The project began at some unspecified time in the early 1970's as "The Long and Winding Road," a film chronicling the story of the Beatles. Despite a reasonably finished rough cut of the film by Neil Aspinall (which supposedly heavily influenced the parody version "The Rutles"), personal and professional problems kept the project unreleased.
In the interim, some of the same footage from "L&WR" was located and used by other producers in projects such as "The Compleat Beatles (1981)," one of the most complete versions of the Fabs' history on film or video.
However, much additional footage remained, and Neil Aspinall (through Allan Kozinn reports that there was "much rarer footage" which had yet to see the light of day.
After the final settlement of the lawsuits between the remaining band members in 1989, the general concept of a filmography was one of the first projects to be revived.
It's been a long time since I've read a "book." If you knew me, you'd know that the scope of my literary interest revolves around comedy books and books about music. I've read a lot of books about The Beatles (and have written a lot of half-assed high school reports on them, too) but Anthology has been the best so far.
This is the first time anyone has thought to let The Beatles themselves tell their own story with no outside narration at all. The book includes in-depth interviews with Ringo, Paul and George, as well as pertinent snippets from every interview ever done with John. Also in the mix were manager Neil Aspinall, producer George Martin, and friend/publicist/Apple guy Derek Taylor.
The book begins with four seperate biographies of the guys, as told by themselves. It then goes into descriptions of their lives together by year. The book flows well and reads much like a conversation with The Beatles instead of a story. While reading, you really get a sense of their personalities and their love for each other and the band.
Paul comes off as one of those guys who thinks he's being rebelious but is always afraid to go too far. He often says "That sounds like one of my ideas but I'm not sure," wanting to take the credit but also wanting to be a nice guy.
Ringo is everybody's friend. Usually when someone is talking about going on a vacation, it was "I went with my wife and Ringo and his wife." He was most into travelling and would go anywhere with anyone, and didn't say too many bad things about others.
John is just how we all imagined him -- artsy, cynical, rebelious and eerily in love with Yoko Ono (to say the least). The book's editors did a good job of piecing his comments together with the others to make it seem like John had snide comments towards their statements -- even if their statements had been made 30 years later.
George, the "quiet" Beatle, wasn't as quiet in his parts. He got especially mean towards the end of the book (which is also the end of The Beatles) and had some delicious stuff to say about Yoko. He really gets to talking when it comes to his experiences with Indian music and how the others are just big phonies when it comes to it. George was also good friends with Eric Idle (of Monty Python. Shame on you for not knowing!) who put out a spoof documentary of The Beatles called The Rutles which George kept citing as a funny but realistic interpretation of what really went on.
This book is massive. I mean, it's huge. Very hard to read on bed but even harder to read on a bus, I'd imagine. You have to plan when you are going to read it, but give yourself plenty of time because if you are a Beatles fan in any capacity, you will find yourself engulfed in it. It really is like a soap opera.
One complaint about the book is that although the photographs are spectacular and look really great (most of the older shots have been cleaned up to make them look as if they were taken yesterday) but there are no captions on the pages of the book. If you are really curious as to what the shots are, you have to flip (easier said than done with this thing) to a page at the end with photo credits which are usually vague and simply state either place or owner of the photograph. Also, many times the Beatles mention photographs, usually by the press or someone specific, which are not included in the book. When someone mentions a spectacular photograph that would really illustrate their point, I would like to see it. Also, inlaid within many of the pages are lots of things like invoices and contracts and other legal documents. I thought there would be more in the way of drawings by The Beatles and strange fan letters, but instead it was mostly these drab, half-complete contractual things. Better than nothing, but it really left me wanting more.
As for content (ie words) this book is the best I've read. Others I've enjoyed in the past were Peter Brown's The Love You Make and Nicholas Schaffner's The Beatles Forever, both sadly out of print (but track them down. They are worth it!) But Brown's account was from the perspective of a business associate and Schaffner's was of a fan/music journalist. Anthology is the book Beatles fans have been waiting for. It is the answer to all of those questions and the final word on all of the speculations.
I got this book when it came out in October and have waited until I had some time over Winter Break to read it. Of course, now it is 40% cheaper everywhere so it seems like they have gotten their money's worth and now want everyone to enjoy.
I'd reccommend this book not only to Beatles fans but to people who are in a band and want to know the secrets of becomming the world's best and biggest band without selling out and becoming a cookie-cutter boy band. It seems to me that it takes a lot of touring at the begining, tons of beer and other chemicals, and also a sense of humor. Good luck!
Reviewed by -Jessica Brandt
A lot of things happened on the day late in 1980 that John Lennon died. There are people who will tell you that, for them, the world of music would never be the same. Certainly, the light of a genius was senselessly snuffed out, arguably, in its prime. Likewise, the world was deprived of an unthinking amount of future photo ops: Lennon and his wife Yoko Ono had always provided fodder for the cameras of the paparazzi. But, of course, the single thing that had been possible until the time of Lennon's death that became impossible in an instant was The Beatles' reunion tour. Where there had been a Fab Four, there was now just a sad three and that really wasn't the same. You couldn't, for instance, pull a Van Halen and replace your David Lee Roth as required. The Beatles were The Beatles: no substitutions accepted.
And it's all so long ago now, isn't it? The only people that can possibly remember the first faint stirrings from Liverpool are either middle-aged, old or dead. None of this would prepare us for the keen -- almost manic -- interest in The Beatles Anthology, the book that was already roaring to bestseller status prior to its October 5th debut, released just a few days before what would have been John Lennon's 60th birthday.
Prerelease hype and hoopla aside, The Beatles Anthology is a startlingly magnificent book. Encyclopedic in its weight and dimensions, it's the sort of coffee table book heavy enough to put a bend in lightly built coffee tables. Beyond its physical magnificence, however, is the creative approach the remaining Beatles -- and their team of helper elves -- have taken in creating the work.
Perfectly chronological in nature, The Beatles Anthology begins at the beginning: with a first person narrative of each Beatle's childhood. And so the book starts, appropriately enough, with John Lennon's words, "What can I tell you about myself which you have not already found out from those who do not lie?" And later, "The first thing I remember is a nightmare."
Lennon's contributions to this interview -- and to all of the conversations that follow -- have been culled from published interviews. While this sounds a bit hokey, the result is smooth and finished and the end result is almost breathtaking: we hear his long-stilled voice and it's as though he'd been resurrected for this project. Risen again, like the Christ he had the temerity to compare The Beatles -- or rather, their popularity -- to in an interview with Maureen Cleave of the London Evening Standard in 1966.
After a personal introduction from John, Paul, Ringo and George, the story begins with 1960-62. In interview style, the story is told by The Beatles, with occasional comment from Sir George Martin, Neil Aspinall and Derek Taylor, who consulted on the book until his death in 1997. In an editorial note at the book's beginning, the The Beatles Anthology's innovative format is explained:
