History of Juneau County
Juneau County’s first inhabitants were the Mound Builders who were here some 3,000 years ago. They vanished long before the 1800’s but left their marks with the mounds they built, some of which can still be found in the Juneau County area.
The Woodland Culture people were semi-nomadic people who are dated back to 500 – 1200 AD. They traveled in the season, following the wild harvest of fish, game and fruit. They built temporary shelters of saplings, bark and reeds near to the food supply and used them as long as needed. These early peoples lived with and were dependent on nature much more directly than those who followed them. By the mid-1600s they had evolved into separate tribes. By the 1700s the Winnebago became the most numerous and important tribe in Juneau County (in 1993 they became known as the Ho-Chunk Nation).
Their first encounter they had with the early European settlers was in 1810 with the fur traders out of Green Bay. Their life began to change with the colonization of the Europeans, which included wars, broken treaties and gradual resettlement. They had a deep love of the land in Juneau County and the Winnebago slowly filtered back to their homeland. Finally, in 1880 the Federal Government recognized their right to own homesteads and live in Wisconsin.
Juneau County’s earliest pioneers were fur traders, loggers and the others who could harvest the natural resources they found here. In 1828 a fur trader named Francis Charbonneau (also known as Frank Provonsal) was considered the first settler in the area, by setting up a trading post on the Wisconsin River, just north of Petenwell Rock. Juneau County was established in 1857 and named after Milwaukee legislator Solomon Juneau.
The rivers of Juneau County were the highways that allowed for exploration and settlements along the river’s banks that included Mauston, New Lisbon, Necedah, Elroy and Wonewoc. As trading posts, logging and sawmills began to increase, more people were drawn to the area. Timber was cut and sent down the river to the Mississippi River. Agriculture began to grow with crops of wheat, tobacco, corn, sphagnum moss, hops and cranberries as the settlers began farming the land.
In the mid 1800’s Juneau County’s geographical location midway between Chicago and Minneapolis made it an important part of railroad history and contributed to the growth of the area. The first settlers of Juneau County used the natural wealth of fur and timber found on its land and waters. Those who followed used the natural wealth they found, magnified by the sweat of their labor, and turned a wilderness into a settled land.
LIVING ON THE LAND:
Farming was the means of living on the land, but there were many struggles for the newly arrived landowners. Juneau County has some rich farmland, but much of the area was wet, had poor soil, was covered with trees or was too steep. Farms needed to be self-sufficient with big gardens, raising livestock, poultry, crops, as well as orchard crops. Wheat was one of the first crops. It was very versatile for the needs of families and their farm animals; it could also be sold. Another popular crop was hops with a boom period of 1865-69. Hops continued to be produced until 1904 when a “hop louse” arrived. At one time Sauk and Juneau County had been the number one and number two hop producers in the nation. Marsh hay was important with big bluestem marsh grass harvested for its seed. Alfalfa came into use in the 1950’s. Oxen and then horses were the means of getting this work done and needed to assist with the manual labor. Potatoes were one of the crops that did well in the sand soil in the northern portion of the county as well as in Adams County. Cranberries have a great history in the northern portion of the county, with harvestable crops in the great swamp that existed there. There was a failed attempt to drain this swamp area and create farmland. This attempt caused many families to lose their property for failure to pay their taxes. The Necedah National Wildlife Refuge and the Central Wisconsin Conservation areas were created out the old Drainage District Lands.


Reshaping Community: Translingual Strand
Welcome to the Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community translingual strand.
Here you will be able to find all of the information about the School of Advanced Study-led strand of the Open World Research Initiative (OWRI) Cross-Language Dynamics: Reshaping Community consortium, led by the University of Manchester, exploring the central role that languages play in relation to key contemporary issues, such as social cohesion, migration, health, business and diplomacy.
Event Report: Music and Surrealism in France, 1924-1952: interdisciplinary and international contexts
On 8 June 2018, the IMLR and OWRI CLDRS Translingual Strand welcomed participants from both sides of the Atlantic and both sides of the Channel for an interdisciplinary study day focusing on surrealism and music. The topic has historically been regarded as...read more
Symposium at the Institute of Modern Languages Research (IMLR), University of London, 1 March 2018 Enthusiastic participants braved the wintry weather on 1 March to discuss some of the intriguing issues arising from the concept of translingualism at a symposium...read more


The Zelienople Public Library lists its winter adult and teen activities.
- Open Chess Play will be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday. All levels of player are welcome.
- Spanish Conversation Hour will meet at 6 p.m. Monday. The hour is open to all and will provide attendees a chance to converse with others in Spanish whether they are fluent speakers, new to the language or just hoping to refresh their skills.
- The Genealogy Club will meet from 10 a.m. to noon on Monday.
The club is led by Susan Ennis, genealogist and retired librarian, and includes a brief instructional time followed by a time when attendees can work on their own projects with Sue and her volunteers available to help.
Participants may bring a laptop or tablet or use library equipment to access the library’s ancestry.com database and other resources.
- Device Day will be Jan. 29. Patrons are invited to bring in new gadgets that they may need help understanding and staff and teen volunteers will be available to answer questions.
One-on-one sessions will also be available to address topics such as introduction to MS Excel, Word, Internet, Facebook, researching from home using the library research databases or downloading e-books from the library’s website.
Call 724-452-9330 to make an appointment. All these activities are free and open to anyone to attend.
- Teen Movie Night will be at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 29 and Teen Career Day will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Feb. 10.
- Student Art Showcase continues in the library’s teen room. The latest installment features two-dimensional artwork from Seneca Valley seventh- and eighth-graders.
Featured artists are Payton Aloi, Gretchen Keller, Adrien Koromaus, Rachel Kremmel, Alastair Smolic and Thomas Zimmerman. The exhibit is open for viewing during normal library hours.


Don’t see your community on the list? Invite me to speak at your event!
February 22nd: Ball State University, English Department/Scriptwriting (Virtual Guest Speaker)
March 16th: Virtual Meet-and-Greet with J.R. Jamison for NetGalley Reviewers (hosted by The Facing Project Press)
March 23rd: Ivy Tech Community College Leadership Series (Virtual Guest Speaker)
June 11th: Virtual Symposium on Service-Learning (hosted by the University of Nicosia)
Summer/Fall 2021 HILLBILLY QUEER Book Tour
April 24th: The Facing Project Radio Show on NPR (LISTEN NOW)
May 5th: The Huckleberry Gin Podcast, in conversation with host and author Carly Gelsinger (LISTEN NOW)
May 14th: Virtual Book Launch for HILLBILLY QUEER, in conversation with New York Times bestselling author Kelsey Timmerman (hosted by Second Flight Books – Lafayette, IN) (WATCH NOW)
June 28th: Common Threads: A Conversation with J.R. Jamison & Angela Jackson-Brown (hosted by Irvington Vinyl & Books – Indianapolis, IN) (WATCH NOW)
August 4th: J.R. Jamison in Conversation with Annabel Soutar (hosted by Arts Midwest and the Québec Government Office in Chicago – Minneapolis, MN) (WATCH NOW)
August 9th: J.R. Jamison in Conversation with Samantha Allen (hosted by The Novel Neighbor – St. Louis, MO) — (WATCH NOW)
September 4th: An Afternoon with J.R. Jamison: A Discussion with Readings from HILLBILLY QUEER (hosted by Maring-Hunt Library — Muncie, IN) — (WATCH NOW)
October 8th: An Evening with J.R. Jamison and Ashley C. Ford: A Celebration of Queer Authors (hosted by Muncie PRIDE and Ball State University — 7 p.m., Cardinal Hall A, B, & C) (WATCH NOW)
March 16th: Dayton Metropolitan Library–Downtown Branch (Dayton, Ohio)
March 26th: Saint Mary’s College (Notre Dame, Indiana) — POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). New date coming soon!
April 3rd: The University of Washington–Bothell (Bothell, Washington) — POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). New date coming soon!
June 9th-12th: University of Nicosia (Nicosia, Cyprus) — POSTPONED due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19). New dates coming soon!
November 18th: WFYI & Indiana Broadcasting Presents: Difficult Conversations: Why they are important and how to have them (virtual panelist)
January 25th: Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana
March 6th-8th: Continuums of Service at the University of San Diego, San Diego, California
March 30th: The Annual Meeting of the North Central Sociological Association, Cincinnati, Ohio — with Kelsey Timmerman
April 17th: The University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio
May 8th: The Engaged Teaching Seminar, Indianapolis, Indiana
June 12th-16th: University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus
July 27th: Midwest Writer’s Workshop, Muncie, Indiana
September 7th: A Midsummer Night’s Narrative Storytelling Festival & Benefit Concert for The Facing Project — with Kelsey Timmerman, Josh Kaufman (NBC’s The Voice), and Cliff Ritchey
September 12th: Guest on Inside Indiana Business with Gerry Dick (Indiana statewide, Chicago, and Louisville markets)
September 12th: Book launch and theatrical event for Facing Suicide in Madison, Indiana
September 21st: Indiana Public Radio’s “All Beers Considered” — Meet & Greet
November 18th: Panelist, National Novel Writing Month, Muncie Public Library, Muncie, Indiana
November 21st: Panelist, LGBTQ Healthcare Seminar — Safe Places to Tell Our Story, Minnetrista, Muncie, Indiana
November 25th-28th: University of Nicosia, Nicosia, Cyprus


