A guide through the climate debate written for people from all walks of life, not just science boffins!
For those new to the subject of climate, welcome to this rich and
fascinating world. And for those of you with more experience, you will
find plenty of new information here!
In the book, you will explore:
The key arguments in the climate debate
The wonder and richness of the forces affecting climate
What climate has done in the past and might do in the future
And much, much more...
You will investigate questions such as:
Are storms really getting worse and more frequent?
Is sea level rising at a steady pace or accelerating?
Are the ice caps really melting away?
How do climate models work and how good are they?
Is carbon dioxide really in control?
Where does the Sun fit in all of this?
Are we going to fry?
You will hear fascinating and humorous stories, such as:
The Count stoned to death for scaring townsfolk onto a boat to protect them from a flood that never came
famous South Pole explorer who in disguise crept into town and then messaged
his brother in code to alert the press of his famous discovery
The procession of monks who knelt before glaciers, pleading with God to stop them advancing towards their village
You will be guided on your journey by Dr Howard Brady, Alumnus Scientist of the Year, Northern Illinois University, who undertook four expeditions to Antarctica with the US Office of Polar Programs.
Dr Brady, a skilled and experienced teacher, recognises that this is
your journey. You will be posed questions, presented information to
challenge, and encouraged to form your own opinion. All you need is an open mind!
The book, only $25 (inc. postage and handling), has 14
well-thought-out chapters with reader-friendly diagrams
and graphs (176 pages in total). Each can be read in its own right and you can pick it up at any chapter.
I hope you enjoy the book and that it greatly assists you in
developing your own informed understanding of climate and the debate
The book reads extremely well and, crucially, is just plain interesting.
Late Emeritus Professor Bob Carter (1942-2016), James Cook University
have read many books on climate change, but I found much new material
Emeritus Professor Cliff Ollier, University of Western Australia
One of the most readable books on climate: concise, clear, rich in its concepts and scope, and some humor!
Emeritus Professor Peter Flood, Former University Pro-Vice Chancellor
I found this book about the climate debate to be as challenging as any
exploration venture. There were so many illusionary and false ideas
surrounding the topic and leading only to dead ends. I often had to
retrace my steps and unravel the illusions before travelling down the
next path hence the title, Mirrors and Mazes. "
Dr Howard Brady
Smith (2GB 873AM - Alan Jones Breakfast Show) interview with Dr Howard
Brady about the book, 'Mirrors and Mazes: A guide to the climate debate'. Aired 31st January 2017.
A book that poses questions and challenges your thinking


A New Earth
This book has changed how I look at life. Simple, easy to read, and full of insights you can put to work right away.
“The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, “The Power of Now”
With his bestselling spiritual guide “The Power of Now,” Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived ?in the now.? In “A New Earth,” Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world…” Read more on Goodreads.


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НеактуальноПеревод книги в области термодинамики и горения.
I need a translator from Russian to American English of the scientific monograph in the area of thermodynamics/combustion/chemically reactive flows/propulsion.
The translator should be highly qualified in the subject area.
The translation could be performed in 2 steps:
1 step - translation of 1 chapter for the Proposal for the publishing house - should be done right away
2 step - translation of the whole monograph - about 10 chapters (April - September 2017)


besides the whole "talking adventuring cat" thing, obviously
Fly Home is an online story about the adventures and mishaps of a she-cat, also known as our lovably oblivious protagonist Micheala. Kindhearted, sweet, friendly, and mild, the said she-cat provides for a wonderful friend and has a big imagination, getting caught up in her head and surroundings at various turns. However, her imagination crosses the line of overreactive, as she finds herself bombarded often by thoughts she doesn't know how to handle. Well, except for running away from them. Literally.
Call it a hero complex or call it just flatout recklessness, Micheala's only way to deal with her problems and fears is by jumping into something else, anything else to put her mind somewhere else for a bit. If her paws are on the ground and she's running or helping anyone, well, hey, the thoughts are sure to go away! ... Until they come back, that is. And with a fear of change, the she-cat wants to remain a kit forever, where she is safe and sound, knowing always what will happen and not having to make any sudden leaps or judgements when the storms start stirring in her brain.
Living otherwise joyfully on a lone farm with her two best friends -- Stella and Catty -- nearby, Micheala feels at peace and content with her stable routine, being able to laze around at a familiar pace every day. Nothing could go wrong, right?
Whether comfortable or not, Micheala knows deep down inside herself she'll have to confront those nasty thoughts just bubbling at the surface of her brain, threatening to come out at any moment. The world she knows, as gorgeaous and lovable as it is, well... something's not right. She knows it, somewhere deep down, past the swarms of anxiety. Maybe it's the darkness of the woods, watching her while she sleeps, or maybe it's the precarious barking when she stands too far away from home -- the dangers nearby, the tall tales that seem just a bit too true, a bit too edgy, putting Micheala's fur on end and life on the line...
Something's not right. The world as Micheala knows it will shift and change before her very own paws, and it will swallow her whole if she doesn't move fast.
So, in less dramatic terms, Fly Home is the adventerous story of an anxiety-ridden, sweethearted she-cat by the name of Micheala who has been sheltered underneath the love and shield of sweet owners and healthy friendships. As such, our protagonist can be rather unassuming and oblivious to darker matters and she has a very childlike heart.
Fly Home follows Micheala's adventures and growths -- both physical and emotional -- as her loving spirit drives her away from home and forces her to grow with what she has around her, being forced to live with anxiety and an unfamiliar territory when all she's ever had around her is home. Whether she finds her way home or not will be revealed over the course of this series, along with the mysteries beneath her hometown and even her own self and backstory.
Regardless, I hope you guys have fun and hopefully enjoy me bringing my kid self's OCs back to life, once and for all! :')
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The defense of the Pass of Thermopylae, fought in 480 BCE between
several united Greek city-states led by King Leonidas of Sparta,
against the Persian army amassed by Xerxes the Great was depicted in
the 2007 Warner Bros. blockbuster 300. Its adaptation from the
comic book series created by author and illustrator Frank Miller was
inspired by the events of approximately 2,500 years ago, which were
recorded by the historian Herodotus of Halicarnassus. While this movie
raised awareness to one of history's iconic last stands, its
controversial revisionism, specifically the depiction of the warriors
of Greece and Persia, was criticized by scholars and academics familiar
with the battle, in addition to the Greek and Persian/Iranian
Despite the appropriateness of its R-rating which
prohibited under-17 audiences from gaining admittance to theaters, the
accessibility of 300 via DVD, along with its continued airing
on cable TV have not prevented young students from watching the movie
at home. Therefore, it is important to advocate the Capstone Press
title 300 Heroes: The Battle of Thermopylae, written by Terri
Dougherty. Offered in libraries and bookstores in the juvenile
literature sections, it is precisely the type of book which younger students should be exposed to in lieu of Hollywood's version, which
owes more than quite a bit to embellishment.
'300 Heroes: The Battle of Thermopylae' by Terri Dougherty (c) Capstone Press
As is evident by its title, 300 Heroes
does concentrate on the Spartans, however, it also makes mention of the
other Greek warriors who were integral to the defense of Thermopylae.
Profusely illustrated with maps and images, the book offers a much more accurate portrayal of the Persian army and its leader,
Xerxes the Great. Furthermore, several of the myths are debunked, one
of which is providing a more realistic size of the Persian infantry,
which Herodotus noted as totaling approximately 2 million men.
300 Heroes is written in
an engaging manner which will appeal to younger students in the 4th-6th
grades. Thermopylae, as with all military engagements is detailed with
facts and figures, however, they are presented in this book in such a
manner as to not overwhelm the young reader. The images contained
within only help reinforce the heroism that was displayed by both the
Greek and Persian forces during one of ancient history's most famous
battles, thereby, making this title essential reading for the classroom.
Terri Dougherty, 300 Heroes: The Battle of Thermopylae
Capstone Press, 2009 Pp. 32
Author's notes - Image courtesy of Capstone Press
John Trikeriotis is a lecturer of ancient Greek warfare and maintains the website 300spartanwarriors.com. As a member of the Leonidas Expeditions, which is comprised of academics, authors and scholars, he will be traveling to the battlefield of Thermopylae to locate several areas pivotal to the battle. You can follow him on Google+ andTwitter.
This article was contributed by JOHN TRIKERIOTIS, Special Contributor for PersianMirror.


History of Chatham
History of Chatham, Illinois
The first settlers arrived in the Chatham area in 1816. The village of Chatham received its name October 22, 1836.
Chatham is located in what was once open prairie between Lick Creek and Panther Creek in Sangamon County, which at that time was about the center of the new state of Illinois, approximately ten miles south of Springfield.
Farmers and their families settled Chatham. Splendid fields of corn, almost without exception from ten to fifteen feet high sprang up over the area. The high degree of fruitfulness attracted many to settle here.
The lives of many Chatham people were interwoven with Abraham Lincoln. In 1837, two state senators and seven representatives from Sangamon County managed to convince the General Assembly to move the State Capitol from Vandalia to Springfield. These legislators called the "Long Nine", included Lincoln and John Dawson. Lincoln was a good friend of Rev. Josiah Porter, minister of the Chatham Presbyterian church. Dr. John Lewis, of Chatham, and Lincoln surveyed and purchased rights to build the railroad from Springfield through Chatham to St. Louis.
In order to secure the move of the Capitol to Springfield, the town donated land (no less than two acres) and had to pledge $50,000 to commence building the State House. For a small town of 1100 at the time, this proved to be a struggle. Money was borrowed from the State Bank of Illinois. A note for the amount was signed by one hundred local citizens and deposited in the bank to pay the last installment of the loan.


