Roland Leach: his four collections of poetry are Shorelines:Three
Poets (Fremantle Arts Press), drowning ophelia (Sunline), darwin's pistols & other poems (Picaro Press) and My Father's Pigs (Picaro Press).
He is the proprietor of Sunline Press, a publishing
venture to publish Australian poets in elegant hardbacks.
He was the recipient of a Poetry Grant from the Australia
Council where he travelled to Easter Island, Peru and
the Galapagos Island. He has won most of the prestigious
poetry prizes in Australia, including the 1995 Newcastle
Poetry Prize, was runner-up the following year, as well
as winning the 1998 Josephine Ulrick Poetry Prize and
two Tom Collins Prizes. His poem 'My Great Aunt' appeared in The Best Australian Poems 2012 (Black Ink, John Tranter Ed)and Adhesive appeared in Best Australian Poems 2015


Coming-of-age books and movies - the label elicits a usual-suspect set of stereotypes: close ups, grimaces, high-stakes drives in the night, runaways, love, family and a healthy dose of experimental hedonism. A thread of ancient culture and tradition, on the other hand, is not your typical coming-of-age fodder. This is where Aaron Petersen’s Zach’s Ceremony surprises its audience. The film is a curious fusion between a thoughtful, mature documentary and an intimate, boyhood-esque movie that ponders questions of culture and identity through the frame of a modern youth’s teen years.
Zach Doomadgee is an Aboriginal Australian boy growing up in contemporary Sydney. Snapshots and interviews with the boy, his family and his father Alec document Zach’s growth as he moves from 10 to 16. The film features Zach’s Initiation ceremony, the imperative Aboriginal rite of passage to manhood.
Zach’s problems kick off when he moves out of his boy years and into middle school. Under his dad’s tough surveillance, he feels trapped and babied. He’s angry at his school for allowing racism to permeate the students. He misses his passed grandfather and reflects on the impact of his biological mother’s departure – she is never present in any of his “good memories”.
Seeking a sense of liberty and belonging, Zach joins the teens of the night streets, and thus begins his run with debauchery and crime. A series of incidents involving drugs, alcohol, school absences and violent retaliations to racism ensues. But Zach’s behaviour is not completely condemned – it’s easy to feel empathy for the teen’s emotional stresses.
He narrates his thoughts in a vulnerable and youthful way that drives the documentary’s non-dogmatic and conversation-sparking approach to the issues in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander realities. Filmmaker Petersen addresses some somber issues affecting Aboriginal Australian communities, including teen rebellion, suicide rates, the government’s Alcohol Management Plan, and the flow-on effects of colonisation.
Primarily, with regard to problems among youth, the documentary is interested in the effects of a clash in cultures. The contrast between the ancient, autonomous Indigenous Australian culture and the world of cosmopolitan city-life seems stark. Events such as celebrations for Australia Day and Survival Day, Initiation Ceremonies and 16th birthday parties are not only separated by location but are polar in their nature and customs.
Called a “whitefella” among Indigenous peers and a “blackfella” in cosmopolitan Sydney, Zach feels “somewhere in the middle” and utterly lost. The figure of his father, Alec Doomadgee, vividly depicts the pressure of an ancient heritage. Alec is older and wiser than his young son, well meaning though sometimes peremptory, and proudly Aboriginal. His wish to share his passion for Indigenous culture with Zach, sometimes, rushes ahead of his young son’s understanding of the world.
The comparison between their relationship and mismatching cultures is evidenced in the constant battle between Zach’s teenage curiousity for freedom and burning need to fit in, and his father’s principles and protectiveness. The documentary keenly captures the facial expressions and the body language between the pair, and these are universal forms of communication that speak to all viewers, regardless of language.
As an attempt to calm Zach and to prompt him into maturity, Alec takes Zach to take his Initiation Ceremony. The film crew took to the red sands of the Northern Territory and Queensland, where such traditions and rituals are carried out. Here, the long-established, warm sense of community found in culture is clear. The elders’ patient explanations of the dreamtime stories, customs and roles, emphasise the importance of tradition and of land, within Aboriginal culture and identity.
Stories of Christian missionaries told by actual survivors of the time are merged with excepts of old news footage that give context and impart the destructive history. When the grim impact of the missionaries is compared with the footage of life in these remote communities, and with the purposeful Initiation ceremony, it appears doubtless that Aboriginal culture is as fundamental to wellbeing, as is faith to the religious.
For the teen searching for a sense of belonging, this is irreplaceable - together with Zach’s ties to his father and finally, the mending of his relationship with his biological mother. Thus, in classic coming-of-age style, Petersen brings the exploration of identity to its profound and complex, deeply personal core. At the heart of the documentary, is the idea that different cultures and communities each have an impalpable and incomparable influence on human lives, regardless of what type and who. Its angle is hopeful and a mature, and proud Zach Doomadgee is the face for the documentary’s view that different cultures can uniquely exist in harmony, both in communities and within individuals. From this, stems an empowering call for Indigenous Australians to embrace and champion their ancient customs.
Zach’s story is a tender, grounded base on which to build an understanding of what it’s like to be straddled between two very different cultures, and its effects on one’s sense of identity. The film has earned Best Documentary awards in the Sydney and Melbourne International Film Festivals, and has screened nationwide, as well as in New York and Bali - coming a long way since its debut to the remote Aboriginal communities of its inspiration, in 2016. Zach’s Ceremony conscientiously promotes thought and understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples.


PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS
Congrats to The Pulitzer Prize Winners; Fiction: The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson, General nonfiction: Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America by Gilbert King, History:Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall, Biography: The Black Count: Glory, Revolution, Betrayal, and the Real Count of Monte Cristo by Tom Reiss, Poetry: Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds and Drama: Disgraced by Ayad Akhtar
2013 STELLA PRIZE WINNER
Congratulations to Carrie Tiffany who has been named the winner of the inaugural Stella Prize, an award established to promote books by Australian women writers. Tiffany received the $50,000 award for her second novel Mateship with Birds (Picador) at a presentation event in Melbourne. In her acceptance speech Tiffany announced that she would share $10,000 of the prize money with her other shortlisted women. How generous is that!! Awesome!
PLOT – On the outskirts of an Australian country town in the 1950s, a lonely farmer trains his binoculars on a family of kookaburras that roost in a tree near his house. Harry observes the kookaburras through a year of feast, famine, birth, death, war, romance and song. As Harry watches the birds, his next door neighbour has her own set of binoculars trained on him. Ardent, hard-working Betty has escaped to the country with her two fatherless children. Betty is pleased that her son, Michael, wants to spend time with the gentle farmer next door. But when Harry decides to teach Michael about the opposite sex, perilous boundaries are crossed.
2013 WOMEN’S PRIZE SHORTLIST
Congrats to the shortlisted authors for 18th The Women’s Prize for Fiction (formerly The Orange Prize); Kate Atkinson Life After Life, A.M Homes May We Be Forgiven, Barbara Kingsolver Flight Behaviour, Hilary Mantel Bring Up the Bodies, Maria Semple Where’d You Go, Bernadette, and Zadie Smith. The award ceremony will take place in London, on 5 June 2013.
2013 MILES FRANKLIN LONGLIST ANNOUNCED
The long list for this year’s Miles Franklin Literary Award has been announced. The shortlist will be announced on 30 April at the State Library of New South Wales. The winner of this year’s award will be announced on 19 June at the National Library of Australia in Canberra.
Floundering (Romy Ash, Text)
Lola Bensky (Lily Brett, Hamish Hamilton)
Street to Street (Brian Castro, Giramondo)
Questions of Travel (Michelle de Kretser, A&U)
The Beloved (Annah Faulkner, Picador)
The Daughers of Mars (Thomas Keneally, Vintage)
The Mountain (Drusilla Modjeska, Vintage)
The Light Between Oceans (M L Stedman, Vintage)
Mateship with Birds (Carrie Tiffany, Picador)
Red Dirt Talking (Jacqueline Wright, Fremantle Press).
2013 HUGO AWARDS SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
The nominations have been announced for the 2013 Hugo Awards. Winners will be announced on 1 September.
- 2312, Kim Stanley Robinson
- Blackout, Mira Grant
- Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance, Lois McMaster Bujold
- Redshirts: A Novel with Three Codas, John Scalzi
- Throne of the Crescent Moon, Saladin Ahmed
To view the full lists – http://www.thehugoawards.org/hugo-history/2013-hugo-awards/
2013 ASTRID LINDGREN MEMORIAL AWARD
Argentinean illustrator and performing artist Isol is the recipient of the 2013 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s richest prize for children’s and young adult literature. Isol, who was born Marisol Misenta, was announced as this year’s recipient on 26 March in Stockholm, to coincide with the 2013 Bologna Children’s Book Festival.
CHILDREN’S BOOK COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA AWARDS 2013 SHORTLIST
Congratulations to the following shortlisted publishers, authors and illustrators.
Older Readers Short List 2013 – for mature readers
Grant, Neil The Ink Bridge
Lanagan, Margo Sea Hearts
MacLeod, Doug The Shiny Guys
Bouchell, Dianne Creepy & Maud
Wakefield, Vikki Friday Brown
Zail, Suzy The Wrong Boy
Younger Readers Short List 2013 – intended for independent younger readers
French, Jackie Pennies for Hitler
French, Simon Other Brother
Gleitzman, Morris After
Hartnett, Sonya Children of the King
Herrick, Steven Pookie Aleera is Not my Boyfriend
Millard, Glenda Ill. Stephen Michael King The Tender Moments of Saffron Silk
Early Childhood Short List 2013 – Intended for children in the pre-reading to early reading
Allen, Emma Ill. Freya Blackwood The Terrible Suitcase
Cox, Tania Ill. Karen Blair With Nan
DeGennaro, Sue The Pros & Cons of Being a Frog
Dubosarsky, Ursula Too Many Elephants in This House
Harris, Christine Ill. Ann James It’s a Miroocool!
Walker, Anna Peggy
Picture Book Short List 2013 – intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years range (Some books may be for mature readers.
Brooks, Ron Ill. Julie Hunt The Coat
Goodman, Vivienne Ill. Margaret Wild Tanglewood
Gordon, Gus Herman and Rosie
Lester, Alison Sophie Scott Goes South
Mullins, Patricia Ill. Glenda Millard Lightning Jack
Wilson, Mark Ill. Jackie French A Day to Remember
Eve Pownall Award for Information Books Short List 2013 – Intended for an audience ranging from birth to 18 years
Cheng, Christopher & Jackson, Mark Python
Kerin, Jackie Ill. Gouldthorpe, Peter Lyrebird! A True Story
Murray, Kirsty Topsy-turvy World: How Australian Animals Puzzled Early Explorers
Queensland Art Gallery Portrait of Spain for Kids
Weidenbach, Kristin Ill. Ide, Timothy Tom the Outback Mailman Lothian Children’s Books


