InRI by Henry Gould
I am pasting here a short dissertation I did for my course in Literary Criticism, Professor Bill Lavender, Universtity of New Orleans, UNO, specifically on In RI by Henry Gould.
witch-hunt and clear thinking, institutionalized insanity and intellectual work, history and historical poetry through the reading of In RI by Henry Gould, or an attempt at finding the sliding deferance as set by Derrida.
In RI by Henry Gould is a long historical poem. In a full poststructural, deconstructive and postmodern context, Gould rebuilds history, the two charters of rights for
like an old wasp’s nest, afloat
between stars, black
holes - and potholes (the DOT theory
of entropy: potholes emerge spontaneously
from black holes –
only known entity so capable.(Gould 10.26.94)
There is a subtle merging of time and space levels, of personal and historical dimensions, the clear observation of facts broadened into their unquestionable dichotomy: random inclement happening as much and an ostensive dimension with the “construction of meaning rather than the fictive assertion that existence is meaningless.”
The book is divided into two parts which are subdivided into sections, specularly five in Part One and five in Part Two. The pages are not numbered and reference will be given to the dates by which the Author marks his writing. The first entry is dated 10.21.94, the last: 6.2.95. Several dual mirroring worlds are to be found within the poem and at distinct layers, from the observation of reality in the present to the observation of reality in the seventeenth century starting at the time of
The escamotage that starts the Author’s interested search among documents is given by his finding one of his probable ancestors on ancient contracts: Thomas Gould, the son of Jeremy, who rented “space on his island for the hay” to Roger Williams (9.29.94). The pleasant discovery is countered by the deposition of John Gould in favor of Mary Redington, his wife, against Sarah Wilds in 1690.
The inexplicit incipit of the possible outline of a legalized belief like witchcraft was established by the sadly famous Council of Trent convened three times between December 13, 1545 and December 4, 1563. Through a series of canons - that started with “If any one saith, …” and ended with “let him be anathema” - the Church, in a powerful iron fist, brought into existence the idea of hereticism (The canons and decrees of the sacred and oecumenical Council of Trent). Such dogmatic assertion eliminated any free interpretation of the word of God and forced and forged man’s spiritual needs within the confines of the interpretation of the Bible in order to suit the predicaments of the Christian Catholic Church. Not only Protestantism was condemned but what seems most important is the observation that on 255 members, two-thirds of the 168 bishops were Italians, as much as the knowledge that Italian and Spanish prelates were highly preponderant (Wikipedia). Almost as if after the indisputably high-ranking excellence offered in the arts thanks to Leonardo, Raphael, Michelangelo, Giorgione, Titian, Andrea del Sarto, Correggio, Lippi, Vasari, …, after High Renaissance, Italy had to hit, bite back, take away from man and from the world as much as it had given.
Betty Parris was nine years old, her friend, Abigail Williams, eleven, and not seventeen as Arthur Miller introduced her in The Crucible to make his play more immediately credible to a theater audience. Tensions, due to political instability and frustration, danced wildly and freely with the lives of women first, and in general with the lives of men, a freedom fiction could not contemplate.
Section two of Part One ends with Halloween and Henry Gould’s wish to go to Topsfield to look for the graves of the good, through the “yellow leaves […] like small bronze masks, falling away, leaving the bare limbs. (10.31.94)”
At the beginning of section three there is a flashback into a further past. We are in 1637 and Henry Gould is rebuilding history through ancient papers, specifically “Jeremy Gould of
Mrs. H.: I desire to know wherefore I am banished?
Gov.: Say no more. The court knows wherefore and is satisfied. (The Examination of Mrs Anne Hutchinson at the Court at
For years the idea of a long poem
and the writing of short poems
cancelled each other
out, until I understood that prose
and fiction are a blessing in disguise,
allowing the epic
to become at last what it always dreamed
of becoming: a minor genre. And
one of the effects
of chaos is a kind of nonlinear
causation; catastrophes, enormous events, huge
from insignificant and marginal beginnings,
small states, imponderable, uncertain (something
"As I understand it, laws, commands, rules, and edicts are for those who have not the light which makes plain the pathway;" abandoned by John Cotton, under the new governorship of John Winthrop, having thus lost her old protective wing in Henry Vane, Anne Hutchinson couldn’t but flee having “challenged the strict orthodoxy of the Puritans and their male hegemony. (Rau)”
[…] 56 years after Kristallnacht.
365 years ago, Jeremy Gould
decided to remove
with Hutchinson, Coddington, Coggeshall
and the other Sectaries, to
where Mr. Williams
and the Narragansetts would welcome them. (Gould 11.9.94)
“It had a face, but no head, and the ears stood upon the shoulders and were like an ape’s; it had no forehead, but over the eyes four horns, hard, and sharp… it had two mouths, and in each of them a piece of red flesh sticking out; it had arms and legs as other children; but, instead of toes, it had on each foot three claws, like a young fowl, with sharp talons. – John Winthrop” (Gould 11.10.94)
[…] rejected oaths of any kind, taught
that sex was no determinant for gifts of
that women and men stood on equal ground
in church worship… imprisoned twice… refused…
recant or depart (Gould 11.10.94)
What kind of folly gripped the imagery of educated men to turn them into self-contented butchers, was it maybe something in the air? Foucault writes: “It is common knowledge that the seventeenth century created enormous houses of confinement; it is less commonly known that more than one out of every hundred inhabitants of the city of
Almost as if the leading and winning idea of the prototype of the white male was the “thing-in-itself,” term borrowed by Nietzsche from Kant in reference to language as “truth without consequences” (877). There being no truth, as extensively shown by Nietzsche, how does the rusted structure, the catacomb, the “columbarium” (Nietzsche 877) survive? Thanks to a sliding differance (Derrida), in its negative connotation, that re-proposes different but similar values, the “transcendental signified” with slightly distinct connotations that keep the same notion alive. Presence is made possible by “the very thing that it makes impossible,” differance, its quasi-transcendental quality. In this Derrida imagines that what he says “is perhaps what Nietzsche wanted to write,” i.e. “that differance in its active movement is what is comprehended in the concept of differance without exhausting it – is what not only precedes metaphysics but also extends beyond the thought of being” (142).
The Magdalene Sisters by the Scottish director Peter Mullan, could be quoted within the context. Unwanted, problematic, free-thinking, dumb, lazy, creative, intelligent, any kind of girls of any social status were incarcerated in asylums, institutions run by nuns doubled as laundries, primarily in Ireland, where “a perfect collusion of family, church and state [found the solution to a possible flaw in a rigid system mainly based on exploitation]. The laundries were founded in the mid-19th century; the last was closed only in 1996. It is said that 30,000 women passed through their doors” (Gordon). Bad girls, good girls, women, poor, gipsy, Jews, black people, victims of colonialism, of reconstruction, voices from the past, they all scream out silently for attention. Sometimes they have names, sometimes they do not, they are numbers, faceless, they built towns, cities, railroads, they gave and gave in the humility of slavery, of serfdom, treated like rogues, deprived of their human dimension. The power of life and death is conferred to evil, protected by the two ever-present institutions: State and Church and their innumerable branches.
In 1637 there was a four-way struggle
for land and power in
English and Dutch
were rivals, as were Pequots
English were divided among themselves,
[…] (Gould 10.11.94)
[…] In May, 1642, Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson was dead.
