Dr Travis’s extraordinarily vivid and at times painfully lucid account provides a rare, fascinating insight into the experience and treatment of paranoid schizophrenia. Along the way there is humour, horror, the most astonishing palindrome and ultimately enlightenment about this most misunderstood of conditions. I enjoyed it very much - Christopher Thatcher
Barking absolutely! A revelation to those who read it - a real eclectic mix. It will be a beacon of light for those in darkness and for those that simply want a bloody good read - Rob Paxman Ex B Sqdn 22 SAS
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For thousands of years man tried to make something out of nothing: it was called alchemy and never worked. Not until now that is. The proof arrived in the post in the form of Looking for Prince Charles's Dog this week, and I have already got to the joke of a last line. Well OK you could say the disappearance of the future King of England’s dog was a little bit more than nothing: it did make the front page of The Times. But it would take a great feat of imagination to take that event of April 1994 all the way to this: a ten year expedition down the stream of consciousness (where the stream seems to be flowing beer for most of the journey). Perhaps a million people will never read this book, but it will mean the world to those who do. One can only feel for those not privileged to join Dr Travis on the trip, and it is a trip on two occasions. I commend this epic to you - Andrew English
Looking For Prince Charles’s Dog is a vivid insight into what it means to live with paranoid schizophrenia.
This epic, autobiographical work by Dr Clive Travis pulls no punches. The stories about the author’s time spent in various mental institutions are not for the faint of heart, nor is this a book that can be read in one easy sitting. Having said that, for all the times it is harrowing, the book is also a smart, educational, frustrating, moving and often hilarious read. Yes, I said hilarious. Put aside notions of schizophrenia as dissociative identity disorder, or a disease that yields unending torment; one of the points the author strives to get across is how much, at times, he enjoyed the effects of the condition. Additionally, the way in which Travis writes about his love affair with “Amanda” is poignant and easily relatable. While this book does take a good deal of time investment, I think you’ll find, as I did, that it is definitely worth the effort - Luke Tuchscherer
To write a book entitled Looking for Prince Charles's Dog is a major undertaking. Dr Travis upholds the honour of Prince Charles and his dog and justifies the title with a unique and extraordinary tale in which he makes a philosophical voyage through severe mental illness in search of the future King of England's lost pet. The story is often bizarre as he travels around these isles like a psychotic Rick Stein in search of the remarkable, touching, note-worthy and fishy to then announce he has found the dog as though the animal has its own Royal Crest which the writer uses to honour these events and places. One might have suggested The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much as an alternative title but the never say die (with one, or two almost fatal exceptions) attitude of the author mean it would be churlish not to suggest that of course the disappearance of His Royal Highness's dog was of major significance to the peace process in Ireland! More seriously the story is often violently shocking in its portrayal of the torment experienced by sufferers of schizophrenia not only from the illness itself but also from the "despicably unpleasant and murderous" side effects of the drugs prescribed for it. Indeed, as the story demonstrates, these side effects become part and parcel of the illness and the author only manages not to commit suicide because of them by invoking an efficacious military Special Forces mind-set to complement his laughably deluded attempt to place the dog on the table in the peace process negotiations. At the same time the delusions are so intricate that, where the supposedly imagined involvement of the Security Service and the IRA were concerned I was, on occasions, so sucked in to it all that I was left wondering. Looking for Prince Charles's Dog is the autobiographical account of what it is like to experience paranoid schizophrenia and is a great achievement - Edward Blackstock
Picking up a copy of this book is like being accosted by the Ancient Mariner. "He holds him with his glittering eye/ The Wedding-Guest stood still,/ And listens like a three years' child:/ The Mariner hath his will./ The Wedding-Guest sat on a stone:/ He cannot choose but hear;/ And thus spake on that ancient man,/ The bright-eyed Mariner..." (although Travis is not that old). It is a personal account of experiencing years of paranoid schizophrenia, both untreated and treated. The story unfolds inexorably and compellingly, although the reader has no idea where it is going. The real world and the delusional world drift vertiginously in and out of focus. It gives the lie (in Travis's account) to the notion that the world of a person with schizophrenia is "meaningless"; on the contrary, his account in the earlier part of the book is of a world too full of (delusional) meaning. Everything, every word in a headline, every glint of a metallic sign, every musical reference in an advertisement, carries a message. And without any artifice, with a bald but rigid first-person narrative, Travis takes us there.
And it is not all depressing - sometimes he enjoys the new insights into the world vouchsafed by his MTRUTH, a device (he believes) implanted in him by security services in order to monitor and control his behaviour, and some very funny incidents. And it is all illuminated by his encyclopaedic knowledge of later 20th century music and culture (which I don't share so I missed many of the references).
I won't say I couldn't put it down. Often I was only too relieved to put it down. But I had to pick it up again. This is not just playing with a cliché in book reviews; what Travis conveys so vividly is that hallucinations and delusions and mood swings are not things you can opt into or out of if you are mentally ill. They are there all the time, they are your experience, and you can't stand aside from them. And so it is with this book - when I was not reading it, it haunted me.
The classic literary material on the experience of schizophrenia is buffered and filtered. Apart from the technical literature, I Never Promised You a Rose Garden is not just ancient but also clearly "novelised" (and arguably not an account of schizophrenia by a modern definition); Mary Barnes' A Journey Through Madness and even One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (which is principally an anti-psychiatry rant) are slanted to favour an ideological perspective. Travis on the other hand has no axe to grind, no angle to argue; he is amazingly non-judgemental about the professionals he encounters, however shadowy their portrayal. He does not blame, although readers might not be so generous in the face of frequent apparent indifference and inflexibility. It's a weighty book, both literally and figuratively; the format is large and the margins narrow and the main narrative is 474 pages. It does not pretend to be literature, and I'm sure it will attract some critical reviews by people who want to read it as such, but that is not the point. In a sense it is the antithesis of literature. It seeks to remain true to Travis's experience, and if that experience is rambling and picaresque, that is what the book is. If it were more literary, I would have taken an axe to big sections: the account of six months in Africa is fascinating but over-long; the chapters on his exploits in Cornwall and Edinburgh are testimony to Travis's resilience and resourcefulness, despite his illness, but don't at the time add much to our understanding of the whole story, although they make more sense once you get to the end. The style is critical to the experience of reading it. It keeps you off-balance: "Is this actually happening? Is it a delusion?" Some years ago, I was heavily involved in training for people undertaking statutory duties under the Mental Health Acts. I and my colleagues struggled to find authentic, no-axe-grinding accounts to use as case-studies. Alongside the dispassionate clinical exemplars of the diagnostic manuals which identified "behaviours" and generalised reported "symptoms", we were looking for real, specific, personal experiences. The story Travis tells is exactly that but also much more. I wish it had been available then, and I'm sure that a wide range of readers will find it eye-opening and illuminating now. (Disclosure: I do know the author, who now contributes to such courses, and I did attend the launch event - James Atherton RIP)
I once met the author in my home town and remembering him telling me about the search for Prince Charles's dog, the memory must have stayed with me as several years later I came across a local music venue holding a gig to promote Dr Clive Travis's book which was I have to say upon purchasing was a remarkably interesting read, taking the reader on a travelogue to Africa and all around England in addition to other countries and a trip through the mind also. It's a journey that takes you through what went on during the author's state of mind, how he thought, the way he was treated by the medical profession which hopefully has got better at understanding when it comes to prescribing for patients. You never quite know just what's round the corner on his journey, but left hoping its good and for the best for our journeyman who shares his experiences with interest, verisimilitude and sometimes humorous anecdotes, occurrences and the characters met along the way. I can recommend the book as being of interest to people in practice and learning of mind conditions in addition to anyone wanting a read that takes you on both a physical and mental journey. There is nothing new about good well written stories to tell but the way this journey is told certainly holds up as a new way of thinking and true life story telling. Was Prince Charles reunited with his missing dog? Join the search and learn the truth... (M)Truth - K. Pickering
This book should be read by anyone with an interest in the human mind/brain and its universe complexities. The writer displays a forensic intelligence and recall during this painful, comic, emotional, frightening and compassionate piece of work. The novel has a marvellous soundtrack ranging from 70s' punk to modern indie. It is a powerful analysis of what is at times a brutal journey through the medical establishment and the often devastating consequences of their resulting decisions. There is also much humour as well as brilliantly bizarre meetings and leaps of imagination as Dr Travis travels around the British and Irish Isles following his intense and often desperate attempts to put his various theories into action. There is always hope however tough the situation gets and love plays its part in this moving novel. It will serve as an inspiration to anyone who is struggling to overcome mental/psychological difficulties that at times can appear overwhelming. Read this book and laugh, cry, be confused, angered, amazed and finally overcome by the incredible sense of wonderment as to what the human mind/soul can achieve with humour, imagination, self-belief and sheer determination - Matthew Jones
A wonderful piece of work. Believe in it, I do. It is special - Pascal Scudamore
Thank you very much for letting me read Looking for Prince Charles's Dog. I enjoyed it very much. It is a fascinating read giving great insight into what it is like to live with the symptoms associated with paranoid schizophrenia as well as the appalling side-effects of some of the treatments for it - Helen Finch, MIND
Such an important piece of work - Billi Street, RETHINK
Really good. Exciting - Richard Knight.
Really enjoyed the book, a truly great effort of will. What a journey! Love the book man! Viva! - Jonathan Jones.
What is it like to experience mental illness? Looking for Prince Charles's Dog answers that question by taking the reader on a most extraordinary journey of discovery. Autobiographical accounts of schizophrenia are few and far between, but Clive's intelligence, intellect and vivid memory have enabled him to recount in full technicolour, the inside story in all its confusion, dilemma and delusion, clearly demonstrating the nature of the beast that is schizophrenia. He shows remarkable insight enabling him to create a work of exceptional quality. Clive has chosen not to recall his experiences in a detached reflective manner, but boldly from the word go, the reader is sucked into madness with the author. You are taken across the line from genius to lunacy and back again, and challenged to open your mind and re-examine personal beliefs. This is the road least-travelled which the reader is privileged to join in all its complexities. An unconventional tale which is compelling, perplexing and astounding and one which should be compulsory reading for all mental health professionals. Other questions answered in this book include: Why do people with mental illness end up homeless? Why don't people with mental illness just take medication to get better? Why would a grown man be seen pecking at a discarded hamburger on a pavement? Why do many sufferers of mental illness kill themselves? - Alison Bass
In Looking for Prince Charles's Dog Dr Travis brings the condition of the schizophrenic into sharp focus, a world far stranger than fiction. Clive supertramps far and wide across the country as he tries to make sense of his life, transforming himself in the process. These adventures are at times harrowing, but frequently hilarious; on occasions they made me laugh out loud, no mean feat for me. This is a story that needs to be told - Mike Wallis.
From the sample that you sent, it does look to be a truly captivating piece of writing - Will Maddox, Development Editor, Blackwell Publishing.
Looking for Prince Charles's Dog and Other Stories or One Summer I Thought I Was A Dog is an autobiographical account which is both entertaining and revealing. It evokes a strange sense of awareness and insight into an illness that sadly, many have been unable to cope with. The writer's courage as he struggles to understand what is happening to him makes this book a worthwhile, compelling read for all of us - Emily Barker (RIP).
This very interesting book makes a unique contribution to our understanding of serious mental illness. In the face of the turmoil of psychosis, there is no easy prescription for achieving collaboration between the patient and the psychiatric services, but this book eloquently makes the point that the first step is engagement in dialogue - Peter Liddle, Professor of Psychiatry, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham
This extraordinary book, describing Clive's journey into schizophrenic psychosis, is indeed unique. If you feel like reading an epic try this - Thelma Acott
Thank you, Dr Travis, for letting me read chapter 41 of your excellently titled book. I have just finished reading the chapter, named after my song The Headlight Song, and found it thoroughly enchanting and true of voice. I laughed out aloud at least six times. It will be a pleasure to read the rest of the book and I've got a feeling I have already written the song which was on the tips of your fingers; when its recorded I'll send you a copy. It's called The Man Who Thought He Knew Too Much - Tim Keegan, The Departure Lounge (ex Railroad Earth, Ringo, Homer)
Looking for Prince Charles's Dog is an account of a young man's descent into a dark unreachable hell called schizophrenia, pursued by imaginary forces of a spy network which has managed to tap into his brain. It is a book that every mental health consultant and psychiatrist should read as it will show them the detailed workings and thought-paths of a mind in the grip of this disease. The book describes an incomprehensible and upside-down world where one is torn between amusement and pity; a world where Dr Travis no longer knows why he must act as he does, except that "the power of all the magic and mystery possessed by the future King of Great Britain's dog now seemed to be mine"; a world one could at times sorrowfully call "Hell on Earth". It is also an account of all the drugs that were unsuccessfully or detrimentally administered by doctors and consultants who had little idea of the causes of this dreadful affliction, and even less of how to cure it. It is a book for parents worried about the sudden and inexplicable actions of their children, ultimately diagnosed as schizophrenic, so that they can at least have some idea of that terrible, haunted landscape in which their children are now lost. The book is a landmark text for students of schizophrenia, a ripping yarn, and a cult buy - Edward Travis RIP
Dr Travis provides a lucid autobiographical account of his battle with "schizophrenia". Or Intelligence Service inspired genius? All of the author's life experiences and education to the highest standard are only just enough to help him survive and eventually find the right road back from his harrowing journey in search of peace. It has all gone terribly wrong: cast into an asylum, the misery of incarceration and now real terror of injections* given forcibly determine our hapless traveller to find his own way. He escapes the secure unit fleeing further degradation and soldiers on, grief-stricken and anguished, towards his goal aware it may be ever more distant, aware of the penalty of failure. Touching, compelling, fraught and emotional, Dr Travis crafts his own very individual experiences into thoroughly entertaining reading - ANS
*Not fear of the injection itself - real terror because of its effects
In this book Clive describes in remarkable detail a rich, complex and bizarre set of delusions, hallucinatory voices and images. For much of the time covered by the book he is marvelously, wonderfully, hilariously, fantastically or spectacularly deluded in sustained periods of immersion in the psychosis of paranoid schizophrenia. He generally gets carried away and enjoys his delusions of grandeur, but it is a wonder he did not die from misadventure. Clive, is very playful at times and imaginative in his thinking and also shows great mental strength and resourcefulness. Indeed, these last two attributes may inspire many schizophrenics and non-schizophrenics reading this book. The confidence and certainty of his delusions, along with his innate tenacity and robustness, gives him great courage and stamina. As well as schizophrenia Clive also writes about his exciting six months in Africa which might have deserved a short book of their own if they were not in this one. As a fellow paranoid schizophrenic with a PhD, secret work and an autobiography focusing on schizophrenia under my belt, I feel some considerable affinity with Clive, but recognize his memoir of schizophrenia is the superior work, though to be fair it lacks detail about Clive's ongoing psychosis and ultimate recovery after the end of the main story. Overall though, I think it is the best memoir of schizophrenia I have read, and I have read quite a few. Clive's work is also a mine of information, with many footnotes, and is written with considerable care and effort. Schizophrenia is an imagination disorder and above all this book is a brilliant creation of the schizophrenic imagination.
Inspired by this book and the song Guitar Man by Bread, I have also written the following song lyrics/poem:
Who has the best imagination?
Baby it's the schizo man
Who's on a mission for the nation?
Baby it's the schizo man
In his mind there's continual fantasy
And his importance fills him with ecstasy
Round and round the country
And abroad as well
Looking for a tale to tell
Who's trying to evade medication?
Baby it's the schizo man
Who's looking for the dog's location?
Baby it's the schizo man
In his past a PhD and the MOD
And Africa still looms large in his memory
He thought he was a Secret Service Agent
Or some kind of Special Forces man
As his imagination ran
Who is the radio's song for?
Baby it's the schizo man
Who has a girl he longs for?
Baby it's the schizo man
There's all sorts of scrapes and hilarity
And the book proceeds go to charity
It really is a wonder
He's now alive and well
Now he's got his tale to tell
Educate yourself about the most amazing mind, this book also helps charities, two good deeds with one book - Ekenna Hutchinson
This is Clive’s personal journey through paranoid schizophrenia, and what a story it is! Moving, entertaining, harrowing, you never know where it is going to take you next. The trial-and-error nature of finding the right drug for a patient would be tough enough with the best level of doctor-patient collaboration. Back in Clive’s world, with no communication or trust on either side, what chance was there of success? Society can and must do better. The most surprising discovery for me was that the journey that Clive’s brain took him on was so often enjoyable - KZT
Looking for Prince Charles's Dog is an absolute must read. It's full of insight, intelligent thoughts, and the incredible journey of one man's experience with mental illness - Zak Fenning
What a page turner! Brilliantly written by an extremely intelligent author. He explains (in a most entertaining manner - it's a real "page turner") what it's like to have one of the most dreaded diagnoses of mental illness. Highly recommended! - Dogend
A fascinating read... a real insight into the paranoid schizophrenic mind written by a recovered patient. A must buy for all students learning about, and professionals practicing, in this medical field. Clive, you’re a genius - Roger Parsley
Prince Charles's Dog goes missing. I go "looking for it". I find myself - Clive Travis