The Smithsonian's collections represent our nation's rich heritage, art from across the globe, and the immense diversity of the natural and cultural world. Among the vast collections are irreplaceable national icons, historic artifacts, and natural science material vital to the study of the world’s scientific and cultural heritage, with a scope and breadth that no other institution in the world can match. Even with 19 museums and art galleries, a network of 20 specialized research libraries, the National Zoo, and nine research facilities, only a fraction of our collections can be exhibited at any given time. Explore the collections via the Collections Search Center.
Caring for the collections is among the Smithsonian’s highest priorities and, in some cases, its greatest challenge. The volume, diversity, complexity, and age of Smithsonian's collections, as well as the variety of discipline-specific standards that apply to their care, make their management, preservation, and digitization as unprecedented, challenging, and complex as the collections themselves.
With targeted funding, under DUSCIS leadership, the Smithsonian has made significant strides in improving the management, care, and accessibility of collections. Three strategic initiatives target collections care and accessibility, including:
- Institution-wide collections condition assessments;
- Digitization to guide electronic capture of collections and research holdings to document these collections in a format that saves and shares them in perpetuity; and
- Planning to address current and projected Smithsonian-wide collections space requirements, including future collections growth.
Additional collections initiatives are aimed at preservation of digital data and collaboration among Federal scientific partners.
Through the diligent work of the Smithsonian's collections staff, the objects they process, preserve, conserve, and protect are accessible to staff, scholars, and the public.
Collections space and storage equipment must provide secure, precisely maintained environmental conditions to safeguard irreplaceable objects, and enable appropriate levels of access for experts and for the public alike—now and in the future.
Digitization will exponentially broaden access to Smithsonian treasures as well as safeguard them for future generations.
A partnership between the National Zoological Park / Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, and the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, to optimize management, care, and accessibility of Smithsonian frozen scientific collections.
How will researchers in the future be able to interpret the digital objects of today? The Smithsonian is at the forefront of identifying how to ensure the continuity of the Institution's research and knowledge.
The Smithsonian is a leader in this initiative, offering critical information about the stewardship of scientific collections within the Institution and sharing best practices with participating Federal agencies.
Artworks that utilize film, video, audio or digital technology as essential components have increasingly become a part of the Smithsonian's collections. How is the Institution preserving these works?


Dubai Library Distributors Careers is a prominent company offering exciting career prospects in the heart of Dubai. If you’re seeking new opportunities and wish to be a part of a dynamic organization, then you’ve come to the right place! the company has provided many career openings in the sales field. Only a simple online process is required for applying for these amazing jobs. In this article, we’ll dive into the various career opportunities available at Dubai Library Distributors and how you can apply to become a part of this thriving enterprise.
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This book contains everything one needs to start one’s journey to access their inner strength and build a more resilient and empowered sense of spiritual self. It includes practices to harnessing one’s inner power to help prevent and overcome mental, emotional, and psychological stress. It empowers one to truly take control of their own mental wellbeing and healing journey. It helps to remove the need for validation from others and equip oneself with the tools needed to thrive. Openness to new and improved ways of perceiving negativity. Additionally, it stresses the significance of personal intuition as key to growth, expansion, and transcendence.
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sunburn currently works with Python 3; compatibility with Python 2 was not tested.
Note: The development version of astroquery is necessary because of a specific implementation of queries to the NASA Exoplanet Archive. In order to install this development version, you will have to build it from source. In the near future this may not be necessary anymore because astroquery will eventually consolidate the development version into the stable version.
Build from source¶
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/ladsantos/sunburn.git
Navigate to the source code and install it in your Python environment:
cd sunburn python setup.py install


2022 ASU Solar Systems Astronomy
2022 ASU Energy in Everyday Life
First and last printed ApJ
Top 50 most cited articles
2022 Earendel, A Highly Magnified Star
2022 TV Columbae, Micronova
2022 White Dwarfs and 12C(α,γ)16O
2022 MESA in Don't Look Up
2022 MESA Marketplace
2022 MESA Summer School
2022 MESA Classroom
2021 Bill Paxton, Tinsley Prize
my one page vitae,
research statement, and
I provide service to the international astronomy & astrophysics community through the American Astronomical Society Journals (i.e., the AJ, ApJ, ApJ Supplement, ApJ Letters, PSJ, Research Notes, and BAAS). In 2008 I began a journey by agreeing to be a Scientific Editor for the ApJ. In 2016 I agreed to be Lead Editor of the High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics corridor for the AAS Journals. In 2019 the position shifted to Senior Lead Editor, whose main new role was advocating for the AAS Journals (e.g., the AAS YouTube channel). In 2022 at the dawn of the open access era, I agreed to the Associate Editor-in-Chief position. A little bit about my editorial service to the community is described in this April 2016 AAS Nova article.
I am the primary content creator for the AAS YouTube channel. A little bit about this service to the community is described in this April 2019 AAS Nova article, March 2020 AAS Teaching Online release, March 2020 AAS Press release, and this August 2021 AAS Journals News article Here are some of the most active YouTube playlists:
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Your AAS Journal Editorial Staff in February 2021:
The First and Last Printed ApJ:
The first (May 1895) and last (Dec 2014) printed ApJ.
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Evolution of the most cited Most Cited astronomy & astrophysics articles and journals.


Summer lies ahead like a sparkling swimming pool and so many lawn chairs you don’t know where to sit. Since I was a little girl, every summer I’d prepare a reading list for the long hot months ahead. And every summer I was filled with excitement over what was contained within the pages of my stack of books. This tradition has continued well into my adult life – the anticipation and excitement of learning something new has never waned. The joy has never diminished.
Recently, after watching The Trouble With Girls, (a quirky and beautiful film,) I became fascinated by the traveling Chautauquas of the early 20th century. There is very little information on this historic and quite-significant and beautifully American phenomenon. But I did find two rare and well-written books on the subject. Chautauqua, (pronounced shah-tah-kwah,) was about learning and bettering one’s self, and the traveling circuit Chautauqua went by train to small, rural towns across the United States. Americans in the 1920s were insatiable for the opportunity to learn about song and dance and oratory and poetry and lectures and performances by cultured individuals from all backgrounds. They would congregate in tents on scorching hot summer days, to glean a bit of wisdom and learning and entertainment, before the Chautauqua packed up, boarded the train, and traveled to the next town.
It’s been almost 100 years since the last traveling Chautauqua. But the spirit of the Chautauqua is very much a personal one, alive and well within. My parents didn’t have much money, so we never traveled during the summer, nor could they afford to send me to camp. Every summer I had to entertain myself with books. Fortunately, my parents considered book money well-spent, so I could go to bookshops and libraries and come home with an armful of ‘summer entertainment.’ It was my own personal Chautauqua, and I loved it.
There’s also a mighty portion of cultural pride that comes with this period of American history. I’m happy to read about the millions of Americans who saved their money to attend the lectures and performances as a form of civic engagement and personal education. (At its peak, over 20 million people attended the summertime circuit Chautauquas.) And I’m proud to have tapped in to my cultural roots, so to speak, with my own lifelong tradition of summer reading and learning.
The Traveling Chautauqua, Caravans of Culture in Early 20th Century America, Roger E. Barrows
The Most American Thing in America: Circuit Chautauqua as Performance, Charlotte M. Canning
‘Till next time.


