Whether you’re a newbie vegan or an old hat, vegan cookbooks are always a great source of inspiration.
Here are a few of my favourites of all time:
Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World : This book made me turn vegan. Everyone else has these stories about how watching Earthlings turned them vegan…but nope, it was the vegan cakes that did it for me. I’d known for years that I should be vegan, but I kept making excuses, and one of the biggest was that I wouldn’t be able to have nice cake. Then I was gifted this cookbook, made the chocolate cupcakes with chocolate buttercream and my friends and I all agreed they were the best chocolate cupcakes we’d ever had. It was the final excuse, and once I saw that I could have vegan cake, I finally made the leap.
Asian Vegan Kitchen : My most used cookbook, this book contains fantastic recipes from India, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Burma. Yes, it contains some unusual ingredients but they are well worth seeking out (though you can find substitutions if you need to).
Artisan Vegan Cheese: While there were vegan cheese cookbooks prior to this (and vegan cheese recipes floating around online), Artisan Vegan Cheese really kicked off the vegan cheese revolution. Suddenly lots of people were making their own aged nut cheeses. If you miss cheese (and it is the biggest barrier to vegan for many), you need this book in your life. I love the vegan parmesan – yes, it takes a long time to make, but it goes way beyond those parmesan recipes you see online that just consist of ground nuts and maybe nutritional yeast (that is NOT parmesan).
The Homemade Vegan Pantry: The inimitable Miyoko Schinner (who makes the fantastic cheeses available in the US, or which you can make yourself with her cookbook, Artisan Vegan Cheese) came out with this masterpiece after Artisan Vegan Cheese. A must for anyone who loves making things from scratch. Try the vegan butter!!
The Superfun Times Vegan Holiday Cookbook: Super fun cookbook full of recipes for every occasion and holiday. You can never go wrong with an Isa recipe/cookbook!
Aquafaba: Have you ever heard of or used aquafaba? It’s the leftover water at the bottom of a tin of chickpeas/after you cook garbanzos, and it’s an amazing egg white replacer! It swept the internet by storm once people realised you can make some pretty kickass vegan meringues with it, and here’s the first cookbook to tackle it. Turns out it can be used for lots of recipes!
Vegan Brunch: Worth the price for the vegan omelet recipe alone, this contains the best vegan recipes for pancakes, crepes (which I made for non-vegan French friends, who approved!), cinnamon rolls and much more.
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Experts agree: if you want to help kids learn, read to them.
However old your children are, it’s never too early to learn about treating the world we live in with respect.
Below, we’ve detailed some of our favorite books for kids to learn about sustainability in a format that’s fun and age-appropriate for every stage.
Thank You, Earth is a simple, poetic book for kids 4-8 years old that teaches them how to say thank you to the Earth for everything it gives us.
Kids can be waste warriors too! Kids vs. Plastic is full of statistics about plastic use, interviews with leading explorers and researchers, and sustainability facts for kids.
Great for budding scientists and environmentalists ages 8-12, this book will have them citing evidence to back up their actions and maybe even schooling the adults in their lives.
An inspiring read for any aspiring activist, this beautifully illustrated book tells of 12 children from around the globe who are shaping the planet with their initiatives.
It proves that anyone can help tackle climate change – no matter how old you are. And delivers practical tips for how your kids can start working towards a greener future – both at school and at home.
“Does it mean looking like a frog, or a pickle, or an alien? No!” With fun illustrations and simple text, this book teaches young children the real meaning of being green by giving examples of actions like eating locally grown food and turning lights on only when you need them.
Recommended for ages 4-8, this book teaches kids the basics of sustainable living and reminds adults as well.
These unique books tell the tale of these ‘earth heroes’ from when they were children – to how they got to where they are today.
Beautifully inspiring and relatable reading for children of all ages. Can’t wait for the box set to come out? The books are available separately too.
With plenty of recycling tips included, it’s great for teaching kids ages 3-8 what recycling is, and inspiring them to start their very own recycling projects.
No Monkeys, No Chocolate shows kids ages 5-9 how natural systems are interdependent through its colorful illustrations and scientifically accurate details.
With cute sidebar conversations but challenging text, this book is perfect for precocious, chocolate-loving kids and their parents.


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“Be-nign, be you, be mom's mean pie, be little black sambo with bad hair.” -It's Your World. Common (Feat. Bilal & Pops)
The beginning of this line is self explanatory, but I want to focus on “be little black sambo with bad hair”.
If you don’t know, the story of Little Black Sambo is an old children’s book. In this story, Sambo survives over a large group of very hungry tigers. Sambo had some brand new colorful clothing on and he had to give his clothes, shoes, and umbrella to four tigers so they won’t eat him. The tigers were so jealous and conceited and began to chase each other. While they were doing that, Little Black Sambo recovers all of his belongings.
We will face many challenges in life, but with these challenges; there is always a way to prevail. And not only prevail, but do it with class and dignity. The universe works in a way that, if we do good and mean good…good will have to come back to you. And that’s exactly what happened to Little Black Sambo.
To my people who are doing good, just watch and see the universe do you good!


