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The name-father of the Nicolsons, Nicail or Nicholas, a name popular in Scandinavia, must have flourished in the mid-13th century. The MacLeods of Lewis appear to have inherited their considerable possessions through marriage with a Nicolson heiress in the 14th century. The ancestral Nicail, therefore, probably lived in Lewis, where he and his ancestors would have servied the kings of Mann and the Isles in a mixed Norse and Gaelic environment.
The first Nicolson on record, early in the 14th century, is John, son of Nicail. He appears in the company of leading Hebridean Chiefs, the MacDonald, MacDougall and MacRuairi descendants of Somerled (k. 1164), who had wrested control of the southern Hebrides from the king of Mann. John was perhaps the leading man on Lewis. In the next generation most of the Nicolson lands passed to the Lewis MacLeods, but the male line of the Nicolsons continued finding a home in the Trotternish peninsula of Skye.
Later in the Middle Ages the Nicolsons followd the MacDonald Lords of the Isles and sat on their council. In 1540, James V, King of Scots landed at Portree during a naval expedition, and tradition maintains he was entertained at Scorrybreac. Another tradition is that Bonnie Prince Charlie, fleeing after the defeat of the Jacobites at Culloden, was hidden overnight in a cow-shed by the then Chief.
In the 19th centruy the Nicolsons were badly affected by the Highland Clearances. The Chief was forced to abandon Scorrybreac, and his family settled in Tasmania, where the present Chief was born. Clansmen were evicted from their crofts and also sought refuge in emigration , Prince Edward Island being a favored destination.
Over the centuries, Clan MacNicol has given the world numerous poets and preachers, writers and warriors, historians ahd heraldists. The greatest Gaelic poet of modern times, Sorley MacLean, is a Nicolson on his mother's side. Oral tradition in his family has preserved some Nicolson songs of considerable antiquity and great beauty.


POSITION TITLE: Librarian
REPORTS TO: Lead Librarian
The Ethiopian Academy of Sciences (EAS) was launched in April 2010 and recognized by an Act of Parliament (Proclamation No. 783/2013) as an independent body mandated to provide, inter-alia, evidence-based policy advice to the Government and other stakeholders. Its major activities include undertaking consensus studies, conducting convening activities such as public lectures, conferences, workshops and symposia on issues of national priority; as well as promoting science, technology and innovation.
EAS would like to invite qualified candidates to apply for the Librarian position.
- Job summary
Under the supervision of the Lead Librarian, the Librarian is responsible for the safe keep and systematic handling of books, publications and reference materials deposited in the EAS Library. He also includes: acquisition, maintenance and lending books, periodicals, publications, studies, maps and other related reference materials vital to EAS operations.
- Specific duties and responsibilities
- Prepares annual budget estimates of the library;
- Registers, classifies and catalogues all new books;
- Manages the library facility to provide flexible access to the resources at the point of need;
- Maintains records for all books and publications in the Library; loans and collects them according to library rules;
- Promotes widespread use of the Library facilities by interested staff of EAS to keep abreast with current trends and new technological developments;
- Arranges proper layout and display of newspapers and periodicals for spot reading;
- Prepares, maintains and distributes a list of newly acquired books and other reference materials of interest and practical use to EAS staff members;
- Arranges for the renewal or replacement of worn-out books in the Library;
- Maintains stock cards and conducts annual inventory of all books in the Library;
- Ensures the timely return of loaned books and takes appropriate steps to recover lost or overdue books;
- Signs on check-out slips for resigning or terminated staff after checking that loaned books and materials are returned or costs are recovered;
- Contacts local and foreign agencies to encourage or seek donations of books and other reference materials useful to EAS operations;
- Reviews requisitions and specifications of books before passing them to procurement;
- Initiates requisitions for books that are useful for EAS’s purposes and should be placed in the Library;
- Submits quarterly progress ports on the activities of the Library;
- Initiates ideas and projects that would ultimately help in establishing e-library system;
- Initiates links with other institutions providing library service so that EAS staff and members could get access to reference materials available in their libraries;
- Performs other duties as assigned by the Supervisor.
- Minimum Qualifications
- BA in Library Science or related field.
- 2/4 years of relevant work experience.
- TECHNICAL AND OTHER SKILLS
- Knowledge of the principles of library science in classifying and indexing books and reference materials;
- Knowledge of the standard rules and regulations governing libraries;
- Ability to correspond with publishers, borrowers and donors;
- Good skills in computer applications.
How to Apply
Interested applicants who meet the above requirements should submit their application letter with their CV; indicating the position applying for on the subject line of the email only within 10 working days from the date of this announcement through: E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org.


Riverdale you have me scared. There’s too many things you have done this year that makes me think that you jumped into the future to get the stories. From the extended view I got tonight, I believe that Percival’s evil has now reached into banning books. I am not a fan of book banning! As a child, I was advanced in language, reading and writing for my age being moved into the “big” kids library halfway through the second grade. I was reading Dumas and Dickens in the seventh grade. The only books that were not allowed were books my parents and family members thought had subject matter too childish (comics) or advanced (adult romance novels). Thus, it’s a concern when I see anything that implies banned books.
Let’s review superpowers and abilities so far. Reggie and Ronnie have no powers (that we know). Tabitha is a time traveler. Cheryl has pyrokinesis. Jughead can read hidden thoughts (except Percival’s). Archie cannot die (except through palladium). Betty has heightened vision. Toni is the reincarnation of Lady Llorna (but protects kids). On the other side, Percival is “Legion” or demons and Satan. Alice and most of the town are cult members (again). Kevin – well he’s still to be defined. He is buying into the cult but Moose’s appearance may change that. Tonight does not have Toni or Tabitha in the story so I’m not sure what is going on. All are immune to Percival.
The Mystery of the Missing Books
Jughead is narrating and talking about Betty’s pregnancy test which we learn was negative. BEtty and Archie also discuss a family. Betty wonders if she should have children due to her parents and their track records of crazy and serial killer. Meanwhile Reggie is moving out and he and Ronnie fight. Ron accuses him of stealing. Reggie tells her that she’s the type that needs a man in her life because eshe can’t be alone. Oh, and he does mention her reputation as “Black Widow of Wall Street.”
Jughead is the first we see get hit with Percival’s latest plot. Percival tells Jughead they’re closing the library to build a motel for the new rail system. Jughead has a book outstanding, and Percival wants it back. Since Jughead doesn’t know where the book is, Percival takes something for collateral – grandfather’s first edition novel. This happens to Ronnie (Hiram’s picture), Reggie (dyslexia book) , Archie (guitar), Betty (diary), and Cheryl (trunk with body in it). When Archie threatens him, Percival pulls out the palladium. Ronnie offers to write a check, but Percival will not take it. He wants the book or collateral.
All that had things taken meet to discuss Percival’s latest scheme. Jughead speaks the truth. Percival wants to get rid of books because they make people think. Archie sees the maneuver as a distraction but to what. Cheryl says there is a risk to what Percival did. All books change people and the way they see things. Cheryl sees Percival as wanting to use the items as a means to an end. Jughead replies that books are free thinking. If people stop reading/thinking, they start following Percival. Archie sees it as a distraction. Jughead reminds them that some states will throw people in jail for reading certain books. Cheryl knows that there is sorcery at work that could affect all of them and it’s part of Percival’s evil plan. Percival has all the personal items in one place. He lights candles, and speaks an incantation over them. Then the gang really starts having problems. Meanwhile Kevin is being confronted by Percival on the fact that he has an outstanding book, “The Lord of the Flies” which needs returning.
At the high school, Archie finds the students looking at the yearbook and learning that he played guitar. Later he sees Ms. Grundy in the music room with her cello. Betty meanwhile has an adverse reaction to bleach. After visiting Percival and reading the diary, she realizes that signs existed when she was 12 that her father was the Black Hood killer. Ronnie sees a spider on her portrait and smashes it only to find out it wasn’t there. Cheryl hears laughter and when she checks it out. It appears to be her first girlfriend, Heather (whose body was in that trunk). Jughead meanwhile finds burns on his hand.
Reggie goes to ask for his book back so he can get rid of the dyslexia which has come back. Percival gives him a Faberge egg that he has gotten from Ronnie’s apartment. Reggie takes it and sends it to Ronnie who opens it and finds black widow spiders inside. They disappear and her staff cannot find any in her apartment. Later Renaldo (the bodyguard) comes in to discuss things with Ronnie. She shares a kiss and her bed only to find him dead the next morning. Off he goes to the morgue where the doctor finds it was from black widow spider bites but there were no puncture wounds. Guess what Ronnie’s power is now! She quite literally has the kiss of death.
Betty’s vision freaks her out and she tells Archie about it. Hal was cleaning the trunk of the family car. She had figured out how to do something with the car and went to tell Hal. While Archie refuses to talk about Grundy, he realizes something is going on. Betty feels that Percival is running his dirty fingers through her mind. Meanwhile, Jughead is on a search for the book in the alley. He finds one wheelchair bound man who tells Jughead that Percival didn’t truck people out on a bus. Percival cleaned out the alley by telling them to start walking west into the ocean. He asks the lone resident of the alley why he didn’t go. The man states something to the effect that Percival said walk and he’s can’t because of the wheelchair. He has a number that might reach Doc in Venice Beach, California. So Percival isn’t as clever as he thought.
Cheryl meets with the gang at her mansion. They must find the books and give them to Percival and retrieve their belongings. Once that happens, they must do a purification that gets rid of the items and curse. Archie breaks into the Curiosity Shop (remember Tabitha’s time travel) and finds a note and the cello. When Betty comes back to the house, her sunglasses look like Grundy’s. Percival is still busy recruiting. Kevin will help him as a soldier (and I didn’t hear why if it was said).
The next morning, Betty is given more information on the Trash Can Killer and flashes back (once again) to Hal in her bedroom. Betty is scared and Hal puts a nightlight in the bedroom. He tells young Betty not to be scared because the two of them are scarier than any monster. Betty realizes that the Trash Can Killer could not be the loner she thought but a family man. This changes the parameters of the investigation. (Good use of Hal tonight Riverdale producers!)
Jughead has an idea of where he can find the books and goes to get them as Reggie confronts Percival and wants the book back. Reggie also wants to know what (not who) Percival is. Reggie buys a clue but still signs up for Percival’s army for the book. He knows that there is something strange about Percival and wants to be like Percival. Meanwhile Jughead has returned and the gang meet. Jughead has found the books in Pennsylvania.
The gang returns the books to Percival who gives them the articles. Ronnie says he can keep Hiram’s picture as it nor Percival has any control over her. All realize that Percival may have launched some hard-core memories they must now control. At Cheryl’s they prepare to destroy the items that Percival had. Cheryl starts the fire without the trunk because she’s already taken care of it. Jughead won’t burn the book because it’s all he has of his grandfather. Meanwhile, Percival realizes that he’s lost control of the gang (for now) but lists two new “soldiers” to the recruit list. And Veronica realizes that her kiss has become a weapon. Will she try to use it on Percival (on whom it won’t work) or Reggie for double crossing the gang.
Next week: Ronnie looks like she’s ready to use her power. Can she turn the tables on Percival and what does the rest of the power have to play?
Note: My computer jammed at the 30 minute mark of this episode. Is there something supernatural about it. The joke use to be that “Quantum Leap’s” Stephen King’s episode had something happen when people watch it (weather usually or VCR tapes losing the episode). Is this episode like that also???


