions of finding a portal to other worlds and solves a cover-up on the Air Force’s Nevada Test and Training Range. Blocking her way is a rancher who hates the federal government and another who goes to great lengths to woo her.
The Duck Stamp Revenge: Bella Carmichael, Duck Stamp coordinator extraordinaire, has always known that the artists flocking to the annual Federal Duck Stamp competition are a breed all their own. Every year, emotions take flight as artwork gets the ax from the contest. But when one artist ends up dead, an inept temporary director goes searching for Bigfoot, and another artist attempts to capture her heart, this year may take the prize for a killer competition. While the police focus on the artists to find their killer, Bella makes it her mission to clear their names. Will Bella be able to paint a true picture of what happened and keep the contest running smoothly? Or is this year’s competition all quacked up?
Fabric Entry #1 2020 Federal Duck Stamp Contest - Christy Smith
Ghosts of Willapa (Currently researching and developing this story)
This story will bring back Refuge Manager Donna Winship who hasn't been at her new job very long before she discovers the remains of a woman who was murdered over 40 years ago. It opens up a missing person cold case file that could tear apart major plans for land acquisition and a restoration project on the Willapa National Wildlife Refuge, not to mention a few people's lives. There are tales of ghosts in Long Beach, Washington. Stories of souls who still haunt the small town.


The Newly-Discovered Judeo-Persian Letter: Date, Provenance, and Historical Context
|Venue:||FIU Modesto A. Maidique Campus|
A letter written around 800 C.E. by Jewish merchants trading in Inner Asia was recently discovered in Western China. This unpublished document provides us with valuable information about Jewish, Islamic, Iranian, and Inner Asian history, as well as the development of Iranian languages. Currently in the National Library in Beijing, the letter appears to be one of the earliest New Persian texts in existence. It is written in Judeo-Persian, a literary form of New Persian specific to Jewish texts. The presentation will begin with a look at the document itself—when and where it may have been written, how it was discovered—as well its relationship to another Judeo-Persian letter discovered in 1901 and now in the British Museum. The second part of the talk will discuss the social and historical information contained in the letter that tells us about the world of Jewish merchants on the Silk Road.


Unique searchable guide with over 500 terms and built-in access to experts
Guelph, July 30, 2020 – While everyone has to eat, a surprisingly low percentage understand how our food is grown or how the food system works. Utensil.ca is a new online resource that aims to change that with helpful tools to build knowledge and confidence – from farms to kitchens. It starts with Utensil Guide, the plain language guide to food and farming.
“Agriculture and food has unique vocabulary by sector and region, with many acronyms,” explained Crystal Mackay, CEO of Loft32 and co-founder. “Utensil Guide will help people who work within the food system by giving them language they need to learn about new topics and communicate more effectively.”
The Utensil Guide is free for all to use and launches with over 500 terms. It is fully searchable by term, acronym or sector and extends from farm through to retail and food service. With easy to understand explanations, the Guide also has links to many other credible resources. It will be continually updated, with input from users.
“We want you to be comfortable and confident in all conversations about food and farming,” shared Andrew Campbell, farmer and co-founder. “Whether you are new to the agriculture and food sectors, or you want extend your knowledge beyond just one or two sectors, Utensil.ca is that kickstart to help you.”
Utensil.ca is designed to be a toolbox of clear, concise and practical content about farming and the entire food system. On top of the Guide, it will also host Utensil 101, Utensil Training and Utensil Talent Stable, all that bring users access to respected subject matter experts.
This resource was developed as a collaborative effort with many partners donating their time and resources to make it happen. The focus will start with topics related to farming and farmers, and start working towards food processing, restaurants and retail over the next 18 months.
For more information:


Let me introduce myself ...
My name is Christine Dale. I am a New Zealander, born and bred, born in Dunedin and bred in Auckland.