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January 11, 2019
Today, we kicked off our Community Leaders, Community Readers Program at Building Bridges. Chief Dennis Lambert from the Dublin Police Department was kind enough to come and share a book with our preschool classrooms. We also had a special visit from "Blue" the owl. "Blue" gets excited about reading and loves to see our children enjoying a good book.
Thank you Chief Lambert for sharing with our children that reading is fundamental for all people.
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The Town of CULLISON, Pratt Co., Kansas" ar out on the level plains of Kansas at the western edge of Pratt County where one could see to the rim of the world, and at a time when a house was nowhere in sight, a praire schooner came to a halt. A young man stood up on the seat and looked around for a few minutes and then said to his wife, 'Yes, this is the place.' The man was James B. Cullison, a young lawyer who, attracted by the possibilities of this new land, had come with his wife and baby son to pre-empt a claim and make a home. The little shack he built was the first structure of what was later to become the town of Cullison. They were to demonstrate through the years the courage and endurance necessary to conquer a wild land and establish in it a civilized culture."
("Pioneer Saints and Sinners: Pratt County from its beginnings to 1900" by J. Rufus Gray, The Printing Press, Pratt, KS:5th printing, 1977, page 121.)
"Attracted by the possibilities of the country, a homesteader, James B. Cullison, for whom the town was named, proved up on a claim, built his claim shanty and there he and his family lived, without a thought of all that their home was to mean in the lives of generations to come. In 1884, the original town of Cullison was platted on this homestead and on March 17, 1885, Mary M. and James B. Cullison deeded this plat to the City of Cullison."
("History of a Praire Town" by Clara B. Farnsworth from an unpublished manuscript collection entitled "Cullison 1886-1986, Collections & Recollections" gathered in commemoration of the Centennial of Cullison and photocopied in a limited number. Copy in 1997 possession of Jeffrey R. Cullison of No. Ogden, UT.)
The above are romanticized accounts of how the town of Cullison, Pratt Co., KS came into being. The young lawyer, James B. Cullison, who would be elected to the Oklahoma State Supreme Court later in his life, and his wife, May Mary Sharp Cullison, were my great-grandparents. The baby son mentioned above was my grandfather, James Buchanan Cullison, Jr. James, (Sr.)--called "J.B." or "the judge" for much of his life, did indeed recognize the quality of the land he moved his young family to in Pratt Co. He also recognized that a frontier town needed something besides good soil in order to thrive. It needed to be at a junction in the quickly expanding railroad system of the plains.
After much study of the area, and much discussion with railroad officials, J.B. located the likely spot for such a junction and invested all he had in buying up the land rights to the area. Handbills were published and articles appeared in such newspapers as the Wichita Eagle and the Sarasota Sun announcing the start of a new town. This was a bold move. Although Pratt County had been organized in 1867, it was largely unsettled territory. The future county seat, the town of Pratt, had not yet been started. The nearest railroad town was over fifty miles away. Even so, a number of families soon came and staked out their claims (see Gray, pp. 121-124).
Unfortunately for J.B. and family, the railroad people changed their minds and firmly announced their intentions to build elsewhere. But the growth of the town of Cullison was already underway. A small business center developed and the railroad folks began to reassess their decision. But J.B. was already looking forward to other areas of potential growth when a team of investors, so impressed with the location, railroad or no, sought to buy up the potentially strong townsite. On the 11th of May 1886 the Cullison farm was deeded to the Occidental Town and Land Co. who successfully platted this farm (which would later be called North Cullison) and promoted the new frontier town of Cullison. J.B. had already moved his family on to prepare for the famous Cherokee Strip Race in Oklahoma wherein he would stake his claim near the future town of Enid to become a respected lawyer, a life-long elected justice of the District Court, and eventually the only Republican Justice elected to the Oklahoma State Supreme Court during the decades of firm Democratic political control of state politics.
His namesake town also went on to thrive. A branch of the Santa Fe, known as the Kingman, Pratt and Western, as well as the Rock Island railroads built their way to Cullison. "Of all the towns of Pratt County, Cullison had the brightest prospects. It had two railroads, it was not involved in any contests, and everybody seemed to like the place. In the 1880's it grew rapidly and exceeded the fondest hopes of its promotors[sic]. Churches, homes, schools, hotels, banks, business houses, and sidewalks were rapidly added, and the settlement began taking on city airs" (Gray pp. 123-124).
Although the exact population is not known, by 1887 Cullison had between 250 and 2,000 residents as it was an incorporated city of the third class. A city hall was built and a newspaper, the "Cullison Banner", was published weekly. The Kingman, Pratt, and Western railroad constructed a roundhouse, turntable, water tank and other facilities. The elected mayor and city council began to set the city in order. A city park was set aside, trees were planted and a city waterworks installed. In short, Cullison was booming.
But then the great drought of the 1890's struck and the entire area, dependent as it was on agriculture, went into lean times. Many lost or had to abandon their farms and businesses. The Kingman, Pratt, and Western railroad tore up its track between Cullison and Pratt due to lack of business and Cullison gradually receded from being a booming community to being isolated in the hot winds and dust.
As the drought abated and good crops began to grow in the area, people returned and the town gradually revived. Through the benevolence of the town's banker, George W. Lemon, farmers were allowed to gradually pay off their mortgages. Mr. Lemon could have easily foreclosed on the majority of the farms in that area becoming something of a land baron. Instead, he gave the farmers all the time needed to recover from the lengthy drought. As the agriculture of the area thrived, modern times made their way to the prairies and Cullison installed a phone system in 1904. Electricity lighted streets and homes in 1924 and the Cullison State Bank prospered. Churches, schools and businesses thrived.
By 1916 the need for a high school resulted in the building of Cullison High School. It was a large, two story brick structure that survived into the late 1980's. Students from Cullison H.S. competed in and did well at statewide scholastic and sporting competitions. In 1929 the Cullison H.S. boy's basketball team won the championship. CHS was a well-known and respected school.
In 1933 my grandfather, James B. Cullison, Jr., returned to the town where he had spent a brief time of his infancy. He visited and spoke with former friends and neighbors of his parents who recalled for him the early events of the town. By that time, however, Cullison had passed beyond its times of prosperity and growth. The Great Depression, another series of droughts and World War II began to change national life from one based on agriculture and rural living to industrial city life. Cullison slowly receded and once busy streets became quiet.
Not much remains of the old Cullison of prosperity and boom times. A few old buildings are all that is left of those years. I visited Cullison in 1987 and could not help but think of part of it almost as a ghost town. The present residents of the town are friendly and helpful. The current population of Cullison is not listed in several atlases but in 1987 I met the mayor of Cullison who estimated it to be 100-125 residents. The most prominent features of the town are the Cullison Cooperative grain elevator and a large water tower both of which can be seen from several miles away and have the name of Cullison painted in large letters on their sides.
In 1986 the town of Cullison organized a very successful Centennial reunion and commemoration. Several thousand people attended the various activities and most expressed surprise that so many people had connections to such a small town. Commemorative plates, coffee mugs, belt buckles, hats and the like were sold and a photocopied compilation of reminiscences, newspaper clippings, photos, documents and such were distributed to all who were interested.
Cullison is located on present day Highway 54 about 10 miles west of Pratt just over 80 miles west of Wichita. The Pratt County Historical Society (208 S Ninnescah, Pratt, KS 67124) maintains an active museum that includes displays of time period memorabilia and photographs. A small display of early Cullison is included and may be of interest to Cullison family members. A very nice photograph of Justice James B. Cullison is included in the display.
--Jeffrey R. Cullison, 1997
James B. Cullison (1857-1936) was the 10th of 12 children of Elisha King Cullison (1808-1865) and Matilda McCabe (1818-1872). Elisha was the 3rd of 5 children of Bennett Cullison (abt 1765-1824)and Elizabeth King (1771-1832). Both Bennett and Elizabeth were of St. Mary's Co., MD. Bennett was one of 7 known children of John and Mary Cullison of St. Mary's Co., MD. The possible tie between the St. Mary's Co. Cullisons and the early Cullisons of other MD counties is currently being researched as is the unknown parentage of John Cullison.
For more information on the above lineage or on the town of Cullison, KS, visit the Queries & Answers page.


La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo: A Review and PDF Download Link
La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo: A Poetic and Philosophical Play
La Fundación is a play written by Antonio Buero Vallejo, one of the most important Spanish playwrights of the 20th century. It was first published in 1974 and premiered in 1977. It is a poetic and philosophical play that explores the themes of freedom, reality, illusion, and human dignity.
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The play is set in a mysterious underground bunker, where five men live under the supervision of a sixth man named Asel. The men believe that they are part of a foundation that protects them from a nuclear war that has devastated the world. They have access to food, water, books, music, and other comforts, but they are not allowed to leave the bunker or communicate with the outside world. They also have to follow Asel's rules and instructions, which sometimes involve torture and humiliation.
However, the reality of the bunker is not what it seems. Asel is actually a prison guard who has created a false scenario to manipulate and control the prisoners. The foundation does not exist, and there is no nuclear war. The prisoners are actually political dissidents who have been arrested and tortured by a totalitarian regime. Asel uses drugs, hypnosis, and propaganda to make them believe his lies and keep them docile.
The main protagonist of the play is Tomás, a young engineer who starts to question Asel's authority and the truth of the foundation. He tries to convince his fellow prisoners that they are living in a lie and that they should escape from the bunker. He also tries to resist Asel's psychological and physical abuse, which becomes more violent and cruel as the play progresses.
La Fundación is a play that challenges the audience to think about the nature of reality and illusion, and the power of ideology and manipulation. It also shows the courage and resistance of human beings who fight for their freedom and dignity in the face of oppression and injustice. It is a play that reflects Buero Vallejo's own experience as a political prisoner during the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship.
If you are interested in reading La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo, you can download the PDF version from various sites online. You can also read other works by Buero Vallejo, such as Historia de una escalera (1949), El tragaluz (1967), or El sueño de la razón (1970). You will not regret discovering this brilliant and influential Spanish playwright.
La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo is not only a great play for fans of drama and literature, but also for fans of history and politics. The play reflects the historical and social context of Spain in the 1970s, when the country was undergoing a transition from dictatorship to democracy. The play also criticizes the repression and censorship that characterized the Franco regime, and the lack of freedom and human rights that affected many Spanish citizens.
La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo is also a play that will make you think about the ethical and moral dilemmas that arise in situations of conflict and violence. It will make you wonder about the limits of human endurance and resistance, and the role of individual and collective responsibility. It will make you question whether it is better to live in a comfortable illusion or a harsh reality, and whether it is possible to escape from a system that controls your mind and body.
La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo is a play that will stay with you long after you finish reading it. It is a play that will touch your emotions and intellect, and make you appreciate the value and importance of truth and justice. It is a play that will inspire you to live your life with courage and integrity.
In conclusion, La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo is a play that you should not miss if you love drama and literature, and if you are interested in history and politics. It is a play that will take you on a poetic and philosophical journey through the themes of freedom, reality, illusion, and human dignity. It is a play that will reflect the historical and social context of Spain in the 1970s, and criticize the repression and censorship of the Franco regime. It is a play that will challenge your ethical and moral dilemmas, and inspire you to live your life with courage and integrity.
If you want to read La Fundación by Antonio Buero Vallejo, you can download the PDF version from various sites online. You can also read other works by Buero Vallejo, such as Historia de una escalera (1949), El tragaluz (1967), or El sueño de la razón (1970). You will not regret discovering this brilliant and influential Spanish playwright. b99f773239


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Great strides have been made in the areas of diagnosing and treating clinical depression. For this we should be thankful for God’s grace and common grace that allows for discoveries into the human heart and psyche.
However, much wisdom in this area can also be gained by looking into various writings within the last 400 years or so. Recently I came across one such resource contained in the book written by Archibald Alexander titled, “Thoughts on Religious Experience.” Alexander was one of the founders of Princeton, which originally existed for the equipping and training of those who would be pastors. He was brilliantly insightful into the Christian life and all that entails, including the work of the Holy Spirit in the human heart.