When I was in seventh grade, our teacher introduced us to a fresh new voice. His name is Gary Paulsen. (No, not Robert Paulsen, Fight Club freaks.) His work falls mainly in fictional outdoor survival stories. I've always been drawn to those kinds of stories because the bulk of the survival strategies are true. It gives more weight to the story. The first book I read of him was called Hatchet. It was exquisite. It was about this boy named Brian Robeson who, while on a plane to visit his recently divorced dad, crash lands in the Canadian wilderness and needs to survive on his own. His only tools are the survival kit inside the plane and a Hatchet - a gift from his father. I fell in love with this 208 page book. Over the years, I've rediscovered it, dusted it off and found myself slipping back into the pages. I must have read that book three times in my life.
Then came The River, the slim sequel to Hatchet. It nearly surpassed the original. I was happy to see that Mr. Paulsen did not lose his touch.
Recently, I have read two more Paulsen books: Brian's Winter, an alternative look of the main character trying to survive in the winter, and The Island, a completely separate story about a teenager who moves to a new place, discovers a small island that brings him peace and decides to dwell there.
While doing some searching, I found that there were two more sequels to the river: Brian's Return and Brian's Hunt.
What I like the most is that the character continues to grow and that Mr. Paulsen has not lost his voice. Since the first reading of Hatchet, I have been a loyal fan of his work. So when I found out that he was doing a reading in Naperville, just 30 minutes away from me, I had to see him. On February 13th I brought Hatchet and The River with me to hopefully be signed by my childhood hero. I even brought my dad along to join in the experience. We lost our way a couple of times, mainly due to the GPS which kept directing us to every frickin' tollbooth known to man on the way there. At one point my father shouted, "What the hell! It's like a government conspiracy! Turn that thing off before I throw it out the window! I know the way. Don't need any techno piece of junk telling me otherwise."
Finally, we arrived. He parked while I bolted through the bookstore, searching for the author setup. To my dismay, I found none. And we were ten minutes late, too. I walked up to the counter and asked, "Excuse me, isn't Gary Paulsen supposed to be here?"
To the best of my knowledge it was the correct date and time. Gary was on tour promoting his new book Dogsong.
The woman came back with the schedule. I had the right time but the wrong day. I was a full TWO MONTHS early. This has always been a thing with me. My family has always been horribly late to any wedding, funeral, engagement party, etc. I would be so embarrassed that my ears would practically line up with my shoulders in shame. So, as I grew older, in order to compensate this horrible tradition, I would show up to things early. I would show up anywhere between 30 minutes up to 2 hours early, sometimes reading a book to pass the time. But this was way too early even for me. It was a historical fail. But that's what I get for not checking up on everything. The date I was going off of came from Goodreads. The true date was on a site called Booktour.com
This has happened to me before. When I was on my way to see Monica Ali do an interview for her new book In The Kitchen in the city, I found that Goodreads had screwed up and put the wrong address down. So I had to jog five to six blocks to a different place only to be late. Sadly, April 13th, the real date when Gary Paulsen would be in Naperville has long since passed, but I've definitely learned my lesson. That will be the last time I go on a Gary goose chase.


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historian and author
"[Levine] has an easy style and can pack a wealth
of information into a brief essay."
William Lyon Mackenzie King:
A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny
(Douglas & McIntyre, 2011)
Rated as one of the ten best books on Canadian Prime Ministers by Ken McGoogan, Globe and Mail, October 15, 2011
The first biography in a generation of Canada’s most eccentric and most important prime minister—Mackenzie King—and his defining influence on our 20th century.
Most Canadian historians consider William Lyon Mackenzie King to be not only the country’s greatest prime minister but also its most peculiar. From 1919 to 1948 he occasionally lorded over the Liberal Party, also serving as prime minister for much of that time.
Mackenzie King was a brilliant tactician, was passionately committed to Canadian unity, and was a protector of the underdog, introducing such cornerstones of Canada’s social safety net as unemployment insurance, family allowances and old-age pensions. At the same time, he was insecure, craved flattery, became upset at minor criticism, and was prone to fantasy. King loosened the Imperial connection with Britain and was wary of American military and economic power. Yet he loved all things British and acted like a praised schoolboy when British Prime Minister Winston Churchill or U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt treated him as an equal.
This first major biography of Mackenzie King in 30 years mines the pages of his remarkable diary, at 30,000 pages one of the most significant and revealing political documents in Canada’s history and a guide to the deep and often moving inner conflicts that haunted Mackenzie King. With animated prose and a subtle wit, Allan Levine draws a multidimensional portrait of this most compelling of politicians.
“Until now no one has ever done as magisterial a job as Levine in fusing King’s many parts into a complex but comprehensive whole.” — Brian Bethune, Maclean’s
“Levine has succeeded masterfully … By examining King’s personality and politics as two sides of the same coin, Levine has produced a wonderfully comprehensive portrait of this intensely disagreeable — yet critically important — Canadian.” — Quill and Quire, Starred Review
"If anyone doubted that King spent a lot of time in la-la land, they need only read Mr. Levine’s intriguing account, one that fleshes out new material from his voluminous diaries." — Lawrence Martin, Globe and Mail
“If the world needed further evidence to disprove the notion we need to know as much as possible about our political leaders, it’s between the covers of Allan Levine’s new biography of William Lyon Mackenzie King. … A skillful introduction to one of the most important and perplexing personalities to grace the top levels of Canadian political performances.” — Kelly McParland, National Post
“Allan Levine gave himself the mission of turning this dull but eccentric Canadian into a subject worthy of contemporary discussion. He succeeds, bringing to life the inner thoughts of his subject as best anyone can. … [Levine] is one of those rare writers equally adept at fiction and non-fiction, helpful in the King case where the two realms seem to blend.” — Donald Benham, Winnipeg Free Press
Winner of the Alexander Kennedy Isbister Award for Non-fiction, 2012
Fugitives of the Forest
A new edition of Fugitives of the Forest: The Heroic Story of Jewish Resistance and Survival During the Second World War (1998) has been recently published in the United States (and distributed in Canada) by The Lyons Press, an imprint of The Globe Pequot Press. This second edition includes a new introduction, addressing research on the history of Jewish partisans during the last decade. The book's publication coincides with the release of the major motion picture, "Defiance" (Paramount/Vintage) about the partisans and Tuvia Bielski and his brothers who saved 1,200 Jews in the forests of Belarus. The movie stars Daniel Craig (James Bond) as Tuvia Bielski as well as Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell and Alexa Davalos.
"I hope that Defiance will inspire [people] to learn more about the true story. They can read about it in Allan Levine's amazing book, Fugitives of the Forest. I couldn't believe these people's will to survive."— Actress Alexa Davalos, who plays Lilka Ticktin, the love and future wife of Tuvia Bielski.
"This is a story told just in time, for the many eye witnesses are dying every year now. But Levine carefully documents their accounts and reconstructs a powerful moment of triumph in the middle of the modern world's greatest catastrophe."— Doug Wead, U.S. presidential historian, philanthropist, and Special Assistant to U.S. President George H. W. Bush..
For more information about this book, click HERE.
Evil of the Age is available as an e-book from Amazon.ca and in an audio version narrated by Andy Capole from Audible here.
