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Open Access - funding opportunities and requirements within and outside ETH Zurich
The transformation in scholarly publishing is reflected in the increasing importance of open access, which is becoming the new standard. The rapid growth of Open Access has been fueled by several factors. One of the most important being the requirements of science funders to make publicly funded research results available to the public. Nevertheless, many scientists also support open access publishing because they are skeptical towards the traditional publishers, the facilitated re-use of publications and the higher citation rates of open access publications. The talk will cover background information on open access and its advantages, but will mainly focus on the practical aspects and how ETH members can publish open access either via library funding or as green open access in the Research Collection. The open access requirements of the
most important funders as well as the institutional open access policy will also be covered.


In the world of the electronic chattosphere, sitting down and putting pen to paper seems to be a thing of the past. A simple text or sweet one-paragraph email will suffice, and it usually does, after all, we are all busy people. However, there is a certain magic that happens when we arrive home to find a hand written letter addressed to us, and an incredibly delightful feeling to be the creator of that magic. So why is it that we don’t steal more moments to send our ramblings par avion?
Do you, like me, have a box of old letters that you dust off and read in a flash of nostalgia or introspection? Is that box of memories a glorious reminder of where you were and how far you’ve come? Or perhaps it holds bittersweet reminders of a time, a place or a person that you never want to forget?
There are many famous letters written that preserve history and give insight in to a past that would have otherwise been forgotten. And how wonderful is that. A collection like “Letters of Note” is a perfect example of the power of the written word and it’s storytellers.
This book is an eclectic feast of over 100 letters offering a refreshing glimpse in to the psyche of presidents, politicians, lovers, musicians, writers, Kings and Queens.
Australian writers, Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire truly celebrate the lost art of letter writing through their ‘Women of Letters’ events. This is a monthly event bringing together some of the best and brightest writers, musicians, politicians and comedians to read original writing onstage. What follows are some hilarious, inspirational and heart-warming moments to be a part of.
So, in the interest of preservation, let’s write a letter to one of our closest friends or loved ones. Tell them we adore them, tell them we miss them or just tell them a little bit about our week. I’m positive that from this age-old and loving exchange you will both have a moment together, to write, to receive and preserve. Who knows, one day someone may discover these precious letters and be enlightened, inspired and fulfilled by what they find.


The offical opening ceremony of the Giving Library was yesterday! The managment staff of Sandoval Regional Medical Center, Sarah Cobb from Senator Udall's office, and a tv crew from Channel 7 were in attendence. Thank you to all those who came and your continuing support!
On March 28th I met with the mayor of Rio Rancho to film a segment for his monthly talk show. I'm not sure when it will air but be looking out for it!
Hello! I'm Annika, an Adult Girl Scout who has earned her Gold Award! This blog follows the project from its start to current day. Here you'll find links to interviews, general information, and photos of the project.


To become a world and Olympic champion in any sport is an achievement only a few can claim. For brothers to achieve this with back-to-back victories in closely paralleled careers is an even more unique happening.
This was the case with Hayes Alan and David Jenkins who joined the state’s most elite group of athletes in 1969 when elected to Colorado’s Sports Hall of Fame. Like Earl “Dutch” Clark, one of the charter members of the Hall of Fame, they are graduates of Colorado College and while gaining their athletic fame, were residents of Colorado.
Hayes Alan, the eldest of the brothers, won four world figure skating championships while working toward Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude honors at Colorado College. Under the coaching of Edi Scholdan at the Broadmoor Ice Palace, his skating came to climax in the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina, Italy, in capturing the men’s division Gold Medal for the U.S.A. He was twenty-two years old at the time.
Also on that 1956 Olympic squad from the United States was Hayes’ younger brother, David, who finished third and just behind another American, Ronnie Robertson.
David captured world titles four times from 1957-60 and duplicated his brother’s feat in the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, California.
David, too, graduated from Colorado College with a Phi Beta Kappa key and Cum Laude honors in chemistry. He also went on for an advanced degree, gaining his M.D. at Western Reserve University in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. He came back to Colorado briefly in 1967 to serve at the Air Force Academy Hospital. After that, David made his home in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he taught Intestinal Disease at the University of Oklahoma, Tulsa Medical College and engaged in the practice of Gastrointestinal Disease. He and his wife, Barbara, had three children, Christa, Thomas and Andrew. David took up tennis too, and says his greatest moment in sports was witnessing his brother’s Olympic victory, although his own was certainly a close second.
While David was winning his Olympic gold medal, a pretty blond from Ozone Park, New York, was doing the same thing for the women’s division. She was Carol Heiss, who later was to become Hayes Alan’s bride.
The Jenkins’ mother, Mrs. Sarah Jenkins, remained in Colorado Springs after her sons Olympic success. She was a librarian at the Charles L. Tutt library on the Colorado College campus, a position she held while the Jenkins brothers were attending college and skating their way toward international fame and glory.
For brothers to achieve this with back-to-back victories in closely paralleled careers is an even more unique happening.


I took a late lunch on Tuesday and walked over to the library to return a few books. On my way, I met a friend who took a look at my small stack which included five books of Beatrix Potter.
“Look at this,” I said, waving The Tale of Benjamin Bunny around. “This is a terrible book!”
“Yes,” she agreed solemnly.
“You know this?” I was astonished. I feel like I’ve been living under a rock for 40 years.
“They’re brutal,” I said. “In this book, Peter Rabbit is practically having a nervous breakdown from PTSD and both bunnies get whupped by Benjamin’s dad,” and opened the book to the picture of the bunnies laid out under a hickory switch. Peter is freaking out and rightly so. The young bunnies were scared to death and then Ben’s dad, Mr Bouncer, decides it’s time to give them a lesson.
No wonder Ben’s kind of messed up. If he was going to school, his teacher would have called the parents in for a conference.
“Life was tougher back then,” my friend said. She was philosophical.
This friend has four grown daughters, all of whom, like me, probably read or were read the winsome tales of forest and barnyard animals with those lovely illustrations. The same characters popular on of baby clothing, dishware, represented by toys, figurines and decorations.
All blessedly innocent. Or are they?
I got a wild hair to re-read Potter’s books before Christmas and collected a stack of them from the library. Two bad mice getting down with china dollhouse props, poor abused Benjamin, Little Pig Robinson. The library didn’t have too many of the cunning little green books, so I bought 22 book collection for my Kindle, read some more, and things started to get disturbing.
Consider The Tale of Mr Tod. Tod is a fox who has an inconvenient relationship with Tommy Brock, a badger who is essentially a sociopath. The plot hinges around a moment when Tommy, who is friendly with Mr Bouncer (remember, Benjamin’s father?) is hanging out with the rabbit who nods off, seemingly stoned from smoking cabbage leaves.
I’m not clear how this friendship has a leg to stand on, but while Bouncer is supposed to be looking after his grandchildren, Tommy stuffs them in a sack and keeps them in an oven until he’s good and ready to cook them. Spoiler alert-everything turns out ok for the bunnies after chaos and stupidity, but at what cost to babies’ sanity?
Then I re-read The Tale of Jemima Puddle-duck, and I actually felt kind of depressed afterwards.
Jemima is a perfectly good duck, maybe a little slack when it comes to hatching out her eggs but who wants to sit in a bowl of knobby things all day? So the farmer’s wife takes the eggs to put under a surrogate. A hen who probably acts all righteous in the barnyard. I wouldn’t like her.
Jemima is pissed. She wants to hatch her own babies out and so sets off on her own against the advice of the other ducks who just give her a hard time about her flighty ways.
Way to support a friend, ladies.
So Jemima puts on clothing, which she wasn’t wearing in the barnyard.
What that says about the barnyard, I don’t know. I don’t even know where the ducks buy clothes that fit, or learn to sew. But let’s suspend reality for a few more minutes.
A clothed Jemima sets off to find a suitable quiet spot to go all broody with eggs of her own.
Enter the fox.
You know it’s going to go bad when a bird and a fox are in a plot, and Potter doesn’t disappoint.
