Letters to a Young Poet
7 years ago by
Il y a des livres qu’on lit et qu’on relit encore et toujours, tout le temps. J’ai une liste de bouquins dont je ne me lasse jamais et qui se bonifient même avec le temps – un peu comme un grand vin.
Peut-être que c’est la maturité qui me donne cette impression, ou les différentes perspectives que m’offre chaque lecture… en tout cas, c’est assez magique. En ce moment, je relis Lettres à un Jeune poète de Rainer Maria Rilke (je crois que c’est la 17ème fois!).
Il y a des livres dans lesquels on se replonge à différentes étapes de nos vies : des périodes de changement, de bonheur, d’appréhension, d’inconnu, ou des moments bien remplis. Et Lettres à un jeune poète est une lecture qui m’a aidée à tous ces moments de la vie.
Voici un extrait de la Lettre IV, datée du 16 juillet 1903 (dans une traduction de Bernard Grasset) :
« Vous êtes si jeune, si neuf devant les choses, que je voudrais vous prier, autant que je sais le faire, d’être patient en face de tout ce qui n’est pas résolu dans votre cœur. Efforcez-vous d’aimer vos questions elles-mêmes, chacune comme une pièce qui vous serait fermée, comme un livre écrit dans une langue étrangère. Ne cherchez pas pour le moment des réponses qui ne peuvent vous être apportées, parce que vous ne sauriez pas les mettre en pratique, les vivre. Et il s’agit précisément de tout vivre. Ne vivez pour l’instant que vos questions. Peut-être, simplement en les vivant, finirez-vous par entrer insensiblement, un jour, dans les réponses. »
Et sinon, quels sont les livres qui vous sont les plus chers?
seems like a really cool book
I hope you read it and love it!
I revisit Margaret Atwood’s Cat’s Eye again and again. Perhaps my favorite quote from the book is: “Potential has a shelf life.” It slays me.
I love Margaret Atwood. And what a beautiful quote! Thank you.
mine would be ‘Tuesday’s with Morrie’.
Such a wonderful book! Now that you mention it… It’s time that I reread that too.
I have this edition! Isn’t it just so beautiful? I love this book but while reading it I often wanted to punch Rilke. I just don’t think it’s fair to say that one can be a poet (or writer, musician, painter, whatever) only if it’s the first thing you think about when you wake up and the last thing you think about before bed. Like, I want to be an artist AND have balance in my life. I think it’s possible to be devoted without going over the deep end.
That said, it’s been awhile since I read it so maybe my perspective now would be different…
Balance! I have to agree with you. This edition is amazing right? I cannot get over how beautiful it is. Thank you for writing!
How beautiful! I’m putting this book on my to-read list. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I hope that you love it.
So glad you write about books and about this book in.particular – it is one of my favourites. I love going back to some, Truman Capotes « Short Stories », for instance. Simple, precise prose. Like a crisp white shirt :) always up to the point. Or Peter Brook’s pieces on theatre – inspirational, it seems that his thoughts on theatre, actors and audience could apply anytime. ’cause « all the world’s a stage ». Rilke’s book has particularly beautiful binding. Could be carried as a OLT clutch :) put your theatre tickets inside, stick your credit card in « library card » triangle and you are all set :)
The Thief Lord was a book I first read when I was 12 years old and it seemed pure magic to me. For last 10 years I’ve read it around 10 times and the magic of that book still hasn’t disappeared. It’s hard to explain but somehow that book simply ease my mind.
I’m really excited to read it! You make it sound magical. Thank you for the suggestion!
Beautiful quote that we can remind ourselves at any age! Thank you for sharing.
Books dear to my heart are the ones I read in the moment. Then I tend not to keep them but give them away. I’ve just finished « The sweet poison cook » and at the same time finally discovered Arto Paasilinna. A very entertaining read, a tale of great imagination and easy to read at the same time, subtly hilarious, unlike anything I’ve read before.
It is so important to read tales of imagination! I’m adding it to my list. Thank you!
I’m glad you are talking about books here :) and this is such a good book! One of my favourites, too. Truman Capotes « Short Stories » are another (and regular) source of inspiration – like a crisp, white shirt – they are simple, concise yet work always and everywhere, don’t think too little or too much of a person in white shirt/in his stories. This Rilke’s edition looks beautiful – could be used as a clutch as is – put your theatre tickets among the pages & credit card in a « library card » triangle pocket & you are set. Have a great day.
So well said! What could be better, and more refreshing, than a crip, white shirt? And I love your idea to use the edition as a clutch! I just might… And I miss library cards! Thank you for your comment. It made me smile – twice.
Looks like a really lovely book. I love anything like this x
It seems like a good book to read!
I love that you chose this book and have read it a number of times! A fabulous series of philosophical essays, really. As a poetry publisher, of course it is one of my favourites too. I always turn again to the poetry of Elizabeth Bishop, one if the greats.
I haven’t read any Elizabeth Bishop! Where do you recommend I start?
I always re-read Anna Gavalda’s books. (She’s French!).
The Great Gatsby.
Jaan Kross (Estonian writer).
Some of my all-time favorites, and some new suggestions too! Thank you.
I also love Anna Gavalda! -and Arto Paasilinna and Daniel Glattauer’s first book
I think that this book maybe beautiful. To me the book that I read over and over and over again is the FOUR AGREEMENT.
Thank you for the suggestion! I can’t wait to read it.
My favourite i will read all the time is any of Albert Camus essays, they are dreamy..
I’ve been meaning to read Albert Camus forever… Thank you for reminding me – I need to bump him up my list!
I suggest « The Mastery of Love » by Don Miguel Ruiz (also the author of « The Four Agreements »). He makes some good points. One of my all-time favorite books, though, is « Jane Eyre. »
What a beautiful edition! I’ve read it already three times and you made me want to start the fourth right away :)
Other books I always go back to are ‘Siddharta’ by Hermann Hesse and ‘Love in the times of cholera’ by Gabriel García Márquez. True wisdom.
This is: « pour écrire un seul vers de Rilke » by Laurent Terzieff (Was a beautiful and amazing theatre actor).
Thanks for the post Marina! very inspiring.
I remember borrowing this book from friends and reading in by the river during my year in Taiwan. Excellent and valuable book with a lot of insights. I need to revisit it :-) The other one was Kafka’s ‘Metamorphosis’ – also highly recommended.
although I started out as a reader/writer, I don’t think I have particular books I reread. I do consider all of my authors to be my mentors and distant relatives though.
I like to reread fairy tales (like Grimms) and folk tales to remind myself of the importance of stories. I like to watch Ingmar Bergman’s Fanny and Alexander (film) b/c I like its sense of story, play, fantasy, and metaphysical elements.
for being patient w/ myself. I try to think about this TED talk by Alain de Botton. https://www.ted.com/talks/alain_de_botton_a_kinder_gentler_philosophy_of_success?language=en
more to the original question, probably some of the most beautiful words I have read come from the book, Patti Smith Complete: Lyrics, Reflections, and Notes for the Future. the funny thing is that I don’t really bond to her style of music but reading her lyrics and poetry is something else.
WOw how cool is the design of that book!
Hi Marina! Sorry I didn’t respond sooner: E Bishop’s Geography III is the book to start with!
C’est un des livres que je veux lire depuis longtemps !!!! C’est clairement L’élégance du hérisson de Muriel Barbery le livre qui m’a le plus marqué voire changé ma manière de voir la vie (le film est excellent aussi !) !
Thank you for this brilliant recommendation. I’ve loved reading every word of it! So beautiful and inspiring. I can highly recommend Just Kids by Patti Smith, which is an amazing and poetically written book. Also, the ‘Diary of Anais Nin’ is so beautiful and interesting to read’.’Art and Fear’ by David Bayles is another favourite for different reasons. ‘Naked at the Feast’ which is a great biography on Josephine Baker and ‘Daybook’ by Anne Truitt, which is one of a series of beautifully written journals of an artist. These have been some of my favourite books this year. Have you read any of them?
I have read Just Kids by Patti Smith. she is a sensitive writer and her relationship with Mapplethorpe is so interesting.
coincidentally there have been Mapplethorpe photo exhibits locally since I read the book and so it is interesting to see his work in the light of his « portrait » in the book.
I just finished Peggy Guggenheim: The shock of the modern, by Francine Prose. though this is not a book I reread but it reminded me a of a different post about reading more books.
it was a fascinating read about a woman who lived in a very modern fashion. and though I don’t think she was admirable in everything she did, she also really created a legacy of art in her modern collection. there are some things I can really admire in her business acumen and really kind of helping to shape the direction of an art period. but there are also personal qualities and relationships that can make you grieve in your heart for her. the book definitely makes me want to visit her collection in Venice!


