1) Bridges out of Poverty (Ruby Payne)
- This book has been a life-saver in presenting a framework to understand the poor. Hidden rules, roles, communication...there is so much in this book. Also, the companion book "What every church member needs to know about poverty" is great.
2) Switch (Chip and Dan Heath)
- Recommended by my friend Joel Boehner, this leadership book, dealing with enacting change, is the MOST HELPFUL book I have EVER read. You will hear me reference the analogies in this book from now until I can no longer speak, or remember what an elephant is. I seriously believe every pastor and leader in any capacity needs to read this book, and every other person would probably enjoy it as well.
3) Love is an Orientation (Andrew Marin)
- I put off reading this book, because I thought I would already know where the author was going (and likely agree). After several people encouraged me to read, I jumped in. The author deals with encouraging the church to raise our conversation with the gay community. Beyond that issue, Marin presents a picture of living life in a way that matches with what Christianity says it believes about the identity of people, our interactions with each other, and the nature of the work of God in the lives of people. It impacts the conversation with the GLBT community, but taught me so much more as well. If you're from the world of traditional evangelical Christianity like me, please read this book.
4) Myth of a Christian Nation (Greg Boyd)
- This is another book I put off, assuming I already knew where the author was going and sensed an agenda behind it. I was wrong. Don't get me wrong, Boyd does address all of the inconsistencies of a civil religion, but within a bigger perspective. He asks what God's Kingdom come to earth looks like. This "Kingdom" perspective has shaped me greatly.
5) Jesus Wants to Save Christians (Rob Bell)
- Unlike many of Bell's books, this one spends the first two-thirds pouring through the story woven through the Old Testament. The picture Rob draws out from the story becomes the nitty-gritty research for the perspective presented in "Myth of a Christian Nation" listed above. This is another book that looks at God's Kingdom on earth. Additionally it asks some really pointed questions about Christians and whether or not we really reflect the values of the Kingdom. This is another must read.
6) Justified (NT Wright)
- This is a deep, theology one. It took forever to read and even longer to process. I don't know that I agree with all of Wright's conclusions, but I love that he desires to look at the Biblical text through the eyes of the original authors and audience. His view of scriptural interpretation is what most impacted me. I don't recommend it unless you like the really deep ones, in which case, you should definitely check this one out.
Have you read any of these? Any questions about them?
*NOTE* I know this will be mirrored into Facebook, but I'm staying away from that crazy place until late April, so please leave any comments on my blog: ryanyazel.blogspot.com. Thanks!


Sundary Service Video Library
Annual Parish Meeting
The Legacy Society
Emergency "Reach Out"
Bible Study & Devotions
February 5, 2018
Calvary Vestry Special Meeting Minutes
2018 Budget Preparation
January 14, 2018
The Vestry of Calvary Episcopal church held a special meeting on Sunday, January 14, 2018.
The purpose of the meeting was to try to c...
Vestry Meeting Minutes
January 8, 2018
Call to Order - The meeting was called to order by Fr. Roberts.
Attendance/Quorum - Those present at the meeting included Mike Alford, Marilyn Clark, Elyssa Coker, S...
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December 11, 2017
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Michael Kuzma and Leslie James Pickering will lead a workshop on how attorneys, journalists, historians, or any person can file successful Freedom of Information (FOI) requests. This workshop will share tactics they have learned from the various FOI requests and appeals that they have submitted. Real examples of FOI requests, appeals, and releases will be used to demonstrate how to pry loose records from oft-times recalcitrant federal, state and local agencies. Anyone interested in open government issues won’t want to miss this one-of-a-kind presentation.
Great for librarians who are interested in learning more about obtaining available documents from the government and how this procedure works.
Please bring a laptop with you. The room will have WiFi.
This workshop will be held in Collections Gallery Conference Room at the Central Library, B&ECPL.
Michael Kuzma is a solo practitioner in Buffalo. He has long viewed the law as being a tool to bring about social, political and economic change. For nearly four decades, Mike has fought to make government more open and accountable through use of the federal and state Freedom of Information (FOI) laws. He has litigated a number of FOI cases against agencies such as the CIA, FBI and New York State Department of Correctional and Community Supervision (DOCCS). Mike has represented Native American activist and political prisoner, Leonard Peltier, Jalil Muntaqim, Occupy Buffalo and Leslie James Pickering.
Leslie James Pickering is a proprietor of Burning Books, a radical bookstore in Buffalo's West Side, and a long-time free speech and social justice advocate. Ongoing Freedom of Information Act litigation has exposed extensive targeting of Pickering by the FBI, including a two year eco-terrorism conspiracy investigation into Burning Books.
WNYLRC & RRLC are co-sponsoring a charter bus to Cleveland, OH, for ACRL 2019. The bus will leave Rochester on April 9th and return on April 13th. Cost is $40 per person. Please be aware that this charter bus includes transportation only (does not include conference registration or lodging).
To ride the bus with us, fill out the form here.
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A modern, living wilderness
Sompio has all modern amenities and technology, but nature is very much present. Many Sompioans still fish, hunt, pick mushrooms and berries, just as their ancestors did for centuries in the past. You’ll have a chance to meet these authentic Sompioans and see how they live.
Nature provided for the hard worker
Life in Sompio was earlier regulated by the natural cycle and the eight seasons of Lapland. There were particular tasks for each season, and men and women had their own roles. One also had to be brave, open-minded and strong. The people of Sompio valued hard work in particular, as well as physical and mental stamina.
Andreas Alariesto (1900–1989) was a self-educated artist and a story-teller from Sompio. One of his jobs was as a janitor at the Vuotson Maja which today serves as a bed and breakfast. Alariesto’s life-long mission was to record the old Sompio before it disappeared.
Samuli Paulaharju: Sompio
SSamuli Paulaharju (1875–1944) was a Finnish collector and writer of folklore. He rambled barefoot across Finland and interviewed people about their life. Paulaharju made several trips to Sompio and in 1939 he published a book Sompio – Luiron korpien vanhaa elämää that is considered to be his main work.


An introduction to the popular Open Source, WebGL library, Three.JS
Displaying 3D content in a browser involves using the WebGL api. But the library takes care of all the complex details leaving you able to think in terms of models, cameras and lights.
This short free course begins with a 3D beginner-level primer to 3D concepts and some basic examples to get you started with the most important features that Three.JS has to offer. You’ll learn how to quickly create a scene, camera, and renderer and how to add meshes using the Geometry primitives included with the library. You’ll find out how to use the online Three.JS Editor which will help as you learn to use the library. You’ll learn about materials, lights and how to load a complex model you may find from an online store.
This is a quick introduction to the most important features of the library. After completing the course you will have a basic understanding of how to use Three.JS in your own Web Apps. A skill greatly in demand.
“A really good starting point to a confusing topic”
“A refreshing introduction to three.js! Highly recommend.”


Award-winning poet Pete Bearder presents the unwritten history, science, and skill of spoken word and answers some strangely under-explored questions: What is the history of performance poetry in the UK? How does emotional contagion happen in live literature? What has spoken word got to do with hypnotism and ecstatic states? This groundbreaking book explores a thriving ecology of artistry, and how it can serve us for cultural, social and political renewal.
‘a fantastic piece of work’ – Michael Rosen.
‘Refreshingly light hearted, intellectually passionate and experientially sure footed’ —Liminalities, Journal of Performance Studies
‘Stage Invasion is required reading for anyone studying or fascinated by the art’ —Oxford Brookes University Poetry Centre
Papers, Articles & Reviews:
- Bearder, P., ‘Communities of Words: Developing Voices through Spoken Word Education’, Teaching English, NATE, Issue 8 (2015), 53–56.
- Bearder, P., ‘Liberating Tongues?: A Theoretical Analysis of the Work of a full-time Embedded Spoken Word Educator in a Secondary School’, English in Education, 49/3 (2015), 233–251
- Bearder, P. ‘Poetry out of the Box: the story of one of the UK’s first full-time spoken word educators in schools.’ (Oct. 2014) https://www.nawe.co.uk/DB/current-wie-edition/articles/poetry-out-of-the-box.html
- Bearder, P. ‘Spoken Word is Dead, Long Live Poetry’ https://applesandsnakes.org/2020/05/26/spoken-word-is-dead-long-live-poetry/
- Bearder, P. ‘Small Change: Arts Funding and the Oil Industry’ http://www.freewordonline.com/content/2011/12/small-change-arts-funding-and-the-oil-industry/
- Bearder, P. ‘Art, Culture and the Sacred Space for Resistance’ https://www.freewordcentre.com/blog/2015/11/pete-the-temp-briefing-notes/
- Review: Samuel Burgum, ‘Occupying London: Post Crash Resistance and the Limits of Possibility’, https://www.theoryculturesociety.org/blog/review-samuel-burgum-occupying-london
- Review: Patrick Turner, ‘Hip Hop vs Rap: the Politics of Droppin Knowledge’, Global Hip Hop Studies,
- Review: George F. ‘Good Times in Distopia’ (Dec. 2020) https://freedomnews.org.uk/review-good-times-in-dystopia/


The Carpool Book Club Magnetic Bookmark
The Carpool Book Club handmade magnet bookmark is the perfect way to mark your page after having the most peaceful time of the day. Use one of our magnetic bookmarks to hold the page you're on while you pick up your kid(s) from school or just to enjoy the brief moment of peace and quiet. Our versatile bookmarks will look perfect in any planner, journal, notebook and/or favorite book.
Bookmark are printed with premium card stock with a magnetic for its closure.