I think kids can cope with the “oh, no, the fox is going to eat the duck” thing, but kids aren’t dumb. There is more going on here.
The fox is gracious, hears out Jemima’s plight and offers a sympathetic remark but is really a veiled threat about the hen hatching out her eggs. And he sees his moment.
No carnivore is going to knock back a dumb duck, and he offers her a space in his own home and it’s now you have got to think Jemima is either really stupid or really desperate. What happened to instinct, anyhow?
But she goes with him and the Fox and offers her a spot in a dark, depressing little hut. He dumps a pile of duck down (erp!) from a sack for the hapless duck to nest. So she goes about laying a full nest of eggs.
Each day she goes back and forth from the farm adding an egg to the clutch. Why her friends don’t corner her and ask, ‘Where the heck are you disappearing to each day, girl?” but they don’t. Because you and I both know they don’t really care. They’re not really her friends. Jemima is all on her own here and they’re happy to ignore her weird ways.
All the while, the fox has designs on the eggs and messes with them while the duck is away. When the numbers are right, Jemima announces she’ll bring a bag of corn and get busy incubating her eggs, but the fox is all, “No, no. I’ve got that covered babe,” and tells her he has a whole sack of oats for her.
Then he suggests she fill up on herbs in the farm garden before she comes for the long haul and collect a few onions while she’s at it to bring back for a private feast, just the two of them.
All very sinister but Jemima is about as ignorant as one of her hapless eggs. So she’s trolling through the garden, gorging on sage and thyme, picking up some onions. Why she can’t see the writing on the wall-I know I was talking out loud, urging this duck to get a grain of sense but…
While she is at the farm getting ready to be somebody’s Sunday lunch, she runs into Kep, the reliable collie. Jemima runs her mouth as usual, tells him about this great deal she has going with the whiskered dude in the woods. Kep is no dope and reads between the lines. He gets all the details, and you’re not too sure at this point where the story’s heading. Two canines on one duck is a bad deal, no matter how you slice it.
But it’s a set-up. Kep lets her head back to the fox’s pad, and meanwhile, rounds up some young foxhounds and the reader’s thinking-right, this is going to work out. We’ll get a happy ending. So will my kid, and the kid in me, that remembers all these to be happier books.
Sorry to disappoint.
So yes, the fox gets run off and finds Kep and his two young comrades find Jemima has been locked in that fluffy lair with her eggs. He pops the lock and the traumatized and hot Jemima tumbles out of the stuffy room.
In a split second, the young dogs scram in there and eat all her eggs!
So the entire story, all that work, for nothing.
Not only that, Jemima is in tears and gets marched back to the farmhouse like an escaped prisoner. It’s awful. This poor duck has been living on a dream and all her hopes were dashed by some greedy dogs who were no better than drunken frat boys at a nude pool party.
At the end of the book, we learn that Jemima Puddle-Duck was allowed to hatch out some eggs, but apparently she’s kind of a trailer-trash mother, and only part of her clutch lives.
Or maybe she was transformed into a kind of Stepford duck, abandoning all thoughts of independence? I hope not.
I spoke to another friend about all this, and she also had recognised the troubling plot lines in Beatrix Potter’s books.
But I read all these books as a child, I also read collection of the twelve Andrew Lang Fairy Tale books, like the Red Fairy Tale Book, the Lilac Fairy Tale Book, collections of the world’s tales that didn’t spare the grim and gruesome. And the Oz books were a staple in my household as they were in my mother’s before me. Talk about violence and death. People disappearing into nothing, threats to life and limb.
I read with innocence and I remember all those books with wonderful nostalgia, so I suppose I read again with a tainted perspective and a suspicion that I could not have had as a young person.
Beatrix Potter was a product of the mid-late 19th century, like many upper-class, privileged women from that era. Isolated from her wealthy parents in a nursery, she was discouraged from becoming independent, but she persevered and must have found some measure of self-expression and fulfillment in the life she made.
All the same, I can’t help but think that Jemima was like Beatrix; disappointed in life, trying for freedom and independence, only to fail and returned back to a kind of prison. When she was allowed to hatch a few eggs, it was a kind of compromise, but she never realized the life she longed to experience.


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“Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of His might. Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand agains the wiles of the devil. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against he rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.” — Ephesians 6:10-12
As the name suggests, we view our library, The Armory, as a place where students are equipped with wisdom—gleaned from the Word of God and other great books—for a lifetime of service for the glory of God! As part of the ministry of the church, CCA desires to create a safe place for children to explore good books and conduct online research. Additionally, we hope to instill a lifetime love for reading and build character in our children one story at a time.
We have purposed to fill our shelves with great books of classic literature. Classic literature is compromised of books that have elements of the Great Story—God’s story—within their pages, are written in a noble language, have a sense of morality, and stand the test of time. At CCA we recognize that the greatest gift we can give a student is passion for reading and a passion for reading good literature!
“When you sell a man a book you don’t sell him just 12 ounces of paper and ink and glue- you sell him a whole new life.” - Christopher Marley
Throughout the year, students will be exposed to various texts and stories that have been selected to match the theme or lesson of the week. The end goal of library class is for students to develop an appreciation of reading for information and pleasure and appreciate the library as a place for learning and fun.
Students will learn about the purpose of the library, as well as rules, procedures, and proper book care. They will learn about book genres (fiction, nonfiction, poetry) and elements of a story.
Our desire at CCA is to honor and encourage our young writers through our Author’s Teas! Once a quarter, teachers select students who have outstanding writing to be showcased in our library and presented at our Author’s Tea! Parents, faculty and students come to the library to have tea and listen to our gifted young authors!
One way that reading is encouraged at CCA is through our Book Critiques! When books are read, children fill out their own critique, and are awarded based upon the amount of critiques filled out throughout the week, month and year! They are also very valuable to other students as they are choosing which books to read.
At CCA, we honor our students by giving them an opportunity to donate one of their favorite books to the library on their birthday. Students can choose a book from our school reading list, order it and have it signed by the birthday child in the front cover. It is such a wonderful way for students to give back to their school.
When you are choosing what books your children will read, the stakes are especially high. The Classical Reader is an invaluable resource for every school and family for everything from book reports to reading for pleasure. Give it a try—start sorting and filtering to see the veritable cave of dragon loot, the embarrassment of riches that will provide years of instruction and delight and help to instill a lifelong love of reading.
The Hub is a collegiate-inspired student lounge dedicated for exclusive use by CCA High School Students. It is fully equipped with a kitchenette (microwave, hot/cold water system, and a “business center” workstation with a printer and office supplies), where students can gather for meals, study time, or just to hang out.
Students sign a covenant in order to be a member of the Hub so that the space is utilized with consideration, care, and ownership. The space was designed for students to fellowship, study, eat, learn, and relax in an area all their own – completely separate from the two other schools.
The High School will host lunches on the throughout the year to celebrate our students and their accomplishments. We will also have a traditional bonfire to kick off each school year, which is the first official opening of the Hub for the new freshman class, as well as Movie Nights and other events throughout the year. Additionally, the Hub is where students have tutorial when other classes are in session.
Calvary Christian Academy offers our student technology integration through our state-of-the-art technology lab. In our lab, we have twenty-four computers accessible to students for typing, writing essays, research and projects. Our computers are equipped with numbers, pages, keynote and mavis beacon.
At CCA, we value and appreciate how technological advances have assisted schools and teachers to aid their instruction. Throughout the years we have done a lot of research regarding technology usage by students in schools! We have not yet seen a school where the benefits have outweighed the negative impact. The fact is children using technology as a tool for learning in the early elementary years is uncharted territory and has not yet been proven as an effective tool in education. Studies have shown that increased amounts of technology and media exposure in the younger years inhibit a child’s ability to learn successfully.
As a classical school, our focus is to teach your students to read, write and think through direct teacher instruction! With this is mind, CCA instructs students with what is necessary at the appropriate developmental stage in their life. We have a leveled approach when it comes to the technology instruction to our students.
During the middle school years, or the Logic stage, we have integrated technology into our curriculum as a tool to help the students learn!
You can look at our Technology Integration Plan to see how specifically these programs are used.


