Lily peered out the window of her sparsely furnished room to the street below. She could see the entire length of Main Street that wound through Bitter Falls like a fat, filthy snake. Rain had been falling for three days now, churning mud beneath the horses’ hooves as they made their way up and down the thoroughfare. The animals were covered in mire past their fetlocks, wagons carving ruts that would linger until spring.
Turning from the window, her red hair billowed around her face, a fiery nimbus in the dry heat from the stove in the corner. She sighed. There would be few customers tonight. Her fingers traced the spine of a bedside book. It would be nice to sit by the window’s light and read, but every day that went by without making money was a hardship. Most of her earnings were given to Jacob, the owner of The Nugget. There was precious little left over for herself.
The moment Lily arrived in Bitter Falls five years ago, she was a sensation. Nobody had seen such red hair on a girl before. When she stepped through the swinging doors of The Nugget, men turned their heads, their intake of breath palpable in the mote-filled room.
She was only sixteen years old at the time. Rescued from starvation in a sod house on the prairie, her family dead, Lily thought nothing could be worse than what she had endured. She was wrong.
Ma and Pap moved to South Dakota years ago, hoping to carve out a living in the rocky ground. Ma was a schoolteacher. She came west with a satchel full of dreams and a trunk packed with china and useless petticoats. She taught her children to read and write. Lily was always proud that she had these talents. Pap was a farmer, a man who wanted to stake a claim on a large parcel of land. It was a hard scrabble life. Somehow they managed to feed Lily and her two little brothers, Caleb and John.
Their cabin was spare. Wind blew through chinks in the timbers. Dirt constantly sifted down from the ceiling of the sod roof, bringing with it bugs and twigs. Sometimes a snake fell through, causing all sorts of bedlam as it slithered around the three-room shack.
When Pap came back from town one day with supplies, he fell sick with a fever. Ma tried to care for him, but she eventually caught it too, strawberry blond hair stuck to her sweaty face like deathly tendrils. Then it was up to Lily and the boys to tend them, wiping their faces with damp cloths, spooning soup to their lips, changing the filthy linens.
Lily gasped when she and her brothers woke a few mornings later, and found Ma and Pap dead in their bed, eyes rolled back, worn faces drawn in rictus. The children weren’t strong enough to dig a proper grave. They dug a shallow hole and dragged their parents out of the cabin by their feet, placing them in the ground with little ceremony. Lily knew enough to pack the top of the grave with rocks so wild things couldn’t reach her parents, but that night she heard scraping and clawing outside in the darkness.
By the next day, her brothers were sick, and although they lasted longer than Ma and Pap, they did not survive, despite Lily’s desperate attempts to dribble water down their throats and keep them cool.
Then, it was her turn. She lay on the dirty mattress, tossing fitfully. The fever rose, her chest rumbling like thunder.
You could call it luck or call it a curse, but two days after she fell ill, Lily heard someone roaming around outside the cabin. She was too sick and feeble to care if it were Indians or bad fellas, or even the Lord himself. The cabin door swung open. Sunlight filled the stale room. A shadow fell upon her face.
“Good God almighty,” came a rough whisper, then the sound of retching as the stench of dead bodies rose like a fist and punched its way out the door.
“Help” was all Lily could say, so weak that the word alone made her swoon. She was lifted up and off the bed by several hands, heard voices she didn’t recognize. Lily learned later that there was a caravan of covered wagons passing through on their way west. They were God-fearing enough to wrap the girl in blankets and take her with them rather than let her die alone, but weren’t too inspired to help much more than they did. Frightened of getting sick themselves, the wagon train took a side journey to the nearest town for help.
Without preamble, they left Lily on the steps of the one and only church in Bitter Falls, a small building on the edge of town flanking a tattered graveyard. It was divine providence that it was a Sunday morning. Lily was the first thing folks saw when they trudged up the hill to worship. Between a few townspeople and the local mortician, they cleaned her up and tended her in the church until she recovered.
After that, Lily became a problem. Her future was bleak as a summer storm. The only place in town big enough to take in a young girl, and perhaps put her to work in the kitchen or sweeping floors, was The Nugget. Jacob, the saloon owner, took one look at the fierce red hair, the sea-green eyes, and the slight, supple body and offered to provide her with a home.
Now, Lily sighed. The rain had finally stopped. A few townsfolk ventured out from their dwellings. In the distance, a dog barked. The sun was setting behind the hills as angry clouds rolled across the sky.
From the saloon below, the piano player struck a tinny chord. Music poured through the doors and out into the muddy street. Voices edged their way up the stairs, male voices, the sound of boots clicking on worn wooden floors.
Lily smoothed her skirt and ran a comb through her flaming hair. She rubbed color on her cheeks from a rouge pot that sat next to the unread book. Then she walked down the stairs with the other girls to greet the night.
Bitter Falls is written by Sharon Frame Gay.


It is official, meeting is 2008-01-09 at 6PM-8:45PM at the Plaza Library. Parking is near (just south of the library about 500ft or so) and is free. Read the first link for more information.
This post says Jan 19th but the thread says January 9th. Which one is it? Can’t wait!
By ax0n on Dec 21, 2007
Error fixed, Thanks.
By dj_goku on Dec 21, 2007
Guys how can I find you there, I mean at the Library?
By Dmitri on Jan 7, 2008
As you walk into the library you should see a coffee shop to the right, you will want to walk north past the help desk and turn right, it will be the first room on the right.
By dj_goku on Jan 11, 2008
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To Mars and Beyond
June 17 – 21, 2019
3:00 – 6:00 PM
Children from four years old through Fifth Grade
The Bible lessons of Faith's VBS are powerful stories connecting the Old Testament, the New Testament, and children’s lives today. Through five interactive Bible lessons, students will discover God at work in their lives and experience the love of Jesus. The stories illustrate God’s amazing love and how to love and serve God with love.


Guy Tritton has just released the 6th edition of ‘Tritton on Intellectual Property in Europe’
This has become one of Thomson Reuters Westlaw and Sweet&Maxwell’s core intellectual property books and is available electronically on WestLaw.
This edition focusses on European IP law with EU IP law being centre stage. It also keeps an eagle eye on any departures from EU IP law that United Kingdom has taken or is proposing to take. So far, invitations to UK courts to depart from EU IP case law have fallen on deaf ears (eg InTune on “communication to the public”) and thus UK and EU IP law remains very similar.
The book is aimed at both graduates, academics and practitioners. It is a weighty tome running to 1446 pages of pure commentary and footnotes, the Trade Marks chapter alone runs to 334 pages.
It has become a core book in universities with it being the course book in for Maastricht University’s Advanced Master Intellectual Property Law course and continues to be cited by Advocate-Generals in Court of Justice cases. For those interested in the main updates to the 5th edition (and there are many), have a look at the link below.


This CD is the first of two volumes which will include every available recording from the BBC Radio 1 sessions.
Caravan are a unique band whose intricate and melodic progressive rock spans three decades. The Hux releases cover the period 1970 to 1977 when they recorded over a dozen sessions.
The first volume includes an 8 page booklet with comprehensive liner notes and band photographs, full recording details and a contribution from Pye Hastings.
"...there are delightful melodies aplenty for those prepared to fish for them" ("Mojo", May 1998)
Also available on Hux Records: Caravan - Ether Way
1-3 Recorded for Top Of The Pops 19.8.70
in session for Alan Black 11.3.71
7-8 Recorded in session for
John Peel 20.8.73
9-12 Recorded in session
for John Peel 7.2.74


Auburn’s Unclaimed National Championships has been for sale on Amazon.com, both as a paperback book and a Kindle e-book, for a few months now and several people have now posted their reviews of the book. All the reviewers have given it 5-stars.
Robert Daughtry wrote: “Awesome Study! Michael did a great job researching and studying this topic. It is well written and full of useful information regarding the championships that were awarded Auburn University but are as of yet unclaimed and un-honored by the university.”
Timothy May wrote: “Great read for Auburn fans! I had some passing knowledge of Auburns previous national championship caliber teams, but this book provided detailed insight into each of these teams throughout Auburn history, and after reading it I felt like I was much more informed. I am now firmly convinced that Auburn should officially claim these championships. Great read, and I highly recommend it.”
Kelton Horn wrote: “Great book! This book is fantastic. It gave in depth information about historic seasons. Some of those seasons I had only known about through references in Auburn media guides and stories from my father growing up. It lays out Auburn’s football tradition and excellence in a well written and easy to read book. The author did an excellent job of compiling the information and making the case of Auburn honoring it’s own history by recognizing and claiming the championships that student athletes won in Auburn’s name. Once I started reading this book I could not put it down.”
Jim Scott wrote: “Great book and I would highly recommend for Auburn fans. Just purchased this book via kindle and it’s a great read. It offers excellent justification for claiming some national championships that Auburn was cheated out of and also offers reasons why these should be claimed by the Auburn powers that be. This would be a great Christmas gift for the Auburn fan.”
It’s exciting that Auburn people are enjoying this story of Auburn football from 1904 to 2004 that focuses on seven seasons where Auburn was conference champion and/or undefeated and has been named by at least one selector as a national champion.


