Poet Vihang A Naik whose collection of poems “City Times and Other Poems” is about everyday life of a common man.
Vihang A. Naik (b. 2nd September, 1969), the author of City Times and Other Poems is not the one who has an impeccable resume of the typical gifted and talked-about writers but he is the one who gives courage to the world to attain success and not to give up hope and have patience “When you do not find the key to the door you want to enter in, wait patiently till the doorman comes and unlocks.”(The Path of Wisdom) He has not attended any ‘writers’ classes’ or moved around in the circle of aristocratic families with celebrated personalities yet he is on the verge of literary success with his collection of poems. Words would be inadequate to express the strength of his poems. They give invaluable lessons to be courageous and retain dignity in all circumstances “Look ahead the journey is short.”(Love Song of a Journeyman) He shows a clear mirror to the world “Time preaches mortality, the day should give up to the night as the dead retires bodiless.” (Love Song of a Journeyman) His poems reflects the flaws, shortcomings of the society for, the people are becoming self-centered and selfish “The world shrinks within the boundaries of flesh.” (Love Song of a Journeyman) It becomes really very difficult to distinguish between the angel and the devil, the true friend and the artificial one, deceitful “Even crocodiles and vultures in the mist are taken real in the least, who knows what is deceit?” (Mirrored Man) and “you find yourself strange in the fog of knowledge.” (After Innocence) Thus, his poems touch our heart and express the daily lives of people who are “lost in the circle of pleasure” (At the Shore) and “truth” the essence of life man “has lost in the dark beyond the edge.” (Mirrored Man) Finally he preaches not to be devoid of the milk of mankind, help everyone, never to give hope, enjoy life, achieve success and “look ahead” for “the journey” of life “is short.” (Love Song of a Journeyman)
He writes in English and is published in literary journals. His poems have appeared in The Indian P.E.N., Indian Literature, Kavya Bharati, POESIS: A Journal of Poetry Circle, Mumbai, The Journal of The Poetry Society (India), The Journal of Indian Writing In English, The Journal of Literature and Aesthetics, The Brown Critique, and poetry anthologies. His poetry is also included in some significant e-publications. He is educated from The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda with English Literature, Indian Literature in English Translation and Philosophy.
He had his primary schooling from Navrachna School (Baroda). His significant collection of poetry includes Poetry Manifesto (New & Selected Poems), 2010 from New Delhi, India. His Making A Poem was published by Allied Publishers’ (Mumbai) in 2004. His Gujarati language collection of poems includes Jeevangeet published by Navbharat Sahitya Mandir (Ahmedabad) in 2001 dedicated to the cause of victims of Gujarat Earthquake 26th January, 2001. He also translates poetry from Gujarati language into English. He has taught English for more than a decade at Shree Ambaji Arts College affiliated to Hemchandracharya North Gujarat, India. He can be reached at http://www.vihang.org. (City Times and Other Poems, pp.vii-viii)
Conversation with Poet Vihang A. Naik by Dr Sanjay Prasad Pandey in an email interview.
( SPP ) When did you start writing? Does it make you happy?
( VaN ) It was during my teens that Muse caught me. Though it is difficult to locate the origin or time. If I recollect… it was somewhere around my ninth grade that I wrote my first lines, to my utter surprise it was my first verse. I don’t know what it was that made me write then but I found it poured something out of me. Made me relive myself info some something new. Some urge made me create.
( SPP )Why did you start writing?
( VaN ) To me poetry is more of a craft. Initially the concerns of my poetry was city life in contemporary times. It kept changing. Then it was poetry. Poetry, on the art of writing poetry. That is on poetry on writing process with my personal aesthetics.
( SPP ) Do you write for a select reader?
( VaN ) I don’t think myself writing for select reader or some circle of readers. But after you are writing for some time, as it is now almost since 1990 when I burnt my first collection of poems than started writing in a new mode. It so happens that whatever you write there are some definite reader who breathes life into my poems. Then later there are some reader who have particular likes and choices and they decide what better writings is.
( SPP ) Is there a message in your works?
( VaN ) Writing has a context. Writing does not exist in vacuum. It takes birth in a particular context / out of conflict at times. My initial style does not endorse any particular message but, as I believe, good wirings can have multiple layers of meanings. Messages, if you like to term it. Of course, I do not begin it with message.
( SPP ) What role have your parents played in your being a writer?
( VaN ) I should be thankful to my parents, always. I am thankful, that they allowed me to write. First they did not saw me as a writer as I used to scribble every now and then. But there was something within me and my society which surrounded me as my family that made me writer. But writers usually have odd personal circumstances which give birth to a writer. I believe, every writer is a product of society, of course parents being primary factors.
( SPP ) What do you feel is the most important thing in City Times and Other Poems?
( VaN ) Writing in itself is important. Text itself is important. Philosophy. A work which has no vision ultimately ends up into nothingness.
( SPP ) Who are the writers inspired you in your formative days?
( VaN ) As I recollect during my school days where I stumbled on many different texts from various writings from English writers and Gujarati writings which happen to be my mother tongue. Most of the writers that carried philosophy of life, the writings that contained philosophy and vision did inspire, perhaps made me.
( SPP ) What typographical experimentation did you do while composing ‘City Times and other poems‘? What about its versification?
( VaN ) You caught a right word. “Typographical Experimentation” and the other term “Versification”. A poem to express its content needs experimentation and innovation without which there would never be newness and addition to culture and tradition. Versification that is meter or the rhythmic structure may not be apparently present or visible but it has internal structure. Versification often is artificial or ornamental with forced rhyming which a free verse shuns. And experimental poetry avoids.
( SPP ) What is the main theme(s) in your writing City Times and Other Poems ?
( VaN ) I was attracted towards cities and where ever I went I pondered about the man in a city. I pondered about life and living, initially. Perhaps, that is why City Times has more of philosophical over tones. I did not have any pre-defined themes, it just so happens that I collected them into a book form and it come out with the title which contains some philosophy. My Self Portrait has some few words with three words “discovered beyond thought” at the tail end of poem with in-between blank pages (space).
( SPP ) When did you plan to publish your works?
VaN :Initially I used to read out my poems to my friends and I am fortunate to have many friends . Then as I shifted from schools to University, things changed. I had burnt one collected poems by this time. I then started to write in a new mode focusing more on internal structure. Previous, I thought, was heavily influenced by English writing poets, perhaps. Some new friends suggested to it would be better to get the works published from then onwards there was no turning back.
( SPP ) What do you intend to work on next?
VaN :Even my past creations were never intended. How can I predict future creations ? But one thing is certain, I don’t believe in command poetry. Though there are many schools who believe that one can make a poem just by joining pieces of words scattered here and there.I do not believe poetry is handmaid of any ideology.
( SPP ) Any advice for aspiring writers?
( VaN ) Be true to yourself while writing and vision. Your individual style of writing will follow.
( SPP ) Any immediate wish?
( VaN ) Coffee .


Desmond Wong and Shan Shan Tan
This short paper explores the relevance of Ulrich’s (2021) boundary critique to the practice of systemic design (SD) today. The concept of ‘critique’ (disclosure) lies at the heart of dilemmas and paradoxical tensions intrinsic to SD foundations and is complementary to maps (correspondence) and design (coherence) as ways of knowing and acting in the world. In turn, boundary critique provides a unique account of unfolding paradoxical tensions and dilemmas: Its historical, conceptual, and pragmatic fit with SD’s context and concepts could also help create, modify, and extend its learning competencies and knowledge routines. On the flip side, a systematic approach may incidentally preclude the nuanced, boundary-crossing understandings that characterize SD. We suggest that scholar-practitioners consider theory synthesis approaches to embrace the diversity of perspectives and methods.
Keywords: boundary critique, design thinking, reflexive practice, systems thinking, wicked problems


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War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
War and Peace has been on my book bucket list for a long time.
Other people may have life bucket lists, but mine involves books. What can I say?
I picked up a copy of War and Peace years ago. I don’t actually know when, but it was published in 1993 by Barnes & Noble.
Yes, that’s right, I purchased a bargain classic print of War and Peace from the big box store.
The first book I ever downloaded on to my Kindle was War and Peace. This is an important note, because when at the end of 2016 I decided that NOW is the time I will read War and Peace, I forgot I owned this digital copy. Instead, I went old-school and read my monster of a book.
As it turns out, my book was not the entire monster of a book. I was halfway through before I realized I’d been working my way through an abridged version.
So, there’s about 400 pages of War and Peace out there I still haven’t read, which are probably part of the unabridged version sitting on my Kindle.
It took me three leisurely weeks to read War and Peace (abridged). Over these weeks, my teenager repeatedly asked what the book was about.
Me: “Well, it’s about war…”
Her: “And peace?”
Let’s start with this: War and Peace is historical fiction written in 1865. It is the story of many characters spanning the many years of the Napoleonic wars, with a big concentration on the events of 1812. It is written by a Russian, with a Russian perspective, for 19th century Russians.
Why should anyone who is not a 19th century Russian care about this book?
The short answer is that this book might actually be about two best friends, Pierre and Andrei. Two very different guys, on very different paths, both essentially wanting the same things, including peace, happiness, and meaning in their lives.
It’s what keeps this old story relevant and relatable in the 21st century.
I gave this book five stars, meaning it moved me both philosophically and emotionally.
This book left me bereft when I finished. I loved and hated these characters. I rooted for them, I cursed them, and I even cried for them.
For the longest time I was put off by the size and scope of War and Peace. It didn’t take me long to realize that this book is relatively straightforward compared to, say, any of George R.R. Martin’s Song of Ice and Fire books.
My abridged version was (only) 704 pages, translated by Alexandra Kropotkin. It was fine. I was only confused a couple of times.
Ironically, what I liked best about War and Peace is probably what was missing from my abridged version. I enjoyed the narrative and story, but I really appreciated Tolstoy’s thoughts on life, and his seemingly underlying big question, “What’s the point of it all?”
The unabridged version is on my Kindle, translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. This is considered one of the best translations available, or so I’ve heard. I am genuinely looking forward to a reread to get the full version and spend more time contemplating Tolstoy’s opinions.
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The history of biological evolution is marked by a number of metasystem transitions,
including: the origin of life itself, the development of the modern cell from the aggregation of
pre-cellular organelles (the transition from prokaryotes to eukaryotes); the coordination of single cell organisms into
multi-cellular organisms; and the origin of sexual reproduction.
A detailed treatment of these different developments can be found in:
Maynard Smith J. & Szathmàry E. (1995): Major Transitions in Evolution, (W.H. Freeman, Oxford).
From the book cover:
(...). This is the first book on all these major transitions. In discussing such a
wide range of topics in one volume, the authors are able to highlight the
similarities between different transitions- for example, between the union
of replicating molecules to form chromosomes and of cells to form
multicellular organisms. The authors also show how an understanding of one
transition sheds light on others.
A common theme in the book is that entities that could replicate
independently before the transition can replicate afterwards only as as
part of a larger whole. Why, then, does selection between entities at the
lower level not disrupt selection at a higher level? In answering this
question, the authors offer an explanation for the evolution of cooperation
at all levels of complexity.