This book is number 2 in the ‘Twitter Titters’ series. It is another collection compilation of over 3000 of the funniest guffaws, rib ticklers, belly laughs, shaggy dog stories, gags and yarns that you will find on Twitter. These tweets will introduce to you the funny side of Twitter. The list of contributors include the famous, Twitter famous, Twitter elite, Favstar favourites and genuinely funny folk. The tweets are about all sorts of topics and the only thing they have in common is they will make you laugh.
This book is for OVER-18s ONLY as it contains adult content.


“Reading. Empowers. Awesome. Dreams” were the words imparted into the hearts of over a hundred children by Ms.Rosie of Ms.Rosie’s Storytime Wagon at the Liberty City Reads Festival.
BOOKS THAT LOOK LIKE US
Every child needs a dream. A vision that they can hold on to that will someday change the world. Books can unlock those dreams. The written words on a once blank page can provide information about life or open the doors to endless adventures.
The books at the Liberty City Reads Festival were not your ordinary books. You see, the books at the festival had illustrations that identified with the culture of the children. Each book provided a positive message. A message of hope and inspiration that is seldom showcased about our community in the media. The characters reflected the blocks where they were from and told their life stories in a new light. The children could quickly turn the pages and identify with the various shades of brown skin tones. Each child could find themselves within the text, which is something they may rarely see in their classroom textbooks. Their hair textures illustrated in the detailed sketches of braids and beads, kinky coily curls, fly haircuts, and afros on every page. These written stories also educated the children on topics ranging from world travels to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder).
The local community gathered together to bring interactive literacy games, science activities, and arts and crafts to this event. The children were able to make gooey slime at the science station. The History Miami Museum staff discussed the historical aspect of the city through the use of games and art. Say Sukii, a local florist, came in and taught the children about the different types of flowers, how to make floral arrangements, and demonstrated how to create a decorative hair crown.
I was blessed with an opportunity to talk curly to the young girls and boys at the festival. We did a reflection exercise where they were able to look into the mirror and say something that they loved about themselves. We took this activity to the next level by becoming the mirror and saying something encouraging to someone else
WE LOVE BOOKS
Each child had the opportunity to take home FREE books. Yes, I said books indicating more than one. There were books from various genres placed in the hands of each child. Suze Guillaume’s vision was to promote literacy and showcase our community. She did exactly that!
Below you will find a list of the featured authors. Simply click on the book’s title to get a copy today!
“Stuttering Stephen” by Fraendy Clervaud
“Dear Little Brown Girl: My Travels Around the World” by Sheneka Brown
“Celebrating my Kinks and Curls” by Jerod Simon
“No Grades, No Play” by Ray Shipman
“Javan Has Asthma” by Javan Allison
“Dear Haiti, Love Alaine” by Maika Moulite and Maritza Moulite
Thank you, Suze Guillaume, for coordinating this amazing event. I look forward to attending the Liberty City Reads Festival next year.


Italian photographer deeply in love with Japan, I share my photos (in Japanese shashin) and my experiences in Japan. I love Japanese art, culture, literature, music, tradition, food, people, elegance and mostly, beautiful women.
Great book about the first Italian diplomatic mission in Japan
A great book about the first Italian diplomatic mission in Japan in 1866, written by Enrico Hillier Giglioli, doctor and antropologist, pupil of Charles Darwin. The trip is made just ten years after the opening of Japan to the rest of the world with the "help" of Commodore Perry. A gread trip diary, intelligent, with scientific and cultural analysis and observations of the last period of medieval Japan.


Why Skippyjon Jones Lost In Spice Is Necessary?The Best Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice is necessary because it is a classic children's book that teaches an important lesson. The Best Skippyjon Jones Lost in Spice teaches children the importance of being themselves and not trying to be someone else.
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Skippyjon Jones is a talking Siamese kitten who likes to pretend he's a greatsword-wielding Spanish chihuahua. In these six stories, Skippyjon copies the characters from six famous books. He becomes Sherlock Bones to solve a mystery in the library, Class Action Skippyjon takes on the jury to save his best friend in a court case, and more. Filled with humor and Spanish phrases, these easy-to-read books are great for reluctant readers or anyone who loves a good laugh.
Common Questions on Skippyjon Jones Six Book Paperback Set Includes Skippyjon Jones; Skippyjon Jones in the Doghouse; Skippyjon Jones in Mummy Trouble; Skippyjon Jones and the Big Bones; Skippyjon Jones, Lost in Spice; and Skippyjon Jones, Class Action• Where does Skippyjon Jones live? Skippyjon Jones lives in a castle in Mexico with his mom and dad.
• What is Skippyjon Jones' favorite thing to do? Skippyjon Jones loves to sing and dance.
• What is Skippyjon Jones' favorite food? Skippyjon Jones loves to eat cottage cheese.
• What is Skippyjon Jones' favorite thing to do for fun? Skippyjon Jones loves to play with his toys.
• What does Skippyjon Jones do when he's not feeling well? Skippyjon Jones likes to take a nap.
Why We Like ThisA six book set of the Skippyjon Jones series, perfect for ages 5 7 32 pages each, filled with charming illustrations Skippyjon Jones is a lovable Siamese kitten who thinks he is a superhero In each book, Skippyjon Jones gets into trouble and has to use his quick wit and imagination to escape A perfect series for young readers who are just starting to read on their own
Benefits of Skippyjon Jones Lost In SpiceIf you've never read the Skippyjon Jones books, your kids are missing out on some silly fun. But beyond being entertaining, the series has several benefits for young readers. 1. The books encourage use of imagination. In each story, Skippyjon becomes whatever he pretends to be – whether it's a ninja warrior or a heroic knight. This encourages kids to let their imaginations run wild and explore different possibilities. 2. The stories help teach basic life lessons in a light-hearted way . For example, in Lost in Spice , Skippyjon learns that it's okay to be different from everyone else and that he shouldn't try to change just to fit in . These are valuable lessons for kids (and adults!) to learn early on . 3.
Buying Guide for Best Skippyjon Jones Lost In SpiceWhen shopping for the best Skippyjon Jones book, Lost in Spice, consider the following factors: plot, illustrations, and writing style. Plot: The plot of Lost in Spice is Skippyjon's wild adventure in a new land filled with delicious spices. He must find his way back to his pack while avoiding the dangerous creatures that lurk in the spice forest. Illustrations: The illustrations in Lost in Spice are colorful and help bring the story to life. They add to the overall appeal of the book. Writing style: The writing style is simple and easy to follow, making it a great choice for young readers.
Frequently Asked Question
How does Skippyjon Jones end up in the spice shop?
Skippyjon Jones ends up in the spice shop after he follows a group of cats there.
How does Skippyjon Jones get lost in the spice shop?
Skippyjon Jones gets lost in the spice shop because he is looking for his imaginary friend, Chico.
What does Skippyjon Jones do while he is lost in the spice shop?
Skippyjon Jones is a Siamese cat who likes to pretend he is a Mexican chihuahua. In the spice shop, he pretends to be a Mexican chili pepper. He dances around the spice shop, trying to find a way out.
How does Skippyjon Jones find his way out of the spice shop?
Skippyjon Jones uses his nose to follow the trail of spices back to the door.
What does Skippyjon Jones learn from getting lost in the spice shop?
Skippyjon Jones learns that he should never go into a place that he is not supposed to go.


