In the ten years since Leaving Microsoft to Change the World John and Room to Read have established 1,128 schools and 10,000 libraries in Nepal, Cambodia, Viet Nam, Sri Lanka, Laos, India, South Africa, Zambia and Bangledesh.
In addition, the organization has published 433 local language children's books, distributed 7.4 million books, and provided nearly 9,000 secondary scholarships for girls in those countries.
Room to Read’s programs have reached more than four million children as of 2010 and hopes to improve literacy for ten million children by 2015.
John is a genuine and engaging speaker. His focus is on raising the funding and letting those in the countries they participate in do what they do best. All the teachers, librarians, writers, illustrators, editors and publishers are local. They run programs in countries where the local governments and school boards are committed to sending children to school and keeping the schools and libraries operational.
I donated a copy of Dead Frog on the Porch to John for Room to Read. Hopefully some youngster in one of those countries will be reading the adventures of twin sisters Cyd and Jane as they save the world one frog at a time.
Here's a picture of John with my book and me with his book.
What you can't see in this picture is the incredible piece of amphibian bling I picked up recently in china town in New York!
Oh, did I forget to mention that Room to Read realized that it's great to get donations of books already published in English, but it's also important for children to learn to read in their mother tongue. So Room to Read has established a Local Language Publishing program to create culturally appropriate children's books in their own language that will spark their imaginations. In some countries Room to Read is the biggest publisher of children's books. As John says, they are the "largest children's book publisher you've never heard of."
Maybe it's our prairie roots that draw us to John's philosophy of GSD - get stuff done! Thirteen year old Samantha Terry of Taber, Alberta did the prairie equivalent of raising a barn for Room to Read. She raised more than $10,000 to build a school in Nepal! Way to go Samantha - you rock something awesome!
|Left to Right: Samantha's Mom, Leann Hackman-Carty, and Samantha Terry.|
Take a minute (or 20) tonight to read to yourself, your children, write a letter (or a blog post), buy a book for a friend, look up a word in your on-line dictionary and generally appreciate your literacy and its role in making your life what it is today.
Be proud to be a library nerd!


Enter light - Sermons by brady - Lesson #14
Date: December 9, 2018
Summary: Jesus entered humanity to light up our darkness.
Key Verse: "The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it." - John 1-5
Bible Reading: In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it. - John 1:1-5


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This is the most comprehensive HIPAA training manual for different HIPAA Certifications on Privacy and Security rule or self study HIPAA training. This HIPAA book focuses on the Administrative Simplification portion of HIPAA and the Transactions, Privacy, and Security Rules defined within it. This guide contains explanations of the final Security Rule’s standards and implementation specifications in the areas of Administrative, Physical, and Technical Safeguards. Assessment tools, methodologies, and sample security policies that can be utilized to bring a covered entity into compliance are all included in the text. In addition, major networking protocols and technologies are discussed and evaluated in regard to their relevance to information security.
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Homestead Exemption Seminar
In 2023, the average Travis County property owner saved more than $1800 on their property tax bill as a result of having a homestead exemption.
Join representatives from the Travis Central Appraisal District on Saturday, February 17, 2024 to learn more about the different types of homestead exemptions and how to apply.
Saturday, February 17th at 1:00pm
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The list of books was provided by Troy Herrera. Reviews in the color white are written by Troy and reviews in the color blue are written by me. Thanks again Troy.
Benhamou, Serge, and Stanislas Choko. Grace Kelly: Princesse du Cinema. Paris: Edition du Collectionneur, 1992.
Bradford, Sarah. Princess Grace. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,1984. Book Review
Conant, Howell. Grace. New York: Random House, 1992. Book Review
Englund, Steven. Grace of Monaco: An Interpretive Biography. London: Sphere, 1985. Book Review
Gaither, Gant. Princess of Monaco: The Story of Grace Kelly. New York: Henry Holt & Co., 1957.
Lacey, Robert. Grace. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1994. Book Review
Lewis, Arthur H. Those Philadelphia Kellys: With a Touch of Grace. New York: William Morrow, 1977.
Quine, Judith Balaban. The Bridesmaids: Grace Kelly, Princess of Monaco, and Six Intimate Friends. New York: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1989. Book Review
Robinson, Jeffrey. Rainier and Grace: Their Story. New York: Avon, 1990.
Robyns, Gwen. Princess Grace. London: W.H. Allen, 1982.
Sakol, Jeannie, and Caroline Latham. About Grace: An Intimate Notebook. Chicago: Contemporary Books, 1993.
Spada, James. Grace: The Secret Lives of a Princess. New York: Doubleday, 1987. Book Review
Grace of Monaco, with Gwen Robyns. My Book of Flowers. New York: Doubleday, 1980.
Grace Kelly, American Princess Elizabeth Gillen Surcouf, Frank Sinatra / Hardcover / B&N Price: $13.50
Grace Kelly-Paper Dolls. Tom Tierney / Paperback / Pub. Price: $4.95 B&N Price: $3.96
The Vida de Novela: Eva Peron, Marilyn Monroe, Grace Kelly. Eunice Castro / Paperback / Pub. Price: $7.95 B&N Price: $6.36
For other publications, including newspaper and magazine articles, see Robert Lacey's fine bibliography (Grace, pp. 443-50).
Graceby Robert Lacey. It comes in a hard cover and it covers Grace's life from beginning to end. I think it is okay, Robert was not close to Grace, he wrote about a lot of celebrities so I take more of his work as tabloidish. He does have some excellent pictures in the book though.
I completly agree with Troy. Although I must applaud Lacey on his extensive research on Grace Kelly's childhood. It is most complete and informative, that is if there is 100 per cent truth behind it. Lacey's book tended to veer off course when telling Grace's life in New York prior to her movie career. Lacey also has a bias against Rainier and the rest of her family in Monaco. At the end of the book you cannot even believe that he would bad talk the family of someone he apparently greatly admires. Another thing I must add is that I see Robert Lacey on TV all the time. He is always on those trashy inside Hollywood shows talking about Grace Kelly's supposed affairs and bad mouthing her "wild" children. The nerve of that guy!
The Bridesmaidsby Judith Balaban Quine. Judith was a personal friend of Grace and gives good insight on the real person Grace was. It is taken more from the angle of the dream of marriage Grace style. It comes in paper back and also contains some decent pictures.
This book is full of heart, written by Grace Kelly's closest friend. It gives the most honest and detailed information on who was really Grace Kelly, the Princess of Monaco. But I did find that the author (Judith Balaban Quine) contradicted herself at times. I can say though, that her contradictions are merely what everyone on earth has of their friend. Hopefully you understand what I mean. Some very personal information is given in this book, information I found weird but also found very heart warming in the end.
The Grimaldis of Monaco by Anne Edwards. This is a hard back that covers much of the Grimaldis family history and has many pictures of the Royalties lineage. Only the last section contains the current Rainier and Grace.
Grace by Howell Conant. This is my favorite book of all time. It is basically a hard back photo album of Grace. Howell was Grace's favorite photographer and a great friend of hers. The pictures are unbelievable and just lure me into awe. This book contains most of the pictures that you see on any of the websites. Howell portrays Grace as only he could of had the ability to.
This book is also my absolute favorite. One could look at the pictures for hours. I highly reccomend this book. It is unfortunatly out of print but check you local library for it!
Entertainment Weekly: 100 Greatest stars of all time. This magazine was taken off of the shelf 1/12/98. People still may be able to get a hold of it if they ask their book stores. It contains a gorgeous picture of her and a little data.
Grace: The secret lives of a princess by James Spada. This is a paperback which in my opinion is trash. To me it is a book of gossip and trash that talks about affairs and a risky life. I cannot believe that Spada would even be a fan of Grace. I see him writing for the Inquirer rather than for the life of a princess.
I don't think I could have said it better! James Spada should be ashamed of himself. It boggles the mind that someone would go off and publish a book so nasty and tasteless of someone who cannot even defend herself. Perhaps some (and I mean some) truth lays behind some of his information. Either way I still couldn't respect Grace Kelly more! I suppose you have to be a woman to fully understand what I mean, or then again maybe not.
Steven Englund's Grace of Monaco: An Interpretive Biography is the most lovely biography ever written about Princess Grace by someone who is truly an admirer. This man has the most simplest answers to everything. If you are new to Princess Grace's story and are looking for good complete biography to read then this is the book for you. This one is highly recommended.
Sarah Bradford's Princess Grace is a short and straight forward biography of Grace Kelly. Again if you are new to Princess Grace's story but are lookinf for a quick read, then this is the book you should read.


