"The only thing standing between you and your goal is the bullshit story you keep telling yourself as to why you can’t achieve it."
Jordan Belfort (via thatkindofwoman)
Leningrad Choreographic School (Vaganova Ballet Academy) students during World War II
Vaganova Ballet Academy photo archives
Josephine Baker tending her garden at the Chateau des Milandes, her home from 1937 to 1969..
When Charlotte Brontë was thirteen and her brother, Branwell, was twelve, they designed and wrote a series of tiny books: “Measuring less than one inch by two inches, the books were made from scraps of paper and constructed by hand. Despite their diminutive size, the books contained big adventures, written in ink in careful script.”
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Sunbelt's Event Calendar
Author Jack Innis at Imperial Beach Library
Monday, March 18th, 6:30pm
Jack Innis author of San Diego Legends will present his lecture and book during the regular scheduled book club meeting at the Imperial Beach Library. Address: 810 Imperial Beach Blvd, Imperial Beach, CA 91932. Phone: 619-424-6981.
Author Nicholas Clapp at NV Historical Society, Reno
Wednesday, April 6th, 2:00pm
Join Nicholas Clapp author of Gold and Silver in the Mojave at the NV Historical Socienty. Address: 1650 North Virginia St., Reno, NV 89503. Phone: 775-688-1190.
Author Nicholas Clapp at Carson Valley Museum, Gardnerville
Thursday, April 11th, 7:00pm
Join Nicholas Clapp author of Gold and Silver in the Mojave at the Carson Valley Museum, Gardnerville. Address: 1477 US Hwy 395 N, Gardnerville, NV 89410. Phone: 775-782-2555.


Equipment and instructional facilities are exceptional at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Facilities include state-of-the-art, fully equipped laboratories, computer and GIS facilities, greenhouse and plant care facilities, museum and herbarium collections, and a suite of University-owned natural areas for conducting ecological and evolutionary research. Field stations throughout Illinois associated with the Illinois Natural History Survey provide access to a variety of aquatic and terrestrial habitats for field research. The University is also a member of the Organization for Tropical Studies.
Support and affiliated units include the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB) and the Biotechnology Center, including the W.M. Keck Center for Comparative and Functional Genomics, the Illinois Natural History Survey, the Illinois State Water Survey, the Illinois Geological Survey, the Illinois Sustainable Technology Center, machine and electronic shops, artist services, and a central stores and receiving service. Many classrooms are equipped with audio-visual and computer-internet capabilities for state-of-the-art multimedia instruction.
The University Library’s resources for advanced study and research are exceptional. It is the largest public university library in the world, with more than 9 million bound volumes and over 15.9 million items. This wealth of information is housed in the main library and 37 departmental libraries, including the departmental Biology, Natural History Survey, Engineering, Agricultural, and Veterinary libraries.


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The Denison Public Library ended its summer reading program with a children’s party in the parking lot of the Denison Public Library Tuesday.
Activity stations were set up with a miniature golf course, bounce house and fingerprinting by the Denison Police Department. Sparky and McGruff the Crime Dog took pictures with children on site. Also on the lot was the Denison Police and Fire Rescue vehicles, a Eisenhower State Park representative and the STEM Scouts van. The party ended with a presentation by Professor Brainius.
“We think it is very important to have family events,” Denison Library Programming Manager Joyce Ullah said. “We like to have events that bring everyone together. This is a fun way to celebrate the children’s accomplishments.”
The Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering also brought its Trailblazer Mobile Science Trailer to the event.
“We want to get kids excited about science, math and engineering,” Trailblazer Facilitator Clifton Wendel said. “We want children to know that this is fun. We want to promote the careers in these areas. There is a good standard of living in the fields of aerodynamics, biotechnology/medicine, energy, space and weather. It takes a lot of studying and a lot of reading.”
Randi Krohn regularly attends the program at the Denison library with her 8-month-old and 3-year-old daughters.
“It is important to have this kind of interaction with other children,” she said. “Children crave that a lot. My daughter learns a lot from other kids and the teacher. My daughter attends the classes here and then comes home and teaches what she learned to my husband and I.”
Juan Blanton said that his children have been participating in the reading program at the library all summer.
“This is the last day and when my children want to start something, I want to make sure that they finish it,” he said. “They loved this. They did not lose interest in this over the summer.”
Blanton said that programs at the library have helped him because the children have people that they can ask questions of when they want to learn more about science and technology.
“My children are just now getting to the grades where they are learning science and that kind of thing,” he said. “They come here and see it and are able to relate the STEM Scouts experiments to the things they are learning in school. She did not realize that she knew about it until she walked into the trailer. It was like giving her a refresher before starting back to school.”
Summer reading prize club winners were also able to pick up their prizes at the children’s party.
The grand prize winners for this summer were adult club winner Kim Brewer, who read 21 books; teen club winner Caleb Vancil, who read 1,000 minutes, challenger’s club winner Julianne Spiegel, who read 2,255 minutes; and birth to 4 year olds club winner Lorelei Stebbins, who read 600 minutes. Other winners include Josh Ulum and Reece Demick, who read 600 minutes, Hannah Fenerty read five books, Majka Sauter read 690 minutes, Jayden Jackson read 805 minutes, Benjamin Porter read 828 minutes, Henry McClure read 655 minutes, Ellie Thorpe read 647 minutes, Crissa Langston read five books, Christopher Gullet read 625 minutes, True Shay read 620 minutes, Catherin Butler read 600 minutes, Vivian Franklin read 640 minutes, Shaylynn Hopkins read 820 minutes, Chloe Swim read 1,907 minutes, Rosalinde Jennings read 600 minutes, Curtis Thomas read 620 minutes and Ashton Cogburn read 840 minutes.


Arab American Veteran Panel
November 14, 2012 - November 14, 2012
Hicks Auditorium, Conference Center Level
303 Laura St. N.
Jacksonville, Florida 32202
“Local Patriots: A Discussion with Arab American Heroes of Jacksonville” chronicles the experiences of six residents who served in the U.S. military. Joy Batteh-Freiha and Carol Mackoul will moderate the discussion.
This program complements “Patriots and Peacemakers: Arab Americans in Service to Our Country,” a traveling exhibit curated by the Arab American National Museum. The exhibit is on display now through Dec. 16 in the third floor atrium of the Main Library.
The Jacksonville Public Library is committed to making its public programs accessible to all persons. If you need special accommodations, please call 630-2665 at least 24 hours prior to the event.
Arab American National Museum
About the Jacksonville Public Library
The Jacksonville Public Library provided more than 10,000 programs and services last year to Duval County residents at the Main Library and 20 branch locations. Nearly 5 million people visited Jacksonville Public Libraries and checked out almost 9 million items. For more information about the Jacksonville Public Library, call 630-BOOK (2665) or visit jaxpubliclibrary.org


Borneo Review: Jurnal Lintas Agama dan Budaya is religious dan cultural interdisciplinary studies that welcoming and acknowledging theoretical and empirical research papers and literature reviews from researchers, academics, professional, practitioners and students.This publication concern includes studies of world religions such as Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam and other religions. Interdisciplinary studies may include the studies of religion in the fields of anthropology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, and other cultural studies. The article manuscript can be written in Bahasa Indonesia or English.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Borneo Review : Jurnal Lintas Agama dan Budaya, e -ISSN: 2830-5159
STAKat Negeri Pontianak
Jalan Parit Haji Mukhsin II, Km. 2 Kubu Raya, Kalbar