If you want to be an expert on UFOs and aliens, you have to read alien books to do it. In several countries there are many people, who have witnessed UFO visits and left it in writing in a book. There are numerous books about alien. Find yours in this specialized alien book store.
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Books of aliens for children
These alien books are from the best selection for our little ones to start entering the world. Any child can enjoy and laugh with these stories about our Martian friends. They are optimal for children to begin to know about the truth of the world. Although at first it is hard to think whether we are alone or not, these books will open the doors of the universe.
Tribute to the film Alien
And since we weren’t going to make a tribute to one of the most fascinating sagas in the alien world. These are official books from the famous film Alien. Get all Alien books or comics in your favorite alien store: dealien.net. If you know all the Alien seriousness, then these are your books! Immerse yourself in the foreplay of the saga and illustrations from the Alien universe. Take advantage to acquire from the first episode to the encounter with Prometheus. Mostly in English.
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I Met a Moose in Maine One Day
Hardcover - apprx 1-4 years by
A boy and a moose become fast friends in this rhyming charmer from the creators of The Boston Balloonies, The Cods of Cape Cod, and Champ and Me By the Maple Tree. Together, boy and beast play hide-and-seek (not the best game for a moose), walk to the general store, then take a tour of Maine. They fly about in a seaplane, they run the Penobscot River on a raft made of logs, they hang out on a dock in Camden, and they finish off with some chocolate moose cake at a cafe in Portland!


In addition to guided reading and comprehension activities, we have introduced Reading Plus from Year 2 to Year 6. This online reading resources is designed to improve reading speed and comprehension understanding of the different genres whilst giving our children the ability to investigate and question books they want to read. Our children have the opportunity during the school day and at home to access their personalised learning zone to access the different resources with the following areas:
Personalised Guided Practice
In the SeeReader® activity, children read text in the Reading Plus Guided Window™ to improve reading efficiency. The Guided Window moves according to the rate at which the child is currently reading and adapts based on the student’s performance with comprehension questions.
As children increase their ability to successfully comprehend texts with greater reading efficiency, Reading Plus responds by transitioning them to more traditional reading formats. Text scaffolds are gradually removed in accord of each student’s reading rate. This helps students sustain attention and assists them with transferring the increased efficiency they attain to authentic reading activities.
Student Agency: Choice, Control, and Accountability
Children explore and select age-appropriate texts that excite and motivate them throughout their Reading Plus journey.
Intensive Visual Perception Games
During Scan, students will complete activities that help their eyes move quickly left to right.
Flash is an activity in iBalance that develops the ability to quickly recognize several letters in parallel within a fraction of a second.
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Memorials of a Yorkshire Parish. Darrington. J S Fletcher is a history of the village of Darrington and its Church which was at the centre of village life from before the Norman Conquest and is still the heart of the community.
Much of the book is available online
St Luke and All Saints Church sits back from the main road through Darrington, Estcourt Road, on a low rise at the end of Church Lane. The Lych Gate to the left was dedicated to the glory of God and is where the vicar meets and greets people for weddings and funerals. The church noticeboard to its right gives information about what is happening in church and how to contact the vicar of Darrington.