The text... comes in part from the interviews from which the television and video programmes The Beatles Anthology were made, and includes substantial material which was not included in either. Further major interviews were conducted with Paul, George and Ringo specifically for this book.
Also reproduced in The Beatles Anthology are a large number of photos, memorabilia and documents. Many of these come from the musicians' personal archives and have never been publicly displayed before.
The result, I'll say it again, is startling and as close to a reunion tour as it's possible to get. At the beginning: our Fab Four -- plus two and minus one -- looking impossibly fresh and young playing the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, or being guided from their customary leather garb to the black mohair suits in which they'd make their earliest marks.
The years spin by and we see them make their arrival in the United States and feel the craziness that followed from their perspective. Then success following success and their own evolution as musicians and icons becoming a metaphor for the changing times: Their introduction to various drugs, their marriages and breakups, the loosening of a tie, the lengthening of hair, the adoption of a more casual style of dress echoed precisely by an evolution in their sound. Their uniforms giving way to individuality.
The book's design echoes the changes we see. Most of the early pages have an almost newsreel quality about them. The photos are mostly black and white and the feeling is one of serious musicianship in the hands of humorous youth. While color has crept into some of the preceding years, it bursts forth with brilliance in 1965, with a quaking orgasm of fuchsia and orange when describing George and John's introduction to acid. It was the year of Rubber Soul and nothing would ever be the same again.
Appropriately enough, The Beatles Anthology ends abruptly in 1970, the year of the group's famous and final split. This split is explained in the musicians' own words, as is everything in the book: drug use (Including discussions around the pot it was said they smoked at Buckingham palace in 1965 while waiting to be introduced to the Queen.), Elvis Presley's attempt to get The Beatles ejected from America; trouble in Manila; various births, deaths, marriages; management and mismanagement; and all of it ending with the group's own end.
This end in 1970 is just as it should be. Aside from the closing business pages -- a very good index, pages of photo captions, acknowledgments, credits, sources and a discography -- the final image in the book is a photo taken in 1966. The Fab Four are dressed in black and on the ground -- the photo taken from above them -- each Beatle has his right hand on his own left shoulder, each set of eyes meets the camera squarely and their heads are touching: Clearly in each other's space. Each is given a final quote. This is right, somehow. As it should be. Because The Beatles ended there: with four men. No brutal slaying, no loss of beloved wives, no constant nagging about reunion tours. A chapter that ended. The Beatles Anthology captures it all as perfectly as can be imagined.
The Journey: The Beatles . This DVD/CD Combo is a look at the remarkable formation and ultimate rise of the world’s first supergroup! Utilizing rare, archival footage, news reels and interviews, this program charts the Beatles’ success and follows their careers through to the untimely deaths of John Lennon and George Harrison. The Beatles Journey features various conversations and filmed events that follow the groups’ relentless sweep through the musical boundaries of the world. Includes Audio CD - In Their Own Words. The Beatles talk about their remarkable success, their thoughts and beliefs.
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Editors Dan Meyer and Celia Hilliard discuss "Chicago by the Book: 101 Publications That Shaped the City and Its Image". They will be joined in conversation by executive editor at the University of Chicago Press, Timothy Mennel. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.
About "Chicago by the Book": Despite its rough-and-tumble image, Chicago has long been identified as a city where books take center stage. In fact, a volume by A. J. Liebling gave the Second City its nickname. Upton Sinclair’s "The Jungle" arose from the midwestern capital’s most infamous industry. The great Chicago Fire led to the founding of the Chicago Public Library. The city has fostered writers such as Nelson Algren, Saul Bellow, and Gwendolyn Brooks. Chicago’s literary magazines The Little Review and Poetry introduced the world to Eliot, Hemingway, Joyce, and Pound. The city’s robust commercial printing industry supported a flourishing culture of the book. With this beautifully produced collection, Chicago’s rich literary tradition finally gets its due.
"Chicago by the Book" profiles 101 landmark publications about Chicago from the past 170 years that have helped define the city and its image. Each title—carefully selected by the Caxton Club, a venerable Chicago bibliophilic organization—is the focus of an illustrated essay by a leading scholar, writer, or bibliophile.
About Celia Hilliard: Celia Hilliard is a cultural historian who has written and spoken extensively about Chicago’s diverse arts and social institutions. Her publications include "The Woman’s Athletic Club of Chicago 1898-1998" (1999) and two issues of the Art Institute of Chicago’s Museum Studies, one on the Antiquarian Society, the museum’s oldest support group (2002), and the other on its early president and benefactor Charles L. Hutchinson (2010). She is a member of the Caxton Club’s Publications Committee.
About Daniel Meyer: Daniel Meyer is director of special collections and university archivist at the University of Chicago Library. He is coauthor of "Classic Country Estates of Lake Forest" (2003) and has curated exhibitions and digital collections, including "The University and the City" (1992); "American Environmental Photographs" (1999); "The First American West" (2002); "Our Lincoln" (2009); "Firmness, Commodity and Delight" (2011); and "Fermi, CP-1, and the Atomic Scientists’ Movement" (2017).
About Timothy Mennel: Timothy Mennel is executive editor at the University of Chicago Press where he acquires books in the areas of U.S. history and Chicago-area studies.
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In ‘Above Ground,’ Clint Smith uses poetry to confront the legacy of slavery: NPR
Smith’s poems, which are addressed to his young children, describe what their ancestors endured and escaped. It also examines the joy and anxiety of parenthood, particularly as a black father.
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How To Reduce PDF file size using ColorSync in OSX Lion
Here is a quick guide to reduce the file size of a PDF using the built-in (FREE) Preview and ColorSync App’s that come with OSX.
This will work with older versions of OSX (10.3-10.6) as well. In fact it works better there as you don’t need to manually copy the Filter to the core library for it to work (i.e. Part 2) !
1) Open the Color Sync utility. You can find it in the utilities sub-folder in the main Applications Folder
2) Click on the “Filters” tab at the top.
3) Now right-click the small triangle (white in grey circle) on the right of the “Reduce File Size” and select “Duplicate”
4) A “Reduce File Size Copy” should now appear. Expand the sub menus for this profile and increase the image sampling Scale and image compression, to a higher value.
NB: I suggest making a few duplicates with different increased levels so that you can pick the best settings for your particular needs, and don’t forget to give these useful names to help easily distinguish them !
Part 2 (OSX Lion 10.7 ONLY)
5) Locate your User Library Folder (Hidden by default in Lion, here is a guide to un hide it), which you can find here “Your Hard drive”>Users>”Your User Name”>Library>Filters
6) Then locate the Filters Folder and copy (cmd+c) the “Reduce file size copy” or what ever name you gave your filter to the root Library>PDF Services folder (cmd+v)
7) Now open up your PDF of interest (or any file for that matter) with Preview. Select “Export” from the file menu
8) Select “PDF as the Format, and then you can select your Modified Filter from the drop down Quartz Filter menu
9) Choose a new name and place if you like for you new optimized PDF and hit SAVE.
10) Open your new PDF and check that your happy with the results, and the file size. If not play with the setting and repeat the above steps until you get it right !


