The North Dakota Parks and Recreation Department is teaming up with the Central Dakota Library Network in a special Library Loan project which will allow library patrons explore North Dakota’s state parks.
Library card holders at the public libraries in Bismarck, Beulah, Garrison, Hazen, Max, Mandan, Riverdale, Stanton, Turtle Lake, Underwood and Washburn can check out a daily state park vehicle pass, just as they would a book. The pass provides entrance to any North Dakota State Park and waives the daily vehicle fee of $5. The pass is good for seven days. Any additional charges, such as camping, are not included in the pass and are the responsibility of the pass holder.
There is a limit of one pass per household and they can only be checked out by cardholders age 18 and older and in good standing with the library with fines under $2.50. The passes can be renewed after seven days if there is no waiting list to use the pass. To check out a pass a library card must be presented. After seven days passes are to be returned to the library circulation desk from where it was borrowed.


I enjoy the Aunt Dimity series by Nancy Atherton since the books tend to transport me to a cozy place. This book did not disappoint. I enjoy the easy repertoire between the main character, Lori, and her husband Bill as well as Lori’s innate ability to make friends wherever she goes regardless of their age and gender.
This novel begins Lori and Bill heading to Rye, a nearby town, for a weekend getaway sans kids. Bill combined a work errand with the trip, so after dropping Bill off to his business colleague, Lori sets off for her deluxe hotel hoping to meet Bill later on in the afternoon. While on the road, Lori finds herself in the middle of a huge dangerous storm.
Due to the storm, Lori gets diverted to a town and is forced to spend the night at an inn called The King’s Ransom. While there, she befriends a bishop named Bishop Wyndham and together they try and fathom what mysteries lie behind the strange noises they hear at night as well as the mystery behind the inn’s name.
This is a cute “mystery”, and there is no horror or gore involved. This is also not a thriller or even a romance; I think Atherton’s Aunt Dimity series are the epitome of the cozy mystery. I enjoyed the setting and the characters. The novel did get a bit mundane at parts, especially over the constant attempts at deciphering the mystery behind the inn’s name, but all in all, it was an enjoyable and light read.


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Monday, November 14, 2011
Ch 6 Gathering Reader-Centered Information
In chapter 6 "Gathering Reader-Centered Information" of our text book guideline #2 is "Identify the full range of sources that may have helpful information." Of course anyone doing research on any topic is most likely to go right online to Google.com for a quick search of information. And liked we talked about in class chances are the top result will be a Wikipedia result. Good bad or indifference there is a full range of sources that a person can look to for information. Specialist and experts are some that build creditability for the writer. Again our discussion in class shined a light on a place to find all these specialist and experts that I have never thought of before, Twitter. This can provide those people and may even lead you to getting in contact with them for interviews or lead to articles, book, and research papers they may have already written. Online provides many opportunities to find information, some good, some bad, some irrelevant but it seems as though this is the first place people go to do research so when you use the internet use it wisely.


When you give children an opportunity to experiment in the kitchen, it fosters a sense of accomplishment and creativity while raising self-esteem. Below are three outstanding cookbooks that will motivate your young chef.
Good Housekeeping Illustrated Children’s Cookbook
Good Housekeeping Illustrated Children’s Cookbook by Marianne Zanzarella. Hearst books, 2000. 166 pages. Tr. ISBN 1588160114.
For the beginning cook, Good Housekeeping Illustrated Children’s Cookbook is an excellent resource with over 50 delicious kid-tested dishes that children will love to prepare and eat. The book includes 22 pages of introduction that stress kitchen safety and explain cooking methods in great detail.
Each recipe is clear, concise, and presented in a step-by-step format. All recipes include total preparation and cooking time, recommended skill level, and specify when guidance is necessary.
Another great feature of the book is its comprehensive and illustrated glossary of cooking utensils, terms, and techniques. The photography by Tom Eckerle is inclusive given that both boys and girls and children from a wide variety of ethnic backgrounds are included.
Cooking steps and the appetizing finished products are also captured on film. With delicious recipes like Blueberry Corn Muffins, Overnight French Toast, Crunchy Chicken Fingers, Surprise Burgers, and Double Chocolate Brownies, this book is sure to please children ages 9-12.
Gifts to Make and Eat
Gifts to Make and Eat by Elizabeth MacLeod. Kids Can Press. 40 pages. ISBN 1550749560
Gifts to Make and Eat provides over 30 recipes and instructions for children ages 8-12 to create and offer to others as gifts. Designed principally for children who are familiar with cooking.
A number of the recipes do not need to be cooked, (layered soup mix, trail mix) allowing inexperienced and young children to utilize this book with adult guidance.
Children will be drawn to the attractive and simple color photographs and illustrations on uncluttered pages. Photo captions provide additional suggestions and information about recipes (“Anyone with a dairy or egg allergy will appreciate this loaf”, “Hikers and cross skiers will love your homemade trail mix”).
The book offers fantastic ideas for adding personal touches (“Try personalizing these muffins by adding a friend’s favorite berries.”). These edible projects give children who love to cook the opportunity to create inexpensive and creative gifts from the heart.
Cooking the East African Way
Cooking the East African Way by Bertha Vining Montgomery and Constance Nabwire. 72 pages. Learner Publications. Library Binding. ISBN 0822541645.
This revised and expanded edition of Cooking the East African Way is part of the Easy Menu Ethnic Cookbooks series. It features the customs, complete menu suggestions, and recipes of East Africa. It now also includes healthy and low-fat cooking guidelines.
The authors, natives of Uganda and specialists in home economics, include descriptions of the traditional East African Table, shopping lists, and footnotes with the many recipes. The book is well organized and includes introductory notes; safety guidelines; glossaries of cooking utensils, terms, and special ingredients; and an explanation of how to substitute ingredients.
The large and full-page photographs enhance the text. As a result, the food appears very appetizing. The book appears very orderly and less chaotic than many cookbooks, due to ample white space on most pages.
Some tasty recipes include Banana and Meat Stew, Ethiopian Flat Bread, and Greens with Coconut Milk. Although this book is for children ages 10-13, many recipes seem to be at the intermediate level and may require a great deal of adult direction.


International conference on “Libraries Beyond Borders:
Innovative Trends, Issues and Challenges in Knowledge Dissemination”
Department of Library Services Christian Medical College
Christian Medical College, Vellore ,Tamil Nadu, India.
In Collaboration with
To Commemorate the 125th Birth Anniversary of
Dr. S.R. Ranganathan
Father of Library Science
18 – 19th August 2017
About the Conference
Librarianship is an emerging, marginal, growing or developing and full-fledged profession. It forms the basis of specialization and diverse career opportunities including document management, knowledge management, children’s librarianship, research librarianship and electronic resources management. The latest information and communication technology (ICT) developments, including social media such as Facebook and Twitter, e-books and mobile technology offer wonderful new opportunities in the delivery of information services and the way libraries are managed. Libraries have witnessed a great metamorphosis in recent years. Over the last several years, a significant transformation has been noticed from traditional to hybrid nature. The emerging technologies further influence the transition and transformation of libraries into different dimensions.
Considering these developments, Department of Library Services attached to the Christian Medical College, Vellore in collaboration with the Library and Information Science Society for Asia and the Pacific (LISSASPAC) (Regd.) has planned to organize an International Conference on the main theme as Libraries Beyond Borders: Innovative Trends, Issues and Challenges in Knowledge Dissemination.
Objectives of this conference
This conference has envisaged to
Call for Papers
Papers are invited on the themes based on research experiences or theoretical models, case studies from all fraternities including students, academicians, research scholars and librarians. The paper must be an original contribution and should not have been published elsewhere. The papers, which are application – oriented addressing the problems and solutions are most welcome Intended contributors are requested to submit full length paper before 15th July 2017. The decision of the editorial committee is final in the selection of the article.
To meet the objective of the theme, research articles can be contributed on the following sub-themes:
Scudder Auditorium, CMC Campus, Bagayam, Vellore
Instructions for Authors
Authors are requested to submit the soft copy of full paper (With abstract not exceeding 200 words and at least three keywords) on CD and an e-mail attachment to the Organizing Secretary. Paper should not be exceeding 10 pages of A4 size with 1.5 line spacing in Times New Roman 12 font size. Only full length paper will be accepted along with Registration Fee for presentation and publication in the Conference Proceedings. A soft copy of the paper should be sent by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.org and also submit online by logon to www.iclbb.com on or before 15th July 2017. Decision of the Editorial Committee is final.
For updates log on to: www.iclbb.com
This Conference is aimed at a broader section of Law and Library & Information Science Professionals, Research Scholars and Students in Law, LIS Schools and IT Professionals.
|Submission of Full - length Paper||:||15th July 2017|
|Intimation of acceptance||:||18th July 2017|
|Conference Date||:||18-19 August 2017|
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|Student / Research Scholars||Rs. 750/-||Rs.1500/- (On sharing basis)||$60|
All communication shall be addressed to:Dr.D. Joyson Soundrarajan