Have you guys read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies? If you haven’t, you probably should. First, because the Lit major inside of me looks down her nose at anyone who hasn’t read (& loved) Jane Austen’s classic. And second…zombies, you guys! The book is a lot of fun and surprisingly well written. The whole zomb-pocalypse angle isn’t just dropped into the plot of the book, it’s woven into the fibers of the story until you begin to wonder if this hadn’t really been Austen’s intention all along (it wasn’t).
And apparently the idea of finding true love while hacking apart a few zombies in Regency period England is so compelling that not only is there a book, but there’s also going to be a movie!


Masha Hamilton’s gripping new novel, 31 Hours, tells the story of a young man, Jonas, who is smart and sensitive, worried about the world and wanting to make a difference. He reminds me of someone one of my sons could grow into someday, someone I would want them to grow into someday. Except for this: Jonas falls under the influence of a man named Masoud who convinces him to participate in an act of terrorism.
Jonas’ is just one of the storylines in the novel, which introduces us to three families: Sonny Hirt, a subway panhandler, and his sister; Jonas and his long-divorced parents; his girlfriend Kit, her much younger sister Mara, and their newly-separated parents. They are all pretty regular folks traveling a Manhattan and Brooklyn landscape that is quite familiar (and more familiar to me than the settings of Hamilton’s earlier, terrific, novels like The Camel Bookmobile or The Distance Between Us). Jonas’ story draws the other families closer, like a dangling thread which, when pulled, tugs the others inexorably tighter. I read with an increasing sense of urgency as the clock ticked down the thirty-one hours to the story’s climax.
The story is told in shifting narrative voices, allowing the reader into a variety of different perspectives on the events. I found myself feeling most for Carol, Jonas’ mom, whose sense that her son is in trouble opens the novel, but I can’t stop thinking about this passage from the ‘tween, Mara, who is suffering quietly through her parents’ separation, hearing her mom cry behind closed doors every day, and wants only to bring her parents back together. Hamilton writes:
It had been left to Mara to rescue her mother. No one else seemed to realize the seriousness of the situation. Mara was reminded of a movie she’d waatched once… The title had long since slipped from her memory, but what she did recall was that a ship went down and two women found themselves in a lifeboat with nothing to eat or drink. They floated alone at sea. At first there were jokes, or attempts at jokes, and then singing, and finally the sharin gof secrets that altered the way the two women felt about each other an themselves. But as their situation became increasingly desperate, much of the talking ended. One woman finally succumbed to thirst and, though her companion begged her not to, began frantically gulping seawater cupped in her hands. And that drove her mad. It caused sodium toxicity–Mara looked it up afterward–which resulted in a shrinkage of brain cells, which in turn resulted in confusion. The woman, now crazed, jumped into the ocean thinking she was walking into the kitchen in her own home to get a snack. She drowned. The audience was meant to weep for her. But Mara cried for the woman left behind, sane still but alone, floating on the vast sea. Mara felt as if her mother had become the dehydrated woman guzzling saltwater, and Mara was in danger of being abandoned at sea.
The lines keep resonating for me, as I think about what’s worse: to be the one who becomes quietly unhinged and dies (but who is protected, by madness, from fear of death); or to be the one left behind, “sane still but alone.” And as I was reading, I pulled myself out of the novel’s spell occasionally to force myself to consider this, and to wonder how I wanted the book to end. I couldn’t decide. Hamilton’s conclusion is absolutely uncompromising, somehow both shocking and satisfying.


Iudex Who’s Who
Iudex Who’s Who is integral part of iudex international. It publishes both digital and print versions. It gives information about the persons holding the highest offices as well as respectable positions at the Executive, Judiciary, and Legislature levels in countries of the world. Users can get detailed profiles of the international personalities of the world. It keeps a compilation of brief biographical sketches of prominent persons in a particular field. It is most comprehensive general reference books, brought right up to date for the year ahead with new names for coming years. It will contain more than7, 000 autobiographical entries, carefully updated for maximum accuracy from information personally supplied by the biographies. People are chosen for invitation as holders of key appointments and by our Selection Board on the basis of their particular individual achievements. After iudex Who’s Who is the most reliable directory of the noteworthy and influential people in every area of public life.
Since the appearance of biographies and brief details in Who’s Who, it has proved invaluable as a research tool and a unique way of measuring social change. The research of potential expanded further as the entire database became available online, giving subscribers’ access to the complete text of Who’s Who and Who Was Who with a wide range of search facilities.
There would be new and exciting names this year from the stage and screen, including theatre producer as well as other fields as Education, Charity and Campaigning, Fashion and Design, and Law and Politics. The online version, published will be is available at www.iudex.uk


A guest lecture on the study programme Security Engineering was conducted by Mr. Mile Nunič, a public-gathering specialist. He is the author of several books, including the Public Assembly Act, with a commentary. His last book, published this year at the beginning of this year, titled “Securing public gatherings, from beginning to end”.
Mr. Nunič presented the normative regulation of the field of private security and the field of public gatherings to future security engineers.
He introduced concepts such as licenses for the protection of public gatherings, organization of public gatherings, the right to public gatherings, types of public gatherings (public gatherings and public events), etc. In the following, he presented in detail the organization of public gatherings and the duties of the organizers (documents, registration, management, etc.).


He bowed heaven and descended,
and darkness was under His feet.
And He rode upon the cherubim, and flew;
He flew upon the wings of the wind.
(Psalm 17:10-11, Septuagint)
He rode upon the cherubim, and flew:
And He was exalted above the fullness of knowledge,
that no man should come to Him but by love,
for “love is the fulfillment of the law.” (Rom 13:10)
St. Augustine, Exposition on the Book of Psalms


Around the World
on a Bicycle
By Thomas Stevens
Volume I. From San Francisco to Teheran
OVER THE SIERRAS NEVADAS, ................. 1
OVER THE DESERTS OF NEVADA,............... 21
THROUGH MORMON-LAND AND OVER THE ROCKIES, .46
FROM THE GREAT PLAINS TO THE ATLANTIC, ....70
FROM AMERICA TO THE GERMAN FRONTIER, ..... 91
GERMANY, AUSTRIA, AND HUNGARY, .........121
THROUGH SLAVONIA AND SERVIA, .............153
BULGARIA, ROUMELIA, AND INTO TURKEY,..... 184
THROUGH EUROPEAN TURKEY,..................215
THE START THROUGH ASIA,...................251
ON THROUGH ASIA,..........................263
THROUGH THE ANGORA GOAT COUNTRY,..........279
BEY BAZAAR, ANGORA, AND EASTWARD,.........307
ACROSS THE KIZIL IRMAK RIVER TO YUZGAT,...338
FROM THE KOORDISH CAMP TO YUZGAT,.........351
THROUGH THE SIVAS VILAYET INTO ARMENIA,...368
THROUGH ERZINGAN AND ERZEROUM,............397
MOUNT ARARAT AND KOORDISTAN,..............426
PERSIA AND THE TABREEZ CARAVAN TRAIL,.....455
TABREEZ TO TEHERAN,.......................486
Click here for the full, text-only version of Volume I.
This was scanned from an original edition, copyright 1887,
547 pages. It is as close as I could come in ASCII to the printed text.
Scanning time: 15 hours
OCR time: 20+ hours
Proof #1: 25 hours
Proof #2: ? (A slow reading by a friend)
The numerous italics have been unfortunately omitted, and the conjoined '‘' have been changed to 'ae'; as well as others, similarly. I have left the spelling, punctuation, capitalization as close as possible to the printed text, including that of titles and headings. The issue of end-of-line hyphenation was difficult, as normal usage in the 1880's often hyphenated words which have since been concatenated.
Stevens also used phonetic spelling and italics for much of the unfamiliar language or dialects that he heard; a great deal of foreign words and phrases are also included and always italicized. A word which might seem mis-spelled, such as 'yaort', was originally in italics and was the 1886 spelling of 'yogurt'. Many of the names of places and peoples have long since changed and so are no longer easily referenced.
The book is written in the common English of a San Francisco journalist of the era and so is filled with contemporaneous idioms and prejudices, as well as his own wry wit.
One of the more unfortunate issues is the omission of the over 100 illustrations of the original edition. I also elected to omit the informative captions. I hope to make an HTML edition available at http://rjs.org/gutenberg/ which will include them.
If you find any scanning errors, out and out typos, punctuation errors, or if you disagree with my formatting choices please feel free to email me those errors: email@example.com The space between the double quotes and the quoted text is sometimes omitted, usually included. This is an artifact of the OCR program interpreting the small space in the original print, and if someone wants to remove the space from all of the quotes, I would be glad to see it.
I have written a wxPython program to assist in converting raw OCR text to the project's formatting, as well as general punctuation and spelling. http://rjs.org/gutenberg/OCR2Gutenberg/ Code contributions/modifications are most welcome; it is a bit of a hack, but it reduced the proof time needed by more than what it took to write 778 lines of code.
Shakespeare says, in All's Well that Ends Well, that "a good traveller is something at the latter end of a dinner;" and I never was more struck with the truth of this than when I heard Mr. Thomas Stevens, after the dinner given in his honor by the Massachusetts Bicycle Club, make a brief, off-hand report of his adventures. He seemed like Jules Verne, telling his own wonderful performances, or like a contemporary Sinbad the Sailor. We found that modern mechanical invention, instead of disenchanting the universe, had really afforded the means of exploring its marvels the more surely. Instead of going round the world with a rifle, for the purpose of killing something, - or with a bundle of tracts, in order to convert somebody, - this bold youth simply went round the globe to see the people who were on it; and since he always had something to show them as interesting as anything that they could show him, he made his way among all nations.
What he had to show them was not merely a man perched on a lofty wheel, as if riding on a soap-bubble; but he was also a perpetual object-lesson in what Holmes calls "genuine, solid old Teutonic pluck." When the soldier rides into danger he has comrades by his side, his country's cause to defend, his uniform to vindicate, and the bugle to cheer him on; but this solitary rider had neither military station, nor an oath of allegiance, nor comrades, nor bugle; and he went among men of unknown languages, alien habits and hostile faith with only his own tact and courage to help him through. They proved sufficient, for he returned alive.
I have only read specimen chapters of this book, but find in them the same simple and manly quality which attracted us all when Mr. Stevens told his story in person. It is pleasant to know that while peace reigns in America, a young man can always find an opportunity to take his life in his hand and originate some exploit as good as those of the much-wandering Ulysses. In the German story "Titan," Jean Paul describes a manly youth who "longed for an adventure for his idle bravery;" and it is pleasant to read the narrative of one who has quietly gone to work, in an honest way, to satisfy this longing.
THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., April 10, 1887.
Text, code and images © Ray Schumacher 2005