Abstract This paper examines the crisis of governance in post-colonial Africa by tracing the problem to the deficiency in requisite moral and political formation of state actors. In this paper, I argue that to fill the gap in Africa’s governance culture, there is need for proper education of political state actors in ways that comprises ethical rebirth, attitudinal change, civic resonance and value reorientation. There is need for the return to moral building and character training required for reestablishing the right attitude or grit towards governance. In the light of this overarching need, I propose Aristotle’s virtue theory as a philosophically defensible model for reinventing moral and political hygiene in Africa’s governance culture. I argue that, given the fundamental role of virtue in the regulation of conduct of the entire citizenry and in the act of socio-political (re)engineering, Aristotle’s virtue theory can facilitate the development of good character traits and habits which corresponds to the higher ideals and virtues that political state actors ought to cultivate in order to respond appropriately to issues of governance. I conclude that elements of Aristotle’s virtue theory can provide defensible grounds for intelligible moral and political choices necessary for good governance structures in post-colonial Africa.
Keywords: Politics, Governance, Culture, Post-colonial Africa, Moral Education, Political Education, Virtue Theory


There has been long time Robot Framework test library for Java Swing widget set but JavaFX has been missing. As we had the need we started checking toolsets for JavaFX at spring 2017 and found out TestFX which is versatile unit test framework for JavaFX.
We (me, Jukka Haavisto and Pasi Saikkonen) started implementing wrapper library based on TestFX and made initial tests with Jybot (using Jython) which is Java implementation of Robot Framework. We started to use this library with real customer application. As part of the project we had also other Python based test libraries in use for web testing and API testing and soon understood that Jython dependency is not that good idea as Python 2.7 support is dropping in 2020. Python based test stacks are moving to Python 3 direction and Jython does not support Python 3 yet. So we implemented remote library support for it which brings possibility to use Robot Framework as such (either with 2.7.x or 3.x Python). We think this is way to go for Robot libraries in general if something else than Python is used.
We are really excited and thankful for Eficode for this opportunity to Open Source this library and it is now released with Apache 2.0 license in Github. It is freely available for you to use. Just download Jar file from release area, start it with `java -jar JavaFXLibrary-<version>.jar` and you have JavaFXLibrary listening at 192.168.x.y port 8270.
After this below kind of test suite can be run with Python based Robot Framework:
In this example, in suite setup is started TestKeyboardRobot test application that is in Java classpath. In test itself it clicks a label with an id `keyCombinationLabel` and pushes keyboard key combination CTRL+SHIFT+G. Then it verifies that `keyCombinationLabel` label has value `Passed`. UI objects can be identified with id, styleClass and text. Also combination of previous and index (if several found) can be used. To identify UI objects you can use Scenicview application which is also free to download.
JavaFXLibrary repository in Github has acceptance tests (169 at time of this writing) for all provided keywords, feel free to try it as demo to see what it can do. We plan to arrange Robot Framework meetups in Tampere and Helsinki Finland where we plan to introduce this library face to face during this year. Stay tuned.
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7 edition of HASHI found in the catalog.
October 31, 2006
by Walker & Company
Written in English
|The Physical Object|
|Number of Pages||256|
Autoimmune disorders cause your body to destroy a particular part of you, so it’s a natural reaction to treat that part, or organ specifically. But you've got to get to the source of your problems or your life will end up in an unnecessary tail spin. It's not your fault, "modern" medicine is doing just about everything EXCEPT targeting the source. Hashi is a typical puzzle game, where you try to connect islands with bridges. The goal of Hashi is to connect every island with as much bridges as the number on the island displays. Two connecting islands can either have one or two bridges. You win Hashi, when every island is connected either directly or indirectly with every other island. That means that they must build a closed network. .
Book now at Hashi in London. Explore menu, see photos and read reviews: "The flavours of the food linger long in the memory". Hashi is a book of Japanese food that replicates the famous cookery classes that Reiko runs from her south-west London home. Hashi takes the reader through the many mysteries - at least as conceived by the Western mind - of the basics of Japanese cooking. From there it steps up to favourites from the Japanese home kitchen, finishing with a selection of slightly more adventurous dishes that are.
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Hashi Mohamed is a barrister, broadcaster and author of People Like Us, a book about social mobility and what it takes to make it in modern Britain.
Now Hashi Mohamed has written a book which aims to rethink the stalled project of social mobility • Read an extract from Hashi Mohamed’s People Like Us Sun 12 Jan EST. Hashi is a clearly laid out, sumptuously illustrated and ultimately satisfying book which will equip you to add that "wow" factor to any dinner party or to impress a special person.
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Excellent book by man like Hashi. His delivery, and communication method appeals to all type of readers. Whether your walking up and down your "hood"plotting a plan to get to the top or your already at the top, with your fat belly and a couple of mistresses on the side. This book is for you!Reviews: 'Hashi Mohamed powerfully exposes the alienating and segregating effect of social immobility in this country.
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They are also known as Hashi. Hashi is a classic Japanese puzzle game. Each game of Hashi presents a map of circles containing numbers, called quotislandsquot.
The number within each island deter /5(K). Hashi has books on Goodreads, and is currently reading The Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero and Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by. For everyone, if you intend to begin joining with others to check out a book, this Essential English Somali Dictionary, By Awil A.
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Stories and memories of Bogotá Hardcore
Retaking the tragedy: Stories and memories of Bogotá Hardcore is a free archive of collective creation that gathers, spreads and provides online access to the memories contained in the audiovisual material produced within the hardcore scene of Bogotá over the years.
THE NEED FOR A FREE ARCHIVE
"Tragedy is not primarily a misery or misfortune. It is rather a fight between two opposing forces. This struggle reveals the mutual need for the forces and only holds when the dispute does not reach a point of equilibrium. Sometimes one force takes over the other, but there is never such a thing as a cancellation. Hence the inherent mobility that accompanies tragedy and its usefulness to characterize the history of hardcore in the world and in Colombia. In this way, and placed it simply, our hypothesis is that hardcore does not have a beginning or a homogeneous development, but is based on the clash between, at least, two different forces (...) "
- Taken from "The tragedy of hardcore: A perspective of the history of global and Colombian hardcore"
Retaking the Tragedy: Stories and memories of Bogotá Hardcore is a project of personal, collective and historical memories that summarizes different experiences and ways of interpreting hardcore throughout its history in the city of Bogotá, through the online distribution of a free access file. It is characterized by:
1. The archival material. The exhibition of different audiovisual materials produced within the framework of the Bogotá hardcore scene, previously digitized, through a system of labels and a search engine.
2. The collective construction of the project. To collect the archive we have had the collaboration of the entire hardcore community of Bogotá. In simple words, we will start with the compilation of our personal archives, and then we will include the archives of those who want to participate. This means that the democratic nature of the project has a double standard, on the one hand, the file is freely accessible, the materials can be consulted and disseminated by anyone, and on the other hand, the archive exists because we build it together with the contribution of our private archives.
3. Free access. The archive is made available to anyone who wants to consult it, under a Creative Commons license of non-commercial attribution, for public or private use.
Why compile an archive from the Bogotá Hardcore scene?
Our stories and our memories are all different, but they are the key input for the construction of collective memories. It can be affirmed that these visions are elements that we have in common because they constitute the foundations of our hardcore community, they are ways of inhabiting and moving in the space, and places full of emotional meaning. It is also possible that our points of view can be articulated, they can generate the encounter of different worlds, they can build bridges between our experiences at the shows, in the street, with our friends, with the bands that have moved and touched us, and even with the things we do not like about hardcore. Also, these processes and ties are latent in the images, which are the vehicle that contain and show them (by images we do not only understand the printed image, but the whole range of materials that even escape visuality.) Thus, we have mental images, sound, moving, etc.).
Hardcore por los viejos tiempos flyer, 2004
Throughout the decades there have been diverse examples of individuals and groups that have joined forces to stop scratching the surface of sounds, in order to concentrate on the project of what came to be a space for debate, critical reflection, construction of socially useful knowledge, focused on music, but with the aim of subverting in some way the oppressive logics of society, giving some meaning to slogans like “hardcore is more than music”, and betting on the creation of a more livable, inclusive and diverse world. Yes, we are part of this sickly society because wanting it or not we reproduce it, but that is precisely why the possibility of transforming it is latent in each one of us: knowing that we are products of the places we inhabit, they can also be products of our actions. And if hardcore is not about this, then what is it about? Filling the empty signifier “hardcore” with this kind of bets is very worthwhile, but the debate and the invitation to reflect (and act) are open. It should be noted that this proposal is not univocal, it is just one among many possible, just as our memories.
Memories encourage reflection, to feel, to discuss, to generate agency. It is not about remembering for its own sake, everyone establishes the objective of their relationship with the images of the archive, and as with our stories, all these objectives are different depending on each one of us. We do not know what trajectories or paths await for the Bogota hardcore, but certainly our memories are fundamental to spin, to articulate, to shake the routines, to inspire, to face ourselves and to create new ideas, practices and ways of thinking, to understand the path we have traveled and create the means to travel the one that is left. That is why the role of our memories is fundamental in the project of a different hardcore scene, a project that draws on previous experiences and proposals, but which is absolutely autonomous to build its own becomings.
The intention of Retaking the Tragedy: Stories and memories of Bogotá Hardcore is none other than memory itself, as Elizabeth Jelin tells us: “the «experience» is lived subjectively and is culturally shared and shareable. It is the human agency that activates the past, embodied in cultural contents (discourses in a broad sense). Memory, then, occurs while there are subjects who share a culture, while there are social agents trying to “materialize” these meanings of the past in various cultural products that are conceived as, or that become, vehicles of memory” (Elizabeth Jelin, “What we talk about when we talk about memories”). Therefore, we propose the archive as a vehicle for our memories, for the reconstruction, appreciation and meaning of the multiple stories that have happened and are happening in the hardcore Bogota.
Concert organized by Persistencia Records, release of "Centelha" by Point of No Return, 2002
What is the archive?
The archive is defined as that place that legitimates a cultural history, by "transforming the hidden, fragmentary or marginal historical material into a physical and spatial fact" ("The places of memory: the art of archiving and remembering, Ana María Guasch" ). Self-memory and the action of remembering are the two foundations of the archive, that is, remembering the facts themselves as a vital activity of people, either from the point of view of personal memory (the memories of experiences, interwoven generally through the emotions), the collective memory (what a group of people remembers of a particular event, and the own recognition in the stories of the others), or the historical memory (the facts and their sources). But the archive is not a self-sustaining entity, in itself it is nothing, it depends on the interaction we have with it, it needs to be interpreted; it is necessary to ask questions, to establish a relationship of some order with it, be it affective, political, visual, creative, etc.
So that each user of the file can establish this relationship, we have created a simple system of consultation, which has as its starting point the different tags that characterize the content of the collected materials. This system is inspired by the Mnemosyne Atlas, a methodology designed to analyze images through its association by categories, determined by the viewer itself, thus identifying elements that remain in these artifacts throughout its history. This will allow to establish multiple forms of relationship between the archive and the people who meets it: we will no longer talk about History of hardcore, but of stories and memories of hardcore.
HOW CAN WE CONTRIBUTE TO COMPLETE THE ARCHIVE?
We want to encourage the participation of ALL sectors of the scene in the compilation of our stories and memories through the contribution of archive material. Therefore, if you have any of the items listed below, either in analog and / or digital format, do not hesitate to contact us through the following form. If you require additional information, write us an email to firstname.lastname@example.org.
Images - photographs of events, of the live shows; CD arts; digital images of posters, flyers, t-shirt designs.
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Audios - CD music, on cassette, vinyl, or in digital format; show audios, interviews, band rehearsals, radio programs.
Printed - fanzines, primers, newspapers, flyers and posters, advertising and information, leaflets, concert tickets.
Each material received will be evaluated to determine if it meets minimum quality criteria. Later it will be inventoried, processed (digitized or optimized), and returned after 15 business days. The digitized materials will be classified and indexed according to the tags that result from the nature of their content, in order to facilitate their publication and consultation. We accept donations of material, we are interested in compiling a physical collection that can be similarly consulted and visualized in different scenarios and events.