6PM: BRITA SERVAES, NEW SCHOOL LIBRARIES, + JEANNIE KAHANEY FROM THE UNIVERSITY LEARNING CENTER
6:45PM: PREP FOR “DOCUMENTARY AND DIFFERENCE” PANEL ON MARCH 6
- Genevieve Yue, “The China Girls on the Margins of Film,” October 153 (Summer 2015): 96-116.
- See Genevieve’s website
- Allan Sekula, Introduction and “Aerospace Folktales” in Photography Against the Grain: Essays and Photo Works 1973-1983 (Halifax: The Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, 1984): ix-xv, 106-64.
- Maria Lind and Hito Steyerl, “Introduction: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art” in Lind and Steyerl, eds., The Greenroom: Reconsidering the Documentary and Contemporary Art 1 (Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2008): 10-26 [note from Genevieve: don’t worry if you don’t recognize many of the works referenced in the essay’s second half!]
- Effie’s Vimeo Page: focus in particular on “American Hunger” and “Many Thousands Gone”
To prep for our library workshop:
- Browse through the New School Library website (also accessible through the “Apps” menu, in the upper-right-hand corner of MyNewSchool) and skim through this “Finding Resources” guide.
- Claire Lehmann, “Color Goes Electric,” Triple Canopy (2016).
- “Forms of Scholarship: Writing,” Words in Space.
- Check out the University Learning Center’s website.
- Howard S. Becker, Excerpts from “Freshman English for Graduate Students” and “Persona and Authority” In Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article, 2nd (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007): 1-20, 26-40. [Don’t let the title fool you; this book isn’t applicable only to social scientists or those writing theses or articles. Becker’s advice applies to all graduate-level writing, even non-traditionally academic writing.]
Video will be posted by 10pm on 2/14


How to use Python on ECCS terminals?
Mac environments on ECCS terminals:
- Python is available on Mac environments. Once you type
$ python3on a terminal window, you can use Python. However in system python, libraries you can use are very limited.
- Pyenv was installed via homebrew on the Mac environments.
$ pyenv versionsshows the available python versions including anaconda3, and you can choose them. (If you want to install other versions, please go to ECCS FAQ (in Japanese)) You can use anaconda version of python and it plenty of libraries if you type
$ pyenv local anaconda3-x.xin your home directory. In addition, please note that you cannot run
$ pyenv global.
Windows environments on ECCS terminals: (now confirming)
- Python is available also in windows environments. Please type
pythonto run anaconda python 2.7 on a prompt or PowerShell. Currently, if you want to use python3, you have to type the full path like
- You can use python also on Cygwin. The python system is the same anaconda versions above instead of Cygwin version python. If you do not want to use a Mac, please use it.


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2018 AWRA Summer Specialty Conference
The Science, Management, and Governance of Transboundary Groundwater
July 9-11, 2018
Worthington Renaissance Fort Worth Hotel
Fort Worth, Texas
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An appreciation by Maureen Spinks
It is with great sadness that we have to report the untimely death on 3rd October of Richard Phillips at the age of 67. Richard died of a heart attack and we are still coming to terms with his sudden death. Our heartfelt condolences are given to Lizzie and to his son, Will.
It is not an overstatement to say that, had it not been for Richard, The Badsey Society may never have been born. It was Richard who set up the Badsey website, www.badsey.net, and it was Richard who suggested a second edition of A Brief History of Badsey and Aldington. It was these two things which led directly to the founding of The Badsey Society in February 2002. In his quiet, unassuming way, Richard made things happen.
Richard was born in south London in December 1947. He graduated in Experimental Psychology from Sussex University in 1969 and went on to gain a PhD at University College London. Richard remained at UCL in the 1970s as a Research Fellow; it was at UCL that he met Lizzie, who was his research assistant. He then moved to The University of Nottingham where he was a Reader in the School of Education.
Richard, newly retired from academia, moved to Badsey in April 2000. He and Lizzie relished living in the centuries-old Manor House, seeing themselves as custodians, looking after the house for the future. I first met Richard two months after he moved to the village when I mounted a historical exhibition at the Badsey School Millennium fete. Richard asked me if I would be prepared to share my work on parish register and census transcriptions for a village website he was planning. With a keen interest in family history and with a background in computers, he had already begun extracting Badsey-related data from the IGI records on the web (remember, back in 2000, this was some years before the birth of the numerous genealogical websites that we see today), so he was pleased to find that work was already in progress.
As with everything he did, Richard worked quickly and efficiently and very soon, www.badsey.net was live for the whole world to see. We were thrilled and excited when we received our first email to the Visitors' Book in July 2000, from a man in Australia who was the descendant an early 19th century Curate of Badsey. Encouraged by this email of support, other people joined the team and more items were added to the village website. A proud moment came in September 2002 when we entered the Worcestershire Community Pride competition and won first prize. The judges described the website as "an innovative project which may well provide a template for other communities hoping to embark on a similar scheme".
In the meantime, on discovering that almost the last copy of the 1983 edition of A Brief History of Badsey and Aldington had been sold, Richard suggested to Terry Sparrow that it would be good if he would consider writing a second edition, saying it might be possible to get a grant. Worcestershire County Council agreed to give £2000, but would only give it to a Society and not to an individual. So that was how The Badsey Society came into existence - the rest, as they say, is history. Seven months after the Society started in February 2002, A Brief History was published, with the design done by Richard. Three further books followed, Richard again as designer. He was responsible for editing Villages in the Vale, A Tapestry of Local History, and wrote a chapter in the book relating to the history of the Manor House. Richard was also heavily involved in the Society's Enclosure Map project and was part of the team that produced the documentary film, The Market Gardener.
As described in The Badsey Society’s April Newsletter, Richard recently undertook a project in conjunction with staff at Worcestershire Archive & Archaeology Service at The Hive. The Hive project aimed to record details of all the Worcestershire buildings shown on the first large scale OS maps from around 1880. For each building, they wanted a photograph of what survives today and a brief written description. Richard was provided with a map of Badsey showing 109 buildings and one for Aldington with 48 buildings. Much of the work had already been done as part of the Society’s photographic survey in 2008, but Richard took on the responsibility of collating the information. The work has been added to the Historic Environment Record and a CD is held in The Badsey Society Archive.
Outside of The Badsey Society, Richard was the author of two books: Perspective in the Age of Digital Photography and Numbers: Facts, Figures & Fiction. Photography was a great passion and he involved himself in composite documentary photography and photography for education. Richard was also a volunteer for OpenStreetMap (OSM), a free, community-generated map of the world. Together with his son, he set up the website, Evesham Mapped, which uses OSM data to create thematic maps of the Vale of Evesham, covering topics as diverse as fast food takeaways, listed buildings, rights of way and commemorative plaques.
A humble and gentle man who did not seek the limelight, but who nevertheless had strong views, Richard was a powerful force in the formative years of the Society and continued to make a valuable contribution over the years. He will be a hard act to follow – we will miss him greatly.


