The Samuel and Helen S. Bookatz Foundation is dedicated to telling the story of Samuel
Bookatz’s life work in art and preserving his legacy for the next generation of artists
and art lovers. One of our major goals is making the artist’s vast collection available to
the public and inspiring and encouraging the study of art. The Foundation promotes
these objectives through exhibitions, grants, and other art-related activities.
Biography of Samuel Bookatz
Samuel Bookatz was born on October 3, 1910, in Philadelphia. His family moved to Cleveland while he was still a child. Dedicated to a career in art early in life, Bookatz attended the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute (1928-1931), and the Cleveland School of Art (1931-1935). After graduating in 1935 with a degree in portraiture, he was awarded a scholarship to the School of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts where he studied under Alexandre Jacovleff (1935-1937). He also learned anatomy at Harvard Medical School, not to practice the healing art but to comprehend what lay hidden beneath the veneer of human skin.
After receiving an honorable mention for the Prix de Rome in 1937, he was awarded the James William Paige Scholarship, which enabled him to study first at the American Academy in Rome (1938), the Collorossi School of Fine Arts in Paris (1938-1939), and the Grande Chaumière School of Art in Paris (1938-1939). He also exhibited at the American Academy of Rome, attended by King Victor Emmanuel III. During his European sojourn as a vagabond and observer in the 1930s, he continued to paint. The European Continent was his studio--Rome, the sun-drenched Adriatic coast of Yugoslavia, Budapest on the Danube, post-Spanish Civil War Madrid, and Paris’s Rive Gauche. As Hitler threatened his way toward conquest, Bookatz returned to Cleveland where he held a one-man show at the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1940 displaying much of the work he accomplished in Europe.
As the United States entered World War II following the Pearl Harbor attack, Bookatz received an officer’s commission in the Navy working on the staff of the Navy surgeon general. If court painter had been an American institution, Bookatz would have held that title in the Roosevelt White House. Seeking an artist to document the Navy’s contributions to the war effort, Franklin D. Roosevelt sought a skilled artist. Lt. Samuel Bookatz took up residence in his new studio, the Lincoln Bedroom. “It was the most fabulous thing you can imagine,” he later recalled. “I had to paint in the corner of the room to get the best light while Mrs. Roosevelt wrote her newspaper column ‘My Day’ right next door.” His proximity to the president enabled him to capture in Conté Crayon both FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt’s portraits. In this wartime phase of his career, Bookatz also produced many portraits of Navy personnel and murals depicting World War II’s medical side.
Roosevelt died just as the European war drew to a close so Bookatz left Washington for his new assignment in plastic surgery at the naval hospital in Oakland, California. The Navy needed his skills in anatomy to help rebuild the mutilated faces of the wounded.
After the Korean War, Bookatz’s uncommon chapter ended as a documenter of war. He moved permanently to Washington, DC, where he established his headquarters. As with many other artists, his work could not be pigeonholed. He was neither wedded to a single philosophy nor medium. His stylistic periods changed as frequently as life’s chapters--from classical portraiture to abstract. Never eternally attached to canvas and oils, he also worked in acrylics, tempera, Conté Crayon, and charcoal. He sculpted concrete and plaster and applied his paints to frescoes and murals, fabric, and even tree bark. During one particularly productive winter, hotel bed sheets served as instant canvases ready to receive richly saturated colors inspired by Hawaii’s passionate lushness.
Until nearly the end of his life at age 99 (November 16, 2009), Samuel Bookatz’s creativity remained legendary. He rarely spent a day without creating art. Once, when confronted with the dilemma of war’s compatibility with art, he pointed to one of modern history’s greatest combat artists, Francisco Goya. “Goya’s canvases run with blood,” he pointed out, “yet there’s beauty there also. Look at Picasso’s Guernica. What is depicted on that canvas is horrifying, yet beautiful at the same time. One can find beauty in ugliness. There’s even beauty in the anatomical shape of an internal organ.” Samuel Bookatz found beauty in everything he observed, and he skillfully expressed those visualizations using a variety of media.
The collections of noted galleries and public buildings throughout the nation include his paintings: the Phillips Collection, the Joseph H. Hirschhorn Museum, the Smithsonian Institution, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Rochester Museum of Art, The Library of Congress, The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, and the White House.


THE COMPLETE SOLUTION FOR GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION AND CONTROL DESIGNERS AND DEVELOPERS
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gncde consists of an advanced graphical user interface, a set of auxiliary tools, sample mission templates and model libraries with different levels of fidelity representations. The combination of all these elements makes gncde a powerful, comprehensive, easy-to-use GNC-streamlining solution to streamline the GNC process for any kind of mission.