I started my working life working for a company called Paul's Book Arcade where I worked with Alan Dupree distributing books to New Zealand schools. I then went overseas (as all Kiwis do) where I worked in Australia and England before returning to New Zealand in 1978.
I joined the staff at Auckland Teachers College in a support role, eventually helping to run a specialist area called The Reading Centre, developed by Dorothy Churchward and Garry Carter to focus students on the elements of teaching literacy to children. With the knowledge gained there, and my love of art, illustration and design, I was ready to join Ashton Scholastic Ltd in 1983, just as they started a new publishing programme called Read by Reading.
Initially I took on the role of Assistant Editor and later, when Graham Beattie became the Managing Director and broadened the companies market to include Trade as well as Schools, I became the Production Manager. My role was to jointly choose what we would publish, source the skills required (from illustrator to printer) and oversee the scheduling. To begin with the list was a mere 5 titles per year, but it grew rapidly.
In 1998 I completed a Diploma in Business and the next year I was employed as Publishing Manager of Scholastic NZ Ltd. During my time in this role I extended the list to 50 titles a year. I'm proud to say that over 30 awards for writing, illustrating, first works and, most importantly, children's choice awards, were won by authors and illustrators during my tenure as Publishing Manager. When I retired Scholastic NZ Ltd had become the leading publisher of children's books in New Zealand.
My first illustration commission was for this title back in the 1980s. It is being released again this July! This time as a full sized trade picture book.


at 101ShortStories.com we offer 4 unique sets of 101 short stories
and assessments, each with all stories at a different grade level
of readability: 3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade, and 6th Grade.
Teachers are invited to purchase these short story collections as
one-time digital downloads and then save them to their computing
devices for future use. This allows them to use all stories in any
collection purchased for all their teaching years to come! Yay!
Perfect for achievement-bosting, Common Core learning standards
practice, as homework, or as extra credit. Your students will love
the humor, adventure, mystery, enchantment, and phenomenal story-telling
in every tale they read! Get your reluctant readers excited about


Dear friends, we decided to make a nice and useful fundraise from books that are partly ours or donated by good people. In this way we hope to raise funds for masters to renovate a home! Anyone who wants to buy just make an offer under the picture of a particular book, and then we will give it back to you if you are the lucky buyer. The book or set of books is given to the one who will offer the most. You transfer the money to our donation account 300000003942892 with the note “donation for a warm home for all”, and we send you the books by Cargo! We hope this will be an interesting and fun experience for all of us! We have wonderful, new titles, but also older classics, books for everyone!


Engraved text on plastic sign
Numbers and dimensions variable
Each piece or title is taken from the complete index of science fiction stories published in Analog (formerly Amazing stories) from 1930 to 1994.
Each title is etched onto a plastic backing, becoming a sign, designating a space or place. The signs can be shown as a fragmentary collection, where a group of them appear or as singular works. Each sign is available for purchase, there are four colours, red, black, green and blue. A collection of these titles appears in the publication â€˜One Hundred Titlesâ€™. Click here to download the complete list of titles.


A talk the Director of the Carlow Writers' Co-operative Group, Dr Derek Coyle (Carlow College/St Patrick's) gave at 'Tranås at the Fringe' about the work of the Carlow Writers' Co-operative Group. In the course of the talk he reads poems and prose by members of the group. Watch out for fine pieces by Doreena Jennings, Phelim Kavanagh, Simon Lewis, Pauline Flynn, Lucy Gahan, and Clifton Redmond.
The Carlow Writers' Co-Operative is a writing group that meets fortnightly in the course of term in Carlow town, and which aims to produce original creative work of a high standard by its members. Members of the group have won and been shortlisted in significant national and international competitions, and been published in national and international literary journals.