Films that map worlds that might have been, that we thought were here, that would be, that weren’t. (1)
Void is delighted to present a project by Alasdair Asmussen Doyle, titled Saw in half in the Void Engage Space. The project documents the presence of Tasmanian flora within the island of Ireland. The body of work draws upon 16mm film to examine the translation of botanical material and knowledge between Malahide, Tasmania and Malahide, Ireland.
In the foreground of the exhibition is Malahide Castle, and the enduring residue of the collecting practices of its former resident, Lord Milo Talbot. A British diplomat, botanist, and the 7th and last Baron of Malahide, Talbot was a keen gardener, who traveled widely to: “find [rare] plants growing in the wild and attempt to persuade them to accustom themselves to life in my garden” (2). Whether in their feebleness or reluctance to flower, such plants however typically bore the marks of this improbable transposition; as if resisting the habituation to their staged environment, and elucidating an inseparability to the natural context with which they were removed from. It was this antipodean incongruity that led Talbot to commission a group of 35 drawings of Tasmanian plants, from which six volumes of botanical books titled The Endemic Flora of Tasmania emerged; a pictorial history classifying Tasmanian flora.
The use of the moving-image within Saw in half serves as a tool with which to excavate this history, unearthing a geography of not just the displaced, but an evolving topography of the in-between, simultaneously “of the near and far, of the side-by-side, of the dispersed” (3). The Cut is composed of 16mm footage filmed within the Malahide Gardens over the course of 2021, edited using a Joseph Rogers & Sons cut throat razor; the same used by Talbot’s team for dissecting plantal specimens.
The second film, titled Telopea Truncata, – the scientific label for the Tasmanian Waratah – draws its name from the Greek telopos, meaning “seen from afar”, and the Latin truncatus, meaning cut off. This flower was of particular interest to Talbot, and the subject of numerous unsuccessful attempts to propagate within Ireland. Within Telopea Truncata, a 3D apparition of the Waratah is produced, that is subsequently transferred to 16mm film for projection. Akin to the transplantation of Tasmanian flora into an estranged environment, an inversion takes place, resulting in the two films oscillating between analogue and digital forms.
This hybridity is further evident in Malahide Castle, 03.2021 – 12.2021, an evolving work made from fallen plant material sourced from Malahide Gardens, referencing the 6000+ planting cards held within the Fingal County Archive that trace Talbot’s efforts to cultivate flora from one Malahide to another. Through this approach, the research subject of Tasmanian flora is textually erased, and materially embedded in the creation of a new archive.
The engagement of anachronistic shooting instruments, early forms of cinematic projection, and paper fabrication, alongside 3D animation, serves to create a geographic ambiguity that is both temporally and placially opaque. Such positions repurpose pre-existing frames of reference as tools to unearth the folds of a landscape, exposing a pluralistic human—vegetal—technological entangling embedded in the places we inhabit. Whereas the Western positivist paradigm from which The Endemic Flora of Tasmania emerged encouraged a systematic ordering of the natural world, these filmic approaches propagate a disordering; mediating on sites such as Malahide as the complex spatial reverberation of a myriad of multispecies voices.
(1) From Kit Webb’s textual responses as part of Beside, on the other side, an online platform forming part of Alasdair’s practice-based PhD at the Belfast School of Art. Viewable online at www.beside.alasdairasmussendoyle.com
(2) Curtis, W., Stones., M & Talbot, M., 1967 – 1972, The Endemic Flora of Tasmania, The Ariel Press London
(3) Foucault, Michel. (1986) “Of Other Spaces”, in Diacritics Vol. 16, No. 1 (Spring, 1986), The Johns Hopkins University Press
(4) Telopea Truncata is made in collaboration with Laura Anderson, and with the support of the Animation Department at Ulster University.
This project was made possible through Future Screens NI funding


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You are not the only one looking for a book on landscaping. There are many out there. Rita Buchanan and Doug Tallamy are some of the best books on landscaping. But which one should you choose? Here are some tips to help guide you. Reimagining California Lawn can help you decide if you are unsure. It includes 250+ terms, and discusses the connections among them. This book will be a great help if you live in a dry area.
Rita Buchanan’s book
Rita Buchanan’s landscaping books may be the perfect tool for anyone who is interested in redesigning their yard. You’ll be able turn your yard into a masterpiece with the help of information that covers everything from creating a small circular bed to designing a large-scale garden. Rita also provides tips on choosing plants, seed supplies, and general care. Although this book is not an in-depth treatment of landscaping, it provides a good starting point to tailor your efforts to suit your particular tastes and preferences.
Doug Tallamy’s book
Doug Tallamy is a native-plant expert who explains his eco-dictum to make your yard functional in “Bringing Nature Home”. In this book, he and co-author Paul Darke explain the different habitat layers of a landscape and give homeowners tips on creating them in their own backyards. In addition to teaching home gardeners how to incorporate native plants into their yards, this book also offers inspirational ideas for landscaping.
Doug Tallamy is the author of the first part of Doug Tallamy’s book. Rick Darke, who lives in Oxford, Pennsylvania, wrote the remainder of the book. Tallamy’s book focuses on plants from the Mid-Atlantic region, but it does include charts of plants appropriate for other regions, such as the Midwest. The book also includes resources for people who want to create a wildlife garden, including a section on plants and insects that live under the soil.
Taylor’s Master Guide to Landscape Design
The Taylor’s Master Guide to LANDSCAPING is a book with a lot to offer those new to landscaping. It includes information on planting, hardscaping, and planning for landscaping. The author has included 13 different landscape styles along with photos that will help to visualize the overall look of your landscape. The photos are usually of large properties with lavish gardens. Although the information and plant guides are useful, it does not provide any information about plant hardiness zones.
Many landscaping projects are possible with this book, and all can be completed in a weekend. Johnson breaks down each project in its core steps, making them easy to complete. The book addresses many common issues homeowners might face when landscaping. It also focuses on affordable, beginner-friendly solutions. This book includes a list that lists resources to help you purchase the tools and other materials you need to create your landscape. There is a plant directory that includes detailed information on recommended plants.
Diana Balmori’s book
Diana Balmori, a landscape architect with a strong track record is well placed to lead the charge to raise the profile of the profession. Redesigning American Lawn and LAND Code Guidelines for Sustainable Land Development, which she has published, are focused on sustainability and green design. In her latest book, Balmori explores ways of living sustainably in the United States. Here, she shares her expertise.
Diana Balmori, a landscape and urban designer, is an internationally recognized professor at Yale University School of Architecture and Forestry and Environmental Studies. Her books on landscape architecture, such as The Art of Garden Design, are highly regarded. They are easy to read and provide excellent tips for achieving stunning gardens. Balmori also contains many original images and a full-color gallery of photos that provide a wealth information on green design.


Friday, January 31, 2020
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Wild Scenes Essay Bill CrowÃ¢â¬â¢s Jazz Anecdotes is a thought-provoking, often amusing collection of stories from within jazzÃ¢â¬â¢s inner circles, told by and about some of the genreÃ¢â¬â¢s leading figures. While not a history of jazz, it gives readers some insights to how jazz artists worked, lived, bonded, and coped with an America in which many were still outsiders. The bookÃ¢â¬â¢s forty-three chapters (expanded from the original 1990 edition) describe the life jazz musicians shared, offering insights into a rather exclusive, unconventional circle of performing artists. The numerous anecdotes are categorized by chapters, gathering related tales and moving from a general overview of jazz life to anecdotes about individuals, like Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, and Benny Goodman. Essentially, Crow creates a context in which jazz musicians lived, and then places individual musicians within it, giving readers a better understanding of how they functioned in this rarified climate. For example, the volume opens with Ã¢â¬Å"Wild Scenes,Ã¢â¬ which Crow says describes how Ã¢â¬Å"the individuality of jazz musicians combines with the capricious world in which they try to make a livingÃ¢â¬ (Crow 3). The brief chapter sets the stage for the rest of the book, giving glimpses of the unconventional world jazz musicians inhabited (which explains to some degree their relationship to society at large). Ã¢â¬Å"The Word Ã¢â¬ËJazzÃ¢â¬â¢Ã¢â¬ contains attempts to explain the origins of the genreÃ¢â¬â¢s name, and Ã¢â¬Å"InventionsÃ¢â¬ offers accounts of how certain innovations occurred (such as Dizzy GillespieÃ¢â¬â¢s distinctive bent trumpet), giving the reader a sense of history though the work is not an orthodox history per se. Many of the stories contained in Jazz Anecdotes convey the musiciansÃ¢â¬â¢ camaraderie and warmth toward each other, as well as each otherÃ¢â¬â¢s idiosyncrasies. Others convey how difficult and often arbitrary the jazz lifestyle often was. Ã¢â¬Å"Hiring and FiringÃ¢â¬ demonstrates how unstable many musiciansÃ¢â¬â¢ careers were, rife with disputes over money or dismissals for their personal quirks. (For example, Count Basie fired Lester Young for refusing to participate in recording sessions occurring on the 13th of any month. ) Ã¢â¬Å"Managers, Agents, and BossesÃ¢â¬ offers a glimpse into the seamier underside of jazz, where dishonest managers and mobsters often trapped jazz performers in unfair contracts or worse. Though jazz musicians appear to inhabit a special world, Crow does not discuss jazz in a social vacuum, tying it to social phenomena like race relations. In Ã¢â¬Å"Prejudice,Ã¢â¬ the tales take a more serious tone by showing how black jazz artists faced abundant racism, particularly in the South. However, Crow notes that Ã¢â¬Å"Jazz helped to start the erosion of racial prejudice in America . . . [because] it drew whites and blacks together into a common experienceÃ¢â¬ (Crow 148). Jazz artists dealt with racism in various ways Ã¢â¬â Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday stood up to it while Zutty Singleton accepted it. Meanwhile, even white musicians like Stan Smith angered both races Ã¢â¬â whites for performing with blacks, and blacks for Ã¢â¬Å"intruding on their musicÃ¢â¬ (Crow 152). The final chapters focus on individual artists, illustrating the greatsÃ¢â¬â¢ personalities. Louis Armstrong emerges as earthy and good-hearted; Bessie Smith as strong and willful but ultimately self-destructive; Fats Waller is an impish pleasure-seeker given to excellent music but poor business decisions; and Benny Goodman as gifted but tight-fisted and controlling. Taken as a whole, Jazz Anecdotes offers a look at jazzÃ¢â¬â¢s human side, including its foibles, genius, camaraderie, crookedness, and connection to an American society from which it sometimes stood apart. Its legendary figures are depicted as gifted, devoted artists who enjoyed hedonism, companionship, and particularly independence. If any single thing stands out in this book, it is the latter; for the figures in this work, jazz meant creativity and freedom, which they pursued with equal vigor and vitality. Crow, Bill. Jazz Anecdotes. New York: Oxford University Press, 2005.
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Gabriel García Márquez 27, followers Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist.
García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century. Inhe was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
He studied at the University of Bogotá and later worked as a reporter for the Colombian Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez was a Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist. García Márquez, familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, was considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century.
He wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and oxiuros huevos tratamiento stories, but is best-known for his novels, such as One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera His works have achieved significant critical acclaim and widespread commercial success, most notably for popularizing a literary style labeled as magical realism, which uses magical elements and events in order to explain real experiences.
Some of his works are set ojos de perro a fictional village called Macondo, and most of them express the theme of solitude.
Having previously written shorter fiction and screenplays, García Márquez sequestered himself away in ojos de perro Mexico City home for an extended period of time to complete his novel Cien años de soledad, or One Hundred Ojos de perro of Solitude, published in The author drew international acclaim for the work, which ultimately sold tens of millions of copies worldwide.
ATTAQUE 77 - OJOS DE PERRO (NO AL MALTRATO ANIMAL!!).
García Márquez is credited with helping introduce an array of readers to magical realism, a genre that combines more conventional storytelling forms with vivid, layers of fantasy. Another one of his novels, El amor en los tiempos del cóleraor Love in the Time of Cholera, drew a large global audience as well.
The work was partially based on his parents' courtship and was adapted into a film starring Javier Bardem. García Márquez wrote seven novels during his life, with additional titles that include El general en su laberintoor The General in His Labyrinth, and Del amor y otros demoniosor Of Love and Other Demons.