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- Long-term planning
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Like the book, this program is designed for local government managers, assistant managers, and department heads who would like to gain a better understanding of the fundamentals of the budgeting process.
About the Instructor
Michael Overton, Ph.D., co-author of the fourth edition of ICMA’s A Budgeting Guide for Local Government, uses his public sector experience to identify research topics that matter to government entities. His research focuses on the intersection of local government management and fiscal policy.
PROGRAM DETAILS (Full Schedule and Details)
ALL PROGRAMS WILL TAKE PLACE FROM 1:00 TO 2:30 PM EASTERN
Session One – 06/06/2023: Budget Basics: the budget, the budgeting cycle, and the evolution of budgeting
Session Two – 06/13/2022: Understanding Financial Management: the financial picture, projecting the future, policies and rules
Session Three – 06/20/2023: Long-term Budgeting and Planning: capital budgeting, performance measurement, long-term planning
A Budgeting Guide for Local Government, 4th ed., is required reading. The book can be purchased via ICMA's online bookstore.
$395 (member; this is a group rate for all staff)
$695 (nonmember; this is a group rate for all staff)
This purchase is for a single log-in. There is no limit to the number of staff from your office participating in this webinar from an auditorium or conference room. In the room where staff will participate, you'll need a phone and a computer to view the Web component.
Addresses ICMA Practices for Effective Local Government Management and Leadership:  Strategic Leadership;  Strategic Planning;  Policy Facilitation and Implementation;  Financial Management and Budgeting


This study analyzes how the lectura transversal (Fernández Mallo, 2009, Postpoesía) of reality conceived by the Spanish author Agustín Fernández Mallo and his literatura expandida –fostered by mutant “network of networks” (Henseler, 2011, Spanish Fiction in the Digital Age, p. 196)– extend from the pages of the author’s novels, poems and essays to his blog El hombre que salió de la tarta.
Inside his blog –and his social media accounts– Fernández Mallo not only disseminates and actively promotes his creative production –e.g. spoken word performances, music projects, artistic experiments– but he also implies himself as a sort of mutant projection of his fictional characters: he “floats rhizomatically in a network composed of his multimedia productions (Saum-Pascual, 2014, La poética de la Nocilla: Transmedia Poetics in Agustín Fernández Mallo’s Complete Works). Fernández Mallo –inspired by transmedia storytelling (Jenkins, 2006, Convergence Culture: where old and new media collide) and by concepts like spam and apropiacionismo (Fernández Mallo, 2009, Postpoesía)– dialogues directly with a contemporary reader/viewer able to subjectively interpret the expressive value of his hypertextual creations that “expand the spatial dynamics of the written word” (Henseler, 2011, Spanish Fiction in the Digital Age, p. 179), through, for example, audiovisual contents specially created for the Web.
In this respect, the study explores how the postpoetic cosmos of miscellaneous materials included into the author’s narrative and essayistic texts is enhanced to better represent a kind of “realismo complejo” (Fernández Mallo, 2018, Teoría general de la basura, p. 20) in two specific cases: Proyecto Nocilla, la película and Primera Directísima a la Cabaña Wittgenstein (una llave eterna). Proyecto Nocilla, la película is a poetic amateur film –included in the author’s blog, and on the web platform Vimeo, via Santillana Vídeos– directed by Fernández Mallo, which explicitly broadens the horizons of the literary universe of Fernández Mallo’s novels Nocilla Dream (2006), Nocilla Experience (2008) and Nocilla Lab (2009). Primera Directísima a la Cabaña Wittgenstein is a documentary shared through the YouTube channel of the author –nocilladream– and that of the publisher Galaxia Gutenberg in two versions: English and Spanish. The documentary expands –together with Juan Feliu’s adaptation of Concierto para la mano izquierda de Ravel (a Paul Wittgenstein) and four other artistic films– the experimental essay Wittgenstein, arquitecto (el lugar inhabitable) (2020) written by Agustín Fernández Mallo with Bernardí Roig and Fernando Castro Flórez. These audiovisual works represent ideal propagations of the “cosmopedia in print” (Henseler, 2011, Spanish Fiction in the Digital Age, p. 179) created by the author: they surf the Web opening themselves to new and infinite narrative beginnings –further mutations and re-readings made by the Fernández Mallo’s model reader/viewer, a proactive lectoespectador (Mora, 2012, El lectoespectador).


Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus
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Once upon a time Martians and Venusians met, fell in love, and had happy relationships together because they respected and accepted their differences. Then they came to Earth and amnesia set in: they forgot they were from different planets.
Based on years of successful counseling of couples and individuals, Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus has helped millions of couples transform their relationships. Now viewed as a modern classic, this timeless book has helped men and women realize how different they can be in their communication styles, their emotional needs, and their modes of behavior, and offers the secrets of communicating without conflicts, allowing couples to give intimacy every chance to grow.