Here Dr Coyle outlines the philosophy of creativity behind the group and some of the practical ways in which the group operates. He mentions the Teach Dolmain, Carlow, the official home of the Co-Operative, and various allies within the town, Carlow County Library (John Shortall), VISUAL, Carlow, and Carlow College/St Patrick's. ... See MoreSee Less
We are delighted to see Carlow Writers' Co-Operative member, Pauline Flynn, have one of her Japanese poems ‘Mt. Hiei’ accepted for the Summer edition of Orbis 180, a Quarterly International Literary Journal based in the U.k. Well done to you, Pauline. ... See MoreSee Less
Peter Murphy, spoken word performer and award-nominated author of John The Revelator/Shall We Gather at the River, former contributor to Hot Press and The View, provides FREE mentor support programme in Spoken word, Slam Poetry, prose with music and rap with special guest mentors Hennessy Literary award nominated performance poet Colm Keegan and rap, beat poet Temper-Mental Miss Elayneous.
FREE to participate - open to all interested in creative expression through spoken word for teenagers to young adult to young at heart.
Flexible mentoring programme around participants availability in July.
End of programme performance Friday 28th July, 2017 8pm. Limited places. Must book in advance by Thursday 29th June, 2017 via www.wexfordartscentre.ie. For further information email email@example.com.
Supported by Wexford Arts Office Artist in the Coummunity Grant Scheme ... See MoreSee Less
Carlow Writers' Co-operative Group added 5 new photos to the album McHenry County Community College, Workshops in Carlow.
Graduates from McHenry County Community College work with their Director, Bonnie Gabel in Carlow's Educate Together, and The Vault, Carlow's Youth Community Centre, yesterday. They are a Spoken Word performance troupe who are giving a series of workshops in Carlow, taking workshops themselves in Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin. And they are doing three performances in Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin. ... See MoreSee Less
Graduates from McHenry County Community College work with their Director, @[519808911:2048:Bonnie Gabel] in Carlow's Educate Together, and The Vault, Carlow's Youth Community Centre, yesterday. They are a Spoken Word performance troupe who are giving a series of workshops in Carlow, taking workshops themselves in Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin. And they are doing three performances in Wexford, Carlow, and Dublin.
Tomorrow night in Wexford folks. The McHenry County Heart Theatre Group have put together some show for you all. They will be joined by the Carlow Writers' Co-Operative, and the poets Angela Patten (Irl), and Daniel Lusk (U.S.). ... See MoreSee Less
Carlow Writers' Co-Operative member, Derek Coyle, picked up first prize in the Robert Monteith Poetry Awards earlier today. Derek's poem was inspired by objects presented by Carlow Writers' Co-Operative member, Pauline Flynn, and was created in a Co-Operative workshop just before Christmas. It is called 'The Charred Boots'.
The competition judge, Breeda Wall Ryan awarded Eoin Hegarty second prize for 'Rites of Passage', and Nessa O'Mahoney picked up third prize.
The Robert Monteith Awards are based in Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow. ... See MoreSee Less


Edited and Indexed Works:
While Mem'ry Brings Us Back Again, published by the Aisling Irish Community Center in Yonkers, New York is now available. The book was launched officially at the Consulate General of Ireland, New York, NY in November of 2006.
Over a number of months, Hamill worked editing the transcripts and drafts created and provided by Frances Browner. Browner conducted many interviews with a number of seniors at the Center who all have insightful stories to share regarding immigration to America and life in New York over the decades. For more information please go to www.aislingcenter.org/news
The Dall Sheep Dinner Guest: I˝upiaq Narratives of Northwest Alaska, edited by Wanni Wibulswasdi Anderson, published by University of Alaska Press, 2005. This text includes discussion of the culture and society of the I˝upiaq as well as providing narrative classification and categories before presenting individual stories or episodes from "The Qayaq Cycle." Hamill was contacted to be the indexer for this project as her background in folklore lends itself to an understanding of the format and content of the text beyond the indexer's keen eye for important terms and concepts.
Geology of Southeast Alaska: Rock and Ice in Motion, published by University of Alaska Press, 2006. Although this subject matter is not in the mainstream of her own scholarly focus, being a professionally trained indexer allows Hamill to understand how to identify metatopics and subsequent subheadings to be properly recorded if an index is to be useful and reliable.
