Associazione Culturale Due Sicilie – Sede di Milano
(The last Queen of the two Sicilies )
by Sergio della Valle
( Translation from italian version by Romy Bidassek)
In February 3, 1859 Maria Sophia of Wittelsbach, sister of the Empress Elisabeth “Sissi” of Austria was only seventeen years old. That was the day when the ship il Fulminante brought her to the port of Bari. As she had has been wedded under the mandate of Munich, she arrived to meet her husband Francis, son of Ferdinand II and crown prince of the kingdom for the first time. This is the start of the short “Neapolitan” adventure of a lovely, intelligent, and educated Bavarian duchess which, only three months after her arrival at the kingdom of Naples, had to take on the position of the “last Queen”.
Although Ferdinand II, King of Naples, had scarcely time to get to know his daughter in law, he expressed sympathy for Maria Sophia immediately. He died in March 22 of the same year, after a long and painful, badly cured illness, which he actually caught during the journey to Bari to welcome the arriving duchess. Consequently the old King gave the power to lead the kingdom, which had serious internal and external threats, far too early to Francis and Maria Sophia.
Due to their age, inexperience and improper leading preparation, as well as owing to wrong or fraudulent evaluations from their counsellors, the young couple was not able to fight against the devastating forces. The events of the two following years, containing the violation of international agreements, betrayals, battles and the ultimate occupancy of the kingdom, are historically known facts. As usual, the history was always written down by the winners and their supporters, which did not miss to justify their methods with lies and defamation of the actual eviction.
In spite of this, the young Queen knew perfectly how to perform in her position during these two years. From her first taking up office until the end of the period of grief, Maria Sophia was honestly loved by the Neapolitan people. They immediately appreciated her popularity, her availability and her generosity, which can not be separated from her beauty, elegance and her cheerful character. Because of these characteristics, she matched perfectly with the Neapolitan spirit. For the same qualities also Francis felt deeply in love with her: after only little time of getting to know each other at first, where the introverted, shy nature and slightly self-righteous character of the King made it complicated, their relationship became a happy one and even strengthened mightily over the course of the following years.
In only the two years of reign, Maria Sophia shared projects, the treatment of state affaires, the disillusions, the war and the threatening incidents concerning the monarchy with the King. With her love and her advices she was always on his side. Certainly it was at Gaeta, the last bulwark of the kingdom during the conquest from Piedmont, where the Queen revealed herself as truly valuable for her people: during the three months of siege, the Queen’s courage, her strength of mind, her humanity and her spirit of sacrifice were noticed not only by the Neapolitan reporters, but also by the ones from Piedmont. Constantly those reporters witnessed her on the walls of fortress taking care of the soldiers, without showing fear of the danger, encouraging them and curing the injured, giving them the few comfort she could provide.
After the fall of the fortress, in February 13, 1861, the French ship la Mouette carried the royal couple into the exile in Rome, where they were warmly welcomed by the Roman aristocratic class. Also a big amount of Neapolitans, which found refugee in the Papal State after the conquest, sympathized with their ex-King. Francis and Maria Sophia spent the following ten years in Rome: they were surrounded by the love of the Romans and countless Neapolitans of all social classes in their Roman episode. They also were very concerned about the situation of their people, while, in contrast, there was the bloody repression of the people faithful to them, with its continuously diminishing of the desire to win back the kingdom, and the permanent discrimination from the Piedmont’s supporters. All this was largely financed by the Turin government, which tried in any possible way to slander the Neapolitan Royals, to create a basis of equity and consensus concerning Savoia’s actions. A division of the committee actually accomplished to distribute a disgraceful false-photograph (the first photomontage in history). However, the picture’s creators were individually arrested and proved guilty by the magistrate. They also tried to kidnap the King, but the attempt failed thanks to the occasional presence of two French soldiers. In 1869, Francis and Maria Sophia could enjoy the birth of little Maria Christina. Sadly, after only three month their daughter’s short live had an early end. The royal couple left Rome in 1870 for Porta Pia at first. Then they travelled to Germany, Austria Hungry, Bavaria, and Turkey, before they finally settled down in Paris, in the modest Villa of Saint Maudé, where they could finally live a peaceful, but secluded life.
In 1886, a long season of familiar suffering started for the Queen with the suicide of her brother in law, the Count of Trani. The loss of both her parents, the tragically death of the nephew Rudolf of Meyerling and the death of Francis, in December 27, 1894 in Arco del Trentino, followed. In the end there was the tragically death of her sister Sophia, which had an accident in 1897, and the assassination of Sissi in 1898. She was a widow now and marked from the exile and from the disgrace of her family. However, according to the contemporaries she was still amazingly fascinating and pretty. Maria Sophia still lived in Paris and only returned ultimately to Bavaria in 1914, after the assassination attempt in Sarajevo. Via letters from Paris and Munich however, she always kept in touch with the people that were once her folks.
The last Queen of Naples died at the age of 83 on January 18, 1925. After being sent around for a long amount of time (to Arco, to Bavaria, to the church of Sant Spirito in Naples and Rome) the remains of Francis and Maria Sophia found their ultimate peace in 1984 in their homeland. Together with their little Christina they rest in peace in Santa Chiara with two phials next to them. One filled with a bit of sand, the other with a bit of seawater taken from Naples, the region they always loved and never had seen again.


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The build instructions in PTAMM for OSX are now out of date if you are using the latest OSX 10.6 and above. I shall update the manual shortly, but until then follow this guide to get PTAM and PTAMM up and running on OSX.
PTAM and PTAMM used to build easily on OS X, however as the OS has been updated it now appears that they do not build.
The trick of forcing the compilation to 32-bit only does not appear to work at the moment, and the included configure-10.5-32bit file in PTAMM needs modification to work as the 10.5 SDK appears to be missing in later builds. For example I have 10.6.8 and only have the 10.6 SDK now.
I shall be looking at this issue over the next few weeks and hope to find a reliable solution to getting PTAM and PTAMM building more smoothly.
Version 1.3 of the PTAMM source code released, adding Apple Mac OS X support. Download here.
The included manual has a step-by-step install guide for getting PTAMM running under Mac OSX 10.6 (Snow Leopard).
Yoshinari Kameda has made available some patches to get PTAM running on Ubuntu, as well as a downloadable Linux image which should include everything needed to run PTAM. More information in his comment on the video sources page.
James Y. Wilson has sent along a video source which uses GStreamer on Linux to read video files. Find this on the video inputs page.
Version 1.2 of the PTAMM source code released, adding MS Windows support. Download here.
The included manual has a step-by-step install guide for getting PTAM and PTAMM running under Windows.
Added two video inputs useful on Win32 to the video inputs page. In particular, PTAM can use arbitrary webcams with directshow drivers using the videoInput library.


Breaking corporate silence
In most organisations people communicate a lot, but very little is said. Employees and managers keep quiet about issues that are essential to an organisation’ success. Why is this and what are the consequences? But mostly: how do you break this ‘corporate silence’. How do you stimulate people to speak up, stimulating critical ability and innovation to further the organization? This book answers these questions and more. It describes how managers and communication professionals can break the silence in their organisation.
In 2012 Mark Blok (1981) won the Shell Stimulation Award for Excellence in Corporate Communication for his research on corporate silence. With this book he shares his knowledge and insights in an accessible manner, complimented with examples, appealing cases and interviews with prominents in the (Dutch) industry. He also provides managers and communication professionals practical instruments and a concrete step by step plan to get to work and break corporate silence.


Introductory Fluid Dynamics
Fluid dynamics is concerned with mathematically describing the motion of fluids. The equations that describe fluid motion are very complicated and require numerical methods to solve. This publication provides an introduction to the concepts, equations, and methods used to describe the flow of incompressible fluids. The material is limited to analysis methods that can be done by hand. These methods provide an important introduction to the conservation principles employed by Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software.
Gain an understanding of the fluid properties and governing equations for 1-D incompressible fluid flow.


Links to Author's Information
Betty J. Vaughn, former department chair and art instructor at Enloe Magnet High School in Raleigh, NC, following 32 years of teaching, launched a career as an author on retirement. She loves to travel and led study tours of Europe for many years. History, art, and books are a lifelong passion. Both as a teacher of advanced placement art history and as a writer, Mrs. Vaughn brings the story of the past alive through the people who lived it.


Saturday, July 26, when the Seattle Mariners meet the Baltimore Orioles (1:10 pm first pitch), will be Stilly Valley Community Day at Safeco Field. The Mariners will pay tribute to the volunteers, first-responders and community members who were all deeply affected by the devastating March 22 mudslide along the Stillaguamish River between Arlington and Darrington. Forty-three people died and many residents of Oso lost their homes.
There will be a moment of silence in remembrance of those who perished, and there will be a pregame ceremony to honor the many individuals, public and private agencies and charitable organizations who mobilized in response to the disaster. Snohomish County Sheriff's Deputy Terry Haldeman has been chosen to throw out the ceremonial first pitch. Deputy Haldeman established the first command post east of the slide and was instrumental in bringing order to the chaos of the first hours and days of the emergency.
In addition to the pregame ceremony, the Mariners are distributing thousands of free tickets to people in the Stillaguamish Valley area. Tickets are being distributed through some two dozen organizations with a presence in the community such as Red Cross, Darrington Food Bank, Oso Chapel, Soup Ladies and others. There are also free tickets available at the following locations:
- Oso Fire Hall, 21824 SR 530, Arlington
- Darrington Library, 1005 Cascade St., Darrington
- Arlington Library, 135 N. Washington Ave., Arlington
- Arlington City Hall Parks and Recreation Department, 238 N. Olympic Ave, Arlington
Because many public agency employees are not permitted to accept free tickets, the Mariners have established a discount ticket offer of $8, all of the proceeds of which will be donated to Cascade Valley Hospital Foundation and North Counties Family Services.