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26th May -
On this day in 1703 Samuel Pepys died.
The following are selected extracts from the entries in his famous diary for the days of the Great Fire of London in 1666:
“September 2d . ... Jane called us up about three in the morning, to tell us of a great fire ... in the City. So I rose, and slipped on my night-gown, and went to her window; and thought it to be ... far enough off, and so went to bed again ... . ... By and by Jane comes and tells me that ... the fire ... is now burning all down Fish Street, by London Bridge. So I made myself ready presently, and walked to the Tower; and there got up upon one of the high places ... ; and ... did see ... an infinite great fire ... , ... a lamentable fire. ... Every body endeavouring to remove their goods, and ... bringing them into lighters that lay off; poor people staying in their houses as long as till the very fire touched them, and then running into boats, or clambering from one pair of stairs, by the waterside, to another. ... Having staid, and in an hour’s time seen the fire rage every way ... ; I to White Hall, ... and did tell the King ... what I saw; and that, unless his Majesty did command houses to be pulled down, nothing could stop the fire”.
September 3d. (M)y Lady Batten sent me a cart to carry away all my money, and plate, and best things, .., which I did, riding ... in my night-gown, in the cart ... .
September 4th. ... (T)o the Tower Street, and there met the fire burning ... . And ... Sir W. Pen and I did dig [a pit], and put our wine in it, and I my parmazan cheese ... .
September 5th. ... About two in the morning my wife ... tells me of new cryes of fire, it being come to Barking Church ... . I up; and finding it so, resolved ... to take her away, and did, and ... my gold ... ; but, Lord! what a sad sight it was by moone-light, to see the whole City almost on fire ... . Home, and whereas I expected to have seen our house on fire, ... it was not. ... (G)oing to the fire, I find, by the blowing up of houses ... by Sir W. Pen, there is a good stop given to it ... ; it having only burned the dyall of Barking Church, and part of the porch, and ... was there quenched. I up to the top of Barking steeple, and there saw the saddest sight of desolation I ever saw... ”.
Various localities of interest with regard to Pepys, including the aforementioned church of All Hallows Barking, are visited on our Friday morning “London Wall – A Story of Survival” and Friday afternoon “Tower to Temple – Heart of the City” walks.
|All Hallows, Barking|
|Pepys Memorial, inside St Olave's Church Hart Street|
|Pepys Statue, Seething Lane (not currently on view, |
due to redevelopment of the site)
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Vimala Books and Publications, Kanjirappally has been working since 2003 and has published over 500 books – autobiographies, children’s literature, education, logos quiz, picture books, poems, spirituality, short stories, success tips, travelogues and write-ups.
In the year 2005, a sister concern, ‘Thoolika Graphics’ was started to facilitate the smooth and efficient functioning of the publishing division.
The year 2013 marked the introduction of credit/debit card facility, modernization of the showroom and professionalism by using state-of-the-art packing machines.
Academic and spiritual books from top publishers of India, dictionaries, children’s books and CDs in English and Hindi are beautifully displayed in Vimala Book Stall, Kanjirappally.
The books of Vimala Publications are available in nearly 150 book stalls and retreat centers, including a few outside Kerala.
VIMALA BOOK CLUB (V.B.C)
Every year, Vimala Book Club offers a three-year membership at the rate of Rs. 1000, which provides the members with books worth Rs.600 during the plan period. The amount is returned at the end of the plan period of three years.
This new series aims to introduce the lives of saints to young readers. Vimala has so far published 100 books in 10 sets, after the inception of this project in 2008. We have great satisfaction in the timely completion of the project and also that the books were made available to all the dioceses in Kerala and the mission dioceses in India and abroad, at the rate of Rs.25 per copy. We are able to achieve an average annual sale of 5000 copies.Tens of thousands of copies of the lives of Saint Alphonsamma, Saint Chavarayachan and Saint Euphresiamma have been circulated. We have already tied up with many parishes to conduct book campaigns and stalls. Ten lakh copies of the series have already been published so far.
It was a matter of great pride, that we got a “thank you” letter from the Holy Father, Pope Francis, thanking and blessing Vimala for the letter and copies of the series on the saints we had sent him. We are in the earnest pursuit of our goal to reach all the homes of the diocese with the hundred booklet series that spans from St. Dominic Savio to St. Louis Martin. On this occasion, we request all of you to join hands with us to campaign on the right role models for our adolescents and youths. Our immediate future plans include translation of these hundred books into English.
Biographies of about 12 great men and women have been brought out in the series called ‘Mahacharitamala’ while ‘Katthakkoottu’ has published eight books on moral lessons. The publication of the Picture-Bible in Malayalam in 2019 and its English version in 2020 is yet another feather on Vimala’s cap.
INTERNATIONAL BOOK EXHIBITION
For the last 15 years, Vimala has been participating in the international book exhibition held at Kottayam and secured many awards in categories including‘Influential Books’ and ‘Outstanding Book Stalls’. We are proud that one of our authors, Sr. Elice Mary FCC, was awarded the ‘Madhavikkutty Award’ instituted by the Kamala Das Foundation.
PUBLICATIONS AND EDITIONS OF 2019 – 20
NakshatrangaleSwapnamKandavar (Lintu Joy Bonison)
PravachakanteVazhiye (Fr. Joy C Mathew)
Vachanavichaarangal(Fr. Joshy Malekudy)
101 Prasangangal (Vol. 5, Fr Justin Mathiyath)
CharathilNinnuCharitrathilekku (M J Jins)
SahananguludeRajakumari ( Fr Justin Mathiyath)
ManassuThurakkumbol (Dr Alex Abraham, Vypana)
Oru Phoenix Thooval (Lintu Joy)
RaathriVilakku (Fr. Starson J Kallikkadan)
AaranuKristyani (Dr. George Kuzhippallil)
AnchaamKlass (Fr Joshy Malekkudy)
Luthiniya (Fr. Emmanuel Y)
Vichaarana Cheyyappedunna Viswasam (Dr. Thomas Poovathanikkunnel)
The Children’s Bible (Fr. Justin Mathiyath),
Saints Series (in English) – Published this year
St. Anthony of Padua (Mathew V.J. Valiplakal)
St. Francis of Assisi (Rosna Jacob)
St. Dominic Savio (Aby Augustine)
St. Francis Xavier (Mathew V.J. Valiplakal)
St. Mother Teresa (Sr. Dr. Jeena Therese CMC)
St. Alphonsa (Somi Jose Kodamullil)
St. Joan of Arc (Somi Jose Kodamullil)
St. Charles Borromeo (Navi George)
St. Therese of Lisieux (Aby Augustine)
St. Mariam Thresia (Fr. Justin Mathiyath)
Dhanya Charithramala, 101 Prasangangal, Upanyaasangal, Shwedam, Karayunna Kadalum Thirayunna Theeravum, Anudina Vishudhariloode, Nenjalivinte Kathakal, Tottochaan, Madhuramee Madyaannam, Aaraadhanakkaayi, Snehaaraadhana, Vimala Hrudaya Prathishta, Sunday School Prasangangal, Snehikkan Patthippikkunna Kathakala and Nanmayude Kathakal are some of the thirty books republished this year.
English Translation of Dhanyacharithamaala, Bible stories for the new generation, series on the church history, 1000 Bible Skits, 100 Bible Dramas, Animation CDs, YouTube channel, etc., are some of the future projects.
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In more depth:
This purports to be the story of the interactions between a scholarly convict at an asylum for the criminally insane and the long time editor of the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary.
The problem is that the book is not, and indeed really can not, be about this. The two men did have a long correspondence, and did meet from time to time for over twenty years, but the character and content of these meetings is not anything particularly spectacular. Mostly, they were collaborators on the great project being directed by the professor, which the madman was a (copious) contributor to.
The madman made his mark on the dictionary by specializing in finding good quotations for difficult words. He did this by using his twin resources of an exceptional library (afforded by high station, a pension, and privileges), and the copious amounts of time afforded him by being locked in a lunatic asylum for the criminally insane.
But, really, the interactions that produced these contributions are not particularly of interest. The professor queries the madman about a particular problem, and the madman frequently delivers a good solution. Not much more to it than that, except maybe for the hardcore lexicographer.
Instead, the early part of the book especially is full of wonderful descriptions of Victorian England, from Oxford to the rough streets of Lambeth. That part is a wonderfully quick read that does a good job of establishing a sense of place and time.
But after that it bogs down, because it becomes a biography of the madman, especially the period during and after he begins his contributions to the dictionary. There are some interesting parts to this, especially at the beginning when his circumstances at the asylum (where he lives most of his life) are described. At the same time, he is making his greatest contributions to a dictionary project that looks impossible to complete, and is not receiving widespread accolades or public support.
However, the last 50 pages or so, covering the period of time after the madman has become incapable of contributing to the dictionary due to his declining physical health, are mostly just sad. There really isn't much to tell, and the one bit that is supposed to be suspenseful, while somewhat surprising, is not delivered well and didn't hold my attention.
Another substantial problem with the story is that measuring the madman's influence on the dictionary project is difficult. Certainly, for the attention given, the madman would be expected to be a major contributor, and the author includes some notes from the professor/editor to other colleagues that indicate this is the case. Indeed, one of the early volumes was even dedicated to him. However, the author also points out that there were other contributors, as well, that matched the madman at least in volume. And the size of the project is such that even the greatest individual volunteers accounted for only a few percent each. So, then, does this man really deserve the credit he's given? Does he deserve the book's implication that he was enormously important in ensuring the publication of the work? I think it's hard to say yes. Even towards the end of his own life, the madman's story and contributions were already being romanticized, and while the author is somewhat wary of that, limiting the focus of the book as he does makes it difficult to dispel more than the factual basis for the myth.
All in all, a good start, but runs out of steam down the stretch. A quick read, too. Would have been better as a shorter work, and more evenhanded. I can't recommend it, but I wouldn't say it was that bad, either.