"Identity and Ideals: Memory and Imagination as History" (in review, Foilsi˙, Grian's academic journal of Irish Studies, NYU) From the essay: "There has been much recent discussion regarding contemporary works whose creation is based in the desire to construct or reinterpret aspects of Irish and Irish American identity. These recollections consist of both memoirs of an Ireland left behind and a more comfortably re-envisioned history through fiction. This work ties in pointedly to current research regarding representations of women in modern Irish literature—modern authors and their subject matter actively at work on creating new literary legacies."
The Mouse Without a House, (in review, Whimsy). Inspired by childhood experiences and locations in the Catskill Mountains of New York state, this story tells the tale of a small mouse who tries to make his own comfy home within a cabin belonging to a small family. Parents and children alike will enjoy his adventures throughout the changing seasons as he and this family find ways to share this lovely little cabin.
"Illumination" is a personal essay included in the inspirational anthology entitled Sacred Fire, edited by Maril Crabtree, published by Adams Media (2005). The collection of personal essays included in this text is centered on both the inspirational and destructive powers of this element and its affect on the authors' lives. "Illumination" addresses the very comforting and inspiring connection Hamill has found between the quiet gathering of family around the fireplace, as well as the calming effect these inviting flames have on a busy and restless mind.
"The Week of Revelations," is a personal essay chosen from among many submissions as one of 40 most revelatory statements regarding the academic and personal importance of the Congress on Medieval Studies hosted yearly by Western Michigan University. The hosting publication, The Book of Forty, published by Medieval Institute Publications (2005), was created in honor of the Congress' 40th anniversary.
This particular essay emphasizes the importance of the Congress on aspiring scholars as well as established powers in Medieval studies. Hamill, as an aspiring Medievalist with warring interests in contemporary Irish literature, offers insight as to what the resources at this enormous gathering, both human and textual, offer one in need of community and inspiration.
"The Trickster in Literature: Knave and Hero," published in Transactions, Dyson Society of Fellows (September, 2002), is one of Hamill's earlier works of scholarly research. This endeavor offers insight into the nature and purpose of the Trickster in various tales from around the world. The Trickster is a character that not only brings chaos into ordered lives, but also shows us how experiencing chaos is often necessary in order to appreciate how order and trust are integral to successful human interaction. The bibliography offers excellent opportunities for further research into the Trickster and its incarnations.
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Crown Him with Many Crowns: to tune Diademeta
Crown him with many crowns,
the Lamb upon his throne.
Hark! how the heavenly anthem drowns
all music but its own.
Awake my soul, and sing
of him who died for thee,
and hail him as thy matchless King
through all eternity.
The original text for this hymn was written by Matthew Bridges. Bridges was born at Malden in Essex, England, on July 14, 1800. Educated to be a minister in the Church of England, his main interests were literature and history, and he published a book entitled The Roman Empire Under Constantine the Great, which contained many passages against the Roman Catholic Church. However, in 1848, under the influence of John Henry Newman and others in the Oxford Movement, he went into the Catholic Church. While he continued writing history and political works he is best known for his religious poetry. This hymn first appeared in his book Hymns of the Heart in 1851 and had six verses.
The hymn is based on Revelation 19:12 His eyes are like a flame of fire, and on his head are many crowns; and he has a name inscribed that no one knows but himself.
Bridges lived his latter years in Quebec, Canada, but returned to England where he died at Sidmouth in 1894.
During the 1870s, objections were made to Bridge’s words, perhaps because of the complex references to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Godfrey Thring (1823-1903), an Anglican priest, composed a new version to combat concerns that Protestant congregations were singing Catholic theology. He said: “The greater part of this hymn was originally written at the request of the Reverend H. W. Hutton, to supply the place of some of the stanzas in Matthew Bridges’ well-known hymn, of which he and others did not approve; it was afterwards thought better to rewrite the whole, so that the two hymns might be kept entirely distinct”. This didn’t happen and the two sets of verses were combined, but it does mean that there are a great number of variations of this hymn text. Almost no two hymnals include the exact same arrangement of phrases or number/order of verses. It’s difficult even to say what the most common verses are!