Dates: 8 - 26 July, 2013
This course provides a broad, up-to-date introduction to the economic analysis of public policy issues. The focus of the course, which draws on microeconomic theory, is on the development of analytical tools and their application to key policy issues relating to the spending, taxing and financing activities of government. Particular emphasis is given to recent developments in public economics, including findings from recent research, in areas such as behavioural public economics, new empirical methods and policy innovations.
The first part of the course presents a brief overview of the role of government. The second part examines issues relating to welfare analysis, social insurance and pensions. The third section assesses tax policy and its impact on individuals and companies, while the final part explores the issues of privatisation, outsourcing and the proper scope of government.
Topics covered include:
■equity, efficiency and the role of the state
■behavioural public economics
■market failure and social insurance
■the pensions "crisis" and savings policy
■reforming welfare systems
■the impact of tax incentives and welfare-to work schemes on unemployment
■tax incentives and investment, including cross-border investment
■optimal taxation and tax evasion
■globalisation and tax policy
■climate change policy: taxes versus emissions trading
■rethinking the scope of government (outsourcing, public-private partnerships, privatisation)
This course is not based on a single text. Students are, however, encouraged to purchase Jonathan Gruber (2011) Public Finance and Public Policy, 3rd edition, Worth Publishers, which is used throughout the course, and perhaps also Nicholas Barr, The Economics of the Welfare State, (4th ed.), OUP Oxford, 2004, to which frequent reference is made in parts 1 and 2. Copies of Gruber and Barr are available in the Library Course Collection.
An alternative general textbook, which is complementary although somewhat less complete in its coverage of course topics, is Rosen and Gayer (2007) Public Finance, McGraw Hill (and the previous edition, Rosen (2005) Public Finance, 7th edition, McGraw Hill).
The course readings also include journal articles and working papers, almost all of which can be accessed electronically. A course pack of key articles is provided.
Lectures: 36 hours Classes: 12 hours
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They say well-behaved women don’t make history, but it seems even the more reckless ones would struggle to leave their mark. Throughout time, brave female explorers have been ignored by books and on bank notes; even as the men around them were lauded.
So, to help tip the scales, we’ve delved into the rich and fascinating world of female pioneers.
These are the women who risked censor and scandal in years gone by, in pursuit of the Great Unknown. They’re joined by their modern-day sisters, who continue to blaze a trail across seas and up mountains, all around the globe.
Times have changed, and women now have more freedom and autonomy than once they did (although this isn’t a given). But what draws these travellers together is their insatiable appetite for adventure. Not one of them bowed to expectation or obstacle, in search of their daring dreams.
So, come raise a toast to just a few of history’s most audacious female wanderers, and fire up your own appetite for adventure and derring-do.
Please note: This is just a snapshot of the many great female adventurers out there. Add in your own suggestions in the comment section, below!
The traveller: Isabella Lucy Bird
“To a person sitting quietly at home, Rocky Mountain travelling, like Rocky Mountain scenery, must seem very monotonous; but not so to me, to whom the pure, dry mountain air is the elixir of life”
Yorkshire-born Isabella Bird first travelled the world as a cure to post-operative depression that she suffered in the 1850s. Her father gave her £100 and told her to go where she wanted. She ended up in Hawaii and Canada, kick-starting a lifelong passion that would take her down the Yangtze River in China, through the Middle East, and to Japan and India. Her adventures weren’t without drama – she ended up fighting off a hostile mob at one point, and was stoned to the point of unconsciousness at another – but as a Victorian female explorer, she was well beyond her time. Her meticulously-observed travel writing earned her a position as the first woman fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.
The mountaineer: Junko Tabei
“Technique and ability alone do not get you to the top – it is the willpower that is the most important. This willpower you cannot buy with money or be given by others – it rises from your heart”
Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei became the first woman to summit Mount Everest in 1975, leading a team of 15 women from her self-formed Ladies Climbing Club. The group’s motto was “let’s go on an overseas expedition by ourselves”, and – though it faced criticism and often struggled to secure sponsorship – it provided a symbolic antidote to the male-dominated climbing groups of the era. By 1992, Junko became the first woman to conquer the Seven Summits; the highest mountains in each of the seven continents. And, if that wasn’t achievement enough, she also attempted to climb the highest mountain in every country, a mission that saw her casually tick off 70 peaks worldwide.
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The war reporter: Martha Gellhorn
“Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival”
American Martha Gellhorn travelled to Paris in 1929, armed with just $75 and a burning ambition to become a foreign correspondent – at a time when women in the profession were virtually unheard of. She rapidly built up a reputation as one of the greatest war reporters of all-time, covering everything from the the D-Day landings (where she managed to smuggle her way onto the beach) to the liberation of Dachau, the Vietnam war and the US invasion of Panama. Her unflinching reports drew widespread acclaim, and she cut a glamorous figure, who loved to drink, smoke and gossip. But above all, says friend and New York editor Bill Buford, Martha “was a friend of the dispossessed, the oppressed, the neglected”.
The aviator: Bessie Coleman
“I refused to take no for an answer”
Ever since she listened to stories of pilots fighting in the Great War, Bessie Coleman was determined to become an aviator. But the fact that she was black and female in 1920s America meant no flying school was willing to teach her. Instead, in an extraordinary act of tenacity, Bessie learnt French and worked two jobs in Chicago to raise enough money to travel to Europe. Her grit paid off, and in 1921, she became the first African American woman to be awarded an international pilot licence, after just seven months of training in France. In 1922, Bessie returned to America and hosted a series of wildly popular air shows under the stage name Queen Bess, where she performed aerial acrobatic stunts, diving and wing-walking. She died in a rehearsal accident in 1926, at a time when she was saving up to open her own flight school exclusively for black pilots.
The cosmonaut: Valentina Tereshkova
“A bird cannot fly with one wing only. Human space flight cannot develop any further without the active participation of women”
Russian pioneer Valentina Tereshkova achieved “my childhood dream of the sky” by becoming the first woman to travel into space, in June 1963. She was accepted onto the Soviet space program with zero experience, but her background as an amateur parachute jumper caught the attention of recruiters (at the time, cosmonauts had to parachute briefly on their return to Earth). After 18 months of gruelling training, Valentina was chosen to pilot Vostok 6 into space, making 48 orbits of Earth. Her three-day mission narrowly avoided disaster due to an error in the spacecraft’s navigation software, but Valentina managed to land safely in a remote region near Mongolia, where she promptly accepted the invitation of local villagers to dinner.
The interpreter: Sacagawea
“Your woman, who accompanied you that long dangerous and fatiguing route to the Pacific Ocean and back, deserved a greater reward for her attention and services on that route than we had in our power to give her”
Born into the Lehmi band of the Shoshone Indians, Sacagawea played a key role in the success of Lewis and Clark expedition from St. Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Ocean in the early 1800s. Sacagawea and her husband were engaged as interpreters for the voyage, as it passed through Shoshone territories in a quest to find a water route to the ocean. As the only woman on the trip, Sacagawea quickly proved an invaluable presence – despite having given birth to a son just two months before. She brought crucial knowledge of the terrain and edible plants, and also represented “a token of peace” to Shoshone tribes that the party encountered along the way. At one point, she saved key papers from being blown away on a canoe, in an act of “fortitude and resolution”. A river was later named in Sacagawea’s honour, and a bronze statue marking her service was unveiled in St. Louis (above).
The investigator: Nellie Bly
“I always have a comfortable feeling that nothing is impossible if one applies a certain amount of energy in the right direction”
American Nellie Bly took on uncharted territory when she became one of the world’s first undercover reporters, in the 1880s. During this period, most female writers were confined to topics around cookery and gardening, but Nellie sought to break free from the mould. After a short stint in Mexico – where she was ousted for writing articles that were critical of the country’s dictator – she feigned mental illness to land a shocking exposé of a US asylum. Driving home her reputation as a daring reporter, Nellie later undertook a 25,000-mile journey around the world to recreate the fictionalised account, Around the World in Eighty Days. Her adventure took her from America to the Suez Canal and the straits of Penang and Singapore in just 72 days – setting a new world record in the process.
The risk-taker: Kira Salak
“Only four words of advice: It can be done”
Described by the New York Times as “a tough, real life Lara Croft”, American Kira Salak specialises in one-woman expeditions to some of the globe’s most remote and inhospitable places. Her career as a impassioned travel writer has seen her held at gunpoint in the Congo, hunted by a gang in Mali and caught up in an attempted coup in Bangladesh. Kira also cycled nearly 800 miles across Alaska to the Arctic Ocean, is the first person to kayak solo 600 miles to Timbuktu, and the first woman to have traversed the whole of Papau New Guinea (aged just 24) – a feat she undertook by foot and dugout canoe. With an insatiable appetite for the unknown, it’s fair to say that Kira does not let the idea of danger get between her and her groundbreaking journalistic calling.
The explorer: Gertrude Bell
“To wake in that desert dawn was like waking in the heart of an opal. … See the desert on a fine morning and die – if you can!”
British explorer Gertrude Bell shunned life as a Victorian debutante by taking up a path of adventure that was extraordinary by any standards – let alone the genteel society from which she sprang. By the late 19th Century, Gertrude became notorious, after surviving 53 hours on a rope on the north-east face of the Finsteraarhorn. Aside from a career in climbing and two round-the-world trips, she also traversed the Arabian Desert, learnt Arabic in Jerusalem and taught herself archaeology. But it’s really her role in shaping the political landscape of Mesopotamia – now known as Iraq – for which Gertrude is famed. A key official in Baghdad, she helped Arab leaders rebel against the Turkish Ottoman Empire during the Great War, and advised on new borders that formed Iraq. The only woman among many male delegates, Gertrude appeared to “move as an equal among the sheikhs” and was regarded affectionately, despite her colonial bearings.
The record climber: Sophia Danenberg
“There are a lot of climbers who just don’t give an effort to connect with locals. I have found that my best memories are from meeting and learning from locals.”
In 2006, Sophia Danenberg became the first African American and the first black woman from anywhere to summit Mount Everest, the world’s highest peak. The climber battled bronchitis, frostbite and a storm to reach the top on the unguided ascent, but had no idea that she was setting a world record in the process. “Someone actually had to tell me that I was the first [black woman to reach the summit], I wasn’t doing it for that reason,” she says of her historic feat. Sophia’s decision to climb Everest was made late in the day, and incredibly, she did it with just two months’ training – on top of her day job as a Boeing analyst. She now climbs locally in Washington State, where she’s also “climbing the corporate ladder” in policy analysis.
The high-flier: Harriet Quimby
“I was annoyed from the start by the attitude of doubt on the part of the spectators that I would never really make the flight … This attitude made me more determined than ever to succeed”
Described as a “tomboy full of verve and spunk who was prepared to try anything,” American Harriet Quimby was instinctively drawn to the early 20th Century world of cars and aeroplanes. In 1911, she became the first American woman to earn a pilot’s licence (“When I saw how easily the man flyers manipulated their machines, I said I could fly,” she remarked at the time). The following year, she became the first woman to fly over Mexico City, and the first woman to fly the English Channel. But just three months later, tragedy struck and Harriet was killed in a plane crash in the States. Her short life secured her reputation as a dazzling figure: part celebrity “bird girl” with thousands of fans, and part tireless advocate for the role of women in aviation.
The sailor: Ellen MacArthur
“There were times out there that were excruciatingly difficult – I have never had to dig that deep in my life“
In 2005, Dame Ellen MacArthur set a record for a single-handed non-stop sail around the world. The then 28-year-old British sailor swept to victory on her first attempt, setting out from the Isle of Wight on a 75ft trimaran to travel nearly 30,000 miles across the globe. Along the way, Ellen came up against gales, icebergs, a near-collision with a whale and bruising from where she repeatedly scaled the boat’s 90ft mast. Additionally, as she was handling the whole mission solo, she could only sleep in 20-minute snatches. But she completed the voyage in 71 days, trimming the previous record by over a day. “Some days you have a huge rolling sea and the boat is sailing beautifully … and then there is no better place to be on Earth,” Ellen said, on her jubilant arrival back home.
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Inspire Me! is a compilation of quotes from people both widely and never before published. From world leaders and philosophers, to farmers and young bloggers, this collection of inspiring quotes is organized along 12 guiding principles of life to help readers find inspiration at their fingertips. Compiled by a father and daughter who have been saving and using their favorite quotes over the years to communicate and inspire each other, they are proud to have researched each quote carefully to ensure accuracy of the phrasing and attribution of its original source. All profits from this book will be donated to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
We always have been passionate about the power quotes have to change attitudes, minds, and lives. Words can be transformative. They can touch us in such a way as to change us and give us the ability to look at our world differently.
It is often not the words but the message behind the words that makes a quote so meaningful. Even the shortest of quotations can convey the most powerful of messages, provide meaningful perspective, and impart hard-won wisdom. In the words of 16th-century Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, quotations, at their core, are “short sentences drawn from long experiences.”
Our family’s “long experience” — in fact our family’s “lifelong” experience — is rooted in our connection with St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. In 1957, our father/grandfather, Joseph Ayoub (a.k.a. “Big Joe”), met with entertainer Danny Thomas in Chicago. Danny had invited a group of first-generation Americans of Lebanese and Syrian heritage to hear about a plan he had to build a hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, for the sickest of children. From that meeting arose ALSAC, an organization formed to raise funds and awareness to support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. Five years later, in 1962, the Hospital opened its doors with the vision of Danny Thomas that “No child should die in the dawn of life” and “No child should be denied care because of an inability to pay.”
ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital is now among the largest non-profit organizations in the United States. Today, St. Jude is leading the way the world understands, treats, and defeats childhood cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Our own passion and commitment to St. Jude motivated us to create this book and to donate all profits to the Hospital.
Big Joe lived a life consistent with philosopher William James’ saying, “The greatest use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it.” Through his service to ALSAC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Big Joe left us with a legacy that we hope to carry on through our own continued involvement with ALSAC and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. This book is but a small step in that journey.