|The Poet X||Elizabeth Acevedo||Miss Mason|
|Boy Under Water||Adam Baron||Mrs Shearer|
|S.T.A.G.S||M.A. Bennett||Ms Grundy|
|Apple and Rain||Sarah Crossan||Miss Lawrence|
|The Queen’s Assassin||Melissa De La Cruz||Mrs Mason|
|Turtles All the Way Down||John Green||Mrs Fay|
|Orphan Monster Spy||Matt Killeen||Ms Andrews|
|Inside Out and Back Again||Thanhha Lai||Mrs Reading|
|Long Way Down||Jason Reynolds||Mrs Gill|
|The Hate You Give||Angie Thomas||Ms Skennerton|
|Crongton Knights||Alex Wheatle||Mr Baker|
|Brown Girl Dreaming||Jacqueline Woodson||Mrs Pettinato|
|The Sun Is Also a Star||Nicola Yoon||Miss Lloyd|
The story of Apple had me intrigued from the start. A young teenager who’s earliest memory is that of her mum walking out on her and leaving her with her nan.
Apple is very relatable character and had me rooting for the best for her all the way through the story.
When her mum returns, eleven years later, the adventure and suspense starts and they had me hooked. I couldn’t put it down.
The book covers issues of teenage angst, the role of a parent and friendships.
Other characters are well developed, believable and relatable. I particularly liked Del.
I recommend it as a great book to learn a little about Apple and about yourself. 4.5*
I’ll be honest, when I discovered this was a verse novel (a book written in poetry form) I was initially sceptical – how wrong I was! The Poet X tells the story of Xiomara, a teenage girl struggling with her strict Catholic parents, starting to notice boys, growing up and her hidden talent for writing amazing slam poetry. A passionate story told in a unique form – a painfully realistic and satisfying read.
As well as an interesting style, the novel features a diverse range of key characters, all struggling with their own demons: her best friend, Caridad, who tries to keep her in line; her ‘golden child’ twin brother who is battling his own issues of sexuality; Xiomara’s fierce, strictly Catholic Dominican mother; her emotionally unavailable father; her inspiring English teacher Ms Galiano and her love interest, Aman. However, it’s Xiomara who has to negotiate the path to finding her identity and defining herself – her name doesn’t translate as ‘one who is ready for war’ for no reason!
I would highly recommend this novel – more suitable for older readers (13+), The Poet X deals with features some very raw, fierce emotions that will make you laugh and knot your stomach in equal measure.
I took up the challenge to read this book as it is written in short free-verse poems which I thought would make an interesting read. I wasn’t disappointed!
Lai writes from personal experience about her struggles as a child refugee, having had to flee her home country of Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon. Unsure if her father is alive, Hà immigrates with her mother and three older brothers to Alabama. There she experiences prejudice, poverty along with the challenge of learning a new language from scratch. The cultural shift that Hà and her family experience is written about so simply yet poetically, I found it hard to put this book down. It is a deceptively easy read – one critic wrote that Lai paints ‘big pictures with few words’ which I felt summarised it completely. Any teenager would enjoy this story and I’d particularly recommend it at a time when we are not in school – it not only reminds you of school, but of how important family and friends are.
This is a beautifully written story, told in verse, from the perspective of a ten
year old girl called Hà. Each verse is relatively simple and easy to access, but put together they paint a detailed picture of this monumental time in her life.
Hà was born in Saigon, but as war breaks out and it becomes too dangerous to stay, she takes the hazardous voyage to America with her family. We find out what she loves, she questions, she craves and she fears as she tries to make sense of her life before, during and after this time of transition.
Despite the many challenges she faces, I love Hà’s strength of character and the warm humour used to bring some lighter moments to a difficult time in her life. I particularly enjoyed the poems where she is trying to makes sense of the English language, and one called Choice where Hà has to choose just one personal item to take with her on her journey. I wonder what you would choose?
Reading this book will help you to think about what matters most to you and how you might deal with unexpected challenges that come your way.
I loved this book! I originally chose it because I really enjoy swimming and was expecting a book about how swimming helps a boy cope with his life.
As I soon discovered, swimming plays a minor but pivotal role in the life of the extravagantly named Cymbeline Igloo, a 9 year old boy who is popular, bright in class and good at sports – apart from swimming!
A school swimming lesson ends in an embarrassing disaster for Cymbeline, but this sets off a chain of events, narrated in the first person, in which Cymbeline learns about the see-saw nature of relationships with friends; how adults do not always make the right decisions and a huge amount about himself!
I found the book to be warm, moving , funny and very readable. The plot is fast moving but the characters are very skilfully portrayed and easy to identify with, making it enjoyable for both students and adults
This book is about a black girl, Starr, who lives in a poor neighbourhood but attends a posh school in the suburbs, of mostly white students.
Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend by a police officer.
I didn’t expect to like the book but Starr’s character felt very real to me and the story gripped me and kept me reading to find out how Starr deals with her ‘two worlds’ colliding. “The Hate U Give” is the first novel from author Angie Thomas and although it is fiction it is based on her experience of growing up in the Southern States of America.
I think this book is suitable for older readers. Some of the dialogue is challenging as it is given with colloquialisms and phrases unfamiliar to me. I’d rate this book 4/5. Thank you, Mrs Reading, for assigning this book to me.
I decided to read S.T.A.G.S. because I don’t usually read thrillers and I wanted to try something different… I’m glad I did!
The narrator of the story is Greer MacDonald, who feels like an outsider at her very posh boarding school (St Aiden the Great School, or S.T.A.G.S). When she receives an invitation from the Medievals (the elite clique) for a weekend of huntin’, shootin’ and fishin’ in the country she decides to go, ignoring every red flag along the way. After arriving at her schoolmate’s huge manor house in the countryside strange things start to happen and it turns out that it might not just be the deer that are being hunted…
It’s difficult to review the book without giving too much away, but I would definitely recommend it for readers who enjoy books with twists and turns. The story is a little far-fetched and the narrator’s naivety is frustrating at times, but I found the book engaging and also amusing. I would give the book 4/5.
Natasha and Daniel couldn’t be more different. Sure, they’re both smart, and sure, both their families are first-generation immigrants, but that’s it – or at least, that’s what Natasha is determined to think. She believes in facts and science, and Daniel is a dreamer, a wannabe poet. One of them believes in love
at first sight, and one of them doesn’t… With a looming deadline of life-changing proportions, can they find the answers to the challenges facing them?
This incredible story takes place over the course of just one day, and Yoon weaves a memorable tale of friendship, family and love.
Sarah is a fifteen-year old blonde-haired, blue-eyed Jewish girl who is on the run during Third-Reich ruled Germany. After her mother is shot at a checkpoint, she finds herself on the run from the Nazis when she meets a mysterious man who is part of the resistance, in need of her help.
As a character, Sarah is a troubled soul with a distressing past which haunts her through flashbacks of her mother during the book. These intermittent points tell us snippets of where Sarah has come from and helps us understand her complex characteristics such as he incredible ability to lie with confidence and conviction. It must have been terrifying for her as a teenager to have been placed within such a dangerous and risky situation (no spoilers!).
I found it quite difficult to read this book, purely because I had only just finished The Tattooist of Auschwitz. As books both set during the same tragic time, it was tricky to engage with two different pespectives of the same event, yet each of them told a completely different story. The way in which the book is written would work very well as an audiobook due to the internal dialogue and flashbacks.
I would recommend this book. Sarah is an admirable and brave character, coping with a tragic situation the best she can. I believe it is best suited to an older teen reader due to some of the aggressive language and complex character
I was really interested to see what this book was actually about because it has such a strange title, but eventually it all makes sense.
We follow the main character, 16-year-old Aza, as she navigates through her day to day life struggling with OCD and a fear of pathogens, alongside her creative best friends. The disappearance of a millionaire – father to one of her former friends – sends them on a mission to find the answers to this mystery. The complications of love interests and friendship dynamics shows some of the typical aspects of being a teenager, contrasted with the growing sense of mystery and the search for the truth. I couldn’t put it down!