There’s been a surge of new and helpful cloud based tools for students and lovers of learning lately. From Flash Cards to Student Jobs, online resources are expanding and that means less stress, more convenience and an overall pleasant college experience. One of this week’s Nifty Collection members, wePapers, seeks to enhance informational references to aid in one’s curriculum.
Much like a traditional social network, information is exchanged and shared, though wePapers is more specific with emphasis on education. Through the collection of academic material, wePapers provides users with sources that otherwise would not exist. While Wikipedia, online research and even old fashioned encyclopedia usage are all generous distributors of relevant information, many times an extra piece is needed to push the boundaries of knowledge.
Things like case studies and volunteer experiments won’t be found in hard cover books and are unlikely to show up on YouTube. So through wePapers, students can break down their discipline and filter out anything from Presentations to Lecture Notes, revealing an entirely new set of details they didn’t have before.
The assistance flows both ways too. Through the upload feature, documents are shared with wePapers for others to gain knowledge from. In addition, members can use wePapers as a complete storage area for research notes, projects and anything else they’re working on. Sharing knowledge is something people do everyday, so when wePapers targets students it seems like the perfect educational companion.
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Every year, for some time now, I have made the habit of beginning the school year presenting Teaching The Classics to my small group classes. Just yesterday, someone asked me again, why? And how does that work exactly, since it appears to have only six lessons?
Teaching the Classics introduces literary analysis. It truly introduces the student (and many times the parent) to the world of thinking about and writing about great literature. It does this by applying each lesson and Socratic questioning to children’s stories and poems such a “Peter Rabbit,” “A Bargain For Francis,” and “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi.”
The Key is the Appendix
Sometimes, these lessons are a review of plot structure, character, conflict, and themes. More often than not, students don’t know many literary devices outside of alliteration, rhyme, similes, and metaphors. The Socratic questions in the Appendix of the Teaching the Classics Notebook, list a method for students to question themselves while reviewing the meaning of more complex literary devices such as juxtaposition, anaphora, and epistrophe.
Teaching Students to Ask Themselves the Questions
The questions probe the student to think deeper about the text. Whereas, it may be simple enough to ask a student about the setting, in which they may rattle off the time period and country, the book asks more advanced students to probe further. Now the student must ask themselves, does the hot tropical climate contribute to the events in the story? Is this climate/setting symbolic of something even greater? How does this differ from what is normal? Think of stories with extreme settings and how that setting contributes to the plot. The jungle setting of “Rikki-Tikki-Tavi,” contributes to the story and gives a deeper picture of an English family living in India. I remember reading Laura Ingalls Wilder’s novel “The Long Winter” aloud to my children. We were all cold and we could feel their desperation and hunger. How did that setting contribute to the setting, plot and even characters of that story? Or the powerfully dreadful heat in “A Passage To India?”
Context is King
Although students were familiar with some devices and setting, they were stumped when I asked them about context. Quizzical looks peered from every face. Then, nearly word-for-word, I reenacted Adam Andrews insightful lesson using “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.” This lesson, so important for understanding authorship, their motives, and meaning, is best taught by Mr. Andrews. Interestingly, having graduated from UCLA with an English degree featuring British Studies, I didn’t truly understand the depth of context and authorship until listening to this lesson. You notice, I’m not giving the whole lesson away here. You truly must get your hands on the program and add it to any of your literature teaching today.
Helping Students Connect the Dots
Once I’ve worked through these simple lessons with my students, we begin the study of great literature. As we read, I can reach back (and I often do) to these key ideas we brought up at the beginning of the year. Because of our lesson in context, my students were able to research and better understand the motives and purposes of the author. How rich to understand that “The Cay” was written by someone who personally knew and was influenced by Martin Luther King Jr. Interestingly, students realized “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” was conveniently written after the civil war. Students examined the society of Jules Verne which clarified his progressive views for a traditional time in “Around the World in 80 Days.” Students learned not only about the stories themselves, but the stories behind the stories; a richly colored fabric which started with a single thread. So begin your year with what may seem like a simple program, but know it will prove to enrich and decorate your literary world forever.


New Zealand, 2010. 4:17 min.
Team: Ruth Elliott, Sakara Branson and Makiko Chiba.
Home is a documentary that delves into the lives of eight individuals and their experiences at the bottom of the world in Dunedin, New Zealand. People come to Dunedin each year to see it’s wonderful scenery, exotic animals but above all the experience and the people.
Home is directed and produced by the film company MRS Productions Limited. The company was formed in June 2010 and has aspirations to conquer Hollywood. Makiko Chiba, Ruth Elliott and Sakara Branson are young film makers entering the professional world of film making and are the extraordinary minds behind MRS Productions Limited.
The cast of Home includes:
and Rachel Hui from Hong Kong.
The cast were selected due to their cultural backgrounds and enthusiastic personalities.
The final project emerged from a vision to highlight Dunedin and play with the travel genre, however many ideas were discussed before the idea of Home was decided on. Originally we decided that we wanted to highlight Dunedin and create an advert for the city in the form of a mockumentary. We were inspired by the advert “Where the Bloody hell are you?” advertising Australia. This advert is short and snappy and keeps the viewers attention. This original idea played with the voice over of the ad and commented on all the great things about Dunedin such as the scenery, accommodation, weather, food and culture. Although the voice over was to be complementary of the city the imagery was to be truthful but show the negative aspects of the city. This idea was to comment on tourism advertising. After story boarding this idea we decided the idea of degrading and laughing at Dunedin was overdone and we decided we wanted to show the positive side of our amazing city. Therefore we decided to look at why people choose to come and live in Dunedin and their experiences of the country and the city. This was to be done by showing real people and the real Dunedin. The idea insured we didn’t need actors however participants for interviews would be needed.
Before filming we decided which angle we wanted to direct the interviews in and discussed and wrote questions for the interviewees. Each interviewee was told before they agreed to the film of the overall subject of the film. This was important in starting the interviews however this was a starting point and from the interviewees answers discussion evolved. As we didn’t know how each interviewee was going to respond and as we were tackling a challenging genre of documentary we were not able to storyboard. Each interview lasted for around 15 to 20 minutes although the final film is just over four minutes. From these interviewees we then shaped the documentary and tried to highlight Dunedin and the opportunities it delivers.
While filming we ran into some problems with sound. The majority of our interviews were filmed outdoors and due to cars and the hospital helicopter filming had to stop at some stages. This meant interviews took longer than expected and was difficult when interviewees were on tight schedules.
Scheduling interviews was also a problem that needed to be addressed in a professional manner. Each location needed to be selected and the microphone and camera needed to be set up. The weather was very influential in the locations of each interview.
As each interview was so long we had a lot of footage which looked into a range of subjects. An original theme in the film was homesickness in Dunedin, however we decided after filming to remove this theme from the film. This was done due to the length of the film as four minutes was not long enough to go into such a specific aspect and it also created a negative mood to a film that was meant to be lightweight and and showing the positives of Dunedin. The film was shortened to keep it interesting and fast paced. This was taken from our very first film idea.
Animation was created to introduce ideas to the audience however it was decided the use of animation and music took away from the feel and message of the film.
Attention was given to the voices and people in the film as they were seen as the most important aspect of both the film and the city.
Behind the scenes
Home’s Backyard Blooper Reel
Working on this film has been a very positive experience as the film was to show the positives of Dunedin. From this film we saw how different people in the world view Dunedin and its importance to different cultures. We feel that the purpose of our film was fulfilled as although the film touches experiences that are not always voiced it is a lighthearted film on the importance of place and fit in society. We hope Home offers a glimpse into the lives of individuals who call Dunedin home and questions how you see yourself in the world.


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February 20 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Our book study will be “Forgiveness a Lenten Study” – A sign-up sheet is located on the Ministry Board. We will meet on Tuesday evenings beginning February 20th from 7:00pm-8:30pm. If you cannot attend but would like a book for self study, you may use the sign-up sheet or contact Rev. Susan.


New York, : Suzanne Geiss Company. 2011
“Cyclops Trannies” reproduces over one hundred paint-marker portraits of imagined trannies that were originally displayed in exhibitions at The Suzanne Geiss Company, New York and Galerie Triangulo, Sao Paulo. Throughout the catalogue, pre and post-op trannies with monumental features and flamboyant costumes pose admist pop-culture detritus. The pastiches reveal a 21st century, downtown “keeping up with the Jones’s” that is animated metrics of female representation. The portraits developed from avaf’s unique method of signing their monograph, which was published by Rizzoli in 2010. In addition to scrawling their signature, the artists invented individualized trannies for each book buyer. In the works reproduced in “Cyclops Trannies,” the artists enhance this process, using tear sheets from the monograph as backdrop for their exuberantly detailed characters.
Essay by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz, Introduction by Natalie Kovacs
Hardcover/ 288 pages / 9.5″ x 12.5″ / 270 illustration
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3305-4 Rizzoli New York
“assume vivid astro focus…takes Pop-Nouveau multicultural sensory overload to new extremes…part chapel, part disco and part tattoo parlor.” –Roberta Smith, New York Times
The artist collective known as assume vivid astro focus (avaf) gained worldwide recognition in 2004 with their outrageous cacophonous installations, based on pop-cultural collage and pastiche with a strong documentary bent. Works of some artists defy description in the traditional sense, and assume vivid astro focus (avaf) reaches beyond anything traditional. Perhaps Cay Sophie Rabinowitz puts it best when she says avaf “poses various challenges to any critic or writer trying to get to the core of its practice.” The only way to experience their work is to see it, or if lucky enough, participate in its creation. The eponymously titled book, assume vivid astro focus, captures the exuberance and excitement experienced by those who have witnessed avaf’s visually spectacular room-size installations in person.avaf’s work is comprised of imagery created by the artists combined with recycled and appropriated images from a wide range of sources–such as unicorn tapestries, children’s stickers, pages from gay porn magazines, album covers, Buddhist thangka paintings, and street graffiti, to name a few–and the results are explosive. Twenty-two of their global exhibitions are featured in the volume, many of them mounted at some of the most important institutions in the world, such as The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, The Museum of Modern Art, and Tate Liverpool. This volume, their first, will include many of the elements featured in their installations, which are known for the many “give-aways” the artists provide visitors, and will include a poster and mask with 3-D glasses, all designed by avaf. assume vivid astro focus is spectacularly illustrated with 270 images, including three gatefolds, and complemented by insightful text revealing the concepts, beliefs, and practices of this extraordinary artist collective.


I woke up this morning thinking about how everyone is here for a purpose – or so some believe. And for some reason, I immediately thought about a man I knew a few years ago. He was a nice guy, but his life seemed pretty messed up to me. He was way overweight, he drank too much, he was a big time womanizer, lived with his mother and he was always broke.
I wondered what his purpose might be.
Later in the day, feeling kind of low, I stood in front of my rather large library – the religion and philosophy section — looking for a book to read a few passages from for inspiration. The book that caught my eye was neither religious nor philosophical. In fact, it was misplaced. It was titled Women Incendiaries — an historical account of the women of the Paris Commune Revolution of 1871.
Interested as I am in women’s rights, I decided to read a chapter, thinking I might find something useful for my own women’s empowerment campaign.
I wasn’t disappointed. The work was well written and documented, I found the material energizing – just the inspiration I needed to get back to my own work.
I removed a bookmark from the back of the book to mark my place and noticed the bookmark was actually a business card from where I bought the book. A café owned by a woman in Upper Harlem. A woman introduced to me by the man I thought about earlier in the day.