With a more than 5,000 years’ history (4,000 years in written record), China is a country boasting profound culture in early time. The glorious ancient Chinese history records countless significant events and intelligent figures. With a detailed Chinese history timeline, some influential stories are picked out for getting closer to the past of this oriental large country.
China is one of the few existing countries that also flourished economically and culturally in the earliest stages of world civilization. Indeed, despite the political and social upheavals that frequently have ravaged the country, China is unique among nations in its longevity and resilience as a discrete political and cultural unit. From the earliest Yuanmou human and legend Xia Dynasty to the present powerful oriental country, the rise and down in the Chinese history is more like a masterpiece wrote by the oriental civilization.


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“Using Collapse Risk Assessments to Inform Seismic Safety Policy for Older Concrete Buildings,” Earthquake Spectra (vol. 28, num. 4), by Abbie B. Liel (M. EERI, 2009),University of Colorado, and Gregory G. Deierlein (M. EERI, 1989), Stanford University


Happy World Book Day, guys! this is a list of books you ought to read in case you love comedy. And if you don’t love comedy, you need to read these books because most sane people love comedy, so please work on your sense of humour.
#1 :The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
The idea for the Hitchhiker’s guide came to Douglas Adams when he was lying in a drunken stupor in a field in Europe, where he thought of all the travel guides that were displayed in bookstore windows about Europe (and pretty much everywhere else) . In his own words, as he lay there staring at the stars because he was too poor and too badass to afford a hotel room, Douglas Adams thought the universe most urgently required a guide for travellers wishing to go to space, a phenomena highly likely once digital watches had been discovered. So he created a radio show about an Earthman and an alien (who is a reporter for the hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy), and their misadventures as they embarked on a journey across time, tide and the universe.
When it was adapted into a book, it turned into a trilogy in 6 parts. The seventh one is currently being written . Read it for jokes, conspiracy theories and the ironies of existence, both human, and alien.
#2: Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Most publishers rejected Joseph Heller’s first novel when it was initially written. that’s because they didn’t get the jokes about war, and the futility of such meaningless fighting. Luckily, when one publisher, harangued no end by Mr Heller’s persistence, actually took the trouble to pay attention to the book and released he book into the market, it became a bestseller. set during the 2nd world war and narrated around the life of an American Fighter pilot tired of fighting, It’s one of the funniest tragicomedies ever written, and in today’s world, I kind of keep hoping someone would just give this book to Donald Trump.
#3 Look Who’s Back by Timur Vermes
Hitler, apparently. Set in a world of alternative fact (hello again, Trump) where Hitler wakes up in the 21st Century having hibernated through the fall of Nazi Germany, ” Look Who’s Back” traces his success in the world of stand up comedy, where people believe he’s something of a strange, forever-in-character funnyman. They think his political beliefs are something of a joke, and bestow upon him the love that Vienna university and the rest of the world very obviously refused to give him. and the rest, as they say, is history. Or is it?
#4 Raag Darbari by Shrilal Shukla
from describing the indian affliction of disregarding rules, to commenting on the easygoing corruption of the Indian bureaucracy, the India of Shukla’s Raag Darbari continues in our villages even today, where wrestlers and teachers head politics and educated people are looked upon as misguided but well intentioned fools swayed from the right path of sanskaar by “pashchaat sabhyata” ( western culture) . If you haven’t ever gone to an indian village, you need to read this book, because while depicting the ironic hilarity of the state of affairs, he also makes us rethink the status quo we try to maintain . Seeing how shukla himself was a civil servant, it’s a funny story to read and a sad story to live, but your experience of India is definitely incomplete without it.
#5 Kashi Ka Assi by Kashi Nath Singh
replete with abusive words and relatable instances, this book offers everything indian stand up artists offer, and more besides. There are real conversations in this book, and the writer is pretty lucky to have been able to have written it before the idea of intellectual property became common in India. From sightings of god to strangely UPiite superstitions, this book, like Raag Darbari, stands the test of time, as the characters in the novel can be found on the banks of the Ganges even today. In case you’ve seen the terrible film adaptation featuring Sunny Deol, I encourage you to read this book in order to heal yourself of the trauma of his atrocious acting, and in case you skipped the movie because you had the good sense to suspect Sunny to be a dhai kilo ka deadweight, this is one book that will lighten you up regardless.