How we live has everything to do with who we are. As children of God, we have been given a wealth of spiritual blessings and have been called to walk in a manner worthy of our position in Christ in this fallen world. Ephesians is a book that tells us who we are in Christ and how to live like it. It also teaches us how to stand firm against the enemy of our souls.
(Note: This workbook has been adapted from an oral teaching of the book of Ephesians by Shannon Leibold)


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REAL NAME: Tony Ross
NICKNAME: Tony Ross
DOB: 10 August 1938
BIRTHPLACE: Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom
BIRTH SIGN: Leo
SPOUSE / WIFE: NA
YOUTUBE CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz6AwsVv9-g
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Tony Ross Bio
Anthony Lee Ross (born August 10, 1938) is a British illustrator and author of children’s picture books who lives in the United Kingdom. For his authoring and illustrating his Little Princess novels, as well as for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, he is best known in the United Kingdom, both of which have been adapted into television series based on his artwork. Aside from that, he has illustrated the writings of David Walliams. Additionally, he has illustrated the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger, the Dr. Xargle series by Jeanne Willis, and the Harry the Poisonous Centipede series by Lynne Reid Banks, among other works.
When Ross won the Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis in 1986 for Inch komm dich holen (I’m coming to get you, the German-language edition of I’m coming to get you! won the category of picture books (Andersen, 1984). As a result of his collaboration with Willis on Dr. Xargle’s book of Earth Tigger’s (about cats), he was a highly commended finalist for the Kate Greenaway Medal, which recognizes the year’s best children’s book by a British subject, awarded by the Library Association in 1990. As a result of his work as a children’s illustrator, he was nominated for the biennial worldwide Hans Christian Andersen Award in the United Kingdom in 2004.
Ross was born in the city of London. He attended the Liverpool School of Art and Design, where he received his education. Ross has worked in a variety of fields, including as a cartoonist, graphic designer, and art director for an advertising agency, among others. His lengthy collaboration with the young Andersen Press began in 1976 with the release of his retelling of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, which marked the beginning of a long and fruitful partnership. He worked as a senior lecturer in art and the course director for the illustration programme at Manchester Polytechnic for several years. Graphic designer for Smith Kline & French Laboratories from 1962 to 1964; art director for Brunnings Advertising from 1964 to 1965; lecturer in illustration at Manchester Polytechnic in Manchester, England, from 1965 to 1972, and senior lecturer in illustration from 1972 to 1985; full-time writer and illustrator since 1985. Graphic design consultant with over ten years of experience.
The Amber Brown books authored by Danziger are the eight most extensively held works by Ross among World Cat member libraries, according to the database. I Want Two Birthdays (2008), written and illustrated by Ross, is the most widely distributed of his books, having been translated into eleven languages. In 1985, I’m Coming to Get You! was selected as a Children’s Choice selection by the International Reading Association/Book Children’s Center, and it was also named Redbook’s Best Children’s Picture Book of the Year. In 1986, I Want My Potty was commended, and in 1987, Dr Xargle’s Book of Earth Tigger’s was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal; in 1998, Sloth’s Shoes was shortlisted for the National Art Library Illustration Award (East Germany). a series of six volumes, published by W.J. Thurman (London, England) in 1973. ales from Mr. Toffy’s Circus.
Reteller Goldilocks and the Three Bears, published by the Andersen Press in London in 1976 and the Overlook Press in Woodstock, New York in 1992. Hugo and the Wicked Winter was published in 1977 by Sidgwick & Jackson London, England. Hugo and the Man Who Stole Colors is a novel published by Follett New York, NY in 1977. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, published by Andersen Press in London, England, in 1977. Reteller Norman and Flop Meet the Toy Bandit, a 1977 film directed by W.J. Thurman (London, England). Little Red Riding Hood, published by the Andersen Press in London, England, in 1978. (Reteller) Hugo and Oddsock was published by Andersen Press in London, England, in 1978.
Reteller) The True Story of Mother Goose and Her Son Jack, Andersen Press (London, England), 1979; Rourke (Windermere, FL), 1982; The True Story of Mother Goose and Her Son Jack, Andersen Press (London, England), 1979; The True Story of Mother Goose and Her Son Jack, Rourke (Windermere, FL), 1982; The True Story of Mother Goose and Her Son Jack, Andersen Press (London, England), 1979; The True Story of Mother Goose and The Greedy Little Cobbler was published in 1979 by Andersen Press in London, England, and in 1980 by Barrons in Woodbury, New York. In Hugo and the Ministry of Holidays, published by Andersen Press in London in 1980, and David & Charles in North Pomfret, Vermont in 1987.
Jack and the Beanstalk was published in 1980 by Andersen Press in London, England, and in 1981 by Delatorre Press in New York, New York. Puss in Boots: The Story of a Sneaky Cat,’ published by Delatorre Press in New York in 1981. Naughty Nigel was released by Andersen Press (London, England) in 1982, and was reprinted by Holt (New York, NY) in 1983 as Naughty Nicky. The Enchanted Pig: An Old Rumanian Tale, published by Andersen Press (London, England) in 1982. (Reteller). In the United Kingdom, he is most known for writing and illustrating the Little Princess novels by Francesca Simon, as well as for illustrating the Horrid Henry series by Francesca Simon, both of which have been adapted into television series based on his artwork. Aside from that, he has illustrated the writings of David Walliams.
Additionally, he has illustrated the Amber Brown series by Paula Danziger, the Dr. Xargle series by Jeanne Willis, and the Harry the Poisonous Centipede series by Lynne Reid Banks, among other works. Tales from Mr. Toffy’s Circus was Ross’s first foray into the world of writing and illustrating for young children. The first volume of this six-volume opus was published in 1973. He then proceeded to relate a version of the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears (1976). Several of Ross’s early books were retellings of other fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood (1978), Puss in Boots (1981), and The Three Pigs (1982). (1983). As an illustrator, he has worked with many well-known authors such as Roald Dahl, Paula Danziger and Michael Palin, as well as writing and illustrating his own books. His debut book, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, was published in 1976, and since then he has created a whole series of modified and modernized fairy tales for children.
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Maria Callas, Lucia Danieli, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Borriello
About the opera:
Madama Butterfly is an opera in three acts (originally two) by Giacomo Puccini, with an Italian libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa.
It is based on the short story “Madame Butterfly” (1898) by John Luther Long, which in turn was based on stories told to Long by his sister Jennie Correll and on the semi-autobiographical 1887 French novel Madame Chrysanthème by Pierre Loti. Long’s version was dramatized by David Belasco as the one-act play Madame Butterfly: A Tragedy of Japan, which, after premiering in New York in 1900, moved to London, where Puccini saw it in the summer of that year.
The original version of the opera, in two acts, had its premiere on 17 February 1904 at La Scala in Milan. It was poorly received, despite having such notable singers as soprano Rosina Storchio, tenor Giovanni Zenatello and baritone Giuseppe De Luca in lead roles. This was due in part to a late completion by Puccini, which gave inadequate time for rehearsals. Puccini revised the opera, splitting the second act in two, with the Humming Chorus as a bridge to what became Act III, and making other changes. Success ensued, starting with the first performance on 28 May 1904 in Brescia.
Madama Butterfly has become a staple of the operatic repertoire around the world, ranked 6th by Operabase; Puccini’s La bohème and Tosca rank 3rd and 5th.
G.Puccini “Madama Butterfly” [ M.Callas & H.V.Karaja La-Scala-Milan ] (1955)
Maria Callas – Vogliatemi bene (Puccini: Madama Butterfly, Act I)