Focus and Scope
Journal of Physical and Outdoor Education It publishes articles of a high standard on various aspects of the Physical Education covering a number of disciplinary bases, including instructional models;
- Teaching approach in Physical Education;
- Teaching style in Physical Education ;
- Teaching method in Physical Education;
- content and curriculum knowledge in Physical Education;
- children and context knowledge in Physical Education;
- Outdoor Education.
The articles published in the journal are written in Bahasa Indonesia or English. Accepted papers will immediately appear online followed by printed in hard copy. The e-journal provides free and open access to all of its content on our website.


First Memoir: (Book 2 coming Soon)
This is a story about overcoming abuse, hardships, and becoming a happy person despite them. You will become immersed in flashbacks, nightmares, as well as triumphs.
First Fiction Series: (Book 3 coming soon)
Naava believes that she was dealt a bad card, and is desperate to stay grounded in peace. It seems that the people she encounters disrupt her balance and chaos follows. Book 1 of the series.
Naava grieves the loss of her two previous relationships, while navigating life on her own. She tries to move on as a new woman, but circumstances beyond her control grip at her. Book 2 of the series.
Desperate to stay in control of herself, ‘Naav’ seeks safety in a small town. She soon learns that she can’t escape her demons. When Naava takes over, it’s anything goes in this page turning finale of the When The Birds Crow series.


(Working with nature to grow edible crops.) The long-awaited definitive book on forest gardening. Martin takes you step by step through the process of designing, implementing and maintaining a forest garden. Trees, shrubs, perennials, short-lived plants and fungi can all be integrated into one system and this book tells you how to do it. Includes descriptions of many uncommon edible plants suitable for temperate climates. If you want one book on forest gardening then this is the one to get! “A seminal piece of work on truly sustainable gardening, written with great spirit and soul” – Alys Fowler.
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I have just finished Educated, Tara Westover's remarkable memoir about growing up in a Mormon survivalist family in Idaho and the shock of discovering the strange new world beyond. It is the kind of book that can be read in many different ways, but here are a couple that resonated with me.
First, the writing style. Although Tara relates some horrifying experiences, including repeated episodes of physical abuse at the hands of an older brother, she refrains from explicitly passing judgment. As she explained in an interview with Jeff Goldberg of The Atlantic, she prefers "to stay in the moment" rather than "step outside and say what this means." This restraint has the paradoxical effect of making her writing more powerful and the message (however you choose to understand it) even more compelling. Instead of telling her readers what to think, she allows them to experience the horror that she endured and draw their own conclusions.
It's a form of story-telling that I have tried to adopt in my own books, particularly the latest, King Richard (due out in May) which describes the Watergate scandal through the eyes of Richard Nixon and his senior advisors. Rather than condemn Nixon's criminal abuses of power, I attempt to give readers a worm's eye view of events inside the White House at the height of the scandal. I show how one bad decision leads inexorably to another, as the president attempts without success to escape from a spider web of lies and miscalculations of his own making. Like Tara, I strive to anchor the reader in the moment, curious to know what will happen next. Explicit moral judgments on the part of the author would only detract from the dramatic nature of the story.
A non-fiction book or a novel can contain within it many different messages, even contradictory ones. One of my favorite novels growing up was A Many-Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin, about a love affair between a married British foreign correspondent and a Chinese doctor. It was later turned into a movie, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing (Note the British and American spellings!). Either way, it's a beautiful phrase that applies not just to love affairs--but to life itself, and therefore to literature. People remember the same events differently. There are several points in Educated where Tara acknowledges that her memory of certain traumatic events is at odds with the memories of other family members. Rather than insisting on the correctness of her version, she gives the reader several versions to choose from. It is a reminder that life does not proceed along straight lines, leading to neat conclusions. Instead it is messy and many-splendored, and the lessons we draw from life are messy and many-splendored as well.
How you interpret a story often depends on the times in which you live. Educated came out at a time of growing political and cultural divisions in America--between the highly educated and the less educated, urban and rural, blue states and red states, people who have gained from the technological revolution and those who have lost out. Tara Westover is both a symbol of this division and the possibility of transcending it. She was essentially self-taught until the age of seventeen but, thanks to her own efforts and some inspiring teachers, went on to receive advanced degrees from top universities. She uses a term associated with the Salem witch trials--the "breaking of charity"--to describe a country in which half the population has lost nearly all connection with the other half. To travel from New York to rural Idaho is like traveling to a different country, with separate media universes, lifestyles, and belief systems.
For my part, I am haunted by my experiences in Bosnia after the fratricidal war, investigating the massacre of 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica by the Bosnian Serb army in July 1995. I frequently made the five-mile drive from Srebrenica (still predominantly Muslim) and Bratunac (largely Serb). Crossing the ethnic divide to conduct interviews on the rival sides was jarring. People who had grown up with each other, attended the same schools, and frequently inter-married now viewed each other as enemies. Each group had its own myths and truths, its own version of history, its own victims. There was little recognition, let alone empathy, for the suffering of the other side. It was a nightmare vision of where America could be headed--unless we find a way to bridge the cultural and economic gulfs that Tara Westover captures so well in Educated.
Michael Dobbs is the author of seven books, including the best-selling One Minute to Midnight. His latest book, King Richard, is about Nixon and Watergate.


The 2 main title documents of land and properties are the Land Registry Title Register and Title Plan; they are often referred to as the Title Deeds, House Deeds or Land Deeds. The Title Register and Title Plan provide all the particulars relating to ownership, the manner in which a property is owned, and precisely what is owned, setting out the covenants, easements and restrictions affecting the property and its ownership.
Our online service provides the general public and property professionals with online access to official copies of Land Registry Title Registers and Title Plans. Official copies of Title Registers and Title Plans are guaranteed by the HM Land Registry to be up-to-date and accurate at the time they are issued, and provide official evidence of ownership.
A wide range of other official documents and searches are available via our online service, such as Leases, Conveyances, Transfers, Charges, Day List searches and Index Map searches.


Ever wanted to know what items are Available right now?
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The item wiki can be found in the menu under Start -> Features -> Item Wiki.
You can even Open the Window by using the hotkey CTRL + Z.
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Published by HQ, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd., 2019
SRP U.K. 12.99, CAN 24.99
Reviewed by Clare McBride, April 2021
“'Sometimes I feel like I’ve lived a thousand lives already,’ he laughs. ‘And one thing I’ve learned is there is no right way to walk this earth, and we can only learn from those in our lives, take whatever lesson we can from it and keep going.’”
Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop is the first Rebecca Raisin book I have read, despite the fact she has authored so many titles. The book was a birthday gift from a friend and is outside my normal preferred genre, but she thought I might connect with the main character, Rosie, due to mutual life experience. And she was right! I fell in love with both Rosie and Aria immediately and could not put the book down once I had started it. At the beginning of the book, in a brief introduction of Rebecca it states, “Rebecca aims to write characters you can see yourself being friends with” and I think she completely nails it with this one! Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop is a comforting, simple read that lifts you out of your own reality with ease, just like a good read should.
Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop follows the adventures of Rosie Lewis, an ultra tidy, meticulous Michelin-starred Sous Chef who suddenly finds her world turned upside down when her husband confesses to his extra-marital affair. Unable to forgive his cheating, Rosie drowns her sorrows in a glass of wine and awakens the next day to find she has spent most of her life savings purchasing a bright pink campervan named Poppy on the Internet. Rosie suddenly catapults herself into life on the road with Poppy, making ends meet selling tea and baked goods at fairs and festivals. She meets several other nomads, with stories of their own, along the way who become an integral part of her new life, especially irresistible Max, who becomes embroiled in a sort-of love triangle with Rosie and an Internet stranger named Ollie. Rosie learns some hard life lessons in her new helter-skelter life, including that not every act of kindness has an ulterior motive, but also that you cannot trust everyone you meet, especially on the Internet.
Reading Rosie’s Travelling Tea Shop was straightforward and enjoyable. Rebecca’s writing is simple, easy to follow and flows beautifully. Part of not being able to put the book down was the ease of reading. I found something relatable in each and every one of the characters. Rosie’s need to have a plan, Aria’s need for space when her grief overwhelmed her and Max’s way of dealing with stress by cracking jokes all resonated with me, making it easy to love each one of them. The story was heartwarming without being too sappy. Rosie is a damaged soul who gets the short end of the stick at first but overcomes her fears, rooted in past traumas, and opens herself up to love again. Far too many romance novels are quite cringe-worthy, but Rebecca’s telling of the way Rosie falls for Max (and Ollie) is not sickening at all. Perhaps it is the way she concisely describes the story's events, without jamming too many banal adjectives in to one sentence that does it for me. Or the way she develops her characters through their inner, romantic thoughts rather than cliché raunchy action.
Even though this book is fiction and that I know that fiction is not necessarily supposed mirror real life as it exactly happens, it took me a long time to get over, or wrap my head around the fact that someone like Rosie would just give up everything and suddenly start a life on the road. It is not until later in the book that we learn a little more about Rosie’s past, and one can begin to understand her desperate need to find a way to prove Callum wrong when he says she is turning out like her father. Perhaps if the information about her childhood was presented at an earlier integer, I might have been a little more forgiving of her apparent sudden change in personality. Or perhaps I need to get my nose out of the book, remember it is fiction and not get so caught up in the events of Rosie’s life? I think Rebecca has just done a fantastic job of making me fall for Rosie, like she set out to do in the first place.
Four out of five stars from me – I am off to order some more Rebecca Raisin titles!