About the book
Maggie and Nash are outsiders: She’s overweight. He’s out of the closet. They’re best friends, and they’ve helped each other survive their small-minded small town. But when Tom moves to Cedar Ridge at the start of the school year they have something unexpected in common—feelings for the same guy. As emotions take hold, Maggie and Nash’s friendship is put to the ultimate test . . . Up until now they have always chosen each other, but what if winning someone’s heart means losing your soul mate?
Kris Dinnison’s story of music, friendship, and making amends is perfect for anyone who has ever felt like a misfit, or taken a misstep, and still wanted to be loved anyway.
“You and Me and Him is a tender, funny book that avoids all the cliched holes it could have fallen into and tells a great, straightforward story. Kris Dinnison is a welcome and very attractive new voice in YA fiction.” –Chris Crutcher, author of Staying Fat For Sarah Byrnes
“You and Me and Him is a delicious mix of humor, heartache, music, and cookies. This fresh take on friendships and soulmates will have you going back for seconds.” Elizabeth Eulberg, author of We Can Work It Out
“In You and Me and Him, Kris Dinnison brings together the perfect mix of cookies, kisses, friendship, and crushes to carry you through the fun twists and heartfelt turns of a smart, compelling love triangle.”- Alex Sanchez, author of Rainbow Boys and Girlfriends With Boyfriend.
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The Arabic Quilt: An Immigrant Story by Aya Khalil
Kanzi’s family has moved from Egypt to America, and on her first day in a new school, what she wants more than anything is to fit in. Maybe that’s why she forgets to take the kofta sandwich her mother has made for her lunch, but that backfires when Mama shows up at school with the sandwich. Mama wears a hijab and calls her daughter Habibti (dear one). When she leaves, the teasing starts.
That night, Kanzi wraps herself in the beautiful Arabic quilt her teita (grandma) in Cairo gave her and writes a poem in Arabic about the quilt. Next day her teacher sees the poem and gets the entire class excited about creating a “quilt” (a paper collage) of student names in Arabic. In the end, Kanzi’s most treasured reminder of her old home provides a pathway for acceptance in her new one.
This authentic story with beautiful illustrations includes a glossary of Arabic words and a presentation of Arabic letters with their phonetic English equivalents.
It's Just a ... What?: Little Sensory Problems with Big Reactions! by Hartley Steiner
Sensory issues are a difficult challenge for many children and their caregivers. In this picture book, Hartley Steiner shows the experience of Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD) from the point of view of the child, bringing awareness to how they feel in the moment through humor and giving adults the rare opportunity to view the situation from the child’s perspective. Children will be introduced to ways they can begin to ask for and accept help, and adults will learn how to scale reactions during situations of upset. This book covers a large range of situations addressed and resolved. In each scenario the child is having a big reaction, and the adult is able to solve the issue through simple answers, compassion, and humor.
Stella and the Bubble Man by Colleen Clancy Hansen
In this beautifully illustrated story with a special message, young Stella has her heart set on the “perfect vacation.” But when gray skies threaten overhead, Stella pouts and stomps down the boardwalk only to be surprised by new and unexpected marvels. Who is this man in the red-and-white-striped T–shirt? Before she knows it, Stella is mesmerized and surrounded by a magical moment that makes this the best vacation ever.
Ernie Gonzales. Escape from Paradise by Beth Shepherd
Bruce, Ernie and all the snails of Vinuela are loving life in their paradise garden. But one awful day Ernie wakes up to discover that Bruce and all the snails have gone! Local chefs have kidnapped them - to cook them in a giant paella! But before Ernie and his grandpa, Manuel, can do anything they get caught by terrifying thug slugs!
Will Ernie and Manuel escape the thug slugs? Can Bruce find courage to save the snails from being eaten? Will they ever be together again? Be thrilled by this dynamic, inspiring and heart-felt story in the Ernie Gonzales series!


FREE Photoshop Elements Class
Sadie Wulfestieg will be teaching a beginners Photoshop Elements class beginning on 4/4 from 6-7 at the library. She will take 8 students and the class will last 4 Mondays. The first class will be an introduction to the basics, then 3 weeks to work on students progress. Interested persons should call Jean at 372-6017 ext. 21 to register.
Local History Exhibit
A new exhibit featuring the history of the Penrose Community Library is on display in the local history section of the library. The exhibit was curated by Sherry Johns, local Penrose historian. The display features photos of the library since its start at the Bravo Realty office, its relocation to Alex Van Acker's dental office, its first real home in the Penrose Park and to our most recently constructed library located at Dawson and 7th.
Sherry Johns has been a long time volunteer and supporter of the library and has served in the past as President of the Friends of the Library. She currently has two published books on Penrose history including, "The Forgotten Cemeteries of Beaver Creek" and a second edition of "Pioneer Women of Beaver Creek". Both are available for sale at the library.
Visit the Penrose Community Library
35 7th Ave, Penrose, Colorado
Other libraries in the area are
The Carnegie Library in Canon City
John C. Fremont Library in Florence


John-Roger has produced over a dozen films
with friend and actor Jsu Garcia, including three feature films. Their first feature Spiritual Warriors, released in 2007 was inspired by John-Roger’s bestselling book, Spiritual Warrior: The Art of Spiritual Living and screened in over twenty-five countries, and officially selected for various film festivals. In 2011 John-Roger and Jsu Garcia co-produced, co-wrote and co-directed The Wayshower, starring Oscar Nominees Eric Roberts and Sally Kirkland, which also inspired the recent book by John-Roger of the same name. And most recently Mystical Traveler – The Life & Times of Dr. John-Roger is the feature length documentary of John-Roger’s life, co-produced and co-directed by John-Roger and Jsu Garcia, released in 2014 and currently screening around the world and in film festivals. You can find John-Roger’s films on both Amazon and iTunes.
Mystical Traveler - The Life & Times of Dr. John-Roger
Called the “New Age Philosopher of Love” by TIME Magazine, the Mystical Traveler is a documentary chronicles the inspiring life and times of Dr. John-Roger. Born in a small town in Utah during the Depression, the film takes the journey, in his own words, through John-Roger’s awakening and realization into becoming a renowned spiritual teacher.
Through live footage from John-Roger’s early life to his early seminars, and through interviews with MSIA students and with Larry King, Tony Robins, and Peter Max, this film captures the extraordinary life of a man who dedicated his entire life to service and lifting the consciousness of the planet into greater loving and oneness. His humor, joy, and unconditional loving embraced and touched people around the planet.
Running from mistakes of the past, a man finds a secret book with ancient powers–a tool that can give him the answers he seeks. But a Dark Force has been awoken… one that will stop at nothing to reclaim the sacred text. When the book is stolen, an age-long battle resumes. But his teacher, a “Wayshower”, can only show him the path to victory, for he must win this epic battle on his own.
Spiritual Warriors is the story of misguided actor, Finn, who meets a mysterious elderly man, Roger, claiming to know him from the past. Roger convinces an extremely skeptical and reluctant Finn to become his student and prepares him to fight the evil power of darkness that threatens the world.
This is Jsu Garcia’s first film as a producer, and unabashed homage to his teacher Dr. John-Roger, the man who helped him open his eyes and start on a quest to self-discovery that parallels Finn’s extraordinary adventure. The movie is an invitation to a journey to the remotest of all places–inside ourselves.