Fueled and Fabulous
A Short Story (fiction-based informational guide)
Author: Julie Granger PT, DPT, SCS, WHC
A story-based, age-appropriate reference and resource guide for active girls and teens (Recommended ages 12+).
For 'tweens and teens (and those who care about them).
Navigating the ‘tween and teen years as a girl is not easy. There is so much expected of her at school, sports, with friendships, and she is expected to do it all perfectly while pleasing others and keeping a smile on her face. And most of the time, she does an amazing job!
What can slip through the cracks amidst all of this sparkling success is her health, her happiness, and her ability to take ownership of what’s most important to her. She may feel like she’s at a constant battle with herself and her parents, coaches, and friends over things like meals, snacks, bedtime routines, socializing with friends, staying healthy and not getting sick, and keeping herself afloat at school and at sports.
This book provides the story of young teens Nicola, Jamie, and Ashley as they navigate the challenging waters of their freshman year, each with their own unique challenges. Jamie and Nicole have injuries. Nicola has a mysterious challenge with her periods. Ashley seems to be doing everything right. They all worry about what their friends think of them, what they look like, and how they will fit into a bathing suit. Even Jamie’s mom has her own set of worries. The girls are fortunate to meet with a brilliant medical provider, Dr. Cherry, who helps them gather a team of coaches and experts and learn the best ways to nourish and fuel themselves for their busy and successful lives.
Health and wellness topics covered include:
- Nourishment for sports & health: what’s the best way to fuel up for optimal performance in sports and life?
- Menstrual cycle secrets: what’s the relationship between them, sports, and optimal health?
- Injury and illness prevention: how can a girl learn to keep herself healthy while being busy with life and sports?
- Empowerment in relationships: how can a girl learn to speak up for herself and state her needs to the adults in her life?
This book provides an age-appropriate, relatable, fun, and girl-friendly story to guide girls through many common challenges they face as active athletes and dedicated students. It is written by Dr. Julie Granger, girl athlete expert, health & life coach & physical therapist, who finds joy in empowering girls to own their health and lives and maximize their adventure, creativity, joy, and success.
Included in the book is the Female Athlete’s Cycle Cheat Sheet.
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Minneapolis Aquatennial Bicycle Race
The bike race was held on Victory Memorial Drive during the 2nd annual Minneapolis Aquatennial in July, 1941. Visit Special Collections to view more historical photographs, programs, documents, and memorabilia from the Minneapolis Aquatennial Collection.
Check out the events at this year’s 75th annual Aquatennial, July 18-26, 2014.
Photos from the recently digitized Marvin Juell negative collection (over 700 images). Juell worked for the Minneapolis Public Library.


A billion people and a billion dreams. That is what India is. There is no better way to know India than a long journey and people have done it many times. When you travel you get to know the colors, culture, food and beliefs of this vast landscapes. It is always better to understand a little about this vast country before you embark your next journey. Many books have been written around this theme. here are some of the best Indian travel books to read before your next Indian journey.
- Chai, Chai – is a travelogue written by Ghosh Bishwanath, a 40ish Journalist from Kanpur. The book languidly explore the local areas lay beyond the major railway junctions in India. He starts his journey at Mughal Serai station in north India and ends at Shoranur, a station in Kerala. In every major station in between, he get down and get a feel of the local food and culture. The author has succeeded to transport the readers to the “railway junctions” and the life revolves around them. He also describes about the local food joints, bars, night stay options around. A light read for a laid back traveler.
- Around India in 80 trains – Perhaps we all know about the famous book “Around the world in 80 days”. Here comes the Indianized version from Monisha Rajesh, a British Journalist. She knows that there is no better way to understand India than a train journey and she does it in 80 train travels crisscrossing the vast landscape. By reading the much acclaimed book, we never get to know this is the debut book of the author. This is a right infotainment for those want to see India. May chapters are the example of her finest story weaving skills. She portrays many interesting characters she met during the long journey of 40,000 kilometers. The most positive part of this book is that it send a strong message that Indian railway is generally safe for a lone lady traveler, which it is.The Great railway bazar – Probably the best book you can read about train journeys. Written by the American novelist, Paul Theroux. This is not an India specific book. Here the author narrates the story of his travel through Europe, Middle East and Asian countries on a train during 70’s. The author focuses on people and their personalities and not on places. A must read for anyone who loves to tame the wanderlust within.
- Don’t ask any old block for directions – Written by an ex IAS officer PG Tenzing, this is a must read for any travel enthusiastic especially a biker or backpacker. This is his story of his ride from Kovalam to Nepal on his Royal Enfield Thunderbird in which he covered 25, 320 kms. He quit the glamourous world of civil service at the age of 43 just before the next promotion and embarked the long journey. He explores the meaning of life and karma. He spell out his views on life, love, death etc through some dark humor. This book would have helped Eicher Motors (The company who owns Royal Enfield motorcycles) to sell a little more bullets in India for sure. Sadly PG Tenzin is no more with us or he will never give us any more books like this.
- All roads leads to Ganga: A beautiful and poetic books from the master weaver of stories, Ruskin Bond. Unfortunately the book is not as famous as his other works. In this easy to read travel memoir, Bond takes us to the Himalyan Mountains and the sacred river Ganga. He evocatively narrates the stories about the places around the river and its people. That make you yearn for a travel to the snow covered mountain leaving behind the hustle bustle of the cities. Those who want a quick read, can try this out and you will not be disappointed.
- Traveler’s Tales India: True stories – This is a collection of true stories about travelling in India and is collected and edited by James O’Reilly. If you are looking to read the stories from the mainstream touristy spots, you will be disappointed. The essays (yes) collected from the works of great travel writers who experienced the chaotic and wonderful India. They tell us the stories of compassion, friendship,Penguin book of Indian railway stories – This book is a collection of short stories about Indian railways by many famous writers like RK Laxman, Ruskin Bond, Rudyard Kipling, Manok Das etc. Some stories dates back to colonial era and all stories are from British raj and some are from post-independence. Many stories evokes nostalgia in the minds of the readers. Think about reading these stories on the comfort of an armchair with a cup of black coffee in a rainy day. Nothing matches it. This book is a perfect gift for children and armchair travelers.
- Chasing the monsoon: A modern pilgrimage through India – The author Alexander Frater, as you can guess from the title, travels through length and breadth of India to feel the great showers – the monsoon of India. It is a half memoir & half travelogue. This can be classified as the first meteorological travelogue if any such genre exists. He starts his journey from the southernmost tip of India Cape Comorin and follows through many cities and end up at Cherrapunji. Probably this is the first book written about Indian monsoon in a poetic way. The writer teleport the readers to the exotic and alluring places he had been to. He is also successful in conveying the tense wait of farmers across India for the arrival of monsoon at different parts of the country and the joy it brings to them.