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"Demons, fairies, and fallen angles are everywhere. They lurk at crossroads, crouch behind doors, hide in trees, slip into beds, wait in caves, hover at weddings and childbirths, disguise themselves as friends, relatives-even disguise themselves as you. They are powerful; they are protean; they are enchanting. And, to the uninformed, they are often invisible." This text is taken from the back cover of 'A Field Guide to Demons' and it helps to give you an idea of sorts as to what this book is all about. If you could not tell from its title this book is a reference guide to all things demonic. Though it does not limit itself to just evil spirits as everything from Mermaid's to Werewolf's and just about everything else in-between all make an appearance within these pages.
'A Field Guide to Demons' was co-wrote by Carol and Dinah Mack and is legitimately classified in the reference section of your local bookstore. So if you are looking for some sort of tounge-in-cheek novel in the vein of 'The Zombie Survival Guide', look elsewhere. 'A Field Guide to Demons' presents itself seriously and does actually function as a reference title. All the while managing to be pretty convincing in the process. Instead of listing its contents in alphabetical order it opts breaks everything up into the most likely place you will find these creature living. Water, Mountain, Forest, Desert, Domicile, and Psyche to be exact. This is a fun decision on the authors part as it keeps all the different types of creatures varied. Since 90% of the books audience is not going to be using this as an actual "field guide" is a great way to keep your average reader turning the pages and reading, instead of simply thumbing through the novel.
|Pazuzu is a powerful demon!|
This is a small exert from the opening description of the Pazuzu demon (who resides in the Domicile [ie: your house] environment) and gives you a fairly good indication of how most of the books subjects are covered. The interesting ones get the books full treatment which includes an artists rendition of what they might look like, which ended up being one of my favorite aspects of this book. Also included is a "lore" or history of the creature. For most this section is where the meat and potatoes of the books contents will lie. The history of these creates is often based from actual mythology. Pazuzu, for example, his lore states that he was populorized in Hollywood as being the demon who possessed Regan in 'The Exorcist' though this is considered 'unusual behavior' for this type of demon. From here the book moves on to 'Dispelling & Disarming Techniques' should you ever find yourself face to face with one of these inhabatents. These generally cover popular methods from all cultures. In China, they suggest laying mirrors on your roof to deflect evil spirits. Jewish folk tradition has a warding-off technique that has you writing "So-and-so is not home" on the door of your house. As well as other methods for removing the Pazuzu demon.
None of this of course means you should take the book as anything more than a simple collection of popular legend and folk lore. Think of it as a book of fairy tails for adults. Do not confuse 'A Field Guide to Demons' with some sort of occult, black magic, or voodoo novel. They call it a "field guide" simply because that is a creative title and a good way to market this book. It is instead a really cool reference guide with a lot of information about popular mythological characters. Nobody really expects you to believe everything that is presented here as fact but that does not mean that it is not an entertaining, fun read. It is a fairly short book too, coming in at 274 pages. Meaning that you should easily be able to finish 'A Field Guide to Demons' over the course of the weekend. Making it a great book to check out during the Halloween Season!


According to wikipedia, Python is a general-purpose high-level programming language. Its design philosophy emphasizes code readability. Python claims to ”[combine] remarkable power with very clear syntax”, and its standard library is large and comprehensive. Its use of indentation for block delimiters is unusual among popular programming languages.
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In a way understandable even to those who have no knowledge of physics and mathematics, the "Unfinished Book on the Energy of the Environment" E-Book raises a scientific issue relating to the energy problem that has never been addressed in the past 160 years.
"Click here" for a summary of the book's contents, and the huge positive implications that this issue can have on the problem of Global Warming.


Few albums are as remarkable as this. Basil Kirchin was an accomplished big-band musician, with great technical vision, and in the 1960s he decided to turn his attention to the future of music. In 1966 Abstractions of the Industrial North, which is as much jazz as electronic, was recorded for the De Wolfe Music Library. Only 500 copies were pressed and it then lay almost completely unavailable until, in July 2003, Jonny Trunk (of Trunk Records) met someone who had found a perfectly preserved copy of the original recording in a charity shop in Birmingham.
In 2005 it was re-released by Trunk Records; the entire Abstractions of the Industrial North plus, as a bonus, another nine library tracks from around the same period in 1966/7. On one of these, 'Pageing Sullivan', the session drummer is Jimmy Page - who slightly later was to become much better known!
The new release, by Trunk Records, became available on CD in 2005. It still is available from amazon.co.uk etc. and I highly recommend it. There was also a vinyl release (JBL012LP), limited to just 400 copies, and that is now surprisingly expensive. Amazon.co.uk market place currently lists two copies - one at £49.95 and the other at £69.95 - I love vinyl and therefore to own one is a real pleasure and the image at the top of this post, and taken for this purpose alone, is of one of those 400 copies.


“An exhilarating, fresh, entertaining and original story about vampires and their world” – Publisher
The First Vampire King
By Francisk Dominik
The epic story of the First Vampire King and his curse as told by a true vampire. The origin of the vampires and their connection with our World and the one above and below; where vampire love transcends any dimension, form or time… but where vampire verses were not written as a fairy tale!
About the Author
Francisk Dominik is an urban artist and poet whose pen has been silent for years, hiding shy in the shade of a normal life and chores; hiding like a vampire with a human facade; but who re-emerges with this, his first epic fiction novel about vampire origins and the intersection of vampire love and human desires. Despite his long artistic hibernation, he reemerges as a writer and illustrator in the same way a King Vampire would re-emerge, bringing us the epic true story of the vampires among us. In his works, Francisk Dominik, despite being dark, he makes darkness shine in its own way, something that you will witness page after page, in his prose, in his verses and in his illustrations; leaving you thirsty for more!
“Epic, vibrant and stimulating…A must-read for fiction lovers… Highly anticipating its movie version!”
– Vampire Digest
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Michele Young coauthors groundbreaking new medical malpractice book
The medical and legal fields are closely intertwined. Medical malpractice costs thousands of lives and causes thousands of nonfatal injuries every year, and after-the-fact legal remedies are the only way for medical malpractice victims to obtain compensation from negligent caregivers. But the modern healthcare arena is rapidly evolving, and with it, the medical malpractice legal climate.
In the new book Medical Malpractice: Avoiding, Adjudicating, and Litigating in the Challenging New Climate Michele Young and coauthor James O’Reilly provide a comprehensive guide to medical malpractice cases in the 21st century. Written for plaintiffs’ and defendants’ lawyers, hospital administrators, doctors, nurses, retail chain executives and free clinic operators, Medical Malpractice provides a clear view of a complex subject.
Medical Malpractice features several focus areas unique to modern medical malpractice cases, including:
• Medical malpractice claims arising out of retail chain stores and “telemedicine” (the provision of remote medical advice via technology)
• The pursuit of compensation in medical malpractice cases involving plaintiffs with government subsidized healthcare
• The latest updates to key medical malpractice statutes for every state in the nation
Published July 1 by the American Bar Association Press, Medical Malpractice firmly establishes Ms. Young as a nationally recognized expert who not only helps clients, but also serves as a resource for other lawyers seeking advice.
“This work was a labor of love,” said Ms. Young. “My hope is nothing less than to provide the necessary tools to all the stakeholders in our health system in a time of peril to avoid risk. This is a book that will save lives, and provide the legal and factual foundation for policy makers evaluating the law.”
Ms. Young is a graduate of Georgetown Law Center, served clerkships with three different federal judges, including the late Hon. George Edwards Jr. on the U.S. Court of Appeals, and has taught at both the Salmon P. Chase College of Law and the University of Dayton Law School. She has written on subjects ranging from the local crime lab to the Affordable Care Act, co-chaired and managed trailblazing and highly successful county-wide political campaigns, and is the 2014 recipient of the Cincinnati Political Women’s Caucus Achievement Award. Ms. Young also founded and directs Community and Civic Affairs at Gregory S. Young, Co., LPA.


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Jeff Kobza At Work 1981*
Glen Adair, Arizona Rodeo Association, Sonoita, Arizona 1964*
Jack Milligan, Casa Grande 1964*
High School Rodeo Finals 1974*
Cottoneye Sheds Another 1989*
Dave Appleton, Tailor Made 1981*
Roy Clemente On Pace 1985*
Louise Serpa -- the Ansel Adams of Rodeo Photography
Louise Serpa grew up as a rebellious New York debutante, but her heart always belonged to the West. Her love
affair with the rodeo began when as a teenage Louise took a trip with her mother to a dude ranch. Later, when
studying music at Vassar, she would become a cowgirl, sneaking to New York City on the train to watch the
National Rodeo Finals at Madison Square Garden. In her 30’s the transformation was complete when she moved
to Wyoming and picked up a camera to support her new life. With no formal training as a photographer, Serpa
moved from taking photos at children's rodeos to professional rodeo events in Tucson, where she gained the trust
and respect of competitors.
In 1965, she would become, fittingly, the first female photographer to receive her Professional Rodeo Cowboy's Association (PRCA) card, allowing her to take pictures inside the professional arenas. She spent a half-century photographing bulls and riders amid the grit and dust. “There have been a number of notable rodeo photographers and they each had their unique style,” said Chuck Schroeder, the executive director of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. “Hers was certainly the most artful of any that had ever been.” Serpa died in 2012 at the age of 86.
Selected public and private collections:
Serpa’s work is in the permanent collection of Chase Manhattan Bank in New York City, the Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City, OK, the Center for Creative Photography at University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, Tucson Museum of Art and the National Cowboy Hall of Fame. Her work is in the personal collections of Ralph Lauren and Bruce Weber. Louise Serpa was the subject of an Apeture Monograph, "Rodeo," published in 1994 and a biography, "Never Don't Pay Attention, The Life of Rodeo Photographer, Louise L. Serpa," by Jan Cleere, published in September, 2015.