The Belfast-born poet Michael Longley has been awarded a €250,000 (£216,000) European arts award. Longley will accept the Feltrinelli International Prize for Poetry at a ceremony in November.
Previous winners of the prize include WH Auden, Eugenio Montale and John Ashbery.
Longley was born in 1939 and published his first collection of poetry, No Continuing City, when he was 30 years old. He held the post of professor of poetry for Ireland from 2007 to 2010.
The prize is awarded, both nationally and internationally, once every five years in each field by Italy’s Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
The Accademia dei Lincei said Mr Longley had won for “the extraordinary relevance of his themes and their cultural implications, as well as the very high stylistic quality of his oeuvre”.
It said: “Longley is an extraordinary poet of landscape, particularly of the Irish West, which he observes with the delicate and passionate attention of an ecologist, and a tragic singer of Ireland and its dramatic history.
“But with his poetry he has also addressed the seduction, conquest, and fascination of love, as well as the shock of war in all ages, the tragedy of the Holocaust and of the gulags, and the themes of loss, grief and pity.”
The Belfast native is the son of an English soldier who fought in World War One – both of his parents were Londoners who moved to Northern Ireland before his birth. He and his twin brother were born in Lower Crescent, just off University Road in Belfast, on 27 July 1939, weeks before the start of World War Two.
Longley was educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution – known as Inst – and later studied classics at Trinity College in Dublin, and both institutions influenced his career. His writing career began in his early teens when he “fell in love very deeply” with a girl from a nearby school, Methodist College.
“I tried to write poems to impress her but she wasn’t terribly impressed because she gave me the heave-ho,” he laughed. The critics were kinder in his later life, however, and Longley has become one of the most successful poets Northern Ireland has ever produced.
His trophy cabinet includes the Whitbread Poetry Award, the TS Eliot Prize and the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry. In 2001 he received the Queen’s Gold Medal for Poetry, and in 2003 the Wilfred Owen Award. He was appointed CBE in 2010.


A DADGAD Christmas is a collection of twenty-one arrangements of Christmas favorites for solo fingerstyle guitar, all in DADGAD tuning. The book is divided into two sections: Gig Book – a set of short, easy to play arrangements, and then Performance Arrangements – a collection of more complex performance-ready arrangements.
The first part of the book, the Gig Book, contains arrangements that are easy enough for beginner, but that are also meant to act as templates for your own arrangements. With a bit of practice you should be able to pull out these arrangements whenever you are asked to play a Christmas song and read the music, elaborating on the basic arrangements simply by adding your own variations within the basic structure. See page 8 for some tips on ways to enhance these arrangements.
The second half of the book, Performance Arrangements, features longer, more complete arrangements of nine tunes, ready to perform in any setting – with friends and family, in church, or in a concert.
This book includes a physical CD, and you can also download the music immediately. The book will be shipped to you, along with the physical CD.
Includes unlimited streaming of A DADGAD Christmas via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
DUETS - Teja Gerken & Doug Young – DUETS - Physical CD
Forever Christmas – Forever Christmas Physical CD
Laurel Mill – Laurel Mill Physical CD
A DADGAD Christmas – A DADGAD Christmas - Physical CD ONLY
Closing Time – Closing Time CD in Digipack
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Doug Young is a fingerstyle guitarist, composer, teacher and performer who lives in the San Francisco bay area. He is a Contributing Editor for Acoustic Guitar Magazine and is the author of the Mel Bay best-selling book "Understanding DADGAD" as well as "A DADGAD Christmas"
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The Florentine Museum of San Marco occupies the oldest part of an ancient Dominican monastery, and houses the largest collection in the world of the works of Fra Angelico (Beato Angelico), who lived here for several years.
The convent of San Marco is an architectural masterpiece built by Michelozzo by appointment of Cosimo de’ Medici, and was the house of Fra Girolamo Savonarola, who made it his headquarters. It was declared a museum of national importance in 1869.
The beautiful spaces that now house the museum are located next to San Marco Church and to the rooms adjacent to the cloister, still used as a monastery.
The Museum of San Marco is home to some of the most interesting collections and works of the city of Florence, including the collections moved here from the Museum of Ancient Florence, after the demolition made in the nineteenth century.
The visit to San Marco includes the beautiful cells, the Cloister of St. Anthony, the Last Supper Hall, the Refectory and the Chapter Hall.
True jewels of the Museum of San Marco are the art works by Fra Angelico, including the world famous Annunciation, a masterpiece of Renaissance painting.
The Hospice Hall is enterely dedicated to Fra Angelico and features the Deposition of Christ, the San Pietro Martire Triptych, the Annalena Altarpiece, The Last Judgement (1431), the San Marco Altarpiece, the Madonna and Child, and the Tabernacle of the Linaioli.
The second floor houses the old monks’ cells, decorated with frescoes of great fame and beauty. Made between 1438 and 1446, they bear witness to the more mature phase of the art of Fra Angelico and are an example of absolute modernity and sophistication, never made in a monastery before.
Complete the rich collection of the museum of San Marco, its fabulous Library (1437-1444) which houses priceless manuscripts belonged to the Medici family and to personalities such as Pico della Mirandola and Agnolo Poliziano.
Lorenzo The Magnificent promoted the growth and enrichment of the library, which was one of the main forges of Renaissance culture and houses many volumes of manuscripts in Latin and Greek.
San Marco Museum also features a large number of other art works of priceless historical and artistic value, such as the Last Supper (Ultima Cena) by Ghirlandaio, the Madonna della Cintola by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, the Madonna and Child by Paolo Uccello, the famous portrait of Girolamo Savonarola, and several glazed terracotta made by the Della Robbia School.
The church of San Marco, adjacent to the Museum, is very charming as well.
Several centuries ago, it had a famous bell attributed to Verrocchio, called by the Florentines la Piagnona (the crybaby).
The story of the bell is intertwined with that of Fra Savonarola: it was accused of playing an alarm during the arrest of the friar, so it was punished with exile in the church of San Salvatore al Monte, where never rang more!
In 2000 it was moved back to the monastery of San Marco.
Museum of San Marco - Piazza San Marco 3 - 50121 Firenze, Italy
From Monday to Friday: 8.15 am to 1.50 pm
The ticket office closes at 1.20 pm
Closing operations begin at 1.30 pm
Saturday, Sunday and holidays: 8.15 to 4.50 pm
The ticket office closes at 4.20 pm
Closing operations begin at 4.30 pm
Closed: 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday and the 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, Christmas, New Year, May 1st.
Full price: € 4.00
Reduced: € 2,00
Free admission: children under 6 years old, disabled people and their helpers, authorized tour guides and leaders, teachers accompanying school groups
The cost of the ticket may vary during special events or thematic exhibitions.


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Scheduling, vehicle routing and timetabling are all examples of constraint problems, and methods to solve them rely on the idea of constraint propagation and search. This book meets the need for a modern, multidisciplinary introduction to the field that covers foundations and applications. Written by Krzysztof Apt, an authority on the subject, it will be welcomed by graduate students and professionals. With the insertion of constraint techniques into programming environments, new developments have accelerated the solution process. Constraint programming combines ideas from artificial intelligence, programming languages, databases, and operational research.
a fundamental new way of looking at constraint programming … This book … is a great present to the constraint programming community, which will certainly advance scientifically because of its publication. We need good books to educate new people to Constraint Programming in the best way, and this book is a great way to do this.’ Theory and Practice of Logic Programming.
a fundamental new way of looking at constraint programming … done with the highest level of precision and formality, without however making the reading task too heavy, as it is typical of Apt’s writing style … I really enjoyed reading Apt’s book and am using it for my current course on constraint programming … it is extremely well written … the formal style never makes reading a heavy task … it provides a very original abstract view of the main concepts of constraint propagation and constraint programming, which can be very useful both for beginners who need to understand[ing] these concepts without getting lost, and also for experienced researchers … I have always been stunned by his exceptional ability to be formal and clear. This book is yet another witness for this ability … a great present to the constraint programming community, which will certainly advance scientifically because of its publication. (Journal of TLP)


Support and strengthen Nationella arkivdatabasen (NAD, Sweden’s national archive database). That is the message in the debate article (SvD April 30) that Alexander Husebye, CEO of the Centre for Business History, has co-authored.
NAD, Sweden’s national archive database, is one of the most important ways into the Swedish archive systems. It was once created by the National Archives, which still operates it, but does so without specific directives from the principal state or with earmarked funds. In practice, this has led to a slow dismantling of the NAD.
A closure would be a loss not only for the country’s archives and for Sweden as a research nation, say our CEO Alexander Husebye and 11 other representatives of archival institutions and archival associations in a debate article in Svenska Dagbladet on April 30.
The initiator of the debate article is the Svenska Arkivförbundet (Swedish Archives Association).


