Multiple illustrations in a book enrich the already written content. Appropriate and eye-catching illustrations adjoin more value to a book, especially if it is for a child reader. One of the greatest aspects of illustrations in children’s books is good illustrations. It is important to maintain the narrative flow of a text from the beginning to the end. Let the expert illustration designers of Eminence System describe the importance of illustrations in a children’s book.
Grabs the attention of child readers
As the illustrated pictures of a book play a major role to enhance the visual beauty of the readers, these somehow manage to grab the attention of the readers, especially of the tiny bookworms. Child readers get easily attracted by a book if it contains an abundance of good illustrated images or pictures.
Important for marketing
As we have already discussed in the previous point that a well-illustrated book is enough to catch the eyes of the tiny readers. Also, it acts vitally to boost the marketing strategy of the books. If we compare, a well-illustrated book will be sold more massively than a non-illustrated plain textbook. In this way, illustrations increase the selling of a book. Hence, good illustrations are not only fruitful to the child readers but also to the book publishing agencies.
Brings more clarity of the text to the child readers
If it is a book for the child readers, it appears a bit tough for the little ones to understand the whole concept of the book just by reading it line by line. And, at this very point, illustrations do their job in the best possible way. Because a child reader is basically always not fully grown up to comprehend the meaning of a text just by reading the lines. But, watching the illustrations beside the written content increases the readability of the text to the little readers. Because, after watching the series of illustrated versions, they can get the point clearly even if they do not read all the lines with too much attentiveness.
Invokes interest in reading more books
The good books are almost like an addiction. If a reader becomes successful to achieve the genuine taste of good books, he/she wants to read more books like that. The same thing happens with illustrated books. As illustrations are capable enough to grow an interest in reading more books in the tiny readers.
Helps in getting interest in art and illustrations
The point of interest is no more confined to just reading and writing. Good illustrations of a book increase a keen sensibility to drawing, painting, illustrating, and other art and craft. Being inspired by the images that are illustrated in books, many readers are try to improve their skills too.
For these above-explained points, both writers and readers emphasize illustrations in books.
If you are in search of a reputed book illustration company, do not hesitate to contact the expert illustration designers of Eminence System.


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- GURN Information Brief No. 2, June 2009. Andrew Jackson.
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- GURN Policy Brief No. 1, January 2009.


I watched two documentaries the other night or BBC, Blondie’s New York… and the making of Parallel Lines and Bright Lights, Brilliant Minds: A Tale of Three Cities. The common thread between them was the importance of place and time in creating an environment whereby a critical mass of artist, musicians and writers converge. In this crucible, creative people who are sensitive enough to the moment can create something that captures the moment and becomes a seminal statement of that particular environment.
In the case of Blondie, it was New York in the 70’s. The city was not at its best at the time: bankruptcy, crime and neglect, contributed to the feeling that the city was on its last legs. The movie Escape from New York probably captures the overall sense of doom. In all this, however, there was a space where people could experiment and create relatively unhindered. It was cheap to live in NYC at the time and there was plenty of space to practice, paint and perform.
Out of all this, musically, two major trends emerged: punk/new wave and disco. It was the bringing together of these two in the album Parallel Lines that made Blondie more than just another CBGB’s band. They melded the influences around them, their own particular talents and personalities into something that is still influential forty years after it was created.
James Fox explores the relationship of time, place and creativity more broadly in Bright Lights. In the episode on Paris, he shows how, in 1928, the conditions in Paris were ripe for a coming together of artists, dancers, musicians and writers who would have a profound impact on the rest of the century. Fox argues that, like New York fifty years later, Paris at the time was cheap, liberal and in flux. This attracted artists who would be associated with surrealism, writers like Ernest Hemingway and Afro-Americans, like Josephine Baker.
In both cases, there was a concentration of artists who shared influences and cross-pollinated with one another. In addition, there was a large enough group of supporters who could sustain the artists and help spread the work that was being produced. Punk, disco and surrealism were intensely local art forms, coming out of the particular moment, yet they somehow managed to transcend their origins and resonate across the globe.
New York and Paris changed. The conditions that fed those movements disappeared and with this, the opportunity to create something new and game-changing. So where are the new Paris’ and New Yorks? Is this the time for something new and, if so, where are the places where its articulation can germinate and spread?


Learn About the Book
Grace Hutchins and Anna Rochester, life partners and heirs to significant wealth, developed their rhetorical skills and political acumen in early twentieth-century women's organizations.
Aiming for revolution rather than reform, they lived together frugally while devoting themselves to several organizations in succession, including the Episcopal Church and the Fellowship of Reconciliation. They searched for a place where their efforts were welcomed and where they could address the root causes of social inequities.
In 1927, they joined the Communist Party USA. They helped to build the Labor Research Association where they engaged in research and wrote books, pamphlets, and articles arguing for gender and racial equality and economic justice.
Julia M. Allen’s Passionate Commitments is a love story, but more than that, this is a story of two women whose love for each other sustained their political work.
Allen examines the personal and public writings of Rochester and Hutchins to reveal under-reported challenges to capitalism as well as little-known efforts to strengthen feminism during their time.
Through an investigation of their lives and writings, this biography charts the underpinnings of American Cold War fears and the influence of sexology on political movements in mid-twentieth-century America.
Listen to an Interview
about the Book
Host Danielle Meyer interviews author Julia M. Allen on community radio station KMUZ in Salem, Oregon.
Recipient of the
2014 Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction,
presented by the Publishing Triangle!
Buy the Book
Passionate Commitments can be ordered from any bookstore, such as Powell's, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and your local independent bookstore.
It also may be purchased directly from State University of New York Press.
The book is ready on Amazon for download to Kindles and other devices running the Kindle app.
Try Before You Buy
Would you like to see the Table of Contents?
Want to read Chapter One while you wait for your copy to arrive?
Go to the State University of New York Press to find more information about the book.
Read a Review
For a review by Bettina Aptheker, go to the Women's Review of Books.


A comment on the originality of Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum
The published and recorded works of Martin Jack, and his lectures, readings and concerts through the years, have established him as the originator of Harley-Davidson poetry, music and philosophy.
When anybody refers to 'biker poetry and music' in general they are doing so as a result of Dr. Rosenblum's actual work or his influence upon others.
There have been many imitators of his unique style, and countless tributes. The imitators are amusing. But it is the tribute artists for whom we have much respect, for an attribute of Martin Jack's philosophy is that the culture of the motorcyclist should be shared at the campfire.
Harley riders have been tired of the 'born to be wild' themes for at least a decade. The media keeps playing the same tune because it does not seek more than a trivial sound bite and, as anybody with any sense has realized, journalism in all forms today is more entertainment than quality reportage. The imitators of Holy Ranger Poetry, Music and Philosophy are easy to recognize for their lack of authenticity, and the artists who pay tribute to that which Martin Jack has created are the authentic medicine men and women to whom serious attention should be paid. One can never expect much in depth from the media when it comes to the significance of Harley-Davidson fine and folk art, and certainly the aesthetic of being a Harley rider will not be imparted truthfully nor with any creative intelligence by imitators of the lifestyle about which Martin Jack preaches.
There are many books that cite Martin Jack's influence properly (a recommended one is Outlaw Machine by Brock Yates). Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum creates and purveys the lore of the rider. (Harley-Davidson Lore is a book for which Martin Jack is responsible, in fact, having created the title and concept; and in his Forward, he says more than all the news reports and imitators will ever say on the subject. You will find his Forwards in many fine historical and cultural texts, too, as he works diligently to see better published works go into print.) You will hear from many riders that they have had an awakening due to the EvoPoetic visions of The Holy Ranger.
But the most inspired tribute to the lifework of Dr. Martin Jack Rosenblum is to create your own personal art and philosophy. One of the essential messages in all of Martin Jack's scholastic and artistic output is that every individual rider is a folk artist and can ride like the shaman through rain and wind, arriving at a spiritual destination along the road journey taken.
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Accessible through the Student’s Book Pack and Student’s Book Premium Pack, the Student’s Resource Centre includes the class and Workbook audio as MP3 files. High-quality video, matched to the Student’s Book themes and language areas, is available online with downloadable video worksheets.
Online Workbook for practice, consolidation and progress checks.
Accessible on any device that can view the internet, including tablets and mobile phones.
Downloadable options so that materials can be used offline.
High-quality video matched to the Student’s Book themes and language areas.
Full support for testing through the Teacher’s Resource Centre.
Additional lessons and activities all linked to the themes of the course.


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IGGY LOOMIS: SUPERKID IN TRAINING (book 1)
How do you handle a little brother like Iggy? It isn’t easy to share your bedroom with a little brother who breaks your toys and wears underpants over his pants. It’s even worse when your little brother is suddenly WAY stronger than you are! How will Daniel Loomis cope with a dangerously zany roommate like Iggy? And what does the mysterious kid who moved into the neighborhood have to do with Iggy’s newfound super-strength? As Daniel tries to figure out what’s happening to his little brother, he becomes caught up in a dangerous adventure he never expected!
Read the first book in Jennifer Allison’s hilarious, action-packed new series for young readers, IGGY LOOMIS: SUPERKID IN TRAINING, to find out more about Daniel and Iggy!
IGGY LOOMIS: A HAGFISH CALLED SHIRLEY (book 2)
Daniel is trying really hard to be a good older brother, especially now that Iggy has mutant insect abilities that he got from the alien next door. But when Iggy flushes the alien’s pet hagfish down the toilet, he goes way too far. Now Shirley the hagfish is fated to a life in the sewers! It’s up to Iggy to use his powers to find Shirley, but with his temper tantrums and fits—and everyone on Daniel’s case—it looks more and more like Shirley will never come home. Can Daniel convince Iggy to save the day, before everyone is grounded for life?
With aliens, superpowers, slime mold, pets, extra-slimy creatures, and Jennifer Allison’s laugh-out-loud humor, this sequel to Iggy Loomis, Superkid in Training
is an out-of-control good time!