Writer, critic, editor, and teacher Canisia Lubrin grew up in St. Lucia. She studied at York University and earned an MFA at the University of Guelph. Lubrin is the author of the poetry collections The Dyzgraphxst (2020) and Voodoo Hypothesis (2017), which was named a CBC Best Poetry Book and shortlisted for the Raymond Souster Award. Her work has been translated into Italian and Spanish.
Lubrin was a 2019 writer-in-residence at Queens University and has taught in the English department at Humber College. She has worked as an arts administrator and a community advocate for nearly 20 years.
Photo credit: Anna Keenan
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When Megan Went Away is a 1979 children's picture book written by Jane Severance and illustrated by Tea Schook. It is the first picture book to include any LGBT characters, and specifically the first to feature lesbian characters, a distinction sometimes erroneously bestowed upon Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies (1989). The book, published by the independent press Lollipop Power, depicts a child named Shannon dealing with the separation of her mother and her mother's partner, Megan.
As a lesbian working in a feminist bookstore in Denver in her early twenties, Severance sought to rectify the lack of picture book content for children with lesbian parents. When Megan Went Away was not widely distributed upon publication, although the text of the story was republished by the magazine Ms. in 1986 under the pen name R. Minta Day. The work proved divisive among critics, some praising the story for being an anti-sexist example of lesbian life and others finding its depiction of same-sex separation poorly timed, arriving at a moment when lesbian motherhood was on the rise. Copies of When Megan Went Away were primarily accessible in archives and library special collections as of the 2010s.
Jane Severance was born in Moscow, Idaho, in 1957.  She recalled attempting to write stories when she was seven years old, having "always wanted to be a writer".  Despite a familial fondness for reading, Severance felt that she did not receive much encouragement from her family to pursue writing as a profession.
Severance came out as a lesbian and moved to Denver to study early childhood education in college; she finished school after a decade and was teaching preschool by the late 1970s.   In Denver, she became involved with what she characterized as "a very small subset of the lesbian community ... the very young lesbian feminists".  The community organized protests and marches and ran a production company, a newspaper, and the feminist bookstore Woman to Woman.  She observed among her peers "some pretty wretched parenting", noting that the lack of older lesbian role models, compounded by a dearth of parenting education, widespread poverty, mental illness, and substance abuse all contributed to the difficulties that members of her community faced.  None of the lesbian mothers Severance knew had planned children with their female partners, most of their children having instead come from the mothers' past relationships with men.  Severance identified a need for picture book content about children with lesbian mothers like those in her community.  She also noted a contemporary trend of children's books dealing with divorce and decided to "kill two birds with one stone" in writing When Megan Went Away, addressing lesbian motherhood and parental separation.
When Megan Went Away depicts Shannon, a preteen girl whose unnamed mother has recently separated from her partner, Megan. At the beginning of the story, Shannon wanders through her house, noticing items Megan has taken with her, as well as items that remain that remind her of Megan. Shannon reminisces about what life was like before the separation. Both Shannon and her mother are distraught about the breakup.
Shannon pulls out a jigsaw puzzle but remembers that her mother does not enjoy them. She makes a dinner of sandwiches and milk for her mother and herself, and becomes upset when her mother fails to eat the meal. Built-up anger and sadness lead Shannon to throw a tantrum in the living room, where her mother comes to comfort her. In the darkness, the two cuddle beneath a blanket and reflect on good and bad times they shared with Megan. Exhausted after crying together, Shannon and her mother make their way to the kitchen, where her mother prepares them both hamburgers. The story ends with Shannon's mother telling her to grab a puzzle to complete together.
Severance wrote When Megan Went Away when she was around 21 years old.  She described feeling that the publication process was completely foreign to her.  Severance submitted her manuscript to the Chapel Hill, North Carolina-based independent press Lollipop Power, whose address she found listed on the back of their books.  Lollipop Power, founded in 1970, was devoted to publishing works that sought to lessen gender stereotypes and gendered behavior in young children.  During the editing process, against Severance's wishes, the publisher rewrote a section of the book.  Lollipop Power also suggested that she change the names " Shannon" and " Megan", lest readers get the impression that "only women with Irish heritage were lesbians". [a]
The book When Megan Went Away was published in 1979 as a 32-page paperback illustrated by Tea Schook.  The book's pages and its covers were all printed on paper and bound with staples.  Recommended for readers aged 5–12 years, the book was not widely distributed upon its printing.    The text was reprinted in 1986 in the magazine Ms. without Schook's illustrations.  The story was run under the pen name R. Minta Day and published as part of the Stories for Free Children feature, a regular section consisting of anti-sexist, anti-racist fiction for children.   Despite Severance's text appearing in Ms., Lesléa Newman, a fellow LGBT children's author, said that Lollipop Power did not do enough publicity for the book, limiting its potential readership.  In 2023 after a successful crowdfunding campaign, the book was also republished in Korean.
When Megan Went Away received no coverage from major book review magazines upon its release  but was reviewed in several niche publications. Lenore Gordon praised the story in the Interracial Books for Children Bulletin in 1980, writing that its strength lies "both in [Severance's] gentle storytelling voice and her use of detail".  Carrie Dearborn wrote in Gay Community News that the book had an emotional impact on her and her friends.  She described the work as "one that will help the child of a lesbian feel less alone", praising the decorations in Schook's art as "Early American Dyke".  Gordon described Schook's illustrations as having "a pleasurable child-quality" to them, which she found to be tonally inconsistent with Severance's somber text.  Carolyn Moskovitz described the story in the WLW Journal as "a bit downbeat".
Writing in 1989, the English professor Virginia L. Wolf suggested that the romantic nature of the relationship between Shannon's mother and Megan might not be recognized by child readers, but that some adult readers would likely understand the story's lesbian context.  In 2022, the English scholar Jennifer Miller described the work as resistant to normative readings that might be belied by its simple cover art of a mother soothing her daughter, the text "showing an emotionally complex mother-child relationship that includes various instances in which the child attempts to nurture the mother".
While praising its attempts to depict an anti-sexist family, Gordon criticized When Megan Went Away for presenting "an uncommonly liberated lesbian lifestyle", which she viewed as minimizing the relevance of the book to a wider array of readers.  Although the depiction of a same-sex parented household satisfied some readers, others were concerned that the first story published about the topic revolved around a broken relationship.  According to the multicultural elementary education scholar Danné E. Davis, the timing of the book's publication received criticism from some contemporary lesbians and feminists, who viewed the separation narrative of When Megan Went Away as detrimental to public perception of lesbian households at a time when lesbian motherhood was beginning to increase.  When writing the story, Severance was intent on depicting shared concerns like parental separation among lesbian and nonlesbian families.
Before the late 1970s, several picture books with gender-nonconforming characters existed, but there were otherwise no LGBT characters within the medium of children's picture books.  Scholars of children's literature generally consider When Megan Went Away to be the first published picture book to include any LGBT characters, as well as the first specifically to feature lesbian characters and the first to depict separation in a same-gender relationship.     Though the text of the story never uses the word "lesbian" to explicitly identify the characters,  the word is used paratextually in Severance and Schook's dedication at the beginning of the book: "This story is for all children of lesbian mothers, for the special hardships they may face, and for the understanding we hope they will reach."   As of 2022, When Megan Went Away remained just one of two documented children's picture books featuring LGBT characters to depict divorce or separation. [b]
When Megan Went Away is sometimes forgotten as the first picture book to feature lesbian characters, a distinction instead given to Lesléa Newman's Heather Has Two Mommies (1989).  For a time, the website of Alyson Books, publisher of Heather Has Two Mommies, [c] listed Heather as the first lesbian picture book.
Though Newman originally said Heather was the first lesbian picture book, she later acknowledged that When Megan Went Away preceded her work.  Newman describes her book as "the first picture book that portrays a happy family that consists of two lesbian moms and their child".  Severance has expressed the desire that Newman identify Heather as "the first successful book about lesbian mothers", citing the work's success and notoriety.  Both Severance and Newman, who are personally acquainted, agreed that intangible factors like timing and luck likely contributed to the relative popularity of Heather.   Severance also described Newman as "a hustler" who "knew how to run with" her book's popularity. Newman stated that she believed Lollipop Power did a poor job of marketing When Megan Went Away upon its publication.   Despite its early treatment of lesbian characters, When Megan Went Away is not known by scholars of children's literature to have attracted any challenges or ban attempts like Heather and other later picture books featuring LGBT characters faced.  In contrasting the ways in which Heather and When Megan Went Away were received, Davis wrote that both books were perhaps "too early for their time".
Since When Megan Went Away was published, Severance has written two more books: Lots of Mommies (1983), a picture book about a girl raised by four mothers, and Ghost Pains (1992), a young adult novel about two sisters living with an alcoholic lesbian mother.  The children's literature researcher Thomas Crisp noted in the Children's Literature Association Quarterly that Severance's books contribute a unique depiction of queer life within children's literature, a "vision that may be more emotionally honest" than other portrayals.  As of 2010, Severance was continuing to write and was searching for an agent in order to publish other works for a larger audience.  Crisp also reported that copies of When Megan Went Away were difficult to find in 2010.  The book's availability is primarily limited to library special collections and archives, and when secondary sales of the work do occur online, copies may be listed for over 40 times the original retail price of $1.85.


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Revolutionizing Crypto Fortune: Barry Silbert’s Impact on Bitcoin’s Ascension
Barry Silbert, an entrepreneurial luminary, stands as a pivotal figure in the cryptocurrency revolution, his name reverberating with success in the realm of digital currencies. Positioning himself as a force to be reckoned with, Barry Silbert, the brains behind Digital Currency Group (DCG), propels the ship of innovation and investment in the cryptocurrency realm.
Navigating Bankruptcy to Bitcoin Brilliance: Barry Silbert’s Resilient Triumph
The journey of Barry Silbert serves as a testament to resilience and foresight, navigating through the early days of cryptocurrency when uncertainties loomed large. Silbert’s involvement in the crypto scene dates back to 2012, a time when Bitcoin was still in its infancy. Despite facing challenges and skepticism, Silbert’s tenacity shone through as he remained steadfast in his belief in the potential of digital currencies.
In the midst of the turmoil, Silbert established Grayscale, a subsidiary of DCG that would go on to dominate the crypto investment landscape. Transforming the investor landscape, Grayscale’s leading product, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC), changed the game in how investors perceived and accessed Bitcoin. Beyond financial pursuits, Silbert’s influence on Bitcoin transcends, with his advocacy for positive changes within the BTC ecosystem playing a pivotal role in shaping its trajectory.
He is a vocal proponent of regulatory clarity, emphasizing the need for a well-defined regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. By fostering collaboration with regulators and policymakers, Silbert aims to create an environment conducive to the growth and acceptance of Bitcoin. Additionally, Silbert champions Bitcoin mining, actively contributing to the expansion of Bitcoin’s mining infrastructure through Foundry, another DCG entity. Foundry, by supplying miners with essential tools and resources, plays a crucial role in the decentralization and sustainability of the Bitcoin network.
Barry Silbert Millionaire: Forging a Path of Success in the Crypto Landscape
The title “Barry Silbert Millionaire” succinctly captures the odyssey of a visionary who turned adversity into prosperity. Strategic investments and foresight have elevated Silbert into the ranks of crypto millionaires. His success is not only quantifiable in financial terms but also in the profound impact he has had on the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem.
Gensis Trading: Cornerstone of Barry Silbert’s Cryptocurrency Dominion
Gensis Trading, a jewel in the Digital Currency Group’s portfolio, plays a pivotal role in the cryptocurrency market. Facilitating large-scale crypto transactions, Gensis Trading stands as a leading over-the-counter (OTC) trading firm. This strategic positioning enables institutional investors to enter the crypto space seamlessly, fostering increased liquidity and stability.
The Path Ahead: Barry Silbert’s Unwavering Commitment to Bitcoin
In the evolving landscape of Bitcoin, Barry Silbert continues to lead, steering positive changes and propelling the flagship cryptocurrency to unprecedented heights. Beyond personal triumphs, Silbert’s vision extends to a future where Bitcoin attains mainstream acceptance, becoming a cornerstone of the global financial landscape.
In conclusion, the journey of Barry Silbert, from the early days of bankruptcy to becoming a key player in the cryptocurrency space, is a story of resilience, innovation, and unwavering belief. His contributions through Digital Currency Group, Grayscale, Foundry, and other ventures have not only elevated his status to that of a crypto millionaire but have also significantly shaped the trajectory of Bitcoin. As we look ahead, Barry Silbert’s ongoing commitment to positive changes in BTC sets the stage for a future where cryptocurrency plays an integral role in shaping the financial landscape.