All, save 10-yr-old Susannah, tomahawked.
“After four years of captivity she was freed,
though she expressed reluctance
to return to white civilization.” (Gould 11.11.94)
Tatobem, Pequot River, Uncas, Sassacus, Boston magistrates, Saybrook, John Oldham, Block Island, Williams again, Canonicus, General Court, murderers, John Endicott, Connecticut, 300 and 700 Pequots (most of the noncombatants) died, Mystic fort, Mason, Narragansetts – English – Pequot-Mohegans, Williams again, the Isle of Aquiday,
Warning and promise
spoken with authority
to set hearts on fire,
for century after century
in and out of the huge
of the Church. And in the fire
danced the translators,
and out of the multitude
of tongues and books and implements
and machines came Gutenberg,
and out of the iron
tattoo of the scorching word came Bibles,
and out of the Bibles came burning
and out of the preachers came
Protestants – and out of Protestants
and exile, and migrations, and holy
settlements, and binding covenants, and
And out of words, and fire, and Latin, and scribes,
and tongues, and translators, and books,
and preachers, and Protestants, and exile,
and covenants, and settlements, and
came Roger the troublemaker.
And set himself
to start a colony, a city-state,
where he could seek
with other seekers, toward
his heart’s desire. (Gould 12.15.94)
Part Two starts with the image of “
Oct 8. general Court of
[…] the said Mr. Williams shall departe out of this jurisdiccon…
[…] (the King had no right to grant lands belonging to another
sovereign people – the Natives).
[…] The Puritans never forgave him for leaving their church.
In 1639 (long after quitting
The second dated entry of the second Part of In RI: 2.2.95, runs for fourteen pages and centers on Roger Williams. A highly charismatic and emblematic figure who sharply distinguishes himself among those dissidents that left
Roger Williams landed with his wife Mary in February
[…] March 14th
victory: the charter is granted, signed
by Henry V,
Lord Wharton, Miles Corbet, Cornelius Holland,
Lord Saye and Sele, Sir Arthur Haselrig,
and the Earl of
settlements are granted full power to rule themselves
by whatever Civil government (Gould 2.4.95)
In 1651, the Charter had to be accepted again, and Williams went back to
Roger Williams, through Henry Gould’s interpretation, stands out in his powerful work as a highly conscious mediator who seeks support for his beliefs and tries to accommodate his immediate as much as his greater family within a democratically ruled system. The theological aspect of the Author of A Key into the Language of America is depicted from the side of the one who looks for the Light within the parameters of a purly speculative search dictated by education and spiritual refinement. As David Read states, “what marks Williams as unusual is […] the lack of closure [that] comes across as systematic in an intellectual sense” (96). Gould’s choice of documents to be reproduced among the lines of his poetry will witness first Cotton’s betrayal, then Winthrop’s washed up outside façade and inside corruption, the importance of land for farmers whose lives depended on agriculture through the many contracts, as Williams’ inexhaustible attempts to bring peace and a certain basic wisdom into human affairs by showing both Miantonomi’s and Canonicus’ faithfulness and innocence, their civic and ethical behavior.
I must beg leave?
for the paltry
right to live
Until He cometh
to tear down Kings
& Gorton in the stocks
all winter, &
& young Miantonomi,
joy of his father,
The reader is seized by a certain immanence while approaching the closing lines of Section Two of Part Two, thanks to Gould’s extended quotations taken from Williams’ studies of the Old Testament. Section Three opens with an overview of
mouth the Narragansett sounds
littered, pressed across alien streets,
a curious writing. TAHENAU’ATU
What price? (Gould 2.4.95)
David Read defines A Key into the Language: “A glossary, a guidebook, a controversialist tract, an anthology of poems, a defense of Native American culture, a scholarly inquiry, a personal testimony: Key into the Language is all of these things, yet each by itself is insufficient to account for the book as a whole” (111). He later continues: “Following in Schweitzer’s wake, Thomas Scanlan argues that ‘the narrative of the colony [Providence] was an allegory of the narrative of the nation,’ by which he means the narrative of the struggle for a reformed polity within England itself: Williams brilliantly and relentlessly frames his representations of Indians by allowing his readers to see the extent to which they functioned as versions of themselves and their struggles. While appearing to bring home linguistic exotica, Williams in fact tacitly forces his readers to situate issues of colonial rule in a domestic context” (112).
As soon as he received confirmation of the charter, Williams did not fly back home, he probably thought that his moral duty had not been completely fulfilled. Gould underlines:
Cotton’s tract The Keys of the
became the Bible of national church forces.
The Bloody Tenet of Persecution for Cause of Conscience appears on July 15th, here are Bruckunier’s words as reported by Gould:
[…] Magistrates or rulers were not stewards of the Lord but civil servants of the people; their duty toward religion was to protect the right of the citizen to freedom of worship not to determine whether the citizen’s religion was true or false.
These demands for a secular state Williams grounded solidly on his deep faith in the common man and the power of reason in a free people; and on page after page he drove home the revolutionary democratic doctrine that governments derived their powers solely from consent of the governed:
“From this Grant I infer… that the Soveraigne, originall, and foundation of civill power lies in the people… And if so, that a People may erect and establish what forme of Government seemes to them most meete for their civill condition. It is evident that such Governments as are by them erected and established, have no more power, nor for no longer time, then the civill power or people consenting and agreeing shall betrust them with. This is cleere not only in Reason, but in the experience of all commonweales, where the people are not deprived of their naturall freedome by the power of Tyrants.” - Brockunier, Irrepressible Democrat (Gould 2.4.95)
Enlightened words in a century of legalized madness, words needed to revolutionize history, to make single consciousnesses aware and to set the foundations of the Constitution that will be signed over a century later. Achebe and Said, Wittig and
Section four of Part Two focuses on
The last Section of Part Two starts in
The long poem ends with “Shwishcuttowwdauog Mishánnock.” And the closing date is: 2.6.95.
Henry Gould’s work has to be praised for the objectivity and seriousness of his historical search, as well as for his capacity of tuning the readers’ emotions towards the formation of a clearly cut awareness of the needs of the human being, beyond rules meant to defeat and destroy, be them institutional or religious. Portrayed is also his fragility as a man that has to be read within the lines with the preference for his son and daughter, the interest in his own genealogy, the wish to end his historical journey by accompanying his hero all the way to reach us, not only metaphysically through his writings, but in spirit through the symbols of his dream: a rose, fire, Mary and Williams in their union as a couple, and the annulment of space-time dimensions. Henry Gould’s pen so sharp in detaching falsehood from truth can reach the highest notes of lyrical poetry. In a recent E-mail, Gould commented with the following words:
In the first Part, the Gould genealogy underscores the fact that in poetry, as opposed to ‘objective’ chronicles or impersonal history, there is no obliteration of the subjective, there's no escape from personal & familial implications. In the second Part, the (to a degree) liberating ‘epic’ deeds of Williams make possible the turn toward dream & imagination of the closing sections. This is sort of represented by the focus on Milton (who imagined
Very active at a cultural level, Gould’s literary interests are difficult to trace even if Osip Mandelstam, Anna Akhmatova, and Joseph Brodsky seem to be “eternal returns.”