Sam Klein Mysteries Available Again: The Sam Klein Historical Mystery Trilogy — The Blood Libel, Sins of the Suffragette, and The Bolshevik's Revenge — set in early twentieth century Winnipeg are now available as e-books at Amazon.com's Kindle Store. See: www.amazon.com They are also available as print-on-demand books from McNally-Robinson Booksellers at Grant Park in Winnipeg.
Watch for Toronto: A Life and Times, a sweeping biography of Toronto that recounts how a small backwater village on the shores of Lake Ontario became Canada’s most important urban centre. Forthcoming from Douglas & McIntyre in 2014.
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Shrum Mound, Columbus, OH, belongs to Michael Sherwin’s series Vanishing Points, in which the artist undertakes extensive research to locate and photograph significant and sacred sites of Native American importance. Sherwin focuses on the apparent disparity between Western and Native views of the sanctity of the land. Sherwin is an Associate Professor in the School of Art and Design at West Virginia University, and his Vanishing Points series was also chosen as a Finalist in Photolucida’s Critical Mass competition and included in Duke University’s Archive of Documentary Arts in the David M. Rubenstein Rare Book and Manuscript Library.
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Lisa Snider has over 20 years’ experience working with digital accessibility in different settings and contexts, as a web developer, librarian, archivist and as accessibility consultant. She has provided services for North American institutions and businesses, including the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, the Government of Manitoba, and the University of Manitoba.
Lisa’s passion in life is making websites, documents, audio, video, social media content, electronic signage, e-books, apps, etc. more accessible for people with disabilities. As well, Lisa shares her knowledge through education, auditing, and lived experiences of testers with disabilities to make digital materials more accessible for people with different disabilities.
Lisa was Chair of the Government of Manitoba’s Accessibility for Manitobans Act Information and Communications Standard Development Committee, was a Stakeholder in the W3C Accessibility Guidelines Working Group Silver Task Force (WCAG 2.1) and is a member of the ATHEN Microsoft Office and Mac Outlook Accessibility Groups and the Microsoft Inclusive Workplace Customer Advisory Council, collaborating with Microsoft to improve the accessibility of their products.
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Our High School is now the
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Isaac Asimov: c. January 2, 1920 - April 6, 1992) was an American author and professor
of biochemistry at Boston University. He was known for his works of science fiction
and popular science. Asimov was a prolific writer, and wrote or edited more than
500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. His books have been published
in 9 of the 10 major categories of the Dewey Decimal Classification.
Asimov wrote hard science fiction and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C.
Clarke, he was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his
lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major
series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series. The Galactic Empire
novels are explicitly set in earlier history of the same fictional universe as the
Foundation series. Later, beginning with Foundation's Edge, he linked this distant
future to the Robot and Spacer stories, creating a unified "future history" for his
stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by
Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He wrote hundreds of short stories, including
the social science fiction "Nightfall", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction
Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time. Asimov wrote
the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul
Asimov was born between October 4, 1919 and January 2, 1920 in Petrovichi near
Klimovichi, then Gomel Governorate in the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist
Republic (now Smolensk Oblast, Russia) to Anna Rachel (née Berman) and Judah Asimov,
a family of Jewish millers. His exact date of birth within that range is unknown,
but Asimov himself celebrated it on January 2.
Asimov completed his MA in chemistry in 1941 and earned a PhD in biochemistry in 1948.
After completing his doctorate, Asimov joined the faculty of the Boston University
School of Medicine, with which he remained associated thereafter. From 1958, this
was in a nonteaching capacity, as he turned to writing full-time (his writing income
had already exceeded his academic salary). Being tenured, he retained the title of
associate professor, and in 1979, the university honored his writing by promoting
him to full professor of biochemistry.
Asimov suffered a heart attack in 1977, and had triple bypass surgery in December
1983. When he died in New York City on April 6, 1992, his brother Stanley reported
heart and kidney failure as the cause of death.
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Pathways and Protocols
Screen Australia has developed a filmmaker’s guide, Pathways & Protocols, to working with Indigenous people, culture and concepts. It provides advice about the ethical and legal issues involved in transferring Indigenous cultural material to the screen. It covers documentary and drama, including short dramas, feature films and television drama. Using real case studies as practical examples, the guide assists and encourages recognition and respect for the images, knowledge and stories of Indigenous people.
The guide also includes contact details for key organisations such as land councils, Indigenous media associations and broadcasters, industry agencies, Indigenous cultural advisors and script consultants, and permit offices.
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Hannah 'Hanneli' Elizabeth Goslar
Hannah 'Hanneli' Elizabeth Goslar (born November 12, 1928) is a former nurse who is best known for her strong and close friendship with diarist Anne Frank. Both Hannah and Anne had attended the Sixth Public Montessori School (now the Anne Frank School) in Amsterdam and then the Jewish Lyceum.
The family lived Zuider Amstellaan (now Rooseveltlaan) 16 II, Amsterdam hier woonde de familie Goslar
Hanneli Elizabeth Pick-Goslar was born in Berlin, Germany on 12 November, 1928, the eldest child of Hans Goslar and Ruth Judith Klee. Her father was deputy minister for domestic affairs in Germany until 1933 and her mother was a teacher. Both of her parents were observant Jews. Her mother died giving birth to her third child; the baby was stillborn. In 1933, after the election of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party to the Reichstag and Hitler's appointment as Chancellor, Hans Goslar was forced to resign his governmental job. After an abortive attempt to move to England, where Hans Goslar could not find work that would allow him to stay home on the Sabbath, the Goslars moved to Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Hannah attended the Sixth Public Montessori school in Amsterdam, where she became best friends with Anne Frank. Anne and Hannah were also best and close friends with Susanne ''Sanne'' Ledermann, who lived in the same area but attended a different school, and later with Ilse Wagner and Jacqueline van Maarsen.
Arrest and concentration camp life
In 1943 on the 20th of June, Hannah, her father, her maternal grandparents, along with Hannah's younger sister Gabriela ("Gabi"), were arrested and sent to Westerbork, a transit camp, and then eventually to the exchange camp of Bergen-Belsen. Hannah was in a privileged section of the camp because her family had Palestine passports with them. Sometime between January-February 1945, Hannah was briefly reunited with Anne Frank, who was a less privileged prisoner imprisoned at the other side of the camp. Hannah passed Anne a package with some bread and socks in it. Hannah and Gabi survived 14 months at Bergen-Belsen. Her father and maternal grandparents all died of a sickness before the liberation. Hannah and Gabi were the only members of their family to survive the war, and in 1947, they immigrated to Jerusalem, Palestine
Hannah 'Hanneli' Elizabeth Goslar met Gert-Jan Jimmink aan de telefoon voor de toonbank in Boekhandel Jimmink.
Ik neem nu afscheid want ik ben te oud om zulke lange reizen van Israël naar Nederland te maken.
Hanneli Goslar speaks of her friendship with Anne Frank