Hilary Menos was born in Luton in 1964 and read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Wadham College, Oxford. She took a diploma in Graphic Origination and Reproduction and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism, both at the London College of Printing, where she was also President of the Student Union in 1987-88. She then worked as a food journalist in London, including a stint as a restaurant critic with Time Out, before moving to Devon in 1997 to renovate a Domesday Manor and bring up three sons, Jethro, Bruno and Linus. Her first marriage ended in 2001.
In 2004, together with her partner Andy Brodie, she set up Beenleigh Manor Organics, a 100 acre mixed organic farm, selling breeding stock and finished beef and lamb. At its peak the farm ran a herd of 40 pedigree Red Ruby Devon cattle and 150 organic Wiltshire Horn sheep. Their son Inigo was born in 2006. In 2011 the decision was made to scale down the farm and by 2013 all farming activity had ceased.
She also worked with Exeter-based children’s theatre company Quirk Theatre as dramaturge and script overseer between 2012 and 2016, and completed an MA in Creative Writing at Manchester Metropolitan University in 2013. She has reviewed for Happenstance, PN Review and Warwick Review, among others.
Her son, Linus, was born with a congenital abnormality of the ureters and bilater vesico-uteric reflux. He had a kidney infection when he was very small which left him with scarred kidneys and impaired kidney function. In 2012 his kidneys started to fail and in 2014 Hilary donated one of her kidneys to him.
In August 2016 Hilary, Andy and Inigo moved to France to renovate a fifteenth century Templar lodge in the Tarn and develop their web design company, Magic Bean.
She won the Envoi Poetry Competition in 2002. Her first pamphlet, Extra Maths (Smith/Doorstop, 2004), was a winner of The Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition 2004/05. Her first full collection, Berg (Seren Books, 2009), won the Forward Prize for Best First Collection 2010. Her second pamphlet, Wheelbarrow Farm (Templar, 2010), was a winner of the Templar Poetry Pamphlet and Collection Competition 2010. Her second full collection, Red Devon, was published by Seren Books in 2013.
Her third pamphlet, Human Tissue, was a winner in The Poetry Business Book and Pamphlet Competition 2019/20. The pamphlet tells of her experiences of kidney donation, and the difficulties faced by people with chronic kidney disease.


Program in the History of Medicine Faculty & Administration
The Program in the History of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai brings together a distinguished faculty of doctors, scholars, authors and experts. The program’s faculty combines broad expertise in epidemiology, ethics, history and, of course, many facets of medicine.
Claire Gherini, PhD, is a historian of medicine, race and slavery in the Atlantic world. Her current book project, titled The Hot-House of Empire: Slavery and Medical Knowledge in the British Caribbean During the Era of Expansion (1763-1807), calls attention to ways that the increase of the British armed forces and the Atlantic slave trade in the Caribbean transformed the organizational medical care and medical authority within the plantation complex. The Hot-House of Empire recasts what is typically construed by scholars of slavery as the era of abolition as the era of expansion, a period when estates operated at a new scale that demanded the reorganization of medical care and provisions. During this period, when enslaved healers’ care work and pharmacological know-how remained critical in the recuperation of the sick, abolitionist pressures to end the Atlantic slave trade galvanized a new cast of middling sorts—overseers, surgeons and resident slaveholders—to lay claim to medical knowledge. Borrowing from the British army, these groups developed an informal corpus of ideas that focused on diseases, their proximate and pathological origins, and their mechanism of spread. Unearthing conflicts between enslaved people and colonists over sustenance, work, shelter and the findings of postmortem pathologies, Gherini stresses that understanding of diseases’ nature and origins were never self-evident, but rather the product of perpetual conflict and negotiation between enslaved people and colonists over access to resources. More broadly, in locating the ontological turn in the history of medicine in the plantation societies of the British Caribbean, she shows that the so-called reform of British medicine was not a top-down phenomenon. It was instead one that was deeply shaped by the violence that attended middling sorts’ efforts to extract labor value from enslaved people.
Gherini’s publications have appeared in Atlantic Studies and her research has been supported by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies at the University of Pennsylvania as well as the Philadelphia Area Center for the History of Science.
Kirsten Moore-Sheeley, PhD, is an historian of medicine, specializing in the history of disease control, biomedical science and technology, and global health. She received her PhD in the history of medicine from Johns Hopkins University. She is currently working on a book manuscript on the history of insecticide-treated nets and malaria control in Africa titled Nothing But Nets: A Biography of Global Health Science and Its Objects (under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press). She has also published work in Social History of Medicine. In her next project, she will investigate the history of yet-to-be successful vaccines (e.g., for HIV/AIDS).
Rena Selya, PhD, MLIS, is an historian and archivist of science and medicine. She has a PhD in the history of science from Harvard University and a master’s in library and information science from UCLA. Selya came to archival work after nearly 20 years as an historian of 20th-century American biomedicine, focusing on the history of genetics, molecular biology, cancer research and neuroscience. She taught the history of science and medicine as well as American history at Harvard University, UCLA and Santa Monica College. Her biography of Salvador Luria is forthcoming from the MIT Press.
Sari J. Siegel, PhD, is an historian of the Holocaust and the history of medicine. After receiving her PhD from the University of Southern California, she was the Hartman Postdoctoral Fellow at Yale University's Fortunoff Video Archive. The recipient of numerous grants, Siegel has also held fellowships in residence in Berlin, Munich, Vienna, and Washington, D.C. She has presented her scholarship at academic workshops and conferences in seven countries. Her publications include articles in Holocaust and Genocide Studies and the Journal of Genocide Research. She is currently a member of the Lancet Commission on Medicine and the Holocaust and is adapting her dissertation on Jewish prisoner-physicians in Nazi camps into a book manuscript.
Stephen A. Geller, MD, is a pathologist with special interest in liver diseases (hepatopathology), gastrointestinal pathology and the history of pathology. For 22 years he served as chair of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Cedars-Sinai. He has published more than 200 scientific articles and book chapters, three textbooks, a novel, and more. He received the Golden Apple teaching award at Cedars-Sinai six times and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Society of Pathologists. He now devotes his time to continuing studies in medical history and fiction writing, earning a master’s in writing in 2018.
Monique Kornell, PhD, is an art historian specializing in the history of anatomical illustration and the study of anatomy by artists. She has a doctorate in combined historical studies and a master’s in history of art from the Warburg Institute and Courtauld Institute of Art—University of London. Exhibitions include co-curator of The Ingenious Machine of Nature: Four Centuries of Art and Anatomy, organized by the National Gallery of Canada in 1996, and Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy, to be held Feb. 22-July 10, 2022, at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles.
Frank Strauss, MD, received his BA from Columbia University and his MD from Albert Einstein College of Medicine. He has been an attending physician at Cedars-Sinai since 1974, has served as clinical chief of the Department of Medicine (1995-1998) and as a member of the Medical Executive Committee (1995-2000). He retired from his nephrology and internal medicine practice in 2014 and is now on the emeritus staff. Having published on the topics of renal transplantation, peritoneal dialysis and the history of medicine, Strauss’ current research interests include the history of Bright’s disease, the dynamic character of 19th-century U.S. medicine with a focus on the development of medical education, as well as explorations of racism and ethnic bias, and long-term survival in patients with chronic kidney disease with dialysis therapies or kidney transplantation.
Stephen N. Joffe, BSc, MBBCh, MD, FACS, FCS (SA), FRCS (Edinburgh), FRCS (Glasgow), FACG, is an Esteemed Quondam Professor of Surgery and Medicine at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, a position he has held since 1990. Previously from 1980 he was a full-time tenured Professor of Surgery and Medicine and Divisional Director of Gastro-Intestinal and Endocrine Surgery.
Stephen has held faculty appointments at the Universities of London, Glasgow, and holds fellowships of the American College of Surgeons and the Royal Colleges of Surgeons of Edinburgh and Glasgow and the South African College of Surgeons.
He is a member or fellow, past and current, of 80 societies, has published over 190 articles in peer-reviewed and scientific journals and 40 chapters for books, including being author and editor of nine books on lasers and their application to medicine and surgery, and two books on the anatomist, Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564) and is a book collector of early anatomists.
He was Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of LCA-Vision. Nasdaq: (LCAV). He was also the founder of the company’s corporate predecessor, Laser Centers of America, Inc. and served as its Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.