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Topping Way is an intimate photo essay and poem by Aaron Gustafson. It documents the objects and spaces of one sun-drenched California home and the natural environs surrounding it. Through a combination of Polaroid, 35mm and digital photographs, there unfolds a narrative of memory and loss, warmed by a thread of love and connection. This edition features premium color pages and a matte hardcover.


Sometimes I just vant to be alone.
Some years ago when I read A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, the incredible first novel by Dave Eggers, I was electrified by his lucid writing and awed by his ability to find humor in a true story of loss and struggle.
Since then, I’ve read some […]
Is it hot in here, or is it just me?
I am part of the problem.
I drive a car. I fly across country in fuel guzzling jets. And even though I make an effort to recycle faithfully, I am part of the dominant throwaway culture.
When the world succumbs to runaway mutant viruses […]
In autumn sunlight gilds the birches at the edge of Green Lake in Seattle.
Far from the maddening mud fight of politics, the world of gardening spins steadily along. Days shorten, temperatures drop, and leaves skitter across the lawn.
Gardeners are immune to the vagaries of political power struggles. Regimes and movements come and […]
The hopeful sign will fade and fall off; the journey goes on.
I broke up with Romance a few years ago.
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I don’t usually look to the best seller list for reading material. But recently a Seattle friend sent us a copy of “The Boys In The Boat,” and it ran away with my heart.
This remarkable account of the true story of the University of Washington crew team who rowed their way into history as […]
The Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial in Washington, D.C., includes telling quotes from his momentous twelve years in office.
I don’t know who I am anymore.
I used to be this fiction person. Never willingly read anything else. But something’s come over me in the last year or so. Call it reality, at long last […]
Baseball has its own history. Walter Johnson led Washington baseball to the world championship in 1924.
There is history, and there’s History.
Lower case history tends to be personal. It happens to all of us as we go through our little lives. Upper case History more often involves the rise and fall of nations, […]
My Dad, who would have been 91 tomorrow, was a lifelong cat lover, but he had room in his heart for dogs. This is Laddy, our collie who made life interesting in our tiny house until he bit the mailman and had to move to a farm where there was more room for him […]
A glass of wine, a book of verse, and thou beneath the palm trees. What could be better?
As a young nerd I was never the sort of child who had to be encouraged to read.
My parents were more concerned that I spent altogether too much time with my nose in a book […]
There’ll always be an England in one small corner of Georgetown.
Every fandom has its debates.
Gryffindor vs Slytherin. Edward vs Jacob. Angel vs Spike.
Fans of Jane Austen tend to be a civil bunch, disinclined to wage the sort of rough and tumble debate that thrives on the internet. Although, much as I […]


Similar to the Canadian Press Style Guide, New Canadian Media's Ethnic Media Style Guide reflects the cultural diversity of Canada.
Developed by Claire Wardle, co-founder of the Eyewitness Media Hub, and research director at Columbia University's Tow Center for Digital Journalism, this guide provides guidance to journalists on how to handle material uploaded to social media channels, such as Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Vine and Whatsapp, or streams appearing via Periscope or Facebook Live.
The CAJ's widely cited Ethics Guidelines are intended to help both seasoned professionals and new journalists to hold themselves accountable for professional work. This guide seeks to provide examples of the application of general ethical principles, and to help journalists apply those principles and their best judgment when faced with scenarios not covered here.
Produced by the Canadian Journalism Forum on Violence and Trauma, this guidebook provides journalists with best practices on how to handle a wide-array of often socially stigmatized subjects. Chapters in this guide include: how to report on addiction and mental health, reporting on suicide, covering Indigenous Peoples, and self-care strategies for journalists who have experienced traumatic events in the course of this day-to-day work.


OF MONSTERS AND PRODIGIES: THE HISTORY OF THE CASTRATI
By Jorge Kuri
Monsters and Prodigies is a sophisticated yet good-natured lampoon of 18th-century opera. Despite the textbook data, the show is a spoof at heart, and it can be quite funny even for those who are not opera lovers.
Lincoln Center Festival, The New York Times
The strength of Valdés Kuri lies in his capacity to contrast opposites, foolishness with harmony, violence with gentleness. These singer-actors are capable of singing the most beautiful melodies (Gluck, Handel...) but are also capable of pleasurable nonsense.
Libération, Kunsten Festival des Arts, París
A staging that offers a different theatrical experience than usual to the spectator’s senses. This performance offers a fresh, interesting, and, above all, entertaining theatrical proposal.
Primera Fila / Reforma
2007: Best Visiting Production, Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors of New York.
2007: Best Play, Unomásuno
2000 – 2001: Best National Production, Mexican Association of Theatre Critics
At the dawn of the 17th century, a phenomenon shook-up the Italian stage: in a Neapolitan barbershop, a two-headed surgeon-barber began the practice of castration in order to preserve a soprano tessitura in children.
As this history is recapitulated, we accompany the surgeon-barber Jean-Ambroise Paré on a journey towards the splendor of Baroque art, in a mosaic that brings together the extravagances that marked this outstanding and enigmatic period of art history. From the presence of castrati in Italian opera, to baroque dance, stories and superstitions about monsters, in a banquet of scenes that make up this stage tableau.
The twists and turns of the play explore the unexpected events and adventures of the castrati; their romances and whims; the stormy relationships they maintained with composers and businessmen, in a polyphonic structure that alternates scenes, musical arias and interludes, through a flamboyant construction: theater within theater and opera inside and outside the opera.
The historical recap culminates in the outbreak of a war between the concepts of beauty in the service of art against scientific reasoning, which originated in the French Revolution and ended with one of the most sublime mysteries in history: the incomparable voice of the castrati.


An archive of articles about abuses by security agencies, updates about the civil rights movement.
Friday, July 11, 2014
Sonoma County D.A. Report Appendix A
Justice for Andy Lopez Cruz! (d. 2013-10-22; Santa Rosa) [link]
Appendix A (of A through E) from the Sonoma County D.A. Report on Andy Lopez Shooting.
Links to all
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Learning tools for teachers and parents
The Thomas Armour Youth Ballet is in the process of developing resources to assist parents and teachers in achieving educational goals as they broaden their children’s world with the arts.
Each of these may be downloaded and reproduced for educational purposes.
Our Teacher’s Guide which includes the story line of the ballet, biographies of the choreographer and composer, theater etiquette, basic dance movements and positions, and additional teaching resources is available for electronic viewing here.
Additionally “Going to the show”, a pre-show guide created by Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and its All Kids Included Program (AKI) to prepare and introduce new audiences to a live performance, is available for viewing here.
Additional ideas can be found at:


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A large crowd gathered to remember the “old library” on Solano and applaud the 20 year anniversary of the current library. It was a wonderful afternoon enjoyed by generations of library lovers.
Charles Haller, the nephew of Nurse Mary Ann Le Match, spoke of the early days of the hospital. Nurse LeMatch purchased the hospital in the early 1930’s and changed the name from Humboldt Hospital to Albany Hospital. During the War, Albany Hospital expanded the maternity ward to meet the increased demand.
Cassie Borgnino Dusterdick spoke of the work of her late father, Dr. Borgnino. He along other local doctors purchased and ran the Hospital providing outstanding medical care to their patients. They built a reputation of excellence at Albany Hospital.
One participant proudly announced she was born at Albany Hospital exactly 71 years ago today and shared with the audience her baby book.
Ray Gonzalves reminded the gathering the AFD held Civil Defense Drills at the hospital and taught nurses how to use fire extinguishers.
The Albany Hospital plaque, which was donated to the City of Albany on May 21, will be installed in front of the Community Center in the coming weeks. We are grateful to everyone who participated in our dedication event.
Albany to avoid confusion with another California town which had earlier chosen the name of Ocean View. The town trustees talked it over and Mayor Frank Roberts suggested the name of Albany after his birthplace of Albany New York. This proposition was accepted by the voters and the change was filed by Alameda County in the ensuing few weeks.
The Albany Historical Society commemorated this event on October 25th, 2009. Included in the celebration was the presentation to the City of Albany of a Historic Time Capsule to be opened in 2059 and Four Historic Site plaques.


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Zhang Xun, born in 1978 in Jiangsu, China, is a founding member of the art project SPECIAL COMIX. He studied at the Design College at Nanjing University of the Arts. Since 2001, he has lived and worked as a teacher, artist, comic and children’s book author in Nanjing. He has participated in international exhibitions and edited and published a number of comics and children’s books. He has won several awards for his works. Recently, he has worked as curator in several comic art projects.
SPECIAL COMIX (SC) 异常漫画 was founded in 2003 by Tang Yan, Zhang Xun, Hu Xiaojiang and Yan Cong and is an open collective to support the independent comic scene in China. The SC collective is self-organized and independently funded. Since 2003, they published six editions of the Special Comix Anthology. In each volume, a different topic is proposed for discussion and comic artists are invited to hand in their artistic reflection on it. The seventh issue is scheduled for 2018. The scope and mode of production of the anthologies have given SC a distinctive artistic appearance: the comics are printed on randomly changing coloured paper, which makes each volume a unique work of art. Through their continuous work, SC has become a reliable and in-depth resource and archive of the independent comic scene in China. Volume no. 3 was awarded the Prix de la Bande Dessinée Alternative at the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2010.


The Evolution of iPhone: Revolutionizing the World of Mobile Technology. The iPhone made by Apple Inc. created has become an iconic symbol of innovation and technological advancement in the field of mobile devices. Since its introduction in 2007, the iPhone has changed the way we communicate, work, and play. This article, titled “The Evolution of the iPhone: Revolutionizing the World of Mobile Technology,” takes you on a fascinating journey through the evolution of the iPhone. Also discovering its groundbreaking features, its impact on society, and the future of technology. mobile technology.
The Birth of a Game Changer
In this chapter, we take a look at the birth of the iPhone and its early years. We explore the visionary leadership of Steve Jobs and the team at Apple. Also discussing the key milestones that led to the development of the first iPhone. From its sleek design to its groundbreaking multi-touch interface, we take a look at the groundbreaking features that set the iPhone apart from other smartphones of its time.
Changing the Way we Communicate
Here we explore how the iPhone has revolutionized the way we communicate. We discuss integrating messaging, email, and web browsing apps, making communication more accessible and convenient. We dive into the introduction of FaceTime, bringing video calling to the masses. Also the impact of iMessage making text messaging a seamless experience.
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This chapter focuses on the App Store and the mobile app boom. We discuss the transformative impact of the App Store, giving users access to a huge range of apps for productivity, entertainment, education, and more. We explore the ecosystem created by developers and how apps have revolutionized industries like gaming, social networking, fitness, and finance.
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In this section, we look at how the iPhone has redefined the photography and multimedia experience. We discuss the evolution of camera technology, from the introduction of the first iPhone camera to the enhanced capabilities of recent camera models. We explore the impact of features like Portrait mode, advanced image processing, and built-in video editing and recording tools.
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Except for being proficient at a couple types of cookies, I didn't even begin to learn to cook until I was in grad school. I lived in a co-op in which I was assigned to a "cooking team" and the head of our team sourced all our meals from the "More-with-Less Cookbook." When I moved on, I bought a copy of the book because it contained the recipe for my new favorite dinner. It would be a full 12 years before I read beyond that recipe!
My husband and I joke about it, now, but when we got married I was comfortable cooking two thingss: lasagna and boxed macaroni & cheese. And my husband didn't like boxed mac & cheese. I spent the first summer we were married devouring every cookbook I could find, and I started with More-with-Less. The book is a gold mine, but I should quit here and let our guest reviewer tell you the rest. Here's what Joyce from tallgrassworship has to say about it...
As our economic crisis deepens, and frugality has become the mode, I've thought more and more that I should post a review of "The More-With-Less Cookbook", by Doris Janzen Longacre.
As a young mom, living on a shoestring budget, and trying to learn how to cook from the large vegetable garden I grew to help feed my family, I came to rely on this remarkable little volume, with it's garden-to-table recipes, and instructions that emphasized cooking "from scratch". As a Christian, trying to align my lifestyle with the doctrine of justice for the poor, I loved it's emphasis on consuming only our fair share of the planet's resources, so that we could not only control our own budget, but have enough to give and share with others.
Amazingly, it's still in print, and available through Amazon.com, though Doris Janzen Longacre died of cancer in 1979, shortly after the publication of her second book, "Living More With Less". Both of these books were very influential for me, and have continued to color the way I look at homemaking over the years.
Longacre was commissioned by the Mennonite Central Committee to use her background as a dietitian to collect recipes and ideas from the world-wide Mennonite community and adjust those recipes to reflect contemporary nutritional research and food justice issues. Many of the recipes submitted by the mostly agrarian Mennonites were heavy on sugar and fat. Longacre experimented to readjust them so that the well-loved family dishes could be enjoyed just as much, but with healthier ingredients. She collected many meatless dishes, reflecting our growing understanding of the impact of raising livestock on our environment. She gave good, clear teaching regarding moving away from a meat-heavy diet while maintaining good nutrition. At the same time, she managed to celebrate the Swiss-German and Russian culture at the heart of the Mennonite denomination, and elevate the custom of unpretentious hospitality.
I practically wore this book out! It was my essential guide for learning to cook for my growing family for years. In pulling it out to reread the other day, I was flooded with memories of days in our kitchen, surrounded by small children who always wanted to stand on a chair next to me and "watch" as I worked with produce from the garden, or bulk items from a foster parent's food co-op we were part of, or the bags and bags of apples from a second cousin's orchard. Many a dollar was stretched, many a tummy was filled, based on the information and recipes found in this wonderful cookbook.
I hope that you will find a copy of "The More-With-Less Cookbook" and read it, really read it, and absorb the wonderful spirit of Longacre and the Mennonite cooks who submitted recipes to this collection. It has a place in every kitchen where the cook(s) are focused on meals made with love. I'd give it a 5 out of 5, for sustainable and frugal living.