The title of this hymn alone is a profound declaration that Christ is many things: Christ was not simply a teacher, he was not simply Mary’s son, and he was not simply human, nor simply divine. He is Lord of all, to be crowned for many things that all add up to him being Saviour of the world. Each individual verse of this hymn is its own coronation ceremony for aspects of Christ’s character. We are called to crown him Lord of life, Lord of love, Lord of years, Lord of peace, the Lamb upon the throne.
God words need a stirring tune and DIADEMATA (meaning “crowns”) is the tune that was written by Sir George Job Elvey, a prolific writer of church music, in 1868 for this hymn. This hymn tune has been described as “march-like and joyful without ever becoming mechanical or strident.” There is a real sense of momentum in the tune’s third phrase (“awake my soul and sing of him who died for thee”). It demands enthusiasm.
Over 150 years later congregations are still singing out with gusto this truth:
All Hail, Redeemer hail! For thou hast died for me;
Thy praise shall never, never fail throughout eternity.


"ACoA's are truly our own breed" Book Review (orginally published October 29, 2008) but several people are finding it to be useful, so I thought I'd share it with new readers and anyone that will be able to benefit.
This review is about: The Complete ACOA Sourcebook: Adult Children of Alcoholics at Home, at Work and in Love (Paperback)
Adult Children of Alcoholics are the same as we are at home, at work and in love.
We are a breed of our own with many stumbles along the road to reality. I often wondered why I could start so many projects and yet abandon them long before completion, and why I never understood what normal was, taking myself and life too seriously and struggling to find appropriate levels of intimacy in all of my relationships.


Book Review | Reflections
Ok So I'm not doing a great job starting off on book reviews considering that I have not actually read this book but I've done a lot of research on it, and would like to buy it. Now some of my favorite things are architecture, books, architecture books, and UNStudio. So this book is like some of my favorite things all in one. One of the reasons its on my list of books I'd like.
The book called Reflections – Small Stuff by Ben van Berkel & Caroline Bos, the book is about UNStudio’s small Stuff, presents a selection of interiors, installations, pavilions and products from the last 20 years. I have a real big thing for the shapes and forms of UNStudios work, and this book shows off some of my favorite work's by them. This book also gets into those really cool information and ideas behind the designs from the authors also known as the designers for UNStudio. The book is full of little tidbits of information and statements from Ben van Berkel, and Caroline Bos. They express there thoughts behind each design and bear witness to the theoretical richness and versatility at the basis of UNStudios highly particular approach to architecture and design.
UNStudio is an international architectural practice directed by van Berkel, and Bos and is has been based in Amsterdam since 1988. They have an extensive experience in the fields of urban ism, infrastructure, public and private utility building on different scale levels.
The book is full of 30 different projects which are organized in pairs which form each other's mirror image, illustrating the idea of reflection and its manifold meanings at literal and symbolic levels. The book is 165 x 165 mm big and has 196 pages in full color and a golden reflective cover. For more information on the book you can download the press kit or have a look at the flip book on www.unstudio.com/reflections
Below is a video of a preview of the book, which just adds to my love of this book and need for this book.


Michael Rosenak is Mandel Professor of Jewish Education, Emeritus, at the Hebrew University and is head of the Department of Education and Jewish Education at the Mandel Jerusalem Fellows Program. He has published works in Jewish educational thought, particularly its theological aspects. His book Commandments and Concerns: Jewish Education in Secular Society won the Jewish Book Prize in 1989. Rosenak was the Samuel Rothberg Prize Laureate of the Hebrew University for 2001. He developed the Jewish Values Curriculum at the Melton Centre for Jewish Education, which has been used in Jewish schools throughout the world.