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"The Unwasted Life" a book review of Carolyn McCulley's book "Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye?: Trusting God with a Hope Deferred" (published by Crossway)
In our efforts to untangle ourselves from a culture that disparages the Biblical standard of femininity, so often we women in the church tragically trade in our “worldly” idols of self sufficiency and independence for new “Christian” idols of the perfect husband, children, and home. In doing so, we not only audaciously tell God that He is not quite good enough for us, but we also often cause our single sisters in Christ to stumble as they lament being the “less than” female image bearers of Christ. In her excellent book, “Did I Kiss Marriage Goodbye? Trusting God with a Hope Deferred,” Carolyn McCulley urges single Christian women to rejoice in the goodness and sovereignty of God while stewarding their singleness as a God-given gift intended for fruitfulness. While acknowledging the loneliness and hardships that come with living with the deferred hope of one day being married with children, McCulley, a single woman in her forties, addresses her fellow unmarried sisters with dignity, humility, honesty, and loving firmness, often drawing upon illustrations from her own struggles. Rather than relegating female singleness to a pre-Proverbs 31 holding pattern, McCulley urges single women to cultivate Biblical feminine virtues to the glory of God in their current season of life. Using Scripture as her guide, McCulley explores the Proverbs 31 qualities that should increasingly characterize any female follower of Christ, irrespective of her marital status. Accordingly, her book is a treasure to both married and unmarried women who desire to submit to the Biblical standard of femininity. McCulley premises her book with the concept of treasuring and trusting God above all. Recognizing that our Heavenly Father works in and through all of our circumstances for our good, she asks the wise question, “What is God doing with and through my singleness?” (Indeed, similar questions can be asked of married women as well: “What is God doing with and through my marriage? What is God doing with and through my motherhood? What is God doing with and through my infertility?”) Viewing her singleness as a “gracious endowment” for the good of those around her, McCulley goes on to describe how the Proverbs 31 picture of femininity applies to the single woman in a way that blesses others. She discusses how a woman can be trustworthy and begin to do her potential future husband good and not harm all the days of her life by guarding her heart and seeking purity now. She calls single woman to submit to what scripture says of marriage, the roles of husbands and wives, and the characteristics to seek out in a godly husband. McCulley gives practical examples of how single women can practice homemaking and hospitality in ways that bless others in their lives now. She directs single women to be wise stewards of their finances and make career decisions that are congruent with their Biblical femininity, taking into account both their current seasons of life and their future. McCulley shows single women how they can seek to be a blessing to children, even if they have none of their own. She urges single women to cultivate inward and outward beauty while guarding against the deception and vanity of charm and outward beauty. She discusses the ways that single woman should be wise and kind in their speech, guarding against disrespect, sinful judgment, and gossip. She offers examples of how a single woman can extend her arms to the needy in her community and in the world. Finally, she concludes with how a single woman can laugh at the days to come, knowing that there is joy in what is to come with or without the blessing of marriage and children. Although I am a married woman, I was deeply convicted and edified by McCulley’s teaching on Biblical femininity. She states what is obvious in scripture- we derive our worth and true joy from God himself, not the gifts He chooses to give us (like marriage and children, for example). We must steward the season of life in which we are. Rather than yielding to what our culture or own desires dictate, we must let scripture guide us in our femininity regardless of our circumstances. The reward is fruitfulness to the glory to God and joy for us in each stage of our lives as daughters of the King.