First published in 1978, The Snowman by Raymond Briggs was an original children's picture book without words, on the back of it's success it was transformed into a magical film in 1982. Despite being almost 30 years old this film is still loved by old and young across the world. Wonderfully reminiscent of Christmas and the snowy weather that the winter can bring, it has since been made into a theatre show which is shown across the UK. With a love for The Snowman and the whole array of characters ourselves, we now sell a wide range of cross stitch kits by DMC which help to bring one of the most loved children's characters of all time to life. These kits really are the embodiment of the Christmas spirit and would make a wonderful gift both finished or as a kit to complete. This is the perfect kit to get stuck into in the run up to Christmas, and a perfect project to get under way whilst watching The Snowman Movie itself!
We had to start off with one of our favourites from the range. This design features the iconic Snowman, pulling the young boy on a sleigh through the snow, with the jolly snowdog striding out the front. This design looks truly stunning finished and would make a lovely Christmas card or a picture to display in a frame.
Another wonderful way to remember the classic Raymond Briggs story. This nostalgic kit will be a timeless design for years to come and features the snowman, the young boy and the Snowdog flying past Big Ben.
This sums up the true meaning of Christmas - magical! Featuring the jolly snowman and the cute snowdog, this kit is a great one for beginners to have a go at - making it perfect for children too!
As well as standard cross stitch kits, we also have some bookmark kits which make a fabulous kit to complete and a perfect stocking filler for kids and adults alike!
This is a really simple yet stunning design to complete which is ideal for beginner levels and up. A perfect gift idea for fans of this timeless movie, and a fabulous finished piece than can be used in a card or for a decoration.It's rare to see a Christmas go by without The Snowman movie being shown on the TV once or twice, and it's a film that will probably be on our screens for many years to come. You can capture the pure essence of Christmas with these charming Snowman cross stitch kits that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and abilities. We personally couldn't think of a more charming project to start this Autumn! You can view our full range of The Snowman cross stitch kits here. Are you a fan of The Snowman Movie? Do let us know via the Past Impressions Facebook Page, Twitter and over at Google+!


You can edit the settings for links posted to a Class page from the Overview tab or the Resources tab. You can edit the link description, name, and URL. You can save the link to a different folder and apply the changes to other classes.
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- In the Links panel drop-down list, click the folder that contains the link.
Click next to the link you want to edit.You can filter results by clicking or change the order of items displayed in a column by clicking the column heading. On the Resources tab Links panel, you can also customize the number of items displayed on the page by clicking an option in the Links per page drop-down list. Use the arrows to navigate between pages.
- Edit the settings in the Edit Class Link dialog box as needed, click Save, and then click OK.
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About Raden Mas Said
Raden Mas Said was born in the Kartasura Palace on 17 April 1725. His father was Kangjeng Pangeran Arya Mangkoenagoro and his mother was Raden Ayu Wulan, daughter of Pangeran Balitar. His father was known to be a learned man due to his extensive knowledge in literature and Javanese tradition. It was because of this that he was considered most fit to take the throne after his father Amangkurat IV. The political situation within the palace however was less than ideal for the prince. When the younger brother was crowned as Pakubuwana II, Raden Mas Said’s father was considered a thorn in the flesh by the king’s mother, Gusti Kangjeng Ratu Ageng dan Patih Danureja. He was slandered and exiled to Ceylon, and finally to Kaapstad in the southern tip of Africa.
After his father’s exile, Raden Mas Said and his brothers Raden Mas Ambia and Raden Mas Sabar lived a miserable life. They were also without a mother. The three lived in poverty and were excluded from court life. There were no traces of their relation to the throne. On the other hand, through his life of poverty, Raden Mas Said became close to the people. Raden Sutawijaya and Raden Suradiwangsa became his closest friends.
At the age of 14, Raden Mas Said was appointed as Manteri Gandek holding the title Raden Mas Ngabehi Suryakusuma and was granted land of about 50 households. When the exodus of the Chinese from Batavia reached Kartasura in 1740, there was a battle between the masses against the VOC in Kartasura. In the chaos, Raden Mas Said sympathized with the people’s resistance. The mutiny led by Mas Garendi succeeded in occupying the palace.
Conditions in the palace were unsafe and his concern for his brother’s safety pushed Raden Mas Said to leave the palace, accompanied by his friends, Sutawijaya and Suradiwangsa. Suradiwangsa advised Raden Mas Said to go to Nglaroh, Suradiwangsa’s area in 1741. During their stay at Nglaroh, Raden Mas Said together with his brothers and followers trained in combat to prepare for battle against the Dutch. It was in Nglaroh where Raden Mas Said’s charisma began to shine and he grew up to lead the battles against the Dutch. As leader, he appointed Raden Sutawijaya as his commander in chief and gave him the title Raden Ngabehi Rangga Panambang. Suradiwangsa was appointed vice regent and his title was Kyai Kudanawarsa.
From 1741, Raden Mas Said formed a resistance to the Netherlands that lasted 16 years: during the first period (1741 – 1742), they were joined by the SunanKuning in RanduLawang; the second period lasted nine years (1743-1752), a battle fought together with PangeranMangkubumi; and finally, the third period continued for five years (1752-1757). In that period, Raden Mas Said battled against the VOC, Sultan Hamengkubuwana I and Pakubuwana III. Through the struggles, different battlefields, and tiring journeys, Raden Mas Said was always accompanied by his grandmother Raden Ajeng Sumanarsa, his two wives (Kangjeng Ratu Bendara dan Mas Ayu Matah Ati) and children. As loyal followers, they were all trained to ride a horse and climb mountains and valleys, and were united under the TIJI-TIBEH vow. Raden Mas Said’s persistence in fighting finally pushed Pakubuwana II to forge an agreement through the Salatiga Treaty which became the foundation of the Mangkunegaran governance.
Historical facts were written by:
– Sudharmono S.U, professor at the Faculty of Literature and Fine Arts University Sebelas Maret Surakarta
– Drs. Susanto, M. Hum, History Department, Faculty of History University Sebelas Maret


November 1999 Meeting
This meeting was held at the Broward Partnership for the
Homeless in Ft. Lauderdale. We went here with the intent to read to the children
but instead, they read to us. It was a fun day and very rewarding. We donated
over 30 books and made a lot of new friends. Afterwards, we headed to Las Olas
Boulevard for lunch at Mangos.
Plans to visit the center on a regular basis are in process. Don't miss the next time we visit the center to read to the kids or get read to! It will most likely be sometime in the Spring.
Inside the family dormatory. The kids read to us!
Suzanne, Rachelle, Sherry, Kim, Christine
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By R C Robotham
R C Robotham - The Author
RC grew up in small towns around the Traverse City area of northern Michigan. After going away to college and pursuing several successful careers, RC returns to his roots in this coming of age historical fiction novel. He comes to his writing humbly as a new adventure.
RC sees himself as a story teller and invites you to his story. This story is part memoir and part life-affirmation.
Set in the 1960's, it weaves us back into the 1860's with mysterious connections to the Civil War.
|C© Ron Robotham|


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Reference to a journal publication: Brown, W.O., Helland. E. and Smith J.K. (2006).Corporate philanthropic practices. Journal of Corporate Finance, 12(1), 855-877.
Reference to a book: Neiheisel, S.R. (1994). Corporate Strategy and the Politics of Goodwill: A Political Analysis of Corporate Philanthropy in America (1st edition). New York: Peter Lang Publishing Inc.
Reference to a web source: Naik A. Z. (2004). The Quran and the modern science: compatible or incompatible. Islamic Research Foundation. [Online]
Available: www.alya.org (July 7, 1999).