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|Has any one ever read Fargo Rock City by Chuck Klosterman? It's a great book about 80s metal. I'd recommend it to any and every metal fan who hasn't read it. I loved it.|
|I picked it up for cheap at my local Borders and read about 40 pages. Good stuff indeed, but I was also in the middle of SLASH which was due back at the library and never got back to it. Guess I gotta get back to it. Never enough time for all my planned reading. |
The SLASH bio is fucking awesome by the way.
And the newish Zeppelin book When Giants Walked The Earth is great too. Much better than Hammer of the Gods.


The History of Tea in Japan Posted on 6 Oct 22:19 , 0 comments
The oldest reliable record of tea drinking in Japan can be found in the "Nihon Kouki'' (one of the six classical Japanese history texts).
One passage describes how the Buddhist monk Eichu offers tea to the Saga emperor on the 22nd of April 815. At the time, tea was a very rare delicacy.
It then got more widely spread during the Kamakura period (1185 - 1333 CE) when Yosai, a Buddhist monk also known for having started the Rinzai Sect, brought back tea to Japan from Sung dynasty China.
The tea drunk at the time was close in resemblance to today's Matcha.
Sencha came into being during the Edo period and within time it spread to the common people as well.


In this episode, Diane Lorenzetti, Methods Hub lead for Knowledge Synthesis, differentiates between systematic and scoping reviews, and describes the processes, challenges, and benefits of conducting a scoping review.
Release Date: November 26, 2015
Duration : 19:27
Diane Lorenzetti is a Research Librarian with the Institute of Health Economics (Edmonton) and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the University of Calgary’s Department of Community Health Sciences.
Her expertise lies in the practice and teaching of systematic reviews and scoping reviews. Since 2006, she has been a Co-Representative of the University of Calgary Canadian Cochrane Centre Regional Site. Through this role, she provides support and training to researchers undertaking systematic reviews for the Cochrane Collaboration.
- Arksey H, O’Malley L. Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework. Int J Social Research Methodology 2005 8;1:19-32. doi: 10.1080/1364557032000119616
- Colquhoun HL, Levac D, O’Brien KK, Straus S, Tricco AC, Perrier L, Kastner M, Moher D. Scoping reviews: time for clarity in definition, methods, and reporting. J Clin Epidemiol.2014 Dec;67(12):1291-4. doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2014.03.013
- Levac D, Colquhoun H, O’Brien KK. Scoping studies: advancing the methodology. Implement Sci. 2010 Sep 20;5:69. doi: 10.1186/1748-5908-5-69
- Pare G, Trudel M-C, Jaana M, Kitsiou S. Synthesizing information systems knowledge: a typology of literature reviews. Information & Management 2015; 52: 183-99. doi: 10.1016/j.im.2014.08.008


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Our biography of Everest mountaineer George Mallory, The Wildest Dream, won the Boardman Tasker prize for mountain writing in 2000.
Our book won some impressive testimonials.
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Our book 'Collar the Lot', published in 1980, revealed the untold WW2 story of how Britain interned the refugees who had sought sanctuary from Hitler. Nearly 30,000 were locked up and several thousand were deported - a policy that ended in tragedy when the Arandora Star was torpedoed and almost a thousand internees were drowned. As well as uncovering new and illuminating documents in the official archives, we interviewed former internees in Britain, the US and Australia.
We again won some wonderful reviews. The pick of the bunch was from the eminent historian A.J.P. Taylor, who wrote in the Observer: "Peter and Leni Gillman have done a fine job in breaking through the clouds of official concealment...The personal narratives are staggering in their impact."
Our biography of David Bowie, Alias David Bowie, was published in 1986. It was the first full portrayal of an enigmatic and elusive rock star, peering through the myths and stories that overlay his early career to arrive at the truth. The book courted controversy by linking Bowie's multiple role-playing and his explorations of insanity to his family history and the fate of his half-brother Terry, the inspiration for Bowie's compelling song The Bewlay Brothers. Bowie did not cooperate with the writing of the book and was angered by its central theme. It has been widely cited in subsequent Bowie biographies.
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“In the beginning was the Word. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. All things were made through Him, and apart from Him nothing was made that has come into being. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overpowered it.”
This is how the Gospel according to John begins. John is unique among the Gospels. Matthew and Luke begin with the story of the Birth of Jesus, and Mark begins with the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. But John chooses to begin by addressing Jesus’ fundamental nature. We know the identity of the Word from the 14th verse of the same Gospel: “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
The power of what John accomplishes here cannot be understated. By emphasizing Jesus’ nature of God, John sets the tone for the rest of his Gospel: one of power, one of love, and one of hope. Hope that there is redemption, and hope that no matter how dark the world appears, the Light shall continue to shine, and the darkness shall not overpower Him!
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If I Live To Be 100
I was given as a gift an incredible book, If I Live To Be 100, Lessons from the Centenarians by Neeah Ellis, by my friend, Stephanie at Mosak Advertising & Insights http://www.mosak.com/mosak/ . In the work that I do, I've had the joy of capturing the LifeStories of two centenarians; one was a lady in El Paso who was 103, the other a lady in Austin who was 100. This book does a great job of not only telling some of the stories of this incredible group of people, but also gives you an insight of what it's like on the interviewer's side of the microphone (and what a joy it is!). I remember hearing on NPR (National Public Radio) a clip of one of the ladies Neeah interviewed. The 100+ year old giggled as she described one of the secrets to her healthy long life. She said, a bit timid and embarrassed by the answer to come, "Early in the morning, if the weather is good enough, I walk outside my cabin to the lagoon go skinny dipping." Neeah then asked, "Aren't you worried that someone will see you?" She answered, still giggling, "At my age, I don't think anyone would want to."
You will learn from this book the joys and struggles of living so long. After reading it, I look forward to living to be a healthy, happy, and a bit fiesty 100+ year old guy. I hope you enjoy the book as much as I have.


