FEW events have had such a debilitating impact on Scotland as Flodden. The debacle in 1513 reversed the process started by Bannockburn and may, along with the Reformation, have made the Unions, of 1603 and 1707, inevitable.
The narrative hangs on the search by Louise Benoit, daughter of a French mother and Leith father, for her brother, missing after the battle. The bourgeois Benoits are unusually close to power since Louise’s late, elder sister had been the mistress of James IV. That relationship impels Louise, firstly, to Patrick Paniter, statesman and guilt-ridden survivor of Flodden, and, secondly, to his acolyte, Gabriel Torrance, seemingly a young nobleman of Irish origins.
Torrance joins her on the search, in which patriotism and treachery, family loyalty and feuding and the violent aftermath of the battle constitute the historical content; the dominant themes, however, are jealousy, love, courtship, betrayal and personal retribution.
Goring has produced a well-crafted tale which drives forward with unremitting pace. In Patrick Paniter, Goring has developed a fine psychological study of an intriguing historical character. The insightful portrait of guilt and regret justify the centring of the book’s final chapter on him rather than on Louise Benoit, the tale’s seeming heroine.
Benoit’s apparently forlorn journey to the Border is less credible, the actions rather of a remarkably contemporary young woman. In 1736, 200 years after Flodden, Sir Walter Scott’s Jeanie Deans set out on her fraught journey to London to appeal for her sister’s life. Driven to that daunting undertaking by Presbyterian moral rectitude rooted in family and social circumstances, Deans’ moral dilemma was portrayed by Scott as it would have been both recognised and understood in its own historical context. Despite the surface resemblance, Louise Benoit is no 16th-century Jeanie Deans.
The book is published by Polygon (RPP £14.99)
The above review was published in Scotland on Sunday on 27 May 2013: http://www.scotsman.com/scotland-on-sunday/scotland/book-review-after-flodden-by-rosemary-goring-1-2944711


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Derek's books were no longer in print following his death and for many years we hoped a publisher would be willing reprint them. Following an enquiry with us in 2014 a publisher finally did ask to reprint the books. We referred them to Derek's estate and were then fortunate to assist the publishers in reprinting the first four of Derek's books. Thus his work has been brought back into the present for new readers which, we hope, will result in a new generation of fans of ‘The Minack Chronicles’.
Constable & Robinson approached the webmaster of this site who assisted them in reprinting the first four titles of The Minack Chronicles. There were in fact no plates to reprint the books from and so the webmaster supplied personal copies of the books with which to enable the reprints.
These went on sale in February 2014.
Plans were in hand to reprint the next three titles along with three more later but shortly after the first four were reprinted Little, Green Books bought
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George Needham presented on future-proofing your library a few days ago – and I’m just now getting around to really thinking about it. I have, however, made reference to the webinar and the concepts presented therein in a couple of meetings I’ve had since it happened (on the 12th of March), so I’ve had a bit of a chance to consider the ideas, just no chance to sit down and write about them.
George started off the webinar with the assumptions that we make that are not necessarily correct. The first one, that libraries are the “go to” place for info has never really been true – he pointed out that libraries and librarians were not the first place people in the ’40’s went to look for information either, so this has not really been the case – ever. Another assumption people make is that libraries aren’t just about books any more – this is only true if you mean “printed” books. He said we should be embracing new formats (ebooks, audiobooks, video on demand, etc.) and emphasize the abundance of materials we *do* have. He made a point of saying that whining about budget cuts makes you look like a loser – emphasize what you do have and get people excited about that – they’ll want to help you get more, in that case! The other assumptions he mentioned were that people wouldn’t find the “good stuff” on their own (we need to simplify navigation, improve findability and embed services to help them find the good stuff on their own), that people value confidentiality (they do – but maybe not to the extent that we assume; he showed the Yorba Linda book buzz widget and talked about evidence-based planning and decision making – something that needs data about patrons to work – and being confidential, but not anonymous) and that we need to “educate these people” (“if only they knew how we did things”… we should be concentrating on relationships, not transactions). One thing that he mentioned while talking about this assumption was the fact that libraries need to know where their community is going and align with that communities hopes and dreams, which reminded me of Richard Harwood’s talk at the Lyrasis yearly meeting, which was all about getting community involvement in organizations by making organizations part of the community conversation.
The second part of the talk involved how libraries can add value in a world of open information. First, we can help to get people started – become reading evangelists and create information neighborhoods in your library. Next we can get people “unstuck” – end policies that create barriers to information and make everyone in the library responsible for “customer service” so that everyone can help a patron who is stuck and needs something from us. Finally, he suggested that we need to keep people interested by refreshing our content (displays, signage, websites) frequently, by joining in with the community’s conversations by being local rather than generic – any library can highlight NYT bestsellers, but only Topeka’s library has a book written by patrons in their stacks – and highlight unique local content – historical or artistic content created by your patrons should be prominently displayed!
Some of these concepts (like the “information neighborhoods”) are a bit fuzzy in my brain after a couple of weeks between listening and writing, but the basic concept – that libraries need to be part of their community if they want to survive – is still very much in my head. This was just one of the online training sessions I attended recently – more to come soon!
Evolution of Readers Creative Commons License John Blyberg via Compfight
The last session (for me, there are more coming, but I’m all webinared out for the day) was on Circulating Electronic devices. What I found most interesting was that they circulated 43 devices, only some of which were eReaders. They had GPS units and MP3 players and a flip camera and laptops, too. Lots of different stuff. They started the program in 2008 with just one eReader for staff, added laptops and got into the Sony Library program in 2009, joined the ACDC in CO to get access to eMaterials and they’ve had 940+ checkouts since 2008 for an average of 22 checkouts per item. Karen started off with the good parts:
- Patrons get to try out different devices
- “Meat Case” of gadgets (set up like grocer’s meat case) help to promote the program and let patrons know what is available
- Promotions include:
- Donuts and Downloads – come see the download station and have a donut
- Digital Storytimes – used Talking Yeti app during story time book about Yeti
- BookMarks Book Group – put books to be discussed on readers, increase number of books available
- 6 is the magic number. Buy a book once, put it on 6 devices.
The bad parts:
- Staff training – staff were scared, but every staff member was required to take a device home for at least one night
- ADE – Adobe Digital Editions – required for all non-Kindle devices/services, not so easy to use – tips for using ADE: Delete completely when the device comes back, connect the device to the computer *before* starting to browse for a book, since only 6 devices per account, patrons need to use their own unless you have less than 6 devices circulating
- Devices designed for single use – logout of social media, email, etc. is hard
- Return *everything* with the device – they used a card to document what went out, some cords come in two pieces, so that card showed that, for example
- Things come back gross and dirty, have a cleaning process
- can be expensive – they used Tech Soup to get low-cost hardware to begin
- people get attached to devices after a while – 1 week checkout, no renewals allowed
Overall – a good program, staff are now comfortable with a number of devices and are providing service to their patrons on a high level. Some of the questions that came in include – how do you deal with devices getting messed up? For readers, they can reset to factory default, for laptops they use clean slate and smartshield to keep people from changing laptop settings. How much time do they spend cleaning devices each week? 10 hours split between 2 staff.
Final tips – if you download an app (such as Kindle) to a tablet, that counts as one of the 6 devices allowed per book. Once you’ve purchased a book, immediately remove your credit card from the device unless you really want patrons to do your collection development for you… 😉
This was an excellent end to my day and a great overview of a successful program. The archives of the Big Talk from Small Libraries will be available soon, so you can see the presentations yourself, if you’d like!
Stuart Williams via Compfight
In the Lightning Rounds section of the day, there were 5 10 minute presentations given. In Reaching New Readers Through Writing (Amy Marshall), Amy talked about NaNoWriMo and Student Publishing (for kids) as being a good way to get writing groups started in your library. The resources she offered for writing groups included:
In Manor Ink (Peggy Johansen), Peggy talked about a youth-produced monthly newspaper that sprung up as a collaboration between the library, the Community Reporting Alliance and local folks when the local newspaper and the high school newspaper both shut down. They have weekly meetings where 3-5 adults attend as mentors, but the newspaper is produced by the youth. They support themselves through ads, donations and through sales of the paper itself.
In Yoga @ The Library (Rossella Tesch), Rossella talked a bit about Yoga itself and then about the program that they do at the Chadron public library. It started as a way to entertain adults while their kids hung out at the Summer Reading Program events in 2004, but was so popular that they continued doing it. They do provide some equipment, but some people bring their own and they have a supporting collection of Yoga books and DVDs for those who want more information.
In Kitchen Creations at the Library (Lee Schauer), the focus was on food-based programs. They started with a breadmaking program that proved to be fairly popular (12 participants) and continued with other “how-to” programs, including cookies and wine making and a very popular bagel making program. They are branching out now into a documentary discussion group where they talk about food-based documentaries (starting with Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead) after watching them. Now they are starting a “grow your own pizza” program, which includes gardening as well as cooking skills. Lee pointed out that the book they are using to guide this program was on the library’s Amazon wishlist and that an anonymous donor bought it (and nearly $1000 worth of other items) for them. Another perk of the program is the fact that they now have a pasta making machine (for their homemade pasta program) that they can check out to cooks in their area.
Unfortunately, the Destination Library on a Dime had audio trouble about half way through – we did get some good pictures of before and after rearranging the library and heard about how the new look of the library improved the number of people who used it (including a strong recommendation to purchase comfy chairs for folks to hang out in).
2 presenters for this session – we started with a discussion of Facebook and how the Lake Preston Public Library uses it. She (Pam Wilson) mentioned that libraries need 30 likes in order to the Insights (statistics) and custom URL features to work for their library’s page. She talked about the Insights stats, taking us on a tour of the Insights dashboard, and talked about the right way to set up a Facebook Page (as opposed to a profile). During the question period, several issues came up, including the issue of copyright for the book jackets that they were posting. Michael Sauers, one of the hosts for this conference, suggested taking a picture of the book that you own and posting that if you want to be 100% sure, but most of the time it’s not an issue. Pam said that they don’t have an ad budget, so they don’t use the paid ads service, but she thought it could be useful for larger libraries with marketing budgets. She also said that this was pretty much the only “web page” for the library – they focus their efforts on FB, posting a couple of times a day to make it fresh and interesting.
For the blogging part of the session, Miranda spoke about the Platte Public Library’s blog. She started with a rundown of what the library posts – and what they want to start posting in order to become more of a community resource (interviews and features with business leaders and organizations). She then went on to discuss the “best practices” that she’s come up with for blog posts:
- Post between Tues and Friday, 10-2pm (your time zone)
- begin by posting weekly, autoposting is optional (but available if necessary)
- build up to posting daily
- invite readers to comment on your posts
- reply to comments made
- include widgets to allow your readers to share your posts via social media
- reblog (using WordPress Reader is easy if you are using the WordPress.com hosting service)
- build a network (using reblogs, guest posts, and hyperlinks to other blogs)
The more social stuff you post, the more reach you have! Michael pointed out that FB posts aren’t Google-able, for the most part, so a blog (or other public web service) is really necessary if you want people to find your content on a search engine.
This session began with an explanation of the title – the phrase “I’m gonna make you famous” came from the film Young Guns. In it, Emilio Estevez, playing Billy the Kid, utters those words every time he shoots someone. Bob Barringer, of the Shultz-Holmes Memorial Library in Michigan used those words to get people to participate in the Blissfield Reads project. This project consisted of Bob going around to the library and the local businesses to get them to read a line or two from poems or short (very short) stories while being recorded. The resulting recordings are posted to the library’s Facebook page and are used to promote literature and other events at the library.
Bob talked about the way he ran the program – from preparation to the actual filming to the editing process. He gave us some tips on how to do things in the easiest way – tips that he learned the hard way, apparently! One of the ideas I really liked was that he had every reader sign the cue cards he created – they read the lines from the paper, then signed it. When the video went live, he printed out stills of the readers, attached them to the autographed cue cards and posted them in the library so that patrons could see what their neighbors were doing.
He gave some great resources for texts (Project Gutenberg, Google Books, Poetry.com) and for Creative Commons music (he uses Kevin MacLeod’s incomptech.com pretty much exclusively) and he mentioned that he uses Windows Movie Maker (free online) for editing software.
There were some excellent ideas and resources for any library that would like to emulate the success of Bob’s Blissfield Reads program!
Today, I’m virtually attending the Big Talk from Small Libraries conference, put on by the fine folks at the Nebraska State Library. The first session of the day was:
I’m Gonna Make You Famous: Raising Awareness and Building Community on a Three-Inch Screen
Bob Barringer, The Schultz-Holmes Memorial Library (MI)
The next session I’ll be attending is:
Making the Most of Facebook and Blogging: How to Use Social Media Effectively in a Small Library
Pam Wilson, Librarian, Dorothee Pike Memorial Library (SD)
Miranda Brumbaugh, Librarian, Platte Public Library (SD)
and then I’ll be eating and watching the Lightning Round presentations, after which I will attend:
Circulating Electronics: The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
Karen Lemke & Elizabeth von Tauffkirchen, Pine River Library (CO)
I’ll post my notes and thoughts from each of these as I go throughout the day.
As for the first 15 minutes of the conference – a nice introduction to a relevant association – ASRL – with lots of information about the association, the yearly conference they put on and the fine folks that make it work.