~A Letter from the Advisors~
In a mere 35 years, the University of California, Irvine, has grown into one of the nation's great research universities. With its leading programs in the arts, humanities, sciences, engineering, social sciences, and medicine, UCI faculty and students are making significant contributions to the canon of scholarly activity, which impacts both society in general and our daily lives.
Given the importance of this work as we look into a new century, it is essential that our students have skills and intellectual initiative that go beyond what is typically nurtured in conventional classroom learning. We believe that involvement with leading-edge research helps students to gain experience in the continuous and self-directed learning that will be core qualities of those individuals most successful in knowledge creation, diffusion, and utilization.
The rapid rise of UCI to the select group of world-class research universities is attributable, inter alia, to our top-quality faculty, facilities and environment of knowledge creation. And it all starts with our undergraduate students, who hold the promise of future scholarly achievement. Our undergraduates have long been integral participants in the research that is the hallmark of UCI's distinction. Faculty-mentored research, in which students themselves develop and complete projects, is one of the most significant modes of such participation. At UCI's annual Undergraduate Research Symposium, more than 250 undergraduates present their work in a professional conference setting. In addition, many of UCI's schools and departments have their own arenas for the presentation of students' research and creative activities.
We offer the second volume of The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal as another medium through which the best of undergraduate research can be showcased and shared with a broader audience. We hope that you will find the research in this Journal to be engaging and that this sampler of our undergraduates' research will offer new insights regarding the variety of work being undertaken by UCI students. Should you wish to explore our activities more extensively, one place to begin is at the Website for our Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (http://www.urop.uci.edu).
We heartily thank the many people who assisted with the publication of this volume of the Journal. We acknowledge the undergraduate authors and their faculty mentors, whose collaborations and relationships led directly to the completion of the research included in this Journal. We also thank the UROP Student Editorial Board who were central in the review, editorial, and design processes. We are grateful to the UROP Faculty Advisory Board, whose distinguished members provided final evaluation of the papers selected for publication. Finally, we acknowledge the hundreds of UCI students and faculty who collaborate each year in undergraduate research projects. It is from this extensive and diverse array of research activities that we offer a small sample in this Journal issue. We welcome your comments on Volume II of The UCI Undergraduate Research Journal.
Copyright 1999 University of California Irvine, all rights reserved


The Adoption Constellation
The Adoption Constellation: New Ways of Thinking About and Practicing Adoption
Author: Michael Phillip Grand, PhD
The Adoption Constellation provides an in-depth analysis of the foundational principles of our cultural and psychological understanding of adoption. The systemic concept of the constellation is used to demonstrate that interpersonal relationships beyond the nuclear adoptive family influence the primary relationships between adoptive and birth parents and their children. Questioning the adequacy of the theory of Primal Wound to explain adoptive experience, a more culturally-grounded understanding of adoption is offered. Grand surveys the literature on adoption and stigma, demonstrating that the experience of adoption cannot be divorced from a community’s assessment of the status of this family form. Integrating the cultural and psychological factors influencing the experience of adoption, the social construction of narrative identity is used to capture the lived experience of members of the adoption constellation. Core themes such as loss, rejection, grief, intimacy, and mattering are described. The book concludes with an analysis of alternatives beyond conventional adoption as a basis for permanency, and a suggested set of political strategies for opening up adoption records.
About the Author
Michael Grand obtained his PhD in Psychology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook. He is a Professor in the Graduate Training Program in Child Clinical Psychology at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario. He co-directed the National Adoption Study of Canada, and has published on such diverse topics as search and reunion, family and personal identity, adoption demographics, and paths to open facilitation. He received the David Kirk award for outstanding contributions to research in adoption and has been a board member of the Adoption Councils of Ontario and Canada. As a founding member of the coordinating committee of the Coalition for Open Adoption Records, he works for access for identifying information for all. Dr Grand has a private practice serving the adoption constellation.
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The digital domain is not merely a platform for chance; it is a linguistic playground that weaves a narrative of hope, risk, and the elusive pursuit of affluence. The first stanza in this cryptic lexicon is the Jackpot, an omnipotent term that resonates like a mythical creature in the minds of players. The Jackpot is the ultimate quest, the treasure chest at the end of the virtual rainbow. Its allure is heightened by the astronomical figures attached to it, each numeral a beacon of opulence. In the language of wealth, the Jackpot is the apex predator, the pinnacle of one’s financial aspirations. Adjacent to the Jackpot is the concept of Odds, a numerical expression that serves as the pulse of every lottery game. This enigmatic figure encapsulates the delicate dance between risk and reward, a delicate equilibrium where fortune and chance entwine. The language of wealth, in this context, is fluent in the dialect of probability, with odds dictating the likelihood of transforming a humble game into a golden game.
As players traverse the landscape, they encounter the term Multiplier, a linguistic device that amplifies the stakes and elevates the potential windfall. The Multiplier is the alchemist’s touch, turning modest winnings into a cascade of prosperity. In the language of wealth, the Multiplier is the catalyst that propels players into a heightened state of anticipation, where every spin of the digital wheel holds the promise of exponential affluence. Amidst the lexicon, the Quick Pick emerges as a phrase that marries convenience with serendipity. In the language of wealth, the Quick Pick is the spontaneous gambit, the leap of faith that relinquishes control to the algorithmic whims of fate. It is the embodiment of surrender, an acknowledgment that in the pursuit of wealth, unpredictability often weaves a more captivating narrative than meticulous planning.
The Winning Numbers form the backbone of the language, a sequence that, when aligned with the digits on one is game, transforms the mundane into the extraordinary. The resonance of these numbers echoes through the corridors of hope, serving as the bridge between the ordinary and the extraordinary. In the language of wealth, the Winning Numbers are the chords that compose the symphony of financial elevation. Yet, within this language of wealth, cautionary phrases such as Responsible Gaming and Play Responsibly act as moral compasses, reminding players that the pursuit of affluence should not devolve into recklessness. These admonishments underscore the dual nature of the lottery landscape, where dreams and responsibilities coexist and go to this site. In the denizens of online lottery games, players immerse themselves in a linguistic odyssey where the poetry of wealth is written in numbers, symbols, and elusive combinations. It is a dialect where risk and reward engage in a perpetual dance, and where the allure of the Jackpot is both a siren’s call and a testament to the enduring human desire for financial transcendence.


United in Faith and Community! Highlights include Masses, assemblies and other activities for students, families and parishioners to celebrate what makes our Catholic school great!
Notre Dame Catholic School Home
Main Gallery Redesign
Thank you to ALL those who supported our raffle ticket fundraiser with their prize donations and ticket purchases! Congratulations to the lucky winners!
SAVE the DATES for our annual school and parish Fall festival! Saturday & Sunday October 7-8, 2023 on the school grounds. Enjoy family fun, games, food, bingo, silent and live auctions. Everyone in the community is welcome!
Next time you're on campus stop by the library and greet Mrs. Groff. Don't forget to make an offer to volunteer at our next Book Fair. Let's give her a warm Irish Welcome!
All are welcome to attend the 8th Grade Graduation Mass at Notre Dame Church on Saturday, May 27th at 5pm. We are so proud of these young men and women! "For the Lord your God is with you wherever you go." ~ Joshua 1:9


The Propaganda Kimonos Japan Kept Hidden From Outsiders
Atlas Obscura | Nov. 16, 2016
...Japanese propaganda kimonos, a form of Japanese popular art that flourished from 1900 to 1945 and has only been rediscovered in the past decade. Known as omoshirogara---literally, “interesting” or “amusing” designs—they include kimonos and other traditional Japanese apparel...After much hesitation, Japan is also beginning to show an interest in these kimono designs...crown prince Naruhito, Hirohito’s grandson, stated that he felt it important to "correctly pass on the tragic experiences and history that Japan pursued" during the war years, before the participants die or their memories fade.
Gen. Matsui Iwane triumphantly entering Nanking.


I'm appending here a request from a SWAN user to install ImageMagick (version 6).
Together with a colleague of mine I've created a python library to help physicists publish their analysis data in the HEPData database (https://hepdata.net)
This works already quite well with SWAN, but one package is currently missing: ImageMagick (version 6). Would it be possible to make that part of the next stack? We need that to convert images before submission. This package will be widely used in CMS (and later hopefully also ATLAS, so making it work entirely would be very useful).
Here's the direct link to start working with the library in SWAN: https://cern.ch/swanserver/cgi-bin/go?projurl=https://github.com/clelange/hepdata_lib.git
And this is the project home: https://github.com/clelange/hepdata_lib


Join Rob at the Beverly Farms Library Gallery as he reads from Does Dixie Like Me?, a children’s book written in collaboration with his artist friend Helen Kamins, about gaining the trust of her rescued dog Dixie, and You Can Leave Anytime, about his stint in rehab, for which Kamins designed the cover. Kamins’ artwork will be on display in the gallery.
Rob at The Moth StorySlam, May 2016, Cambridge, MA
The Moth Radio Hour The Peabody Award-winning The Moth Radio Hour features The Moth’s most beloved tellers, chosen from across The Moth’s programs, and explores the stories behind the stories. Each hour mixes humorous and heartbreaking tales told with honesty, bravery, and wit. The Moth Radio Hour is now licensed to more than 400 stations across the country. The show is produced by The Moth and Jay Allison at Atlantic Public Media and presented by PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.
StorySLAMs Open-mic storytelling competitions. Open to anyone with a five-minute story to share on the night’s theme. Come tell a story, or just enjoy the show!
In May 2016, Rob threw his name in the hat at a Moth StorySlam competition in Cambridge and was chosen to to present his five minute true story from memory – no crib sheets allowed. The theme of the night was The Dark Side.


