This year’s traditional Matzo ramble took place in Lee Valley Park. After the first challenge of realising that there were two places half a mile apart that each sounded like the meeting point, Fishers Green, the group united for a ramble. The second challenge was the weather – it was really touch and go as to whether we would go ahead with the walk, much less picnic; the forecast was atrocious! But by some miracle there were only a few drops, and so we took in the lakes, rivers and wildlife of the park, with our varied group of adults and children (some on bicycles leading the way) and dogs. The ramble was followed as usual by a very sociable matzo picnic. Despite the weather, it was a very enjoyable day out for everyone and we were already talking about where to go next year!
A colourful new library system created by one of our own members, interior designer Deborah Montlake, will make it easier for you to find a book you’d like to read in our library. Subjects are clearly separated by a colour coded system on the spine of old video cases inserted between books, and each book has a label in a matching colour showing which category it belongs to.
Volunteers have spent a few hours tidying and sorting the books and adding the subject labels to each one. Rabbi Irit Shillor said: “Most of the books have been donated and we have an eclectic mix, including novels, humour, Hebrew and Yiddish dictionaries and lots of Jewish and Israeli history. There’s definitely something for everyone.”
So next time you’re in the building, have a look at the choice and see if there’s something you’d like to borrow. Just make sure you return it when you’ve read it.
If you have suitable books you’d like to donate, please talk to Rabbi Irit or Lorraine Kirk.
Popular speaker and media personality Rabbi Lionel Blue entertained an audience of congregants and non-members at the synagogue last week with jokes on how to cope with the trials that life throws up. He also offered some tips on how to cope with the difficulties of ageing, speaking for nearly two hours without notes.
Rabbi Shillor said: “He charmed us all with his wisdom and wit. It was an impressive and enjoyable performance.”
A collection raised almost £200 for Leo Baeck College.


Aram, also known as the Well-Traveled Aram, is a mentioned-only character in Horizon Zero Dawn. He is a Carja scribe who authored a number of travel guide glyphs, namely Rumors of the Nora, A Guide to Ban-Ur and the Banuk, and A Guide to The Claim.
Sometime after the Liberation, Aram began exploring the tribal regions neighboring the Sundom in the hopes of gathering knowledge about the other tribes to educate the Carja. Based on glyphs authored by Aram, he traveled to the Oseram territory of the Claim and the Banuk territory of Ban-Ur. In both expeditions, Aram was overwhelmed by the cultural differences, and found the experiences unpleasant.
While he planned an expedition to the Sacred Land, and even made it as far as Hunter's Gathering, it is unknown if he ever traveled to Nora lands. Aram planned to include a female scribe on his expedition, hoping this would help him gain the trust of the matriarchal Nora.
Despite his efforts to explore other tribes, Aram's efforts are hindered greatly by his own culture. His glyphs show disdain for the tribes he has visited and an elitist attitude consistent with many among the Carja.


Purpose of Exhibit
To show the many provisional issues of Carpatho-Ukraine from late 1944 to the end of 1945. These issues are not listed in Scott, but there have been preliminary discussions with the editor concerning the possible eventual inclusion of at least some of these issues. This is a traditional exhibit, covering the issues listed in Michel under Karpaten-Ukraine.
This is the first time that this exhibit has been shown. In the mid 1980's I showed a much smaller exhibit of this subject.
This collection will never be complete. The exhibit attempts to show all stamp issues as well as most major varieties. However, in spite of having collected this area for almost 40 years, there are still many holes, especially in the overprinted issues.
All overprinted stamps have been expertized. Many of the other items in the exhibit have also been expertized.
Since this is not a popular collecting area, a stamp with an issue of 500 copies is considered common. The rarities in this area are the stamps of which 20 or fewer copies exist. This exhibit contains over 70 examples of these, including two stamps where only 2 copies are known, and five others with only 3 copies known.
- von Steiden, Georg – "Spezialkatalog Karpaten-Ukraine / Спеціальний каталог Закарпатська Україна", Munich (2000) [German / Ukrainian]
- Carrigan, Jay and Kuzych, Ingert – "Handbook of Carpatho-Ukraine Philately", Springfield , VA (2005) [English]
These two references are the latest publications on this subject and are by far the most comprehensive. Other references are listed on the Internet at http://www.jaypex.com/C-U/CUlit.html.


Legendary newsman Walter Cronkite’s professional and personal papers and artifacts went to The University of Texas at Austin’s Dolph Briscoe Center for American History upon his death in 2009.
Never-before-seen items from that collection will be on display in “Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century,” opening Saturday at the University’s LBJ Presidential Library and Museum.
The exhibit features artifacts from all periods of Cronkite’s life, from childhood through his tenure as “the most trusted man in America” to his retirement. The exhibit explores Cronkite’s reportage on D-Day, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and the space race as well as Cronkite’s integrity, accuracy, and devotion to the larger ideals of journalism.
“As home to Walter Cronkite’s professional and personal papers, the Briscoe Center is uniquely equipped to create the first exhibit dedicated to the life of this remarkable journalist,” said Dr. Don Carleton, executive director of the Briscoe Center exhibit curator. “We’re extremely grateful to the LBJ Library for the opportunity to share Cronkite’s legacy in such a wonderful exhibit. Visitors will not only get to know more about Cronkite — they’ll have a front-row seat to some of the most important people and event in 20th Century history.”
Carleton, who has written a book about Cronkite to be published this fall, was the icon’s oral historian and a close friend. In a recent conversation, I was struck by his willingness to share personal details of his relationship with Cronkite and I’m confident that the exhibit will benefit from his stewardship.
The exhibit was designed by Riggs Ward, an award-winning Virginia firm, and features large-format photos and personal artifacts, as well as film and video footage.
Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century
The LBJ Library and Museum
May 15, 2010-January 3, 2011
Open daily 9-5 (closed Christmas Day)
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WSBL, led by former children’s librarian Peter Menta, present an educational and entertaining family show that is suitable for libraries and other cultural venues. The band offers a wide selection of roots Americana music in the authentic jugband style on both conventional and homemade folk instruments.
Audience participation is encouraged and children are invited to play simple homemade instruments. Workshops and demonstrations are also available. For more information on this unique musical presentation, contact Peter Menta at 203-214-7919 or email@example.com.