About WNMC's Library
About WNMC’s Library
WNMC’s Library is a resource of Waterloo North Mennonite Church, Waterloo, Ontario. It is administered by the library committee, under the jurisdiction of the WNMC’s Nurture committee.
The library is set up so that individuals may use and sign out their own materials. However a volunteer will be present on Sunday mornings to provide assistance, and to check in returned items and return them to the shelves.
The purpose of the library at is to support the work of our congregation and the spiritual growth of its members and participants. This is accomplished through the provision of materials that provide information, recreation, spiritual guidance or education/worship resources. Emphasis is placed on materials that promote a better understanding of our Mennonite heritage.


W.B. Yeats quotes - "great honey-coloured ramparts"
In the poem "For Anne Gregory" when I first read about "those great honey-coloured ramparts at your ear" I immediately thought of Princess Leia from Star Wars and her "cinnamon-bun" hair-do (except that her hair was brown).
But then I saw a postcard and thought that as Anne Gregory was a young girl at the time Yeats wrote the poem this might be a better example of the type of hair she had, so I added an extension to the side of the card to make room for the poem.
Anne Gregory was a grand-daughter of Lady Gregory and lived with her at Coole Park, which is where she met W.B. Yeats. There is a very interesting article about an interview which Aodhán Madden of the Irish Times had with her in 2003. You can read it here.
Anne Gregory wrote the book Me and Nu: Childhood at Coole about her experiences of growing up at Coole and meeting some of the leading writers and artists of the day.
She married Lieut-Col Robert de Winton in 1945 but sadly he was assassinated two years later. She died in 2009, aged 97.


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Michael T. Southern is a 1973 graduate in Art History from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Since 1974 he has worked as an architectural historian for the State Historic Preservation Office, N.C. Office of Archives and History. He is coauthor with colleagues of three field guides to the historic architecture of North Carolina published by the UNC Press between 1996 and 2003. Click here for more information about the guides. Southern prepared all the maps for the guides, and has since provided maps and drawings for over 40 other books and articles by other authors.
- Mayflower Cup, 1997, Society of Mayflower Descendants in the State of North Carolina, for the best North Carolina work of non-fiction (with Catherine W. Bishir).
- Antoinette Forrester Downing Award, Society of Architectural Historians, 1998, for best published architectural survey in the United States (with Catherine W. Bishir).
- Award of Merit, 1997, American Association for State and Local History (with Catherine W. Bishir).
- Robert E. Stipe Professional Award, 2000, Preservation North Carolina
- Christopher Crittenden Memorial Award, 2003, North Carolina Literary and Historical Association, for contributions to the preservation of North Carolina history (with Catherine W. Bishir).
- North Caroliniana Society Book Award, 2004 (with Catherine W. Bishir).
Books with Maps and Other Graphics by Michael Southern
Press Universityof North Carolina
Eubanks, Georgann. Literary Trails of the
: A Guidebook. 22 maps North Carolina Mountains
________________. Literary Trails of the
North Carolina Piedmont: A Guidebook. 20 maps.
Baker, Ellen R. On Strike and On Film: Mexican American Families and Blacklisted Filmmakers in Cold War
. 2 maps of America . New Mexico
French, Jan Hoffman. Legalizing Identities: Becoming Black or Indian in
’s Northeast. 2 maps Brazil
Harland-Jacobs, Jessica L. Builders of Empire: Freemasons of British Imperialism, 1717-1927 – 1 map and 1 chart
Hsieh, Wayne Wei-siang. West Pointers and the Civil War: The Old Army in War and Peace. 4 maps of Mexican War and Civil War campaigns.
Hudson, Angela Pulley. Creek Paths and Federal Roads: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves and the Making of the American South. 4 maps.
Kelley, Mary, and Robert A. Gross, editors. A History of the Book in
. Volume 2: An Extensive Republic: Print, Culture, and Society in the New Nation, 1790-1840. 8 charts. America
Little, M. Ruth. The Town and Gown Architecture of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1795-1975. 13 maps.
Margariti, Roxani Eleni.
Adenand the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval . 4 maps & 2 figures. Arabian Port
McIlvenna, Noeleen. A Very Mutinous People: The Struggle for
, 1660-1713. 2 eastern NC maps North Carolina
McLaurin, Melton A.. The Marines of Montford Point:
’s First Black Marines. 4 maps, America and Pacific campaigns in WW II. Camp Lejeune
Miles, Tiya. The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee
Story. 1 map. Plantation
Montgomery, Michael, and Ellen Johnson. The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture – Volume5: Language. 4 maps
Whisnant, Anne Mitchell. Super-Scenic Motorway: A Blue Ridge Parkway History. 6 maps
Ray, Celeste, editor. The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture – Volume 6: Ethnicity. SE Indians,
Africa, 3 maps
Simpson, Bland. The
: A Carolinian’s Sound Country Chronicle. 3 maps of north, central, and south NC coast. Inner Islands
Yellin, Jean Fagan. The Harriet Jacobs Family Papers. 1 map of Jacobs’ speaking tour itinerary in
. New York
Walden, Michael L. North Carolina in the Connected Age: Challenges and Opportunities in a Globalizing Economy. 9 figures (no maps)
Press Cornell University
Bittner, Stephen V.. The Many Lives of Khrushchev’s Thaw: Experience and Memory in Moscow's Arbat . 1 map, Arbat neighborhood in
Burnham, Louisa A.. So Great a Light, So Great A Smoke: The Beguin Heretics of
. 2 maps Languedoc
Henry, Laura A. Red to Green: Environmental Activism in Post-Soviet
. 1 map. Russia
Symes, Carol. Theater and Public Life in Medieval
(2007). Maps of City of Arras Arrasand . 2 maps France
Historical Society South Dakota
Wilson, Jerry. Waiting for Coyote's Call: An Eco-Memoir from the
Missouri RiverBluff. 1 map- Upper Midwest
Talbott, Starley. Along the Grapevine Trail: Vineyards and Wineries in
South Dakota, Wyoming, and . 4 maps Nebraska
Julin, Suzanne Barta. A Marvelous
Hundred SquareMiles: Black HillsTourism, 1880-1941. 2 maps: South Dakotastate map and the Black Hills.
Lawson, Michael L. Dammed Indians Revisited: The Continuing History of the Pick-Sloan Project and the
Missouri RiverSioux. 2 maps. and Indian reservations/river impoundments in ND, SD, and NE. Missouri River basin
Conover, Sarah, and Chen Hui. Harmony: A Treasury of Chinese Wisdom for Children and Parents. 1 color map of
Press Johns Hopkins University
Lansford, Tyler. The Latin Inscriptions of
: A Walking Guide. 16 maps, one of Rome and the others of neighborhoods in Rome showing the locations of inscriptions. Rome
Universityof Georgia Press
Eelman, Bruce W. Entrepreneurs in the Southern Upcountry: Commercial Culture in
, 1845-1880. 2 maps Spartanburg, South Carolina
Universityof Virginia Press
Little, Margaret Ruth. Coastal Cottage: A Personal History of the Piazza House. 1 map.
Archives & History Publications
Knapp, Richard F., and Brent D. Glass. Gold Mining in
: A Bicentennial History. 1 map. North Carolina
Bishir, Catherine W. The
. Bellamy Mansion
Bishir, Catherine W. The House
MarinaBuilt: Cherry Hill, A House and its Family (2004). Privately printed. Plantation
Bishir, Catherine W.. "Jacob W. Holt, An American Builder," Winterthur Portfolio (Spring, 1980), reprinted in Catherine W. Bishir, Southern Built: American Architecture, Regional Practice (2006).
Gray, Sam. The Roads of Madison County, in May We All Remember Well, edited by Robert Brunk. One color map of
Madison Countyand part of . Buncombe County
regions – for Kentucky Parks System brochure. Kentucky Park
The series by Catherine Bishir, Michael Southern, and Jennifer Martin, published by the UNC Press 1996-2003, all with many county, city, and regional maps:
A Guide to the Historic Architecture of
Eastern North Carolina(1996)
A Guide to the Historic Architecture of
Western North Carolina(1999
A Guide to the Historic Architecture of Piedmont
(2003) North Carolina
County/municipal architectural surveys:
(Jennifer Martin)- county map Duplin County
(Claudia Roberts Brown, Diane Lea, Dan Pezzoni) - county map Hyde County
(Dan Pezzoni et al) - county map Watauga County
(Ken McFarland) - map of Raleigh & Gaston Railroad Warren County
Chapel Hill(M. Ruth Little) - town map and multiple neighborhood maps
(Penne Sandbeck) - county map Greene County
(Dru York et al) - 3 drawings; two floor plans and one framing drawing Halifax County


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The California Digital Newspaper Collection is word-searchable, online and free!
In less than a minute, I had two dozen articles for just one branch of my Mother's family--just by typing in the surname.
The Collection has a "clip" feature that separates the article I'm interested in from the rest of the page (just right click on the article and a small drop-down menu will appear), adds citation information, and lets me print it. The only thing I had to do was retrieve the page number from the original image to complete my citation.
Take a spin around the website. It's a stellar website for genealogists and historians.
P.S. Be sure to look at items that are labeled "Advertisement." In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, lists of births, deaths and marriages were published in the advertising section of the newspapers. Yep, right along with the ads for corsets and Dr. So-and-So's Magic Elixir.