Swami Vivekananda had said, ‘No one from Shivaraya has become a great hero, a great saint, a great devotee, or a great king. In our great scriptures, the virtues of the innate ruler of man are described. Shivaji was their embodiment. ‘ No one should be angry about these words. Only a self-styled king can know how to win even a lost war and how to live even after the end of life. Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj was and is the king of such people. This is what the movie “Sher Shivraj: Swari Afzal Khan” gives us.
Writer-director Digpal Lanjekar has taken up the film series ‘Shivashtak’, which has now been extended to ‘Sher Shivraj…’ In this film, the director has tried to present the reality of Maharaj’s war strategy in front of the audience. We see Maharaj’s various qualities; foresight, warlike skills, versatility in politics, in his life journey. This is the journey that the director presents step by step. Shivaji Maharaj had assimilated Vidura, Krishna, Chanakya, Shukracharya, Hanuman, and Rama. He learned the Ramayana and Mahabharata from his mother, Jijausaheb. That’s where the story begins. The story of “Narasimha and Hiranyakashyapu” is well known. The subplot of the film is skillfully constructed using the same storyline. The author combines the history and mythology of the Shiva period. The base of Fort Pratapgad was considered the ‘threshold of Swarajya’. On the same threshold, Afzal Khan, who was on his way to Swarajya, was attacked by Waghan Khan and Bichvya, and Maharaj took out his bag. History brings to life on the screen the form of Tharar and Maharaj’s saying, “Narasimha Sam Ha!”
The author’s hard work is evident from the oral references (historical evidence) of the correspondence and various expressions. The depiction of war preparations, plots, and actual wars is also effective. Not only the maharaja, but also the prowess and diplomacy of his comrades are prominent in the film. Subhedar Tanaji Malusare (Ajay Purkar), Subhedar Netaji Palkar (Vikram Gaikwad), Matoshri Dipau Bandal (Deepti Ketkar), Bahirji Naik (Digpal Lanjekar), Kesar (Mrinmayi Deshpande), Krishnaji Bhaskar (Gyanesh Wadekar), Gopinath Bokile (Vaibhav), Yesaji Kank (It fits well on the screen. Vaibhav Mangle has effectively portrayed the personality of Maharaj’s lawyer, i.e., Gopinathpant Bokil. Bahirji Naik himself has fulfilled the role of diplomat very well.
On one occasion, Jijausaheb (Mrinal Kulkarni) gets angry with Maharaj (Chinmay Mandlekar). The dialogues, acting, directing, and cinematography of both of them have come together very well. Mrinal has skillfully expressed the passion, care, and anger in the role of Ausaheb. Actor Mukesh Rishi has also effectively portrayed Afzal Khan. The weight and strength of this personality line is in his personality. At times, they may even seem confused. Chinmay has lived the role of Maharaj as usual. Apart from the feats, the film also touches on some mild incidents in the life journey of the Maharaja. They have been done well by Chinmay.
During Afzal Khan’s visit, the Maharaja had made a special armor in anticipation of Khan’s fraud. So he was asked to make a weapon by studying the weapons himself. And that is tigers. The film manages to entertain as well as inform.
The crux of production value is in the film’s CGI and VFX. The incidents on the bastion of Pratapgad and the main gate, which are depicted in a real place, are of good quality. Reshmi Sarkar is the cinematographer, and Vinod Raje is the compiler. The aerial shots (aerial photography) of the film have been picked up for the first time. The costumes by Purnima Oak and the costumes by Sanika Gadgil bring the script to life. Composer Devdutt Baji has increased the height of the film. Digpal and his team have done a great job, even within the limits of production values.
Sher Shivraj: Afzal Khan, Swari
Producers: Nitin Keni, Pradyot Pendharkar, Anil Varkhade, Digpal Lanjekar, Chinmay Mandlekar
Writer-Director: Digpal Lanjekar
Chinmay Mandlekar, Mrinal Kulkarni, Mukesh Rishi, Vikram Gaikwad, Ajay Purkar, Deepti Ketkar, Mrinmayi Deshpande, Vaibhav Mangle, Sameer Dharmadhikari
Cinematography: Reshmi Sarkar
Rating: Three and a half out of five stars
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‘Cynics, Stoics and Epicureans’
Several different schools of philosophy emerged at the same time and shortly after the famous traditions of Platonism and Aristotelianism in ancient Greece. The most significant, which have had a lasting impact on philosophy since antiquity, were Cynicism, Stoicism and Epicureanism, each of which offered a moral programme advocating the best way to live and a more abstract physical, scientific model of the workings of the universe.
This lecture traces the main intellectual strands in each, focussing on the differences between them. The great thinkers whose works will be considered in detail are the fragments of Diogenes and of Zeno, the founders of Cynicism and Stoicism respectively, and Lucretius, the author of the great Epicurean poem of the 1st century BCE, On the Nature of Things.
For further information see here.
The lecture will take place online or at Barnard’s Inn Hall (please check website to confirm)


The Unknown Ajax by Georgette Heyer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
It's a shame that the younger readers, who were not alive to read a Georgette Heyer hot of the press after it had been serialised in the Ladies Home Journal and had to be specially ordered, have no idea that Ms Heyer created the genre. No one else had set popular fiction in the Regency period and her Regency novels burst on the scene as original, new and delightful.
Ms Heyer researched the period carefully, collected volumes of contemporary letters, diaries, journals and official documents to get the 'feel' of the language. She studied the etiquette and customs, visited many of the places popular during the Regency and studied the political and social history. She did not have the internet to go to for a quick fix - thank goodness!- and her novels were not silly, sexually titivating, frothy pap. Her Regency novels ranged from pure romance to mysteries and adventures and they also gave the reader 'real' 3D characters set in detailed, socially correct backgrounds and allowed the reader to gain an understanding of what life was like for a range of people. Her knowledge shines through so that she could write with authority and make a social commentary. ('Arabella' is a good example of this.)
'The Unknown Ajax' is a favourite of mine because the Ajax is such a delightful creation and he makes me laugh. This is one of the mystery romance plots, with smugglers thrown in to boot. We begin with the family, the Darracotts, waiting the arrival of the new heir. This man, Hugo Darracott, is a man spurned by his grandfather, the current head of the family, because his father married a Yorkshire 'weaver's brat'. Major Hugo arrives because he has been summoned to find the entire family expect him to eat peas off his knife and sleep on the floor. He cannot resist pulling their legs and begins to speak broad Yorkshire and lead them on. It's a great plot, well written and told and of course the Ajax comes off best.
If readers have only read the modern Regency novels they will find Ms Heyer's books a much more demanding and intelligent read. But if they love the historical period then they really should read the writer who began it all and who writes much more accurate, historical and socially correct novels.
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This website provides supplemental material to the book The Genera of Hyphomycetes, published in April 2011. The site is for students and professional scientists who want to learn to identify the asexual, microscopic fungi known as hyphomycetes. It includes updates to the published book, a blog, tutorials, additional information, illustrations, videos, and links to other web sites.
This website is updated frequently. The most recent changes are listed here:
10 June 2013 - Draft of 2012 Update
29 March 2013 - Blog post on Spinulospora.
8 March 2013 - Page on Periconia introduced.
13 Feb. 2013 - Blog post on Spegazzinia.
12 Feb. 2013 - Launch of newly designed site.
29 January 2013 - New photographs of Mycoenterolobium.


Huff Scholastic Book Fair – Oct. 9-13, 2017
Come join the fun and browse thousands of books at the Huff Scholastic Book Fair! This annual event benefits the Huff library and offers you the chance to expand your book collection at home and in our classrooms.
Book Fair Week Schedule:
Monday, Oct. 9, 2017 - 12:00 – 4pm
Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2017 - 12:00 – 4pm
Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017 - 12:00 – 4pm
Thursday, Oct. 12, 2017 - 12:00 – 4pm
Family Night (Thu. eve) - 5:30 – 8:00pm
Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 - 12:00 – 2pm
Dads N Donuts (Fri. morn) - 7:00 – 8:00am
Huff Online Book Fair
Can’t make it to the Book Fair? You can order online instead! The Huff Online Book Fair is available from Oct. 9 – 30! Family, friends, relatives can all participate and order books online. All proceeds go to Huff Library and classroom library fundraising. Start your Holiday shopping early! Simply visit our online Book Fair at scholastic.com/fair
Donate to All for Books Community Fundraiser
By donating $1 or loose change, you help Huff:
• Purchase books for classroom libraries
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In addition to helping Huff, the All for Books money that we collect also helps readers beyond our school and community!
For every dollar collected, Scholastic Book Fairs® matches with a donation of up to $1 million in books from The Scholastic Possible Fund, which distributes books to children in need through organizations such as Kids In Need Foundation, Reader to Reader, Inc., and the National Center for Families Learning.