A summary of Rosenak's work was prepared in 2001 on the occasion of his being granted the Samuel Rothberg Prize for Jewish Education by the Hebrew University. In 2006, the Hebrew University published Languages and Literatures in Jewish Education: Studies in Honor of Michael Rosenak. "Michael Rosenak's Professional Biography," an overview of Rosenak's contributions by Howard Deitcher, is available here.
The concepts of "language" and "literature" are central to Rosenak's paper, "Educated Jews: Common Elements" (Visions of Jewish Education, pages 178-200). He refers to his chapter "Torah and Wisdom" in Roads to the Palace: Jewish Texts and Teaching (Providence, 1995). The full chapter is available here.
Rosenak insists that "those educated to specific visions and commitment to them" must also learn to be comfortable with controversy and disagreement with others (Visions of Jewish Education, page 186). He points readers to Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik's idea of the "covenant of fate," as articulated in his essay "Kol Dodi Dofek" from Ish haEmunah (Jerusalem, 5743).
Rosenak refers as well to the idea of an "educated public," "one that can actively participate in cultural interchange and inquiry and that shares texts and assumption," (Visions of Jewish Education, page 199, note 14) and points to Alasdair MacIntyre's "The Idea of an Educated Public," published in Education and Values (London, 1985).
Aspects and Applications of Rosenak's Emphasis on Klal Yisrael
Educators who participated in the deliberations with scholars that were part of the Visions of Jewish Education Project were particularly interested in his argument that "respect for diversity within the community is a Jewish value" (see Supplement: Michael Rosenak, page 207). In the ensuing discussions, Rosenak pointed us to some of his publications:
In Tree of Life, Tree of Knowledge: Conversations with the Torah (Westview Press, 2001), Rosenak returns to the example of the Orthodox community to explore the question of the unity of the Jewish people. In his chapter "Learning and Leadership: Hillel and Menahem," he locates the non-pluralistic view of Jewish education and life within the development of Jewish tradition, focusing on the division of responsibilities and roles within the Jewish community. His argument for a more pluralistic vision emerges in his critique of this historical development and his ideas as to possible alternatives.
Rosenak discusses religious pluralism - in the sense of pluralism between religions - and explores the Jewish religious doctrine on pluralism in his 1984 paper, "The Religious Person and Religious Pluralism," presented at a conference of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations and the World Council of Churches and included in their published proceedings, The Meaning and Limits of Religious Pluralism in the World Today, eds. Allan Brockway and Jean Halperin.
Rosenak turns specifically to questions about a pluralistic curriculum in his essay "Jewish Fundamentalism in Israeli Education," which examines the educational philosophies and institutions of fundamentalist movements in Israel. The essay was published in Fundamentalisms in Society, eds. Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby (The University of Chicago Press, 1997).
Rosenak also led a team of scholars, educators and others at the Melton Center for Jewish Education in the Diaspora of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the development of a pluralist curriculum in Jewish Values. Rosenak and his team focused on teaching Judaism to those who do not necessarily speak its language in a way that opens up their quest for Jewish identity rather than imposing upon them a particular set of conclusions. This approach relates to Rosenak’s larger search for a language of Jewish education which can work for the community at large. Rosenak considered four different curricular approaches for the development of Jewish identity and preferred an approach based on Jewish values to those that emphasize halakhah, cultural forms, or texts.
Since its publication, the "Jewish Values Curriculum" has been successfully introduced in Orthodox, Conservative, Reform and secular schools in Israel and throughout the world.
Rosenak's participation in the Visions of Jewish Education Project also resulted in the development of a grid that shows that each conception or vision of Jewish education shared a number of common elements.
Rosenak's Visions for Modern Orthodoxy
Rosenak's conception of Jewish education grows out of his commitment to the Modern Orthodox community.