I’ve certainly found other women extremely supportive and helpful when it comes to sharing their experiences and resources that help other women follow their own dreams down the road. Below are links to some of these resources and articles about incredible women!
The Woman’s Guide to Solo RVing– Available as print or eBook, here’s a guide that asks and answers questions you have and some you haven’t even thought of. I was honored to be asked to share some of my own experiences for this book and enjoyed reading the experiences of others. From the basics of “Can I go it alone?” and “How do I deal with loneliness?” to the specifics of “How to drive alone” and “What I need to know about maintaining complicated RV systems?” Jaimie and Alice provide the information in easy-to-understand language.
RV Traveling Tales – Features the writing of women of varied backgrounds, many living full-time in their RVs, ranging in age from 14-85. They take a humorous look at situations unique to the RVing lifestyle: living in a small box on wheels, maneuvering a 38-foot RV, or surviving bears and other calamities. On the road and away from the support of family and friends, they also cope with life’s issues-breast cancer, divorce, loss of a child. Answers questions like, “What is it like to be a female nomad on the open road, leaving family, community, and possessions to head into the unknown in an RV?”
More from RV Lifestyle Experts – Jaimie Hall and Alice Zyetz have been great resources on many RVing topics, including supporting yourself on the road and frugal RVing. You could get lost for days on this website! Click to visit Pine Country Publishing
Thousands of women travel alone in their RV and live the adventure of a lifetime. Margo Armstrong shares everything you need to know to get started. She has written several other helpful e-books – for a list see The RV Lifestyle.
The first woman featured on this YouTube video, 73 year old Shirley Walker, is absolutely amazing! She says she is thrilled to “be free to travel, explore life, and to live in a different kind of way. I think little old people like me ought to be out and doing things and challenging knowledge and moving ahead, and enjoying themselves. Truly my body isn’t what it was when I was young, but it’s a very good body and takes me where I want to go… The thing about an RV that’s wonderful is you can change your mind at any crossroad!” Love her!
Articles & Forum Discussions:
12 Tips for Women Traveling Solo in an RV – From Roadtreking.com, this article by Laura Robinson shares tips she has learned for traveling solo , including safety issues to watch out for.
Best Type of RV for Single Women – A lively discussion from RVForum.net with diverse opinions and things to consider for your own personal needs and what you consider the most important factors.
JourneyWoman – Not just related to RV travel, here is a compilation of articles and tips for women who want to travel solo, all over the world, covering many topics like safety, loneliness and meeting others on the road.
On the Road at 89 – If 50 is the new 40, and 70 is the new 50, then certainly Eleanor Leeper’s story is not extraordinary. She’s 89 this month, so that’s just 69 or so. But even so, Eleanor’s solo lifestyle on the road as a full timer, embarked upon just a year ago, does seem remarkable to those who meet her along the way. (RV Life – 11/1/15)
Rolling Solo – 25 Tips for Traveling Alone from RV Lifestyle Experts.
RVing & Traveling As a Single Lady – Lots of women, especially older women on their own, dream about going on the road, but get thwarted by fear & uncertainty. This fear can be so paralyzing that it completely derails their life and that’s a very sad thing indeed.
RVs Offer Women Travelers Freedom, Flexibility & Fun – An article by Patti Schmidt about her and her sisters’ “girls-only weekend” in an RV. Includes tales from other women about the lure of RVing.
Single Senior Women Feel Pull of the Road – USA Today article – They might be labeled “snow hens,” the growing number of single, senior women who flock to sunny spots behind the wheel of a motor home.
Women RVers – Blogspot – Meet interesting women RVers and read of their experiences through interviews and blog posts.
Women RVing Alone – An interesting article with great perspective on solo women and how all RVing women are not alike, but share the love of adventure this lifestyle affords, despite the fears and obstacles that pop up for us all.
Women RVers, Unique Challenges, Creative Solutions – From About.com, women offer tips about challenges faced, earning money, staying in touch and ensuring safety.
Do you have some resources about solo RVing for women? Please share in comments below!


Roosters Blues House
Roosters, as of 2008, is a new bar in Oxford. It is a 2 story blues bar that is extremely popular on most nights of the week. With the largest Blues collection archive in the world in the Ole Miss library and the birth place of Blues not far away, it is only fitting to have great live blues shows played in town. One of the most popular thing that they do is sell 40′s of beer. The first floor is always free and 18 year old entry, but the second floor is usually 10 dollars and it is 21 years old to get in. The first floor has a bar and a large area with tables and chairs to hang out in and the second floor has a bar as well, along with a stage for great blues performances, a dancing area, and a great view of the square from the balcony. One cool fact is that it is owned by famous actor Morgan Freeman.


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Title: The Ugly Duckling
Author: Emily L. from Exeter, New Hampshire
Her story: She rewrote a modern interpretation to the classic children’s fairytale, the Ugly Duckling. Instead of the traditional travails of the being left alone in the pond and made fun of by the local hens, Emily’s version had the ugly duckling bullied by his peers at school and not getting chosen by his teacher for a school musical–all obstacles with which modern children can relate.
Illustria’s work: Emily told us she wanted a modern look to accompany her modern take on the Ugly Duckling, so we paired her up with Jude, one of our artists who specializes in a clean, digital style that is also colorful and kid-friendly. It was a perfect fit!
Client: Audacese, Inc.
Their story: Audacese is a digital children’s book publisher. They were interested in developing a set of interactive children’s Bible stories for the iPad. Their writers had finished all of the manuscripts, but needed to find the right illustrators, animators, composers, and programmers to make their vision a reality.
Illustria’s work: We worked with Audacese to come up with a detailed design plan for each of their apps. We listened to their vision of a modern version of children’s Bible stories, and sourced a team of four illustrators to fit their requested style. Our composers created a soundtrack suitable to the mood of each book. Our programmers coded every animation by hand, perfectly timed to every sound effect, totaling to an average of three animations per page. They also added fun games, quizzes, lessons, and surprise bonus materials in each app. We developed eleven apps in seven months. They were showcased at a Christian conference at the beginning of the year, to standout reviews. Kids simply didn’t want to put the apps down!
Author: David L. from West Windsor, New Jersey
His story: David wanted to bring some of China’s favorite fairytales to a wider audience. He had finished his manuscript of the Chinese story, Story of the Zodiac, which describes how the Chinese zodiac comes to be, and why cats are not friends with rats. He needed an illustrator to bring his story to life and make it appeal to children.
Illustria’s work: We paired David with Jude, who specializes in a clean, modern style that still remains fantastical. Before starting his first sketches, Jude researched traditional Chinese design motifs that could be integrated in the character, scene, and layout design. This would ensure authenticity along with modernity. Jude illustrated 36 beautiful pages. Story of the Zodiac will soon be distributed as an iPad app and downloadable eBook, making Chinese culture more available to children worldwide.


It’s Childhood Services Week and in the spirit of the week we’d like to let you know about a new initiative currently running in South Dublin Libraries called the First 5 Little Library Bag. Each of our libraries is getting in touch with local Early Learning and Care Centres and offering them free Little Library Bags for their Preschool children. Each bag contains five books, one in Irish and four in English, along with information and goodies promoting a range of available services.
The First 5 Little Library Bags initiative is funded by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Inclusion and Youth and the Department of Rural and Community Development as part of the First 5 Government Strategy for babies and children and the public libraries Right to Read Programme. If you’re involved with an Early Learning Centre or Care Centre then contact your local library for more information.


A unique journey with Jack the Hat and his taxi through a full academic year in the university city of Exeter from "freshers week" to the "graduation ball." A raucous, entertaining adventure that will make you laugh and sometimes even cry.
Overall, each character in Jack’s taxi is a portrait so artfully sketched that it seems as if they are a living, breathing person – and, what’s more, a person that could very easily live next door, or in any of the student houses in the city.
Like Prospero in The Tempest, Jack the Hat is the central figure who wields a near-magical power to orchestrate the series of lifts in his taxi, and to overcome a multitude of barriers and obstacles that would deter any ordinary person.
His novel is exciting and unique: even for people who use taxis frequently, the taxi driver is always a mute, faceless figure – until now.
Written in a clear style, and with a calm, charming voice, this is a novel that will undoubtedly appeal to both residents in Exeter and those who live elsewhere.
"I really enjoyed it. I thought the whole thing extremely engaging, funny, humane, warm hearted and full of human interest. You've done something that is very subtle and satisfying and I repeat - I REALLY ENJOYED IT"


Keith Villa, brewmaster and co-founder of CERIA Brewing Co., has authored a book about the techniques he used to create Colorado’s first THC-infused, non-alcoholic beer.
Published by Brewers Publications, “Brewing with Cannabis: Using THC and CBD in Beer” is designed for those seeking information on the responsible and legal use of cannabis in brewing. Launching Aug. 2, the book will be available online, in dispensaries and homebrew supply stores, and in selected bookstores nationwide. (For more information: https://www.brewerspublications.com/blogs/author/keith-villa)
Dr. Villa began his decades-long brewing career as founder and head brewmaster of Blue Moon Brewing Company, an operating unit of MillerCoors, where he retired after 32 years.
In 2018, he and his co-founder and wife, Jodi Villa, launched CERIA Grainwave, a non-alcoholic (NA) Belgian White Ale infused with 5 mg THC. Shortly afterward, the company introduced Indiewave IPA containing 10 mg THC and 10 mg CBD. Currently available in about 100 Colorado dispensaries, both infused craft beers will launch in California dispensaries this year.
The book delves into the history of cannabis in the U.S.; cannabis decriminalization and legalization; life stages and growing conditions for cannabis (where legal under state law); the agriculture and biology of cannabis; unique characteristics of the plant; and the similarities between cannabis and hop plants.
Also included are easy to follow recipes and techniques for brewing with cannabis and using cannabinoids, and how to successfully grow cannabis plants in the home (where legal).
“As the stigma around cannabis continues to dissipate, it is my aim to bring cannabis to the people in a form that’s socially acceptable,” Villa said. “‘Brewing with Cannabis: Using THC and CBD in Beer’ is a science-based guide for brewers at any scale, providing the information they need to learn about cannabis and to legally and responsibly enjoy a different type of beer.”