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Fall 2015 Study Abroad program attendees will be receiving access and login information about Library Services and Mango Languages July 15th. Look for an email from firstname.lastname@example.org. Please contact us if you do not receive the email by July 16th.
Here is the link to the Study Abroad Student Information page: http://libguides.sit.edu/WattLibrary/SAStudent where there is a tab for Mango Languages.
Here is the link to the Mango Languages LibGuide page: http://libguides.sit.edu/MangoLanguages


むかしむかし, there was a young lady name Tokoyo who grew up with her father, who was a samurai. The two of them lived very happily, and the samurai raised her daughter well and taught her to be strong.
One fateful day, the samurai (who was the envy of many because of this skills) was framed into making the Emperor ill and weak, thus he was banished to a faraway island.
Tokoyo became miserable, because she loved her father so much. She was very determined to be reunited with the only family she had left, so she set out on a journey to find and rescue him.
First, she sold all of their possessions to a merchant to gain money for the journey. She journeyed long and far towards the coastline, where in the light of day, the faraway island can be seen very dimly.
She tried to persuade the fishermen to bring her to the island, but she was running low on money so they refused her. Still, she never gave up. That night, she found a small, old boat on the bay, and she set sail for the island.
It was a hard journey with the small boat, but it was nothing for the valiant Tokoyo. It was still dark when she arrived shore, and she spent all day looking for her father on that island, but failed.
Night came, and a very tired and sad Tokoyo decided to rest under a tree. After a few hours, she was awakened by the sound of a sobbing girl.
Tokoyo hid behind a bush, and saw a girl dressed in a white robe and a priest. They were standing on the edge of a cliff, and the priest was in the act of pushing the girl off of it.
Tokoyo came out from the bushes to rescue the girl. The priest paused and explained to Tokoyo what he was doing.
Apparently, an ancient serpent-dragon called Yofune-Nushi inhabited the seas around the island. Yofune-Nushi threatened to terrorize the people on the island and destroy the fishing industry (the island-people’s only source of income), unless they sacrifice a virgin girl to him every year. It was said that as long as they kept their end of the bargain, the dragon would leave the town alone.
Partially feeling that this was very unjust and partially feeling hopeless in saving her father, Tokoyo offered to take the girl’s place. She wore the girl’s white offering dress and jumped down from the cliff, diving into the ocean with a dagger in her teeth, much to the priest’s and the girl’s amazement.
Tokoyo dived deeper and deeper, until she found a cave. On the mouth of the cave was a small statue of the Emperor. Out of her anger towards the Emperor, she took the statue to destroy it, but then decided it would be better to take it up on the shore first, so she tied it to her belt.
Suddenly, Yofune-Nushi came out from the cave. He assumed that Tokoyo was the offering, so he attacked her. Tokoyo quickly put up her defenses and blocked the attack, then she plunged her dagger onto his eye.
Blinded, the dragon made his way back into the cave, but Tokoyo chased after him. Again, the dragon put up a fight, but the brave Tokoyo continued to attack him!
At last, when the vile Yofune-Nushi was killed, Tokoyo dragged him up on the shore, where she slumped on the sand weak and tired.
The priest and the girl ran towards her, and they couldn’t believe she beat the dragon. The priest carried Tokoyo back to the village, the the news of her heroism spread like wildfire.
The news reached the Emperor, who was now well and healthy. It was found that the dragon Yofune-Nushi cursed his statue under the ocean, and when Tokoyo killed the dragon and retrieved the statue, the curse was lifted.
Realizing that Tokoyo’s father was innocent, the Emperor released him from banishment and brought him back to Tokoyo. The Emperor regretted banishing his best samurai, so he gave Tokoyo and his father a huge sum of rewards and treasures.
Tokoyo was also given the privilege to serve at the palace as a samurai warrior alongside her father, and they lived happily ever after. ^^
Hope you enjoyed today’s story! Until next time, JapanLovers!


Late last night, we made some enhancements to Edmodo that will help you more effectively share, store and search for digital content relevant to your curriculum.
One of the key features in the release is The Backpack.
Located in the Student Library, the Backpack is a storage area that allows students to easily save content and materials they are working on at school so that it is readily accessible at home. By providing a separate space to store content they need immediately, they can locate what they need when they need it, without sifting through all of their files and folders.
Library Enhancements: Over the coming months, we’ll be making ongoing enhancements to the Library; changes that will be focused on providing more efficiency and personalized access to the content most relevant to you. The first of these updates include enhancements to your library files to provide greater segmentation between the files you share with others and those that are sent to you in posts.
The second library enhancement provides greater insight into how content is shared. A number next to each content item indicates the frequency with which educators and students are engaging with content; the higher the number, the more popular the resource is with your peers. Our goal with the Library Score is to provide new ways for you to quickly identify the content that other educators find most useful in the classroom.
In addition, we made some minor backend changes won’t change your user experience, but will enhance our ability to continue to enhance the site in coming months. Thanks for your patience as we worked through these updates — as always, we welcome your feedback:)


Bloomington residents (over the age of 14 with guardian permission, or over 18), can borrow up to 10 tools at a time from the Tool Lending Library. Tools may be borrowed for up to 7 days at a time. All you need is a photo ID/driver’s license, and a check/credit card to go on file, showing your name and Indiana address.
Our tools are in demand, so it’s important to bring them back on time, and only when the Tool Lending Library is open. Fines for overdue tools range from $1 to $20 per day. There are additional fines for returning tools dirty or damaged.
- The lending period is seven (7) days for most tools; three (3) days for a few of our more popular items.
- Fines: $1.00-$20.00 for each day a tool is late, depending on the value of the tool. Fines will continue until the cost of the item and shipping is met.
- Renewals can be made by phoning library staff at 812-370-0278. Up to two (2) renewals are possible if the tool is not needed back. Due to high demand, some tools are not renewable.
- Holds are made through Tool Lending Library staff.
- Tools must be returned to the Tool Lending Library during open hours.
- Registration at the Tool Lending Library is necessary even if already an Artisan Alley member. No registrations after fifteen (15) minutes before closing time.
Make sure to fill out and review all necessary Paperwork:
- Policies and Conditions,
- Borrower’s Application,
- Agreement and Release of Liability,
- Shop Rules,
- Liability Waiver
New tool patrons are limited to check-out up to two tools, valued under $200 each. This probationary period will end upon returning two tools on time, clean and in good condition. After probation, tool patrons will be allowed 8 tools (no more than 3 power tools) for each checkout.
Fees and Fines
Please return library materials on time. Late fees are $1-$20 per day, depending on the value of the tool. You will be charged the current replacement cost for each item not returned. There are no refunds for replacement fees, even if the lost material is recovered. If the item is returned damaged, you will be charged a damage fee.
Please clean tools before returning them.
Fines and fees are payable at any Artisan Alley location by cash or check. You can also pay your fines online, under “Products”.
The Tool Lending Library has over 5,000 tools available for lending. The following list of tools is not comprehensive or always reflective of current inventory. If you cannot find a specific tool on this list, please contact the Tool Lending Library staff.
We’re dedicated to diversifying our wood and metal tool library.
For more information please contact us through our email form.


Dill the Dog Helps with Literacy
Inner City Youth Opportunities welcomes back “Dill” and his T.D.I. (Therapy Dogs International) handler Monica Seta-Brown. The ICYO students have the opportunity to read to Dill, one at a time, to practice their reading skills which support ICYO’s Early Childhood Literacy Program. Thank you Monica and Dill for your volunteer service! The children so enjoy their special reading time with Dill and his handler Monica Seta – Brown. ICYO LOVES OUR VOLUNTEERS!!