Wheel of the Year A3 Gold Print
The Wheel of The Year is a representation of the eight Pagan Holidays or Wiccan Sabbats. They are to honour and celebrate the seasons and cycles of life. The holidays or Sabbats are representations of the start of each season and mid way points between them. They are split up evenly throughout the year.
The calendar includes each season symbols and dates as well as the zodiac signs and their celebrating dates.
Southern Hemisphere includes : most of South America, one-third of Africa, all of Antarctica, a small sliver of Asia (parts of Indonesia) and all of Australia/Oceania. The Southern Hemisphere version has all the solstices and seasons inverted.
Yule - Winter Equinox - (Dec 20-23) Yule is held during the winter equinox, when our days become shorter. It is the time in which last preparations are made for the coming cold months. It is also a time to remind oneself of the warmth and life giving source of the Sun or fire.
Imbolc - Candlemas Brigid (Feb.2nd) Imbolc translated literally means "in the belly" in Gaelic. It is called this because it is when the sheep first began to give milk again, signifying they were pregnant. Maidens and the Goddess Bridgid are honoured on this holiday as they represent fertility.
Ostara - Spring Equinox (March 19-22) Our days are becoming warmer and longer. Fertility is abound and is represented with the hare and eggs, origins of some Easter traditions come from this holiday.
Beltane - Festival of Fire, Mayday (May 1st) Beltane is the halfway point between Spring and Summer. A time to give gratitude and thanks to the fertility of spring, festivities start on the eve of May 1st. Beltane is also considered a time when the veil between worlds is thin as with Samhain therefore a magical and powerful time.
Litha - Summer Solstice (June 19th-23rd) Litha is a celebration of the longest day of the year. It is also a time when engagements are announced and continued blessings for a full, abundant crop in the coming harvest.
Lughnasadh - First Harvest (August 1st) The midway point between summer and autumn it is the first harvest of grains and fruits. It celebrates the new harvest of breads and fresh fruits, gives gratitude for it and is also the time when many would become married.
Mabon - Autumn Equinox (Sept. 21-24) Mabon is the arrival of autumn and with it the reaping of the harvest. It celebrates the abundance, the fruit of the labor put in through out year and signals preparations for the winter soon to come.
Samhain - Witches New Year (Oct. 31st/Nov. 1) It is believed to be a very magical time as the veil between the world of the living and the dead is thin. It is on this eve in which one honors their passed family, friends and familiars but also the beginning of the new seasonal year.
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Avian Studios, with the help of Dr. Scott Echols (Captive Foraging) and Dr. Brian Speer (Birds For Dummies and The Large Macaws), has just released the Expert Companion Bird Care Series: Volume I.
The first of its kind DVD was created and taught by leading avian veterinarians and bird care specialists. Topics include bird identification, housing, nutrition, toxins, identifying general illness and finding an avian veterinarian.
This 88 minute DVD is the first in a series of videos to be released over the next 2-3 years.
The DVD is designed as a reliable resource on avian care for pet bird owners, bird breeders and a great resource that pet stores can offer their bird-owning clients.
For more information, go to www.AvianStudios.com.
“I have viewed this DVD twice and each time I have learned something important. As a person who has spent the last 30 years working with parrots, who has attended many conferences and seminars and read a lot of books on avian topics, I think this DVD has a great deal to offer pet bird owners, bird breeders and pet store staffers. I highly recommend this DVD for every person who owns birds. It is a great resource.”
– Laurella Desborough
This 8 1/2 x 11 book has a lot of wonderful photos, detailed information on eclectus subspecies and detailed information on the diet and care of eclectus parrots. Written by long time Australian bird breeder, Graham Taylor, this book is a must have for all eclectus parrot owners. It includes chapter on companion eclectus care by L. Desborough.
A digital revised version was released in 2015, and can be purchased here: Eclectus Parrots, by Graham Taylor
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Everything you wanted to know to help you get started training your parrot is captured in this video of one of Barbara Heidenreich’s world renowned Parrot Training Workshops. Barbara is famous for her entertaining and enthusiastic presentation style. But her true gift is her kind and gentle approach to animal training. You will learn how to train your parrot, read his body language, solve behavior problems and watch Barbara demonstrate these techniques with parrots she is meeting for the first time. Most of all you will learn how to have a great relationship with your bird based on trust. Discover how these training methods can help you have a fun, well behaved and interactive companion parrot. Good Bird Inc


A Knickerbocker Glory is a tall ice cream sundae with lots of diverse ingredients; such as cake, fruit, cookies, nuts, gelatin, sauces, fruit curds, compotes, meringues, ice creams, and flavored whipped creams. It is a classic British dessert that probably had its start in the United States around 1915, before moving across the pond, according to Matthew Robinson, the author of Knickerbocker Glory: A Chef’s Guide to Innovation in the Kitchen and Beyond. Matthew’s book pairs his interest in the food industry with his experience as a scientist, spokesperson, and a product developer.
The basic Knickerbocker Glory recipe is here, as well as about 30 other distinctive recipes; like…
Pumpkin Spice- Crushed Gingersnaps, Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream, Spice Cake, Pumpkin Meringues
Bonkers for Bananas- Almond Toffee Ice Cream, Rum Raisin Cake, Banana Compote, Banana Ice Cream, and Maple Sour Cream
Black and Tan- Guinness Ice Cream-yum, Gingerbread, and Candied Ginger
Mocha Java- Espresso Ice Cream, Chocolate Cake, Chocolate Pirouette Cookies, Mocha Whipped Cream, and Chocolate Covered Coffee Beans
This is not merely a cookbook, though, as Matthew Robinson’s goal is to assist you in unleashing your creativity. Whether you are the type of person who reads and follows a recipe to the letter, or you are the type of person that prefers to add your own twist to the recipe as you go along, this book will assist you in preparing a luscious dessert that has a big “wow moment”. Matthew starts with a basic recipe, provides many versions to peak your interest, and explains the basic innovation process, which is not limited to making a dessert.
The 6 step process of innovation can also be used in your daily life to meet your personal needs; to solve problems, create new opportunities, and achieve your own ”wow moment”.
- State-What are you trying to accomplish?
- Stimulate-Important facts and information
- Formulate-Organizing the facts into opportunity areas
- Ideate-Putting ideas on paper
- Create-Bring ideas to life, turning ideas into real products
- Iterate-Perfecting the products
The book reads like a science journal, cookbook, and self-help guide all rolled in to one. It is very interesting, and the recipes look delicious. You get the feeling as you read the book that your brain is expanding while you are absorbing the words on the page. It’s easy to look at pictures and become inspired about what to make for dinner, but this book gives you the tools to get your creative juices flowing, inspiring you to go into the kitchen and bring your own ideas to life. I made the Citrus Explosion Knickerbocker Glory for Mark and he loved it. Enjoy!
Recipe and photos are here.
Citrus Explosion is courtesy of
Knickerbocker Glory: A Chef’s Guide to Innovation in the Kitchen and Beyond by Matthew Robinson
Published by The Culinary Exchange, LLC. 539 E. 4th St. Waverly, Ohio 45690 http://www.theculinaryexchange.net/index.php


To celebrate World Book Day, we asked the Nexus team for their must-read business books.
With loads to choose from we’ve whittled it down to this shortlist:
- Effective Succession Planning
- The Chimp Paradox
- How to Win Friends and Influence People
- Invisible Women
- Eat That Frog!
- Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0
Check out the list below:
Book: Effective Succession Planning by William J. Rothwell
Recommended by: Gareth Scargill
“This book is invaluable for business leaders serious about the most valuable resource they possess – their people.
I’ve found it particularly useful when assessing work requirements, and its helped me to develop structures that enable business growth.”
Book: The Chimp Paradox by Professor Steve Peters
Recommended by: Lorraine Devaney
“I found this one super helpful in my personal development. The brain can be devious, and it helped me to not overthink things.”
Book: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Recommended by: Barry Singleton
“This book was first published in 1936 but it’s still the bible for creating meaningful relationships almost 100 years later.”
Book: Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracey
Recommended by: Naat Ka Hui
“This one is really about time-management. It helps you to understand what’s most important in your daily work and zoom in on that. I always try to eat the ugliest frog at the start of every day!”
Book: Beyond Entrepreneurship 2.0 by Jim Collins
Recommended by: Martin Stow
“The thing I love about this book is that it summarises Jim Collins’ work really well. It’s got everything you need to know about creating a good strategy and how you can capitalise on it.”
And finally… it doesn’t always have to be a book.