August 15. Today's Birthdays
NUR-SULTAN. KAZINFORM Today's Birthdays is the one-stop shop where you can learn about prominent Kazakhstani people who were born on the 15th of August.NAMES
Gafu Kairbekov (1928-1994) is a Kazakh poet, people’s writer of Kazakhstan. Born in Turgai (today’s Kostanay region) graduated from the Abai Kazakh Teachers’ Training Institute. His first collection of poems was published in 1954. His poetic books were published one after another in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1967. His poem The Steppe Bell stirred great interest. He also translated poems of the great poets from Russian to Kazakh.
Shamshi Kaldayakov (1930-1992) is a popular Kazakh composer, people’s artist of Kazakhstan, author of the anthem of Kazakhstan. Born in Otrar district, South Kazakhstan (today’s Turkestan region) graduated from the zoo veterinary college in Saryagash, Tashkent music college, Almaty State Music Conservatoire. Streets in Aktobe, Shymkent, Nur-Sultan (formerly Astana), Almaty and Central Hall in Almaty were named after Kaldayakov. A monument to Kaldayakov was unveiled in 2006 in Shymkent. A complex was built in the heart of Shymkent in 2010 by the 80th anniversary of the great composer, the king of Kazakh waltz.
Saule Tlevlessova (1963) is a president of the Eurasian Patent Office of the Eurasian Patent Organization. Born in Almaty is a graduate of the Moscow State University. Has taken up the recent post in February 2016.
Yerlan Barlybayev (1967) is a deputy of the Majilis of the Parliament of Kazakhstan of the VI convocation, member of the Agrarian Committee. Born in East Kazakhstan region is a graduate of the Almaty National Economy Institute, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. Has been appointed to the post in March 2016. (1986) is a director at the law department, Kazakh Information and Social Development Ministry of Kazakhstan.
Born in Almaty is a graduate of the Kazakh Humanities and Law University, University College London, the UK.Has taken up the post in 2019.


I’m rather limited on time at the moment as I’d like to reach Christchurch on the 4th March so as to give myself a few days to prepare the bike for the flight to Hobart, Tasmania.
So I can only offer photos at this time on Flickr.
I’ve now completed the west coast, upto Nelson/Picton and now in Blenheim for internet at the library. Along with stocking up on supplies for the gravel back roads from Seddon to Hanmer Springs. Hoping to arrive back in Christchurch for the 4th March.
That’s it in a nutshell for now.


20 July 2019 marks the 50th anniversary of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 lunar mission that put astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon, while astronaut Michael Collins oversaw the command module in lunar orbit.
Here’s our favorite media selections commemorating the historic mission:
The New York Times published ‘Apollo 11: As They Shot It’, selections of the Apollo 11 Mission transcript, from pre-launch to landing and returning home.
Audio selections from Apollo 11: Lunar descent and Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong’s historic statement as he stepped of the lunar module
“Rocket Fuel in Her Blood” is a look at NASA’s JoAnn Morgan, the instrumentation controller for Apollo 11. She was the only woman in the room at the time of the Saturn V launch on July 16, 1969. This NASA feature tells Morgan’s story in great detail, highlighting her inspiring 45 year career.
“The greatest photos ever? Why the Moon landing shots are artistic masterpieces”
The Guardian’s Jonathan Jones published a piece highlighting the epic photographs of the Apollo 11 mission.
“How Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Were Selected for the Apollo 11 mission” by Biography.com
“Just Leave Michael Collins Alone”
A piece by the Atlantic dives into Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins’ perspective on the mission and thoughts on the years that followed – from press coverage to public perception of each of the astronaut’s roles, from Collins and how he managed his command module solitude; Aldrin’s second place finish; and Armstrong’s small step.
A look inside NASA’s future missions to the moon and mars (Artemis Program), plus a glimpse of what challenges lie ahead onto mars.


As the birthplace of America, Philadelphia is naturally a city of firsts. If you prefer an engaging step back in time over modern highlights, you’ll find plenty to explore here. Don’t miss these attractions that give you an inside look at some of the country’s most important ideas and events.
The first planned city in North America
Philadelphia is touted as the first planned city in North America and was founded in 1862 by William Penn. The city is designed around a grid system anchored by five public squares, which were created as refreshing green spaces for residents. Though their faces have changed a bit, you can still visit the squares that William Penn laid out throughout the city. Center Square is now home to City Hall, while Rittenhouse Square, Washington Square, and Logan Square are preserved as well-maintained urban green spaces.
The real highlight in this story is Franklin Square, where you can enjoy a vibrant taste of Philadelphia’s culture. Here you can play a round on an 18-hole mini golf course, ride the carousel, or cozy up to one of 10 storytelling benches where members of the professional storytelling group Once Upon a Nation share free, five-minute tales of the city’s history. Historic District Philadelphia hotels like the Holiday Inn Express Philadelphia – Penn’s Landing place you just minutes from this charming spot.
The first public library
In 1731 Benjamin Franklin opened the first public library, known as the Library Company of Philadelphia. As the oldest cultural institution in America, the library is worth a visit for any history buff. It’s free and open to the public with an extensive non-circulating collection that you can peruse. The Library Company also offers engaging programs and exhibitions that may further enhance your visit. Offerings change regularly and highlight unique aspects of the library’s collection.
The first American flag
Betsy Ross is famous for sewing the first American flag in her Philadelphia home in 1777. Today you can visit the cozy home that Betsy Ross rented. Self-guided tours take you through her upholstery shop, parlor, bedroom and basement. Even treasures like the Ross family bible are still on view. This historic home gives new depth and intrigue to the tale of a widowed seamstress who made musket cartridges in her basement, and boldly took on the potentially treasonous task of sewing the flag while closeted away in her bedroom.
The Betsy Ross House brings Betsy herself back to life, giving you a chance to ask reenactors intriguing questions, explore a working 18th-century upholstery shop, and learn how to cut a five-point star with one quick snip. Admission is just $5 for adults and $4 for children.
The first full-scale penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary is widely considered the first of its kind in the world. Abandoned in the 1970s, the penitentiary has since become a museum that offers an eerie look at the history of penal reform in America. The prison was architecturally advanced with running water, flush toilets, and central heat even before the White House had such features. Accommodations were anything but comfortable, with a philosophy of solitary confinement for inmates.
The historic site is open for tours year-round. Around Halloween, it also transforms into a haunted house known as Terror Behind the Walls. If the penitentiary tops your list of must-sees, you can stay nearby at a hotel like the Crowne Plaza Philadelphia West. Admission to the penitentiary is $14 for adults and $10 for children seven to 12. It’s not recommended for children under seven.
Philadelphia is filled with historic buildings, but these highlights truly stand out as important firsts for the city, the nation, and in some instances even the world. Find and book your room at one of IHG’s 28 Philadelphia-area hotels today.


February was the month of… I don’t even know. Snowbound, sickness, living in a house with no furniture while snowbound and with sick kids. It wasn’t super fun, but I did stick with my reading intentions and finished a handful of books. Reading was the one thing that I felt like I had control over this month, so I hung on to it for dear life.
The Water Cure - This was a random grab at the library and I don’t even know how to describe it. When I got it home and actually read the book jacket, I wasn’t super interested. It’s about three sisters living in a deserted area with their parents who are saving them from the degeneration of the world. I started it anyway and got pulled in. But it was so odd. Sort of dystopian, I guess? It was not my favorite, but I was intrigued enough to read the first 75% just to see what was going to happen. I ended up finishing the last 25% mostly by skimming just because I wanted a basic idea of how it wrapped up. Not on my recommended list.
The Dinner List - I believe this was a recommendation from someone, and my favorite book of the year, so far. The book flips chapters between unfolding a couple’s relationship and the couple attending a dinner party with a few other guests. This book is exactly what I want in fiction - easy to read (I read before bed), but entertaining and a plot that has me looking forward to getting off my computer and going to bed.
The Big Leap - I’ve had this book for years and I’ve started it many times but not been able to get into it. Lately I’ve seen a bunch of friends talk about it, so I forced myself to get a little farther in before quitting. I ended up finishing it, and I definitely took away a few solid personal development nuggets. But it was not the epiphany generating book for me that it has been for some friends. To quickly summarize, it’s about helping you determine ways you might unconsciously be holding yourself back from living your biggest life.
My Story (by Elizabeth Smart) - My Audible selection this month and I loved it. I remember the story well from news coverage, so hearing her tell what went on with her captors for the nine months they held her was fascinating. I also just felt inspired by how resilient she is and how she’s made such a beautiful life for herself. Bonus is that it was read by her, which are my favorite Audible memoirs.
Looking for more book recommendations? Check out my January 2019 reads.
What did you read this month?!