A much-anticipated biography of Frank Munro by his team-mate Dave Wagstaffe is due for publication next month.
The affectionate 208-page hard-back is due to go on sale a year on from when ‘Waggy’, died after a brief illness. As a player he was widely recognised as one of the best England wingers never to have won a senior cap.
He had already made his mark in the publishing world with his autobiography, Waggy's Tales. As with that book, the manuscript for his second was completed in long hand and tells the story of the Scottish international defender Munro, who died in the summer of 2011.
“Sadly, Waggy won’t be here to see the book published,” said close friend Steve Gordos, who helped add extra chapters and edited Waggy's manuscript. Steve, the author of several previous books on Wolves, added: “Frank loved Waggy's Tales, which Waggy wrote with only minimal help from me, so the two of them started work on Frank’s book in their final years.
“Waggy was a great friend and carer to Frank, visiting him regularly during Frank's many years of ill health. After their conversations, Waggy would write it all down painstakingly on A4 paper, which he eventually presented to me in a folder. It was a while after Frank died that Waggy completed his jottings–following some nagging from me!
“I then helped with some detailed research into Frank’s career and dug up a lot of extra information in newspaper archives.”
Steve has insisted that his editor's fee goes to charity and the plan is for the project to lead to further donations being made to good causes in the coming months.
“Waggy and I vowed that any proceeds would go to charity,” Steve said, with the Stroke Association, Cancer Research and maybe a local cause as his choices.
“We have called the book Frank’s For The Memory – a bit corny, we know, but Waggy liked it as it was Bob Hope's signature tune and familiar to both him and Frank.
“There are plenty of great anecdotes and a good insight into what life at Molineux was like under Bill McGarry, who was a really tough task-master as manager, as well as Ronnie Allen and Sammy Chung. The late 1960s and the first half of the 1970s were an exciting time at Molineux with several long cup runs, including one to a final in Europe, and the League Cup glory in 1974.
“They both knew how to tell a story, so we’re delighted with the final text.”
Munro played 371 competitive games for Wolves and won nine caps for Scotland, having started his career with Dundee United and Aberdeen.
The book, published by Thomas Publications and costing £14.99, will be on sale in the Wolves megastore.
*The cover, pictured below, remains subject to a possible slight change.


Kenneth Dante Murena and Casandra Perez Murena have co-authored a chapter in the 10th Edition of Business Litigation in Florida. Kenneth Dante Murena and Casandra Perez Murena have updated the chapter they co-authored in the Tenth Edition of BUSINESS LITIGATION IN FLORIDA. Over the course of two years, they performed a comprehensive update to Chapter 19, “Litigating Commercial Cases in Bankruptcy Court”. With current legal authorities, succinct discussions of complex issues, and practical advice and forms vital to handling a commercial case, the Tenth Edition of BUSINESS LITIGATION IN FLORIDA is a must-have for business practitioners and trial attorneys alike. You can learn more about the book at the Florida Bar’s store on NexisLexis.