A warm, sunny day, but Olde Town Arvada, Colorado was full of scarecrows.
I, Zeb the Duck, am sitting on the head of a scarecrow. There seems to be several scarecrows in the plaza. And no crows.
Here is another one. Arvada Plaza is near the library and signs say the library also has a scarecrow. Let’s go see it.
Oh, this scarecrow is reading a book, and the crows want to hear the story. I am on one shoulder and a crow is on the other. Another crow on the back rim of the hat. But the crows are friendly. Perhaps they are trying to understand those shoes. The humans get to vote here, for their favorite scarecrow.
The ladies in the booth said ducks cannot vote. Darn. Small humans enter the cone maze here.
They follow the yellow tape and seem to be having fun.
Oh, if only I could be a human sometimes. The Arvada Fire Department had a booth here also.
So many options for humans here.
I love these painted pumpkins. Humans, large and small, can ride the hay wagon.
Humans sit on bales of hay and a tractor pulls the wagon through the streets of Olde Town Arvada. All this activity makes humans, and ducks, hungry. This great food truck is from Steuben’s Restaurant.
Steuben’s has a restaurant in Olde Arvada. Very tasty. But, my very favorite festival food is here.
I love kettle corn. Of course we bought some. Across from Olde Town Arvada Plaza, this church, with scarecrow, hay and apple cider, is ready for autumn.
Last Saturday, the weather was warm, in the 60’s, sunny and a perfect day for a festival. The next day, Sunday, the temperature was in the teens and low 20’s with snow all day. Monday was sunny again and all the snow melted. That is just how the weather is in Colorado. Many seasons in a week, and we love it. We are happy that the 22nd Festival of Scarecrows was here on the warm sunny day.


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Tantalus (Ancient Greek: Tántalos) was a Greek mythological figure, most famous for his eternal punishment in Tartarus. He was also called Atys.
He was made to stand in a pool of water beneath a fruit tree with low branches, with the fruit ever eluding his grasp, and the water always receding before he could take a drink.
He was the father of Pelops, Niobe and Broteas, and was a son of Zeus and the nymph Plouto. Thus, like other heroes in Greek mythology such as Theseus and the Dioskouroi, Tantalus had both a hidden, divine parent and a mortal one.
According to other sources, his father was Tmolus or Manes, the first king of Lydia.


Wow, the world is a whole lot of a different place than it was last year. If you’d told me at this time last year that I would a) publish my first ever short story b) publish my first ever poetry collection and c) be living through a global pandemic, not to mention all the other life changes I’ve been through this year I would tell you to go home, you’re drunk.
Nonetheless, this is where we are, and the world continues to move on. That means that we are looking forward to the 2021 Awards Season (cue endless screaming). As such, I present to you a list of my selected works this year that you could read and/or nominate for awards if they spark something in you!
Holy shit! I finally published my first short story! Well, actually my first two short stories, but the one that I think is more likely to be appealing to folks for awards is THE FOREST IS A DANCER which came out from The Centropic Oracle. It’s available in text and audio format and imagines what it would be like to be the B.C. temperate rainforest living through our current ecological disasters. If you like lyrical prose, dance, or mushrooms, this one is for you.
Double holy shit! I published my first poetry collection! A REFUGE OF TALES is a collection of mostly-original poetry (only about 10% of the poems in it are reprints) out from Renaissance Press. You can buy an e-book version here for $3.99 CAD, or if you’d like a review copy feel free to reach out to me at my contact form or on Twitter and I’ll find a way to hook you up with one. Here’s a blurb from the collection and what some readers have thought about it:
“What does it mean to make a home inside a story? Stories are safe, comfortable, familiar. Fairytales and myths, these stories we all know and grew up with are even moreso. A Refuge of Tales takes everyday tropes and asks: safe for who? This is a collection of poems for anyone who has ever felt outside of the myth. With language both sharp and lyrical, Lynne Sargent weaves a treatise on the power of stories, and how those who have been left behind can take up that power and use it to build a new, better world.”
“Lynne Sargent is a modern day Persephone, plumbing the depths of womanhood. Sargent excavates rage in feminist poetry that draws on the imagery of myth and fairy tale in novel and startling ways. She’s an expert at that last surprising line that turns the whole thing on its head and makes us see the story through a new lens.”
Ursula Pflug, author of Seeds and Other Stories
In addition to many of the poems in A REFUGE OF TALES, I had a number of poems come out this year. I’m going to suggest two of them for you here, but you can always visit my full bibliography if you’re interested in further reading!
First, ROSE GLASSES OVER MERCURY MIRRORS came out in The Mithila Review. This poem is a take on the evil queen from Snow White and asks what it means to be seen, and what sort of kindness and healing being seen can offer, and what kind of harm it can do when you aren’t seen by your romantic partner.
Second, STAR-FIGHTER came out from Polar Borealis, and you can find it on page 18 of the link. It has also already been reprinted in STELLAR EVOLUTIONS, an anthology of selected work from Polar Borealis issues. Editor Rhea Rose called it “a warrior’s poem.” It’s a poem about feeling too much, and what to do with all that feeling. Plus, there’s some glorious space knight imagery for your reading pleasure.
Thank you so much to everyone who has read, published, and otherwise supported my work this year, in past years, or in years to come. It means the world to me.
Lots of love,