The 150th Anniversary of Edward Curtis: 150 Masterpieces from The North American Indian The 150th Anniversary of Edward Curtis: 150 Masterpieces from The North American Indian . Please Note --> This is a Past Event!! . Date: 5/24/2018 TO 9/9/2018 Time: 10:00 AM TO 5:00 PM 296 W. Webster Ave. Muskegon, MI 49440 Phone: 231-720-2571 Event Description: 2018 marks the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Edward Curtis. Curtis is today know best for his masterpiece, The North American Indian, a monumental project comprised of 20 volumes of text and over 723 large portfolio prints that catalogued images and ethnography of the Native American tribes of the Western United States. The MMA featured the entire collection of The North American Indian over the summer of 2017 in an exhibition that was seen by over 30,000 visitors from every U.S. State and 28 other countries. The exhibition was a celebration of Curtis’s achievement and an examination of the dual nature of its legacy, of the preservation of knowledge and culture, and the harmful perpetuations of stereotypes and prejudices that continue to affect the social and political landscape in our country. The 150th Anniversary of Edward Curtis: 150 Masterpieces from the North American Indian presents 150 photographs that represent the breadth of subjects touched on in the project. The exhibition also examines criticism of Curtis’s works, and uses the objects themselves to present the dilemmas inherent in understanding the project’s legacy. The show will also premiere newly acquired copper plates used to create the photogravures, and several of the volumes of The North American Indian. Underwritten by Nichols. Additional support provided by the Verplank Donor Advised Fund of the Grand Haven Area Community Foundation, the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, and Deborah Devoursney. IMAGE: Edward Curtis, Self Portrait Directions: The Muskegon Museum of Art is located at 296 W. Webster Ave., next to Hackley Public Library. Need more information? If you need more information about this event, please complete the fields below: Your Email Address: Your Name: Question / Comment: For general inquiries email us at: firstname.lastname@example.org REGISTER EVENT SPONSORS LINKS Related Website: http://www.muskegonartmuseum.org/ Event Location Map Current Weather SET A REMINDER Your Email Address Remind me 1 2 3 4 5 day(s) prior to the event date.


A Strange Language
by Richard Kolkovich
While scanning and shredding all manner of paper record I have accumulated over the years, I stumbled across a poem given to me by an English teacher in middle or high school. There is no author on the print I have, and I could not find the poem online anywhere. To preserve its humor for eternity, here it is:
A lawless language is English;
The plural of box is boxes,
But more than one ox is not oxes.
One fowl’s a goose, more are two geese,
But more than one mouse is certainly not meece.
On the contrary for mouse, the plural is mice,
While the plural for house is never hice!
If more than one man is always men,
The plural of pan should then be pen?
One may be that, and two may be those,
But the plural of hat is surely not hose!
Masculine pronouns are he, his and him.
Imagine the feminines she, shis and shim!
The English language, I think you’ll agree,
Is as strange a language as ever could be.
If anyone happens to know the proper author of this, please let me know. Otherwise, enjoy what I feel is an accurate and humorous critique of the English language.
EDIT: A reader named Lydia has provided the following:
The Lawless Language poem was supposedly written by “a young student at Starche Boys’ School in Nairobi, Kenya. this according to The Stanstead Journal, Sept 7, 1978.
Armed with this knowledge, I found the original.


American Wolf: A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West
(I received this book through Blogging for Books in exchange for a fair and honest review.)
Author: Nate Blakeslee
Publisher: Random House, LLC
Rating: FIVE PAWS
**Review Contains Spoilers**
The enthralling story of the rise and reign of O-Six, the celebrated Yellowstone wolf, and the people who loved or feared her . Before men ruled the Earth, there were wolves. Once abundant in North America, these majestic creatures were hunted to near extinction by the 1920s. But in recent decades, conservationists have brought wolves back to the Rockies, igniting a battle over the very soul of the West. With novelistic detail, Nate Blakeslee tells the gripping story of one of these wolves, a charismatic alpha female named O-Six for the year of her birth. Uncommonly powerful, with gray fur and faint black ovals around each eye, O-Six is a kind and merciful leader, a fiercely intelligent fighter, and a doting mother. She is beloved by wolf watchers, particularly Yellowstone park ranger Rick McIntyre, and becomes something of a social media star, with followers around the world. But as she raises her pups and protects her pack, O-Six is challenged on all fronts: by hunters, who compete with wolves for the elk they both prize; by cattle ranchers who are losing livestock and have the ear of politicians; and by other Yellowstone wolves who are vying for control of the park's stunningly beautiful Lamar Valley. These forces collide in American Wolf, a riveting multi-generational saga of hardship and triumph that tells a larger story about the clash of values in the West--between those fighting for a vanishing way of life and those committed to restoring one of the country's most iconic landscapes.
Let me preface this by saying I almost never read non-fiction. Part of my love of reading relies heavily on getting lost in a world of fantasy and wonder. I also love animals, so when I was asked to review this book, I took a chance and said yes.
Nate Bakeslee writes non-fiction like it is fiction. He wove a story about love, life, death, and the harshness of the world around us all while maintaining the integrity of the information. While the book was poignent and touching, it was also realistic. When the first wolf died, I was wrecked. But with life, you must have death. It is the natural order of things, and this was not a book that glossed over the more difficult themes. At times it payed significant attention to the politics involved, but it was a necessary evil and I never felt that an agenda or party was being pushed upon me.
Now to the real star of the story: the wolves. From now until forever, when I close my eyes and think of the wolves of Yellowstone, I will forever see O-Six and her pack. O-Six was the epitome of an alpha wolf, strong, resilient, and willing to do anything to protect what was hers. I will never understand why people will kill animals for sport, it just isn't in my nature. To be angry at an animal for being...well, and animal is something that just doesn't make sense in my brain. Whether it is envy, fear, or just wanting to be the apex predator in our habitat, we as a species forget to stop and look at the world around us for what it is.
An amazing thing happened as I was reading this book; I forgot they were talking about wolves. I didn't necessarily think of them as people, but it became less about the actual animal and more about the story they had to tell, the message they had to send.
Overall this was one of the most well written books I have ever had the pleasure of reading. It humbled me, it made me smile, it made me laugh. But most of all, it made me cry. It hit me right in the heart. If you have the opportunity, please pick up this book and let it take you away, into a world most of us never think about.
O-Six, sweet wolf, you are forever wild and free.


Essay about The Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen
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The Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen, is an ironic and dark humored description of how the soldiers
The Send-Off, by Wilfred Owen, is an ironic and dark humored description of how the soldiers we’re sent off to the battlefront, during World War I (keyword “The Send-Off”). In this poem, Owen conveys to us that the soldiers are being sent to their doom.
From the very start we sense the soldiers’ lost fate. The soldiers go to the train, they are singing joyfully, as if they are being sent to a country picnic, but of course the narration is omniscient, we know what lies ahead of them, and so simultaneously the lanes are darkening around them. Secondly, the soldiers are surrounded by wreath and spray, a wreath and a…show more content…
Those same flowers are brought up again, in this case, as if the soldiers mock what the women meant by the offering of these flowers, the wreath and spray, almost as if the women know that the soldiers, their husbands and relatives: the men will die.
The irony present in this poem is best seen in the tone of the poem.
When the question arises, whether the soldiers will come back to a great parade of joy on their homecoming and it great numbers, in “wild train-loads,” Owen rhetorically answers first “a few,” then again “a few” and finally “too few for drums and yells.” The loss of life during the war will be to tragic for anybody to celebrate, and too few soldiers will return for anybody to celebrate. And when the few soldiers come back, there will be no joy to return to, and so they
“creep back, silent, to village wells, up half-known roads.” They creep almost as if they are avoiding or cower from the tragedy itself, a shameful situation. The shame is seen also in the taboo of the situation, “so secretly, like wrongs hushed-up, they went. They were not ours: We never heard to which front these were sent,” everybody knew their doomed fate except the soldiers themselves, thrown to the wolves blindfolded. The irony is also seen in the contradiction of terms, the “grimly gay” faces and the “casual tramp,” we sense a premonition that something is wrong, almost like dark omens, normally one stares down a tramp,
Чед! - рявкнул у него за спиной Фонтейн. Директор наверняка обратил внимание на выражение глаз Мидж, когда она выходила. - Не выпускай ее из приемной. Бринкерхофф кивнул и двинулся следом за Мидж. Фонтейн вздохнул и обхватил голову руками.