Rolf Bichsel under the spell of Tavel rosé wine
Article published in La Provence the January, 23rd - 2012
Among the major crus in France and the wine-growers that produce them each year, Tavel wine still did not have its "book". The FERET Publishing House in Bordeaux has remedied this omission with the beautifully laid out book written by Rolf Bichsel, former managing editor of the magazine “Vinum” which is a reference in the wine trade, and who is at the present time director of a press agency solely dedicated to the world of the grapevine, vinmedi@. Journalist and writer, his qualities of wine-taster, photographer and columnist are unanimously recognised.
Although he was not over enthusiastic about his journey into the Gard-Rhodanien region (as the preface to his book leads us to believe), the author corrects his impressions and feelings as soon as his taste-buds come into contact with a fruity Tavel wine, at the right temperature and contemporary, although this wine ages well. And this is how Rolf Bichsel leads us on his extraordinary gustative and olfactory journey through pebble strewn vineyards, where the terroir and the men who have carved its history are just as important (or perhaps more) as a simple appellation and where the wine-making techniques vary from one terroir to another within the same geographical area. But the greatest merit of this book is to introduce us to all the various domains and their wine-growers who contribute to the strength of Tavel today. One even wonders whether the kingdom of rosé wines does not have as many kings as rosé wines! They all have that special know-how, and something “extra”.
There are 36 of them plus a wine cooperative that monitors vintage after vintage of extremely specific vinification methods. As many specificities as there are rosé wines : this is what the author offers us in the 152 pages of his book.
He is certainly a writer, but he is perhaps above all a photographer. And it is with his photos that Rolf Bichsel reveals the secrets of Tavel wines and all their aromas. He invites us to come and taste these rosé wines that have, for centuries, been enjoyed by the world’s greatest people.
To see the article (in french) click here


New Book Guides you from the Kitchen Table to the Bedroom with over 100 Delicious Recipes
Good Food: Better Sex – A Guide to Intimacy and Love using Food
Who doesn’t want good food and better sex?
Good Food: Better Sex is a cookbook with a difference by author Joanne Faulkner. The new book guides one from the kitchen table to the bedroom, presenting over 100 recipes that have sexual health benefits. It combines modern food with ancient medicine, Taoism and Tantric practices, showing the reader how to take a central role in their own well-being, sexual health and pleasure.
One can use the book as a delicious, accessible, health-focused cookbook, delve deeper into Tantric and Taoist exercises, or use it to address specific conditions. The quick reference directs one to recipes and acupressure points that tend to issues such as low libido, post-baby blues, erectile dysfunction, vaginal dryness and premature ejaculation, as well as to aphrodisiac and viagra effect recipes.
Author Joanne Faulkner says:
“I wrote this book for everybody, young and old, male and female, single, couple or polyamorous. It illustrates how you can empower, love and cherish yourself with food. If you want to gain increased understanding of your own body, health and pleasure, this book is for you.”
Faulkner makes the ancient system of Yin Yang with connected flavours, seasons, emotions and organs seem simple for the reader to understand. Readers are encouraged to use the cookbook to:
As a Shiatsu practitioner with over 20 years passionate experience for food, Tantra and Taoism, Faulkner has helped thousands of people live healthier, happier, loving lives. Good Food: Better Sex is her second conscious cooking book to offer a unique understanding of how to use everyday ingredients as medicine.
Good Food: Better Sex is now available for sale at joannefaulkner.ie.
About the Author:
Joanne Faulkner is a Shiatsu body therapy practitioner who specialises in the energy of food in Traditional Chinese Medicine. She runs a busy Shiatsu practice in Dublin, while also offering Shiatsu and Conscious Cooking Demonstrations and Retreats which regularly sell out. Joanne serves as Chairperson of the Shiatsu Society of Ireland, ensuring the standards of Shiatsu practice in Ireland.
Blogging regularly on her food and health-focused website joannefaulkner.ie, she is the published author of Shiatsu & the Art of Conscious Cooking, a modern cookbook full of recipes, ancient traditional medicine, acupressure points and meditations.
“In my life, perhaps like you, I have experienced heartbreak, panic attacks, sexual abuse, low libido, hormonal spins and hot flushes of peri-menopause but I am alive and very well without medication or trips to the doctor. Now in my 50s, I have yet to enter menopause and my sexual energy is better than ever. I put it down to using Food as Medicine and the Five Elements System of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It’s simple and I share here how to use it every day to stay healthy and in love.” Joanne Faulkner
Note to Editor:
Shiatsu is a form of physical therapy that combines acupressure plus massage, treating each person individually to suit their specific health needs. Shiatsu originated in Japan over 3,000 years ago.


handy guide book explains catechetical elements and the Liturgical elements concerning the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Book, 56 pages.
1. Letter and Pastoral comments on the Brown Scapular of O.L. of Mount Carmel by the five North American Provincials.
2. The official statement of the Brown Scapular of O.L. of Mt. Carmel issued by the Generals of both the Carmelites of the Ancient Observance (O. Carm.) and the Discalced Carmelites (O.C.D.).
3. The approved English text of the "Rite of Blessing of and Enrolment in the Scapular of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mount Carmel" as issued and confirmed by the Congregation for Divine Worship and for the Discipline of the Sacraments, November 29, 1996. Prot. 2243/96L.
4. The Message of John Paul II to the Carmelite Family (2001), on the Brown Scapular.
1. Rite for the Blessing of and Enrolment in the Scapular
2. Alternative Rite for the Blessing and Enrolment in the Scapular
3. The Word of God (eleven Scriptural texts as options)
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Statue of Eurydice at Battersea Town Hall
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A Sculpture, on the staircase is Eurydice by W. Calder Marshall, 1893.
“Statue of Eurydice at Battersea Town Hall,” Battersea Arts Centre Digital Archive, accessed June 25, 2019, http://bacarchive.org.uk/items/show/4703.
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About the Journal
Pelita Perkebunan, A Coffee and Cocoa Research Journal (CCRJ): ISSN:0215-0212; E-ISSN:2406-9574 doi:10.22302/iccri.jur.pelitaperkebunan,Since its establishment in 1911, Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI) formerly Besoekisch Proefstation, had published its research findings through a journal call Mededelingen van het Besoekisch Proefstation. Between 1948-1981 the research institute was under the supervision of Bogor Research Institute for Estate Crops and published its research findings through De Bergcultures which was later changed to Menara Perkebunan. Since the institute held the national mandate for coffee and cocoa commodities, and due to the rapid increase in the research findings, ICCRI published its first issue of Pelita Perkebunan journal in April 1985. Pelita Perkebunanis an international journal is providing rapid publication of peer-reviewed articles concerned with coffee and cocoa commodities based on the aspects of agronomy, plant breeding, soil science, crop protection, postharvest technology, and social economy. Papers dealing with results of original research on the above aspects are welcomed with no page charge. Pelita Perkebunan is managed by the Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institute (ICCRI), which publishes the research findings not only for coffee and cocoa but also for other commodities relevant to coffee and cocoa, i.e. shade trees, intercrops, and windbreakers.