Over the past few years, participants in Rebecca’s and my workshops have increasingly asked about the process of finding an author to write an introduction or afterword to a book of photographs. Every book is different: Some books call for silence –– little or no text; others seem to demand the (textual) voice of the photographer; and others seem to benefit from another, complementary voice. In many ways the latter is the trickiest: How will a given writer illuminate in words what is essentially a visual experience as well as expand on the viewer’s understanding of the subject of the book? In the case of Violet Isle, our upcoming book on Cuba, we had read a wonderful essay on Cuba by Pico Iyer in his book, Falling Off the Map. His notion of Cuba as the “ambiguous island” seemed to parallel our photographic sense of the enigma of Cuba. Rebecca and I were fortunate that he very kindly agreed to write an afterword to our book. Below is an excerpt, along with two photographs — one of mine, one of Rebecca’s — that Pico discusses in his essay. ––Alex Webb
Alex Webb, Cienfuegos, Cuba, 2007
Rebecca Norris Webb, Havana, Cuba, 2007
THE SUNLIGHT IN SHADOWS, THE STILLNESS IN MOTION
By Pico Iyer
As soon as I began paging through the wondrous images assembled here [in Violet Isle], on a winter morning in my two-room home in rural Japan, I felt that the movement and the stillness that lie at the heart of Cuba –– and its neverending conundrums –– were assembled in this book with a tension and vitality I’d never seen before. Alex’s work startles and shocks, as always, with the complexity and crowdedness of its frames, perfect match to a country where everyone is always around you, though not doing very much at all. You feel the laughter on those faces, and also the torpor, the long hours passed in waiting for the next drama to pass through town. The energy in the frames works oddly against the sense of suspended motion, so that you begin to sense the ordered chaos that somehow helps Cuba tick along.
A fence shapes our vision of constant motion. A bright-eyed boy sits in front of the veiled gaze of an elder. “Violent” is just “violet” shifted around a little. There are even animals along his busy streets.
And Rebecca’s work rhymes with his partly because her interiors are equally evocative, and their stillness takes us into a realm of longing and tenacity. The beady eye of a thing with feathers catches me, as I note the tightness of its taloned grip; a fluffy, seemingly lovable dog puts its paw on a wonky machine. The shining colors in a feather, humble and sometimes elide into the shadows and the backdrops all around.
It is as if she catches the melancholy interiors, and all the quirky secrets kept there, one reason, perhaps, why the island still survives, in spite of everything. In many of her images I see the beauty that’s always hiding out in Cuba––on rooftops, in backyards, in the dusty corner of an unlit room. People show you their treasures, and some of them break your heart because they’re so shoddy and worn and speak for such privation. Some of them break your heart because they show you what these magnificent and resourceful people could do if only they were given a chance.
In all her work here, though, you feel the tight quarters in which Cubans live—and their longing for flight. Life and confinement flap against each other in her images. On the one hand, Cuba seems to be a kind of taxidermist’s island where life has been artificially preserved, or ossified; on the other, you have only to look at her reptiles and chickens to feel the life there. Even in the graveyard, the dogs seem to be breathing.
So image dances with image in their duet, and Alex’s picture of a woman (of what age?) against a wall with drawings of boats heading off to other places echoes Rebecca’s images of birds taking off, to claim a freedom that their owners lack. The spilling abundance of Cuba’s street life (in Alex’s work) opens out onto the hushed richness of its homes (in Rebecca’s). The result is the shadow world that I recall, which leaves you never knowing how much to laugh and how much to grieve.
In Alex’s work, urgent, immediate and full of information, I always feel a sense of mystery, and all that lies beyond the frame, unspoken. In Rebecca’s, animals and surfaces look back at you with such direct clarity that they become equally perplexing, unfathomable. The book you hold in your hand is as alive and shifting and contrapuntal a portrait of the violet island as any I have seen. It catches the raised finger as well as the stopped clock, the life and uproar as well as the long spaces between. You say you’ve never been to the island of seductive surfaces and the depths they contain or try to push down? You have now, I think, if you’ve lived for a while with the work of these far-seeing—and perfectly complementary––artists.
The above excerpt is from Pico Iyer’s afterword to Violet Isle: A Duet of Photographs from Cuba (photographs by Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb; text by Pico Iyer) published by Radius Books, November 2009, reprinted by permission of Pico Iyer and the publisher.
Pico Iyer is one of the most revered and respected travel writers alive today. His essays, reviews and other writings have appeared in Time, The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, Harper’s and Conde Naste Traveler. His books include Falling Off the Map, Cuba and the Night, and The Open Road.


Plowing Match History - written in part by Elvina Magill Verduin
The following is the history of the plowing match as it was written by Elvina Magill-Verduin. She was married to Cornelius “Cornie” Verduin who, along with Jack Elliott and Fred Polinder, was instrumental in starting the plowing match tradition.
One spring day in 1942 as Cornie and Jack were driving through the country and admiring the freshly plowed fields, one of them said, “Let’s have a plowing match”. Not knowing how to go about such an enterprise, they took a jaunt to Chilliwack, B.C. where the plowing contest there was well established. The Canadian Plowing Society members willingly gave them valuable assistance in organization, classes, rules, scoring, and judging. A Canadian plow person even came down to Lynden to assist with the first match – which was a decided success in both displaying skills of the plow person and attendance of spectators. Thus began the first all-horse plowing match in the United States. They named it the International Plowing Match because Canadians continued to participate each year (in a special Canadian class because their plows are very different from the standard American plow).
The first of several interested plow men paid the expenses – which were minimal, even for those times. After the first year different money-making ideas were tried, the most successful being a pancake breakfast. The “Pancake Day” became well-established as a Lynden area spring traditional “get-together” where there was music and entertainment along with the pancakes, ham, etc. One set policy was no admission was to be charged – and another was things were to be kept informal with those attending being permitted to walk beside the plots, watch the horses at work, and visit with the plow person, if they so desired.
The International Plowing Matches were held in fields donated by farmers – in the past, always in April so the crops could be planted on time. The first match was held on the Depot Rd. on land owned by Dick Rutgers and which later became LTI headquarters. Another place was Harold and Sena Weidkamp’s property, now the Garden Drive residential area. Later, for a number of years, the match was held on the Pole Road on land Herman Miller leased from Bookey Farms.
Thus, the Plowing Match continued for many years. However in l982 the Northwest Washington Fair was asked to hold the match on the fairgrounds in conjunction with the new Spring Fair. This continued until 2009 when the match was held at the North Washington Implement site on Guide and Main Streets due to events scheduling. In 2010 (the 69th consecutive year) the Plowing Match was moved to Berthusen Park west of Lynden which is intended to become its permanent home along with the Puget Sound Antique Tractor and Machinery Association.
Today, the International Plowing Match remains a significant part of the local heritage and is sponsored by the Northwest Washington Fair and other businesses within the community. The International Plowing Association puts on the event and is an active group of volunteers consisting of multi-generational plowing families and people interested in preserving the tradition of the Plowing Match.


Copy of original 55 plus year old poster restored by professional blibliographer. One of a series of 3. This is a copy available in several different sizes. Postage cost on application but they will rolled into a strengthened Autralia Post tube. I will combine to reduce postage cost where possible.
Payment options include Money Order (Australia only) or Paypal. A3 – $AUD25, A2 – $AUD75, A1 – $AUD100
Comprehensive new workshop manual for all long stroke ohc Norton engines from 1930 to 1958. Over 18,000 words and dozens of diagrams. This book is written for anybody who owns and wants to rebuild and tune a single or twin overhead camshaft long stroke Manx or International engine. Much of the information in this book can also be applied to short stroke engines up to 1959 such as the section on building and timing the double knocker cambox. This is the manual that Norton never wrote. Norton’s own Instruction Manual tells you how to pull an engine apart but, unless you happen to have an engine untouched by anyone since it left the Norton works, the chances of it being built from components matched at the factory with correct shimming and backlash throughout is not high. Norton engines are complicated and time consuming to set up correctly. Most engines these days are built from what we can find. This manual is written in simple language for people like me who not had the benefit of engine components matched at the Norton works and have had to build engines from parts collected from a variety of different places. Easy step by step instructions with many tuning notes by Norton legends such as Lacey, Craig, Lancefield and 3rd edition.
This is the 4th edition of only book or workshop manual ever written about the Excelsior Manxman. At 25,000 words, the 4th edition is 7,000 words longer than the 2nd edition. Many new diagrams, period advertisements and historic photos. Includes a brief history of the marque (Excelsior was Great Britain’s first dedicated motorcycle manufacturer), an in-depth history of the Manxman, focuses on the people who created it, the many changes to the engine and frame and why these occurred, racing successes and why it was not produced again after the war.
Included is a comprehensive engine analysis and workshop manual with notes on the changes in specification that render the very thin original instruction manual obsolete for 1937 on bikes. Of all Great Britain’s ohc racing singles, the depth of thought and uncompromising focus on quality elevates the Excelsior Manxman above its competitors. The book also contains data and factory photos of each model, many factory diagrams and reproduced tuning data from race shop supremo Alan Bruce. Also included are extracts from Tyrell Smith’s race shop engine notebook.
This book is written for anybody who owns and wants to tune or rebuild an Excelsior Manxman engine. Easy step by step instructions. An absolute necessity for every Excelsior Manxman owner. This is the book that Excelsior should have written.
Includes G45 and G50
Professionally digitised A5 copy of Jack Emmottâ€™s well-known tuning manual. 42 pages including several illustrations. Dismantling and reassembly process clearly headed. When this book was first published in 1962, the AJS race shop at Plumstead was still operating. Information such as this has been updated where applicable. Book dimensions are 146mm wide x 206mm high.
Soft Cover. $AUD35
Features OHC Silver Cloud and all JAP engined machines
Spare Parts and Instruction booklet for all OK Supreme models from 1935 to 1939 including ohv JAP and OK Supreme’s own bevel-drive ohc Silver Cloud 250 and 350 models. The book provides a comprehensive although unillustrated parts list for JAP-engined machines as well as a brief overview of the ohc engine. Professionally re-engineered by graphic designer from original OK Supreme publication. Includes cross-section illustration of ohc engine. 52 pages total.
Soft Cover A5. $AUD25
Notes on tuning 1930 parallel pushrod 250, 350 and 500 Blackburne racing engines. Re engineered by professional graphic designer from original booklet. OEC factory notes added. The superbly engineered parallel pushrod Blackburne racing engine was the preferred power unit for many of Eric Fernihoughs Brooklands racing exploits. It was also used by OEC in their 1933 to 1935 Lightweight TT machines. Cotton was anothert manufacturer to use Blackburne racing engines. These engines are very rare and information even scarcer. Looks identical to the original.
Finished size A5. $AUD25
Professionally digitised A5 copy of original circa 1930 Webb fork and brake illustrated parts and instruction book. Features 3 types of Webb fork; Dual purpose (strutted), De Luxe and Popular (purchase the book and you’ll find ouit the difference and purpose). Clear instructions on how to prperlyset up Webb forks. 2nd half of book concentrates on Webb brakes, illustrated with comprehensive specs and which brake should go on what bike. 24 pages in all. Book dimensions are 146mm wide x 206mm high.
Includes A3 poster
Soft Cover. $AUD30


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I am a Wisconsin native and currently a retired middle school teacher residing in Wauwatosa, WI. Coming from a family of seven, I am always busy with family as well as a myriad of friends from around the world.
Over the past years, I have followed my passion for genealogy and was a member of the French Canadian / Acadian Genealogists of Wisconsin for 25 years, acting at different times as president, vice-president and treasurer. I have traveled to Madison, WI and Salt Lake City, UT to do research. I have also visited the villages of my ancestors in Québec, the Maritime Provinces of Canada, and France.
Involvement with the FCGW organization brought me in contact with French Canadian and Acadian genealogists and relatives worldwide. With their help and 30 years of research, I was able to publish the book, Dupuis and Archambault Families' Genealogies book. Learn more about my book on the home page.
"If you are interested in reading more about my life, contact me for details on how to access my Memoire."
A travelogue of one of my trips to France in 2000 is available if you are interested.
The Original Harley Babe!
Harley photos and Indian racing bike.
Above left: Edmund Dupuis Jr., Kateri (Teri) Dupuis, circa 1944
Above right: John "Bizz" Pesmark, Kateri (Teri) Dupuis, Snort & Adrian Dupuis - circa 1943
Above left: The Original Harley Babe - About 60 years later
Above right: Edmund Dupuis Jr., Kateri Dupuis, and Francis (Snort) Dupuis,
1942, with Snort's 1929 Indian Motorcycle.