GEPID is aimed at developing a support technology for a social media platform based on digital preservation. The project wants to contribute to the socialization of memories through digital support, with the convenient gamification of personal and family memories.
One of the main problems detected in the digital preservation field is the lack of software tools allowing preservation actions for digital objects stored in computers such as texts, data, graphics, still and moving images, sound recordings, computer programs, etc.
Personal digital preservation is currently a chaotic handicraft process, poorly covered in the market. One of the main problems detected in the digital preservation field is the lack of software tools allowing preservation actions for digital objects stored in computers such as texts, data, graphics, still and moving images, sound recordings, computer programs, etc.
The project benefits from the asset of crowdsourcing produced by the gamification of a preservation process requiring a high degree of human involvement initially, giving way later to the preservation technology capable of developing autonomously. For this purpose GEPID makes use of the powerful and deeply rooted social media.
Therefore, gamification of the personal digital preservation solves appraisal-related problems (regarding what is important to preserve) of metadata (by managing feedback upon which information on entities, subjects, objects, actions and temporalities about the digital object is extracted). Lastly, it also solves problems of format upgrade/migration in order to prevent digital obsolescence.
We are dealing here with an innovative strategy in the field of digital preservation.
The approach uses the cloud or the methods and techniques ofartificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the integrity and accessibility of the digital content. Moreover, it also involvessocializing and integrating digital preservation tasks in the individual behavior. Thus, users themselves can add comments, organize, prioritize and preserve their own contents and make them available in the cloud which is designed not only to save and share content but also to offer intelligent functions of digital preservation.
Referencia del proyecto: RTC-2014-2576-7


After the Hollywood adventure Jackie, now director Pablo Larraín returns to his native Chile with this audiovisual spectacle. Full of intimacy and dance performances, with a pumping ambient-reggaeton soundtrack by musician and artist Nicolas Jaar. A cooperation that makes Ema a hypnotizing and energizing movie, pleasing to the eye and ear.
From the first minute of the movie, you know you are in the hands of a powerful storyteller Larraín. Ema tells the story of power couple Gastón and Ema. They are leading members of a modern dance collective. He is the choreographer, she the lead dancer. After a severe trauma their child Polo is placed with another family. But Ema refuses to let her son go, and comes up with a master plan to get Polo back. Armed with a flamethrower and helped by her best friends, she labours day and night to save her relationship and reunite her family. With this film director Larraîn also wants to discuss the minds of the millennials, with admirable free spirits, but selfish and superficial at the same time.
Ema // Pablo Larraín // Chili // 2019 // drama // 102 minutes // Spanish spoken // English subtitles


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Publication Date: 5th August 2018
Pre-order to receive a personalised handwritten message inside from Ishbel Holmes.
The first 100 copies will be inscribed as special editions (numbered and stamped with paw print) and will include a postcard of favourite photos of Ishbel and Lucy.
ME MY BIKE AND A STREET DOG CALLED LUCY is the inspiring and emotional story of Ishbel Holmes, also known as ‘World Bike Girl’, a Scottish-Iranian woman who set off on the adventure of a lifetime, to cycle the world, despite her lack of experience, money or equipment. Ishbel Holmes’ journey took a completely unexpected turn when, despite her initial instincts not to, she rescued a street dog in Turkey. Ishbel was lost and alone when she began her epic trip, but in Lucy found a companionship never previously known. Between the two, there formed a deep bond and their relationship was followed and supported by thousands of readers online, before becoming a media sensation overnight when Ishbel put out a plea for help to transport Lucy to an animal shelter three hundred miles away. This heart-rending tale is about more than just the relationship between a woman and her dog. It is a testimony to the human spirit, overcoming present-day challenges and churning up long-buried and painful memories from Ishbel’s earlier life. It is also a tale of adventure, one person’s determination to cross an unfamiliar country by bike and the unforgettable scenes that greet her on the Turkey-Syria border. And it is a loving portrait of Lucy, the street dog that was determined not to let Ishbel go and whose dogged persistence helped to break down the barriers around her heart and in so doing change her life in ways she had never imagined. Ultimately, this is a tale of love and healing, a modern fable that touches the soul and reminds us all of the need to belong.
Advance Praise for Me, My Bike and a Street Dog Called Lucy
‘Who saved who? Ishbel is a truly incredible and determined woman whose emotional story takes you on a journey of tears, laughter, hope and inspiration with her heartwarming friendship with a stray dog that becomes a connection and rescue for both of them. Beyond inspiring!’
Dion Leonard, author of Finding Gobi
‘Hooked by page 2. Tears by page 5. This is a gem of a story written by a brave and inspiring young woman with an XXL heart. If you love travel and love animals, you’ll adore this book.’
Jason Lewis, author and explorer
‘Ishbel’s journey from literal abandonment as a juvenile to World Bike Girl is astonishing, and in this beautifully crafted book, we see how the courage of one woman shines through after a childhood of incredible hardship. Ishbel has overcome hurdles I could only fear in my worst nightmares. She is a hero for woman-kind, and a hero for selflessness, and for survival.’
Frank Gilhooley, actor
‘I’ve enjoyed following Ishbels travels over the years – she has such a wonderful way with storytelling. Down to earth, honest, funny – she mixes grit with unshakable optimism. Her passion to explore this precious planet under her own steam is infectious, and it’s a joy to be swept up in her world, and in her incredible journey. What I love most about this book, however, is that Ishbel doesn’t skim over the dark times. She shines a light on the many twists and turns one woman’s life can take, and how ultimately she has turned her own often raw and painful experiences into a force for good in the world. That is the greatest triumph of all, and I have no doubt that her story will inspire millions.’
Anna McNuff, author and adventurer
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A Historic Evening with Eva Schloss, Stepsister of Anne Frank
Enter the world of Anne Frank as told by her stepsister and childhood friend, Eva Schloss.
At the age of eight, Eva became friends with Anne, playing hopscotch and drinking lemonade together. In July of 1942, both of their families went into hiding, and after some time were captured and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp. Miraculously, Eva survived.
Her story is sensational and difficult to imagine, yet it reminds us that life is precious and fragile, that the power of good is immeasurable, and that love makes a difference.
Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!


1953 Vol. 3 Page 1-6 – More Oil Early history of GCAGS by C.L. Moody
1967 Vol. 17 Pages XVII-XIX - Why and Whither GCAGS by Leslie Dowling
1968 Vol. 18 Page XII – This volume was dedicated to the Steering Committee who laid the ground work for establishing the GCAGS. Photos included.
1980 Vol. 30 Pages II-V – Dedication of the 1980 GCAGS Transactions Volume to the Seven Founding Fathers of the GCAGS. Included is the May, 16, 1950 memo. by A.P. Claudet is a summary of the May 12, 1950 meeting in Baton Rouge, LA. This memo essentially lays out the organization of the Association.
1986 Vol. 36 Pages xi-xii – David Pope’s report as GCAGS President includes some background on the formation of GCAGS.
1991 Vol. 41 Pages 516-23 – The GCAGS, 1951-1990 – A salute to Forty Years of Progress, by Dave Pope. This paper details the founding and evolution of the GCAGS. Major sections include Origin, Evolution, Organization, Annual Meetings, Publications, Honors and Awards, Committees, Constitution, Finances, Conclusions and Acknowledgements. Pope also lists six references. Photos of the GCAGS Seven Founding Fathers on p. 516.
1993 Vol. 43 Pages 312-24 – Histories of Member Societies of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies and the Gulf Coast Section of SEPM, by Dave Pope. This paper includes photos of the Steering Committee members, who in 1949-1950, fostered the initial development of the GCAGS.
2000, v. 50 Pages F-79-83. Historical Notes on the GCAGS and 2000 Update by David E. Pope
2001 Vol. 51 Pages F72-F73 – Historical Notes: Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, by Phillip R. Allin. Founding Father Allin presents a personal recollection of the founding of the GCAGS and its nurturing.
2003 Vol. 53 Pages F49-F64 – Ten-year Update: Histories of GCAGS Member Societies, Gulf Coast SEPM, and the Mexican Association of Petroleum Geologists, by Dave Pope. This paper provides a detailed update on activities of all member societies since the publication of the original history in 1991. Some member societies provided new information on their founding and early activities.


Technical Bulletins - Lechones
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After Judy left Kimball, she did what most young women did - entered college (Arlington State which became the University of Texas at Arlington after her first year there) and majored in Secretarial Administration. After graduation, she worked for the Army and Air Force Exchange Service in the personnel department and quickly decided that military types were not for her. Judy got married, bought a house in Polk Terrace, worked for Cotter and Company True Value Distribution Center for 12 ˝ years, and had two boys (now 25 and 20 respectively).
As a child, Judy wanted to be in the medical profession and got her wish 26 years ago when she started working at Children’s Medical Center. After two years at Children’s, she moved on to the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center where she found her true calling and is currently the Supervisor of Surgery Education Programs and now has 89 ‘children’. Judy has been at UTSW for 24 years and plans to retire by 2014. Her job allows her to travel and meet other coordinators across the nation.
Judy maintained her choral training under Ms. Lamb and has been singing in her church choir for 23 years. She has done dinner theater and was a member of the Women’s Chorus of Dallas.
Judy is the grandmother of 2 grandsons and 1 granddaughter who give her great joy.
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Savitribai Phule’s Inspiring Life story speaks about Savitribai Phule being a social reformer from Maharashtra, India. Along with her husband, she played a vital role in improving women’s rights in India.
Who was Savitribai Phule?
Savitribai Phule was born in Maharashtra, India, on 3rd January in 1831. She was an educationist and social reformer, and she is often referred to as the “Mother of Indian feminism.” Savitribai Phule is thought to have played a vital role in improving women’s rights in India. She was one of the first people to demand a woman’s right to education in India, and she also fought for women’s right to property in the country.
What is the history of Savitribai Phule?
Savitribai Phule was the youngest daughter of Lakshmi and Khandoji Nevase Patil, they had three siblings, Savitrabai was married to her husband Jyotirao Phule at the age of 9 or 10 (he was 13). Savitribai and Jyotirao had no children of their own. Jyotirao educated Savitribai and Sagunabai Shirsagar, his cousin sister at their home along with working at their farm. Jyotirao Phule is a social reformer, activist and a founder of the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple.
What did Savitribai Phule do? | Savitribai Phule’s Inspiring Life |
Savitribai Phule travelled around Maharashtra, speaking about the discrimination against women and working to improve the rights of women and children. She was a social reformer, educator, and poet.
Savitribai Phule was an Indian social reformer, educationalist, and poet from Maharashtra. Along with her husband, in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women’s rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India’s feminist movement. Along with her husband, to be the founder of the Indian women’s movement. She was the first woman to be appointed a professor at the University of Mumbai. Along with her husband, she opened a school for girls and a women’s college in 1871. They are still being revered as the “mother and father of modern India.”
Why was Savitribai Phule important? | Savitribai Phule’s Inspiring Life |
When you think of Savitribai Phule, you may think of her role as a social reformer. She was a woman who pushed for equality between men and women, and she believed that women should have the same rights as men. She also believed that educated women should be able to do whatever they wanted. Today, a lot of people are familiar with her. They may be familiar with her because of her work as a social reformer, or because of her work as a poet. Regardless of when you first heard of her, you probably heard of her from a man.
The British government also recognised her icon work on educating people to know women’s rights
& also announced as Best Teacher in the country
Savitribai Phule is an important figure in India’s history and was a revolutionary in the fight for women’s rights.


