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The preliminary encounter with literature for most individuals comes from studying and writing at school at an early age. We begin empathising with the group of characters in folklore. Later, as studying evolves, we sense messages and themes that open a special mind-set. The Seventeenth century is poignant in that respect. It has had an ideal affect on the fashionable world in some ways, because the unceasing storms and violent disturbances current useful classes for everybody.
The Seventeenth-century literature
There was a shift to purpose from religion within the Seventeenth century, which introduced on turbulence in faith and society. Life modified for many individuals, and as spiritual controversy shook the world, it reformulated the people’ roles. This was mirrored within the writings and literature of that period, which influenced the lots. Writers of the Seventeenth century supplied their philosophies as proof of points and scientific discoveries. These new philosophies and concepts modified how individuals noticed themselves and the society round them. Training turned broadly accessible. Science and artwork flourished. Focus shifted from work and social life to an individualistic society.
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Macbeth is a traditional piece of literature written by William Shakespeare within the Seventeenth century. This forceful and powerful play cautions us in opposition to instability and energy abuse ensuing from political violence. Shakespeare wrote it to drive dwelling the message that catastrophe will observe if we disturb the pure order of issues. The message is related even at present. Though Macbeth was written in a special period, the themes about human nature ring true even at present. It may be a superb subject for a analysis paper for a school pupil. Free examples of actual “Macbeth” essay could be discovered on the Gradesfixer web site. The examples of essays could be a useful supply of inspiration in your task. It stays the most well-liked piece of literary work by William Shakespeare. The story exhibits how ambition can lead us to insanity.
A window to the previous
The literature of the Seventeenth century permits us a sneak preview of the historical past of that period. The lives of individuals and the completely different phases that have been so completely different than ours are depicted within the literature of this era. With out that timestamp, we might not know something about that point passed by. The Seventeenth-century literature depicts and exhibits us flawed characters who lived via difficult occasions. It paints humanity when it’s at its finest and when it’s at its worst. Though Seventeenth-century literature talks concerning the previous, additionally it is suggestive of current affairs. It forces us to view at present’s human situations.
Superstition offers approach to reasoning
The Seventeenth century was referred to as the enlightenment period or the age of purpose. It was a time when there was a brand new emphasis positioned on reasoning versus customized and custom. Thought and purpose began gaining prominence. This influenced the writings and philosophies of many authors. Political thinkers reappraised how politics and society ought to be structured. The scientific, political, and philosophical discourse of the twenty first century is tremendously influenced by the emphasis on the reasoning of the Seventeenth century. The current-day results are additionally seen within the individualistic way of life and the developments in science.
Separation of faith and state
Within the Seventeenth century, the foundations underneath which the state was organized have been borrowed from the rules of the church. However the thinkers realized that this was not suitable with the fashionable way of life. So, they wrote about the necessity to separate the church from the state. This fashion of operating state affairs has discovered its means into the fashionable structure. Nowhere are our trendy issues and previous literature of the Seventeenth century and their affect extra poignant than in the way in which we compartmentalize state and faith. Because of this though people are free to make use of their spiritual convictions, the federal government is prohibited from doing so. That’s the reason governments don’t favor or reject any faith.
Industrialisation and financial development
Industrialisation was a direct results of the good considering and literature of the Seventeenth century. It was the stepping-stone that culminated within the trendy financial development we all know at present. With this bustling financial energy, nations began gaining power in quite a lot of methods, together with the capability to take part in international buying and selling. The Industrial Revolution helped many countries transition from an agrarian society to a producing hub.
The affect of the Seventeenth century literature within the trendy world is revolutionary, to say the least. With the explosion of newspapers, books, pamphlets, and magazines, the literary considering of the Seventeenth century quickly took root and unfold like wildfire. Inquiry and reasoning, the quintessential hallmarks of recent society, are merchandise of this Seventeenth century literature. It ready the right setting for brand spanking new concepts associated to science and philosophy from which humankind has discovered loads.
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A biography of Keith Alexander is set to go on sale this weekend, with the launch date set for Saturday, when the Silkmen face Lincoln City at Sincil Bank. The official launch will take place at WH Smiths, Cornhill, Lincoln, and of course all visiting Silkmen supporters will be welcome at the event.
For a man who plied his trade amongst non-league circles and in the lower reaches of the Football League, the reaction to the death of Keith Alexander was astounding. From the national team wearing black armbands in his honour, to the thousands, including some of the great and good in football, who attended his funeral at Lincoln Cathedral, to the hundreds of fulsome tributes from people in and out of the game – it was a measure of the impact he had on people he’d met and on those who knew of him.
There or Thereabouts tells the story of Keith’s journey playing, coaching and managing in his quest to gather more and more knowledge of the game he loved. And the impact he made by unearthing talented players and building teams that defied the odds.
Keith’s experiences include scoring in a Wembley Cup Final, taking Barnet to the brink of the Football League, promotion with Grimsby Town, a rollercoaster ride at little Ilkeston Town, success on the pitch but boardroom intrigue at Lincoln City and much more.
More importantly, the book presents a portrait of a proud family man who could unite clubs and communities and engage with everyone he met by being approachable and considerate, by being a charismatic leader and, most of all, by being himself.


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In 2015, Florence Lazar completed a photographic project to date: a set of thirty-five colour photographs in response to a public commission for a newly opened junior school, the Collège Aimé Césaire, in the La Chapelle neighbourhood of Paris’s 18th arrondissement. In so doing, she thus extended her innovative renewal of documentary photography and portraiture from the family sphere (which she had begun by documenting ephemera pertaining to her father’s formative political experiences) to society’s other key formative place: the school. Each work documents an ephemeral object relating to France’s colonial past and the anti-colonial movement of the post- war era, for which the school’s namesake is remembered as a leading voice. Each object displayed was carefully chosen in collaboration with pupils from the school during numerous school outings and study sessions at various archive collections in and around Paris over a two-year period. These included the Musée du Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac, the Archives Départementales de la Seine- Saint-Denis, the BDIC – Bibliothèque de Documentation Internationale et Contemporaine (now called La Contemporaine, bibliothèque, archives, musées des mondes contemporains), the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, and the publisher and bookshop Présence Africaine. Conceived in 2009, the work emerged in the wake of the intense public debate that surrounded the Colonial Act of 23 February 2005 and its abrogation by presidential decree a year later. The act’s article 4 had stipulated that teachers in French public schools should teach “the positive role” of France’s past “presence overseas – notably in North Africa”. In protest, Aimé Césaire had refused to meet then interior minister Nicolas Sarkozy, who subsequently cancelled an official visit to Martinique in December 2005.