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The Gathering Arc
This is the first major story, with the main characters joining the Reclaimers and finding powerful artifacts.
A group of wizards and sorcerers known as the Ancient Stargazers built the city of Starminster to pursue their study of the Arcane secrets of the stars. They began to seek magical artifacts for their studies, and at near the same time, The Order of the White Crow begins to enchant their items and achieve greater power. Unable to convince the Order to give up some of their artifacts for their purposes, the Stargazers learned how to do it themselves, resulting in an influx of magical items, both powerful and subtle.
The Order of the White Crow was gaining power, but had been found out. They intended to summon the White Crow, a colossal white dragon from the Ethereal Plane. Doing so would result in mass terror and destruction. Armies met to destroy the Order, but in vain. The great armies from across the realm were wiped out quickly. The Order's power was too great, for they had powerful magical items bolstering their strength. At long last, from out of study came the Stargazers. Equally powerful, they cannot hope to defeat the Order, but rather elected to banish them to another plane of existence. The Order was ready for this, however, and revealed a new item known simply as "The Tome", which was a large spell tome with its own conscience. It was able to learn the banishment spell the Stargazers used, and reflect it back at the caster to banish both the good and evil to separate planes. With neither the Stargazers nor the Order remaining, their Relics fell to thieves who collected, sold, and scattered them across this continent and beyond...
Now, some yet-unknown magic users are attempting to re-summon Champions of the White Crow. This was all foreseen, however. The Reclaimers of Starminster were formed to collect and protect the artifacts of power, to keep them safe from evil. After Wizomal and Vaconto find one item of power, they are contacted by the Reclaimers and asked to join the search.
Automatons exist, but they are powered by magic rather than electricity.
The laws of Conventional Physics still stand, except for the effects of Magic (I.e. Conjuration, Transmutation, etc.) and other planes of existence.
Magic works as detailed in the Core Books of D&D 5e.
Cassander and Havelock fought in the White Crow War.
The Order worships the White Crow as their god, and summoning it would begin the age of reckoning, where nonbelievers would be destroyed and the Order would ascend to eternal glory.
Thank you for reading this btw


As I did several doencmutary films of my Holocaust Survival (last one for Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, now filled with Washington Museum of Holocaust) of my four years in concetration camps, being a shoe shine boy for the murderer Martin Borman, second in Naci’s commande, I would gladly supply you with my story of an incrdible survival, tomorrow, I will be 88 years old.Dr.Georges Frank Novak. M.D.
It’difficult to give this blog a like, when it is so sad. But it’s good to keep the story of Terrzin alive, I just finished rneaidg a book about people who were sent to Terrzin. One woman taught art to the children imprisoned there. theName of the book is The Lost Wife.
Grace, thank you for sharing the post on Terezin. We didn’t get there when we were in Prague, altguohh we learned a great deal about it, and saw the children’s artwork in a museum there. It is such a sad chapter of history, but it needs to be told and remembered.
As a child, I read and re-read the Diary of Anne Frank, which my mother boguht me for y tenth birthday. I visited the Secret Annex my second year living in Europe, and Terezin my third. It was right before Easter, and I was one of the only people in the entire place. I will never forget the forlorn tone of the man at the crematorium. Though it was much different than I imagined, being a ghetto and all, it prepared me to go to Sachsenhausen with a German friend a few months later. Definetely sobering, but necessary.
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Q. What is the best way to get my boys--age 12 and 9 to read? It is like pulling teeth to get them to open ANY book.
A. Dear Kansas,
Please allow me to tell you how much I love your name. Even though I'm pretty sure that's not your name, I love to think it is, because I have always wanted to meet some one named Kansas... Kansas Saville.
It's interesting that you ask this question because like your boys I too am, not a reader. I can read. It's just not anything I do often. In fact, by the time I was in sixth grade, I was only reading at a sixth grade reading level! And I had read exactly no books. Sure, I had read, by heavy persuasion, some of those flimsy kids books. The kinds filled with pictures and a sentence or two in each page. I read my class lessons and homework, I suppose... I must have. Actually as I write this I wonder, how did I learn to read? Ah well, who knows. Anyway, Jr. high school saw me read through a couple of those choose your own adventure books. In high school I read, Ender's Game, and thought that might kick start something. And it sort of did. In the years since, I've read most of the books in that series.
But to answer your question I have to ask my own question, How would I get my grade school self to read?
1. I would have to eliminate ready access to the television.
2. Like most kids I was self absorbed and unaware of what others, especially older people, were doing. If any one in my house read I never noticed it. So in "my world" no one read. As I grew up I found this was not actually the case. Everyone in my family reads more than I do.
2.B. Point 2 was getting longer than a bullet point should be so I moved on. And will do so again.
2.C. I think I would have benefited from a family reading time where books were read aloud. I'm pretty sure I'm going to have children who enjoy reading. And it's because they see and hear their mother reading regularly. She reads on her own and about 20 children's books, with them, each day. (Some in the morning. More mid day. And a more at night.) Because of this, the kids open up and study books often. Granted not everyone gets to stay home with their children and be that available. But any amount of this would be helpful.
3. There was no getting around it, point 2 was a long one.
4. Hot on the heels of point 2, I'd say read chapter books to them nightly. This may also help get them to bed sooner (I think that is a universal issue). Reading to them can instill an interest in the written word and remind them there is much to be learned and explored trough books. I feel I would have responded well to this. I need constant reminders that books are full of life and not just inert piles of bound paper.
5. Listening to audio books would have helped me. We check out a few of these a week, from the public library. And I'm almost to the point where I have considered reading for fun.
6.I thought of a reading chart or motivational prizes but that makes it feel like work. Like a project. I know a reading chart would have never motivated me.
7. Play to their strengths. Feed their interests. Looking back I did read a lot of skateboarding magazines and even a few books on the subject. I liked reading through the interviews and music reviews. It wasn't Catcher in the Rye (which I finally did read at age 23) but at least it had words.
8. Spend time at your public library or bookstore. Help your children explore reading possibilities, both fiction and non fiction. Given time, they are more likely to find and stick with their reading interests.
In summation, reduce access to television, schedule family and personal reading time, feed their interests and make use of your public library.
Hope that helps,


GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC OHIO RECORDS PROJECT
Membership in the Grand Army of the Republic was limited to those men (and a few women) who served in the Union Army, Navy, Marine Corps or Revenue Cutter Service during the Civil War. Therefore, it was destined to eventually go out of business and in 1956 with the death of its last member, Albert Woolson, the charter was vacated.
There were no continuing national or state GAR organizations, other than the annual encampments, and therefore the great majority of the records were maintained by the local Posts. When the last member of each Post died, the records were treated as personal property and most were destroyed by disinterested executors. Those records which did survive were often given to local, state and national archives, historical societies or colleges or inherited through default by later veterans’ organizations such as the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Some still exist in private collections and still others remain stored-unknown-in attics.
Nationally more than 8600 community level Posts of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) have been documented to date and the current effort of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is to locate the records of those Posts and make their repositories known. Should you know the location of any Ohio GAR Post records, please contact the Ohio Department GAR Records Officer at [email protected]. Your report should contain the Name, Number and Location of the Post along with the Complete Name and Address of the Repository where records of that Post reside.
We have posted the Ohio GAR Post listings in 2 different formats:


Lewis Carroll(from Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There, 1872)
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!"
He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought --So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy!O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe;All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe.
I know I am late for the poetry thing, but I had to post anyway because this is one of my favorites. My husband knows it by heart and will recite it if I like.


LYME LIGHT: THE OFFICIAL TRAILER
NARRATED BY NATASHA LYONNE
Lyme Light is a dark comedic off-beat memoir about a girl who was an extraordinary musician but terrible at flirting, a girl who spent her life fighting against her startling past and loneliness by immersing herself in the fictional world of reruns of Roseanne and Beverly Hills 90210. Lyme Light is a story about a girl who had 13 credits left to graduate on the Dean's list from Columbia University, was playing indie rock shows in New York City, and meeting with some of the top record labels in the country, when her world was obliterated by the smallest click of a throw away camera and the smallest bite of a tick.
Author, Natalie London, takes you into the world of losing and regaining memories, the ability to walk again, talk again, and adjust to a life of I.V.'s to the heart and endless hours in hyperbaric chambers. She seamlessly combines disease ridden delusions, falling in love, and early 90s television nostalgia all into one heartbreaking story.
Lyme Light is not your average illness memoir. London gives a voice to those who, like herself, refuse to accept the status quo of how one is supposed to deal with illness, tragedy, and trauma.


Do you want to feel like REAL Explorer and Mystery Solver?
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To solve the devilishly difficult mysteries of The Temporal Invasion, you must use every available resource to solve the challenges set before you. Though the game provides you with many in-game sandbox exploration tools, including a sandbox Computer loaded with the latest in Custom Investigative Software and a suite of potent Investigative Gadgets, you must also use every Real Life mystery-solving tool at your disposal: The Internet, The Library, Professors, Friends, and maybe even your Grandma and Grandpa!
A young man has spent his life suffering from a mysterious memory problem wherein his recollections of the past are not consistent with reality. Throughout his existence, he has suffered the ridicule of his teachers and classmates because of his strange problem.
His path takes a turn when he is contacted by an enigmatic figure who maintains that the young man is, in fact, possessed of a secret and incredible destiny.
The figure, who calls himself Dr. Quantum, says that his memory problem is not a problem at all, but rather is an immunity... a special power pertaining to the very fabric of time itself. He enlists the young man to take part in a great adventure against a deadly adversary, and to use his powers and intellect to solve some of the most dangerous conspiracies, puzzles and mysteries in our history. Mysteries that will, when solved, unlock some of the most fundamental and fascinating Truths of the Universe itself!
The game is a streamlined, modern take on the Alternate Reality Game (ARG) genre. Each puzzle is presented as a titillating combination of text, images, sound, video, and 3D objects. The puzzles lead you on through the storyline, integrating and building upon the mysteries you've already uncovered, and revealing deeper and more complex enigmas that will amaze, thrill, and even scare you. Be warned: the solutions to the puzzles are not easy to discover, and may be hidden in history, obscured by cryptograms, embedded within steganographic images, concealed within riddles, shrouded in history, or guarded by any number of other dark concealments.
The game intends to connect you with reality, so you are encouraged to use any real-world resources available to you: Internet, Books, Library, Encyclopedias, ANYTHING! Well, except Spoilers, for obvious reasons :P
You are only limited by your imagination.
Think laterally, think outside the box, home in on information like a librarian with a neural net co-processor... do whatever you must to Move Forward and Solve the Mysteries!
Come, Take a Stand! Find the Truth. Reveal the Secrets of the Universe and Repel The Temporal Invasion!
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Blue Donkey & Red Elephant - Photographs and Video by Jens Schwarz
04.10.2020 - 31.01.2021
Bildquelle: https://www.amerikahaus.de/veranstaltungen/detail/blue-donkey-red-elephant-photographs-and-video-by-jens-schwarz-1/ , Zugriff: 25. September 2020
In Blue Donkey & Red Elephant, Munich photographer and visual artist Jens Schwarz explores the dichotomous political identities within the American society. His multimedia project is an investigation of differing and maybe diverging ways of life, social settings, perceptions and behaviors within the political spectrum. The work comprises photography, video, and audio, thus assembling, contrasting and balancing diverse voices and notions in a complex narrative.


..So here we go!!
Starting over.. sharing in a blog again.. I am sure over the course of a little time, I will be able to share some of the journey I have been on for the last couple of years.
I don't have a clinical name for my introspection - but I am certain it has something to do with a nest emptying..... with rediscovery of my spouse and my role in our life together (an ongoing process, for sure!!) ..... and the unfolding drama of figuring out just exactly WHO I AM.... now that 24/7 mom is NOT IT.
Leaving all that aside.... I start sharing again today. Please, dear readers, bear with me as I pick up the threads of the journey again.
I begin with some of my reading journey. As you probably know (since you might know ME), I am a voracious reader. I always have been.... but I started logging a few years ago and now I am sure :-) I almost always finish the books I start.... and I almost always read it all.... I mean, if it is a cookbook, I have read through all the recipes.... if it is an exercise book, yes, I read through the exercises... if it is a craft book.... you guessed it! I am still - years later, still baking my way through Artisan Bread in 5 Minutes a Day.... but I have lost track of how many strombolis I have made from it.... or za-atar spice bread.
I usually read 3-4 books at a time... light fiction, historical fiction, history. mysteries - but NOT gory ones (I do not enjoy being spooked!), how to's, and lots of self-help and inspirational books.... just about anything could catch my interest.. cereal boxes and signs...
Today I opened my first (and second) official summer reading books.... one from the library, one not.... (well, wait a minute, I should probably check if the one that is NOT from the library COULD have been.. and check it out...... okay, it's not) [and, yes, my friends, my brain works just like that!]
Anyway.. since I finished two books this morning, it is just in time for our library's summer reading program! I am not eligible this year... another story for another day.... But it is THE PERFECT morning to begin!
Book #1 The Irresistible Blueberry Bakeshop and Cafe by Mary Simses (looks to be a light, enjoyable read!) and book #2 Hungry; a Young Model's Story of Appetite, Ambition and the Ultimate Embrace of Curves (I can't remember how I came to own this one.... but it looks interesting)
My personal goal is to a) read from my library to boost circulation and b) read from my personal stash to give away... and c) to share them with you as I go along. My hope is to encourage YOU to read this summer and perhaps give you some titles to get you going! (Or maybe I can encourage you to read from your stash so you can declutter..... or maybe I can just make you smile!)
At any rate - I hope you have a wonderful Monday..... and create a space in your life to read a chapter or two!


Join us for the 2017 Annual Regional Conference on Thursday, July 27, 2017.
8:30 a.m. - Registration, coffee and networking. Enjoy a cup of coffee or tea, and time with your colleagues!
9:30 a.m. - Keynote by Kaetrena Davis Kendrick, MSLS:
Diamonds in the Rough: Polishing our Practices for Prepared and Newly Passionate Library Users
Ms. Kendrick will share her proven strategies for cultivating informal leadership skills, advancing library advocacy, and utilizing communities of practice at libraries.
11:30 a.m. - Breakout Sessions 1
1:45 p.m. - Breakout Sessions 2
2:45 p.m. - Breakout Sessions 3
Download the Conference Program for a quick list of sessions and times.
There will be door prizes during the drawing at lunchtime. And don't forget to pick up freebies from the Conference sponsors in Room 114.