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Welcome to the Journey to a New Land Virtual Museum of Canada web site. This site explores theories around migrations of people to North America around the time of the last Ice Age, over 10,000 years ago.
On the far right of every page, there is a sideways link to the multimedia library. Here, you'll find all the images, video, games, and simulations that are part of the site, collected in one central location.
To access the photo library, click on the link to "photos" in Multimedia Library page to bring up the photo library window. Navigate between collections of photographs using the drop down menu at the top of the new window. Navigate within each collection with the "next image" and "previous image" links at the bottom of the page. Each photograph is accompanied with a brief description and a photo credit. To access the illustrations, simulations, video files and interactive games libraries, use the same approach.
If you are having trouble viewing any of the multimedia resources, you may need to download either Quicktime or Flash Player. They are free downloads, and are described here. Macromedia’s Flash Player is required to view the site introduction and to play the interactive games found inside the site. QuickTime is a video file viewer you need to view the video content of the site. Adobe Acrobat Reader allows you to read the PDF documents.
On the far right of every page, you are given the choice between a larger and a smaller text size. Click on either to find the text size best for you.
The site caters to different educational groups: primary, elementary, middle school, secondary, and post-secondary students. To access these sections, click on the matching link underlined in red at the top of each page. The sections can also be explored by clicking on the “Site Map” link at the base of the large picture on each page.
The Primary Level has a downloadable PDF for teachers, and two online activities: a sticker-making studio and a memory card game, both featuring Ice Age creatures.
The Elementary Level also has a downloadable PDF for teachers, and two online games: a virtual jigsaw puzzle featuring Ice Age scenes, and a 3-D adventure-style puzzle solving maze game.
The Middle School Level explores the Bering Land Bridge/Ice Free Corridor Hypothesis and the more recently proposed Coastal Migration Route Hyporthesis. This section also provides an introduction to Ice Age life, stone tools of the period, and archaeological dating methods.
The Secondary Level investigates glaciation and sea level changes, from an earth sciences approach. This section includes animated simulations of glacial recession, and several short informational video clips from prominent scientists.
The Post-Secondary Level explores the complex issues arising from conflicting archaeological evidence surrounding movements of people and animals in North America. The students are invited to read, watch, and listen to the evidence in this section, and come to their own conclusions using deductive reasoning and intuition.
Resources for Teachers
Within each section, you will find resources for educators and material for lesson plans. In many sections, you can find accompanying audio, video, photographs, and even interactive games. To access different information in each section, click on underlined red text within each page, or look for the red links floating on either side of a page.
Some of the information will open up a new window so that you don’t lose your place in the site.
To report site problems or errors, register comments, or for general inquiries, please direct your correspondence for this Virtual Museum of Canada site through the central feedback form at the bottom of the page (the “feedback” link).


Fall Book Sale at Yucca Valley Library
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 Members Only Sale 4:006:00 pm. (Membership only $15.00 per year, good time to join)
Wednesday, October 2, 2019 open from 11:00am-6:00pm Open to the public.
Thursday, October 3, 2019 open from 11:00am-5:00pm Open to the public
Saturday, October 5, 2019 open from 9:00am-3:00pm Open to the public
Saturday, Members of the Yucca Valley Library can purchase a bag of books for $1.00 and non-members can purchase a bag of books for $2.00.
Non-fiction, Fiction Books, Music CD's, Movie DVD's