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Heaven's Gate: America's UFO Religion - Benjamin E. Zeller
August 18, 2017 09:08 PM PDT
In March 1997, thirty-nine people in Rancho Santa Fe, California, ritually terminated their lives. To outsiders, it was a mass suicide. To insiders, it was a graduation. This act was the culmination of over two decades of spiritual and social development for the members of Heaven’s Gate, a religious group focused on transcending humanity and the Earth, and seeking salvation in the literal heavens on board a UFO.
In this fascinating overview, Benjamin Zeller not only explores the question of why the members of Heaven’s Gate committed ritual suicides, but interrogates the origin and evolution of the religion, its appeal, and its practices. By tracking the development of the history, social structure, and worldview of Heaven’s Gate, Zeller draws out the ways in which the movement was both a reflection and a microcosm of larger American culture.The group emerged out of engagement with Evangelical Christianity, the New Age movement, science fiction and UFOs, and conspiracy theories, and it evolved in response to the religious quests of baby boomers, new religions of the counterculture, and the narcissistic pessimism of the 1990s. Thus, Heaven’s Gate not only reflects the context of its environment, but also reveals how those forces interacted in the form of a single religious body.
In the only book-length study of Heaven’s Gate, Zeller traces the roots of the movement, examines its beliefs and practices, and tells the captivating story of the people of Heaven’s GateThe Ashes of Waco: An Investigation- Dick J. Reavis
August 18, 2017 04:27 PM PDT
Examined from both sides - the Bureau of Alcohol and Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and the FBI on one hand, and David Koresh and his followers on the other - this text focuses on the events at Mt. Carmel, near Waco Texas. Dick J. Reavis contends that the government had little reason to investigate Koresh, and even less to raid the compound at Mt. Carmel. The government lied to the public about most of what happened - about who fired the first shots, about drugs allegations, and about the child abuse. The FBI was duplicitous and negligent in gassing Mt. Carmel - and that alone could have started the fire that killed 76 people.Fred Rosen - The Mad Choper
August 13, 2017 02:09 PM PDT
When police in Tampa, Florida, arrested Larry Singleton in 1997 for brutally murdering prostitute Roxanne Hayes, they soon realized it wasn’t the man’s first violent attack. Back in 1978 he had gained notoriety as “the Mad Chopper” for raping and cutting off the arms of 15-year-old Mary Vincent on a patch of desolate, sun-scorched land 5 miles off the highway near Modesto, California.
August 04, 2017 04:38 PM PDT
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The Crime Book is a complete compendium for crime aficionados to add to their collectionRoom 1203: O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas Conviction-Andy Caldwell
July 29, 2017 06:59 PM PDT
"You think you can steal my sh*t and sell it?" In 1995, NFL great and movie star, O.J. Simpson beat a murder rap for the death of his wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman. But in 2007 his luck with avoiding Lady Justice ran out in Las Vegas. ROOM 1203 is the true story of the convoluted and bizarre events surrounding a violent armed robbery of a sports memorabilia collector in a Vegas hotel. On that night, Simpson put an exclamation mark on his spectacular fall from the height of Hollywood’s glamour and glitz to a shadowy world of scams and schemers in Sin City. Written by the lead detective assigned to the case, the book provides details, insights and facts not previously reported, as well as the investigation that pieced the crime together and landed an arrogant man who believed he was above the law in a Nevada prison. Excerpt From ROOM 1203: O.J. Simpson's Las Vegas Conviction: As we turned down the hall toward O.J.’s suite, three more surveillance detectives stood behind a pillar, visiting with each other while waiting for the two surveillance detectives who were closer to the room to signal that the target was moving. They were working with the Palms security and had a room in the same hall as Simpson’s, so the hall could be monitored without a detective just waiting for Simpson to come out of his room. As Rod, Linda and I approached Simpson’s suite, Eddie stayed back in the hall. Rod knocked on the door, and within a few moments, the door swung open and there was O.J. Simpson. This was and is a moment that is hard to reconcile in my mind. As I stood there—a detective tasked with investigating a crime and thinking I was going to conduct this interview just like any other—I was a little star struck. O.J. is not a big, imposing figure. In fact, he was smaller than I would have ever imagined a former NFL player to be. His charismatic personality came shining through the moment he opened the door. With a great big smile and animated arm movements, he invited us into his suite. Here is where that flexibility in interviews became paramount; he leaned out into the hallway and waved Eddie in also. But that wasn’t all. The surveillance detectives who take pride in their ability to work undetected—Simpson had spotted them, too, and waved them into the room. As everyone piled into the suite, I had to laugh to myself as I thought I would probably come in, too, if I were in their position. As he waved everyone in, Simpson told me his lawyer was not there yet, but he should be there shortly, so we could wait inside for him. As I walked past Simpson, I had a moment of realization that helped me to get over my feeling of being star struck. O.J. was wearing the same clothes as he was in the surveillance video from the robbery the night before: a light blue, disheveled polo shirt and blue jeans. About the author: Andy Caldwell is a retired detective from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department and he is presently serving as the pastor at Mill City Christian Church in Mill City, Oregon. His distinguished law enforcement career resulted in him receiving multiple awards and having cases he worked featured on America’s Most Wanted, Dateline, and Court TV.A&E 'The Dope Man- Tim Ryan
July 27, 2017 09:23 PM PDT
Dope Man follows Tim Ryan, an ex-con and former addict, who before embracing recovery, lost his son to heroin and nearly died from it himself. Now, in an era when addicts are dying faster and younger by the day, he's made it his life's mission to save others from the deadly drug. Tim's unforgiving, in-your-face approach, as well as his commitment to placing people into meaningful long-term treatment, has singled him out nationally among politicians, law enforcement officials and educators as one of the most effective experts in his field.'She Is Evil!': Madness And Murder In Memphis- Judith Yates
July 21, 2017 06:14 PM PDT
“That woman is evil. She is evil!” Ejaz Ahmad was handsome, charismatic, and a self-made businessman. He arrived in the United States from Pakistan determined to fulfill his mother’s dying wish: to come to America, complete his education, and make his mark in the world. Settling in Memphis, Tennessee, Ejaz became owner of several businesses, father to a handsome boy, and a devout Muslim. The only thing missing in his life was a wife, someone special to protect, honor, and love. Leah Ward was a pretty girl, but a prison parolee with a history of drug charges, petty crime, and a questionable past. She led a flotsam life, drifting from town to city to state. When she was introduced to Ejaz Ahmad, she believed she had found the ultimate answer: a place to live, someone to take care of her, and money to spend. But what began idyllic soon became abusive and then dangerous for Ejaz. His friends and family warned him. And in May of 2003 Ejaz paid the ultimate price when family members found his mutilated body in a shed. SHE IS EVIL is a story of trust, abuse, religion, and murder. Of a kind man who tried to help a troubled woman and became the victim of abuse and, eventually, a heinous murder.Jack the Ripper - Ripper Confidential - Tom Wescott
July 14, 2017 07:38 PM PDT
Groundbreaking history and exciting investigative journalism combine in a work jam-packed with newly unearthed finds and fresh insights that pull us deeper into the world of Jack the Ripper and closer to the man himself. Wescott does not promote a suspect but instead comprehensively investigates the murders of Polly Nichols and Elizabeth Stride, bringing to light new medical evidence, crucial new material on important witnesses, and – revealed for the first time – the name of a woman who may have met Jack the Ripper and survived to tell the tale.
Also discussed in this book:
Charles Lechmere, recently named as a suspect in the Jack the Ripper documentary, Conspiracy: The Missing Evidence, is restored to his proper place in history as an innocent witness.
Walter Sickert, the subject of Patricia Cornwell’s Jack the Ripper books, was not the Ripper, but is revealed here to have been only one of several artists and poets who may have been acquainted with victim Mary Kelly.
Bruce Robinson’s Jack the Ripper book, They All Love Jack, controversially endorsed the myth that fruiterer Matthew Packer sold grapes to Liz Stride which were later found on her hand. Around this was constructed an intricate police conspiracy. In Ripper Confidential the truth is exposed and these events are proved beyond doubt to have never taken place.
Was Elizabeth Stride a Ripper victim? For the first time, all the myths are cleared away and the facts are looked at in great detail.
The contemporary investigators speak out from the past and tell us what they thought of one of the Ripper’s most enigmatic and controversial clues – the chalk-written message on the wall in Goulston Street. Did the Ripper write it and what might it actually have said?
A comprehensive look is taken at Berner Street witness, Israel Schwartz. Why did he disappear within weeks from the written record? Was or was he not a legitimate witness? This and much more is discussed, and for the first time it’s revealed why he did not give evidence at the inquest, why the two best known versions of his story are inconsistent, and – most crucially – that he was not the last person to see Liz Stride with a man who was probably her killerMurder on his Mind - Anne Penn KKNW Seattle
July 08, 2017 01:00 PM PDT
Murder on His Mind Serial Killer is the true crime story of the Original Night Stalker aka East Area Rapist who first terrorized Rancho Cordova/Sacramento areas in Northern California as a serial rapist. Moving on to Southern California he became the serial killer and rapist he had worked to become. The Original Night Stalker carried out the murders of at least 12 people in and around Southern California. This serial rapist and murderer moved about freely as law enforcement has been unable to catch a break and have to this date been unable to apprehend him. A very deadly criminal this man was prepared to do whatever it took to be free. Many active and retired law enforcement still work the case that had become cold. The FBI has once again joined in the chase. It has been 40 years since the first known attacks in Northern California. It has been 30 years since the last senseless murder of a young woman in Irvine California. How much longer will the families have to wait for justice in this case? Will we ever match his DNA to a name? Will we ever see who has been under the mask?Dreams - JM Debord - KKNW Seattle
July 07, 2017 07:07 PM PDT
What do reoccurring dreams reveal? What's the purpose of nightmares—and can they be stopped? Why do some people show up in dreams? Are some dreams actually warnings? Going beyond superficial explanations, The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs and Meanings brings a deep and rich understanding to a variety of images, signs, and symbols. It considers the context to help anyone complete their own personal jigsaw puzzle. It provides the tools to allow anyone to sort through possible connections and to make sense of their dreams.
From entries ranging from “Abandonment” to “Zoo,” this massive tome analyzes sex dreams, money dreams, dreams of falling, running, or paralysis and much, much more. It brings profound insights to thousands of dream messages. It shows what to look for and what to ignore and teaches how to master dream interpretation. Examples of symbols are given. The complexity and context of a dream are explored. Signs and their meanings are illustrated.
Illuminating the intelligence of dreams, decoding clues, explaining symbols, and revealing the universal meanings of each as well as their subtler associations, The Dream Interpretation Dictionary: Symbols, Signs, and Meanings explores the messages delivered by the unconscious mind during sleep. It examines how dreams connect to daily life. It shows how dreams can lead to deeper understanding and self-awareness. Also included are a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to the book’s usefulness.
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The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released a relatively substantial update to their Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide (ATG) in order to incorporate various tax and legal developments since it was first released.
Originally published in 2004, the Cost Segregation Audit Techniques Guide assists IRS examiners during audits by providing an understanding of technical information, examination techniques and what to look for when reviewing cost segregation reports.
While the ATG is designed to provide guidance for IRS employees, tax professionals have used the document as guidance on the correct methods to properly conduct cost segregation studies. New sections that have been recently added to the ATG provide helpful insight into the IRS’s future examination focus.
What’s New. The updated ATG now has four new sections. Chapter 6.5 describes the Inherently Permanent Standard and states when determining whether a structure, or component of a structure, is inherently permanent, one must consider the context and governing code section. Chapter 6.8 on Bonus Depreciation provides direction specific to cost segregation studies and explains the bonus eligibility rules for both acquired property and self-constructed property. Chapter 7.6 contains asset classifications for the Motor Vehicle Manufacturing Industry. Finally, Chapter 8.2 provides specific guidance for Stand-Alone Open-Air Parking Structures and their classification as buildings.
Additional items of note include:
- References and updates for the Final Tangible Property Regulations.
- Expanded discussion of real estate and Section 1060 allocations.
- References to the Peco Foods, AmeriSouth, and PP&L court cases.
- Construction Process (Chapter 6.6) updated to include the new 2004 CSI Master Format Division numbering system.
- Statistical Sampling combined with Chapter 5 – Review and Examination.
- Industry terms and definitions added to clarify differences in terminology from the construction industry and the Tax Court. (Chapter 8.1 and 6.6).
- LB&I: Enterprise Activities Practice Area Corporate Issues/Credits – Deductible & Capital Expenditures (DCE PN) is now responsible for the Cost Segregation ATG.
A more detailed summary of the changes is included in the newly added Preface section. View the entire Cost Segregation ATG document here: kbkg.com/cost-segregation-audit-guide
Author: Malik Javed, CCSP | Gian Pazzia, CCSP