Libraries are using so much social media and Twitter is a great tool for fast, short & direct snippets of information. Twitter has millions of users (tweeters!) so it is an excellent tool for all Libraries to connect with its clients. Libraries can use Twitter to advertise inhouse events like storytime or guest speakers, to notify people when the library is closed/open (public holidays), or when new services or books are available.
Twitter is also used for conversation or accessing information from clients or libraries with the use of retweeting and sharing of links, And of course, libraries following other libraries is a great device for new and constant exchange of information.
Check out these library Twitter feeds;
State Library of Victoria @Library_Vic
University of Melbourne @unimelb
Yarra Plenty Library @YarraPlentyLib
For library professional following other professionals worldwide is an active way to gain useful updates within the information industry.


Since at least the times when humans scratched on rocks to create images, the bee and the beehive have played central roles in human spiritual interest and worship. Bees and honey are present in the creation myths, cosmologies and sacred places of many diverse ancient cultures. African, Australian, South American, European, and Hindu-Indian creation myths and sacred stories feature the bee as a symbol of reverence. Archaeological evidence from almost every corner of the world demonstrates this. Bees and the hive life were powerful symbols of community, continuance, regeneration and a connection to the otherworld for our ancestors. As the source of honey, they also represented sweetness, healing and magic.
Valencia Spain Cave Painting 13,000 bc
Many scholars believe early cultures of the Mediterranean region worshiped a mother goddess. These cultures offer us our earliest archaeological evidence of organized apiculture centers. Central religious themes of these regions often depict the bull, the bee and goddess imagery. This triad of themes is believed to have centered around concepts of birth, death and rebirth; the ultimate mysteries of our human lives and those of the natural world around us, regardless of our time in human history. The works of Marija Gimbutas are a rich source for these interpretations.
Ancient image Knossis, Crete
Minoan culture, of the Neolithic period around Crete, depicted some of it’s many goddess images with bee-like stripes, wings and antennae. Apiculture was a prominent part of the Minoan culture, and bee- hives and other bee images feature prominently in it’s engraved imagery. Later Egyptian, Greek and Roman cultures inherited these patterns and beliefs and transmuted them into their own later myths and legends.
Honey and the bee were also prominent in the cosmology of the early Egyptians. They were principles of the Egyptian diet, medicine and ritual magic. The typical black and gold striping and winged insect imagery seen on many Egyptian god and goddess figures, sarcophagi and other engraved imagery also referenced the bee. The Egyptian Sun God, Ra, cried tears that became bees that then created honey in the world. The Egyptian God, Apis, took the form of a Sacred Bull. The Latin name for our modern day honey-bee is Apis Mellifera. King Menes of Egypt was referred to as ‘The Beekeeper’ and his domain in Lower Egypt was known as the ‘Place of the Bee’. The Great Mother Goddess Neith, was worshiped at Sais and her temple was called ‘The House of the Bee’.
Turkish Goddess 8000 bc
Some of my favorite bee lore is found in Greek and Roman mythology. Before Dionysus was torn to pieces and returned as a bee, he was in the form of a bull. His worshipers, called Maenad’s, were often depicted as frenziedly dancing females with wings. It’s now believed early Greek and Roman cultures actually drank mead as their chosen beverage, probably what’s now called pyment, a honey wine made with grapes. Pan, the Greek God commonly associated with the wild and sexuality, was also the God of Beekeeping.
The most important oracular site of ancient Greece, Delphi, was said to have been constructed by bees. The oracle of the temple itself was an object called an Omphalos, a carved stone, shaped like a beehive, and covered in bee-like images linked in a beautiful pattern. Phythia, the chief priestess at Delphi, was called ‘The Delphic Bee’. Priestesses of Greece were called Queen Bees. It was believed they entered states of spiritual trance that involved the use of honey.
Egyptian Bee Heiroglyph
In a story about Aphrodite, in which she murders a king, we’re told she killed him by tearing out his insides; an act scholar Andrew Gough has pointed out is remarkably akin to what happens to the drone bee when it mates with the queen bee. Aphrodite is the mother of Artemis, Diana to the Romans, who goes on to become the preeminent Bee Goddess of her region. Aphrodite’s priestesses were called Melissa’s and a golden honeycomb was placed on her shrine at Mt. Eryx. Both Rhea and Demeter were also referred to as Melissa’s. At the Cave of the Bee, in Crete, Rhea gave birth to Zeus, the other parent of Artemis.
Sumerian Bee Goddess
In Artemis we have our most renowned bee patroness. As the goddess of nature and the hunt, forests, hills, rocks and rivers, she oversaw the home territory of wild bees. A particularly fascinating part of her history is her temple community, in Ionia, at Ephesus, today’s Turkey. Some believe it was a matriarchal community of beekeeping priestesses that worshiped Artemis. In her Ephesus form, she’s depicted covered in breast or egg-like carvings, that for a beekeeper, can only resemble the cells queen bees are born from in the hive. At her feet are two Omphalos stones.
Layne Redmond’s book “When the Drummers Were Women” is an enthralling account of goddess worship, priestessing and drumming, based on archaeological research from the ancient Mediterranean region. Her thoughts on the combination of the bull, the bee and goddess worship in these ancient days present the reader with a picture of a culture focused on ritual, healing, the feminine nature and a connection with the natural world we have shifted dramatically away from. She’s now engendering a movement to help us heal ourselves, the bees and our planet by reconnecting with the ancient priestessing ways of the Melissa by recognizing the magic and wisdom of the bees.
Gold Minoan Bee Necklace
By the times of the Romans, bees were also being used in less spiritual ways. Besides consuming truly impressive quantities of mead, honey wine, on a daily basis, the Romans are also known to have used bees in battle by catapulting hives onto their enemies. This use of bees as a weapon reportedly ceased when the population of bees in Italy actually dwindled dangerously low because of it.
Omphalos Oracle Stone
Hindu creation stories are another wealthy source of bee lore and worship.
The Rig Vedas are full of tales of bees and honey and their place in the divine nature of the universe. Indra, the namesake of India, is said to have been fed honey as his first food. Krishna has a bee aspect in which he’s depicted striped like a bee and buzzing with creation power. My favorite Hindu tale of the power of bees is the story of Bhramari Devi. Her most famous legend recounts a tale in which she’s faced with battling an army of demons working with a greedy human. She transforms into a large black bee and from her bee-body pour streams of black bees that eventually envelop the whole world, driving away the demons and teaching us the ‘Bhramaran’, the life protecting hum of the bee, which resides in our Heart Chakra. When kept strong, it protects us from outside negativity and invasion that would weaken us. This sound is believed to be the essential sound of the universe in the Hindu cosmology. If you’re ever lucky enough to stand within swarming bees, you can experience a feeling that their group buzzing is indeed a sound deeply embedded within us, that is perhaps the thread connecting all energy together.
Pythia, Delphic Bee Oracle
Mayan Culture is one of the only ancient cultures known to have worshiped bees in a primarily masculine form, though they did refer to bees as ‘Our Ladies’. Their bee god was called Ah Muzen Cab and his temple was Tulum. Ah Muzen Cab is associated with world creation in Mayan mythology and it’s believed that honey, in some kind of psychoactive form, was used in his worship. Shamans from the Mayan tradition still use a form of humming, based on the sound of bees, in their trance-inducing and healing chants today.
Melissa, Bee Goddess at Eryx
In later historical time periods, an equally consuming hot spot of Bee Worship can be found further north, in Europe, where Bees were worshiped in Scandinavia, throughout Eastern Europe, Germany, Russia and the British Isles.
Lithuania is perhaps the most pristine source of ancient and modern Bee Worship, as Beekeeping has existed as a revered way of life there for as long as can be remembered. Because the lore of ancient Lithuania was an oral tradition, and the country remained relatively primitive by western standards, it’s written records of these amazing histories is minimal.
Artemis/Diana of Ephesus
The bee was one of it’s central mythic creatures and as such was considered sacred. Bees could not be bought or sold, because of their revered status, and this practice is still a tradition in parts of rural Lithuania today. In medieval times families were known to leave their homes to follow local bees when they swarmed, relocating where the bees established their new hive. Once this happened, the family of human followers were believed to have earned a special grace and protection that could never be taken away from them, or their offspring, that also made them related to other humans that shared this form of bee-blessing in a sacred form of kinship.
Interestingly, Lithuania is also known to have the longest living path of Pagan worship, called Romuva. As one of the last western countries to experience the spread and acceptance of Christianity, it’s folk traditions remained uniquely intact and were never completely wiped out. Austeja is their bee goddess. It’s also one of the most popular names given to Lithuanian girls today. If I’m ever able to get there, I look forward to visiting the ‘Lithuanian Museum of Ancient Beekeeping’. There, one can see examples of the intricately carved logs traditionally used for hives by beekeepers deep in the forest. Some of these logs represented gods and goddesses and elemental forest spirits. Others logs were left in a more natural state and were chosen because of the power of a particular tree in it’s place in the forest, and the belief that it would go on to bless the bees within it and bring it’s good ju-ju to all that resided near it’s place. Movements are underway today to bring back this form of log beekeeping and it’s currently being practiced again.
Hindu Goddess Bhramari Devi
In Germany, where an ancient bee god called Imme (I-Me) was worshipped, it’s known that this his name was also used to refer to sacred trees in their forests where bees were kept.
The British Isles are also a place relevant to the sacred worship of bees in pre-Christian times. Ireland, Scotland and England were referred to as ‘The Lands of Copious Honey’ by the Romans. The ancient scholar Giraldus wrote of the abundance of bees in these regions, both cultivated and wild, and stated that almost every household was advanced in the management of bees and the hive.
Hive Structures Lithuanian Beekeeping Museum
The ancient Irish are particularly noted for their relationship with the bee. In Gaelic, the word for bee is bech, and a swarm is saithe. The hive had many names but was most commonly referred to as a corcog. The gift of a hive of bees was the traditional way to show gratitude or loyalty to the ancient Irish Kings and Queens and as such, their realms were often known as centers of Beekeeping. It’s not surprising, with these facts in mind, that Honey was a staple of the diet of the ancient Irish. It’s believed that everyone present at a royal table was given their own dish of honey, and supposedly each bite of food was dipped in it before eating. Honey was used to marinate meats, particularly salmon, and was drunk in hot milk, as well as used as an offering in religious ceremony. Mead was considered a sacred and ceremonial beverage and was consumed at feasts and celebrations to bring blessings to all present and to lend the event it’s magical properties. Tara had a special residence called ‘The House of Mead Circling”.
Bees were so central to the mythology and culture of the ancient Irish that the old Druidic Laws, the Brehon Laws, were said to be protected as a tradition by the Bees themselves. The Brehon Laws contain twenty pages entitled “Bee-Judgement”, that spell out specific regulations regarding the care and ownership of Hives, Bees and Swarms. In an old tale of Ailill and Maeve, the king and queen of Connaught, they were served grilled salmon with Honey “well made” by their daughter, the princess Findabair.
Zemaiciu Alka, Lithuania
The ancient Gaelic word for harp is Clair Seach and it was said that the best of them were tuned to the drone of bees. The ancient tune “Isth co Nemh” was known as a bee charm. A much interpreted adage from ancient times in the British Isles was “ask the wild bees what the druids know”.…
Today we’re seeing a new period of interest in bees. Media exposure of Colony Collapse Disorder, and the serious decline in bee health around the world, gives us yet another potent revelation of our ways in the world endangering the necessary balance and connection of all living things. As our culture awakens to the knowledge that our values and lifestyles are tremendously damaging our planet and her health, we’re beginning to reconnect with the awareness of our deep relationship to the natural cycles we live within and the importance of finding ways to live as a world population that nurture and sustain our Mother, and all life within her. It seems that the magic our ancestors found in bees and the hive life is coming around again to assist us in the challenges we face today.
Eastern European Farm with Hive Structures
The truly amazing values of the hive – self-sacrifice for greater community good, industriousness, and commitment to perpetuation, provide us with a model of where we need to go. That the hive also results in the purest and most healthy form of sweet, honey, tells us there are magical gifts to be found by living in deep commitment to co-existing as true community with all around us.
Aerial View of Tara, County Meath, Ireland
The following prayer is an ancient Lithuanian Daina, or hymn, of the Romuva tradition:
“A poplar stood alongside a road. Sounding kankles – from below the roots, buzzing bees – in the middle, falcon’s children – at the top. And a group of brothers comes riding on horseback. Please stop, young brothers: listen to the sounding kankles, listen to the buzzing bees, look at the falcon’s children.”
There are many wonderful resources for those inspired by the history of bee worship and the magic of bees. Some of them are listed below, for those that would like to pursue further the magical nature of bees.
The Civilization of the Goddess and The Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe by Marija Gimbutas
The World History of Beekeeping and Honey Hunting by Eva Crane
The Sacred Bee by Hilda Ransome
When the Drummers Were Women Layne Redmond 1997
The Shamanic Way of the Bee Simon Buxton 2004
Source: Beehaven Honey Farm