Membership Appreciation Day
Saturday, June 17th @ 11am - 3pm
Join us at the Merewether Welcome Center as we celebrate all of our amazing Ventura Botanical Garden members. Bell Arts Factory and the Ventura County Mobile Library are bringing crafts and games.
Members are invited to bring an unlimited number of guests for free. Anyone that joins as a member for the first time at the event will get two bonus months of membership. Need to renew your membership?
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If you like good times, good music, and a few laughs, you owe it to yourself to come out and hear Art & designs by Ali Hancock. Taylor Swift just dropped a bomb on the music world and will officially be releasing an album tonight at midnight. Where 1989 was its opposite â shiny, big and undeniable, folklore rewards as much investment as youâre willing to give it. In addition, the difficulties for all rolls to fool another with words are reduced by one. This is the page where we discuss important issues like should we change the name of the band to The Wheat Bellies? Barrel proof: ... Tennessee, which was the location of Jack Danielâs distillery at the time of its establishment, but is no longer used in that county. Breed of course. In the late 1850s, Jack Daniel, an orphan, started working for a wealthy landowner and whiskey distiller named Dan Call. Add photo Whiskey Jack is a trickster god/spirit in Native American stories and myths. Would you like to help support our organization's work with endangered American Indian languages? See more ideas about Magpie, Soviet space dogs, Space travel posters. As the boys struggle to survive, Wisakedjak appears in the form of The Fur Queen, who watches over the boys as they fulfill their destiny to become artists. As with most mythological characters, Wisakedjak is used to explain the creation of animals or geographical locations. Greg used a great blend of general Scottish history and his knowledge of whiskey to help us understand how and why the whiskey was available to us today. Whiskey Jack is a Totem of Wisdom. "If the ocean was whisky and I was a duck, I'd dive to the bottom...." Many verses about how drink has affected the singer's life At the end of July, Taylor Swift surprise dropped Folklore, which she created in isolation with producers Aaron Dessner and Jack Antonoff.
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Her love for exploring this space through hiking, biking, skiing and surfing in the Pacific Northwest is the heart & soul of Whiskey Jack Designs. Whiskey Jack also states how he is not going to fight in a war knowing they have already lost, that Shadow must know that the dead must stay dead. Jack Danielâs is a slice of American folklore, combining a down-home image with the glamour and glitz of its many celebrity devotees. Our properties are located in Whistler, from the forest edge to the pedestrian-friendly Village. Caddo Indian
The Whiskey Cave is a one of a kind Store that offers the largest online collection anywhere of Jack Danielâs new and vintage barware, apparel, food, decor, and more. ... A red light was often seen moving slowly over the bog. 1 talking about this. Learn more about the Cree Indians. Whiski Jack Resorts offers Condominium and Townhome options, each with its own individual style. Our local staff are passionate about where we live and about providing an authentic Whistler experience coupled with excellent customer service. Whiskey Jack or Whiskeyjack or Whiskyjack may refer to: Wisakedjak, the trickster god in Anishinaabe mythology; Whiskeyjack, a member of the The Bridgeburners in the fantasy series The Malazan Book of the Fallen; Whiskeyjack, a common name for the gray jay; A bottle or hydraulic jack, in which whiskey was sometimes used as the hydraulic fluid. Raft and River Bank Tales. , In 2010, two-spirit artist Kent Monkman (Cree) created a painting called Weesageechak Teaches Hermes How to Trick the Four-Leggeds showing Wisakedjak as a naked man wearing purple, high-heeled boots. Whiskey was often used by the interested man to get on âthe good sideâ of the womanâs father. It is referenced in some of the countryâs very earliest literature and has many connections to Irish mythology, with countless tales involving evil spirits and the afterworld. [â¦] All orders placed after 11/16 will be shipped on 12/15, thanks for your understanding! Whiskey Jack is a gelding born in 2016 August 15 by Zoffany out of Quest For Success. Local Folklore. The Whiskey Jack (also known as the Camp Robber or Grey Jay) is the nickname of a bird that scavenges the Cascades, and a symbol of the space that humans and nature interact. Making dreamcatcher
Jackalopes are creatures from North American folklore and Huichol mythology. , Crane Manitou in northern Algonquian and Dene lore, In contemporary indigenous literature and art, In other literature, film and popular culture, Canadian Indian residential school system, http://www.native-languages.org/creestory4.htm, Weesageechak Teaches Hermes How to Trick the Four-Leggeds, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wisakedjak&oldid=992537701, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 December 2020, at 20:07. Itâs not the only Tennessee whiskey, but its smooth character â the result of the âLincoln County Processâ of charcoal filtration â has come to define the category. Our influences run the gamut from the Beatles to Motley Crue; Johnny Cash to Ozzy. American Indian cultures
In other stories he is also one of the beings who created the current world, either on his own, or with magic given to him by the Creator for that specific purpose. They are described as jackrabbits with antlers or horns similar to that of a deer. Fakelore is a type of story invented to mimick mythology and folklore. Jun 7, 2017 - This Pin was discovered by Bee Maddie. Whiskey Jack Flowers is a private floral studio curating seasonal floral art with an emphasis on using locally grown blooms for weddings, events and daily orders. American Indian Trickster Tales: Compilation of more than a hundred Wisakedjak and other trickster stories from many different tribes. The most important criteria to song selection are two fold â Dance-ability and Fun. Use discretion sharing these with kids as some of the stories contain adult â¦ Unlike real folklore which scarcely has a single author, fakelore can be traced back to a single origin. google_ad_height = 15;
Background Cost: 4 Each pack member may call upon the Gift: Blissful Ignorance and gain +1 Charisma. The history of this bird in the folklore and mythology of both settler and Indigenous peoples invites an even deeper look at how âcontact zonesâ are created in these kinds of encounters. Samhain was a pagan festival dating from Celtic times in Ireland. support our organization's work with endangered American Indian languages. Despite all the old-fashioned images that adorn today's American whiskey bottlesâlog cabins, buffalo, and long-dead distillers who look like Civil War generalsâmost of today's famous brands wouldn't taste very familiar to cowboys from the Wild West. Swiftâs âFolkloreâ features collaborations with the Nationalâs Aaron Dessner as well as Jack Antonoff. Now it still goes on, you can catch them telling stories. Discover (and save!) His name is found in a number of different forms in the related languages and cultures he appears in, including Weesack-kachack, Wisagatcak, Wis-kay-tchach, Wissaketchak, Woesack-ootchacht, Vasaagihdzak, and Weesageechak. google_ad_client = "pub-8872632675285158";
Wisakedjak (WÃ¬sakedjÃ k in Algonquin, WÄ«sahkÄcÄhk(w) in Cree and Wiisagejaak in Oji-cree) is the Crane Manitou found in northern Algonquian and Dene storytelling, similar to the trickster Nanabozho in Ojibwa aadizookaanan (sacred stories), Inktonme in Assiniboine lore, and the Coyote from many different tribes. American Indian nations,


My new book, The Gospel of Everyone: A Poetic Retelling of the Gospel of Luke, (Resource Publications, 2017) was released in late January by Resource Publications, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers. You can purchase the book here.
UPDATE: I’m giving a reading of the book March 18, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Florey’s Bookstore in Pacifica (2120 Palmetto Avenue). I hope you can come.
From the publisher’s website: “With his poetic retelling of the Gospel of Luke, Genesis editor Paul Totah ’75 has provided a new lens with which to view familiar stories, and he adds new meaning to the story of Jesus. The poems, ones that re-envision gospel stories as intimate news relayed by close friends, bring both humanity and immediacy to the gospels to help readers approach them as if for the first time. Ultimately, this work seeks to give a human face to Jesus along the lines of other artists and writers over the centuries who have worked to lift Christ out of iconic mythology and bring him back to his human origins and restore the power of his stories and journeys.
“The son of immigrants from Palestine, Paul Totah grew up a Roman Catholic and was educated by Jesuits at SI, where he serves as director of communications and where he taught English for 25 years. He is the author of The San Francisco Fair: Treasure Island 1939–1940 (1989) and Spiritus Magis: 150 Years of St. Ignatius College Preparatory (2005).”
See below for a Q&A with the author:
What inspired you to write a book-length poem?
I’ve been writing poetry since high school and fell in love with book length poetry ever since studying with Stan Rice at San Francisco State University. Back in my 20s, I wrote a book-length poem about a Salvadoran doctor who had been tortured by the military before escaping through Guatemala into the U.S. The idea of a poem as part journey and part journalism has always fascinated me.
How did the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius help you compose your poetry?
Those who go through the Exercises learn to use their imagination to conjure people, places and context and then enter into those episodes to interact with people who lived centuries ago thousands of miles away. The Exercises also encourage you to have a personal encounter with Jesus and to strip away the myth and iconography so that you can imagine him as a real person. I also brought into my poem/prayer routine my own experiences so that the poems would ring true. For example, the episode where John the Baptist nearly gets swept away in a flash flood in a slot canyon comes from my time at Antelope Slot Canyon in Arizona.
Why did you choose the Gospel of Luke rather than the other three evangelists?
Some believe that Luke was a Greek physician, and his stories have a fascination with the physicality of the people Jesus meets and cures. There’s something tangible, earthy and immediate about his account that appeals to me. I found Luke the best doorway for me to discover the human Jesus.
What do you hope readers gain from your poems?
My hope is that my poems lead readers to questions that help them understand more intimately their own loving relationship with themselves, with their neighbors (all of creation included) and with the divinity that links us all. In other words, this is neither history nor dogma — simply my own attempt to live out the great commandment through poetry and to share that journey with my readers.
Aside from the Gospel of Luke, what influenced your depiction of Jesus?
Reza Aslan’s book Zealot gave me a glimpse of Jesus’ humanity, one that I had not seen before. His book tries to solve the mystery of who exactly Jesus is. My poems attempt the same discovery, and while I come to conclusions different from Aslan’s, I appreciated the history he reveals that puts Jesus in the context of a bloody time and place. My own travels to Palestine and Israel — I’m a Palestinian American — entered into my poetry, too, as did the culture and traditions of my ancestors who walked the same streets as did Jesus.
Are you breaking any new theological ground in your book?
Absolutely not. My poems are not an attempt to explore dogma or debate religious truth. They represent my struggles with trying to figure out who Jesus is to me. The wisdom of his teachings aren’t the only wisdom in the world, but they are teaching I have come to respect and live by. Frankly, I’m curious about the man behind the myth, behind the teachings, behind the art that has both revealed and obscured him for centuries.
A little bit about me:
I currently serve as director of communications at St. Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco, where I taught English for 25 years. After working as a reporter and editor for several newspapers, I earned my master’s degree in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University. I am the author of The San Francisco Fair: Treasure Island 1939–1940 (Scottwall Associates) and Spiritus Magis: 150 Years of St. Ignatius College Preparatory. I have served as editor of my school’s alumni magazine, Genesis, sincd 1987 and have had my poetry and prose printed in such journals as Isotope, Mission Magazine, Company Magazine, Catholic San Francisco and Santa Clara University’s alumni magazine.
I hope you enjoy the works on this site. Everything, of course, is copyrighted by me; if you are interested in using my work in print or online, contact me at email@example.com. Also feel free to email me with questions or comments about any of the works here.
I’ve organized my poems following major themes of the Hebrew scriptures and the New Testament. Most of the poems here, however, are not overtly religious, but I found this structure helpful to me in my attempts to organize work according to themes, especially considering the span of time separating many of these pieces.