I would highly recommend this novel. John Green has written another fantastic read and I think anyone from 14+ would enjoy this book.
The Queen’s Assassin by Melissa De la Cruz is the debut young adult fantasy novel from this long established best-selling author. Her first foray into fantasy writing held great promise. Assassin Caledon Holt and novice guild member Shadow of the Honey Glade are pitched together in a battle for their queen, their country and eventually their own lives.
The book begins well with the blood vow indicated on the books cover art
encapsulating the magic that might be unveiled and the tie that binds the books titular protagonist. The potential builds through the first few chapters, introducing the world, its capacity for magic and our main characters. Shadow particularly captures the imagination with her burgeoning magical talent and her strong proactive nature. Unfortunately, for me, that’s where the hopeful anticipation ended and the disappointment began.
The further the book progressed, the more frustrating it became. The plot turned formulaic and by the end it felt like our author had not even decided where to go with the story until she was actually writing it. It was messy, bouncing around from one perspective to another focusing on the mundane and missing out on the opportunity to make the story something great.
There was next to no chemistry between our main characters and their apparent vocations as lethal veteran and magical novice assassins respectively were simply impossible to buy into. For me, I did not believe these people would or could be assassins for ‘Renovia’s’ crown given their incompetence, immaturity and propensity for distraction.
I was hopeful that I could at least recommend the book for young readers new to the fantasy genre and therefore less prone to criticise in this way. However,
I am such a lover of the genre myself that I wouldn’t want anyone to read this and not try anything else.
The Licanius Trilogy by James Islington is a more advanced young adult fantasy series for first time fantasy readers but is a truly excellent debut by a great author that leaves you wanting more. Something the Queen’s Assassin unfortunately did not do for me
A group of teenagers pulling together to go on a mission to help their friend. Crongton Knights will take you through a whirlwind of emotions.
Following the trials and tribulations that McKay and his friends go through was thought-provoking, insightful, funny, exciting, and at times scary.
Perhaps even more poignant at this time in our lives, the book helped me be thankful for the good things we have in our lives, and that all of us are living with some baggage, worries, and difficulties. However, having people around you will always help.
Part of a trilogy, but can be read alone. Would highly recommend.
We also asked students to read these books to see what they thought.
Crongton Knights is set in the estate of South Crong, where McKay, the main character, lives. His dad can’t pay his bills and his brother, Nesta, is always in trouble with gangs and the police. The story is focused around McKay and his friends’ mission to get a phone back, and how it all gets out of control. The book isn’t the first in the series, which you work out if you know there was a previous one, but in Crongton Knights the events of the previous novel aren’t that important.
I read this book because I thought the title sounded exciting. It turned out that the book wasn’t a super long fantasy novel like I first thought but I still enjoyed the book because it was quite fast paced and although I didn’t think it would be very gripping, the tense setting and atmosphere made me want to read on. I liked McKay, the main character, because he’s relatable and not perfect.
I would recommend this book to someone who likes gripping books.
Apple’s story is all about making the right decisions; where to live, who to like and which people she can trust. It is a very realistic story, which is why I felt, especially as the story went on, that I connected with Apple and experienced real empathy for her situation.
I really liked how well the relationships between each character were thought out, shown and explored right up until the finishing page.
This has definitely become one of my favourite reads, as it shows that choosing the right thing is never as simple as it seems.
I think that anyone and everyone would enjoy this book. 4/5*.


Background of Xin’an Medicine
Huizhou cultures are one of three major regional cultures in China. They are aggregates of material and spiritual civilizations in one prefecture and six counties. They differ from Anhui cultures. Huizhou refers to today’s Huangshan of Anhui Province, Jixi County, and Wuyuan County of Jiangxi Province. Huizhou cultures are regional cultures with distinguishing regional characteristics. With extensive, profound and systematic content, they deeply reveal puzzles of the Oriental society and cultures. Holistically containing basic content about folk economy, society, life and cultures of the late feudal society of China, they are honored as typical symbols of the society. Academicians have studied these cultures for more than half a century at minimum. Huizhou cultures were listed as one of three major Chinese cultures which are prevalent in local areas and develop on a worldwide basis, including Dunhuang studies and Tibetan studies.
Huizhou cultures mainly include Huizhou land systems, Huizhou businesses, clans, Huizhou historical figures, Huizhou education, Huizhou technologies, Xin’an theories, Xin’an medicine, Huizhou Pu theory, Huizhou operas, Xin’an art schools, Huizhou seal carvings, Huizhou prints, Huizhou crafts, Huizhou carvings, Huizhou literature, Huizhou instruments, Huizhou architecture, Huizhou villages, Huizhou folk custom, Huizhou dialects, Huizhou cuisine, Huizhou religion, Huizhou geography, Huizhou animals and plants and so on. They are associated with disciplines such as economy, society, education, academics, literature, arts, crafts, architecture and medicine. All content related to social and historical development of Huizhou is part of Huizhou cultures. In general, we summarize Huizhou cultures as “aggregates of material and spiritual civilizations”.
Xin’an medicine stands out on the fertile land of Huizhou cultures as traditional Chinese medicine. Xin’an is an ancient designation of “Huizhou Prefecture” (governing Xhe County, Yi County, Xiuning County, Jixi County, Qimen County and Wuyuan County. It is named after Xin’an River and Xin’an Mountain within the territory. Originating from Xin’an medicine of ancient Huizhou, it started development in Song/Yuan dynasties and prospered in Ming and Qing dynasties. Over hundreds of years, there have been 1,000 medical scientists and more than 800 masterpieces about Xin’an cultures, which can be demonstrated by literature. There are numerous famous doctors, masterpieces, schools, theories, drugs and prescriptions with distinctive characteristics of Xin’an, which have made considerable contributions to development of TCM. With numerous doctors, medical books and significant impacts, Huizhou can be reckoned as No.1 among different areas (prefectures) in medical cultures.
Xin’an medical scientists dare to make breakthroughs and bold innovations in accumulating clinical experiences and performing academic studies about TCM. They have put forward a range of influential academic viewpoints, including Wang Ji’s theory of “consolidating foundation”, “Yingwei theory”, theory of “newly contracted warm diseases”, Sun Yikui’s theory of “activating qi and vital gate”, “theory of swelling and fire decline”, Fang Youzhi’s theory of “error detection and correction”, Wu Cheng’s theory of “treating Yin deficiency”, Yu Cong’s theory of “converting thermal energy into moisture”, Cheng Guopeng’s “eight-principle pattern differentiation” and “eight principal rules in the practice of medicine”, which occupy important positions in the academic history of traditional Chinese medicine.
In fact, “consolidating foundation” means caring and exciting human bodies’ self-organization and self-restoring capacities. This fundamental thought, as an important complement of modern medicine, is of significant academic value. Wang Ji is reckoned to be founder of the school of “consolidating foundation”, which can be traced back to Zhu Danxi’s and Li Dongyuan’s theories. Followers of these theories include Wang Fuhu, Huang Gutan, Sun Yikui and Wu Zhenglun and so on. Fang Youzhi developed the theory of “error detection and correction”, which was followed by plenty of physicians such as Yu Jiayan, Zhang Lu, Cheng Yingmao and Zheng Chongguang (local physicians of Xin’an). Cheng Yingmao and Zheng Chongguang wrote Treatise on Discussion of Typhoid and Classified Annotations of the Treatise on Typhoid, which are collectively referred to as “three Xin’an treaties about cold together with Fang Youzhi’s Treatise on Discussion of Typhoid. So far, these treaties still have academic impacts.
The school of “nourishing yin and moisturizing”, which is well-known and developed by Zheng Meijian in Qing Dynasty, is an important academic characteristic of Zheng’s laryngology family in Xin’an and fairly influential. In Jiangnan, physicians mostly won victories by taking advantage of light and magic drugs. The most representative figures included Ye Tianshi, whose father Ye Chaocai and grandfather Ye Zifan were famous doctors in Xin’an, and migrated to Suzhou subsequently. Ye Tianshi, Cheng Guopeng, Cheng Zhitian and Ye Xingu were representatives of this school, who are still influential nowadays. These are major characteristics of medicine for TCM differentiation in Jiangnan. The theory of “treating Yin deficiency” is an innovation of Xin’an medical scientists. Wu Cheng, a famous medical scientist of Qing Dynasty, firstly upheld this theory. His representative work titled Non-Resident Collection firstly developed the concept of “external damages”, which greatly enriched the TCM theory about deficiency.