HORROR IN THE FORTIES: A Genre in Transition by Gary J. Svehla. An examination of '40s horror films, with in-depth analysis of Val Lewton's films.
MONSTER SIDEKICKS: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly by Tom Weaver. The best and worst of Universal's sidekicks, from Dwight Frye to J. Carrol Naish.
WILLIAM CASTLE: Horror's Last Showman by Joe Guilfoyle. Horror's answer to P.T. Barnum: his films and their gimmicks.
FILMS FROM THE VAULT:
BOOKS FROM THE VAULT:
All this, plus editorial comments, letters, and tons of photos. Published Summer 1995.


"Solid Evidence: A Day in the Life of Sculptor, Robinson Fredenthal"A short documentary filmed in Philadelphia, PA. Bennington and Simonsville, VT. and New York City during a period from 1989 - 2010
DVD, 22:35 minutes.
©2010 Produced & Directed by David Sotnik, Paradigm Productions.
– "Mental Shape: The Art of Robinson Fredenthal", A short documentary collaboration of Christopher L. Ambolino Director/DP/ Producer.
The Dream Alliance and The Inglis Foundation.
(The film premiered at Inglis House in Philadelphia on Thursday, August 27, 2009 at 2:30pm and 7:00pm. Robin was present at both screenings; and passed away four days later on August 31, 2009).


My new and final memoir came out on October 1, 2014 in Canada. The new cover is hot off the press. Hope you like it! It has a picture of me waiting for my tutor at Oxford at the age of 21. The cover is reminiscent of the covers of my other volumes. I never saw my life as a boxed set, but there you have it.
This memoir tells of my life from ages 21-25 across three countries. It describes my student years at Oxford in England, where as Shaw has said, England and America are two countries separated by a common language. In the second part, I return to the theme of race relations (as in my previous books), where I teach in the ghetto of Cleveland as it burns in riots.
Finally, in the last third of the book, I move to Toronto to attend graduate school where I reside in Rochdale, the biggest drug warren in country. I have my usual entanglements with the law and romance, in equal measure.
Coming Ashore Videos
Feel free to watch a series of videos where I talk about and read from Coming Ashore.
Coming Ashore Interview with Terry O'Reilly
Here's a clip of an interview I did with Terry O'Reilly about Coming Ashore.
Cathy Reading From Coming Ashore
Here's me reading from Coming Ashore.
After the Falls - My Second Memoir
After the Falls is the sequel to my best-selling memoirToo Close to the Falls. It covers my life from the ages of 13-21.The setting is the 60’s. The reader is whisked through my hapless teenage years when I tooled around Buffalo’s suburbs in my parents’ 409 Impala convertible with the Beach Boys blaring on the radio, into the late 60’s when cities were burning, my college graduation was cancelled due to riots, the FBI investigated me, and I had to leave the country. Don’t believe Darwin who said it takes eons to evolve into another species. I did it in less than a decade.
One of the questions I get asked most often isWho inspired your writing and why? In this first video clip I talk about the influences on my writing.
In the other three videos I tell the story of the donut shop incident (from After the Falls); I talk about my relationship with my father; and finally, I tell the story of how I handled a bully (from Too Close to the Falls, my first memoir that was on the best-seller list for over a year).
"Toronto psychologist Catherine Gildiner's Too Close to the Falls is both funny and true, a sometimes bizarre but completely believable story...It depicts the formative years of an extraordinary child, but it also captures the essence of childhood itself. The combination is altogether compelling; I cannot recommend this book enough..." —The Toronto Star
“Richly detailed and absorbing, Too Close to the Falls has only one real fault. It ends too soon.” — Toronto Life Magazine


A Different Way to Celebrate Thanksgiving
Rethink what Thanksgiving means to you. It is a great way to show gratitude for your friends and family, but it is also a perfect opportunity to learn about the land that you live on. It is our responsibility to seek the truth about the facts and myths of history.
Maybe it is time for all of us to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day instead of Thanksgiving.
Watch The Real History of Thanksgiving
Maria Tallchief, A Ballerina to be Honored
Born in 1925, Tallchief broke barriers for Native American Women. A member of the Osage Tribe, she danced in the Ballet Russe, New York City Ballet, Paris Opera Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre.
Continually proud of her Osage heritage, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts and is remembered as one of the leading ballerinas of her time.
The Business of Fancydancing: Stories and Poems
by Sherman Alexie
Indian Boy Love Song #1
Everyone I have lost
in the closing of a door
the click of the lock
is not forgotten, they
do not die but remain
within the soft edges
of the earth, the ash
of house fires and cancer
in sin and forgiveness
huddled under old blankets
dreaming their way into
my hands, my heart
closing tight like fists.


Last updated 2019.
I am most known for my work as a playwright and poet, however I’ve written everything from newsletter copy to 75,000 words of a young adult novel.
I am currently especially interested in: writing for video games, children’s books, young adult fiction and photo essay texts. If you like my writing style and would like to work with me but the project you have in mind isn’t listed here it’s always worth asking as I love exploring new collaborations and merging styles to discover something new. I like to say yes.
Various blogs, articles and other things written by me:
Not For Me, a memoir essay published in Griffith Review Edition 44: Cultural Solutions.
One Life? Winner of the 2013 Filmlife Blogging Competition.
Your Children Are Not Your Children, ABC Open (later republished with permission by Mamamia).
Ben Thomas, I Love You as part of The One Sure Thing, Australian Theatre for Young People’s ‘The Voices Project’. The production. The book. About the process.
One Shared River. A short film inspired by my poem of the same name, created by students of Flinders University.
Responses to visual art exhibitions as part of the FELTspace Writers Program. Here (2016) and here (2014).
Body image guest blogs for The Skin Deep Project.
Recent poetry and theatre projects:
Mind the Garden (2016)
Mind the Garden was a 12 hour poetry residency across June 2016 in City Library, Adelaide supported by Spoken Word SA.
Mind the Garden explored the idea of a whispered poetry performance and installation for one audience member at a time. Mind the Garden used the library as a starting place for conversation and exploration, starting from the idea that the mind is something we can all grow. An insight into the outcome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf4IODfc_jA
Another Elusive Maybe (2016)
By Alysha Herrmann and Ryan Morrison. Performed by Alysha Herrmann.
Another Elusive Maybe was a performance experiment presented as part of the Adelaide Fringe 2016. Each show was presented in a different (real life) lounge-room for a maximum of 8 people per show. The performance incorporated poetry & soundscape (via silent disco headsets), live text message conversations (with each individual audience member) and expressing breast milk.
“Amidst all the rabble about the true meaning of Fringe, I can tell you that this is it. Real art that pushes the boundaries – art that is completely different to anything you’ve experienced before.
Another Elusive Maybe is truly special. It’s an intimate and absorbing experience that cuts you off but leaves you wanting more.”
Jen St Jack, Great Scott ★★★★½


Kazin’s memorable description of his life as a young man as he makes the journey from Brooklyn to “americanca”-the larger world that begins at the other end of the subway in Manhattan. A classic portrayal of the Jewish immigrant culture of the 1930s. Drawings by Marvin Bileck.
In A Walker in the City, Alfred Kazin recalls his childhood in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn with such tactile specificity that readers, too, will smell "that good and deep odor of lox, of salami, of herrings and half-sour pickles" that emanated from the neighborhood pushcarts. His story is set in the working-class Jewish community of New York City in the decade preceding the Great Depression, but this classic memoir of the first-generation American experience resonates universally. Kazin depicts his younger self as a smart, unhappy kid who dreamed of escape from a confining local landscape. He found in books the road map to a freer territory. In Kazin's case, this was "the city" ("everything just out of Brownsville") whose glamorous institutions--the New York Public Library, the Metropolitan Museum, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden--spoke of an American past and an intellectual community that this son of eastern European immigrants was determined to make his own. (And he did, with his pioneering 1942 critical work, On Native Grounds, published when he was just 27.) Yet Kazin came to understand that the roots he had been so anxious to tear up were the source of his deepest identity. His loving portrait of his past acknowledges the crucial importance of belonging, even as it affirms the compelling necessity of escape. What could be more American? --Wendy Smith


fake hate crimes: a database of
hate crime hoaxes in the usa
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The purpose of this site is to compile a comprehensive database of the false reports of "hate crimes" committed in the USA. It builds on the work of
(PDF) is the only book dedicated to this subject so far.
Faking the hate? contd... A list of hoax crimes.
/ A list of fake hate crimes between 1998 and 2003. / 2003-03-07
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In 1998, a lesbian student at St. Cloud State University faked a hate crime against herself by cutting her chest and battering her face.


Books on Homelessness
The Institute for Poverty and Homelessness, www.icpny.org, has several offerings of books for children discussing issues that may arise during their lives while homeless. Please take a look at this website. You can find the book listing with description and pricing under the heading Curricula and Children’s books.
A few titles from this site are listed below:
Mango’s Quest; the story of a home lost and found (book and activity book)
This book discusses the adventures of a young hamster that must leave his cage and find a new place to sleep.
Cooper the pink mouse suddenly finds he is homeless.
Voyage to Shelter Cove (book and activity book)
This book tells the story of how Serena, Herman, Pedro, and Penelope find friends, solace, and sea kelp at Shelter Cove after the destruction of their coral reef.
This Homeless Resources Web Page was created by Trisa Hosford January 2011.