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Even in the age of Kindles and digital media, the charm of books has not been lost. When it comes to Kolkata, books remain intertwined in the city’s cultural and social fabric. In fact, the City of Joy is one of the few book towns to feature in journalist Alex Johnson’s new book – “Book Towns: Forty-Five Paradises of the Printed Word.”
Kolkata has its own ‘boi para’ (colony of books) in the form of College Street, which is the largest bookselling market in the country and the second largest in the world. The long stretch of street stalls, traditional bookstores, and publishers along with narrow lanes of smaller bookshops that collectively form the colony of books, run from Mahatma Gandhi Road to Bowbazaar. The area also houses a number of prestigious educational institutions like University of Calcutta, Presidency College, and Calcutta Medical College, also known as the first medical college in the country.
Dotted with makeshift bookstalls made from bamboo, wood, and tarpaulin, College Street’s charm is undeniable. The bookstalls have books on virtually every subject matter known to man — from fiction to non-fiction in myriad languages and even textbooks. This is where you will find books that will appeal to every book-lover — from a racy Agatha Christie thriller to the latest Indian bestseller, second-hand copies of classics and a range of imported comic books. And the best part? You can get these books at bargain prices, sometimes at even half their market value.
A Glimpse into the History of College Street
Under Lord Wellesley, who first planned the construction of the roads in the area, College Street was known as The Great Arterial Road. The name ‘College Street’ came to exist in around 1817 when the Hindu College was first established in the city. The college was founded by David Hare, who wanted to provide a liberal academic education to all Hindus. After the approbation of the college was complete, the Hindu College finally commenced with twenty scholars as students. The street on which the college was established therefore came to be known as College Street.
College Street has been a centre of political and literary activism since the 1930s. The area has been used as a meeting place by iconic Indian leaders such as Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose as well as intellectuals and eminent personalities, including filmmaker Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, and Ritwik Ghatak, Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, poets Subhash Mukhopadhyay, Shakti Chattopadhyay and Sunil Gangopadhyay, to name a few.
Not only that, but College Street has also witnessed the beginning of the revolutionary Naxalite Movement of the 1970s in Bengal. The popularity and legacy of this street are so widespread and profound that in 2007, it was added to Time Magazine’s ‘Best of Asia’ list.
Famous Landmarks and Attractions in College Street
Since the street itself is so iconic, it is obvious that it will house some exceptional landmarks. And truly, College Street is synonymous with a lot of Kolkata’s best attractions:
The Indian Coffee House
To a Kolkata native, College Street and Coffee House can be used as interchangeable terms. The Indian Coffee House has been around for over a century and has seen the likes of stalwarts like Rabindranath Tagore, Subhas Chandra Bose, Satyajit Ray, Mrinal Sen, Shashi Kapoor, Aparna Sen and the like. The place is so ingrained in the memory of Kolkatans, that even songs and poems have been composed in its name. In fact, the place has been immortalized in legendary singer Manna Dey’s famous song “Coffee Houser shei adda ta aaj aar nei” (The rendezvous at the Coffee House is no more).
Today, the Coffee House is visited by students from nearby institutions, literary enthusiasts and tourists.
University of Calcutta
This public state university was established in 1857. It has the reputation of being the first multi-disciplinary and secular educational institution in the country during the time of the Raj. The University has a total of 14 campuses across the city of Kolkata, and the Ashutosh Shiksha Prangan is located on College Street. This is the main campus of the university and the centre of all its administrative work. The University of Calcutta is truly significant, especially to the educational future of the country, since students from both Kolkata, as well as other cities, enroll into the university.
Earlier known as the Presidency College and the Hindu College before that, Presidency College was given the status of an independent university in 2010. Presidency College has the reputation of being the centre of political fervour and discussion, activities in liberal arts and intellectual debates. The stately white gates of the university have seen the likes of Swami Vivekananda, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Subhash Chandra Bose, Sarat Chandra Bose, and Chittaranjan Das pass through its premises. It continues to live up to its reputation of being a stellar academic institution.
Calcutta Medical College
As mentioned earlier, Calcutta Medical College, or Medical College Bengal as it was formerly known, is the first medical college to be established in India by William Bentinck in 1835. The college has both hospital and administrative wings that train budding doctors to help the ailing. The imposing architecture of the college has starkly British overtones and stands out in the middle of the busy by-lanes of College Street.
Founded on 1st January 1824, the Sanskrit College and University offer a Bachelor’s degree in liberal arts, Sanskrit, Pali, linguistics, and ancient and world history. This university is one of a kind, focussing on the study of the most prolific languages in the world. The campus of this monumental institute is also located on College Street.
Hindu School is a government-run school located in College Street, close to Presidency University. The school has groomed and educated celebrated people like Satyendranath Tagore, Jyotindranath Tagore, Chhabi Biswas, Meghnad Saha, Michael Madhusudan Dutta, Kaliprasanna Singha, Keshob Chandra Sen, and others. The school stands tall and proud today, providing valuable education for generations.
This is actually one of the oldest schools in Kolkata. The official date of establishment of this school is 1818. It is situated opposite to Presidency University and is adjacent to University of Calcutta and Hindu School.
The Legacy Continues
College Street continues to remain at the heart of political, social, and cultural debates. And why not? Being a colony of books, it is only fitting that College Street represents the essence of what books teach us — to broaden our minds and to question our long-held beliefs and institutions.
It is crucial to the identity of Kolkata and what makes it the cultural capital of the country. In fact, we cannot think of the city without bringing up College Street. It was, is, and will continue to be one of the most prominent and central spots of attraction of the city.


The story featured today comes from the Trenton Times. It highlights 17 year-old Lindsey Curewitz's efforts to single-handedly restock the Trenton Free Library. She began culling 100 books off her own shelves to clear some space but that sparked the idea to start a book drive among family and friends. Helped along by her brother, she canvassed the neighborhood and beyond to collect 25,000 books and DVDs, ranging from children's stories to books on tape and adult non-fiction. Curewitz far outstripped the largest prior donation to the Free Library, a total of 300 books.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving Week 2...
Today's gratitude belongs to my parents. They field crazy phone calls from me, well, at all hours really, and they have always put me first even when I didn't realize it and/or was a total brat about it. I've gotten better at realizing when they do it at the expense of themselves, but I'm still working on the brat part, so thanks for putting up with that too. : ) They've been okay with me traipsing around the world alone and with people they don't know without uttering a peep; so thanks for giving me roots and wings (along with the occasional infusion of cash). You're the best!


There was a time when Islam was at its peak. During that time many great scientists and scholars had made new discoveries and led the world in the new age of Science and Research. Some of the Great minds of Islamic Golden Age are discussed here.
1. Ibn al-Haytham
Ibn al-Haytham was the mathematician, astronomer and physicist in the tenth and eleventh century AD. He was born in 965 AD in Basra, Iraq and died in 1040 AD in Cairo, Egypt.
He discovers that the light rays travel in a straight line and when it passes through our eyes, we see objects.
He is the father of Modern Optics. He invented the Camera Obscura which you can easily put in your pocket.
Although, there were many scientists even before him but due to his experimental data and discoveries he made, he is considered by many to be The First True SCIENTIST.
2. Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi
Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi was the Mathematician, Geographer and Astronomer in the Islamic Golden Age. He died in 850 CE in Baghdad, Iraq.
He was one of the greatest minds of 9th century CE.
His approach to solve quadratic and linear equations results in the discovery of Algebra, that is why he was known as the Father of Algebra.
Most of you are familiar with the world Algorithm. This world can be traced back to the 9th century CE. He was indirectly involved in the creation of Algorithms.
Due to his contributions in astronomy, mathematics and geography, he was appointed as the head of The Library of the House of Wisdom in Baghdad.
3. Abu Rayhan al-Biruni
Al-Biruni was an Iranian Scholar and Polymath during the Golden Age. He was born on September 5, 973 AD in Beruni, Uzbekistan and died on December 13, 1048, Ghazni, Afghanistan. His interests include a wide range of subjects such as mathematics, astronomy, geology and history.
He had not only studied science subjects, rather he was a well known philosopher, geologist, historian, geographer and theologian.
He moved to India where he learned Indian culture and languages. When he moved to India, he took his notes which were published in 1030 AD. His notes are considered as the most authentic notes in Medieval India.
He made many discoveries in the field of science such as finding directions and the movements of Sun and Moon.
4. Ismail al-Jazari
Ismail al-Jazari was an Arab Muslim Polymath, Scholar , Mechanical Engineer, Artist and Mathematician. He was born in 1136 AD in Cizre, Turkey and died in 1206 in Turkey.
He was best known for work in the field of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics where he invented the Automatic Gates for the first time, which were driven by hydro power.
His most prominent invention was crank and connecting rod. Through this technology, the heavy objects can be lifted easily. Later on this device had been accepted globally and it is still in use in many machines.
5. Mirza Muhammad Taraghay-Ulugh Beg
His real name was Mirza Muhammad Taraghay but he was commonly known as Ulugh Beg which means “Great Prince”.
He was born on March 22, 1394 in Soltaniyeh, Iran and died on October 27, 1449 Samarkand, Uzbekistan. He was a Timurid Sultan, Scientist, Astronomer and Mathematician.
He was the sultan of his time. But he was also known for his contributions on Science particularly in Astronomy.
He constructed the Remarkable Observatory in Samarkand, which was considered by many as one of the finest observatory in Islamic World.
6. Abu Ali Sina
He was born on August 22, 980 AD in Uzbekistan and died on June 22, 1037 AD in Hamedan, Iran. Abu Ali Sina also known as Avicenna in the west was a polymath, astronomer, thinker and writer and known as Father of Medicine.
He was the author of the book The Canon of Medicine. It was used both in Islamic World and Europe up to the 18th century.
He wrote another book named Kitab al-shifa (The book of Healing), He has made his contribution in many fields like medicine, study of stars and mathematics etc.
7. Jabir ibn Hayyan
He was born in 721 AD, in Tous, Iran and died in 813 AD, in Kufa, Iraq. He was the author of a number of books in Arabic called The Jabirian Corpus. This corpus had covered a wide range of topics such as astronomy, mathematics, alchemy, philosophy and medicine.
Some of the books in the Jabirian Corpus include:
Kitab al-Rahma al-Kabir (The Great Book of Mercy), Kutub al-Mi’a wa al-Ithna ‘Ashara (One Hundred and Twelve Books), Kitab al-Sabe’en (The Book of the Seventy).
He was the student of the 6th Imam, Jafar al-Sadiq. He made his discoveries in chemistry. He discovered hydrochloric acid and nitric acid, by distilling various salts with sulfuric acid.
Due to his contribution in the field of Chemistry, He is known as The Father of Chemistry.
This was the list of some of the great minds in Islamic Golden Age. It shows how Muslims scientists and scholars made their contribution in science and pave the way for the western scientists.
You can also read part 2 this article here or another article on How Sir Isaac Newton Influenced by Muslims Scientists.