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Having moved to St Andrews about five months ago I felt I should try to read up on the town’s rich history. However, I felt that the first book I picked up to read was just too dry to be interesting (it started with the ice age…). What I missed was a story about the people of St Andrews. Surely a 600-year old university town must have some interesting stories to tell from its past?
Therefore I was delighted when I read a review in the Guardian of a recently published book called The Beginning and the End of the World: St Andrews, Scandal, and the Birth of Photography by Robert Crawford, a professor in the School of English at the University of St Andrews.
This fantastic book paints a vivid picture of life within the University of St Andrews in the 19th century. It tells the tale of Sir David Brewster, an extremely distinguished scientist at the time and Principal of the United College in the University of St Andrews. This man, who among his many achievements invented the kaleidoscope, helped start the Literary and Philosophical Society of St Andrews. Despite St Andrews awkward location (it took about a day to travel from Edinburgh to St Andrews at the time), the Lit & Phil managed to attract individuals who went on to have a profound impact on both the British society and the world at large. Among other things, their ability to keep up with the research frontier on photography resulted in St Andrews becoming the first town in the world to be comprehensively photographed.
I very much recommend reading this fascinating book. It was a great pleasure to read this well-written and thoroughly researched account of 19th century St Andrews.


Chandigarh : Shilpa Dhar launched the book, ‘Venus Mars – Love and Marriage’, authored by Acharya P. Khurrana, the leading Astrologer of International repute during specially organized press conference in Hotel Mount View, Chandigarh.
At the outset Mr. Khurrana welcomed the august gathering and gave a detailed introduction about the book. Since time immemorial, in the history of Vedic astrology, predictions regarding marriages were prophesized by the art of horoscope matching. But the question here is, whether all those marriages are successful. He has unraveled the answers in his book, ‘Venus Mars – Love & Marriage’. In his book he has highlighted the importance of studying the Jupiter while matching the horoscopes. He has also mentioned and quoted many examples of horoscopes in his book.
During this occasion Gurpreet Ghuggi, Actor and Politician, who was the esteemed guest of honor congratulated Shilpa Dhar and P. Khuranna for his 34th book launch. Ghuggi told that Shilpa Dhar is also known for being a good actress; besides, being a pious and spiritual soul and was very happy to know that Khurrana has passed on his legacy to her.
Apart from this, many Bollywood celebrities including Jackie Shroff, Karan Kundra , Meet Brothers etc and Tv stars wished Shilpa good luck for this endeavour.”


Most delicate Musicke
In the 16th century the Church of England was convinced that all art led to sin. The human being’s fate was thus predestined. Stephen Gosson described the downward spiral caused by the arts in his “Schoole of Abuse” (1579):
„...from Pyping to playing, from play to pleasure, from pleasure to slouth, from slouth to sleepe, from sleepe to sinne, from sinne to death, from death to the devill. “
And still, or maybe because of these restrictions, an immense artistic force is found in the masterpieces of vocal and instrumental polyphony of the time. Renaissance composers such as William Byrd, Christopher Tye and Antony Holborne combine the most impressive compositional craftmanship with the melancholic stance of this period in English history.


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Clare Sherriff who is an independent architectural historian and researcher, writing histories of private houses, commercial buildings and magazine articles. Her interests include the study of building types – her doctoral thesis was on the Edwardian Public Library – and related meanings. She is the author of two books, Oxford College Barges (2003) and Boathouses(2008) and has written articles on various subjects.
Clare won the Research prize at Winchester School of Art in 1996, and then read Architectural History at Bath before completing her PhD (2004) on The Edwardian Public Library at Newcastle University. Current research
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the BSI issued a security warning last weekend. The library log4j for Java in version 2.0 – 2.14 has a security hole and should therefore not be used.
More information about the security hole can be found here: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44228.
We are in close exchange with all developers regarding the vulnerability, which leads to an immediate increase of the IT threat level. After extensive review we can give the all-clear here. The Impakt software packages are based on C++ and are therefore not affected by this vulnerability. Our Helper Apps in our other products are also not affected by this, even though they were partially written in Java – as the corresponding library was not used.


So, you’ve scanned through the list of Netflix films and docs for the umpteenth time and still can’t find anything good to watch. Enough, no more binge-watching tv shows you don’t even like as your friend told you it was “amazing”. Sometimes you just need to think differently and select a topic and you’ll find a trove of good suggestions. You can google ‘Good Irish football documentaries’ yourself or you can read on and let us pick a few excellent docs just like some of the best casino movies out there.
The Irish Year’s tells the story of Jack Charlton, who managed the Ireland team from 1986 to 1996. The legendary manager who passed away in July 2020. Was the greatest Irish manager of all time taking Ireland to the first Euro Championship in 1988 and World Cup two years later in 1990.
This documentary was released in 2005 and narrated by Colm Meaney to celebrate the 20th anniversary of when Jack Charlton became the Irish Manger—marking the most successful period of the Irish football national team. The documentary also features former players Andy Townsend, Ray Houghton, and Paul McGrath.
Frank O’Farrell: The Shadow of Busby
Francis O’Farrell was an Irish football player who played for West Ham and Cork United and managed Manchester United, Torquay United, Cardiff City, Leicester City, Iran and Al-Shaab.
This documentary details a never before told story of how O’Farrell made history by being the first Irish manager of Manchester United and the success he achieved with the team – and how he was also let down by the club.
If you’re a long time soccer fan, even more, an Arsenal or a Manchester United fan, then you must have witnessed the rivalry of not just the two teams but that of Keane and Vieira. Two of the most prominent footballers in their squad – Keane played for Manchester United, while Vieira played for Arsenal. It was a fierce rivalry that caught the attention of fans alike.
This documentary tells the tales of the past rivalry and how it impacted both players, as both were in a constant battle to lead their respective teams to claim the premier league title in the early 2000s.
In this documentary, both the players travel down memory lane to depict how their rivalry was a historic feat.
George Best while not a Republic of Ireland player was the greatest player to come from the island and thus deserving of inclusion. He spent most of his club career playing for Manchester United, from the highs of winning their first European Cup to the lows of injuries and leaving the club while he should have been at his peak.
This documentary, George Best, shines more light on the life and career of George Best, being a football legend and showing how a young prodigy from Northern Ireland became a global phenomenon. Whilst depicting how the Irish legend struggled with alcoholism.
Released in 2003, this documentary tells the story of the highs and lows of footballer and Manchester United legend Roy Keane. This documentary details the life and career of the Irish man; although controversial, still, it shines a light on the story of one of the best footballers born out of Ireland and the massive contribution he has brought to the world of soccer. Fans get to evaluate the psychological profile of Roy Keane.
This sad and poignant account of Charlton’s later years as he battles with dementia and finds it hard to recall many of the highlights of a wonder life, career and family man. Any Ireland fan will be brought to tears. Unmissable