Though the focus of this blog is on General Education and online learning, I had to make a few points about the current situation over at the Boston Public Library. One of my favorite places to visit, and a jewel of the city, the BPL is currently undergoing a bit of an administrative and public relations crisis. For those unfamiliar, a quick update: a number of historically important (and very expensive) art pieces have gone missing, including works by Rembrandt and Durer. There has also been charges of misplaced priorities and a loss of focus of keeping the central library a researched – centered library.
The people of Boston love their library, hence why this has made so much news the past week or so. I choose to address this here because, as a former librarian, I am very invested in what libraries can do for our communities. It goes without saying that a strong General Education program cannot survive without exceptional library services. My institution has an incredibly robust online library with a phenomenal librarian, and we are beyond lucky to have him. But the BPL is able to provide extra resources that we don’t have. In addition, with its focus on rare collections and research services, a student may find resources that he never knew existed. In short, it combines the need to have practical information but also allows students to dig deeper and study theory.
We have to make sure we are protecting this resource and that is being run properly. Without getting into politics, there is no way that now former BPL President Amy Ryan could have done all of this herself. While she bears responsibility for much of this, the city and Board of Trustees need to step up and make sure that the library is being financed properly and that proper oversight is provided. The city depends on the BPL; NECB depends on the BPL — it’s too important to be taken for granted.


The official clarion of the Commission,
for Justice is an 8 page tabloid-sized publication produced 10 times
yearly. In addition to news of the Commission, Active for Justice
features articles on issues of concern ranging from the local to the global,
many written by local writers and activists. On the back page of
each issue is a more complete calendar than is included on the calendar
page of this website.
Active for Justice is available
free at several area distribution points, including public libraries, university
campuses, churches, merchants, and the Commission office.
A mail subscription to Active
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Congress is runing a propaganda that Prime mInister Modi made a gaffe in his recent speech citing a discourse between Kabir, Gurunanak and Gorakhnath.
There are plenty of historical evidences that Kabir, Guru Nanak and Gorakhnath were contemporary.
In Sikh literature, there are mentions of such instances many times.
Congress don’t realize their brilliant discovery that Gorakh lived in 11th century, well before Kabir and Nanak, is just an opinion of an old colonial historian Briggs in his 1938 book.
There are other historians like Grierson who place Gorakhnath well into 14th century. Baba Farid documents and Jnanesvari manuscripts leading Abbott establish Gorakhnath to the 13th-century. Grierson estimated Gorakhnath’s period to be 14th-century relying on evidences discovered in Gujarat.
There are two references to conversations or dialogues which supposedly took place between Kabir, Nanak and Gorakhnath. In the Janam Sakhi of Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism. Gorakhnath ki Gosthi on the other hand speaks of a conversation between Gorakhnath and Kabir.
Through such idiotic propagandas Congress is making itself a laughing stock.
No wonder, everyone knows Congress is anti Hindu party, when they can question the existence of Lord Ram, this propaganda is quite obvious.
Historians state Gorakhnath lived sometime during the first half of the 2nd millennium CE, but they disagree in which century. Estimates based on archaeology and text range from Briggs’ 11th- to 12th-century to Grierson’s estimate of the 14th-century.
Here is an excerpt from the book “The Oxford Handbbok of Sikh Studies” by Pashaura Singh, Louis E. Fenech:
“Over and over again in his fifty – seven illustrations, we encounter Guru Nanak engaged in discourse with historical figures popular in the Punjab such as Shah Abdul Rahman, Hajji Rattan, Sheikh Braham, Bhagat Kabir, Gorakhnath, Sheikh Sharaf.”
Read the text in this book, there is clear mention of Gurunank’s discourse with Kabir and Gorakhnath.
Here is an excerpt from the book “Gorakhnath and the Kanphaṭa Yogis”
By George Weston Briggs:
“Another tradition connects Gorakhnath with Baba Farid who visited Girnar in 1244, and who died in 1266. Gorakhnath is represented by an old shrine on Girnar.”


The Secrets to Great Improvisation
You'll get more than you can imagine from this DVD / Book / CD Package. Dick explains and demonstrates some very important aspects of professional sounding improvisational approaches including:
- Playing Over Chord Changes
- Playing Through Chord Changes
- Melodic Contour
- Melodic Phrasing in Context to Form
Play-along CD Practice Tracks for all instruments including:
- Treble Clef Instruments
- Bass Clef Instruments
- B-flat Instruments
- E-flat Instruments
Dick shows you how to solo and approach your playing in ways that will make a difference in 5 minutes!
He explains clearly, how to hear the nuances that make a difference between wandering along with your solo and really playing ideas that make melodic sense! Do yourself a favor and get this one-of-a-kind home study lesson that really teaches.
Includes DVD, Audio CD, and Textbook


RISC-V: an opportunity for the European R&I&D ecosystems
The aim of this session is to share knowledge and info on the importance for the European R&I&D ecosystem of RISC-V architectures and their relation to the HPC domain, giving the opportunity to the two main EU-funded projects recently started on the topic to set the scene and provide guidance on the ongoing and future R&I&D activities on RISC-V.
The session will also entail a panel where an open conversation with the audience will be fostered, to share ideas and shape a common understanding of the next relevant steps for the European RISC-V ecosystem.
Agenda of the session here
Panel’s presentation with questions here
ISOLDE presentation here
TRISTAN presentation here


By default, left-clicking on bookmark and history items in Firefox open the pages in current tabs. While it is possible to use the mouse wheel button or pressing Ctrl+left-click, some of you might want to change the default behavior of the left-clicking instead so that you can always open the items in new tabs as quick as possible. Open Bookmarks in New Tab is exactly the add-on to make it happens.
And if you need to keep the ability to open the items in current tabs even though you do that only once in a blue moon, the extension’s option allows you to set the middle-clicking to do the job.
For Tab Mix Plus user, I’m pretty sure that you already know that the great add-on already provide the same feature. In fact, it is even more customizable since you can choose to apply the “open in new tab” behavior to either the bookmark or history items or both. It can also be applied to address bar and search bar.
Just in case some of you are interested to ditch your current tab management extension and install Tab Mix Plus, the behavior can be found and activated in the Events => Tab Opening.


Intimacy of long lens on island life
THERE are few words in the story of this black-and-white love affair that spans over 50 years and involves several generations of people who have lived remote lives off the windswept edge of the west coast. This pictorial narrative is filled with images of kneeling and bent-over men praying in an overgrown graveyard in Cill Éinne on Inis Mór, teenage Gaelgóirí departing Inis Oírr, an upturned currach in a desolate field, a bodhrán, box and fiddle player absorbed in a seisiún, schoolchildren on Inishturk, a ceremony at the harbour in Inishbofin for the blessing of the bay, loading turf into the creels of a laden donkey.
In an opening photograph, a sky and seascape overlooking the East End village of Inishbofin evokes the memory of recent storms as ominous, dark clouds fill the sky and overshadow the panoramic vista. The portraiture of young and old islanders from the 1960s right up to the present day chronicles a voyage into contemporary island life where the deep fissures of ocean-burnt faces have faded but the long legacy of separateness, cultural distinctiveness continues.
AMONG the many colourful characters portrayed is the late Bridget Dirrane, who died, aged 109, in 2003. A member of Cumann na mBan, she went on hunger strike while in Mountjoy Jail after her arrest in the Dublin home of a nationalist sympathiser.
During her imprisonment, she managed to infuriate the police at the Bridewell station by dancing and singing in Irish for her fellow inmates. Bridget qualified as a nurse in the early 1900s and married Aran Islander, Ned Dirrane, in Boston, where she joined the Democratic Party and campaigned for John F Kennedy in the early 1960s.
After Ned died, she returned to Inis Mór where she ultimately married his brother, Patrick. When he, in turn, died, she had her two wedding rings bonded together.
PHOTOGRAPHER John Carlos’s empathy and unique artistry fills every perfectly framed picture in his newly published book, ‘Ireland’s Western Islands: Inishbofin, The Aran Islands, Inishturk, Inishshark, Clare & Turbot Islands’.
His long association with the western islands started as a teenager when, in the 1960s, he spent all his summer holidays with his mother and sisters in Kilmurvey on the Aran island of Inis Mór. It was then that he was infused with a passion for photography that would lead to an award-winning professional career which included positions at The Connacht Tribune, The Sunday Tribune and The Sunday Times, before returning to live on the western seaboard.
Carlos explains that this collection is a celebration of islanders; not an attempt to define the islands but rather to preserve a memory of the islanders and their home places.
He observes in the book’s introduction that this work is a reflection on a disappearing traditional way of life and culture in a society ‘increasingly consumed by materialism, information and celebrity culture’.
“The sequences, which suggest a form of narration, draw on many elements to create a unity of opposite: people, wild flowers, youth, landscapes, home, religious icons, work, seascapes, animals, fish, rocks, love and loss. People and nature are intricately woven to portray their relationship with the islands and the complexity of their lives therin,” he explains.
“What I wanted to do with these photographs is to celebrate the islanders in their environment, while reflecting on disappearing traditions and values in the face of materialism and pop culture. Some photographs document the end of an era, like the Naomh Éanna boat, while others took 20 years of waiting for perfect conditions such as the signal light tower at the mouth of Inishbofin harbour.”
In chronicling the customs and practices of these communities from Inis Meáin to Inishturk, Clare to Inis Oírr, as well as the now depopulated Turbot and Inishark, his keenly observed portraiture – even when the ocean is not part of the backdrop – always encapsulates a pulsing sense of place: Pristine places where the squawk of a guillemot or a gull, the bleating of a lamb, the roaring of the ocean and the silent suspension of a red dawn are ever-present.
‘Ireland’s Western Islands: Inishbofin, The Aran Islands, Inishturk, Inishark, Clare & Turbot Islands’, by John Carlos, Collins Press, €19.99.