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How has this location been chosen?
The Avondale library and community hub plays a key role in the creation of a new heart for Avondale. Auckland Council and Panuku carried out a process to identify the best site for a new library and community hub in Avondale. The report which summarises this process is available on Auckland Council’s website or Google search : Whau LB Agenda 27 Feb 2019
The identified site was chosen because it would maximise the benefits of co-locating a new library and community facility, town square and open space. This future proofs the development of Avondale and enhances the connectivity to and through the town centre.
Where is the spider statue in the design?
The spider statue, a well-known local identity, has moved around Avondale over the years - from the second hand store, to the petrol station and more recently the town square. With the construction planned for the town square and the new library and community hub, we are helping the Avondale Business Association with its location options. They will update the community late 2021 on the spider statue's condition and location options.
Why is the building yellow?
The colour and the materials of the building have not been decided yet. The drawings are yellow to create some contrast and make it easier to read.
What community engagement have you done?
We’ve had conversations with mana whenua, our stakeholders and the Avondale community over a number of years, and from these conversations we’ve created a draft design for the new Avondale library and community hub.
We have also gathered information through a variety of methods including events and documents including Stand Up Avondale, Our Future Avondale, the Whau Pacific Peoples Plan, the Ethnic Peoples Plan as well as the multi-purpose community facility design brief.
The report which summarises feedback can be found on Auckland Council’s website or Google search: Whau LB Agenda 28 August 2019
What about the Avondale racecourse?
The library and community hub with its surrounding space, has been designed with the possibility that the racecourse may be developed in the future.
What’s happening with the swimming pool?
The Whau aquatic and recreation centre project is currently on hold due to COVID-19 and the council’s Emergency Budget 2020-2021. It remains a key priority for the Whau Local Board.
Funding to progress the project is included in the Recovery Budget 2021-2031, subject to decisions to be made by the mayor and councillors in June 2021.
What about car parking?
Sixteen short-term car parks are proposed to be included in the library and community hub on Great North Rd.
What's happening with Avondale Central (old 3Guys) site?
Panuku acquired the Avondale Central site (also known as the Bai site or Three Guys site) at 1919-1949 Great North Road in 2017. Our vision for the site is for high quality shops, businesses and homes. The site will also have a good connection to the town square and library and community hub.
Now that the size and positioning of the Avondale library and community hub is known, Panuku is working towards finding a development partner for the site. This will happen in late 2021.


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Career Services Center
The Career Center offers students and alumni a broad range of services, resources and programs designed to prepare them to successfully achieve their personal and career objectives.
The Elizabeth Toomey Seabrook Writing Center & Tutoring Services
The Elizabeth Toomey Seabrook Writing Center provides free, in-person support services to help students develop and maintain writing skills for academic success. Assistance is given with a range of skills, including idea and thesis development, essay organization, revising and editing, and citation styles.
In-person tutoring services are also available for various academic disciplines, such as accounting and finance, computer information systems, and the sciences. Students enrolled in tutor-supported courses can walk-in for help understanding concepts, working problems and preparing for exams and quizzes.
The Ether L. Bruce Math Center
The Ether L. Bruce Math Center provides free, in-person educational support to students enrolled in Columbia College mathematics courses. Drop-in for tutoring in all mathematics courses numbered below 300.
Fishman Center for Entrepreneurship
Through experiential learning based on curriculum, internships, mentoring, and seed capital for start-ups, the Steven and Barbara Fishman Center for Entrepreneurship assists Columbia College students and faculty by identifying and securing resources to create new businesses or improve existing ones.
Technology Services Help Desk
The computer help desk supports the campus in computer and network use.
It provides a single point of contact for questions concerning telephone
service, e-mail and connecting computers to the campus network.
The computer lab offers access to computers, network and
software technology to individual students. It is also the home of the
college's computer help-desk operation.
Columbia College has entered into a cooperative cross-enrollment
agreement with the University of Missouri-Columbia and Stephens College. A
full-time student may take undergraduate courses at these institutions if
the desired course is not offered during the semester at Columbia College.
The classes taken at the University or Stephens College will be added to the
semester hours at Columbia College.
Individual academic advising
Full-time faculty, serving as academic advisors, assist students in creating a personally relevant plan for educational, career and life fulfillment.
The library's collection of materials supports the
curriculum of Columbia College with over 80,000
items (books, videos, CDs, etc.) and more than 600
magazine, journal, and newspaper titles in paper and
on microfilm. Arthur, the library's catalog, is available
on the Internet. The library classroom is used for
group study and library instruction.
Multiple online databases are available to search for full-text or indexed
articles from professional journals, legal publications,
newspapers and magazines. Students are able to
access the databases from off campus by using
Columbia College's proxy server.
Student Support Services
The Student Support Services office
works to ensure the success of at-risk students through
tutoring assistance, workshops, career and graduate school site visits,
cultural activities and personal and financial counseling. Under federal
guidelines, students who are low-income, first generation or disabled
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A NEW children's storybook filled with joy, daring, and acrobatic bugs! Now arriving is a circus train filled with little insect performers with big talent. Acrobatic fleas, dancing ladybugs, daredevil grasshoppers and musical beetles travel the world to entertain children and inspire dreams. THE JUMPING FLEA CIRCUS is a kids' picture book about a little circus filled with big heart, written by James Clark and illustrated by Patrick Scullin. 44 pages, full color, softcover, SIGNED by the author.
Includes the 12-track Compact Disc (CD) "Ukulele Jim's Jumping Flea Circus".
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How did California become the nation's most economically successful state? California has the 5th largest economy in the world, outranking every country around the globe aside from Germany, Japan, China, and the U.S. as a whole.
In our California History Timeline series, we’ve already visited the humble beginnings of this great state. If you missed it, hop on over and discover early California life.
The Gold Rush kicked off California’s statehood, so it's no surprise that prosperity followed. Discover the next chapter in the California History Timeline.
CA's Gold Rush Kicks Off a Legacy of Prosperity
In 1848, nine days after the California territory was ceded to the United States by Mexico, gold was discovered in a small sawmill in the Sierra.