Sports docos you probably haven't seen but really should
What sports documentaries should you put on your things-to-watch list? What sports docos haven't you heard of but are must sees? Today Andrew looks at some of the best sports documentaries out there, that are perhaps not as widly known as others.
This is a list of sports documentaries you should see.
But no, it's not a list of all the typical sports documentary favourites you'll see on any number of "10 Best Sports Doco" lists all across the web. Yes, When We Were Kings is a great work. And Hoop Dreams is a masterpiece. Oh, and yes Ken Burns' Baseball is epic. But we all know this. We've seen them. We love them. They're classics.
But maybe you're wondering what else it out there. What other lesser known sports documentaries should you see that are just as worthy of viewing as those regularly mentioned greats?
If you have ever asked that question, then this is the list for you.
ASSAULT IN THE RING (also titled CORNERED)
This heartbreaking and powerful 2009 documentary from HBO looks at the controversial boxing bout between Billy Collins Jnr and Luis Resto that took place at Madison Square Garden on June 16, 1983. Resto defeated the highly favoured Collins in a 10 round unanimous decision. Following the fight however, it was discovered that missing from Resto's gloves was one-third of the padding. This tampering allowed Resto to inflict a near bare knuckle beating on his opponent and would ultimately land both Resto and his trainer in prison, while Collins, unable to box again, would suffer only further torments. While initially denying any knowledge of the tampered gloves, through the documentary, Resto attempts to come to terms with his demons, making an admission that would see him travel through numerous U.S cities and states, approaching both members of his own family and the family of Collins, seeking forgiveness. A must see.
Watch the Assault in the Ring promo clip.
HARVARD BEATS YALE 29-29
This 2008 documentary from Kevin Rafferty looks at the 1968 football game between rival colleges Harvard and Yale. While both teams entered the match undefeated, Yale were expected to come away with a comfortable victory. What transpired was truly amazing as the underdog Harvard team not only overcame a 0-22 start, but came back from a 13-29 deficit with just a minute to play. The game would end in a 29-29 tie. Regardless, the Harvard newspaper would run with the now famous headline 'Harvard Beats Yale 29-29'. The doco is a fantastic blend of interviews with 30 of the players who competed that day with actual game footage.
Watch the Harvard beats Yale 29-29 promo clip.
Narrated by Samuel L Jackson and jazz musician Wynton Marsalis, this documentary takes a look at the Civil Rights Movement in America through the eyes and stories of basketballers of the era, who stood up to and triumphed over violence, persecution and prejudice. Many greats of the game are featured including Willis Reed, Charles Oakley, Bob Love and Avery Johnson to name a few. You'll find yourself absorbed by the moving and profound tales of defiance and courage told in this documentary. Whether you're a sports fan, history buff or both, you'll want to take the time to appreciate every moment of Black Magic.
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A LEAGUE OF ORDINARY GENTLEMEN
If you think a doco about a bunch of middle aged men attempting to rejuvenate public interest in ten pin bowling would be boring, you'd be wrong. This 2004 documentary from film-maker Christopher Browne takes a look at the decline of the Professional Bowling Association from it's height of popularity in the 1950s and 60s through it's tumultuous period of the late 90s where it almost ceased to exist. The film follows four professional bowlers of varying character and talent as well as PBA CEO Steve Miller as he sets about attempting to rebuild the PBA's popularity, modernising what many would consider to be a casual past-time rather than a professional sport worthy of broad attention.
WHATEVER HAPPENED TO MICHAEL RAY?
Narrated by Chris Rock, this intriguing doco takes a look at the career of basketballer Michael Ray Richardson. Drafted by the New York Knicks with the 4th selection in the 1978 NBA Draft from the University of Montana, the obscure but talented Richardson would make a blinding ascent to stardom becoming an all-star in just his second season in the league, earning comparisons to not only former Knick great Walt Frazier but to then young point guard, “Magic” Johnson. Following another all-star appearance a season later, the Knicks would trade Richardson's two closest team-mates. This event, along with others of a similar nature would bring the career of the sensitive and fragile Richardson off the rails, as his relationship with drugs graduated from recreational to one of addiction. After numerous and unsuccessful trips to rehab coupled with multiple league suspensions, his volatile lifestyle would ultimately see Richardson given a life ban from the league.
RING OF FIRE – THE EMILE GRIFFITH STORY
Ring of Fire is an great work that looks at the life of boxer Emile Griffith who in a keenly anticipated world title bout in 1962 beat Benny “Kid” Paret to death live on national television while millions watched on in disbelief. Prior to the bout Paret had made taunts to his rival concerning his alleged homosexuality. A powerful and intoxicating documentary doesn't let you out of its grasp all the way to the incredibly moving climax as the ageing Griffith meets the adult son of the late Benny Paret.
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YEAR OF THE DOGS
You don't need to know anything about Australian Rules Football to enjoy this doco. Follow the Footscray Football Club of the Australian Football League during the 1996 season as both the club and league make the turbulent transition from the semi-professional to professional era. The club loses game after game. The coach gets fired mid-season. The club's future hangs precariously in the balance as financial stresses build. The league is out to enforce a merger of smaller clubs with the Bulldogs on their hit list. It's all a bit of a mess but it's as endearing as it is enthralling. Follow the players, the fans and club administrators in this intimate behind the scenes tell-all.
THE HEART OF THE GAME
Who said women's basketball is boring? This 2005 documentary by Ward Serrill looks at the Roosevelt Roughriders girls basketball team, in particular focusing on their star player Darnellia Russell and coach Bill Resler. Very much a human drama, the film-maker follows the successive failures of the team to win the state championship, with the African-American Russell the star player in the predominantly white school. As Russell begins to attract interest from a number of big colleges, she falls pregnant to her boyfriend and leaves school. Returning to school after giving birth to her child, Russell finds herself banned from competitive high school basketball by the state athletic authority due to a technical eligibility ruling. Defying the ban, Russell and the Roughriders continue to play on as they attempt to win the school's first state championship.
THE VIOLENT WORLD OF SAM HUFF
Narrated by Walter Cronkite, this episode of the 1960 CBS TV series The Twentieth Century looks at the life of NFL linebacker Sam Huff. As one of the more ferocious middle linebackers of the time and NFL history, this hour long documentary shows us just how tough life was for an NFL player in that era. Wired with a mic at practise and also an exhibition game, we follow Huff as he talks about his career, philosophies and approach to the game. It's not quite NFL Films Presents, but ground breaking for its day and well worth hunting down.


Let your little one sketch and hone his creative side as you get him this appealing sketch book and colour pencil set. This spiral binding designer sketch book is easy to carry around and will help to develop your darling's art and craft skills.
- Age Group : Toddlers (2-8 years)
- Maximum Recommended Age (yrs) : 10
- Feature 1 : Art and craft set
- Care Information : Wipe Clean
- Type : Creativity Sets
- Minimum Recommended Age (mths) : 96
- Feature 2 : Designer sketch book