Apart from theories about phlegm, blood stasis and Luobing theory, there is also theory about “preventive treatment”, which has been advocated over the past two years. The theory of “preventive treatment” is mostly misunderstood as new theory of the modern world. In fact, Sun Yikui, a medical scientist of Ming Dynasty in Xin’an, observed that phlegm was produced because of blood stasis. Theoretically, this phenomenon was explained in details from the perspective of theories. According to Luobing theory, Ye Tianshi, documented in the Guide to Clinical Medical Records in Qing Dynasty that medical scientists of Xin’an practised and utilized the theory of “preventive treatment” to a great extent based on Huangdi Neijing.
In Xin’an, there was a great variety of medical specialties, which were passed on from generation to generation and formed many “clan chains”, which still survive. For instance, “Huang’s obstetrics” of Huang Xiaotong, who was expertise in medicine in the Southern Song Dynasty, has been inherited for 25 generations; other theories that have survived until today also include Zhang Yitie’s internal medicine, which originated from Jiajing’s period of the Ming Dynasty from 1507 to 1567 when “Zhang Yitie” became famous and has been inherited for 15 generations, “internal medicine” developed by Yu Wuting and Wu Zhenglun in Ming Dynasty, Wang’s Medicine of Xin’an developed by Wang Xuejian in Qing Dynasty, “Nanyuan ENT” and “Xiyuan ENT” developed by Zheng Yufeng and Zheng Yufan. These specialities, covering rich content and unique experiences, occupy critical position in the development history of TCM. Throughout their dissemination, Xin’an medical masterpieces have played positive roles in promoting development of medicine in Japan, Korea and different countries of Southeast Asia.
Famous Doctors of Xin’an
Since the ancient times, there have been numerous famous doctors about Xin’an medicine who have made significant contributions to development of traditional Chinese medicine. Famous physicians included Zhang Kuo of Northern Song Dynasty, Zhang Gao of Southern Dynasty, Cheng Ruqing and Wang Guorui of Yuan Dynasty, Cheng Chong, Wang Ji, Wu Zhenglun, Wu Kun, Cheng Jie, Cheng Yandao, Jiang Guan, Jiang Long, Fang Youzhi, Yu Wuting, Sun Yikui, Wang Huan, Xu Chunpu, Chen Jiamo, Fang Guang and Ding Zan of Ming Dynasty, Cheng Zhengtong, Cheng Lin, Cheng Jiaoqian, Wang Ang, Zheng Chongguang, Cheng Guopeng, Wu Qian, Zheng Meijian, Zheng Shufu, Wang Wenqi, Xu Yuhe, Wang Fu, Wu Shilang, Cheng Xingxuan and Xu Zuoting. Wang Ji was honored as one of TOP4 medical scientists in Ming Dynasty and Wu Qian was renowned as one of TOP4 medical scientists of Qing Dynasty. Modern famous physicians included Wang Yuetao, Li Jiren, Wu Jinhong, Wang Zhongqi and Cheng Menxue .
Masterpieces of Xin’an
Medical masterpieces of Xin’an mainly include Medical Theory, which was written by Zhang Gao (from She County of Song Dynasty), and classical masterpieces of Xin’an medicine, Ophthalmology Masterpiece written by famous medical scientist Cheng Jie in Ming Dynasty (She County), Medical Cases of Wang Ji written by Wang Ji of Ming Dynsty who was born in Qimen County, Medical Case Records of Famous Practitioners (the first monograph summarizing medical cases of past generations in China), Bencao Mengquan, Posthumous Publications of Shenzhai and Complete Collection of Medical Science in Past andPresent Age. Modern masterpieces included Collection about Essence of Xin’an Medicine, A Collection of Medical Records from Xin’an, Xin’an Medicine, Medical Essence, Examination of Famous Doctors in Xin’an and Examination of Xin’an Medical Books.
At present, there are numerous masterpieces about medical histories and materials. Zhang Gao, was named Jiming and born in She County of the Southern Song Dynasty. His grandfather Zhang Hui and his father Zhang Shimeng engaged in medicine when his father’s brother worked in Pang’an. Zhang Gao served as practitioner for over 5 decades. To uphold practices of Xuan Zhi and ancient famous physicians, ancient physicians and medical records were recorded and integrated into the Medical Theory, which was published in 1189. The book has 10 volumes, which has 47 disciplines and over 110 famous physicians. Top 7 disciplines were about summary of medical books, acupuncture and types of medical consultations. They were subdivided into six disciplines about miscellaneous diseases, subtypes for women, two disciplines for pediatrics, sore and five classics, three disciplines for hernia. The returns to medical contributions should be written at the end of the volume. Comments and personal practices were attached at the end of the book, while materials were relatively abundant. Besides, some prescriptions which were not made public a lot in the ancient times were recorded. This was more or less useful for storing and disseminating ancient medical books. Although Gan Bozong of Tang Dynasty wrote Biography of Famous Doctors before Zhang Gao, the original book was lost, so Medical Theory is the earliest book with many monographs of medical figures and books about historical medical materials and the first relatively complete masterpiece about Xin’an medicine. It was said that this book was published in the 15th year of Li Si’s reign in Korea (AD1488) and the second year of the Manji era (AD1659). Therefore, Medical Theory was the first Xin’an masterpiece that was spread abroad.Wang Guorui of Yuan Dynasty and
He was a famous acupuncture doctor of Yuan Dynasty from Wuyuan of Huizhou. His father Doumo studied acupuncture for 20 years. Acquiring all skills from Doumo, Guo Rui was apprentice to his father from his childhood, mastered all skills and imparted them to his son Ting Yu. Sun Zongze, embarked on medicine all his life and became an acupuncture master of Yuan and Ming dynasties. He wrote Spiritual Acupuncture from Bian Que, which imposed significant impacts upon acupuncture of the later generations. However, no inscribed copy has been seen. At present, Siku Quanshu and its monograph as well as the 1995 annotated compilation of Shanghai science and Technology Press.
3. Wang Ji (1463-1593), also named Xingzhi, was born in Qimen County and lived in Shishanwu of Qimen County all his life, so he called himself Shishan. After death, he was buried in Qingluo Temple of Qimen County. He read poems when he was a little kid and became a scholar of the country. He determined to concentrate on studying medicine as his mother was not cured after a long period of vomiting. He treated his mother’s disease with ancient secret formulas, thus curing his mother’s disease. Engaging in medicine for more than 4 decades in his life, he received patients from different areas and never wasted any time. Being inquisitive and knowledgeable, he wrote many works, including over 13 types of works such as Du Su Wen Chao, Yun Qi Yi Lan, Zhen Jiu Wen Dui, Ben Cao Wen Dui, Rules and Case Studies of External Conditions, Ben Cao Hui Bian, Dou Zhi Li Bian, Tui Qiu Shi Yi, Shang Han Xuan Lu, Shishan Medical Cases, Yi Du, Bu Ding Mai Jue Kan Wu and Annotations of Internal Medicine.
4. Sun Yikui (1522-1619), also named Wenyuan and Dongsu, nicknamed Shengshengzi, was born in Xiuning. Apprenticed to Huanggutan, Yi County, he travelled to Pengli, Lujiang, Fu County, Yuan River, Hunan, Wu Prefecture, Wuxing Prefecture and Huiji Prefecture. Visiting famous doctors and learning from them modestly, he consulted all those benefiting them. His masterpieces included Chishui Xuanzhu, Yizhi Xuyu, Sun Wenyuan’s Medical Case and New Records about Acne.5. Wu Kun of Ming Dynasty, Su Wen Wu Zhu and Investigations of Medical Formulas.