A Practical Guide to Living an Enlightened Life.
Throughout recorded human history, many insightful teachers, thinkers, and philosophers have talked about finding purpose in life and living a life filled with happiness. While many of these ideals, insights of spiritual wisdom, and higher principles are wonderful, most of them were written thousands of years ago. How can we practically integrate these ancient teachings into the complexities of our modern, everyday lives?
Author and entrepreneur Joseph Law has brought together an eclectic group of teachers in this book. From billionaire business coach Bill Bartmann and international leading thinker Edward de Bono, to meditation master Mingyur Rinpoche and quantum physicist Fred Alan Wolf, and many others including the no-need-to-be-introduced Jack Canfield and John Demartini.
This ground-breaking book, Living Greatness, teaches the principles of happiness from a holistic perspective, one that includes fulfilling relationships, rewarding career, spiritual growth, and finding one’s purpose in life. Written in a question-and-answer dialogue through a series of rare and insightful interviews, Living Greatness gives you private access to the ideas, thoughts, and advice of some of the greatest and the most respected living minds.
As you read this book you will discover that Living Greatness is possible for all of us and cannot be measured solely by society's usual standards of success or wealth. Rather, it is demonstrated by how one's life is lived.
This is what Jack Canfield, co-author of New York Times Bestselling Chicken Soup for the Soul, writes in the foreword of the book:
Living Greatness blends the best of success and spiritual principles into a simple, easy-to-read format and compresses years of collective wisdom, knowledge, and experience into potent lessons that have powerful and immediate applications. It also offers brilliant answers to some of the most gripping questions that have ever been asked about life, happiness and success.
Living Greatness contains timeless wisdom in a contemporary package for living a happier, more successful, and more fulfilling life. To live great, you will also need to build the new habits, behaviours, and belief structures that will allow you to create the life you want — and Living Greatness will show you how to do just that.
Get ready for the read (and the ride) of your life!
“Living Greatness has the potential to change the lives of millions.” — Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos.com, (Fortune Magazine's 100 Best Companies To Work For)
“Rarely have I seen a book so packed with brilliant advice. It's a book I will return to again and again. It's a must-read.” — Simon Reynolds, Co-founder of Photon Group, (One of the World's Largest Marketing Conglomerates)
“If you read only one book this year to help you become more successful, whether the success you seek is monetary or in the realm of personal growth, your choice should be this book.” — Dr. Jusuf Hariman, Management Consultant, Who's Who in the World 2009
Posted by Unknown on 11th Dec 2011
I have read heaps of self help / motivational books, but rarely come across something like "Living Greatness" by Joseph Law. Living Greatness is a provocative, enlightening book that can positively impact your everyday life, bringing you a new perspective with your work, family, and your relationships with others.
I found this book very inspiring on the ideas, strategies and secrets of some of the world's most inspired thinkers such as Jack Canfield and Dr. Edward de Bono. This book truly combines the essence of many great minds in the world.
I highly recommend this book to anyone out there!
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Vintage Paperback "We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Southern Freedom Movement" by Guy & Candie Carawan (1963)
This is a vintage paperback copy of "We Shall Overcome: Songs of the Souther Freedom Movement", published in 1963. First edition, fourth printing. Very good condition with no imperfections. Published by Oak Publications. 112 pages.
From the authors/editors: "Although this book has been compiled for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, it is dedicated to everyone, young and old, North and South, black and white who not only carries the ideal of freedom in his heart but also is actively doing something about it."


Ultrasound Practice Guidelines
ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): sonographic examination of the fetal central nervous system. Part 1: performance of screening examination and indications for targeted neurosonography
Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/uog.22145
ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): sonographic examination of the fetal central nervous system. Part 2: performance of targeted neurosonography
Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI: 10.1002/uog.23616
ISUOG Practice Guidelines (updated): sonographic screening examination of the fetal heart
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2013; 41: 348–359
ISUOG Practice Guidelines: Intrapartum Ultrasound
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol 2018; 52: 128–139
Ovarian tumor analysis with Voluson
Systematic approach to sonographic evaluation of the pelvis in women with suspected endometriosis, including terms, definitions and measurements: a consensus opinion from the International Deep Endometriosis Analysis (IDEA) group
48(3):318-32. doi: 10.1002/uog.15955. Epub 2016 Jun 28
Pelvic floor Ultrasound Basic settings and procedures
This document has been produced by the Special Interest Group ‘Pelvic Floor Imaging’ of IUGA. It provides instructions for the acquisition of ultrasound images and 3D/4D data sets obtained by translabial imaging, the currently most widely used method for pelvic floor imaging. It is recognised that some practitioners use transvaginal and endo-anal techniques, to which this text does not apply.
FIGO Classification Abnormal Uterine Bleeding (2011)
The ESHRE/ESGE consensus on the classification of female genital tract congenital anomalies
28(8):2032-44. doi: 10.1093/humrep/det098. Epub 2013 Jun 14.
The American Fertility Society classifications of adnexal adhesions, distal tubal occlusion, tubal occlusion secondary to tubal ligation, tubal pregnancies, Mullerian anomalies and intrauterine adhesions
1988 Jun;49(6):944-55. doi: 10.1016/s0015-0282(16)59942-7.