Are you looking for a biblical understanding of how people change? I recently re-explored James K.A. Smith’s book, You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit. It might be what you’re looking for. But a forewarning: it’s not a quick-and-dirty self-help book, full of quippy mottos or chicken-soup anecdotes. It’s accessible to most readers, but it’s more a steak than a shake – you’ll have to chew a bit. The book is brilliantly written, and I appreciate Smith’s compelling logic and exegesis.
Smith’s key premise is simple: you are what you love. This differs from the more Cartesian assumption we’ve absorbed from the modern era: you are what you think. Smith argues that people are far more than thinking things – they are first, and foremost, lovers. You cannot, therefore, think your way toward becoming a more virtuous person. You need to train your loves. Ultimately, these are developed through habits: “Good moral habits are like internal dispositions to the good – they are character traits that become woven into who you are so that you are the kind of person who is inclined to be compassionate, forgiving, and so forth” (16). In essence, the book is about how to train your loves and develop your virtues, by establishing habits, or what Smith refers to as liturgies.
Depending on your theological tradition, you might hit a few speed bumps across the book’s pages, particularly if you have an aversion to liturgy, or would prefer a greater emphasis on Spirit-empowered transformation. These shouldn’t deter you from taking Smith out for a spin!
I’m a firm believer in self-reflection. Stepping back from the book, I’ve come up with a few diagnostic questions: What kind a person do I want to become? What do my virtues and habits reveal about my loves? How might I train my loves by creating life-giving liturgies (rhythms and habits) and abandoning rival liturgies?
Get the book. Reflect deeply about it. Train your loves. Share the book.


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NGCode is an abbreviation of Next Generation Code; we believe that this code comes from Microsoft. .NET will have a great impact on the stuff we develop and in the long run, for which purposes we use our software. On this site, dedicated to .NET, we will try to supply great articles, exciting news, preview chapter on outstanding books and above this, code samples.


HGEA College of Pharmacy is situated in an area of 2.5 acres of peaceful, green, hygienic environment. With an excellent infrastructure, we have provided well-ventilated modern class rooms, well-equipped laboratories, Computer laboratory, library, modern auditorium, sport complex providing indoor and outdoor games, botanical garden, own transportation facility, hygienic food providing common canteen, and separate hostels for boys and girls.
College premises has well ventilated, illuminated, spacious, comfortable laboratories per specialization of Pharmacy Curriculum with all modern instruments and equipments, each one is designated to cater requirement of respective subject of Pharmacy such as Pharmaceutics Lab, Pharmaceutical Chemistry Lab, Human anatomy & Physiology Lab, Pharmacology Lab, Pharmacy Practice Lab, Pharmacognosy lab, Machine room, Pharmacy Museum.
Library is situated at peaceful, high ventilated location at the College premises with well furnished systemically organized facilities. It offers conductive atmosphere to the students for their studies at all time. Our library has more than 2000 reference and text books along with 250 yearly increasing order as per the PCI norms. Book bank facility for each student.
Our library provides Unlimited E-source as an Electronic-learning facility for reference work of Online Pharmaceutical Journals. The library is computerized, equipped with web-cam for safety The daily working time for all in the library is from 09.00 a.m. to 05.00 p.m.
The College has a well-maintained Medicinal Plant Garden. It has hundreds of different varieties of medicinal plants tagged with their biological nomenclature. The medicinal plants garden is unique in that almost every one of the species of plants and herb with a long history of use in folk tradition.
This Medicinal plant garden offers interesting information about the plants in the garden.
Objectives of Medicinal Plant of College:


Nikon Guide to Getting Started with Your DSLR (UPDATED 2016)
This guidebook is compiled and designed for beginners who have just bought a Nikon DSLR camera, looking to get started, wanting to know the operation, and understanding the working of the camera. It will show the inexperienced photographers how to take control, make creative decisions from a foundation of knowhow, know why and increase self-confidence is among the motivating reasons behind this guidebook. One will also learn the basic digital camera terminology, hobbyists, beginners wanting to learn and having a direction in their photography will find this guidebook most useful.
For new Nikon camera users who are frustrated by their camera manuals, for beginner photographers who have enrolled in our Photo 1 and Photo 2 workshop or those wanting to self learn, the explanations, diagrams and pictures will be informative and useful for you to acquire control over the camera. It is much rewarding to understand and know the possibilities, limitations and creative functions of the camera, lenses, by understanding how they relate to each other, to be able to master control of them will bring consistent strong images than occasionally capturing a satisfactory image due to chance. With the team of Nikon instructors, we have years of experiences in guiding beginners in workshops and seminar courses and the structure of this guide book is as close as possible to the teaching methods we have successfully used for the past years. It is meant to be used during the workshops instruction conducted by the staff of Nikon (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd and Nikon Centre Kuala
Thank You for Choosing Nikon.
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Born Frances Burney in King’s Lynn, England in 1752 (1), Fanny Burney was an eighteenth-century novelist and diarist. Her first novel, Evelina was published anonymously when she was 26 (2). In addition to the highly successful Evelina, Burney also wrote novels such as Cecilia (1782) and Camilla (1796).
In 1810, Burney was diagnosed with suspected breast cancer after seeking medical advice upon feeling a sensation in her breast. She underwent a mastectomy in September of the following year (3). After surgeons were able to successfully treat her cancer, Burney detailed her experiences in a letter which became known as the ‘Mastectomy Letter’ in 1811. The letter was intended as a ‘warning’ for the women close to her on what symptoms should prompt seeking medical advice from a physician. Her letter also described in great detail what to expect in the treatment of breast cancer (via mastectomy) (4).
"How truly does this Journal contain my real and undisguised thoughts!--I always write in it according to the humour I am in, and if any stranger was accidentally reading it, how capricious--inconsistent and whimsical I must appear! One moment flighty and half mad,-- the next sad and melancholy. No matter! it's truth and simplicity are its sole recommendation". - Fanny Burney, 1770 (5)
Within her ‘Mastectomy Letter’, Burney also sympathises with the impact upon her immediate family, specifically her husband General Alexandre D’Arblay (6). Burney had married D’Arblay in 1794, afterwards she used the name 'Madame D'Arblay' for her writing. She remained married to D'Arblay until his death in 1818. Burney lived over thirty years after her mastectomy with no recurrence of her breast cancer. She passed away in 1840 and her cause of death was unspecified.
Burney’s detailed account of her mastectomy remains one of the first autobiographical accounts of breast cancer. Michael E. Adelstein observed that ‘due to her industry, conscientiousness, and ability, much of herself, her family, her friends, and her world remains alive today in her voluminous writings for the enjoyment and information of readers everywhere’ (7). Burney’s creative writing and her various letters and diary entries have allowed people to remember her life and her experiences long after her passing.
(1) ‘Fanny Burney’, Encyclopaedia Britannica (9th June 2021), <https://www.britannica.com/biography/Fanny-Burney> [accessed 9 July 2021].
(3) Claire Harman, Fanny Burney: A Biography (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001), p. 71.
(4) Heather Meek, ‘Frances Burney’s Mastectomy Narrative and Discourses of Breast Cancer in the Long Eighteenth Century’, Literature and Medicine, 35:1 (Spring 2017), 27-45 (p. 27).
(5) Fanny Burney, The Famous Miss Burney: The Diaries and Letters of Fanny Burney, ed. by Barbara G. Schrank and David J. Supino (New York: John Day, 1976), p. 32.
(6) Burney, Selected Letters and Journals, ed. by Joyce Hemlow (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 128.
(7) Michael E. Adelstein, Fanny Burney (New York: Twayne Publishers, 1968), p. 146.
Display image located at: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05r3zjk.
Article image located at: https://www.historytoday.com/archive/birth-fanny-burney.


(Left: The Launch Ceremony Programme of HMS/M Oberon. [image credit - N Jennings])
The society members have a variety of activities aimed at assisting the public to appreciate the contribution made by Chatham Dockyard in keeping the ships of the Royal Navy in fighting trim.
All our activities are run on a voluntary basis and include:
Manning the Museum of The Royal Dockyard
In conjunction with CDHT, we staff the Museum between 10.30am to 4.30pm seven days per week from February to late October each year and then at weekends only until end November.
Visitors are free to inspect the contents and displays in the Museum at their own pace. Our CDHS members are always available to answer questions or to lead a conducted tour. Please just ask upon entering the Museum.
Over the years members have researched a considerable number of subjects appertaining to the Dockyard and the Royal Navy. The resulting information has been collated into pamphlet form and are on sale to the general public. Many research topics are reported on and written articles often appear in our CHIPS Journal. (See a list of CDHS Research Papers in a new window with a PDF viewer.)
We are in the process of making a collection of computer CD-ROMs each covering a specific subject such as :- Chatham built ships, Ships badges, etc. Please ask for more information.
Royal Dockyard Library
The CHDT and CDHS jointly have an extensive nautical library, considered by many to be one of the best in the south-east. A new disabled access lift has been installed to ease access to this first floor library area.
At the present time the Royal Dockyard Library & Reading Room is only available to CDHS members or private researchers who have made a previous appointment. By pre-arranging a visit to the Library it enables us to find appropriate documents and have them ready for your visit.
Research is undertaken on behalf of members of the public who have specific queries concerning the Dockyard or the Royal Navy. In the event that we do not have the required information we can very often advise on a likely source that the enquirer can try.