Catching Up With…Laura Vikmanis
By Lauren Bishop
Dec. 28, 2011
At 43, Cincinnati Ben-Gal Laura Vikmanis is the oldest cheerleader in the NFL. She’s also the only one whose life will soon become the subject of a movie and a book.
Vikmanis of Springboro made national news this year when a video about her on Yahoo.com told the story of how the dietitian and 42-year-old single mother of two teens became the NFL’s oldest cheerleader two years ago.
Hollywood came calling, and by the end of March, she had sold the rights to her life story to New Line. The studio has hired screenwriters Emily Cook and Kathy Greenberg – whose credits include “Gnomeo & Juliet” and “Ratatouille” – to tell the story of show she became the NFL’s oldest cheerleader after the collapse of her marriage.
The film likely is still at least two years away, but Vikmanis’s memoir is due out March 20 from Ballantine Books, a division of Random House. Vikmanis wrote the book, titled “It’s Not About the Pom-Poms: How a 40-Year-Old Mom Became the NFL’s Oldest Cheerleader and Found Hope, Joy, and Inspiration Along the Way” with Brooklyn-based author Amy Sohn.
Sohn’s books include the novels “Run Catch Kiss” and “Prospect Park West” and a companion guide to HBO’s “Sex and the City” titled “Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell.”
“I met her last March and we just clicked instantly,” Vikmanis said of Sohn. “There’s a lot of fun and interesting insight into the NFL cheerleading world.”
The book also delves into Vikmanis’s marriage, a topic she said she can’t discuss in detail until the book comes out. But she said it’s highly personal.
“I’ve totally opened myself up,” she said. “I know there’s a lot of judgment out there, and I just hope that people look at the broader picture, which is, if you’re struggling with something, it doesn’t mean you’re going to be struggling the rest of your life. You can turn yourself around.”
The book’s release will coincide with a national book tour that includes dates in Greater Cincinnati.
In the meantime, she’s trying her hand at blogging on SkinnyMom.com under the heading “A Mom to Cheer For” about topics like avoiding weight gain during the holidays and gifts for fitness-minded people. And fans can still see her at Bengals games.
The Bengals’ last home game is Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. And after that, she said, “I’m definitely trying again out next year.”


Curation Nation: How to Win in a World Where Consumers Are Creators
by Steven Rosenbaum
I love the pursuit of knowledge and yet recognize the challenge of making sense of the avalanche of data that overcomes us each day burying us in the relevant and irrelevant. Some technological tools help us sort and aggregate data but ultimately the greatest value comes through wise curation of data.
Like reviewers who help us appreciate, discover, or avoid books, restaurants, and movies, adept curators help us make wise choices with limited time and resources to focus on information with high-value return. Curators who are focused on their own financial gain or shilling for a particular point-of-view will face a narrow audience or complete rejection. Good curators provide what we need, introduce us to obscure information, reveal developing issues or technology before it is mainstream, and make sense of the flood of information.
This is an excellent book on rise of data curation on the Internet and addresses content sharing issues and debates. The book also explores the challenges of how curation can or should look and where it is going. This is especially important for those developing an Internet channel.
“The future of search is verbs” – Bill Gates (Curation Nation, p. 220). People search because they want to act! Curation provides information to help them act.
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Author: Frostie Hall
Kidnapped Lacey Prescott was sure she was going to die before her miraculous rescue, but Lacey is left with many angry questions. Her Christian friends finally drag her to a church camp where she meets her rescuers and her new King. The adventures continue from Dread Champions of the King: The Humble Beginnings as she and her friends learn to operate in the spirit world through dreams and visions, and being led by the Holy Spirit.
What is a ‘Dread Champion’? Read below.
“Finally! A well written Christian adventure series for kids! Frostie Hall shares our vision of kids doing great and mighty supernatural things for the kingdom, and I highly recommend her Dread Champions of the King series as good reading for the whole family.” —Becky Fischer, Kids in Ministry, International
Other books in this series include:
Dread Champions of the King-For the King (Book 1)
Dread Champions of the King-Greater Things (Book 3)
Paperback: 67 pages
What is a ‘Dread Champion’?
A Dread Champion is a soldier who is chosen by the king to represent him in battle with the king’s enemies. The king chooses from his most mighty, brave and loyal warriors. As the king’s champion wins battle after battle he becomes dreaded by the king’s enemies, thus becoming a “Dread Champion of the King.” This book series is a continuing story about young people who have chosen to serve Jesus Christ, the King of kings, and are determined to do whatever He asks of them. They soon discover that the King has chosen them as His “Dread Champions,” to send them into battle against the forces of evil.
“This book will capture the attention of those of any age, is biblically sound and will help children understand the supernatural world around them in a way that equips them to be champions for King Jesus.” —David White, Director Knights of the Cross, MorningStar Ministries
“I homeschool my children and am always on the lookout for good books. Little did I know what I was getting my hands on when I bought Dread Champions of the King. My children and I were captivated from the very first moment. We have passed the book along to several other families in our church, and the reaction is always the same: awesome!” —Trina Mask, There Is Grace Ministry, Homeschooling Mother of Five
Author Bio: “Lady” Frostie Hall, is a very gifted and annointed teacher of both children and adults. Her adventurous life serving the King has given her a wealth of exciting experiences to show that the true Christian life is anything but boring if we are willing to follow the King of kings wherever He leads.


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I am working diligently on documenting usage of my library in order to share that information with my building and district administrators, because they have no concept of how busy my library is daily. I couldn't do it easily without this program. I have presented several sessions at state conferences on using social media and statistics to convey that info to stakeholders
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Pets are some of the most important beings throughout our lives. We may not have the most vivid memories with our favorite toys as a child, or that weird neighbor kid our mom made us play share them with. We may not even remember something as important as our first day of elementary, middle or high school. But by God, I’ve yet to meet a person who doesn’t have vivid memories with each pet they’ve ever owned.
Cats I’ve Known: On Love, Loss and Being Graciously Ignored by Katie Haegele is a testament to this exact sentiment. Through 44 short essays she tells the story of her life, both then and now, through all the cats she’s known. Haegele hasn’t owned each of these creatures – thank goodness, 44 is a lot for one lifetime – but each hold a special place in her heart and bring her back to a certain time, place or memory. Through each piece we get another sprinkle into not only Haegele’s life, but into the magic of owning a kitty.
“And it’s been funny,” Haegele says, “getting used to having these stray cats around.I’ve had lots of pet cats in my life, but these aren’t anybody’s pets. They’re not exactly wild, though, either – they need us people, and our garbage, and the occasional moments of kindness we have to offer.”
This book can teach us all a lot on the importance of those occasional moments of kindness and how much we must savor them, both with and beyond cats.
I personally am something of a crazy cat lady myself, so this collection of essays struck a particular nerve. I, as I’m sure many other cat lovers do, mark different eras in my life partially by the cats I owned during each period. Of course I also had dogs during these times, but there’s something about the quiet presence of a feline that integrates it to be more than an animal, something more akin to a facet of the greater picture of your life.
As far as the plot itself, the book covers Haegele’s time growing up, maturing, marrying and making her own life in the suburbs around Philadelphia. Some of these cats she discusses are hers, some are relatives, and some are hushed inhabitants of her favorite bookstores. Some are random strays she’d serendipitously come across during a pensive spell. Each seem to be incredible in their own way.
None of the cats are truly “main characters,” but a few stick out. I smiled as I was introduced to Gloria, the “grande dame” who poked the nose of a sleeping Haegele for attention. As she is described, “…she’s been a Queen Bee since she was a tiny kitten who tried to make a nest in my hair.” I cried as the author had to deal with the first death of an animal she owned alone and realized “[she] was just a cat, but she was my friend, and I’m just nobody, but I’m somebody, too. So are you.”
Some chapters are solemn, some are pensive, and some are filled with comedy. It’s truly something of an emotional rollercoaster that I didn’t want to get off for one second, even when I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt or furiously wiping away mascara-filled tears to read the next paragraph. Each feeling was so well-written, so raw, that even with the negative emotions, I reveled in experiencing each to its fullest extent.
This is a good book even for those who don’t like reading too much; at 191 pages, it’s not an intimidating venture, and the short chapters (at most 4-5 pages) make the disconnected yet somehow coherent story fly by. It’s the perfect rainy-day or road-trip book. There’s no Tolkien-esque exposition, no ten-dollar SAT words, and it doesn’t have deep, roaming metaphors that bog down the text. It’s easy-to-read, comfortable, and more of an enjoyable experience than a literary conquest.
If I had anything to say that could be seen as “negative” towards this book, it would be that it’s not suited for those who do not love cats. It won’t convince anyone to give a kitten a try, and it won’t have the same witted candor for someone who has never had a cat of their own. Cats have personalities that can really only be understood after owning one, so the nuances of cat lady life will be lost on anyone who is not already familiar. Considering this makes up the best parts of the book, and the majority of the book itself, in fact, it won’t be much of an interesting read for non-cat-lovers.
Cats I’ve Known is the perfect piece for cat lovers. After reading this book I had to go and cuddle my own cat to shower her in attention to console myself from the ending of Haegele’s journey, at least as far as she’d written it. It truly takes you through love, loss, and hilarious moments of the ridiculous personalities of felines. The way these creatures meander about the many curves, stops, and crossroads of Haegele’s life provides an interesting analogy for the mysterious presence of cats and that quiet background ambiance that perhaps can make you feel not so alone, even when it seems like you’re all you’ve got. Even in your darkest times, there’s a furry head waiting to pop out around the corner and prod you into a good chin scratch.