Brian Duvick, Ph.D.
Areas of Interest
Field: Ancient History
Research Interests: Greek and Roman History, Late Antiquity, Philosophy and Culture, Historiography, Greek and Latin Languages and stylistics, Ancient and Renaissance Cultural History, Early Medieval History
- B.A., University of Minnesota
- M.A., University of Minnesota
- Ph.D., University of Chicago
Duvick offers a wide variety of courses on Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome and the early Medieval period. His research interests focus on Later Roman, Early Medieval and Renaissance cultural history and historiography.
Duvick has taught at the University of Notre Dame, Concordia College, l'Institut Universitaire de Saint-Melaine and l’Institut Thomas-Philippe. He has been at the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs since 2001.
- Duvick has published Proclus on Plato, Cratylus in the Ancient Commentators on Aristotle Series, gen. ed. Richard Sorabji, Duckworth Press (2007); Ciceronian Controversies in the I Tatti Renaissance Library, Harvard University Press (2007); and is currently preparing a 2-volume translation and analysis of the Trinitarian and Christological Works of Gregory of Nyssa as well as a 3-volume monograph on Proclus’ Commentary on the Republic.
- Duvick’s latest article is "False Alarms, Rebirth out of Corruption, or Cyclical Coming-to-Be and Passing-Away: Visions of the End in the Late Roman Empire," Cambridge Companion to the Apocalypse, ed. by Colin McAllister, Cambridge University Press, 2018. Sollicited Article, Volume under Consideration.
- Duvick serves on the editorial/review board of professional journals and encourages students and faculty to submit articles/reviews on politics, history, literature, arts, cultural and social studies, economy and security matters, and international affairs.
- Duvick regularly presents papers and sponsors UCCS student papers at professional conferences. He encourages those interested in presenting or publishing their work to contact him
Recent and Upcoming Talks
- "Give Us This Day our Daily Bread: the Politics of the Lord's Prayer in the Sermons of Gregory of Nyssa", 14th International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa: the Homilies on the Lord's Prayer, September 4-7, 2018, College des Bernardins, Paris.
- "Adrianople and the Apocalyptic Theology of Gregory of Nyssa", Through A Glass Darkly: Third Annual UCCS Symposium on Apocalyptic, UCCS, Spring, 2017.
- “Blood to the Shade: the Fabrication of Late Roman Identity through the Architecture of the Word in Procopius’ Peri Ktismaton”, Classical Association of the Middle West and South, Iowa City IA, April 17-20, 2013.
- “How to Construct a Republic in the Later Roman Empire: Cultural Politics in the Athenian Academy”, UCCS Annual History Alumni Conference, Heller Center, April, 2013.
- “The Apologetics of Pagan Education in the Later Roman Empire: Proclus’ Republic”, Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, New Orleans LA, March 27 – 30, 2013.
- “Rallying Tradition against Barbarian Invasion: Contextualizing Macrobius’ Saturnalia”, Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association, Seattle University, Seattle WA, October 19-21, 2013
- “Obscene Morality: Poetics of the Status Quo in Martial”, Southwestern Historical Association Annual Meeting, San Diego CA, April 6, 2012.
- “Beyond the Language of Being and Non-Being: Scripture, Tradition and the Holy Spirit in the Apophatic Theology of Gregory of Nyssa, Contra Eunomium 3.5”, International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa, Leuven, Belgium, September 2010.
- “The Closing of the Goddess’ Gate : Crises of Pagan Education in the Later Roman Empire”, Lecture Series in World History, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, October 2009.
- “War, Politics and the Culture Debates of the Late 4th century: Contextualizing the Opera Minora of Gregory of Nyssa”, Keynote Address, International Colloquium on Gregory of Nyssa, Tuebingen, Germany, September 2008.


Arranged for the Highland Bagpipe.
More than 100 popular favorites including "Amazing Grace" with harmony, "The Old Rugged Cross," and Christmas carols • Organ and bagpipe scores plus CD of two medleys of hymns and the piobaireachd "The Lament for the Children." Collected and arranged by George Balderose, Executive Director, The Balmoral School of Highland Piping and Piper in Residence, First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
First Edition, 2012
Published by Balmoral Productions,
a division of The Balmoral School of Highland Piping, Inc.


Book Reviews by Rebecca McLafferty...
I enjoy sharing book reviews and author interviews. Just when I thought I was "almost" techie, I deleted my book review page. Please enjoy as I rebuild.
The Lacemaker by Laura Frantz
This Christian fiction historical romance literally transports its readers into colonial Williamsburg at the onset of the Revolutionary War. Laura Frantz’s characters couldn't be more lifelike, allowing us to intimately experience every detail. This book is a true page-turner and provokes thoughts about the impact of war, the sacrifices and faith of our country’s founders, and the defining line of politics between society, friends, and families.
The term deep POV (point of view) is given a whole new meaning within The Lacemaker’s pages. Laura Frantz’s sensory details are vivid, with sights ranging from detailed lace and breathtaking scenery to putrid odors and heart wrenching illustrations of war’s misfortunes.
Both the hero and heroine look to God for direction and inspire us to do the same in our lives. In the midst of crisis, they try to see God's purpose and not just their own--even when they're terrified for their very lives.
Unyielding strengths and sense of purpose create characters not easily forgotten. This is a must-read.
Bravo, Laura Frantz!
BAGGAGE CLAIM by Cathe Swanson
Are you looking for a captivating read? If so, this romantic suspense novel should be at the top of your stack. Baggage Claim is suspenseful, light-hearted, realistic, and a page turner. It’s anything but what you would expect.
Cathe Swanson’s characters bring the Great Lakes Collection to life. They’re unique and full of surprises. The higher the stakes, the more emotions escalate until we find ourselves almost holding our breath.
I personally lived in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for years. Cathe’s detailed descriptions are authentic and bring the reader into the locale as effectively as if we had packed our bags to come along.
Significant issues are addressed which readers will relate to. Each character has their own problems and, as often happens in true life, they can’t be resolved alone. Unexpected twists in the story keep us guessing and I’m already waiting for a sequel.
Don’t miss this read! Great job, Cathe!
IMPERFECT JUSTICE by Cara Putman
If you enjoy a sit-on-the-edge-of-your-seat mystery, this book is a must read.
I first read the prologue. It was short, just over a page. And in the short time it took to read it, I was literally trembling, a true indicator of the story to follow.
You will remember the story’s characters long after you’ve read this book. The heroine, Emilie’s, efforts to protect families from domestic abuse emulate needs so critical in today’s society. The story entertains through intriguing subplots and at the same time educates the reader about the legal system.
Like the hero, Reid, the story illustrates the sheer determination and faith needed to hold tight to a ray of hope. The nerve-wracking danger that many domestic abuse victims endure is an eye-opener, as well as the dedication and emotions of both the victims and those interceding on their behalf.
Suspense at its best!


This Genre Is The Best Because....
There are many book genres out in the literary world for many different types of people. Some of the most popular books are Science-Fiction, Romance, Fantasy, and Mystery. Everyone has a different kind of book they love to read, or favorite section to head to in the library, especially at GMC where opinions on which genre is the best vary from each other.
Annalena Griffin's favorite genre is Science-Fiction because “it's kinda like an escape from reality. Anything can happen in a good fantasy novel.” Griffin said.
Daniel Orr agreed with Griffin saying, "They are the best because I like to be able to imagine the worlds that the books are in since usually it's another world. I just love all the action and adventure qualities all rolled into one and sometimes there are even aliens!”
Dylan Suttles says she loves to read any type of Fiction book, but the very best are Adventure books because they “are just a thrill for [her] to read, they suck you into the story, and you can't put the book down.”
Louden Craig and Jacob Matheny agree that Fantasy is the best genre. Matheny says he loves Fiction because “[he] like[s] all the unreal aspects of the books, it's like a whole other world.” Craig agreed with him saying, “Fantasy is interesting because you never know what's gonna happen, they could add in anything new at any time.”
Tristen Thomas took her own path to find something a little more real by saying her favorite genre is Historical Fiction. “It appeals perfectly to my taste for fact and fantasy,” says Thomas.
Hearing all the reasons behind their favorite types of different genres caused me to consider my opinion. After careful thought and deliberation, I regard Mystery as the best! I love how this type of book will purposely keep you guessing the entire time. When the author mixes in a romance with the mystery, I can promise it will soon be my favorite book!
No matter what your favorite genre is, it is essential to read and be willing to share your favorite books with your favorite people. You may even like the same kind, and it will make your friendship stronger. We all like different things so go out, get a book, and form your opinion.