Who Needs an Explanation of Islamic State (1)
Recently Abd Waheb al-Effendi’s book entitled ‘Who Needs an Islamic State’ has been publicized especially in Malaysia by a group who claim themselves as Malaysia Think Tank. Actually al-Effendi’s ‘Who Needs an Islamic State’ was first published in 1991, before Anis Ahmad had commented it in 1993. Then after almost 18 years later al-Effendi review his first edition book by updating his ideas as well as responding to Anis Ahmad comment. Whatever the purpose of the publicity, the book inevitably would spark a debate between those who uphold al-Effendi thesis and those who are not, or at least would make al-Effendi thesis green.
Perhaps, as a philosopher I do to agree with al-Effendi philosophical ideas about Islamic Politics especially whenever he calls the Muslim society to share political wisdoms with others non-Muslims. It is common for a philosopher like al-Effendi to limit himself by merely asking some great questions related to Islamic Politics and ignoring the details of the system. Even in Islamic tradition, this approach had been initiated by al-Farabi when he shared his political wisdoms with Plato’s Republic and Aristotle’s Politics in his political books like al-Siyasah al-Madaniyah and Fusul al-Madany.
Then in the modern age, al-Farabi approach was followed by Ali Abd al-Raziq when he wroted his Islam wa Usul al-Hukm. Al-Raziq who was once a disciple of Muhammad Abduh wrote his book to respond Rashid Redha (also Muhammad Abduh’s disciple) effort in reviving Khilafah after the demolition of Ottoman Empire. Redha pioneered a movement to restore Khilafah by expressing his stands in al-Manar and calling Muslim scholars across the Muslim World to attend a conference discussing the feasibility of reviving Khilafah. Indeed Al-Raziq was a philosopher although his first education in al-Azhar was Shariah.
Therefore al-Effendi thesis is not a new one as his philosophical approach to understand Islamic Politics has been applied previously by Muslim philosophers. Perhaps John Hosper’s book about philosophical analysis provides a very good answer for those who intend to understand al-Effendi approach towards Islamic Politics. Hosper in his book distinguished philosophical questions from non-philosophical questions, hence this discipline is called philosophy. Al-Effendi in this sense repeats the philosophical approach by answering philosophical questions of Islamic Politics and apparently refuses to answer non-philosophical questions.


Happy Summertime! I hope you are enjoying these longest days of the year (in the Northern hemisphere). Although the weather has been summer-like here for several months, I was still holding on to Springtime's simplicity for as long as I could.
Springtime is typically when I start major projects, i.e. Spring Cleaning. This year, I'm moving a bit slower than usual in my clean-out efforts, but one of the first places that I started was with my overflowing book situation. If you've been to my house, you've seen my cookbook collection, or at least part of my collection which I keep in my kitchen. I have hundreds of cookbooks, you could say that I have a cookbook problem, right? How could I possibly use so many cookbooks, so many recipes? Truth be told, I can't use them all and I don't use them all. Some I've never even cooked from. Some I never will.
It took a fair amount of determination to pair-down my cookbook collection this spring. With new cookbooks being published constantly, and my wish list of cookbooks growing in my Amazon.com cart, I knew that I had to part with a significant number of books. I started by bringing a sturdy box into the kitchen and pulling books off the shelf that didn't align with my values anymore. Books that were outdated, that I'd never used or couldn't imagine using ever again. Once I went through my entire kitchen bookshelf and gathered nearly 30 cookbooks into the box, I took the books to the local library and donated them. I'm sure that they've found a happy home somewhere, and now I have space to add to my collection!
I've decided to be a bit more judicious with acquiring cookbooks, now that I have some empty space on my shelves. My local library has a very large cookbook section, and I'm in the process of "interviewing" cookbooks for purchase. Over the past several months, I've brought many cookbooks home. I flip through their glossy pages, reading the recipe headnotes and ingredient lists. Many books contain recipes similar to those I already make myself, so adding those books to my permanent collection seems silly. But then there are books with recipes that I'm not familiar with, and that's where this week's recipe comes from.
Sweet Laurel is a whole foods baking company in Los Angeles, which makes the most beautiful grain-free, dairy-free baked goods. I've heard of them, but unfortunately I've never tasted any of their cakes, pies, cookies, or muffins...until now. The duo behind this amazing company published a cookbook recently, and I was thrilled to bring the cookbook home from the library. As I flipped through the pages, I drooled. Each recipe looked better than the prior one. I couldn't believe how many recipes I wanted to bake immediately. I had to start somewhere!
The Double Chocolate Muffin recipe was the first recipe that I baked from this stunning cookbook. I've since baked the recipe two more times, in addition to a few other recipes from the book. I baked the muffins to take home for my dad, a self-professed chocoholic. "Are these muffins or cupcakes?", he asked. "Whatever you want them to be", I replied. With a list full of nourishing ingredients, they certainly qualify as a breakfast muffin. In the cookbook, they are found in the breakfast chapter. But the taste of these muffins are more decadent than any typical morning muffin, more along the lines of a dessert cupcake.
So I ask you to decide. Bake this recipe and let me know if you'd consider them a muffin or a cupcake. Regardless, you'll want to bake them again and again, I promise. And the Sweet Laurel cookbook is now part of my permanent collection, a book that I'll use often and not donate anytime soon...
Wishing you a relaxing weekend, full of delicious food, health & wellness.
Double Chocolate Muffins
from the Sweet Laurel cookbook
2 1/2 cups almond flour
1/4 cup 100% unsweetened cacao powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon Himalayan pink salt
3/4 cup maple syrup
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
1 cup vegan chocolate chips
Preheat the oven to 350F. Line 9 muffin cups with paper liners.
In a large bowl, whisk together the almond flour, cacao powder, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, combine the maple syrup, eggs, and vanilla. A little at a time, add the dry ingredients to the wet, stirring until a batter forms. Fold in 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips.
Divide the batter among the 9 lined muffin cups, filling each three-fourths of the way. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean. Remove the muffins from the tin, set on a rack, and allow to cool completely.
To make the chocolate drizzle, melt the remaining chocolate chips in a glass bowl, either for 10 seconds in a microwave or over a bot of boiling water. Use a spoon to drizzle the melted chocolate over each muffin. Let the drizzle set, then serve. Store in a sealed container at room temperature for up to 3 days for ideal freshness or freeze for up to 2 months. Defrost before reheating in a low oven.


Release Date : 7 August 2013
Category : Hollywood Movies
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Language : English
Director : Thor Freudenthal
Storyline : In this retelling of Rick Riordans book, "The Sea of Monsters", Percy Jackson, accompanied by his friends Annabeth Chase, Clarisse La Rue and Tyson, his half brother, goes on a journey to the Sea of Monsters to retrieve the Golden Fleece and save Camp Half-Blood.


- Author: Nicholas Ganz
- Language: English
- Pages: 144
- Cover: Hard cover
- Release date: 20150415
- ISBN: 9789185639731
Writing text messages in public spaces has been a unique art form and a means of communication between humans for thousands of years. Many street artists work only with text, written messages or poems, and not necessarily with colourful murals, styles, tags and logos. Street Messages is the first publication that delivers a deep insight into this literary form of expression in the world of global street art.
Street Messages offers a historic background to written messages in public spaces and introduces more than 80 artists from across the world who work exclusively or partly with text. The vast body of information, numerous exclusive quotes and words of wisdom makes Street Messages the first book to shed some light on this as yet undocumented form of street art culture.
Features artwork by Banksy, Dolk, Ben Eine, Faith 47, Flint, Kid Acne, Know Hope, Mobstr, Skki and many more.
Nicholas Ganz aka Keinom is a freelance photographer and author from Essen, Germany. He started to paint in the streets in 1994 and has been documenting graffiti and street art ever since. In 2004, he published his first book, Graffiti World, which became a world-wide best-seller and was translated into 11 languages. In 2006, he released Graffiti Women and went on to write several books about Burma/Myanmar.
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The Devil And Winnie Flynn
Seventeen-year-old Winnie Flynn doesn't know why her mother killed herself. All she knows is that her dad said yes when Winnie's estranged aunt Maggie proposed that Winnie spend the summer with her. Now Winnie is working as a production assistant on Fantastic Fearsome, the paranormal reality TV show Maggie produces and hosts. This season the show has fresh, young talent (including one Devil Hunter named Seth, who is as earnest as he is cute), and Maggie has big plans to track down the famous Jersey Devil. As much as she loves horror movies, Winnie doesn't believe in ghosts—or the Devil. But as she gets to know the Hunters and learns more about the Devil's strange history, Winnie begins to wonder if there might be some fact to the fantastic here. Soon, she realizes her family may have a stronger connection to the Devil than she could have imagined. But even Winnie's firm skepticism and calm might not be enough to keep her safe. Written as a scrapbook-style letter for her friend Lucia, this novel is a mixed-media adventure filled with Winnie's dry humor, illustrations, shooting scripts, and other ephemera beyond the traditional narrative.
—School Library Journal
Who Done It?
A star-studded anthology with a devilish hook, whose proceeds benefit 826nyc: the fabulous literacy non-profit founded by Dave Eggers.
Can you imagine the most cantankerous book editor alive? Part Voldemort, part Cruella de Vil (if she were a dude), and worse in appearance and odor than a gluttonous farm pig? A man who makes no secret of his love of cheese or his disdain of unworthy authors? That man is Herman Mildew.
The anthology opens with an invitation to a party, care of this insufferable monster, where more than 80 of the most talented, bestselling and recognizable names in YA and children’s fiction learn that they are suspects in his murder. All must provide alibis in brief first-person entries. The problem is that all of them are liars, all of them are fabulists, and all have something to hide...
"Filled with in-jokes and carried to ridiculous extremes by a mammoth stable of YA and children’s authors...clever."
So Punk Rock (and Other Ways to Disappoint Your Mother)
Despite his dreams of hipster rock glory, Ari Abramson's band, the Tribe, is more white bread than indie-cred. Made up of four suburban teens from a wealthy Jewish school, their Mötley Crüe is about as hardcore as SAT prep and scripture studies. But after a one-song gig at a friend's Bar Mitzvah—a ska cover of "Hava Nagilah"—the Tribe's popularity erupts overnight. Now, Ari is forced to navigate a minefield of inflated egos, misplaced romance, and the shallowness of indie-rock elitism. It's a hard lesson in the complex art of playing it cool.
*A Sydney Taylor Notable Book for Teens
*An Independent Publishers Silver Medalist for Multicultural Fiction
*A Booklist Top Ten Young Adult Arts Books for Teens Selection
*A Booklist Top Ten Young Adult Religion Books for Teens Selection
"So Punk Rock bristles with humor, witty dialogue, and edgy illustrations."
—School Library Journal's Curriculum Connections