The Innovation and Technology Team supports the Faculty’s technology needs, including: hardware, software, database development, programming, website development and hosting, as well as other services like Moodle and edLinked, the Faculty’s content management portal. The Faculty of Education maintains its own IT Helpdesk and all Education staff should contact them directly for their support needs, requests and advise. We can be contacted on extension 5002 (or externally at 07-858-5002). You can also contact us via email at: email@example.com
Computer Access & Wireless
The Faculty of Education has ubiquitous wireless coverage in all classrooms within the Faculty’s buildings. In addition, the Faculty of Education’s Information Centre has computer facilities available for student and staff to access the Internet, library databases, email plus document creation and printing. The Information Centre also has a 24/7 computer lab available to Education students only outside of normal business hours via a swipe-card access system.
Edlinked – the staff and student portal
edlinked provides staff and students access to personalised faculty resources.
Student Wireless Access
Students now have unlimited internet access through the ‘UOW Students’ network.
Useful software tools
We have created a list of free software
Printing on campus is possible once your Student ID Card is activated and money has been added to your Unicash balance. Unicash is an electronic balance to pay for printing on campus. You can top-up your Unicash balance at one of several eftpos kiosks or cash autoloader machines located around campus. There is both an e-pay kiosk and a located in the Faculty of Education Information Centre and Library. Current balances can be checked online in Edlinked.


"Finally someone has written the book that breast
cancer patients and their families have been waiting for. Marc Silver
understands that the person with cancer is not the only one affected
by this disease. Husbands need help, too.
Here's a practical guide for the too many men who will need it."
Roberts, news analyst
and breast cancer survivor
"Breast cancer is a family affair. Marc Silver touches the
raw nerves of breast cancer husbands with insight, tenderness,
wisdom, and just the right amount of humor to both help and heal.
This book is a gift to them-and to the women they love."
Bernadine Healy, M.D.,
former director of the National Institutes
of Health and U.S. News & World Report medical columnist
"When breast cancer happens to the woman you love, all
you want to do is fix it and make it go away. This terrific book
gives partners the useful and sensitive answers they need to so
many of the how tos? what ifs? and when wills? that come up along
Marisa Weiss, M.D.,
founder and president of breastcancer.org
A supercharged survival guide for men
and women confronting any life-threatening illness. Well-informed
and practical, Silver covers the controversies and conflicts that
arise under fire and guides you with love, support, and inspiration."
director of patient and family support
at the University of California at San Diego Cancer Center
"BREAST CANCER HUSBAND gives
husbands, partners, and families of women with breast cancer exactly
what they need. With a wonderful blend of empathy, humor, and information,
Silver normalizes all the intense feelings of this experience. This
book functions as a buddy and an on-call support group for men who
love women with breast cancer."
Hester Hill Schnipper,
oncology social worker and author of After Breast Cancer: A Common-Sense
Guide to Life After Treatment
"BREAST CANCER HUSBAND illuminates the challenges that a loved
one's cancer diagnosis presents and the helplessness husbands often
feel. Marc Silver provides vital resources and solutions for caretakers
and honestly addresses sensitive issues."
Mitch Stoller, president
and CEO, Lance Armstrong Foundation
"No one should face breast cancer alone. But how does a husband
support his wife when he may be feeling frustrated, sad, and angry
himself? Author Marc Silver fills an essential niche with his book,
BREAST CANCER HUSBAND, offering emotional support and practical
advice to help men be compassionate caregivers-everything from tips
for talking to children to a frank discussion of sexuality and intimacy."
Nancy G. Brinker, founder
of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
"When cancer happens, it happens to the entire family-not just
the person with the diagnosis. Marc Silver knows this and-thank
goodness-has written an honest, informative, and yes, even humorous
guide for breast cancer husbands. A must-read for every man who's
learning to live with breast cancer."
Diane Perlmutter, CEO,
Gilda's Club Worldwide
Silver, an editor at U.S. News & World Report, speaks encouragingly
in this heartfelt, useful guide for men whose wives or girlfriends
have been diagnosed with breast cancer, as was his wife, Marsha,
in 2001. Silver, who consulted with surgeons and oncologists for
this book, first helps readers deal with the diagnosis, addressing
men's stereotypical reactions (usually saying little, followed by
overbearing urges to fix the problem), then advising them how to
behave (ask questions and, more importantly, listen). He nicely
interweaves comments from men and women who have gone through breast
cancer diagnosis, setting them off with pull quotes and how-to sidebars
such as "Husbanding Her Energies" and "Caring for
the Caregiver." His advice is simple and sound: rather than
saying "Cheer up, honey, the doctor said things aren't that
bad," Silver recommends, "Is there anything I can do to
make you feel better?" He discusses the surprisingly numerous
cases in which men have left their spouses, discusses the importance
of wives having an "appointment pal" and advises on explaining
cancer to children. Silver also smartly examines the various treatments
and suggests ways for readers to find sexual intimacy after a mastectomy.
This guide is an invaluable compement to Dr. Susan Love's Breast
Book and John Link's The Breast Cancer Survival Manual.
Husbands or boyfriends of women with breast cancer are usually the
least addresses in guides to the disease. An editor at U.S. News
& World Report, Silver was a clueless as the next man when his
wife, Marsha, was diagnosed. Failing to find a manual showing men
how to offer the most support and care, he wrote his own. Silver
gathered information from medical professionals and men in the same
boat, covering every conceivable challenge to life with breast cancer
(including suggestions on how to wash a woman's hair while she is
wearing drains). Silver's prose is funny, tender, and filled with
rock-solid advice. Highly recommended.


All the books on horse riding described below can be downloaded for free here.
1. The Horseman written in 1844 by H. R. Hershberger, has over 200 pages with many illustrations. “Contains plan practical rules for riding, and hints to the reader on the selection of horses. To which is annexed a sabre exercise for mounted and dismounted service.
2. The Horsewoman A Practical Guide to Side Saddle by Alice Hayes written in 1903. Over 260 pages with dozens of illustrations and photos. “The first edition of this book was the result of seven years‟ experience of riding hundreds of horses in India, Ceylon, Egypt, China and South Africa; the most trying animals being those of which I was the rough-rider at my husband‟s horse-breaking classes. Since that edition came out, I have hunted a good deal, chiefly, in Leicestershire and Cheshire, and have taught many pupils, both of which experiences were of special advantage to me in preparing this new edition; because English ladies regard riding, principally, from a hunting point of view, and the best way to supplement one‟s education, is to try to teach. horse riding
The directions about side-saddles and seat are the outcome of practical work and fortunate opportunities; and I hope they will be as useful to my readers as they have been to my pupils. Although I have ridden, when abroad, some of the worst buckjumpers that could be found in any country, I have never “cut a voluntary,” thanks to the adoption of a seat and saddle which gave the necessary grip. Of course I have had “purls,” when horses have “come down” with me out hunting; and on one [viii]occasion in China, when a horse which I mounted for the first time, reared and came over.” horse riding
3. Modern Horsemanship: A New Method Of teaching Riding and Training by Edward Anderson in 1886. This illustrated book of over 140 pages is a wonderful treatise on riding. There “are the general principles of horsemanship, and they must be understood and practised before the rider can expect to manage his horse. In the Second Part of this work the subject of collecting will be explained in all its details ; for the present the reader will be called upon to acquire those rules only that are necessary for riding a horse broken in the usual manner.”
4. The Handbook Of Horsemanship by a Captain in the British Army in 1842. This illustrated book has over 140 pages and is a wonderful treatise on riding. “It is not the design of this concise manual of Equestrianism to encumber the reader with numerous details on the veterinary art nor with anatomical descriptions but only to supply some hints on what ought to be known by all those who use horses.”
Just General Horse Books
5. Every Owners Horse Book written in 1871 has over 590 pages with 80 illustrations covering every facet of the horse and is a comprehensive manual for any horse owner.
6. “Centaur” or The “Turn Out” by E.W. Gough written 1878. This 187 page book is a practical treatise on humane management of horses, either in saddle, harness or stable; with hints respecting the harness room and coach house.
7. The Biggle Horse Book first written by Jacob Biggle in 1894. This illustrated book of 131 pages is a “concise and practical treatise on the horse”.
8. The Practical Horse Keeper is 291 pages in length and was written by George Fleming a principal veterinary surgeon with the army in 1886.
9. The Horse: How to Buy and Sell by Peter Howden is a 131 page book written in 1882, provide points on how to distinguish a sound from an unsound horse.
10. The Harness Makers Guide was written in 1907 and is 107 pages in length with many illustrations showing the lengths for cutting and making harness, bridle work, straps and all manner of harness.