Excerpts are from the book “The Stories Behind the Poses”, by Dr. Raj Balkaran, shared with permission by the author. Illustration by Devika Menon.
Dr. Raj Balkaran will feature this and other stories at the upcoming SOYA Annual Retreat, June 2-4, 2022. We can’t wait to host him and see all of you in Sorrento! Order your own copy of his book Stories Behind the Poses here on Amazon. You can read Mugs’ blog post featuring how to practice Matyasana here.
We know that yoga asana is a powerful tool for creating vital health in the body and the mind. When we learn the stories and lessons that underlie the asanas, this symbolic energy strengthens the yoga posture to uplift and concentrate the mind upon the divine lesson it embodies. This takes our asana practice beyond the body and mind, and into the realm of wisdom!
In his book, The Stories Behind the Poses, Dr. Balkaran shares the mythology of Matsyasana.
The story is startlingly familiar across many spiritual paths, as it tells the story of a great flood, an ark, and all of the world being destroyed with a “select few” chosen to bring it back to life.
This story is of the first incarnation of Vishnu, the Preserver. It is written in the Matsya Purana, and can also be found in the Mahabharata. It begins by sharing the importance of having reverence for all things, and the importance of extending care and compassion in life.
A small fish came up to a kind and pious man named Manu, and asked for protection from the larger fish that wished to eat it. Manu scooped up the fish and placed it in a pot to keep it safe. The fish grew so quickly that before long, not even the Ganges River was large enough to hold him. Manu realized this was no ordinary fish:
“Great fish,” Manu addressed him, “certainly you are no ordinary creature. Who are you, and why have you come into my care?”
“Manu, you are correct – I am no ordinary creature, “ stated the fish. “I am Matysa, Vishnu himself, incarnated as a fish to fulfill my divine purpose here on Earth.”
In caring for this tiny creature, Manu had shown his love for the Divine and in doing so allowed Matsya to come to fulfill his destiny – the preservation of the world. It is fitting to remember how this is relevant to our own lives. Have faith in the Divine, including how it manifests in our life:
“For everything there is a purpose, Manu. Every creature has its own skill. It is only as a fish that I may fulfill my divine duty to protect humankind. No other creature but a great fish can accomplish the task before me. And you have well passed your test. As a reward for your kind protection you will be protected a thousandfold.”
The fish then shared with Manu that a great flood was coming to wash the world away – it had become filled with greed and corruption and the gods had decided all must start anew. Matsya promised to keep him safe. Manu was charged with building a massive boat and to go about gathering his family, the Seven Seers (to carry on the wisdom of the Vedas) and the seeds and animals for which to repopulate the earth, following the flood.
The rains came and Matsya appeared before the great ark Manu had built. He brought them safely through the turbulent waters to the peak of the Himalayas, which looked like a tiny island surrounded by the great flood waters. They stayed there, safe, until the waters receded. Then Vishnu appeared to them in his Divine form:
“For protecting a tiny fish, you’ve been protected from this great deluge, Manu, first of men. Go forth and repopulate the earth, for it has been saved by my grace.”
We learn that we are protected and supported by Divine grace, and we are called to cultivate the same quality in our lives, as well:
“And most importantly, Manu, never forget to protect the imperiled as you protected me when I was a tiny fish. The imperiled, like me, are divine in flesh, and worthy of protection.”
We can add so much to our asana practices by invoking these stories within the poses. There is much more in the book about this story which finishes with this suggestion for when we are practicing Matsayasana:
“When doing this pose, remember the dharma of Vishnu: support of the world. Relax into the posture knowing you are supported by the forces of the universe, and attain a state of stability as an embodiment of Vishnu’s Matsay avatara incarnation who preserved creation through the great deluge.”
Dr. Raj Balkaran is a renowned wisdom teacher, storyteller and scholar of ancient Sanskrit narrative texts. He teaches at several online platforms including the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and at his own School of Indian Wisdom where he integrates scholarship, storytelling and spirituality to apply ancient Indian wisdom teachings to modern life. He is a spiritual adept, having received multiple initiations and having been engaged in daily spiritual practice for over two decades. Dr. Balkaran serves as McMaster University’s Chaplain of Indian Spirituality and runs a thriving private life counsel practice where he helps guide people on their journeys. He also hosts the New Books in Indian Religions podcast where he interviews academics on their cutting-edge research. See https://rajbalkaran.com for more information.


Another Sunday afternoon trip to a library, this time Horsforth. I’ve never really been around Horsforth, the part nearest to where I live seems disconnected to the main part near the park, so this trip is something we’ve put off.
The library is nice, a big airy space for books and information. I didn’t check, I think the building had a dedication to the Brownlee boys and their trainer. At first there didn’t seem many books though the room seems to widen towards the back, with chidren’s books almost furthest from the entrance. This is the second time I’ve actually noticed this, why are children’s books in the back and ‘romance’ nearest to the entrance? Doesn’t matter really, there’s a reading space and lots of books (again, I didn’t check though I assume there is an Artmis Fowl book or two, there had better be, children need to learn the truth about fairies and criminal masterminds, read early and read often).
I came away with Scott Westerfeld’s Behemoth and Peter F Hamilton’s Great North Road. Behemoth because when I was reading the first book in the series, Leviathan, Westerfeld pulled a fantastic trick on me, in the last few chapters I went from not caring what happened to the two characters to I must know the very end or I will not sleep. Westerfeld’s books are steampunk and mostly young adult, though if genre really matters to you there is also revolutionary politics and gender equality. The point I am making is that it is a good read regardless of being steampunk, young adult, or anything else.
Peter F Hamilton, Great North Road, Scott Westerfeld, Behemouth,


Michael Muti Etter-Phoya has been a part of Malawi and Africa’s open landscape since 2005, when he started ‘Portrait Malawi’, a repository for curating Malawi’s heritage. He has authored several books and has been involved in film projects. He is a former academic with Sara Lawrence College, where he taught Understanding Human Development in Malawi in Cultural and Historical Context.
His areas of interest include questions of public culture, heritage, and memory in Malawi (inspired by mentor and sometime collaborator Dr John Lwanda); impact of open technologies on Africa; and the status of Africa’s archival heritage. He is currently exploring possibilities of using social network analysis tools to visually map out effects of Malawi’s historical critical junctures. And as part of his MSc in Data Science with Edinburgh, he is exploring the theoretical potential of the role of ‘citizen historians’ in engaging the National Archives of Malawi using affordances of ICT against a backdrop of revaluing a post-colonial history.
He is part of Logos – Open Culture, a collective exploring ways of creating, expanding and enhancing stories about Malawi including its history and many contemporary realities. With Mona Hakimi, an Oxford-trained social anthropologist, he is currently digitising historical manuscripts at the National Archives of Malawi and prototyping a modern portal to house them.


Experience the new symposium location in historic Springfield, Illinois.
CONFERENCE APP WITH QR SCANNING
Use the conference app to connect with attendees, exhibitors, view schedules, and stay up-to-date with event news and announcements.
Bid on a variety of items donated by individuals and exhibitors with all proceeds supporting the ENA Scholarship Foundation.
MUSEUM WELCOME PARTY
Join us on Thursday, April 20 at the Abraham Lincoln Museum for a night of dinner, music, dancing, and networking.
Dear Emergency Nurses,
Please join your peers at the 47th Annual Illinois Emergency Nurses Association Spring Symposium on April 20-21, 2023.
This year, we return to central Illinois for the first time in over 10 years and we couldn't be more excited. Springfield Memorial Hospital is hosting our conference in their Memorial Learning Center, and our attendees are in for an extraordinary experience.
The planning committee has put together a superb slate of speakers, some who have supported the Spring Symposium for many years; and some exceptional local speakers. This year's content is diverse and includes trauma, pediatrics, pharmacology, and everything in between. Our planning committee strives to create a speaker lineup that matches the diverse needs of our conference attendees. This year they have gone above and beyond. For those who like the hands-on session - there are multiple skill labs. Register early as spots in these sessions are limited.
Don't miss out on the Welcome Party, Thursday from 6:30 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum.
Join us for dinner, our annual awards ceremony and silent auction, and a night of dancing with your closest ENA friends. This year's venue is absolutely amazing and is bound to impress.
I hope you can join us and other Emergency Nurses to connect with friends and experience the quality education we have planned this year.
See you in Springfield.