Rosie and Her Paintbrush
Moonlight glistened off blankets of snow that covered a street lined with houses. Scraping noises broke the silence and a snowplow turned the corner directly into the path of a stray dog. At the last second the driver saw the white and black spotted dog and swerved the plow into a yard. The vehicle’s blade sliced through a cherry tree sending it to the frozen ground with a crunch. The man that lived in the house came out to see if the plow driver was hurt. The driver was fine and as he drove away he told the man that the city would replace the tree in the spring. The man sadly looked down at the tree. A single pink flower had grown on one of the branches.
Upstairs in the house seven-year-old Emma drew at her desk. She traced her right hand and then placed her left hand over the top of the drawing and traced it. Next she added eyes, hands and feet. After the drawing was colored she laid a paintbrush over the character’s hand and traced around it. “Rosie, are you an artist too?” Emma asked.
As the girl finished her dad entered her room. “Do you remember how sometimes your mom and I talk about the tree in the front yard? How when we went to buy a pink flowering cherry tree there was only one left and it was small and split down the middle but we bought it anyway, and since then it’s had at least one flower on it all year long even during the coldest days of winter? I’ve said that it must be mixed up from being cracked in the middle but your mom says it’s magic. I guess it shows that impossible things happen everyday.” He gave his daughter the tiny pink blossom. “If you put it between two sheets of paper and cover it with a heavy book it will press flat for your memory album where you can keep it always.”
Emma placed the flower on the character she drew, then covered it with another sheet of paper and laid a thick book on top. After the seven-year-old was ready for bed her mother kissed her goodnight and turned off the light. Her room was dark but under the book on her desk a glowing light grew stronger. The heavy book began to shake. Bright light beams shot out between the two sheets of paper. Emma sat up in her bed. The book was thrown from the desk. A speeding figure burst from the paper. It bounced against the walls and came to rest on the footboard of the bed. Emma rubbed her eyes in awe. Rosie was alive! The pink flower blossom was stuck to her knobby hair. She held a paintbrush in her hand.
“Hi!” Rosie exclaimed.
“H-hello,” Emma replied.
Rosie looked at herself and smiled. “You’re a good drawer!”
“Thank you,” Emma said.
Rosie noticed a ceramic plate on a shelf and jumped up to it. Emma’s name was scratched into the plaster and her hand print was pressed into the center. “That’s my good side.” Rosie laughed as she hopped over to the windowsill. She looked out at the neighborhood covered with snow. “Wow! Look at all the paper! Who drew all that?”
“That’s not paper, it’s snow,” Emma answered. “And those are houses, that are made of wood… which is what paper is made of.”
Rosie looked confused and then smiled. She hopped from the window. “Well if houses are made of the same stuff as paper then watch this!” Rosie’s paintbrush bristles filled with colors. Paint flew from the tip and splashed onto the wall. It dripped into the shape of a door. They walked through the doorway and floated weightlessly in a blank white background. Behind them the passage disappeared seamlessly into the air.
“Where are we?” Emma asked.
“This is where I live,” Rosie answered. “Where we can make anything we can imagine.” Rosie waved the paintbrush. Paint colors splattered and flowed around forming a colorful landscape. Rosie flicked the bristles and paint droplets became birds that flew through the air. The two girls had a wonderful time. They rode on painted horses, sailed in a painted boat, and went on rides at a painted amusement park. But then Emma took a bite of cotton candy. Her happy expression faded while she chewed until she couldn’t stand it anymore. Emma spit out a blob of paint.
At that instant Rosie realized Emma had to return home with her family. “We have to get you back to your room where you’ll be safe.” Rosie was sad. She knew her friend would grow up and forget about her like other childhood things.
“Can you come with me?” Emma asked.
The girls sat by a shallow steam. Rosie tried to be cheerful but a tear ran down her cheek and dripped into the gently flowing watercolor. “I don’t belong in your world. It’s not like you can take me to school on Pet Day.” Rosie stood up and raised the paintbrush to make a door to Emma’s room. Just as paint began to flow from the brush Rosie slipped on a stone that was slippery from the stream’s wet paint. The paintbrush fell from Rosie’s hand. The magic stick bobbed up and down as it floated away.
“We’ve got to get that paintbrush back or we’ll never get you home!” Rosie exclaimed. The two girls ran into the steam. At first the stream was shallow and calm but when they caught the paintbrush the stream had become deeper and moved swiftly. Emma and Rosie gasped as they realized the stream was rushing toward a waterfall that flowed off the edge of the landscape into the nothingness of the blank white background. The girls were caught in the current. Rocks stuck out of the edge of the waterfall. Rosie jammed the wooden brush between two boulders. “Grab my hand!” Rosie called to Emma. The two girls hung from the edge of the waterfall.
Rosie looked at the paintbrush. “Let’s get out of here!” she said. Paint shot from the bristles high into the air. In the same instant the brush split in the middle from having too much weight on it. The girls began to tumble down the waterfall. Above the glob of paint formed into a large swan and it dived down to catch Emma and Rosie. The swan landed gently on the ground. Emma thanked the bird as she climbed off. “That was great!” she said as she helped her friend down. Rosie was sad. She showed Emma the broken paintbrush. She waved it over and over but it didn’t work. The magic was gone. Rosie sat down and cried. She did not know how Emma would get home.
Emma gave Rosie a hug and touched the flower blossom on her head. The girl held the broken paintbrush and said, “Impossible things happen everyday… and I am a good drawer.” She waved the brush and paint began to flow again. Emma painted a beautiful door. “It’s time for me to go home now,” Emma said as she gave her friend the paintbrush.
Rosie smiled and waved. “Will you always imagine?”
Emma looked back at her friend as she opened the door. “I promise.” She looked through the door at her moonlit room. The seven-year-old jumped through the opening and landed on her bed as if she had just woke from a dream. She checked her desk. The heavy book she had placed on top of the papers was still there. Emma moved the book and lifted up the paper that covered the drawing of Rosie and the flower blossom. Emma ran her fingers across the pink flower that had become embedded into the paper. “Thank you Rosie. I’ll remember you always.” THE END
One day Stewart’s favorite pair of socks lead him on a topsy-turvy adventure
Daylight touched the neighborhood rooftops as the professor ran into an empty street. The wild-haired scientist darted toward an open garage and found the perfect place to hide his invention.
Above the humming clothes washer and dryer there was a shelf crowded with laundry supplies. The old man placed a glass jar full of clear liquid on the edge of the shelf and then he turned and dashed away.
Suddenly the washing machine started to spin off balance. The glass jar shook and the liquid inside began to glow with blue light. The jar tumbled off the shelf and shattered on the cement floor near a basket of laundry. For an instant the liquid glistened with brilliant blue light as it splashed onto a pair of socks with blue stitching on the toes.
“Time to get ready for school.” Eight-year-old Stewart heard his mother say as she laid a pile of clothes on his desk. “The socks are still a little damp,” she said, “but they’ll be O.K.”
Stewart sat up in his bed. “The blue-lined socks?”
“Yes,” Mother said teasingly. “Your favorite.”
Stewart’s dad watched the morning news while he made breakfast. There appeared a photo of the professor. The reporter said: “In local news, viewers are asked to keep a helpful lookout for this man, a once highly regarded scientist who has again wandered away from the City Behavioral Health Center.”
Stewart sat at the table. “Dad, it’s Pet Day at school. Are we ever going to get a dog?”
“Do you promise to scoop the doo?” Father joked.
“Yes,” Stewart agreed.
“Then we’ll start to look for the right dog,” said his dad.
“All right!” The young boy cheered and didn’t notice his socks flashed with blue light while he scratched his ankle.
Everyday Stewart walked the same way to school. He crossed the street at the corner and walked on the opposite side of The Old Amsley House. The house hadn’t been lived in for over thirty years, but it was still completely furnished. All the kids in the neighborhood thought it was haunted by the ghost of its last owner, Mrs. Amsley. This morning as Stewart passed the house he felt like he was being watched from an upstairs window. When the boy looked he saw a figure through the partly opened curtains and steam from its breath on the window.
“It’s the ghost of Mrs. Amsley!” The eight-year-old began to run and was shocked even more. His socks shined with bright blue light and he ran incredibly fast. Stewart barely rounded the corner of a dead-end street. He sped down the hill that was a shortcut to school.
At the bottom of the hill were some trees. Stewart tried to stop but he slid up the side of a tree and found himself standing upside down on a branch. Thankful to still be in one piece, Stewart stared at his glowing socks. “That’s so cool!” he exclaimed.
Stewart heard someone coming. He quickly made it look like he was hanging by his knees from the branch. Stewart’s classmate Sara walked by holding a covered cage and noticed the upside down boy.
“Hi Sara. What’s in the cage?” Stewart asked as he climbed down from the tree.
“It’s a gift from my grandmother,” Sara said as she set the cage down and took the cover off. Inside was a bird with beautiful blue feathers. A key hung from the bird’s perch. “It’s mechanical,” Sara explained as she lifted the bird’s wing and uncovered geared wheels and springs. The girl wound up the mechanism and the bird chirped a wonderful song. “Wow,” whispered Stewart in amazement.
At school the kids showed their pets. There were turtles, cats, snakes…when Sara showed her bird to the class, the boy that sat in front of Stewart turned around. His name was Charles and he sneered at Stewart, “That’s not even real, but it’s better than what you have, which is nothing.” Charle’s dog smelled something strange. The dog crawled under the desks and sniffed Stewart’s socks. He bit onto one of the socks and started to pull.
As the sock stretched, it began to glow and blue sparks zapped the dog on its nose. The frightened dog yelped and ran around the classroom, knocking over desks and cages which set the pets free. The loose animals made a terrible mess. Charles blamed Stewart.
Stewart sat in the Principal’s Office. Behind a big desk the Principal talked to the sock puppet on his hand. “Well, Mr. Pine, what do you think we should do about young Stewart’s behavior?” The puppet turned to the boy and said, “I think the best way to deal with troublemakers is…detention!” The Principal agreed that for the remainder of the day Stewart would sit in the cafeteria and read.
Stewart walked down the empty hallway on the ceiling.
After school Stewart caught up to Sara walking home. He was about to tell Sara about his socks when Charles and three of the bully’s friends stepped out from behind a fence. Charles said they were going into The Old Amsley House to see if it was really haunted. He dared Stewart and Sara to go with them.
Sara replied, “I don’t believe in ghosts, and going into that old house has got to be the worst idea you’ve had… today.” The girl continued to walk with her bird cage.
Scared of ghosts, Stewart?” Charles laughed.
Stewart was nervous until he remembered he was wearing the blue-lined socks. “Let’s go!”
The boys walked to the side of the old house where a firewood chute led to the basement. The door of the chute was off its hinges and rested halfway on the ground. Stewart was the last one to slide down into the dark room. He looked around but the other boys were nowhere in sight. The door at the top of the stairs closed. “G-guys?” Stewart stumbled into some shelves and a canvas cloth fell over him. “AAAAHH!” Stewart exclaimed.
Up on the main floor the four boys were planning to frighten Stewart. They laughed as they pulled sheets off the furniture and over their heads to look like ghosts. “This will scare Stewart’s socks off!” Suddenly the door to the basement flung open. On the ceiling walked a figure with an eerie blue glow which moaned, “AAAHHAHH!” The figure passed by a painting of a pleasant-looking old lady with her blue hair worn up in a bun. “It’s the ghost of Mrs. Amsley!” screamed the boys, running in all directions.
Charles grabbed the backdoor handle and pulled frantically. He looked over and saw the glowing figure walk onto the wall. The door opened and the pack of boys raced from the house. The figure was really Stewart struggling to pull the canvas off. “Wait guys!” he called as the door slammed behind them.
Suddenly the blue light from Stewart’s socks dimmed and he fell off the wall.
One of his feet crashed through some old floorboards and he couldn’t pull it out. Then Stewart heard footsteps upstairs and the boy knew it must be the creature that had looked out the window that morning. The eight-year-old pulled on his leg but it wouldn’t budge. The socks didn’t glow anymore and the powers were gone. The creature came down the staircase toward Stewart.
Stewart’s eyes were closed tight when he felt a slobbery lick on his cheek. The boy opened his eyes to see a huge dog.
With its big paw the dog pulled the wood away that trapped Stewart’s leg. As Stewart lifted his foot out of the floor the dog smelled the blue-lined socks which had become dusty, stretched-out and stinky from the long, adventurous day. The dog gave a snort and shook its shaggy head. Slimy drool sprayed everywhere. “Gross!” Stewart laughed, trying to shield himself.
Stewart and the big dog walked home. As they entered the door Stewart remembered the promise he made to his dad about cleaning up after a dog. The boy laughed and sighed, “Dad, where’s the shovel?”
At dawn the next morning in another part of the city, the professor ran up to an apartment building. On the steps of the building were flower planters made from things like a cracked teakettle and worn-out roller skates. The inventor placed a shiny tin can full of dirt on the steps and then he turned and dashed away. THE END
The Magic Basket and Jar
Once there was a family of mice. The three children, Alex, Max, and the youngest Jack, were great-grandsons of a treasure hunter named Captain Roy. The captain disappeared long before while he searched for a treasure every mouse dreamed of: a legendary basket of cheese and jar of milk which magically refilled themselves. A tornado over the ocean swept up Captain Roy’s ship and he was never seen again.
One night there was a tap-tap-tapping at the mouse family’s door. A hook slipped through the crack and lifted the latch. The door burst open and falling snow drifted around a hunched figure who hobbled inside. It was a bat with ghostly white hair and he wore a bandanna around his head to cover his eyes. “Does this be the home o’ Cap’n Roy’s descendants?” he asked.
Father mouse replied, “Y-yes it is.”
“Then I was sent to give ye this!” In the bat’s hooked claw was a roll of paper. “Yer grandpa’s map leadn’ to Heart Island! Thar ye’ll find the magic basket an’ jar!” At that instant the bat turned swiftly and flew out the door.
The mouse family unrolled the map and found a drawing of a heart-shaped island with an X mark in the center. Around the edges were rhymes and riddles. The first one was this:
Find the compass that points with light.
By the sea ’tis shining bright.
Jack tied his favorite blanket around his shoulders for a cape as the family rushed to catch a ride on the back of a carriage traveling to the seashore. At the coastline fog was so thick only a flashing beam from a lighthouse could be seen, pointing ships away from the rocks.
“That must be the compass of light,” said Mother. Max rang the doorbell. Rusted hinges on the door creaked as it opened and an old sea cat named Curly glared down at them. The mice showed Grandpa Roy’s map to Curly. The cat smiled as he remembered past adventures with his mouse captain friend.
Early next morning the six explorers set sail on Curly’s sailboat made from a grandfather clock. They followed the map to the spot on the ocean where Heart Island should be, but the island was nowhere in sight.
Suddenly there was a storm and the boat began to sink. Curly pulled a lever and out sprung the lifeboat: a giant clam shell lined with cloth from a chair and lit by fireflies in a glass bottle.
After the storm, Curly read the map’s final riddle:
Heart Island is hidden by a curtain made from fabric of such wonder…
When it rises it’s invisible.
When it’s pulled it carves deep canyons.
When it falls it levels mountains.
What is it?
Alex looked out of the clam shell and couldn’t believe his eyes. “Why is the rain falling up?” he asked.
The words crossed Curly’s mind: “rain”…”up”…suddenly the cat realized what kind of curtain hid the island. It was a curtain of water. The boys pointed to a cloud with mist rising into it from the ocean. “That’s it!” Curly shouted. With Curly’s help Max flipped a switch and two paddles folded out and began to row. Upon entering the mist, the animal crew learned the cloud came from steam vents that circled a live volcano!
A tunnel led to the center chamber, where the mice and cat discovered Captain Roy’s missing ship. The tornado had thrown the ship into the volcano and pieces of it hung like ornaments on a spike-covered, smoke-hissing lava dome. Inside the captain’s quarters sunlight pointed through holes in the wall to the magic basket and jar. The mice opened the basket and ate the finest cheese they had ever tasted. Curly drank delicious milk from the jar. After the group finished, both the basket and jar were full again.
The treasure hunters fashioned a balloon out of the ship’s sails filled with hot air from the volcano. They tied on the basket and jar, and floated up through the top of the volcano. Wind caught the balloon and carried it toward the mainland.
Moonlight shone bright as the travelers reached the coast. The hot air inside the balloon began to cool, causing the balloon to drop toward the rocks below. The mice threw cheese from the basket and Curly spilt milk from the jar to lessen the weight, but then the containers produced more. To keep the airship afloat the animals sprinkled cheese and milk over a snow-covered village. The villagers woke the next morning and found frosty wheelbarrows full of cheese and buckets of milk.
The family of mice lived with the cat in his lighthouse by the sea, and they shared cheese and milk with all who came to their door. THE END