Director: Yael Hersonski
A glimpse inside the Nazi propaganda machine provides a revealing meditation on the construction of history.
This is a story about the longest film made by the Nazi propaganda unit on the Warsaw ghetto. In a thorough piece of historical film research, director Yael Hersonski has assembled a story within the official Nazi tale of the ghetto's Jewish community living a life of luxury and indolence.
Using primary sources - diaries, interviews with survivors and actual footage of conditions inside the Warsaw ghetto - Hersonski has not only created one of the Festival's most moving productions, but also a valuable reflection on how history is constructed and mediated.
Director Yael Hersonski is a guest of the Festival.


Jorgenson, M. T., J. G. Kidd, T. C. Cater, and S. C. Bishop. 2003. Long-term evaluation of methods for rehabilitating lands disturbed by industrial development in the Arctic. Pages 173–190 in Methodologies in Evaluation of Socio-Economic and Environmental Consequences of Mining and Energy Production in the Arctic and Sub-arctic. NATO Science Series, ed. O. Rasmussen and N. E. Koroleva, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands.


Periphytic rotifers: A comprehensive study on species composition, substrate specificity and habitat preference down a tropical riverine system
Keywords:Periphyton, Periyar, Substrate specificity, Rotifer
The occurrence and distribution of periphytic rotifer assemblages from five different substrata in relation to physicochemical parameters were studied for one year (June 2016 – May 2017) along middle and lower stretches of the Periyar River, Kerala. Taxonomic studies revealed the presence of 63 species of periphytic rotifers belonging to 26 genera, 17 families, and 3 orders. Lecanidae was found to be the most abundant family followed by Colurellidae and Philodinidae. Canonical correspondence analysis elucidates the role of temperature, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, and nitrate in the distribution and abundance of rotifer families. Correspondence analysis illustrates the distribution of rotifers were mainly confined to leaves and roots. Principal component analysis marked the dominance of the pre-monsoon period contributed by the abundance of Lecanidae, Colurellidae, and Philodinidae families. The study came out with some important baseline information regarding the species composition, substrate specificity, and regional preference of periphytic rotifers in relation to the environmental parameters from the river Periyar.
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The Tumbler Ridge Visitor and Relocation Guide is a truly exceptional publication that provides an invaluable resource for tourists and potential residents alike. Comprised of 66 pages of full-colour content, both in print and digital formats, it represents a comprehensive guide to the many wonders of the area.
One of the standout features of the guide is the inclusion of a pull-out, full-size Recreation Map, which serves as a practical and highly informative resource for visitors. This pull-out insert provides detailed descriptions of trails, ranging from easy to challenging, highlighting recreation sites and provincial parks (18), snowmobile/ATV/ORV trails (27), hiking trails (48) and mountain biking trails (14). Each trail is marked with a number, which is cross-referenced throughout the guide, allowing visitors to access more detailed information about each attraction.
The attention to detail in the Visitor and Relocation Guide is truly impressive, reflecting the dedication of the team behind it to providing visitors with an unrivalled experience. The guide's comprehensive coverage of the area's many recreational opportunities is second to none, making it an invaluable resource for anyone interested in exploring all that the region has to offer.
In short, the Tumbler Ridge Visitor and Relocation Guide is a remarkable achievement that represents a true standard of excellence in the field of tourism promotion. Its thoughtful design, comprehensive coverage, and attention to detail make it a deserving candidate for recognition and praise, and a valuable resource for anyone seeking to explore the wonders of the area.
The Economic Development and Tourism team attends several tradeshows throughout the year. The visitor guide helps to promote local economic development by showcasing the unique culture and lifestyle offerings of a destination. This can attract new businesses and investors to the area and create new opportunities for residents. While Invest Tumbler Ridge was at the Outdoor Adventure & Travel Show in Calgary in 2022 we received a comment on our socials from Patricia Hudson-Grouette "Stopped by your booth @ UBCM Vancouver 2019 - impressed - bought house in Tumbler Ridge March 2022 - excellent regional promotion".
The Visitor and Relocation Guide is a key piece of any of our tradeshows and we print 10 000 annually. The Visitor and Relocation Guide provide a unique opportunity for local businesses to showcase their offerings to a broad audience of visitors and potential residents. The 2022/2023 edition features advertisements from 16 businesses, each of which benefits from the guide's broad reach and comprehensive coverage of the area's many attractions.
To ensure that all businesses have the opportunity to participate, advertising costs are kept moderate, allowing even small and medium-sized enterprises to take advantage of this valuable resource. The revenue generated from advertising offsets the cost of the publication by 25%, making it an affordable and sustainable way to promote local tourism and economic growth.
The Visitor and Relocation Guide is a true collaboration between the local business community and the District of Tumbler Ridge, which funds the balance of the publication's cost. Together, these stakeholders have created a powerful tool for promoting the area's many wonders and ensuring that visitors have the information they need to make the most of their stay. Its collaborative approach, affordable pricing, and comprehensive coverage make it a valuable resource for anyone seeking to explore the area and a testament to the district's commitment to promoting economic growth and development.
Feedback from local businesses includes:
"I feel an award for this publication is well deserved. We use it daily to direct our guests, and they never fail to take the book with them. The map is the most used part of the guide."
- Tony Fayant - Manager, Trend Mountain Hotel and Conference Centre
"I can say without reservation that the Tumbler Ridge Visitor and Relocation Guide is an invaluable tool for providing visitors with the information they need to make the most of their stay in our community. Its comprehensive coverage of the area's many attractions, recreational opportunities, and practical information makes it a go-to resource for anyone seeking to explore the area. What sets the guide apart, however, is its user-friendly design and engaging content. Visitors often comment on the guide's clear, easy-to-read format, as well as its stunning visuals and compelling descriptions of the area's many wonders. This not only makes our job as information providers easier but also enhances the overall visitor experience, instilling a sense of excitement and anticipation among those exploring the area for the first time."
- Jenna McQueen - Operations Manager, Tumbler Ridge UNESCO Global Geopark
The Tumbler Ridge Visitor and Relocation Guide is a project that is replicable and transferable to other communities. The guide's success is due to its comprehensive coverage of the area's attractions, its user-friendly design, and the involvement of local businesses in advertising. These elements can be replicated in other communities with similar offerings, providing visitors with valuable information to help them make the most of their stay.
The guide design can be adapted for use in other communities by tailoring the content to highlight the unique attractions and features of each area. For example, if a community has a strong focus on arts and culture, the guide could include more information on local galleries, museums, and events. Similarly, if a community is known for its outdoor activities, the guide could place more emphasis on hiking trails, camping sites, and other recreational opportunities.
One of the key lessons learned from the Tumbler Ridge Visitor and Relocation Guide is the importance of involving local businesses in the project. By advertising in the guide, businesses are able to showcase their services and products to visitors, while also contributing to the cost of the publication. This collaboration between local businesses and the community helps to promote economic growth and development while providing valuable information to visitors.
Another lesson learned is the importance of creating a user-friendly guide that is easy to read and navigate. The guide's clear layout, comprehensive content, and stunning visuals help to engage visitors and enhance their overall experience. By prioritizing the needs of visitors, the Tumbler Ridge Visitor and Relocation Guide has become an invaluable tool for promoting tourism and showcasing the many wonders of the community.