I lose all self-control at used book sales. If you give me a bag and tell me I can walk away with a bag full of books for a five dollars, I will loot your shelves like a ruthless pirate.
What self-proclaimed book enthusiast doesn’t love to comb through the catacombs of a library basement like resurrection men exhuming outdated clothe-bound volumes? Oh, you dog-eared used books with your vanilla-scented paper and yellowing corners, it seems I can’t even write a paean to you without spewing a lot of pretentious, old-timey gibberish.
My apartment bookshelf and my parent’s basement are both cluttered with ragged tomes that I will probably never read. I’m reluctantly, radically weeding them out. There is a bag of used books next to my apartment door and it has been there for several months. I promised to donate them to the library but instead they live in a purgatory between my shelf and a library sale, where I will probably just buy them again anyways. I read so slowly, you have no idea how frustrating it is to read so slowly and I am sure I will never live long enough to read all of these sentences. Especially if my sleeping habits remain as self-indulgent as they are now. I could die at any moment of lethargy.
Will I ever read the more obscure novels of Camus? Probably not. This book about Victorian customs clearly survived some sort of shipwreck, judging by the water damage. It would be a shame to cast it back into the great unknown when it has already endured so much hardship.
Other treasures I have unearthed: a collection of Keats’ love sonnets, an encyclopedia of natural remedies, a Dear America book that once made me sob on the school bus, a Secret World of Alex Mack novel from the 90’s, a hardcover collection of knitting patterns from the 80’s, the novel version of How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
New York City has a bookstore called The Strand. If you set the books side by side, the line of books would easily extend from one end of the universe to the other. But why would you want to do that when you could read them instead? The store keeps their bargain books on racks on carts and you can stand beneath the drippy overhang digging through the chaotic carts of one dollar and five dollar books for hours. I try not to. I know myself too well.
The books that show up on the bargain carts are like time capsules full of information that is no longer accurate or relevant. One time I found a book that instructed short women on how to dress in a way that exudes both power and style in order to help diminutive ladies advance in the corporate world. Every girly magazine in the world has some advice on this. I have read it all and failed to heed any of it. Wear straight legged pants because they lengthen your stubby body. Never wear bell bottoms or skinny jeans. Never wear patterns. Never cut your body in half with two contrasting colors. Wear heels every day. Assemble an entourage of shorter friends to create an illusion of height.
This book was from the 80’s. It prescribed one panacea for all ambitious beauties: the beige pantsuit. Or skirt suit. It lengthens your body without cutting you in half. The color is unmemorable, so that you can be more even more memorable. All men will bow down to you and your pencil skirt. The author’s official style icon: Nancy Reagan. I never bought this book, but I wish to God I did. I think I made a mistake.
One of the best things about used books is that they sometimes have inscriptions and writing on the blank pages or in the margins. The previous owner unknowingly gave the book another layer of intrigue. It makes me wonder who gave this book as a gift. Who was the receiver? And why did they give it away? Why did they underline the word “laudanum?” Is it because they wanted to look it up later or did they have some personal experience with laudanum? I will never know.
My friend Abbey and I were at The Strand over the weekend. She set this book in front of me:
I leafed through recipes for asparagus and chili peppers, each with an amusing anecdote from the authors. The Russian chocolate cake recipe proved its worth when their female friend made it for a coworker who wasn’t picking up on her advances. By the time the book was written, they had been living together for two years and even adopted a dog together. Cake has a way of bringing people together, and aphrodisiacs have a way of bringing them even closer.
Then I saw this message scrawled onto the first page:
I suppose love potions are no substitute for actual chemistry. Now Rob’s romantic gesture gathers dust among the multitudes of tattered jackets. Maybe someone in need of a romantic dessert will find this book and they won’t even know they were looking for it.


Opera Friends` Council - a new foundation was presented to media at the Tbilisi Marriot today. The goal of the foundation is to encourage and support the development and promotion of Georgian opera. One of the founders of the Opera Friends` Council is Georgian businessman Davit Kezerashvili. The foundation will provide sponsoring of Georgian opera singers` participation in various international contests; it will provide social and material assistance to the opera troupe and purchase necessary inventory for the Tbilisi opera house. Other business persons have also joined the Opera Friends` Council, who will work on the opera development action plan together. Tbilisi mayor Gigi Ugulava attended the presentation today. He was elected the honorary chairperson of the foundation.
Archaeologists have discovered remains of an ancient settlement in Georgia`s capital Tbilisi. The settlement and various items presumably date back to one thousand years B.C. Experts continue working on the spot.
Preparations for the anniversary of Catholicos Patriarch of All Georgia His Holiness and Beatitude Ilia II have started. The organization group for the event planned for the 80th anniversary of the birth and the 35th anniversary of the enthronement of the Georgian patriarch held a meeting at the parliament today.
Holy Synod of the Apostolic Church of Georgia disapproves involvement of church servicemen in any political activities - the statement was released after the session of the Synod held at the Patriarch`s Residence yesterday.
A new Georgian library will be opened in Ukraine soon - the new library will be arranged on the bases of National Library of the Parliament of Georgia, which will provide the Kiev`s Georgian Library with books.
Comedy talk-show with famous guests, headlines and others
Hilarious sketches with amazing performances of your favourite actors!
The head of the Cultural Heritage Protection Agency returned from Petersburg today. Nikoloz Vacheishvili attended the session of the World`s Cultural Heritage Committee of UNESCO. Georgian delegation presented the documents to the members of the committee to convince international ...
President of Georgia commented on the controversy of the Bagrati Temple in Kutaisi today. Patriarch`s administration of Georgia demanded suspension of restoration works and those, who objected to the ongoing restoration works, also said the restoration was done improperly ...


On and Friday, 27 and 28 June, ‘Humanitarian Handicrafts: Materiality, Development and Fair Trade thursday. A Re-evaluation’, a collaboration involving the University of Huddersfield, Leeds Beckett University together with Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute associated with the University of Manchester, brought together historians, curators, archivists and craft professionals to explore handicraft production for humanitarian purposes through the late 19 th century to the current. Topics ranged through the work associated with the humanitarian reformer, Emily Hobhouse (1860-1926), creator of Boer Residence Industries within the aftermath regarding the 1899-1902 South African War, through lace-making in Belgium during WW1 and initiatives in Eastern Europe after WW2, towards the work associated with the Huddersfield Committee for Famine Relief (‘Hudfam’) and Oxfam through the belated 1950s.
Oxfam’s handicrafts story as well as its archive had been showcased highly during the seminar in papers on ‘Helping by offering’ from 1963, Oxfam’s scheme for the acquisition of handicrafts from manufacturers in bad nations easily obtainable in the U.K., the profits being came back as funds for humanitarian work; the building blocks of Oxfam’s ‘Bridge’ fair trade organization in 1975, the very first when you look at the U.K. and most likely in European countries; as well as the growth of the Global Federation for Alternative Trade, later on the planet Fair Trade organization, with Oxfam’s help. In addition, the ongoing work of Cecil Jackson-Cole had been considered. Jackson-Cole, a creator and long-lasting Hon. Secretary of Oxfam, continued to receive charities including assist the Aged and ActionAid and ended up being instrumental in starting charity stores in Southern Africa into the 1970s. Continue reading


In the Crash Course for New Traders video, Gail Mercer, founder of TradersHelpDesk, reviews the basics that will help new traders begin trading the markets. First, Gail begins by reviewing the forex market and each market report associated with each currency. Then Gail reviews the candlestick patterns that all traders should be able to recognize (drawing the patterns by hand really helps imprint them on the brain).
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Are you looking for a job in healthcare? The Ocean County Library is hosting a healthcare job fair from 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 16 at the Toms River Branch, 101 Washington Street.
The job fair will include more than 20 employers looking to find employees for full-time, part-time, per-diem, and substitute employment positions.
Available positions include: registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nursing assistants, certified home health aides, patient care technicians, patient care assistants, case managers, aides, activity staff, companions, caregivers, group home assistants, job coach, direct support professionals, direct care professionals, day program leaders, resident assistants, residential counselors, housekeepers, food service, drivers, and much more.
This program is funded by the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development Career Connections grant and sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean County Library – Toms River.
Registration is not required to attend the job fair. Attendees are encouraged to bring multiple copies of their resume, certifications, pens and a smile. Be ready to fill out applications and prepare for possible on-the-spot interviews.
Free parking is available at the Ocean County parking garage on Hooper Avenue. Pay parking is available in the Toms River parking garage behind the library. The fee is 75 cents per hour until 5 p.m. Parking is free after 5 p.m. on the upper level.