Several years ago I decided without having been commissioned or any expectation of a return, to translate In RI into Italian. My decision was based not only on the conviction of the validity of the present text as of Henry Gould’s poetry but it represented for me a tribute to what I like to consider my first mother country, Italy being the second. The book was finally self-published in 2006 by Henry Gould and dedicated to me in its bilingual version. The same question of language is raised within the poem. By showing how fitting and timely my translation has been, Gould wrote in a recent E-mail: “How it [language] highlights contrasts - between the abuses of legal language in Boston, Salem, elsewhere - and Williams' openness toward foreign language & cultures generally (the section of Narragansett translations, for example; learning languages with Milton, etc.).”
The title “In RI” on the Italian market brings to the association with the inscription on Jesus’ cross, very few know of the existence of
[The poem] is political. About founding a "counter-state", based on rights and popular sovereignty, which themselves in turn depend upon human empathy, fairness, openness, solidarity. Thus the title “In RI” sort of telescopes two things: an abuse of judicial language, and a special place (RI). By the abuse I mean the inscription ‘IN RI’ written by the Romans over Jesus' crucifixion. They had a procedure of writing the crimes of the condemned in this way, on the very instrument of execution. ‘In RI’ stood for ‘king of the Jews’, thus accusing Jesus of rebellion vs. the Roman state (actually a sort of stand-in for Barabbas). The political foundation of that "special place" (
In unison with Jung (“On the Relation of Analytical Psychology to Poetry.” 998), at my further reading of Gould’s work I have appreciated his poetry with a renewed freshness, interest, and deep respect.
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 Richard Taylor in “A Defense of Poetry: Reflections on the Occasion of Writing by Paul H. Fry” writes:
“Ostension invokes the construction of meaning rather than the fictive assertion that existence is meaningless. It is a deferral by disclosure that existence may be meaning-free. Fry is much exercised by the notion that phenomena are cultural constructions and holds that language in its predicative moment is culturally conditioned without exception of qualification. Harold Bloom, J. Hillis Miller, and Paul de Man are invoked as dangerous heretics. Literature, in Fry’s view, is an entropy supplementing the expansive, purposeful energies of life wherein the instrumentality of language is suspended, and the phonic-scriptive aspect of a text (uninterrupted sound) takes precedence. […]”


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Jack was determined not to be trapped in the black hell hole of the Deepcar mines like his father and finally, escapes to join the elite force of the British army, the Coldstream Guards, where he carries his father's boxing skills to the ultimate heights and then experiences a love and passion he didn't know could exist, changing his life forever.
His love is left behind as his Division leads the British Expedition Forces off to a war to end all wars, facing unbelievable horrors. Trying to survive in an insane world of terror, slaughter and constant death.
Annie was born in the poor house and raised in poverty, neglected and cast aside by her mother. Torn from her grandfather at a young age, the only person who had ever loved her, and raised in a Dr.Barnardo's home where death came to seek her. Fighting to survive and finally finding a love that could cost her her life.
Two people whose lives were set on a collision course that was filled with loneliness, misery, pain and heartache, tempered by passion and love. Based on real people who laid the foundation for a new generation. Find out more when you read the first few chapters.
I was captivated right from the very first few words, very intrigued as to what next was going to happen, and I eagerly and enthusiastically read the book cover to cover. There are not too many books that cause me to complete the reading of them, but I found 'Nulli Secundus- Second to None' most exciting and uplifting to say the least. Others I know have read this book and they would heartily agree with my sentiments.... George Barton, Literary Critic.
It is a truly remarkable and fascinating account based on factual information and details, people, dates, times and places which took over five years of research..... Shiny Capstar, the Portal for the Coldstream Guards.


Awards and Publications
April 22, 2020: UNC's Undergraduate Anthropology Publication- The 2020 Rocky Mountain Dialogues on Mindfulness in Higher Education: An Interview with Dr. Michael Kimball
March 12, 2020: UNC's Undergraduate Anthropology Publication- Privilege at Play: Class, Race, Gender, and Golf in Mexico: An Interview with Dr. Hugo Ceron-Anaya
December 07, 2019: "The Firstborn" by Nichelle Taylor- Published in UNC's The Crucible Fall 2019 Edition entitled "Death & Nature"
September 20, 2019: "The Monstrous Form" by Nichelle Taylor- Honorable Mention for Mainstream/Literary Short Story Category in the 88th Annual Writer's Digest Writing Competition
September 06, 2019: UNC's News- Uncovering Colorado's History in Lone Mesa State Park
November 19, 2018: UNC's The Mirror- Remembrance and Resilience
November 09, 2018: UNC's The Mirror- Embracing Culture Through Tradition


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We know this much instinctively, as the Greeks did analytically: Beauty speaks to us of wholeness, of harmony, of order, of grace or gracefulness. We know what is meant when someone is praised for doing a “beautiful thing” for someone else; the deed was full of light and goodness. For a moment the world was in order again, and the life of the ages, eternal life, the life of Jesus risen and glorified, had touched down at a point in time and space….
Let me sum up by saying that I sense that the focal points of spiritual life in community which I have identified here are all part of one fabric: worship as the daily ingathering of the people of God under the blood of Jesus, surrounded by the host of heaven and issuing in praise and mutual service; healing of the ancient rifts between the heart and the mind in the accountability of shared daily life and intense study; and the remarkable demonstration of the transforming and character-shaping power of Christ upon ordinary people made extraordinary by the beauty of holiness that rests upon them in the freedom of obedience
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Whilst scrolling through my Twitter account, I found that a blogger that I follow (@ToolsRoomKnight – MozBar) had been using a service which I never knew existed. Entitled ‘Goodreads,’ this new social networking site is the first that I’ve seen which is dedicated to literature; users are able to rate books, share their opinions and ideas, and check the reading lists of other people.
The service has a range of new features which I am already finding incredibly useful. Although I have only been using Goodreads for a few days, I have already been drawn to the recommendations section. The website offers you a selection of books that are personally catered to you, according to the books that you have already read and ‘rated’. I was impressed by the results; the literature that Goodreads recommended for me are books that my English teachers had advised me to purchase, as well as some lesser known novels that I hadn’t heard of. (..but sounded incredibly interesting!) The website’s social network integration with Twitter and Facebook allows friends to be added to a Goodread account. By doing this, you can see what books your peers have been reading, and what books they have been commenting on.
One of the main drawing points is the comments section. Unlike some other social networking sites, the comments posted are meaningful and offer insight on the topic being discussed. As an English Lit. student, I think a resource that allows people to be able to share your thoughts and interpretations on a selected book is highly beneficial.
Hopefully, by making reading ‘fun’ through social networking, more teenagers will feel inspired to delve into literature. Do you feel that a social networking environment would encourage reading and conversations regarding books? Do you feel that this ‘educational’ networking site will become used by the masses like Twitter and Facebook before it?
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by Melinda Pillsbury-Foster
When millions of people are suffering and dying we tend to focus on the stories of individuals who then come to represent them all. Anne Frank represents for a vast majority the ugliness visited on Jews during WWII. The stories are haunting. All stories of vast human suffering impact us.
Only those without conscience or empathy can view the suffering of others and not be moved. Anne Frank died before I was born, but sometimes, unexpectedly, you find yourself confronted with a story of human endurance which is overwhelming.