A Bird in the Ear. . .
Oops, I mean a bird in the hand. Never mind. But wait—wait until you try this—a link to The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s Macaulay Library where you can search their archive of more than 175,000 audio recordings covering 75 percent of the world’s bird species!
Please let me know if you try it and what you think!
Meanwhile, keep your eyes and ears open for birds, because. . . what’s that other saying? A bird a day keeps the doctor away? Could be! I’ll still eat an apple, just in case.
Though I often snap photos of birds, I don’t remember ever posting one, as it never fit into a theme or poem. Solution? Make birds—at last—the topic!
Birds—yes, to see them is a wonder, but to hear them too? That definitely reaches my health and well-being center!
May a birdcall stir a song in your heart today!


KNOWING THE BIBLE
Having the Bible readily available in printed and digital forms can be something that is taken for granted and make it seem ordinary. Not so! It's different.
That difference is the reason why faithful and persevering Believers in the past translated, produced and preserved it in spite of horrendous persecutions and difficulties.
And why did they go through all that? Because it's the only living and powerful Word of God. And all true Believers are thankful to them!
The word bible comes from the Greek word biblia, meaning "books". They form a library like no other; one that brings man into contact with his Creator.
Quotes are made from it, usually unknowingly, in unbelievers' conversations. Its general influence on the world is still felt, though also often unknowingly.
The Bible, from Genesis 1'1 to Revelation 22'21, conveys understandings of the truths of creational, spiritual, historical, prophetical and more.
In His earthly ministry, Jesus was preparing His Disciples for the New Covenant and Kingdom to come with the Holy Spirit's arrival.
He told His disciples that, after He had ascended, the Holy Spirit would come and guide them into all truth (John 16'13). That began after His arrival on the Day of Pentecost.
As kingdom scribes they recorded the earthly life and ministry of the Lord (commonly called the "gospels") and the lives of His People (the "letters") and The Revelation.
Together the Gospels, the Letters and The Revelation comprise the New Testament.
The two-fold Bible of Old Testament Scriptures and New Testament Scriptures is interlinked, interdependent and united.
It is what Paul was referring to when he spoke to the Elders of the Ephesian Believers:
"I have not shunned to declare to you the whole counsel of God (Acts 20'27).
And it is counsel that does not change:
"God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel ..." Hebrews 6'17.
Note that God's counsel is "to the heirs of promise". The plural "heirs" indicates that God's counsel is to be read in the context of a Believer being part of a local Body of Christ.
Be wary of any individual, or group, who claim to know the whole counsel of God exclusively. Be suspicious if someone offers to seek God's will on your behalf. Don't accept!
Or if any such individual or group claims to be led by the Spirit into all truth. They are out of order.
The Spirit led God's chosen scribes in the years following. Now His Ekklesia, and the world, have the New Covenant-Testament.
Today a new Believer is faced with a number of Bible translations and paraphrases. It should be remembered that authors of paraphrases do have biases.
Nevertheless, they can be useful at times for giving an every day English rendering.
The New King James translation (published by Thomas Nelson) is used for these Kingdom Inheritance Today messages.
It states that the New Testament is "based on the traditional text of the Greek-speaking churches". The translation method is a straightforward method called "essentially literal".
Being set out in verse form, the NKJ is easier to memories for most Believers which is very worthwhile.


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29 maart 1995 promoveerde ik aan de Katholieke Universiteit van Nijmegen op het proefschrift Arbeid & Bezieling, de esthetica van P.J.H. Cuypers, J.A. Alberdingk Thijm en V.E.L. de Stuers, en de voorgevel van het Rijksmuseum. Daarna zou het nog twee jaar duren eer de handelseditie van het proefschrift uitkwam. Het was een hele eer dat het werk in datzelfde jaar, 1997, bekroond werd met de Karel van Manderprijs voor beste boek op het gebied van architectuurgeschiedenis en beeldhouwkunst van de Vereniging van Nederlandse Kunsthistorici (VNK).
Dat het die onderscheiding ontving, mag best een wonder heten, want het is een buitengewoon complexe studie. Ik heb nooit meer iets geschreven dat zo ingewikkeld is: in de beste tradities van de grote iconoloog Erwin Panofsky is op grond van kunsttheoretische, filosofische, theologische en architectuurhistorische bronnen getraceerd, wat mogelijkerwijs achter het beeldprogramma van de voorgevel van het Rijksmuseum schuilgaat. Ook andere delen van het museumgebouw zijn daarbij betrokken, maar het accent ligt op de façade aan de Stadhouderskade die als een compendium in steen opgevat kan worden van de opvattingen van het driemanschap Cuypers, Thijm en De Stuers. Hoe ik dit onderzoek heb aangepakt kun je lezen in de inleiding die de veelzeggende titel draagt: Een poging in de kunst.*
Een van mijn dromen is om op basis van Arbeid & Bezieling een klein, makkelijk toegankelijk boekje te schrijven over de buitenkant van het Rijksmuseum, zodat de bezoeker met dit bijzondere programma kennis kan maken. Tot het zover is, nodig ik je graag uit om onderstaande samenvatting te lezen.
Labour and Inspiration
An iconological interpretation of the façade of the Amsterdam Rijksmuseum based on the aesthetics of P.J.H. Cuypers, J.A. Alberdingk Thijm and V.E.L. de Stuers
Bernadette van Hellenberg Hubar
Labour and Inspiration (Arbeid en Bezieling) is a study of the theories on the active and passive process of artistic creation of P.J.H. Cuypers, J.A. Alberdingk Thijm and V.E.L. de Stuers as they were expressed in the sculpture of the façade of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam and the decoration of the Arts & Crafts School in Roermond. Although in both cases the design of the ornament was supervised by Cuypers, the programme of meanings to be expressed in and through the decoration was devised in frequent consultations between the aesthetician and man of letters Alberdingk Thijm , the civil servant De Stuers and the architect Cuypers. In order to present their theories on both the active creative process of making a work of art and the passive artistic experience of the public and to interpret their formal expression in the Rijksmuseum and the Arts & Crafts School in Roermond, the methods of iconography and iconology have been used. In spite of their drawbacks, these methods have proved themselves to be useful instruments for an inquiry into the meaning of these decoration programmes. However, it should be remarked at the outset that the aim was not to reach quasi-objective results, but to enter into a dialogue with these works of art, leading to interpretations and reflections in which the role of the educated guess is openly acknowledged.
Order and Movement
Labour and Inspiration is devided into three parts, called after a triad of concepts which play a central role in Thijm’s view of the development of a contemporary Christian art formed after a devine model: “the Holy Type of Unity and Multiplicity, Order and Movement, and Harmony and Diversity”. Part I (Order and Movement) presents the opinions of the three men on the practical and idealistic aspects of the creation and enjoyment of art. In three chapters Cuypers’ education as an architect, Thijm’s aesthetic theories and De Stuers’ policy concerning artistic education and public art collections are discussed. Each chapter is preceded by a short biographical sketch of the dramatis personae of this study.
A close study of the years Cuypers spent at the Académie des Beaux Arts in Antwerp reveals not only the wide range of ‑ often conflicting ‑ theories of art that prevailed in Belgium and The Netherlands in the first half of the nineteenth century, but also the artistic practice at that time. The transformation of the classicist ideal of the ‘universal master’ into a romantic, quasi-mediaeval ideal of the Magister operum is a central theme in this chapter; another is the discovery that Cuypers’ professors, under the influence of J.-F. Blondel’s Cours d’Architecture, held a rhetorical view of architecture which was a major factor in determining Cuypers’ ideas on the meaning and impact of architecture, on the role of iconological programmes and on the use of building styles and ornament.
Thijm’s aesthetics is presented by means of a discussion of one of his most beautiful historical novellas, The Organist of the Cathedral (De Organist van den Dom, 1848). In this work Thijm combines without effort typical Renaissance motifs such as the furor poeticus and the furor melancholicus with a general romantic and catholic atmosphere, thus throwing new light on the mediaeval Cathedral of Utrecht, where the action takes place.
To end Part I, De Stuers’ cultural and educational policy is discussed. Both the state-supervised national programme for schooling in the arts and crafts and the idealistic programme of the National Museum for History and Art (Nederlandsch Museum voor Geschiedenis en Kunst), a subdivision of the Rijksmuseum, were dictated by the same vision on the role of the arts and crafts in society. One of De Stuers’ preoccupations was the problem of translating a creative concept into a practicable drawing and subsequently into an artistic product; another was the appeal of the work of art on its public, whose participation is made possible by the moving effect of aesthetic experience. This rhetorical view of art, in which its capacity to move the beholder is so central, is one of the characteristics of De Stuers’ museum ideology. This ideology was partly based on the “propre musée” located at the house of Cuypers’ first mentor Charles Guillon. Both preoccupations of De Stuers have clearly informed the conception of the Rijksmuseum and its annexe, the Art Training School (Oefenschool).
Harmony and Diversity
Part II (Harmony and Diversity) is devoted to the Arts & Crafts School in Roermond and especially to its tile decoration of images of Labour and Inspiration. Although the Rijksmuseum antedates the Roermond School, the latter is discussed first because this offers the opportunity to present the thoroughly catholic and mediaeval pair of concepts ‘inspiration’/’conception’ and ‘labour’/’craftsman’ as the background to the partly ‘Oudhollandsche’ (Old-Dutch) and partly classicist use of these concepts in the façade of the Rijksmuseum. To begin with, the building history and the architectural composition of this Gesamtkunstwerk is elucidated. Because of its liveliness and subtle balance between variety and variation, movement and asymmetry it is one of the outstanding Dutch examples of ‘picturesque’ architecture. Cuypers ‘picturesque’ and varied design received added lustre by the colourful decoration of the exterior, where different kinds of brick, complex masonry motifs, sculpture and tile pictures were used. Secondly, the programme which formed the basis of all this ornament is interpreted. The representation of ‘inspiration’/’conception’ is based on Mariological metaphors as they occur in the dogma De immaculata conceptione (1854); it strongly resembles the iconography of the decorations designed by Cuypers for the piano he gave as a wedding present to his second wife, Thijm’s sister Nenny. The figure of ‘inspiration’/’conception’ expresses an analogy between the ‘inspiration’ of Christ in Mary and the inspiration of the creative concept in the artist. This analogy was based on the interpretation of the articles devoted to Mary by Thijm’s friend, the priest and theologian Cornelis Broere. The figure of ‘labour’/’craftsman’ on the other hand shows the romantical, ‘mediaeval’ labor ethic of the three friends, which was held up to the citizens of Roermond as a harmonious model of a prosperous society.
Unity and Multiplicity
Part III, Unity and Diversity, is devoted to the iconography and iconology of the Schauseite of the Rijksmuseum. The analysis of its content and meaning is preceded by a chapter which reconstructs the development of the plan, the building history and the façade sculpture, and describes the complex. The statues of Labour and Inspiration which support the façade, are the central themes here. In Thijm’s aesthetical theory and the series of conceptual associations which form an important part of it this pair of concepts is identical with that of Matter and Spirit. ‘True’ works of art can only be created in and through their interaction. The matter and craft aspect is reflected in the complex of meanings attached to the figure of Labour-Luke-Apelles as a patron of Painting, which combination goes back in essence to the apocryphal biblical story of Saint Luke painting the Madonna. In the representation of Labour-Luke, drawing takes precedence over painting because drawing is the visual equivalent of verbal language. Labour-Luke thus illustrates the belief of Thijm, Cuypers and De Stuers in the Renaissance notion of drawing as the mediator of Platonic Ideas. The origins of this conviction can be traced through contemporary art criticism, philosophical treatises and the ‘Oudhollandsche’ artistic theory to the Platonist humanism of Marsilio Ficino and his classical sources.
Inspiration on the other hand turns out to be John the evangelist, represented as the personification of the art of building, beholding the perfection of the heavenly Jerusalem. He is pictured in accordance with both the type of Meditatione and that of the furor poeticus, derived from the ‘Oudhollandsche’ edition of Cesare Ripa’s Iconologia. By this typology, which was extremely popular, the young man Inspiration symbolizes Thijm’s view of the creative power of sublimated melancholy. This theme, which was known above all through Dürer’s Melencolia I, can also be traced back to Ficino.
Next comes the interpretation of the decoration programme of the façade, presented as a book for the laity. The strikingly classical design of the sculpture can be explained by connecting it with the double aim of emulating both the Parthenon and the Amsterdam Town Hall by Jacob van Campen. By means of a construction of the history of art that had been prepared symbolically by Thijm and rationally by Viollet-le-Duc, Greek and mediaeval art could be considered as equivalents because they both represented the flowering of a culture. As a result of this specific concordance masterpieces of Greek art ‑ here the Parthenon ‑ also served as a model for contemporary projects. The emulation of the Town Hall was legitimated because its designers, Van Campen and Artus Quellinus, had tried in a similar way to find a national, classicist-’Oudhollandsch’ answer to the classics. In virtue of the central role of the Virgin, the sculpture of the Rijksmuseum can be interpreted as a litany in stone to the Madonna: the Parthenon, originally a temple devoted to a virgin goddess, had been consecrated tot the Mother of God in the early Christian age; the Amsterdam Town Hall had the Amsterdam Virgin as patroness, and the Rijksmuseum the Dutch Virgin. In both cases, this use of a virgin patroness originates in the use of Mary as a symbol of architecture, city-state or society. Moreover, in virtue of a multiplicity of ‘Oudhollandsche’ motifs, the Rijksmuseum would grow into a monument of patriotic feeling: a cultural and historical pantheon for national heroes, exempla virtutis, whose names and portraits were immortalized in the tympana of the windows on the exterior. Thus the decoration of the façade presents us with a summa in which varying motifs had been connected by the “fertility and elasticity of the Christian-symbolical system” (Thijm). Various controversial catholic elements received in this fashion a different, ‘Oudhollandsche’ and ‘classical’ interpretation.
One of these ‘elastic’ themes of the façade is represented in the relief ‘The Art of Drawing and Painting’, which is in fact an anachronistically ‘Greek’ variation of the theme ‘Saint Luke paints the Madonna’. Instead of Luke we find the painter Apelles and instead of the Virgin with Christ sitting on her lap we find Venus Urania with Amor. The analysis of this relief is preceded by the iconographical explanation of the tile tableau with the Three Graces ‘Beauty, Truth and Goodness’ above the entrance to the Art Training School (Oefenschool). This picture especially demonstrates the importance of the part played by De Stuers as iconographer and the great knowledge of ‘Oudhollandsche’ culture both he and Thijm possessed. Ficino’s concept of the Geminae Veneres ‑ heavenly Urania and earthly Pandemos ‑ is mixed with that of the Three Graces as they are represented in the tile tableau. These twins also appear in the relief with the Greek ‘Luke’ or Apelles: Venus Urania as a model, the other Venus drawing. The design of the relief of ‘The Art of Drawing and Painting’ is based on a harmony between a classical, humanistic and mediaeval motif, devised by Thijm as an allusion to the Concordia Veteris et Novi Testamenti. Again, Mary is the link: she is prefigured as “the highest ideal in art” by Venus Urania, who in turn is often used as a visual metaphor for the Idea of beauty.
The counterpart for the relief of Apelles is the tableau depicting ‘The Art of Building and Sculpture’. Here, the motif of the Greek Magister operum is represented on the basis of a similar concordance. Holding a banderole showing the almost magical emblem of circle, square and triangle, the architect refers as well to Vitruvius as to the mediaeval technique of triangulation. Thus this representation of an architect can be linked to the portrait of Cuypers as an architectus doctus painted in Roermond by his brother in 1853: it shows the sitter against a richly filled book-case, with a drawing-case, an equilateral triangle and a Roman-Gothic capital. Similarly, the Amsterdam relief shows the symbiosis between vitruvianism and organicism in Cuypers’ thought and work in so far as the ‘master of the works’ also refers to the demiourgos, the architect of the universe. Analogous to this divine architect, the Magister operum creates architecture as a “second nature” (Thijm).
Victory-imagination is the central theme of the last chapter of Part III. The three friends considered imagination as a powerful creative instrument, active in a poetical, combining and perfecting way, but only if it is divinely inspired and recognized as a gift from heaven. Because of the analogy between God and man the latter is almost forced to use his imagination and to work creatively. From this results both the victory of mind over matter and the connecting link between heaven and earth. It is quite remarkable to see that this concept turns out to be similar in countless points to the aesthetics of the agnostic Carel Vosmaer, the most important opponent of Thijm, Cuypers and De Stuers.
Finally, by way of a conclusion and synthesis of the meanings connected with the programme of the façade, the most important lines and patterns ‑ both compositional and allegorical ‑ are discussed. As in a perpetuum mobile a limited number of themes dominates the front in ever changing forms and combinations. Among these are Mary as the highest ideal in art, the Magister operum, Beseleel and the demiourgos, the heavenly Jerusalem and the temple of the arts, Venus Urania and Venus Pandemos, the art of drawing as the mediator of the idea, the furor poeticus and many more. By continually balancing on the razor’s edge, turning necessity into a virtue by taking into account the criticism of opponents and incorporating it in the visual programme, the iconology of the Rijksmuseum has acquired its acuteness and its subtle and inspired content. Yet at the same time this programme has remained incomprehensible for the average visitor because of its extreme difficulty. Even if countless symbolical ‘beams’ (Thijm) in the façade flash out with the aim of striking each other in the mind of the beholder, the programme remained too exclusive for the unsuspecting public. One can therefore safely state that similar to the mediaeval cathedral, the Rijksmuseum did not succeed completely in being a book for the layman.
The epilogue first gives an evaluation of the degree in which ‘Oudhollandsche’ conceptual triads such as nature, teaching and exercise ‑ which were known from the writings of Vondel, Dürer, Ripa, Van Hoogstraten and others ‑ could be successfully transformed into the trio Labour, Inspiration and Victory. Again, it transpires that Cuypers, Thijm and De Stuers possessed a very solid and profound knowledge of such ‘Oudhollandsche’ metaphors. In this way, they can be considered as the precursors of the iconography and iconology of the twentieth century, in spite of the lack of actuality of the metaphors they used for contemporary art. Secondly, the epilogue considers whether and in which way the programme of the completed museum has influenced the work and opinions of the next generation of artists: the architect H.P. Berlage, the writers A. Verwey and L. van Deyssel (Thijms’ son), the painters R.N. Roland Holst, J. Toorop and A. Derkinderen and the composer A. Diepenbrock (Cuypers’ and Thijm’s relative), who summarized their ideals in the concept of ‘community art’ or Gemeenschapskunst.
Arbeid & Bezieling heeft uiteraard behalve lof ook kritiek gekregen. Dat is met name omdat de betekenis van Thijm te zwaar aangezet zou zijn en omdat de analyse een dolgedraaide iconologische exercitie heet te zijn: de bewijsvoering – voor zover van zoiets al sprake kan zijn – is te uitputtend en te abstract, en dus in meer opzichten onnavolgbaar. Vooral Elineor Bergvelt heeft het er moeilijk mee en veroordeelt Arbeid & Bezieling in één adem met het artikel van Jochen Becker uit 1985 dat me inspireerde tot het proefschrift. Deze opstelling doet vermoeden dat ze van geen van beide echt kennis genomen heeft, want het gaat om twee heel verschillende studies. Dat zou tegelijkertijd verklaren waarom het haar is ontgaan dat Arbeid & Bezieling juist op het punt van de moeilijkheidsgraad een hoog oplossend vermogen heeft. Het is namelijk zo opgezet dat je snel tot zeer snel van de hoofdlijnen en conclusies kennis kunt nemen zonder de breed uitgewerkte onderbouwing door te hoeven ploegen:
- de Engelse samenvatting – die hierboven staat – beslaat slechts 4 pagina’s.
- ieder hoofdstuk wordt voorafgegaan door een samenvatting vooraf, waardoor je in om en nabij de 35 pagina’s in vogelvlucht over het onderzoek scheert.
- wie daarna voor diepgang wil gaan, kan het hele boek lezen, maar desgewenst ook via de inhoudsopgave en de index kiezen voor een selectie van onderwerpen.
Wat betreft de de rol van Thijm zijn het met name Ype Koopmans en Aart Oxenaar die ten strijde trekken, zij het wel ieder om andere redenen. De eerste is van mening dat ik Victor de Stuers als programmamaker te kort doe en de laatste vindt algemeen dat Thijm teveel gewicht krijgt als het om de productie van Cuypers als architect gaat. Beide gewaardeerde collegae hebben net zoveel gelijk als ongelijk, waarmee ik maar wil zeggen dat een andere aanvliegroute niet hoeft te betekenen dat we niet vrij dicht bij elkaar op dezelfde bestemming landen.
Dit item kan geciteerd worden als: Hubar, Bernadette van Hellenberg, ‘Proefschrift Arbeid & Bezieling’, op: Vanhellenberghubar.org, http://bit.ly/Arbeid-Bezieling (2014). ↩


Well, have you ever sat in church and thought, "I've read this somewhere else..." ? Every so often I'll read Luke 16:19-31, the story of the rich man and Lazarus and I always get a funny feeling I've heard this before and not as a reading from the New Testament.
It's a story Jesus told his followers about a rich (unnamed) man and poor Lazarus. The rich man has everything and more and Lazarus has nothing. They both died and the poor man ended up in the bosom of Abraham and the rich man got Hades. From his very warm perch the rich man looks up and sees Paradise and asks for a bit of water but there is no way to give him comfort. So he asks for someone to go and warn his brothers so they don't end up like him. But he is told that his brothers have Moses and the prophets. The rich man had Moses and the prophets too and he was in misery so he asked to have someone from the dead go visit his brothers. The story ends with Abraham telling the rich man, "If they will not listen to Moses or the prophets they will not be convinced even if someone should rise from the dead."
The first thing that jumps out at me is - wait a minute, Abraham was rich. The second thing is not all poor people are sweet and loving and good. And, finally, the thing that really gets me going is... this story sounds like Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol.
|From my bookshelf, a Christmas present from Marylyn (1996), tree skirt by me (2010)|
Well, Mr. Dickens didn't send Moses and the prophets, he sent people from Scrooge's past (that's right - a few rose from the dead). You know the story - Scrooge saw kindness, gentleness, generosity, forgiveness, joy, goodness towards his fellow man. The ghost from the future brought home Scrooge's fears and a glimpse at the evil we can do to one another when we forget we're all in this together.
You may not have time to read the book this Christmas, but in a pinch the movies will do. My favorite version is titled "Scrooge" (here in the US it is also called "A Christmas Carol") and stars Alastair Sims from 1951.
The George C. Scott version of "A Christmas Carol" from 1974 is good, too.
And if you're in the mood for the musical version go with 1992's "The Muppet Christmas Carol" starring Kermit the Frog and Michael Caine.
I haven't studied Charles Dickens' life enough to know where the inspiration for A Christmas Carol came from and I am just guessing that he sat in church one day and heard the passage from Luke. Still, here we are reading each others blogs and thinking, how many different ways can we say "Merry Christmas?" and with each happy post we get a glimpse of the same subject with a slightly different take on it.
I hope you get a chance to experience this classic tale in some form and that you will feel there is redemption and hope for everyone and, of course, I hope you believe that mankind is your business.


The Cybersecurity and Network Resilience Workstream has published the first edition of the IoT Reference Framework and Application Guide
. The IoT Reference Framework provides a ‘common language’ to facilitate discussions amongst the IoT community; factual, vendor neutral information on end-to-end IoT building blocks; and assists organisations to clearly and simply document and articulate their IoT solution requirements. Congratulations to principal author; Nam Nguyen,for pulling this together.
The IoTAA Platforms and Interoperability Workstream has produced an IoT platform selection guide
. The document has been formulated to provide concise and relevant guidance for private and government organisations to assist in the adoption of IoT technologies. It aims to create guidance that will provide a “running start” for buyers to select between platforms.


The Judgement of Paris
The Judgement of Paris is told in Greek Mythology. It is the story of the Trojan Prince Paris, who was called upon to Judge who was the most attractive of the goddesses, Hera, Athene or Aphrodite.
Hera, Athene and Aphrodite desperately wanted to win the competition and so to try and persuade Paris they each tried to bribe him by offering him great gifts.
Hera offered Paris 'great power', Athene offered him 'success in battle' and Aphrodite offered the most beautiful woman in the world. After a lot of thought, Paris took Aphrodite up on her offer. She then helped Paris to abduct Helen. This abduction caused The Trojan War.
- Where was the Judgement of Paris told?
- By who and why was Paris called upon?
- What did the goddesses do in order to try and persuade Paris?
- What did Athene offer Paris?
- Whose offer did he take?
- What was the result of taking this bribe?


NetworkX is a Python package for the creation, manipulation and study of the structure, dynamics, and functions of complex networkx. METIS is a C library written for partitioning graphs, partitioning finite element meshes, and producing fill reducing orderings for sparse matrices. NetworkX-METIS uses Cython to wrap the METIS library to make it available in Python.
NetworkX-METIS is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the :doc:`Apache License </reference/legal>`_. We welcome contributions from the community. Information on NetworkX development is found at the NetworkX Developer Zone at Github https://github.com/networkx/networkx-metis


With great pleasure, the editorial team presents this special English Issue of the Humanistic Journal. This effort brought together worldwide counseling and therapy thinkers, researchers, and practitioners. The authors are honoring the humanistic philosophy that imprinted their work for the advancement of 21st-century counseling and therapy. This Issue is divided into three sections. The philosophy and practice section comprises two articles. The first article discusses Jose Ingenieros’ philosophy and his potential contributions to counseling philosophy contemporary development. The innovative article invites to rethink the Latin-American counseling field from its original roots and the legacy of regional philosophers, thinkers, and pioneers. The second article discusses the evolution of counseling as a field of knowledge and professional practice. It describes seven breakthroughs events that took the field of counseling to its next challenge to be recognized as independent professional practice, interdisciplinary nurtured, and deeply humanistic. In the Counseling and Therapy Practice section, four articles are included. The first article acutely examines Carl Rogers’ core concepts of self, empathy, genuine, congruence, authenticity, and transparency and how those are related to the healthy practice of counseling and therapy from the perspective of the counselor/therapist’s total experience and awareness. Its insightful discussion utilizes some helpful excerpts from counseling-counselee encounters to illustrate critical thoughts about the deep meanings of Roger’s core concepts. The second article examines eating disorders treatments and its implications for the practice of counseling. Examples of treatment, challenges, and innovative recommendations for counseling training and practitioners working with this population are discussed. The third article deals with relational depth in counseling and psychotherapy. It provides learning insights experienced with clients across years of practice. Some reflective questions are shared, such as, what is it like to relate deeply to another person? do therapists experience relational depth in their work, and to what extent? This inspirational work reflected ongoing investigation on the understanding of the role of relational depth in therapy. The fourth article discourses the positive-symptom schizophrenic psychosis. This reflective work is encouraged by the situation experienced by the main character in the book Vincere Barbablù (“Defeating Bluebeard”). From the perspective of unitary psychosis, several aspects of psychosis are described, and a theoretical interpretation of a schizophrenic psychosis case is offered. Several innovative therapy recommendations for the population suffering from this mental illness are offered. The third section, Counseling Policy and Leadership, contains two articles. The first article explains the origins and goals of the International Society for Policy Research and Evaluation in School-Based Counseling (ISPRESC). Views about the existing research gaps and challenges in the school counseling field that are hindering this counseling specialty development are described while explaining the potential contribution to the healthy psychological, emotional, and relational development of children around the world. The Second article elucidates the needs of more international cooperation in school-based research through comparative analysis by which the outcomes have the potential to unite other educators, grow counselors’ interest base, and potentially increase the resources available for counseling within our education systems.


While American Tobacco Barns and their reclaimed wood may seem uninteresting to the uninitiated, American barns are full of fascinating history of the people and places of early America.
Reclaimed barn wood, you could say, tells the story of American Forests and early Americans – a complex story of ecology and survival – in the harvesting, milling and construction of the barns that would cure Kentucky tobacco crop for early American farmers.
Tobacco barns in the south, particularly Kentucky, have been called “disappearing American Icons” and “Sentinels of Memory.” Indeed, the barn has come to represent a way of life – and a style of close-to-the land living – that is rapidly disappearing.
Reclaimed wood, you could say, comes from a reclaimed American economic landscape where farmers –and tobacco farmers especially—once flourished.
But still, hardy Gray Kentucky Tobacco siding speaks of the hardiness of early America – of economic opportunity, cheap land, dense forests, and industrious early American Farmer.
In fact, you could write a whole book on barn architecture, folklore and history: Eric Sloane has done just that.
In what follows, let’s take a closer look at how early American Barns – especially in the tobacco farming counties of Kentucky – reveal some of the realities and enchantments of early American life.
The first American barns, built in the 1600s, mimicked the style and structure of old European barns: steep roofs for thatching, low walls (hay was still stacked outside), horizontal siding, and curved “Ship’s Knee” braces.
In the 1700s, barns became more compact, with higher walls and less slanted roofs to be able to contain whatever the farmer needed to protect from the elements.
Appalachian barns, for example, were first used as gear sheds and corn cribs – showing an old-fashioned American ingenuity and pragmatism. Tobacco barns were some of the very first functional barns to be built in America, since tobacco needs a particular environment for drying – one that accommodated both heat and ventilation. Tobacco barns in the south were usually left unpainted, where the hardwood siding stood up to the elements well enough.
In the 1800s, American farmers flourished and more and more barns were raised. During and after the Civil War, which damaged the economic infrastructure of the Virginias, tobacco farming in Kentucky boomed.
Barn-raising, quite beautifully, was a full-on community endeavor. Everyone’s neighbors came to put up the framing – men came with their own pikes (long sticks with hooks on the end) and other tools. If corrections in the framing were needed during the raising, no one protested too much – libations and entertainment were usually part and parcel of the barn raising process. The owner then finished the more time-intensive siding and roofing.
Culturally, with the rise of transcendentalism in the late 1800s, farmers in particular were seen as embodying the great American ideals of self-reliance interwoven with the mysteries of nature. Thoreau published Walden in 1854, itself a clear portrait of the Romantic ideals of self-sufficiency of everyday work, close to the rhythms and harmony of the seasons.
We know the joy of working with our hands, of working with great wood. Barns in the mountains of the American south embodied the ideals of craftsmanship, too: hand-chiseled dovetail joints, flared barn posts, and hand-hewn beams are just a few of the now-dissapearing woodworking techniques common in early barn construction.
Today, reclaimed wood siding has new opportunities for creative craftsmanship. These grey hardwoods are usually heavier than softwoods, and have smooth-to-the touch distinctive grooves. Years of weathering brings out wavy grain patterns and natural spirals. Colors can range from silver and light grey to very dark grey or even faded black.
No two boards are the same – but each speaks of a long line of history and humanity.
For more on American barns, see Eric Sloane’s beautiful An Age of Barns (1967) and The Old Barn Book: A Field Guide to North American Barns and Other Farm Structures (1995) by Allen G Noble and Richard K. Cleek.
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(This article is a translation from my original Dutch review.)
In his English eBook On Street Photography, Dutch photographer Willem Wernsen shares his decades-long experience in portrait and street photography, and describes his approach and vision in detail. This educational eBook doesn’t show you how it’s done; it shows how Willem does it. Its elucidating perspective offers you a better understanding of a (street) photographer’s way of thinking.
“Belgium was, is, and has always been a sweet box full of treats for photographers, so it’s no surprise that some big names in photography come from there.” (page 32)
The concept of street photography is hard to define because it is so multifaceted. It is also too easily regarded as being based solely on chance and luck, which is certainly not always the case. As the history of photography shows, this approach has produced many unique and historically significant pictures. What distinguishes Willem from other (street) photographers is the fact that he almost always takes the time to chat with the people he meets on the streets.
The rise and success of digital photography has increasingly led to an artificial hype around street photography. Nowadays, there are quite a lot of photographers who claim to be street photographers and organize workshops, though their portfolios often show a deficit of expertise in that particular field. As they also have to make ends meet somehow, that is not a bad thing per se. But these days, pretty much anyone can organize a workshop that will make laypersons feel they can’t see the forest for the trees.
Willem’s devotion and his exceptional approach certainly provide a welcome change from photographers constantly trying to outdo each other, as is not uncommon in the sector.
“Humankind responds to humankind, and from giving of yourself, you will receive beautiful gifts from the street… and that honest exchange will be evident in your work.” (page 33)
Contents of the eBook
This eBook is Willem’s first publication with the Canadian photographic education company Craft&Vision and it is also his very first eBook. Although he has already published three print photobooks, the digital form of publishing is new to Willem. In his educational eBook, he shares his knowledge and shows how he does things instead of dictating how they should be done. Every photographer has his own way of working that we can all learn something from.
Willem recounts how he got started with photography, what drives him and how, over the last few decades, he has come to be the photographer he is today. It was mainly his interest and curiosity in people that led him to photography. In his eBook, he also talks about who inspires him and what is his vision on street photography. He gives tips on how to become a successful street photographer, details which equipment he uses and explains what exactly he does when post-processing his pictures.
Would you like to practice street photography the way Willem does? Then start by making contact with people. It is very important that you don’t hide or act sneakily. Willem gives helpful advice on how to overcome any such fears. In 80% of all cases, he directly approaches people on the streets and asks their consent to take a picture. The remaining 20% of his street photographs are snapshots. As a street photographer, he constantly observes, and as a portrait photographer he is interested in behavior, relations and communication between people.
“Personally, I think that street photography with a long-focus lens gives distant images with a day-at-the-zoo feel to it. Be a real photographer with balls and go there and ask if you may photograph.” (page 92)
– Stay focused
– Be alert
– Get closer
– Composition: practice, practice, practice
– Trust your intuition
– Concentrate on the image, not on the camera
– Make contact with people
– Don’t hide and don’t act sneakily
– Go out on your own
– Limit your equipment
“Persistence and dedication brings consistency to your work.” (page 10)
Willem hopes his eBook contains useful tips for photographers who want to get started with street photography and need some advice on how to put their ideas into practice. His wish is for people to enjoy practicing street photography and to take pictures that will delight and inspire others. He considers this eBook to be his creative legacy.
Photography is not something you are done with after having learned the trade. It is a lifelong and fascinating learning process. You will have to find out through trial and error whether Willem’s approach is a suitable method for you as well. Perhaps you will not find all of his tips practicable, but Willem’s eBook can certainly serve as a guidance to help shape your personal development in the field of street photography.
The eBook On Street Photography is available at the Craft&Vision webshop and costs $15 (excl. tax).


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Double Book Launch
The Catholic Church and the
On the Crossroads of a
Heythrop College, London, on Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Tilburg University (Utrecht campus), Thursday, June 25, 2015
The old models don’t work anymore. The Catholic Church is
breaking open new ground. To investigate this new situation,
an international project “Faith in a Secular Age” has been
launched by the Council for Research in Values and
Philosophy (RVP) under the general direction of Charles
Taylor, José Casanova and George F. McLean.
As part of this project, two books have been published (on
paper, yet also in open access, see
http://www.crvp.org/book/Series04/series-IV.htm). The first
a Kenotic Vision of Authority in the Catholic Church, edited
by Anthony J. Carroll, Marthe Kerkwijk, Michael Kirwan, and
James Sweeney, is a collaborative effort of, mainly, British
researchers, led by faculty of Heythrop College, London. The
second one, A
Catholic Minority Church in a World of Seekers, edited
by Staf Hellemans and Peter Jonkers, includes contributions
of social scientists, philosophers, and theologians from
Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany-Austria, with Tilburg
University in the lead.
At Heythrop College, four
contributors to the first of the above volumes and the two
editors of the second volume on the Catholic Church will
present their ideas on the Magisterium.
At the Utrecht campus of the Tilburg School of Catholic
Theology, four authors of the second of the above volumes
and two contributors to the volume on the Magisterium will
discuss the possible appeal of the Church in the world of
The books as well as the conferences focus on the present
position and the future prospects of the Catholic Church in
a post-Christian cultural world.
A detailed program will be distributed in spring 2015.
There is no registration fee. All
travel expenses and accommodations will be covered by
participants (or their institutions).
Anthony J. Carroll
London, Great Britain


Mrs. Allegretta's and Mrs. Morgan's
Week of 12/2/19
*All homework is due the following school day.
*100 B.C. Step: 132 by 12/7. Review your skills/word attack strategies card.
*Encourage your child to read 15 minutes or more daily!
Wednesday: Art/ Library
Monday- Read 15 minutes for 100 Book Challenge
ELA: Practice sight words: said, with
Math: Lesson 4.6
Tuesday- Read 15 minutes for 100 Book Challenge
ELA: Consonant h ditto
Math: Lesson 4.7
Wednesday- Read 15 minutes for 100 Book Challenge
ELA: Read the story: The
Thursday- Read 15 minutes for 100 Book Challenge
ELA: Consonant n ditto
Friday- No Homework....Have a nice weekend!
Enjoy your family time, but please remember to have your child read as often as possible. Check out the amazing summer reading list on our school website and visit a library. Please practice sight words and math facts. Also, utilize the Go Math review workbook that has already been sent home earlier this month.
There are a host of wonderful websites to help your child brush up on skills and concepts to ready them for first grade.
Here are a few to consider and thanks for a great year!


Listed below are the important documents for Shawnee Home Owners
Declarations of Covenants
The declaration of the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws for the Shawnee Homeowners Assocation.
Amendment to Covenants
The first amendment to the Shawnee Declaration of Covenants. Pertains to the leasing of property within the Shawnee Planned Unit Development.
Mailbox and Street Lights
The specifications, rules, and regulations that pertain to Mailboxes and Street Lights within the Shawnee Planned Unit Development.
Pool Rules and Regulations
The official rules and regulations for the Shawnee Pool.
Pool House Address
Information regarding the physical street address for the Shawnee Pool House.
Tennis Court Rules
The official rules and regulations for the Shawnee Tennis Court.


Julia Child was a woman with many passions. You may already be familiar with two of her greatest loves—her relationships with French cooking and her husband, Paul, have been well-documented in numerous biographies and films, most notably Julie & Julia. But, strangely, her beloved feline companions have often been left out of the narrative.
Julia’s Cats: Julia Child’s Life in the Company of Cats was published in 2012, but only recently made its way onto my bookshelf. Through personal letters and photos, authors Patricia Barey and Therese Burson tell the absolutely lovely story of how Julia Child became a bona fide cat lady.
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HISTORY OF THE TRIPLE X FRATERNITY AND THE FRESNO CHAPTER
The brief history of the Triple X Fraternity and the Fresno
Chapter is complied from many sources.
TRIPLE X FRATERNITY wae found in 1918 by eight(8)young men of Armenian Desceny, the first meeting of the Triple X Fraternity was held by the Charter Members on May 18, 1918.
The meeting was held in Fresno, California at Roeding Park.
The Charter Members, our Founding Fathers of the Triple X Fraternity were Arsen Alchian, Gurken Bacon, Lee Dederian,
John Kasparian, Armen Nishkian, Lee Rustigian and Charles Ashjian, who served as the first Gran Master (Statewide President) of the Fraternity. The Founding Fathers where all students at Fresno Technical High School which later was to become Fresno High School. Following the first meeting at Roeding Park the meeting where held at Fresno High School. After a while the meetings where moved to different members homes.
As the early years went by the Fresno Chapter continued to add new members and grow. Then came the lean years during the mid 1920’s and many Fresno Brothers were forced to move away. They relocated from Fresno to Los Angeles and the Sfan Francisco Bay Area.
In October, 1926, a group of young men composed of former Triple X Members from Fresno formed an organization,
which after a few months of continuous work, was to become a Chapter of the Triple X Fraternity of California. On April 28, 1928, the Los Angeles Chapter was instituted in the City of Las Angeles. In 1935 the Los Angeles Chapter came forth with an important addition to the Fraternity, the Los Angeles Junior Chapter was born and continues till today.
The years 1927 and 1928 saw many Armenian Families move the Fresno Area to the San Francisco Bay Area. Among the newcomers to San Francisco Bay Area where many former Triple x Members.They lost little time in getting together
and soon band and formed a sister chapter. On November 1,1928 a Special Grand Chapter Meeting was held in Fresno for the purpose of considering the application of the New Golden Gate Chapter. The application was approved November 11, 1928.
The Grand Chapter was created on April 25,1928 to integtate the functions of then existing Fresno, Los Angeles and Golden Gate Chapters. Today, The Grand Chapter is organized to unite all Members and Chapters into one harmonious body by the ties of mutual friendship beneficial to all, and analloyed by bitterness of religious or poliyical difference, the discussion of which is stringently forbidden. The Object of the Grand Chapter shall be to create, coordinate and to govern all Subordinate Chapters.


A 45-Day Prosperity Journal Blended with Wisdom from Charles Fillmore.
Charles Sherlock Fillmore was born August 22, 1854 in St. Cloud Minnesota. In 1889, Charles and his wife Myrtle Fillmore founded Unity, a church within the New Thought movement. In Fillmore's early years, he studied Emerson, Shakespeare, Tennyson, and Lowell as well as works on Eastern religions, spiritualism, and metaphysics. Our goal with this book is to bring the prosperity knowledge of Charles Fillmore into everyone’s life, piece by piece, little bit by little bit. But our vision does not end there, and Fillmore is not the only source for a further opened mind: you are. The second key component is your journaling. The design of this book intends for Fillmore to be highlighted for a moment of each day and for you to take a moment in your own often busy schedule to highlight and expand your prosperity mindset, by journaling in the accompanying pages.


3 edition of From romance to reality found in the catalog.
From romance to reality
|Statement||edited by Peggy O"Hara.|
|Contributions||O"Hara, Peggy, 1922-|
|LC Classifications||HQ759 .F75 1983|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||viii, 311 p. :|
|Number of Pages||311|
|LC Control Number||84109541|
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Each book on this list has a premise that involves a reality television show. You don't need to be a reality show fan to enjoy these novels, but if you do like watching those types of programs, then you'll want to look for these books.
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She enjoys all types of sub-genres, but loves a good love story. Romance fiction is her heart and joy and you might find her screaming about book releases on her Twitter account.
She launched the Reality Romance series, featuring love behind the scenes in a reality dating show, in with Marrying Mister Perfect, Romancing Miss Right, and Falling for Mister Wrong.
Lizzie lives in Alaska where she uses the long winter nights to craft more happily ever afters and also writes paranormal romance under the pen name Vivi. Books shelved as alternate-reality-fantasy: The Magician's Nephew by C.S.
Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis, The Voyage of the Da. Regency England is one of the most popular settings for historical romance, but Elizabeth Hoyt steps back a century for the Maiden Lane books, set.
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The Romance of Reality series was initiated in and reprints can be found through the late s. Frederick A. Stokes Co. of New York imprints are found on at least the first five titles in the series.
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Reality Romance 5 books in series out of 5 stars ratings Marrying Mister Perfect Publisher's Summary Sometimes it takes a reality television show to show you the love that's right in front of you.
To Louisa Tanner, Jack Doyle is perfect. Fantasy, mystery, romance, so long as it was a good story he would devour it, and it had always annoyed him a little bit that the show tried so hard not to film him with a book in his hand.
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KALEID Editions is inviting submissions from European based artists for an exhibition and fair of art books. Held in London on 20th July, the event aims to showcase the best of artists’ books to an international audience of collectors. 100 books will be displayed in a celebration of the book as an interdisciplinary activity; ‘combining visual arts with new technology, contemporary ideas and traditional book arts’. Artists working across all disciplines from sculpture and painting to digital media and performance are encouraged to apply, and entries are welcomed either from artists themselves or from galleries and publishers on behalf of creative practitioners.
Sofie Dederen, Director, Frans Masereel Centrum for Print, Belgium
Elizabeth James, Senior Librarian for Artists' Books, Word and & Image Department, National Art Library, V&A Museum, UK
David Senior, Bibliographer, MoMA Library, USA.
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Hey Everyone! This is Isaiah, and today (this evening) I will be sharing a brief look at five African-American men who left their marks on history. Please take the little bit of information I share and look into the lives of these men even deeper. You will be blessed by what you learn!
Rev. Henry Highland Garnet
Henry Highland Garnet was a leading member of a generation of black people who led the abolition
movement. Born in 1815 and Died In 1882, Was a former slave but now the pastor
of the fifteenth street Presbyterian church in Washington D.C. On February 12, 1865,
Henry Garnett became the first Black man to give a sermon at the capital building.
Its was delivered on Sunday February 12, 1865 just days within the congress’s
adoption of the 13th Amendment banning slavery.
Rev. Richard Allen
Re. Richard Allen was the founder of Americas first black Denomination.
Born a slave on February 14 in 1760 and died March 26, 1831. He was an educator, and the founder of The African Methodist Episcopal Church (A.M.E) In 1816. The first independent black denomination in the U.S.
John Roy Lynch
John Roy Lynch was Born September 10th 1847 and died November 2nd 1939.
He was an American politician, Attorney, writer, military general, husband and father.
He was elected as the first African-American speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives in 1873. He was among the first generation of African-Americans
Elected to the U.S House of Representatives during the reconstruction period in the U.S after the civil war.
Joseph Hayne Rainey
Born into slavery on June 21st 1832 and died August 1st 1887. His father purchased his freedom in the 1840s, and also purchased the freedom of the rest of his family … He was the first black man to serve in the United States House of Representatives, the second black person to serve in the U.S congress ( U.S senator Hiram Revels was the first), The first African-American to be directly elected to congress, And the black presiding officer of the United States Congress.
Frederick Douglass was born a slave in 1818 and died February 20th 1893.
Between speaking fees, investments and income from presidential appointments, Frederick Douglass was able to mass $300,000 dollars in savings, An equivalence of $25 million dollars today.
He was a writer, and incredible public speaker, and a statesman. After he escaped slavery he became a leader of the abolitionist movement. He proved all slave owners wrong in saying “ slaves did not have the intellectual capacity to act and functions as American Citizens independently”. He was also the first African-American to be appointed to office in four different presidential Administrations.
I hope these profiles have encouraged you to research these great men who impacted the history of black people in America. Talk to you soon!


The history of Gosnells Bowling Club has been preserved by 3 authors.
The initial booklet “A History of Gosnells Bowling Club” was written by former Life Member JD (Jack) Chapman, outlining the origin and development of the club, the second “Fifty Years of Bowling” was written by former Life Member J (Jim) Carson for the Club’s Golden Anniversary.
The latest booklet, “Swamp to Synthetic”, written by current Life Member Brian Fox APM, outlines the history to 2013.
The following is a snapshot of our Club taken from these excellent publications.
Gosnells Bowling Club Inc was the first lawn bowls club established in the South-East corridor - Victoria Park in Shepparton Rd was its nearest neighbour.
The Club, incorporating the ladies croquet club, was established in 1938 on a swampy, unkempt piece of land controlled by the West Australian Government Railways.
This followed a meeting in the Gosnells Public Hall on 5 August 1937, sponsored by the Gosnells Road Board (now the City of Gosnells) to consider how to improve the railway reserve of around two acres on the corner of Dorothy Street and Albany Highway.
The Club came into existence at a public meeting on 7 April 1938, and following three years of hard work from those dedicated to the establishment of the club, it was officially opened on 14 March 1940.
The original eyesore had become the foundation for Gosnells Bowling Club as we know it today.
Initial membership costs were five shillings nomination and two pounds two shillings the annual fee.
When the Road Board began work on the greens, the ladies formed the croquet club, which played where “C” green now lies.
Main greens “A” and “B” were used only in summer and were supported by a two-rink green situated on the internal car park used in winter and for practice.
The original Clubhouse was a bough shed 12ft long by 10ft wide. It was used for shelter and serving afternoon teas, prepared by the croquet ladies, and drinks.
A small clubhouse was erected by Mr A Skinner in 1951 where “C” green is located.
In 1957, the current Clubhouse was erected, with subsequent improvements made over ensuing years. The ladies Croquet Club moved to new premises in 1977.
The Club entered the Bowling Association in the 1939 season with a 7th division team, winning 11 and losing 6 - not a bad introduction.
Since its inception, Gosnells Bowling Club has had a close relationship with the local council – a relationship that continues today.
The strength of the Club has been recognised over time with many major awards. In 1988 the British Airways Trophy for the RWABA Most Outstanding Club of the Year, was awarded to the Club in recognition of its outstanding achievements.
In 1988 the modernisation of the Club began in earnest. The Constitution was re-written and full membership became available for women.
Gosnells was the first metropolitan club to unify its membership and the Constitution became the yardstick for bowling clubs throughout the State. Junior Membership was introduced, coloured uniforms were accepted, coaching introduced and the club premises declared a smoke free zone.
Corporate Bowls became a fixture and students from across the region were given lessons in the sport of bowls.
The major, and most costly, undertaking was the upgrade of grass greens to synthetic.
Today the Club is moving from strength to strength.
A 20-year Strategic Plan was introduced in 2016, which includes the building of a new clubhouse.
Membership is on the increase, finances are strong and the future is bright.