Blind Spot: The Global Rise of Unhappiness and How Leaders Missed It
A Message From Author Jon Clifton
Anger, stress, worry and sadness reached record highs in 2021.
Unhappiness has been increasing globally for a decade, according to Gallup -- and its rise has been missed by almost every world leader. That's because while leaders pay close attention to measures like GDP or unemployment, almost none of them track their citizens' wellbeing.
The implications of this blind spot are significant and far-reaching -- leaders missed the citizen unhappiness that triggered events ranging from the Arab uprisings to Brexit to the election of Donald Trump.
What will leaders miss next?
Grounded in Gallup's global research, Blind Spot makes the urgent case that leaders should measure and quantify wellbeing and happiness -- how citizens' lives are going -- and shows them how. It also discusses the five key elements of a great life and where the world needs to improve in each of them to better the lives of people everywhere.
The Leadership Blind Spot: Happiness and Wellbeing
Addressing the Blind Spot: Measuring Happiness and Wellbeing
What Makes a Great Life?
Four Unanswered Questions
What Leaders Can Do to Improve How People's Lives Are Going
What world leaders are saying about Blind Spot
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To improve people's lives, you first need to know how their lives are going. Order your copy of Blind Spot to learn how to measure and improve what really makes life worth living.
Why are emotions important in our daily lives?
- Emotion is a fundamental element of the human experience.
- How people feel affects life outcomes and is a definitive indicator of societal health and progress.
- Tracking big-picture trends worldwide reveals which populations have high wellbeing and which are experiencing emotional turmoil.


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One of the 15 dining rooms at The Pirate’s House in Savannah, Georgia, is dedicated to a woman named Anne Bonny. A large painting of the female pirate decorates this room. Even though Anne never visited the Pirate’s House nor did she die here, her story is an interesting one. Let’s have a closer look to one of the few female pirates that ever sailed the seas.
Anne Bonny, female pirate
Anne Bonny was born Anne Cormac in Cork, Ireland in 1698. She was the bastard daughter of lawyer William Cormac and his maid Mary Brennan. William tried to hide Anne in dressing her as a boy and educating her to become a clerk. When William’s wife discovered the affair and Anne, she wanted a divorce and William, Mary and Anne moved to Charleston, USA, where he started his own plantation. William found his daughter a suitable husband, but Anne wanted to marry a man named John Bonny. Her father was furious and sent Anne away.
A few months after her marriage, Anne started having second guesses. Her husband wasn’t what she wanted in a man and she fell in love with a man named John Rackham, alias Calico Jack. Rackham even offered her husband money for a dicorse, but John Bonny refused. Instead, Anne was accepted on board Rackham’s ship. Anne proved very skilled at handling the sword and gun and she became one of the pirates. One day, her eye caught another pirate who was just as skilled as she was. When she approached him she noticed that this was a woman as well. Mary Read and Anne Bonny quickly became friends which irritated Rackham, who still thought Read was a man.
When Rackham discovered this pirate was a woman, he also accepted Mary Read as a pirate on board. After many successful raids, Rackham and his crew were arrested in 1720. Anne and Mary were the only ones who defended themselves because the men were all drunk and passed out when arrested. They were taken to Jamaica where all the men were hanged. Anne’s final words to John Rackman were: “had you fought like a man, you need not have been hang’d like a dog”. Anne and Mary were both pardoned because they were pregnant, probably both by Rackham. Mary Read died in prison a year later, but what happened to Anne Bonny is still a mystery. Who knows, perhaps Anne’s descendants still live today.
In 2020, Anne Bonny and Mary Read were given a statue at Execution Dock in Wapping, London. This statue will eventually be brought to Burgh Island in south Devon where the two brave women will be honered.
Cover photo: Anushka Holding via commons.wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0
Sources: visitsavannah.com and wikipedia.com


The book contains detailed commentaries:
• Secretarial Practices
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• Supported with the SECP’s Regulations, Circulars and SROs;
• Schedules, Table A; SECP’s Rules;
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• Corporate practice involves filing of statements, evidence of payment of fees and deposited them as per law, in Case of delay or non-compliance, if any, entails severe penalties etc.
• For Lawyers, Businessmen, Companies Secretaries, CFOs, Executives of Companies and Financial Sectors, Corporate Laws Practitioners and Students. Introduction of the Book :
This book is milestone as it contains the commentaries on the provisions of each section of the Companies Act, 2017. It has become necessary to get educated with the corporate laws for the executives and business connected persons in view of expanding the scope of corporate sector in Pakistan and world over with the passage of time and frequent amendments or regulations introduced by the Corporate regulators though issuance of the SRO’s, Circulars etc. from time to time which makes the subject complicated and difficult to keep track on the respective laws. This book has been updated and has incorporated most of the SECP’S clarifications, SRO’s, Circulars and regulations etc. issued from time to time on the corporate laws. The corporate practice involves filing of statements, evidence of payment of fees and deposited them as per law, in case of delay or non-compliance, if any, entails severe penalties etc. Thereby it has become all the necessary for the corporate executives, businessmen, accountants, secretaries and the CFOs concerned to equip and update themselves with the corporate laws for compliance and thus protect themselves from levying of such harsh punitive actions. This book helps in this direction especially in today’s fast-paced business environment. . The approach adopted in writing of the book is to demonstrate practical application of the corporate laws in easy and plain language so as to make it a reference manual for all concerned. The book is now before the readers and it is for them to judge its real worth and merit.


If you think about it, until a child learns to walk, life has a different meaning. Before walking, the child is wholly dependent on a parent for everything. Once a toddler is able to maneuver without anyone's help, it makes sense that the child will identify with and view other moving things with great fascination, especially if they make a loud and interesting noise.
In that spirit, this article’s reviewed books are for all the toddlers who love things that move. There will be a natural gravitation and interest in books that carry this theme.