“ Like an archeologist, Bonn has the urge to seek out and preserve whatever amounts to a legacy of the past in East Africa. The difference is that he takes pictures, and that the past he seeks to record is quite a recent one. Colonial Africa came and went virtually in a lifetime: on the “Coast,” the first country to become free was Somalia, in 1960, and the last was Mozambique, in 1975, after a decade of armed revolt. All along the Mosquito Coast today, Africans subsist in a kind of existential limbo, eking out their lives amidst the wreckage of lost civilizations. In many places, nothing has yet come along to replace them. In Beira, we see abandoned night clubs, golf clubs, and hotels, proof that there was a time before, in which other, more prosperous people once lived there—people who had time for things like recreation. In the blackened cavity of a long-since abandoned Olympic-sized swimming pool, a woman squats at the water’s edge, washing clothes. The onetime luxury hotel behind her is now a squalid tenement for poor people like herself. In Mogadishu, on her way from one place to another, a Somali woman in a red robe and matching turban takes a shortcut through the archway of the bombed-out husk of the old Italian cathedral. In Tanga, a librarian sits at a desk that is overlooked by a bronze bust of the late British King George VI, still there after all these years.
It has been his destiny to document the demise of the old ways and the natural environment of the continent that gave him birth. But the human upheaval he spends his life witnessing and recording is also his own. However much Bonn loves Africa, he is becoming inexorably displaced from it. The proof of life that was left behind by his forebears, and others like them, is vanishing quickly”.
Jon Lee Anderson


|P-9246-2||Song of the Volga Boatmen|
|P-9247-2||Down Mother Volga|
|P-9262-1||Monotonously Ring the Little Bells|
|P-9264-1||Glory to Platov / Cossack Song|
|P-9262-2||Legend of the Twelve Robbers|
Victor Red Seal
|11-8454||Monotonously Rings the Little Bell
The Red Sarafan
|11-9118||Galitsky’s Aria, from “Prince Igor”
Song of the Tachanka
|18236||Snow Has Blown Over Russia
Those Evening Bells
|11-8152||Song of the Volga Boatmen
|M-768||Blessed Be The Lord
Inspire My Prayer, O Lord
Song of the Seraphim and Cherubim
Lord, Have Mercy
|11-8514||Glory to Thee, O Lord
Save Thy People O God
To the best of our knowledge and research, this discography lists all the recordings of the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus.
The Parlophone recordings were also issued in Europe on the Odeon label.
Polydor (Europe) Recordings (c. 1930s):
Song of the Volga Boatmen:
Down Mother Volga:
RCA-Victor Red Seal (USA) Recordings (c. 1940s):
Galitsky’s Aria (soloist: S._. Slepouskin; composer: A.P. Borodin):
Blessed Be the Lord (composer: P.I. Tchaikosvsky):
Credo (composer: A.T. Gretchaninov):
Inspire My Prayer O Lord (composer: A.A. Archangelsky):
Requiem (composer: Bakhmetieff) :
Song of the Seraphim and Cherubim (composer: G.Y. Lomakin):
The Lord’s Prayer (composer: Sheremetieff):
Lord, Have Mercy (composer: Lwosky arr. A.T. Gretchaninov):
Kaleenka (soloist: S._. Slepouskin):
Nightingale (words, music, and solo by M.A. Dedovitch):
The Red Sarafan (soloist: M.A. Dedovitch):
Song of the Tachanka:
The recordings of N.F. Kostruckoff and the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus number inexplicably in the tens, while the recordings of S.A. Jaroff and his Don Cossack Chorus number in the hundreds. Recording companies in the past have often made such errors in judgement, depriving the world of much good and great vocal art. The list that has so woefully been mistreated is not short. I name just two, both Russians: S.P. Yudin, 1889-1965. In 1911, at the tender age of 21, made his operatic debut at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. In 1912, at the age of 22, he recorded eight sides for the pathe Company in Moscow. In 1914, at the age of 24 or 25, he recorded eight sides for the Beka Meister Company in Moscow. These recordings show a first class voice, though not as golden as L.V. Sobinov, nor as flexible as D.A. Smirnov, was fresh, beautiful in timbre, and well-trained. He sang with artistry and good taste. He continued to sing for 35 years. Why, in that time, did the recording companies not utilize his talent and artistry?
E.A. Stepanova, 1891-1978. In 1912, as Yudin, at the age of 21, made her operatic debut at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. For the next 30 years, she was associated with this theater. The Russian Archives show that she recorded at least four titles in 1912, which show a fresh, beautiful, well-trained voice. Te Archives also show several recordings in 1931 and 1937. She is reputed to have been one of the finest actresses ever to appear at the Bolshoi Theater.
The reputation and place in history of singers in the past rest solely on their recordings that they left for posperity. Yudin and Stepanova are now forgotten, being known only to a handful of record collectors. If these two wonderful singers had recorded more, they could be known today, Yudin being compared to Subinov and SMirnov and Stepanova to N._. Nezhdnova and M.N. Kouznetsova.
Though the records of Kostruckoff and the General Platoff Don Cossack Chorus number only in the tens, there is more than enough to secure for Kostruckoff and his choir a place in the upper echelon of the pantheon of great Cossack choral singing.


The Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research has revised its popular self-guided tour of Louisville’s civil rights history. The revamped tour includes new stops, a brochure with a pull-out walking map of downtown Louisville sites, and QR codes that can be read with a smartphone. By scanning QR codes, users can obtain additional historical information about particular sites.
The tour’s 22 stops include Freedom Park at the University of Louisville, the area of 4th Street in downtown Louisville where mass protests for open accommodations took place in 1961, Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church, and the Wade family home in Shively, which was dynamited in 1954 after being purchased by an African American family.
In addition to the revised tour, two other options for exploring Louisville’s civil rights history are available. An exhibit in the Louisville International Airport introduces the subject to visitors. It occupies the Pegasus Gallery through March 31.
A podcast entitled “Civil Rights History Tour” is available at http://www.gotolouisville.com/explore-louisville/multimedia/videos/lookin-louisville/civil-rights-history-tour/index.aspx. It features Dr. Cate Fosl, Director of the Anne Braden Institute, talking about stops on the tour and civil rights activity in Louisville.
The map for the self-directed tour is available online at http://anne-braden.org/civil-rights-driving-tour-map/. Hard copies can be picked up at the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research on the second floor of Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville (room 258). Copies can also be obtained partner organizations, all of whom helped make the revised tour possible: the Muhammad Ali Center at 144 North 6th Street, the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage at 1701 West Muhammad Ali Boulevard, and the Louisville Convention and Visitor’s Bureau at 301 South Fourth Street.
The exhibit and podcast both feature tributes to Dr. Blaine Hudson, the long-serving dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the U of L. Dr. Hudson passed away last month after a long illness. A leading historian of African American history, Dr. Hudson played was instrumental in founding the Anne Braden Institute. The revised tour continues his interest in the African American freedom struggle in the Ohio River Valley.
Loaded Revolutionary War-era Cannon Found In Central Park.
“Digital history” is fast becoming a specialty unto itself. As historians increasingly rely on the internet for research, presenting information, and engaging audience, public historians are grappling with questions about the most effective options for its use. Although the U of L does not yet offer a specialized course in digital history, students are already exploring the field. One example are the final projects that students in Professor Daniel Vivian’s Introduction to Public History (HIST 597) produced during the fall 2012 semester. For the first time, students had the option of creating an online exhibit as a final project. (The alternative was a 20-page paper.) Using Omeka, a free, open-source software program developed by the Roy Rozenzweig Center for History and New Media at George Mason University, students created exhibits on topics of their choosing. The results are posted below.
We invite you to explore these exhibits and consider how they reflect traditional museums and historical methods. We also ask you think about the possibilities that the internet offers for presenting historical information. Commentators such as William Cronon, the distinguished environmental historian, have noted that the internet is changing the practice of history in ways not seen since the invention of moveable type in the fifteenth century. Online exhibits are part of this revolution. How to produce rich and challenging exhibits are questions that the generation of historians currently entering the field are likely to face for their entire careers.
As you’re browsing, please bear the following in mind. First, these are not necessarily polished pieces of work. They were completed during the fall semester, and most were finished during the typical rush that occurs as finals week approaches. Hence, typos, a few poor word choices, and other problems are to be expected. Some are close to being ready for prime time; others could use another round or two of revision. Second, some students intend to continue developing their exhibits. Zac Distel, for example, is just starting work on his thesis, a study of the State Department’s Art in Embassies program during the Cold War. As his work progresses, he intends to add new information to the exhibit. The same is true for Kim Kelly’s project. Hence, if you click back on this page several months from now, you’re likely to see a few changes.
Students who produced exhibits found the assignment challenging, engaging, and rewarding. From the professor’s standpoint, it sought to introduce several problems. One is the difficulty of developing an “open” narrative. Like any museum exhibit, an online exhibit presents narrative choices that differ from, and yet bear close similarities to, a written essay. Getting students to consider the nuances involved was an important goal. Second, curating an online exhibit requires many of the same decisions involved in creating a traditional, “three-dimensional” exhibit. What images will be used? Which objects? How much text is too much? These are all part of the process. Finally, simply introducing students to Omeka was valuable. This program is rapidly gaining favor among historical societies, historic sites, and museums. Its flexibility and content-management abilities make it a sound choice for many institutions. Moreover, it is certainly capable of producing good online exhibits. Familiarity with the software is an asset in today’s job market. The youngest people hired at any institution tend to be the most tech-savvy, and historical institutions tend to be especially reliant on new hires for such skills. For this reason, familiarizing students with Omeka and its capabilities was an important goal.
We hope you enjoy browsing these exhibits. They represent an important milestone for the students who produced them and the U of L Public History program.
Nicole Cissell. “The Underground Railroad in the Kentucky, Indiana, and Ohio Borderland.”
Savannah Darr. “The Last Historic Residence in Downtown Louisville.”
Zac Distel. “Art of Democracy.”
Matt Holdzkom. “Circus Parade Wagons.”
Kim Kelley. “Nurse, Missionary, WWI Red Cross Nurse: Grace McBride.”
Whitney Todd. “Kentucky Women and the Lost Cause.” http://kentuckywomenlostcause.omeka.net/
Travis Wall. “Fort Donelson, Yesterday and Today.” http://ftdonelsonyesterdayandtoday.omeka.net/
Marissa Williams. “The Family Packrat: What Can You Learn From All That Stuff?”
Great news about an important new collection: http://louisville.edu/uofltoday/campus-news/former-poet-laureate-lee-pennington-gives-papers-to-special-collections
It’s been a while since we’ve posted here, which says plenty about how busy the fall semester has been. Fortunately, a new exhibit at the Frazier History Museum is reason enough to break the drought. Curated by Critical and Curatorial Studies M.A. candidate Wesley Spencer, it explores the history of Bittners, a Louisville-based design firm. For more information, read on.
“Top Drawer: 150 Years of Bittners”
A new exhibit at the Fazier History Museum explores craftsmanship and design through the work of Bittner’s, a Louisville design firm. “Top Drawer: 150 Years of Bittners,” opens November 17 and runs through January 1.
The 4,000 square foot exhibition includes exquisite American, English and Continental furniture inspired by great monarchs and makers, as well as the story of how the political, cultural and social forces of these periods have inspired the aesthetic of our homes.
“Top Drawer” features furniture from the Empire, Regency, Biedermeier and Victorian periods and a variety of makers and styles– including Chippendale, Hepplewhite, Sheraton and even pieces as recent as Mid-Century Modern. The exhibition aims to explain the national significance of Bittners, a Louisville-based design firm, while giving visitors an understanding of how interior design is affected by the larger historical and societal context in which it is created.
The exhibition details the Bittners timeline, which begins in 1854 when German immigrant Gustav Bittner founded a custom cabinet shop. Since then, Bittners has become not only a Louisville tradition, but nationally-renowned as well. “Top Drawer” seeks to engender an appreciation of the firm that still handcrafts furniture with the same techniques and materials that were used 300 years ago.
Museum guests will have the opportunity to examine fine antiques from around the world, as well as master-crafted pieces produced by the Bittners custom shop, including beds, desks, secretaries, chairs, sideboards, high boys and tables. Visitors may examine pieces on loan from the private collections of many notable Louisvillians, including the late Owsley Brown Frazier, Laura Frazier, Catherine Joy, Jonathan and Tracy Blue, Milton Cooper and Mary Nash, as well as from Cave Hill Cemetery.
“Top Drawer” is included in regular museum admission, which is $10.50 for adults (15-59), $9.50 for military, $8.50 for seniors, $6 for children (5-14) and free for children 4 and under. For an additional fee, guests may also see “Diana: A Celebration,” a 7,500 square feet, Museum operating hours are Monday through Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours on Wednesday until 8 p.m. For more information, visit FrazierMuseum.org.
ABOUT THE MUSEUM
The Frazier History Museum, located on Louisville’s “Museum Row,” has the distinction of being the only place in the world outside Great Britain to permanently house and display Royal Armouries artifacts. This world-class museum provides a journey through more than 1,000 years of world and American history with ever-changing and interactive exhibits, daily performances by costumed interpreters and engaging special events and programs.
Great news for everyone working on local history topics!
This promises to be a great event. Please attend if you can!
The first National Register of Historic Places nomination produced by the Public History program has just been officially listed. During the spring 2011 semester, public history certificate student Annelise Gray began studying Jefferson Jacob School, a Rosenwald school building in Propsect, Kentucky. Annelise’s work grew out of History 621, Introduction to Historic Preservation. She prepared the major components of a National Register nomination for the class and continued working on the project in the following months. She subsequently submitted the nomination to the Kentucky Heritage Council. Just this week, Annelise received word that the property was officially listed on August 6. Congratulations, Annelise! This is a major accomplishment for her, and a great step for the public history program.
Jefferson Jacob School is a Rosenwald School building in Prospect, Kentucky. Rosenwald schools were built across the South during the era of segregation. Julius Rosenwald, president of Sears Roebuck and Company, established the Julius Rosendwald Foundation in 1917. One of the causes he supported was schooling for African Americans in the South. The Rosenwald Fund provided funds for construction; local communities donated land and labor and matched the Fund’s contributions. Ultimately, the program built more than 5,000 schools in fifteen states.
In recent years, Rosenwald schools have become a focus of preservation efforts across the South. As these buildings have suffered from neglect and vandalism, communities have responded by raising funds and finding new uses. The Jefferson Jacob School has been little-used for some time. With its new status as a National Register-listed property, we hope that it will receive the attention it deserves.