This little book taught me a lot I did not already know about CBD oil and it’s effectiveness on different kinds of pain. I wish it included more information on recommended doses and concentrations for various conditions.
In spite of the title, there is only 1 chapter in the topic of CBD for neuropathy. But this means it is also a useful book if you want a little more information on CBD for Epilepsy or MS.
This is a good little book worth reading, easy to understand and finish in less than 1 hour. If you are looking for fully comprehensive information though, you will need to add several others to your reading. This one should definitely be in the list, though, if you want to learn more about CBD, how it works and why you may find it worth trying.


John 11:35 is the shortest verse in the English Bible – but also one of the most powerful. In this edited extract American writer Debie Thomas reflects on it.
When Jesus weeps, he legitimizes human grief. The raising of Lazarus is around the corner, but in this story, the promise of joy doesn’t cancel out the essential work of grief. When Jesus cries, he assures Mary and Martha, not only that their beloved brother is worth crying for, but also that they are worth crying with. Through his tears, Jesus calls all of us into the holy vocation of empathy, co-suffering, and lamentation.
When Jesus weeps, he respects the necessity of silence, the sanctity of the wordless and the unsayable. We should pay careful attention when the Word himself refuses to speak. Sometimes there is nothing to be said in the face of loss; sometimes tears are our best and most honourable language. Through his wordless tears, Jesus cautions us to pause. He shows us that silence, too, is faithful, sometimes, silence is love.
When Jesus weeps, he acknowledges his own mortality. When word spreads about the miracle in Bethany, the authorities decide that Jesus must be stopped. He knows that the end is imminent, he knows that his time with his friends is almost over, he knows that it’s nearly time to say goodbye to the lakes and skies and hills and stars he loves. In crying, he asserts powerfully that it is okay to yearn for life. It’s okay to cling to this beautiful world. It is okay to love and cherish the gift of life here and now.
And finally, when Jesus weeps, he shows us that sorrow is a powerful catalyst for change. It is his shattering that leads to resurrection. Perhaps Jesus’s tears can provoke us in similar ways. What breaks our hearts? What enrages us to the point of breakdown? Can we work for transformation in our places of devastation? Can our sorrow lead us to justice?
I hope that Jesus’s tears can keep us tender, open, humble, generous, and brave. I hope his honest expression of sorrow will give us the permission and the impetus we need, but to move with powerful compassion into a world that sorely needs our empathy and our love. Our journey is not to the grave, but through it. The Lord who weeps is also the Lord who resurrects.
Edited from Debie Thomas on www.journeywithjesus.net


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L'Eau Theque ("low tech") Productions, a non-profit corporation 501(c)(3) was formed in 1988, to serve and educate the general public by means of theatrical presentations.
The objectives of L'Eau Theque Productions and Act!vated Story Theatre are
- to provide audiences of all ages with theatrical entertainment that educates and encourages independent thought
- to preserve the folklore and literature of many cultures and historical eras, and to demonstrate that folklore is a living, evolving entity
- to provide children an opportunity to express themselves through writing and theatrical performance
- to help educators learn productive ways to foster creativity and self-esteem among students
- to stress the common heritage of diverse cultures, including ethnic minorities and the Deaf/Hard of Hearing
In the past, L'Eau Theque Productions has produced several nationally touring productions for children and their families including a production of "A Christmas Carol" which toured to main stage performance halls and featured a cast of seven professional actors. We also have mounted shows for adult audiences. As the name L'Eau Theque (low tech) implies, the philosophy is to keep technical requirements simple. We use common household objects in unusual, imaginative ways. The goal is to inspire and encourage audiences to read, and explore the performing arts.
Act!vated Storytellers / Act!vated Story Theatre denotes The Goza Family, the heart and soul of L'Eau Theque Productions. They wear a lot of hats to produce and perform the show.
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- Craig Corson
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- Karina Rosinz
- Kimberly Goza
- Kim Nava
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- two Artist-in-Residency Programs in the 2014-15
- thirteen Artist-in-Residency Programs in the 2013-14 school year
- three Artist-in-Residency Programs in the 2012-2013 school year
Thanks to the following individuals for their generous support
- Wally Dury
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- Ishita and Rex Edwards
- Linda Fisher
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The following events were made possible thanks to people like you.
- Horizon school serving students with Cerebral Palsy in New Jersey in September 2010.
- In June 2011, we made the day a little brighter for hundreds of children at the local YMCA who were displaced by Hurricane Katrina in Joplin, MO.


FLORENCE — Florence Bank will present the awards in its 16th annual Customers’ Choice Community Grants Program at an event slated for Wednesday, March 21. Contributions through the program will reach the $1.05 million mark in terms of grants made to community nonprofits over almost two decades.
Representatives from 57 nonprofits receiving funds will be present at the Garden House at Look Park from 5 to 7 p.m. to accept the grants, view photographs and displays from previous Customers’ Choice events, and sample hors d’oeuvres by Seth Mias Catering. The grant amounts will be announced that evening.
The Customers’ Choice Community Grants Program is an annual offering founded in 2002, through which Florence Bank customers are invited to vote for their favorite local nonprofit in hopes it will receive a share of grant funding. In its early years, awards of $50,000, and later, $75,000, were offered each year by the bank; in more recent years, $100,000 in grants have been disbursed each spring.
The following are slated to receive an award: Pelham Elementary School PTO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire County, Dakin Humane Society, Friends of Forbes Library, Friends of Williamsburg Regional Library, the Food Bank of Western Massachusetts, Cancer Connection, Northampton Survival Center, Amherst Survival Center, Friends of Lilly Library, Easthampton Elementary Schools PTO, Jackson Street School PTO, New Hingham Regional Elementary School PTO, BARC Inc., Northampton Senior Center, Northampton High School PTO, Emily Williston Memorial Library, Hospice of the Fisher Home, RK Finn Ryan Road School, Safe Passage, Friends of Hilltown Cooperative Charter Public School, Belchertown Day School, the Edward Hopkins Educational Foundation, Friends of Clapp Library, Amherst Regional Public Schools Parent Guardian Organization, Kestrel Land Trust, Pioneer Valley Chinese Immersion Charter School, Grow Food Northampton, Williamsburg Firefighters Assoc., Friends of the Amherst Senior Center, Tapestry Health Systems Inc., Friends of M.N. Spear Memorial Library, Cooley Dickinson VNA & Hospice, Leeds Elementary School PTO, Hampshire Regional High School, Easthampton Community Center, the Hartsbrook School, Northampton Community Music Center, Easthampton Band Boosters, Northampton Community Rowing, Hitchcock Center for the Environment, ServiceNet, the Belchertown Police K-9 Unit, Hilltown Community Health Centers, Whole Children, Bright Spot Therapy Dogs, Bridge Street School PTO, Cooley Dickinson Hospital, John F. Kennedy Middle School PTO, Mass Audubon Connecticut River Sanctuaries, Our Lady of the Hills Parish, CISA, Belchertown Firefighters Assoc., MANNA Soup Kitchen Inc., the Center for Women & Community at UMass Amherst, the Center for New Americans, and the Granby Senior Center.


Second Edition, 2012, PM Press
In the introduction, ex-Weather Underground cadre and Resistance Conspiracy Case political prisoner Laura Whitehorn describes her nine months in a Baltimore City Jail that preceded her 14 years in prison. The recent growth of support for prisoners and prison statistics in the U$ are also described in their context of the ever growing Prison Industrial Complex.
She notes how Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow describes how the government’s so-called War on Drugs has been an attack on Black communities, but doesn’t address women in prison, whose numbers have grown far faster in proportion to men in recent years.
Interspersed with a review of Law’s book, Whitehorn goes on to write about her own time in federal prison.
The Author’s Introduction starts with Law’s personal story of friends going to jail starting when she was 15, and her own arrest for armed robbery when she was 16. Her radicalization through this process including visiting friends in jail and all the other people she met there, co-founding a free books to prisoners group, co-curating a prisoner art show, and her research on prisoner organizing, and how she refused to believe women prisoners didn’t organize. The story of this research going from a school paper to a ‘zine, then eventually this book is told.
In an Overview Law outlines the statistics representing the incarceration of women in the U$ and racial profiling. She also writes about the lack of written material on women prisoners, the general lack of knowledge on women prisoners’ resistance such as the 1974 August Rebellion in New York’s Bedford Hills Correctional Facility or the riot at the North Carolina Correctional Center for Women the following year.
Law goes on to describe various challenges to organizing in prison, especially retaliation. She also examines the social control aspect of prisons and how and why reformatories of the early 20th century were only for women.
What follows in a lot of ways, is a book formatted more like a ‘zine, with the following chapters simply entitled with their specific subjects, then broken down into very specific, labeled sub-sections. At the same time, there are extensive end notes for those who are interested in doing further research.
In UNLIKELY COMMUNITIES, mutual aid, in-depth AIDS education done by and for prisoners, and support groups for battered women and lifers are all described, including the political struggles of women who fought to attain and got their clemency granted.
In BARRIERS TO BASIC CARE Law starts off with how “In 1976, in Estello v. Gamble the Supreme Court ruled that deliberate indifference to a prisoner’s serious medical needs violates the Eighth Amendment.” but then goes on to explain how despite this ruling, prisoners’ health care continues to be neglected all too often, even to the point of death. Law focuses on how this relates to women’s health, such as in cases of pregnancy and breast cancer.
This format of hard hitting facts and statistics, followed by personal stories of prisoners is another basic element of the book. Continuing along these lines, Law describes the struggles of mothers in prison in the next chapter.
Sexual Abuse, and the struggle for accountability is the subject of the next chapter. Education, both for credit and peer to peer is covered in the next chapter. Prison labor is covered in the next chapter, followed by an entire chapter about the general struggle for better conditions in the prisons both through grievances and lawsuits, and using media.
The next chapter goes even further into the media aspect. Going from the corporate media of the previous chapter, this one’s sub-sections include Utilizing Radical Feminist Media, Working with Prisoner Rights Groups, Creating their Own Media, and New Possibilities: Utilizing E-mail, to explain some of the various ways female prisoners have used or created media outside of the bourgeoise press. Forbidden Words details prison mailroom censorship and in Getting Their Words Out, Law describes distribution, or lack there of, of women prisoners’ writings.
The next chapter is about Women in Immigrant Detention Centers, followed by a full length chapter on the history of the Prison Industrial Complex. After the glossary is an extensive resources list, with the contact information and a paragraph description of some 61 different groups. Though I did notice one big error here; she lists South Chicago ABC’s address to be in Minneapolis. For a moment, I thought maybe they were another group of that name in MPLS since I belive there’s a North-South street there named Chicago, but… it’s the address for Boneshaker Books, or so the oracle tells me. You can actually write them at:
S. Chi ABC ‘Zine Distro
PO Box 721
Homewood, IL 60430
They carry two ‘zines by Law, free for indigent prisoners! Anthony Rayson, who is mentioned twice in Law’s book is the main person behind S Chi ABC. He’s retiring and can use help!
Law also suggests these other groups for prisoner resource lists: http://www.prisonactivist.org, http://www.criticalresistance.org, http://www.prisonbookprogram.org/nprl.php and http://www.fcnetwork.org.
RECOMMENDED READING includes a paragraph synopsis each of 15 books, five periodicals, and eight reports.
Afterwards is A NOTE ABOUT TRANSGENDER, TRANSSEXUAL, INTERSEX AND GENDER-VARIANT PEOPLE IN PRISON which is a chapter length addition to the second volume, the first one having only one story.
And in the epilogue, Law points out how the stories collected in the book “are only the tip of the iceberg.” She goes on to explain how touring the U$ after the first edition came out, she learned many stories some of which she includes here.
Law also describes acts of women’s resistance behind bars that have occurred since 2010, and tells stories of outside activism of female ex-convicts.
Recent radio appearance by the author: http://prisonbooks.info/2012/11/05/victoria-law-on-the-struggles-of-incarcerated-women/#more-1826
Author’s page on PM Press includes a couple videos on the youtube: http://www.pmpress.org/content/article.php?story=vikkilaw


June 17th, 2009 - The Green Hills of Earth
“Hey Rhysling, you’d better stow that guitar, if Jimmylegs catches ya, he’ll blow a gasket!”
Originally broadcast on June 10th, 1950. This is a Robert Heinlein story, adapted to the radio from the pages of Galaxy Magazine. It features Rhysling, an integral character from Heinlein’s ‘Future History.’ Tom Glazer did the music for this, well-known for his educational science albums and songs written for The Weavers and Peter, Paul and Mary.
Running Time: 25:59


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Geometry and Tiling Related Books
- -Tilings and patterns / Branko Grunbaum, G.C. Shephard.
- -Penrose tiles to trapdoor ciphers / Martin Gardner.
- -Handbook of Discrete and Computational Geometry / Edited by Jacob E. Goodman and Joseph O'Rourke.
- -Transformation geometry : an introduction to symmetry / George E. Martin.
- -Combinatorial geometry in the plane, by Hugo Hadwiger and Hans Debrunner. Translated by Victor Klee.
- -Miles of tiles / Charles Radin.
- -The mathematical description of shape and form / E.A. Lord and C.B. Wilson.
- -Introduction to finite geometries / by F. Karteszi ; [translated by L. Vekerdi].


Fly Tying Book
Progressive Fly Tying by Alan Bithell.
The spiral bound format of the book fixes the age old problem of struggling to keep the book open at the right page when using your hands to tie flies.
The book covers techniques, material guides, step by steps and some nice anecdotes.
The techniques covered in Progressive Fly Tying include hackles, parachutes, dubbing, slip wings, CDC, using beads, spinning deer hair and more.
The material guides to materials include hackles, CDC, foam, lead and beads.
Progressive Fly Tying contains 28 step by steps; each covering 2 pages with about 9 clear photos each with specific instructions.
The book has plenty of extra hints and tips spread throughout it, as well as pages dedicated to issues such as tying lots of flies, thread control, using tinsel and weaving.
Book starts with a guide to the basics of the tools but also gives good advice on an often untouched subject – artifical light.
The passion for Alan’s tying really shines through in his Progressive Fly Tying book and it is a fantastic resource for tiers of all abilities
If you are interested in purchasing this book please contact Alan Bithell at his website (Click Here)


I’m an avid reader. There, I said it.
I read at the gym (when I’m not making magic happen at Zumba), and I listen to audiobooks when I’m folding laundry or in the car. I likely would have met my reading goal (of 104 books) for the year had I not binge watched this show the last week and a half of December:
My Inner Latina is alive and kicking (and there’s a reason Gina Rodriguez won a Golden Globe for her performance: check it out, y’all).
It’s easy for me to get caught up in reading what’s right in front of me: the hottest new release, upcoming releases from publishers and friends, the library book I’ve waitlisted that finally arrived. So last year, Modern Mrs. Darcy’s Reading Challenge was a brilliant way for me to knock twelve books off my list that I really, actually did want to read – but hadn’t ever made happen.
And I’m going to do the same. Care to join me?
My selections probably won’t be yours, although you’re welcome to join in my reading fun. Here’s what I’ll be reading:
A book you’ve been meaning to read: Understanding Your Grief. This one has been on my shelf since I first left (paid, full-time) ministry. It’s time to read it.
A book you should have read in school. Scratch that. A book you should have read in school because you were the TEACHER who TAUGHT it without ever READING IT to her students: Much better. The book? Hamlet by Shakespeare.
A book chosen for you by your …mom: The Black Rose. It’s her favorite. I’m in.
A book published before you were born: Anna Karenina . It’s been on the list forever and a day. It’s time.
A book that was banned at some point: Madame Bovary. (Two classics in a row: I can do it, I can do it, I can do it…)
A book you previously abandoned: The Beginning of Desire. Such rich theology!
A book you own but have never read: Wearing God. Lauren Winner also happens to be one of my favorite authors, so this feels like an easy A.
A book that intimidates you: The World’s Religions . Sometimes I fear all I’ll come to learn about life, about religion, about the world at large.
There you have it: that’s my list. Have you read – and loved, and hated – any of the above books? Do tell!
So, let’s have it: what would be on your reading challenge list, in any of these categories? Does a reading challenge like this help or hinder you …or does it just make you want to watch more Jane the Virgin (which I wholeheartedly support).
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