German-born Swiss-citizen John Augustus Sutter (born Johann August Suter) arrived in California in 1839 and persuaded the Mexican government to grant him lands along the Sacramento River. At the confluence of the American and Sacramento Rivers, he established the colony of Nueva Helvetia (New Switzerland). This area would later be known as Sacramento.
In 1847, Sutter hired James Marshall to build a sawmill on the American River, 35 miles northeast of Nueva Helvetia. Sutter knew lumber would be needed to build up his new town, and that owning a sawmill would help him profit as the town grew.
On January 24, 1848, Marshall went down to the river to inspect progress, at which time his eye caught the glimmer of something shining in the bottom of a ditch.
Marshall had discovered gold.
Word of the gold discovery spread, and the mill workers quickly deserted their posts to "dig" for gold along the American River and its tributaries.
In May, word had spread to San Francisco, and almost overnight the port town was emptied as merchants, sailors, soldiers, and laborers rushed inland towards the gold fields. Soon, they were joined by farmers and trappers from Oregon and Utah, miners from Mexico and Chile, sailors, merchants, natives from Hawaii, and sailors from China.
It wasn't until June of 1848 when a young Army Officer named William Sherman persuaded his commander, military governor Richard Barnes Mason, to visit the gold fields himself and verify the tales of wealth along the American River. Mason’s reports from his trip prompted President Polk to announce the news, and a mass exodus to California, known as the Gold Rush, began.
In the year that would follow, close to 100,000 people traveled to CA from every corner of the globe. At that time, without a quick way to get word across the United States, it was quicker to travel from China (a 7,000-mile journey that took 3 months), Hawaii, New Zealand, and Australia than it was to get there from the Eastern side of the United States.
The Gold Rush benefitted three major settlements: San Francisco, which became California’s major seaport; Sacramento, which served as the trading center for northern mines; and a ranch that served as the gateway to the mines along the Calaveras, Stanislaus, Tuolumne, Merced, and Mariposa Rivers, which would come to be known as Stockton.
By the time the first federal census was conducted in 1860 in California, the population had tripled since the onset of the Gold Rush. Aside from mining, Californians were finding other ways to make their fortunes. Cattle ranching was flourishing, and farming made CA self-sufficient in wheat.
But transporting goods in and out of the state was still difficult until work began on the Central Pacific railroad line.
The Railroads Come to California
In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act tasked the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroad companies with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the Eastern and Western United States. For seven years, both companies raced toward each other from Omaha, Nebraska, to Sacramento, California. The two lines met at Promontory, Utah, on May 10, 1869.
The railroads changed the economic future of California yet again.
In Sacramento, the Central Pacific Railroad company provided numerous employment opportunities. The railyards became the epicenter of the region's innovation, transportation, and employment.
One of those innovations was the ice-cooled freight car, the first of which was built in the Sacramento Railroad Shops. Easy access to railroad lines quickly allowed for citrus growing and made large-scale agriculture a significant part of the state’s economy. The ice-cooled freight car made it possible for California produce and salmon shipments to travel by train to the east coast, resulting in a growing demand for California-grown produce and the boom of the agricultural industry.
By 1910, the railroads in Sacramento produced 33% of all jobs in the region.
From cattle to gold to agriculture and railroads, California was full-steam ahead for a prosperous future.
Love learning about California history? Discover the first post in our California History Timeline series and the 6 Events that Changed the Shape of California to uncover more!


Trail Guide to Movement, 2nd Edition
Join author Andrew Biel on a unique and fascinating journey as he helps you build, step by step, a human body in motion! Trail Guide to Movement is written with the same encouraging voice and subtle humor as the iconic Trail Guide to the Body, making the study of human movement easy to understand, captivating, and memorable.
Instead of dissecting the body into smaller, isolated pieces, the award-winning Trail Guide to Movement takes a unique approach to building the body into larger, interconnected components. He asks the reader to join him as an active participant in building the body from scratch.
The journey in this book begins by designing four key structures for movement: connective tissue, joints, muscles, and nerves. Then, after applying some biomechanical principles, the reader puts the body to the test by exploring the concepts of posture and gait.
And, to reinforce your knowledge, more than 100 review questions are found in the back of the book.
Trail Guide to Movement won the gold medal in the PubWest Book Design Awards (Academic Category.)
Author: Andrew Biel
Illustrator: Robin Dorn
Paperback / 272 pages


January 24, 2019
Does it "spark joy"? On January 1, just in time for New Year’s resolutions to clear clutter, Netflix debuted “Tidying Up with Marie Kondo,” a series featuring Marie Kondo, professional organizer and author of “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing," and we’ve been looking at our stuff in a different way. At the office, we’ve had some spirited discussions on this fresh approach for shedding excess clothing, books, paper and other miscellany by keeping only the “things that speak to the heart.” Taking this a bit further, we think the “keepers” should be organized in a way that brings just as much joy. With treasured things in mind, we can apply the KonMari Method™ to Barrister Bookcase storage. To start, the right storage solution can help to maintain order and keep new clutter to a minimum. The best storage is sturdy, versatile and visually pleasing. We’re a bit biased, but Hale Barrister Bookcases fit those criteria – plus, based on customer reviews, we know these bookcases spark joy.
The KonMari Method is tidying in a specific order by category: clothes, books, paper, “komono” (small things) and sentimental items. The stacking Barrister bookcase shelf sections make it easy to neatly store by category and keep like-things together in one place.
The receding glass door shelf sections protect beloved books, law journals, photo albums and vinyl records from dust. The glass door shelves also showcase and safeguard favorite collectibles and other sentimental items. The receding door sections are available with optional locks to secure valuable items and family heirlooms.
The receding wood door and double door sections are ideal for concealing paper such as bills, files and schoolwork, as well as “komodo” like office supplies, stationery, hand held electronics and other miscellany. The drawer shelf sections are useful for organizing family pictures, videos and other media.
With the Barrister Bookcase’s interlocking, stacking shelf system, it’s easy to add on or re-arrange shelf sections to store everything that sparks joy, especially if you want to bend Marie Kondo’s rule on the number of books to keep. With this flexible storage solution, you can organize as much stuff as you want - and hold on to every book that brings you happiness – we’ve got enough shelf sections for you.