Historical News and
Anecdotes from San Pietro Avellana - Chapter 2
Founding of the Monastery and the Castle of S. Pietro Avellana
Translated by Lorry Labate.
Historical Developments from 1026 to 1456
Lost and dispersed, the Sanniti, their city razed to the ground,
wandered for centuries on the country roads of Sannio in the silence of
abandonment and destruction.
As the terrain grew more hilly for certain it was inhabited also by
Romans in the republican and imperial epochs, as we have already seen,
but except for that which we can summarily deduce in reason from the
ancient vestige that have since come to light, nothing else of value
can be known accurately.
The darkness is more complete in the centuries prior to 1026, the time
of the founding of the monastery of S. Pietro Avellana.
On said foundation and on the life of the monastery, which was one of
the most important of the diocese, large and important documented
history is preserved in the archives of Naples and Monte Cassino.
From these documents, we learn that the surrounding areas of the Sangro
were the dominions of the family of the Counts Borrelli in the 10th and
11th century, who according to Sigonio, descended originally from the
Counts of Marsi.
The Borrelli counts were so very powerful that they were not entirely
subjected by Ruggiero (Roger) the Norman, when after the Norman
Conquests, the Borrelli preserved absolute and uncontested dominion
over much land the many castles.
Among the holding there was one name "Spring of Avellana" situated in
the actual highland region extended five miles according to the
measurement of the time, and in which we know that in 995 existed
already a church dedicated to the apostle S. Pietro. We learn also,
from existing documents in Monte Cassino, that in the areas adjacent to
that in the said "Spring of Avellana", existed various villages
equally subject to the Borrelli counts, and predating therefore the
founding of the monastery. However, no accurate information can be had
on the origin of these villages and of which we shall assess more fully
Now in 1026, Odorisio Borrelli the Elder, feeling himself close to
death, called before him a certain venerable Pietro, priest of his
times, and asked him: "qualiter innumerabila peccata sua redimere
potuisset et iram Aeterni Judicis et poena perpetua evadere" (Asked if
he could redeem himself from his innumerable sins and if he could avoid
the ire of the Eternal Judge and everlasting punishment.) He received
in answer that the most effective redemption could not happen without
the founding of a monastery. With instructions of September 5 of the
same year, 1026, he donated to the said Pietro and to his successors in
perpetuity the said area "Spring of Avellana" with the obligation to
found a monastery.
Of the original deed of grant, existent in the care of the archives of
Monte Cassino, a copy was drafted under the care of Don Erasmo di
Gaeta, prior and archivist, and the document thus disposes: "In eam
videlicet ratione concessimus praedicti Petri Praesbiteri et Monacus et
ejusq. Successoribus ipsum iam dictum venerabilem locum, et praedictae
rebus ut habeat et possideat et fruat iure quieto et pacifco ad
hodierna die in antea qui sunt, quam illi qui venturi sunt famuli
Christi absq. ulla contrarietate vel minoratione nostra, vel heredes
nostra, seu genu heredumque nostrorum in sempiternum." (For that reason
we concede the aforementioned Pietro Presbitero, Monaco, and to his
successors, the aforementioned holy place and the aforementioned
things, so that the possessions in use and the management calmly and
peacefully from this day forward, and thus whatever wants will happen
in centuries to come, without adversity or reduction on our part, or of
our heirs, or of the heirs of our heirs, and thus for eternity.).
With the legacy in effect, Count Odorisio Borrelli himself entrusted
the construction of the monastery to S. Domenico Abbot of Sora, who
with the help of the natives of the place, erected the edifice that at
the beginning was called also "Monastery of the Sangro".
By order of the same Count Borrelli, the monastery had complete and
absolute autonomy, therefore not subject to anyone.
The monastery, whose first abbot was the venerable Pietro, rose quickly
because of the great reverence enjoyed by such institutions at that
time, and because of the special prerogative of the monastery itself,
which offered greater possibilities of a better standard of living,
many inhabitants of villages built monastery grounds, constructed their
houses in the immediate vicinity of the church of the monastery.
Thus came to be formed a small village which by hand to hand was
extended and augmented by population, and which took the same name as
the monastery, that is: S. Pietro Avellana.
Then about 1038, the monastery, in order to remove itself for certain
from the dominance of the local barons, and this Count Odorisio
Borrelli, who "forgot" the terms of the original donation and the
proposition which had been agreed upon, and was the cause of trouble to
the monastery and the nearby villages, and to safeguard itself from
bandit assaults and Norman incursions, on the advice of Riccherio, the
Abbot of Monte Cassino, transformed itself into a turreted Castle.
Included in was the part of the building which ultimately became known
as "terra vecchia" (the old ground) and appropriately the alleys,
formerly Palata, Fontanella, Fantona Grande, Terra Vecchia and Dietro
la torre. The building of the walls was square, and the entrance was
through a gate between the actual Salvatore house and that called
"Sabella" which still presents the remains of a fortress, the main
tower was constructed where the palace D'Alena actually rises and it
was the defense of the monastery and the church.
It appears that the large stones which until 1903 formed the wall
enclosing the "rifolta" originated precisely from the ruins of the old
castle, from which the rest of the wall came to light several years ago
during some road construction undertaken in front of the Capone house.
It seems that ancient fortified walls were part of the remains of walls
of remarkable thickness, discovered during excavation along Via
The transformation of the monastery into a castle greatly influenced
the ultimate development of S. Pietro Avellana.
Indeed in the epoch in the social organization of the times, based on
the tree classes of clergy, of nobility and of the common people, the
only true law prevailing was that of force. The clergy maintained
itself with the higher power of religion, the nobility maintained
itself with the force of arms. Against the powerful there were no
sanctions for their criminal management or excepting and if, for
example, a baron moved by cupidity, rancor or anything else, assulted
the prosperity of a neighbor to take it over or massacre the population
of another, had nothing to fear if not the eventual retaliation or an
equal fate at the hand of another more powerful or violent.
We can easily understand therefore the poor villagers, sacrificing
perhaps their very liberty, often ran to place themselves under the
protection of monasteries and baronial castles, to avoid in some manner
more violence. In fact, it was in the interest of the powerful to
protect their own vassals, because a property was much more appreciated
and cared for, however more vast and populated, that from vassals, they
actually the men for their armies and the workers for the fields.
Many towns grew thus in the shadow of churches and castles and the same
is true also for S. Pietro Avellana.
The monastery transformed into a fortress and as a result offering
greater guarantees of safety, soon saw an increase in prestige, for the
most part commanded respect for its fortified walls; and its population
grew affluent with people from nearby castles and villages.
With this increased prestige came also various concessions and
donations which subsequently were given to the monastery by the nobles
of the time; thus the original patrimony of the institutions, already
prominent of itself, was greatly increased and enriched.
Of these increases in real estate of the monastery, the learned monk
and archivist received many bulletins. D. Ottavio Fraia Frangipane and
the priest Frazzini in his “Life of S. Amico”, reporting to Frangipane,
thus declares in this determination.
The Monastery of S. Pietro Avellana had, in times past, large funds in
Rocca Pizzi, Rivo Petri, S. Cristoforo and in Vicende di Campo; it
owned the castle of S. Comizio, two hundred acres of land the half of a
mill from the donations of Count Ottone in 1053; and from another
donation by the husband and wife Baron Nebulone and Mobilia, made in
1145, it came to own the pastures of Matese.
Ebbe da Gualtieri, son of Count Borrelli, came all the territory of S.
Nicola, Valle Sarda with its church and a hermitage dedicated to S.
Giovanni Battista and the church of S. Biagio near Agnone. And from
other donations, it obtained the church of S. Manno and a farm of
twenty acres near Marsi, so also the church of S. Benedetto with a
small monastery and fifty acres of ground in the vicinity of
Roaacsicura. From another compensation made by Gentile Gradinato in
1382, it came to possess the church of S. Lucia, the castle Moro and
the church of S. Angelo in Francolisi.
What an imposing patrimony, what a good justification of the fame
authority enjoyed by the Monastery in our district and also in other
Over the monastery and all its inhabitants, the “preposito” had
absolute authority; he was elected by the monks gathered in the Capitol
and he carried the title of Abbot.
He also was called “father” or “sire” because of the temporal authority
invested in him and because the inhabitants of S. Pietro were vassals
of the monastery.
The abbot administered the vast patrimony of the institution in council
on important negotiations with the monks and in urgent cases with his
superiors, and every year on the occasion of the anniversary of the
dedication of the monastery itself, he had to journey to Monte Cassino
to render an accounting of this administration.
Furthermore, he was responsible for the maintenance of the church and
of the houses that belonged to the monastery, but he could not in any
circumstances make over the good of the monastery itself under penalty
of excommunication and expulsion from the order.
His person was sacred and inviolable, and if some “suadente diabulo et
repletu spirtu nequissiomo ” had raised himself to give offense, he
would have incurred perpetual damnation for himself and all his
progeny, loss of this own properties and never he regain the graces of
Furthermore, the prelate watched over the observation of rules that
were to support the monks and the monastery, and that were in substance
the orders from the Benedictines.
So rules were imposed fro dress; a tunic with hood, tied with a rope
about the hips, and also imposed work in the fields alternated with
rest and the practice of religious rites.
In early morning, the monks gathered in the fields for farm work, and
at evening, recited the usual Psalms, retired to their cells, but even
during the night some would rise to go to church to pray.
None owned anything personally but all shared in common.
Some were famed for rigorous observation of religious rules, and some
for wisdom and good works.
Among those religious, the monk S. Amico remains famous having lived
about 1100 and made the countryside about S. Pietro famous with many
miracles and good works. D. Sabatino Frazzini, a brother priest, has
written an accurate biography of S. Amico and from this biography we
can read brief notes on the life of the saint that present a good deal
of interesting references to the social happenings of the time, so that
the life of S. Amico greatly resembles that of S. Francis of Assisi in
many episodes of his life and in the spirit that molded him.
Amico was born about the middle of the Tenth Century in Castello di
Marte in the vicinity of Camerino of a noble family of Ramibone or
Arabone. He grew up with a lively intellect, a sweet disposition and a
great love for his fellow man. While still very young, Amico wanted to
give himself to the austere life of a priest, and ordained a priest, and
after having distributed to the poor all his worldly goods, he
retreated to a cave in a wilderness area and there he stayed for
several years totally dedicated to prayer.
Soon, however, the fame spread of this devoted and pious man who did
not preach anything but peace and love for mankind, and many began to
come to the cave to know him, ask his advice and even to reconcile
themselves to God. Many, attracted by his example, abandoned without
hesitation life in the world and made themselves followers of Amico. He
then left his refuge and with his followers went to Ascolano, and from
there, after having accomplished prodigious miracles, including the
miracle of having made an enormous mass fall over the entrance to this
cave through the strength of this prayers and orations, he entered the
monastery of Monte Cassino where he was the favorite of S. Benedetto
(Saint Benedict), who wished to enroll him in the monastery of S.
Pietro Avellana in order to complete his mission of faith and love.
Taking himself to S. Pietro Avellana, Amico soon acquired great fame
for the sanctity of his generosities.
Among these, according to the legend or history whichever it maybe, is
the account that during the night of the Christmas Vigil of 1039, Amico
had a vision of the death of Ugone, Abbot of Farfa, from which he
predicted the moment of death, which actually happened on the day and
at the hour indicated by Amico.
Another miracle still remembered in the area is the miracle of the wolf
One day Amico found himself in a forest with a mule ladened with wood
when an enormous wolf attacked the mule and tore it to pieces. Amico,
after intense prayers, addressed such bitter reproaches to the wild
beast that the wolf was reduced to such tameness as to be commanded to
take a packsaddle upon its back, transporting to the monastery all the
wood that would have been carried by the mule.
Talking with this brothers at the monastery one day, Amico predicted
that seven months from that day, he would pass on to a better life, and
precisely seven months later on the day indicated, 3 Nov 1045, Amico
died serenely at the age of 120 years.
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buried “in a ditch, there outside the basilica, as is fitting. Tie a
rope around my legs and with it, drag me out of the church and leave me
Such a wish was naturally granted and the body of the Saint was buried
in the Apse of the Church, and later, in 1456, a chapel was erected and
dedicated to him, and the holy remains were buried in a marble casket
under the altar of the chapel.
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ante arcam lapideam, in qua corpus S. Amici asservatur, faciendum
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Many people are looking for natural ways to makes themselves better and they are trusting medicines less than before. What if there was a way to not use any medicine?
In my life I have done away with using medicine which nearly took my life in 2010 which made me turn to natural ways of body healing. This is the lost book of remedies review I will be revealing if this book is worth it for helping you with natural ways.
The book is basically based on ancient medicine which is opposite to how modern medicine works.
This book has been out for years so it is easier to see if it has worked for people or not over these years.
I will talk about what the book has and who the book is for and if it is actually legit or not like I normally do.
Lost book of remedies review
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Creator: Claude Davies
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What is the lost book of remedies?
The lost book of remedies is a book that teaches you how to heal yourself naturally with herbs of your own. This book helps you learn to make these herbs yourself.
The book is basically a self healing guiding for you and your family as you will also be learning how to grow your plants.
If you will remember that before doctors can with their medicine in the ancient times people only relied on natural herbs to help heal their conditions.
Even though they used trial and error most of the time all the herbs they used actually worked.
This concept has been lost over the years due to civilization and this book is giving the exact blue print to make this possible any person to heal themselves using the proper herbs.
The book also helps you in finding the proper herbs for your specific condition using tried and tested ways.
Who is the creator of the lost book of remedies?
As with all my reviews I always make sure to look at the author to see if he or she is a real person so this will give us more trust with the product.
The creator of this book is Claude Davies who has been in the medical field for many years focusing on natural healing.
Pros and Cons
- Helps you make herbal remedies of your own with good, tried and tested techniques.
- The remedies in the book have been tested.
- No side effects in using these herbs
- You will be reading a lot in order to understand how to make herbs.
- You will need a lot of time to plant the herbs
- For people who really have time to prepare the plants
- You will need to have a garden at home
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The lost book of remedies basically works by giving you practical ways you can be able to fend for yourself without needing modern grocery food.
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The plants in the book are very different to the ones you may know.
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What is in the book?
Before getting any book a program is worth knowing what you will be getting and learning from the program.
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- List of recipes and spices which you will need
- Learning to knowing which plants to prepare for healing your body
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Yes there are 3 bonuses for this book and here they are.
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Who is the book for?
The book is basically for any person who is wanting to get rid of any illness This is more for people who have been struggling when it comes to using medicine and getting side effects like me.
This is because when you have learned to use the herbs to heal your condition you will be wanting to use this book forever for everything you do.
I will not list people who need this book because this is basically everyone who hates medicine needs.
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Is the lost book of remedies a scam?
When it comes to this book the main thing to know is it is not a scam at all, it is one of the best books ever when it comes to healing your body naturally.
Here are the reasons which make this book be legit:
- Uses methods that have been used in the past
As most of us know ancient methods have worked well since they were coming from nature.which is what has helped me heal my clogged heart artery condition.
- The owner is real
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The lost book of remedies is made in an easy to understand manner so that you will be able to reach your goals of making medicine.
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The lost book of remedies is exactly a book which uses natural remedies to help you heal your conditions.
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The book is basically for any person who is looking to get rid of medicine and use natural ways to heal their illness.
I hope you enjoyed this review and I hope it was helpful to you. If you have any questions or comments please leave them below.
The lost book of remedies
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Fri Jan 4th, 2019
Jeremy Wade Shockley
The Southern Ute Drum
Tags: Cassandra Atencio, Hanley Frost, It All Happened Long Ago, Linda Baker, Pearl Casias, Russell Box Sr., Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy, Southern Ute Museum, Ute stories, Weminuche wilderness
Storytelling is an important aspect of Ute culture. These stories are shared and passed down during the winter months, when all the outside activities were slowing down and families were together.
The Southern Ute Indian Montessori Academy (SUIMA) hosted a story night for students and parents in the Ute language classroom on Wednesday, Dec. 19. The following weekend, the Southern Ute Museum (SUM) held a storytelling event as part of their ongoing lecture series, which was open to the public.
Speaking at SUIMA were Southern Ute elders, Pearl Casias and Russell Box Sr., who shared stories with the Ute children over a potluck style dinner. Box, recently penned a memoir, “The Physical and Spiritual Journey of a Southern Ute Elder” with local author Judith Stone. He emphasized the importance that stories have traditionally played in Ute culture.
Box told the story of the “See-atch,” a Sasquatch type character who was known for snatching up children in the dark of night. The story was intended to remind children to listen to their parents and heed the warnings of their elders. Box remembers his parents and grandparents telling fireside stories whenever there was a visitor at their home, the children would sit close and listen, eventually passing these Ute stories on to their children.
Casias told the story of “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” one of the many Ute stories that reflect back on a time where the animals could talk to each other and with people.
The Southern Ute Museum’s storytelling event coincided with the opening of “It All Happened Long Ago,” an exhibit which explores an innovative method of storytelling, while still reinforcing tribal customs, according to the museum’s exhibit statement. In the visual and written exhibit, each animal character encounters moralistic and didactic experiences, each story vividly illustrated by Jed Smith.
Visitors gathered in the great hall of the museum to sip hot coco and listen to stories by Cultural Education Coordinator, Hanley Frost, and Museum Director, Linda Baker on Saturday, Dec 22.
“Wintertime, that’s when the whole family is there, when there is time for grandparents to talk to the children. To teach them beadwork, how to make shawls, ribbon shirts; getting them ready for Bear Dance and other spring ceremonies,” explained Frost.
The evening ended with a live performance of the Ute Creation story, directed by Cassandra Atencio, NAGPRA Coordinator with the Southern Ute Culture Department. Young tribal members donned wolf and coyote attire to play out their skit against a backdrop of hand painted landscapes depicting the Weminuche Wilderness.
Hanley Frost shared the Bear Dance legend, then the story of “Why the Crow is Black,” a family story passed down by his elders. Linda Baker told a tale from her childhood, one that depicted her family traveling around the region and visiting the trading post at Elmore’s Corner. She reinforced the idea that most Ute stories were either oral histories and anecdote passed down through families, or tales of talking animals, each with their own meaning.


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• The Commonwealth Club, March 18, 2010
• TEDxSF, March 27, 2010
• The Wellington School, November 10, 2010
• Kickoff lecture for 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book
• Tavis Smiley on PBS. Video here. Transcript here.
• The Agenda with Steve Paikin on Canada's TVO. Video here.
• Edinburgh Book Festival interview.
• Bloggingheads dialogue with Will Wilkinson.
• BigThink interview.
• "Good Day Columbus" morning TV interview
• Talk of The Nation
• KERA's Think with Krys Boyd (Dallas)
• WOSU's All Sides with Ann Fisher (Columbus OH)
• Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning with Kerri Miller
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• Aspen Public Radio's Page by Page, with Jonathan Bastian
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Six months ago I posted about growth and hope and anticipation.
This is my first post since.
I was so optimistic then.
My squash plant was growing.
I could almost taste the fried squash feast.
Despite lots of pretty yellow blossoms, there was never squash.
Because I look for symbolism everywhere, I found some here.
Symbolism 1: COVID
(Because, let’s face it, we have not escaped it yet.)
Months ago we were able to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
Those of us who were vaccinated were able to gather again!
The promise of overcoming the pandemic.
Blossoms of hope!
Not everyone who could get vaccinated got vaccinated.
So, variants developed.
Hospitals remain busy.
Funeral homes remain in demand.
And here at the end of the year, we are back to worrying about new variants, breakthrough infections and the possibility of accidently infecting others even when we are super careful.
Symbolism 2: Beauty > Productivity
Those squash blossoms were so beautiful.
When I looked out in the morning to see them covered with dew and picking up the sunlight, they made me happy.
Our society values “productivity” over everything, but “producing” is not the only way we contribute to the world.
We can bring happiness and joy just by “being” in the world.
On this last day of 2021, I remember the blossoms and I cut myself a break.
I didn’t write a blog post for six months.
But I hopefully contributed something to the world even so.
As has become my custom, I will end the year by sharing the list of books I read over the past twelve months.
They brought me knowledge, perspective, joy, laughter, and tears.
Sarah’s 2021 Reading List:
The Giver of Stars (audiobook), Jojo Moyes
Jesus and the Disinherited, Howard Thurman
A Man Called Ove (audiobook), Fredrik Backman
The Girl Who Wrote in Silk, Kelli Estes
Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World, Henri J. M. Nouwen
Golem Girl, Riva Lehrer
S is For Silence (audiobook), Sue Grafton
Death in Mud Lick, Eric Eyre
The Starless Sea (audiobook), Erin Morgenstern
The Night Diary (audiobook), Veera Hiranandani
Angel of Greenwood, Randi Pink
T is for Trespass (audiobook), Sue Grafton
U is for Undertow (audiobook), Sue Grafton
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent, Isabel Wilkerson
Salt Houses, Hala Alyan
V is for Vengeance (audiobook), Sue Grafton
Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times, Katherine May
The Bell, Iris Murdoch
Summer Sisters, Judy Blume
Black Milk: On Writing, Motherhood, and the Harem Within, Elif Shafak
Klara and the Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro
With the Fire on High (audiobook), Elizabeth Acevedo
Let’s Talk About Hard Things, Anna Sale
Giving Up Whiteness: One Man’s Journey, Jeff James
The Line Becomes a River: Dispatches From the Border, Francisco Cantu
Anxious People (audiobook), Fredrik Backman
Hill Women: Finding Family and a Way Forward in the Appalachian Mountains (audiobook), Cassie Chambers
The Night Watchman (audiobook), Louise Erdrich
The Other Black Girl (audiobook), Zakiya Dalila Harris
Dusk Night Dawn: On Revival and Courage, Anne Lamott
Inside Out & Back Again (audiobook), Thanhha Lai
Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.
My Grandmother Asked Me To Tell You She’s Sorry (audiobook), Fredrik Backman
Today We Go Home, Kelli Estes
The Dutch House (audiobook), Ann Patchett
The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
W is for Wasted (audiobook), Sue Grafton
A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park
Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
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I did eventually sympathize with them all for various reasons and in the end that didn't matter to me so much as the story. They have many Cameroonian friends, some on the other side of the country, and a few are influential. But I suppose it comes close to the truth for some immigrants. The story of a Cameroon family coming to America to chase their American dream. It was as simple as a burlap sack, and it was a bit too rudimentary to really pull me in. I'm eagerly looking forward to her next work.
So many lost their houses and their livelihoods. Each marriage is tested and chinks in marital armor prevail. Even though this is a work of fiction, I had a hard time in believing that this story ain't real. I read this book for my book group and we all loved it. I think I highlighted one too many parts of this book because of it. This is the story of a family who has emigrated from Cameroon.
When the siblings invite Matthew to stay with them at their loft while their parents are away, the trio embark on a heady journey involving intimate games and self discovery. It includes a film directed by , Bertolucci Makes The Dreamers, narrated by , and a documentary Outside the Window: Events in France, May 1968 with contributions from , Adair, and Bertolucci. My only issue is that there were a few plot lines that were unnecessary and felt a little forced. There are two versions: an uncut -rated version, and an R-rated version that is about three minutes shorter. The great thing in American is it doesn't matter what your last name is, doesn't matter if you're wealthy. Neni finds Cindy in a bad way one day, and Cindy suddenly confides in her.
At the same time, these symbols can leave you confused and wondering what that dream was all about. I was surprised at the ending but not sure that it could have gone any other way. Jende Jonga and his wife Neni- the African couple who worked for Clark and Cindy Clark — Clark being executive for Lehman Brothers - shines the light on many drawbacks in the United States. What constitutes good and evil? View our and Dream Moods, Inc. I felt that Mbue could have done so much more with the dynamics in the relationships between these characters. Their lives are filled with pain and despair, as they desperately try to maintain their wealth and prosperity during the collapse of Lehman Brothers, a financially devastating crisis in 2008.
And while I know what significant financial and emotional stress can do to a marriage, I really didn't like the way that Neni and Jende's characters transformed as things started going downhill for them. Black men and police are palm oil and water. Look closely at the characters, animals, objects, places, emotions, and even color and numbers that are depicted in your dreams. Her writing style is precise, not overly flowery. And we no got no word for gay.
At a protest demonstration, Matthew meets cinema-obsessed Isabelle and her twin brother, Theo. Jende and his wife, Neni, have been preparing for the interview for days. But then the financial world is rocked by the collapse of Lehman Brothers. Having overstayed his visa Jende has a legal ongoing matter to gain asylum and thus the opportunity to stay permanently in America. This book shows how tenuous the hold on their lives are for some.
Verdict: One of the best books that I read this year! Yet Jende and Neni have their own burdens, trying to keep from getting deported and having to use some of their savings to help their family in Cameroon. She enrolls in college, with the expectation that she can eventually become a pharmacist; he secures a job as the c It genuinely surprises me that so many of my friends here on Goodreads seem to have been rather lukewarm on this book, because Behold the Dreamers was a thoroughly engrossing, powerful, emotional experience for me. What pride are you talking about? Ah, this book was a pleasant surprise. You think I came to America so that I can leave? Matthew begins to accept Théo and Isabelle's sexuality and his time living with them soon becomes idyllic. They have a son, Liomi, for whom they have high hopes.
Imbolo Mbue tells the story of married couple Jende and Nemi, who have moved from Cameroon to New York City to pursue their dream of a better life in America. Clark loses his job and the strain on his marriage results in its collapse. I loved the portrayal of their home country and their connections with it. I voted for this book in the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards.
During the civil unrest of 1968 Paris, a young American student named Matthew meets and befriends Isabelle and Theo, an intriguing brother and sister pair who share with him a love for film. Cindy maybe a beautiful American housewife, but she is a sad and broken woman from the inside as she indulges herself into the ugly shortcuts of life. A young American studying in Paris in 1968 strikes up a friendship with a French brother and sister. The story is told from their alternating points of view.
One of the things that makes us special are laws, agreed upon and enforced, that benefit citizens. However, this takes nothing away from a novel that is a timely and pertinent story that carries an authentic picture of an immigrant experience. The characters are, in short, quite memorable as well as enlightening to send the readers a strong message of the importance of homeland and earning respect through clean ways. Jende is working as a cabbie when he lands the dream job of chauffeur to Lehman's executive, Clark Edward, who demands Jende keeps his secrets and give him his absolute loyalty. In fact, at times, the understanding between the women and men are stronger than between the spouses. They are such sweet people, trying so hard.


The CSA catalogues reflect the broad range of scientific and technological invention, innovation and progress in the UK from the early 20th century to the early 21st century. They also reflect the lives of the creators, and show they did not live in a vacuum of work, but had wide ranging interests, friends and family life. The catalogues are cross searchable, initially arranged alphabetically by name of the creator, but a topic can also be used as a search term.
To search for a specific term in a .pdf, please click on the link to open the file, press [ctrl + f] (Windows) or [cmd + f] (Mac), enter the search term and hit 'return'.
Please click here to search the catalogues.


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Library & Library Policies
NTGM maintains an active library of well over 900 books, videos, and DVDs on a variety of fiber-art related topics, from traditional to state-of-the art. Items are available to current members only, on a monthly sign-out basis. We encourage members to keep items in circulation by returning them the following month. All items must be returned by the annual June luncheon for re-shelving and inventory.
The NTGM library collection is now viewable on librarything.com. The library is a great way to add to your knowledge base, increase your technical skill, and preview books before you buy. Donations are gladly accepted.
Reminder about policies and procedures
Remember that the money raised from the Flea Market pays for your library, so keep buying!
The goal of the NTGM library is to provide all members with free access to books and other materials on a wide range of fiber-art related topics. As with any public library, we need to be sure books stay in circulation by ensuring that they are returned in a timely fashion. Please be considerate of your sister members and try to return your materials by the next meeting.
If you check out books and cannot come to the next month's meeting, please try to find someone to bring them in (check your NTGM directory) or contact Linda and let her know of a delay in returning. (Please do not return items to the church office.) Once all previous checked out books are returned, we encourage members to check out other books and materials.
If something bad happens to your book, please expect to replace it for the Guild.
As always, if you have a particular item you'd like to see in the library, please let us know by contacting Linda here.


Annual art event!
Raine & Horne's Milton office will play host to the Our Place photo competition, with a selection of entries to be displayed in our office windows during the ARTfest Milton Gallery Walk on Thursday October 10 from 6pm. Pop in and check out the entries from our budding photographers and vote for your favourite. Meet the R&H team and enjoy some nibbles and live music by local young performers.
Every year Milton comes alive during the gallery walk with shops and galleries open throughout the evening, as well as buskers and street art around town. The Raine & Horne photo competition is in its third year and raises funds for local charities. Pervious recipients have been the Friends of Milton Library and the Milton-Ulladulla Cancer Outpatients Appeal.
A selection of photos from this year's exhibition will be published in a beautiful coffee table book, with all proceeds from the sale of the book going to the Milton-Ulladulla Men's Health group which recently arranged for the installation of Public Defibrillators in the main street of Ulladulla and Milton. What an awesome idea!
We hope you'll come along and check out the photos during the gallery walk and meet members of our team. If you'd like to enter, it's free and there's cash prizes up for grabs. Entries close on October 1, so be quick and email your high resolution photos to email@example.com
Congratulations to the ARTfest committee on another planning another fabulous festival to showcase the creativity of our local residents.


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Photographers leave but their pictures remain. This is a story of a boy who started to dream of becoming a photographer when he was seventeen and who has been following his vision for more than forty years. His Cuban trilogy documents the everyday life of Cubans and tells the story of a man who fell in love with the island. Ernesto Bazan’s work is a visual poetry translated into his pictures.
What was the beginning of your photographic journey?
I started young, when I was fourteen years old. I asked my father for a camera and he eventually bought me one. Neither one of us had any clue of what that purchase meant in my life. Then at seventeen, I had a dream. I heard a voice in my sleep whispering a few words:“ You need to be a photographer.“ The next morning I remembered the dream and told my parents what my future profession is going to be. I can say that I’ve been taking pictures for the last forty years!
Did you have any photographic icon or mentor who influenced you and your photographic vision?
You just begin taking pictures following your intuition having no idea where this personal journey will take you. My spiritual mentor is and will always be Robert Frank.
What do you think about the recent trends and conceptualism appearing more and more in the field of documentary photography?
I just do my work without paying too much attention of what is trendy out there. I continue to follow my path faithfully through teaching my workshops and taking new images which if I’m lucky, one day, they will become part of future books. The pleasure of taking images continues to stay with me!
You won the World Press Photo. What do you think about today’s “fast“ photojournalism?
It was 1995 when I received a phone call in the middle of the night in Havana, announcing me that I had won the first price in the Daily Life category with my Cuban images. What is the most scary about today “fast“ journalism is the ability and possibility to manipulate your images.
The book “Before You Grow Up“ captures and uncovers your intimate life. Was it difficult for you to make it?
Yes, it was difficult because it dealt with the most intimate part of my life: my family. It took me seven years to bring it to light. Although the book has a positive ending wishing my twin boys Pietro and Stefano a fulfilling life, I also had to come to terms with my father passing, which has been the single most difficult moment in my life up to date. The book represents a departure from all my previous ones because I used drawings, snapshots and memorabilia just as a family photo album looks like. Some of my students keep telling me it’s the best I’ve done so far! For me it’s very important that the book is finally out and that my mother, brothers, my beloved Sissy, Pietro and Stefano have all dedicated copies of it.
You are a photographer and publisher at the same time. Is it manageable at all?
Being a photographer is very difficult. Being a publisher of a small books production is very difficult. Difficulty has never stopped me and I’ll continue to self-publish books of both mine and talented photographers who have studied with me untill I have the energy to do so! Along with many of my students we feel very proud of what we are doing!
Did Cubans accept you and let you photograph their personal stories?
The book represents my personal and intimate vision of my life there. It also conveys at the same time how Cubans felt about themselves and the life they had and how I felt about them and myself living and taking pictures for fourteen years. Most people were very generous and open to be photographed. I love it so much there and I strongly believe that I must have lived there in another life.
You were forbidden to continue working in Cuba after fourteen years. What happened? What happened and how did you deal with that?
One day I was told that I could no longer teach my workshops. Since they are one of the best things I’ve done in my life, we just decided that it was better to leave!
You are a very soulful person. Where are the roots of your spirituality and where does it come from?
In the strong devotion to the Virgin Mary and my faith in God. The more my belief becomes stronger, the more spiritual my images become along with the workshops. It’s quite uncanny to see that happening more and more lately. As I like to say, learning to take better pictures in my workshops is just an excuse for us to get together at a deeper level!
How do your family members feel about all the travelling and being long time apart from each other?
It’s not easy, but over the years we have managed to deal with it in a positive way. I’m proud and happy of the nurturing relation that I have with my family.
Can you explain me the place of color and panoramic pictures in your work?
In 2001, while I was still living in Cuba, I began taking pictures both in color and with the panoramic camera. I just loved new toys, new challenges that life was giving to me. I spent the last five years of my life on the island carrying three cameras with me all the time. I had no idea that I was creating two new bodies of work that would eventually become Al Campo and Isla. I think the beauty of taking pictures is not worrying what you will be doing with them. As I like to say, when my pictures are ready to come out they let me know!
What does the work with your students bring to you?
Much joy and good friendships, and much inspiration!
Ernesto Bazan (*1959) is an Italian photographer born in Palermo (Italy), currently living in Jersey City (New Jersey, USA). The theme of his photographs is a critical documentary depicting the daily life of an ordinary person. He is author of several books: The Perpetual Past (1982), Passing Through (1993), The First Twenty Years, Island, Molo Nord. On behalf his own publishing house BazanPhotos Publishing, he published two other books, Bazan Cuba (2009) and Al Campo, which together with the book Island make up a trilogy capturing the life of the Cuban people. During 1992-2006 he lived and photographed in Cuba, where he documented a unique period of Cuban history entitled “The Special Period.” He won several of the most prestigious photography awards, including World Press Photo’s first place in the Daily Life category. Since 2002 he has been doing photographic workshop where he educates those who have become passionate about photography. His photographs are exhibited in Europe, Latin America and the USA. Ernesto Bazan also organizes successful workshops around the world. More information about his workshops here.


Some students are not very well organised when it comes to doing homework. Parents can help in the following ways:
• Check their homework Planner daily. If they have trouble recording homework in a way that you can understand, contact us and we will arrange for the teacher to write it in. Most evenings they will have one or two pieces of homework, which will vary in style and length, depending on the student’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Negotiate a time for doing homework. We always recommend that homework be done on the day it is set so that it is fresh in the student’s mind.
• Make sure there is a quiet place where they can concentrate; if this is impossible they can use the school Library at lunch times or after school.
• If they struggle with homework, let us know so that we can help. A homework club, run by teaching assistants, takes place after 3.00pm in the Library, but we can help in other ways too. If you think your child is spending too much or too little time on homework please let us know.
• If you find they need to do research, please don’t panic as the Library is open before school, during breaks and after school and the librarian is very willing to help.
• Give them as much help as you can but please do not do it for them. If there are subjects with which you can’t help, encourage them to do it as carefully, thoroughly and neatly as possible.


Janáček’s opera Jenůfa was his breakthrough to the international scene. Along with other people, Janáček himself made many changes to the original 1904 Brno version – but now it is again available, after many layers of alterations to the score were peeled away to make the work accessible with the force that made it such a constant favourite with audiences from its earliest performances onward.
Although the ballade by Gabriela Preissová, on which the libretto is based, interlaces elements of “the abandoned maid,” fraternal hatred and infanticide, controlled via the oppressive moral standards of a peasant village community, they were not seminal to the plot until they came to the fore through Janáček’s unshakeable belief in the power of music. It even seems that it was Janáček’s musical genuineness which elevated the folk story altogether to the level of a gripping tragedy.
Leoš Janáček’s opera Jenůfa is among the most popular and widely performed of his works, and it laid the foundations of his compositional breakthrough and long-term success. Nowadays it is most frequently heard in the “Brno 1908” version, the result of a series of revisions to the opera made by Janáček himself between 1906 and 1913.
A number of reminiscences, reviews and anecdotes survive from the time of the work’s earlier première in 1904, and these accounts helped to establish many of the topics – including Janáček’s use of folk-music and “speech melodies” – that continue to fascinate us about the composer to this day. However, the precise form in which Jenůfa was first performed, and which first set out his distinctive musical style and artistic agenda, has long remained a mystery.
Now at last, after unpicking the many layers of revisions made by both Janáček and others, we can experience something of the impact which this perennially popular work made on audiences in the early years of its stage life.
Originally performed by the tiny forces of the Brno National Theatre, the 1904 version of Jenůfa is ideal for productions in small and medium-sized theatres as well
as larger opera houses.
“Although the basic narrative remains the same, many fascinating differences are revealed.”
Although the opera’s basic narrative remains the same, and most of the music is clearly recognisable, many fascinating differences are revealed. There are increased vocal demands on the four major roles, and the orchestration is more redolent of the late nineteenth century. Several passages were extensively cut, including the Act 1 ensembles, which in the 1904 version approach something like the traditional pezzo concertato of Italian opera. And Laca’s declaration of love for Jenůfa near the end of Act 2 was originally an extended set-piece, subsequently cut by Janáček to just a handful of bars in later revisions. These are just two of the more obvious examples from a version full of surprises: Janáček’s own revisions to the opera left no page of the score – from the opening xylophone solo to the glorious closing bars – untouched.
Jenůfa in its 1904 version formed the basis for all performances of the work in its first two years of stage history. As such, it fills a crucial gap in our understanding of the emergence of one of twentieth-century opera’s greatest figures. But it is of much more than purely musicological interest. It allows audiences once again to experience the thrill of the new, the rawness of emotion that places this work much more closely in the context of turn-of-the-century verismo. And it permits us a glimpse, for the first time, of the youthful face of a much-loved friend.


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