Reading is one of the most amazing habits that help people not only to get a good perception about the world they live in but also help them exercise their thought process. One of the best things about reading is that you get to know so many things about cultures, people, events in history. You get to explore the battlefields where ferocious kings, queens, princes and generals fought in the game of might and politics and fields and meadows where two lovers sing and dance for each other and express their emotions and love for each other.
In the current age, reading books or getting your favorite is not a problem. There are so many websites that provide electronic versions of your favorite books and books on different subject matters in PDF. EPUB. RTF and other formats that you can download and simply read on your smartphones and other handheld devices while you are traveling or just going somewhere.
All you need to do is connect to the internet and download your favorite book on any of these devices. One of the best services that provide users with the best internet speeds and cost-effective plans is Xfinity. Xfinity internet plans have internet packages that will always help you stay within your budget and way ahead of others in terms of speed and connectivity. This means that you will not stay away from your favorites no matter where you are in America. Let’s have a look at the different quotes and sayings about reading books and how it can help you in life :
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (Richard Steele)
Reading is not only a good hobby to have in life but it is a very amazing workout of your brain and thought process. When you read books, your mind is busy creating the different characters and people you are reading about and the different situations they are in and creates a perception about their appearance. This keeps your brain running along continuously like a movie reel. Your brain is a muscle but is a little different than the other muscles in the body. Just like you go to the gym to workout your muscles, you can do the same with your brain by reading a good book.
Anyone who reads, even one from the remote Southwest at the far end of an attenuated tradition, is to some extent a citizen of the world, and I had been a hungry reader all my life. (Wallace Stegner)
There are so many kinds of books and reads available on the internet and even at libraries and book stands almost everywhere. If you really want to know about a certain country, its people and culture you can simply open an encyclopedia available in a hard copy and even in a softcopy as well. You will find yourself psychologically transported to that country and you will so many interesting facts and information about the country you want to read about. Hence, your reading will not only increase your knowledge but will also help you become a part of that culture too.
The whole world opened up to me when I learned to read. (Mary McCleod Bethune)
This is one of the blessings of reading books. People who read not only get in touch with just a single subject matter but also find themselves exposed to so many informative things about other subjects as well. It not only increases their knowledge but also helps people understand life and people from a very different perspective.
“Happiness is a state of mental, physical and spiritual well-being. Think pleasantly, engaged sport and read daily to enhance your well-being. (Lailah Gifty Akita)
People tend to seek happiness in many wrong things including spending money on clothing and different kinds of things that aids unhealthy living and an unhealthy individual. That is one of the most destructive things to do. It is very easy to find something that can help you stay happy. One can have a positive attitude and they can get themselves involved in sports and other healthy activities and even do something as simple as read from their favorite books as well. This will help them live longer and healthier as well.
There are books that change our perspectives and books that change our personalities. (Carla H. Krueger)
This is one of the major game-changing functions if you are someone who is reading books. Reading books and good quality reading material online and offline can help you enhance your perceptions towards life and people. It will add more value to your personality and you will find yourself at an advantage every time.
In the end, it will not be wrong to say that people who read are very exceptional individuals. They have knowledge from around the world which always pays off every time. Be it a class assignment, job interview or any other thing, people who read are always one step ahead of the others because of their learning and broad thinking patterns.
About Caroline Eastman:
Caroline is doing her graduation in IT from the University of South California but keens to work as a freelance blogger. She loves to write on the latest information about IoT, technology, and business. She has innovative ideas and shares her experience with her readers.


2006: Advisor/Consultant to “A Faith-Based Sexuality Education Guide for the Inclusion of Children and Youth with Special Needs” by Sally Patton (scheduled to be available online by summer 2007). This guide is to supplement the “Our Whole Lives” (OWL) curricula.
2004: Unitarian Universalists for Ethical Treatment of Animals Special Award for various works, including commencing an annual service for the “Blessing of the Animals” at the San Francisco Unitarian Universalist Church.
2003: “Margaret Laurence,” a biographical essay published in The Online Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography at: www.uua.org/uuhs/duub/
2000: “Practicing the Scales of Rejoicing” in Essex Conversations (Skinner Press, UUA, Boston, 2001).
1999: “Choose Life” in Sermons, Homilies, Reflections on the Death Penalty (published by the American Friends Service Committee, Philadelphia, PA).
1998: “Reflections of a Fish Tank Man” in U.U. and ME: Church of the Larger Fellowship Children’s Magazine, September 1999, (Vol. 3 No. 2).
1996: Annual Social Justice Award of the Western Canada District of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
1995: “The Unitarian Church of Edmonton,” a history printed in Northern Lights, edited by Joan Montagnes, (Moosemilk Press, Edmonton, Alberta).
1994: editor, Sweetgrass and Cottonwood Smoke by Mary Scriver (Moosemilk Press, Edmonton, Alberta).


Disney Princess Collection at MAGIC
Developed and executed a guerilla marketing strategy to highlight Disney’s all-new “Princess” line of consumer products at the MAGIC Convention in Las Vegas. The promotional activity included wrapping five Volkswagen Beetles in Disney Princess imagery and driving through key, high-traffic areas in the city.
Willy Wonka's Oompa Loompa's take NYC
In honor of the 40th anniversary of the iconic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Warner Bros. engaged Paradigm Shift to create an army of Oompa Loompas to invade Manhattan! The Oompa's were the hit of the city, delivering golden tickets and green wigs to fans at iconic NYC locations, including Central Park, Times Square, The New York Public Library and more. The golden tickets lead fans to the Jacques Torres Chocolate store, where fans received prizes and witnessed the unveiling of a spectacular chocolate sculpture. A special thanks to Rusty Goffe and other cast members for sharing this occasion with us!
Bee Movie Buzzes Manhattan
Paramount created quite the “buzz” in New York city for the DVD launch of the hilarious “Bee Movie.” Paradigm created a street team of 100 bees that swarmed iconic areas of the city, creating instant photo opportunities and mayhem to publicize the release. The event began at the Today Show and Good Morning America, as the lovable insects descended on the audience areas, creating a national read for the DVD. Following the shows, the bees were loaded onto a branded double-decker bus and danced to “The Flight of the Bumblebee” in Times Square, the New York Public Library, Grand Central Station and Central Park. Delighted fans were given bee antennae and “Bit O’ Honey” bars to keep the buzz going!


Future Resilience of the Grain Farming System in North-East Bulgaria – Alternatives and Strategies for Adaptation
Author: Stela Valchovska
Grain farming is a well-established sub-sector in North-East Bulgaria that tenures most of the arable land in the region and contributes for substantial shares of the grain outputs of the country. This paper takes a system view of grain farming and examines how the farming system would change in response to perturbations. It employs participatory qualitative research methods to explore future alternative systems and possible strategies to achieve them. Envisaged future alternatives range from change of the farms through technological innovation and crop diversification to creating a new enterprise in processing or undertaking farming in a different region. They can be realised through predominantly self-reliant strategies while key relationships between actors in the farming system can be strengthened to ensure successful outcomes.
JEL: Q10, Q18


Years ago I read this book “The Mist Filled Path” by Frank MacEowen.
I recommend it for anyone interested in a Celtic point of
view for developing insight into their lives and Celtic spirituality.
To me it is filled with timeless gems of thought that are worth visiting
over and over, which I do often to refresh my memory on a particular
I am going to post thoughts from time to time
that go hand and hand with a celtic way of thinking.
I hope you enjoy.
Nature is the direct expression of the divine imagination.”― John O'Donohue, Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom


King George V knights an Australian Commander on the battlefield during World War I, the first in 200 years.
John Monash was born in West Melbourne on 27 June 1865, born to Jewish parents who emigrated from Prussia (now Poland).
His family moved to Jerilderie in the Riverina region of New South Wales. Monash attended the local public school where his teacher recognised his potential.
Monash attended Scotch College at Melbourne before graduating with a Master of Engineering in 1893 at the University of Melbourne. He continued with more degrees, including a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Law in 1895 and a Doctor of Engineering in 1921.
He had joined the Australian Army Reserves in 1884 where he was promoted to lieutenant in 1887, a captain in 1895, major in 1897 and a lieutenant-colonel in 1906.
When World War I broke out, he was given command of the 4th Infantry Brigade of the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) in Egypt.
However, he experienced the disastrous effects of bad organisation and planning and poor command decisions, before the AIF was reorganised in early 1916.
A square of carpet had been arranged in the centre of the piazza and on it stood a small table, a footstool, and a drawn sword. The King then had me name called and I stepped up before him and, at his best, knelt and received the accolade of knighthood and, when he had bidden me rise, he presented me with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of Bath.
Monash moved to France where he was promoted to major general in mid-July and took command of the newly-arrived 3rd Division.
He was involved in many confrontations on the Western Front from 1916, with some successes in France.
Monash saw action at the Battles of Messines, the third battle of Ypres and Polygon Wood.
However, Monash was appointed corps commander of the Australian Forces in May 1918, and led some significant attacks during the final stages of the war, including his skilful planning and attention to detail during the Battle of Hamel which resulted in a triumphant success.
King George V knighted Monash on 12 August 1918 at the Corps Headquarters in the Chateau de Bertangles, during an inspection of the battlefield.
General Monash was invested as a Knight Commander of the Bath four days after the Battle of Amiens on 8 August 1918.
Monash described the event, ‘A square of carpet had been arranged in the centre of the piazza and on it stood a small table, a footstool, and a drawn sword. The King then had me name called and I stepped up before him and, at his best, knelt and received the accolade of knighthood and, when he had bidden me rise, he presented me with the Insignia of a Knight Commander of Bath’.
Sir John Monash is the last general to be knighted on a battlefield.
He continued leading the Australian Corps with distinction until the end of the war.
Recognition of Monash’s contribution of the war effort continued to grow when he was in London in 1919, overseeing the return of AIF troops back to Australia.
He was created Knight Grand Cross of St Michael and St George. He was awarded other honours including the Legion d’Honneur (Grand Officer) in France, the Croix de Guerre and the Order of La Couronne (Grand Officer) in Belgium, the Distinguished Service Medal in the United States.
Monash received a rather enthusiastic welcome when he arrived home in Melbourne on Boxing Day (26 December) 1919.
Following the war, Monash returned to his business and became the manager of Victoria’s State Electricity Commission in 1920.
He was also an advocate for returned soldiers and a founding member of the Rotary Club of Melbourne.
Sir John Monash died in Melbourne on 8 October 1931 and was given a state funeral, with an estimated 250,000 mourners came to pay their respects.
He was buried in Brighton General Cemetary following a Jewish service and a 17-gun salute.
His tombstone bears the words ‘John Monash’, following instructions before his death.
Monash University was named in his honour.


A Book Review of Willokhlass by Michael D. Connelly
« The Last Kingdom » by Peter Furth is the nineteenth of the twenty-six Willokhlass novels. The title brings to mind a world where magic and dragons still co-exists. Readers who might have enjoyed the original release, « Nemesis » with Linda Ellis, will probably like « The Last Kingdom ». I can’t wait until the movie version comes out.
The main story line involves three kingdoms, each ruled by a formidable figure. We follow the lives of our main characters as they try to keep their iron hands intact. I enjoyed Furth’s take on the whole scenario. It is not completely unbelievable, but the overall premise does make you think. And if you don’t want to think about any fantasy settings, this one works quite well as a modern day set up.
Our main characters are Lord Farquaad, the only rightful king; Lady Salvia, his queen; and Captain Renault, a knight in the service of King Farquaad. They’re on a quest to find the resting place of their father, who was killed during an attack by the Darkslayer, a tribe of cruel creatures with magical powers. The entire kingdom is under threat of attack from the Darkslayer and only Lord Farquaad and his faithful knights can put a stop to it. At the beginning, most of the action is centered around the quest for the resting place of the father. The characters learn enough about the situation at the start to allow them to make sensible decisions about what to do.
One thing that stands out in the book is the amount of magic that is used. People are surprised by spells and powers that are used throughout the narrative. It is easy to tell that there was a lot of thought and care put into the creation of the characters and the descriptions of the spells.
Willokhlass is not the best book in the world, but it definitely is one of the best fantasy books out there. It’s story is engaging, the characters are interesting, and the overall message is important. If you enjoy fantasy, this is a book that you should look into. It doesn’t have the depth and intricacy of other works, but it makes up for that with its style and structure. The main characters’ voices are distinctive and Willokhlass has a way of making you care about them and want to see what happens to them.
This book review will focus on the positive aspects of the book and will also mention where people can buy the book and some potential plot developments. The writing style of the author, Michael D. Connelly, is clear without being redundant. The illustrations add to the character descriptions, while also providing some excellent visual imagery that really draws the reader in. The world building is complete and the world building is comprehensive. The main characters are very well done and it is safe to say that anyone will be able to relate to some degree with the book.


This modification will replace the original textures of hulls and guns on Izumo , which means you might see them on other ships as well if they use the same files.
- Izumo 1938, 1942 and 1945 hulls.
- “410mm/45 RF” Main gun.
- “155mm/60 Type 3” Secondary gun.
Extract the archive at the following path “….\World_of_Warships\res_mods\a.b.c.d\” with “a.b.c.d” is the folder of the latest version of the game and check if the paths.xml is using this format or the similar:
————— For Pre-0.4.1 version of the game ————–
————— For 0.4.1 version and above ———————-


About Unparallel Worlds
Sensational Top Selling YA Fantasy Book.
”Unparallel Worlds” is unlimited as your imagination.
”Unparallel Worlds is one of those books that challenges the `rules’ and refuses to fit neatly into any genre. Set aside any preconceived ideas and learn of Alisa’s complex universe through the hopes and fears of her characters. If you like books that can be read on many levels, this has universal themes of love and family, dark and light, yet is woven through with allegorical references that can be thought provoking.” Tony Riches The Author of ”Queen Sacrifice”
With thousands of followers even before release and rave reviews on Amazon within the first month of publishing, ”Unparallel Worlds” is fast gaining a reputation as a new type of fantasy fiction for young adults.
The book bucks the trend by introducing young adults to an altogether different type of genre from the ones that have recently filled the shelves in their age group. Set on a distant world, the story tells of two civilizations that exist in parallel dimensions. A chance meeting between the two triggers a series of events that threatens their existence. To save their futures a group of weird and wonderful characters from both sides assemble and set out on an epic adventure to save their planet, only to soon realise that they need to save the universe as well.
As well as the main story the book also educates young adults on the wonders of the universe as well as advances made in genetic engineering, which I believe will ultimately change human evolution forever, as it has done for the characters in the book.
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In a never-before-published series, Register Member Jonathan Lewis presents his comprehensive history of the Triumph 2000.
Arguably one of the most important British cars of the post-war years, the Triumph 2000 and its descendents were responsible for establishing a number of significant milestones.
One of the first of the modern ‘executive’ saloons, it re-established Triumph as a manufacturer of luxury as well as sports cars, and helped provide a firm foundation for the company’s expansion throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s.
Although benefiting from a traditional British flavour, during its lifetime it boasted a number of technical innovations that helped set the standard for the rest of the industry, such as the adoption of fully-independent suspension and fuel-injected engines.
In estate car form, it developed a well-deserved reputation as a luxurious, high-speed load-carrier, whilst the car’s combination of great strength, good handling and strong performance helped it to secure an enviable record of success in international rallying.
Lastly, it strongly influenced not only other models from Triumph – notably the Stag – but also those of other manufacturers and, indeed, its eventual replacement.
The following pages tell its story…
- The Triumph 2000 Story – Origins and Development
- The Triumph 2000 Story – Conquest and Consolidation: 1963-1969
- The Triumph 2000 Story – Joining the Power Elite: The 2.5PI
- The Triumph 2000 Story – Gilding the Lily: The Mk2 Models, 1969-1974
- The Triumph 2000 Story – The Final Years: ‘TC’ and ‘S’ Models, 1974-1977
- The Triumph 2000 Story – The Big Triumphs in ‘Works’ Competition: 1964-1976
- The Triumph 2000 Story – Further Reading