Directed by Mervyn LeRoy: Born 1900 in San Francisco, both parents Jewish, but according to LeRoy by the time he came along they had been in the city for a couple of generations and were so were “assimilated to the point of complete absorption.” Mervyn is present for the 1906 earthquake, which destroyed the family home and his father’s store. At the age of 12 he becomes a newsboy, hawking papers from street corners. “I saw life in the raw on the streets of San Francisco. I met the cops and the whores and the reporters and the bartenders and the Chinese and the fishermen and the shopkeepers. When it came time for me to make motion pictures I made movies that were real, because I knew at first hand how real people behaved.” In 1916 he joined another vaudeville wannabe, and they became LeRoy and Cooper: Two Kids and a Piano. They traveled the country for three years before LeRoy wound up in New York broke, and swallowed his pride and asked for help from his cousin Jesse Lasky, who had quit vaudeville and become one of the earliest movie moguls, chief of Famous Players-Lasky. Cousin Jesse gave him a train ticket to Hollywood and a note to the studio, and so began LeRoy’s movie career. He started at the bottom and worked his way up, and in 1924 was hired as a gagman by director Alfred Green. LeRoy worked on a bunch of silent comedies, most of them starring the delightful comedienne Colleen Moore, and in 1928 got his first directorial assignment. No Place to Go, starring Mary Astor. It came in on time, under budget, and earned a profit. LeRoy said he made 75 movies, and all of them turned a profit.
He directed Little Ceasar (1931), one of the great gangster films, and another five movies that same year. In 1932 he directed another now-notorious Pre-Code, Three on a Match, as well as our feature today. He also directed other memorable Pre-Codes such as Gold Diggers of 1933 and in 1934, Heat Lightning, a terrific movie featuring two of the actors in today’s movie, Preston Foster and Glenda Farrell and starring Aline MacMahon and Ann Dvorak. We may see it at the end of the course. LeRoy continued to work until 1965, making films like Mister Roberts and Gypsy.
Doherty differentiates between prison movies and chain-gang movies, of which today’s is the most famous. “Not every Hollywood prison was an oasis from the barren vistas of the Great Depression. If the big house offered a kind of security against the cold winds on the outside, the chain gang system of penology warned of lower circles of hell within America. Sensational and all-too-true reports of brutality and torture in the rural prison system of the Deep South splashed across the headlines of tabloid papers in the North throughout the 1930s, especially when some unfortunate inmate died in a sweat box or from a beating. Given the stark barbarism of the chain gang system the penal preachment yarn could afford to be uncompromising and outspoken I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932) “will make us some enemies,” admitted an unapologetic Jack Warner, but he stood behind the taglines (“Warner Bros.’ defiant masterpiece will have a conscience-stricken America talking in its sleep!”). Preaching the abolition of the chain gang system was a safe sentiment, not a controversial position.”
There were other chain gang movies—RKO’s Hell’s Highway (1932) and Universal’s Laughter in Hell (1933).
I Am a Fugitive from a Georgia Chain Gang was a bestseller by Robert E. Burns (though the preface of the edition I have claims Burns’s brother, a clergyman, was the actual author), who was hiding in the shadows when the film was made. Burns sneaked into Hollywood to consult with the scriptwriters, and he flinched at every sound like the hunted man he was. It would be well over a decade before he was finally pardoned by the state of Georgia, and in the years between he made his home in New Jersey where he married and lived a peaceable life. The state petitioned for his extradition and a public meeting was held with 1,000 of his New Jersey neighbors attending. The overwhelming support convinced the governor to refuse to extradite, and Burns remained in the state until his pardon was finally secured by the recently elected progressive Georgia governor, who was doing his best to reform the chain gang system.
The script is good—the storytelling is economical and LeRoy gives us the information we need without clubbing us over the head with it. Sol Polito’s cinematography is beautiful, and only a few years after sound had imprisoned the camera in a soundproof booth it has also escaped and follows James Allen (Muni, who received an Oscar nomination for this film) on not one but two taut escape sequences. Audio is also used effectively: We are past the strange, staticky silence of the earliest talkies and sounds of all kinds are used to heighten the drama—train whistles, the baying of hounds, the singing of the prisoners and clatter of the hammers on the rocks, the sounds of the chains clanking, the jazz in the brothel.
Warner Bros removed “Georgia” from the title to accommodate the strenuous objections of the state to the film being made at all. Georgia also let it be known that the director would be arrested on sight should he put one foot in the state.
LeRoy manages to convey the horror, inhumanity, and brutality of life on the chain gang without showing anything explicit; the whipping scene actually soft-pedaled the reality, in which the men’s pants were pulled off. In the movie LeRoy shows us Muni’s face as he watches another prisoner’s beating, his face framed by bars as he sees what we cannot. We hear the screams and see from Muni’s face that he is terrified but determined. And when his beating comes we retreat into the barracks where his fellow prisoners lie on their beds silently listening to the sound of the leather strap, Muni makes no sound.
A fine piece of cinematic storytelling develops character and then shows what the horrors of the “justice” system do to that character: James Allen is an engineer who lives to build. When he blows up the bridge, we see in his deranged joy what he has been brought to: it is James Allen who has been destroyed.
Some of the actors:
Paul Muni, born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, 9/22/1895 in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine); died 1967, Montecito, California. Muni had made his stage debut at the age of 12, playing an 80-year-old man, in a Yiddish theater production. He did not play an English-language role until 1926, when he was 32 and made his Broadway debut. Muni split his time between stage and screen and showed no interest in being a movie star—for him it was all about acting. His powerful performances in this and in Scarface (also 1932) assured him of starring roles, but he ran afoul of the studios, who didn’t often give him roles he thought worth playing. In 1936 he convinced Warner Bros. to depart from their ripped-from-the-headlines approach and star him in The Life of Louis Pasteur, for which he won an Academy Award for best actors. Muni followed that in 1937 with The Life of Emile Zola, and in 1939 with Juarez. In 1946 he returned to the role of gangster in the comedy Angel on My Shoulder. Muni continued to work in the theater, originating the role of the lawyer (based on Clarence Darrow) in Inherit the Wind in 1956. Failing eyesight forced him to retire in 1959 after starring in The Last Angry Man in 1959, for which he received his final Oscar nomination.
Glenda Farrell was a popular actress who worked in many comedies and dramas in this era and for decades to follow. She was almost a female Lee Tracy, a wisecracking, wised-up tough gal. She could play other kinds of roles but often appeared as less-vicious variants of her role here.
Preston Foster started out as an opera singer, came to Hollywood in 1929 and at first played bad-guy roles like this one but within a few years would be playing much richer, more complex parts in movies like The Informer and Annie Oakley. You may remember him from the TV series Waterfront (1954-’55), in which he played Cap’n John Herrick.
Allen Jenkins studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked in stock before playing the gangster in Blessed Event, a role he reprised in the movie. Per AllMovie, Jankins “made so many pictures that he was sometimes referred to as ‘the fifth Warner Brother.’ ” Jenkins as a member of the “Irish Mafia” along with James Cagney, Pat O’Brien, and Frank McHugh. Like many actors from this era Jenkins also worked in television in the ’50s and ’60s, including voicing the character of Officer Dibble in Top Cat (1961).
Edward Ellis: Born in 1870, the child of theater professionals, he was an actor, playwright, and producer on Broadway before he started his film career. He appeared in 38 films but is best remembered as Clyde Wynant, the murder victim in The Thin Man (1934) and as Shirley Temple’s uncle in Little Miss Broadway (1938).
Other Pre-Code prison films:
The Big House (George W. Hill, 1930)
The Criminal Code (Howard Hawks, 1931)
20,000 Years in Sing-Sing (Michael Curtiz, 1933)
Hell’s Highway (Rowland Brown, 1932)
Laughter in Hell (Edward L. Kahn, 1933)
The 50 Most Unforgettable Actors of the Studio Era, by Frank Miller and Robert Osborne
I Am a Prisoner from a Georgia Chain Gang, by Robert E. Burns
Pre-Code Hollywood: Sex, Immortality, and Insurrection in American Cinema 1930-1934, by Thomas Doherty
World Film Directors Volume One 1890-1945, edited by John Wakeman


I happened to spot this on Amazon the other day.
At first I was quite surprised at seeing it because I bought my
copy way back in 1985 (according to the faded receipt inside the
On reflection I am not surprised that this book is still listed,
as it is an excellent book and has obviously stood the test of time.
It contains contributions from no less than seven well respected
authors so it gives you a very wide viewpoint on drawing with the
humble pencil (and the colour pencil). This book certainly covers
a wide range of subjects and drawing styles, and is probably one
of the most widely read books on my art bookshelf.
I can recommend this book to anybody who wants to develop their
pencil drawing skills.
"This is the Classic Book on Pen and Ink Techniques
for Artists, Illustrators, Architects and Designers". I used
to borrow this book as often as I could from my local library, as
it was out of print. As soon as I saw this 60th anniversary issue
I ordered it straight away. I just love this book.
I will only say, if you want the definitive guide to drawing with
ink then get this book.
I just wish that they would re-release the companion book "Rendering
I have the hardcover version of this
book (pictured at top left) which I bought many moons ago. The only
version available now appears to be a soft cover one (bottom left).
I am assuming that this is the same book, but I am only making this
assumption based on the fact that all of the pictures on the cover
of the soft version actually appear inside the hardcover version.
(There actually are some secondhand copies of the hardcover version
available at Amazon)
Anyway, Gene Franks is an undisputed master of the pencil and I
often just browse through this book, gazing in awe at the completed
images. It does of course have step by step instructions for creating
these images although I need a lot more practice to even come close
to the masterpieces that Gene Franks has created.
The soft cover book does appear to be a little smaller than the
hardcover one. They are 12.0 x 9.0 inches and 14 .0 x 10.5 inches
respectively but both have the same number of pages at 144
So check this book out, it is really inspirational and shows what
can be achieved with just a few pencils.