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Grandmother Jean Lovel Booley and grandfather Bob Williams taken in Ballarat in the late 1920’s. picture courtesy of Leigh Williams of Ballarat
For nearly two decades I have wondered how a girl from Ouyen in Victoria’s Mallee district married a boy from some 350 kms away in Ballarat, but the answer is so simple I should probably sack myself as the non-elected, unofficial family historian.
New research has finally solved my quest to determine how my grandparents probably met, and its is a timely reminder-to-self to never accept a fact as complete nor as the only evidence that applies to a family’s history.
My grandmother Jean Lovel Booley (1908 – 1992) married Robert ‘Bob’ Herbert Colin Williams (1908 – 1967) in 1931 in Ballarat, and I have often puzzled how they met.
My grandparents each grew up in towns some 380 kms apart: Nan in the rural, dry-farming heart of the Mallee, one of the last of Victoria’s regions settled by Europeans due to its harsh terrain whereas as Bob grew up in the bush city of Ballarat, made famous for its goldfields and its Eureka Rebellion which helped shape Australia’ political landscape.
Nan’s people were staunch Wesleyans and Non-Conformists (her great grandfather was a lay minister and had helped establish Wesleyan churches in colonial Victoria) whereas the Williams were followers of the Church of England and particularly St John’s at Ballarat, so its not like they might met regularly at church functions or Sunday school.
There is no evidence of earlier family members marrying or being connected through social circles.
Though Jean’s father Walter Scott Booley (1863-1936) was born in Ballarat, he moved up to Horsham and then the Warracknabeal district in the 1880’s, after burying both parents and ten siblings by the time he was aged 12 years old.
Nanna Jean was also one of 12 siblings, whose births were registered in Warracknabeal to Walter S. Booley and his wife Mary Jane Brabner (1865-1928), though technically Nan was born at Ouyen (on Nan’s brothers’ war records it is enunciated as Oo-ee-yan, my husband says its O-yen, but the locals will know best).
Nan’s father had learned brick-making at Horsham with his only surviving brother Frank Milton, and the two brothers moved over to Warracknabeal in the early 1890’s where Frank established a brick-making business.
Walter also turned his hands to other work including carting, and then when his sons were older they established a farm and his wifeMary Jane supplemented the family income as the local postmistress.
It was World War 1 that changed everything, draining all the young men out of the Mallee onto the blood-soaked fields of Gallipolli.
Nan’s parents stuck at the farm, even when word came that her eldest brother James ‘Jim’ Booley had died in action at the front.
It was only after the other three brothers came home from the War that Walter Scott Booley could finally hand the reigns back to his sons, and move with his wife and family down to Ballarat sometime about 1922.
By this time ,most of Nan’s brothers and sisters were married, as Nan was second youngest of the family.
After the death of her mother Mary Jane Booley in 1928, my grandmother and her younger sister Lyn were the only girls believed to be at home in Ballarat, along with their brother Robert Alexander and possibly older brother Wesley (a family named carried down through generations of the Booley family, acknowledging the family’s connection to the Wesleyan faith).
Nan’s brother ‘Bob’ was playing footy with the Imperials Club at Ballarat, and selling cattle at the local sale yards for the boys still back up on their farms when he wasn’t in trouble for the odd dust-up over footy matches.
As Nan’s family were living in Ligar Street when they first returned to Ballarat, I have thought for many years that this was where my grandmother was living when she met my grandfather but couldn’t work out where they had opportunity to meet.
It turns out however there had been another family shift between 1928 – 1936 which I wasn’t previously aware of, and if not for Trove and its digitized newspapers I would still be in blissful ignorance of that important dot that connected my the histories of my paternal families.
The recently obtained obituary for Walter Scott Booley shows that after his wife’s death, he moved house again, this time to 216 Doveton Crescent in Ballarat’s North.
And this is where my grandmother was living when she met my grandfather.
I immediately Google Mapped 216 Doveton Crescent and the distance from there to my grandfather’s home at 3 Holmes Street.
I felt faint with my own stupidity as I watched the image unfold on my computer screen.
My grandparents homes were (and remain) less than 250 metres apart.
The only thing separating our Williams and Booley homes (then and now!) was Doveton Street and its railway line!
Nan’s house was on a corner with a verandah facing westward, giving a clear view to the the Williams’ back door and the side of their house on the corner of 3 Holmes street,
Nan could have stood at her front door and chucked a rock at my grandfather if she wanted his attention.
And what girl wouldn’t have caught the eye of some seven brothers living over the road!
Our Williams family were well known locally, especially with four daughters and seven sons, and with the latter working and playing at a local level and most of the boys had a keen interest in horse or greyhound racing.
My Dad remember his uncle James ‘Possum’ Williams who lived in a lean-to at the back of the 3 Holmes street house, a bachelor with greyhounds and who was forever getting the others into trouble for lending him money for gambling.
A couple of the other brothers were strappers or horse-trainers, and eventually moved away from Ballarat for a career path in the racing industry, but the rest remained where two generations of Williams’ and their cousins were settled.
The Booley’s shift from Ligar street to Doveton Crescent in Ballarat around 1928 certainly gave country girl a chance to meet city boy, and so I am finally happy to lay that history mystery aside.
Without the National Library of Australia and its TROVE digitized newspapers, most family historians cannot access those important births, deaths and marriage or obituary notices in newspapers usually archived in capital cities.
There are millions of Australian’s who will never have an opportunity to travel to city libraries, whether because of physical, economic, cultural or social impositions.
Traditional Births, Deaths and Marriage records are essential in tracing family history, but they only provide the framework within which to contextualize people’s lives as well as social, political and economic history.
History is easily misrepresented without access to social records and with the current government threat to funding MEGAPHONE currently has a petition online for people to sign calling on our government to continue funding TROVE so as to connect people to place and to national history.


World War Z – Max Brooks
Besides having the same title, there is very little else in common between the 2006 novel World War Z and the 2013 film ‘adaptation.’ That is not to say that each does not have its merits, but even what makes one good in its own right is very different from what makes the other one good. From the small details to the larger big picture, two pieces of work with the same title and technically about the same subject could not be any more different from one another than this novel and film. Even the novel’s author, Max Brooks, states that the film and novel are the same in title alone in an interview conducted at Mansfield University in 2012 and again at San Diego’s 2013 Comic-Con.
Like Max Brooks, I cannot say that I dislike the movie just because it had basically nothing in common with the novel that I enjoyed reading so thoroughly. In fact, I found the movie to be very entertaining and I appreciated that the movie strayed from the typical zombie movie structure. The action did not focus on the experiences of one geographical region but rather on the global impact of such a tragedy, which is one thing the movie does have in common with the novel. I also enjoyed the visuals (especially the growing pile of zombies outside the ‘protective’ wall in Israel), and the suspense that the film is able to establish.
What I would say is lost in the film version is the sense of pride in humanity that is established in the novel. In the novel, it is the combined efforts of all types of people from all across the world that saves humanity. Instead, in the film the credit is given to one person alone. From the American leaders hiding out on a military boat to the scientists locked away in the WHO facility, truly no one else in the film seems to be making any real contribution to the war’s efforts. If Gerry Lane had died at any point during the action of the film, where would humanity have been? Certainly, the scientists were nowhere near coming up with Gerry Lane’s miraculous solution.
This is extremely different from the sense that one gets reading the novel. The novel is entirely comprised of first hand recollections from all stages of the war from all over the world. Max Brook’s ability to predict the effects of the war on different groups of people and to anticipate all the different roles that would need to be filled during such a situation is incredibly insightful and almost uncanny. By following the experiences of only Gerry Lane, the film really misses out on sharing some very creative and moving stories of survival.
Book Vs. Film Facts
- Film’s title character, Gerry Lane, does not appear in the novel. Perhaps he is intended to be the same character as the unnamed narrator in the novel, but this not clear.
- The novel does not follow the events of one character but is rather a collection of many individuals’ experiences from the beginning of the Zombie war through to the clean-up efforts after the war is over.
- The zombies are called “Zeke” in the movie but are called “Zack” in the novel.
- In the novel, the speed at which bitten people turn into zombies varies based on the location and severity of the bite. Infected people can seem healthy for days before developing a fever and transitioning to a zombie. They do turn more quickly if they die after being bitten.
- Zombies in the book are slow enough that survivors are told they can out-walk pursuing zombies if needed.
- Zombies have white eyes in the novel because they do not blink and dust particles and debris scratches their eyes.
- With the exception of the man Gerry Lane talks with in Israel, none of the film’s characters can be found in the novel.
- Zombies do not avoid sick humans in the novel.
Rating (match to book) - 0
There was really no question about this book and movie’s match rating. Since the movie has literally almost nothing in common with the novel, I easily give this particular rating a 0.
Which was Better?
I’ve Seen the Movie – Should I Read the Book?
Absolutely! When I first saw the movie, I thought perhaps it was written as a companion to the novel World War Z rather than as an adaptation. Since the novel is written as a collection of the experiences of different people living during the Zombie War, I thought perhaps the movie was just one of those stories on a large scale. Now it is clear that this is not exactly the case since so many other details are changed in the film. For example, in the book, humans do not survive the Zombie War because they find a way to make zombies avoid them all together, so really the story of Gerry Lane could not just be neatly inserted into the collection of stories in the novel. Still, if you enjoyed the movie at all, you will love reading the experiences of many more characters who are just as, if not even more so, interesting than Gerry Lane. Also, I really recommend that you do not miss out on Max Brooks’ incredible insight into the way that different countries and groups of people would react to a global crisis based on the world’s current political and economic situation.
I’ve Read the Book – Should I See the Movie?
Maybe. In my experience, book lovers are easily enraged when a book they love is not accurately adapted to film. So, unless you go into watching this film with an open mind, knowing not to expect to see the movie you would expect, you will be very disappointed by the movie World War Z. In a presentation at Comic-Con in San Diego, Max Brooks explains that he could not be upset with this adaptation of his novel simply because it was not his novel being represented in any way; it was an entirely different movie written completely by someone else. As a lover of the novel World War Z, you need to think of the film in this way: it simply is not the film version of the novel. It is instead a whole different story with the same title. As long as you know this, I think that watching the film can be a very enjoyable experience, and in general, I do recommend the film.