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StoryCorps is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to record, preserve, and share the stories of people from the U.S. from all backgrounds and beliefs. The founder of StoryCorps, Dave Isay, used to make documentaries for a living and had discovered that there was power and magic in the telling of one’s story. In 2003 he and some friends built a sound-proof booth in the terminal of Grand Central Station in New York City and invited people to come in pairs to interview each other with the help of a trained StoryCorps facilitator. To date, StoryCorps has recorded more than 50,000 interviews in all 50 states, archiving them in the American Folk Life Center at the Library of Congress. Many StoryCorps participants have said that the 40 minutes they spent doing the recording are among the most meaningful of their lives.
In mid-April, two StoryCorps facilitators came to Hospice Austin and, over four days, trained 10 employees and volunteers in how to use the equipment, how to prepare both the storyteller and the interviewer, and in the power of storytelling itself. In exchange, Hospice Austin agreed to record at least 30 stories over a three-month period.
From April through July, Hospice Austin recorded 116 stories of patients, caregivers, volunteers and staff. I was lucky enough to be a part of almost half of those and it was one of the richest experiences of my life. Our youngest storyteller was 10 years old; our oldest was 101. We recorded a story about the founding of Hospice Austin; we recorded the story of a patient who lives under a bridge. We recorded many, many stories of staff and volunteers whose lives have been touched deeply by Hospice Austin.
StoryCorps wants to hear your story, also.
StoryCorps now has an app that you can download onto your phone or tablet to make your own recording. The recordings will be archived at the Library of Congress. To download the app, visit StoryCorps.org. If you download the app before Nov. 26th, you can participate in The Great Thanksgiving Listen. StoryCorps is encouraging everyone to record an elder over the holiday so that, on one single weekend, an entire generation of American lives and experiences are captured.
The following are three things I learned from StoryCorps:
Everyone has a story. We are all works of art. And like most great works of art, there is a mixture of harmony and dissonance, beauty and pain. Real stories are messy, not perfect.
Everyone has a story worth sharing. Something happens in the telling of our stories that is powerful and sometimes even healing. How seldom we actually take the time to stop and really tune in to one another in our fragmented and frenzied world. To ask someone about their life, their hopes and dreams, heartache and triumphs, and then to actually stop and listen is to realize that we share so much in common; that we belong to each other in deep, mysterious ways; that we are part of one another. Likewise, when someone listens to your story, you feel both seen and heard; you feel loved. As one of our patients said after his StoryCorps experience: “I don’t feel like I’m dying – I feel like I’m living. I feel like I’m finally waking up.”
There is something magical about recording your story. Putting your story on record somehow gives people the license to have profound conversations and ask significant questions that they simply would not otherwise. It seems to make what’s being shared feel more legitimate, more real. People get a priceless look on their faces when they realize that the ordinary stories of their life will be archived in the Library of Congress – it says, my life matters. Getting to see that look over and over and over was like standing on holy ground.
In the words of the late Maya Angelou, There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. So, let’s share our stories. Let’s encourage those we love to share theirs. And when they do, let’s listen with all our hearts. It could just be the most important thing we ever do.
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The Jewish exegete and philosopher Philo of Alexandria has long been famous for his allegorical treatises on the Greek Bible. The present volume contains the first translation and commentary in English on his treatise De agricultura (On cultivation), which gives an elaborate allegorical interpretation of Genesis 9:20. Noah’s role as a cultivator is analysed in terms of the ethical and spiritual quest of the soul making progress towards its goal. The translation renders Philo’s baroque Greek into readable modern English. The commentary pays particular attention to the treatise’s structure, its biblical basis and its exegetical and philosophical contents. The volume will be valuable for the insights it gives into an unusual but highly influential method of biblical interpretation.
Philo of Alexandria: On Cultivation
By Walter T. Wilson
In the treatise On Virtues, Philo of Alexandria demonstrates how Moses, the constitution he established, and the community that follows its laws embody certain moral ideals (courage, humanity, repentance, and nobility) that were widely admired in the Greco-Roman world.
Pieter W. van der Horst
This book presents a new English translation of and philological-historical commentary on Philo’s In Flaccum, the only document extant that deals with the anti-Jewish pogrom in Alexandria in 38 CE.
David T. Runia
This study is the first volume in the new Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series. It contains a new English translation of the Jewish philosopher’s famous treatise On the creation of the cosmos (the first for seventy years), and the first ever commentary in English.
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Learning how to generate a collage on iPhone is not really greater from learning to make a collage upon any other type of digital camera. Why is this several https://dataroomshop.com/best-data-room-services is the fact you can now print your collage right from your phone and take this anywhere with you. Now, if you are wondering how you can take a collection on i phone, then I decide to go show you just how. It will require you know how to make a collage on your computer system and publish it to your phone, but other than that it’s pretty much a similar process seeing that making a collage on a traditional camera or even a traditional canvas.
To have a photo collection on iPhone, you are going to desire a photo collage maker. There are a variety of creators available on the market today and they all do the same thing, but there are some variations between them. In general, most makers will help you to upload the photos onto their website, choose which ones you intend to put into the collage and then select the kind of paper that you would like to use. All that is really only a first step in learning how to make a collage in iPhone. After you have selected your newspaper and downloaded your photos, you are going to have to import all of them into your image collage developer, by tapping in the import photo alternative from your main photo collection screen.
Once your picture library is definitely imported, you can begin making a collage, by simply dragging and reducing items from your photo selection into the collection creator. Once you have moved a product or service, you will see a preview of what it appears like in the collection maker, so you can be sure that an item will look very good when it is inside the final collection. Once you are pleased with your collection, you can save this to your photography library or perhaps export it as a PDF. The exported data file will be in a. PDF data format, which is the most typical file type for saving images on the computer and on the iPhone.


Nicholas of Cusa
15th century cardinal, theologian and philosopher
influencer for the inter religious dialogue
Nicholas of Cusa (1401 – 11 August 1464), also referred to as Nicholas of Kues and Nicolaus Cusanus (/kjuːˈseɪnəs/), was a German Catholic - Nicholas cainal , philosopher , theologian , mathematician , astronomer and lawyer .
One of the first German proponents of Renaissance humanism, he made spiritual and political contributions in European history. A notable example of this is his mystical or spiritual writings on "learned ignorance," as well as his participation in power struggles between Rome and the German states of the Holy Roman Empire. Nicholas of Cusa wrote De Pace Fidei (On the Peace of Faith) on establishing a Concord of Religions.


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Too many cloudy nights here but the benefit is another of my IMO (In My Opinion) book reviews. This book, Discover the Moon, is less of a cosy up in a warm bed and read into the wee hours of the night book, but more of an excellent beginners book for observing the Moon.
There are a lot reasons to love Discover the Moon by Jean Lacroux and Christian Legrand as your first entry into exploring the Moon with all its wonders. The book is small enough to fit into an eyepiece case. There are only 135+ pages in the book and packed with plenty of photos. It is not a geology or lunar scientific tome but gives you enough information to whet your appetite for more about the Moon. The inside front cover has an image of the Moon as seen through a refractor and the inside back cover has an image of the Moon as seen through a reflector. Binocular users are not let out either, the inside back cover a can be turned upside down for the view of the Moon as seen through binoculars.
The main feature, for me, of Discover the Moon is its layout. You are treated to a day by day, read night by night, tour of the Moon at the terminator. Each evening, on facing pages, you are presented with images on how the features look in a refractor and the opposite page has an image of the same area as seen with a reflector. The features are clearly marked and there is a short and descriptive text that accompanies them. Within these short descriptions, you are further directed to turn to following pages to a more indepth discussion of the most significant features covered. The authors include blue boxes of text with interesting facts, figures and tips for better understanding the different aspects of lunar observing.
Overall this book is an excellent start for the beginner lunar observer. It is not an atlas, like Antonin Rukl’s “Atlas of the Moon”, nor is it an indepth study of lunar geology like The Modern Moon by Charles A. Wood. It plays its part as an easy to read, easy to follow, as long as you have clear skies, introduction into lunar observing and provides a stepping stone to other more advanced lunar books.


'From Sailors' Chests to Sailors' Homes': Finnish Seamen and Domesticity in the Early 20th Century - a talk by Laika Nevalainen, European University Institute.
The life of a merchant seaman was filled with hours of difficult and dangerous labour but what did sailors do beside work and how did they spend their free time?
The talk will focus on the lives of Finnish sailors of the late 19th century and early 20th centuries exploring their everyday routines, living conditions, what they ate and what they kept in their sea chests.
The seaman's chest was particularly important to domestic life aboard ship since, in the words of a former sailor, 'if one had not had the seaman's chest, one would have been quite homeless. On it one sat, one it one ate and in it one had all of one's possessions'
24.4.2018 17:15 - 24.4.2018 18:30
The Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Senate House, London WE1E 7HU
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Grace Millicent Major is my 2x great-grandmother. Grace is the mother of my great-grandfather Ralph Sutton Naylor whose son is Ralph Veldon Naylor my grandfather, whom I have previously written about in My Grandfather the Spy.
She was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory on September 15, 1879. She was the daughter of William Duncomb Major and Virginia Faithful McMaster. She was the eldest of eleven children.
Early Life of Grace Millicent Major
Her father, who worked in Brigham Young’s flour mill in City Creek Canyon, had a good offer to run a mill in Hooper, Utah. So the family moved there when she was a young child. They lived there for 1 year, then moved to Kaysville, Utah where her father bought a mill. They lived there for several years, then her father sold out and bought the Heber C. Kimball Mill in Bountiful, Utah. Here they had a nice home, where she spent her young womanhood. She learned to sew and became a fine seamstress. She was a great help to her mother, in sewing for her young sisters, and later when she had a large family of her own, always kept them well dressed.
While visiting relatives in Salt Lake City, she met Thomas G. Naylor, a barber by trade, whom she married on June 4, 1893, and they resided in Salt Lake City, Utah.
They were the parents of twelve children. Their first child a boy died at birth from strangulation (I presume the umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck or something like that), he was buried in Salt Lake City. When their second child Clarence was about two years old, her husband Thomas was called on a mission to the Central States Mission, Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma. Grace and Clarence moved to Layton, Utah to live with her parents (who had moved there from Bountiful) until his return. Here her daughter Grace Naomi was born on the 3 May 1897.
Thomas and Grace lived in Salt Lake City, Utah after he returned from his mission until the church called them to go with President Andrew Kimball to help settle the Gila Valley in Arizona. They arrived in Thatcher, Arizona with their three children where her husband Thomas set up his barber business. She lived here until her death on 19 January 1917 at 46.
Hail and Electrical Storms
After they moved to Thatcher, Arizona, the family lived in a little house. One day while they were living in this house and their father wasn’t home, a big hail storm happened. The storm broke a great big window. Grace dragged a mattress from one of the beds and put it in front of the broken window. She was always scared to death of electrical storms. Whenever a storm arose, she would gather her children like a hen gathers her hatchlings under her wings, in one bed until the storm was over. One night she even got all the children up and took them to one of their relatives’ homes.
Her oldest daughter, Naomi, described her mother as very hard-working. Naomi said that all her mother ever did was work. She was never idle. Whenever she would sit down to rest, she would mend socks and tear carpet rags. She kept her family well-dressed. Her hands were always busy. There was always so much to do. Her daughter, Naomi, picked up the habit too. She said that she was the happiest when her hands were busy.
The Old Kitchen Wood Stove
She would cook their food on a wood stove. When they built a fire in the stove it made such a rumbling sound that Grace and the children would run off to get out of there. Grace would say, “Get out of here-the thing’s going to blow up!” Later someone came and told them that the stove was perfectly safe. It was natural for it to make that kind of noise.
Grace was a good cook. She baked her own bread. Grace and her daughter Naomi, would take turns mixing the bread dough when they made bread. Grace used to bake about ten loaves of bread every other day and ten pies every Saturday night. She made all different kinds of pie, like pumpkin. When it was Sunday, her children would all bring their friends in and they’d have a piece of pie and a glass of milk.
Another thing that Grace did in the kitchen was to make the ice cream for her husband’s confectionary store. She would make it on a wood stove.
Grace never had a washing machine. She always used a scrubboard. She made her soap. She used to boil clothes outside in a tub to get them clean. They always had such big wash loads.
She was a good wife and mother and strived to live her religion to the best of her ability, a true Latter-day Saint.
Premonition of Death
She died very suddenly at the age of 46, of a cerebral hemorrhage, after a few hours of illness, leaving her husband to raise their large family, the youngest being twin girls, Marjorie and Millicent, 18 months old.
Two weeks before Grace died she told Naomi that she was going to take a trip and was going to wean the children (the twins). She told Naomi that she had some black Taffeta in a trunk and wanted her to make a dress for herself. She told Naomi, “I will never live to wear it myself.”
Then one night she woke up Thomas and asked him if he had heard her mother calling. She said she had heard her mother calling “Grace” three times. She died suddenly one week later with a cerebral hemorrhage. Naomi (18) was left with twins babies not quite 2 and not yet weaned to raise.
The Day of Graces Death
The day she died, she sewed all day, cooked a big supper that night, and helped Naomi get ready for a dance. When they were sitting on the porch waiting for Naomi’s friends to come by, Naomi said she wanted to go to the bathroom. The bathroom was outside and clear to the back of the lot. She was afraid to go there by herself because it was dark. Naomi asked her mother if she would go with her. Grace told her that she didn’t want to go. Naomi told her that she was afraid to go by herself. Then her mother went, sat down, and started screaming.
Grace told her daughter, Naomi, that she had a terrible pain in her head. Before they got back to the house, she started rubbing her head. She was also having trouble walking. Naomi almost had to carry her. Naomi ran and got the closest doctor, Doctor Hayward. The doctor told Naomi that her mother was just constipated. He gave Grace a shot in the arm and left. He told Naomi to tell her mother to take a dose of salts when she came out of it.
Thomas was still working at the barber shop about three miles away in Safford and hadn’t come home yet. Naomi said she was glad when her dad drove up. She was really scared. When Tom saw Grace, she raised her head, and said, “Tom, I am dying,” laid back down, and was gone.
Her funeral service was held in the Thatcher Meeting House, and she was buried in the Thatcher Cemetery.
Obituary and Funeral Services of Grace Millicent Naylor
A newspaper article tells us that Grace Naylor died at her home in Thatcher at age 46 at 11:00 p.m. on Friday, January 19, 1917, after a short illness of several hours with a concussion of the brain caused by a bursting blood vessel. Funeral services were held the following Wednesday at 2:40 p.m. at the Church in Thatcher. The church was crowded with people from all parts of the valley. The newspaper article describes the funeral as follows: “The spacious edifice was beautifully decorated with white bunting, myrtle, ferns, carnations, and pampas grass. Bishop Frank Tyler officiated. The beautiful white casket covered with floral offerings was placed in front of the pulpit.”
“The services began with the hymn “O, My Father” very sweetly rendered by the Thatcher choir, led by Prof. H. L. Payne.”
“Prayer by Patriarch Samuel Claridge was followed by the choir singing: “O Grave, Where is Thy Victory?”
“John F Nash then spoke in glowing terms of the good life of the deceased, how she had kept her first estate, had lived her second estate and passed from it in glory and triumph.”
“Mrs. Adelia Tyler spoke next by special request. She told of Mrs. Naylor’s great worth as a Relief Society worker and as a kind, loving, and faithful mother and wife.”
“The song, “When We Meet There Together At Last,” was beautifully rendered by a male quartet, consisting of Prof. H. L. Payne, Alma Sessions, Wesley Taylor and Joseph H. Larson.”
“President Andrew Kimball followed with a a very touching talk of the good life of Mrs. Naylor, as a girl, and as a wife and mother. He told of his acquaintanceship with the parents of both Mr. and Mrs. Naylor and that neither family ever had the taint of sin to mar their record. He spoke of how, on Friday, Mrs. [Naylor] was in perfect health and was planning to chaperone her daughter to the dance, when about 4:00 o’clock she became suddenly ill and knew death was near. Her death was a great shock to her family and her many friends, who had known her as a noble, brave, and true woman. She was the mother of twelve children, the youngest, little twin girls, aged two years. Death had claimed one little one, years ago, and eleven remained with their father to mourn her loss.”
“At the close of President Kimball’s talk, Bishop Tyler expressed very feelingly the thanks of Mr. Naylor and family for the many acts of kindness shown them by friends during the sickness and death of their beloved mother and wife.”
The news of Grace’s death was even published in the Davis County Clipper in Bountiful Utah.
Grace Millicent Naylor’s Family
At the time of Grace’s death only her son, Clarence was married. The rest of her children were still living at home.
- Copy of a story written by Leona Major Van Epps updated and provided to me by Pauline Naylor, my mother.
- Premonition of Death – beverlyjeanmcadams1 – FamilySearch (accessed 16 March 2024)
- Family History #6 – Jay Naylor, Grandson – FamilySearch (accessed 16 March 2024)
- Thomas George Naylor – Pat Larter – FamilySearch (accessed 17 March 2024)


STOCKBRIDGE — Sarah H. “Sally” Begley worked as a correspondent, columnist and book reviewer for The Eagle in the early 1970s, but she was best known in Stockbridge as a tireless advocate for a host of local organizations.
“Sally was very smart and always very civic-minded,” said her friend, Carole Owens. “She was a member of who knows how many boards here.”
Begley died Monday at her home. She was 88.
Begley was a member of the board of directors of the Housatonic River Watershed Association, the board of directors of the Pleasant Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, the Berkshire County Transportation Advisory Group and served as chairwoman of the Berkshire County Historical Society.
Locally, she was active in the Stockbridge Democratic Committee and was a longtime member of the Stockbridge Planning Board, serving on a host of subcommittees for that group in the 1980s and ’90s.
Begley was also a founder of the Stockbridge Land Trust, and a longtime and vocal advocate of conservation.
A graduate of Radcliffe College, education was another of Begley’s causes. In 1982, at age of 43, she went back to college and earned a master’s degree in American Studies from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. For her master’s thesis, she assembled a critically acclaimed exhibit of portraits of friends and colleagues of pioneering journalist and transcendentalist Margaret Fuller. The exhibit was hung at the Boston Athenaeum.
She also was known for her summer parties at her home on Yale Hill, Three Barns.
“It was one the signature events in Stockbridge during the summer,” Owens said. “The party was at her house at the top of Yale Hill.”
Begley’s energy seemed boundless from the 1970s to the late 1990s, but in her later years, she suffered from Lyme disease. She said in the early 2000s that the discomfort was considerable.
“It sapped her,” Owens said. “She battled it for years. But she was always upbeat.”
A funeral service for Begley will be held at the First Congregational Church in Stockbridge at 1 p.m. Jan. 13. Mourners are asked to consider a donation to the Stockbridge Land Trust or the Stockbridge Library Association.
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Not long ago, I heard someone talking about how much he missed Continental Airlines and asking, "Where did it go, anyway?"
Off to the Great Tarmac in the Sky, thanks to its merger with United a few years back. But look closely at the tails of United's planes -- see that globe logo? That was Continental's. Nice to see one last vestige of a once-great airline.
If you've ever wondered whatever happened to your favorite airline, I've got some answers.
For some northeast travelers, this gritty Pittsburgh-based carrier will forever be known as "Agony Airlines," though it actually comes from blue-blood stock, founded by members of the DuPont family. The original name (back in the thirties) was All American Airways and in a way, Allegheny has come full circle.
What happened: The little regional grew up, renamed itself US Airways but will soon go back to its "American" roots after American Airlines completes merger housekeeping chores, such as rebranding its newly acquired US Airways planes. There won't even be a tail logo left. But on the other hand, American's recently updated look is not all that different from US Airways' stylized flag motif. So maybe Allegheny does live on in spirit.
That was never Northwest's official name but the company added "Orient" to its advertising as a nod to the days when NWA carried more passengers across the Pacific than any other airline. Fun fact: Northwest began as a humble mail delivery service for the post office, ferrying packages and letters between Chicago and the Twin Cities.
What happened: After weathering growing pains, including a two-week long pilot lockout in the 1990s and a bankruptcy in the last decade, Northwest was finally acquired by Delta in 2008. For a revealing trip down memory lane, I highly recommend the Northwest Airlines archive at the Minnesota Historical Society, which includes all kinds of records, ads and even a few letters from famed aviator Amelia Earhart. Nothing sensational in that correspondence, but her letters do reveal Earhart's vast, encyclopedic knowledge of the era's aircraft.
Its full name was Pan American Airways, but to legions of travelers around the globe it will always be Pan Am, the airline that kept expanding and expanding. Its magic is remembered fondly to this day, no doubt helped by the recent TV show Pan Am -- pretty melodramatic but fun to watch. (I asked a former Pan Am flight attendant what she thought of it and was told she and her colleagues were generally way too tired for any extra-curricular hijinks).
What happened: The 1973 oil crisis, lack of domestic routes, increased competition, all contributed to the carrier's problems. So did terrorism: In 1988 a bomb went off aboard Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all on the plane and several on the ground. As Thomas Petzinger wrote in his book, "Hard Landing," people were suddenly afraid to fly: "On the [Pan Am] reservations line, there was silence. In a matter of hours the airline lost half its trans-Atlantic bookings."


Some jewelry is so admirable that books just had to be written about it. Jewelry has been a huge part of many cultures for millennia. Your custom jewelry Omaha experts understand jewelry lovers, and encourage all celebrations of the world’s famous jewels and baubles. As winter approaches, now is the perfect time to cozy up with a good book on a cold winter day. Consider putting on some of your favorite pieces and reading one of these gems when the temperature drops!
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
You’ve probably heard of Girl with a Pearl Earring before, a famous painting by Johannes Vermeer from the Dutch Golden Age. This author brings the painting to life and makes us have a deeper appreciation of art. This book gives a fictional account of Vermeer, the model and the painting.
Cartier's Hope by M. J. Rose
Set in New York in 1910, this book is a telling story about a jeweler who acquired the Hope Diamond and a journalist who is determined to find the truth behind this diamond. Deluge yourself in this story of greed, revenge, masked identities, and love.
The Necklace by Claire McMillan
If you’re a fan of Gatsby, you’ll also enjoy this story. It’s a dazzling tale of an heirloom necklace originating in India, found by a woman in the back of a drawer after the passing of her great-aunt. Family members and jewelers with ill intentions try to figure out where the necklace came from, but the woman turns to a lawyer she can trust and discovers a long-buried family secret.
The Lost Jewels by Kirsty Manning
This book is inspired by The Cheapside Hoard, a collection of Elizabethan and Stuart jewelry accidentally discovered by workmen in 1912 under one of the busiest streets in London. Why was this buried here? A jewelry historian aims to solve this mystery of family secrets and political artifice.
The Ideal Past: Revival Jewels by Beatriz Chadour-Sampson & Sandra Hindman
Sixteen jewels were once curated by revival jewelers in the nineteenth century, specifically Castellani, Wièse, Falize, Guiliano, and Froment-Meurice. This book walks through each jewel’s uniqueness and how they encompass the characteristics of this era.
The Pierre Hotel Affair by Daniel Simone
You may have heard of the largest hotel robbery in history, the Pierre Hotel robbery. Based on the true story, this author walks us through the story of Robert Comfort and Sammy Nalo, the masterminds behind the robbery. What happened in 1972 and resulted in several million dollars worth of jewelry and cash is said to be one of the finest planned and executed robberies.
How to Ruin a Queen by Jonathan Beckman
How to Ruin a Queen tells the true story of Marie Antoinette and the piece of jewelry that brought down the monarchy. This necklace and scandal divided the country at the time and positively changed European history. Learn what there is to know about the Affair of the Diamond Necklace.
The Russian Pink by Matthew Hart
When a stunningly large rose-hued diamond, the Russian pink, appears on the neck of a presidential candidate’s wife, an investigator and former CIA agent must get to the bottom of it. The mystery becomes more complex as he dives deeper into the rabbit hole. If you like thrillers, this one's for you.
All By Myself, Alone by Mary Higgins Clark
A wealthy woman is found dead on a cruise ship, and her emerald necklace is missing. A jewelry expert finds himself on a mission to find the missing piece and solve the murder. The suspect list grows, and some find themselves in danger as they get closer to solving the crime. This suspenseful book will keep you on your toes.
In Buccellati: A Century Of Timeless Beauty by Alba Cappellieri
Buccellati, one of Italy’s finest jewelers, is known for his goldsmithing techniques and has a list of prestigious clientele. This book tells the history of his imagination and craftsmanship. The book alsoincludes photos that go to show the true meaning of “Made in Italy.”
