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My Opinion: I can't stop talking about this book it is great easy read.
There are some parts where I skipped the religious jabber and get back to the story of the witches'. Everyone must read highly recommend if your going threw a bit of a reading slump like I was.
Enter the world of young Mary Newbury, a world where simply being different can cost a person her life. Hidden until now in the pages of her diary, Mary's startling story begins in 1659, the year her beloved grandmother is hanged in the public square as a witch. Mary narrowly escapes a similar fate, only to face intolerance and new danger among the Puritans in the New World. How long can she hide her true identity? Will she ever find a place where her healing powers will not be feared?


If you’ve ever tried to learn characters, you are surely familiar with the constant struggle of memorizing characters, only to forget them moments later.
The fact is, without a regular and sustained routine of review and practice, any given character you learn will eventually slip from your memory.
Reading provides consistent and frequent opportunities to recall every character to ingrain it into your long-term memory.
How Can I Practice Reading Chinese?
When learning most any language, there are reading tools known as “graded readers” which are invaluable. Graded readers are the best resources available to learners wanting to learn to read Chinese. Through graded readers, you are able to review and learn large amounts of characters suitable to your level and seeing them within their appropriate context.
Additionally, by reading passages specific to your level, you generally can read the entire article without having to consistently stop and reference a dictionary – which contrary to intuition impedes learning and diminishes your reading speed.
For those who have yet to start learning characters, start by building your vocabulary and learning basic characters.
Recommended Chinese Graded Readers
There are a variety of great graded readers out there. Among my favorites is the Mandarin Companion series, which feature familiar stories with good illustrations and plenty of useful vocabulary.
If you are looking for an electronic mobile resource, I recommend the Chairman’s Bao and Du Chinese. As long as you are willing to spend around 30 minutes a day using either of these tools, you are likely to see vast improvements in your Chinese reading level.
What is the Chairman’s Bao?
The Chairman’s Bao is a Chinese news-based graded reader available on your smartphone, tablet, and online. New lessons are published daily and written by native Chinese speakers in accordance with the HSK (National Chinese Proficiency Test) word listings.
As each lesson states the targeted HSK level (1-6+), the app makes it incredibly easy for learners of any level to select a suitable article and start reading. The HSK designation is also great for learners preparing to take the HSK exam.
The most attractive feature is the live dictionary, which allows you to select any character and review the pinyin and definition. From the live dictionary, you can even add characters to vocabulary lists for further study.
Other notable features include keyword vocabulary and explanations on grammar for each lesson. You can also improve listening with the native speaker audio provided in each lesson and even learn the stroke order of characters you save in vocabulary lists.
When subscribing to the Chairman’s Bao use code cbtcb20 to get 20% off!
What is Du Chinese?
Available on smartphones and tablets, Du Chinese is a mobile app graded reader suitable to learners of all levels with content centered on Chinese culture and popular topics.
In addition to its appealing lessons, Du Chinese has many notable features, such an option to display the pinyin above the characters in each lesson. Not only is this helpful for beginning learners, but it also incredibly useful in improving pronunciation as you read the article out loud.
To help learners fully understand the meaning of the Chinese text, English translations are provided for each sentence.
Learners studying to take the HSK can also review each character’s HSK-level designation in each lesson.
Like the Chairman’s Bao, Du Chinese also features a live dictionary, native-speaker audio for each lesson (you can even adjust the speed), and the option to save characters as you read and quiz yourself on them.
Get 10% off by using code CHINESEBREEZE when subscribing to Du Chinese!
Final thoughts | Learning to Read Chinese
There are some amazing resources available to those who are interested to learn to read Chinese in 2019. Whether you’re interested in graded readers from Mandarin Companion or if you prefer software solutions such as The Chairman’s Bao or DuChinese, you have options.
But which is the best to use? For beginners, I recommend starting with some graded readers and graduating up to Du Chinese. The reason is that many of the articles in Du Chinese teach topics that are really useful to beginners (e.g. going to the doctor, discussing the weather, etc.).
The Chairman’s Bao, on the other hand, wins in terms of availability of content. They add 1,600 lessons annually with up to 6 articles published daily.
Overall, I would try all of these methods and see which one you like best. We all learn differently and it’s awesome that Chinese learners have excellent options to choose from!
Take the next step to improve your Chinese reading by using the best tools out there. You’ll be glad that you did and you’ll have fun doing it!


Dear English-speaking readers, this page is an automatic translation made from a post originally written in French. My apologies for any strange sentences and funny mistakes that may have been generated during the process. If you are reading French, click on the French flag below to access the original and correct text:
I like the way he looks at the world. I like his photographic work. Marie-Ange Ostré is a globe-trotter and diver, like me. She has just published her first book and it's a pleasure to rediscover her images in this way.
From Greenland to the Marquesas Islands, from Brazil to Namibia, from the Indonesian rice fields to the Bahamas lagoons, the photographer-blogger and globetrotter Marie-Ange Ostré takes us on incredible trips. And her sincere enthusiasm to share them, to tell them, to give us to see, through her eyes, these distant horizons, touches me a lot.
Taking pictures has become commonplace, accessible to all, with the progress of digital technology. But taking pictures is different.
It is to look at the world, to have a point of view. And then, eventually, to dare to confront it, to submit it to other views.
"For years, I have not traveled without my camera; it is my alter ego, my road book, my accomplice and my reminder sometimes."
Marie-Ange's introductory words sum up the philosophy of this book. I can imagine what it must have cost her to sort and select the photographs she wanted to bring together in her first book. The texts that accompany them have the grace to remain short, to let the image speak.
Nature and encounters
Page after page, it is first of all a tribute to the splendor of nature, whether it is beach, desert, geyser or jungle. Landscapes conducive to escape, to dream, to wonder.
And then there are the looks and the faces crossed in these distant latitudes. Men and women who have transformed the journey into an encounter.
So far, so close... I like this "look at the planet" which goes beyond the easy aestheticism of exotic images. This glance posed with frankness and respect on the other.
No doubt my perception is a bit biased: I read Marie-Ange's blog, A world elsewhereI've been a photographer for so long that I know the history of almost every one of these photographs! This familiarity explains why I have so much pleasure in admiring them again on paper (it's a change from the screen).
Nevertheless. We share a little the raw happiness that the photographer had to realize her images, I find... I have the impression to perceive the sensations which had to cross her at the time to release. The shock, the curiosity, the emotion. The shyness, too, sometimes.
The whole gives off a beautiful serenity, something soothing, which makes you want to travel the world. To take an optimistic look at the planet. And this, in spite of the author's warning messages, which remind us between two chapters of the threats which weigh on our Earth.
The beautiful adventure of this book, Marie-Ange Ostré has already told it on her blog. I invite you, via the links below, to follow her through her own words, she confides her joy as much as her doubts... → His book: A Look at the Planet


In the olden days....
Asiatic Town Hall.
Established as earlier as the 19th Century.
- The library contain thousands of books out of which 15,000 are proudly classified as rare and valuable.
- It has innumerable artifacts.
- It has more than 3,000 ancient manuscripts in Persian, Sanskrit and Prakrit.
- It has a collect of 11,829 coins out of which an important and one-of-its-kind Gold Mohur of Akbar stand out.
- Has a collection of 300 maps, taking you through the forming of Mumbai.
Probably you might wonder a library to be one of the most dull and boring places to be. You never know ALL the history, conspiracy, legends and myths that lies beneath these libraries.


Parent and Teacher Resources:
Sharing information about cats is important, but it is equally important that the information that is shared be correct. We highly recommend these books as excellent resources:
Books of Interest
by Linda Hendry
Includes directions for making a photo album, a treat container, a picture frame, a switchplate cover, jewelry, a child's accessory organizer, bookends, a lampshade, and more. Cat Crafts also has instructions for a catnip fish sewn from an old sock, a spider cat toy, and a doorknob cover.
The Tenth Good Thing About Barney
by Judith Viorst
A book to help younger children (ages 4-8) cope with the loss of a pet. In an attempt to overcome his grief, a boy tries to think of the ten best things about his dead cat.
Here's a list of some of the most popular cat books for youngsters of all ages. Each is available through amazon.com.
Kitten's First Full Moon
by Kevin Henkes
by Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel
Little Spotted Cat
by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
That's Not My Kitten: Its Ears Are Too Soft
by Fiona Watt
So, What's It Like to Be a Cat?
by Karla Kuskin
Who Loves Me?
by Patricia MacLachlan
Three Samurai Cats: A Story from Japan
by Eric A. Kimmel
Gullah, The Nawleans Cat Meets Katrina
by Nancy H. Murray
The Flying Flea, Callie and Me
by Bill Wallace, Carol Wallace
The Stranger Next Door
by Peg Kehret
Shape-Shifter, The Naming of Pangur Ban
by Fay Sampson
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by T.S. Eliot
Age: Young Adult
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Before you read this article...
Before you read this commentary, we want you to know that this page was not written to condemn those who do not use the KJV. We will always love you regardless of what Bible you use! However, because we do love you so much, we want you to know the truth about the KJV so that you can be blessed beyond measure by the supernatural power and protection that the authentic Word of God affords (Gal 4:16). Here are some of the reasons:
God promised to preserve His words (Psa. 12:6-7; Mat. 24:35). There has to be a preserved copy of God’s pure words somewhere. If it isn’t the Textus Receptus text translated into KJV, then what is it?
It has no copyright. The text of the KJV may be reproduced by anyone for there is no copyright forbidding its duplication. “The word of God is not Bound” (2 Tim 2:9 – KJV). This is not true with the modern versions.
Known by its Fruit
The KJV produces good fruit (Mat. 7:17-20). No modern translation can compare to the KJV when it comes to producing good fruit. For nearly four hundred years, God has used the preaching and teaching of the KJV to bring hundreds of millions to Christ.
Philadelphian not Laodicean
The KJV was translated during the Philadelphia church period (Rev. 3:7-13). The modern versions began to appear rather late on the scene as the lukewarm Laodicean period got underway (Rev. 3:14-22), but the KJV was given to us by God way back in 1611, just in time for the many great revivals (1700-1880). The Philadelphia church was the church that “kept” God’s word (Rev. 3:8).
The KJV translators were honest in their work. When the translators had to add certain words, largely due to idiom changes, they placed the added words in italics so we’d know the difference, unlike many new versions.
Ubiquitous Gold Standard
Most new translations compare themselves to the KJV. Isn’t it strange that the new versions never compare themselves to one another? For some strange reason (Mat. 12:26) they all line up against one Book–the A.V. 1611.
The KJV translators believed they were handling the very words of God (I Ths. 2:13). Just read the King James Dedicatory and compare it to the prefaces in the modern versions. Immediately, you will see a world of difference in the approach and attitude of the translators.
Abundant Manuscript Evidence
The KJV is supported by far more evidence. Of over 5,300 pieces of manuscript evidence, ninety-five percent supports the King James Bible. The changes in the new versions are based on the remaining five percent of manuscripts, most of which are from Alexandria, Egypt.
No Contrarian Evidence
No one has ever proven that the KJV is not God’s word. The KJV should be considered innocent until proven guilty with a significant amount of genuine evidence.
Jesus is Supremely Exalted
The KJV exalts the Lord Jesus Christ. The true scriptures should testify of Jesus Christ (John 5:39). There is no book on this planet that exalts Christ higher than the King James Bible. In numerous places, the new versions attack the Deity of Christ, the Blood Atonement, the Resurrection, salvation by grace through faith, and the Second Coming. The true scriptures will testify of Jesus Christ, not attack Him!
Corrupt “Source Text” of Modern Translations
The Westcott and Hort’s Greek New Testament is the ”source text” for ALL of today’s modern translations. (Click here to read Wikipedia article and reference section titled ”Source Text”) This widely accepted “open source” encyclopedia article states that: “The majority of New Testament textual critics now favor a text that is Alexandrian in complexion, especially after the publication of Westcott and Hort’s edition…” Now that we know that the Westcott & Hort edition is the ”complexion” for ALL modern translations, let’s examine what Westcott and Hort actually believed. PLEASE READ ON…
PROOF TEXT: Erroneous Biblical Positions of Westcott & Hort:
NOTICE: The Westcott and Hort’s Greek New Testament is the ”source text” for ALL of today’s modern translations: The following article and excerpts are directly quoted from both Westcott’s and Hort’s own books, exposing the heretical perspectives that Westcott and Hort held, and highlighting the unbiblical doctrines that they believed. In this article, you can read authentic quotations from their own writings and examine the included footnotes for reference. We have included links for you to view both volumes of Westcott’s book and both volumes of Hort’s book on the open-source links (below).
CLICK HERE: Hort’s Volume One: Life and Letter of Fenton John Anthony Hort (1896)
CLICK HERE: Hort’s Volume Two: Life and Letter of Fenton John Anthony Hort (1896)
CLICK HERE: Westcott’s Volume One: Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott (1903)
CLICK HERE: Westcott’s Volume Two: Life and Letters of Brooke Foss Westcott (1903)


Torah 101 Table of Contents
- AishDas Torah Links (hundreds of selected Torah links, well organized by categories and with search engine)
- Our MTR freeware program for the PC (Mechon Mamre's Jewish Legal Classics program for those who read Hebrew, including the Bible, Mishneh Torah, Talmud, and more); also our version of Mishneh Torah and the Bible in Hebrew for the Palm Pilot.
- Snunit's Kodesh Site (an all Hebrew site for searching and reading in the Bible and Jewish Law texts with very useful linking between the Bible and Jewish Law texts, based with our permission on the texts as they were on this site in late 2003)
- Judaic Seminar (understanding the Bible from a humanistic scholarly observant Jewish perspective, Orthodox Sephardic views on practical problems in Jewish Law, and more)
- The About.com Guide to Judaism (formerly the Mining Company's Guide to Judaism--a great resource for Jewish information with extensive links, nicely organized according to subject matter)
- Soc.Culture.Jewish FAQ (a large detailed FAQ with information from several movements' perspectives)
- Shamash Home Page (a variety of Jewish mailing lists, archives, Bible commentary and Hebrew and English Bible texts for computer, and more)
- Jews for Judaism (the counter-missionary organization, whose FAQ is highly recommended reading for Jews and Gentiles alike)
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The charming and much loved aware hare,
Ruby Red Shoes is the creation of Australian
author and illustrator, Kate Knapp.
Ruby Red Shoes Series
There are currently three books in the Ruby Red Shoes series, with a fourth on the way.
Beautifully illustrated and charming, Ruby Red Shoes, a very aware hare, is the first book in the Ruby Red Shoes series. Ruby Red Shoes lives in a colourful caravan with her grandmother. Ruby is gentle and kind and cares for all living things, including plants and trees, animals and people. Ruby is also particularly fond of strawberry jam and peppermint tea. Ruby Red Shoes was shortlisted for the 2013 Children's Book Council of Australia Crichton Award for Children's Book Illustration.
Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris follows Kate's critically-acclaimed and bestselling debut, Ruby Red Shoes. Ruby and her grandmother Babushka are off to Paris for a holiday! When they arrive they go and meet Babushka's brother, Monsieur Gaspar Galushka, and his grandson, Felix, who becomes Ruby's guide while she is in Paris. Together the two young hares zip around Paris on racy red scooters taking in all of the beautiful sights that Paris has to offer. It is the adventure of a lifetime, filled with memories that Ruby will treasure forever. Ruby Red Shoes Goes to Paris was shortlisted for the 2014 Australian Book Industry Award for Book of the Year for Younger Children, and the 2014 Inaugural Readings Children's Book Prize.
Ruby Red Shoes Goes to London is the third book in the best-selling series. Ruby and her grandmother love to travel and now they are in London, the home of red buses, red telephone boxes and red letter boxes. No wonder Ruby's red shoes feel especially at home in this wonderful city!
The fourth book invites us to celebrate Christmas with Ruby at home, and is due for release in December 2019.
Looking for Ruby Red Shoes books? Click the links to see where you can find them in your corner of the globe!
Ruby Red Shoes loves to learn and loves to share!
These four new books for children aged 2–5 years are educational and thought-provoking for little hares.
With lyrical rhyming prose and gorgeous illustrations, these beautiful books are set to be classics.
Learn with Ruby Red Shoes Series | November 2018
A is for angels
flying above and around.
Their softest of wings
make barely a sound.
One is for me.
I'm one of a kind.
I'm separate from you and
I know my own mind.
The World of Ruby Red Shoes Series | March 2019


For the first release of the CSI Driver for PowerMax we wanted to show how the PV dynamic provisioning and snapshot capabilities.
To present a realistic scenario, we used Gitlab CI/CD, its Kubernetes runner, and the CSI Driver off course.
The concept is:
- the master branch corresponds to the latest image and is the production environment
- anytime we push a new branch to GitLab we:
- build the image
- take a snapshot of PV from production
- create an environment to access the new app
- new commits on the branch will keep using their own environment with an independent PV
- on branch merge:
- the dedicated environment and related PV are deleted
- the production is redeployed with the latest image
we can see that, if the branch is the latest, we deploy a dedicated volume (i.e. only the first time). For every other branches we start from a snapshot taken at the time of the first branch creation.
Under the scene, we will have two independent volumes in PowerMax. For more deep-dive on PowerMax SnapVX (i.e. PowerMax local replicas) you can check that white paper.
To avoid, the storage box to be bloated by the project, we also defined a resource Quota on the namespace.
The current version of the CSI driver (v1.2) the snapshot API is v1alpha1 and not compatible with Kubernetes v1.17 and beyond.
A snapshot is only accessible from the same namespace and cannot restore a volume on a different namespace.
One of the tricks is is to put the Gitlab variable
CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA in the helm template ; that way, we make sure it is re-proceed and therefore redeployed with the latest build by Helm.
Finally, to save some time in building the images, I used local gems.
For a live demo, check the videos here:


Clifton M. Brakensiek Community Library
Bellflower, CA 90706-5486
The Clifton M. Brakensiek Library has served the community of Bellflower for more than 80 years. The first branch was opened on March 11, 1914. The library moved four times until its present facility was dedicated on August 16, 1975, and named in honor of Clifton M. Brakensiek, MD, who donated the land on which the library is built. It served as the Automated Circulation System pilot site and was the first County library to implement the new online circulation system in 1989. In 1915 there were 213 library cardholders and 412 books on the shelves. The circulation for 1915 was 3,433. Today's circulation is approximately 200,000 with 40,000 registered borrowers. The Library has an active Friends of the Library group.
On December 19, 2002, the Brakensiek Library reopened for service following several months of renovation. The project was a joint effort of Fourth District Supervisor Don Knabe, the City of Bellflower, The Friends of the Library and the County of Los Angeles Public Library. The remodeled library has a new look with a redesign of the interior, technology upgrades and two new public service desks.
The library is comprised of 141,177 books for adults and children, 6,491 audio recordings, 7,550 video recordings and 188 magazine and newspaper subscriptions including English and Spanish language magazines, and local and national newspapers. Special collections include the R. D. Boggs Sheet Music Collection, circulating historical American flags, and a complete set of California Deerings' Codes.
The Brakensiek Library offers a full range of services including general reference assistance, online library catalogs that provide access to the entire County Library collection and to online reference databases; public access Internet computers. Children's programs include a Homework Center for children in grades 3-6 and a Grandparents and Books program. Other available services are a Literacy Center for adults working on their personal reading and writing skills; coin-operated typewriters and photocopiers; a Friends of the Library book, DVD, and video rental collection, and a public meeting room (available on a rental basis).
Located in the Bellflower Civic Center, this 21,240 square foot building features two reference desks, a section designated for the Homework Centers with thee CD-ROM workstations, a large picture book area with child-size furniture, a magazine and newspaper reading area, a meeting room with the capacity of 95, and four locked display cases.
- Monday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
- Tuesday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
- Wednesday: 10:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m.
- Thursday: 10:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
- Friday: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
- Sunday: Closed


This Modern Love by Will Darbyshire
Publication: August 16th 2016 by Cornerstone Digital
Format: eBook Pages: 320
This Modern Love is a unique crowdsourced book of letters, stories, and photographs about the state of modern romance by YouTuber Will Darbyshire.
‘Question 1. What would you say to your ex, without judgement?’
Seeking closure after a tough break-up, Will Darbyshire was driven to strike up an intimate conversation with his online audience. Posting a series of questions via his YouTube, Twitter and Instagram channels, Will asked his
followers to share their innermost thoughts about their relationship experiences, in the form of hand-written letters, poems, photographs, and emails.
After 6 months and over 15,000 heartfelt submissions later, from over 100 countries, This Modern Love collects these letters together to form a compendium of 21st century love, structured into the beginning, middle and end of a relationship.
Tender, funny and cathartic, This Modern Love is a compelling portrait of individual desires, resentments and fears that reminds us that, whether we’re in or out of love, we’re not alone. – Goodreads
This Modern Love was mentioned in my Bookish Booklover Tag post; it was the book I was saving up to buy next. Well, I did exactly that and I whizzed through it the same day (it’s not long).
‘Will Darbyshire is a YouTuber and film maker, he asked his viewers to contribute to This Modern Love by sending him their answers to questions he would ask in his YouTube videos. For example, ‘Question 1. What would you say to your ex, without judgement?’ The book is a collection of all the answers submitted by Will’s viewers.’
The answers were formatted as letters. Some people submitted anonymously while others were happy to have their names printed. I liked the rawness of the letters, a few of them reflected internal conflicts and heartaches while others were more on the positive sunshine and daisies side. Some love letters were anaemic in their portrayal – I found this was mostly the case with ‘new’ loves, while others showed a deeper and more complex understanding and appreciation of love.
However, I was let down because I felt like a lot of the letters sounded too generic and lacked the private, personal feel that I expected. There were a couple of letters that made me stop, re-read lines and connect with the words, but those were the only letters that got a reaction out of me.
When it comes to my overall impression of The Modern Love, sadly, I think I may have set my expectations a little too high. The book was an alright, rainy day read but it didn’t blow my socks off.


Tears of the Cheetah
It's a very fun book. When people ask me for a good popular book on the state of systematics and conservation genetics, this is the book I'll recommend. That may sound pretty narrow, but those are important topics and I haven't seen such a broad survey of the field. The best predecessor is probably The Song of the Dodo by David Quammen, though that's hardly fair to either.
Dodo is about the broad advances in ecology with an eye to conservation. It treated conservation genetics, but not as a focus. Quammen was also investigating several researchers and following a story across personalities
O'Brien is head of the Laboratory of Genomic Diversity at the National Cancer Institutes. His lab's research reveals connections between basic research on mice, cheetahs, and house cats leading to important effects on land use planning in Florida, a criminal conviction in Canada, and insights that may lead to cures for cancer and AIDS.
People interested in conservation will find a lot to enjoy, including a discussion of pandas, as well as the work on cheetahs from the title and related work on several continents and several oceans.
Working at the NCI means that there's an interest in cancer, as well. The book finishes with a discussion of gene therapy and the state of review for clinical trials. It's an important chapter, pointing out future directions and crucial limits on our knowledge.
One thing that's odd is the order in which key concepts are introduced. While the glossary at the end will no doubt be helpful to lay readers, it's odd that certain key concepts and techniques aren't introduced until halfway through the book. This is the problem with a purely chronological presentation of the material.
For instance, a clear description of how a phylogeny is produced doesn't arrive until page 140, though the concept arises earlier. In general, the earlier chapters are more memoirs and less science driven, with the second half more heavily focussed on the state of the science and the details of the scientific practice.
While the arrangement is somewhat unexpected, I can't say that I fault the decision. I imagine that the more anecdotal opening will be a more effective introduction to the practice of science than a more technical review of phylogenetic methods or molecular techniques.
That's a trade-off that scientists have trouble with in general. The details matter a lot when you are communicating science to other scientists, but it's just boring to many non-scientists, even if they are deeply interested in the science.
I'd be interested in non-specialists' opinions of this aspect of the book, or any other, I guess.
The book should be in libraries, or buy it and let me know what you think. I think you'll enjoy it.


15-Minute Vegan Cook Book – Fast Modern Vegan Cooking
Product number: 73396
Aiming to make home cooking quicker, easier and far cheaper than ordering a takeaway, Katy Beskow’s 15-Minute Vegan Cook Book is filled with speedy and delicious recipes that are certain to help you feed you and your family well – even when your time is stretched to the max…
Never bland or boring, the inspiring dishes you’ll find in Katy’s book are sure to shake up the way you feel about vegetables and fruit – even if you’re just trying to be a slightly healthier omnivore – and every recipe has been tested to be simple, tasty and, most importantly, fast!
Starting with an introduction to vegan cooking and advice on the mindset and basic equipment you need to make your meals arrive on the table faster, 15-Minute Vegan divides the straightforward, easy-to-read recipes into five chapters covering Breakfast, Light Bites, Mains, Sweet Stuff and Essentials (sauces and sides), with plenty of tips on preparation, freezing and storing. And, for added convenience, all the recipes can be made with ingredients that are readily available in supermarkets. With dishes as diverse as Tuscan Bean Gnocchi, Almond Butter Cookies, Kerala Cauliflower Curry and Sweetcorn Chowder, as well as super-speedy sweet treats that will thrill everyone from breakfast time till the end of the day, you’re sure to be taste-testing the scrumptious-sounding recipes in no time at all.
One thing’s for certain, whether you’re already eating vegan or just want to try something new, nothing could be simpler and faster than one of Katy’s 15-Minute Vegan recipes.
About the author
Katy Beskow is a dynamic vegan cook and cookery writer who teaches vegan cookery at Yorkshire Wolds Cookery School, demonstrates at food festivals and, as well as developing recipes for a number of magazines and retailers, has a popular blog at: www.littlemissmeatfree.com. Self-taught, Katy loves all kinds of food, eats cake often, and describes herself as a true foodie. Her ‘mission’ is to help us all learn that vegan cookery needn’t be scary, designing clear step-by-step recipes that will help any cook to love vegan food – even if it’s just for one day a week.
We have published a selection of our favourite recipes to our blog:
- Vegan Rustic Ribollita
- Vegan Pad Thai Jay with Lime & Sesame
- Edamame Lime & Sesame Jar Salad
Hardback, 160 pages. 100 recipes.


2017 The official catalogue of the 57th International Art Exhibition / Biennale Arte 2017 titled Viva Arte Viva consists of two volumes:
Volume I is dedicated to the International Art Exhibition, and is edited by Christine Macel.
The volume dedicates 4 pages to each invited artist: a critical essay and a statement by the artist illustrate and support the images of the works on display and other images that describe the artist’s practice. Each section ends with a list of book titles, personally selected by the artist as useful and enlightening for “making art”.
Volume II is dedicated to the National Participations, to the Special Projects and the Collateral Events. Texts and images describe and illustrate each of the individual exhibitions.
The Exhibition Guide is conceived to accompany the visitor through the Exhibition. The works of the artists invited to the main Exhibition and the individual exhibitions of the National Participations and Collateral Events are illustrated with images and short explanatory texts. Throughout the Exhibition, artists are marked by a number, corresponding to the number in their dedicated section in the Guide
2016 Revista L’adv, num. 106, Museus d’ Andorra: Una altra mirada es possible; AND pag. 196
2016 Recerca d’Estereotips de Gènere en l’espai Museogràfic Andorrà, AND edició limitada de postals
2016 Revista L’adv, num. 100, ART Hotel-Iglu; AND pag. 146
2015 Revista L’adv, num. 99, ART Andorra shopping festival; AND pag. 138
2012 Revista L’adv, num. 87, Jardin cosmiques, Llibres d’Art; AND pag.118-119
96 pages English / Italian
Rita Canarezza, Alessandro Castiglioni, and Pier Paolo Coro, eds.


I have downloaded a scientific article bout the legend of Devil Brifge at Google Scholar.
You can read the article by DR. Carme Oriol from the university Rovira i Virgili
There are twenty seven versions in Catalonia of the topic of the Devilbuilding a brige in one night in exchange for a soul of a victim.
Summary of the legend
The theme of the Devil's offer to build a bridge in one night in exchange for the soul is the basis of the story. In the Catalan linguistic and cultural area, the subject is present in at least twenty-seven versions of the oral tradition.
The narrative has a tragic tone, like many legends, and has an exemplary character. The story warns us about the dangers of having relationships with the Devil.
Legend summary of the Martorell's legend:
They say that the people of Martorell and those on the other side had wanted to build a bridge over the river to get from one village to another, but they never could; and one day the Devil appeared and said he promised to do so if they would give him the soul of the first to cross it.
They said yes; and in one night the demons built the bridge, which is still there. The next morning they caught a cat, with some rubbish tied to its tail to scare it away, and the cat crossed it; and the Devil had to settle for that soul. How they hadn't said if it had to be a beast or a person!
Devil's Bridge in Europe
Inside and outside Europe this theme is widespread in the tradition of many countries around the world.
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Disaster as Spectacle: Fern Helfand Photography
I would like to acknowledge that the land on which this project was created is the unceded, ancestral territory of the Sylix Okanagan Nation.
About the Edition
Welcome to this digital edition of Sharon Thesen’s “The Fire." The poem sequence “The Fire” was originally collected in Thesen’s 2006 book The Good Bacteria. Here, you will find an introduction to the components of this edition, to eco-poetics, and to the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire. The edition also contains the full text version of “The Fire” accompanied by footnotes and annotations that explore the poems in relationship to the field of eco-poetics, interpret the poems in context with the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Fire and the local Okanagan community, and place the poems in context with Thesen’s larger body of work. The footnotes that I have generated for this edition move beyond traditional footnote format and content: they integrate research material, interpretation, and explorative thinking to offer readings of Thesen's poems that put them in conversation with eco-poetics and environmental writing, history, mythology, the Okanagan community, and the details of the 2003 fire. Maps and photos of the fire itself correlate directly to Thesen’s poems and situate the readers visually and geographically within the context of the fire encouraging a more sensory-rich experience of the poems. For a similar experiential effect, this edition includes a full audio version of “The Fire” read by the author herself. A brand new interview with Thesen, recorded and transcribed for this edition highlights the personal connection between us (humans) and environmental crisis as well as the role that art can play in mediating human-to-land relationships. The edition is bookended with biographical information about Sharon Thesen and about editor Amy Thiessen. Finally, a bibliography offers readers the opportunity to explore environmental writing and ecopoetics, the concept of digital editions, and more details pertaining to the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire.
Primary Research Questions
Sharon Thesen’s “The Fire” is an important piece of Canadian poetry because it grapples with how humans interact with the environment, with each other, and with their own bodies when facing environmental crisis. Through rich imagery, metaphor, myth, and exchange of affect Thesen explores the complexities of a devastating forest fire. Thesen's piece has the potential to alter the community’s relationship to their environment in the wake of natural disaster and invoke a deeper conversation about the role of literature in environmental studies. The main questions that inform this digital edition are: Forest fires have shaped and reshaped the Okanagan landscape; what are the effects of this on the community? What role does/can poetry play in a community’s journey through an environmental disaster? What can a community gain from the recording of personal reflections on environmental disaster in creative ways? How does poetry influence the community reflection on the disaster and its understanding of its lasting effects? How does poetry go alongside the community's changing relationship to the land? Can a work of poetry serve a community that has gone through a collective experience of trauma despite the varying personal emotional and physical experiences?
Why a Digital Edition? and My Editorial Work
Before addressing my decision to create a digital edition of Sharon Thesen’s “The Fire,” I want to ask: why do an edition at all? One answer, as Jerome McGann notes, is that “critical and other scholarly editions of our cultural inheritance are among the most distinguished achievements of our profession” in literary scholarship (55). In the formative work of Thomas Tanselle, we find concrete reasons why critical editions of literary works are a valuable form of scholarship. Discussing editorial practices Tanselle writes: "whatever form the apparatus takes—from the rudimentary to the elaborate—it represents some sort of thought about the extent to which the editor should make himself visible to the audience at which he is aiming" (41). And so I ask: to what extent should I make myself visible in this edition? And to whom is my edition responsible? As a resident of the Okanagan, a writer, and aspiring teacher I am a part of the communities for whom this edition is intended and I therefore make my presence visible through the narration and framing of the text. Moreover, Tanselle suggests a “basic principle to be borne in mind in making decisions about apparatus: that the kind of apparatus presented is an indication less of the nature of the text than of the type of audience for which the edition is intended" (42). One of my roles as editor, as I began this project, was to decide the intended audience for the edition. The four categories of audience I imagine are 1) the local Kelowna/Okanagan community who have memories of the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire; 2) members of the wider general public who have significant memories associated with forest fires having either experienced them or watched them unfold in other parts of the world; 3) poets, writers, teachers, and the literary community; 4) other scholars and the UBCO community, those who may know Thesen and her work well.
Before discussing the digital aspect of my project, I want to outline two primary reasons I chose to create an edition of “The Fire”: (1) The main research questions that my project is centred around are well-suited to be addressed through textual notes and annotations—directly correlating the poems to research and information—in a way I would not be able to achieve using a traditional essay format. Thesen’s practice of environmental and place-based writing is an important topic for this project to explore as it informed the occasion of her writing “The Fire.” Yet, Thesen's "The Fire" is not the only writing produced in response to the 2003 fire. The community members’ stories compiled in the Touch The Flame anthology—which was collected after the Okanagan Mountain Park fire and is full of personal accounts of encounters with the fire (published by Northstone Publishing and sponsored by Capital News, Kelowna and District Arts Council, Salvation Army, 101 Silk FM)—are important examples for other writing for me to consider as I grapple with the importance of “The Fire” within the physical and emotional scope of the fire itself. The history of Thesen’s writing practice is not related to the creation of the Touch The Flame anthology. However, I wanted to be able to speak to and demonstrate all these interconnected, yet completely separate aspects of my project and I argue that ordering them and forcing fluidity in an essay format would have disallowed the exploration that I set out to do.
(2) “The Fire,” while is exists within a book format with concrete limitations, beyond the page it exists within a network of relationships. Thesen's poem as it appears in The Good Bacteria is a successful piece of literature on its own. My act of creating an edition of the text transforms it into entirely an entirely new body of work. My edition, then, requires that certain relationships are explored and exposed. As John Bryant explains, “A literary work is more than the sum of its texts; it is the combined energies of individuals and social forces which through the process of authorial, editorial, and cultural revision evolve from one version to the next and emerge from time to time as documents to be read by readers” (112). In choosing to create an edition I am mixing my editorial energy with the original text itself to create a new work. My intent in doing so is to frame the text within the field of environmental writing. This is because I want to imagine the possibility of it holding a place within studies of environmental disasters that highlights the unique ways that poetry and literature can influence climate research and mitigation efforts.
Why a digital format? Important to my reasoning are my imagined users. Considering I have built this edition as my thesis project, my first user group consists of members of the university; it is particularly for that user group that I am explicating the decisions I have made surrounding the creation of my edition. My second and third user groups—members of the literary community and members of the general public (most prominently the local Okanagan community) who have had personal experiences with forest fires and climate disaster—more heavily influenced my format, design, and experiential-minded decisions. Of course there are users who will span across all three groups. I have identified three multifaceted reasons why I believe presenting this edition in a digital format is best suited for my project goals:
(1) Using a digital format allows me to present non-textual material—particularly audio clips (which, for me, are a non-negotiable component of this project)—and visually show the connectivity across these mediums. The experiential nature of navigating the edition digitally demonstrates the complex relationships that “The Fire” has to other media objects. Jerome McGann exposes that a limitation of critical editions in codex form is, “when readers want or need something beyond the semantic content of the primary textual materials—when one wants to hear the performance of a song or ballad, see a play, or look at the physical features of texts” (56). The codex does not afford these possibilities. McGann goes on to say that “when a book is translated into electronic form, the book’s (heretofore distributed) semantic and visual features can be made simultaneously present to each other” (57). When approaching this project what I imagined the most interesting part for users would be the visual display of the relationship between the poems, the physical landscape and form of the fire, and the audible voice of a fire victim.
(2) Building a digital edition that is a freely-accessible website opens the possibility for my project to be engaged with outside of the university. A cornerstone of my project is to explore the potential that eco-poetry has to affect a community’s relationship and attitude towards an environment in the wake of environmental disaster. This is coupled with my intention to highlight the potential power of storytelling in the field of environmental studies. Considering the evident community-focused aspects of my project I argue that it is important to give the community an opportunity to access and engage with my project. Given that this is an undergraduate thesis with no funding or resources, the most achievable format of publication seemed obviously to allow it to be born-digital.
(3) The process of creating this digital edition has allowed me to learn and develop many new skills while still applying, fine-tuning, and stretching the research and writing skills that my English degree has taught me to practice and value. While slightly less prominent than my previous two reasons, an essential reason that I chose to present my thesis in a digital format was to challenge myself personally, while also challenging the parameters of the English Honours thesis project. My aspiration when beginning this project was to explore the possibility of digital scholarship in a way that required research into editorial theory and ultimately to demonstrate the unique way that my project is able to explore complex relationships between text and non-textual material in ways that writing a traditional essay may not be able to.
The 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire
The 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire devastated the Kelowna area causing the evacuation of 27 000 residents, destroying 239 homes, and ravaging the natural landscape. Both physically and emotionally the aftermath of the 2003 fire pervades the local community. Memories, stories, and photos have been collected in a number of anthologies commissioned and created by community members. To give a snapshot of the magnitude of the fire:
The fire near Squally Point in the southern part of Okanagan Mountain Provincial Park was spotted by Okanagan residents across Okanagan Lake soon after the lightning strike at 2:00 in the morning of August 16 . Five hours later, the flames had burned 10 hectares of fuel [...] The next morning it covered 1000 hectares. Within four days, the Okanagan’s largest park was destroyed [...] In one day it grew from 2000 hectares to more than 11 000. Firefighting conditions were the worst fire officials had ever seen. (Freake and Plant 59)
Later on August 22nd:
Southwest winds gusting up to 70 kilometres per hour whipped the Okanagan Mountain Park fire into a new fury, forcing the evacuation of another 17 000 people. Nearly a third of Kelowna residents were now barred from their homes. Firefighters described the front as a war zone [...] The damage covered an area of 170 square kilometres, and growing. (Freake and Plant 61)
The fire lasted until mid September.
Community Stories and Reflections
An anthology entitled Touch The Flame: Stories from the Okanagan Mountain Park Fire, compiled by Jorie Soames and Glenna Turnbull features stories, reflections, and accounts from almost 200 Okanagan community members who had personal encounters with the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park Fire. While my edition is primarily informed by Thesen’s story and experience, the existence of the collected anthology highlights the power and importance of storytelling within a community as it moves through disaster. Below are a few compelling examples of the stories collected within Touch the Flame:
At 9 p.m. we are fighting huge fires in the subdivisions. We make a stand with two other engines and set off with our hoses through the backyards. At one point I burst through a thick hedge only to almost land in a swimming pool. As I look around and realize I am alone, the scene is surreal. (Andrew Speed 29)
I realized we would never be able to observe smoke on the horizon again with the faith that it would not blossom into a raging inferno and eventually turn us into refugees. This has nothing to do with the ability or lack thereof ascribed to the firefighting services in our area. (Merly Duprey 77)
As you navigate through this edition you will see that community storytelling, collective processing and reflecting is being emphasized and explored as an important aspect within a population’s movement through environmental crisis.
The Good Bacteria
Sharon Thesen’s The Good Bacteria (Anansi 2006) is comprised of five parts. Part Four “The Fire” features Thesen’s account, reflections, and ruminations on the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire. As we see in the poem and my interview with Thesen, her experience with the fire was close and personal. During our interview Thesen expressed to me that the fire "was a very big thing. It was terrifying, of course, and it was landscape changing. The landscape of your own sense of the beauty of a place, the reason you came there, the gorgeous summer we were having and suddenly this hellish thing erupts and changes the beautiful landscape forever into something very sad and quiet.” Many of the stories, photos, and media that I consulted for this project affirm Thesen’s reflection of the fire as something horribly “hellish.” The fire reconstructed the Okanagan community in irreversible ways.
The present edition is also interested in the theme of The Good Bacteria at large. The title signifies the power and autonomy of the natural world. While less often highlighted, there is a good aspect of forest fires. As seen now, in 2020, there is a beauty in the regrowth and renewal that has happened as a result of the devastating 2003 fire; fire plays an important role in forest ecosystems (Hystad and Keller 57). However, from the perspective of an individual who has lived through the devastation of a large forest fire, it may be near impossible to imagine any positive aspect; this is also an element of Thesen’s book. In the title poem sequence “The Good Bacteria,” Thesen writes: “The penicillin killed the good bacteria as well as the bad. / It killed all the bacteria, good and bad, like death or God. / Though death, being a matter of bacteria, is also life” (11). The struggle between good and bad, death and life, pervades Thesen’s work and the community literature centred around the 2003 Okanagan Mountain Park fire that I have consulted for this project.
Prior to writing The Good Bacteria, Thesen’s poetic practice had been invested in environmental and place-based writing, and the focus continues on into her later writing. There are a number of instances in Thesen’s 1987 book The Beginning of the Long Dash, where Thesen’s poems move in and around her physical environment focusing on how natural forces and instances are having an effect on the subject of the poem. In the poem, “The Green Wind,” Thesen writes:
A green wind
guides the frisbee through the goalposts, the horizon
melting, a few fraying clouds
as earth tilts towards autumn
& I drift (14)
And a second instance in “The Shroud of Turin”:
During the day the grass if the unreal green
of moss under streetlights.
The neighbour’s birch tree is going bald
from the top down; from it’s lower branches
dangle a few small orange leaves,
scant survivors of last night’s wind. (55)
In both of these excerpts there is a sense of the autonomy of nature and natural forces which is a prominent feature of “The Fire.” The motif of “the fire mak[ing] its / own weather anyway” (73), is a unifying element between Thesen’s work and stories from other community members. The way in which the forest fire is completely out of control, despite (on a certain level) successful efforts of containment, was a community-experienced phenomenon. Another theme that is present in these 1987 poems that resurfaces in “The Fire” is the idea of “surviving” nature: “just go ahead, you / and your nasty little freaking friend / the wind” (79). Again, a community aspect is present here. There is a collective sense of helplessness and Thesen's writing about it publicly, and my highlighting of it further with this edition means the community (of readers and users who have a shared, yet unique, experience with forest fire) may have an opportunity to reflect and process in a way that affords them the comfort of knowing their feelings and experiences are shared; and perhaps, for some, giving them concrete words that they have not been able to generate on their own that can adequately express their experience. In my interview with Thesen, she contends “it’s a big mistake for people to just try go back to their lives and recreate them somehow or carry on without communal processing of the trauma,” and she believes that poetry can play a significant role for a community journeying through trauma.
Environmental Writing and Ecopoetics
For over 30 years environmental literary studies has been an exponentially growing field of writing and scholarship (Glotfelty and Fromm xvii). An early description of ecocriticism defines the field as “ the study of the relationship between literature and the physical environment [...] ecocriticism takes an Earth-centered approach to literary studies” (xviii). Related to ecocriticism is ecopoetics, in so much as it takes the critical practice that is the core of ecocriticism and expands it further into the onset of literary works rather than its being applied after a work has been produced. Both ecocriticism and ecopoetics are concerned with the concept of the Anthropocene: “ecopoetics is only one of the multiple critical/creative systems for exploring and engaging with the Anthropocene” (Solnick 57). On a large scale poetry has the potential to “explore how, in the Anthropocene, the ways we speak, write, think and act are part of the (unpredictable) interrelated processes that constitute local and global ecosystems” (Solnick 58). Poets who are consciously working within the traditions of ecopoetics or environmental writing are working to “push the boundaries of literary conventions as the poets seek forms and language adequate to respond to the complex and varied environmental issues of our time” (Keller 3), something that Lynn Keller describes as the poetry of the self-conscious Anthropocene (2). The importance and relevance of eco-poetry will be exposed as you navigate this edition; I will also provide a brief introduction here.
A range of scholarship advocates for the role of poetry in environmental studies. Sam Solnick writes that poetry offers better modes of thinking because it attunes humans to the Earth, enabling them to care for it” (22). Similarly, Marcella Durand suggests that “poets can be an essential catalyst for increased perception, and increased change” (124). This edition works to show how Thesen’s “The Fire” (consciously or not) uses these components to invite readers and users to consider their relationship to the land, how they have been affected by environmental disaster and how they, in turn, affect the environment.
Humans' relationship to land is strongly underscored near the end of "The Fire," when Thesen writes:
pine sap looks blue
against bark’s carbonic crust
and a spray of brown needles
on the forest floor we pretend
are a carpet of grass
and not a scorch of tears (84)
In this excerpt the strained relationship between the “we” and the forest pervades the tone of the poem. The emotional aspect of what has happened is tangible and there is a desperate sense of longing to feel reconciled or at peace despite the feelings of betrayal. The role of the poet to increase perception and change described by Durand is possible for Thesen (and for myself as editor) in these moments. There are moments such as these scattered throughout “The Fire” that are explored in other sections of this edition.


May 26, 2020
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May 19, 2020
Presented online on May 16, 2020. Understanding Ya'akov's conception of wisdom leads us to a deeper understanding of...
May 12, 2020
Presented online on May 9, 2020. This important letter from the head of the ancient Messianic Jewish community contains unique insights based on Rabbi Ya'akov's study of Leviticus 19 and the Code of Holiness.
Apr 30, 2020
This message explores the topic of shepherding in the Scriptures and highlights Yeshua's unique role as the Good Shepherd for Israel and the world, past, present and future.


Hannes Altrov clarinet
Estonian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Neeme Järvi
Matti Reimann piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet Concerto in A major, K 622
Rhapsody for Clarinet and Orchestra
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 167
Recorded in Estonia Concert Hall 1978.
Sound engineer E. Tomson, restoring and CD mastering M. Maadik.


Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain, by Sarah-Jayne Blakemo
What’s this book about?
Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explores the complexities of adolescence in her book, Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain. Instead of blaming teenagers for their behavior, she aims to help readers understand and explain the teenage experience without unfairly criticising them.
Why read this book?
Blakemore is a cognitive neuroscience professor at University College London with a notable career. She’s an award-winning scientist and was acknowledged in the Sunday Times 100 Makers of the 21st Century in 2014. She uses her expertise in researching adolescents to explain complex, useful ideas to the general public.
Who is this book for?
This book dives deep into the world of neuroscience, using brain imaging, psychological models and extensive research to explore the adolescent brain. While it might be a bit challenging for someone without a background in these topics, this book is a goldmine for teachers looking to delve into the latest research on how teenagers’ brains work.
This book mainly relies on evidence from neuroscience to uncover the mysteries of teenagers’ brains. It delves into topics like brain plasticity and the structural changes that occur in the brain over a person’s lifetime. The level of detail here is quite unique, going beyond what you’d typically find in general psychology texts. The descriptions of research on specific brain functions and development are not only informative but also a pleasure to read, offering a comprehensive understanding of the fascinating world of adolescent brain science.
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain may be 240 pages long, but Sarah-Jayne Blakemore makes it easy to navigate by dividing it into 12 themed chapters that extensively cover the teenage brain:
- Adolescence isn’t an aberration
- A sense of self
- Fitting in
- Inside the skull
- Inside the living brain
- The ever-plastic brain
- Social mind, social brain
- Understanding other people
- The right sort of risks
- When things go wrong
- Educating the brain
- It’s the journey that matters
Blakemore covers many interesting topics in her book, like how we understand social interactions, autism, recognising faces and how our brains develop these abilities. She uses brain scans to see how people learn to understand each other, including reading facial expressions. The book also talks about how sleep (or lack of it) affects teens’ brains and suggests changes we could make in schools based on what we know about how the brain works. Blakemore explores why teens take risks by looking at how different parts of their brains develop. She also discusses how teens interpret marketing messages differently and how experiences in their lives can impact their brains, possibly causing challenges later on. This book goes the extra mile by incorporating helpful graphs that visually represent the key findings discussed. These graphs make it easy to picture and grasp the important points from the research. So, even if you’re not an expert in the field, the visual aids in the book provide a user-friendly way to understand and appreciate the insights about the teenage brain.
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is an invaluable resource for educators who are eager to understand the inner workings of the adolescent brain. This book, steeped in neuroscience and psychology, provides insights that offers teachers a scientific basis to understand their students better, potentially enhancing the effectiveness of their teaching strategies and classroom interactions.
For example, an understanding of the structural changes and plasticity of the teenage brain could allow teachers to tailor their teaching methods to the unique cognitive abilities and needs of adolescents. The book’s exploration of social interactions, autism, face recognition abilities, and the impact of sleep deprivation on teenagers’ brains could also enable teachers to better comprehend the behavioural aspects of their students. This could lead to more effective classroom management and student engagement strategies. The book’s in-depth exploration of the adolescent brain, coupled with its clear and comprehensive presentation, makes it a remarkable tool for educators committed to adapting their teaching methods to the evolving needs of their students. Its user-friendly presentation of complex scientific findings, through graphs and thematic chapters, makes it accessible to educators. Teachers can easily navigate through the book and visually grasp its key findings, thereby making the application of this knowledge to their teaching methods more feasible.
Value for money
This book is great value for money at only £7.99 for over 200 pages jam-packed full of in-depth, cutting-edge research to aid teachers in better understanding the adolescent brain and the momentous changes it undergoes in such a remarkably short time.
Why we love this book
- Expert author – Authored by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore, a renowned cognitive neuroscience professor, the book provides credible and expert insights into the teenage brain.
- Comprehensive coverage – The book extensively covers various aspects of adolescent brain development, from social interactions and risk-taking to the influence of marketing and sleep.
- Evidence-informed – It is rooted in scientific evidence, offering an in-depth look into the structural changes and plasticity of the teenage brain through neuroscience research.
- User-friendly – Despite its scientific depth, the book is accessible to a general audience, thanks to its clear writing, thematic chapters and helpful graphs that visually represent key findings.
- Educational resource – The book serves as a valuable resource for educators, providing them with a scientific understanding of their students’ cognitive abilities and needs
Inventing Ourselves: The Secret Life of the Teenage Brain by Sarah-Jayne Blakemore is a captivating exploration of the teenage brain. It refrains from unfairly criticising teenagers and instead provides scientific explanations for their behaviour. Blakemore simplifies complex concepts to make them accessible to a general audience. This book offers a detailed look into the structural changes and plasticity of the teenage brain. With 12 themed chapters, it covers a wide array of topics related to the teenage brain, from social interactions to risk-taking. The visuals, including detailed graphs and illustrations, enhance understanding of key findings. In conclusion, Inventing Ourselves is an insightful, evidence-based exploration of the complexities of adolescence and the science behind it.


NEW BOOK FOR AGENTS.
We want Agents everywhere for a new book, and beautifully illustrated work, the author's own adventures, entitled "Wild life in the far West," Comprising incidents of nearly thirty years of hunting and trapping, captivity among the Comanches, in the Indian wars, _ _ _ with Apaches, Grizzly Bears, etc. _ _ _ _ interesting. Send for Illustrated Circular and the most liberal terms, or if in haste to begin work, send $1.00 for complete outfit to F. A. HUTCHINSON & CO, New Orleans, La.
I found a reprint of this book, Wild life in the far west: personal adventures of a border mountain man on Amazon.com. written by Capt. James Hobbs.
James Hobbs is buried in the Dayton National Cemetery, Montgomery Co., Ohio. His memorial on Findagrave.com states he was the great-grandson of Chief Tecumseh.
24 January 1874
I was not able to locate any further information on Joshua I. Johnson who passed away in Waco on 22 Jan 1874 as stated in this brief news report:
It seems the McClellan House was busy as they had some distinguished guest
Judge Powhatan Lockett of Ala.was a CSA veteran, having served as the Military Store Keeper. I found 19 pages of military records for him on Fold3 under the Alabama Confederate Civil War records section. Here is his signature from a letter written in 1863:
He is buried in the Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Montgomery Co. Ala.


Calar is a date book for handwritten notes wich cooperates with the standard Date Book application of Palm OS devices. It was designed for simplicity and fast operation by
while maintaining a close connection with the built in Date Book by
You enter, move and delete events simply with stylus strokes in the week planner. With each event you can store any number of pages with handwritten notes.
In the event view you inspect and edit the text for a single item. Details of an item like repetitions and alarm settings are entered on a separate screen.
A quarter overview allows to see a larger time interval on a single screen. Due to the space requirements of handwritten notes there is no daily overview, but you can easily scan through individual events with the hardware up/down buttons. In scan mode only the first page of the notes for each event is shown.
You can set an alarm signal for each event. When the alarm is fired, the handheld beeps and the first page of notes for the event is shown.
Within Calar you can view events already existing in the Date Book. Therefore you can use Calar right from the beginning as a supplement to the Date Book application. Furthermore items entered into Calar for reasons of speed or convenience can later be copied to the built in date book, where they are available for the HotSync process and time planners on the desktop. Copying items from Calar to the Date Book is facilitated by a synchronization option wich copies all event details except the text, wich has to de entered by the user.
Calar has no own conduit for the synchronization with the desktop. To save your entries you can request a complete backup of Calar's database on each HotSync operation. If Scriptum is installed on your handheld you can transfer your notes to this application, which has a conduit and a viewer for the desktop. The shareware version of Scriptum – available free of charge – is sufficient for this purpose.


Summary: “Diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer at 13, Hazel was prepared to die until, at 14, a medical miracle shrunk the tumours in her lungs… for now.
Two years post-miracle, sixteen-year-old Hazel is post-everything else, too; post-high school, post-friends and post-normalcy. And even though she could live for a long time (whatever that means), Hazel lives tethered to an oxygen tank, the tumours tenuously kept at bay with a constant chemical assault.
Enter Augustus Waters. A match made at cancer kid support group, Augustus is gorgeous, in remission, and shockingly to her, interested in Hazel. Being with Augustus is both an unexpected destination and a long-needed journey, pushing Hazel to re-examine how sickness and health, life and death, will define her and the legacy that everyone leaves behind.” – Goodreads
After having seen raving reviews on Goodreads and hearing much the same from friends, I finally decided to pick up a copy of The Fault in Our Stars. Regrettably, I’m happy to say it was from the library. Regrettable because I wish I wasn’t happy over the fact that I didn’t spend a dime on this book.
The two biggest issues with the book were that it was anticlimactic and lacked emotion. First off, the novel had no clear end-game. No clear conflict, other than the cancer the characters were trying to overcome/cope with. Ergo, it’s only logical for the reader to assume that’s going to be one of the main struggles of the story. That one of the characters is either going to fight off death or succumb to it, making for the climax of the book. As for the actual climax of The Fault in Our Stars, there was none. The closest things the audience gets to any sort of conflict is whenever Augustus tells Hazel of his cancer, and the car scene where he went out on his own and rapidly became ill. When Augustus does die from his cancer, the story gives it a mere “Augustus died eight days later”. That’s it. No emotion. No struggle. Just a very bland hopelessness that leaves the reader sitting there going, “Well, that sucks.” The lack of emotion in this book was the single worst thing about it, to me. Even if the structure was poorly constructed beyond all belief, it would’ve been more enjoyable with an injection of emotion.
I found it to be poorly written as well. Green’s writing style is inconsistent, most of the time very bland and opting to ‘tell’ rather than ‘show’ the audience, occasionally met with a burst of lyrical prose. The inconsistency in the writing is baffling, especially when some of the most lyrical bits are pieces of dialogue from these teen-aged characters. I don’t care how smart your characters are, people, nonetheless teenagers, don’t spout of things like “I fear oblivion like the blind man fears the dark” at random.
The one and only reason I did not give this book a one was because of the few rays of potential I saw in it. Those few rays being the car scene where Augustus got sick and the dinner in Amsterdam.The emotion and vivid description in both of those scenes were wonderful, the first giving an actual sense of conflict and emotion, the latter with a smooth, calm, yet interesting scenario. Those were the rare beautiful and emotional moments that let me know there could have been SOMETHING more to the book, which yes makes it more painful to trudge through the rest of it. At the same time it lets you know John Green has something decent to offer. Regrettably, very little of it.
All over, I was very disappointed with this book. If you’re a fan of emotion and conflict and a plot that actually does something, I wouldn’t recommend this book. If you’re a fan of the bland, have at it.


The Assembly Clause of the First Amendment today serves little purpose in constitutional law. But long before the First Amendment was drafted, American activists advanced what they called their right to “assemble” to defend their right to govern themselves. This Article argues that the right to assemble can be interpreted
日本粉嫩学生毛茸茸.男同GAY18禁视频.婬荡的寡妇播放The Supreme Court invalidated two major executive-branch initiatives in the past two years, pointing in each case to concerns about an evasion of political accountability. This Feature surfaces the “accountability-forcing” brand of arbitrariness review at work in these cases, unpacks its significance, and mounts a qualified defense of its merits.
Securities regulation is a poor host for insider trading doctrine. This Note advances an alternative: the law of federal criminal fraud. It argues that a standalone model of Title 18 insider trading can resolve stubborn doctrinal puzzles, stamp out judge-made securities crimes, and reanchor the offense to its conceptual foundations.
Redboxing is the term used by campaign operatives to describe when candidates and political parties post public, online messages to share campaign strategy with super PACs. This Note provides the first descriptive account of the practice, and assesses its legality under the Federal Election Commission’s test for coordination.
Americans find themselves once again grappling with the reality and legacy of racial subordination and structural inequality. Law is central to both maintaining and dismantling structural subordination based upon race, class, and other marginalized identities. This collection, in conjunction with other law reviews, grapples with some of these realities.
Federal law currently provides for direct Supreme Court review of criminal convictions from almost all American jurisdictions, but not of most court-martial convictions. For them, an Article I court can veto access to the Supreme Court. This Essay argues for elimination of that veto.
The military’s approach to HIV was developed in the 1980s, at the height of the epidemic. Today, however, medical advances have transformed HIV from a deadly disease into a manageable chronic illness—but the military’s policies remain stuck in the past. This Comment makes the case for reform.
The Supreme Court is poised to consider whether the Constitution’s original meaning is compatible with numerous and longstanding congressional laws delegating power to the bureaucracy to enact regulations affecting private rights within the United States. New evidence presented in this Article indicates Congress in the 1790s found such delegations constitutional.
Law is a social practice that pursues a moral purpose. Analyzing Professor Julie Dickson’s Evaluation and Legal Theory, this Review brings the natural-law tradition into conversation with contemporary philosophy of social science to seek an approach to general jurisprudence that respects both the factual and ideal dimensions of law’s life.
Several current Supreme Court Justices have signaled a renewed interest in resurrecting the nondelegation doctrine, but numerous scholars have portrayed the doctrine as ahistorical and unoriginalist. This Feature systematically reviews the evidence and concludes there is much more historical support for a revived nondelegation doctrine than recent scholars have argued.
Over 120 years after YLJ published its first piece on the Insular Cases, these cases appeared again before the Supreme Court in Aurelius. This collection evaluates these cases’ continuing influence, and is dedicated to the memory of Judge Juan R. Torruella, a forceful scholar of these cases’ troubled legacy.
This Article proposes an innovative approach to addressing political inequality: using law to facilitate organizing by the poor and working class – as workers, tenants, debtors, and welfare beneficiaries. The Article offers a new direction for the literature on political inequality and critical lessons for government officials, organizers, and advocates.
This Note seeks to identify the causes of “public charge” confusion. Mapping the exclusion’s history reveals how Congress and the courts have left the administrative state a near-impossible task: reconciling public charge with evolving commitments to public welfare. Drawing on archived Clinton-era negotiations, I offer a path forward.


Stanley Odd performs at Sneaky Pete's in Edinburgh, Scotland. (Jannica Honey)
U.K.'s Music Venue Trust offers free PDF guides to starting and running a venue
Music Venue Trust, the U.K. charity formed to protect, secure and improve grassroots music venues, has launched two books of practical advice on how to both open and run a venue.
The books — "How to Open a Grassroots Music Venue" and "How to Run a Grassroots Music Venue" — are available in PDF format and can be downloaded without charg...


Online Materials for
Philosophy 10: Introduction to Logic
This page is for access to online logic materials.
If Rick Grush is teaching this course, the class syllabus can be found on the list here.
If anyone else is teaching it, they will announce in class if they have an online syllabus, and where it is if there is one.
Translating Single Statements
Truth Tables for Single Statements
Truth Tables Comparing Statements
Truth Tables for Arguments
Proofs Using Only Inference Rules
Proofs Using Replacement and Inference Rules
Proofs Using Indirect and Conditional Proof
Proofs of Tautologies
Additional Proofs as on PS04
Additional Proofs as on PS05
Addiitonal Proofs as on PS06
Fallacies of Relevance
Fallacies of Weak Induction
The online materials accessed via this page are designed to compliment lecture and other materials used in Philosophy 10, Introduction to Logic, and especially the text Basic Sentential Logic and Informal Fallacies, by Rick Grush (though they should be of use regardless of the text used). The construction of this page and the contents acccessed through it were made possible in large part through a generous grant from the UCSD Intructional Improvement Program (IIP). Thanks to Dave Miller for his help in this regard. The coding and construction was done by Rick Grush and P.D. Magnus. The content was created by Rick Grush. Students should be aware that in large part because of these materials and the grant through IIP, materials for Philosophy 10 no longer cost about $79.00 per student, but are about $30.00 per student. IIP and Dave Miller get a chunk of the thanks for the $49.00 you saved this quarter.


My name is Andy Wiseman, I'm an indie author and I'd like to welcome you to not only my new website but also to my very first blog!
This website is my ‘shop window’, it’s where visitors can see and buy my books. It’s also where I get to talk about my work, my love of reading, and any random observations on life.
I grew up in a working-class family of book readers. My younger siblings and I inherited our love of books from our parents, and they from theirs. Books were read then passed around, the reading material usually commercial fiction, Jack Higgins, Wilbur Smith, etc., rather than Dickens or Shaw.
In the seventies, early on a morning and after I'd done my paper round, and before my father going to work on a building site, he and I could be found sitting at the kitchen table, he on one side, I, on the other, feet up on opposing chairs, legs outstretched, each with a book cradled in our hands. On the kitchen table would be empty plates that had once held slices of hot, thickly buttered toast, along with individual pots of tea, the kitchen warm and cosy from the residual heat of the freestanding cooker’s grill, the smell of burnt cotton tea towel lingering in the air on the (often) occasions Dad forgot to remove it from the top of the grill where it had been left to dry. The house would be still and quiet, my mother, brother and two sisters still in bed. Bookworm harmony and happy days!
My love of reading served me well, through my Comprehensive schooling. In junior school, we had what was called 'reading class' - one of the few classes I enjoyed and looked forward to - where each child would sit and quietly read to themselves. Once we had read our book completely, we then had to give a summary to the teacher of what the story was about before we would be given another. Because I was a voracious reader, I was frequently requesting another book, which often drew some suspicion from the teacher, and who would then want an in-depth summary before fulfilling that request. Had I been aware and brave enough, I might have pointed out that when you've been weaned on Wilbur Smith, the school curriculum reading level wasn’t overly challenging - but I wasn't, and I didn't. I remember the day I approached the teacher - book in hand - to overhear a boy on the 'top table' - the Comprehensive system had its quirks! - comment to the kids around him, that I was reading the same book as he was. I got the impression he was a little surprised, if not a little put out that someone from the 'lower tables' was on a par. From that day on, it became a competition between the two of us. We would take our books home to read, often discussing their content going to or from school, to then exchange them for another the following day, much to the disquiet of the teacher who would raise an eyebrow as we approached her desk!
The imagination is an amazing thing, we can all read the same book, but conjure up a completely different image. For me, reading a book of fiction is to venture into another world; to be somebody else for a while. I like to think that books are a one-dimensional key to the imagination, unlocking a three-dimensional wonderland. And the better crafted the writing, the easier the key turns!
NEWS UPDATE: Harry’s Revenge is close to being finished, it just needs to be edited, and so should be available early 2020. Anybody wanting a signed paperback copy of Harry’s Justice for Christmas, please purchase through this site. If you want a personal message adding, email me the wording using the contact box below.
Wishing you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!


March Bookshelf - I Never Walk Alone
Wrapping up Women's History and National Reading Month with, Dr. Christopher A. Brooks, author of Shirley Verrett's autobiography
As Women's History and National Reading Month come to a close, it's important to take a moment to reflect on the remarkable achievements of women throughout history. One woman whose story deserves recognition is Shirley Verrett, an African American opera singer who broke barriers in the music industry.
Verrett's life and career are chronicled in the book "I Never Walk Alone: The Autobiography of Shirley Verrett," co-written with Dr. Christopher A. Brooks. This inspiring memoir details Verrett's journey from her humble beginnings in Louisiana to her rise as one of the most celebrated opera singers of her time. Throughout her career, Verrett faced many challenges, including racism and discrimination. She was often told that she could not perform certain roles because of the color of her skin. Despite these obstacles, Verrett persevered, paving the way for future generations of African American singers.
As an internationally-recognized biographer, Dr. Christopher Brooks has produced several book-length manuscripts about musicians including I Never Walked Alone: The Autobiography of an American Singer (with the late Shirley Verrett, John Wiley 2003 now available in Kindle version, 2011); Follow Your Heart: Moving with the Giants of Jazz, Swing and Rhythm and Blues (with Joe Evans, University of Illinois Press 2008; second paperback edition, February 2011), and Roland Hayes: The Legacy of a Tenor Indiana University Press (December 22, 2014).
In "I Never Walk Alone," Verrett shares her struggles and triumphs with candor and grace. Her journey serves as a testament to the power of perseverance and the importance of breaking down barriers. The book is filled with behind-the-scenes tales of this diva's great performances, roles, and collaborations, offering insight into her stormy personal relationships as well as her private struggles and critical decisions. Featuring forewords by such figures as Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Zubin Mehta, and Claudio Abbado, this richly detailed book paints a vivid picture of a magnificent survivor and an indelible artist known around the world as the black Maria Callas. Her story reminds us that, even in the face of adversity, we can achieve great things.
I had the honor of speaking with Dr. Christopher A. Brooks on my podcast Harbour for the Arts. Dr. Brooks provides valuable insight and context throughout the book. His contributions shed light on the cultural and historical significance of Verrett's accomplishments, and his collaboration with Verrett gives readers a deeper understanding of her story.
As we celebrate the end of Women's History Month, let us remember the trailblazing women who have made a significant impact in their fields, like Shirley Verrett. Let us honor their achievements and continue to strive for a more equitable and just world for all.
Watch the video interview and a special presentation by Dr. Charles A. Brooks by Become a Box Office Circle subscription member for access to the video!


by Richard Prosch
In 1979 I was 13 years old, and the Space Age was still all around. The launch of America’s new space shuttle was imminent, and my dad and his friends were excited about the coming of home computers and video tape machines.
My grandpa’s Aunt Rose shared my enthusiasm. When she was 13—in the same year as Jo Harper—the 20th century was just beginning, and technology was beginning to make serious changes to everyday life in the West.
While the German immigrant grown-ups in Nebraska embraced steam powered tractors, then gasoline engines, telephones, electricity and wireless telegraphy, Rose let her imagination soar into the future.
When I was 13, I sat at her table sipping instant coffee and listened to her stories.
She talked about moving pictures projected onto bed sheet view screens in the back of the old mercantile store.
The thrill when she first saw an airplane move through the sky above the Nebraska prairie.
The excitement of listening to music in her farm kitchen—music pulled straight out of the air.
These stories have stayed with me.
And haunted me for the past couple years.
I always hoped there would be another story for the series that began with Waiting for a Comet.
The first four, gathered together in Finding the Sky, capture Jo’s enthusiasm for the wonders of the nature. The following collection, On Solid Ground, are crime and mystery stories—almost like a young Nancy Drew on the range.
The Flight of Lydia Grimm picks up on that enthusiastic sense of life that is so much a part of Jo and leads off a series of four that combines the qualities of the first two.
This time, influenced by Aunt Rose, Jo’s engaged with man-made wonders even as she thwarts the crime or solves the mystery.
I hope you’ll join Jo, Frog, Abby Drake, and their friends and foes alike as they rush to embrace the future, first in The Flight of Lydia Grimm (now available) and coming soon, Last Wytch Park.
After growing up on a Nebraska farm, Richard Prosch worked as a professional writer, artist, and teacher in Wyoming, South Carolina, and Missouri. His western crime fiction captures the fleeting history and lonely frontier stories of his youth where characters aren’t always what they seem, and the windburned landscapes are filled with swift, deadly danger. In 2016, Richard roped the Spur Award for short fiction given by Western Writers of America. Read more at www.RichardProsch.com


Design a Local Community Book Exchange and Help Promote Literacy for Gwinnett’s Youngest Readers!
Gwinnett Coalition of Health & Human Services is seeking artists for a new program, G.R.E.A.T. (Gwinnett Reading Exchange & Art Transforms) Little Minds. We need local artists to help design and decorate the small prebuilt structures that will serve as free community book exchanges. These enclosed miniature houses will be installed throughout the community. Community members will then be able to visit the exchange to borrow a book and return it after they’re finished. Books will be targeted towards children eight years old and younger to promote early literacy.
You don’t have to be a trained artist to make an impact!
Completed book exchanges will be on exhibit prior to their installation at the Hudgens Center for Art & Learning, located at the Infinite Energy Center.
For more information contact Katie Gill at GREATLittleMinds@gwinnettcoalition.org or (770) 995-3339, ext. 209 at the Gwinnett Coalition of Health & Human Services.
Where Will the Book Exchanges Go After They’re Designed?
Once the public has a chance to view all the book exchanges at the Hudgens Center for Arts & Learning exhibition, the completed designs will be distributed throughout the county in areas of need.
Not an Artist but Still want to Help?
Guidelines for Designing your Book Exchange:
Your pre-built book exchange served as its initial canvas. But if you can start from scratch if you prefer, as long as the design follows the size, weatherproofing, and construction standards. You can read more about those standards here.
Most book exchanges will be outdoors. In creating a design, consider the weather and other elements of nature. Designs should be created with durability and public safety in mind. You may modify the original book exchange but objects or additions to alter the book exchange should be attached in such a way that it cannot be easily removed.


the beholder’s share is a theatrical response to the work of Nobel Prize winning neurobiologist Dr. Eric Kandel. Kandel’s groundbreaking books In Search of Memory: The Emergence of a New Science of the Mind (2007) and The Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present (2012) present stunning new portraits of how the human brain creates memories and also how the brain responds to art. In Search of Memory presents Kandel’s mandate that these groundbreaking discoveries into the biology of the brain should be made accessible to non-scientists. The Age of Insight extends this idea to artists by proposing “Knowing Ourselves: The New Dialogue Between Art and Science” as the concluding chapter. Through these two books as well as a host of discussions and lectures available online Kandel has extended an invitation from the field of neurobiology and Generous Company will respond to this invitation with a response crafted by the collaboration of our diverse company members.
Theatre is an exercise in psychology: from the behavior of characters in a stage play to the representation of an artists’ unique perspectives in more unique forms of drama, theatre has been grounded in the human mind and many theories of the human mind have been grounded in theatre (Oedipus complex, etc). Kandel takes as his starting point the work of Sigmund Freud, a central text in contemporary theatre theory, which gives a common starting point from which to start making connections. Kandel also asserts that understanding the biology of the mind is a way to understand the limits of free will, so perhaps we see a fatalistic world not governed by gods looking down from on high, but biological functions from within.
A collaborative team melding Baltimore artists with artists from abroad will the assembled. This team will create a new work inspired by texts and lectures by Eric Kandel, creating a dramatic form around these ideas and capitalize on these discoveries when making production choices (i.e. the brain responds differently to vertical and horizontal lines, a majority of vision is based on memory and not perception). Combining visual, multimedia, and performing arts allows Generous Company to engage Kandel’s ideas in a way that can provoke the audience’s understanding of perception on an intellectual and biological level, as well as being a theatrically engaging evening of work.
Kandel asserts that the brain is to the 21st century what the genome was to the 20th century, he also provides the bridge by which artists can begin mining the same territory as scientists. Through this gift Kandel has provided the opportunity for art once again to draw from science and perhaps as the dialogue grown, we can once again see these two forms and intertwined and not mutually exclusive.


The book cover for “Paws and Parenthood” is a heartwarming and visually engaging tableau. Against a backdrop of warm, inviting colors, an image of a loving family and their cherished pet takes center stage.
The family, radiating happiness and togetherness, includes parents and their children, all wearing bright smiles. Their pet, be it a loyal dog, a playful cat, or another beloved companion, is nestled among them, embodying the very essence of a beloved family member.
The title, “Paws and Parenthood,” is elegantly displayed in friendly and approachable typography that complements the overall composition. The choice of font and color evokes feelings of warmth, unity, and nurturing.
The cover invites readers to explore the heartwarming dynamics between parents, children, and their furry friends. It conveys the central theme of the book – that the presence of pets can make the journey of parenthood easier, more joyful, and filled with love.


Error while checking global consistency in OBI 11g;
Cannot load library, oracore11.dll, The specified module could not be found error in OBI admin tool
This issue is because of the library file that has missed during the installation of oracle client or you have set the path environment variable manually to locate this file from the Oracle database installation location.
- If the oracle database 11g or oracle database client, are not installed on the local machine. If the above are NOT installed then by installing oracle database will take care of the issue that automatically add to a path in bin folder.
If oracle database is installed and the issue is still persists. Please do the following!!
- Before proceeding, take back up of the bi_init.bat file located under the %ORACLE_HOME%\bifoundation\server\bin and edit and delete %PATH% and replace the oracore11.dll file location path manually (If oracle 10g database installed then oracore10.dll location path has to give and depends on the oracle database version installed) and save the file.