Endomyne, John Keats, 1818
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing
A flowery band to bind us to the earth,
Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth
Of noble natures, of the gloomy days,
Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways
Made for our searching: yes, in spite of all,
Some shape of beauty moves away the pall
From our dark spirits. Such the sun, the moon,
Trees old and young, sprouting a shady boon
For simple sheep; and such are daffodils
With the green world they live in; and clear rills
That for themselves a cooling covert make
'Gainst the hot season; the mid forest brake,
Rich with a sprinkling of fair musk-rose blooms:
And such too is the grandeur of the dooms
We have imagined for the mighty dead;
All lovely tales that we have heard or read:
An endless fountain of immortal drink,
Pouring unto us from the heaven's brink.
Anne Middleton introduces us to a mythological world that is impervious to the perils of time. Through painting, Anne captures a utopian vision that connects us to an immutable world of exquisite beauty. She examines the beauty of the environment and our connectedness to it in reference to the wonders of nature rendered in glorious detail. This is a world that can only be attained through Anne’s exceptional paintings: a thing of beauty is a joy forever.
Anne’s deeply personal and poetic aesthetic has been developed over nearly thirty years of consistent dedication to her chosen medium of oil painting. Her paintings are not only beautiful, they are accomplished to the most notable and exacting standards. Each painting takes Anne many months to complete, and her artistic competence enables her to transform paint with empirical exactitude rendered with the fastidious accuracy of scientific illustration. Her paintings are equally placed within the domains of botanical science and the art museum.
Anne’s lineage as a painter draws richly from the classical, romantic and baroque artistic traditions that flourished in Europe during the 17th and 18th Centuries. Utilizing these techniques, Anne transforms her acute observations within each canvas to create epic monuments. Anne’s works invite us to view the familiar in a new way.
Anne has significantly contributed to the contemporary artistic community both within Australia and on the international stage in Hong Kong, Italy, and the UK. She has held ten solo exhibitions and participated in more than thirty Art Fairs and group shows. Anne is fully committed to excellence in her painting practice and has improved and built her skills through participation in international residencies and workshops. In 2004, Anne was the first Australian to be awarded a Fellowship from the prestigious Bogliasco Foundation in Italy. She currently works full-time painting in her Albert Park studio. Anne is Director of Anne Middleton Gallery.
1995 Diploma of Techniques in Mural Painting,
Il Laboratorio per Affresco di Vainella, Prato Italy
1985 - 1988 Bachelor of Education (Arts & Crafts)
Melbourne College of Advanced Education/Melbourne University
Bogliasco Foundation Fellowship, Genoa Italy, September/October 2004 Expertise in traditional and contemporary techniques of paint application, including traditional oil glazing methods, direct oil painting, egg tempera on board, and pastel painting.
Theoretical and working knowledge of the following techniques (traditional and contemporary) of fresco painting: buon-fresco, secco (egg, milk,casein and glue temperas) encausto, stucco-lucido and sgraffito. Contemporary techniques of stucco (Ornamental
2015 Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London
2013 Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, London GATES OF PARADISE
2009 Lovegrove Winery, Yarra Valley, LUSH RIPE JUICY
2008 Indabella, Pokfulam, Hong Kong
2006 Anne Middleton Gallery- Artist In Residence
2005 Anne Middleton Gallery
2001 Fenix Restaurant
2000 Hotel Sofitel Melbourne Food & Wine Festival Exhibition
1999 Hotel Sofitel Melbourne SOURCE
1998 Span Galleries Melbourne CREASES
2015 Art Stage Singapore
2015 Sydney Contemporary Art Fair
2011 - 2014 Art Fairs in Singapore, Toronto, London, Hamptons, New York, Melbourne.
2016 The Gallery, St Kilda Town Hall, Melbourne
2015 Inverloch Community Hub Cleopatras Banquet.
2006 Anne Middleton Gallery Oceania Australis
2006 Anne Middleton Gallery, Mother, Father, Daughter.
2006 Southside Arts - Hon. John Thwaites Offices, Treasury Place, East Melbourne
2005 Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Neomillenium
2005 Albert Park Gallery, The Collectors Show
2005 Anne Middleton Gallery, Art & Soul
2005 Anne Middleton Gallery, Landscape
2005 Sofitel Melbourne, Art & Soul
2004 Albert Park Gallery, Artist in residence
2004 Albert Park Gallery, The inner landscpae
2004 Toyota Community Spirit Gallery, Bridge
2004 Albert Park Gallery, Colour
2003 Albert Park Gallery, Lush
2002 Charles Nodrum Gallery The painted fold
1999 Old Treasury, Melbourne The Deep South
1998 Aboriginal Art Galleries of Australia, Melbourne: Fuse
1995 Palazzo Massi, Arezzo, Italy
1989 Massoni Gallery, Melbourne Australia
1989 Women's Gallery, Melbourne Australia
Artists & Illustrators Magazine, UK, May 2012 Cover
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Resurgence & Ecologist Magazine , UK, March/April 2014 Cover
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A publication featuring student work from the Department of English and Communications at Salve Regina University.
BY LAUREN KANE
C arefully—even hopefully—an archivist at Newport’s Redwood Library examines a ledger book from an 18th-century Newport trading company. Tucked between the yellowed pages of the book lies a forgotten piece of history. The loose paper was a first-person account, written in 1769, of a mob of Newporters banding together to attack and burn a British ship that had come in with two captive Connecticut schooners. The attack took place just off what is now Goat Island. The author had intended to have the handwritten account printed for distribution, but because of various circumstances, it was never published. The document survives only in the Redwood, where it had sat in the archival vault for over 200 years, just waiting to be discovered.
After being submerged for so long, this account, along with other priceless Redwood artifacts, has begun to gasp its first breath of a new life in the modern world. In fact, thanks to the work of the Redwood’s archival team, documents like these from the library’s vault will be available to a larger network than ever before.
On the Redwood’s second floor, in a room with lighting as crisp and clean as a hospital, the archives are shifting into the modern world. In the cold setting, warmth comes from both the yellowed pages of the ledger book and the passion of the person examining the pages. Here, professionals will work their way methodically through the archives, examining the works, placing them in a historical context in order to catalog them and ultimately make them available to anyone with Internet access.
Librarians opened the vault in June 2013. The vault is an authentic “chamber of secrets,” where the entirety of the archives is kept. Located underground, the climate-controlled space is open only to those with clearance.
One discovery came from an expert from the Naval War College who was interested in studying bibles. The first copies of the first edition of the King James Bible, printed in 1611, had specific misprints that only someone well versed in the topic would recognize. The researcher was able to identify them, and identify the Bible as one of the first English-language Bibles to ever come off the press.
Yet another discovery was a handwritten and hand-illustrated Book of Hours, believed to be from 16th-century Flanders. An expert was able to determine, judging from the tiny detail of a border design of little golden snails, that it was actually a 14th-century book originating in Belgium.
“Because these are unique, irreplaceable items, we are very conscious about keeping them secure,” says Maria Bernier, assistant director of the Redwood. “Only a few of the library staff know the combination to the door lock on the vault.”
While necessary, the need for security makes the archives relatively inaccessible or only convenient for those in the Newport area. However, with the help of The van Beuren Charitable Foundation and individual donors, the Redwood now has the grant money needed to make the shift to far-reaching accessibility. In the information-saturated 21st century, online access is essential to a library’s collection.
Not only do scholars benefit from the leap to modernity, but the Redwood does as well. With the archives available to a global community of experts, the opportunities for archival discoveries expand tremendously.
“Why have these things if no one can use them?” Bernier asks, as the archivist continues to pore through the pages of the ledger book, waiting for more secrets from the past.