Situated in the heart of The Montessori School’s main building, the MSSA is a learning resource center that instills a love of reading and independent research skills among all members of the community.
The program seeks to ensure that all students are independent, productive users of the library’s resources, which are collected, designed, and formatted to support the classroom curriculum. A collection of more than 13,000 books, DVDs, CDs, periodicals, and electronic media is varied, age appropriate, and high quality.
The library has a ratio of 40 items per student (1.75 times more than the Texas “Exemplary” requirement), and the average collection age is less than 17 years old. Book lists provided include selections from the Newbery Medal, Caldecott Medal, Coretta Scott King Awards, Texas Bluebonnet Award, and Texas Lone Star list.
The MSSA library hosts a variety of events and opportunities, including:
• Author, storyteller, and illustrator visits
• The Geography Man
• MSSA Multicultural Fair
• Earth Day Celebration
• Texas Bluebonnet Reading Program
• Classics Reading Program (Newbery and Caldecott books)
• Readers’ Theatre
• Pumpkin Patch Poetry and Picnic Poetry
• 25 Cent Book Buy
• Scholastic Book Fairs
Primary students mainly focus on learning basic vocabulary: days of the week, colors, numbers, animals, food, clothing, parts of the body, school, and family, as well as learning how to respond to greetings and other simple questions. They learn how to follow simple commands in Spanish. Much of their learning is achieved through songs presented in the class.
Lower Elementary students continue learning various basic vocabulary in addition to the vocabulary pertaining to what they are learning in their classrooms. This creates a correlation between Spanish class and their regular classroom. Lower Elementary students learn how to distinguish feminine and masculine nouns and the articles that correspond to the nouns. They are able to recognize words in Spanish and write simple sentences in first person. In addition, they begin to practice conversational Spanish, and are presented with cultural studies of the Latin American/Hispanic culture.
Upper Elementary students improve their listening skills by listening to and understanding Spanish dialogues. We cover topics such as greeting people, learning about someone new, and telling what one likes or dislikes. Students practice reading and pronunciation by reading small dialogues out loud and creating skits to present to the class. At this level students learn verb conjugation in preparation for middle school. Students also research Hispanic countries and cultures.
Middle School students complete the equivalent of a high school Spanish I class. For practical conversational skills, students concentrate on vocabulary and information needed to travel to a Spanish speaking country, including everyday greetings and responses and how to give and ask for directions. For written content, reading comprehension and sentence formation are the main points of emphasis.
At the core of music education is the Kodály philosophy, which encourages good vocal tone production and teaches musical literacy (reading and notating music rhythms and notes) through traditional folk songs and well-composed music. Music literacy teaching begins with a very young child and continues through Middle School.
Students participate in singing, music games, rhymes and speech exercises, movement, and folk dances, and are eventually led to rhythmic and melodic improvisation and composition. The Orff instruments become an extension of the singing voice and are used to enhance the student’s musical experience. Our Middle School music program offers the choice between brass ensemble and vocal ensemble with a focus on performance. Our brass ensemble includes the choice of studying trumpet, trombone, French horn, or euphonium.
All students meet with a music specialist on a regular basis each week and have performance opportunities during the school year. Music studies and activities also take place within the Montessori classroom environment and are supported by the classroom teacher.
The Montessori School’s music program features opportunities for students to perform in our school choirs, Singers (Lower Elementary) and Chamber Singers (Upper Elementary and Middle School). One of the after-school activities is a handchime group, Chimers (Upper Elementary and Middle School). Our performing groups give concerts at school and throughout the community.
The art program at MSSA strives to instill creativity as a foundation in problem solving for each student. Utilizing the elements and principles of art, students are able to practice and utilize different art methods in all disciplines of education.
Each grade level attends a scheduled weekly class where they are exposed to a variety of media, history, and techniques. Students strive to show craftsmanship and ownership in their artwork.
When time allows, students can also attend open studio where they may work on a current class project, an art project, or an independent lesson of their choice. Open studio provides the students at MSSA with a unique opportunity for exploration and the freedom to make their own creative choices.
The Montessori School’s athletic program gives each child the opportunity to experience individual accomplishment, teamwork, and the value of sportsmanship.
Supported by a solid core of motor skills, techniques, and coordination training, each child engages in a wide array of games and activities and pursues his/her specific interests and talents. As students explore their potential, the athletic staff instills in them high standards for personal wellness and provides them a supportive venue for athletic trials and successes.
As part of the Independent School Athletic League (ISAL), MSSA offers team soccer, track and field, tennis, volleyball, and basketball for girls and boys at the Middle School levels. After-school soccer, golf, tennis, jump rope, and sports clubs for younger ages are also available.