Another saga of suffering, endured by millions as World War II was playing out, is the massive geographical dislocation of millions of Eastern Europeans as the Soviet-German rolled into Germany from the east.
I learned about this story, unexpectedly, while reviewing a foreclosure case from New Mexico. For the Carl Mehner, who with his parents and siblings survived the nightmare of war, dislocation, starvation, the trauma has has been life long.
Carl's father, an accountant in Dresden, Germany, and his wife were Christians of the “Sabbatarian” persuasion. Their faith made them targets of persecution in Germany as possibly sympathetic to Jews.
Carl's farther, never a soldier, was forced into slave labor, separated from his family, and forced to dig anti-tank ditches.
In 1943, separately, they became refugees, attempting to reach the west as the Soviet Army swept in. Their children were 2, 3 and 6. Carl remembers sleeping in fields, ruins, deserted and destroyed buildings, hungry all the time. Walking seemed endless through a landscape of burning villages.
First separately, and then together, they struggled to find food for themselves and their children. Carl was always cold and starving. Traumas were continuous.
Reunited, Carl's parents were determined to reach America. It was a ten year long struggle. In America, the family worked on a farm for food, as their children attended school.
Eventually, Carl married Frances Phillips from Southgate, California.
The couple eventually settled in Albuquerque, New Mexico where Carl served as chairman for the modern language department for 22 years, retiring in 2005. Frances ran a court reporting business.
Then, the mortgage meltdown began, taking their home without reason.
Fighting back Pro Se, Carl and Frances endured arrest, harassment, and abuse, as have others. They continue to fight. We never know what is possible until we have given our fullest measure. Carl's parents taught him this, and he remembers.


Chronicle Reporter, Bhopal, Stephen Hawking was born on January 8, 1942. In the world of physics, he is most famous after Einstein. He was not only a well known physicist but also a very good writer. His specialty is that he has written simple subjects such as physics in a simple way to the readers.Swami Vivekananda Library (SVL) assistant manager Yatish Bhatele said that on the day of his birthday, some of his books will be collected in the library on January 8.
These include his most loved books including ‘A Brief History of Time’, ‘The Grand Design’, ‘The Universe in a Nutshell’ ‘On the Shoulders of Giants’ and ‘Brief Answer to the Big Question.Along with these books some other books will also be in the collection which will be liked by those interested in physics. These include the book Cosmos written by Carl Sagan.
Yatish Bhatele said that he presented complex subjects such as astronomy so easily that people who were less interested in this subject connected easily. Stephen Hawking can be a source of inspiration for the youth of India, who give great scientists like Aryabhatta in astronomy.
Quiz on Hawking
The library will also have an open offline quiz of 10 questions on Stephen Hawking. Anyone present between 11am and 6pm will be able to participate in this 5-minute quiz. The person who answers 10 of the 10 questions correctly will be given a book of Stephen Hawking.
I read ‘Brief Answers to Big Question’, the last book of Stephen Hawking. I found this book very good. It focuses on different aspects of life. In this, the answers to questions about the person’s time travel and God have been given in very easy style. This book completely transforms the view of seeing our things.
The first thing that inspires me is his own personality. He was suffering from such a disease, because of which he was confined to a wheelchair, and after that he unraveled the mysteries of universe.
-Vikas Mishra, library member


the wolf is a poetry collection about discovering the truth in your voice and power in your passion. It is the last of four books in the northern collection — a four part poetry journey leading the reader to their true north all in the year 2020.
Written and illustrated by Instagram poet and artist, Kamilla Tolnø, the wolf tells a tale of embracing the parts of you that never fit in, letting go of past versions of yourself, and embracing your inner wolf – the part of you that knows you’re alone but welcomes independence.
Just as wolves are known to roam with mysterious direction, the wolf is a celebration of freedom, strength and stepping into the unknown with wonderment.
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“A fitting finale to The Northern Collection, providing a decisive, forceful coda to the quartet of The Moon, The Ocean, The Orchid, and now the Wolf.
With the themes of trauma and healing, of dependence and individuation, spiritual growth and transcendence, blazing one’s own trail in life, no matter how idiosyncratic it may seem to anyone else, and many related topics, this collection is a profound and heartfelt expression of love, beauty, and creative spark that brings attention to the joys that of life in its plenitude.”


March 12, 2009
By: Sean DeButts
Ethan Gage embarks on a quest for Viking treasure in the American frontier
Ethan Gage returns in another adventure filled with innuendo, intrigue and pagan treasure. This time he travels the American frontier in 1801, in The Dakota Cipher (March 2009) by William Dietrich. While in The Rosetta Key Gage sought to keep the Book of Thoth out of Napoleon’s hands, this time Gage seeks a powerful Norse artifact called Thor’s Hammer. In tow are a cycloptic, axe-wielding Norseman seeking to use Thor’s hammer to free Norway, a captive Indian maiden in search of her homeland, a spirited but under-sized French trapper, and an enigmatic, aristocratic couple who match Agrippina and Caligula in perversity.
As in Napoleon’s Pyramids, Gage ignites and fans his misadventure by getting friendly with the wrong woman.
After bedding Pauline Bonaparte, Napoleon’s overly sociable sister, Gage narrowly escapes being turned into a human fireworks display by mysterious assailants. Ethan flees to America as a French ambassador with the Norseman Magnus Bloodhammer. Recruited by Thomas Jefferson to investigate the West, Ethan makes his way through the bustling post-colonial towns to trading outposts filled with mingling Indians, French and English, through the Great Lakes and finally to the windswept Great Plains, recently emptied by smallpox. At each step of his journey, Gage’s assailants trail him in his quest.
The Dakota Cipher proves worth reading and bears Dietrich’s trademark, vivid descriptions. Dietrich makes the crowded trapper towns and the desolate plains almost tangible. The focus on Norse mythology and on Viking settlers in the new world also is an interesting shift from the series' previous focus on Egyptian mythology. However, The Dakota Cipher lacks the spark of the previous Gage novels. It has less of the over-the-top excitement and MacGyver-inspired gadgetry that made Rosetta such an adventurous romp. As an adventurer in the same vein as Indiana Jones, Gage is in his element in ancient Middle Eastern cities, where he can steal treasure from ancient temples and escape snake pits.
That said, The Dakota Cipher sets the stage for an exciting and emotionally complex sequel. Count Silano, the arch-villain from The Rosetta Key, was only part of a larger group of illuminati who have perverse designs for the world and who want Ethan dead. The ending guarantees that Ethan can no longer remain a carefree spirit when he returns to the Mediterranean in Dietrich’s next installment, and he has a vendetta to settle.
Bill granted an interview before the release of The Dakota Cipher on Mar. 24, 2009.
The Inkwell Review: A common theme of the Ethan Gage adventures is the inter-connectedness of ancient myths. For example, Magnus Bloodhammer draws strong comparisons between Yggdrasil in Norse mythology, and the tree of life in the Bible. Researching these different myths from different cultures and religions, has it given you any insight into mythology or human nature?
William Dietrich: I was struck by the commonality between the different myths. The same ideas come up again and again. I had never heard until I researched this book that Odin, for example, was hung or crucified on a tree, that he was stabbed in the side by a spear. You don’t know at what point those stories entered Norse mythology. Were they Christian ideas that had filtered north, were they originally in the Norse, or were they coincidental?