When I began looking into digital citizenship, my perception of the study could essentially be summed up as “don’t be a jerk online.” While of course that is a significant portion of digital citizenship, examining Ribble’s 9 elements–digital access, digital commerce, digital communication, digital literacy, digital etiquette, digital law, digital rights and responsibilities, digital health and wellness, and digital security –has given me a more expansive view of what is involved.
One area that has been of particular interest to me is digital access. Access to information and digital resources is more ubiquitous than ever, but we are far from the author’s ideal of equal access for all. While it is unlikely that we will ever see true equality of access, where everyone has the same level of equipment, internet connection, and training, but we should nonetheless strive toward that goal. While one-to-one laptop programs and the like seek to address this problem, they are definitely not the whole solution to the problem. The best computer with an inadequate or no internet connection is only so useful. If the resources aren’t available to provide laptops for every student, what can be done? I think that one way to provide for equal access in the face of inequality is to imbue the curriculum with flexibility. Allowing the student choice–aside from a host of other benefits–allows them to make the best use of the resources they do have and complete a project that shows mastery of the subject matter.
Ribble, M. (2015). Digital citizenship in schools: Nine elements all students should know (Third edition). International Society for Technology in Education.


Hopefully you have a bunch of your favorite brush, swatch, symbol, and graphic style libraries saved for easy use when working in Illustrator (If you don't know how to save a library, check out the previous Saving VM Elements To Illustrator's Libraries post). If you have a user defined library that you need in every Illustrator document you use, Illustrator has a pretty nifty setting.
From the pop-up menu of your user-defined library, select Persistent. Now whenever you create a new Illustrator document or open an existing one, your persistent library will be there. Sweet!


Below are a list of courses that we recommend ranging from personal and spiritual growth to business and start ups. Categorised for you to make finding the perfect course easy for you.
Take a personal journey of growth and development to help you reach your full potential.
Business and Start-Up
With recent changes we have all had to employment and work/life balance, more then ever we start to investigate our options. Below are a list of courses that will give you some insight to opening your own business, growing and maintaining the balance.
Check out the new courses being added to our library. More is always coming so check back soon.


The Granville Hotel - The Story of the Granville Hotel Ramsgate 1869-2012
A4 size staple-bound booklet 115ppB&W illustrations and text. This history of the building, located on Ramsgate's East Cliff, and its famous architect, Edward Welby Pugin (son of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin) from press cuttings, photographs, old periodicals, etc. . Contents: Early Days, Owners and Bankruptcies, Inside, Granville Hall, New Granville Hall, The Baths, The Tower, Spires & Pond 1898-1915, Victoria Gardens, The Granville Gardens and Tunnel, Marina Road and the Granville Marina, The Granville Express, Granville Canadian Special Hospital, Spires & Pond 1918-1946, Guests Deaths & Visitors, 1946 - Granville House, Newspaper Articles, Picture Gallery.


How Did Greek Art Influence Us Today?
Greek art holds a significant place in the history of art and has had a profound impact on various aspects of our lives today. From architecture to literature, Greek art has left an indelible mark on the world. Let us explore the ways in which Greek art has influenced us and continues to do so.
Greek architecture has had a profound influence on the world of building design. The use of columns, particularly the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, can be seen in countless structures worldwide. From government buildings to private residences, the use of these architectural elements adds a sense of grandeur and elegance to any structure.
Greek literature has played a vital role in shaping Western literature as a whole. The works of renowned Greek writers like Homer, Sophocles, and Plato have served as inspiration for countless authors, playwrights, and poets throughout the centuries. The themes explored in Greek literature, such as heroism, tragedy, and the pursuit of knowledge, continue to be relevant and resonate with readers today.
Greek sculpture is renowned for its realism and attention to detail. The lifelike sculptures of the ancient Greeks have had a lasting impact on the art world. Many contemporary artists draw inspiration from the aesthetics and techniques employed by ancient Greek sculptors. The concept of capturing the human form in a realistic manner continues to be a cornerstone of artistic expression.
Greek philosophy, with its emphasis on critical thinking and rationality, has been instrumental in shaping modern thought. The philosophical ideas of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle have had a profound influence on fields such as ethics, politics, and metaphysics. The Socratic method, a form of inquiry and discussion, is still widely used in educational institutions today.
Sports and Athletics:
The ancient Greeks placed great importance on physical fitness and sports. The Olympic Games, held in ancient Greece and revived in the modern era, are a testament to the lasting impact of Greek athletics. The ideals of fair competition, sportsmanship, and physical prowess continue to be celebrated in sporting events worldwide.
Greek art also influenced the field of medicine. The concept of the human body as a subject for study and understanding, as depicted in Greek sculptures, laid the foundation for the development of anatomy and medical science. The works of Hippocrates, often referred to as the “Father of Medicine,” drew upon Greek philosophical ideas and emphasized the importance of observation and empirical knowledge.
12 Common Questions and Answers about Greek Art:
1. What are the main characteristics of Greek art?
Greek art is known for its emphasis on realism, human form, and attention to detail. It also incorporates a sense of balance and symmetry.
2. How did Greek art influence Roman art?
Roman art borrowed heavily from Greek art, incorporating many of the same artistic techniques and styles. Greek sculptures and architectural elements were particularly influential.
3. Did Greek art have any religious significance?
Yes, Greek art often depicted gods and goddesses, mythological scenes, and religious rituals. It played a significant role in religious ceremonies and beliefs.
4. What is the significance of Greek pottery?
Greek pottery not only served practical purposes but also depicted scenes from mythology, everyday life, and historical events. It provides valuable insights into Greek culture and society.
5. How did Greek art impact Renaissance art?
During the Renaissance, artists looked to ancient Greek art for inspiration, leading to a revival of classical styles and techniques.
6. What is the Parthenon, and why is it significant?
The Parthenon is a temple in Athens, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena. It is considered one of the finest examples of Greek architecture and has become an enduring symbol of ancient Greece.
7. How did Greek art influence Western democracy?
Greek ideals of democracy, freedom, and civic responsibility were often depicted in art, reinforcing and promoting these values among the population.
8. What is the significance of Greek theater?
Greek theater, with its emphasis on storytelling and the exploration of human emotions and moral dilemmas, has influenced drama and theater worldwide.
9. Were women involved in Greek art?
While women were not typically involved in creating art during ancient Greece, they were often depicted in sculptures and paintings.
10. How did Greek art influence the development of Western art?
Greek art served as a foundation for Western art, providing a framework for artistic expression and influencing styles, techniques, and themes.
11. Are there any famous Greek artists?
While many ancient Greek artists remain unknown, some famous names include Phidias, Praxiteles, and Polykleitos.
12. How can we see Greek art today?
Greek art can be seen in museums and archaeological sites around the world. Major collections of Greek art can be found in museums such as the Louvre in Paris and the British Museum in London.
In conclusion, Greek art has left an indelible mark on our world. Its influence can be seen in various aspects of our lives, from architecture to literature, and continues to inspire artists and thinkers today. The timeless beauty and enduring themes of Greek art ensure its relevance for generations to come.


Watch Our Recent Rams Read Author Visit With Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha, Author of What The Eyes Don't See
About the Book
Dr. Hanna-Attisha’s powerful book, What the Eyes Don’t See, is a beautifully rendered first-hand account of the signature environmental disaster of our time that has become a timely playbook of resistance, hope, and personal advocacy. A 2018 New York Times 100 Notable Book, the book grapples with our country’s history of environmental injustice while sharing a story of a city on the ropes that came together to fight for justice, self-determination, and the right to build a better world for their—and all of our—children.
It also tells the inspiring personal story of Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha—an immigrant, a doctor, and a scientist—whose family roots in social justice activism helped her take on the Flint water crisis.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha is a pediatrician, professor, and public health advocate who spearheaded efforts to reveal, publicize, and fix Flint, Michigan’s water crisis. In 2014, a change in the city’s water source resulted in astronomical amounts of lead leaching into the drinking water, causing irreversible damage to Flint’s residents. As a local pediatrician, the poisonous levels of lead in the water terrified Dr. Hanna-Attisha, and she was shocked that the government ignored complaints, protests, and reports from citizens, journalists, and experts. She knew that the only way to stop the lead poisoning would be to present undeniable proof on a national platform.
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha received her bachelor’s and Master of Public Health degrees from the University of Michigan and her medical degree from Michigan State University College of Human Medicine (MSU CHM). She completed her residency at Children’s Hospital of Michigan in Detroit, where she was chief resident.