Everyone including Edmund underestimated Fanny. She demonstrated quiet and reserved dignity as well as a fierce sense of morality and propriety. She had a Sorry Honey Sarcasm Falls Out Of My Mouth Shirt thirst for literature and poetry and was a genuinely kind and thoughtful soul. She embodied all the womanly charm that was so readily attributed to Mary Crawford. Fanny was patient and modest, her inner beauty and politic nature out shined those who fancied themselves her superior.
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Edmond Bertram is the only hero in Jane Austen’s novels who knows and cares for the Sorry Honey Sarcasm Falls Out Of My Mouth Shirt heroine, yet falls in love with somebody else. Even toward the end, he seems somehow not completely cured of Mary Crawford. We have to count on his trying to do right to feel that Fanny will be happy with him. When he met Mary and imagined that she had every posible virtue, he knew about Fanny that she is kind and resonable and has similar views on many things as him. But when he left Mary he knew Fanny much better – he knew how strong and brave she is
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It took Edmund time to fully understand that it was Fanny that genuinely and consistently demonstrated the Sorry Honey Sarcasm Falls Out Of My Mouth Shirt qualities that he admired and wanted. Since Edmund’s association with females was limited, Mary was something he had to go through to in order to sharpen his perception and understanding. Edmund is interested in Mary to the very last chapter of the book, but it is only becouse the book ends at this point, not becouse he would think of her forever. At the last meeting with Mary he realized, he never knew her, he only loved his imagination, not the real Mary, who was completly different person from what he thought. After this discovery he could not be in love in her any more.


A home built in the 1950s was transformed by Egue y Seta into a unique and vivacious family home, located in Chamartín, a district in Madrid, Spain. Designed with a gabled roof, the interior living spaces are comprised of 1,829 square feet (170 square meters), arranged over a series of three rectangular floors that have been staggered. An open plan living and dining room features a wall of double height custom designed, solid wood bookcases brimming with books. The bookcases were recovered from the family’s previous home. Books can be enjoyed while relaxing comfortably on one of the vintage armchairs, or the plush leather sofa. The dining table is also provides the family with a wonderful reading space, a rescue from a disappeared nineteenth century French farmhouse. As you tour through the home, you will notice a cool home library with a bookcase wall as well, perfectly suited for a family that has a passion for books, stories and film!
Sliding glass doors helps to extend this open layout to the outdoors, drawing natural light in and helping blur the lines between indoors and out. An outdoor terrace, gardens and a swimming pool helps to complete the property surrounding the home, a nice balance for family living.
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What We Love: The relaxed and comfortable vibe throughout this family home in Madrid is a treat for the eyes, there are a lot of inspiring ideas. We especially love the home library with the suspended bed, it looks like a very cool spot to hang out and enjoy a good read… or a siesta! How about you, do you like the design of this home, what is your favorite space?
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An open and spacious kitchen is separated from the rest of the home, with white kitchen cabinets mixed with gray concrete and wood flooring, adding a touch of ruggedness to the space.
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The master bedroom features a skylight to help illuminate the space naturally, bringing in the morning light, a perfect way to start the day!
The master bathroom features two vessel sinks set on a white vanity of microcement (a thin layer of concrete topping that is designed to take stain) with view through a window. A walk-in shower is adjacent to the vanity, while a beautiful, not to mention relaxing, freestanding “anthology” soaker tub is set on the opposite side, sourced from Recor Bathrooms.
A home library doubles as a guest bedroom up the staircase, closed off from the space by a glass wall. The bookcase wall is filled with great reads and videos for the family to enjoy. A library ladder allows access to the books that are high above, while a suspended net bed turns this space into a cool place to “literally” hang out!
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Jan has braaied with thousands of South Africans, almost every day for the five years.
The book contains instructions for braaing the perfect steak, lamb chops, chicken burgers, pork ribs, potjies and so much more. There's even something in there for those with a sweet tooth.
It is full of helpful tips to turn you into a true master.
Jan has braaied with thousands of South Africans almost every day for the five years.
Are you keen on getting creative? Jan shares his secrets to cooking interesting dishes such as waterblommetjie potjie, pancakes, chicken mayo braaibroodjies, and brandy tiramisu on the braai. All of these are shared in this book with easy-to-follow recipes and Jan's unmistakable humour.
It's your right to make the best braai possible!
This book contains some of the most mouthwatering recipes for steak, chicken, lamb, and so much more. But there is nothing complicated in these recipes - everything can be found in your kitchen.


The Hulk. Green and mean. A rampaging muscular mass who destroys all in his path. Uncontrollable fury.
So do you think someone could teach him to be polite?
That’s the basis for the illustrated children’s book, Please and Thank You, featuring Spider-Girl and the Hulk sitting in a tree house, eating hamburgers.
Spider-Girl explains to the Hulk that it’s polite to use “please” and “thank you.”
The Hulk responds: “Hulk? Rude?” He thanks Spider-Girl for teaching him how to be polite.
That’s not the Hulk I know. I think the encounter would play out like this:
“Spider-Girl has cooties. Hulk smash!”
And there’s Godzilla, a 30-story tall dinosaur known for his dance move, the Tokyo Stomp. With a sweep of his cyclopean tail he can taken out an entire village. Missiles and bombs don’t slow him down.
When you look at the cover of the kids’ book, Godzilla Likes To Roar, you assume it is intended to calm down young brats tripping on too much sugar. Roaring like Godzilla the kids burn off excess energy and mercifully fall asleep.
Maybe that works but the story is deceptive. Godzilla lives on Monster Island with his dinosaur buddies. They play and frolic and never hurt anyone.
When Godzilla gets hungry he eats some tasty coconuts. There’s no mention of the peaceful natives that lived on the island before he made it his home. He’s no vegetarian. Upon his arrival he stomped on the natives and then cooked them to perfection with his thermo-nuclear death breath. Flame-broiled human burgers.
So what will they think of next? How about a Vlad the Impaler plushie doll for the kids to hug while sleeping? Complete with a plushie stake.


With Tom Ashton
2 November 2019 | 2pm – 4pm | £15
Dalton-in-Furness, LA15 8AH
Tom is a short story writer and novelist from Barrow who holds a degree in Creative Writing from the University of Derby, has worked for both publishers and literary agencies, and has spoken at universities and literature festivals about his career. He has had three stories from his Grenton Village collection (set in South Cumbria) published since November 2018. Lemonade is the first to be published as a standalone book.
He teaches creative writing at Barrow Library where he works as a library assistant.
Tom will help workshop participants who wish to write in this format looking at plot, characterisation and setting among other things. If you want to improve your fiction writing this is the workshop for you.


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Another situation where Finny and Gene escape from reality occurs during the summer session at Devon School.
Whereas Finny sees the world as essentially harmonious and benevolent, the distrustful Gene sees the world as rife with divisions.
Finny’s sense of completeness draws people to him, but the novel also suggests that he has an essentially childlike way of relating to the world, one that cannot survive the harsh realties of war.
Leper escapes from the reality of the war by letting go of his mind.
Gene, the main character, goes to visit Leper when he returns from the war after receiving a discharge for his insanity.
This fall ruins Finny athletic future, however Finny is unaware that Gene caused his fall.
Throughout the story Gene struggles with whether or not he should confess to Finny.
In the novel Gene relays his subconscious guilt when he says "At Devon, where every stick of furniture didn't assert that Finny was part of it, I could make it up to him."(70) This shows Gene's absolute need to get even with Finny.
It shows by simply confessing he would of hurt Finny but ultimately they would of both benefitted.
The motifs of “wholeness” and “separateness” run throughout the novel, with Finny representing the former and Gene the latter.
Finny seems to exist in perfect harmony with the world around him, a characteristic Gene notes again and again when he describes his friend’s walk as a “flow.” Finny’s body seems to be a single, seamless entity, and his body in turn is at one with the whole world, buoyed along by its currents and free of tension from outside forces.


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