Saturday, January 31, 2009
Boy Meets Girl by Meg Cabot
She Went All The Way by Meg Cabot
Sixteen edited by Megan McCafferty
These were all from bookmooch!
The Season by Sarah MacLean
For review! Wohoo!
Bittersweet Sixteen by Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman
JUST missed a bus so I popped into the Barnes and Noble right next door to the building I usually seek warmth in, in the morning and browsed their clearance section. Found this book for $2.
Go Ask Alice by Anonymous
Catalyst by Laurie Halse Anderson
The Third Angel by Alice Hoffman
Got these from the Library Book Store.
Perfect Chemistry by Simone Elkeles
I won this from Free Book Friday Teen! And it's signed!
Take the Reins (Canterwood Crest #1) by Jessica Burkhart
Geek Charming by Robin Palmer
Wake by Lisa McMann
You can't say blogs don't work. I kept reading about the Canterwood Crest books recently and today I checked out the website for the series here. I needed to have it! And check out the Cover Story for Take the Reins over at Melissa Walker's blog here. The covers are gorgeous! Geek Charming I featured on Waiting On Wednesday a few weeks ago and Wake recently came out in paperback so I had to get it!
Killing Yourself To Live by Chuck Klosterman
The Dashwood Sisters' Secrets of Love by Rosie Rushton
Irish Girls About Town
Make Him Look Good by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Carol told me about the 3-day $1 sale Barnes and Noble was having so I had to head over to my local store, these are the books I found!
The Makedown by Gitty Daneshvari
Girl Most Likely To by Poonam Sharma
The Makedown is for review, this book sounds great! And Girl Most Likely to is from Bookmooch!
Friday, January 30, 2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Twelve-year-old Lonnie is finally feeling at home with his foster family. But because he’s living apart from his little sister, Lili, he decides it’s his job to be the “rememberer”—and write down everything that happens while they’re growing up. Lonnie’s musings are bittersweet; he’s happy that he and Lili have new families, but though his new family brings him joy, it also brings new worries. With a foster brother in the army, concepts like Peace have new meaning for Lonnie. Told through letters from Lonnie to Lili, this thought provoking companion to Jacqueline Woodson’s National Book Award finalist Locomotion tackles important issues in captivating, lyrical language. Lonnie’s reflections on family, loss, love and peace will strike a note with readers of all ages.
Peace, Locomotion is a hopefully book that speaks of the different definitions of family. Biological family, foster family, and your country. I believe the book is set around current issues but really it's relevant for any time period. I hadn't realized when I started reading, that this is a companion book to the book, Locomotion, but I felt it had to power to stand alone just fine.
The book is a series of letters that Lonnie Collins Motion aka Locomotion writes to his little sister Lili. After losing their parents in a fire they are put into separate foster homes and don't get to see each other as often as they would like it. In his letters Lonnie tells his sister all about his life, his classes, his poetry, his friends and also his foster family who has a son in the war.
I thought this was a sweet book that deals with some heavy issues in a very hopeful way. It made me smile but also made me a little teary eyed. The character of Lonnie is wise beyond his years and his love for his sister and foster family is touching. It's inspiring to see what a good person he remains after having to deal with so much at a very young age. The author has captured his voice perfectly.
Peace, Locomotion was released on January 22nd.
ARC received from publisher
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
"Waiting On" Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine!
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Prior to today I was NOT aware of the Open Shelves Classification. Apparently I don't scroll down the pages much! I might be interested from time to time in classifying a book (if I remember). I tried to check it out on the Great Gatsby's page just now and it said something to the effect of this round of classifications are over. So I couldn't really see the new feature to try it out.
Sometimes it's hard to classify a book, what do you think?
Monday, January 26, 2009
For a life to come together, sometimes it first has to fall completely apart.
Isabel is a regular seventeen-year-old girl, still reeling from the pain of her boyfriend's tragic death exactly one year ago.
Carlos is a regular seventeen-year-old guy, loves red licorice and his friends, and works at a fancy art museum for some extra cash.
The two have no connection until they both meet Vanessa, an intriguing new transfer student with a mysterious past. While Vanessa is the link that brings these two very different lives together, will she be the one that can also tear them apart?
In his stunningly beautiful second novel, David Hernandez gives his readers a poetic and profound story that tells of two completely different teenagers and how through everyday life and monumental tragedy lies endless possibility.
This is a sweet and sometimes humorous book that deals with death, grief, life, and love. It wasn't exactly what I was had thought it would be like but there is nothing wrong with that! I loved reading the alternating perspectives of Isabel and Carlos, their private fears and wishes, and their thoughts about each other and their friends. I was expecting to get to know Vanessa a lot more than I actually did and I felt there were some loose endings left with her storyline.
I liked Carlos's perspective the most, everytime he was in the art gallery that he worked at as a security guard my ears perked up. I loved it all, the strange artwork, the crazy man that comes into the gallery to destroy artwork, and the artist that comes in to repair his neon sign piece that has partially burnt out. It was a great atmosphere that the author created. You could definitely tell the author has a background in the arts! This passages really shine for me!
I found this a hopeful book that shows a great snapshot of teen life but felt like it barely scratched the surface of what the author had created for himself to play with.
No More Us For You is released on January 27th.
ARC received from publisher
What's your favorite book that alternates perspectives?
Sunday, January 25, 2009
Paige, Spencer, and Madison have it all: the looks, the connections, the money, the boys. As the daughters of three of the most prestigious families on Philadelphia's Main Line (read: old money, and lots of it) and the ruling juniors at Bradford Prep, nothing can stand in their way....except, perhaps, their own dark secrets. When an old frenemy from Paige's hidden past shows up at Bradford and plays nice--too nice--Paige is desperate to smother the threat. How far will she go to silence the truth?
This was a gossipy, scandalous, fashionably good time! I really liked reading the thoughts of Spencer via her blog posts, especially the little love triangle that she has gotten herself into. Because most of the blog posts are from her point of view (in this book) I felt I got to know her the best of all the characters. It was also really nice hearing from some of the other characters on the school blog, The Bradford Blog, I hope to get to know them just as well in future books.
What initially attracted me to this book was how it's working on multiple platforms, we have the book, which is essentially a collection of blog posts and a few emails and then probably a good dozen or so websites, from myspace profiles, to twitter pages, a Bradford Prep official website, and websites for other locations in the book. I loved the idea of being able to poke around online and get to know the characters better.
I think most of the fashion and label references got lost on me since I don't know much about fashion, so I wouldn't have minded a few less, but I'm sure there are people out there that love them! Also, I don't know if this is showing my age or what but some of the acronyms I had to look up. A little glossary of terms in the back of the book would have been very helpful to someone like me!
I'm definitely looking forward to where the second book, Fashionista picks up! There is somewhat of a mystery brewing and I really want to know the truth!
GoldenGirl is released on January 27th.
Check out the Bradford Novels website here!
ARC received from publisher
Have you ever read a book that uses a lot of blog posts? I'd love to hear about it!
1. The book that’s been on your shelves the longest:
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
I'm just taking a guess here but I recall reading this book over and over again when I was little and learning how to read. Before I could even read I'm pretty sure I just memorized it and said it over and over again (like I was reading) before I could actually read the words! I'm not sure if anyone in my family could actually remember how much truth there is to that but that's what I remember!
2. A book that reminds you of something specific in your life (a person, a place, a time, etc.):
Animal Farm by George Orwell
Again, I'm depending on my memory here but, I believe one of my cousins gave this to me when I visited Lebanon when I was 9 years old. I have no idea why they gave it to me but I'm pretty sure that's where it came from. And sadly enough, I still haven't read it! I think for awhile I assumed I was too young to understand it but now I have no excuse!
3. A book you acquired in some interesting way (gift, serendipity in a used bookstore, prize, etc.):
An Idiot Girl's Christmas by Laurie Notaro
So, I was on vacation a few years ago with my family somewhere, no idea where, and of course I go into all the bookstores I see. I went into one and found this little tiny clearance section and this book was in it for a 50 cents or a dollar. I had read another of the author's books and liked so so I picked this one up. When up to the cash register to pay and the guy just looked at me, laughed and said "Just take it". So I said "Are you sure? I can pay." and he was like "No, it's fine". So I just slowly backed away and left. Very bizarre, for the life of me I have no idea what that was about, but I wasn't about to argue! And of course, still haven't read it!
4. The most recent addition to your shelves:
Red: Teenage Girls in America Write On What Fires Up Their Lives Today
So this is one of a few of the most recent books I got. I think I originally heard about it on Melissa Walker's Blog a few months ago. I'm really excited to dive right into this, hopefully in the next few weeks. It's a great concept and I can tell there is going to be sure a diverse set of voices here, there is no way that this book could be bad, NO WAY!
5. A book that’s been with you to the most places:
I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
So this book I bought while I was studying abroad in London for the month of July in 2004. I had brought The Catcher of the Rye with me and finished it. I didn't think I would have tons of reading time, which I really didn't. But wanted to find another book to read, so me and a friend or two went into a bookstore and had a grand old time looking at all the books we knew but with different covers! I'm not sure if I knew about this book before hand (I saw the movie at sometime not sure if it was before or after) but I remember being really taken with this cover. So I bought it and started reading it but then my friend insisted I borrow her copy of The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants because it was so addicting, so I ended up reading that instead. Still haven't finished this book yet! :/ It did travel back to college with me and then home after I graduated.
6. A bonus book that you want to talk about but doesn’t fit into the other questions:
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
In the 11th grade we read The Great Gatsby in my English class, I adored it and proclaimed it to be my favorite book! Basically in class we decided people either love it or hate it. I loved it while my good friend hated it. That Spring I had to get all of my wisdom teeth removed and my friend gave me a gift saying "You can't open it until after it is all over with and you are awake." So I think, on the way home I'm sitting there crying from the pain, I open the gift from my friend and it's my very own copy of The Great Gatsby! I was so touched that she would get it for me especially considering how much, she herself hated it! It totally brightened my spirit right away!
So wow, this was really fun to do! I'm going to tag a few people, feel free to do it or not do it (but it's really fun) I don't think you've done it yet but you may have and also anyone else fell free to do it too!
I'm going to tag: S Krishna of S. Krishna books, Sharon of Sharon Loves Books and Cats and Shalonda of Shalonda's blog!
1. My favorite song randomly shuffling on via my ipod.
2. Getting everything on my to-do list done.
4. Friends, Family, and Blogger Buddies.
5. Reading a really great book or watching a really great movie.
6. The weekend.
I'm in lazy mode so I'm not going to tag anyone, feel free to play along!
Saturday, January 24, 2009
7 Things I Did Before:
1. Went to college.
2. Worked in a photography lab.
3. Drank lots of regular soda.
4. Lived on Instant Messenger.
5. Watched movie trailers obsessively online.
6. Visited Lebanon for 3 weeks.
7. Created zines and comics.
7 Things I Do Now:
1. Work as a graphic designer.
2. Work out (for the time being).
3. Take the bus.
4. Live on Twitter.
5. Go to the library book store weekly.
6. Wish I had more time for my hobbies.
7. Eat string cheese :P
7 Things I Want to Do:
1. Buy a car.
2. Travel a lot more.
3. Move out.
4. Find more time to read.
5. Go to The Strand and Powells.
6. Get back to working on my zines and comics.
7. Spend more time with my friends.
7 Things That Attract Me to the Opposite Sex:
1. Nerdy glasses
3. Similar interests
5. Artistic Abilities
6. A cute smile
7 Favorite Foods
I can't answer this one, it will make me sad to think about all the foods i'm not eating because I'm trying to eat healthier!
7 Things I Say Most Often
1. Oh my god.
2. My (insert body part) hurts. (I complain a lot)
4. Did I get any packages? (To my sister over the phone)
5. No way!
6. How are you?
7. I think that should work (at work)
I'm not going to tag anyone but let me know if you do it, I'd love to come see your answers! Mine are pretty random! :)
Monday: no mail day!
Kiss My Book by Jaimie Michaels
King Dork by Frank Portman
Kiss My Book came from the awesome Vanessa of What Vanessa Reads via Bookmooch. And King Dork came from the very sweet Zoe of Zoe's Book Reviews via a Book Swap!
Chasing Boys by Karen Tayleur
Adios to All The Drama by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Amigas and School Scandals by Diana Rodriguez Wallach
Chasing Boys came for review which I featured on a Waiting On Wednesday post a few weeks back and the other two (long titles!) came from the great Carol(ina) of Bookluver- Carol's Reviews!
Just Like That by Marsha Qualey
The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen
The World According to Bertie by Alexander McCall Smith
Got these at the library book store! Just Like That, mainly because I wanted to be like Shalonda who I noticed had it in her bookshelves post this week :P
Sweethearts by Sara Zarr
Confessions of a Triple Shot Betty by Jody Gehrman
Red: Teenage Girls in America Write On What Fires Up Their Lives Today edited by Amy Goldwasser
Got these from Amazon! I've been so excited for those first two to come out in paperback and doesn't Red sound amazing!
Friday, January 23, 2009
Thursday, January 22, 2009
I think my reading is inspired by a lot of things. My interests are always growing and changes so that's reflected in my reading. It seems I get really excited about a genre for a year or more and then move onto another (but still remain interested in the rest as well, so I basically go around collecting more genres that are of interest to me) I think the last few genres I started reading were: memoirs, short stories, graphic novels, and now YA.
I'm also inspired by what others are reading and talking about. That's why the book blogosphere is so great! Browsing a bookstore or looking at recommendations online are great too. I also love falling in love with the idea of a book through its cover, hoping the book is as great as the cover.
Usually when I find out about something that I think may be of interest I always look to see if there is a book about that subject matter!
Not sure if that really answers the questions by yeah...
What inspires your reading?
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
"Waiting On" Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine!
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
I used the check out the Swap This Book function when I first joined LibraryThing. I think that's how I first heard about Bookmooch. Eventually I joined Bookmooch and haven't really looked at that function since.
When I first saw it I thought it was kind of interesting and it got me thinking about joining Bookmooch. (I also looked into the other swap sites before picking Bookmooch) Before I joined Bookmooch I used to take my books to Half Price Books. It was never very many but every so often I had a bag full. Bookmooch is much more fun!
Elite Eli University junior Amy Haskel never expected to be tapped into Rose & Grave, the country’s most powerful—and notorious—secret society. She isn’t rich, politically connected, or…well, male.
So when Amy receives the distinctive black-lined invitation with the Rose & Grave seal, she’s blown away. Could they really mean her?
Whisked off into an initiation rite that’s a blend of Harry Potter and Alfred Hitchcock, Amy awakens the next day to a new reality and a whole new set of “friends”—from the gorgeous son of a conservative governor to an Afrocentric lesbian activist whose society name is Thorndike. And that’s when Amy starts to discover the truth about getting what you wish for. Because Rose & Grave is quickly taking her away from her familiar world of classes and keggers, fueling a feud, and undermining a very promising friendship with benefits. And that’s before Amy finds out that her first duty as a member of Rose & Grave is to take on a conspiracy of money and power that could, quite possibly, ruin her whole life.
A smart, sexy introduction to the life and times of a young woman in way over her head, Secret Society Girl is a charming and witty debut from a writer who knows her turf—and isn’t afraid to tell all....
Monday, January 19, 2009
On a windy September day, twenty-five-year-old Slater Brown stands in the back of a bicycle taxi hurtling the wrong way down the busiest street in San Francisco. Slater has come to “see the elephant,” to stake his claim to fame and become the greatest writer ever. But this city of gleaming water and infinite magic has other plans in this astounding first novel—at once a love story, a feast of literary imagination, and a dazzlingly original tale of passion, ambition, and genius in all their guises...
Slater Brown lays siege to San Francisco like Achilles circling Troy—until he crashes headlong into reality. Out of money and prospects, he applies for a job at a moribund weekly newspaper called the Morning Trumpet—and, as if by fate, is given a very special parting gift from a moonlighting mystic.
Suddenly Slater has an exclusive on every story in the city. With his uncanny knack for finding scoops, he’s bringing the Trumpet back to life, infuriating a corrupt mayor and falling in love with the woman destined to become his muse. But it is the astonishing inventor Milo Magnet—a man obsessed with harnessing the weather—who will force Slater to navigate the most dangerous straits.
For as Milo unleashes his power on San Francisco and the ravishing Callio de Quincy entrances Slater with hers, as storm clouds gather literally overhead, Slater will become at once a pawn, a savior, and the last best hope for a city that needs him—and his knack for the truth—more than ever before.
Going To See The Elephant is a hilarious, quirky, and very full of great little details. It felt to me that the story was set in an alternate universe San Fransisco. For the life of me I couldn't figure out what time period it takes place in and I loved it for that. It's truly original.
The characters in this book are priceless. A sleek young reporter that somehow always has the biggest scoop, the crazy over-eating Mayor, the genius of everything that decides he wants to produce his own weather, the chess prodigy who is as sweet as can be, and don't forget the mini weather packets moving around the city. These characters make the story.
And on top of all these fabulous characters are all the back stories that the author weaves in, my favorite being the history of the newspaper, The Morning Trumpet. I felt like I was reading a really great classic, full of quirks and originality.
I went into this story looking for a coming of age story of a 25 year old man which sounded great to me but it was so much more than that, I don't even have the words to describe it. If you like a story full of random details and humor this is for you!
Going To See The Elephant was released in Hardcover on December 30th.
ARC provided by LibraryThing Early Reviewer's Program
What's a book you enjoy with quirky characters?
Sunday, January 18, 2009
When 16-year-old Scarlett Wakefield transfers from St. Tabby’s to Wakefield Hall Collegiate, she is relieved that no one knows her dark, haunting secret. A few months ago, Scarlett was invited to an elite party with a guest list full of the hottest names in British society, including Dan McAndrew. Before the party, Scarlett had only imagined what it would be like to have her first kiss with Dan, but on the penthouse terrace, Dan leaned in close and she no longer had to wonder. Their kiss was beautiful and perfect and magical, and then . . . Dan McAndrew took his last breath as she held him in her arms. No one knows how or why Dan died, and everyone at St. Tabby’s believes Scarlett had something to do with it. But now that she’s safely hidden away at Wakefield Hall, Scarlett would rather forget that it ever happened. Only she can’t. Especially when she receives an anonymous note that will set her on the path to clearing her name and finding out what really happened to the first and last boy she kissed.
Kiss Me Kill Me is a fun and thoughtful story. I really liked the main character, Scarlett. She is your everyday girl, sort of quiet and funny, has a few close friends and enjoys gymnastics. She has a crush on a popular boy so when she gets the chance to possibly see him at a party she drops her friends and hangs out with the popular girls. She feels bad about it but does it anyway. That night her life will change forever.
I like how we have the chance to get to know Scarlett instead of being dunked head-first into the mystery, so then, by the time Scarlett has to hold this heavy burden of thinking she killed Dan with a kiss we are rooting for her all the way. I also like the sleuthing tactics that Scarlett uses, which usually involve her gymnastics (swinging from trees, fitting into very small spaces etc). It's great fun to watch her set out to solve the mystery of how Dan actually died.
When Scarlett starts attending Wakefield Hall which her grandmother runs, she's determined to keep her past a secret and not get involved with any other boys. She doesn't want to risk killing anyone else with her kiss. It doesn't turn out so easy for her though, with another student Taylor, snooping through her things and the attractive groundskeeper Jase being so sweet to her.
I don't think I was ever truly shocked by anything that happened in the book but it was still great fun to read! The book ends with a lot of questions still unanswered so I can't wait to see where the story goes in the sequel Kisses and Lies.
Kiss Me Kill Me was released in Paperback on January 13th and is also out in Hardcover.
Review copy received from publisher
Do you know of any other teen mysteries?
Ranger's Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan (Book One) by John Flanagan
They have always scared him in the past—the Rangers, with their dark cloaks and shadowy ways. The villagers believe the Rangers practice magic that makes them invisible to ordinary people. And now 15-year-old Will, always small for his age, has been chosen as a Ranger’s apprentice. What he doesn’t yet realize is that the Rangers are the protectors of the kingdom. Highly trained in the skills of battle and surveillance, they fight the battles before the battles reach the people. And as Will is about to learn, there is a large battle brewing. The exiled Morgarath, Lord of the Mountains of Rain and Night, is gathering his forces for an attack on the kingdom. This time, he will not be denied. . . .
This e-book will be available until February 15th! You can download it here!
Night World 1 by L.J. Smith (Book One Secret Vampire)
In Secret Vampire, Poppy thought the summer would last forever. Then she was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Now Poppy's only hope for survival is James, her friend and secret love. A vampire in the Night World, James can make Poppy immortal. But first they both must risk everything to go against the laws of Night World.
This week, J. Kaye discovered that you could download the first book in Night World 1, Secret Vampire from Amazon for a limited time. Click here to check it out!
Jumble Pie by Melanie Lynne Hauser
JUMBLE PIE is the story of the elusive nature of friendship, sometimes clinging, other times liberating; a story for any woman who has ever lied to her best friend just to make her feel better - and who has been brave enough to tell the truth, even when it hurts. And of course, it's a story about the remarkable healing power of pie.
Check out the website here, to see how to get your own copy!
The Luxe by Anna Godbersen
Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions.
White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups.
This is Manhattan, 1899.
Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan's social scene. Or so it appears. When the girls discover their status among New York City's elite is far from secure, suddenly everyone—from the backstabbing socialite Penelope Hayes, to the debonair bachelor Henry Schoonmaker, to the spiteful maid Lina Broud—threatens Elizabeth's and Diana's golden future.
With the fate of the Hollands resting on her shoulders, Elizabeth must choose between family duty and true love. But when her carriage overturns near the East River, the girl whose glittering life lit up the city's gossip pages is swallowed by the rough current. As all of New York grieves, some begin to wonder whether life at the top proved too much for this ethereal beauty, or if, perhaps, someone wanted to see Manhattan's most celebrated daughter disappear...
In a world of luxury and deception, where appearance matters above everything and breaking the social code means running the risk of being ostracized forever, five teenagers lead dangerously scandalous lives. This thrilling trip to the age of innocence is anything but innocent.
Click here, to Browse Inside of The Luxe. Harper Collins has many books that you can Browse Inside, click here to see more!
Daily Lit is a really cool website that allows you to read any of a selection of books in small installments daily in your email or RSS feed for free. Since I first visited this site a few years ago, it looks like they have gotten a ton more titles! Lots of the titles are Classics and Romance. Check out the site here!
Dear Reader emails you 5-minute portion of a title every day for free. You get a different book every week which allows you to sample about 2 to 3 chapters of each book. The great thing about this site is there are different Book Clubs to sign up for including Teens, Fiction, Pre-publication and Audio-Books among others. So there's a good chance you'll be interested in the titles you preview each week! Check out the site here!
So these are just a few e-books and other ways to read online that I thought of off the top of my head. I'm sure there are many more, feel free to share them in the comments! And also, if you try and of these out let me know how you like them!
Thanks to Holly of Writer's Block Reviews for giving me the Butterfly Award!
Thanks to the 99 people following me on blogger, subscribers, lurkers, people that send me emails, and to people I don't even know read my blog. Thank you!
Thank you to those that comment regularly or just every once in awhile!
Thanks to those who chat with me on Twitter, YA Book Swap and tons of other places!
And also a very big thank you to everyone that's been sending me Lookalikes to post and just telling me how much they enjoy seeing them and also to those that have been suggestions Hardcovers vs. Paperbacks. It's all about collaboration so I love seeing what you guys come up with and also add in the comments! So it's not just me coming up with these amazing finds, we have a lot of awesome people to thank for these crazy fun lookalikes!
Thanks to all the suggestions I've gotten, we have Lookalikes set to post through the beginning of April!
So to everyone THANK YOU! You always brighten my day!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols
All but two of these came in the mail, so thanks to everyone that made that happen!
So, what's the most exciting book you got this week?
Friday, January 16, 2009
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
With Audrey gone for the summer, though, Finn finds herself spending more and more time with Jersy, and for the first time since September, for the first time in her life maybe, something feels right—absolutely, stunningly right. But Finn can't be the girl who does this to her best friend...can she?
"Waiting On" Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine!
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Before. Miles “Pudge” Halter’s whole life has been one big non-event. Then he heads off to the sometimes crazy, possibly unstable, and anything-butboring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed-up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into a new life, and steals his heart. After. Nothing is ever the same.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Polly has an idea that she can't stop thinking about, one that involves changing a few things about herself. She's setting her sights on a more glamorous life, but it's going to take all of her focus. At least that way she won't have to watch her friends moving so far ahead.
Jo is spending the summer at her family's beach house, working as a busgirl and bonding with the older, cooler girls she'll see at high school come September. She didn't count on a brief fling with a cute boy changing her entire summer. Or feeling embarrassed by her middle school friends. And she didn't count on her family at all. . .
Ama is not an outdoorsy girl. She wanted to be at an academic camp, doing research in an air-conditioned library, earning A's. Instead her summer scholarship lands her on a wilderness trip full of flirting teenagers, blisters, impossible hiking trails, and a sad lack of hair products.
It is a new summer. And a new sisterhood. Come grow with them.
ARC received from publisher
Sunday, January 11, 2009
She is a writer, established and successful, with a full life and supportive friends. Then he walks into a book signing and back into her life 30 years after he broke her heart. This time, things seem different. The pair reconnects through emails, messages and fragments of conversation. But love leaves her with a nasty case of writer’s block. Looking for inspiration in the texts around her—optimistic horoscopes, evasive fortune cookies and the inane suggestions from books on writer’s block—she tries to find a way through the relationship that has seemingly stolen her gift for language.
Spinning us through the whirlwind love of her nameless protagonist, award-winning author Diane Schoemperlen weaves a stylish, innovative novel out of to-do lists and text messages. Exploring the different emotional languages spoken by men and women, At A Loss For Words is a charming take on the modern romance, warm and witty right through to its surprising and delicious resolution.
ARC received from publisher