Presented to IAGG within the framework of its different activities, these papers can be uploaded for your dissimenation. They are the fruit of participation to our organization's past workshops, conferences, courses etc and we would like to thank the authors for their kind involvement.
Read the paper on "Older people’s health in sub-Saharan Africa" published in the Lancet, the world’s renowned medical journal. The article highlights the role of older African people in socioeconomic sector and discuss the areas for improvement in advancing healthcare for older persons in the region. To access other articles in the journal, please visit the Lancet website: http://www.thelancet.com/series/ageing
Read the papers presented at the Workshop on “Identification of the main relevant domains for clinical research & quality of care in nursing homes” organized by IAGG in Toulouse, France on June 4, 2010 and the final paper published in the JAMDA of March 2011.
Read some of the papers presented at the Workshop on “Health promotion program on prevention of late onset dementia” organized by IAGG in Geneva, Switzerland on January 13, 2011 as well as the recommendations published in the JNHA.
Read some of the papers presented at the Workshop on “Promoting access to innovation and clinical research for frail old persons” organized by IAGG in Athens, Greece on January 20, 2012.
Some of the papers presented at the Workshop on "Connecting African and Global Endeavour on Human Rights and Older Persons” organized by IAGG in Cape Town, South Africa on October 17, 2012 will soon be available.


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Author Peter T Pugliese, MD is a well-respected medical professional with an amazing 50 years experience. For the past 35 years he has engaged in studies and made discoveries, which have influenced professional skin care around the globe.
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tutors with a modest understanding of skin anatomy & physiology will
find this book fascinating and informative.
The book is divided in to 16 logical chapters, each covering in depth subjects such as the anatomy of the skin, an introduction to biochemistry, cell biology, molecular biology and immunology, Essential skin physiology, Pathology of skin disorders, Ageing mechanisms and treatment, cosmetic chemistry and so much more.
This is not an inexpensive book, however it must be considered an investment in your knowledge of the skin, its diagnosis and treatment options. It will undoubtedly earn its cost back thousands of times during its years of use.
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A Diocese of the Reformed Episcopal Church and ACNA
Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
The following history is a compilation of information token from the writings of Reverend Ferguson and other sources.
As the Scriptures teach again and again, God frequently uses the least likely among men to accomplish His will. And so it was with the founding of the Reformed Episcopal Church in the state of South Carolina. For her birth was the direct result of the efforts primarily of two men, Reverend Peter Fayssoux Stevens and Mr. Frank Crawford Ferguson. Reverend Stevens, later Bishop Stevens, was a white, southern-born, Citadel graduate and Confederate Army Colonel, who is remembered for ordering the first shot of the Civil War. Mr. Frank Crawford Ferguson, later Reverend Ferguson, was a member of Immanuel Church in Berkeley County, where he served as Sunday School teacher, and was Catechist in the Protestant Episcopal Church from 1870-1875.
The Reformed Episcopal Church in the South, once the Missionary Jurisdiction of the South and now The Diocese of the Southeast of the Reformed Episcopal Church, enjoys a proud history that began in the Lowcountry of South Carolina in 1865, immediately following the Civil War. Rev. Stevens had resumed his work among the Freedmen, as he had done during the War. He successfully gathered a number of former parishioners and new converts, among whom was Mr. Frank Crawford Ferguson. Rev. Stevens then called a meeting of all members living on adjacent plantations, where he had previously preached during the war to arrange the business of building a church where all Freedmen could conveniently worship with him on Sundays. A substantial number met on or about the site where Immanuel Church was later erected. This meeting resulted in the organization of the Immanuel congregation. Approximately four years later, Rev. Stevens had organized three large congregations of Freedmen: one in St. Stephen, and two in St. John's Parish.
In 1866, Mr. Ferguson felt the Lord's call into the ministry, and offered himself for this service. In 1868, Rev. Stevens, with the consent of Bishop Davis, sent Mr. Ferguson to Raleigh, NC, where he entered the Normal School of the Protestant Episcopal Church, which was supported by the Evangelical Educational Society. Following a brief stay in Raleigh, Mr. Ferguson returned and spent the remainder of his training under the instruction of Professor Pocher and Rev. Stevens. After four or five years of study, Rev. Stevens recommended Mr. Ferguson and Mr. Lawrence Dawson to the Bishop as candidates for the Diaconate. They appeared before the examining Chaplains of the Diocese of South Carolina; passed the examinations; and were instructed to make application to the Bishop and Standing Committee. They did so three times, and were rejected each time. In December 1874, a convention was held in Pinopolis, consisting of delegates from Calvary Church, Charleston; Redeemer Church, Pineville; Nazareth Church, Pinopolis; and Bethlehem Church, Oakley. The purpose of the convention was to consider the course to pursue to bring about a permanent organization among the "Colored" Episcopalians. For, by this time, four Black men had been turned away from the doors of ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church, Diocese of South Carolina. The following were major actions of the Convention of 1874: the body decided to leave the Protestant Episcopal Diocese of SC; the body decided to seek affiliation with the Reformed Episcopal Church; and the newly elected President, Reverend Ferguson, was asked to write to Bishop Cummins, on behalf of the Convention. Approximately eight months later, in early June 1875, the President received a letter from the Reverend Benjamin Johnson explaining that the General Council of the Reformed Episcopal Church had sent him to receive all "Colored" people desiring to unite with the Reformed Episcopal Church.
From 1875 to the present, the Diocese of the Southeast has faithfully served the community. She is the home of the renowned Cummins Theological Seminary in Summerville, SC; the Bishop Jerdan Conference Center, which is located on more than 80 acres on the Coastal Waterway in Awendaw, SC; is comprised of 33 churches; and has steadily increased her numbers to more than 2,300 parishioners in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. These blessings reflect a great work, all of which began with God's use of two least likely among men to carry forth His will. Praise God!
|The Right Reverend Peter F. Stephen||1879-1909|
|The Right Reverend Arthur L. Pengelley||1909-1922|
|The Right Reverend Joseph E. Kearney||1922-1958|
|The Right Reverend William S.H. Jerdan||1958-1986|
|The Right Reverend Sanco K. Rembert||1986-1998|
|The Right Reverend James C. West||1998-2006|
|The Right Reverend Alphonza Gadsden, Sr.||2007-present|


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Volunteer duties include assisting a library staff member to facilitate a reading group for up to 5 to 6 people with dementia.
Reading groups for dementia sufferers are planned for the City Library, Mosgiel Library, and Waikouaiti library (and potentially other libraries in the Dunedin Public Libraries system). The one-hour long meeting will take place during a week day (yet to be decided), between the hours of 10am and 3pm.
You will help set up morning or afternoon tea (depending on Covid-19 settings), communicate with group attendees and their caregivers, assist people with reading, and be willing to read aloud and take part in discussions sparked by stories in the texts. You will gain confidence and experience working with vulnerable and mostly older people.
If you love reading and think you would enjoy reading aloud.
Ability to work as part of a team.
Have some experience, working with older people.
Excellent communication skills.
Masks are required to be worn.
A Ministry of Justice background check is required for this role.
1.5 hours per week (or per fortnight) Depends on each group/library - group may decide to meet weekly or fortnightly.
The first step is to express your interest by filling out the form below. We will then put you in touch directly with the organisation for more information on the role and how to proceed.


Deep learning models have achieved remarkable success in various domains, but they often demand significant computational resources. To address this challenge, researchers have developed quantization techniques that reduce the precision of model weights and activations. In this blog post, we will explore the concept of 4-bit quantization, discuss its benefits and consequences, and introduce AutoGPTQ, a powerful library for optimizing quantization levels, specifically for 8-bit and 16-bit quantization.
Understanding 4-Bit Quantization: Quantization is the process of reducing the precision of numerical values while preserving the essential characteristics of a deep learning model. 4-bit quantization is a technique that limits the number of bits used to represent model weights and activations to just 4. Traditional deep learning models typically use 32-bit floating-point numbers, resulting in significant memory and computational requirements. By using 4-bit quantization, we can dramatically reduce these demands, enabling faster inference and efficient use of GPU memory.
Benefits of 4-Bit Quantization:
Fast Inference Timing: With reduced precision, computations using 4-bit quantized models can be performed much faster compared to their full-precision counterparts. This is especially beneficial in applications where real-time or near real-time inference is crucial, such as autonomous vehicles or robotics.
Smaller Memory Footprint for GPUs: Deep learning models often consume a substantial amount of GPU memory. By quantizing to 4 bits, the memory footprint of the model is significantly reduced, allowing for better utilization of available resources. This is particularly advantageous when working with limited memory environments or deploying models on edge devices.
Fast Loading and Unloading in Memory: The reduced model size resulting from 4-bit quantization facilitates faster loading and unloading of the model from memory. This can lead to improved system responsiveness and efficient resource management, especially in scenarios where multiple models need to be loaded simultaneously or in quick succession.
Consequences of 4-Bit Quantization:
Reduced Accuracy: The main drawback of 4-bit quantization is the slight reduction in model accuracy compared to full-precision models. However, in many practical scenarios, this reduction is negligible and does not significantly impact the overall performance. It is essential to carefully evaluate the trade-off between computational efficiency and model accuracy for each specific use case.
Optimizing Quantization with Ease: AutoGPTQ is a powerful library designed specifically for optimizing quantization levels, primarily focusing on 8-bit and 16-bit quantization. With AutoGPTQ, users can easily convert existing models to 4-bit quantization or even explore more aggressive levels like 3-bit quantization. The library provides automated tools and techniques to find the optimal quantization scheme, taking into account the specific model architecture and the target hardware platform.
Using the BitsandBytes Library for 16-bit to 8-bit Quantization: In addition to AutoGPTQ, the BitsandBytes library in Python can be used to achieve 16-bit to 8-bit quantization. This library provides convenient functions and utilities to perform the necessary bit reduction while minimizing the impact on model performance. By leveraging the functionality of BitsandBytes, users can easily optimize their models for more efficient inference without sacrificing a significant amount of accuracy.
How to Use AutoGPTQ:
AutoGPTQ is a powerful library that simplifies the process of model quantization. Here's a quick guide on how to use AutoGPTQ for quantization and inference:
Installation: Start by installing AutoGPTQ from pip. You can use the following command:
pip install auto-gptq
If you have a specific version's release assets, you can download the pre-built wheel for your environment and install it using the command below:
pip install auto_gptq-0.2.0+cu118-cp310-cp310-linux_x86_64.whl
Note: You can skip building stages by installing the pre-built wheel, which results in faster installation.
Disabling CUDA Extensions: By default, AutoGPTQ installs CUDA extensions when both Torch and CUDA are available. If you prefer not to use CUDA extensions, you can disable them using the following command:
BUILD_CUDA_EXT=0 pip install auto-gptq
Integration with Triton: If you want to integrate AutoGPTQ with Triton, you can install the required dependencies using the following command:
pip install auto-gptq[triton]
Note: Triton integration is currently supported only on Linux, and 3-bit quantization is not available when using Triton.
Quantization and Inference: To quantize a model and perform inference, you can use the following code as an example:
from transformers import AutoTokenizer, TextGenerationPipeline
from auto_gptq import AutoGPTQForCausalLM, BaseQuantizeConfig
format="%(asctime)s %(levelname)s [%(name)s] %(message)s", level=logging.INFO, datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S"
pretrained_model_dir = "facebook/opt-125m"
quantized_model_dir = "opt-125m-4bit"
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(pretrained_model_dir, use_fast=True)
examples = [
"auto-gptq is an easy-to-use model quantization library with user-friendly apis, based on GPTQ algorithm."
quantize_config = BaseQuantizeConfig(
bits=4, # quantize model to 4-bit
group_size=128, # recommended value is 128
desc_act=False, # setting to False can speed up inference, but may slightly affect perplexity
# Load unquantized model (by default, it is loaded into CPU memory)
model = AutoGPTQForCausalLM.from_pretrained(pretrained_model_dir, quantize_config)
# Quantize the model (examples should be a list of dictionaries with keys "input_ids" and "attention_mask")
# Save quantized model
# Save quantized model using safetensors
# Load quantized model onto the first GPU
model = AutoGPTQForCausalLM.from_quantized(quantized_model_dir, device="cuda:0")
# Inference using model.generate
print(tokenizer.decode(model.generate(**tokenizer("auto_gptq is", return_tensors="pt").to(model.device))))
# Alternatively, you can use the pipeline
pipeline = TextGenerationPipeline(model=model, tokenizer=tokenizer)
This code demonstrates a basic usage of AutoGPTQ, quantizing a model to 4-bit and performing inference. Make sure to adjust the paths and configurations according to your specific use case.
Evaluation on Downstream Tasks: AutoGPTQ provides evaluation tasks that allow you to assess the model's performance on downstream tasks before and after quantization. You can use the tasks defined in
auto_gptq.eval_tasksto evaluate the model's performance.
The predefined tasks support all causal language models implemented in the 🤗 Transformers library and in AutoGPTQ.
4-bit quantization, along with tools like AutoGPTQ and libraries such as BitsandBytes, offers an effective approach to accelerate deep learning inference while minimizing memory requirements. By reducing the precision of model weights and activations, faster inference timings, smaller memory footprints, and efficient loading and unloading can be achieved. While there may be a slight reduction in accuracy, it is often acceptable and outweighed by the computational efficiency and benefits in terms of faster inference, optimized memory usage, and improved system responsiveness. Embracing 4-bit quantization, AutoGPTQ, and libraries like BitsandBytes allows for the optimization of deep learning models, making them suitable for real-time applications, edge devices, and resource-constrained environments. Experience the power of efficient quantization techniques and unlock the full potential of your deep learning models.


Books I Think You Should Check Out
Here are some books I think you should check out!
Can't Hurt Me
This is the book “Can’t Hurt Me: Master Your Mind and Defy the Odds” by motivational speaker, David Goggins
This book will give you the tools to change your life once and for all. It’s so powerful I purchased the hard copy and the audiobook.
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart is the first of three novels in Chinua Achebe’s critically acclaimed African Trilogy. It is a classic narrative about Africa’s cataclysmic encounter with Europe as it establishes a colonial presence on the continent. Told through the fictional experiences of Okonkwo, a wealthy and fearless Igbo warrior of Umuofia in the late 1800s, Things Fall Apart explores one man’s futile resistance to the devaluing of his Igbo traditions by British political andreligious forces and his despair as his community capitulates to the powerful new order.
We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity
In this powerful new book, bell hooks arrests our attention from the first page. Her title–We Real Cool; her subject–the way in which both white society and weak black leaders are failing black men and youth. Her subject is taboo: “this is a culture that does not love black males:” “they are not loved by white men, white women, black women, girls or boys. And especially, black men do not love themselves. How could they? How could they be expected to love, surrounded by so much envy, desire, and hate?”
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Welcome to our 2023 Creative Collective Virtual Gallery!
The Westminster Creative Collective was established by City Lions in partnership with children’s services, schools, libraries and archives to capture the emotions and experiences of young people in Westminster regarding topics chosen by young people that matter to them. This years themes are: Cost of Living, Streets of London, What matters to me and Mental Health.
We hope you enjoy viewing all the artwork the Creative Collective has received so far. A selection of the artwork below is currently being showcased at The Saatchi Gallery until 4th January 2024.
We would like to thank children’s services, schools, libraries, archives, The Saatchi Gallery and all our partners supporting this work. For any questions or enquiries, please email us on email@example.com.


J. Frank Dobie Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest PDF
Texas has its share of legendary treasure, and Dobie records the lore of the lost mines of the San Saba and Llano rivers, rumors of an untapped vein of wonderfully rich gold west of Paisano Pass in Devil s River country, tales of forgotten posthole stashes where prosperous frontier ranchers once banked their gold and silver coins, and .
|Title||:||Coronado's Children: Tales of Lost Mines and Buried Treasures of the Southwest|
|Author||:||J. Frank Dobie|