February is the month for love and great love stories!
On Friday, February 28th, Theatre on the Ridge is pleased to bring back Mary’s Wedding, by Stephen Massicotte, for a special one night enhanced staged reading at the Scugog Memorial Public Library. Through vivid and poetic language, Mary’s Wedding tells the poignant story of Mary and Charlie, who discover a charming first love, filled with innocence and humour, but the year is 1914 and the world is collapsing into a brutal war.
Returning to read in this special presentation, are Duncan Gibson-Lockhart and Manon Ens-Lapointe, the original cast members of Theatre on the Ridge’s 2017 powerful production of this popular Canadian play. Proceeds from the evening will support the Theatre on the Ridge Festival 2020 summer theatre season.
The performance takes place at 7 pm in the Rotary Community Room of the Scugog Memorial Public Library at 231 Water St., Port Perry. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.
Preferred advanced seating is available online for $25/ticket, but tickets will also be sold at the door for $20, subject to availability. Purchase advanced seats online here.
Photo of Duncan Gibson-Lockhart & Manon Ens-Lapointe by Hark Nijjar


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02/04/2003 Entry: "Bush Library Damaged in Fire"
Fire Damages Presidential Library
Washington, DC (Reuters) --
A tragic and sad fire has destroyed the personal library of President George W. Bush.
Both of his books have been lost.
The president is reportedly devastated - apparently, he had not finished coloring the second one.
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First Sale Doctrine in Overseas Copyright Case
By R Tamara de Silva
March 19, 2013
The United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 today that the “first sale” doctrine, a limitation on the rights of a copyright owner in the copyright law, applies to copyrighted books manufactured overseas. The “first sale” doctrine is found in section 109 of the Copyright Act and it means that a person who legally purchases a book or work, protected by copyright may “sell or dispose” of it as she sees fit.
The first sale doctrine states in pertinent part that,
Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3) [the section that grants the owner exclusive distributionrights], the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title . . . is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or other¬wise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord. (Emphasis added)
The Court found that in the Copyright Law, copyright protection is bestowed on works “lawfully made” regardless of in which geographic region they are made.
In the present case Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Supap Kirtsaeng, is a Thai national who came to Cornell University to study mathematics. To help pay for his education, he asked his family and friends in Thailand to purchase textbooks in Thailand which he later resold on Ebay to other students including students in the United States for a profit of $100,000. The publisher of these textbooks, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., successfully sued Kirtsaeng for violating copyright laws and obtained a verdict of $600,000 in damages. The textbooks manufactured in Thailand contained a warning that they were not to be taken (without express permission) into the United States.
The Court reversed the decision of the lower courts and held in favor of Kirtsaeng by finding that he had lawfully purchased the textbooks in Thailand, and his re-selling of them on Ebay was consistent with the doctrine of first sale.
Had the Court ruled in favor of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., the implications upon students, libraries, museums, used-book dealers, software companies, retailers, buyers and sellers on Ebay, Amazon and consumers everywhere who purchase media, laptops, phones, televisions or books from other countries would potentially be immense. For example, before a retailer could sell a computer tablet manufactured overseas, it would have to obtain permission from the software manufacturer. Academic libraries would have to contact publishers before they could lend a vast portion of their collection to students.
Justice Ginsburg, who along with Justice Scalia and Justice Kennedy compromised the dissent, wrote that concerns over possible litigation and the impact on commerce from interpreting the first sale doctrine to have a geographic limitation were overstated. Fortunately, a majority of the Court disagreed.
R. Tamara de Silva
Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc..


Groundwork Reading Group Session 4
March 6, 6:30–8:30pm
Organized by Prem Krishnamurthy
with David Giles
The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abraham
Please come with a sentence or short section from each text to read aloud and discuss.
Organized by David Giles and Prem Krishnamurthy as part of Department of Transformation‘s residency at Canal Projects, the program invites participants to propose complex or challenging texts that merit collective engagement. The reading group asks: Can we redefine our futures through the redefinition of our forms? How might reading together itself be a transformative act?
Please register here
David Giles has worked at the intersection of urban policy, community development, and design for the last 15 years, first as the research director at the Center for an Urban Future and more recently as chief strategy officer at Brooklyn Public Library. He is interested in tactical urban design, public library innovation, community-driven planning, and convivial pedagogies. At BPL, David helped to design and launch the BKLYN Incubator, an innovation fund and support system for library-community partnerships. He has spoken widely on the changing role of libraries in the 21st century information economy. David lives and works in New York City and the Catskills.


Zelda Media, LLC is a Virginia-based company owned and operated by Hayleigh Worgan. Hayleigh is a freelance writer and the Editorial Director for Bella Magazine. In 2016, she completed her first novel, The Huntsman, a modern retelling of Red Riding Hood. (Of note: the second cover for The Huntsman features art by Danil Shunkov, which you can purchase on his Etsy shop). The same year, she published her first book of poetry, Missed Connections. Hayleigh sells poetry on canvas as well. For more information on her work, and how to purchase it, use the contact form to the right.
Hayleigh has also led workshops, including a Creative Writing Workshop, for teenagers at South County Library. She organized the first Southwest Virginia Young Writers Conference at the South County Library in November 2017. In her spare time, she volunteers and contributes material to local organizations like the Planned Parenthood and the Virginia Blue Ridge Affiliate of Susan G. Komen.
Hayleigh is available for consultation on writing projects, editing, and tutoring for middle and high school students. Please use the contact form for any inquiries.
Disclosure: Hayleigh Worgan retains all copyright to work featured on this site. Please reach out, via the contact form above, if you would like to share any of the work featured here. Thank you.


Ijāzah (Authorization) degree
After completing the four-year bachelor’s degree students have the option of completing the requirements for receiving an Ijāzah in the six canonical books of ḥadīth: Ṣaḥīḥ Al-Bukhārī, Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, Jāmi’ Tirmidhi, Sunan Abu Dāwūd, Sunan Ibn Mājah, and Sunan Al- Nasā’i. The goal of the program is for students to develop advanced literacy in ḥadīth literature allowing them to navigate through the texts and understand how they interact with the field of jurisprudence.
Known as the most authentic book after the Qur’ān, this collection is considered to be one of the most important works of ḥadīth. This course will cover a brief biography of Imām Al-Bukhāri as well as a brief introduction to his methodology in compiling and organizing his work. The students will study a brief explanation of each ḥadīth with the goal of familiarizing themselves with the work and how it used in deriving legal rulings.
The famous collection of Imām Muslim ibn Hajjāj Al-Naysābūrī may God be pleased with him. This course will provide a general survey of the work so that students will be familiar with its structure, organization and subject matter. Students will also study the Book of Faith and the Book of…
Sunan Ibn Mājah
This is the celebrated work of Imām Abu ‘Abdillah Muhammad ibn Yazīd Al-Rab‘ī also known as ibn Mājah Al-Qazwīni, may God be pleased with him. In this collection he compiled 4,341 Ahādīth divided into 32 books, which are further divided into 1,500 chapters. This course will survey the narrations in this collection familiarizing the students with the work and its content.
Sunan Al- Nasā’i
The famous collection of Imām Abu ‘Abd Al-Rahmān Ahmad ibn Shu‘ayb Al-Nasā’i, may God be pleased with him. The collection consists of 5,000 Ahādīth of a legal nature. Students will survey the work familiarizing them with its structure and content.
This course will cover criminal law, court procedure, and the rules related to food and clothing.