In his paper "Toward a Curriculum for the Modern Orthodox School" (published in Orthodoxy Confronts Modernity, ed. Rabbi Jonathan Sacks [London: Ktav, 1991]) Rosenak contends that by "setting guidelines for Modern Orthodox education...we will not only learn a good deal about the actual beliefs, aspirations, and priorities in our community, but we shall find that we actually have-and are-a genuine community" (62).
As described in "Supplement: Michael Rosenak" (Visions of Jewish Education, pages 202-207), in this essay Rosenak outlines six points that "lay foundations for a comprehensive religious Jewish education." These are knesset Yisrael (the community of Israel), adam (existence), bnai Noach (humanity), hod (problem-solving), chochmat lev and hiddur (beauty), and da'at (understanding).


It isn’t necessary to have read The Murder Tree to enjoy The Titanic Document. Some of the same characters appear in both stories, but the plots and sub-plots are not related.
Wait a minute… “Plots and sub-plots”? What do I mean by that?
Okay, as the main purpose of these posts is to give readers an insight into what I do as a writer, it may be worth a word of explanation. Most storylines work on at least two layers. The surface layer is the plot that runs through the whole book, while underneath there is usually a connected theme that evolves as the main story unfolds. Take Dickens’ A Christmas Carol for example. The (surface) plot concerns a miserly man haunted by ghosts who visit him over three nights. But the sub-plot is about the poverty of people around Scrooge, and how it affects his relationship with them.
So, looking back at The Murder Tree, the top layer is the search for a personal connection between ancestor and descendant over a murder in Victorian Glasgow. Beneath that are the criminal actions of a brilliant academic using his unique talents to further his personal ambitions. One of the main characters is Billie Vane, a Manchester-born librarian working in Glasgow’s Mitchell Library. He is befriended by an American girl, Chrissie Fersen, and helps with her quest to understand how she relates to a woman convicted of killing her best friend. Throughout that story, Billie is often at odds with Chrissie’s protective brother Ed, who remains sceptical of Billie’s interest in his sister. At the end of this first story, Billie and Ed become friends.
On to The Titanic Document. Six years have passed, and the friendship is now well-established. An author attends The Mitchell Library in Glasgow to promote a new book about Titanic and her sister ship Olympic. Billie and Ed both attend the talk, one from a personal interest in the tragedy and the other as a marine engineer. The two are drawn into providing professional research input for a second book by the author, unaware that a high-ranking politician is taking extreme measures to obtain a document he believes to be in the author’s possession. And he’s desperate enough to commit murder in the process.
The sub-plot here is built on the criminal activities of a former Cabinet minister. In earlier posts I’ve made no secret of my cynicism for the UK political elite. To a degree that is a result of personal experience, but when looking for material for a second novel I was heavily influenced by news articles from 2016 – the period in which much of The Titanic Document is set. One such story was the demise of Operation Midland, an investigation by Metropolitan Police into allegations of child sexual abuse and homicide. Coupling that with media accounts of personalities like Jimmy Savile, Cyril Smith and Jeremy Thorpe, a toxic mix of powerful men abusing their positions seemed to me a suitable vehicle for development. I make no apologies for including sections in my story that might be labelled “adults only”, but on the subject of “abuse” I found further examples attributed to figures in the story of Titanic. I didn’t need to dig too deeply to find parallels between the political climates of 1912 and the present. In 2016, the UK voted on a referendum to leave the European Union, while America stunned us all by electing Donald Trump as President. Just over a hundred years earlier powerful businessmen with ambitions in America and the UK tried to capitalise on a developing situation in Europe that would lead to international turmoil. Not much difference there.
That then is the “Who” (Billie, Ed, an author, the police and some dodgy politicians), and the “What” is the plot and the sub-plot. I’ve also touched on the “When” – 1912 and 2016 – but in the next post I’ll explain why historical events in 1985 also played a key part.
By the way, THE TITANIC DOCUMENT is now available to pre-order online at all the big bookstores – including Waterstones, W H Smith and the new Bookshop.org. (Oh, and Amazon, naturally!)
It has been over seven years since I published The Murder Tree. At that time I had no plans for writing another novel. This was a one-off, an outlet for a story that had been nagging away at my brain for years. That might have been my one and only attempt at fiction, especially as the next project on my To Do List was a non-fiction piece from my own family history. But the reaction from readers of The Murder Tree was so warm that I knew a second novel deserved serious consideration.
So, here it is.
Right now, The Titanic Document is only weeks away from publication. In this post I want to explain a little about the process of bringing my second novel to print, and over the intervening period I will tell you more about the story itself.
But first, why has it taken so long?
The simple answer is: I write slowly! Every writer has his or her own methods. Some (like me) need time for ideas to formulate, and have distractions in their lives that often pull them away from the keyboard. Sometimes that link between brain and fingers NEEDS to be broken to preserve a semblance of normality (or avoid domestic strife). Others apply themselves every day, treating their writing hours like a job and being supremely disciplined about it. L J Ross is an independent author at the top of the Amazon rankings who regularly trots out several books per year. That works for her, but a conveyor belt mentality would never do for me. I prefer to treat my work as a craft proceeding at its own pace. Then there’s another element I feel that separates my style from Ross’s: teamwork.
Authors can be solitary individuals, and today’s technology allows a writer to produce a document they can publish themselves using Amazon’s proprietary software. No middle-man. Quick and relatively easy. If you have the creative skills, the dedication and the technical mindset that Ross clearly displays, you can make a success of being a one-woman band. I did something similar when I published my mother’s memoir (A Kangaroo In My Sideboard) through Amazon in 2018. But the major difference between me and L J Ross is that, in writing both The Murder Tree and The Titanic Document, I incorporated a team of experts at every stage.
That process did slow things down, but for me, feedback on my draft work was hugely important. Periodically I would receive critique from fellow writers on the text I produced. Then I would make adjustments, or re-write sections. Even when I’d finished the whole story, I employed a professional editor to provide an in-depth analysis that induced further changes before starting the publication process with Troubador. Their professional services (typesetting, design, marketing and distribution) can easily take around six months, even longer for the big traditional publishing houses like Random House, Penguin or Harper Collins. All these companies (including Troubador) have high standards, and the quality of the books they put on shelves in our shops and libraries is what I aim to match.
So, it all takes time.
I’ll end this post with a link to Troubador’s shop window. This is where you will find the paperback version of my second novel, and because of the present restrictions imposed around Covid-19, it’s a useful place to obtain a physical copy in future. Have a look around HERE. The standard of the products on offer is second to none, and each one only gets there after months of careful application by a team of skilled professionals. I’m proud to work with people who care as much as I do about quality – but, at the end of the day, it is the reader who will judge the end product.
In around eight weeks’ time…
COMING NEXT: Who, What, Where and When? The Inside Story of The Titanic Document.
Need to know:
I don’t just write fiction.


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Betty Weibel is fortunate to have been able to combine her equestrian life with her career as a journalist and public relations professional. Early in her career, she oversaw public relations for the national American Grand Prix Association, a 30-event national series, and served as an equestrian television commentator. She has written articles for numerous publications before publishing her first nonfiction book with The History Press.
Today, she is a principal in Yopko Penhallurick LLC, an award-winning Chagrin Falls public relations agency, and she is APR certified by the Public Relations Society of America. A graduate of Lake Erie College, she is a Trustee of the Ohio History Connection (formerly Ohio Historical Society) and has served on the Board of Trustees for the Chagrin Valley PHA Horse Show, Fieldstone Farm Therapeutic Riding Center and the Ohio Humanities Council.
PBS Broadcast Clip-1987 Jumping Derby
The Chronicle of the Horse, April 30, 1999, “Betty Yopko Weibel Has Been Show Jumping’s Best Friend” PDF


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