Wu Kun (1552-1620), named Shanfu and born in Hegao Mountain, was also nicknamed Can Huang Zi. He lived in Chentang, She County during Jiajing’s reign and Wanli Period. Wu was born in a scholarly family, where numerous books were collected. Wu Kun, who was smart from his childhood, accumulated rich knowledge about Confucianism and had studied medicine since he was 15 years old. Apprenticed to Yu Wuting who was his countryman, he studied medical classics and typical medical books for 3 years. Later, he travelled across the country and made friends with famous doctors of the world as his master wished. He was apprenticed to over 72 people in succession and learned from their strong points. After 16 years of clinical practices, he realized that therapeutic effects were unapparent if diseases were simply treated by copying ancient people’s prescriptions. In addition, diseases would be easily wrongly treated. To use ancient prescriptions, it is necessary to master prescription mechanisms and norms for addition and subtraction. Thus, “he deliberated more than 700 good ancient prescriptions, corrected them, made slight movements and compiled them into 6 volumes. Covering 20 types, the book was named Investigations of Medical Formulas (the first monograph about annotation of medical formulas). His masterpieces included Huangdi Neijing Suwen Wuzhu, Investigations of Medical Formulas, Zhen Fang Liu Ji, Mai Yu, Shi San Ke Zheng Zhi, Can Huang Lun, Yao Zuan and Bian Ruo Kao.
6. Fang Youzhi of Ming Dynasty and Classified Annotations of the Treatise on Typhoid
Fang Youzhi (1523-1599), named Zhonghang, was born in Lingshan, She County. Attaching great importance to studying Shang Han Lun, he thought that the content of this book would be inevitably erroneous owing to simple compilation. Although this book was sorted out by Wang Shuhe, the modified one was not the same as Zhong Jingxue. It cost him 20 years to write the Classified Annotations of the Treatise on Typhoid, and articles of the Treatise on Typhoid was re-edited. Theories about protection against rheumatic diseases, typhoid and both diseases were detected in terms of errors and revised after the Treatise on Typhoid, which was the first one that schools of typhoid competed for.
7. Jiang Guan of Ming Dynasty and Medical Case Records of Famous Practitioners
Jiang Guan (1503-1565), named Minying and Huang Nanzi, was born in She County and a scholar of Jiajing’s period in Ming Dynasty. Later, he engaged in studying medicine, collected many cases about ancient/modern famous doctors’ determination, repeatedly examined and optionally documented them. It took him more than 2 decades to write the first medical monograph.
8. Xu Chunpu of Ming Dynasty and Complete Collection of Medical Science in Past andPresent Age
Xu Chunpu (1520-1596), named Ruyuan, Donggao, Simin and Sihe, was born in Qimen County. When he was a little kid, he was apprenticed to Ye Guangshan in an imperial college. Later, he became apprentice of Wang Huan (a famous doctor of Qimen) to study medicine. During the Jiajing period of Ming Dynasty, he practised medicine in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. With excellent medical skills and great reputation, he was recommended to act as medical official of the imperial hospital. Over 10 years, he wrote many books.
Complete Collection of Medical Science in Past and Present Age is one of TOP10 complete books about TCM.
9. Wang Tian, imperial doctor
Wang Dian (1497~?) Named Banggong and Yi’an, he was born in Xiao Yaoshan. He was from Qimen County of Ming Dynasty. Studying many books like Suwen, he figured out the secrets of medicine, in order that therapies could be more effective and beneficial. His syndrome differentiation and treatment were often extraordinary. In the Records of Qimen County, it was said that “his treatment was not confined to ancient prescriptions.” During Jiajing’s period, Mr. Wang travelled to Kyoto for study. Thanks to his contribution to treating the prince, he was promoted to an imperial doctor and served his post for 10 to 15 years. He returned to his hometown 21 years after Jiajing’s period. He wrote Yixue Suijin (anonymous). He treated 87 cases for internal medicine, external medicine, gynecology and pediatrics. Recently, these cases were firstly discovered to be compiled into Wang Yi’an’s Medical Cases in China, of which the preface was written by Professor Geng Jianting.
10. Zhang Zongtian, imperial and Confucian doctor of Ming Dynasty
Zhang Zongtian, also called Zhang Bantie, was from Wuyuanjia Road. His biography remained to be examined. Mr. Zhang resigned his post from the imperial hospital and returned to his hometown. After his death, he still saved many people with preserved prescriptions. His townmen spoke highly of his medical skills and praised him that “half dose magical prescriptions were effective for bringing the dying back to life and he was eternally remembered for his great contributions. His descendants repaired his tomb, built ancestral temple and set up dozens of tablets along road trees.
11. Hu Shu of Qing Dynasty and Su Wen Jiao Yi
Hu Shu (1825-1872), named Gaifu, Ganbo and Shisheng, was from Jixi County. He was skilled in engraving and standard seal scripts. He was well-known for studying Sinology and passed the imperial exams during the 9th year of Hsien-Feng. With expertise in interpreting and making glossaries and commentaries on classic texts, he ever wrote the Popular Textual Evidences. He also studied medial skills because he was always sick during his middle age, and wrote Su Wen Jiao Yi, which was the first monograph that studied Nei Jing (Inner Classic) with methods of philology.
12. Jiang Yougao’s Suling Yundu.
Jiang Yougao, who was born in She County of Qing Dynasty, was a famous philologist of Anhui School. “Qing Dynasty was a period when ancient Chinese phonology developed vigorously. Through efforts of generations, including Gu Yanwu, Jiang Yong, Dai Zhen, Duan Yucai, Wang Niansun and Jiang Yougao, ancient melodies has been thoroughly studied as a whole. Studying components of ancient melodies was their major task. Jiang Yougao wrote 10 Books about Jiang’s Phonology, which included Suling Yundu, which was the first monograph that studied Inner Classic with phonologic methods.
13. Zheng Meijian and Zhong Lou Yu Yao.
Zheng Honggang (1727-1787) was also named Jiyuan and Meijian. He did what his father Yu Feng did, specialized in laryngology and internal medicine for pediatrics, especially achieving outstanding performances in laryngology. His masterpieces included Zhong Lou Yu Yao, Sha Yu Yi Yu, Monograph on Acne, and Magical Drugs and Secret Formulations. Zhong Lou Yu Yao, which is an important masterpiece of TCM laryngology, describes basic theories of laryngology, differential treatment, prescriptions for inner administration and external use. Furthermore, it has a special article about acupuncture therapies for laryngeal symptoms. In this book, there are extraordinary views about philology of diphtheria. It is proposed in this book that diphtheria “is called throat whitening because it is on one channel for lack of yin, where there is warm pathogen that steals the main qi of lung”. It is upheld that diphtheria should be treated with yin for moistening lung. This masterpiece is highly influential among descendants.
14. Wu Yiding and Shen Jiu Jing Lun (Classic of Miraculous Moxibustion) (an influential monograph about moxibustion methods in the early period)
This is a monograph about moxibustion like a summary, written in 153 (the 3rd Year of Xianfeng in Qing Dynasty). So far, more than 100 years have passed. However, there were very few versions spread in the world.It is a monograph about moxibustion that is relatively systematic and comprehensive in the development history of Chinee moxibution, with relatively great significance for the application of the advocated moxibustion methods.
15. Wu Qian and Yi Zong Jin Jian (one of TOP10 encyclomedia on TCM)
Wu Qian, named Liu Ji, was born in She County of Qing Dynasty, but his birthday was unclear. Being knowledgeable and talented with rich theoretical knowledge and sophisticated medical skills, he was one of 3 major famous physicians in early Qing Dynasty. He was promoted to right court judge of Qianlong’s imperial hospital in Qing Dynasty. Emperor Hong Li spoke highly of him and often said that “Wuqian, with good virtues and outstanding academic performances), was unlike ordinary physicians, and you should respect him”. During his reign, Emperor Qianlong issued an order to compile a systematic medical masterpiece under the lead of Wu Qian. Furthermore, he ordered Wu Qian and Liu Yuduo (serving the same post as Wu Qian) was appointed as chief repair officer), and wrote an immortal medical masterpiece known as Yi Zong Jin Jian in 1742.
16. Wang Ang
Wang Ang, named Ren An, was from Xiu Ning and was approximately alive from 1615 to1694. He embarked on Confucianism at the beginning. As scholar of Ming Dynasty, he gave up working for imperial organizations and devoted to studying Qihuang upon the disappearance of Ming Dynasty and resignation from his post. He wrote many works all his life, mainly including Su Wen Ling Shu Lei Zuan Yue Zhu, Ben Cao Bei Yao, Yi Fang Ji Jie, Tang Tou Ge Jue, Jing Luo Ge Jue, Jing Luo Ge Jue, Jing Luo Xue Dao Ge, Jing Luo Tu Shu, Dou Ke Bao Jing Encyclopedia and Wu Yao Yuan Quan. These books have been reprinted over and over again over the past 300 years and each of them has more than 50 versions. Ben Cao Bei Yao even has over 100 versions, which are only seen among existing medical books. What’s more, there are countless revisions, supplements, joint compilations and further annotations.
Apart from long-standing academic foundation for TCM, Xin’an Medicine also has distinguishing cultural traits of Huizhou studies. They are overlaps between scientific heritages of TCM and cultural heritages of Huizhou studies. Through these overlaps, TCM sciences are integrated organically with cultures of Huizhou studies.
Xin’an cultures such as Cheng Zhu’s theory, Jiang Dai’s topology, Huizhou carvings, Huizhou and Anhui seal carvings, all of which have profound impacts upon Xin’an medicine, the thought of “unification between nature and man”, the great aspiration for “becoming a good doctor in case of impossibility for becoming a good prime minister) and the benevolent spirit of “treating patients like family members” are real manifestations of Xin’an Confucian doctors over the past generations. So far, lots of medical and cultural sites are still preserved in different areas of Huizhou. Former residences, inscribed boards, memorial arches of some physicians were still in the places where they were, which revealed brilliance of the history.
Since the 21st century, many people have analyzed Xin’an medicine intensively in details with modern scientific and technological research methods like biological experiments. For instance, some relatively scientific outcomes have been achieved from research of the school for warming qi and consolidating basis. Several articles have been published in succession. Besides, efforts have been made to study laws of stroke and investigate how to improve cerebral ischemia by invigorating qi and promoting blood circulation. Moreover, lessons have been drawn from methods of molecular biology and modern compound pharmacologic experimental methods for the purpose of argumentation. The verification and research of these prescriptions have fully reflect that research on Xin’an medicine is modern and pragmatic as modern extension of the vitality of the medicine.
Thesium chinense is a type of authentic medicinal materials that government of Anhui Province pay close attention to. Its application from the ancient to the modern times just reflects the cultural essence of Xin’an medicine. For instance, Xin’an medicine is the theoretical basis for “consolidating foundation”, “nourishing yin, clearing away lung heat”, “relieving heat and removing sputum. The survival of these theories benefit from the guidance of famous doctors in Xin’an medicine. They are perfect integrations of 1,000-year inheritance and modern pharmaceutical technologies for 1,000 years.


I am a historian of the 19th and 20th century United States, with particular interests in American culture, social movements, and the history of emotional experience. I earned my Ph.D. in U.S. History from Indiana University in July 2013. I am currently a Visiting Assistant Professor in History at Grand Valley State University.
My book manuscript, The Age of Charisma: Leaders, Followers, and Emotions in American Society, 1870-1940, traces the origins of modern leader-follower relationships to a uniquely emotional type of social movement that developed in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The manuscript is currently under contract with Cambridge University Press.


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A. RESEARCH FIELDS
1. Roman strategies of conquest and integration of the territories between the Atlantic and the Black Sea:
- actual military domination and stipendia,
- cultural influence, acculturation
- the quality and quantity of the Roman material goods flow in Barbaricum and the regional and chronological differences;
- the economic and political ways of procuring Roman material goods;
- exchanges and trade;
- the chronology of the “waves” of Romanian imports;
- the identification of the origin of goods (from the eastern / western production centers), of markets, and of transport routes of Roman imports / exports;
- the military role within Roman provinces in promoting and organizing border trade with barbarians.
Thus, the research on the role of the army in romanization focused on two main areas: a) the role of the army and of the settlements near the military camps in urbanization and Romanization; b) the impact of recruitment of various populations in the Roman army, primarily in the auxiliary troops. The provinces of the Lower Danube, for example, were border provinces of the Empire, the role of the armed forces, of veterans, and of military settlements being extremely important for the integration of this space in the Roman world. The army has been for many peregrines one of the main vehicles for accession to Roman citizenship and for integration in provincial society. Regarding the military settlements, it pointed out the possibility of double settlements, a military vicus around the fort and a civilian vicus outside its safe zone. This has been showed so far show only for the settlements situated near the legionary centers on the Rhine and Danube. However, in certain circumstances, dual settlements could develop besides the camps of the auxiliary troops. This reality can be seen mostly in Lower Moesia, where before the Roman conquest there were indigenous communities, but also power centers of the Thracian kingdom. These indigenous settlements continued to exist after the integration of this space in the Roman Empire, and in addition to auxiliary camps arose military vici. In these settlements, nuclei of Roman citizens appeared, cives Romani consistentes, the basis for future Roman cities;
3. Roman influence on development and shaping of the social structures, through:
- the shaping of the elites and the ways to contact them,
- the ethnic background and the mobility (migrations);
4. The importance of the Roman Empire for the interaction of the natives;
5. The Roman influence on the economic, intellectual and cultural development in Barbaricum, on human settlements, and on the use of different natural resources and territory, by:
- the acquisition of new agricultural and industrial techniques;
- the use of image and text.
Based on the cultural unity previous to the Roman conquest, true “border areas” were awakened to life, resulting in strong economic and social contacts between residents and outsiders. This space was often kept under control through the construction and maintenance of fortifications with checkpoints. With the agreement of the central / provincial authorities, and under the direct supervision of the Roman army, an intense cross-border trade, with benefits for both parties, took place in the “buffer zones”, in accordance with strict regulations on taxes and on exchanged goods. Gradually, these peripheral areas, included in the “invisible boundary of the Roman Empire” (“vorlimes”), became the periphery of the Roman economy and the center of cultural symbiosis, helping to extend the Romanization of barbarian populations.
B. INTERNATIONAL VISIBILITY
Within the project there were organized several scientific meetings:
- Second Romanization Roundtable, Iași, 4-7.06.2015. In this international scientific meetings, there were addressed topics such as economic Romanization and the impact on the communities from the German Roman and the north Danube Barbaricum, and on the civil settlements from the limes located next to the military camps.
- International symposium “Mobility in Research on the Black Sea Region (PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0054 and PN-II-ID-PCE-2012-4-0490 to H2020)”, Iaşi, 5-10.07.2015. This symposium aimed the performance and the prospects of the research projects in the Black Sea and Propontis area during the Greek and Roman period concerning the Pontic community, and have initiated an European project proposal for Horizon 2020.
- International Symposium on Funerary Anthropology “Homines, Funera, Astra”, Fifth edition, Death and Animals from Prehistory to Middle Ages, 18 – 21 October 2015, Alba-Iulia. The International Symposium Homines, funera, astra brought together presentations on archaeozoology in funerary contexts, focusing especially on the symbolic presence of animals in funerary context.
Project members have completed their documentation abroad, by research visits in the libraries of Römisch-Germanische Kommission des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts and Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften (Goethe-Universität) (Alexander Rubel, Lucian Munteanu, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Iulia Dumitrache); German Archaeological Institute, Berlin, Konstanz Universität (Alexander Rubel), in Taormina/Messina, Italy (Lucian Munteanu), Prague (Lucian Munteanu, Alexander Rubel) and Paris, France (Lucian Munteanu, Roxana-Gabriela Curcă, Iulia Dumitrache).


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A refreshing and light-hearted look at life from a scriptural point of view from author and pastor Tom Kelley.
A.W. Tozer's materials are a mainstay in Evangelical churches in our day and he is one of the most quoted authors. He was a prophet in his day and his writings are even more influential in our day. One of his books: The Pursuit of God, has had over 1 million copies sold world-wide.