PSYCHEDELICS AND TECHNICS
PSYCHEDELICS AND TECHNICS
With contributions by Prof Gordon Mathews, Kat Lo, Royce Ng, Chantal Wong and Richard Whittle.
Pages - 76 pages
Dimensions - 21 x 15.5
Cover - Paperback
Binding - Staple Bound
Color - Color
Edition Size - 300
Year - 2019
Designed by Mildred Cheng
Published by Small Tune Press
A set of 4-booklets carefully printed in risograph with fluorescent pink and blue by Hong Kong risograph studio dotdotdot. In addition, the enclosed 4 sheets of non-acid active blotter cards collected in a plastic sleeve.
Over the course of four weeks from April to May 2018, I convened a reading group on the topic of ‘Psychedelics and Technics’ with anthropologist Professor Gordon Mathews. As the reading group progressed, we became conscious of a widening aporia at the heart of the project; that reading in order to rationally understand an experience which deconstructs rational consciousness is an exercise in futility. Symbolic reasoning and language are fundamentally inadequate tools for understanding and articulating these psychological phenomena. Though my own subsequent experiments with psychedelic drugs were inevitably shaped by my new found knowledge, it seemed a probable though not sufficient explanation for my experiences. My body becomes liquid, a primordial slime, adorned with rows of black teeth seething behind moist lips, a screaming mouth becomes a vacant void, illuminated by the light from a thousand suns. Terence McKenna postulated that the cosmology of psychedelic forms we experience are a collectively imagined universe that incrementally expands every time a psychonaut rhapsodizes on some novel chimera or phantasmagorical realm uncovered during a trip, by contributing to the assembled meme of what we anticipate the psychedelic experience to be. When McKenna spoke of ‘machine elves’ that telepathically communicated to him while on DMT, they are committed forthwith to the bestiary of fabulous hallucinations one might encounter in the minds of his acolytes. This book is intended to add a few more images and ideas to the readers psychedelic memory palace, to drop a pebble in an ocean to watch the ripples radiate infinitely outwards.
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The reading groups participants consisted of local and international artists, students, academics, musicians, bankers, a yoga instructor and an asylum seeker; attracted either by their own experiences with psychedelics or by the fact that such a topic could be discussed in a semi-public forum in Hong Kong at all.
The discussions we had over the course of those few weeks took an unexpectedly metaphysical turn, delving into speculative exchanges on the interconnections between psychedelics, consciousness, artificial intelligence and death.
Public discussion for 'Psychedelics and Technics' with Beatrix Pang, Mildred Cheng, Royce Ng and Gordon Mathews moderated by Hera Chan


Thursday, June 21, 2018
Polo: Book One
Preston Fawkes is ten the first time he meets fifteen-year-old Konrad Schnell at the San Antonio Polo Club. Captivated by the mystique surrounding the sport of kings, Pres vows to learn the game at the hands of his newly acquired friend and mentor. The hero worship soon grows into something deeper, but the friends are separated when Preston goes off to boarding school in England.
The relationship that follows is riddled with challenges―their age gap, physical distance, and parental pressure taking precedence over feelings yet to be explored. Although their bond goes deep, they deal with the reality of their situation differently: Preston is open and fearless while Konrad is reticent and all too aware of the social implications of making a public stand.
Their paths intersect and twine, binding them as tightly as a cowboy’s lasso, but fate may alter their plans. How will love overcome the divots in the turf as they gallop toward the future—one where obstacles no longer stand in their way?
Cover Artist: Anne Cain
Series Polo Series | Book One , Award-Winning Books 2013 Award Winners
Genres Contemporary / Erotic Romance / New Adult
Fire Horse is the first book in the Polo Series. Check out some of the great reviews on Goodreads and Amazon and take the plunge.
Thursday, June 14, 2018
Cutting Cords released in November 2009. It's the first novel in a four book series that broke several rules in romancelandia. Check it out if you're in the mood for angst and drama. All my titles are currently on sale at the DSP Store
When Sloan Driscoll and Cole Fujiwara become reluctant roommates, neither man is willing to share too much. Sloan is instantly attracted to Cole but knows it's a hopeless cause; Cole has a steady girlfriend. But one night they share a joint, and Cole opens a window neither anticipated.
A relationship may be impossible—both men are living with heart-breaking secrets. While Sloan is smart, sassy, and a brilliant graphic artist, he’s also a pothead with severe body image problems. Cole, a former major league pitcher, has his own personal crisis: he's going blind. Sloan and Cole are suffering on so many levels, they might not realize that the ultimate salvation could be within each other’s arms.
Cover Artist: Mara McKennen
Series Cutting Cords Series


Lamar Public Library
Lamar Public Library Director Sue Luthrop gives residents information on the public library and how they keep library goers safe during the pandemic. “Well right now, we’re only allowed to have 10 people in the library. However, if you make a reservation or if you walk you usually can get into the library; people come in, they get their books and there’s room for more. We are spending about 15 minutes of every hour cleaning and disinfecting. We make sure that it is as safe as possible. Not only are we doing that, but we have an online summer reading program, that has things for everyone from infants to adults. So we’re hoping to keep people entertained this summer” said Lothrop. Sue goes on to refer residents to the Lamar Public Library website. On the website, books can be reserved, checked-out, and databases for research are readily available to those with a library card.
The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with Colorado and other states that have laws requiring electors to vote for a state's popular vote winner, in the Electoral College. Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold says the decision helped avert a potential crisis heading into the 2020 presidential election. “ This is all to have our voices heard in the presidential election; and also the recommitment to States rights. To be able to win for state law so that a few un-elected presidential electors cannot undermine every single vote in Colorado and every single vote across the nation…” Stated Colorado Secretary of state Griswold. In 2016, Michael Baca tried to vote for former Republican presidential candidate John Kasich instead of Democratic nominee Hilliary Clinton, who won Colorado that year. Under Colorado state law, Baca was removed and replaced.
The City of Wichita encourages residents who have a question or concern about the face mask ordinance to please contact the city's mask hotline at (316) 303-8255. Residents can also send an email question to email@example.com, or visit Wichita.gov/coronavirus. The City of Wichita is asking residents not to call 9-1-1 about face masks. Recently, the Wichita Police Department received a generous donation of 10,000 K-N95 masks from Air Capital Distribution. Residents who need a mask can visit any of the four police patrol substations Monday-Friday between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. The masks are free for anyone who needs one.


#5 Living a Life Less Toxic by Faith Canter - 4.5/5
Faith Canter is a wonderful woman I stumbled across on You Tube who has recovered from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome after suffering for many years following a bout of glandular fever, which as you may know is what has happened to me. I purchased Faith's first book on my Kindle, keen to find out more about her recovery story and what changes I could make to my life to make it less "toxic".
I have watched pretty much all of Faith's videos and I am already fairly strict with my CFS recovery "plan" (daily meditation, positive affirmations, positive mindset, detox baths, dietary changes, getting out in nature, good sleep routine, yada yada yada) so a few of the areas covered in the book were already familiar to me. That being said it was a further reinforcement of why I need to continue with these things, and I was inspired to make further changes to detoxing my mind and body. For example, she talks about swapping chemical products for natural ones complete with "how to" guides and this is something I'm going to do in the future.
If you're newly diagnosed with CFS/ME and don't know where to start, I highly recommend Faith's book and You Tube videos to set yourself on the right path. Don't spend months waiting for help from the NHS like I did. Get cracking with your own research right now!
I really like the chapter on EFT (Emotional Freedom Tapping) and I have found some good results from incorporating that into my routine. I wish this book was longer and a little cheaper, hence knocking half a point off from full marks.
#6 The Road Less Travelled by M. Scott Peck 5/5
This book was recommended to me by my beautiful friend Alix. Boy oh boy, it's a good'un! It has opened my eyes to life and love, patterns I have fallen into with relationships and people, unhealthy habits and why they have formed, and has given me the ability to process why past relationships have failed. I hate to be such a cliche but this book has changed my life! I wish I had read it 10 years ago.
#7 A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness 4/5
From self help to a short fiction book, A Monster Calls was recommended to me by my sister and I read it across the space of a couple of evenings. It's a fantasy novel aimed at children/YA about a boy faced with the imminent death of his mother. It is written by Patrick Ness based on ideas by author Siobhan Dowd who sadly passed away before she could write the story.
It's easy to read and I was absorbed in the story immediately. I felt every emotion the young boy was feeling, and the "monster" provides a number of stories that really resonated with me and can be applied to helping in every day life. I wanted the story to go on longer. I am also really keen to see the film now!
What have you finished reading lately?