In 1966, the American conceptual artist Dan Graham published a short article, “The Artist as Bookmaker: The Book as Object,”
In 1966, the American conceptual artist Dan Graham published a short article, “The Artist as Bookmaker: The Book as Object,”
In 1966, the American conceptual artist Dan Graham published a short article, “The Artist as Bookmaker: The Book as Object,” in which he described an imaginary book, Le Livre. Originally dreamt up by the 19th century poet Stéphane Mallarmé, it was a three-dimensional book with a set of mobile sections contained in boxes. Instead of being read privately by individuals, the book would be performed aloud collectively. Le Livre was never realized in Mallarmé’s lifetime, but Graham, who was then primarily a poet, publishing in experimental little magazines such as Extensions and 0 To 9, came across Mallarmé’s posthumously published notes about it in the avant-garde music journal Die Riehe.As Graham explained:
The linear book’s ‘time’ is enclosed, whereas Mallarmé’s ‘Book’ exists in a moment-to-moment specificity, its duration being formally identified with the constituent group of ‘readers’ whose presence literally informs it. Unlike the old book, the reader does not work his way progressively through in one direction.
Graham was not alone in his fascination with the possibilities of the book as a new kind of object and social space in the 1960s. At a time when Marshall McLuhan was hailing the end of print, Roland Barthes was declaring the death of the author, and the countercultures—including the civil rights, anti-war, gay rights, feminist, new communalist, and environmental movements—were launching widespread social revolution, the book was ripe to be reinvented as realm of radical, utopian promise. Printed publications were no longer just places to record and store texts and images, but spatio-temporal entities in their own right, with the potential for actions, events, and relationships.
The following year, Graham had the opportunity to put some of these ideas into practice in an issue of Aspen magazine, an unbound periodical that included posters and booklets, Super 8 films, Flexi-disc records, and various kinds of artists’ projects contained in a small, laminated cardboard box. Issue 5+6, a special double issue, was dedicated to Mallarmé. Contained in a square, white box, it evoked the proverbial white cube, and functioned as a miniature traveling gallery space with contributions by artists and writers including Sol LeWitt, Marcel Duchamp, John Cage, Robert Morris, William Burroughs, and Robert Rauschenberg, among others. However, rather than cloistering art away from everyday life, Aspen released it back into the world, prompting a distinctly temporal and participatory experience. For example, Cage contributed “Fontana Mix,” an interactive score, and Tony Smith created a dollhouse-sized cardboard sculpture that could be cut out and pasted together by the reader.
Graham’s own contribution to Aspen 5+6 was a conceptual do-it-yourself poem, “Schema,” which consisted of a generic list of variables—such as “(number of) adjectives,” “(type of) paper stock,” “(name of) typeface”—which were to be completed by the editor or reader. Like Mallarmé’s own site-specific poem, “Un Coup de Dés Jamais N'Abolira Le Hasard,” 1897, Schema relied upon the materiality of the printed page: each time it was published, the piece was modified, registering the graphic design and typography of the specific publication in which it appeared—adopting the stark modern style of sans serif, for example, or the bureaucratic, old-fashioned look of Courier. To “read” the poem is to be momentarily distracted from the meaning of words and instead become captivated by the shapes of letters and numbers, and even by the texture and pliability of the page on which they are printed. In addition to foregrounding the materiality of the page, however, Schema called attention to its distinct temporality and transience—the fact that periodicals are linked to a specific window of time, after which they are relegated to the status of back issues. This limited duration was, according to Graham, key to Schema’s critical function. As he explained, “[the work] subverts value. Beyond its appearance in print or present currency, Schema is disposable, with no dependence on material (commodity), it subverts the gallery (economic system).”
Schema was just one of numerous examples in which artists created works of art expressly for the printed page. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, publishing became an important new medium and distribution form—one that promised to circumvent traditional exhibition venues and reach new audiences. The disposability and seriality of magazines and newspapers dovetailed with the aesthetic concerns of Minimalism and Conceptual artists, who were abandoning canvases and pedestals in favor of ephemeral, process-oriented works. Graham went on to produce several such works, including his well-known “Homes For America,” (1966-67), an article he wrote about suburban tract housing developments, which in its tone and terminology uncannily mimicked the way art critics were discussing Minimalist sculpture at the time. Appearing in the now-defunct periodical Arts Magazine, it masqueraded as an ordinary article, which was part of its effectiveness since it allowed Graham to infiltrate the magazine and catch the reader off guard. Likewise, Mel Bochner and Robert Smithson published “Domain of the Great Bear,” (1965), a campy essay about the Hayden Planetarium embedded with found publicity materials, in an art magazine called Art Voices.
Artists also published works in other kinds of publications, including fashion magazines and underground newspapers. Graham published his work Figurative, a reproduced shopping receipt, in the March 1968 issue of Harper’s Bazaar, where it was serendipitously sandwiched between ads for Tampax and Warners bras, inflecting its meaning with a gendered double entendre. Moreover, artists began to tap into advertising space itself, in order to circulate their ideas under the radar of editorial oversight. For example, Graham’s project Detumescence, (1966), based around a clinical description of the post-coital state of the human male, took the form of advertisements placed in Screw, the New York Review of Sex, and National Tattler. Likewise, the conceptual artist Joseph Kosuth took out ads in newspapers and periodicals, including the New York Times, Artforum, Museum News, and the Nation, as part of his Second Investigation (1968), in which he published excerpts from Roget’s Thesaurus. And the Brazilian artist Cildo Miereles used actual Coca-Cola bottles to circulate subversive anti-imperialist messages in his Insertions into Ideological Circuits, (1970).
Among the most elaborate and sustained uses of advertising space during this time was Adrian Piper’s Mythic Being project, for which she placed a series of seventeen advertisements in the Village Voice between 1973-1975. The ads chronicled a performance in which she adopted a macho African American persona and walked around the streets of New York in order to explore the stereotypes and subjectivities of race, gender, and class. However, Piper’s advertisements, which consisted of photographs of her dressed in drag, superimposed with thought bubbles of excerpts from her diary, not only documented her performance, but in some sense augmented it by extending the performance from the public space of the city into the communicative space of the media, where a much larger pool of viewers/readers might have the opportunity to encounter it.
While such practices had a pragmatic, even entrepreneurial, aspect, allowing artists to garner publicity, and reach larger audiences, they also had an antagonistic dimension. Taking out paid advertisements was a way for artists to commandeer media space and repurpose it for their own interests, which often involved challenging the dominant institutional and economic conditions of art. Tucked away among the usual run of articles and advertisements, these stealthy interventions by artists were tactical: they exploited commercial publicity, and used it against the grain. The irony of utilizing mainstream advertising space for anti-establishment ambitions was not lost on these artists. Indeed, the ambivalence of these practices and the contradictions they sustained was central to their effectiveness as works of art, and remains one of their most fascinating qualities.
Artists’ publication projects from the 1960s and 1970s anticipate more recent appropriation and détournement practices by artists such as Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Keith Haring, Group Material, Gran Fury, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, and Alfredo Jaar, to name but a few. Displayed on billboards, LED displays, t-shirts, shopping bags, and posters, these “interventions” are by turns activist and agitprop-oriented, or poignant and personal. Certainly, as communication technologies and historical conditions have changed, the meaning of such practices has evolved.Yet, the past can shed important light on the possibilities of this work today.
Indeed, as far back as the 19th century, Mallarmé himself was presciently attuned to the then-novel possibilities of commercial media such as posters and newspapers, which he called an “electrifying accomplishment.” Comparing headlines and advertisements to poetry and collage, he observed that, among other things, the oversized, sectioned format of the newspaper changed the role of the reader. With their random juxtapositions of different kinds of information, newspapers encouraged readers to devise alternative and idiosyncratic ways of filtering meaning, as they scanned or perused the page. Mallarmé’s Book was in fact inspired by these new possibilities. He insisted that books be “restored to the people” and described that ways in which Le Livre would empower readers to participate in the meaning of the text and establish their “right” to circulate it.
As Graham recognized, Mallarmé located the emancipatory potential of printed matter in its conditions of circulation and distribution, and ultimately, in the indeterminate possibilities of its readership. Graham himself conceived of the publication not so much as an object or final product, but as an intermediary—a broker between the reader and the world, connecting the two, however temporarily. He imagined a publication that might foster these possibilities, and encouraged artists to collaborate with corporations to create ads/artworks whose meaning would be “immediate, topical and more or less short-lived,” and which would “[point] directly to the outside world—to products to be played (maybe records) and services to be rendered.” What began as an experience on the page would thus necessarily extend beyond it, activating future meanings and experiences—moments that can never be fully predicted, contained, or controlled.
 Dan Graham, “The Artist as Bookmaker II: The Book as Object,” Arts Magazine 41, no. 8 (Summer 1967): 23, quoted in Gwen Allen, Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art (Cambridge and London: MIT Press, 2011), 53.
 For an account of the artistic and political significance of artists’ publications, see Gwen Allen, Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art. For an excellent account of the role of publications in the counterculture, see Geoff Kaplan, Power to the People: The Graphic Design of the Radical Press and the Rise of the Counter-Culture, 1964-1974 (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2013).
 For a more detailed history of Aspen, see my chapter “The Magazine as a Medium: Aspen, 1965-1971” in Artists’ Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art.
 Dan Graham, “Other Observations,” in Marianne Brouwer, ed., Dan Graham: Works 1965–2000 (Düsseldorf: Richter Verlag, 2001), 97, quoted in Allen, Artists’ Magazines.
 For an excellent account of Adrian Piper’s Mythic Being series, see Cherise Smith, Enacting Others: Politics of Identity in Eleanor Antin, Nikki S. Lee, Adrian Piper, and Anna Deveare Smith (Durham: Duke University Press, 2011).
 For a discussion of artists’ publication interventions and advertisements see “Chapter 1: This is Not To Be Looked At: Artforum in the 1960s and 1970s” in Allen, Artists’ Magazines.
 Stéphane Mallarmé, quoted in Anna Arnar, The Book as Instrument: Stéphane Mallarmé, the Artists’ Book, and the Transformation of Print Culture. (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011), 50.
 For an excellent account of Mallarmé’s interest in mass media see Arnar, The Book as Instrument.
 Stéphane Mallarmé, quoted in Arnar, The Book as Instrument, 5; 7.
 Dan Graham, editorial statement for Aspen 8, 1970-71, quoted in Gwen Allen, Artists’ Magazines, 66.
Gwen Allen is an Associate Professor at San Francisco State University, where she specializes in contemporary art, criticism and visual culture. She writes for publications including Artforum, Bookforum, Art Journal, and East of Bourneo. She is the author of Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art (MIT Press, 2011)
We were very inspired by Gwen's research regarding Dan Graham's work in the 60's, as well as his interest in Mallarme's work. In fact, the title of this publication, Moment to Moment, comes out of Gwen's research. We felt that this publication could not exist without some sort of historical context, and so we commissioned Gwen to write an essay on Dan Graham's work in the world of advertising spaces.


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Turkish Journal of Business Ethics is an international scientific journal for the publication of research and studies covering all aspects of business ethics and related issues. The journal’s goal is to aid and facilitate both international and interdisciplinary scientific communication, to strengthen the links between scientific research and management policy in Turkey, and to stimulate and enhance the quality of debate. Representing an interdisciplinary forum for the exchange of recent data and expert opinions, it reflects the importance of a comprehensive approach to the business ethics in Turkey.
Turkish Journal of Business Ethics is the official, peer-reviewed, international journal of Turkish Entrepreneurship and Business Ethics Association (IGIAD).
Turkish Journal of Business Ethics publishes peer-reviewed research reports on business ethics, bringing together research conducted within a variety of different disciplines. Articles include theoretical, philosophical, and political essays; research papers; research on ethical behaviors, case reports, and historical research related to any business ethics issues. In addition to original research, the journal features both articles and book reviews.
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Monday, July 16, 5:30 pm, Harkins 109
Evening in Friartown,
There is a tour at 5:30; classroom presentation at 6:00; dinner with current students & alums at 6:30.
Tuesday, August 28, 5:30 – 6:45 pm. Harkins 109
New Student Orientation
Orientation is for new SCE students their program in the fall
More details to come this summer
September 8, 12:00 -2:00 pm
Annual BBQ for SCE students, alums, staff & faculty
Monday, February 26, 5:45 – 6:45 pm, Office of Academic Services collaborative classroom, Library 223. RSVP by February 23.
Finding Your Focus: Building a Plan to Guide Your Writing
Often the most challenging part of the writing process is getting started. In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies that can help you overcome initial anxieties and “find your focus” to begin writing with confidence. Note: Please bring a writing assignment to the workshop!
Tuesday, February 27, 6:00-7:00 pm, Ruane 242. RSVP by February 22.
Author Talk: Jeffrey Ahern, author of Sons of Hope
The author graduated from ROTC and earned his MA in History at PC. His book describes his service as an infantry platoon leader and what life was like for a frontline soldier during Operation Iraqi Freedom III and IV.
Tuesday, March 20, 5:45 – 6:45 pm, location TBD
Internships for SCE Students
Learn more about the benefits of completing an internship for academic credit and how to begin searching for one. Two SCE students who have completed an internship will share their experiences.
Monday, April 16, 5:45 – 6:45 pm, Ruane 141.
Book discussion—The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
This year’s Reading Across Rhode Island selection
A thought-provoking, novel about what prejudice looks like in the 21st century. 16 year-old Starr lives in two worlds: the poor neighborhood where she was born and raised and her private high school in the suburbs. The uneasy balance between them is shattered when Starr is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend.
May 17, 2018
Graduation & Recognition Dinner
December, 2017 and May, 2018 graduates are invited to attend a special celebration to honor SCE graduates and their achievements
New Student Tour of Campus
An SCE student will lead new and prospective SCE students on a tour of the campus
New Student Orientation
Orientation is for new SCE students starting their program in the summer


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I pirated the book.


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Introduction to Hermeneutics (How to Interpret the Bible) (registration closed)
This course is basic training in learning to understand and use the Bible in Christian ministry. The course includes the study of the principles for interpreting the Bible and hands-on practice in applying them.
- Date & Time: August 19-20 | FRIDAY 6PM-9PM & SATURDAY 9AM-4PM
- Register by August 8.
- Textbook: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth (Fee) (buy it here or borrow it from Zlibrary here) ISBN: 9780310517825
Christ in the Synoptic Gospels (REgistration Closed)
This course consists of a study of the life and teachings of Christ as presented in the gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Attention will be given to the historical, secular context in which He lived in order to assist in understanding the events of His life and teachings.
- Date & Time: August 30, September 6, 13, 20 | 6:00pm-9:00pm on Tuesday Nights
- Register by August 19.
- Textbook: Jesus through Middle Eastern Eyes (Bailey) (buy it here or borrow from Zlibrary here) ISBN 978-0281059751
This course involves a practical, hands-on consideration of some of the basic components of a minister’s life. Included is a look at the call to and gifting for ministry, financial and legal aspects of being a minister, weddings, funerals, hospital visits, and the minister’s devotional life. Included also is a discussion of ministerial accountability.
- Date & Time: October 7 6:00pm-9:00pm & October 8, 9:00am – 4:00pm
- Register by September 26.
- Textbook: Leading the Congregation: Caring for Yourself While Serving the People, Revised Edition (Heuser) (buy it here or borrow from Zlibrary here) ISBN 978-1426711398
The Assemblies of God has emphasized the importance of its doctrine as essential for a basis of unity since its adoption in 1916 as a response to theological issues that arose in the newly formed fellowship. This course will study the “Statement of Fundamental Truths” of the Assemblies of God, their biblical basis, and their application to the lives of believers.
- Date & Time: November 8, 15, 22, 29 | 6:00pm-9:00pm on Tuesday Nights
- Register by October 28.
- Textbook: Bible Doctrines: A Pentecostal Perspective (Menzies) (buy it here) ISBN 978-1607313342
A Spirit-empowered church
To produce a spiritually, flourishing church requires a biblical, comprehensive, strategic plan empowered by the Spirit. This course looks at the strategic plan found in the Book of Acts chapter 2 and focuses on developing spirit-empowered disciples who will be involved with the five essential functions of a church as found there: connect, grow, serve, go and worship.
- Date & Time: December 16-17 | Friday 6pm-9pm & Saturday 9am-4pm
- Register by December 5.
- Textbook: A Spirit-Empowered Church( Alton) (buy it here or borrow from Zlibrary here) ISBN 978-1681540016
Questions? Contact Pastor Joy at jhunt [at] socalschoolofministry [dot] org.


Mary Magdalene is Sophia is the Goddess
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While The Da Vinci Code is, on its face, about Mary Magdalene, and Daughter of God is about Sophia, a number of books that are listed by Dan Brown's site (http://www.danbrown.com/novels/davinci_code/faqs.html) as part of his bibliography establish clearly that Mary Magdalene is Sophia is the Goddess.
Two of those books, The Woman, With The Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalene and the Holy Grail, and The Goddess in the Gospels: Reclaiming the Sacred Feminine by author Margaret Starbird, deal with this in detail.
For example, "[T]here can not be the least doubt that the Mary Called the Magdalene was the Goddess hidden from the very beginning of the Christian Gospels." (Goddess in the Gospels, p. 141).
Another book by Starbird, clearly establishes that Mary Magdalene the Goddess is also Sophia."In long-standing tradition, it was she [Mary the Magdalene], understood by early Gnostics as an incarnation of Sophia, ...." (Magdalene's Lost Legacy, p. 125)
And in yet a fourth book, Starbird writes, " Among the Gnostic Christians of the first three centuries of the Christian era, it was Mary Magdalene who was honored as the incarnation of the 'Sophia'."(The Feminine Face of Christianity, p. 116)
Starbird's assertions that Gnostics and others believe that Mary is Sophia is the Goddess are born out by both web and library searches. A few include:
Brown relied very, very heavily on Starbird's works, so closely that it would not be surprising to find plagiarism there as well.
Finally, Brown writes: "The Priory of Sion, to this day, still worships Mary Magdalene as the Goddess, the Holy Grail, the Rose, and the Divine Mother." (DVC:Ch60)
In Daughter of God, my choice of Sophia as a representative of the Goddess was taken from was take from studying The Nag Hammadi Library in English by James M. Robinson, a work also listed in Brown's bibliography. Given the extensive discussions throughout my book, there can be no other conclusion but that I am equating the Goddess and Sophia.
I also relied upon The Gnostic Gospels by Elaine pagels. Unlike Starbird and others, Pagels is widely acknowledged for the intellectual rigor of her scholarly writing and research.


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Hi, friends! Recently I said goodbye to the town I lived in for the past year, McAllen, Texas. My favorite thing about McAllen was its fabulous library, as well as the friends I made there.
I had the good fortune of being part of the McAllen Public Library Writing Circle, a writing group that meets monthly at the library. An anthology they just published features three new poems and one new story from me, as well as work from other great authors, on the theme of “echoes.”
My story, “What Spawned the Sequel,” is about a rejected werewolf actress who dreams of giving a speech at the Oscars. Her dream comes true, but not in quite the way she hoped. My three poems in the anthology range in scope from national political catastrophes to a casual chat in a coffee shop.
You can access the Echoes anthology for FREE here: https://mplwritingcircle.files.wordpress.com/2020/01/echoes-anthology-1.pdf You can also buy or borrow paperbacks at the McAllen Public Library, where you can check out Beyond Acacia Ridge too!


By Shelley R. Tapp, Ph.D., Barbara E. Hightower, LaVelle H. Mills, Ph.D., SPHR, and R. Nicholas Gerlich, Ph.D.
Shelley R. Tapp, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Marketing at West Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. in Marketing from Indiana University. Barbara E. Hightower is the Information Literacy Librarian at Alabama State University. She received her M.S.L.S. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. LaVelle H. Mills, Ph.D., SPHR, is a Professor of Management at West Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. in Human Resource Management from the University of North Texas. R. Nicholas Gerlich is an Associate Professor of Marketing at West Texas A&M University. He received his Ph.D. from Indiana University.
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While the Internet offers many facilities for enriching the marketing classroom, it also facilitates plagiarism among students. However, there are now various for fee and for free services on the Internet that help the college professor detect the copy and paste scholar. This article discusses the extent of plagiarism on the college campus and introduces the reader to available plagiarism detection services.
Controlling plagiarism begins with the design of the syllabus. Syllabi should include two elements: a discussion of proper citation styles and situations which require citation of sources, and a discussion of academic dishonesty and the procedures and penalties for dealing with instances of such behavior. Even students who know that material quoted from published sources must be cited may not know (1) that paraphrased material must be cited, (2) that information on the Internet must be cited properly, and (3) that there are different citation forms for Internet materials as opposed to paper publications, i.e. books, journals, magazines, and newspapers (Johnson 2002; and Landis 2002). Indeed journals or magazines cited from versions found on various article databases must indicate that the information was taken from the database, and not the original, version of the cited material. It has been the authors' experience, as well, that students often believe that the inclusion of a bibliography is sufficient citation of sources used in an assignment, and have no knowledge that proper credit must be given within the text of the paper, as well as in the bibliography or reference list (McCloskey 2002).
The professor's syllabus must be an educational device that alerts students to these fallacies. So, if a professor desires to assign researched papers, cases or other types of exercises, an extended section in the syllabus on when to cite sources and how to do so properly is necessary (Landis 2002). An alternative is to direct students to various web sites or to a web site maintained by the professor that describes these issues in greater detail than may be possible in the confines of a syllabus. Figure one presents several useful sites that define and illustrate plagiarism issues for students.
The syllabus should also include the university's policies and procedures for evaluating alleged instances of plagiarism and potential penalties. For example, in the authors' university the student handbook and the faculty handbook both describe a process in which the professor reports the violation to his or her department head in writing with a recommendation of penalty (or penalties) to be imposed. However, it is the department head who makes the decision and conducts any necessary hearings. The department head's recommendation is forwarded to his or her Dean. The instructor is directed to give the student a chance to explain his or her side of the incident, but the department head is primarily responsible for arranging for official hearings and deciding penalties. The Dean may or may not arrange hearings for appealed decisions at his or her discretion. This may not the represent the process at all universities and a professor should be aware of the correct procedures to follow at his or her university (West Texas A&M University Code of Student Life 2003; Faculty Handbook 2003). It may even help to impress upon the student the severity of the infraction to include information on the procedures in the syllabus.
Obviously, most professors would choose to avoid such potentially litigious procedures, if possible. Thoughtful selection of assigned exercises offers the best opportunity to do so. While term papers assigned at the beginning and due near the end of the semester are very popular assignments, even in business schools, they offer not only great opportunities for plagiarism, but also great temptations to students to plagiarize. If a professor desires to use the term paper assignment, there are strategies for minimizing the student's opportunity to plagiarize. First, consider how topics are chosen or assigned for the papers. Allowing students to choose their own topics allows great latitude for purchasing papers from paper mills. An instructor should consider assigning topics or providing a list of topics from which students may choose. The professor then has the opportunity to provide slants in the topic descriptions that make available commercial papers less useful to the students.
Even assignments to research particular companies provide ample opportunities for students to copy and paste from annual reports and company web sites. To assist in detecting such plagiarism, the instructor should assign particular companies. He or she can then establish files on these companies containing recent annual reports and printed copies of web sites, or can acquire such materials if plagiarism is suspected. Also, it is recommended to require students to submit intermediary assignments at specified times during the semester. For example, topics can be chosen and registered with the professor by the third week of class, an initial bibliography of specified length by the sixth week, a preliminary outline, or draft, by the ninth week, and the final paper at the end of the semester. The professor, or an assistant, will still have to use the detection procedures discussed earlier to attempt to identify those students using papers from mills or lifted from online sources. But, this approach to term papers forces students to begin their projects earlier and reduces the temptation to cheat that procrastination encourages and it allows the professor to take an early read on potential plagiarism problems (Clayton 1997; Johnson 2002; and Meltz 2002).
Book reports also allow great scope for plagiarism for reasons outlined in our earlier paper. Students have submitted reports plagiarized from reader opinions available online at amazon.com and other online book retailers. To help prevent the problem, assigning a paper in which the student must compare and contrast two books on the same subject makes it less likely that the student will be able to find a full-blown paper ready-made on the Internet. The professor still needs to be alert to imported sections from published reviews of both books. However, our earlier paper that discussed detection strategies covered procedures for searching amazon.com and other search engines that regularly cover printed book reviews. Even case analyses offer potential for Internet plagiarism. First, the commercial paper houses can, and do, offer case analyses as well as reports on companies that students can buy and download. Again, materials in databases from trade and scholarly journals and from online sources of annual reports provide ample opportunities for the copy and paste scholar. Here the authors suggest that the professor consider more focused use of case assignments. For example, a professor could require students to answer a very specific question that requires students to perform some activity such as a critical events timetable or quantitative analysis routine. The absence of the requested activity will alert the professor to possible plagiarism. In particular, professors should consider changing key data in the case and asking students to perform specific analyses on the data as distributed by the professor. The professor could use the same technique as with book reports by asking students to compare and contrast companies described in two cases to illustrate key concepts of theory discussed in the course: i.e., the impact of internal environment on strategic decisions, poor branding decisions versus good branding decisions, poor new product development procedures versus an example of excellent new product development. Finally, the professor could ask the students to use the case as a starting point and update the information on companies whose identities are revealed in the case. However, these last two alternatives still offer the enterprising, but less than honest, student the opportunity to import published materials into selected parts of the report.
One last type of assignment deserves mention. In many classes, it is possible to ask students to develop a resource book. One of the authors used this assignment very effectively in a class on marketing strategy for nonprofit organizations. She devised five problems that any nonprofit organization might have and asked the students to find ten alternative and feasible solutions to the problem. For example, one of the problems concerned the need to raise $100,000. Students were asked to choose a particular type of organization and maintain that organization for all five problems. They were encouraged to interview professionals in organizations similar to their chosen organization and to use published reports of similar activities by nonprofits seeking to solve similar problems. From the outset, therefore, the students know that they are expected to generate the ideas from sources that need recognition. Also, since this assignment is intended to be a resource, or idea, book, students were only required to list their solutions in bullet points or short paragraphs, which the instructor hoped would decrease the temptation to copy-and-paste among the students. Finally, the five problems were scheduled for submission to the instructor at five different points in the session. The instructor hoped this would preclude some of the incentive that procrastination gives to the desperate student. It also allowed the professor an early check on the possibility of plagiarism by students in the class. However, even this type of assignment is subject to the same types of plagiarism as annotated bibliographies. While this author did not detect any serious problems in this class, she remains ready to attempt detection measures should she be suspicious of student efforts in the future.
Prevention of plagiarism involves planning by the professor. Beginning with the design of the syllabus, the professor can alert students to the seriousness of the problem and educate them as to acceptable citation practice. However, the selection and design of assignments can also assist the professor to minimize the incidence of plagiarism.


This 28th October is 152nd Birth Anniversary of Sister Nivedita. She was born on 28th October 1867.
Where is she from?
She is from Ireland, her name was Margaret Elizabeth Noble. Her father Samuel passed away, after a few days of birth. She was engaged to a Welsh youth, but tragically, before their marriage, he passed away.
She loved India. Though she was from an Orthodox Christian family, she liked Hindu / Sanathana Dharma. From her childhood, she used to read the Bible. After some time she reached India and started following Swami Vivekananda and she was very close to Sarada Devi, wife of Sri Rama Krishna Paramahamsa.
She met Vivekananda and was influenced by his speech. She changed her name from Margaret to Nivedhitha with the approval of Swami Vivekananda. She later reached India.
Her Services to India:
She served India. India was looked down by the Europeans in those days. We were under colonial rule. There were acute discrimination and Indians were dark in colour, so we were discriminated. But, in contrast, she liked India and the Indian religion. Hinduism. She reached India and associated with Rama Krishan Mission. She started serving poor people.
School for girls: She started a special school for girls in those days. The society discriminated women in those days. On 13 November 1898, the Holy Mother Sarada Devi came to open Nivedita’s newly founded school. She was so delighted. Mother Sarada was so close to her. She raised funds and began schools.
Her service in the Plague epidemic: Plague is a dangerous decease. There was no proper medication for it. At that epidemic time, she served the people who suffered from the plague. Her services were godly. She wrote the preventive methods and brought awareness to the public. She inspected different people and volunteers as well. She became a sister to all, from that, moment.
Cultivation of Indian culture: She took an active interest in promoting Indian history, culture, and science. She actively encouraged Dr Jagadish Chandra Bose, the Indian scientist and philosopher to pursue original scientific research and helped him financially as well in getting due recognition when he was faced with an indifferent attitude of the British Government.
Bose, whom she called “khoka” or the “little one” in Bengali, and his wife Abala Bose, were in very close terms with her. Keeping in view Nivedita’s contribution to the scientific research work of Jagadish Chandra, Rabindranath Tagore said: “In the day of his success, Jagadish gained an invaluable energizer and helper in Sister Nivedita, and in any record of his life’s work her name must be given a place of honour.” Her identity as both a westerner by birth and a disciple of Swami Vivekananda enabled her to do several things that might have been difficult for Indians. For example, she promoted pan-Indian nationalism.
She was involved in National movements. She was born as a European but, she adapted to the Indian supreme thoughts and great culture of India. She praised and admired the works of Rishis. She called India as second to none. Her commendable services are still remembered by the Indians.
She died on 13th October 1911, just a few days before her birthday. She was 43 when she died. She passed at Roy Villa, Darjeeling. Her tomb is in Darjeeling near Railway station on the way to Victoria Falls. On the epitaph, it is written, “Here lies Sister Nivedita who gave her all to India”
Vivekananda wrote about her in a poem:
The mother’s heart, the hero’s will
The sweetness of the southern breeze,
The sacred charm and strength that dwells,
On Aryan altars, flaming, free;
All these be yours and many more
No ancient soul could dream before-
Be thou to India’s future son
The mistress, servant, a friend in one


There are a number of Guidelines that are of relevance to diagnosis here in Australia:
1. 2002 RACP CFS Guidelines - Loblay et al., 'RACP Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Practice Guidelines' Medical Journal of Australia 2002; 176 (Supplemental): S17-S56.
NOTE: This Guidelines is heavily out of date and has not been reviewed. The treatment options and information within the document have limited utility and are for the most, substantially out of date. These are useful for their description of Total and Permanent Disability. These guidelines utilise the 1994 Fukuda et al Criteria for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.
2. 2003 Canadian Guidelines - Carruthers, et al., 'Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Clinical Case Working Definition, Diagnostic and Treatment Guidelines A Consensus Document' Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 2003; 11(1): 7 - 115.
NOTE 1: This is the most comprehensive guideline that is currently available.
NOTE 2: The summary document is Carruthers, B.M. and van de Sande, M.I., 'Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Clinical Case Definition and Guidelines for Medical Practitioners, An Overview of the Canadian Consensus Document' 2005 Carruthers B.M. and van de Sande M.I.
There are a number of other guidelines that are of assistance to practitioners:
1. 2011 International Consensus Criteria - Carruthers, et al., 'Myalgic encephalomyelitis: International Consensus Criteria' Journal of International Medicine, 2011; 270: 327-338, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02428.x.
NOTE 1: This document is an attempt to define ME and is a comprehensive analysis of the research developments up until 2011. This criteria has not found acceptance yet, but is arguably a good quality complement to the 2003 document.
2. 2011 Nightingale Research Foundation Definition of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (M.E.) - 2011 definition.
NOTE 1: This is a definition of ME only. It is not a definition of ME/CFS or CFS,
3. Pediatric Case Definition - Jason, et al., 'A Pediatric Case Definition for Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome' Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2006; 13(2/3): 1-44.
4. Guidelines for Psychiatrists - Stein, E., 'Assessment and Treatment of Patients with ME/CFS: Clinical Guidelines for Psychiatrists', (2005).


Volume 9, 2021 – 2022
Table of Contents
RESEARCH PAPER: Prominent careers and Irish screen policy
RUTH BARTON & DENIS MURPHY
p. 4 – 42
Drawing on detailed data-driven research, this study examines career construction in the Irish screen industries, and the implications for policy makers.
Key words: screen policy; creative workers
POLICY REVIEW: A policy review of Basic Income for the Arts Pilot Scheme
JOHN O’BRIEN & ANNETTE CLANCY
p. 43 – 57
This review article analyses the Basic Income for the Arts in Ireland scheme, addressing it within the context of wider cultural policies on the arts and universal basic income schemes.
Key words: Basic income for the arts; Universal basic income; welfare; cultural and creative industries
POLICY REVIEW: A policy review of Strategy 2022 – 2025, Culture Ireland
p. 58 – 69
A review of Culture Ireland’s new strategy (Strategy 2022-2025) as a culturally and politically strategic document
Key words: Culture Ireland strategy, soft power, Irish cultural policy
POLICY REVIEW: A policy review of The Art of Recovery – Survive: Stabilise: Strengthen. The Report of the Culture, Arts and Heritage Recovery Taskforce, Northern Ireland Executive. August 2021
p. 70 – 80
Focusing on a report published by the Department for Communities (DfC) in the Northern Ireland Executive and the recently established Culture, Arts and Heritage Recovery Taskforce, this paper employs a narrative policy analysis methodology to trace the different and often competing stories which underpin the report.
Key words: Department for Communities, Northern Ireland Executive; Narrative Policy Analysis; Covid-19; Cultural Recovery
PERSPECTIVES IN PRACTICE: Artist-led spaces during regeneration – an interview with Niamh Brown, co-director of Ormston House
p. 81 – 97
In this interview for Perspectives on Practice, Niamh Brown, curator at Ormston House, speaks to Ashling McGrory about the journey behind establishing Ormston House as a long-term, artist-led arts space in the heart of Limerick City. The discussion explores the importance of Ormston House’s relationships with its programme participants, local creative communities, and wider audiences in securing a 30-year tenancy agreement with Limerick City and County Council. The interview highlights various opportunities and challenges Ormston House encountered in securing a space for culture during a period of economic regeneration.
Key words: Artist-led spaces; creative cities; cultural regeneration; precarious tenancy; local government partnerships
BOOK REVIEW: Culture is Bad for You: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries by Orian Brook, Dave O’Brien and Mark Taylor, Manchester University Press (2020)
p. 98 – 110
Culture is Bad for You: Inequality in the Cultural and Creative Industries investigates interconnected inequalities within the UK Creative and Cultural Industries (CCIs), producing a manifesto for change as well as valuable scholarship countering the ‘celebratory discourse’ in relation to the CCIs over the past 25 years.
Key words: cultural labour; creative and cultural industries; inequality
BOOK REVIEW: The Politics and Polemics of Culture in Ireland, 1800–2010 by Pat Cooke(2022), Routledge
p. 111 – 117
Pat Cooke’s recent book is a wide-ranging survey of the discourse and development of cultural policy in Ireland over the past 200 years that highlights ‘Post-Colonial ironies’.
Key words: Cultural History; Arts Policy; Ireland; Post-colonialism
BOOK REVIEW: The Sociology of Arts and Markets: New Developments and Persistent Patterns eds. A. Glauser, P. Holder, T. Mazzurana, O. Moeschler, V. Rolle, and F. Schultheis (2020), Palgrave Macmillan
p. 118 – 127
Through empirical studies in various artistic, historical and spatial contexts, this volume justifies the market’s fundamental role in the autonomization of art. It also establishes the impact of social inequalities, power relationships, and opportunities for agency in the production, mediation, and consumption of art.
Key words: Renaissance; Art Market; Postcolonial Exclusion; Autonomisation of Art


About the Snowden Archive-in-a-box
In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked millions of documents providing proof of a global mass surveillance system that challenges legal and commonsense notions of borders. Over the past three years, archivists have assembled the documents as they have been published by newspapers and online publications. The Snowden Digital Surveillance Archive, built at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information and hosted by Canadian Journalists for Free Expression, was one of the first efforts to create a permanent archive of these documents.
The Snowden Archive-in-a-Box is an offline version of this archive. Running on a $50 RaspberryPi mini-computer, it is meant to be a secure research tool for students, academic researchers, activists and the general public. Archives-in-a-Box have been built for Cambridge University’s Ethics of Big Data Research Group and Ryerson University’s Centre for Free Expression. There are plans to install one in the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Library in 2018.
Dr. Evan Light conducts on-going research on his experiences traveling with the Snowden Archive-in-a-Box and will, for the first time, be doing a series of installations at American universities in 2018.
We are currently in the process of modernizing the Snowden Digital Surveillance Archive/Snowden Archive-in-a-Box. If you are interested in collaborating or deploying your own Archive-in-a-Box, please email email@example.com.