The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl
The heart-breaking, heart-pounding new thriller from the author of The Boy at the Door.
How do you mend a broken heart?
It’s been three months since Alison Miller-Juul’s world fell apart when her six-year-old daughter, Amalie, died in an accident. Three months of sympathy cards, grief counselling and gritting her teeth, but it’s still only the vodka and pills that seem to help.
Across town, Iselin Berg’s life is finally looking up. Her seven-year-old daughter, Kaia, has survived a life-changing operation. After years of doctors, medication and hope, theyhttps://bit.ly/2DDqsdA can now start thinking about the future.
When Alison uncovers a dangerous secret, she is left in turmoil. She can now see a way to heal her broken heart, but will she risk everything to do so?
About the author
Alex Dahl is a half-American, half-Norwegian author. Born in Oslo, she studied Russian and German linguistics with international studies, then went on to complete an MA in creative writing at Bath Spa University and an MSc in business management at Bath University. A committed Francophile, Alex loves to travel, and has so far lived in Moscow, Paris, Stuttgart, Sandefjord, Switzerland, Bath and London. Her first thriller, The Boy at the Door, was a Sunday Times Crime Club star pick.
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The sounds of life on the pages of a book
Mayfly emerged from our chance discovery of a battered Moroccan guidebook stuffed with tickets. Leafing through those pages, we longed to hear the sounds of that faraway place. This led to the creation of Mayfly - a place where you can store the sounds, scribbles and scraps of life.
Mayfly connects the real world with the digital world through beautifully crafted products that allow you to record and listen to life.
We are enthralled by the wonders of technology, but couldn’t live without real, tangible things, like notebooks, tickets and scraps of ephemera that we keep to remind us of what we’ve done. Sounds can only be stored and replayed if they are captured and recorded. Our mission is to bring the physical and digital together. Mayfly products are designed and made with great care and attention using high-quality, British-made materials. Likewise, our mobile app has a simple, intuitive design to make it as easy as possible for you to get on with creating your own Mayfly collections.
Mayflying encourages face-to-face and digital interactions through the making and sharing of sound recordings. Our vision is to extend that ethos of community by instigating Mayfly projects around the world including journal sharing meet-ups, workshops and exhibitions.
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Print by Opal
Illustrations by Laurie Clark
App Development by seGames and Mobile Pie
Example journal by Naomi Said
Funders and supporters:
Mayfly has been funded by the REACT Knowledge Exchange Hub for the Creative Economy. REACT is a collaboration led by UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England), Watershed and the Universities of Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).
Mayfly Sound is a resident of the Pervasive Media Studio.


I tend to lean toward very practical baby shower gifts. I'm the person shopping from the registry to pick up all "the essentials" that nobody else considers a "real" gift. Burp cloths, bottle brushes, crib liners - the items often overlooked in favor of cute onesies and embroidered blankets. I consider all my choices "must haves" and hope my friends will come to appreciate them as the reality of having a new family member sets in.
I've never once considered giving a book as a baby shower gift.
"Safe House" is an amazing resource for parents, full of life-giving, Biblically-based and super-practical advice based on scientific research. The author draws not only from his own professional and personal experience, but also from medical and other research, to create a parenting guide unlike any I've read before.
The book encourages readers to look to their own childhoods and parenting backgrounds to begin to understand how the parenting experience truly is generational - and guides parents who'd like to make changes through the process of creating a "safe house" for their own children.
Truly a must-read for any new parents, or parents with young children at home. Highly recommend.
I received this book from Blogging for Books in exchange for an honest review.


Beyond the Story: 10-Year Record of BTS is written by journalist Myeongseok Kang with the seven members of the group – RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jungkook – and will be structured as an oral history of their story. It has been translated into English by Anton Hur, in collaboration with Clare Richards and Slin Jung.
Rumours about the book began to spread when US booksellers shared news that an untitled book with a huge initial print run of 1m copies was coming on 9 July, and that they had been required to sign an affidavit to stock copies on publication day. The book, a Flatiron sales official emailed sellers, would have “global appeal” and “massive publicity”.
The scant available details about the book were read as clues by both fans of Swift and BTS. The author and subject were initially set to be revealed on 13 June: 13 is Swift’s favourite number, but the date is also the 10th anniversary of BTS’ first single, No More Dream.
The numbers in the 544-page count – 5-4-4 – also add up to 13. The 9 July publication date also falls two days after the release of Swift’s upcoming album Speak Now (Taylor’s Version). But it is also the 10-year anniversary of Army day, marking the founding of BTS’s fanbase, Army, whose name stands for “Adorable Representative M.C. for Youth”.
Speculation about the book made it a bestseller on the Amazon and Barnes & Noble websites earlier this week, as fans of both Swift and BTS placed pre-orders.
The Army is an extremely online fandom that has become famous for its devotion to the band, with many learning Korean to help translate BTS content into English and other languages for fellow fans, as well as harnessing their collective voice for political activism.
When the #WhiteLivesMatter hashtag began to take off on Twitter in 2020 after the murder of George Floyd, K-pop fans hijacked the hashtag and drowned it out by flooding Twitter with video clips and memes of their favorite artists, many accompanied by anti-racist messages.
Soon after, K-pop fans humiliated the then US President Donald Trump by registering for tickets at one of his rallies with no intention of attending, meaning Trump showed up to a very empty 19,000-seat arena in Tulsa.
Since 2013, BTS has released nine albums and six EPs. In 2018, the group became the first K-pop act to hit No 1 on the US Billboard album chart with Love Yourself: Tear, an achievement it repeated twice more in less than a year, matching a record set by the Beatles.
Last June, BTS announced they were going on hiatus, citing exhaustion and pressure as well as a desire to focus on solo creative projects. “It’s not that we’re disbanding,” member Suga said at the time. “We’re just living apart for a while.”


Looks like it to me. Some of the drawing numbers are off from the paper version of the I4, but it seems like everything is for the V6.
I didn't think that the "supplement" would be 834 pages long though. That's almost the same as for the I4. In reality, I'd have thought the "supplement" would have been about 320 pages or so max, with the I4 and V6 sharing other parts of the book, not a complete book itself. No wonder HELM Inc wanted 70 bucks just for it.


If you're of the belief that quantity trumps quality, then chances are you're looking for the streaming service with the most options. In that case, we've gathered the top ten services with the biggest libraries, as of this writing. You won't be shocked to find Netflix and Amazon Prime Video here, considering that these two are the biggest names in streaming at the moment, but it may come as a pleasant surprise that a free service like Tubi has a library that doesn't just make the cut, but easily dwarfs Netflix and Prime Video's catalogs combined. It has more than 40,000 titles, compared to Prime Video's 21,000 and Netflix's 17,000.
Ranked in no particular order, below are the services with the most number of titles at the moment.


Very interesting biographies of two influential occultists.
A review of Austin Osman Spare: The Life and Legend of London’s Lost Artist (Phil Baker, Strange Attractor Press, 2012) and Madeline Montalban: The Magus of St Giles (Julia Phillips, Neptune Press, 2015)
The chances are, you are more likely to have heard of Austin Spare than you have of Madeline Montalban.
Saying you’re into the work of Austin Osman Spare these days is like saying you’re into the work of Throbbing Gristle, or Nico’s solo work, or Scott Walker’s late era: sure, it’s not a household name, but he’s not exactly unfamous either, and if you have even a passing interest in the occult these days the chances are you’ve heard of him. And that’s OK! His posthumous reputation, although largely mythologised, is deserved.
For my part, Madeline Montalban was part of the furniture of my life since childhood. I could have told you who Madeline Montalban was…
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The optimization tool package contains the tool's excutable file and example input files that are required to run the tool:
- Optimization Tool User Manual 2020.pdf. The manual describing the use of the Optimization Tool.
- OPTIM.exe. Can be run as a console application from the command line within a DOS window.
- Basin_info.csv. Contains acreage and maximum number of feasible LID sites for each sub-basin within model domain.
- LID_info.csv. Contains configuration and unit cost of each LID type.
- SWMM_temp.inp. Template SWMM input file, created through modeling tool application to local watersheds.
- SWMM5.exe. The executable for the EPA SWMM modeling engine.
The files will need to be placed in right folder (directory) in order for the tool to run. The step-by-step instructions on how to set up and run the tool, as well as the description of surpporting inputs files are provided in the User Manual.