How to Write a Term Paper
March 1, 2013
Term paper is the obligatory assignment for students who study at college and university. With the help of this paper teachers see the general progress of a student during the term or semester and value his knowledge and professional writing skills. Term paper writing is a complicated assignment, because students have to devote much time to the research of the offered topic and to complete profound analysis of it. It is obvious that every academic paper has its own manner and standards of writing, so students are required to know about all these writing peculiarities. Unfortunately, students are seldom taught how to do a term paper at their educational institution, that is why most of them try to find trustworthy writing help of the professionals. Below you will find high-quality original term paper writing guidelines, which will be useful for every student who has troubles with his written assignment and do not know how to make a term paper successfully.
Term Paper Writing Tips:
Step 1: Choose a Good Topic
The most essential part of writing a term paper is the properly chosen topic. Try to select the best topic, which is interesting for you and at least familiar to you. When you possess certain knowledge on the topic, you will need less time to collect data and understand the purpose of writing and what you are going to investigate. If you are given a chance to brainstorm your own term paper topics, take advantage of this privilege and be as creative as possible to impress the professor and receive higher mark.
Step 2: Conduct Profound Research
Having chosen the topic, it is time to start investigating it. If you already know something about the topic, you should improve your knowledge in the familiar questions to make the paper even more interesting and valuable. In order to improve one’s knowledge one should read a lot on the problem under research. First of all you should read attentively the primary sources (original books, articles, documents, interviews and experiments) and secondary sources (critics, thoughts of other writers, reputed scholars, their interpretations of the primary sources). You can find data at the library or in the Internet; the latter gives wider opportunities to find articles and literary sources, unavailable at the library.
Step 3: Create a Good Outline
When you write a term paper, brainstorm an interesting thesis statement, which explains the important of the topic and the purpose of writing. It can be a famous quotation which is closely connected with the topic. After that create a good outline of the paper to make the writing process well-organized. Remember to compose a detailed term paper outline not to miss any essential points connected with the topic and make the order of your work logical.
Step 4: Create a Good Intriduction
If you want to write a good term paper, you have to catch the reader’s attention at once preparing an interesting and informative introduction to the paper. Present the purpose of the research, what you are going to analyze, what your predictions are. Do not forget to write about the methods you are going to use for investigation.
Step 5: Develop the Term Paper According to the Outline
Write the general part of the term paper introducing various sections dedicated to the research of the problem. You have to convince the topic is important and persuade the reader in your point of view. Writing the paper, make sure you are organizing it according to the required term paper format and standards of your educational institution.
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The main purpose of the Investment guide is to animate potential investors to invest in Slavonski Brod. This document aims at emphasizing advantages and chances of investing in Slavonski Brod and accordingly of doing business in the spoken area.
The Investment guide is designed to address domestic and international investors and entrepreneurs willing to start new business or to expand existing businesses.
The Investment guide’s contents are adjusted to satisfy investor’s need for information and assistance in the initial phase of the investing process. The Investment guide provides basic information about Slavonski Brod, its economic and social profile, it offers an overview of investment potentials and a series of useful data in order to direct and support investors throughout the investment cycle.


Combining the latest scientific discoveries with astonishing color imagery, The Deep takes readers on a voyage into the darkest realms of the ocean. Revealing nature’s oddest and most mesmerizing creatures in crystalline detail, The Deep features more than two hundred color photographs of terrifying sea monsters, living fossils, and ethereal bioluminescent creatures, some photographed here for the very first time. Accompanying these breathtaking photographs are contributions from some of the world’s most respected researchers that examine the biology of deep-sea organisms, the ecology of deep-sea habitats, and the history of deep-sea exploration.
For more information on this stunning book (and how to buy a copy), please click on The Deep by Claire Nouvian
On dry land, most organisms are confined to the surface, or at most to altitudes of a hundred meters—the height of the tallest trees. In the oceans, though, living space has both vertical and horizontal dimensions: with an average depth of 3800 meters, the oceans offer 99% of the space on Earth where life can develop. And the deep sea, which has been immersed in total darkness since the dawn of time, occupies 85% of ocean space, forming the planet’s largest habitat. Yet these depths abound with mystery.
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The 18th Hussars - British March
The 18th Hussars in South Africa: The Records of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, (Classic Reprint) by Burnett Charles from kutuzov-bp.ru This book is an extreme rarity - an account of cavalry service in the Boer War by one of their officers. The 18th Hussars were deployed to South Africa in One Victoria Cross won by Private H HG Crandon at Springbok Laagte 4th July , during the Boer War. G. CRANDON (Private) 18th (Princess of Wales) Hussars. This cavalry regiment was raised in by Charles Moore, Renamed once more in as the 18th Hussars, it participated in the Boer Wars. Battle Honours inherited from 12th Hussars. - Albuhera, Vittoria, Orthes, Toulouse, during the Peninsula War Battle of waterloo - This guide will help you to search for British Army records of soldiers who served between See section 10 for advice on finding other Boer War records. ANL) riLDLN t o: NLA':: n K L The 18th Hussars in South Africa. THE RECORDS OF A CAVALRY REGIMENT DURING THE BOER WAR 1 1 MAJOR CHARLES BURNETT.
An interesting sword marked to a unit who had a tough time during the Boer War, and then went on to serve in WW1, untouched and as found. Strictly over 18's. They were then involved in the Battle of Paardeberg from 18th to 27th February , the successful action to cut off and capture 5, Boers on the Modder.
Letter from Clive Cawston of the 18th Hussars at Ladysmith, Natal undated yet written in May There is reference to 'Queen [Victoria]'s birthday parade. Stock Photo - Soldiers of the 18th Hussars on the train to Pretoria, South Africa, Boer War, A print from Black and White Budget Vol III, WJP Monckton. Additional books from the extended shelves: [X-Info] Burnett, Charles: The 18th Hussars in South Africa: the records of a cavalry regiment during the Boer War.
The 18th Hussars in South Africa: the records of a Cavalry Regiment during the Boer War, / by Major Charles Burnett. /. Search the collection. When Napoleon's army invaded Spain and threatened Portugal in , the 18th Hussars (with an establishment of officers and men) was amongst the regiments. 18th (Queen Mary's Own) Hussars South Africa ; Town: York ; County: North Yorkshire ; Country: England ; Commemoration: Boer War; Second () ; Lost: Not lost.
The regiment was deployed to South Africa in for service in the Second Boer War. At the outbreak of hostilities on 11 October it was one of only two. It undertook garrison duties in Ireland, England and India, but fought in the Chitral Expedition. It then served in South Africa for most of the Boer War . Very rare account of cavalry service in the Boer War. Covers the Battle of Talana Hill, the Siege of Ladysmith, and subsequent convoy and patrol operations.
The 18th Hussars in South Africa: The Records of a Cavalry Regiment During the Boer War, - War College Series. Professor Charles Burnett (author). Hickman 18/Hrs” Some contact marking through wear. Private Hickman served throughout the Boer War, also earning the additional King's South Africa Medal, with. Soldiers of the 18th Hussars on the Train to Pretoria, South Africa, Boer War, Giclee Print. Find art you love and shop high-quality art prints. The first battle of the Great Boer War, also known as the Battle of Dundee, 18th Hussar trooper in Battle of Talana Hill on 20th October in.


by Josip Vučković (Croatian and European Medieval Literature)
The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language not only makes a perfect Christmas gift for all language aficionados, but also works as a tool for converting your beloved ones into language addicts. If they consider the study of language to be about as interesting as peeling onions, this book will convince them that language and linguistics are far more layered than they ever thought, with many pearls to be found beneath their layers. The book is accessibly written and cutting through the layers is guaranteed to be a no-cry experience.
Karen Blixen: Babette’s Feast. Caution: Before buying this book as a Christmas present, ask yourself whether you enjoy philosophical conversations about religion and ways in which human beings may relate towards their senses and the beauty in the world. Because this unpretentious and seemingly simple story is likely to awaken a dormant philosopher in the gift receiver, and topics such as those mentioned above may become unavoidable.
Richard Feynman: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman! Adventures of a Curious Character. Your friend does not have to be a physicist to enjoy this set of personal anecdotes told by Richard Feynman. Feynman’s frankness, sense for humor and laid back attitude are likely to make your friend smile, even in cases when she or he may not share some of Feynman’s sentiments (such as his attitude towards the humanities).
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Only what has not been given a form or a name endures, that which has never left the infinite and eternal landscape of non-existence.br /In the form of a journal, Andrić’s Signs by the Roadside is a series of short texts that can be written in the course of a single day, reflecting the writer’s mood at the time, opinion on a particular topic or person, an impression from a trip or a thought that preoccupied him. Kept for many years and written in no particular order, these notes were compiled by the writer in a book which became the mirror of his soul, and not merely a journal.br /These texts are not organised chronologically, like a traditional journal, but rather according to the spontaneous activity of the soul, which reacts intensely and emotively to daily stimuli, transforming them into meditations and visions, into pictures of landscapes and people. Spontaneous and carefree, Signs by the Roadside is a superior example of a spiritual journal. Its text grows and develops like organic tissue: one fragment leans upon the next, in a never-ending sequence.br /This fragmentation and the spontaneous blending of shorter texts into bigger entireties, creating an opus, is one of the main characteristics of Andrić’s literary technique. As he himself remarks at one point: “I have never, actually, written books, but rather seamless and scattered texts which, in time, were, more or less, inserted logically into books or compilations of short stories.” This method is particularly noticeable in Signs by the Roadside. Brief notes spontaneously interconnect and form larger chunks, thus encompassing a broad spectrum of life and its manifold reality, much like the way these thoughts flow into the mind of the poetic soul.