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If you’re struggling to write an OCR history coursework, don’t worry – this article will help you out! Read on to learn more about the questions you need to frame in your coursework, how to use short quotations, paraphrase, and footnotes to evaluate historical interpretations, and where to find sources. By the end of the article, you’ll know how to frame your essays, and be prepared to impress your teacher!
Questions to frame in a ocr history coursework
OCR’s AS/A-Level history course has undergone some revisions to better reflect the new specification. The course now includes an International Relations Core that charts key changes and issues over a 100-year time span. Students studying this subject must approach exam questions thematically, so joining student rooms and threads is a great idea. This way, they can get feedback on their essays, and ask questions of other students in the same course.
Using short quotations, paraphrase and/or footnotes in analysis and evaluation of historical interpretations
When writing a paper about history, there are many different ways to cite sources. Short quotations, paraphrases, and footnotes are common in historical research and writing. In addition to providing space for clarifying the use of complex data and interpretations, footnotes can expand on points that might not be appropriate for an entire body of text. Endnotes are also used to address the arguments of other historians.
A short quotation is a shortened version of a source that you have read. It can also serve as a paraphrase. An ellipsis is composed of three periods followed by the remainder of a passage. Paraphrases are helpful for reducing longer quotes, but they cannot replace the original work. When using a paraphrase, be sure to include footnotes and parentheses.
Also Read: How Many Pages is 4000 Words
Whether you use a short quotation, a paraphrase, or a footnote, make sure to match the word-for-word with the original source. Paraphrasing involves condensing and interpreting a passage of text by combining the main ideas of the source into a concise, readable, and accurate summary.
Citations are crucial for addressing matters of historical interpretation. Although the date and place of Gettysburg are generally accepted, the battle and cause are not. Using a citation allows other scholars to verify your work. Furthermore, a footnote gives your audience a way to trace back through your research and determine if you are citing your sources correctly.
When searching for the best sources to use for OCR history coursework, it is crucial to consider the provenance of each source. In a source essay, the provenance of the source is crucial in earning top marks. The extent to which you support your arguments and evaluation of the source are essential in ensuring top marks. Listed below are the best tips to find the right sources for OCR history coursework. Just remember that this is not an exhaustive list.
It is a good idea to familiarise yourself with the historical period, as this will help you to find the right sources to support your questions. In addition, make sure to familiarise yourself with all of the different interpretations. Start with the interpretations that are most relevant to the question you’ve set. Include relevant quotes from each interpretation. You can even create a table of quotations for each source to ensure that you have included as many as possible.


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Laura Bray, a freelance writer and photographer for more than thirty years, focuses on community interest, history, food/wine, travel, and business topics. She also enjoys researching Texas history and her deep east Texas family roots.
Her work appeared in "Through Layered Limestone: a Texas Hill Country anthology of place," published in October 2019 by the Patrick Heath Public Library. She writes regularly for her local newspaper, the Boerne Star, and published a series of online stories about the recovery from Hurricane Harvey. See her full bibliography here.
Born in Midland in 1961, she moved to Houston with her family in 1968 and attended Texas A&M University (graduating in 1982). After fifteen years of living outside of Texas, she and her husband Bruce returned (for good!) to the Lone Star State with a move to San Antonio in 1998. She currently resides in Boerne, TX, a small Hill Country town with a rich German historical heritage. She and Bruce have one son and two young grandsons who live in Tyler in east Texas.
As a fifth-generation Texan who grew up in the Texas oil industry, the New London School Explosion has filled her imagination for years. She wanted to find a way to bring more attention to this tragic event that few people—Texans or otherwise—know anything about. So she is working on Springs from Winter Rise, her first novel.


Hilson Moran director Phil King is amongst academics and industry professionals who have contributed to The Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) new book – ‘Intelligent Buildings: an introduction’.
The book introduces the concept of intelligent buildings to the wider construction industry. Phil King, a member of the CIBSE Intelligent Buildings group, wrote the chapter called ‘BIM: A collaborative way of working’.
The book details the importance of intelligent buildings – how they should be sustainable, healthy, meet the needs of occupants and businesses, and should be made to be flexible and adaptable in order to deal with change. It also focuses on the importance of the processes involved; from planning, design and construction, through to commissioning and facilities management – including post occupancy evaluations.
Phil King, said: “This book highlights the importance of the relationship between buildings and people; and how they can only work well if there is an integrated team, with an overall holistic vision.”


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EcoAdapt is pleased to announce the release of the reports from the Climate Adaptation Project for the Sierra Nevada. Final reports and products include A Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada, which describes the vulnerability assessment methods used and summarizes the findings for twenty-three ecosystems and species of the region, and Climate Change Adaptation Strategies for Focal Resources of the Sierra Nevada, which details adaptation strategies and actions for a smaller subset of focal resources. Two additional vulnerability assessment products, vulnerability briefings and vulnerability technical syntheses, have also been released. Vulnerability briefings highlight key vulnerabilities for a given resource while vulnerability syntheses provide a more comprehensive understanding of the process and findings.


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Two young sisters (Alberici Sisters) join Dean Martin’s fabulous Golddiggers, one of the grooviest girl groups of all time! Within the span of three decades, they performed with Las Vegas superstars like Frank Sinatra, Louis Prima, Gene Kelly, Jerry Vale, Donald O’Connor, Steve & Eydie, Jonathan Winters, Bob Hope, Petula Clark and so many more. The book, BEYOND OUR WILDEST DREAMS features personal stories and rare, unseen photos from the entertainers who lived it! What was it like to tour internationally, entertain on The Tonight Show and headline in Las Vegas during the glory days?
Taping The Dean Martin Show, the last successful Rat Pack reunion with Dean and Frank, the untold story behind the Martin & Lewis reunion, the deadliest mob hit in American history, the Cotton Club Murder connection, the last gasp of the golden age of entertainment —brought to life in vivid detail by the people who were there. Real stories about real people who happen to be Legends! Sometimes reality is stranger than fiction!
Neil T. Daniels former NBC Exec. & President of the Dean Martin Fan Center, had this to say about the book Beyond Our Wildest Dreams…
“There’s a brand-new book that traces those magical years and what life was like, performing with show business legends: Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Donald O’Connor, Louis Prima and similar legends. Not only does it focus it’s motif on Dean Martin, but it also captures the fun and spirit of the era with more than 300 rare and unseen photos in a wonderful pictorial layout. Historian Billy Ingram produced this 340 page book with a unique way of story-telling using quotes and dialogue as if a room full of contributors were all communicating on a party line.”
“The youngest generation of singers around today who performed with The Rat Pack”, the Alberici Sisters, Maria Lauren and Linda Eichberg are presently doing TV, radio interviews, book signings and performances to rave reviews! Their appearances are a musical tribute to the stars they had the pleasure to know and respect as the ultimate entertainers.
The Alberici Sisters are certified fitness instructors and currently teach and motivate at corporate events and health & wellness centers. They also gratefully lend their time and talents to non-profits, community & church service.
Beyond Our Wildest Dreams – Produced by Billy Ingram.
“This is a book about people… two people in particular, of course, named Maria and Linda Alberici, but also the many people who either worked with them or crossed their lives in the course of their show business journey. How fortunate they were to hone their craft as entertainers at a time when old Hollywood and old Vegas were still alive and vibrant, variety shows dominated television, and nightclub singing acts were just as spectacular, and yet a little more intimate. How fortunate we are that Maria and Linda have captured the fun and spirit of that era throughout the pages of this engaging book. Beyond Our Wildest Dreams provides a backstage pass at entertainment life in the 1970s, with great stories about Maria and Linda’s work with such legends as Louis Prima, Gene Kelly, Donald O’Connor, Jerry Vale, Jonathan Winters, Sammy Davis Jr., Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Frank Sinatra and, of course, Dean Martin. Then again… to most of us, they’re legends. To the Alberici Sisters, they’re people. And that’s the way you’ll see them, too, by the time you finish their book.”
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A brief history of Oratorio
According to Willi Apel, the oratorio history starts in the mid sixteenth century .These contained readings from religious text, a sermon and a sing of laude. A kind of laude was the dialogue laude. These were spiritual poems written in three or four parts and performed with different kinds of singers who’d had dressed up like the characters they represended. From these presentations, who were called rappresentatione, storia, esempio, misterio oratorio was developed.It had been encouraged by the counter reformation.
Though There have been records of some functions that have the qualities of an oratorio since middle ages, the work Raptresentatione di Anima et di Corpo of Emilio de Cavalieri is regarded as the very first oratorio.
And on the other hand, there are many to contemplate the work of Claudio Monteverdi, Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, as the primary secular oratorio. Some researchers have contested that the two works belong to the genre of the oratorio. Throughout 1650 some changes were observed.
Religious Oratorio tended to be secular. There were performances beyond the church, in the backyards and theaters. But whether secular or religious, the story of the oratorio was momentous. Topics like Creation, the life of Christ, the classical enthusiast or prophet were included. During that time most composers of oratorio were popular composers of opera.
They started to print libretto of their work, as it was with the operatic librettos. Soon they highlighted the arias plus they decreased the choir part. Alongside female entertainers appeared whilst the guy narrator was substituted by recitative. From the mid-seventeenth century 2 kinds oratorio had been established.
The Oratorio history: Oratorio Volgare
This kind had a duration of 30-60 minutes. It had been done in 2 parts that were separated by a sermon. The music was comparable to that of their modern works of opera and chamber cantata.
The Oratorio history: Oratorio latino
The most crucial representative of the oratorio latino was Giacomo Carissimi. His work Jephte considered the first masterpiece of the genre. A German composer, Heinrich Schü, tz was the very First oratorio composer with the following functions: Historia der Auferstehung and Christmas Oratorio. The latter is regarded as of an excellent artistic value and it could be compared with Bach’s Christmas Oratorio, written .
The Oratory of the late Baroque at 1800. The most famous oratorio composer of Great Britain throughout the period was the German born George Frideric Handel, his most famous work, the Messiah, is still very popular. Handel also composed oratorios based on topics from Greek -Ancient Rome mythology and Bible.
It’s also believed that he composed the very first oratorio in English. We’re speaking about Esther. Later, J. Haydn also composed oratorios.
19th century and After
Oratorios had been written during 19th century. Throughout twentieth century composers like Stravinsky, Arthur Honegger, Krzysztof Penderecki, and pop composers such Paul Mc Cartney composed Oratorios.