Written by James Smith for his own flock around 1840, but such was the demand that by 1846 over thirty thousand copies where in circulation.
Written over 100 years ago, this timeless devotional still offers wisdom and insight into the greatest book ever written.
Another classic from the pen of C.H. Spurgeon that will challenge and inspire you on your daily path to Heaven.
Enjoy this refreshing look at the scriptures from Messianic Jewish Publishers. This devotional will not only provide you with a different perspective but also educate you in Jewish terminology.
Start your day with a fresh look at the words from the Scriptures. Let Skip help you make the Greek and Hebrew words come alive as he explains the meaning behind their usage.
Let a little light into your soul every day with this wonderful devotional from English pastor Selwyn Hughes.
This timeless classic from Charles Spurgeon will help to both start and end your day with wonderful insight into God's Word.
The most widely read devotional of all times, this literary classic will help you to see God in ways not thought possible.


LEESBURG - A public hearing for the Lake County Public Transportation Division, American Disabilities Act Transition Plan is scheduled for Monday, November 5, 2012, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Leesburg Public Library, 100 East Main Street, 1st floor Public Meeting Room B, Leesburg, FL.
The Lake County Transportation Disadvantaged Coordinating Board (TDCB) in coordination with Lake-Sumter Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) staff will oversee the implementation and policy review for American Disabilities Act (ADA) compliance in our area. The TDCB serves as the ADA Advisory Committee for the Public Transportation system in Lake County.
The ADA Transition Plan outlines how the Lake County Public Transportation Division (LCPTD) is implementing the ADA for their LakeXpress Public Transportation System. The purpose of the public hearing is to gather feedback and suggestions on the plan and to assist in the identification and implementation of needed accommodations moving forward. The plan is anticipated to be approved by the Lake County Board of County Commissioners later this year.
The proposed plan is divided into four sections:
Section 1: Provides accessibility requirements set forth at the Federal and State levels;
Section 2: Explains the approach the LCPTD is taking towards ADA compliance;
Section 3: Describes the barrier removal prioritization; and
Section 4: Lays out the implementation and financial plan for the removal of identified
LCPTD will use available Federal Transit Administration (FTA) funds to implement the plan, removing barriers and promoting accessibility for stops and shelters in the LakeXpress system. Lake County will also look to municipalities served by the LakeXpress system to assist in the process of providing and updating the necessary connecting sidewalks and bike lanes to access the system. The project prioritizations listed in this plan should guide the County and the municipalities in the goal to eliminate barriers to access at LakeXpress shelter and bus stop locations throughout the system.
It is anticipated that a completion date for all work related and detailed in this transition plan will be completed within a 36 month period with an end date of December 2016. The ADA Transition Plan is available on the Lake-Sumter MPO website at www.LakeSumterMPO.com and is also available by hard copy, and large print if requested. For a copy of the ADA Transition Plan or to submit written comment, contact the Lake~Sumter MPO at 1616 South 14th Street, Leesburg, FL 34748 or call (352) 315-0170.
Public comment can be made in person or in a written format at the public hearing. Even though the public hearing marks the end of this public comment period, suggestions and feedback are welcome at any time. The public is invited and encouraged to attend the open meetings of the Transportation Disadvantaged Coordinating Board or any of the other advisory committees of the Lake-Sumter MPO. Information is available at www.LakeSumterMPO.com.


Likable, clever, and inventive sixth-graders Rufus Mayflower and Kate Mackinstrey develop and sell toothpaste to become millionaires in just one year! This fun, breezy story includes many real-life mathematical problems which the characters must solve to succeed in their budding business.
Abby Hayes is sick of using her sister¹s battered old rollerblades. She is determined to buy herself a brand new pair with purple wheels. But no matter how much money she earns doing odd jobs, she always seems to spend her profits on other things. Will Abby ever stick to a plan to save her money?
The story in this book is about a boy named Cameron who learns there is more to money than just asking Mom and Dad for it. Cameron starts earning his own money to buy the toys he wants. during his various jobs he meets other business men that teach him about business and how money works and how Cameron can make money work for him. Because Cameron’s parents where very involved with what he was doing they taught him to save money for college and also save money to give to charity. Cameron begins to realize that charity work is more fulfilling than any toy he has.
Grade 2-4: Mallory McDonald, now nine, wants the Perfect Purse. Her friend Mary Ann has one, and if they both had one it would be perfect perfect perfect! The only problem: her parents refuse to buy it. When her grandmother suggests that she earn her own money, Mallory comes up with a host of business ideas.
From School Library Journal: Grade 4 to 7: How to learn the workings of the free-market economy has never been more fun than in this tall tale of entrepreneurship set in Eden Prairie, MN. When the narrator’s grandmother gives him an old rider mower for his 12th birthday, his life changes; he senses “some kind of force behind it.” Almost as soon as he figures out how to run it, the boy is in business.
From School Library Journal: Grade 4-8: A clear explanation of the theory behind investing and compound interest. Related terms are introduced and defined throughout the volume and anecdotes citing companies familiar to children (e.g., Kellogg’s, IBM, Coca-Cola) often illustrate principles. One chapter is devoted to deciphering a financial page in a newspaper. Sample forms illustrate how to record income, withdrawals, and savings, and quizzes measure knowledge and risk tolerance. Black-and-white cartoons and several charts accompany the text.
From School Library Journal: Grades 6-9–Starting with homey stories and personal examples, Bateman demonstrates how to learn about investments from everyday experiences. Using current examples such as CD boom boxes but without fancy graphics, she explains the “money circle,” an excellent way to characterize the circulation of wealth; mentions bank accounts; and then provides a concise summary of savings vehicles, including an account of the “magic” of compound interest, illustrated by a table and a story of a successful young investor. As Bateman covers broader and deeper topics such as risk-tolerance, stock reports, and macroeconomics, she follows the same pattern in each chapter. Constantly referring to points made earlier, the author provides plenty of opportunity for review and concludes each chapter with another account of the young investor’s story-he ends up with his own land and hopes for a house on it.
From School Library Journal: Grade 6 Up. Kiyosaki, a bestselling author for adults, has specifically targeted teens in his attempt to promote his philosophy. What makes this book unique is his approach to how he thinks about accumulating wealth and about having money work for the earner. “Poor Dad” accepts the notion that he will never be rich and thinks that “money doesn’t matter.” “Rich Dad” thinks that “money is power.” Teens are encouraged to be creative in developing ways to earn cash and to limit spending. A chapter on identifying individual strengths and learning styles while developing a financial IQ on the path to financial freedom is a lesson for any age. Sidebars and quizzes promote individual ideas and concepts. Teens will be attracted by the notion of playing games to learn more about acquiring assets and managing money. The glossary clearly explains financial terms.
Ed Slott is without a doubt “one of the country’s leading IRA experts” (Reader’s Digest). Appearing at a time when virtually everyone is concerned about retirement savings, this authoritative thoroughly accessible book presents an easy-to-follow plan for making money, a lot of money, with your IRA. Slott shows readers how to choose the right financial advisor, manage vital information and deadlines, and create a retirement fortune that will not only benefit the individual, but continue to enrich beneficiaries for generations. This powerful, straightforward tool is the book for Americans interested in creating a fiscal windfall for the future.
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We like the following titles for cooking and eating locally.
Local Flavors, Deborah Madison
Victory Garden Cookbook, Marian Morash
The Herbfarm Cookbook and The Herbal Kitchen, Jerry Traunfeld
Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child
How to Cook Everything, Mark Bittman
Mexican Kitchen, Rick Bayless
Charcuterie, Michael Ruhlmann
The Whole Beast: Nose to Tail Eating, Fergus Henderson
All About Braising, Molly Stevens
Kitchen Gardening in the Puget Sound
Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades, Steve Solomon
Winter Gardening, Binda Colebrook
Seed to Seed: Saving and Growing Techniques for Vegetable Gardens, Suzanne Ashworth
Seed Saver’s Exchange website
Please leave a comment if you have a favorite resource.