Imaginary Cities _ info
A project using the British Library’s digital collection of historic urban maps to create aesthetic designs and fictional cityscapes for the Information Age
Imaginary Cities is an arts research project that considers how large digital repositories of historic cultural materials can be used to create new born-digital artworks and real-time experiences which are relevant and engaging to 21st century audiences. The project takes images and associated metadata of pre-20th century urban maps drawn from the British Library’s online 1 Million Images from Scanned Books collection on Flickr Commons and explores transforming these digital materials into new aesthetic designs and provocative fictional cityscapes for the Information Age.
Imaginary Cities is a British Library Labs project by Michael Takeo Magruder made possible with funding by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This online work-in-progress showcase has been conceived and realised in partnership with Gazelli Art House.


Helpful resources for adoptive families
A list of relevant book and audio titles
By Focus on the Family Canada staff
Focus on the Family Canada’s counsellors are frequently asked to recommend resources on the topic of adoption. Here’s a list of their favourite titles. Most of these titles are available from Focus on the Family Canada’s online bookstore.
Motivation for adoption: Why adoption?
Adopted for Life
Hannah's Hope: Seeking God's Heart in the Midst of Infertility, Miscarriage and Adoption Loss
Preparation for adoption: How adoption?
Handbook on Thriving as an Adoptive Family
Supporting families: Helping families with adoption
Launching an Orphan's Ministry in Your Church


Following an extensive period of public consultation in 2014/15 about proposed changes to the North Yorkshire County Council Library Service the decision was made in July 2015 to implement the strategy.
The key objectives of the proposals are to:
- Achieve budget savings of £1.4m
- Retain current service provision through partnership working with communities and other agencies
- Minimise the impact on communities through the development of community libraries
From April 2017, three categories of library will exist – core, hybrid, and community managed. All will be part of the North Yorkshire ‘family' of libraries and all will need substantial volunteer involvement. The Stronger Communities team is working with the Library Service supporting the transition of 21 libraries into community management, 5 libraries into hybrid form, and recruiting additional volunteers to support the 7 core libraries.


Last week, I read a great post over at Homegrown Learners where she shared her 5 favorite resources for homeschooling. It’s a fun list and has items that might not immediately come to mind. Her list really got me thinking about what some of our favorite favorite resources are in our home. Items on her list are some of our favorites so I only included new ones here.
My list, like the list above, does not include curriculum choices. If you homeschool with any curriculum (or if you don’t homeschool), there are items on this list you would enjoy with your family. In no particular order, here are four of my favorite resources for homeschooling.
- Library Cards. I’m pretty sure the library is one of our favorite places to go and is used more than anything else in our homeschooling. We have a slight library addiction here, and getting a library card is a rite of passage. A good library is so invaluable; I wrote a whole post about it.
- Large U.S. and World Maps hanging right by the dining room table. I bought large, laminated maps like these a few years ago at a homeschool convention intending to hang them in the school room. As soon as Seth saw the maps, he hung them up right by the dining room table, and frankly, I thought he was nuts. Now, I’m singing a different tune. The incredible conversations we have had as well as the amount of map studying has been amazing. We would have missed out on a lot if we had to go to a different room to check the map or find an atlas on a shelf somewhere.
- Magnifying glasses. My children have studied and explored everything from bugs and plants to our fingerprints with magnifying glasses. Their observation skills have been sharpened and their wonder at the world around them encouraged. We have lots of different kinds, but my favorites are like these.
- Games. Games like Ticket To Ride, Word on the Street, PitchCar (which is apparently hard to come by at the moment and therefore quite pricey), The Settlers of Catan, and Bang have enriched our learning. The kids have learned critical thinking skills, practiced math, and followed complicated directions. We also have had lots of time to work on skills like playing fairly and being a gracious loser (or winner). Our game closet is awfully full, and I have a feeling will only keep getting more packed.
What are some of your favorites?


The Adventures Of Yaya
Yaya’s first adventure takes us to one of her favorite places to be on a bright Sunday morning, the backyard of Nana Pola. Nana Pola’s backyard is where Yaya learns the story about her forefathers and how much they enjoyed soup joumou. Yaya and her family had a great Sunday full of storytelling about heroes and mermaids all while enjoying a great bowl of Soup Joumou in Nana’s backyard.
About The Book
This is the first of a 12 book series, The Adventures of Yaya. With every series, Yaya is set to take us on an expedition unlike anything we’ve ever experienced before. Effortlessly she embraces the rich history, culture and language of the first black republic of the world, Haiti which she enjoys sharing with her friends, classmates and even strangers. Her confidence and grace is rooted in a loving family that supports and allows her to be curious and explore life through the droplets of a summer rain and also the bumps and bruises that comes unexpectedly. Yaya is the friend or sister we all wished we had and with every adventure, we are left wanting more.


I understood that it's possible to add SNMP MIB files into the Wireshark. The question is:
Kind regards, Nima
asked 02 Aug '17, 01:19
edited 02 Aug '17, 01:25
SNMP MIB configuration can be found in the Preferences, under Name Resolution.
First use SMI Paths to setup the list of paths where to look for the MIB files.
Second use SMI Modules to define the MIB modules (that is the module names found in the MIB files) to be loaded.
Once that is done mark the checkbox Enable OID resolution.
You will be asked to restart Wireshark, which is needed to actually load the modules from the MIB files.
The library used to resolve OIDs to names from the modules is rather picky on MIB module correctness. If there are bugs in the MIB modules it will complain loudly. You may mark the checkbox Suppress SMI errors, but it still may not work. Also make sure MIB modules where object and syntaxes are imported from can be loaded.
answered 02 Aug '17, 04:41
edited 02 Aug '17, 04:42


Time: 7. March 2016
Place: Faculty of Physics
Title: A modern review of results and open questions of classical and quantum gravity
General theory of relativity, since its initial formulation 100 years ago until today, does not stop to amaze with its elegance and deep insight into the structure of space, time and gravity. From the first predictions of bending of light and perihelion precession of Mercury, to the experimental detection of gravitational waves last month, GR is one of the most successful physical theories overall.
After a review of the structure and the most interesting predictions of general relativity, we will discuss some open questions of the modern theory of gravity, from the modern discoveries in cosmology and astrophysics, to the attempts to formulate a quantum theory of the gravitational field.


The archive has over 100 magazines from the period 1909-1977.
The archive has over 25 magazines from the period 1940-1970.
The photo archive is mostly from SGS with a sporting focus: Rugby, Football, Cricket.
The site offers a number of photo galleries, mainly sports teams from SGS.
My memoir of boarding at SGS during 1968-75. Well reviewed on Amazon.
This archive was funded by a grant from the Shaftesbury School Foundation to preserve the social history of former Shaftesbury schools.
The Shaftesbury School Foundation.
Go to Lushtrust site
Stewart "Plug " McKie


Children of Hurin 04.18.2007
This Guardian article makes me smile on so many levels:
In a dramatic seachange in book sales, the dead have risen to smite the hitherto all-conquering boy sorceror.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has, for the past 16 weeks, looked to be the invincible champion of the bestseller lists, despite being more than three months away from publication. But the wizardy whippersnapper hadn’t reckoned on the return of an even more popular author: JRR Tolkien has come back from beyond the grave to seize the throne of Amazon’s book charts.