All documents are in the Adobe Acrobat PDF format (more information). To save a file to your computer, right click on the file and choose “Save Link As…” or “Save Target As…” and choose the location to save the file on your computer.
140-series greenbooks were originally published with each model year in one large book. Each book has been divided into its component sections to make file management easier.
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|1969 Service Manual||22 September 2012|
|1974 Service Manual||22 September 2012|
|Accessories||01 April 2014|


Host A Book Drive
Host a Book Drive
Our ReStore Book & Music section is thriving, thanks to all the great donations we’ve been receiving. We need to continually receive donations of quality books, records and CDs to keep shelves stocked and customers happy. Proceeds from the ReStore support Habitat’s housing programs, so organizing a Book Drive is a great way for groups and youth to support Habitat’s work. If you would like to host a Book Drive, please contact Susan Haynes by email or call her at (828) 254-6706.


About the project
The project “Digital History of Virtual museums” is conducted by Associate Professor Nadezhda Povroznik as a visiting researcher supported by the Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) at the University of Luxembourg.
This project focuses on the study of the history of virtual museums, highlighting stages of their development in the digital age. Based on a study of snapshots of virtual museums stored in web archives, it investigates the key characteristics of virtual museums and data modeling for analyzing resources as a form of online history.
On the website, you will find the main results of the project, five significant case studies of virtual museums, infographics, and the list of useful links on resources online.


A major refurbishment used our Secco high insulating steel doors, in order to restore and open up the Library to the public after the digital revolution once ended its use.
The Bodleian Library is situated in the heart of Oxford’s historic core, the New Bodleian Library originally designed in the 1930’s by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, has been completely refurbished with an £80 million investment and recently re-opened after a four year build program. The new Bodleian Library has created an identity of its own under the new name of Weston Library.
The complex refurbishment focus on three key objectives:
- Upgrade the building’s structures and research facilities
- Improve the quality of the book storage
- Opening up the library to the outside world and the surrounding environment
The large 15.5 metres high entrance hall floods the gallery with natural light, therefore it was a key design factor that bespoke steel doors maximises large extravagant opening using slim framing. The EBE 65 Secco door system was chosen for the thin profiles, high thermal and acoustic performances and large sizes available making it the ideal system for a beautiful and eco-sustainable construction.
To reach the initial design objectives, the entrance from the street has been completely transformed with bespoke steel doors. The whole south façade has been redesigned creating a new entrance opening up directly on to the steps and an integrated ramp with immediate access to the street.
The tall glazed art deco style doors, central to the entrance was finished in an architectural bronze for an elegant and resistant material harmoniously fitting in with the surrounding historical buildings.
A comment from the architects, WilkinsonEyre:
“The transformation of the New Bodleian into an exciting and dynamic resource for the university and the general public will serve to better integrate the building into this wider complex and encourage greater access and engagement.”
See below for more images of this project or visit our Pinterest board for more inspiration.
Contact IQ Metal UK for more information regarding the Bodleian Library project or the products used.


OUT MAY 18, 2018
A Prisoner's Journey to the Pulpit
"YOU GET STARTED BY GETTING STARTED"
IN THE PRESS
This inspirational story will have you on the edge of your seat. If you ever felt that you were too far gone for God to change your life; this book will eradicate that lie. If you’re not dead; you’re not done. God has a purpose for your life
PASTOR DAVE GARGANO
LEAD PASTOR - ROAD TO LIFE CHURCH
Scott Highberger’s life story proves that the redemption of God is better than fiction! This book is an invitation to true freedom for you, your friends, family, and anyone who will take the journey through its’ pages.
This book is a great resource for those incarcerated individuals who truly desire to mature in their Christian walk. Through Mr. Highberger’s story, many can be inspired to follow in his footsteps.


Global Conference 2012
Author, "Pioneers of the Possible: Celebrating Visionary Women of the World"
Angella Nazarian is the author of the newly released book, "Pioneers of the Possible: Celebrating Visionary Women of the World," which honors 20 of the world's most daring, creative and inspiring women of the 20th and 21st centuries. Nazarian has been a professor of psychology and a faculty member at Mount Saint Mary's College and California State University, Long Beach. She conducts workshops and seminars on topics related to personal development and growth for women and has been a keynote speaker at national events and conferences. She was the chairperson of the education committee of the board of trustees at Brentwood School and is currently a trustee at the school. She also serves on the Parent Advisory Board at Stanford University. She is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post, Maria Shriver's More.com blog and Intent.com. Her poetry has appeared in New Millennium Writings, and several of her works have been published in MO+TH. Her first book, "Life as a Visitor," was a best-seller for Assouline, her publishers.


A personal invite:
International School of Kuala Lumpur
February 23rd, 24th, 25th
International School of Bangkok
An original work...
"To a Stranger Born in Some Distant Country Hundreds of Years from Now"
Inspired by and devised from Rilke's "Letter to a Young Poet" and the poetry of the 2004 nobel laureate, Billy Collins.
Every poet must come to terms with the ultimate question, "Must I write?"
In "To a Stranger....", we are introduced to a poet, his psyche, and a cast of characters bound to poetic visions.
With Rilke's letters as a guiding force, the poet is compelled to explore love, childhood and the darkest corners of his own life and love.
"Dubbed “the most popular poet in America”, Billy Collins is famous for conversational, witty poems that welcome readers with humor but often slip into quirky, tender or profound observation on the everyday, reading and writing, and poetry itself."
"Letters to a Young Poet" is a compilation of letters by Rainer Maria Rilke. It consists of 10 letters written to a young man trying to choose between a literary career and entering the Austro-Hungarian Army.
The letters were originally written to Franz Kappus, a 19-year-old officer cadet at the Vienna Military Academy, of which Rilke was an alumnus. Discouraged by the prospect of life in the Austro-Hungarian Army, Kappus began to send his poetry to the 27-year-old Rilke, seeking both literary criticism and career advice. Their correspondence lasted from 1902 to 1908. In 1929, three years after Rilke's death, Kappus assembled and published the ten letters.
International School of Kuala Lumpur- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
February 23rd 4pm, February 24th 8pm, & February 25th 8pm -
10 & 15RM Entrance
March 2nd - International School of Bangkok - Bangkok, Thailand- Free Entry
2012 - IASAS Cultural Convention
Directed by Timothy Howe
Assistant Director- Aishah Hamzah
Production Assistants- Katya Baker
Production Manager- Adib Anas
Technical Coordinator- Vincent Periasamy
Light Technician-Md Fadzil Md Saad
Costume Design- Donna Lyon & Deborah Pappas
Program & Poster Art- Melissa Yip
Photography & Videography-Raghav Mathur & Nikolai Joyce
* Design and Concept supported by 22 students of the IB Theatre program
Fabian Erikson- Poet
Meaghan Pappas- Parentheses
Audience- You Reader
Ciara Cheng- Voice
Tara Khan- Voice
Ibrahim Tahoun- Boy
Andrew Fernandez- Boy
Madeleine Lefeuvre- Girl
*To my dear friend Mary Bonner Baker, who planted a beautiful seed of creativity by presenting Rilke's letters to me as a gift this past summer.
*To my colleague and friend, Noren Sahari, who in a casual conversation pointed me in the direction of the great Billy Collins.
Source: Collins reference article: http://


This Video Book Library provides short narrated videos of primary grade (K-5) focused STEM books. The goal of this program is provide teachers with age appropriate STEM related reading material. Teachers can elect to play the video book, and start and stop them as they wish to openly discuss the content. Teacher's may also consider muting the audio to create even more active participation in the story telling.
This story, written by Rebecca Miller, introduces the concept of coding and algorithms to children. In this story, Aurora, the artificial intelligence system for Spacegate Station, meets a lost Robotic dog named chip. In order to help him find his way back to his charging station, Aurora uses the example of coding and algorithms to provide Chip with the information he needs to find his way home. (running time 4 minutes)
This story by Jennifer Rustgi and Illustrated by Ashley White is about an adventurous young girl that journeys around the world accompanied by her faithful companion—the Moon. Always changing, yet always with her, the Moon remains her magical friend and loyal guide as she discovers both natural beauty and man-made wonders. (running time 2 minutes)
In this story by Chris Van Dunsen, Jack dreams up a whimsical fantasy where he builds the house of his dreams, complete with a racetrack, flying room, and gigantic slide. Jack's limitless creativity and infectious enthusiasm will inspire budding young inventors to imagine their own fantastical design. (running time 4 minutes)


One of the absolute highlights of the new Cinema 4D R20 is the new Fields feature. Fields offer revolutionary new possibilities for manipulating procedural animations - and not only for motion graphics artists. Since Fields can be combined with just about any other scene element, they offer creative possibilities that can otherwise be confusing for the very first projects. This is where the C4D Cafe tutorial series comes in: it offers 23 chapters of comprehensive material for getting to know the new Fields feature - from explaining what Fields are to their use and description of individual settings through to practical examples.
The English-language tutorials are available immediately for €49 from C4D Cafe.
More info you will find here!
An entire example lesson can be watched for free here!
New Cinema 4D Fields Tutorial
The new Fields in Cinema 4D R20 are a dream come true for many artists. And now C4D Cafe has tutorials to help you learn how to use them!