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The New Millennial Gay Experience
|Posted on October 16, 2013 at 12:50 AM|
by Andy Nemec
Bayard Rustin, born in West Chester, Pennsylvania on March 17, 1912, is perhaps the most famous forgotten figure in American history. While he was known as the man who introduced the non-violent resistance concepts of Gandhi to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., he was also gay and worked for gay rights later in his life. He also lived as openly gay at a time when it was not only socially unacceptable, but when being an openly gay black man could be hazardous to one's well-being.
Rustin was raised by his maternal grandparents. His drift toward non-violent methods of promoting change was natural, considering that his grandmother was a Quaker. She was also a member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (the NAACP). If one said that activism was in his blood, they'd be right.
Bayard entered Wilberforce University at the age of 20, and four years later left to attend Cheyney State Teacher's College in Pennsylvania. He then went on to attend an activist training program provided by the American Friends Service Committee. He also joined the Young Communist League and moved on to the Communist Party USA, but later became disillusioned with the Party. He joined the Socialist Party, and found his mission of working toward equality to be more in line with that organization. He also became a member of the Religious Society of Friends when he relocated to Harlem in 1936.
His earliest and most famous activism centered around racial equality. Rustin became affiliated with the pacifist organization Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) after involvement with the Japanese internment camp prisoners. Rustin was appointed to the position of Secretary for student and general affairs.
At that point Rustin's dedication to passive resistance began to take hold. He was instrumental in forming the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in 1942, which was based on Gandhi's principles of non-violent resistance.
Rustin was no stranger to arrest; his first came when protesting the segregation of interstate bus travel in 1942. Later, he was arrested for and convicted of violating the Selective Service Act, and spent two years in prison. In 1953, he was arrested for “sex perversion” after being found in a parked car with two men with whom he had been engaging in sexual activity. This captured the attention of the FOR board members. He was then fired from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and moved on to the War Resister's League after his conviction and incarceration.
Rustin took a leave of absence from the War Resister's League to advise Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on non-violent resistance in 1956. They later formed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which Rustin was pressured to leave after only three years of involvement. This was solely due to his homosexuality; Congressman Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. had threatened public exposure of both Rustin's homosexuality and his California arrest record.
Bayard Rustin and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
While Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the public face of the racial equality movement of the late 1950s into the 1960s, Bayard Rustin was very heavily involved as well. His top-notch organizational skills were largely responsible for the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” His analysis of the racial equality movement was not only accurate, but in some ways prescient; he noted the need for alliances between the racial equality movement and the Democratic Party and labor unions, and accurately forecast the impact that automation would have on working-class African Americans.
In spite of the efforts of some of the movement's leaders to place Rustin in the background because of his sexuality, he nonetheless captured public attention, both good and bad. Senator Strom Thurmond entered Rustin's California arrest details into the Senate record, referring to him as a “Communist, draft-dodging homosexual.” Thurmond also flashed a picture of Rustin talking to King while King was in the bath as proof of a same-sex relationship between King and Rustin. A more powerful picture appeared on the cover of Life Magazine. Along with A. Philip Randolph of FOR, he was touted as one of the leaders of the March on Washington.
Much more was to come from Bayard Rustin when he was active in the African American civil rights movement. What was most interesting though, were the parallels he drew between the racial Civil Rights movement and the gay rights movement.
In his 1986 speech titled “The New Niggers Are Gays” Rustin said:
“Today, blacks are no longer the litmus paper or the barometer of social change. Blacks are in every segment of society and there are laws that help to protect them from racial discrimination. The new “niggers” are gays. … It is in this sense that gay people are the new barometer for social change. … The question of social change should be framed with the most vulnerable group in mind: gay people.”
He was quick to note that the black civil rights movement was not completely won. Although there had been significant progress made, there was still a lot of work to do. But the comparison was drawn; Civil Rights are deserved by the minority as well as the majority, no matter what it is that makes them a minority.
Bayard Rustin and Walter Naegle
Rustin's gay activism was primarily done by public speaking at this point in his life. He had worked tirelessly on behalf of Civil Rights for so long that he only had two longer-term relationships; one early in his career and one at the end of it. In 1977, he met Walter Naegle, with whom he enjoyed a 10-year relationship.
Rustin was a trailblazer in another area, too. During his lifetime, same-sex marriage was a pipedream. His partner Walter Naegle was 38 years his junior, which put both in an interesting situation. Even though Naegle was 27 when they met, it presented them with an opportunity for Rustin to adopt Naegle. In addition to this being an expression of love and commitment, it was also a legal maneuver – Naegle could then inherit anything that Rustin owned. Among committed gay couples, adoption was the only way that partners could insure that the surviving partner had any legal estate rights. This situation is at the heart of the gay marriage effort to this day, and was one important consideration in the recent Windsor case heard in the Supreme Court.
Bayard Rustin died on August 27, 1987 at the age of 75. Walter Naegle accepted the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded posthumously by President Barack Obama, on his behalf on August 8, 2013.
More on Bayard Rustin:
This site is dedicated to Rustin and is maintained by the producers of the documentary of his life, “Brother Outsider”:
This article covers a bit of his personal life:
Time on Two Crosses: The Collected Writings of Bayard Rustin by Bayard Rustin, Devon W. Carbado and Don Weise
Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D’Emilio
(A hat tip to our editor Emilie for the book references.)
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Parents Evening-Wednesday, 27th November
1 November 2019 (by Joanna Walters (JWalters))
Parents Evening is Wednesday, 27th November 3.15-6.30pm for a 5 minute appointment to talk about your child’s work & targets. Appointments can be booked online via the School Cash Office online payments website www.scopay.com. If you haven’t already signed up for this, contact Mrs Walters and she will give you a registration code and you will be able to see available times and book. If you don’t have access to a computer you can contact the office and they will logon and book your appointment for you. There will also be a Scholastic Book Fair where books can be purchased.