"LIFE IS TREASURE
LIFE IS TRASH
LIFE IS COMMODITY"
Jim is one of the best citizen journalists I have come across
George Monbiot - writer and journalist
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Verse loves to be read out loud - it's an act that has its roots in ancient oral history. Tim Harris - celebrated South Devon musician - has created a cinematic soundtrack to accompany the verse in this Audio Book. Hear Tim talk about the process of composing to the story of 'Brixham Chimes'-
Brixham Chimes is a lament to the destructive power of the Beam Trawler, the relentless pursuit of profit and a call for another way.
This novella in verse is set amidst the landmarks and characters of Brixham - South Devon's historic fishing port. But it's also a universal story - familiar to every coastal community across the British Isles and beyond.
Brixham Chimes is a long-form poem of lie and its consequence - that we can take, take and take some more without undoing the world. At the heart of the book sound the ‘chimes’- warning of the loss of connection between ourselves and the sea. It exposes the fallacy of a modern world obsessed with mechanical extraction at any cost. It's a requiem to vanishing fish and fishing communities .
Brixham Chimes comes from the creator and writer of Sky Atlantic’s series ‘Fish Town’. Jim Funnell lives and writes in South Devon and tries hard not to venture too far from the sea.


Joseph Henry Polley
Joseph Henry Polley was born in Whitehall, New York, on December 28, 1795 to Jonathan Polley and Rachel Hubbard. He was the second of eight children and the eldest son. His father ran a line of passenger or ferry boats across the Champlain Canal. Joseph Henry fought in the war of 1812 as a teamster in Captain Samuel Brown’s Company of New York militia.
After the war, he wound up in Missouri, where he met Moses Austin. Polley traveled with Austin to Texas in 1820 to secure a land grant from the Spanish government for a large settlement of families from t he United States. Polley returned to Texas the following year, after Moses’ death with his son Stephen F. Austin, as he sought to guarantee the same claim from the newly formed Mexican government. From that trip, Polley was left behind in Texas at the age of 25, along with four other men to begin a crop and construct a fort at the bend in the Brazos River (this spot later became the town of Richmond, the county seat of Fort Bend County) for the newly arriving settlers to gather.
Joseph Polley, being a single man was not eligible for a full league and labor under the rules of the land grant, so he split his original parcel with Samuel Chance, another unmarried man of the colony. In giving Austin rights to settle the land, the Mexican government did not offer any assistance for governance of the new settlements, to Austin was left to organize a system to keep the peace in his colony, and he made Joseph H. Polley the first sheriff of the colony.
Joseph H. Polley married Mary Augusta (Pollie) Bailey in a civil ceremony (a joint wedding, along with her sister, Betsy, and David Milburn), at the bride’s family home, the Brit Bailey plantation in Brazoria County. A protestant union followed on October 24, 1826, and in order to secure a headright for their children under the Mexican law, they were united for a third time in a Catholic convalidation on July 21, 1831. Together, Joseph H. Polley and Mary Augusta would have eleven children (listed below).
After their first wedding, the couple moved to San Felipe, an up and coming town, fit for a young couple. The first of the Polley children were born there. As the family grew, Joseph and Mary decided to move back to the Brazoria district and purchased land from Brit Bailey (Mary’s father), near Bell’s Landing (now East Columbia) which allowed them to be much closer to Mary’s family. The Polleys opened their home as a public house. Travelers were common as Bell’s Landing was a steamboat stop on the Brazos River and many new settlers came through that point. Hospitality was taken very seriously among the early settlers. As Joseph began to acquire more lands he focused more on cattle ranching.
Amid their increasing fortunes, the Polleys were struck with tragedy when in 1832, Mary’s lost her brother Gaines and her father Brit Bailey. 1833 brought flooding and a cholera epidemic to the Lower Brazos Valley and Mary lost her brother Smith in that year. In 1834, more Brazos River flooding took the life of James Bailey Polley, Joseph and Mary’s second child and first son, at the tender age of five. The three Polley girls alive at the time, Mary Augusta, Emeline Elizabeth, and Susan Rebecca were stricken with illness (likely post-flood mosquito-born diseases), but they eventually recovered.
The Texas Revolution brought on turbulent times for all the pioneer families in Texas. The Polley family fared the Texas Revolution fairly well, as the children were too young to fight, and Joseph Polley himself was charged with guarding families in the Runaway Scrape. As General Santa Anna and his forces were streaming west after their victory at the Alamo, the families ahead of their path rushed to secure or hide as many of their belongings as possible before the Mexican army arrived. The families left their homes with only what they could carry, and in many cases, in such a hurry as to only have the clothes on their backs. Joseph H. Polley, along with some of his male slaves, was charged with protecting these families as they fled. The Polley homestead fared well, as the bulk of the Mexican army passed north of where the Polleys lived. Several revolutionary councils were held at the Polley home, including some meetings led by Henry Smith, a temporary governor before the Convention of 1836.
The Polleys would live at their home near the Brazos until 1847, when Joseph sought to take advantage of the growing prosperity and westward expansion in Texas after the Republic joined the United States. He bought land from his son-in-law, John James, in Guadalupe County (now Wilson County), situated on the Cibolo Creek. Joseph moved his family to the new home site where they lived in a stake house as the family and their slaves built the permanent home that still stands in that location today. Joseph’s brother, Jonathan Polley, came to visit, and helped to design the home based on the structure of the family home back in New York. Joseph named the Polley Mansion ‘Whitehall,’ after his hometown in New York (his home in the Brazoria District also bore the name). The large stone home was outfitted with the finest furnishings shipped from New York, coming by ship to Indianola, and then by ox-cart to the homesite.
Joseph Henry Polley found great success at his new home on t he Cibolo. His land holdings and cattle herds increased to a level rumored to be nearly the largest in the state, second only to the King Ranch. He held land as far south as Corpus Christi, up north through Llano County, and from Fort Bend County in the east, through to Medina County in the west. In 1860 he owned 150,000 head of cattle, and branded 10,000 calves in one season alone. His livestock brand was ‘JHP.’
Indians were a constant source of worry in the early days at Whitehall. Fear of attack often kept the children home from the school that had been built nearby. Indians, along with Mexican thieves, also stole a great number of the Polley’s cattle, at one point taking 16,000 head. One of the Polley slaves, Jim, was lost to Indians while the family lived in the stake house before the Mansion was completed.
The Polley home was a social seat in the community and the family hosted many gatherings. Many cowboys passed through the home, and nearby San Antonio was a military town and so the Polleys entertained officers. With the local springs in the area, there were always visitors. The family also hosted dances and sometimes had so many visitors that guests lined the main hallway of the home to sleep for the night.
When the Civil War began, Polley was a reluctant supporter of the Confederacy. In 1860, Polley held 20 slaves, but he thought that the war would destroy the nation. Two of his sons, Joseph Benjamin and Abner Hubbard fought for the Confederacy. He lost one son-in-law to the fighting, Connally Findlay Henderson, husband of Susan Rebecca. Joseph kept his family and holdings afloat with trade to Mexico during the war. After the Civil War, Joseph Polley was granted a federal pardon by President Johnson in 1867, after having to swear a second loyalty oath. The family struggled to regain its former prominence and Polley began to break off his holdings, some going to his son-in-law, Walker Baylor.
Joseph H. Polley died on March 28, 1869 in Sutherland Springs, Texas. He was 73 years old. His wife, Mary, continued to live at Whitehall for a number of years after his death. Joseph Henry is buried next to Mary Augusta in the Polley Family Cemetery on Hwy 539, just across from where the Polley Mansion that they built together stands.
His descendants are great in number and securing the memory and legacy of Joseph Henry Polley’s family is the work of this association.
Eleven Children of Joseph Henry Polley and Mary Augusta Bailey:
Mary Augusta born 1827, died 1915 in Texas
James Bailey born 1829, died 1834 in Texas.
Emeline Elizabeth born 1831, died 1848 in Texas.
Susan Rebecca born 1835, died 1906 in Texas.
Sarah Adel born 1837, died 1869 in Texas.
Catherine Sayre born 1839, died 1919 in Texas.
Joseph Benjamin born 1840, died 1918 in Texas.
Harriet Roxanna born 1842, died 1925 in Texas.
Abner Hubbard born 1845, died 1932 in Texas.
Jonathan James born 1848, died 1925 in Texas.
Walter Webster born 1851, died 1928 in Texas.
Handbook of Texas Online, Richard B. McCaslin, "Polley, Joseph Henry," accessed January 17, 2017, http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fpo11.
Golson, Josephine Polley, Bailey’s Light: Saga of Brit Bailey and Other Hardy Pioneers (San Antonio, Texas: The Naylor Company, 1950).
If you find any information on this page to be incorrect, or if you have any verified information that you would like to share for this record, please contact the Polley Association, and reference this page. We would love to hear from you!