HISTORY - "Anyone can make history - But it takes a great person to write it" (Oscar F. Wilde 1900)
Magnolia Native's Book Helps Town's History Come Alive
Duplin Times, 31 Dec 2009
Clara Baker McGrath grew up in Magnolia, worked for the FBI in Washington, and is now retired in Myrtle Beach
Although published in 2008 and available at Barnes and Noble and on Amazon.com and other internet book sites, a book about and by a girl growing up in Magnolia seems to be not very well known by people who now live in the book's setting.
Those Magnolia natives who do know about it and have read Magnolia Girl's Adventures probably had the same reaction as that expressed by an other native of Magnolia, Alice Gaylor Rose. who said, "I would never have imagined some of those things taking place -- such as Jesse Baker in Washington and at the beach with sunburned feet". The late Jesse Hill Baker was the father of the book's author, Clara Baker McGrath, now retired and living in North Myrtle Beach with her retired husband, Bill McGrath. Her mother was the late Allie Lee Ezzell Baker. In addition to Clara, other children in the family were Margel, Irene and Kenneth. The late Jesse Hill Baker was the father of the book's author, Clara Baker McGrath, now retired and living in North Myrtle Beach.
Although the book is about Mc Grath's childhood in Magnolia and about her later adult life, most of the time in the Washington DC area, it also tells the history of Magnolia. Tales in the book will no doubt bring back memories to many people who grew up here and it tells about buildings still standing today. In many ways, McGrath's book makes Magnolia and its history come alive.
Asked for a brief sketch of her life to precede a brief review of the book, McGrath noted that she was born in Magnolia, where the family lived on Sandy Street, on March 21, 1927 (the first day of spring, she points out). Down the street was a comer grocery and variety story owned and operated by Claude Evans. Downtown, next to then-unpaved US 117 was a store, still standing, built around 1900 by McGrath's grandfather, Joseph Hill Baker, from lumber he sawed at his mill, located on Peterson Street. As a child, McGrath attended Magnolia Baptist Church, built in 1921.
As a teenager she taught Sunday school. She remembers walking along US 117 and watching it being paved as she walked to and from Magnolia High School, built in 1913. "I attended this school until I graduated from the eleventh grade May 3, 1944" McGrath recalls, noting that hers was the last graduating class before 12 grades were required for graduation, beginning in 1945. McGrath says that, although her father didn't drive because of poor eyesight, he owned at various times a Model T Ford and a Model A Ford.
"Our main transportation was a wagon pulled by mules," McGrath said. "They moved so slowly that we walked or ran behind the wagon. We did a lot of walking since we lived within walking distance of all activities in town. We had a healthy lifestyle and didn't realize it."
In her book, McGrath details much of that lifestyle, one common to most others who grew up in the 1930s era in towns like Magnolia. "Our house was small and unpainted," writes McGrath. "We did not have electricity, or running water; only a well and an old-fashioned pitcher pump. No radio or telephone. Later, my first radio was one I won from selling 'punches' on a punch card. My mother disapproved of this activity, but I sold enough to win a radio.
There were not many radio stations to choose from. Later, I took the radio with me to Washington, D.C. I had better reception there." The bathroom, of course, was the outhouse, which McGrath says was a good walk from the house, "with a Sears Roebuck Catalog for convenience". A chamber pot was used at night. "None of these things seemed strange at the time," McGrath writes, "but as time has passed and progress has been made, we look back and we look back and marvel how we coped with such living conditions. In the mid-40s I was surprised that homes in southeast Washington, DC. still had outhouses."
"The procedure to take a bath was to use the pitcher pump to fill a small basin, which was heated on a wood stove, making for a good sponge bath. To wash clothes, pails were filled with water then poured into large black iron pots. A fire under the pots heated the water into which clothes were put and scrubbed with a washboard. Two or three iron pots were used for clothes rinsing. Clothes were pressed using an iron preheated on the wood stove. Usually, one iron was heated while another was being used."
The family was fortunate, wrote McGrath, in that the family had an extra acre of land behind the house where her father grew corn, green beans, butterbeans, potatoes and strawberries. Some of the vegetables were cooked and served immediately, while others were canned to preserve them. Potatoes were stored under the house, in what the family called the "cold cellar," and children thought it great fun to be asked to crawl under the house to get some potatoes s they were needed.
Her dad, said McGrath, paid his taxes from the sale of pecans, produced by trees in the back yard. Several of the pecan trees, she writes, are still living Her dad worked at the Magnolia crate factory and gristmill, owned by her grandfather. Her mother stayed at home when the children were young, but later helped make crates used for packing strawberries and blueberries, harvesting tobacco and at an egg house candling eggs.
As a sign of the times, in her book McGrath relates some of the happenings in 1927, the year of her birth. It was the year Babe Ruth hit a record-setting 60 home runs; life expectancy was 54.1; gasoline was 12 cents per gallon; a postage stamp was two cents; Vitamin-D milk was six cents per gall and the average income was $2,400 per year. In those years, writes McGrath. Townspeople were not allowed own chickens or pigs, but since Bakers lived just outside the town limits at that time, they had both, thus eggs and, on occasion, fried chicken and, of course pork.
When pigs were fattened and slaughtered, it was a time for neighbors to help make sausage and liver pudding, cook the brains, and pickle the ears and head of the pig. "During those days, the chitterlings were scraped and washed, and filled with ground pork for sausage links and liver pudding," explained McGrath. "Chitterlings were the small intestines of pigs. Later, artificial casings were used. Some people ate fried chitterlings, brains and pickled pigs; all of which were a delicacy to many people. "I never ate any of these delicacies."
A childhood incident McGrath says she remembers vividly is waking up in the middle of the night to find "the whole town of Magnolia was blazing." A whole block in the business section of town was on fire, she remembers.
Included in Magnolia Girl's Adventures are mentions of people like Miss Macy Cox; of goodies like Jonnie Cakes, Push Outs, Pepsi Cola, honey cakes and penny suckers; about falling out of a pickup truck; her 1944 high school graduation valedictorian address: employment: raising two daughters; life in and around Washington; the neighbor with a gun; a new hair style; nearly drowning; graduating from Coastal Carolina College (now University) at age 71; and what she calls the happiest time of her life.
Just over a month after graduating from high school on June 15, 1944. Clara Mae Baker, accompanied by her aunt, Nellie Mae Baker Burns, who lived in New Jersey, boarded an Atlantic Coast Line train in Magnolia bound for Washington, D.C., where she obtained a job with the FBI, at its Southeast FBI Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. She worked there for live or six years, after taking evening classes at Montgomery College in Rockville, Maryland, where she met her future husband, Bill McGrath, from Springfield, Mass.
They married Aug. 26, 1950. After her two children, Sandra and Sheila (there are now four grandchildren) graduated from high school, "I returned to the work world," McGrath said. In addition to the FBI, that work world included the National Science Foundation, General Accounting Office and the Food and Drug Administration. She retired in 1989. As to their choosing a retirement home, McGrath says the family always vacationed in Myrtle Beach area, and had bought property in North Myrtle Beach so when Bill retired in 1990 they built a house there.
As to how "Magnolia Girl's Adventures" came to be, McGrath simply said. "I have always kept a diary. One day I decided to put the activities from my diary into book form. In retirement, McGrath says her interests include membership in a book club and a poetry club and she has plans to put her poems together and publish them. She is volunteer tutor for reading with kindergarten children in North Myrtle Beach Primary School. She enjoys bridge, reading, writing and swimming.
She is chair of sickness and distress for a fraternal organization and writes a monthly newsletter. In one passage of "Magnolia Girl's Adventures" McGrath reflects in general about her childhood writing, "We were poor but we had what we needed food from the garden and hams in the smokehouse and chickens in the yard. During, the Depression, we were given fruit by the community services during the winter. We did not go anywhere except to church, the grocery store, drugstore, and to visit relatives; all were in walking distance, about a mile".
Her childhood was a happy one, writes McGrath. And, she writes, "Laughter is one the greatest blessings we may have. Laughter eases stress It is good medicine for our emotional well being as well as our physical health. . . ". She says her mother was always laughing and joking, while her father was more solemn, but always wore a smile. She quotes from the Bible: "In Ecclesiastes: 1-8 "There is a time to weep and a time to laugh".
McGrath writes "Yesterday is gone so we should live today to the fullest. The past experience should be an example of how to improve the future".
(The author, Duplin Times Correspondent, LE Brown Jr., may be reached at firstname.lastname@example.org or by leaving a message at the Duplin times 910-296-0239)
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“This is a beautifully written story of strength and resilience, leading to ultimate victory over seemingly impossible challenges,” said Joe Strebel of Anderson’s Bookshop in Naperville, Illinois. “Hariet/Ari/Arielle (known by various names to different people at different times) was born into an epically dysfunctional family. She must deal with an uncaring mother, a sexual predator father, and an abusive stepfather while being denied escape to a loving, supportive aunt. Despite these and other challenges, the girl not only survives but, with help from caring teachers, grows into a strong young woman who finds love and is able to nurture others as well as herself. This book, which is like no other in terms of character, voice, and plot, rewards the reader with a memorable heroine who triumphs over daunting odds.”
Strebel, who served on the Indies Introduce Adult debut committee, recently spoke with Tucker about her book.
Joe Strebel: Ari Appleton is also known as Hariet and as Arielle. How are the various names reflective of how she views herself or of how others regard her?
Heather Tucker: A name is a weighty thing. The history of why or how our name was bestowed follows us our entire life. Hariet is not a pretty name, especially when it’s misspelled. It could be a proud name, if it belonged to a beloved relative, but this ‘Hariet’ was given out of spite. It signals that she is excluded from the poetically named ‘J’ Appletons. Finding ‘Ari,’ a lioneagle, inside was akin to finding buried treasure.
Ari grows fearlessly into her name, comes to believe that she is Ari Joy Zajac, not the one-r Hariet her mother produced. Though her mother is deaf to it, her champions hear Ari roar.
JS: Ari faces great challenges because of her incredibly dysfunctional family. What accounts for her resilience?
HT: For Ari, three distinct elements weave together to build resiliency: her internal voice, a community of caring people, and the creative outlets she finds. Ari has a spectacular imagination, where wonder, more than fear, fuels fantasy. Her bright little mind spins possibilities, conjures up safe places, consults a steadfast confidant, and goes on treasure hunts.
A host of everyday heroes counterbalance the craziness in her world: a teacher telling her she’s of more worth than trouble; an aunt showing her she’s clay, not dirt; a train conductor tucking a sandwich in her carryall and promising there’s good ahead. And all the energy, from both the horrors and hallelujahs, is transferred into creating something dynamic, meaningful, and beautiful.
JS: Why did you choose Jasper, a seahorse, as Ari’s imaginary friend?
HT: Jasper was more of a discovery than a choice. He was tucked inside Hariet’s pocket when I met her. As the story unfolded, the seahorse made perfect sense because of the astonishing balance of its off-kilter shape. Parallels could be drawn. Ari’s internal spaces, like a seahorse’s, give balance and buoyancy. In rough water their tails grasp a bit of seaweed and hang on. But, really, it’s more that they are unique, whimsical, and colorful… what better companion for Ari?
JS: Your career includes nursing, counseling, and teaching. How do these experiences feed into The Clay Girl narrative?
HT: A debut novel in my 60s may seem a little late to the party, but I had 50 years of research to conduct before I was ready to start writing fiction. My eclectic experiences are laced throughout The Clay Girl. I know firsthand that people can drown in grief, pain, addictions, and loss… and too often children are swept away by the force of it. That being said, what fed the narrative most were the countless heroes I’ve met in my career, both in the families facing overwhelming challenges and in the communities that help.
The Clay Girl is woven with observations gathered over my life and career: Life is both hard and glorious. Creativity and meaningful work make us buoyant. There is a Jasper in everyone. What we imagine we are likely to become. A little humor keeps us afloat. And, most importantly, the extraordinary power of one — a teacher, a friend, a relative — to reach out and pull a child to safety.
JS: Does the book’s title suggest Ari is molded by various forces — by good and evil?
HT: It does exactly that. A lump of clay is not going to become a graceful pot without being unearthed from its environment, cut, pounded, spun, watered, sculpted, glazed, fired...
Some aspects of the process are fun and gentle, others brutal and harsh. Like life. And like life, it’s often surviving, overcoming, and growing through seemingly impossible difficulties that bring out the most extraordinary strengths in us.
JS: The book’s final pages include references to both positive and negative future possibilities for Ari. Are you thinking about a sequel?
HT: The Clay Girl began as a short story, “On the Way to Sydney I Met a Walrus.” A judge in a contest made the remark, “I want to know where this little girl came from and where she is going.” For a long time I sat on an imagined train and watched her. I knew Hariet Appleton was going to take me on a hell of a journey, but her optimism was so alluring I had to follow.
When I read a novel, I love stories that end leaving me wondering, creating ongoing worlds in my head. It keeps the adventure alive for me. As a writer, though, I’m curious — downright nosy — with my characters. So, yes, I stayed on the train with Ari, got off in Toronto, discovered that more mischief and mayhem were afoot and wrote [the sequel] Cracked Pots.
The Clay Girl by Heather Tucker (ECW Press, paperback, 9781770413030) Publication Date: October 11, 2016.
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2020 has been a crazy year, but now that the Library has reopened, we’re getting busy again! Thanks to everyone who came to our socially distanced book sale on Saturday, 9/26. We were happy to see all of you. If you have comments about this book sale versus our more traditional indoor sales, email us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
We have launched our annual brick campaign–please consider supporting the library in this unique way. We also continue to seek new board members. More information on bricks and joining the board below.
Annual Brick Campaign, September 26 – October 31
The Broomfield Library Friends Foundation is holding its annual brick campaign September 26 – October 31. Buy a brick and step into Broomfield history! Your brick will be installed on the walk in front of the library, and the funds raised will be used to provide expanded programming at the library. A brick can be imprinted with your name, family name, business name, the name of someone special in your life, or a special saying about your love of books and reading. Bricks make excellent gifts and memorials. The first brick for a family or individual is $100, additional bricks are $80. See the order form below, or access a printable copy here.
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We are currently looking for new members to join our Board of Directors.
The Broomfield Library Friends Foundation is an all-volunteer group who works to help raise both awareness and funds for the Broomfield Public Library. We are currently recruiting members for our board. This is an opportunity to devote some time to working with a fun group of people who love the library. We are in particular need of folks who would like to work on marketing, community engagement, and short- and long-range fund-raising/development.
If you think you are interested in joining us and would like to learn more, please send us an email at BroomfieldBook@gmail.com or give us a call at 720-887-2340.
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Our Board of Trustees consist of community members residing in our district boundaries and are elected by parents residing within our boundaries. The Board of Trustees meet monthly with meeting agendas posted for public viewing both online and at our school office. Meetings are open to the public.
Provisional Appointment of Board Trustee
Following former Ackerman Charter School’s Board trustee Mr. David Slane’s move out of the district, a vacancy was opened up on the Ackerman Charter School Board of Trustees. On May 12, 2021, the Board announced its intention to begin the process of provisionally appointing an interested candidate to fill Mr. David Slane’s vacated seat. Mrs. Christina Agee has been provisionally appointed to the Board of Trustees as of June 14, 2021. Registered voters of the district can file a petition for special election within 30 days of the provisional appointment. If the County Superintendent determines the petition has the required number of signatures and is legally sufficient, the provisional appointment may be terminated.
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Mac Game Programming Book Released
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Mark Szymczyk has published a new book entitled 'Mac Game Programming'. It takes readers through the various stages of game development, including Artificial Intelligence, multi-platform networking, and physics modelling.
Are you a Mac programmer looking for a game development book? Then look no further because Mac Game Programming is for you! This book is a comprehensive guide to programming games on the Mac OS X and Mac OS 8/9 platforms. It teaches the fundamentals of graphics and animation and then moves on to advanced topics like artificial intelligence, multi-platform networking, and physics modeling. It covers basic topics such as graphics, scrolling backgrounds, character animation, dirty rectangle animation, playing sounds, and reading user input from joysticks. The CD includes CodeWarrior Lite, game sprockets, Macsbug, ResEdit, Graphic Converter, Sound App, Spotlight demo, Sprite World, Sprite Animation Toolkit, Crystal Space, Quesa, shareware games, and commercial game demos. Mac Game Programming is unique in that it doesn't cover game programming topics in a vacuum, but rather puts everything together so that you can make a complete game.The book is available from Amazon and comes with a CD. It costs $59.99 (£43.99 in the U.K).
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Throughout my career as a monetary transformer, I have drawn heavily upon the profound and insightful writings of E. C. Riegel (b. 1878; d. 1954). As I wrote in one of my books, I’ve learned more about money from Riegel than from any other source. Riegel left a great legacy of writings and correspondence. That legacy would have been lost to us except for the fact that Spencer MacCallum happened to meet Riegel a year before his death, and recognized the greatness of his work and its importance to the future of civilization – to peace, freedom, and general prosperity.Riegel wrote about all of those things because, as he showed so clearly, they are dependent upon the liberation of the exchange process from the dominance of political and banking interests, and he showed how private initiative and voluntary action could achieve it. Much of what he proposed and tried to implement in the 1930’s and 40’s has been reinvented in more recent times in the form of the mutual credit, LETS, and clearing circles that have been proliferating around the world, along with extra-bank credit clearing offered to businesses by the commercial “barter” industry. But there is yet something incomplete about these. Today’s initiatives could benefit from the deeper understanding and structural proposals that Riegel shares with us in his works.
I once told a colleague, “Why go prospecting in the desert when we’ve already found the mother lode?” This Riegel material is the mother lode of monetary truth. We are pleased to make it available. You can find several of Riegel’s books and monographs in their entirety at our main website, ReinventingMoney.com and also at NewApproachToFreedom.info. While both of these sites rely heavily upon Riegel, ReinventingMoney broadly covers the areas of monetary theory and history, free money and banking, and private exchange alternatives, while the latter will be essentially a showcase for displaying the Riegel “jewels.” – T. H. Greco
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The Elf on the Shelf.
The Elf on the Shelf is a children's picture book, that was written by Carol Aebersold and her daughter Chanda Bell back in 2004. Chanda Bell and her mother were having tea when Chanda shared her idea. Carol thought it was a wonderful idea and she recruited her other daughter Christa to help with sales and marketing as she had some marketing experience. The three of them worked hard over the next three years promoting their self-published book.
The picture book tells a magical Christmas story with lovely illustrations is written in rhyme and includes a little poseable boy or girl scout elf. The story explains how Santa Claus knows who is naughty and who is nice. Santa sends his scout elves to hide in people's homes so they can watch what each chosen household gets up to. The scout elf waits till everyone in the house is asleep and flies back to the North Pole to notify Santa of who has been good and who has been bad. Every morning the scout elf has to fly back from the North Pole and hide somewhere different before the household awakes.
Scout elves only get their magic by being named and in the back of each book, there is an opportunity for families to do this. As a family, you must think of a name for your scout elf and write the name along with the date of adoption. When the scout elf is named he or she will receive its special Christmas magic, which allows it to fly to and from the North Pole. The book explains that you can talk to your scout elf and he will listen but the scout elf mustn't be touched as it will make the magic disappear.The Elf on the Shelf states, "There's only one rule that you have to follow, so I will come back and be here tomorrow: Please do not touch me. My magic might go, and Santa won't hear all I've seen or I know."
The story ends on Christmas Day when the scout elf has to leave to stay with Santa for the rest of the year, but he will return again next Christmas season.
It is easy to understand how The Elf on the Shelf has won so many awards as it is loved in our household and Christmas would never be the same without our Alfie elf.
Here are some photos of our Alfie elf.
Our little elf is such a flirt!
He is great at making things!
He likes to move around!
He is a bit of an adrenaline junkie!
Alfie loves to visit his friends and play with all our toys!
He is such a clever elf!
Alfie's favourite superhero is Spiderman!
He was very proud of my little boy Zac for winning a trophy!
Last year he got both of my children a lovely Christmas present that he left for them to open on the morning of Christmas eve!
He was sat on the presents holding a little note with tiny writing. The note said that because my children had been so good, Santa was going to let them cuddle Alfie and spend his last night with my little boy Zac. He said it was ok to take away his magic because Santa said he could catch a lift back to the North Pole with him when he dropped off our presents!
This was the best Christmas present for my little boy ever, I will never forget his excitement and the way he carefully held his Elf for the very first time!
The History of The Elf on the Shelf.
2008-The Best Toy Award by Learning Express.
2008-Book of the Year Award from Creative Child Awards
2008- National Best Books Award sponsored by USA Book News.
2010- finalists for the 2010 Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year.
2011- The University of West Georgia’s spotlight award.
2011-The book was aired on CBS as a 30-minute animated TV show, An Elf's Story.
2012- The Elf on the Shelf made its first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving day Parade.
2012- The Young Alumnus of the Year award from Reinhardt University.
2013- The Elf on the Shelf hit the #1 spot on the USA Today Bestsellers List.
2013- Another book was released by the family called The Elf on the Shelf, A Birthday Tradition. This book looks great too and it offers instructions for inviting a scout elf to visit for a child's birthday party and describes how the elf decorates a chair for the child.
2014- two supplemental birthday products were released: The Elf on the Shelf Birthday Countdown Game and The Elf on the Shelf Birthday Chair Decoration Kit.
To date, The Elf on the Shelf® has sold over 6 million copies in North America.
The book contains traditional type illustrations and is illustrated by Coë Steinwart.
Check out the Elf on the Shelf website it includes online games, colouring pages, elf products to buy and so much more. We love our Alfie elf and will treasure him forever!
I have written this review and blog post on my own terms and have not been paid to do so. The elf on the Shelf toy and book was purchased by myself in 2012.
If you have any Elf ideas I would love to hear about them, please send them in the comment bar below.