Very very very dreadful has 118 ratings and 36 reviews chinook said i my flu vaccine how is it that i didnt learn about the 1918 flu pandemic i. In spring of 1918 world war i was underway and troops at fort riley kansas found themselves felled by influenza by the summer of 1918 the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. Very very very dreadful the influenza pandemic of 1918 albert marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic . Very very very dreadful the influenza pandemic of 1918 book marrin albert from national book award finalist albert marrin comes a fascinating look at the history and science of the deadly 1918 flu pandemic and the chances for another worldwide pandemic. Marrin uprooted presents a gripping analysis of historys worst ever health disaster the so called spanish flu of 1918 which infected 500 million people worldwide one third of the hum
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The Oceanside Public Library Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2003 to solicit, receive and administer gifts and bequests for the benefit of the Oceanside Public Library to meet the growing and ever-changing needs of our diverse community.
High Tea Fundraiser – May 2, 2014
The Foundation has currently contributed support for two major projects:
- Refresh of Mission Branch Library
- Replacement of carpet on the stairs of the Civic Center Library


Years ago, Sheri Hunter, a Carterville High School teacher at the time, noticed a photo collection at the local library. She mentioned to one of her former students, Jennifer Spence, that “this was a treasure that needed to be shared with the community” and that she would like Jennifer to help her create a book of these photos one day.
Now retired, on a visit to Nashville where Jennifer lived, it was discussed by Sheri and Jennifer over dinner that it was time to create this book. What started as a need to share a photo collection in the library, turned into a Photo Scanning Day where the community lined up out the doors of First Baptist Church, with their favorite photos in hand and stories to tell. Working on the book for an entire year, researching, conducting interviews, co-writing more than 40 chapters, and designing and publishing the book themselves, Carterville, Cambria & Crainville: A Look Back At Our Towns was delivered to Carterville just in the nick of time for book launch celebrations on June 25, 2011. The 400+-page, hard-back cover, all four-color book is filled with more than 2,000 images, timelines with every chapter, community interviews and Facebook features utilizing community comments.
Thanks to sponsorships sold in every chapter, the community came together to pay for the production of this unique book for our town. A new, 501C3 charity was formed, Carterville Heritage & Preservation Foundation, with a mission to preserve and restore the history of Carterville, Cambria and Crainville through development and educational projects. All proceeds from the book sale go to this charity, a gift from the authors and supporters to the entire community for generations to come.
Carterville, Cambria & Crainville: A Look Back At Our Towns sells for $30 (which includes tax) and can be purchased currently at the Heritage Museum (Open Friday and Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.), Carterville Water Office, Village of Crainville, and the Anne West Lindsey – Carterville District – Library.
Book orders may be placed by e-mailing email@example.com.


Get the first chapter of Spookygirl as a free Kindle download on Amazon.
The populars at Palmetto High call sophomore Violet Addison "Spookygirl," and it's not hard to see why. As if living with her funeral director father in a tiny apartment above his mortuary weren't enough to make her a social outcast, there's a rumor going around that Violet can talk to the dead. Unfortunately, that rumor's true. Violet's not interested in crossing anyone over; she's as cool and impatient with the deceased as she is with the living. The dead can be incredible pests, though, and despite her reluctance to help the spirits who seek her out, soon she's reuniting a ghost jock with his goth girlfriend and investigating a hellgate in the girls' locker room. Each experience puts her closer to discovering the truth behind the paranormal investigation that resulted in her mother's death.
Along the way, Violet begins to recognize that real people with interesting secrets hide behind the high school stereotypes she assigns her classmates and teachers. She needs all the allies she can find -- after all, surviving high school is tough enough without a bunch of dead people spooking around.
Ghostbusters meets a gothed-up Glee in this mix of high school drama and supernatural snark. Although Violet deals with heavy issues -- the difficulty of being different and not fitting in among one's peers, the reality of death, the loss of a family member -- she does so with a sharp, dark sense of humor that keeps her narrative engaging and relatable for young readers.
Spookygirl is a 53,000-word young adult novel. Although it is slated as the first volume of the Riley Island Paranormal series, it stands on its own as a complete story.
Looking for more info on Spookygirl? Contact me at mintconspiracy (at) gmail-dot-com.


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Wonders of the Microscope! exhibition catalog
Drawing upon the collection of Howard L and Karen Schwartz, Wonders of the Microscope! explores the revolution in observational science facilitated by the invention of the microscope in the late 1600s. It also emphasizes the ways in which the microscope entered popular culture over the following centuries. Included are rare books, engravings, broadsides, colored images, and a selection from the Schwartzes' collection of antique microscopes. With a preface by Dr. Eugene S. Flamm.
Softcover: 112 pages, full color
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Libraries, (March 14, 2012)
Size: 8.5" x 11"
Fully illustrated exhibition catalog


Here’s a special book to add to your library… Seeing Flowers: Discover the Hidden Life of Flowers, Photography, by Robert Llewellyn, written by Teri Dunn Chace. The book features over three hundred extraordinary photographs of flowers, organized by family, from the Amaryllis family through the Viola family. These exquisite macro photographs of flowers are completely addictive.
Llewellyn uses “image stacking”, where multiple shots of a subject are taken at varying focus points and then melded together in a computer application. He shoots as many as 100 images for a single photograph, each image focusing on planes separated by perhaps only a centimeter. Llewellyn’s camera is attached to a computer-controlled motor-driven mount on a vertical axis above his subject. The results are luminous, delicate portraits with every last hair and pollen grain in focus.
To see more of Robert Llewellyn’s photography go to


Tue, 29 January 2013
Second in a series of four biographical films on the Polish composer, Witold Lutosławski. This film focuses on the composer's struggle for survival in Warsaw during World War II. Series Advisor, Steven Stucky and Philharmonia Orchestra Principal Conductor and Artistic Advisor, Esa-Pekka Salonen traveled to Poland to find out more. Lutosławski expert Charles Bodman Rae also helps bring this terrifying moment in history to life. Part of the Philharmonia Orchestra's series Woven Words: "Music begins where words end".
Direct download: 130130_podcast.mp3
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- A digital publication by Nappa Dori Pvt. Ltd.
How we got here and what went into the making of this Experiential Retail Space.May 2020
Taking inspiration from the minimal architecture movement and blending it with the industrial elements, metal door and dividers were created with glass window frames to assign different functionality for different spaces. The abundant height on one side allowed us to build a mezzanine, where our library resides now. The Atelier is right below where the library stands.
Everything was built from the ground up, the perfect mélange of form and function, of intimacy and openness, where everything created for the space truly belonged to us.
The Nappa Dori Warehouse is located in Chhattarpur area of New Delhi, India. It is the epitome of our brand, and somewhat fittingly, a place that started as an experiment. To most, it was just a derelict mill that wasn’t worth a second glance, but to Gautam, it was the ideal setting for our flagship location, a compendium of surrealist elements - trusses, three gargantuan pillars, a rolling shutter-door and of course, raw, unfinished walls. Even the floors were stripped, so there was a lot to do!
While keeping the interiors minimal, Nappa Dori’s quaint and inimitable style of detailing have been the key focus; the tools displayed in the atelier, the antiques and other memorabilia in the treasure cabinets, the hand painted signage or the Harry Potter audio books in the restrooms. The Nappa Dori Warehouse became a convergence of equal parts industrial vernacular, garden, and updated use so that none one of the three elements take particular dominance over the other and yet provides enough conceptual distance so as to allow each element to stand alone.
The simple aim was to create a unique experience for anyone who walked through the door. While keeping the interiors minimal, our quaint style of detailing is synonymous with the brand and adds an extra level of distinction. The tools displayed in the atelier, the antiques and other memorabilia in the treasure cabinets, the hand painted signage or the harry potter audio books in the restrooms could easily be overlooked to the unaware or the uninitiated. But this is our DNA, design in the detail and the warehouse reflects impeccable methodology.


Coed Varsity Track · Track information meeting set for Dec. 5 at 7 p.m.
There will be a Bearden track information meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Bearden Library. All interested students and their parents are encouraged to attend. Pre-season training will begin on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting Jan. 16, and the first official practice will be Monday, Feb. 12. Practice throughout the season will take place each weekday. A