"If you're an NFL fan, you'll love this book. If you're a history buff, you'll love this book. But if you're an NFL fan and you love history, this is an absolute must read!!! It gives us an incredible and unique perspective on the beginnings of the National Football League."
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Nearly 300 pages...
Photos from games...
8.5"x 11" large format.
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Dr. Mark Bowles is Professor of History at American Public University. He earned his Ph.D. in history from Case Western Reserve University and is the author of fifteen books.
Like the iconic Roman numerals of the Super Bowl, American football is a sport in which many games and seasons are branded into fan memories. Perhaps the most significant of them all--the founding of the league in 1920--is ironically the most obscure and least well known.
Despite the passion for football and its history, few people have inquired about what happened during the first year of the league’s existence.
Complicating this story is the fact that there are no films of its games to transport us visually to that time. Radio was also an emerging technology, and there are no play-by-play broadcasts for us to hear. Furthermore, there is no one alive today who remembers watching these first teams battle in the mud and snow. As we now approach the 100th year of the NFL’s existence in 2020, it is time to unveil the mystery of its first season.
Certainly, some of the legacies of this era remain prominent today. Jim Thorpe is remembered as the "greatest athlete of the first half of the 20th century." His team's city, Canton, Ohio, is honored as the birthplace of professional football and is the home of the Pro Football Hall of Fame. However, along with Thorpe and his Canton Bulldog legends, there is a great deal more to the story of the first season of the NFL. This forgotten year is about to emerge from obscurity as every football player will wear a patch for the 2019-2020 season with the logo "100NFL" on his jersey.
The year 1920 is about to get its spotlight. The centennial of the most popular American sport is upon us. It is time to find out what happened in year one.
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Norbert Bajurin, the owner of an automotive radiator shop in San Francisco, CA, was initially enthusiastic about being elected Commodore of his beloved Golden Gate Yacht Club, but he soon realized the blue collar club was in dire financial straits and in danger of being forced out of existence.
After hearing that the neighboring St. Francis Yacht Club had turned down Oracle CEO Larry Ellison’s proposal for sponsorship of his America’s Cup campaign, Bajurin (pronounced “Byron”) hatched a plan to sponsor the software titan’s bid for the Cup.
The Billionaire and the Mechanic is compelling from the very first page, as author Julian Guthrie tells the story of Ellison’s harrowing experience during the 1998 Sydney Hobart Yacht Race in which five boats sank and six sailors died. Shortly after that ill-fated race, Ellison set his sights on winning the oldest trophy in sports, the America’s Cup. The improbable partnership of Ellison and Bajurin resulted in three attempts to win the Cup, in 2003, 2007 and finally 2010, the year that Ellison’s BMW Oracle Racing team, representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club, defeated the Swiss Alinghi syndicate in the waters off Valencia, Spain.
Comprehensively researched and vividly written, The Billionaire and the Mechanic provides insight into one man’s astonishing will-to-win and another’s desire to make a humble yacht club the envy of the international sailing community. It’s worthy of a place in every sailor’s library.
Julian Guthrie is an award-winning journalist and staff writer at the San Francisco Chronicle. She is the author of The Grace of Everyday Saints: How a Band of Believers Lost Their Church and Found Their Faith. Her feature writing and enterprise reporting have been nominated multiple times for the Pulitzer Prize. Visit julianguthriesf.com to learn more.
By Julian Guthrie
Published by Grove Press
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Sean Aeon lives to create. Every conversation is inspiring; every observation is a story. He writes to breathe life into fleeting thoughts hoping they will give birth to ideas, ignite intrigue, and spark dialogue. His goal is to transcend superficial physical classifications, and record the heart and soul of existence. Aeon uses storytelling to connect with and inspire people to connect with and inspire themselves.
With both a deep passion and admiration for the power of fiction and Philosophy, Aeon creates and incorporates his own original conceptions into the worlds and personalities of his characters. The unique combination results in bizarre perspectives that speak to something within the reader as familiar as home. Influenced by the likes of James Baldwin, Hans Christian Andersen, Joseph Campbell, Alan Moore, Frank Miller, James Frey, and Jaques Derrida, it’s the layers of insight he weaves into his fantastical stories that produces an unparalleled experience for those sharing in his work.
He currently resides in Los Angeles, California, and is the author of the groundbreaking collection of short stories titled The Outsider’s Mind.
The Outsider’s Mind is a stirring and unorthodox concoction of magical realism, science fiction, and philosophy. It’s part quote book, part short story collection, and part philosophical analysis. If you’ve ever felt misunderstood or wondered what it’d be like to see the world through the eyes of the outcasts, this book is for you.
What can be found inside are the multifaceted musings and ideologies of immortals contemplating loss, zombies assessing the sensibility of human nature, bees struggling to figure out humanity’s destruction of their habitat, and much more.
In different ways each narrative examines human nature, the human experience, how we observe ourselves, others, and our environment.
The Outsider’s Mind uses literary and supernatural elements to paint allegorical pictures of the concepts that speak to the various ways we experience and interpret the world around us, but that often go unnoticed.
“Unless you’re looking for, or creating, a dull moment, you’ll go blind attempting to find one.”
- Broken Hands
The Outsider’s Mind is the weirdest, deepest, and most oddly-perceptive fictional book of short stories you’ll ever read. And if you‘re not talking about it, you’ll certainly be thinking about it.
A large part of Augmented: Source is that of a cautionary tale. It warns us to be aware of who and what we choose to share ourselves and our energy with.
From the story For Hire: Master, this excerpt expresses the idea of how touch can be used to consciously or subconsciously manifest what we feel within us.
Darker Vision follows two characters who deal with what their life is like currently, versus what it has the potential to be, and if they have the strength to handle drastic changes.
There are many ways in which we build walls between one another instead of bridges. The antagonist of Uneven 3 captures this disconnect in this one fleeting thought.
Optimism is often viewed as a characteristic that's always helpful, but when it's clung to for too long it can be detrimental. In The Undead Eye: Dr. Gren we will see if the doctor's faith will be rewarded.
Where would the world be without our dreamers and visionaries? Another Way: Lachelle looks into the complicated dynamic between leaders and those who they inspire to follow them.
The Catalytic Principle, by Sean Aeon
Aeonilism is a heightened awareness of the relationship between seemingly inconsequential experiences, and the depth that these experiences carry beneath the surface. The Udiats symbol visually represents this concept: Unseen Depth is Attached to Superficiality.