IR: Which of the texts you researched and individuals you interviewed were most crucial in forming the story?
WD: I read quite a bit of information about Thomas Jefferson and about that period of the United States. I read a book on the Internet, I think it was written by Henry James, about America in 1800, and that was quite useful. I read theories about how the capital of D.C. had Masonic origin, and then quite a bit about Indian culture, and the experience of white captives with Indians. These captives were writing about what life was like with the Indians for two or three years at a time, until they managed to get back to civilization. It gave a you-are-there immediacy to what I was reading.
IR: You didn’t seem to buy much into Rousseau’s idea of the noble savage.
WD: No … it was obvious that the absence of civilization does not bring out any particular nobility, and what was interesting about the Indians was they have the same joys and sorrows that any other society does.
IR: For experiential research, did you travel to the Great Plains or similar areas?
WD: I did. I started in Detroit, actually, and made a circuit of the Great Lakes, more or less following the path Ethan did, but I was mostly on land. And then into Minnesota, and across that state. When I was in Minnesota, there was a violent thunder and lightning storm that inspired, in part, the conclusion of the book.
IR: Who were the inspirations for Aurora and Somerset? In terms of sheer evil, they seemed up there with Agrippina and Caligula.
WD: [Laughs] They were products of my imagination. They got more ghastly as time went on. For example, the sort of incestuous relationship came to me later on, while I was trying to make Aurora even less appealing. In some ways, memorable villains are even more important to a story than memorable heroes. I’m looking for ways to have these characters stick in your mind, and have you rooting for their eventual demise.
IR: That’s what happened to me at the end of the book. I wanted Aurora to get her comeuppance. What’s coming next in the Gage Saga?
WD: In the sequel, Ethan returns to Europe and winds up on a mission to the Mediterranean, and gets caught up with the Barbary Pirates, and he meets a number of characters from the earlier books, and there’s sort of a lot of twists and turns that I think people will find quite interesting. I don’t want to give away too much, but his personal life is getting more complicated all the time.
IR: Is there anything else you were hoping to say?
WD: One other thing I would add is the whole idea of whether the Norse preceded Columbus, and to what degree they did, is an interesting archaeology controversy. It’s a long way from being established that they went anywhere beyond Newfoundland, but there is some intriguing evidence, and there’s some quite serious people who are looking into it, and I had fun including that in the novel as well.
IR: Whether they actually ended up in Minnesota is tantalizing. Bill, thank you for interviewing again.
WD: Thank you, Sean.
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Learning Tools for English Language Arts
We are always looking for ways to improve everyone's reading and writing skills. One great way to start is by exploring material that was created for English language learners (sometimes called ELL or ELLs).
U.S.A. Learns is an easy-to-use, free web site designed to help users learn English. One of several Web-based programs we will explore in class, you can also use it from home (if you have a computer with Internet access) or the library.
Start by clicking on the link above and exploring the site. It's best if you register - then you can keep track of the lessons you completed, your scores, etc. Each lesson has a variety of interactive activities that will help vocabulary, comprehension, drawing conclusions and writing.
Note: The site uses a lot of sound, so you might want to have headphones handy (especially in the library).
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3 edition of A good life in a sane civilization found in the catalog.
A good life in a sane civilization
Sisir K. Dhar
Study on social change movement-builders of Karl Marx, Lenin and Gandhi; includes impact of globalization on society and culture.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-319).
|Statement||Sisir K. Dhar.|
|Genre||Political and social views.|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||320 p. ;|
|Number of Pages||320|
|LC Control Number||2008325760|
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Hannah’s writing career began in 1975 when she won a “I’m Glad I Live in Washington D.C.” essay contest as a second grader and vowed to become a writer. She covers environmental and outdoor topics and writes general news and cultural pieces about the American West.
I was excited when Hannah asked me to shoot her portraits for her first book, The Beekeeper’s Lament: A Life on the Road with 10,000 Hives. She is currently tweaking the final edits of the book and it is due to hit the shelves next spring. So keep an eye out for it. If you want, I might be able to get it autographed for you.
Here is a little teaser on The Beekeeper’s Lament: A Life on the Road with 10,000 Hives from the author.
John Miller is a beekeeper, a passionate and engaging and very funny man who does something very strange for a living: he travels the country with 10,000 beehives, pollinating crops and making honey and doing anything and everything to keep his bees alive in the middle of a strange and sobering honeybee die-off.
John Miller is a fourth-generation beekeeper. His great-grandfather, N.E. Miller, pioneered the practice of “migratory beekeeping”–chasing the bloom across the country with his bees, from south to north and back. It is a profession uniquely suited to the diversity of the American landscape, the bigness of American agriculture and industry, and the restlessness of the American people. Like retirees in Winnebagos, migratory beekeepers winter in warm places like California and Texas and Florida, and head north to the clover and alfalfa fields of the Dakotas in the summer where the best honey pasture is found, pollinating crops as they go.
But it is becoming harder and harder both to keep bees alive and to keep bee businesses afloat, because the same migratory practices that have allowed beekeepers to make a living have also spread strange new pests and pathogens from all over the world, which are killing bees in alarming numbers. Still, Miller persists, for reasons that defy all common sense and economic logic. The love of the bee is an impractical passion: in this age of convenience, John Miller has chosen to do something very, very hard.


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Hawk Hagebak is a YOUNG retired motorcycle officer from Metro Atlanta. As a lifelong motorcyclist, he’s logged saddle time in all of the lower 48 states and Hawaii. He’s the author of the popular series of motorcycle guidebooks, Motorcycle Adventures in the Southern Appalachians, a MSF RiderCoach, one of those crazy Iron Butt Riders, a former Police Motorcycle Instructor, and father of four daughters. He’s a frequent ride leader and speaker at motorcycle rallies, club meetings, civic events, civil trials, and other functions. He’s spoken on the topics of Leadership, Motorcycle Travel, Writing, and Traffic Safety; Hawk delivers a powerful, albeit hilarious message. Learn More about getting MotoHawk scheduled to come to your event.
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|Tuesday, September 22, 2009
| ||"Visual Individuals" CNM Faculty, Student, Alumni Art Exhibit at Harwood Art Center
"Visual Individuals: CNM Faculty, Student and Alumni Art Exhibit at Harwood Art Center.
Featuring work by 17 CNM Art Studio faculty members and 14 CNM Students.
Opening Reception Friday, Sept. 4th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
|Meet, Greet & Eat
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
South Valley Campus
This is an opportunity for faculty, staff and students to meet the South Valley Achievement Coach/Center for Working Families representative, explore the new Library Services, and ACE Tutoring. Food and drinks will be served!
| ||Montoya Campus Speaker Series "Find Your Fauna"
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Montoya Campus Speaker Series
"Find Your Fauna"
Presented by MSE Dean Rich Calabro and CHSS Instructor Justin Fuller
A brief review of the animal kingdom and the various types of vertebrate animals that can be found in our local environments.


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Seniors: Return books on the day you have your picture appointment.
Juniors: Return books in May when all devices are returned.
SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. Returning April 30, 2020, SYNC will give away two complete audiobooks a week - pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes. Sign up for email or text alerts and be first to know when new titles are available to download at www.audiobooksync.com.
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The Mountain High Library is a safe and stimulating place that supports the learning and literacy needs of a diverse community. We provide access to information, engage in collaborative instruction, and promote a love of reading that encourages lifelong learning.