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Joy and Data : Lecture 2015
The inaugural ALL lecture on 'Joy and Data' was delivered by renowned British educationalist, Sir Michael Barber, in Melbourne on 21 May 2015. The lecture was introduced by Dame Quentin Bryce, with welcomes from Acting CEO of State Library Victoria, Justine Hyde and ALL founder Ellen Koshland
The video below is edited footage of the event's livestream.
A text version of Sir Michael's lecture is also available for download: Joy and Data - Sir Michael Barber (PDF)


A Summary of Norah eh?!
The operative word for Norah is change. She has lived in 64 homes, plus one car, in 34 cities and has had more jobs than can counted.
She takes the reader through the decades telling the stories associated with each house as well as some of the jobs.
The narrative is presented in the casual, laid-
Along the way, Norah shares her thoughts and beliefs on the spiritual aspect of her journey as well as a range of other subjects, including her thoughts on an ideal government.
Considerable progress had been made writing “Norah, eh?!”, when the Archangel Malak introduced himself. After finding a way to communicate, Malak shared his wisdom and spiritual insights and helped with the story of Norah’s life.
Malak told Norah that, as disciples of Jesus, they were there when He died on the cross, but it was only in this life that He chose to be her Guardian Angel and guide to share the message of God's great Love.
If you’ve already read the eBook, Norah eh?!, then you know that the photos and The Reading Corner had to be stripped from the book. A solution was found when my niece,Tammy, messaged to say how much she was enjoying the book but wanted the link to “Love Counts”, a website long defunct, because she really enjoyed the writing and seeing the family photos that were on it. Her remark sparked the idea to put the book photos online along with The Reading Corner.
But, a word used a lot in the telling of the stories, it occurred to me that there are a lot more photos that could be shared and enjoyed than just the book photos. There are old photos from when Mom was young, photos of the family members, and holiday photos.
But before you head there, an explanation is in order as to why Ariel is on the cover of “Norah, eh?!” when there is no mention of him anywhere else.
It turns out he is an entity sent from the dark side to distort the message God provided through Malak. But Heaven reigns, and when those 150 pages were cut so was all mention of Ariel. He has been left on the cover to remind us that good and evil exist and we must be on guard against deception.
And finally, just as little teaser, here’s the ending to Norah eh?!
“It Ain’t Over Yet
At 3:30 in the morning on October 19, 2023, I woke up out of a dead sleep with the conclusion to these tales. When this happens, the test of truth is that it is remembered in the light of day, and so it was.
The ending isn't an ending because, at my request, Lee Mackenzie, the best selling author of “The Charming Predator”, is going to read this book and like it so much that she'll send it to her contact at Random House, and they'll like it so much that “Norah, eh?!” will become an eBook that sells all over the world. The majority will read it because it’s trending, but for those who have opened their heart and mind to truth, it will prove to be a turning point in their own spiritual journey.


While riding the train to Paris Friday night, I was reading The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo when I read a passage that I found so thought provoking I had to share it. Hugo is discussing architecture, in particular that of the Middle Ages. (Emphasis is mine.)
“(F)rom the origin of things down to and including the fifteenth century of the Christian era, architecture is the great book of humanity, the principal expression of man in his various stages of development…
Architecture began like all writing. It was at first the alphabet. A stone was placed upright, it was a letter, and each letter was a hieroglyph and upon each hieroglyph reposed a group of ides…
Later on they made words; they placed stone upon stone, they coupled these syllables of granite…
Finally men made books…
Architecture then developed with the human thought, it became a giant with a thousand heads and a thousand arms, and fixed all that floating symbolism in an eternal, visible, palpable form.
…Thus during the first six thousand years of the world…architecture has been the great handwriting of humankind…all human thought has its page and its monument in this immense book.”
Hugo then goes on to explain the importance of the architecture of cathedrals and churches in Medieval Europe:
“This was the only freedom of expression at that period; it could inscribe itself within those books which we call edifices, freedom of thought would have been burned in the public place by the hand of the executioner in the form of manuscript, had it been so imprudent as to choose that form of expression… Thus having alone in masonry a channel of expression, it left no opportunity neglected. Hence the immense number of cathedrals which covered Europe – a number so prodigious as to seem almost incredible… All the material forces, all the intellectual forces, converged towards the same point, architecture. In this manner, under the pretext of building churches to God, art developed in magnificent proportions.
Then, whosoever was born poet became architect. Genius, scattered through the masses, compressed on all sides by feudalism…found its only issue through the medium of architecture, burst forth through this art, and its Iliad took the form of cathedrals.”
It was with this lofty thought in mind that I first visited Sainte Chapelle. Along with the Conciergerie, Sainte Chapelle (Holy Chapel) is the only building remaining of the original royal palaces on Ile de la Cite in the middle of the Seine.
If we are to keep with the theme of Victor Hugo’s allegory, then Sainte Chapelle is the purest and most elegant of poetry, the most delicate of handwriting.
I loved the passage from Hugo because it puts into words what I have felt for a long time, but was not able to express so intelligently. The Middle Ages has a reputation as a time of darkness and ignorance, when nothing of worth was created and people were not as intelligent as the philosophers of antiquity or, of course, as we are today. However, all it takes is one step inside a Medieval cathedral to see that this is not at all true! No matter how many times I see the vaulted ceiling of a Gothic cathedral, I’m amazed at the genius of engineering behind it.
Sainte Chapelle was built in the 1200’s, a time most people would consider “dark”. Yet there is nothing dark about this beautiful chapel. It clearly reflects the grandiose ideals and noble emotions of its creators.
Hugo continues in that chapter to say that the invention of the printing press “killed” architecture, because with its invention mankind turned the full force of its ideas and creativity into writing, as books were faster and cheaper to make and could easily be dispersed. There is some merit to this theory. Clearly modern architecture produces wonders, however we no longer create buildings like those of the Middle Ages. And I for one lament that.


[Caterina] strapped on her cuirass, one of the very few made for a woman in that age. It was as expertly crafted as her luxurious gowns had been in her youth; the steel was shaped to her curves and reinforced to prevent crushing or compressing her breasts. It was also streamlined so that she could wear it underneath her clothes. Tiny plates fit perfectly together to allow for a wide range of movement. The delicate floral pattern incised on the front was the only concession to ornament, and on the upper left plate Saint Catherine of Alexandria, Caterina’s patron saint, was etched into the steel.
— Elizabeth Lev, The Tigress of Forli, p. 217