Four yours ago, the UP Archives approached Professor Emeritus Jaroslav Peprník with a request to enrich the living memory of Palacký University by adding his own recollections. After more than six months of work, Vzpomínky anglisty [Memoirs of an English Studies Scholar] has now been published by UP Press, making it the ninth volume of the Palacký University Memory series.
Jaroslav Peprník, Czech philologist and linguist, is one of the founders of English Studies in Olomouc. One of the striking aspects of his professional activity is his extensive, far-ranging knowledge of the literatures and cultures of English-speaking countries. For a long time, English classes at Czech universities and secondary schools could not do without his textbooks. And due to his work in the field of lexicology, Prof Peprník is one of the leading Czech experts in this linguistic discipline.
Considering the date when Memoirs of an English studies scholar was published, it could be said that the book was a birthday present of the author to the academic community. Unfortunately, a proper book launch of this fascinating work is not possible, due to the epidemic situation. However, anyone who is familiar with Prof Peprník knows that he would appreciate it if, when reading his memoirs, they join him with a toast of absinthe, which Oscar Wilde favoured.
The reader learns in the book that the author had two motives to write his memoirs. The first was based on his belief that two thirds of his life were more dramatic than the lives of the acclaimed English studies scholars Mathesius, Trnka, Vachek, and Poldauf. In addition, his aim is to entertain his readers, rather than educate them in the fields of lexicology, lexicography, English teaching methodology, and the history of contacts with the English-speaking world. He visited Britain seventy years ago and the United States fifty years ago, so readers can compare his experiences with their own, made in happier times. The second motive, according to Prof Peprník, is that he plans to read the memoirs when his memory ceases to be reliable. Moreover, he secretly hopes that his grandchildren will read it when they’re old. He believes that oral histories rarely survive three generations.
According to Aleš Prstek, director of UP Press, the book is being published now for yet another reason. “The publication was made possible thanks to the personal efforts of Prof Lubomír Machala, who negotiated financial support not only with UP Rector, as is customary in this series, but also with the UP Faculty of Arts Dean,” explains Prstek, adding that the publication was prioritised thanks to this support.
The memoirs of Jaroslav Peprník were published nearly without any photographs, at his firm request. “Apart from the introductory photo, the reader will not find another before the very end of the book. It perfectly illustrates the author’s dry - and sometimes even black – humour, for which he is well-known among his colleagues and students,” explains Háta Kreisinger Komňacká from UP Press, where they have been working on the memoirs since autumn 2020.
As she recalls, during the preparations of Memoirs of an English Studies Scholar, Prof Peprník only paid a few brief visits to the university publishing house, however, his presence at the Department of English and American Studies has been always steady. This is confirmed by the author in the book: “My classmates, now retired for thirty years, never understand that some people want to go to work even if they don’t have to. I keep telling them: ‘You can hardly look forward to having a free weekend because you’re on a permanent weekend. (…) And so after a sound night’s sleep, I walk to our beautifully renovated faculty, where there is a garden now instead of the previous asphalt yard, I ignore the elevator and climb two flights up to my office, chosen by the head of our department, Assoc Prof Lída Veselovská, and I take delight in the view from my window, overlooking the park under the city rampart walls, and then I turn on the computer.”
With the UP Memory series, Palacký University expands knowledge of its own history with the memories of its teachers and researchers. This more than 150-page work by Prof Peprník has become another colourful piece in this important mosaic.
“Readers of my Memoirs of an English Studies Scholar, as I hesitantly called my manuscript as a tribute to the work of my teacher and benefactor Prof Vachek, are hereby warned: they will not find encounters with prominent linguists, let alone public celebrities, or descriptions of visits to numerous universities and appearances at notable conferences. They will have to settle for my stories about what I had experienced before I became an expert in English Studies, and what happened later in my life. A more accurate title of this manuscript would be The Adventures of a Moravian English Studies Scholar on Two Continents in Two Centuries,” writes Jaroslav Peprník in the foreword.
The impulse to launch the UP Memory series came from the director of the university archives, Pavel Urbášek. Since then, UP Archives have been proposing a new author every year. The first title in the series was an annotated book of memoirs by classical philologist Julie Nováková, followed by the memoirs of physicist Jan Peřina, Russian literature scholar Miroslav Zahrádka, historian and former Faculty of Arts dean Josef Bieberle, and Prof Emeritus Miloš Trapl. Other additions were the memoirs of sculptor Bohumil Teplý, and linguist and scholar in Hispanic and Portuguese studies Jiří Černý, and last but not least, the memoirs of Josef Jařab, former UP rector and one of the key figures of the 1989 Velvet Revolution in Olomouc, which were also published as an audiobook, recorded by the author himself. The memoirs of English studies scholar Peprník are volume number nine. Next in line should be the memoirs of Prof Miloslav Duda of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, and Prof Zdeněk Kučera, former head of the Department of Art Education. UP Press is trying to give the unique edition a proper look. “The autobiographies of important personalities from our university deserve to look impressive. I believe that Memoirs of an English Studies Scholar will find its readers immediately,” adds Kreisinger Komňacká.
Jaroslav Peprník (b. 1927)
He graduated in English and History at the Philosophical Faculty, Masaryk University in Brno. His dissertation (1950) was entitled “Nominal Tendencies in Modern English Prose”. Since 1954 he has been working at the UP Faculty of Arts in Olomouc. At the Department of English and American Studies, he specialises in contemporary English, particularly lexicology. Peprník’s first university textbook Angličtina pro lékaře [English for Physicians], reviewed by Prof Pavel Lukl and published in 1966, was republished several times and used also at the Faculty of Medicine, Charles University in Prague. This was followed by the textbook Angličtina pro filology I–II [English for Philologists I–II] (1984, 1987). Thanks to his work on the Slovník amerikanismů [Dictionary of Americanisms], he was the only Czech professor to receive a Fulbright scholarship in 1969, with a six-month stay in the USA. Another successful textbook was Angličtina pro jazykové školy [English for Language Schools]. He was allowed to obtain the academic degree of “candidate of philological sciences” only in 1986, on the basis of his candidate dissertation Sémantika pojmenování barev v angličtině a češtině [The Semantics of Naming Colours in English and Czech]. He only could become an associate professor after the fall of the communist regime in 1989. His professional work has focussed on research of the contacts between the Czech lands and the English-speaking world, culminating in the publications Anglie očima české literatury [England through the Eyes of Czech Literature] (2001), Amerika očima české literatury [America through the Eyes of Czech Literature] (2002), Češi a anglofonní svět: kontakty a percepce [The Czechs and the English-speaking World: Contacts and Perception] (2012), and Anglofonní svět a Češi [The English-speaking World and the Czechs] (2016). His works for the general public include the history book Británie a USA: Ilustrované reálie [Great Britain and the United States: Illustrated Facts] (2004) and an anthology of short texts from The Times, called Journalistic English (2005). After 1990, he devoted great efforts to the revision of English passages in Oldřich Švarný’s textbook Hovorová čínština v příkladech [Conversational Chinese via Examples] and a revision of Velký česko-anglický slovník [Great Czech-English Dictionary] by Josef Fronek.