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The book, based on actual events, will take you down the aisle in style, tradition and with laughter at things that go wrong. Somehow, JoAnn and Mindy always seem to save the day from disaster in spite of the interactions with their odd and quirky clients and guests. In the end, and despite the mishaps, JoAnn and Mindy always found the humor and the joy in the day of celebration when two people come together to be married and live forever in harmony.
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If there was a silver lining from this series of sad events, it reaffirmed a
sense of preservation of Dan’s work and legacy in many. One
fan/friend took this on as a mission, former Bongo Comics editor-in
chief, Bill Morrison. Immediately after Dan’s death, Morrison would
either be directly responsible or assisted in various multi-media
projects that helped reinforce Dan’s legacy.
First of many of these projects came in 2005 with ‘The Pin-Up Art Of
Dan DeCarlo’. This was part of a series of books containing pin-up art
from Humorama Publications of the 50’s and 60’s. Fantagraphics
Books began to publish digest-sized collections of each of the more
popular artists in Humorama cannon like Jack Cole, Bill Ward and
DeCarlo. Each set was edited by art collector Alex Chun and
Morrison offered an introduction for the DeCarlo book. Sales for the
DeCarlo title proved to be popular enough to warrant a ‘Volume Two’
In 2006, Morrison had written what might be considered the biggest
DeCarlo project ever; ‘Innocence & Seduction: The Art Of Dan
DeCarlo’, a deluxe 208-page coffee table-sized book filled with art
covering Dan’s entire life; high school, art school, his Army days,
his letters to Josette during the war, Timely and Archie comics and
right up to some projects after his termination, which included a
proposed Betty Page comic for Dark Horse. Like the pin-up books,
this was also published by Fantagraphics Books.
The book also featured a detailed biography and an touching
appreciation by Josie DeCarlo. In her piece, Josie notes that while
Dan is better known as an accomplished artist, “but to our family,
he was much more.”
“Dan and I had a wonderful life together. He was easy to live with,
due to his great sense of humor and compassionate nature. He
was always concerned with creating a happy life for us. He was
very thoughtful and caring.” Josie also noted that raising their
grandchildren no different than raising their own two sons with the
same amount of love and attention; “Most of all, he would relish
their every accomplishment, whether it was art or in something
else. He would never make them wait; even if he was burdened with
deadlines he would leave his drawing table to be with them.”
Much like Morrison, Josie continued Dan’s legacy with
appearances at conventions and related events until
her death on March 12, 2012.
Later in 2006, small publisher, Airwave Publishing,
offered a complete collection of the Jetta comic from
the 50’s. Outside of the reprinted pages, there was a
new Jetta story written by Chris Yambar and drawn by
Richard Maurizio done just for this edition. There are
tribute pin-ups by Batton Lash and one by DeCarlo
done in 1990. Morrison contributed not only the back
cover and the front cover for the “Special Limited
Edition” but a lengthy introduction piece called, ‘Dan
DeCarlo, Space-Age Cartoonist’.
….and as if the tidlewave of Dan material and the 2001 Josie CD wasn’t enough, the T.V. series Josie & The
Pussycats was finally released on DVD (8)! As a part of their Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection series, Warner
Bros. Home Video released a 3-DVD set of the show in 2007. The only bonus material is a 22 minute documentary
with a rather long title, ‘The Irresistible Charm of Dan DeCarlo: The Man and His Art – Profiling the Renowned
Cartoonist, Illustrator, Archie Comics Veteran and Josie and the Pussycats Creator Through His Art and the
Remembrances of His Biographer and Colleagues”. [deep breath]
As the title suggests, many figure heads are interviewed for this documentary: Stan Lee, Scott Shaw!, Mark
Evanier, Casey Kesem, Josie DeCarlo, Bill Morrison, Paul Dini, George Gladir and Michael Silberkleit. Yes, you
read that right, Michael Silberleit was interviewed. Up until now, Silberkeit had remained silent about anything
related to Dan and the lawsuits. This time, he opened up about Dan’s contribution to Archie and to the fact that
nobody came close to his style.
While Dan’s name and legacy was resurging, Archie decided to give Josie another shot for a comeback, though
from a different direction that one would not expect from this company.
In 2005, Archie had begun to experiment with Sabrina The Teenage Witch
by adding a visual Manga influence into the mix. To make a VERY long
background story short, Japanese Manga and Anime has been invading and
influencing these American fanboy shores since the mid 80’s and by in the
early 90’s, comic book companies like Viz Book had begun to sell official
translated titles like Mai The Psychic Girl to comic book stores. As the years
wore on, these influences managed in invade more mainstream comics like
Marvel ‘Magza-izing’ some of their their popular titles….and Archie was no
different, albeit many years behind the curve.
After a Manga-zed debut in Return To Riverdale #3 and Sabrina #68, Josie
& The Pussycats Go Manga #1 was released in early 2006. It was written by
the same author of the Sabrina Manga series, Tania Del Rio. This title re-
traced the band’s origins and even added a new character, Alan's younger
sister Alison and a rival group the Vixens. This revival didn’t last long and
had a quick end by the end of the year.
From here, Josie went back into limbo….deep limbo and if there was any
chance for her to get out of this, it would be quite a long shot. As it turned
out, some behind the scenes politics tied to Archies change of management
and fresher direction would be the shots to do the trick….a big noisy one!
Following the deaths of Richard Goldwater (2007) and Michael Silberkleit (2008), the keys to Riverdale where
handed over to Silberkleit’s widow, Nancy Silberkleit, and Goldwater’s half-brother, Jon Goldwater. The transfer
of power was not smooth as lawsuits soon flew everywhere surrounding Ms. Silberkleit sporadic abusive behavior
towards office employees. It would take four years for the dust to settle and when it was done, Nancy’s name would
only show up on the letterheads as co-CEO with no further involvement.
With the dust of transfer settled and with Jon firmly in charge, Archie began to change direction into new territory
with a new series of titles, covering such terrain that the company would have never considered even 5 years ago!
2010 first saw the introduction of Riverdale’s first gay character, Kevin Keller, created by Dan Parent. At first, he
was a character that Veronica failed to get with (but buddied up with Betty…OUCH!) and soon found himself in his
own comic title with much success. Other titles soon gradually began to address some no-no’s that the old guard
wouldn’t address like death, gun control (which launches the mini-series ‘Life Without Archie’), same-sex marriage
and other forms of the outside world invading Riverdale.
Then, through IDW Publishing, the company began to release a series of hard
cover books each showcasing many of their old artists like Harry Lucey, Stan
Goldberg, Samm Schwartz and Dan. In fact, as a testament to Dan’s output for
Archie, it took four books to cover a lot of his material, more than any other artists
in this series. As with the 2001 ‘The Best Of Josie’ collection, each book
contained digitally scanned and colored pages….only, this time, with his name on
each of these titles. Dan’s streak with IDW Publishing continued as they also re-
published Airwaves’ complete Jetta collection that same year.
….and the middle of this upheaval, Josie slowly returned.
In the pages of the main title, ‘Archie’, Josie and the Cats were featured in a story
called ‘Battle Of The Bands’ that pitted her against The Archies during a
American Idol show. However, a small sub-plot would soon ignite a major
spark…mainly between Archie and Valerie as their rivalry turns to friendship and
straight into a romance. Their new relationship goes through various challenges
with band politics, publicity and jalousies, well as set off riptides like Betty and
Trevor starting off on their own romance and Veronica budding up to Alex Cabot!
About a quarter into the story, Valerie goes for a walk
and her mind begins to wonder about her future with
Archie and a scenario unrolls unto the reader; Valerie
and Archie marry and leave their respective bands to
open a music school leaving The Archies to reform under
a new name and Josie finding a replacement with
Veronica. Events do accelerate when the couple expects
a baby girl, Star (left). However, this bliss is interrupted
by fame in the form of the paparazzi commandos from
the likes of TMZ.
Valerie snaps out of this and soon thinks about other
scenarios that turns down scarier paths. This time her
imagination gets all caught up in the drama and she
snaps out of it in a fit of panic. Archie finds her and both
make a pack to focus their relationship on “Here And
Now!” Dilton Doiton over hears and utters words you’d
never read in a Archie comics of yore to the reader:
“Roman poet Horace coined the phrase ‘CARPE DIEM’! It
means ‘SEIZE THE DAY’!!”


BLACK HISTORY MONTH MAGAZINES: OPPORTUNITY
Opportunity, A Journal of Negro Life, was published by the National Urban League from 1923-49. The first editor was Charles Johnson. In addition to essays on sociological issues, Opportunity had a strong emphasis on photography, art, and poetry. Early covers included artwork by Aaron Douglas, and writers included many figures from the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston.