Saturday, March 8, 2014
The Boston Conservatory
Samantha Bassler, "John Dowland and Constructions of Melancholy as Disability in Early Modern England"
In the past, scholars of early modern England considered John Dowland's lute songs as seventeenth-century examples of religious melancholy and the cult of melancholia. Recent scholarship on melancholy and music in early modern England argues that cultural thinking about melancholy evolved significantly throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, calling for a nuanced view of the relationship between early modern conceptions of melancholy and Dowland's lute songs. As Eubanks Winkler has shown, the early modern English conception of melancholy is complex; often intertwined with theories about madness, gender, and the supernatural. To navigate these complexities, I utilize disability studies and investigate melancholy as a narrative prosthesis in Dowland's lute songs, demonstrating constructions of the (ab)normal in the society of early modern England. The resulting analysis underscores how the able-bodied, or non-melancholic, benefit from the disabled melancholic as a foil. This will be the first study to apply narrative prosthesis and disability studies to Dowland’s lute songs, and one of the first to investigate early modern English music and melancholia as a social construct of disability in this period.
Illuminating the relationship between music, impairment, gender, and (dis)ability in early modern culture, narrative prosthesis provides a social model for melancholy, abnormality, and disability in early modern England, with its conflation of melancholy with madness, gender, and the supernatural. I examine sources from late sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century England, including early modern discussions of melancholia in literature, musical editions and manuscripts, treatises, and editions of Dowland’s lute songs, in order to contextualize melancholia within this cultural milieu. By exploring the connections of melancholy with other early modern maladies, and analysis of Dowland’s lute songs as narrative prosthesis, I show that Dowland’s own identification with melancholy, as manifested in his songs, constructs (dis)ability in early modern England.
Elina Hamilton, "A Tale of Two Walters: A New Biography of Walter "of Odington""
Since Charles Burney made a detailed description of the early fourteenth-century De speculatione musicae in his A General History of Music (1776), the author of this great English treatise has been attributed to a certain “Walter Odington.” Subsequent investigations into his biography showed that he was not only a great authority on music, but also a master within the then scientific field of alchemy and author of the equally great alchemical treatise, Ycocedron. Such a remarkable mind was praised by the sixteenth and seventeenth-century scholars Leland, Bale, and Dugdale who, in their monastic histories of Britain lauded him as being one who devoted multiple hours to his academic endeavors.
The biography of Walter, as reported in musicological texts, however, is puzzling: he was said to be active at Oxford from 1298-1361 and called “Walter from Evesham Abbey.” Although records can confirm both scientific and mathematical activities for a Walter at Oxford, the 63-year span of scholarly activities seems improbable, even for a great and noble scholar.
Prompted by the recent discovery of a new source (London, British Library Add. 56486a) for the music treatise which had not yet been studied, I reexamined all sources that claimed to be works of Walter Odington. My work has revealed that rather than one supposed polyglot scholar, there were two authors, Walter of Evesham Abbey, the music theorist, and Walter of the similarly named “Eynsham” Abbey, both Benedictine institutions and equidistant from the village of Odington. This Doppelmeister revelation allows us to provide a more accurate context for the dating, authorship, readership, and circulation of De speculatione musicae.
Adriana Ponce, “Memory, Trace, and Expressiveness in Chopin’s Nocturnes”
The Nocturnes are prime examples of Chopin’s unique style except, perhaps, in terms of their large-scale form. But if their overall organization is not very innovative, some of their formal procedures at the phrase level are. This paper will consider two such procedures, which are particularly idiosyncratic and ground the pieces on romantic conceptions of memory.
The first procedure is clear in Op. 55, No.1, Op. 9, no. 2 and Op. 37, no. 1, and concerns the relationship between its two opening phrases. Following a strongly self-enclosed first phrase, the second one establishes an antithetical point in almost every sense, only to shed progressively its contrasting traits, adopt those of the former phrase, and eventually converge on it. Continuity is thus created gradually, almost retroactively, through the recollection of the former phrase’s musical-affective qualities in the context of new material, as memory bridges the gap between an event in the past and one running its own course. The second procedure concerns the return of a motive in the opening of Op. 32, No. 1. The motive is so distinct and affectively charged that, when it comes back in a different context, the listener recognizes it, without being able to recover its full identity. Thus, both recognizable and highly de-familiarized by the new surrounding, it triggers a strong fleeting memory, one to which we respond affectively but whose ultimate object eludes us.
The Nocturnes’ dreamy character has traditionally been associated with their lyrical, broad and free-flowing cantabile lines. My interpretation offers a new source for the sense of pathos that characterizes their openings: memory as the true Romantic toposmemory as trace, memory that transcends its object, memory mediated by the highly expressive quality of Chopin’s thematic material, which renders it profoundly powerful and, at times, hopelessly unrecoverable.
David Schulenberg, C.P.E. Bach and the Metaphorical Voice
The significance of this rethinking of Bach extends beyond his biography. Modern focus on instrumental music at Berlin has obscured the leading role there of Italian opera, which echoes in Bach’s sonatas and concertos of the 1740s. His famous Program Trio of 1749—a metaphorical dialog between two violins—is only the most explicit instance of musical “duologuing” in works of Bach, Graun, and others that imbue instrumental music with a newly intense rhetoric. Ironically, Bach’s actual vocal music proves less dramatic than his instrumental writing, and in the new genre of lyrical oratorio he replaced dialog with narration (as in revisions of the Auferstehung). This reflected general trends that made the metaphorical, sublimated drama and rhetoric of instrumental music more attractive to northern European listeners than the real thing until the end of the century.
Morgan Rich, “Adorno, Berg, and Composition with Twelve Tones: Rereading Adorno’s Philosophy of New Music”
Initial impressions of Theodor Adorno’s conception of composition with twelve tones are based on the seminal Philosophy of New Music, thus making Adorno a staunch defender of Arnold Schoenberg and his music. This book alone would justify the view of Schoenberg’s centrality in Adorno’s music criticism, articulated by scholars such as Max Paddison, Lydia Goehr, Richard Leppert, and Susan Buck-Morss. As a polemical, yet historicizing, account of “new music” it is based on Adorno’s own intimate understanding of the musical works and styles he critiques. But to evaluate Adorno’s seminal text, and concurrently his conception of composition with twelve-tones, solely on Schoenberg’s compositional models however, limits our understanding of Adorno. As a composer and critic, well-versed in modernist aesthetics, Adorno chose to study composition not with Schoenberg, but with Alban Berg. With Berg, Adorno learned twelve-tone techniques quite different from those conceived by Schoenberg, especially because Berg was himself indebted to his own student Fritz Klein. Adorno’s compositional techniques and philosophical concepts of twelve-tone music align more closely with those of Berg and Klein than Schoenberg.
Beginning with Adorno’s conception of composition with twelve-tones, from as early as 1925-1926, I argue that Adorno’s understanding of twelve-tone compositions, as based on practical engagement with Berg’s music evidenced in his own compositions and writings, complicates our understanding of Adorno’s position on this subject and needs to be reassessed. First, I demonstrate that Adorno’s conceptions for the possibilities of twelve-tone compositions are strongly informed by Berg’s version of the technique. Second, by analyzing Adorno’s Philosophy of New Music in light of the Berg and Berg’s music we will see that Adorno’s view of twelve-tone composition allows for more nuance and play with compositional materials than previously understood. Throughout his study with Berg, which, I argue, greatly informed the Philosophy of New Music, Adorno concurrently worked out ideas for the book, but also a concept of negative dialectics as a way to understand twelve-tone composition and progress. Adorno found musical elements in Alban Berg’s works that helped him codify his thoughts for Philosophy of New Music and, eventually, Negative Dialectics.
Beth Abbate, “Esoteric Origins: Theosophical Images and Influences in Webern’s Op. 29”
By December 2, 1939, Webern was able to write to Hildegard Jone that the work which had begun in July 1938 as a “symphonic cycle for solo, chorus and orchestra” had become a three-movement “’Cantata.’” Seemingly he had followed his compositional habit of creating two or more very individual pieces from a shared twelve-tone matrix, then superimposing a unifying interpretation on the whole. The text of each movement is drawn from a different poem of Jone: the text of the second movement—composed first—describes the cyclical life of the maple tree, the brief text of the first depicts the lightning strike of the creative life-force “from the cloud of the Word,” and the text of the third refers to the no longer perceptible music of Apollo and his Graces. Yet, in his letter to Jone, Webern suggested that, for him, the images from all three texts were related: “Aren’t the ‘little wings’ and ‘Lightning and thunder’ answering the questions posed in the ‘Chariten’ verses…? Aren’t they saying what is implied by the latter, by the ‘sound’, the ‘word’, the ‘seal of the spectrum’?” In fact, upon closer examination, it becomes clear that all three texts combine or “syncretize” elements from three different philosophical viewpoints. Goethe’s theory of metamorphosis—central to Webern’s compositional thinking—is combined with Ferdinand Ebner’s theology of “the Word” and, subtly but significantly, with a variety of ideas from the contemporary Theosophical movement—including the particularly prominent ideas of the final unity of all religions, and the goal of the perfecting of humankind.
In this paper I first point out the philosophical origins and intersections of each text, after which I consider how Webern’s musical choices—of rows, textures, and forms—both highlight meanings of the text and promote their philosophical assumptions. Particular attention is given to the final “Charis” section of the last movement, in which the rows, textures, and complex formal structure resolve themselves into a state of unity and “perfection.”
Navid Bargrizan, “A New Opera Concept: An Identity Quest Mediated by Digital Media and Microtones in Manfred Stahnke’s Orpheus Kristall”
In his 2001 opera Orpheus Kristall, Manfred Stahnke presents an autistic Orpheus bewildered and lost within the complexity of a multimedia environment. This Orpheus, struggling with his own thoughts, seeks the truth amid his immediate world and its extension through the Internet. While reacting to the incoming sounds originating from the network, he attempts to express his memories of a traumatic event: the “[loss of] his Eurydice”. The sudden emergence of three imaginary Eurydice characters causes the hallucinating Orpheus to gradually get to know (to find) himself after having lost his sense of self-identity in the media-world. In this pioneer work, Stahnke extends the borders of live music on stage with the integration of the vast external world through the Internet as part of the performance medium, to comment on the foundation of our existence. Most important, Stahnke uses concepts of Differenztonharmonic (Difference tone harmony) as well as micro-glissando, which characterize Orpheus Kristall’s tone system, to establish the Orpheus’ inner-battle within his extended technological world. As I argue in this paper, the intricate structure of this opera, with its allegorical meanings, was only possible through Stanhke’s innovative approaches to microtonality.
On the basis of interviews I conducted with Manfred Stahnke in 2011, as well as his own article “Anmerkungen zur Orpheus”, where he explains much of his compositional procedures, I explore the allegorical representation of key contemporary existential issues within Orpheus Kristall, especially the correlation between Orpheus’ inner-battle and the non-fixed, fluid horizon of the endless tones in Stanhke’s microtonal system. Orpheus’ attempt to overcome the cold “kristall” (crystal) in his corrupted, non-functioning surroundings, I argue, is analogous to the composer’s desire to break through the limited scope of equal temperament. Through analysis of its musical, philosophical, and mythological dimensions, I demonstrate that Orpheus Kristall is a successful example of a twenty-first century multimedia art piece that draws upon mythology in order to address complex questions related to cultural and personal identity, while shedding light on the subtle amalgamation of the mythology, technology, and microtonality.


We believe that UVa Library should immediately close all Library buildings both to the public and to workers and staff. It must do this in order to ensure the safety of all workers and users. The Library can follow the example of MIT, CUNY, and other universities in relying on virtual services, which it is well-equipped to do, during the duration of the pandemic. Physically reopening libraries prior to the availability of a vaccine creates a false sense of safety and that things are close to “normal,” but the costs are too great to bear.
UVa Library workers perform important functions for the university, but are not sacrificial workers. UVa Library staff are trained experts in helping meet users’ information needs. They are not trained in sanitizing or disinfecting materials and spaces. Library workers should not face the avoidable risks of confronting unmasked users to enforce safety regulations during a misguided attempt to reopen public spaces. The “paging and pickup” system a.k.a. “library takeout” is preferable to opening spaces, but presents its own problems. It requires library workers to physically report to work, even after a staffer contracted COVID-19 this summer. That positive case created a ripple effect of quarantining co-workers and a “deep cleaning” of the workspace. A new REALM study result showed that coronavirus can live on common library materials for up to six days.
Library workers showed incredible flexibility in accommodating the administration’s decision to reopen two libraries, but should not be forced to sacrifice their health and well-being during this pandemic. The chronically understaffed library already lost more positions due to the hiring freeze, so there is plenty of work for all employees to perform as part of the Library’s mission to support research, teaching, learning, and service across the University. Library workers have spent decades curating digital collections, online resources, and establishing virtual reference services that should be relied upon in order to keep each other safe and until a vaccine is widely available. UVA treats library workers differently in terms of employment status and job security, and these inequities are highlighted by their parallel in terms of which staff have been asked to work on grounds during the pandemic. We refuse to give into these divisions or leave any of our coworkers behind. To do right by our whole community, those in Library contract, temporary, and student roles must have their contracts extended and be allowed to continue to work remotely.
We recognize that many other members of the University community are affected by the closure of library spaces and limited access to physical materials despite the best efforts of library workers to provide electronic alternatives. Some of those affected, such as graduate students, are already vulnerable due to the precarious nature of their positions in the university. Therefore, we call on the University administration to enact measures that alleviate the pressure on the Library to open and provide access to physical materials, such as extending funding and completion timelines for graduate students.


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Configuring JCE Profiles
This video shows you how to configure JCE Profiles on Joomla 3.2 to make the editing toolbar much simpler - whether you're editing from the front or backend, and making copy & paste from MS Word much easier.
Adding Content and Basic Formatting with JCE
This video shows you how to type in content and carry out some basic formatting options like using H1 to H6 tags (Headings), paragraphs, bold and italic, ordered and unordered lists, blockquotes, superscript and subscript and using the character map to put in copyright and trademark symbols. It also shows you how to copy & paste successfully from MS Word.
Inserting Images with JCE
Sizing and optimising images and uploading them into the Media Manager, then inserting them into your Joomla articles. Using the Align option with margin and border and giving the image a suitable Alt text (alternate text description).
Inserting Tables Using JCE Content Editor in Joomla 3
This video was produced for St Lukes Primary School and shows how to insert tables into an article and use some of the Bootstrap styling to style the table. It also shows how to use the Module Manager to filter modules and unpublish a module from a specific page.
Setting Up Email Links in Joomla 3 using JCE
In this video I show you how to set up email links 3 ways; by typing an email address into the editor, by selecting some text and making it an email link and by selecting an image and making it an email link.
Inserting Links to External URLs using JCE in Joomla 3
In this video I show you how to make both text and images a link to another website and the difference between setting the target to "Open in new window" or "Open in current window".
Setting Up Links to Internal Pages using JCE on Joomla 3
In this video shows you how to set up internal links from a Joomla 3 article to another page on your Joomla 3 site.
Insert a Link to a Downloadable PDF in Joomla 3 using the JCE content editor
In this video I show you how to insert a link to a downloadable pdf file using the JCE content editor. I also show how you can use JCE to create a new folder in your Media Manager and upload your pdf directly into it whilst creating the link.


Stacking The Shelves is hosted at Tynga’s Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! I've had… Continue reading Stacking the Shelves
On the day Posy Love discovers that her born-again husband has been ministering to some of his flock a little too eagerly, she also learns that he’s left her broke and homeless. Posy married Chad five years ago in hopes of finding the stability her hippie mother couldn’t provide. Instead she got all the trappings… Continue reading #BookReview – Bless Her Heart by Sally Kilpatrick
Stacking The Shelves is hosted at Tynga’s Reviews and is all about sharing the books you are adding to your shelves, may it be physical or virtual. This means you can include books you buy in physical store or online, books you borrow from friends or the library, review books, gifts and of course ebooks! Last week I… Continue reading Stacking the Shelves
This post is inspired by Zuky and Janel! Every book blogger will have stories of when NetGalley declined their requests for books. It usually starts when you first join, especially if you are click happy with your mouse, like I was! After you've been a member for a while and your ratio improves, the declines… Continue reading When NetGalley says NO!
From Goodreads: How to be more -Audrey- -Beautifully designed gift book. -Highlights Audrey's personality and style through her best-known roles and films. -Seldom seen photos of this truly one-of-a-kind woman. Living Like Audrey is a captivating and insightful look at an iconic woman who was an inspiration to many and whose style, personality, and uniqueness… Continue reading #BookReview – Living Like Audrey by Victoria Loustalot
About the Book From Goodreads In this provocative tell-all, David Gushee gives an insider's look at the frictions and schisms of evangelical Christianity, based on his experiences that began with becoming a born-again Southern Baptist in 1978 to being kicked out of evangelicalism in 2014 for his stance on LGBT inclusion in the church. But… Continue reading #BookReview – Still Christian by David P. Gushee
So here are the books I'm planning to read during the challenge this month, a mixture of physical and ebooks. Fortunately 3 of them are also on my #20BooksofSummer list, a rather cunning plan don't you think? 😉


Genres: Contemporary, women's fiction
Format: Kindle, Paperback
When you least expect it, life can turn upside down! With a suitcase in each hand, Liza Murphy stares at the display window that touts Minnie’s Antique and Curiosity Shoppe. After growing up in the back of a secondhand store—where her graduation reception was advertised to the public, Liza swore she’d never return. But twenty-three-year-old Liza has lost all sense of direction after her divorce. Her mother, Minnie, a product of the hippie era, now resides in an antique store, her eccentricity known to all in the small Midwestern town. To Liza’s chagrin, she’s once again living in a store. When a toddler is abandoned among the antiques, Liza takes in the child she calls Sweetie, hoping the young woman who left her will return. Liza soon finds her priorities change. She falls in love with the child and refuses to report Sweetie to the authorities. When the young woman who abandoned the child returns a year later, Liza is forced to make a decision—give up Sweetie or go on the run.
Heartwarming, engaging and compelling!
Liza Murphy is excited to leave home and leave her eccentric dominating mother. Her mother owns and lives in her antique shop called Minnie’s Antique and Curiosity Shoppe. Liza moves to the city with determination to make it and never to return to the small town where she grew up. There she meets a man and falls in love and marries. But her marriage to cheating Taylor, doesn’t last long and Liza finds herself broke and busted. She is forced to move right back to where she started…Minnie’s Antique and Curiosity Shoppe. There Liza must face up to her past, learn to forgive and plan a new future.
But then a surprise comes knocking at her doorstep in the form of an abandoned toddler. Lisa takes it upon herself to become a mother to the child, for a while. After sometime, Liza falls in love with the child and on purpose fails to report the missing child to the authorities. After about a year, a young woman returns to claim her child. Liza, unwilling to give the child up, must make a decision whether to break the law and run for it, or turn the child over to the young woman. But it isn’t such an easy choice because she feels she must do what’s best for the child too. Liza feels she has a second chance with this young child. What will she do?
Lucinda Stein has written a beautiful story of one woman’s struggles in life, only to find that there is hope in having a good life no matter how unexpected. It’s a story of second chances and salvation.
Minnie’s Antique and Curiosity Shoppe by Lucinda Stein is a heartwarming story filled with many of life’s trials but also life’s celebrations. The storyline is definitely unique and different in such a good way. I couldn’t put it down and turned the pages quickly to find out what would happen next. There are many surprises that are unexpected, which keeps the reader’s interest peaked.
The eccentric characters have unique personalities and are extremely well developed. They are all well fleshed out and detailed. Readers will love the characters as there is much persona put into them. They are very relatable. Although, the plot is somewhat unexpected and different, it is very relatable and enjoyable. It is engaging, captivating and absorbing.
Lucinda Stein is a magnificent, superb writer with words that flow off the page. Minnie’s Antique and Curiosity Shoppe is a creative story and beautifully written. It is a real page turner and a book that I recommend to all women readers. It is very enjoyable, moving and touching. Readers will be cheering for Liza as she struggles to keep the toddler she calls “Sweetie.” You must pick up a copy of this book to find out what transpires and to find out if Liza gets to keep the child in the end. The ending is very good and satisfying, you won’t be let down.
Chick Lit Cafe gives Minnie’s Antique and Curiosity Shoppe a big 5 stars!
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The Theological college of the Catechetical School of Alexandria was re-established in 1893 as the Coptic Theological Seminary.
The contributions of the Coptic Church to Christendom are many. From the beginning, it played a central role in Christian theology – and especially to protect it from the Gnostics heresies. The Coptic Church produced thousands of texts, biblical and theological studies which are important resources for archeology. The Holy Bible was translated to the Coptic language in the second century. Hundreds of scribes used to write copies of the Bible and other liturgical and theological books. Now libraries, museums and universities throughout the world possess hundreds and thousands of Coptic manuscripts.
Although fully integrated into the body of the modern Egyptian nation, the Copts have survived as a strong religious entity who pride themselves on their contribution to the Christian world. The Coptic church regards itself as a strong defendant of Christian faith.
The Nicene Creed, which is recited in all churches throughout the world, has been authored by one of its favourite sons, St. Athanasius, the Pope of Alexandria for 46 years, from 327 A.D. to 373 A.D. This status is well deserved, after all, Egypt was the refuge that the Holy Family sought in its flight from Judea: “When he arose, he took the young Child and His mother by night and departed for Egypt, and was there until the death of Herod, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, “Out of Egypt I called My Son” [Mathew 2:12-23].
St. Athanasius The Apostolic Coptic Theological College, United Kingdom, was established in September 1997 by His Holiness Pope Shenouda III, the Dean of the college.


Most of us have heard about Mira Bai and her zenith of bhakti for the Bhagwan. There are numerous bhajans available.
The underlying philosophy of the approach she adopted can be summarized as – Ram Ratan dhan is above all the dhan (wealth). Here it is acknowledged that not everyone can transcend to that level immediately, but this can serve as an ideal path or a guiding force for thinking beyond materialistic gains (temporary) and achieving higher order gains (eternal).
Literature for further reading:
- Book – Mira Bai (Rajasthani Poetess) By Usha Nilsson (google book link)
- Mira Bai : Her Life And Times by Hermann Goetz (buy e-book on kindle)
The Devotional Poems of Mirabai by
Image credits: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/Meerabai_painting.jpg/363px-Meerabai_painting.jpg


Welcome to the Empire and Partition Heritage Trail – Westminster Edition
Step into an immersive journey to transport you through critical historical events in India and Britain from 1600 to 1972. As you explore various locations in London, you’ll unravel the intertwined history of trade, colonial India, its partition, and the lasting impact it has had on its people.
Discover influential figures, significant events, and key organisations that shaped a shared history between India and Britain. This trail promises a unique and educational experience and provides a deeper understanding of the connections between these two nations.
Let the Empire and Partition Heritage Trail – Westminster Edition begin!
The Digital Trail
For an even more in-depth exploration, delve into our digital heritage trail, which takes the journey across London!
It features enlightening essays by notable academics and community historians, offering a wealth of knowledge to enrich your journey through time and will leave you with a profound appreciation for the shared history of India and Britain.


In The Complete Guide to Option Strategies,author Mike Mullaney, an options expert, shares his insights in what is destined to become a classic among serious option traders. This comprehensive and informative guide covers hundreds of option strategies and is filled with in-depth insights and practical advice. It starts with the basics, moves up the educational ladder to the intermediate level, and then progresses to an advanced level. Mullaney describes the best limited-risk option-buying strategies and details how writing options can help you place the odds of success on your side. It provides you with the tools necessary to expand your horizons by profitably trading options on stocks, ETFs, indexes, and stock index futures.


The Library in Venice
The search for his father brings Indy to a beautiful library in the hearts of Venice. The Library in Venice scenes, from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, were filmed in a former Venician church which is now a museum. To find the exact filming location read on or click on the map pointer in the image section above.
Where did they film the “The Library in Venice” scenes?
The Campo San Barnaba is a city square in Dorsoduro which is one of 6 sestiere (area) of Venice, Italy. The square and the church of St. Barnaba (Chiesa di San Barnaba) were featured in the Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade movie as the square and as the exterior of the library in Venice. Chiesa di San Barnaba is a church build already in the ninth century. It had to be rebuilt in the 14th century because of a fire and reconstructed in 1776 to its present appearance. Today there is an exhibition of the machines in the church, invented by Leonardo da Vinci.
The most famous scene from Campo San Barnaba is when Indy and Elsa emerge from a manhole at the square, shocking the fine clientele sitting at the tables around. We found no evidence on how the manhole came there since it is not there anymore. However, some hints point out that the manhole might have been installed for the film only.
Hint: Click the map pointer icon in the image area at the top for the exact map location.
The scenes filmed at The Campo San Barnaba:
Indiana, Elsa, and Marcus are going to the library
Elsa Schneider (Alison Doody) brings Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) and Marcus Brody (Denholm Elliott) to a library in Venice. They will search for clues there about the disappearance of Indy’s father Henry Jones (Sean Connery).
Indiana and Elsa emerge from a manhole
In the middle of the square, there are people sitting at tables of a bar when in the middle of the tables a manhole cover suddenly moves. Indiana climbs out of the shaft and shocks the people sitting at the tables. Then he says “ah Venice” like he is enjoying the sightseeing and helps Elsa climbing out of the shaft. Meanwhile, there are men coming out of the Library wearing red fez hats. When the men detect Indiana and Elsa they start to chase them. The chase then continues at the docks.


Download Google Books Using Pseudocode: [EXCLUSIVE]
Download Google Books Using Pseudocode: A Practical Tutorial
Google Books is a service that allows you to browse, read, and download millions of books online. Some books are free, while others require payment or have restrictions on downloading. If you want to download Google Books for offline reading or backup, you may need to use some tools or methods to bypass the limitations. In this article, we will show you how to download Google Books using pseudocode, which is a simplified and informal way of describing an algorithm or a computer program.
Download google books Using Pseudocode:
Pseudocode is not a real programming language, but it uses the structural conventions and syntax of a programming language, such as variables, loops, conditions, and subroutines. It is intended for human reading rather than machine reading, and it can be easily translated into any programming language of your choice. Pseudocode is often used in textbooks and scientific publications to explain the logic and steps of an algorithm or a program. It is also useful for planning and sketching out the structure of a program before writing the actual code.
Steps to Download Google Books Using Pseudocode
To download Google Books using pseudocode, we will follow these steps:
Find the book ID of the Google Book you want to download.
Generate the URL of each page image of the book.
Download each page image and save it to a folder.
Convert the page images into a PDF file.
Step 1: Find the book ID of the Google Book
The book ID of a Google Book is a unique identifier that can be found in the URL of the books preview page. For example, if you want to download this book: Foundations of Algorithms Using C++ Pseudocode, you can see that its book ID is QrvsNy9paOYC. You can copy this book ID and store it in a variable called bookID.
bookID = QrvsNy9paOYC
Step 2: Generate the URL of each page image of the book
The URL of each page image of a Google Book follows a certain pattern that depends on the book ID, the page number, and some other parameters. For example, the URL of the first page image of the book we mentioned above is: https://books.google.com/books/content?id=QrvsNy9paOYC&pg=PP1&img=1&zoom=1&edge=curl&source=gbs_api. You can see that it contains the book ID (QrvsNy9paOYC), the page number (PP1), and some other parameters (img, zoom, edge, source). We can use these parameters to generate the URL of any page image of the book by changing the page number accordingly.
To do this, we need to know how many pages are in the book. We can find this information by looking at the table of contents or by searching for page in the preview page. For example, we can see that this book has 617 pages. We can store this number in a variable called totalPages.
totalPages = 617
Next, we need to loop through each page number from 1 to totalPages and generate the URL of each page image. We can use a variable called pageNumber to store the current page number and concatenate it with the book ID and other parameters to form the URL. We can store each URL in a list called pageURLs.
pageURLs = empty list
for pageNumber from 1 to totalPages
if pageNumber is 1
pageNumber = PP1
else if pageNumber is 2
pageNumber = PR4
pageNumber = PA + (pageNumber - 3)
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The images below show the text of a sermon delivered by the late Reverend Canon Ernest Marsh, then Vicar of St Lawrence as the first of a series in 1944. These sermons have kindly been made available by Canon Marsh's son. It might be good to put them in more readable transcript form in future, but Canon Marsh wrote very legibly and the following is worth a read! Canon Marsh - who led St Lawrence through the Second World War years - introduced, amongst other things, the 'English altar' still in constant use, and our English Hymnals. He was not one for altar bells but habitually wore a biretta. A little more biography will follow in future.


NEW! The Flying Sewing Machine Book by Nancy Zieman
There is a town nestled by the river not too far away,
Where magic happens in mid afternoon each and every day.
This place is much different from most cities or towns.
Besides the usual people and pets, sewing machines fly around!
At first glance this town called Sewland seems a normal place to gather.
There are stores, churches, and schools, so nothing seems to be the matter.
But at a quarter of two each day of the week,
The town takes a creative break to sew something neat.
You’ll need to read the book, to find out what happens next,
As we don’t want the blame for exposing the rest.
Nancy enjoyed sewing with her granddaughters so much, that she was inspired to write a children’s book with a sewing theme. Our friend Philip Ashby created the amazing illustrations. Nancy’s entertaining story about a fictional town named Sewland is showcased in The Flying Sewing Machine book, and is now available at Nancy’s Notions.
Watch I Sew For Fun on Sewing With Nancy online at NancyZieman.com.
Team Nancy Zieman
Nancy Zieman Productions. LLC.


RPC stands for Remote Procedure Call, and when the library raises
RPCError, it’s because you have invoked some of the API
methods incorrectly (wrong parameters, wrong permissions, or even
something went wrong on Telegram’s server). All the errors are
available in API Errors, but some examples are:
FloodWaitError(420), the same request was repeated many times. Must wait
.seconds(you can access this attribute). For example:
... from telethon import errors try: messages = await client.get_messages(chat) print(messages.text) except errors.FloodWaitError as e: print('Have to sleep', e.seconds, 'seconds') time.sleep(e.seconds)
SessionPasswordNeededError, if you have setup two-steps verification on Telegram.
CdnFileTamperedError, if the media you were trying to download from a CDN has been altered.
ChatAdminRequiredError, you don’t have permissions to perform said operation on a chat or channel. Try avoiding filters, i.e. when searching messages.
The generic classes for different error codes are:
InvalidDCError(303), the request must be repeated on another DC.
BadRequestError(400), the request contained errors.
UnauthorizedError(401), the user is not authorized yet.
ForbiddenError(403), privacy violation error.
NotFoundError(404), make sure you’re invoking
If the error is not recognised, it will only be an
You can refer to all errors from Python through the
module. If you don’t know what attributes they have, try printing their
Don’t spam. You won’t get
FloodWaitError or your account banned or
deleted if you use the library for legit use cases. Make cool tools.
Don’t spam! Nobody knows the exact limits for all requests since they
depend on a lot of factors, so don’t bother asking.
Still, if you do have a legit use case and still get those errors, the library will automatically sleep when they are smaller than 60 seconds by default. You can set different “auto-sleep” thresholds:
client.flood_sleep_threshold = 0 # Don't auto-sleep client.flood_sleep_threshold = 24 * 60 * 60 # Sleep always
You can also except it and act as you prefer:
from telethon.errors import FloodWaitError try: ... except FloodWaitError as e: print('Flood waited for', e.seconds) quit(1)
VoIP numbers are very limited, and some countries are more limited too.


One of the privileges of being Rector of Horsted Keynes has been involvement with St Giles rich history in partnership with Ann Govas, David & Sally Lamb, Hylda Rawlings, Caroline Rich (St Giles Archivist) and the late Bob Sellens. Highlights over my 8 years have been Ann Govas’s publications, the Macmillan evening (2012), Archbishop Robert Leighton commemoration (2015) and publication of my own History of St Giles Church, Horsted Keynes (2015).
On 1st December 2016 we packed the Giles Moore Room in the Martindale to engage there appropriately with our 44th Rector Giles Moore who served here 1655-1679. It was tremendous to have with us 98 year old Hylda Rawlings, founder and now President of Danehill Parish Historical Society. Hylda spoke both about Giles Moore and her close friend Ruth Bird (1899-1987) who edited his Journal for publication by Sussex Record Society in 1971. Previously part of Moore’s Day Book featured in Rector Frank Eardley’s parish history of 1939. It was Rector Mark Hill-Tout (1984-1989) who persuaded Ruth to make ‘a complete, correct and scholarly transcription of the Day Book’. To Ruth Bird’s sorrow and that of many other people a large chunk of the Day Book dealing with Moore’s visits to local farms was omitted in the published Journal. Though valuable as part of Horsted Keynes history it was deemed of less interest to general readers. Perhaps that omission will be remedied some time soon.
Of the Day Book former villager and Land of Hope and Glory author Arthur Benson writes: ‘There can be few volumes in England which give so minute an account of the life of a country parson in the seventeenth century…an interesting commentary on the conditions of social life then prevailing. The Rev. Giles (or Aegidius) was obviously a convinced Royalist, though, like the Vicar of Bray, he subordinated his principles to his livelihood. He was certainly a man of peace as we see him in his day-book, a considerable student, and interested in agricultural operations’.
Moore first preached in St Giles on 1st February 1655 a few years after the execution of King Charles 1 (1649) and lived through the Restoration of King Charles II (1660). His Royalist tendencies come out in Latin quotes in his Journal which he thought Cromwell’s men wouldn’t be able to read! He was married to Susan, formerly a widow. They had no children but took into their home Giles’ infant niece Martha nicknamed ‘Matt’ who often rode pillion behind him on his horse. It took three or four days to ride to London. Goods ordered there were delivered by Pony Pack to ‘The Red Lion’, Danehill now called ‘The White House’ on the east side of the A275 in the centre of Danehill Village. Hylda, who lives just down the road, pictured Rector Giles with Matt sitting behind him, riding down the steep hill to Danehill from Horsted Keynes to collect goods delivered from London at ‘The Red Lion’.
In my History of St Giles I provide this selection from the Day Book: ‘On 10th March 1658 Moore writes ‘dyed my servant John Dawes whom I buryed… next to the Ewe tree’. The funeral cost £2. Several yew trees remain in the churchyard today. On 7th February 1660, he records just less than £2 for his arrest of William Field and ‘carrying him to the Jayle’. On 3rd November 1660, following the Restoration of the Church of England he ‘bought at London a Common Prayer Booke’. On 14th May 1663, he paid about £2 at the Tiger in Lindfield ‘for a dinner for 12 persons’. On 21st April 1669, he bought ‘a Levitical sillke girdle’ and later pays 3s (15p) ‘for making a cassack’. On 24th July 1667, he bought a bible commentary, accounts of the burning of London and coronation of Pope Clement costing just over £1. ‘Winter 1674 was the Hedge adjoining to the Churchyard newly cut’ for 7s 6d or 37p. On 25th July 1679, he pays 6d (2p) ‘To Ned Waters for shaving my head’.
Moore’s Journal ends ‘would that I had kept a strict account of my daily shortcomings even as I kept an account of my expenses’. The parish register records, ‘Mr Giles Moore, minister of this parish, was buryed the 3d of October, 1679’. May he rest in the peace of Christ - with all my predecessors!


A library catalog system must be designed to store and maintain data on books in a library. The system must be able to track titles, authors, ISBNs, publishers, subjects, and publication dates.
The solution provided is a good start, but it is missing a few key details. For example, it does not specify what data type each field should be, which is important for database design. Additionally, it does not provide any example queries that could be used to retrieve data from the database, which would be helpful in understanding how the database could be used in practice. Overall, the solution is a good start, but it needs more detail to be truly complete.
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One of the most popular books. Sometimes called the Pipefitter's Bible. Many fitters say that if they could have just one book on the job this would be the "one". Mr. W.V. Graves was a pipe fitting instructor at Lee College in Baytown, TX. He wrote two books and one of them has been translated into Spanish. A102—The Pipe Fitters Blue Book is A123—Manual de Plomeria (El Libro Azul). His second book is A112—Pipe Fabricators Blue Book. A102 is a lighter blue than A112 and covers mostly the use of fittings while A112, the darker blue book, works mostly with fabricating turns and intersections cut from the pipe itself.


Next annual conference:
International Conference on the Book
Welcome to the website of the Eighth International Conference on the Book. In 2010, the Conference is to be held at the University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland from 6-8 November 2010. Plenary speakers will include some of the world’s leading thinkers and innovators in the areas of publishing, editing, librarianship, printing, authoring and information technologies, as well as numerous paper, colloquium and workshop presentations by researchers and practitioners. The 2010 Book Conference will also feature a Special Publishing Panel entitled, The Digital Sphere: Opportunity for Growth or Existential Threat?.
St. Gallen is home to the renowned Abbey of St. Gall, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its library houses the oldest collection of books and manuscripts in Switzerland, with pieces dating back to the 8th century. All library books are available for public use, and most recently, a virtual library was created to provide access to the medieval codices of the Abbey Library of St. Gallen. The hall itself, designed in classic Rococo style, is considered to be one of the most beautiful, non-sacred, examples of this style in Switzerland and abroad. Conference participants will have the opportunity to tour the library.
This is a conference for any participant in the world of books – authors, publishers, printers, librarians, IT specialists, book retailers, editors, literacy educators and academic researchers. All are encouraged to register and attend this significant and timely conference. Accommodation options are also available.
Parallel sessions are loosely grouped into streams reflecting different perspectives or disciplines. Each stream also has its own talking circle, a forum for focused discussion of issues. For those unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual participation is also available.
We encourage all presenters to submit written papers to The International Journal of the Book, a fully refereed academic journal. Virtual participants may also submit papers for consideration by the Journal. All Conference participants who have finalised their registration will receive a complimentary online subscription to the Journal. This subscription is valid until one year after the Conference end date.
If you would like to know more about this Conference, bookmark the Book Conference site and return for further information – the site is regularly updated. You might also wish to subscribe to the Conference and Journal Newsletter.
For all inquiries, please contact the Conference secretariat.
International Conference on the Book
The Book Conference is held annually in different locations around the world. The Conference was held in Cairns, Australia in 2003; Beijing, China in 2004; Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK in 2005; Emerson College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in 2006; Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain in 2007; The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA in 2008; and The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland in 2009. The 2010 and 2011 Book Conference will provide a forum for participants in the book publishing industry, librarians, researchers and teachers from around the world to discuss the past, present and future of the book, and with it, other key aspects of the information society, including publishing, libraries, information systems, literacy and education.
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Conference participants can submit papers to The International Journal of the Book, before the Conference and up until one month after the Conference. Papers submitted for publication will be fully refereed. The publication decision is based on the referees’ reports.
For those unable to attend the Conference in person, a virtual registration will provide participants access to the electronic version of the Journal, as well as the option to submit papers to the Book Journal.
For more information about the Journal please visit the Publish Your Paper page.


Recopilación de estudios y artículos sobre la alienación parental como nueva forma de maltrato infantil
(2016, Colibrí Europa, Sariego,JL)
Dr. Antonio Andreoli, a psychiatrist in Geneva, Switzerland, published this article about the Medea syndrome in a medical journal. The article addresses the clinical, diagnostic, and legal aspects of parental alienation, as well as treatment strategies.
Article by 12 members of PASG, which provides criteria for identifying expertise in parental alienation.
3.- Baker, A. J. L., Verrocchio, M. C. (2013), Italian College Student-Reported Childhood Exposure to Parental Alienation: Correlates with Well-Being
Amy J. L. Baker and her colleagues have studied long-term effects of exposure to alienating behaviors as children. In this retrospective study, previously exposed Italian college students reported poor functioning with respect to self-esteem, depression, adult attachment styles, and other issues.
4.- Ben-Ami, N., Baker, A. J. L. (2012), The Long-Term Correlates of Childhood Exposure to Parental Alienation on Adult Self-Sufficiency and Well-Being
Amy J. L. Baker and her colleagues have studied long-term effects of exposure to alienating behaviors as children. In this retrospective study, previously exposed adults reported higher rates of major depressive disorder, insecure attachment styles, and other problems.
DSM-5 diagnoses that relate to children with PA.
Article in peer-reviewed psychiatric publication, which explains the DSM-5 diagnoses that apply to parental alienation and other problems manifested by children of high-conflict divorce.
Three articles regarding PA in The Judges' Journal: introduction by Judge Stephanie Domitrovich; allegations that PAS is "junk science," by Rebecca M. Thomas and James T. Richardson; article about "misinformation versus facts" by William Bernet.
Eric Carbó, who has conducted research on PAS deniers, published "Two Hypotheses on the Fanatical Denial of Parental Alienation Syndrome."
PASG member Nick Child, M.D., has developed this concise and comprehensive overview of the field of parental alienation, with particular relevance to the United Kingdom. For the complete document, go to http://tinyurl.com/NickChildPA.
The file contains: the original article by Miguel Clemente and Dolores Padilla-Racero; the critical commentary by William Bernet, Maria Cristina Verrocchio, and Stanley Korosi; and the response of the Clemente and Padilla-Racero to the critical commentary.
This article was published in Derecho de Familia, Revista Interdisciplinaria de Doctrina y Jurisprudencia
Parental alienation has been discussed in several encyclopedias for mental health and legal professionals.
Gardner's classic paper in which he first described parental alienation syndrome.
Joan Kelly and Janet Johnston criticized some aspects of Gardner's parental alienation syndrome and presented a reformulation, referring to "the alienated child" rather than "parental alienation."
Joan T. Kloth-Zanard summarized studies as to how high-conflict damages children. See her website for more: http://www.pas-intervention.com/PASI/Articles.html.
Heleen Koppejan-Luitze wrote this paper as a student at Open Universiteit in the Netherlands.
The treatment approaches are based on the eight manifestations of parental alienation, as described by R. Gardner.
Quotations from Canadian cases, that traditional psychotherapy is not effective with severe PA.
This lengthy overview of parental alienation by PASG member Olga Odinetz was published in a French magazine for the general public, leRotarien.
Research proposal, objective measures for differentiating alienation and estrangement.
Parental Alienation International (PAI) is the bimonthly newsletter of PASG. Use the link to accesss past issues of PAI and for information about contacting the editor of PAI.
Brief descriptions of the activities and interests of all PASG members.
Kathleen Reay's description of Family Reflections, an intervention for severe parental alienation.
24.- Mónica Rincón http://psicologiajuridica.org/psj144.html
A propósito del síndrome de alienación parental
25.- Sariego, J. L. en http://gestionconflictosfamilia.blogspot.com.es/2015/01/reflexiones-sobre-el-sindrome-de.html
Revista de Derecho de Familia. Num. 44 09/09 Ed. Lex Nova Sobre construcción jurídica de la alienación parental como forma de maltrato infantil.
26.- Verrocchio, MC, Baker, AJL (2015), Italian Adults’ Recall of Childhood Exposure to Parental Loyalty Conflicts
Amy J. L. Baker and Maria Cristina Verrocchio have published several articles that show correlations between childhood exposure to parental conflict and alienating behaviors to subsequent well-being as adults. This article is one example of their research.
27.- Warshak RA (2015), Ten Parental Alienation Fallacies That Compromise Decisions in Court and in Therapy
Here is the abstract of the "PA Fallacies" article by Richard Warshak, with instructions on how to obtain the entire article.
Richard Warshak's description of Family Bridges, an intervention for severe parental alienation.
An important, lengthy overview of parental alienation by Richard Warshak, which was published in the Journal of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
An award-winning paper regarding the conceptualization of parental alienation as a disorder or a syndrome.
Nelson Zicavo Martínez, a psychologist in Chile, published "Parental Alienation and the Process of Parentectomy" in Revista Cubana de Psicología.
Otros artículos y enlaces de interés:
1.- Children Held Hostage: Identifying Brainwashed Children, Presenting a Case, and Crafting Solutions, Second Edition
2.- C. Segura, MJ. Gil y MA. Sepúlveda
El síndrome de alienación parental: una forma de maltrato infantil. The parental alienation syndrome: a way of mistreatment on children.
The traditional model of family has suffered in the last years important changes and a great increase of splitting and divorces have been produced. It's important to guarantee the fundamental right of children to be related adequately with both parents, mother and father, keeping on all their affective attachments. However, sometimes one of the progenitors hinders the relationship among the other one with their children, and it leads to the Parental Alienation Syndrome, one of the most subtle ways of mistreatment in children, almost unknown up to now, although it is getting transcendence since it produces an important damage in the emotional welfare and the development of children affected. Parental Alienation Syndrome is presented in this paper as a way of children abuse and some kind of mistreating behaviours, psychopathological consequences on childhood and the ways to intervene are exposed. Two cases taken from our experience in the Familiar Meeting Point Service of Seville, where the existence of this syndrome has been detected, as well as the ways of intervention are also presented.
3.- Marisa Sacristan, presidenta de la Federación Nacional de Puntos de Encuentro (FEDEPE),: PEF: uno de cada cuatro niños sufre el llamado Síndrome de Alienación Parental - EL MUNDO 04-08-2002.
4.- Comunitat Valenciana Más del 20% de los menores atendidos en los puntos de encuentro familiar padecen el síndrome de alienación parental según el Conseller de Justicia
5.- Melilla, informe sobre alienación parental
6.- Aragón, los PEF detectan casos de alienación parental
6.- Aragón, los PEF detectan casos de alienación parental


SNUB (the book): chapter one
All contents © 2000-2003, Rick Trembles
UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION STRICTLY FORBIDDEN
Rick Trembles is currently working on a book tentatively titled SNUB: THE SECRET HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN DEVICES (THE BAND THAT NEVER "WAS"), the first chapter of which can be seen online at snubdom.com (consecutive chapters forthcoming).
(Note: the "was" in quotation marks in the proposed title is a pun signifying the fact that the band, founded in 1980, stupidly never stopped existing, therefore banishing it from ever being referred to in the past tense)
"I thought my perversions were weird -God, that guy is really out there. But it made me happy that somebody is even more twisted & weird than me. Way more, he's way out there." -Legendary underground cartoonist Robert Crumb on Rick Trembles' work (from an interview in Comics Journal #158).
How does such a "pervert" come into being? It doesn't happen overnight. An explanation is in order. And what better way to clarify things than by obsessively detailing every encounter & occurrence leading up to these "perversions"?
On first impression, SNUB should come across as a chronological scrapbook of homespun counterculture memories, lavishly illustrated with B&W photographs, poster reproductions & the occasional reprinted biographical comic strip excerpt (penned by the author himself) pertinent to the text. A slice of life following bumbling bohemians through a couple of decades, as the various districts on Montreal's Plateau Mont-Royal being described gradually transform from sleepy slums to gentrified disco magnets. Pivotal events would be recounted predominantly from Rick Trembles' point of view. But where applicable, occasional anecdotes from various witnesses, coconspirators & acquaintances over the years would be included either in sidebars lasting a few paragraphs or as short essays or interviews differentiated from the lead text by font format and/or graphic surroundings. However, SNUB will span & chronicle 25 years of underground rumblings within the independent Montreal music/film/comix scene chiefly from the skewed, subjective perspective of its frequently misunderstood protagonist. It's time to set the record straight.
SNUB would decidedly differ from conventional band chronologies in that it would veer away from the actual topic of music as much as possible to delve into the motivations & machinations employed to stubbornly persevere & preserve the "multimedia" identity of the entity that calls itself THE AMERICAN DEVICES.
As much as an account of Montreal's incestuous punk roots is long overdue (most major North American cities can boast multiple examples of such), the goal would be to present SNUB as the inadvertently humorous story of a Montreal band that spent its life-span largely & chronically unrecognized outside of a handful of devotees within its own city. Distinguishing SNUB from most rock biographies would be the topic's intrinsic obscurity. If a lack of preconceived notions on the part of the reader should render SNUB's validity dubious to the uninitiated, it'll only help SNUB appear to tread a fine line between fiction & nonfiction. And that's just how the subject should be presented; in self-mythologizing prose bordering on parody. Defiant self-aggrandizement thinly veiled as self-deprecation. However, SNUB should downplay any tedious pretensions towards validating the band & rather attempt to (somewhat satirically) explain the virtues of what most would consider a detriment; isolation & introspection the kind of which was required for the solitary endeavors embarked upon by the band (the perfect breeding ground for "perversities").
A decidedly sexual bent will flavor much of SNUB since that's what most of Rick Trembles' work is informed by & such reminiscences will either be instigated by or finished off with the inclusion of relevant song lyrics inspired by the encounters in question along with profiles of the principal players. Similarly, the same encounters might have spawned biographical underground comics or farfetched film ideas & the history & purpose of such endeavors will be what SNUB attempts to explore. Actual diary entries & excerpts from letters will help illustrate this.
In the face of obscurity the subjects of SNUB created a buffer zone adorned with fanciful likenesses of themselves. They created their own world & were their own best audience. But distinctions can begin to blur between casual behavior & an artist's clandestine quest for continuity. An entity spanning several decades such as THE AMERICAN DEVICES calls for the simplest of gestures to have to pass the test of time before it's even been initiated. Manipulating events in order to fulfill hidden agendas meant to compliment a predetermined aesthetic can border on madness. Too much navel-gazing can guarantee the loss of a "common touch" but closure can threaten an artist's raison d'Ítre. Can personal demons become redundant & if so, how can this be prevented? Should it be prevented? These are topics to be touched on in SNUB


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The ising transition in the double-frequency sine-gordon model – Ye, Fei et al. Phase diagrams and fixed points. A42 arXiv: Beginning with a brief review of phase transitions in simple systems and of mean field theory, the text rsnormalization goes on to introduce the core ideas of the renogmalization group. Peter GoddardJulia Yeomans.
Comment on “A structural test for the conformal invariance of the critical 3d Ising model” by S. Supersymmetric multicritical point in a model of lattice fermions – Bauer, Bela et al.
Scaling and renormalization in statistical physics – INSPIRE-HEP
Conformal symmetry of the critical 3D Ising model inside a sphere – Cosme, Catarina et al. Confinement of monopoles and scaling theory near unconventional critical points – Powell, Stephen Phys.
Foundations and applications – Ammon, Martin et al. Aspects of phase transitions in gauge theories and spin models on the lattice – Cuteri, Francesca.
In particular, the perturbative method introduced leads, among applications, to a simple derivation of the epsilon expansion in which all the actual calculations at least to lowest order reduce to simple counting, avoiding the need for Feynman diagrams. Quantum Decimation in Hilbert Space: Kibble-Zurek scaling in holography – Natsuume, Makoto et al. Maximizing the information learned from finite data selects a simple model – Mattingly, Henry H.
Anomalous dimensions on the lattice – Giedt, Joel Int. Status of background-independent coarse-graining in tensor models for quantum gravity – Eichhorn, Astrid et al. Contents Phase transitions in simple systems. Beyond Standard Model physics on the lattice – Schneible, Joseph. Cambridge University PressApr 26, – Science – pages. Analysis of a spin system with quenched disorder using the space-time renormalization group – Csaling, Andreas.
How to locate the QCD phase boundary by scanning observable in the phase plane – Zhang, Yanhua et al. Disorder in holographic field theories: Renormalization group flow in field theories with quenched disorder – Aharony, Ofer et al.
Non—perturbative aspects of physics beyond the Standard Model – Rinaldi, Enrico. Uncovering the structure of super conformal field theories – Liendo, Pedro.
Holographic superfluid flows with a localized repulsive potential – Ishibashi, Akihiro et al. Scaling and renormalization in statistical physics – Cardy, John L. The perturbative renormalization group.
Random matrix approaches to open quantum systems – Schomerus, Henning arXiv: Phase transitions in simple systems. Extraction of conformal data in critical quantum spin chains using the Koo-Saleur formula – Milsted, Ashley et al. Strange metal from local quantum chaos – Ben-Zion, Daniel et scwling.
Revisiting logarithmic scaling relations using renormalization group – Ruiz-Lorenzo, J. JHEP arXiv: Influence of finite volume and magnetic field effects on the QCD phase diagram – Magdy, Niseem et al. Kinetic theory of non-thermal fixed points in a Bose gas – Chantesana, Isara et al. Characterizing the quantum field theory vacuum using temporal Matrix Product states – Tirrito, Emanuele et al.
Teaching renormalization, scaling, and universality with an example from quantum mechanics – Paik, Steve T.
Multipartite entanglement and quantum Fisher information in renormmalization field theories – Rajabpour, M.
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The book closes with an appendix on Gaussian integration, a selected bibliography, and a detailed index. The emphasis throughout is on providing an elementary and intuitive approach. Topological dualities in the Ising model – Freed, Daniel S.
Universality class of the two-dimensional polymer collapse transition – Nahum, On Phys. Non-Abelian topological phases in three spatial dimensions from coupled wires – Iadecola, Thomas et al.


Yesterday was another exciting day with the Irish Property Buyers Handbook 2012/2013 making its debut on TV3’s The Morning Show.
Suitable for first-time buyers, experienced buyers and residential investors alike, this is the essential guide for anyone looking to enter the post-boom, Irish property market.
This updated book deals with the continuing fallout of the Irish property crash and helps prospective property buyers to identify current opportunities that exist in the Irish market in 2012/2013.
UK Auctioneering giants Allsop descended upon the Irish market in recent years and changed the face of property auctions. For the first time, home buyers will need to compete in the auction room and this comprehensive guide will walk them through the process, from selecting the right property right through to successful bidding.
Packed with new techniques for a changed market, this book deals with sourcing off-market property, buying below market value, strategic negotiations and will show buyers how to spot a motivated seller.
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The Village Narcissist: Audacious, Abhorrent Murder Mystery Rings In. Think Village Life is Peaceful…?
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Glenis Kellet’s ‘The Village Narcissist’ is a captivating novel – it’s a twisted and enthralling murder mystery set in a picture-perfect village. An idyllic place readers would dream of living in, until an obnoxious outsider purchases The Old Vicarage and placid life descends into something much more reminiscent of the dark, bloodied past. One critic wrote, “Gripped immediately! The thrilling complicated plots and twists compelled me to read it to the end. Never guessed what it’s conclusion would be and it came as a real shock! It was riveting!”
United Kingdom – Millions of Brits dream of village life. A place where neighbours are few but friendly, where the local pub is the epicentre of the action and crime wouldn’t dream of showing its face. Oh, the dream…
The characters in Glenis Kellet’s latest novel also shared that vision, until their remote village becomes the playground of sinister twists and turns, symbolised by the ever-ringing bell tower.
‘The Village Narcissist’ uniquely blends humour and dark mystery as Kellet crafts a place unlike anywhere else – inviting readers to step inside.
A body is found hanging from a noose made from a bell rope! Is this just the start of things to come?
The deceptively quiet remote village is shattered after a brazen obnoxious outsider purchases The Old Vicarage – strange disappearances occur. It wasn’t until the gruesome village history was revealed – that the baffled police could solve the chilling mysteries connected to the bell tower.
The fictitious villager’s characters play a colourful and humorous part in this book – bringing the small village to life – it’s a gripping murder mystery, injecting the gruesome, spine-chilling history of this remote village into its final sinister twists and turns.
“Nothing symbolises the supposed-innocent nature of the UK better than its villages,” explains the author. “I wanted to turn one village upside down, in a story that retains the murder mystery hallmarks readers cry out for, while also weaving together a unique narrative led by its unconventional characters.”
Continuing, “It was a lot of fun to create the village and its residents from scratch. The characters are both amusing and vulnerable, I suppose perfectly mirroring real-world society itself. I won’t say too much more about the book here, other than you will turn the last page with your jaw on the floor.”
Readers agree, leaving five-star reviews. Lynne writes, “Glenis’s books are getting better each time. She has a really fast-paced style, and a talent for interesting and unusual storylines. This book especially rang true to me, as I have lived in small village and recognise her true to life descriptions of characters and events! I am a lover of mysteries with a twist in the tail, and am really looking forward to the next one.”
Other comments and reviews – “I was instantly hooked!” – “Keep writing, this is your best book yet!” – “Great imagination! plenty of plot and dialogue here. I find your books very plot-driven, plenty happening and this one is no exception.” – “The Village Narcissist arrived to day brilliant could not put it down had to finish it and wow the end did not disappoint fantastic book well done. – Just ordered other 2 books.” – “The vivid description made me feel I was actually there!”
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About the author, in her own words:
When I was a young girl I always longed for a pony of my own. I began helping out on a local farm at the age of 10 – I was taught how to ride and 7 years later had the opportunity to buy a pony.
By the time I was 28 years old; I owned and managed a thoroughbred stud, I bred a few winning race horses! I became a partner in my husband’s dairy/arable farm, we had two daughters.
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I cared for my elderly mother for 10 years until she passed away; I supported myself by trading successfully on the financial markets. I always wanted to write but never had the time until I retired – I wrote my first novel – ‘Faith in Love’.


New to nail reading? Here are some common words you may encounter in your onychomancy and palmistry studies!
The Greek/Roman sun god and ruler of the ring finger
The divination of the hands; another word for palmistry
A shape or pattern that appears the same no matter how much it is magnified
Also called the quick; the boundary where the nail bed ends and the free edge begins
The Ancient Roman god, the 5th planet from the sun, and ruler of the index finger
The half-moon of the nail near the cuticle and part of the root or matrix of the nail
The Ancient Roman god of war, the 4th planet from the sun, and ruler of the thumbs
The root of the nail
The Ancient Roman messenger god, the 1st planet from the sun, and ruler of the pinkies
The divination of the nails; also referred to in my book as nail reading
The concept of breath, spirit, and energy in Hinduism
The massage of various meridian points in the hands, feet, and other extremities to stimulate body parts along the shared meridians
Ancient Roman god of time, 7th planet from the sun, and ruler of the middle fingers
Ancient Roman goddess of love, 3rd planet from the sun. No finger rulership, but the Mounds of Venus are the fleshy part of the base of the thumb in the palm.
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3 edition of Neurological and psychological deficits of asphyxia neonatorum found in the catalog.
Neurological and psychological deficits of asphyxia neonatorum
William Frederick Windle
Based on the transactions of a conference on asphyxia neonatorum, brain damage, and impairment of learning, sponsored by the University of Puerto Rico, School of Medicine, National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, and various societies; and held in San Juan, P. R., in Sept. 1956.
|Statement||By twenty-eight contributors.|
|Series||Symposia in neurology|
|Contributions||University of Puerto Rico. School of Medicine., National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (U.S.)|
|The Physical Object|
|Pagination||xiv, 336 p.|
|Number of Pages||336|
The aim of this study was to analyse the early and later development, behaviour and cognitive status of children with perinatal asphyxia (PA) of varying degrees. The study included a suitable clinical sample of 35 children born on term. Windle, Neurological and Psychological Deficits of Asphyxia Neonatorum, "The same mechanism responsible for the production of the severe neuromuscular deficits can also be associated with more remote or delayed abnormalities that come to the fore only when the afflicted individual is .
Asphyxia neonatorum is a major cause of brain damage and death worldwide in infants. , babies are estimated to die each year worldwide due to asphyxia neonatorum, according to the World Health Organization, with most of the deaths being in developing countries. Neurological and Psychological Deficits of Asphyxia Neonatorum. Edited by WILLIAM F. WINDLE. (Pp. xiv+ 83 figures; £3.) Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas. This work is the edited report ofa conference held at the University of Puerto Rico in and attended by copyright.
titled "Neurological and Psychological Deficits of Asphyxia Neonatorum," pointed out that retrospective clinical studies can never logically answer the question of whether asphyxia at birth causes brain damage resulting in symp toms of cerebral palsy and . Cerebral palsy—the most common physical disability of childhood—is a clinical diagnosis encompassing a heterogeneous group of neurodevelopmental disorders that cause impairments of movement and posture that persist throughout life. Despite being commonly attributed to a range of environmental factors, particularly birth asphyxia, the specific cause of cerebral palsy remains unknown in most.
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Search for this keyword. Advanced Search. Main menuCited by: Get this from a library. Neurological and psychological deficits of asphyxia neonatorum; with consideration of use of primates for experimental investigations. [William Frederick Windle; University of Puerto Rico.
School of Medicine.; National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness (U.S.)]. Get this from a library. Neurological and psychological deficits of asphyxia neonatorum: with consideration of use of primates for experimental investigations.
[William Frederick Windle]. Full text Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (K), or click on a page image below to browse page by page. It casts doubt on the thesis that the short asphyxial episodes seen clinically do not cause some undesirable sequelae.
References 1. BAILEY, C. J., Interrelationship of asphyxia neonatorum, cerebral palsy and mental retardation: Present status of the problem.
In "Neurological and Psychological Deficits of Asphyxia Neonatorum," W. Windle (ed.).Cited by: Download PDF: Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following location(s): g (external link). Neurological and psychological deficits from asphyxia neonatorum. By William F.
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EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY 4, () Behavioral Defects in Monkeys Asphyxiated during Birth SUE V. SAXON AND CARMEN G. PONCEI Laboratory of Perinatal Physiology, National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Blindness, National Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, U. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Bethesda, Maryland; and School of Medicine.
Asphyxia neonatorum is a condition that occurs when a baby doesn’t get enough oxygen during the birth process. It can be fatal. Another more common name for it is perinatal asphyxia. logical deficits of asphyxia neonatorum. Springfield, IL: Charles C. were measured by standard psychological tests at the ages of 5 to 10 years.
none had any of the major neurological. Bailey CJ, Windle WF () Neurological, psychological, and neurohistological defects following asphyxia neonatorum in the guinea pig.
Exp Neurol – CrossRef Google Scholar Bax M, Nelson KB () Birth asphyxia: a statement. terest in the neurological and psychological deficits resulting from adverse factors in the perinatal period (the period from the first viability of the fetus to approximately one month after birth).
At the end of Augusta Conference on Asphyxia Neonatorum. This monograph is the fourth of a series of published symposiums on neurology edited by Dr. Windle. It is a report of the transactions of a conference on asphyxia neonatorum, brain damage, and impairment of learning sponsored by the School of Medicine of the University of Puerto Rico and the National Institutes of Neurological Diseases and Blindness.
Perinatal asphyxia (also known as neonatal asphyxia or birth asphyxia) is the medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen to a newborn infant that lasts long enough during the birth process to cause physical harm, usually to the is also the inability to establish and sustain adequate or spontaneous respiration upon delivery of the newborn.
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You can manage this and all other alerts in My Account. While neurological disorders involve damage to and degeneration of the nervous system, sometimes that damage can alter the communication between neurons.
When it does, those changes can manifest themselves in problems with behavior, body control, memory, and mood. Request PDF | On Mar 1,Eileen Nicole Simon published Effects of Perinatal Asphyxia Plus Bilirubin. | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate.
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Genetics of convulsive disorders I. Introduction, Problems, Methods, and Base Lines. Book Review. The History and Philosophy of Knowledge of the Brain and its Functions Anastomoses Between the Leptomeningeal Arteries of the Brain. Full Text (PDF) Neurological and Psychological Deficits of Asphyxia Neonatorum.
Full Text (PDF) Back to top. The paper contains some data of a dynamical study of children with early organic brain lesions. Starting from the neonate period, in 29 cases (26,8%) there was a stable focal neurological symptomatology, in 42 (38,9%)--symptoms of neuropsychic abnormalities were .Asphyxia neonatorum: Introduction.
Asphyxia neonatorum: A condition where a newborn infant fails to start breathing on its own in the minutes following birth. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Asphyxia neonatorum is available below. Symptoms of Asphyxia neonatorum.Recent advances in respiratory and cardiovascular support make it possible for many infants with severe asphyxia or intracranial hemorrhage to survive the neonatal period.
It is the concern of all of us involved in the care of these infants that advanced skills in life support technology lead to the survival of children without neurological.


I offer online and in-person presentations. I am available to speak at libraries, schools, bookstores, etc., anywhere in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
My presentations are all roughly one hour in length (though they can be longer, upon request) and include time for audience questions.
Here are my main presentations:
The Beatle Bandit
My book, The Beatle Bandit (published 2021 by Dundurn Press) tells the story of Matthew Kerry Smith, an intelligent but troubled young man who robbed banks in the Toronto area during the early 1960s to finance a revolution.
On July 24, 1964, Smith disguised himself in a Halloween mask and a “Beatles” wig and held up a branch of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce in North York, Ontario. Smith killed a bank patron who intervened in the robbery and escaped with over $25,000. The “Beatle Bandit” case fueled a nationwide debate about gun control, insanity pleas, and the death penalty.
My talk examines Smith’s life, his multiple bank robberies, and the bizarre aftermath of his murderous 1964 CIBC heist.
“In November 2021 Nate Hendley gave his third presentation to our Kitchener-Waterloo Probus Club. This talk, conducted on Zoom, was about his latest book The Beatle Bandit.
Once again Nate presented a very well-researched and interesting true-crime tale. He has a compelling and captivating presentation style, and our members thoroughly enjoyed his talk. Nate has the ability to transport you to the ‘scene of the crime’ and make you feel like you are personally experiencing all of the details and unique aspects of the crime.
In addition, each of Nate’s presentations has had a lesson that is relative to the current issues of the day such as gun control, mental health, and the rights of suspects while being interrogated among others.
We look forward to inviting Nate back to our club for another presentation when he is available.”—Kerry Long, Chair of the Program Committee, Probus Club of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
The Art of the Con
My book, The Big Con (published in 2016 by ABC-CLIO) looks at scam artists such as Bernie Madoff and Charles Ponzi (from whom we get the term “Ponzi scheme”), online romance fraud, the Nigerian Prince email, disaster fraud, pyramid schemes, medical fakery and other forms of deceit.
This talk includes commentary about how to avoid being scammed and why old cons continue to flourish under new guises.
“Nate Hendley recently gave a talk about cons and scams at our Probus club. I found that the presentation was very well researched and documented. Nate’s style of delivery is very engaging and informative. Our members really enjoyed the presentation; it was one of the best of the year. It’s obvious that Nate is very well qualified in his area of expertise.”—Kerry Long, Probus Club of Kitchener Waterloo, Ontario
The following interview, recorded September 2016 with Talk Radio Europe will give you a sense of what my presentation about “The Art of the Con” is like:
The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto
The Boy on the Bicycle: A Forgotten Case of Wrongful Conviction in Toronto tells the story of Ron Moffatt, who was 14-years old in 1956 when he was falsely accused of murder. This little-known Toronto tragedy involves a coerced confession, a fumbled police investigation and a crusading lawyer who sought to free Ron from custody.
My talk includes commentary about wrongful convictions, false confessions and police interrogation protocols for young offenders.
“Nate Hendley spoke [October 19/2018] at the LIFE Institute at Ryerson University. He was invited to discuss his recent book, The Boy on the Bicycle. Nate spoke passionately as he knows the individual who was wrongfully convicted. He was, therefore, able to give a personal perspective on the case from those involved in addition to the well-researched written material in the book. His lecture generated many intelligent questions about induced confessions and the wrongfully convicted. Nate would be a welcome lecturer in the future at the LIFE Institute.”—Sandy Kingston, LIFE Institute, Course Coordinator
The following interview, recorded in August 2018 for the Stuph File Program podcast will give you a sense of what my presentation about The Boy on the Bicycle is like:
Capone and Schultz: A Swaggering Crime Boss and a Mobster Misfit
Al Capone and Dutch Schultz epitomized certain aspects of American gangster culture in the 1920s and 1930s.
Capone was a major mob boss in Chicago while Schultz was a force to be reckoned with in New York City.
While sharing certain similarities (both men rose to power in part through bootlegging—selling illegal alcohol during Prohibition—and were beset with tax problems), the personalities and eventual outcomes of these two crime figures were drastically different.
This presentation is based on my books about Dutch Schultz and Al Capone.
“Nate recently gave a talk at the High Park Library for our ‘True Crimes’ series, entitled ‘Dangerous and Deadly: Mob Boss Al Capone and Dutch Schultz’ about two famous criminals whose biographies he had penned. A good author knows what his characters are carrying in their pockets and what kind of bullets his characters use in their guns. Nate helped us understand where these men came from, what their motivations were, and what caused their downfalls. We came to know, understand, and perhaps admire these very quirky characters. It was thrilling and scary and perfect for Halloween.”—Meghan Edmonds, Sunnyside Historical Society
I charge reasonable rates and require minimal equipment. For more information, email me at firstname.lastname@example.org


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Authors of scientific and technical information select a pattern of organization in order to help the reader understand the information. In this module, you will learn how to determine the author’s purpose and analyze how the author chooses a specific structure(s) in order to serve the overall purpose. Such analytical thinking will help you be able to integrate new information into your understanding of the content.
By the end of this module, you will be able to:
- Identify and analyze the text structure used to organize the text.
- Draw conclusions about how the relationship among the major sections adds to the growth of the author’s central idea.
RST. 6-8.5 - Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
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Located in the New York Public Library is a rare collection of menus, some 40,000 strong by recent estimates. The largest part of this collection, approximately 26,000, was collected by one person, Miss Frank E. Buttolph of Manhattan, New York. Miss Buttolph dedicated the last chapter of her life gathering this vast and unique collection in the hopes of educating future generations. A quote from the Library Journal of the American Library Association April 1900 states: “Another gift offered at the February meeting of the board, on which action was deferred, is a collection of 1000 menus, each from a different hotel or restaurant, collected by Miss F. E. Buttles. These were offered to the library on condition that they are to be sealed and to remain so until one-half of the next century is over, as it is the giver’s desire that the coming generations may see what there ancestors ate.”
It should be noted that Miss Buttolph created this collection entirely as a volunteer. Known as the Buttolph Collection primarily, the menu collection continued to grow after Frank’s death in 1924, with contributions still being made to this day.
Over the past 10 years the Buttolph and the entire menu collection has received much attention, a large portion of the collection being digitized and made available for public viewing on the internet. The New York Public Library also has new projects going on involving the collections, one called “What’s on the Menu?” If you do a search for Buttolph on the Web you will find many blogs and stories attributed to the Buttolph collection with the commonly used phrase “a mysterious and passionate figure, whose mission in life was to collect menus.” This is where this blog will differ from all others by answering the nagging question of who was Miss Frank E. Buttolph, not just a riddle but the story of an amazing and curious women that left a legacy for all of us to enjoy and marvel over.
The Two Franks
For the past 10 years I’ve been working on a historical project that I called the “Class of 1866.” I’ve been attempting to compile the biographies of the first 15 graduates of what was then known as Mansfield State Normal School. Mansfield being the third Normal School to open its doors in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 1857 owing to a tragedy by fire after the first semester of classes was completed the school would not graduate its first class till the summer of 1866. One of the first 15 was named Miss Frank E. Buttles, from the town of Mansfield. While trudging through many not digitized newspapers, microfilms, school journals, one article would stand out and open the door of significant discovery, well worth being explored and shared. Posted in the Normal Quarterly a journal of MSNS dated May 1913 a letter entitled “An Old Friend Speaks”. The letter reads:
“A letter of unusual interest has been received from Miss Frank E. Buttolph, of 476 Fifth Ave., N.Y., a member of the Class of 1866, the first class to be graduated, where the name was spelled “Buttles.”
She speaks with enthusiasm of her early enjoyment of the Mansfield hills, especially of botanical researches among them.
Miss Buttolph has an enthusiastic interest in language, an enthusiasm which had its beginnings in Mansfield. Italian is her latest acquisition and special delight. She is now translating Tasso’s”Gerusalemme Liberata” into metrical prose.
Miss Buttolph is widely acquainted in New York and says: “ There is not a day when I hear English alone. Having but one language at command would seem to me like having but one dress for every occasion.”
She is also a “born collector” and one of her collections—a very unique one—consists of 26’000 menu cards gathered from all quarters of the globe and commemorating many notable occasions. They are now housed for permanent exhibition in the new Astor Library, New York city—a testimony to their historical and artistic value.”
This letter took me to the last chapter of Frank’s life. In this blog I’ll share the first three chapters of an interesting journey of a very unique individual. To start the journey Frank, as she is called through most of her life, was born in Mansfield, Pennsylvania on November 9, 1844, Frances Editha Buttles the daughter of Reuben Parmenter and Amanda Graves Buttles.
The first tangible record of Frank with the exception of the Buttles, Graves’s family bible was to be found in the 1850 census record of Richmond Township in Tioga County, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, enumerated on the September 19th.
The record reads as:
Age Occupation Born
R.P. Buttles 34 M Wagon Maker Ny
Amanda Buttles 35 F Ny
Frances Buttles 5 F Pa
Permelia Buttles 1 F Pa
The record also indicates that Frank attended school during this year. At the time of the census she would have been just shy of her 6th birthday. I should mention that at this time that the then small village of what was called Mansfield would not become and official Borough for another seven years. There was no village newspaper at this time to record marriages or births or other local mélange. The closest news was published at the county seat of Wellsboro in the Tioga Agitator which only carried little mention of Mansfield at that time. The photo is of the white school house as it was known. Built in the mid 1830’s, it would be used until the coming of the Mansfield Classical Seminary which would open it’s doors on January 7th 1857.
This was Frank’s first school.


When I was in Mali in 2005 I worked with Geekcorps on giving Malians access to knowledge and also creating knowledge (such as the Bambara Wikipedia). I really only did that for 4,5 months.
My friend Renaud though has been more persistent continued this work up until today. I think he’s doing very important work and now he’s running a fundraiser to get books to Timbuktu, a very poor town in the Sahara that was overrun by Muslim militants recently, and there’s a great story about how a Dutch NGO rescued many books from an ancient Timbuktu library (which are now being digitized!) right before it was burned down to the ground.
I really hope MALeBooks will manage to complete their fundraiser. I feel it can make a big difference for Mali in the long run. And it will make it more likely I’ll complete my dream of bringing knowledge to all Malians one day.


Class 5 - World Book Day
Class: Year 1 and 2 Year: 2020 - 2021
The book that we chose for World Book Day was ‘Lost and found’ by Oliver Jeffers. After listening to the story we discussed some questions about Loneliness and how the penguin had wanted to find a friend. The children then made a ‘found’ poster and wrote about the things they would need to take to the South Pole.
In the afternoon we played a game where each group had a book and after reading it they had to draw pictures and write key phrases on a toadstall so the other children could guess what book they had.
Finally the children made their own bookmarks to keep in school for when they are reading.


Let's see what we've got here...
Jan and Feb: Casino Royale by Ian Fleming, The Passage by Justin Cronin.
April: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt, Emergence by John Birmingham.
May and June: Resistance by JB, Death comes to Pemberley by P.D. James
August: Murder in Mississippi by John Safran
September: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clark, Yes! by Daniel Bryan.
October: The Girl in the Spider's Web by David Lagercrantz, I believe I reviewed it here.
November: Career of Evil by Robert Galbraith and The Chill by Ross Macdonald.
December: The Goodbye Look by Ross Macdonald.
Mmm, a slow year at 13 books although last year I only finished 9.


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Singhal’s Alternative Dispute Resolution by Krishan keshav, Edition 2021
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• Introduction to Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Communication : Introduction, Verbal, Non-verbal Communication and Para Linguistics.
• Negotiation : Introduction, Style and Strategics.
• Conciliation/ Mediation.
• Overview of Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996.
• Overview of International Rules.
• Drafting Arbitration Clause.