KNIFE, SPOON, FORK
Knife, Spoon, Fork
HD video, color, sound, 8' 25", 2013
Knife, Spoon, Fork is a trialogue between visual artists Leila Tschopp, Samantha Adler de Oliveira and Yi Yunyi, based on Susan Sontag’s essay “In Memory of Their Feelings” written in 1989 for the exhibition catalogue of <Dancers on a Plane: Cage, Cunningham, Johns>. "Suppose Knife, Spoon and Fork are three people", writes Sontag, "and they get together on a plane (plain). What would they have to say to each other?"
Three artists pool together their distinctive languages, nationalities and biographies, and navigate through the physical and temporal space they collectively inhabit. In this triangular dance, how do they relate to one another? “There is no hierarchy", Sontag writes, "the list can only be varied, systematically. As in knife, fork, spoon. As in knife, spoon, fork. As in fork, knife, spoon (...)."
Appearance: Samantha Adler De Oliveira, Leila Tschopp, Yi Yunyi
Adapted Text: “In memory of Their Feelings” written by Susan Sontag, <Where the Stress falls, 1989>
“All I Can Say” written and sung by Marina Evans
“In Memory of a Fork” text and sung by Yi Yunyi (The original melody came from Argentina’s folk song, “Piedra y Camino” written by Atahualpa Yupanqui)
12/12/2015, Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea
1/13/2015, Haagaf Gallery, Haifa, Israel
6/20/2014 - 7/27/2014, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2/21/2014, 49B Studio, Brooklyn, USA
10/24/2013, Coworker Projects, New York, USA


An introduction to the life of Buddha by the BBC. Siddhartha Gautama was born around the year 580 BCE in the village of Lumbini in present-day Nepal.
He was born into a royal family, and his privileged life insulated him from the sufferings of life; sufferings such as sickness, age and death.
One day, after growing up, marrying and having a child, Siddhartha went outside the royal enclosure where he lived. When he went outside he saw, each for the first time, an old man, a sick man, and a corpse.
This greatly disturbed him, and he learned that sickness, age, and death were the inevitable fate of human beings - a fate no-one could avoid.
 właśnie zauważyłem, że wątek o tym filmie już sie pojawił.
przepraszam za zamieszanie i gdyby to komuś przeszkadzało to proszę kogoś kompetentnego o usunięcie tematu


Vlog Summary: Candace A. McCullough reveals how “The Secret” is a modern-day version of snake oil. The vlog discusses the history of snake oil remedies and phrenology, both of which represent forms of pseudo-science. Based purely on claims, without scientific evidence, snake oils explode in popularity through hype and aggressive marketing. According to the law of attraction, the underlying theme of “The Secret”, your thoughts determine your destiny, and positive thoughts are of utmost importance. Based on this logic, Deaf people are entirely to blame for audism. Critics of the self-help book and DVD include psychologists, counselors, and social workers, many of whom are concerned about its blame-the-victim philosophy. Included in the vlog is a clip from the DVD, shown to illustrate the materialistic aspect of “The Secret”.
McCullough, C. (2007, May 1). The Secret: Self-help Snake Oil. ASC on the Couch. Retrieved May 1, 2007, from http://www.ascdeaf.com/blog/?p=308


I first came across the work
of the American poet Langston Hughes by complete accident around about 1994.
Although I’ve been a poet myself since my primary school days and a reader and
collector of poetry books old and new for all of my life, I had never come
across any of his work nor read his books or even heard any mention of his name.
It turned out to be the best accident of my life.
I’m also an artist and it
was around this same time that I was experimenting with paper collage as a
medium. I’d produced one picture of jazz and blues singer Billie Holiday and
also one of the ‘New Orleans Street Parade’ which always heralds the start of
the Marsden Jazz Festival weekend in October each year. These collages are
typically made from a mixture of photographs I’ve taken myself plus bits of
leaflets and most of all, pieces of torn paper pages from the colour
supplements. The finished work is sometimes augmented or embellished with ink,
acrylic, watercolour or some other medium for effect.
At that time, I had all my
friends and neighbours saving their weekend supplements for me and it was while
I was leafing through a fresh batch of these colour supplements for suitable
material that I came across a book review of The Collected Poems of
Langston Hughes. It opened my eyes and mind to his poetry and I resolved to
track down his work in the second hand book shops. This was to prove a very
difficult task as his books seemed non-existent and very hard to come by, but I
eventually succeeded with one volume. This was just before the internet
revolutionised the way we can all now research and obtain information and it’s
much easier nowadays, of course, with almost all of his poetry and work being
freely available online, together with his complete life story.
I went on to produce a
collage that I titled ‘Night Time in Harlem’ which I then used to illustrate
Langston Hughes’s poem ‘Harlem Night Club.’ I’ve since continued to use this
device of illustrating poems of my own as well as other writers, along with the
reverse action of writing a poem for and about a certain picture. Not all of
these collages or paintings of mine are on the subject of Blues and Jazz, but
I’ll illustrate some of Hughes’s poems with my own artwork and photographs as
well as other selected material.
Note: this is a personal
appreciation of the Blues and Jazz Poetry of Langston Hughes including a brief
biography for the general reader and therefore not a subjective appraisal of all
his other work. I’ve listed his output for those who want to follow up his other
fiction, plays, etc. and listed all my sources for this article.
© Copyright 2010 Ray Smith. All Rights Reserved.
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The book, Through the Fire, is the true survival story about a 12 year old girl that was kidnapped and then left in the hills to die. At one point, she experienced an amazing near heaven experience and explains in detail what this was like. There were many miracles throughout the story. If you would like to be notified when the book is available for purchase, just follow this blog and you will be automatically emailed when the book is released. Thank you for your interest.
Through the Fire is a beautifully written account of pain and suffering, but also great reminder that God is always with us–even when we are going through the most painful experiences. I’m proud of my friend Katherine for being courageous enough to share her story with others. She survived a horrible experience, but she has chosen to focus on the miracle that brought her “through the fire.” – Eunice Patterson, Temecula, CA
I highly recommend Through the Fire. It just proves that God’s intervention and miracles are real. This book is very inspirational. I couldn’t put it down! – Rina Rasmussen, Buena Park, CA


Today marks the publication of our newest book, Simplicity: Essays. To keep it—ahem—simple, this 152-page book is simply $5 on Kindle (less than lunch). Simplicity is also available in high-quality trade paperback ($10).
(UPDATE: the book is now only $1 on Kindle and $7 in paperback. Yay!)
Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus left their six-figure careers, jettisoned many of their material possessions, and started focusing on life’s most important aspects. And they never looked back.
Simplicity: Essays is The Minimalists’ fifth book and second essay collection, a follow-up to their bestselling book Minimalism: Essential Essays. In the two years since the authors embraced simpler lives, they have written more than 200 essays on the subject of simple living. Simplicity: Essays serves as a “best of” collection for their most important collaborative writings.
This 152-page book contains 46 edited and revised essays about living a meaningful life with less stuff, including “Getting Rid of Gifts,” “Asking Friends & Family to Embrace Change,” and “I Am Not the Center of the Universe.” It also includes a special foreward by The Minimalists and two unpublished essays that can’t be found anywhere else: “Simplicity” and “The Worst Christmas Ever.”
The order of the essays in this collection is deliberate; they are meant to be read in sequence from beginning to end. Doing so will result in an experience that is different from reading these essays individually throughout the web, connecting various concepts that may otherwise seem unconnected.
These essays were written to encourage readers to think critically about the excess in their lives and, ultimately, to take action towards living more intentionally. This collection is short enough to be read in a few sittings, or it can be digested slowly, reading one essay a day for six weeks, applying its principals each day to your own life.
Note: Kindle books can also be read using the Free Kindle Reader App for your Web Browser, PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android.


近日，由赵大海、林海江、张智若为共同作者，在SSCI、SCI双检索期刊《Risk Management and Healthcare Policy》发表了一篇题为“Evidence-Based Framework and Implementation of China’s Strategy in Combating COVID-19”（基于实证依据的中国抗击新冠疫情的策略框架和实施）的论文。
Dahai Zhao, Haijiang Lin, and ZhiRuo Zhang Jointly Published a Paper on The Strategic of China's Successful Fight against COVID-19 in SSCI Journal
Recently, Dahai Zhao, Haijiang Lin and Zhiruo Zhang as co-authors, have published a paper entitled "Evidence-Based Framework and Implementation of China’s Strategy in Combating COVID-19" (a strategy framework and implementation based on empirical evidence for combating COVID-19 in China) in Risk Management and Healthcare Policy, a double-indexed journal of SSCI and SCI.
Based on the whole process of fighting COVID-19 in a prefecture-level city and relevant survey data of all confirmed COVID-19 patients, this paper fully reveals the mystery of why China has controlled the COVID-19 outbreak in less than two months. At the same time, this paper further demonstrates the necessity, efficiency and feasibility of China's successful strategy to combat COVID-19. The strategic framework of China's fight against COVID-19 has provided important policy lessons and references for other countries in the fight against COVID-19, as well as the confidence of mankind to defeat COVID-19.
This paper is the fourth SCI/SSCI paper on COVID-19 prevention and control published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University-Yale University Joint Center for Health Policy. Haijiang Lin is deputy director and chief physician of the Taizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Zhejiang Province, and Dahai Zhao and Zhiruo Zhang are researchers at the Shanghai Jiaotong University-Yale University Joint Research Center for Health Policy.