triggering onclick events view PERL?
jeff at jeff.net
Wed Jan 8 13:56:54 GMT 2003
Doesn't fetch do the same thing? Standard binary...
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Peter McGarvey wrote:
> Sledge hammer to crack a nut if you ask me.
> The LWP library works for me.
> cd /usr/ports/www/p5-libwww
> make install clean
> It installs a helpful script called GET in /usr/local/bin/ which will
> grab a webpage and spew the whole thing to STDOUT. Which makes it a
> useful place to lift code from.
> * Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> [2003-01-07 08:43:20 GMT]:
> > On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 11:44:23PM +0000, Jonathan Belson wrote:
> > > Jim Dixon wrote:
> > >
> > > >a) download the Web page
> > > >c) access the modified page on your machine using your browser
> > >
> > > It's not the page itself I'm trying to view, it's the page that's
> > > opens a separate window which I want to be able to access
> > > programmatically.
> > Can't you just use tcpdump(1) to capture the HTTP traffic to the
> > server while you access the page in question? It should be fairly
> > easy to grep through that data and work out what the URL for the page
> > displayed in the separate window is.
> > Cheers,
> > Matthew
> > --
> > Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 26 The Paddocks
> > Savill Way
> > PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Marlow
> > Tel: +44 1628 476614 Bucks., SL7 1TH UK
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> > http://listserver.uk.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-users
> TTFN, FNORD
> Peter McGarvey
> Freelance FreeBSD Hacker
> (will work for bandwidth)
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WHO SHOT ROCK & ROLL: GAIL BUCKLAND
Who Shot Rock & Roll contains more than two hundred spectacular photographs, sensual, luminous, frenzied, true, from 1955 to the present, that catch and define the energy, rebellion, and magic of rock and roll. This is the the first book to explore the photographs and the photographers who captured rock's message of freedom and personal reinvention and to examine the effect of their pictures on the musicians, the fans, and the culture itself.
The only music photographers whose names are well known are those who themselves have become celebrities. But many of the images that have shaped our consciousness and desire were made by photographers whose names are unfamiliar. For the first time, the work of these talented men and women is brought into the pantheon; we see the musicians they photographed and how the images gave rock and roll its visual identity. To bring together these images, Gail Buckland, acclaimed photographic editor looked through the archives of one hundred photographers, selecting pictures not on the basis of the usual suspects, but on the power of the images themselves, Buckland writes about the photographers, their influences, their relationships with their subjects, how they took the images, how they saw what they saw and captured what they captured: the spirit and essence of rock.
Hardcover: 336 pages
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Product Dimensions: 24.7 x 2.8 x 26.7 cm
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ITALY, VeniceResearch and digitisation
WONDERS OF VENICE: VIRTUAL ONLINE TREASURES IN ST. MARK’S AREA
The particular importance of this project has been the reconstitution, among other different collections, of two museums which no longer exist: the Tribuna of the Grimani Palace and the Public Statuary of the Serenissima Republic of Venice. Taken together, the reassembly and re-presentation of these various objects in digital form affords a new opportunity for a wider range of viewers to appreciate and understand the richness of Venice’s cultural heritage.
The Jury were most impressed with this digitization project. Through a multi-lingual platform (10 languages), it is accessible on a wide range of media. It impacts on both promotional events and research, and will be useful to both expert and tourist alike. The challenges of complexity, the distinction between the real and the virtual, and a mix of academic disciplines and range of objects, are all successfully resolved in this highly commendable and valuable project.


Some of the Things You Can Do in Dallas Texas
Dallas is a city in the state of Texas in the United States. You can consider visiting the city to experience the various attractions that you will find here. Among the exploration options you can try out in Dallas Texas are those provided in this article.
You may enjoy visiting some of the tourist attractions sites that are present in this city. This includes the Old Red Museum of Dallas County where you can learn a lot on the history of the place. You can take a learning opportunity by visiting the George W. Bush Library and Museum. There are also various tours whether you would like them in a group or individually which can be organized to educate you more about the city and the attraction sites that are present. See more here for more specific information on the tourist attraction sites you may want to view.
Tourists who are attracted to artistic and cultural dimensions have various destinations they can visit in Dallas. The Dallas Museum of Art may be one of the locations you may want to visit. There is an option to also attend the Meadows Museum for an experience like no other. View more about the arts and culture options that you can visit in Dallas Texas on this page.
There are various shopping options that you can find in Dallas Texas. You can find a range of products from the everyday items to unique products with the taste of the location that you will drift to remember. Among your options are the shops at Park Lane, the NorthPark Center, and the Highland Park Village. View more Dallas to get more of the shopping options you can find in Dallas Texas.
You will find multiple hotels and restaurants where you can sleep and enjoy fantastic meals in your touring experience. You can find these hotels and restaurants in various places in the city, and you can be sure to find those that meet your requirements based on what you need and regarding your budget as well. View some of the famous hotels in Dallas that you can consider.
If interested in attending events, many of them are held in the city, and the events calendar can guide you for the city as you make that selection. You can find some festivals and fairs in the city, arts, sports activities, as well as shows among the events you can attend. View the event calendar in Dallas on this page.
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He writes because he is interested in American history and because he believes that America needs to better understand its religious and moral heritage.
She receives occasional letters from Pearlwho has married a European aristocrat and established a family of her own. The townspeople say that she barely seems human and spread rumors that her unknown father is actually the Devil. Chillingworth also suspects that there may be a connection between the minister's torments and Hester's secret, and he begins to test Dimmesdale to see what he can learn.
Surprisingly, Hester reacts with dismay when Chillingworth tells her that the town fathers are considering letting her remove the letter. Symbols[ edit ] The following are symbols that are embedded in The Scarlet Letter: As a result of their knowledge, Adam and Eve are made aware of their humanness, that which separates them from the divine and from other creatures.
Can either view be supported? The scarlet leter tone Scarlet Letter The scarlet letter is meant to be a symbol of shame, but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester.
The third scaffold scene is at the end of the novel when Dimmsdale asks Hester and Pearl to join him on the scaffold in pulblic, during one of his sermons.
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Both feel a sense of release, and Hester removes her scarlet letter and lets down her hair.
After the Priest's last speech, The family would leave for an European beach. The book argues that true evil arises from the close relationship between hate and love.
It's never easy being on the fringe of a popular movement. The only remarkable features of the sketch are its frank and genuine good-humor The nameless narrator was the surveyor of the customhouse in SalemMassachusetts. This combination of "dreaminess" and realism gave the author space to explore major themes.
The Scarlet Letter envisages this moral and political paradox in terms of individual characters among The scarlet leter tone first generation colonists: Throughout The Scarlet Letter Hester is portrayed as an intelligent, capable, but not necessarily extraordinary woman. Sir Thomas Overbury and Dr.
We probably cannot say that Hester enjoyed a happy, satisfying life in modern terms; after all, she lacked cable television and internet access and never even went to the mall.
Hester and Pearl leave Bostonand no one knows what has happened to them. Dimmesdale, leaving the church after his sermon, sees Hester and Pearl standing before the town scaffold.
Hawthorne avers that the cautious, banal life of the public functionary, serving at the pleasure of electoral whim, emasculates the imagination. Chillingworth attaches himself to the ailing minister and eventually moves in with him so that he can provide his patient with round-the-clock care.
In that scene, Pearl's life id fulfilled because she knows who her father is, and Dimmsdale can finally stop suffering internally because he confessed. In addition, Hester supports this acceptance in numerous ways. In the remastered Author! By the novel's end, Hester has become a protofeminist mother figure to the women of the community.
He is a stereotypical Puritan father, a literary version of the stiff, starkly painted portraits of American patriarchs. Instead, we perceive a complex evocation of the condition of almost all human beings, certain that life is not fair but not wholly confident in their claim upon fairness.
Pearl 's innocent, or perhaps intuitive, comments about the letter raise crucial questions about its meaning. Unfortunately, Dimmesdale never fully recognizes the truth of what Hester has learned: Dimmesdale is an intelligent and emotional man, and his sermons are thus masterpieces of eloquence and persuasiveness.
Dimmesdale, however, appears to be wasting away and suffers from mysterious heart trouble, seemingly caused by psychological distress. When the narrator lost his customs post, he decided to write a fictional account of the events recorded in the manuscript. The fist is in the beginning of the novel, when Hester has to go up on the scaffold with Pearl in front of the enti…re town.
Hester is passionate but also strong—she endures years of shame and scorn.A. The Scarlet Letter The scarlet letter is meant to be a symbol of shame, but instead it becomes a powerful symbol of identity to Hester.
The letter's meaning shifts as time passes. Originally intended to mark Hester as an adulterer, the "A" eventually comes to stand for "Able.".
Scarlet Letter: Analytical Essay The following is the final product of my Scarlet Letter Analytical Essay. All my drafts and outline are available in the attachment portion of this page.
Obviously at the start there is the physical object in which his imagination habitually found its spring, the fantastically embroidered scarlet letter on a woman’s bosom which he had seen in the Puritan group described in “Endicott and the Red Cross.”.
Foreshadowing in The Scarlet Letter. Examples of foreshadowing can be found in the names of several characters. Pearl is Hester’s ultimate treasure, for whom much has been sacrificed, while Reverend Dimmesdale can often appear dim when failing to recognizing Chillingworth’s nefarious intentions.
Chillingworth himself is a chilling character. The Scarlet Letter Short Answer Test - Answer Key Nathaniel Hawthorne This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Hawthorne did not approve of the harsh view of human behavior taken by the Puritans and used his tale of emotionally painful (and permanent) punishment to express this tone in The Scarlet Letter.Download


Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The critically-acclaimed debut novel by Sally Rooney.
Frances is twenty-one years old, cool-headed and darkly observant. A college student in Dublin and aspiring writer, she works at a literary agency by day. At night, she performs spoken word with her best friend Bobbi, who used to be her girlfriend.
When they are profiled by Melissa, a well-known journalist, they enter an exotic orbit of beautiful houses, raucous dinner parties and holidays in Provence. Initially unimpressed, Frances finds herself embroiled in a risky menage a quatre when she begins an affair with Nick, Melissa's actor husband. Desperate to reconcile herself to the desires and vulnerabilities of her body, Frances's intellectual certainties begin to yield to something new - a painful and disorienting way of living from moment to moment.
But as Frances tries to keep control, her relationships increasingly unspool: with Nick, with her difficult and unhappy father, and finally even with Bobbi. Written with rare precision and probing intelligence, Conversations with Friends is exquisitely alive to the pleasures and inhibitions of youth.


Marco Meneguzzo teaches History of Contemporary Art at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan and “Museology and management of exhibition systems” at the Academy’s two-year specialisation course. Specialising in Italian art from the post-war period to the present (as well as in artistic issues linked to globalisation), he has curated or presented more than 200 modern or contemporary art shows since 1979. He is a member of the scientific committee of the official Archives of Mario Schifano, of Vincenzo Agnetti, of Marcello Morandini and of Nanda Vigo, and chairs the Giò Pomodoro Archive. He wrote one of the two critical texts for the catalogue raisonné of Enrico Castellani (Skira 2012), and (with Fabrizio Bonalumi) curated the Catalogue raisonné of the works of Agostino Bonalumi (Skira 2015) and the catalogue raisonné of Marcello Morandini (Skira 2019). He will curate the complete catalogue of the sculptures of Giò Pomodoro, to be published in 2021-2022.


Reason Papers invites reviews of the books on the list below. Interested reviewers should send an email indicating their interest in writing a review and the book(s) to be reviewed. We prefer that reviewers have a documented track record of scholarly book reviewing in English-language academic journals, but will consider first-time reviewers and others on a discretionary basis. First-time reviewers with Reason Papers should send a current CV in their initial email, and be prepared to send a writing sample upon request.
The Editors welcome book review suggestions not on the list below (including suggestions by authors and publishers). We will make a good faith effort to find a reviewer for the book you suggest, but cannot guarantee that every book suggested to us will in fact be reviewed. We strongly prefer that reviews run within two or three years (four at the most) of the book’s publication date. Given the backlog of review material we currently have, reviews of the books listed below will run in 2014 or thereafter.
Please address all book review correspondence to [email protected], with the phrase “book review” in the subject line. Note that all review assignments are at the Editors’ discretion.
For more detailed information on writing a book review for Reason Papers, consult the Book Review/Review Essay section of our Submissions page.
Charles R. Geisst, Beggar Thy Neighbor: A History of Usury and Debt (Pennsylvania, 2013).
Lawrence H. White, The Clash of Economic Ideas: The Great Policy Debates and Experiments of the Last Hundred Years (Cambridge, 2012).
Ellen Meiksins Wood, Liberty and Property: A Social History of Western Political Thought from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment (Verso, 2012).
Richard Falk, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Vesselin Popovski ed., Legal Legitimacy in Global Affairs (Oxford, 2012).
William Shawcross, Justice and the Enemy: Nuremberg, 9/11, and the Trial of Khalid Sheikh Muhammad (Public Affairs, 2012).
Stephen J. Schulhofer, More Essential Than Ever: The Fourth Amendment in the Twenty-First Century (Oxford, 2012).
Music Criticism, Musicology
Matthew Guerrieri, The First Four Notes: Beethoven’s Fifth and the Human Imagination (Knopf, 2012).
Near East/Islamic Studies/Jewish Studies
Peter Beinart, The Crisis of Zionism (Times Books, 2012).
Michael Curtis, Should Israel Exist? (Balfour, 2012).
Maha Samman, Trans-Colonial Urban Space in Palestine: Politics and Development (Routledge, 2012).
Political Science: American Politics (and related social science)
Thomas B. Edsall, The Age of Austerity: How Scarcity Will Remake American Politics (Doubleday, 2012).
Charles Murray, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010 (Crown Forum, 2012). Our strong preference is for a reviewer with a documented track record of published work in the field.
Political Science: Area Studies/International Relations/Security Studies/Strategic Studies
Khalil Ahmad, Pakistan Mein Riyasti Ashrafiya Ka Urooj (The Rise of State-Aristocracy in Pakistan), (Alternative Solutions, 2012). The book is written in Urdu, but we’re looking to run an English-language review.
Peter Bergen and Katherine Tiedemann ed., Talibanistan: Negotiating the Borders Between Terror, Politics, and Religion (Oxford, 2012).
Ahmed Rashid, Pakistan on the Brink: The Future of America, Pakistan, and Afghanistan (Viking, 2012).
Farhat Taj, Taliban and Anti-Taliban (Cambridge Scholars, 2011).
Political Science: Theory
Tony Judt with Timothy Snyder, Thinking the Twentieth Century (Penguin, 2012).
Allan Meltzer, Why Capitalism? (Oxford, 2012).
Michael Sandel, What Money Can’t Buy: The Moral Limits of Markets (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2012).
Ann Ward and Lee Ward, Natural Right and Political Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Catherine Zuckert and Michael Zuckert (Notre Dame, 2013).
Robert Wokler, Rousseau, the Age of Enlightenment, and Their Legacies (Princeton, 2012).
Philosophy: General and History of
Fabrizio Amerini, Aquinas on the Beginning and End of Life (Harvard, 2013).
Walter Nicorski ed., Cicero’s Practical Philosophy (Notre Dame, 2012).
Martha Nussbaum, Philosophical Interventions: Reviews 1986-2011 (Oxford 2012).
C.D.C. Reeve, Action, Contemplation, and Happiness: An Essay on Aristotle (Harvard, 2012).
C.D.C. Reeve, Aristotle on Practical Wisdom: Nicomachean Ethics VI (Harvard, 2013).
Christopher Shields, The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle (Oxford, 2012).
Philosophy: Epistemology (including Moral Epistemology)
Robert Audi, Moral Perception (Princeton, 2013).
John Greco and John Turri eds., Virtue Epistemology: Contemporary Readings (MIT, 2012).
Ray Scott Percival, The Myth of the Closed Mind: Understanding Why and How People Are Rational (Open Court, 2012).
Philosophy: Meta-Ethics, Ethics, Philosophical Anthropology
Julie Carlson and Elisabeth Weber, Speaking about Torture (Oxford, 2012).
Stephen Coleman, Military Ethics: An Introduction with Case Studies (Oxford, 2013).
Ishtiyaque Haji, Reason’s Debt to Freedom: Normative Appraisals, Reasons and Free Will (Oxford, 2012).
Philip Lieberman, The Unpredictable Species: What Makes Humans Unique (Princeton, 2013).
Rachana Kamteka, Virtue and Happiness: Essays in Honour of Julia Annas (Oxford, 2012).
Jeffrie G. Murphy, Punishment and the Moral Emotions: Essays in Law, Morality, and Religion (Oxford, 2012).
Fran O’Rourke, What Happened in and to Moral Philosophy in the Twentieth Century? Philosophical Essays in Honor of Alasdair MacIntyre (Notre Dame, 2013).
Kieran Setiya and Hille Paakkunainen eds., Internal Reasons: Contemporary Readings (MIT, 2012).
Philosophy: Political Philosophy and Philosophy of Law
Fritz Allhoff, Terrorism, Ticking Time-Bombs, and Torture (Chicago, 2012).
Jason Brennan, Libertarianism: What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford, 2012).
Michael Huemer, The Problem of Political Authority: An Examination of the Right to Coerce and the Duty to Obey (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).
F.M. Kamm, The Moral Target: Aiming at Right Conduct in War and Other Conflicts (Oxford, 2012).
This page last revised January 26, 2014 (IK)
Call for Papers
Fall 2014 Symposium: The Epistemology, Ethics, and Politics of Emergencies
Submissions may grapple with any of a wide variety of issues related to emergencies (not an exhaustive list): How is “emergency” to be defined? How do we know when we enter/exit an emergency? How should moral and legal norms be formulated so as to take stock of emergencies–if they should? Are moral norms defeasible in the face of emergencies, or specially contextualized so as to preserve their indefeasibility? Who has special authority for decision-making in an emergency? How best to guard against abuses of power or corruptions of norms in emergency situations?
We’re looking for submissions across the broadest spectrum of relevant disciplines–philosophy, political science, legal studies, history, sociology, anthropology, medicine, criminology/police studies, strategic/military studies, etc.
Current and Forthcoming Symposia at Reason Papers
Contributors include Fahmi Abboushi (Felician College), Donna Robinson Divine (Smith College), Irfan Khawaja (Felician College), Issam Nassar (Illinois State University), Paul Rahe (Hillsdale College), and Said Zeedani (al-Quds University, Jerusalem), with a response by Sari Nusseibeh (al-Quds University, Jerusalem).
June 2013: Perspectives on Jason Brennan’s The Ethics of Voting (Princeton University Press, 2011).
Contributors to include Bryan Caplan (George Mason University), Joshua Hall (Beloit College), Randall Holcombe (Florida State University), Daniel Klein (George Mason University), and Ezequiel Spector (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella), with a response by Jason Brennan (Georgetown University).
October 2013: Waco: Twenty Years Later
Contributors to include Michael Barkun (Maxwell School, Syracuse University, author of Culture of Conspiracy: Apocalyptic Visions in Contemporary America), Jayne Seminare Docherty (Eastern Mennonite University, author of Learning Lessons from Waco: When the Parties Bring their Gods to the Negotiation Table), David Kopel and Paul Blackman (The Independence Institute; authors of No More Wacos: What’s Wrong with Federal Law Enforcement and How to Fix It), and Dick Reavis (North Carolina State University; author of The Ashes of Waco: An Investigation).
Page last updated March 13, 2013 (IK)


File Functions for SQL. Implemented as a SQLCLR assembly. Compatible with SQL 2008 and SQL 2008R2. May be compatible with SQL 2005, but untested.
Copy File, Delete File, Delete Files, Get File Specs, Make Directory, Move File, Save File Image, Get File Image, and more!
This SQLCLR library uses the EXTERNAL ACCESS permission set, because it access the file system.
This library implements these features as Stored Procedures:
Get File Specs
Save File Image - Take binary data and write it to the file system.
This library implements these features as Scalar UDFs:
Break File Name With Path For File Name - Take a file name with path and return just the file name portion.
Break File Name With Path For File Path - Take a file name with path and return just the path portion.
File Exists Check - Returns whether a specified file exists.
Folder Exists Check - Returns whether a specified folder exists.
Get File Image - Returns the binary data for a file.
This library implements these features as Table Value UDFs:
Break File Name With Path - Take a file name with path and return it as a table broken out as path and file name.
Get Directory List - Returns the director items for a specified path as a table.
Get File Specs - Similar to the stored procedure but returns as a table.
Please see the notes.txt file in the source code. It contains instructions on how to setup the system to accomodate an external access SQLCLR library. There are also scripts included to apply the sproc and function definitions.


The Premier’s Reading Challenge is set to commence in most states around Australia. This literacy initiative aims to promote the love of reading and students are encouraged to challenge themselves to reach the reading target within the set period of time. Each state varies with their guidelines and approaches to addressing the participation of students with reading difficulties or disability. Flexible accommodations include allowing students to read eBooks, audio books, non-fiction texts, books in another language and research for assignments.
Digital format books offer students an accessible avenue to engage with appropriate books. Apple’s iOS mobile platform in particular, provides an extensive array of accessibility settings that can accommodate a diverse range of learner preferences and access requirements for independent interaction with digital books.
This blog post, however, focusses on how Apple mobile devices can be used to instantly provide reading support when interacting with a physical book. This is achieved by utilizing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. This technology analyzes a photograph of text and converts it into digital text that can then be read out aloud. This means that a student could be holding and reading a book, pull out an iPod Touch, iPhone or iPad, take a photo of a block of text and instantly hear that text being read back to them.
OCR apps for iOS mobile devices are becoming increasingly accurate but they work best with reading material that has uniformly formatted blocks or columns of text typically found in novels and text book layouts. Accuracy is variable with informal text layouts typically found in picture books for younger readers. Camera specification is also important and best possible OCR results are achieved with the iPad Air, iPad Mini, iPod Touch (5th generation) or iPhone 5/6.
There are numerous OCR apps available but here are three options for you to consider.
The amazing range of accessibility features built into Apple's mobile devices includes options for users with a print disability. Voice Over and Speak Screen can be activated to read aloud any text displayed on the screen. One of the limitations has been the inability to speak aloud a word definition from the built-in iOS dictionary.
The release of iOS8 introduced a third option to have text spoken called Speak Screen. This Speak Screen option now gives users the ability to have word definitions spoken out aloud!
The slideshow below describes the sequence. Please note that the Speak Screen feature must not be running when initially selecting a word.
Speak Screen can be switched on by going to Settings>General>Accessibility>Speech.
The reading experience can be also be personalised by selecting your preferred voice, its speaking rate and the highlighting of words as they are spoken.


As detailed in the environment setup section, we had to switch serial libraries. The integration of a Qt friendly library made the project much easier in terms of maintenance and development.
We elected to do an event driven approach to serial. Using the UART4 of the BeagleBone we were able to communicate with the SIM module in order to send messages and receive information. All traffic to and from the SIM was redirected to the the settings page for easy debug.
Each time the readyRead() function is called it gathers information about the packet on the wire. Some important things to note about AT commands:
- All commands end with a carriage return (“/r”)
- +CIND gives information about the status of the device
We parsed the data to make sense of the commands. This was all accomplished by leaning heavily on QString API and processing the strings into a message pool.
As always, we’ll let the code speak for itself:


The editors of Blood are pleased to introduce a new series of podcasts, published weekly in conjunction with each issue of Blood. The new series will highlight selected articles from every issue, and the first promotional podcast will be made available during this year’s annual meeting. The series will officially launch with the first issue of 2020.
Blood is committed to attracting the best science to the journal and to disseminating the research to the widest audience. The scholarly publishing environment is rapidly changing, and the journal strives to create new opportunities for authors to share their research and also for the journal to promote that research. The forthcoming weekly Blood podcast series is a reflection of both this current landscape and these broader goals.
According to recent information from www.podcastinginsights.com, 51 percent of the U.S. population has listened to a podcast. Data also show that podcast listeners are loyal audiences, and 80 percent listen to all or most of each podcast episode that they download. This mirrors the response to popular existing ASH podcasts, including The Hematologist podcast.
The new weekly podcast from Blood will begin publishing 52 episodes per year. The roughly 20- to 25-minute episodes will provide in-depth summaries of a few articles selected from every issue. Two Special Section Editors, Georgia Vogelsang, MD, and James D. Griffin, MD, will share the duties of facilitating the content for each episode, including curating summaries of each spotlighted article. Visit www.ashpublications.org/blood/ pages/multimedia, to stay up to date as new podcasts are released in the new year.


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by H.G Wells
A mountain climber, high in The Andes, falls into a strange valley. In London a man is looking for a green door. A third man tries to help an unhappy ghost. Each of these exciting stories shows us two very different worlds. But which is better? And can we be happier in another world?
The free Emma notes include comprehensive information and analysis to help you understand the book. These free notes consist of about 101 pages (30,030 words) and contain the following sections:
Emma Plot Summary
After her beloved governess, Miss Taylor, leaves Hartsfield to become Mrs. Weston, Emma Woodhouse finds herself in need of a friend. The answer is Harriet Smith, a girl of questionable origins whom Emma decides to improve. First she convinces Harriet to refuse a marriage proposal from Mr. Martin, a farmer. Imagining Harriet to be too respectable and genteel for such a man, Emma chooses for her Mr. Elton, the town preacher. Mr. Knightley, an old family friend, .........
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