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Ahoy, history lovers! Prepare yourself to embark on a captivating voyage through the annals of Turkish maritime history. In this grand odyssey, we will hoist the sails and set our path for the fascinating tales of extraordinary people who crossed the high seas and left a lasting impression on Turkish maritime history.
Every voyage has a starting point, in our story it is the pioneering of an 11th-century Seljuk Turkish military commander Chaka Bey. He takes his place in the annals of history as the conqueror of Izmir and the Aegean Sea as well as the first Turkish admiral.
His story tells us the importance of a bright mind and the urge to revolt. He was captured by the Byzantine commander Kabalika Alexandrso in the battles around Izmir, however, he was soon recognized by Emperor Nikeforos Botaneiates III by virtue of his wit and intelligence. Whilst placed in the Byzantine palace in Istanbul between 1078-1081, learned Greek with the captured Turks and rose to an important position in the palace. However, when Alexios I Komnenos took the throne, his title was taken back and he lost all his privileges; thereupon Chaka Bey left the palace and joined the Turkmen in Anatolia.
By 1081, he captured İzmir with approximately 8,000 soldiers. Here, together with Greek masters, he established his own navy. Therefore, the year 1081 is considered as the foundation date of the Turkish Navy. In time, he annexed the Aegean Islands and Foça. This navy, founded by Çaka Bey, became significantly powerful over time.
His state functioned as a representation of defiance against outside forces, encouraging others to declare their independence. Chaka Bey’s capacity to preserve peace and prosperity in his realm attracted traders, academics, and artisans, fostering the region’s cultural and economic development.
Let’s hoist the sails. Our new destination will be the Ottoman Navy. Meet with the legendary Ottoman Admiral of Kemal Reis. Kemal Reis was born in the latter half of the 15th century, although nothing is known about his early years. He did, however, come from a seafaring family and was from the Aegean region. Kemal Reis was raised in the Ottoman Empire’s thriving marine culture, where he gained a deep grasp of the ocean and a fervent desire to explore the unexplored territory.
Kemal Reis set out on a number of innovative expeditions that broadened the Ottoman Empire’s horizons and opened up new regions. He traveled to the coast of West Africa in 1487 with his renowned Ottoman admiral uncle, Gedik Ahmet Pasha. Commercial routes were developed Through this trip, and Ottoman hegemony was established in Morocco, Algeria, and the Canary Islands.
Kemal Reis won numerous significant battles with the Venetians, establishing Ottoman naval supremacy in the Mediterranean Sea. He took part in the successful defense of Rhodes against a Venetian assault in 1480. He oversaw other expeditions and attacks in the years that followed, conquering several important strategic sites including Otranto and Modon. Kemal Reis aided in the Ottoman Empire’s rise to power in the Mediterranean through his conquests and naval expeditions. The Ottomans were able to create a more substantial presence and gain control over crucial trade routes as a result of acquiring Venetian-held areas, which increased their strength on the political and economic fronts.
Our sea voyage continues with none other than the extraordinary pirate captain Barbaros Hayreddin. He was the first captain Pasha and the 25th captain-general of the Ottoman Empire. In the 16th century, he consolidated Ottoman sovereignty in the Mediterranean with his expeditions. Some historians referred to the Mediterranean as a Turkish sea in that era. He also gave orders to the naval policy of the Ottoman Empire and the Tersane-i Amire (Golden Horn Shipyards). He was also the last sultan of Algeria under the Ottomans. He and his elder brother, Oruç Reis, embarked on a journey that would propel them to become legendary figures in the Mediterranean.
Barbarossa’s name may sound like a high-fashion beverage, but make no mistake, this man’s heroics were far from a night of reckless fun. A legendary Ottoman admiral, Barbarossa was a menace to the Mediterranean powers, hunting their ships like a daring sea creature.
His real name was Hızır Reis. The name Hayreddin, which means “the best of religion”, was given to Hızır Reis by the sultan of the time, Yavuz Sultan Selim because of his extraordinary service to the Ottoman Empire. One of Hızır Reis’s most significant achievements came during the Battle of Preveza in 1538. Leading the Ottoman fleet against a powerful coalition of European forces, including the Holy League, Hızır Reis showcased his strategic brilliance and tactical genius. Despite being outnumbered, he skillfully maneuvered his ships, capitalizing on the enemy’s weaknesses and securing a decisive Ottoman victory.
The victory at Preveza solidified Ottoman dominance in the Mediterranean, marking a turning point in the balance of power between European and Ottoman naval forces.
With his fleet of fearsome ships, Barbarossa challenged the mighty European powers and showed them that Turkish sailors were a force to be reckoned with. With every cannon shot, Barbarossa announced the beginning of a new era in naval warfare, inspiring dread in equal measure.
Piri Reis, the outstanding Ottoman Empire cartographer, is encountered as we travel in Barbarossa’s wake. Reis used quills and parchment to explore the uncharted oceans when he wasn’t carrying a cutlass or in charge of a warship. His most famous work, the Piri Reis Map, is still a tribute to his mastery of navigation and his courage to push the limits of knowledge. His real name was Muhyiddin Pîrî Bey.
Piri Reis, born in 1465 in the Ottoman Empire, began his maritime career at an early age. He was the nephew of the famous Corsair brothers, Oruç and Hızır Reis, who played a significant role in shaping Piri Reis’s destiny. Under their guidance, he honed his skills as a sailor, explorer, and navigator, developing a deep understanding of the seas and the art of navigation.
The massive Kitab-Bahriye (Book of Navigation), Piri Reis’s greatest achievement, is proof of his mastery of cartography. This thorough nautical atlas, finished in 1521, included navigational data, portolan charts, and extensive maps of the Mediterranean and its surroundings. Piri Reis compiled a wealth of knowledge that helped sailors and explorers for many years by drawing on his own experiences as well as ancient and modern sources.
Reis’s meticulously accurate map showed coastlines and places that were inaccessible to his contemporaries. It was a tribute to the spirit of exploration, showing a universe full of possibilities and enigmas just waiting to be solved. The map is a tribute to Turkish naval ability that challenged the bounds of the known world in terms of navigation.
As we sail through the travelogues of a true sailor, Oruç Reis, be ready to raise the sails once more. Reis, who was affectionately referred to by his crew as “Baba Oruç” or “Father Oruç,” undertook risky voyages as he sailed toward the undiscovered horizons of Africa and beyond. In search of foreign places and valuable prizes, he ventured into the coastal kingdoms while navigating the dangers of the open ocean.
Oruç Reis, born in 1474, embarked on a journey that would see him become one of the most influential figures in the Mediterranean during the 16th century. Initially, a sailor and merchant, Oruç Reis, and his brother, Hızır Reis, ventured into the seas as privateers, combating the encroachment of European powers and protecting Ottoman interests. Their exploits garnered attention, and they soon found themselves in the service of the Ottoman Empire.
The legacy of Oruç Reis goes far beyond his military prowess. His command of navigational skills and naval warfare greatly affected succeeding waves of sailors. His role in enlarging Ottoman lands and safeguarding their interests continues to be a significant chapter in the history of the empire, and historians continue to be in awe of his audacity and strategic acumen.