remain focussed on investigating the implications
for Jewish - Christian relations of my reading of
Paul as a Torah-observant Jew founding Jewish subgroup communities.
These "assemblies [ekklesias]" were attracting some
non-Jews, but nevertheless dedicated to practicing and promoting Judaism
as Jews. In other words, I propose to that we should be investigating
of other Jewish groups, including other groups of followers of Jesus,
which together with Paul's groups represented a coalition we might
describe as Apostolic Judaism.
"'The Gifts and the Calling of God are Irrevocable' (Romans 11:29): If So, How Can Paul Declare that 'Not All Israelites Truly Belong to Israel' (9:6)?" Studies
in Christian-Jewish Relations [SCJR] 11.1 (2016): 1-17; http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/scjr/article/view/9525.
Paul in a Jewish Way: 'Oh
be joyful all you peoples, with God's People' (Rom 15:10): Who are the people?," pages 436-47 in Deutschor Evangelisher Kirchentag
Stuttgart 2015, ed. Silke Lechner, et al (Zentrum Juden und Christen: Freut euch, ihr Völker, mit Gottes Volk; Wer ist das Volk?; Gütersloh and München: Gütersloher
Verlagshaus/Random House Gmbh, 2016).
"'Gottes Gaben und Berufungen können Ihn nicht gereuen.' -
Wie, also, sollten wir Römer 9,1-16 (insbesondere V. 6) übersetzen
und verstehen?" Pages 14-23 in "Die Gotteskindschaft des jüdischen
Volkes (Röm 9,1-16)": Arbeitshilfe zum Israelsonntag 2016:
10. Sonntag nach Trinitatis. Edited by Volker Haarmann, Ursula Rudnick,
and Axel Töllner (Transl. V. Haarmann; Düsseldorf/Hannover:
Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland, Evangelisch-Lutherische Landeskirche
Hannover, Begegnung von Christen und Juden Bayern, 2016).
the Cynics: Reconceptualizing the Concerns of Paul's Audience from
his Polemics in Philippians 3." Pages 183-221 in The
People Beside Paul: The Philippian Assembly and History from Below.
Edited by Joseph A. Marchal (Early Christianity and Its Literature;
Atlanta: SBL Press, 2015).
Question of Conceptualization: Qualifying Paul's Position on Circumcision
in Dialogue with Josephus's Advisors to King Izates." Pages
105-52 in Paul
Within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle. Edited by Mark D. Nanos and
Magnus Zetterholm (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2015).
Within Judaism: Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle. Edited
by Mark D. Nanos and Magnus Zetterholm (Minneapolis: Fortress
at Fortress and Amazon in
print and ebook formats.
of Paul's Hopes for the End of Days for Jews and Christians Today:
A Critical Re-evaluation of the Evidence." Co-authored
with Philip Cunningham. Studies
in Christian-Jewish Relations [SCJR] 9.1
(2014): 1-45; http://ejournals.bc.edu/ojs/index.php/scjr/article/view/5793/5165.
Non-Jews Do Not Become 'Jews,' But Do They Become 'Jewish'?: Reading
Romans 2:25-29 Within Judaism, Alongside Josephus." Journal
of the Jesus Movement in its Jewish Setting (JJMJS).
1 (2014): 26-53 (www.jjmjs.org).
11 und christlich-jüdische Beziehungen: Exegetische Optionen
eine andere Übersetzung und Interpretation des Textes." Pages
18-25 in "So
wird ganz Israel gerettet werden":
Arbeitshilfe zum Israelsonntag 2014: 10. Sonntag nach Trinitatis. Edited
by Hanna Lehming, Volker Haarmann, and Ursula Rudnick (Evangelisch-Lutherische
Landeskirche Hannover, Evangelische Kirche im Rheinland, Evangelisch-Lutherische
Kirche in Norddeutschland,
Begegnung von Christen und Juden Bayern: Hannover/Düsseldorf, 2014).
Available for Viewing/Listening:
Podcast interview on Paulcast by Kurt Willems, June 6, 2016, entitled: Mark Nanos - Paul within Judaism, Saul the Mennonite and Defamiliarizing
my paper (also available are those of the other participants, John
Dominic Crosson and Pam Eisenbaum, and Scott's response) from the Westar/SBL
'15 session reviewing Bernard
Brandon Scott, The
Real Paul: Recovering His Radical Challenge (Westar/SBL
Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Nov. 22, 2015)
Relationship to Jews and Judaism in First-Century Context: Revisiting
the Translation of Romans 11" (Westmont
College, March 24, 2014).
Jewish View of Paul – A
Skype Interview with Mark Nanos" (David
Burnett interviewed me for a class discussion at Criswell College
in Oct. of 2012 on matters related to my essay in Zondervan's Four
Views on the Apostle Paul, entitled, "A
Talk Radio Interview (in 2 Parts) discussing my work on Paul with Stuart
Dauerman, KRLA 870 AM Radio, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 2010, episodes 15
and the Jewish Tradition: The Ideology of the Shema" (Paper
presented at Villanova University, Philadelphia, Penn., Thurs.,
Oct. 23, 2008, in the Jubilee Year of the Apostle St. Paul seminar
delivery of paper).
Reversal of Jews Calling Gentiles 'Dogs' (Philippians 3:2): 1600
Years of an Ideological Tale Wagging an Exegetical Dog?" (delivered
at University of Helsinki, Finland, May 14, 2007: version
of paper; edited
video of presentation; for final publication, see Biblical
Interpretation 17.4 (2009): 448-482)
More About My Work:
books include The
Mystery of Romans: The Jewish Context of Paul's Letter,
Fortress Press, 1996; The Irony
of Galatians: Paul's Letter in First-Century Context,
Fortress Press, 2002. Volumes I have edited include The
Galatians Debate: Contemporary Issues in Rhetorical and Historical Interpretation,
Hendrickson, 2002;and with Magnus Zetterholm, Paul Within Judaism:
Restoring the First-Century Context to the Apostle, 2015. More details are available
on the projects and reviews pages.
and Romans contain
much of the material from which histories of early Christianity and
interpretations of the Jerusalem churches and of Paul's
relationship to them have been developed. This has led me to investigate
more directly the Apostle Paul's relationship with the Jerusalem apostles
and churches. In one current project,
specifically on topics concerning
relationship with the Jerusalem based apostles and their communities.
In another, I am trying to understand the allegorical rhetoric of Galatians
4:21--5:1. I am also completing an introduction to Galatians for students,
and a commentary on Romans, as well as several other essays. Please
check the right
sidebar and related pages for more information
these as well as other current and planned
of my professional society papers and lectures are available as pdf's
for download: see the right hand column on the projects page.
am a lecturer at the University of Kansas, Lawrence.
For a list of past, current, and planned class offerings, see Lectures>>
Over the course of 2017-18 collections of my essays will be published by Cascade Books, an imprint of Wipf and Stock, which will be released as:
Reading Paul within Judaism: Collected Essays of Mark D. Nanos (Cascade Books, forthcoming 2017/18).
Reading Romans within Judaism: Collected Essays of Mark D. Nanos (Cascade Books, forthcoming 2017/18).
Reading Galatians within Judaism: Collected Essays of Mark D. Nanos (Cascade Books, forthcoming 2017/18).
Reading Corinthians and Philippians within Judaism: Collected Essays of Mark D. Nanos (Cascade Books, forthcoming 2017/18).
Testament Guides (New Series). General Editor: Tat-Siong Benny
Liew (Sheffield Phoenix Press; 2018).
exciting opportunity to develop an introduction to
this letter after writing a dissertation published in revised form
as a monograph (The Irony of Galatians)
as well as a number of essays about topics that arise in this text,
an edited volume on rhetorical and historical debates about Galatians
(The Galatians Debate), and several introductions (in Blackwell's
Companion to the NT and in The Oxford Bibliography Online).
The format for the series calls for a concise, accessible approach
issues in debate.
the Synagogues of Rome: A Jewish Commentary on Romans (Eerdmans,
has been such an important book for Christian perceptions
and positions on Jews and Judaism, and Jewish responses. There
is much at stake in both community's conceptions
of the other, and of the obstacles
and opportunities for better relations going forward, that
continues to be imacted by interpretations of Paul's language in
project I plan to go through the letter verse by verse in commentary
translation alternatives and comments. Already I have discovered
many new possibilities to add to those discussed
in The Mystery
of Romans. It is an exciting project to undertake.
Galatians Really About "Freedom from the Law (i.e., Torah)," or "Freedom
and Apostolic Judaism: An Introduction
Runesson (of McMaster University) and I are co-writing a book project
designed to introduce Paul as a Torah-observant Jew who believed
that Jesus was the Messiah of Israel and Savior of the
Nations. We have coined the term
to signify this
dynamic. Discussions will focus on the Jewish and Greco-Roman
contexts of Paul
various audiences of his letters alongside detailed examinations
of the messages he communicated. The outline is designed
to be suitable for a one semester introductory course
on Paul, or to be used for the Paul component of
broader New Testament course.
or Representative: Re-evaluating Paul's Perspective on the Jerusalem
project builds on published
research on the Jerusalem Meeting and Antioch Incidents of Galatians
2. The focal point is the investigation of Paul's language
of believers in Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. Since Paul's extant
letters provide most of the available material written prior
to the Jewish
Revolt of the late 60's-70 c.e., these will be the primary area
rather than, e.g., Acts, or the even much later Pseudo-Clementines.
I hope to provide an historical construction of the Jerusalem
Christ-believers' position as it relates to my interpretation
of Paul's thought and
behavior, for example, their policy on the admission of non-Jews
into this coalition.
Did it include the necessity of proselyte conversion? If not
required, did it allow for it? A focus on Paul's attitude
toward and relationship
with the Jerusalem leaders of this coalition, such as James and
Peter, will be sustained. The dynamics of Paul's collection project
investigated. As a result of one of the areas of research I have
begun to work on
and Other Current Projects
"Did (the Apostle) Paul Call Jews 'Dogs'?: De-Fanging a Christian Polemic." “Day of Discovery – Explore the Joy of Jewish Learning in Kansas City,” Session I, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Sunday, August 27, 2017, Jewish Community Campus, 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park, KS.
"Positive Images of Jews and Judaism from the Historically Hostile "Convert"?: Introducing a New Trend in Scholarship on (the "Christian" Apostle) Paul." Day of Discovery – Explore the Joy of Jewish Learning in Kansas City, Session I, 9:30-10:45 a.m., Sunday, August 28, 2016, Jewish Community Campus, 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park, KS.
Paul's Allegory (Gal 4:21--5:1) as Haftarah: A Jewish Liturgical
Explanation for Paul's
Characterization of 'Jerusalem Presently in Slavery with Her Children.'" 2016
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Jewish-Christian
Dialogue and Sacred Texts section, Nov. 19-22, San Antonio, Texas.
the Antioch Incident 'within Judaism': A Structured Discussion
of Critical Elements in the Study of Christian Origins." 2016
Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting, Paul within Judaism
section, Nov. 19-22, San Antonio, Texas.
in Romans and Galatians: A Jewish Perspective (April
9, 2016, Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, 119th and Pflumm,
Overland Park, KS, 1:30-4:30, contact: Liam Higgins).
Paul's Allegory (Gal 4:21--5:1) Within Judaism: Is Isaiah 54:1
the Haftarah for 'Hearing' Torah
on Slave (= [Adult] Foreign Male) Circumcision?" 2016
PCR/SBL New Testament: Epistles and Apocalypse section, March
Claremont Graduate University.
Discussions of the Implications of My Work for Jewish-Christian
Relations and Pauline Studies:
Myth of the 'Traditional View of Paul' and the Role of the
Apostle in Modern Jewish-Christian Polemics," by
Daniel R. Langdon, Journal for the Study of the
New Testament 28.1
(2005) 69-104. (See now also in his book, The
Apostle Paul in the Jewish Imagination.)
in the Footnotes of the Apostle Paul," by
Pamela Eisenbaum, pages 77-97 in Identity and the
Politics of Scholarship in the Study of Religion, eds.
J. I. Cabezón and S. G. Davaney, Routledge, 2004.
Religious Experience in the Eyes of Jewish Scholars," by
Alan F. Segal, pages 321-43 (specifically 340-43), in Israel's
God and Rebecca's Children, eds. D. Capes, et al.,
Baylor University Press, 2008.
Interpretation of Paul in the Last Thirty Years," by
Michael F. Bird and Preston M. Sprinkle, Currents
in Biblical Research (CBR) 6.3 (2008): 355-76.
the Jew Among the Nations--Mark D. Nanos," pages 147-55
to Paul: A Student's guide to recent scholarship, by Magnus Zetterholm, Fortress Press, 2009.
A Not So Super Idea. Bill Tammeus of the Kansas
City Star in an August 19, 2006, discusses recent conference
papers on supersessionism in the Letter to the Hebrews, and
the implications for Christian/Jewish relations today.
Another Look at Paul: Researchers are clearing apostle's
name of anti-Semitism associations: May 22,
2004 article in the Kansas City Star by Bill Tammeus explaining
the implications of our work on Paul for Jewish/Christian