- Silly goose eggs: Jargon on the road and beyond
All of my silly goose eggs are in Jargon's little plastic basket, bought at a recent sale at Wal-Mart. (Williams Jargon 42 Years)
There must be five hundred signed copies for one's particular friends; six for the general public; and one copy for America. Oscar Wilde (a favorite quote of Jonathan's)
- Within six months of Black Mountain's closing, early 1957, Jonathan set out on the road with Jargon, carrying along works from City Lights, Black Mountain, Divers Press, Patchen, and others. Twenty-plus years of selling and giving away books, lecturing, subscribing, begging, and teaching followed, in two beat-up hand-me-down Pontiacs and one old Volkswagen; launching the network which connects Jargon's artists and supporters today. Since then, Jargon has survived mostly through subscription and patronage. And some grants. This has not been easy: "I've always felt the best subsidy, though - the kind of support I really liked best - was one-to-one, from individuals who had the money and who cared about these things. But that, of course, limits us to people with money. And people with money are seldom interested in the modern poem....The literary arts are at the bottom of the heap....And poets, as we know, are always shooting off their mouths, and causing embarrassment. You know, political, sexual - all sorts of embarrassments are liable to come back at you if you support a book or a writer, and you have to sort of put up with what they say, sort of stand by what they say." (Patterson 110)
Jargon won its first National Endowment grant in 1967, (Henderson 119) and has since benefited numerous times from the generosity of it and other foundations such as the Hanes Foundation and the Mary Duke Biddle Foundation. In an 1980 interview Jonathan claimed Jargon had received more grants from the NEA than any other press. (Patterson 108) Such sources look askance these days at Jargon's un-businesslike business, particularly for poetry projects, and the last five years have been difficult ones for Jargon. In response, and indeed, throughout Jargon's history, major calls for patronage have been the usual mode. Williams once said, "The money, in one sense, is the last thing you want. You really want the particular interest and sympathy." (Patterson 113) In 1991-93 hardly a month went by, at times, without a "rattle of the begging bowl" letter, a fund-raising party sponsored by friends, or the selling of a photograph donated by Allen Ginsberg (or worse, yet, from the Jargon collection), to keep Jargon above water. "If political stands must be expressed before checks can be written, let it be known that Jargon is pro-Man, pro-Woman, pro-Animal, pro-Vegetable, pro-Mineral; pro-Israeli, pro-Ibn Arabi; pro-Dionysus, pro-Apollo; pro-Choice, pro-Diversity, pro-Raffiné, pro-Blunt, pro-Mansuetude, pro-Menade, pro-Quietude, pro-Prozac, and mite night prolapsed and next to powerless." (Williams O Tempura! 1) Some of this has paid off, but with Jonathan entering the second half of his sixth decade, and Jargon nearing a half-century, Jargon struggles harder than ever to keep the faith.
For forty-four years Jargon has rescued or preserved the reputations of writers such as Louis Zukofsky, Lorine Niedecker, Bob Brown, Walter Lowenfels, and Mina Loy, and defined origins of the Modernist, San Francisco, and Black Mountain schools of poetry and visual arts in the work of Siskind, Dahlberg, Anderson, Rexroth, and Patchen. Herbert Leibowitz acknowledged, "Jargon has come to occupy a special place in our cultural life as patron of the American imagination. This generative caring is evident in the format and decoration, the choice of paper and typefaces which make each edition an exquisite piece of bookmaking, the meticulous collaboration of poet, painter, and printmaker. But however attractive the books are to look at...the chief pleasure they afford is the intellectual shock of recognizing an original voice ignored by sanctioned critical opinion." (Leibowitz 56) If Jargon had accomplished nothing more than the recent rescue of Lorine Niedecker from oblivion, for example, its existence would be justified.
- Jargon's challenge to American culture becomes clear when its list of over 100 publications is surveyed: (1) first books by Gilbert Sorrentino, Ronald Johnson, Peyton Houston, John Menapace, Thomas Meyer, Art Sinsabaugh, and Lyle Bonge; (2) first poetry books by Buckminster Fuller and Guy Davenport; (3) first American books by Denise Levertov, Irving Layton, and Mina Loy; (4) early works by Robert Creeley, Joel Oppenheimer, Russell Edson, and Michael McClure; (5) major works by neglected writers such as Zukofsky, Patchen, and Paul Metcalf; (6) important works by neglected British poets Simon Cutts, Ian Hamilton Finlay, and Thomas A. Clark; (7) provocative works of visionary power by or about St. EOM, James Broughton, Bill Anthony, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, and David Spear; (8) affirming and canon-producing works by or about Basil Bunting, Doris Ulmann, Charles Olson, and Lorine Niedecker; and (9) preeminent examples of consummately imaginative bookmaking - Anderson's Six Mid-American Chants, Patchen's Fables, Zukofsky's Some-Time, Fourteen Poets, One Artist (poems by Dahlberg, Ginsberg, Goodman and others), Clark's A Still Life, Meyer's The Umbrella of Aesculapius and Sappho's Raft, and Cutt's Pianostool Footnotes and Seepages. The list goes on. This disregards works by Williams, himself, under the Jargon imprint, including a fascinating series of postcards, "billboards," and broadsides. (Jargon at Forty and Williams Uncle) A survey of these titles would prove the variety of Jargon's ear, oftentimes the only commonality being their "difference:" "The village idiot is becoming a speciality of the Jargon Society...village idiots, who are out there in deep left field, very wacko, all on their own, idiosyncratic, autochthonous, whatever you want to call it. They are strictly their own people. This is an interest that has been built-in all along." (Dana 215)
One book stands alone - Ernest Matthew Mickler's White Trash Cooking, called by Metropolitan Home "the best American cookbook of the century," which took Jargon and the country by surprise and storm. A fun book to hold and read, a visionary laugh at stodge, it is the one book Jargon had to divest, becoming bigger than Jargon could or wanted to handle. An unusual cookbook, in many ways it represents a sea-change for Jargon - a shift from the poetic arts to more works of photography and visionary folk art. White Trash was both a blessing and a curse, bringing a spurt of national notoriety to the press, which, I believe, has since hindered its fund-raising abilities. The question arises as to why Jargon didn't establish an endowment with the money made from the book, but Jargon remained true to its Utopian passion - publishing the best books possible from an expanding project list, and expecting the best from others - that the financial backing would appear for the next project: "I do always try to figure out some way to get the book paid for before I publish it...But after it is paid for and published I don't much concern myself with what happens to it. I feel that if the public wants badly enough...the books...they ought to be willing to make the effort to find them. The way I see it, it is much like 'dropping seeds into the ground.' Something is going to happen, and it usually does." (Rooke 6)
Poetry books still interest Jargon, and more are forthcoming, but Williams has spent much time on the road with photographers Guy Mendes and Roger Manley, and writers such as Tom Patterson (who for a time served as Executive Director of Jargon from its 1985 established administrative offices in Winston-Salem), documenting and collecting the work of Southern visionary artists. Hopes of opening a museum in Winston floundered (Rodgers) but presently a large collection of important works fill the Jargon offices at Skywinding. During this time Jargon has saved the life's work of North Carolina visionary artist Annie Hooper, assisted financially and with moral support for artists such as potter Georgia Blizzard and sculptor Vernon Burwell, and influenced the founding of a visionary art museum at North Carolina State University.
The 1950-1991 Jargon archives, of over 35,000 manuscripts, photographs, documents, and correspondence were purchased by the Poetry/Rare Books Collection, SUNY at Buffalo, which also holds major manuscript collections of James Joyce and Dylan Thomas. In 1991, the archives were officially open with a celebration of Jargon's fortieth anniversary. Recently, an agreement was made to take the next group of archives. Since 1983, close to 100 books have been published using the collection. (Books)
- Future projects for Jargon include cataloging and printing the hundreds of negatives of photographs taken by Jonathan that fill drawers at Skywinding. These images, mostly from the Black Mountain days, will undoubtedly prove to be of major importance to historians and scholars once Jargon finds a patron to sponsor the project. (Ephemera) Photography books by Elizabeth Matheson, and Roger Manley are planned, as are poetry books by Joel Oppenheimer, Thomas Meyer, Mason Jordan Mason and myself. Jargon's forthcoming list is long, and dependent still on generous patrons and grants. Book publication is usually contingent on finding individual sponsors. (Williams Vintage)
- It would be unfair not to mention some of the people who have kept Jargon moving over the years: "Our executive board is distinguished; our ancient record is extraordinary... We are not so nice as Nice People and not so good as Good People...We are on our own, near the Trail of Lonesome Pine, and that is a very long way from the Groves of Acanemia (sic)." (Williams Jargon Confronts 3) Poet Ronald Johnson was associated with the press from 1958-68, and Thomas Meyer from 1968 to the present. Meyer has designed books, written catalogs and introductions, organized events, and served in every possible capacity in the life of the press. F. Whitney Jones, a literary enthusiast and fund-raising expert, has served as President of the Board for many years. Thorns Craven, a lawyer with Legal Aid in Forsyth County, serves as Treasurer. J. M. Edelstein, former librarian with the National Gallery and the Getty Museum, is Jargon's bibliographer.
- Jargon would have been impossible without the use of the patron Donald Anderson's cottage in England, or Skywinding Farm thanks to the generosity of Jonathan's parents. Williams calls David Wilk's Inland Books the best distributor Jargon has ever had. (Dana 217) And Heritage Printers in Charlotte, NC, since 1956 - when Jargon became practically its first customer - has continued to produce products of a quality admired throughout the book publishing industry. Many publishers, including Knopf and the Limited Editions Club use Heritage now. (McFee 104)
- Jargon has always attempted to keep the price of its books low and the quality exceptional, thus remaining dependent - particularly considering its unusual methods of finance - on patronage. Although Jonathan lives a life which on the surface seems "high," he and Tom, too, with their minimal salaries, have been dependent on the kindness of Jonathan's mother, the Andersons, and others who have provided many of the bare essentials such as housing. Jonathan's own generosity has benefited others as a result.
Testimony to the range of largess Jargon has garnered through the years, recent patrons have included Dan Gerber, James Merrill, Roy Neill Acuff, Peter Straub, Basil Bunting, Robert Kelly, Robert Motherwell, Francine du Plessix Gray, F. Borden Hanes, and Carter Burden. The Hanes family of Winston-Salem has been a consistently benevolent supporter for many years. R. Philip Hanes, Jr. was the first family member to take interest in Jargon, and for over 35 years has been an unfailing donor. (Ephemera) Jonathan claims to be unable to "sell ice to an Eskimo or shit to a fly." (Cory 3) Belief in the Lamed-Vav Zaddikm (the 36 anonymous and mysterious pious men, to whose humility, just deeds, and virtues the world owes its continued existence) continues to give Jargon supporters their determination. (Williams Jargon Society catalog 1987 1) One such Lamed-Vovnik for Jargon has been Donald Anderson. Williams credits Anderson as the main reason that Jargon "has survived and schlepped along through the decades, tapping with its cane like wormy Lazarus, its begging bowl extended." (Williams The Jargon Society Springtime 6)
- Winter Apples - "Mass" Movements
- Let the bookmaking disappear - by its grace, simply disappear, leaving these good, honest words, and these direct and simple photographs.
- J. Williams on Sherwood Anderson's Six Mid-American Chants
- (Williams Parsons 375)
In 1990 the North Carolina Arts Council asked for expert opinions about a group of five small presses in our state. Peter Davison, distinguished Houghton Mifflin editor said, "a sensible society would set up a permanent outsize subsidy for...Williams and let him go to whatever his hand fell upon...Jargon...is still searching out...astonishments...it is one of the irreplaceable American small-press institutions." (Williams Calling 2) Others have agreed. Publishers Weekly awarded the press its Carey-Thomas Citation for creative small-press publishing in 1977, and the same year Jonathan received the North Carolina Gold Medal Award in Fine Arts. Early on William Carlos Williams made an observation which still rings true, "It's a strange thing about 'the new' in which category I place what you do. At first it shocks, even repels, such a man as myself, but in a few days or a month or a year, we rush to it drooling at the mouth, as if it were a fruit, an apple in winter." (Williams, W. C. Letter) The variety, the uniqueness of a Jargon book rests in its ability to condense the eye, force Vision on its audience.
Jargon exists not without some privilege to make it easier; not without some restraints to make it challenging. Its days complement the hard, exemplary life of the mountain folk, the outsiders, the precious snowflakes and apples, that Jargon has championed. "We be modesty persons" an old broom maker's wife once said to Jonathan. (Williams White 171) Well, perhaps Jargon is not quite as humble as it should be, but it certainly is humbler than it could be.
What stubborn perfected attention resides in the North Carolina hills! These days with national estimates at serious readers of literature running from 4,000 to 20,000, Jargon still does pretty well. Jonathan loves to quote one of his authors, Walter Lowenfels, "One reader is a miracle; two a mass-movement." (Williams Joyfull 5) Jargon books remain as models of publishing craft, true to Black Mountain teachings, enforced by the happy marriage of visual and verbal language. Tactile examples of learning by doing, the books affirm elegance of process; their intent - to bring the beholder completely into the experience of a book - and through the object - poem and book, photography and book, drawing and book - to the center of artistic vision where the human and the marvelous meet.
The events that brought Black Mountain College to North Carolina, and Jonathan to Black Mountain, continue to bless our state and her arts, allowing each of us to confront the greater questions of attention, aesthetics, and exclusion. Black Mountain taught us that "the pure products of America" are often found beneath the stone walls, outside the city gates. Jargon has not backed down from the enterprise. As a grateful recipient of that heritage, I offer a doubled handful of goldenrod, sumac, galax, and shortia for my teacher and friend!