Our maritime saga continues with the formidable Turgut Reis, an admiral who etched his name into the annals of Turkish naval history. Known as Dragut in the Western world, Reis was a master tactician and a fearsome commander. With his swift galleys and unwavering determination, he struck fear into the hearts of his adversaries.
Turgut Reis, a sailor who was later a member of his father’s ship and a local sailor and privateer, was born in 1485. Turgut Reis advanced swiftly through the ranks, sharpening his abilities and developing a reputation for bravery.
Turgut Reis’ participation in the Great Siege of Malta in 1565 is one of the most well-known episodes in his life. Turgut Reis, who was in charge of the Ottoman navy and worked closely with the commander Mustafa Pasha, planned a ferocious naval blockade that prevented the Knights of St. John, who were defending the island against overwhelming odds, from receiving supplies and reinforcements. Even though the Knights and their allies put up a valiant fight, Turgut Reis’s maritime prowess was essential to the Ottomans’ eventual triumph.
Only Reis’ daring rivaled his naval competence. He oversaw risky attacks and calculated campaigns, showing an extraordinary capacity to outmaneuver his adversaries. His reputation as a seafaring hero lives on, serving as a constant reminder that the seas were his domain and that anybody who tried to challenge him would suffer the wrath of his fleet.
In the history of the Ottoman Navy, many important commanders made a name for themselves thanks to their accomplishments in battles. Piayel Pasha and his heroism in the Battle of Djerba is an example.
The Battle of Djerba fought in 1560, was a significant naval engagement that pitted the Ottoman Empire against a formidable coalition of European powers. At the heart of the Ottoman fleet was a brilliant admiral named Piyale Pasha. The Ottoman fleet faced a formidable alliance consisting of Spanish, Genoese, Papal, and Maltese forces.
The Ottoman victory in the Battle of Djerba was significantly influenced by the tactical brilliance and leadership of Piyale Pasha. Despite being outnumbered, he came up with a strategy that made the most of his fleet’s advantages while taking advantage of Ottoman firepower and agility advantages. The Ottoman navy, under his direction, unleashed deadly cannon fire and carried out expert boarding manoeuvres, successfully negating the enemy’s numerical superiority. The Ottoman Empire’s power in the area increased as a result of the defeat, which delivered a serious setback to the European coalition’s plans to rule the Mediterranean.


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Tessa Egan is destined to die! When her powers as a witch are awakened, when she is hunted like so many before her. There is one problem: she doesn’t believe in destiny.
Fighting for her life, her survival places her on a collision course with a centuries old conflict between species, a corrupt hierarchy that will do anything to destroy her, and the realization that her past was never what it seemed.
Then there’s the prophecy that proclaims that she will become the most powerful witch her enemies have ever encountered. The mere promise of such dominance sends legions after her, as she struggles to master her abilities and win a war against forces far more sinister than she.
Adding to her already complicated life is a commanding guardian named Alec and his mysterious half-brother, Josh. Tessa finds herself torn between them as the Prophecy of the Guardian’s Mark claims “Only a Guardian’s soulmate can see the guardian’s mark.” Such love between a witch and guardian is forbidden,so why can she can see both Findlay brothers’ marks? Why is Josh’s the opposite of Alec’s, evoking anguish and fear? Who is she fated to love – Alec or Josh?
The future of all rests in their hands as Tessa and the Findlay brothersquickly discover that the hunters aren’t just killing witches anymore and all species are in peril.
Dangerous prophecies. Forbidden love. Limitless power.
Fighting fate is just the beginning …
- “Cursed is so captivating that it is impossible to put down. It. Is. Fantastic! A brilliantly written, action-packed, exhilarating read, Cursed weaves wonderful characters and plot with one seriously formidable heroine. Tracy Goodwin has written a winner here with her Shadow Souls series!” – SUSAN DUERDEN, AWARD-WINNING FEATURE FILM /TELEVISION ACTRESS & AUDIOBOOK NARRATOR
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- “Tracy Goodwin creates a vivid, exciting new world with a sassy, strong heroine and a fast-paced, fascinating plot. Cursed is a page-turner that you can’t put down until the end, then you’ll want to read it again!” – Abigail Owen, AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE SHADOWCAT NATION SERIES
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An exhibition by Torque at Furtherfield, London
Open Saturdays and Sundays 11am – 5pm -11th, 12th, 18th & 19th April, 2015
with performances by Tim Etchells and Alex McLean (11th April)
and Claire Potter and Mez Breeze (18th April)
being being read being reading being read and reading beings is an exhibition by Torque (Nathan Jones and Sam Skinner) that unpacks the project’s first year through the lens of its most recent research subject: reading.
Torque is a project that explores conflations of mind, language and technology, across publications, performance, symposia, workshops and installations. For the exhibition at Furtherfield Gallery, each of the three gallery spaces will comprise an archival revisiting of a publication produced over the last year by Torque, along with the events and artworks that surround its conception.
Using a variety of performance documentation, text, sound and video works, the gallery will become a hypermedia reading room, for visitors to explore both the Torque project and its publications to date, but also the act of reading itself.
Room 1 will be dedicated to the Torque #1 publication (http://linkeditions.tumblr.com/torque1) and related workshops and performances. This will include artworks from Mez Breeze, Karl Heinz Jeron, Alex McLean, and a composition by cellist Oliver Coates, as well as texts from neuro-archeologist Lambros Malafouris and professor of political aesthetics Esther Leslie.
Room 2 will present The Opticon newspaper, produced over two days at Tate Liverpool focusing on themes of privacy and surveillance, in particular machinic reading, big data and the phenomenology of ‘being read’. Comprising contributions from over 100 gallery visitors, poets, artist Erica Scourti and professor of social media Christian Fuchs. Copies of the newspaper will be available free to visitors.
Room 3 will launch a new interdisciplinary digital and print publication exploring reading today, in particular the impact of technology upon it. Including new texts by Tim Etchells, Katherine Hayles, Nina Power, Garrett Stewart and Soenke Zehle, produced following The Act of Reading symposium at FACT, Liverpool and a performance event at Static Gallery. This room will also feature new video works by Jones and Skinner synthesizing and investigating reading-related pathologies and pedagogical systems.
Jones and Skinner will be in the gallery throughout the exhibition presenting their work, and asking members of the public of all ages to contribute to ongoing works informed by their experiences and conversations. These works in process will be shown as sound and print broadcast and ‘published’ on the exterior of the gallery building using external speakers and poster artworks.


New Urban has never had a formal Library. Books have been scattered across multiple classrooms and storage areas. Having a library has been a long standing dream for our school. Today, the North Clackamas Education Foundation presented us with their largest ever single donation to turn that dream into a reality. We will be converting part of our computer lab into a library. Along with funds for a library, NCEF gave us funds to build out a wood workshop in our lower level.
We will keep you updated as we work to transform this space into a much needed library for our students. Thanks to everyone that made this possible.


Reading Strategies for Different Purposes
Let’s begin with two very obvious facts:
2. Each student needs to use different strategies for different kinds of reading.
Joey and Marianne, the two students in the picture appear to be reading the same book. You probably know this isn’t a very good idea. For serious reading, they each need their own book so they can work at their own speed, using the methods that work best for them.
Yes, some of you realize there might be a reason to look at the same book. They have been discussing the subject and disagree. Joe might show Marianne the paragraph that proves he is right. Or perhaps Marianne is teaching Joey the SQ3R reading method.