Edward W. Said Fellowship
Literary critic and theorist, political analyst and activist, spokesman without peer for the Palestinian cause: Edward Said was one of the most influential intellectuals of his time. The breadth of his knowledge and interests still dazzles us, ranging from Conrad to Mahfouz, from Jane Austen to Mahmoud Darwish, from Adorno to Tarzan, from Erich Auerbach to Jean Genet, from Umm Kulthoum to Alban Berg. By both temperament and conviction a thorough cosmopolitan, Said was instrumental in expanding the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century, often crossing and sometimes redefining disciplinary borders. His restless, probing examination of the relationship between culture and politics is the hallmark of his work.
Call for Applications: Edward W. Said Fellowship
Literary critic and theorist, political analyst and activist, spokesman without peer for the Palestinian cause: Edward Said was one of the most influential intellectuals of his time. By both temperament and conviction a thorough cosmopolitan, Said was instrumental in expanding the intellectual landscape of the twentieth century, often crossing and sometimes redefining disciplinary borders. His restless, probing examination of the relationship between culture and politics is the hallmark of his work.
Named in his honor, the Edward W. Said Fellowship supports promising scholars early in their careers to produce scholarship that speaks across disciplinary boundaries, promotes humanistic inquiry in the service of intercultural communication and understanding, and engages the public. The fellowship is intended to help support a short-term residency (one month to one semester) at Columbia University so as to allow scholars to consult the Edward W. Said Collection in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. The amount of the award varies, but it is intended to cover airfare and to subsidize lodging (past awards have ranged from $5,000 to $10,000, depending upon the length of stay).
Applicants are requested to specify the period and duration of their intended residency in New York City in their cover letter. As an important aspect of the fellowship is its residential component, we request that each residency (whatever its length) overlaps with the autumn or spring term at Columbia (that is, September through December 2019 or January through April 2020). Said Fellows will be asked to give a seminar presentation of their work to the Columbia community during the fellowship term. On completion of the fellowship, Fellows will be expected to submit a report on the work they have undertaken during their residency.
The Said Fellowship represents a significant departure from more traditional humanities fellowships in that it enables talented intellectuals to apply their academic scholarship to pressing global issues in the public sphere. For Said, cultural criticism was an ethical imperative. He believed it was the responsibility of humanists in the academy not only to reveal the links between culture and power, but also to develop alternative modes of analysis to resist injustice.
The deadline for applications is 8 April 2019. Awards will be announced by 15 May 2019.
Eligibility: Applicants must have been awarded their PhD between 2009 and 2019.
- Research Proposal (1500 words) and a one-page bibliography
- Cover Letter, giving a brief description (200 words) of the project and its engagement with the legacy of Edward W. Said, as well as a specific timeline for the fellowship
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letters of Recommendation (2)
Applications must be submitted as a single PDF document, containing all materials noted above (excluding letters of recommendation). Label the file thus: Last Name, First Name—EWS Fellowship 2019-20 (e.g., “Hamilton, Alexander—EWS Fellowship 2019-20”). Send the application file as an attachment in an email to: EdwardWSaidFellowship@columbia.edu
Recommendations must also be attached as a PDF document, labeled as above (e.g., “Recommendation for Hamilton, Alexander—EWS Fellowship 2019-20”), and sent directly by recommenders to: EdwardWSaidFellowship@columbia.edu
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Before Brandon English developed his own learning materials for the organic chemistry classes he teaches at Red Rocks Community College, his students were spending close to $600 for textbooks, in addition to paying tuition and fees. And those costs pushed many of his promising students to drop out.
“There’s this huge financial barrier to entry, and then there’s a huge financial barrier to completion,” English said.
English and many of his colleagues on the faculty at Red Rocks in the past few years have pivoted away from costly textbooks, creating and curating their own learning materials that dramatically cut down on classroom expenses for students.
Those materials are known as open educational resources — what the Colorado Department of Higher Education defines as “freely available online teaching and learning materials accessible to students, instructors and self-learners.”
Red Rocks has embraced OER materials so thoroughly that by the end of the spring semester, students will be able to complete an associate’s degree with 95% of their classes using free resources, Library Director Karen Neville said.
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Are you someone who loves reading? Or are you someone who likes romance? Or do you just want to read to get through the boring days? If yes, then in this massive deluge of books, how do you puzzle out which ones you should read and the ones you can skip? While we can’t help you with all the books you should not read, Choti from Indifamily will let you know which are the romance novels that you shouldn’t skip.
Romance and love aren’t so easy. And not every time you will fall for the right person. These best picks from Choti ki Library depict that.
- Pride And Prejudice
Written by Jane Austen in 1813, the story stands out because of its fresh idea which was revolting at that time. The story unfolds Mr. Bennet and Mrs. Bennet’s search for a good, socially acceptable groom for their five girls. With a lot of hardships and misunderstandings, Elizabeth is able to change her parent’s opinion of marrying for money and social status. In conclusion, her parents are seen as two happy individuals who accepted their daughter’s choice of marrying for love.
- The Fault In Our Stars
A well-acclaimed novel, The Fault In Our Stars was written by John Green and depicts the journey of Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. The two stars crossed lovers suffer from cancer and try to make their small-time together an infinity which is enough to melt your heart. With its witty lines and layered characters, I am sure that you will fall for both the characters.
Reading Tip: keep a handkerchief handy.
- The Notebook
Written in just 6 months by Nicholas Sparks, this novel covers the 60-year journey of Noah and Allie. If you like traditional a-boy-meets-a-girl-and-gets-separated-because-of-family, then this should be your go-to pick. Don’t worry Noah and Allie will have a happy ending. A summer romance which spans 6 decades, seems interesting, no?
- Me Before You
Jojo Moyes gives life to her protagonists, Louisa Clark and Will Traynor. With her quick wit and quirky personality Louisa will surely make a place for herself in your heart. On the other hand, Will’s sarcasm and maturity make him the right pick for Louisa. But life isn’t so easy, right? Read this novel to feel their journey, their joy, and their heartbreak.
- The Boy Who Loved
Set in the backdrop of Delhi, Raghu Ganguly is guilt-stricken and broken. He keeps up a facade in front of everyone, showing himself as a regular, happy, loving schoolboy, but deep down he harbors a secret about his friend. The female protagonist is Brahmi, someone equally broken as Raghu. Read this novel, to know their unconventional journey.
With extremely well written characters and plots, these novels have been suggested to be the best ones by Choti. Also, Choti will suggest you not to think that someone so perfect like Louisa Clark or Augustus Waters will exist in real life.


James and the Giant Peach is a story I will absolutely never ever forget. Not just because it is an amazing tale, told by an awesome writer, containing humor, drama and gripping adventure. I'll remember it forever because it was one of the very first books I ever read. Oh, I'd read hundreds of childrens story books, but I mean as far as chapter books, James and the Giant Peach was a big one. I still can picture my exact copy of the book, brand new and perfect sitting under the Christmas tree when I was nine or ten. I read it and loved it so much, that I started it over immediately and read it again. Author Roald Dahl's gift for communication to, and talking about children, took me on the amazing journey in the huge fantastic peach, right along with James and all the awesome insect characters. I remember especially the evil aunts that James has to live with at the beginning of the book. These are awful, mean and terrible women. One tall and thin (Aunt Spiker) and the other short and fat (Aunt Sponge). At the time the characters reminded me a lot of my third and sixth grade teachers, respectively. Dahl has this amazing gift of recalling exactly what it feels like to be a child, and writing his stories from that perspective. This tale is full of excitement, laughs, songs as well as wild and endearing characters. Well as big a fan of the book as I am, I was really excited to see the story coming alive in the form of a play at the Pasant Theatre, associated with the Wharton Center for Performing Arts. How on earth will they convey this huge story (peach and all) on such a small stage? Everything from sets, to costumes, to props, I'm just wondering, how will they do it? Well, I plan to find out. My family and I will be going to see this awesome story come alive as an on-stage performance, and I'm excited for it. I was so excited at the notion of this play in fact, that I went to dig out my old copy of James and the Giant Peach I had gotten for Christmas back in 1984. Now that book lives 0n my son's book shelf, and its for sure not brand new looking anymore. The cover has a tear and the pages are dog-eared and well-worn. I think I saw an old pizza stain on page 35. All the signs of a well-loved book. I've read it myself a ton and my kids have read it together a couple of times over the years as well. I'm looking forward to another walk through this awesome journey, this time not on pages, but under the lights and on stage. This peach of a story should make a really sweet play.
James and the Giant Peach
October 12 - 21, 2012 | Pasant Theatre at the Wharton Center for Performing Arts
Tickets: $15.00 Student tickets: Student tickets available for $10.00.
Director Pre-Show Discussion Sunday, October 14 at 12:15 PM **Post-Show Discussion on Thursday, October 18, 2012 (Following the Performance).
Stratford Theatre Festival Artist Edward Daranyi returns to direct an adaptation of Roald Dahls warped classic. An imprisoned boy! Insect friends! An incredible journey! This amazing adventure of James Henry Trotter will fulfill the fantasy of anyone who has ever dreamed of escape. Former MSU student and Tim Burton collaborator Lee Bo Henry returns to MSU for a special screening showcasing his work on Burtons film James and The Giant Peach".
Age Rating: Children 12 and under tickets available for $8.00
Seniors and Faculty tickets available for $13.00


Harvard To Hashtag:
My Journey From Big Law to Business Owner
Neama’s journey was not easy, but he definitely makes it look like it. From becoming one of the youngest Harvard Law School graduates to representing large corporations like Disney and the Roman Catholic Church and even catching the bad guys as a federal prosecutor, Neama has seen both the darkest and most promising parts of our justice system. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Neama details his internal conflict between following his moral compass and wanting financial freedom. Becoming a plaintiff’s attorney for personal injury victims was the secret key to achieving both.
The hard-hitting murder and trafficking cases intertwined with Neama’s personal anecdotes as a law firm owner will guide you through unique lessons learned after every case, every stage of his career, and every chapter of this book.


It was the library books that did it. When the gate agent informed us that my suitcase was too heavy and gave us an opportunity to rearrange things, I opened it up and started hauling out hardback books. My husband stood there with his foot tapping, frowning, and said it was time I got an ebook reader.
I love books; I couldn’t imagine not reading a real, actual book I could hold in my hands. I had been reading books all my life from the time my mom (also an avid reader) introduced me to the library as a toddler, through twenty years as a librarian, and right up to the time in the airport where I was juggling heavy books and trying to figure out how I could get them on the plane and all the way to Hawaii.
I managed but it wasn’t easy.
And as soon as we got home, we went shopping for an ereader. I had visualized a Kindle or something similar but we soon realized that we might as well spend a little more and get an iPad. I could read books on it but do…um…other stuff too. I really had no idea what I could do on it. My husband was obsessed with apps and had every one known to man on his iPhone but that held no interest for me.
I just wanted to read on it.
And to not have such a heavy suitcase.
Fast forward to the present and I may not have every app know to man but I have quite a few. I plug my iPad into the little keyboard and I can type on my blog anywhere in the world. I can check the weather, read my email, watch a movie, research a location, update Facebook…anything I can do on a computer, I can do on my iPad.
And. I can read on it.
But because I am a freakin’ tightwad I spent years as a librarian and feel I should be able to get books FREE, I just hate to pay for ebooks. And I have discovered you don’t have to. You don’t even have to have a Kindle to read Kindle books, you just have to have the Kindle app. There’s tons of free books available for the Kindle and some of them are really very good. You do have to wade through some crappy ones, though, so be prepared to delete, delete, delete those that are not good. You can sign up here for a free, weekly newsletter that tells you about free Kindle books that are special deals.
And don’t forget the ebook app that comes with your iPad – the iBooks app. Each app is a little different but they are all similar and all work very well for reading books on the iPad.
One of the first things I did when I first got my iPad was stumble onto Project Gutenberg when looking for free books online. The books are not quite as easy to read as they are on the apps and you may have to do a lot of scrolling, but it’s a great place to find the classics and books that are out of print. I spent a huge amount of time reading all the Tarzan and Mars books by Edgar Rice Burroughs when I first got my iPad and I loved it. Just go here, type in his name and they will all pop up – a couple are even available as audio books. Pretty cool.
Recently, I discovered that my local library (and hundreds of others) have ebooks you can borrow and read on your iPad. You need an app called Overdrive that you can get for free from the app store – and a library card for your local library. That’s it. There’s not as many ebooks in my local library as I would like to see, but the fact that they are so current with technology is pretty impressive. I just got an email today about a book I’m going to read while we are cruising.
There’s plenty of other places online to find free ebooks – I haven’t really pursued them because I have stayed busy enough with the ones I have. And I mostly read ebooks when I am traveling; otherwise I like real books. Yes, I know ebooks are real books, but still…
One other suggestion for those times when you can’t get to your iPad for one reason or another – take a couple of paperbacks just to be sure. I just go to the local Goodwill or Salvation Army store and pick them up for a buck or less. Then I just leave them wherever I am when I finish. An airport, a plane, a hotel – someone will find it and be grateful for something to read. Because we reader do not like to be without a book at all times.
So, if you are in an airport or a plane or a hotel and you find a paperback book someone left behind?
Take it. Read it. Enjoy it.


Digital Preservation and Archives II: Institutional and National Preservation Efforts
11/18 Meeting Notes
This meeting was led by Peter Gorman, who is Assistant Director for Digital Library and Preservation Strategy for the General Library System and the Libraries’ Digital Preservation Officer. He studied Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies in his undergrad (U. Michigan) and has an MS in Library and Information Science from Drexel University. He came to Wisconsin from the University of Pennsylvania, and set up the UW Libraries’ first Web server in 1994. Since then, he has been responsible for digital library architecture and implementation, and more recently in digital preservation planning.
Our discussion focused on preservation, and Peter opened with a consideration of how libraries have been dealing with these issues for both analog and digital holdings. He talked about some similarities between analog and digital preservation, including how some analog practices carry over into digital practices, such as reformatting.
While some things are similar, Peter also discussed how digital preservation is different. He highlighted that digital preservation is a field being invented as it happens and that this creates uncertainty about whether the methods being invented now will be able to preserve something for 100 years. He believes that this has resulted in an over designing of systems because the risks aren’t understood, and he discussed the various risk models that are taken into consideration for preservation, such as natural disaster, format obsolescence, security risks, and institutional risks, such as workflow loss.
We then turned to addressing the question of what is UW preserving. Peter believes that in the past, it was easier to make decisions about what was preserved largely because the first value judgement on scholarship was made by publishers, and often commercial publishers. This gave libraries an easy way to think about what should be preserved because they only needed to save what publishers decided to print. With more self publishing and changes in the scholarly landscape, the question of what should be preserved is more in question.
Additionally, Peter raised the issue of how journals are being preserved, especially now that journal content isn’t being bought anymore because libraries only lease access to it. How will journals be preserved when libraries don’t and can’t always get the rights to the content? Peter suggests that because of this, we can’t even guarantee that we preserve all of the printed content anymore.
After considering how preservationists are approaching forms with large data sets, such as email correspondence, we talked about how policy will continue to play a role in archiving. Danielle’s experience working in data has led her to encounter strict regulations from the IRB that don’t allow for any information to be stored that could link data sets back to the original user, and this is an interesting way that policy is shaping preservation efforts. Peter agrees that policy will absolutely continue to shape archives, even though it is being shown that it’s almost impossible to really anonymize data, and libraries are still figuring our whose responsibility it is to do anonymization.
We turned back to question of how other universities play a role in UW’s preservation efforts. Peter sees that a lot of work is being done together, largely driven by a space crunch. UW is a founding member of HathiTrust and a member of the Digital Preservation Network, and these efforts help reduce the number of duplicates that need to be preserved, allowing libraries to focus on what is unique or rare in their holdings. This work is also about analog preservation, with institutions working out cooperative storage, such as trying to get one print copy of everything on JSTOR shared between many universities. UW is setting up their own institutional repository, but Peter believes that they may end up joining a larger one in the future.
We discussed what is being saved in UW’s repository and what the routes for getting into it are. Peter says the content is varied, including scanned images of texts, images, audio, theses, offprints, and more. However, they tend not to take on more interactive works, such as Flash animations, because the more interactive, the harder it is to keep the item alive. Because of this, they tend to focus on saving the raw assets, and a consultation with the library is the beginning for figuring out the best means for preserving access to research in the repository.
This discussion created some concern about the types of things not being saved, such as new media scholarship. Peter elaborated on the difficulties of saving new media scholarship, especially the challenges of preserving something that doesn’t have a migration path to a community standard form. Ultimately, there are two overarching strategies for this type of preservation: migration and emulation. Migration takes the content and migrates it into its successor, making sure the intellectual content survives. Emulation aims to recreate the functionality of the original even though the original hardware or software isn’t preserved. Peter suggested that this gets harder every year as more forms grow obsolete. Emulation has been done, such as for the Commodore 64 and Atari systems, but libraries don’t have the resources for this work, and instead, libraries are focused on migration. Bert also noted that the Library of Congress isn’t doing emulation, either. Although they’re documenting what it would take, they aren’t taking the steps to actually do it. However, he notes that plenty of people are, such as the Internet Archive, and that David Rosenthal has recently argued that emulation isn’t something we’re going to get away from.
Molly pointed out that this problem is terrifying for working in digital humanities because our own history might be evaporating. This early state of interactive digital history is in a potentially dire state of preservation, especially since we have many things that are being lost only a few years after being created. Peter suggests that this is why thinking about format is so important for researchers. We have to go with the best bet to have the greatest chances at survival. Researchers should be thinking about the community standards for saving their work, and this is something libraries can help with. Peter also emphasized the importance of developing community standards, such as what has been done with TEI. This is a good example of a community working together to standardize, and digital humanities needs a discipline-wide recognition that these standards should be built in anticipation of the long term sustainability.
We then discussed how these changes in modes of scholarship are affecting disciplines. Peter expressed his concern that as old models of publishing begin to break down and fewer monographs are published, some departments are deciding to produce less scholars. He is concerned that some are so strongly tied to a particular model of scholarly communication that they may be willing to let the future of a field deteriorate as well. Although there will always be a need for long form scholarship, does it have to be tied to a print form? What do we do with this trend? How do we preserve the larger enterprise of scholarship?
Mark suggested that e-books may be a solutions for this and also expressed concern that the old model of publishing has always been an outsourcing of evaluation of faculty to publishers. One solution, then, is to trust our faculty. Another is to accept that the print scholarly monograph may not be there in a decade. We returned to the question of what to do without the print monograph when some people say they won’t hire a candidate without one. We also considered how university economics are changing, and that changes in print publications are a symptom of this. Not only do we need a new economically viable model for publishing, but we also need one for the university itself. This led back to a discussion of how to afford preservation efforts. Although digital publishing can be affordable, digital preservation is not cheap, partially because it is so uncertain.
We ended by discussing how UW is dividing its resources between analog and digital preservation efforts. Peter said that the analog budget has been going down over time. There has been less focus on book preservation and more on the library’s unique holdings, largely because of the inter-institutional efforts discussed earlier. However, we don’t have this same sort of collaborative registry for digital objects, partially because citation isn’t as sophisticated, so it can be challenging to compare resources.
We also began a collaborative Google Doc for collecting resources on preservation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Vvcn8hiGpYouwF_rigZC7SAC5DzWmUBHRQYFD-SJCkQ/edit?usp=sharing
In the next session on December 2, we will be joined by Brianna Marshall, who will discuss best practices for our individual research efforts.


Salt: Angelina Jolie stars as a CIA operative on the run in the spy thriller Salt, a Columbia Pictures production from writer Kurt Wimmer (Equilibrium). Director Phillip Noyce helms the picture, which focuses on the plight of a government agent who’s been wrongly accused of being a Russian assassin out to take down the U.S. president. Liev Schreiber and Chiwetel Ejiofor head up the rest of the cast. – Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
Ramona and Beezus: Award-winning short filmmaker Elizabeth Allen follows up her debut feature, Aquamarine, with this adaptation of the Newbury Award-winning children’s book series by author Beverly Cleary. Scribe Laurie Craig steps in to assume screenwriting duties for the live-action feature centering on the adventures of mischievous youngster Ramona Quimby. – Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
‘Countdown to Zero’ traces the history of the atomic bomb from its origins to the present state of global affairs: nine nations possessing nuclear weapons capabilities with others racing to join them, with the world held in a delicate balance that could be shattered by an act of terrorism, failed diplomacy, or a simple accident. Written and directed by acclaimed documentarian Lucy Walker (‘The Devil’s Playground’, ‘Blindsight’), the film features an array of important international statesmen, including President Jimmy Carter, Mikhail Gorbachev, Pervez Musharraf and Tony Blair. It makes a compelling case for worldwide nuclear disarmament, an issue more topical than ever with the Obama administration working to revive this goal today.
Life During Wartime: Ten years have passed since shocking revelations shattered the world of the Jordan family, and now sisters Joy (Shirley Henderson), Trish (Allison Janney), and Helen (Ally Sheedy), each embroiled in their own unique dilemmas, struggle to find their place in an unpredictable and volatile world. The past now haunts their family both literally and otherwise, and jeopardizes the future. Alternately hilarious and tragic, outrageous and poignant, ‘Life During Wartime’ is an audacious comedy with unexpected resonance.
Farewell: Engaging, emotional and riveting, ‘Farewell’ is an intricate and highly intelligent thriller pulled from the pages of history–about an ordinary man thrust into the biggest theft of Soviet information of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan called this piece of history — largely unknown until now, “one of the most important espionage cases of the 20th century.
Valhala Rising: A man with a remarkable talent for violence must fight to survive when he sets out on an extraordinary journey in this fantasy from director Nicolas Winding Refn.


I don’t know about the rest of you but I am one of those people who can’t walk by a library book sale without cringing because I know I could possibly be bankrupt by the time I leave the building or at least down a mortgage payment or two.
Last year we hit one of those horrible ones where there are like seven thousand million books and everyone is a keeper. You know the kind.
So I grabbed this sweet little book because it was for middle grade teens and I have never really grown up, so am always re-reading my Nancy Drews and always watch for anything that will keep me happily believing I am still 14.
Imagine my surprise to discover this really was a Canadian book with Canadian terms and cities and lots of stuff that made me feel I was entrenched in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, a place most have never seen or at least can’t pronounce if they live south of our border.
This book keeps your attention from the get-go and is full of nice little twists and turns, a bit of historical fiction and some historical non-fiction (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UG9cdpMdow4 ) which is great. I did not know Al Capone hung out in Moose Jaw during prohibition and it was known as Little Chicago and filled with bootleggers. Did you?
There are ghosts and scary bits here and there, teachers who don’t take any guff from the kids, polite Canadian children who are clever and witty without being obnoxious and rude. It was a a joy to dig into!
I was pleased to see Arthur has lots of books available because I know I will be wanting more of his work.
Great read! 5***** Five Stars all the way! Wonderful for your pre-teen and middle teen friends and family, and of course those who are like me, young at heart. :o)
Canadian Author: Arthur Slade
Here’s his long bio from his website:
Well, it all started in a small hospital in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada. It was July the 9th, 1967, a day that will live in infamy. I arrived a month early, and ever since I have been early for appointments.
I was raised by my parents (Anne & Robert) on a ranch in the Cypress Hills—a peculiar geographical upthrust that exists on the edge of the prairie. My parents also raised about 500 Herefords, countless gophers (Richardson’s Ground Squirrel), several dogs, 3 other sons and a variety of horses. Yes, I did learn how to ride a horse. Yep, I drove a tractor and threw bales. Yep, I hate that itchy chaff that sticks to your skin. No, I didn’t wear a cowboy hat.
As a kid, I’d spend my spare time at the library in the small town of Tompkins (Population 219) reading anything I could get my hands on (first the bottom three shelves, then as I grew I could reach the top three shelves). My favorites were the Old Norse, Greek and Celtic Myths, Ray Bradbury, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Lloyd Alexander, Robert Heinlein, and lots more.
I went to high school in the metropolis of Gull Lake (Population 1500). There I started writing my first novel and was finished it by the time I graduated. None of the eight publishers I sent it to wanted it. So I wrote another. And another. Meanwhile I attended the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Then I wrote another book. And another. Did I mention that none of them have been published?
I received an English Honours degree and then disappeared into the flashy world of radio advertising copy. I had a dental plan! A regular pay cheque! Then after five years, I was officially jingled out.
I jumped ship without a paddle (read: quit my job). I sent my seventh novel, Draugr, to Orca Books who were kind enough to pick it up. They also were kind enough to contract my next two novels The Haunting of Drang Island and The Loki Wolf. Then suddenly I was writing a biography of John Diefenbaker for young adults, a frightening ode to W.O. Mitchell, called Dust, an anthropology thriller called Tribes and…well, I shouldn’t tell you any more….
Oh wait, did I mention I got married in 1997? (I was early for the ceremony). Tune in maybe my biggest dream yet will come true: getting my own dental plan!
Return of the Grudstone Ghosts
A chilling tale of ghosts and villains. As soon as Daphne sees her teacher plummet from the belfry at the top of her school, she’s plunged into a spine-tingling mystery. Soon she and her friends Nick and Peach are all that stand in the way of a truly horrible criminal.
Published by Coteau Books
Winner of the 2003 Diamond Willow Award
Also in the Canadian Chills series:
Return of the Grudstone Ghosts is available on
Amazon.ca at: http://tinyurl.com/mjvfrca
And from Amazon.com at: ht http://tinyurl.com/jw5g2l9tp://tinyurl.com/jw5g2l9
Check out Arthur’s author page on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Slade/e/B001H6EMG4/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0


Pierre Hebert, resident Spey expert here at The River's Edge, has long been fascinated by the mechanics, techniques, and gear behind all things two-handed. Several years ago Pierre—along with his son David—set out to create the ultimate instruction manual covering the rigs, flies, and casts that make Spey fishing so unique and rewarding. With a plethora of experience both fishing and instructing, the Heberts have accomplished something few before them have managed: they've made two-handing angling easy to understand. Beautifully presented with eye-catching charts and breathtaking photography, this book is an absolute must-have for the two-handed angler in your life. We just can't guarantee that Pierre will sign autographs.
Stunning on-the-water photography captures the beauty and serenity of Spey casting
Clear and concise explanations of two-handed terminology, techniques, and tackle
Created by our own Pierre Hebert and his son David


Manifesta purposely strives to keep its distance from what are often seen as the dominant centres of artistic production, instead seeking fresh and fertile terrain for the mapping of a new cultural topography.
Prishtina, one of the youngest capital cities of Europe and the capital city of Kosovo, has become the epicentre of an alternative biennial model. Manifesta’s 14th edition rethinks the relevance of an international biennial in a post-pandemic world.
Under the title It matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise, Manifesta 14 Prishtina takes up the challenge of exploring new ways of collective storytelling. The concept positions storytelling as central to how we live as a society; it views the creation of stories as a way of opening our minds to new ways of thinking so we can imagine a different future for Kosovo and the City of Prishtina. It is through telling a variety of stories, in different ways, that Manifesta 14 Prishtina aims to become a more inclusive and diverse platform, without hierarchies or boundaries.
Working collectively with Kosovar urbanists, cultural professionals, artists and thinkers, Manifesta 14 acts as a temporary incubator in the city, a platform for knowledge production and for innovative, participatory practices. The programme serves the needs and interests of Kosovar communities by creating sustainable projects and bringing much needed international recognition to national talent. Manifesta envisages that the artistic and urban interventions will become a catalyst for further urban transformation in the city of Prishtina, aiming to reclaim public space in the long-term. After two years affected by the pandemic, Manifesta, the European Nomadic Biennial, has intensified its quest to develop more sustainable biennial models, by co-creating long-term structures and ownership of the projects it initiates with, and for, the local Kosovar community. Within Manifesta 14, a key element of this endeavour is the transformation of the former Hivzi Sylejmani Library into the Centre for Narrative Practice: a permanent multi-functional space for the local and regional neighbourhoods and the artistic community.


Gender, race, religion, faith? Rethinking intersectionality in German feminisms. European Journal of Women’s Studies. Despite the recent wave of scholarship on intersectionality, as well as a surge in feminist scholarship on Islam in German feminist studies,...
Violence and Gender in the "New" Europe: Islam in German Culture
"Weber's study undertakes a much-needed comprehensive investigation of the contemporary 'regime of gender violence,' that is, the key role violence has played in defining the position of Muslims in the German public sphere (in the larger European context). Through nuanced theorizing as well as careful historical contextualization, Weber develops an intersectional framework for analyzing gendered violence in a way that does not reinforce racialized discourses of cultural and/or religious difference." [more...]
Palgrave Macmillan, January 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-00708-7, ISBN10: 1-137-00708-7


Book 9 complete: Hye-Young Pyun’s The Hole. This is one I will likely revisit as there are so many layers to it. Everything in the book is told from the man’s perspective, while all the other key characters are women. While he is disabled by his accident, things happen to him that he cannot control, but there is more to the narrative than his point of view.
This is also I think my second novel in translation I have read from a Korean author. Previous was Han Kang’s The Vegetarian, which shares a lot of that darkness just below the surface, and there being a lot going on beyond what is on the page.