Are you the pleased proprietor of a Russian hat? You have possibly been browsing for a way to obtain the Russian hat name. It is nice to understand that ushanka you can find this details online, so you do not need to go and also check out a KGB office to get it.
You will certainly locate out just how to obtain the Russian hat name, the reason why it is called this and also even where to get the word or expression that you are looking for. If you have Russian as a second language, you may even be able to discover the main Russian translation of your name.
There are numerous ways that you can set about getting the Russian name for your hat. The easiest method to get the name of your hat is to write it down. It will take you less than a minute to compose it down if you have a pen and also paper convenient.
There are additionally search engines that you can use to learn more about the hat. You can search for the title of the book that the name of the hat originated from, in addition to the number of times it has actually been released. This will offer you some details about the writer.
There are additionally some social networking sites that you can check out. If you don't recognize much about these sites, simply key in the name of the hat and also see what turns up. Among the starting points that you will stumble upon will certainly be a newspaper article regarding the hat.
If you obtain a similar news article with the exact same title, you can use that a person to obtain some suggestions concerning exactly how the Russians think of their names for hats. You can also check out online forums where you can fulfill other individuals that are into the Russian hat. This will certainly enable you to find out more about them.
You may likewise wish to look into an encyclopedia to discover the background of the Russian hat. If you recognize a lot about hats, you can check it out also. When you discover a little concerning it, you can ask the Russian embassy for additional information.
You will certainly additionally wish to read a write-up that discusses the Russian hat. You will find that there are several places that you can read about the hat and also its history.
An intriguing place to go to when you are trying to get more information about the Russian hat is your public library. These are terrific areas to check out publications and also even find out more regarding the hat and also its background. Simply make certain that you obtain the best book for the ideal person.
When you know sufficient concerning the Russian hat, you can begin to ask others about it. You can find a short article on the net regarding the hat, but you can also find various other articles online.
You will ultimately locate your method to the Russian embassy and a name for your hat. Once you get the Russian hat name, you will certainly feel like aristocracy. It will not be lengthy prior to you are the envy of everybody that you know.
You have actually most likely been browsing for a way to obtain the Russian hat name. You will certainly discover out just how to obtain the Russian hat name, the factor why it is called this as well as even where to obtain the word or phrase that you are looking for. There are several methods that you can go concerning getting the Russian name for your hat. You will ultimately locate your means to the Russian embassy as well as a name for your hat. When you obtain the Russian hat name, you will certainly feel like royalty.


History of Rare
This book started as a manuscript written by a senior executive at Rare. He wanted to preserve the diverse and interesting history of Rare to ensure it wouldn’t be lost as the organization ages and grows.
My team decided that we would design the manuscript as a long-form book with lots of historical imagery.
We initially released it as a gift to our board of trustees and friends of the organization. It is now used as a piece of stewardship and development collateral.
New hires are also given this book on their first day and are encouraged to read it so they have an understanding of Rare’s history.
I worked with a local printer to ensure I designed a cost effective size and used all environmentally friendly, sustainable paper.
- Final Size: 5.5″ x 8.5″
- Page Count: 160
- Paper: Mohawk Loop


In 2007 as part of the 50th
anniversary of St. Agnes Cathedral, a 6th section was added
recalling the events of May 26 and 27, 1957 when St. Agnes
Church was elevated to a Cathedral.
From Church to Cathedral
hope you enjoy reading about our parish history.
very special thanks goes to James O'Neill, author of "To
Believe In A Vision" (Delmar, 1983). His work is the
source of much of the information in this history prior to
Much thanks also goes to the authors of "From a Blacksmith Shop
To A Majestic Gothic Edifice" which was produced in conjunction
with the dedication of the current Cathedral building in 1935.
We also wish to thank the authors of the 1982 Rededication
Journal which was written for the Rededication of the cathedral
following the completion of the renovation in 1982.


DEI Resource Guide
Compiled by Impact100 Philadelphia’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee
updated March 2021
The following resource guide introduces the terminology and language related to diversity, equity, and inclusion work; the history and importance of anti-racism work; and action steps that Impact100 members can take to support a more just and equitable society. This guide will be updated periodically. An asterisk (*) denotes resources that the published may have behind a paywall. If you are interested in any articles below, but are unable to read them, please feel free to contact us at email@example.com.
WHAT IS MEANT BY DIVERSITY, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION?
- DEI Table
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh (article)
- Race and Racism 101
- Race, Equity and Inclusion Action Guide
WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF RACISM AND HOW DOES IT OPERATE IN OUR SOCIETY?
- As Mayor of Minneapolis, I Saw How White Liberals Block Change by Betsy Hodges (article)
- 7 Ways Systemic Racism is Real by Ben & Jerry’s
- 1619 Project from the New York Times (magazine or podcast)
- Pollution is Killing Black Americans. This Community Fought Back. (New York Times)
- Your Home’s Value Is Based on Racism (New York Times)*
- All you want is to be believed: The impact of unconscious bias in health care (Philadelphia Inquirer)
- The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together (Heather McGhee) (book)
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- 13th by Ava DuVernay
- Race: The Power of an Illusion (PBS series on YouTube)
WHY IS DEI WORK IMPORTANT PARTICULARLY FOR IMPACT100?
- From Generosity to Justice: A New Gospel of Wealth by Darren Walker, President of the Ford Foundation (free audio or eBook)
- Philanthropy needs a new endgame: The liberation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color communities in America by Sidney Hargro (article)
- The Case for Funding Black-Led Social Change by Susan Taylor Batten President & CEO, ABFE: A Philanthropic Partnership for Black Communities and Nat Chioke Williams, PhD Executive Director, Hill-Snowdon Foundation (article)
- How Board Members Can Advance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Foundations, by Philanthropy Network (article)
- Black Girls Must Be a Focus — Not an Afterthought — of Racial-Justice Giving (Chronical of Philanthropy)*
- How the stress of racism can harm your health — and what that has to do with Covid-19 (article)*
- 20 ways majority-white nonprofits can build authentic partnerships with organizations led by communities of color (article)*
HOW CAN I BE AN ANTI-RACIST?
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (book)
- Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (book)
- Let’s Talk About Race: Resources for White Philadelphians Who Are Ready to Actually Do Something About Racism and Anti-Blackness by Maddie Sweitzer-Lamme and Samantha Spengler (Philadelphia Magazine)
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
- The 21-Day Racial Equity Habit-Building Challenge © by Eddie Moore, America & Moore, LLC, 2004
- White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (book)
- So You want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo (book)
- The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart (Alicia Garza) (book)
- Code Switch (podcast)
ANTI-ASIAN HATE RESOURCES
For those interested in further information on the history of Asian American identity in the United States and the racial justice issues underlying these current events, we recommend the PBS docuseries Asian Americans.
Donate to trusted AAPI organizations working to rectify the racial inequalities in our society. Visit:
Stop AAPI Hate has reported 3,795 anti-Asian attacks since Feb. 28, 2021. Their website makes it simple to use your voice and report a hate incident. Visit: Stop AAPI Hate.
Self Evident is a podcast that challenges the narratives of Asian Americans by telling their stories. Visit: Self Evident podcast.
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong is a highly-acclaimed collection of essays that uses Hong’s own story as the daughter of Korean immigrants to examine racialized consciousness in America. Visit: Cathy Park Hong’s website.
- Unlearn ideas like the “model minority” myth, recognizing that the Asian-American identity is not a monolith.
- Understand the history of anti-Asian discrimination in the United States.
- Engage in discussion. Talk to a friend or family member about anti-Asian discrimination and how it is a shared issue that we must confront.
- Read articles about how this tragedy is impacting our Asian-American communities here in Philadelphia.
- Make plans to attend screenings at the 2021 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (coming in November) to educate yourself about perspectives and stories from the Asian American community.


Customers for Life by Carl Sewell is an excellent guide to making a lot of money with service. Carl tells it like he's experienced it. He gives pointers on how to hire the best and motivate them . He gives practical analogies to inspire the extra mile and quantifies the dollar value of a customer for life.
Delivering Knock Your Socks Off Service by Kristin Anderson, Ron Zemke is part of a delightful, practical series of Knock Your Socks Off books on customer service. This one gives real world advice on exactly what to do on the front line to deliver excellent service. Employees benefit directly from the advice in this book. Managers can use it for a refresher and for training employees.
Total Customer Service: The Ultimate Weapon by William H. Davidow, Bro Uttal has to be the "bible" of customer service. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand and implement a successful customer service strategy. It is packed full of content. It is not as easy a read as the other books, yet still captivating.
A unique card game that brings out the best customer service ideas in your staff or team.