Brandon Muramatsu, Andrew McKinny and Phillip Long presented at the EdTech Fair at MIT in Cambridge, MA on October 14, 2009. We provided an on-going demonstration on the automated lecture transcription, search and playback functions of the SpokenMedia project.
Archives for October 2009
Introduction The SpokenMedia Project is developing a software application suite/web-based service that automatically creates transcripts from academic-style lectures and provides the basis for a rich media notebook for learning. The system takes lecture media, in standard digital formats such as .mp4 and .mp3, and processes them to produce a searchable archive of digital video-/audio-based learning materials. The system allows for ad hoc retrieval of the media stream associated with a section of the audio track containing the target words or phrases. The system plays back the media, presenting the transcript of the spoken words synchronized with the speaker’s voice and marked by a cursor that follows along in sync with the lecture audio. The project’s goal is to increase the effectiveness of web-based lecture media by improving the search and discoverability of specific, relevant media segments and enabling users to interact with rich media segments in more educationally relevant ways.


The whole concept of snoring is somewhat subversive; this is where the largest danger with snoring lies, how innocuous it is perceived by the majority of people. Snoring as word seems harmless enough, and this is a problem. The connotation of the word does not convey the true meaning of the action; when a person snores, their body is in a state where it is being deprived of oxygen and must therefore breathe much harder to force open the airway. Simply put snoring is a cry for help in the dark that says “I am not breathing!”
Because of this common perception of snoring, people become incredulous at the idea that snoring is a serious problem gives rise to health risks and emotional issues. This portion of the book addresses the severity of snoring and the many issues associated with it. Most people are ignorant to the fact that snoring, although common, is not normal, healthy or acceptable.
Source: Quit Snoring Now – Recommended Anti Snoring Solutions. Author: Jessica Konn


Thinking About Ukraine
Photography > Photography: Series or Collection of Related Photographs
Best of CASE District II Award
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Title of entry: Thinking About Ukraine
About this entry: In early March of 2022, Philadelphia-based photographer and University of Pennsylvania alumnus Mike Logsdon undertook a winding journey through Poland and western Ukraine to arrive in Kyiv. Inspired by his mother’s childhood experiences as a refugee in Australia and Morocco, he aimed to document the intimate stories of Ukrainians driven from their homes by the Russian invasion. “It’s easy to forget when we hear that 3 million Ukrainians have fled the country and millions more are internally displaced that each of these men, women, and children have a story,” he said. “Where statistics can strip away the humanity of this crisis, hopefully images and names can restore it, to a small degree.”
The images, taken during the first month of the war, accompanied the cover story for the May|Jun 2022 issue of The Pennsylvania Gazette, Thinking About Ukraine.
In the search for images to accompany the feature, we were struck by the searing documentary photos of the war by Logsdon, and then discovered he was also a Penn alumnus. Under extremely difficult conditions, he graciously shared more of his images with us, in the hope that by showing how the war was affecting people's lives, it would make a difference. Not only did he contribute to world-wide awareness of the war, his documentation stands witness to the lives of the individuals in his photos, and their experience of the war.


The course foregrounds readers’ interpretive practices, i.e., how we read and make meaning in texts, particularly if we interpret them using the premise that gender is a social construct—rather than a natural, ahistorical “essence” that somehow “expresses” our true “selves.” To examine the ways in which literature participates in the social reproduction of gender, as well as the difference that gender makes in the production and reception of literary texts, students will practice extensive close reading, evidence-based analysis and argumentation, and independent-inquiry. Raising awareness of how meanings are created through acts of critical reading, students will thus learn to analyze the ways texts construct categories of difference, including differences of gender, race and social class.
Gender and Literary Texts
ENG 192 / 3 Credits
ENG 192: Gender & Literary Texts explores the construction and representation of ‘gender,’ especially as it affects the production and reception of literary and other cultural texts.


The Carolyn Boatman Brooks Memorial Library is housed in the Correll Building on the campus of Clear Creek Baptist Bible College and is comprised of a variety of materials, primarily to meet the needs of its faculty, on campus and online students and their families, but also welcoming the surrounding community. The collection has been expanded over the years by annual purchases of new materials as well as donations from former students, retired pastors and friends of the library. It is our desire to assist you as a library user and help you develop reference skills. We believe that information must be available to the student, and the community, in order to effectively equip the body of Christ to fulfill the Great Commission and are happy to assist you in any way possible.
All students and their families are granted access to the library resources. Community patrons are asked to pay a small fee for a library card. The library is equipped with a wireless network and is fully computerized. The facility also includes: a computer lab; LifeWay Curriculum Lab; a lending lab for the county’s child development centers, complete with a large laminator and two Ellison dye cutting machines; a coffee lounge; an audio/visual area for playing DVDs or listening to sound recordings; a quiet study area; a children’s room with TV/DVD player; an archive room and a faculty lounge.
We have over 46,000 volumes in print available for check-out. In addition to these print volumes, we also provide access to:
- Over 10,000 electronic books
- Approximately 160 print periodicals
- Over 17,000 full-text periodicals
- 430 DVD’s
- 444 CD’s
- 1,500 titles of video cassettes
- 2,000 audio cassette tapes
- Curriculum lab
- Computer lab
- Archive room
- Conference/recording room
- Children’s reading and book room
During the semester we are open:
Between semesters we are open:
|Monday, Tuesday & Thursday
||7:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m
|Wednesday & Friday
||7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m
||10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
||8:00 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Our library catalog is available online. Searching can be done by title, author, subject, or key word. New records are added almost daily. The library will also provide URLs, IDs, and passwords along with instructions for accessing available databases from off-campus computers with Internet access to all students.


"Kids with good reading skills or read-aloud parents will find A Christmas Love Story a warm tale of ballet aspirations, romance, and overcoming obstacles set against a holiday backdrop that is beautifully rendered, nicely illustrated with colorful drawings by Anastasiia Khmelevska, and just the ticket for an original holiday read."
~ D. Donovan, Senior Reviewer
Midwest Book Review
April 6, 2020
A Christmas Love Story:
Nicholas Nutcracker & Brittany Ballerina
The story of two single Christmas ornaments,
Nicholas Nutcracker, a retired toy-soldier from a small village in Germany, and Brittany Ballerina, a renowned prima ballerina with "The Christmas Ornament Ballet" are both in search of their true love. "I will find my true love with 'word-of-mouth marketing!'" exclaims Nicholas determined to find his true love this Christmas.
Or, maybe they will meet at the annual "Meet and Mingle of the Christmas Ornaments?" With the accidental help of the family's adorable basset hound, Bellamy, with the oh-so-long ears, Brittany tumbles off the tree; but, when she is repositioned, it is near Nicholas. She thinks to herself, "What a brave toy soldier with so much character." Then, it happens – it’s love at first sight!


Tubidy is a popular online music and video download platform that has been around since 2008. It offers an endless amount of free content for users to enjoy. The platform is secure and incredibly easy to use, and it has a variety of features that make downloading music and videos a breeze.
What is Tubidy used for?
Tubidy library of music and videos is extensive, offering a wide range of genres and artists to suit all tastes. The platform is also compatible with multiple devices, allowing users to access their favorite songs and videos wherever they go.
It’s free and open source: Tubidy is completely free to use, which means that you can download as much music as you want without incurring any hidden costs. Additionally, it’s a great way to discover new music that you may otherwise have never heard of.
The quality of music and videos can vary from one download to the next, and some Tubidy files are copyrighted, so it’s important to follow the terms and conditions of the platform when using it.
There are a variety of ways to use Tubidy, including streaming music and creating and sharing playlists with friends. The app also allows users to search for songs by artist, genre, or keyword, and you can even create custom playlists to save time when you’re looking for music.
Overall, Tubidy is a great online music and video download platform that offers a variety of benefits. It’s free, open source, and has a large selection of songs and videos to choose from. Plus, you can create and share playlists with friends, which is a great way to discover new music!