I wonder if they are thinking about what they are reading.
Choose a Reading Method that works for you
In order to choose a reading method for a particular assignment or book, you should think about three things.
A. Your reading skills and how hard this reading assignment or book is for you
B. How much you already know about the subject: If you know the subject well, it is easier to read about it.
C. How important it is that you understand and remember what you read
If you are reading for pleasure, you can read quickly and skip words and information you don’t understand.
If you are going to take an important test on the subject, you should slow down and be certain you understand all the words and ideas and that you know the main ideas and important details and facts.
Three Levels of Reading
Level 1. The book is easy. You know a lot about the subject or are reading for Pleasure.
You know what to do. Enjoy yourself. Read as fast as you’d like. Most people read faster during exciting action scenes and slow down during scenes when they want to enjoy every word.
Level 2. The book is somewhat harder or it is more important to learn the material.
You might use the 4-step method
A. Decide what you really need to learn. Do NOT try to memorize every detail. If you are studying for a class or for a test, ask yourself what your teacher would expect you to know.
B. Decide how long you want to remember the information. Do you want to learn it for class tomorrow, for a quiz at the end of the week, for a final exam two months away, or do you want to remember it forever?
C. List the vocabulary words that you don’t understand, or don’t understand well enough. Write definitions and practice them.
D. As you read, look for MAIN IDEAS and the most important FACTS or Information. If the material is easy and you know the subject fairly well, you can usually just think to yourself something like this.
This isn’t hard. The main ideas are the 3 kinds of rocks: Sedimentary, Igneous, and Metamorphic. I knew that but I’d better practice the spelling. I know exactly what they mean but I need to learn the example of each kind of rock. I’ll write those down.
If the material is harder and less familiar, you might read the same material and think
This is really hard. I can remember that there are three kinds of rocks, but I can’t pronounce these words, and I sure can’t spell them. I need to write down the three kinds of rocks, write a definition for each, and make a list of examples for each of them. I can’t pronounce all of those either. I could look up the pronunciation in a dictionary but those are hard to figure out. I can ask my brother to help me. He studied this a couple years ago. Uncle Peter might even be better.
In other words, you need to decide how much you already know or can remember easily, what else you need to learn, what to write down and where you can get help if you need it. You probably do something like this already.
If the reading is more challenging and it is important that you learn it well, you should learn the SQ3R method. Even if you don’t need it now, you should try learning the method now. When do you take a harder class, you will already have a reading method you can use.


Here's another dual/duel review that hardly seems like a fair fight, does it?
The world of infant and toddler literature seems ripe for satire or parody. Since parents and other adults wind up reading favorite stories again and again and again and again ad infinitum (I can easily recite Moo Baa La La Laor Goodnight Moonoff the top of my head), it's easy to see how a mind can start crafting another version of the story. If the reader knows the book well enough, playing with the story line or the meaning of what's said can happen almost unconsciously.
Consider Guess How Much I Love You, a sweet little book about Little Nut Brown Hare and Big Nut Brown Hare trying to express their love for each other in the most superlative ways they can imagine. Little Nut Brown Hair stretches his arms as wide as they can go to show his love. Naturally Big Nut Brown Hare's arms are even longer and therefore more expressive. LNB Hare wishes he had arms like that. It's a sweet story, but after the fiftieth reading or so, one could notice a haves versus have-nots theme in the book and give it a socialist interpretation. I have not seen this story parodied yet, but only because I haven't gone looking for it (and apologies to anyone for whom I've spoiled the story--you'll never read it the same way again).
One story that has been parodied is Dorothy Kunhardt's classic Pat the Bunny, which chronicles the adventures of Paul and Judy. They experience the wonders of life, like patting a furry bunny, smelling flowers, or trying on mommy's ring. The child reader is encouraged to try out these wonders too. The various pages have a cotton-filled outline of a rabbit, a scratch-n-sniff flower, and a hole in the page where a small finger can go through. Amazingly, it was first published in 1940, when manufacturing such a book must have been quite unusual. The book is quite delightful and both Jacob and Lucy have enjoyed it many times.
In the spoof version, Pat the Zombie, Paul and Judy experience the horrors of zombie life, like gutting an infected bunny, smelling putrid remains, or putting a finger through zombie mommy's skull. The same publishing techniques are used, so the reader can play along. It's a weird combination of revulsion and humor, though the humor is dependent on familiarity with Pat the Bunny. Published in 2011, the book is not so unusual.
The parody is strictly for adults, as the cover says "A CRUEL ADULT SPOOF" in big friendly letters. Don't buy this book for your toddler! They won't get it and you won't want to explain it. I do not think that it will have the re-readability of the original. The spoof would be more fun to show off at parties, assuming the guests are in the proper frame of mind. You'd have to have lots of parties in order to get the mileage out of the zombie that you would out of the bunny.
So which book is the better one? For re-readability, the bunny easily wins. For pure entertainment value, the bunny wins if you are a child, the zombie wins if you are an adult. For dark humor, the zombie wins. For inventiveness, they are tied. Overall, the bunny wins by a hare. The zombie is fun but not as much as the original.


Designed for the Amateur horse owner this method works with every breed of horse.
Disc 1-The Classroom
- Introduction &Training Philosophy
- The equipment that is used to train the Piaffe is explained in detail.
- Learn the Specific Points to touch the Horse and the expected reactions in order to shape and refine the Piaffe
- Behavior modification and how to use Positive Reinforcement to create a willing horse that wants to work with you.
- Learn how to select guiders for the work in hand as well how to use them correctly without causing pain or injury to your horse. More information on guiders or whips than has ever been presented before.
- Frequently Asked Questions
Answers to the most common questions.
How often to train, how long the training session should be, how to avoid problems, and more!
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- What you need to be able to do with your horse before you ask for the Piaffe in hand and how to do it.
- The simple most effective technique ever designed to help train a horse to Piaffe.
- How to train the Piaffe in Hand
from the first step to the finished piaffe
- How to school in the long lines to improve the Piaffe.
- Schooling the piaffe between the Pillars as well as how to build your own set of pillars.
- Beginning the Piaffe under Saddle
- How to warm up your horse
- How to keep you and your horse safe thru the training process.
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Institute of Economics and Business of the Ilia State University has published a textbook “Data Analysis Using Excel”, which is based on the latest version of Excel (2019) and provides a detailed overview of its capabilities.
In particular, the textbook presents the general characteristics and basic formulas of the program, as well as details of various functional groups, for example: logical, textual, date-related, statistical, mathematical, and financial formulas. Along with a variety of theoretical material, the publication is rich with many practical examples as well as visual effects and images.
The book is structured so as to provide the user with comprehensive content, such as basic Excel functions, dynamic graphs, automatically updated tables, financial modeling techniques, and solutions to optimization tasks.
The publication will help not only the excel course students but also those from other related areas. Because of the consistent and reader-oriented structure, the book will be useful both for beginners as well as for experienced data analysts. Along with students, the user range of the textbook may include representatives of any other field, who are interested in modern techniques of data processing and visualization.
Authors of the book: Rezo Beradze, Irakli Gabriadze
Book editors: Dimitri Japaridze (Professor), David Gamkrelidze (Associate Professor)
Graphical support: Ketevan Gogava