From Christabel Akoto-Manu, Bolgatanga
As part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary celebration of the Ghana Library Association (GLA), the Upper East branch of the association, last Thursday organised a lecture for some schools in the region, on the theme: “Libraries, The key to national development”.
Addressing the event the Deputy Upper East Regional Minister, Mrs. Lucy Awuni, acknowledged the immense contributions of libraries, to the development of students, especially the “needy ones, whose parents are unable to buy them books”.
According to her, libraries all over the world, had served as centres of knowledge, from which people look for, and use books, maps, audio-visuals and videos, for their studies, research, and leisure.
“Since the inception of public libraries in the then Gold Coast in 1953, successive governments have strategically built libraries in communities, to serve the needs of pupils, students and the general public, and broaden their knowledge and horizons,” she stated.
Mrs. Awuni commended the GLA for providing supplementary knowledge and information, through its centres, as well as continued professional education for those who need it.
She was however, not happy with the non-availability of relevant books in most libraries countrywide, remarking, “It is a disturbing phenomenon which is impacting negatively on the work of public libraries”.
Mrs. Awuni called on the Ghana Library Authority and corporate organisations, to help to stock the libraries with modern books and educational materials, and internet services, where possible.
The Regional Coordinator of the GLA, Mrs. Joana Pwadura Adabere, urged the public, particularly students, to cultivate the habit of reading, so as to be abreast of current issues, as well as to broaden their horizons.
Mrs. Florence Dedzoer Dzokotoe Plockey, the guest speaker, stressed that the development of a country strongly depends on education, “with reading being the central pillar to education”.
She called on the government to provide libraries for schools, at all levels, to enable children to have access to contemporary knowledge.
She appealed to parents to help their children to inculcate the habit of reading and also buy them story books to read as supplementaries to their textbooks, and to build their vocabularies.
The chairman for the event, Mr. Kombat Fuzzy, appealed to the government to resource the library industry “because of its vital role, in the mental and physical development of the citizenry”.