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Colours From Nature – A Natural Dyer’s Handbook, 2nd revised edition.
100 colour pages, paperback, ring bound.
Written and self-published by Jenny Dean.
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Hormone Repair Manual is a practical guide to feeling better in your 40s, 50s, and beyond. It explains how to navigate the change of perimenopause and relieve symptoms with natural treatments such as diet, nutritional supplements, and bioidentical hormone therapy.
28 Days: What Your Cycle Reveals About Your Moods, Health and Potential is the definitive guide to understanding how the hormones in your cycle impact you in virtually every way. It will immediately change the way you plan your day, week and month ahead.
WomanCode educates women about hormone health in a way that’s relevant and easy to understand. Whether you are suffering from irregular periods, fertility issues, depression, or lack of sex drive, Alisa Vitti says that meds and anti-depressants aren’t the only solutions. Includes a five-step protocol to improve health and overall quality of life.


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This detailed 2 volume 456 page volume about the Ford V-8 engine provides the enthusiast with insight into the development of Ford's fabled flathead V-8 in 1932. Captured in this album are countless hours of 1932-1953 Ford flathead research by many V-8 Club members. It is not another book about how to build a flathead. In addition, you will find block identification, serial numbers, engine oddities, conversions, and much more. It's a must for your Ford flathead library. Compiled by Scot Kohler.


Isaiah 61 (Part 1)
The Story Line
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth!
For the Lord has spoken:
Isaiah 1:2 (NKJV)
Alas, sinful nation,
A people laden with iniquity,
A brood of evildoers,
Children who are corrupters!
They have forsaken the Lord,
They have provoked to anger
The Holy One of Israel,
They have turned away backward.
Isaiah 1:4 (NKJV)
'Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean;
Put away the evil of your doings from before My Eyes.
Cease to do evil,
Learn to do good;
Rebuke the oppressor;
Defend the fatherless,
Plead for the widow.'
'Come now, and let us reason together,'
Says the Lord,
'Though your sins are like scarlet,
They shall be as white as snow;
Though they are red like crimson,
They shall be as wool.
If you are willing and obedient,
You shall eat the good of the land;
But if you refuse and rebel,
You shall be devoured by the sword;'
For the Mouth of the Lord has spoken.
Isaiah 1:16-20 (NKJV)
A storyline is 'the plan, scheme or main story of a literary or dramatic work' (Random House Dictionary). As the inspired Word of God, the Bible tells the ultimate story: the story of our Earth, the story of God's people, the story of man's salvation.
The Bible is universal, global and personal: an historical narrative that speaks to current circumstances. It explains our past, guides our present and reveals our future. God's Word transforms us. Nothing is more valuable. Nothing is beyond Its reach.
God wrote His Book through wise men and prophets--like Isaiah.
The Prophet Isaiah lived from 740-680 B.C., or about 2800 years ago. He is called the 'Messianic Prophet,' 'Paul of the Old Testament,' and 'Shakespeare of the prophets.' The Book of Isaiah is called 'the Gospel according to Isaiah' or the 'miniature Bible.' Consider:
The Bible has 66 books. Isaiah has 66 chapters. Isaiah's first 39 chapters, like the 39 books of the Old Testament, are filled with judgment upon immoral and idolatrous men. Isaiah's final 27 chapters, like the 27 books of the New Testament, declare a message of hope.
Isaiah speaks condemnation upon those who practice idol worship. Isaiah speaks salvation upon those who practice God worship. Isaiah speaks to our 21st century earth and even to the United States of America: today's international capital of idol worship and self-professed Christianity.
Can such a duality of purpose co-exist?
To Be Continued...
Study of Isaiah: http://www.ccel.org/contrib/exec_outlines/isa.htm
Interesting Facts about Isaiah: http://www.biblecharts.org/thebible/interestingfactsaboutisaiah.pdf
What You Need to Know About the Book of Isaiah: http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1051&context=will_know
P.S. To read the other devotions in this series, please see the Isaiah 61 series.


"Ruby The Rainbow Witch"
"Where Do Elves Go On Vacation?"
Kim Ann was born in Massachusetts and now lives in Southern California
with her husband, her two teenage children, and their dogs.
For several years, Kim Ann worked as a freelance writer and published many
feel-good articles about families, but she dreamed of writing the fun,
imaginative, colorful books she liked reading to her own children.
Kim Ann is the author of the
"Ruby the Rainbow Witch" book series:
"Ruby the Rainbow Witch: A Picture-Perfect Rainbow Day"
"Ruby the Rainbow Witch: The Lost Swirly-Whirly Wand"
"Ruby the Rainbow Witch: Meet the Amber Fairies"
And the "Go on Vacation" book series:
"Where Do Elves Go on Vacation?"
Newest book to her list is A Fun loving story about
"Goldy the Puppy and the Missing Socks"


Resources by Project Partners
Below you will find a collection of resources ranging from topics such as safety, ethics and inclusion to investigation methods, tools and best practices for journalists, media organizations and other civil society members using investigation as a means to expose issues in their communities or across borders.
These resources have been developed throughout decades of experience by the CIJI project partners - Reporters Without Borders, Free Press Unlimited, Tactical Tech - and some will be expanded and adapted during the CIJI project.
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- Data Detox Kit – online series of articles and tutorials focused on everyday steps you can take to control your digital privacy, security, and wellbeing. By Tactical Tech (available in multiple languages.)
- Holistic Security – a manual taking a complex approach to physical, digital and emotional security and wellbeing for civil society groups. It also includes a Trainer's Manual for those wishing to provide holistic security workshops to others: https://holistic-security.tacticaltech.org/trainers-manual.html. By Tactical Tech.
- Journalism Trust Initiative - a project that develops and implements indicators for trustworthiness of journalism and promotes compliance with professional norms and ethics. It is mainly dedicated to news media outlets allowing them to self-assess their editorial processes and increase their transparency. By Reporters Without Borders.
- Gender and Media Resource Guide - resources supporting the promotion of gender equality in and through media, including: gender equality in media content and in the media sector, campaigning and advocacy, gender
- Gender and Technology - includes gender security training curricula available in English, Spanish and Portuguese and is a resource that introduces a holistic, feminist perspective to privacy and digital security trainings, informed by years of working with women and trans activists and researchers around the world. By Tactical Tech (available in multiple languages.)
- Media Viability - a resource guide containing information on what media viability is in general, the issues that affect and influence media outlets and most importantly what media outlets can do to boost their viability. By Free Press Unlimited.
- Media and COVID-19 Resource Space - a space to find information and resources on the continuation of journalistic work during the COVID-19 pandemic. By Free Press Unlimited.
- Media Fostering Accountability Resource Guide - an overview of the many dimensions of the media fostering accountability including evidence and resources as well as examples from the track record of Free Press Unlimited‘s work in supporting media outlets across the world.
- Media Advocacy Resource Guide - a resource exploring the conditions influencing an enabling environment for media and journalists including an analysis of legal, political, economic and technological environments; the role of multilateral and intergovernmental organisations, and an overview of advocacy strategies, toolkits and resources. By Free Press Unlimited.
- Exposing the Invisible - The Kit – an online self-learning resource for investigators including method guides , ethics and safety awareness basics. By Tactical Tech (available in multiple languages.)
- Exposing the Invisible (ETI) - Tactical Tech project that promotes investigation as one of the most important forms of public engagement through a series of films, interviews, podcasts, guides and articles looking at different techniques, tools and methods along with the individual practices of those working at the new frontiers of investigation.