In its short lifespan, Maidstone Zoo became Kent’s biggest attraction. Images celebrating visits from the biggest stars of the day have been shared by Kent Photo Archive and Maidstone Museum, Now Cobtree Country park in Aylesford.
The Zoo was founded by Maidstone’s legendary Mayor, Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake, at Cobtree Park in 1934. It was opened by circus owner of the day Bertram Mills and featured exotic animals such as lions, elephants and polar bears
Since its launch, it slowly became one of the biggest tourist attraction of the area, drawing stars of the day to make public appearances.
The Story of Maidstone Zoo by Vickie Harris (Daughter of Ronald White)
Maidstone Zoo at Cobtree Park was the creation of Hugh Garrard Tyrwhitt-Drake, who was a remarkable man by any standard: Zoologist, Writer, Artist, Business Man, 12 times Mayor of Maidstone, and finally High Sheriff of Kent.
His Zoo gave pleasure to hundreds of thousands of people over a period of more than a quarter of a century, and is today remembered with affection by many, some young when Tyrwhitt-Drake opened it, others young when he closed it, and others again who worked in it. (Vickie Harris)
In 1994, after years of research and help from the Late Lady Edna Tyrwitt-Drake, those who worked for the Zoo, those with memories of the Zoo, Libraries, Newspapers and others, the book “The Story of Maidstone Zoo” by Vickie Harris was produced.
This popular book “The Story of Maidstone Zoo” has been out of print for some time but is now been made available to read on a computer. This CD-ROM contains a large number of additional pictures not used in the original book, and is available here http://www.ronaldwhite.co.uk/Pages/MaidstoneZoo.aspx
It finally shut down in 1959.
A short film was also recorded and can be watched here:


Springer have made the classic health informatics textbook "Biomedical Informatics: Computer Applications in Health Care and Biomedicine 4th Edition", edited by Edward H. Shortliffe an d James J. Cimino freely available online for PDF or e-Book download.
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- Inspired by a Stanford University training program
- Includes several new chapters filled with brand new material
The practice of modern medicine and biomedical research requires sophisticated information technologies with which to manage patient information, plan diagnostic procedures, interpret laboratory results, and carry out investigations. Biomedical Informatics provides both a conceptual framework and a practical inspiration for this swiftly emerging scientific discipline at the intersection of computer science, decision science, information science, cognitive science, and biomedicine. Now revised and in its third edition, this text meets the growing demand by practitioners, researchers, and students for a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the field. Authored by leaders in medical informatics and extensively tested in their courses, the chapters in this volume constitute an effective textbook for students of medical informatics and its areas of application. The book is also a useful reference work for individual readers needing to understand the role that computers can play in the provision of clinical services and the pursuit of biological questions. The volume is organized so as first to explain basic concepts and then to illustrate them with specific systems and technologies.
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