I read this book in one sitting. It is so well structured and coherent that as I read, I did not want to stop. Wow! Wow! Thank you Taka for this amazing book. Reading this book is so enlightening. I recommend that churches, individuals and organizations should use the book Discipleship Series over and over again.
The Discipleship Series by Taka Sande

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On Tuesday 20th and Friday 23rd August we will be celebrating Children’s Book Week with Character Parades and a scholastic book fair. The children will choose their book character and make their costumes at Preschool as part of our programmed activities in the lead up to Book Week.
The parade will begin at 9.30am and go for about 15 minutes. Before and after the parade we invite you to browse the selection of Scholastic books that will be available for you to purchase and take home.
We invite you, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunty, Uncle, and all the family to come along and join in the fun. We look forward to spending the morning with you.
Daffodil Day will be celebrated on Friday 23rd August this year, so all week we will be giving you the opportunity to donate to this worthy cause. Wear yellow to our book parade, make a gold coin donation and support this worthy cause.


Breast cancer is known as one of the most deadly diseases among women. However, Recent advancements in the imagng tools and diagnostic methods for breast cancer has improved the screening in the past few years. There are many breakthroughs that have been made in the area of cellular and molecular studies in breast cancer research. Research on molecular biomarkers has also gained momentum in recent times.
Molecular Markers for Breast Cancer: Prediction on Tumor Behavior
Cell and Molecular Biology of Breast Cancer | Heide Schatten | Springer
Molecular biology of breast cancer
Researchers at the University of Helsinki have defined a cancer invasion machinery, which is orchestrated by a frequently mutated cancer gene called Ras. When signaling from Ras protein becomes abnormally high, like it does in many cancers, this switches on the cellular machinery that helps the cancer cells to depart from the tissue from which the cells have developed. It has been unclear how the cancer invasion machinery works exactly, until now, as the study finds Ras in the role of Friar Lawrence in Shakespeare's famous play, "Get me an iron crow and bring it straight unto my cell Romeo and Juliet, 5. The new study has been published today at Cancer Research , a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The tumor cells only become life-threatening cancer cells, when they acquire the capability to spread into surrounding healthy tissues through a process called invasion.
Read as many books as you like Personal use and Join Over We cannot guarantee that every book is in the library. Highlighting recent advances in our understanding of breast cancer, this book is intended for a wide audience as a reference book.


dimensions: 9 3/8” x 12 1/4”
publication date: October 3rd, 2017
Divine Gardens is a collection of essays and artwork celebrating the life and work of artist Mayumi Oda and her relationship with Buddhist practice in the Bay Area.
Full page reproductions of Oda’s work are paired with essays by San Francisco Zen Center and Green Gulch practitioners, including Richard Baker, Wendy Johnson, Edward Espe Brown, Linda Ruth Cutts, and Norman Fischer. The trade hardcover edition is accompanied by a new editioned etching titled Green Tara, created by the artist especially for this release. For libraries and collectors this set is offered in a handmade box, bound in striking Sierra Bluegreen cloth and foil stamped with Oda’s inimitable signature.