… of books I’ve read. I may or may not review them, but if I do, you will not only see a nice post about it, but it will also pop up as a red link. Please note that the review of The House of The Dead may direct you to my other blog, but the others should stay within this domain.
My current reading goal is 15 books in 2020.
I am constantly trying to squeeze in as much time for reading as possible. I have been a bit ‘off’ with books since starting uni because of the sheer amount of reading that I am already doing – but reading books for fun not only lets me disappear into a completely different world, it also trains me to focus on my academic reading.
Because I am deep down a competitive idiot, I decided to keep a list of books I have read. I will possibly review them, if that is something people would be into and then a link will appear at the title, but I will mainly stick to reviewing finance books. Also, feel free to recommend a book!
2020 books in alphabetical order (6)
D. Carnegie: How to Win Friends and Influence People
G. Clason: The Richest Man in Babylon
A. Kay: This is going to hurt
M. Kimer: Krigen Indeni
V. King: Good Vibes Good Life
E. Perel: Mating in Captivity
2018/2019 books in alphabetical order (11)
A. Aciman: Call Me By Your Name
J. Baldwin: Giovanni’s Room
C. Bukowski: Notes of a Dirty Old Man
A. Camus: The Plague
A. Chekov: A Nervous Breakdown (short stories)
F. Dostoyevsky: The House of The Dead
B. Easton Ellis: The Rules of Attraction
Homer: The Iliad
K. Hosseini: The Kite Runner
K. Ormerod: Why Social Media Is Ruining Your Life
W. Shakespeare: Macbeth


Tea: Bioactivity and Therapeutic Potential
出版社：Taylor & Francis, London and New York
The tea plant, Camellia sinensis, is of particular importance to humans, and the consumption of tea has a long history of over 2000 years. Currently, tea is one of the most popular beverages worldwide. In recent years the subject of tea has attracted a great deal of attention. As well as the use of tea in traditional medicine, modern biochemical research has shown the potential application of tea and tea products to disease prevention and therapy.
The goal of this book is to cover all relevant aspects including botanical identification, processing and major categories of tea, physiological and pharmacological effects, and experimental therapeutic effects. The therapeutic applications of tea based on traditional Chinese medicine are also included. The contributors are renowned experts from botanical, agricultural, chemical, biochemical, and medical circles. Tea: Bioactivity and Therapeutic Potential will be an invaluable reference source for physicians and all professionals in pharmaceutical, agricultural, and food research and development industries as well as anyone who is interested in the potential medical applications of tea.


Expand the way you communicate
You’re never too old—or too young—to explore and learn another language. All of the language learning options are available in the library without a library card. Patrons will need a library card outside of the library. The library offers self-learning books to many different languages, as well as access to these popular interactive learning systems:
*Please be aware the State library is no longer offering Rosetta Stone and it is now being provided to Hoboken residents by the Hoboken Public Library. If you have difficulty logging in with an account you had previously created, please try to clear the cookies and cache on your browser and then try logging in to Rosetta Stone. If you are still unable to log in, please perform a password reset. You can contact us at email@example.com for further assistance.


The Gauntlet of Feona is the first book from a trilogy series “The Curse of the Seventh Sword” written by Kelechi Agu. The first book introduces the protagonist, Davydd Miljorn who is a hunter and a thief living in the small town of Gor, in a kingdom known as Angweleth. Despite being a thief, he really is a goody kind of guy. That nature leads him to rescue the princess of Angweleth from certain death when her caravan is attacked by strange marauders. This sparks a chain reaction of revelations and takes them on an unexpected quest to find a lost gauntlet. That Gauntlet is the key to saving the human race from imminent danger.
This book is filled with adventure, action, magic and a decent dose of romance with a bit of tear jerking adventure. The author shared the inspiration behind the book, he said and I quote:
I was like 12 or 13 at the time and had visited England for the first time. I remember being overwhelmed by its rich history and just the architecture… it was beautiful. It made me dream and want to write. So I did. I would continue to write this book for the next decade or so. Always starting and stopping. I finally caught a break when I was studying for my masters. I survived a pretty bad accident and the school gave me some time off to recover. Everything in the car was destroyed, including my laptop and the hard drive. The only document recovered was this book. I took it as a sign that God wanted me to finish it so… I wrote it till the end.
When asked about lessons which the book inspires to infuse in the public, the author said: “ I did infuse a lot of my life philosophy – as inspired by my experiences – into this book.”
“First one is there’s greatness inside all of us and I think that shows with the protagonist who really embarks on a journey of self-discovery and actualization.”
“Secondly, there’s the importance of family and how the decisions we make affect the ones we love. It really plays out with a lot of characters and how their world views are shaped by their experiences or lack thereof with family.”
Hope this whets your appetite a bit lolllzz……If Interested, the book is available on Amazon and Okada Books. The links are below:


Journal of Classroom Research in Literacy
for an opportunity
to publish your classroom research
The Journal of Classroom Research in Literacy (JCRL) is an online, peer-reviewed journal that highlights research conducted by teacher candidates and teachers. JCRL provides a forum for educators to work through ambiguities and complexities as they conduct action research and then reflect upon and write about their findings. Teachers who read the research use this shared knowledge to conduct research and address challenges in their own classrooms. This online journal features classroom-based research and honours the perspectives of teacher-researchers. It creates bridges between theory and practice for those who write the articles and for those who read them. Journal articles are written and reviewed by teacher candidates and teachers.
• To showcase the research conducted by school-based educators, and
• To encourage teacher candidates and teachers to conduct classroom-based research and disseminate the results through the online journal.
• Journal submissions may take the form of formal research reports or other formats that the researchers feel are appropriate for communicating the research results and engaging the journal’s readers.
• Submission deadline is October 31, 2012
• There will be one issue published per year in May.
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Introducing KDDockWidgets 2.0 A Leap Forward in Flexibility and Integration
We’re happy to announce KDDockWidgets version 2.0, a major milestone that brings many improvements and architectural enhancements to our powerful docking library.
KDDockWidgets is a versatile framework for custom-tailored docking systems in Qt written by KDAB’s Sérgio Martins. For more information about its rich set of features, take a gander at its GitHub repository.
What motivated the rewrite?
In the 1.x series, the integration of QtQuick/QML support in KDDockWidgets was a bit of a hack. Maintaining and adding new features for QtQuick proved challenging and risked introducing regressions in the QtWidgets code. The 2.0 release marks a comprehensive architecture rewrite, addressing these issues. Now, fixing bugs in the QtQuick frontend is more straightforward, without impacting the stability of the QtWidgets implementation. This rewrite not only enhances the overall robustness of the library but also paves the way for non-Qt frontends, such as Slint and Flutter.
If you’ve been using QtQuick in the 1.x series, we strongly recommend updating to KDDockWidgets 2.0 The 2.0 release ensures a smoother experience and better compatibility with QtQuick. However, if you’re content with QtWidgets in version 1.x, you’re welcome to stick with version 1.7. While version 1.7 will continue to receive necessary build and crash fixes, the focus will shift towards version 2.0 for future developments.
About Version 2.0
The process of porting from KDDockWidgets version 1 to version 2 is generally straightforward, involving minor changes in namespaces and includes. However, if you’ve been using private APIs, the process might be more involved. For detailed guidance on porting, we refer to our porting guide.
The cornerstone of this release is a comprehensive architecture rewrite, laying the foundation for broader frontend compatibility. Developers can now effortlessly extend KDDockWidgets to support a myriad of GUI frameworks beyond QtWidgets and QtQuick, opening up new possibilities for cross-platform development.
Exciting times lie ahead as we work towards integrating KDDockWidgets with Slint as well as Flutter. While these frameworks are still in progress, we eagerly anticipate their support for multi-window functionality before finalizing the implementation.
Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting your coding journey, KDDockWidgets 2.0 offers a world of possibilities. Dive into the new architecture, explore enhanced integration options, and leverage the flexibility to tailor your user interface to perfection.
Visit our GitHub repository to download the latest release and check out the documentation.


Beyond Tenant Engagement:
A Digital-First Guide to Enhancing the Workplace Experience
From opening doors to unlocking flex spaces, workplace technology allows property managers to improve virtually every touchpoint in the office, making it seamless, sophisticated, and fit for the modern professional. Engagement is an important and even essential aspect of that experience — but it’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Download this guide to learn:
– Three ways to meet the demands of modern professionals
– How CRE leaders can leverage technology to transform their buildings into a space where professionals can connect, commune, and collaborate seamlessly
– How to think more holistically about the workplace experience to drive greater tenant attraction, retention, and satisfaction