Revive Us Again is an old hymn that harkens back to the days of crackling speakers resounding through the outdoor sanctuary that was known as the “tent revival.” While the song gained popularity across the Church in the mid-20th century, its roots date back over a hundred years prior, to the pen of Dr. William P. Mackay who wrote the song after a long journey back to God.
Mackay was a well-known doctor in Scotland, who had abandoned his faith upon leaving his home for school. He became hostile toward his family’s faith, eventually leading the local group of atheists on his university campus. He had even pawned his own Bible, a gift from his dying mother, for whiskey. However, God was working to bring Mackay back to himself.
On one occasion, an elderly man came under W.P. Mackay’s care. During the duration of his medical treatment and until the end of his life the man had but one request – he continually asked for someone to bring “his book” to him. Shortly before he passed away, one of his family members arrived and brought this “book” that he had so longed to hold. He could not read it, as his eyesight was gone, but he held it close to him in his final days. As the man passed away, Dr. Mackay’s curiosity got the better of him and he asked a nurse what was the ever so important book that this man could not seemingly live, or die, without. The nurse told him it was the man’s personal Bible. Given the doctor’s scepticism of his previous faith, he explored further what might be so special about this Bible. He entered the man’s hospital room and picked up the Bible. As he opened the cover, he saw the familiar handwriting of his mother and his name, “William P. Mackay.” The dying man’s greatest treasure in life was the old Bible that Dr. Mackay had pawned. That night, the doctor returned to his study where he read prayers and notes from his mother throughout that old bible. In those moments, the Spirit of God brought him to new life and Mackay reveled in his newfound salvation. Dr. Mackay quit his medical practice and went back to school, this time to become a minister.
In 1863, he penned these words:
All glory and praise
To the God of all grace
Who has brought us,
And sought us, and guided our ways
As all of us, who claim Jesus as Savior, can in some way resonate with the words of Dr. Mackay, our hope is that the truth of these lyrics will stir your affections and ignite your worship for our life-giving God. As you listen to Revive Us Again, celebrate the Spirit of God who kindles and rekindles His holy fire within us.
Written by Worship Pastor Mike Price


November 1st is the day I set aside for the release celebration for my novel, Family Secrets. I have been leaving tidbits of information about this story at several online sources recently. But, for today, I decided to tell a little of what prompted me to write Family Secrets.
I love family history research. The problem I encounter when researching my own family or Buck's (my blog name for my husband) is that I easily get engrossed in the history of the time for the locality where our ancestors lived. Then, when I turned from the technical/legal writing of being a union steward to writing fiction, I decided to write about what I know. Why not take that love of history about everyday families and turn it into a book series?
When coming up with an outline for a series of books, I wanted the same young woman and her family to continue from one book to the next, even though the featured ancestors would change. Since I am somewhat familiar with the Sacramento area, I placed Jennie Graves Howell and her family in the hypothetical city of Golden Oaks located in that region north of Elk Grove, east of Florin and south of Sacramento. Thus, the Golden Oaks series was born.
One of the basic principles of starting family history research is to first gather all the information available from living family members. That includes documents, pictures, artifacts and family stories. For this starting novel, Jennie finds herself pulled into, and then captivated by, researching her own family, starting with her own parents. But, when Jennie starts asking basic questions about full names and relationships, dates and places of births, marriages and deaths, she soon realizes that there is a lot about her family that has been kept secret. Her mother, her maternal grandmother and her great aunt know things about the past that they choose to not talk about. Over time, Jennie realizes that it is her Grandpa Mike who is keeping a secure lock on these secrets.
In an effort to be the key to convincing her grandfather to unlock that strong box of secrecy, Jennie agrees to go with her neighbor, a professional genealogist, to a local group of family enthusiasts. The November topic is conducting oral history interviews. Jennie attends, hoping to learn enough to get Grandpa Mike talking at Thanksgiving Day dinner.
The Golden Oaks Family Ties club, whose members are sometimes called the GOFT or the goofy ladies, will continue to make their presence known throughout the Golden Oaks series of books. To make this group more appealing to a younger reading audience, I deliberately did not set this up as a genealogy club. Although a few genealogists belong, other members, including another young mother like Jennie, share their desire to strengthen family ties through photography, creating scrapbooks, needlework, quilting, story writing and cultural research and sharing.
Although Jennie's mom, Christy, and her maternal grandmother, Jan, play big roles in this story, the real star is Grandpa Mike Carpenter. To develop his character, I drew upon the experiences of two people. Like many former members of the military, Mike went to work for the Post Office as a city carrier once he was released from active duty. Although I worked as a rural carrier after the Post Office was changed to the United States Postal Service, I was able to draw on what I knew about the organization's history, jargon and operating procedures for his character.
But, it was Buck's experiences in the Vietnam War that make up the lion's share of Mike's story.
The nation did not have an all-volunteer Army in the 1960s. Being a husband and father did not keep Buck from being drafted. He chose to enlist for three years instead of going in as a draftee for two years because he wanted to serve in a specialty of his choice. Like Mike Carpenter in Family Secrets, he chose to be a heavy equipment operator. The pins and badges depicted on the bottom of of the novel cover are Buck's. In Vietnam, like Mike, Buck served in the 84th Construction Engineers battalion stationed near Qui Nhon. He was there at the time of the Tet Offensive. Unlike Mike, Buck continued his career in the engineering construction field both as a laborer and heavy equipment operator, retiring as a crane operator.
Buck took pictures while he was in Vietnam in 1967 to 1968. He had them developed into slides, a popular photo format during that era. By the time he and I met when we were in our forties, those slides had been stored in hot garages for decades. They were faded or degraded past the point of being viewable. So, although I have a nice of collection of Vietnam War photos on my Pinterest FAMILY SECRETS board, none of them came from Buck.
But, what Buck did still have besides his DD-214, pins and patches was his stories. He shared them with me several times. Unlike Mike in Family Secrets, Buck learned early on that talking about what happened over there helped him get past the nightmares, flashbacks and warped attitudes about life that followed him home from Vietnam. Although fictionalized, with the exception of one incident (although Buck assures me that incident is very realistic), the portions of this novel about the Vietnam War and the return to the United States at the SEATAC airport are Buck's stories. They are based on what he actually experienced.
I sincerely hope you will enjoy reading Family Secrets. Although it is not a traditional Thanksgiving Day story, it tells of Mike's Thanksgiving while in Vietnam. It tells of Jennie's efforts at her family's Thanksgiving dinner to persuade her Grandpa Mike to share his history. When you finish reading this book, you may think of a few more things for which you can be grateful this Thanksgiving season.
If you are on Facebook, please join me on my FAMILY SECRETS page by searching for it by name in the search window or by clicking HERE. Please stop by between 10:00a.m. and 12 noon PDT to participate in the discussion and get in on the drawing for a free digital copy of the book. If you don't make it until later, stop by anyway. I plan to post lots of images and teasers related to Family Secrets, including some recipes, a tote bag tutorial and a link to a great 3 minute You-Tube video about the Vietnam War.
If you don't have a Facebook account, you can still get in on a drawing for two prizes by leaving a comment at the bottom of this blog post. This portion of the release party will run on November 1st from 1:00a.m. to 11:59p.m. PDT. I will take all the names of those who comment on Facebook and add them to everyone who comments on this blog post. One prize will be a free copy of Family Secrets in either digital format from a vendor of your choice (Kindle, Nook or Smashwords) or in print trade paperback. The second prize will be an "any way you read" book bag created by yours truly using a gilded oak leaves design on rusty red in keeping with the Golden Oaks series theme. One large pocket that is quilted on the outside will hold most large e-readers or tablets. The smaller quilted pockets on the other side will hold a small e-reader and/or smartphone. The center will hold one or more good-size print books. And, just so there are no misunderstandings, the book bag prize does not include the e-readers or smartphone shown in the pictures to the right.
Please visit my FAMILY SECRETS board on Pinterest. Click on the Pinterest button in the right sidebar of this blog to reach it. Many of the images towards the top include bits of information about the novel in the description section. And, if you just can't wait to see if you are the winner of the free copy of the book, the buy links are in the sidebar to the left of this blog post.
Thank you for stopping by. I look forward to reading your comments. Please check back Monday, November 3rd in the late afternoon to see if you are one of the winners.
Have a great day!


Christ Church Baptist, Kings Langley is at the heart of our local community and easy to find just off the village High Street next to the Library in The Nap. With our ages spanning 0-90 and from all kinds of backgrounds it is no surprise that there is loads going on through out the week! You would be very welcome to join us for any of these.
Sunday 10 May
Churches Together in Kings Langley
for the start of Christian Aid Week
at Kings Langley Methodist Church
(with activities for all ages)