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“City Under One Roof” by Iris Yamashita is forthcoming from Berkley, a division of Penguin Books.
A stranded detective tries to solve a murder in a tiny Alaskan town where everyone lives in a single high-rise building, in this gripping debut by an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter.
When a local teenager discovers a severed hand and foot washed up on the shore of the small town of Point Mettier, Alaska, Cara Kennedy is on the case. A detective from Anchorage, she has her own motives for investigating the possible murder in this isolated place, which can be accessed only by a tunnel.
After a blizzard causes the tunnel to close indefinitely, Cara is stuck among the odd and suspicious residents of the town — all 205 of whom live in the same high-rise building and are as icy as the weather. Cara teams up with Point Mettier police officer Joe Barkowski, but before long the investigation is upended by fearsome gang members from a nearby native village.
Haunted by her past, Cara soon discovers that everyone in this town has something to hide. Will she be able to unravel their secrets before she unravels?
Born in Missouri, raised in Hawaii and having lived in Guam, California, and Japan, Yamashita was able to experience a diversity of culture while growing up. She studied engineering at UC San Diego and UC Berkeley and also spent a year at the University of Tokyo studying virtual reality. Her first love, however, has always been fiction writing, which she pursued as a hobby on the side.
Yamashita submitted her first screenplay to a competition where she was discovered by an agent at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) who offered to represent her. Her big break came when she was recruited to write the script “Letters From Iwo Jima” for director Clint Eastwood. It was named “Best Picture” by both the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, received a Golden Globe award for “Best Foreign Language Film” of 2006 and was nominated for four Oscars, including “Best Picture” and “Best Original Screenplay.”
“City Under One Roof,” which will be released in January but can be pre-ordered now, is her debut mystery novel.
Yamashita continues to work in Hollywood, developing for both film and streaming media, and has also dabbled in writing a musical for a Japanese theme park with Tony Award-winning composer Jeanine Tesori. She has taught screenwriting at UCLA and the American Film Institute.
“‘City Under One Roof’ is a gripping, unsettling and oppressive thriller that welcomes a wonderful new talent to the genre. Prepare to be quickly immersed in this dark and moody murder mystery.” — Mary Kubica, New York Times bestselling author of “Local Woman Missing”
“‘Northern Exposure’ meets ‘Dexter’ in this clever thriller in which an isolated community is rocked by a twisted murder, increasingly dark secrets and the terrifying knowledge that the people they always thought they knew are now the ones they should fear the most.” — Lisa Gardner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of “One Step Too Far”
“Electric and fast-paced, this debut thriller is a testament to Yamashita’s skills as a storyteller. There’s no escape from the isolated Alaska setting for either the murder investigator or the reader. I fell down the rabbit hole and couldn’t come out until I read the final page.” — Naomi Hirahara, Edgar-winning author of “Clark and Division”
“Iris Yamashita delivers! Compelling characters, clever plot twists, and a story that will chill you to your bones. ‘City Under One Roof’ is a must-read thriller.” – Laura Griffin, New York Times bestselling author of “The Texas Murder Files”
“Iris Yamashita blasts into the world of crime fiction by doing something spectacular: introducing us to a totally unique location and sub-culture. A compulsive page-turner that’s both atmospheric and claustrophobic at the same time.” — C.J. Box, #1 New York Times bestselling author of “Shadows Reel”
“A well-crafted novel, told through the eyes of three very different women, with a wonderfully claustrophobic and atmospheric background.” — Ann Cleeves, New York Times bestselling author of “The Long Call” and Vera Stanhope novels
Author’s website: https://www.irisyamashita.com/
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Beam-based Diagnostics of Electric Guide Fields and Lattice Parameters for Run-1 of the Muon g-2 Storage Ring at Fermilab
AbstractA portion of the Muon g-2 Storage Ring electric system,
which provides vertical beam focusing, exhibited an
unexpected time dependence that produced a characteristic
evolution of the stored beam during Run-1 of the Muon g-2
Experiment at Fermilab (E989). A method to reconstruct
the Run-1 electric guide fields has been developed, which is
based on a numerical model of the muon storage ring and optimization
algorithms supported by COSY INFINITY. This
method takes beam profile measurements from the Muon
g-2 straw tracking detectors as input, and it produces a full
reconstruction of the time-dependent fields. The fields can
then be used for the reproduction of detailed beam tracking
simulations and the calculation of ring lattice parameters for
acceptance studies and systematic error evaluations.
D.A. Tarazona, M. Berz, K. Makino, J. Mott, V. Tishchenko, J.D. Crnkovic, M.J. Syphers, K.S. Khaw, J. Price,
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"Digital Locks and the Automation of Virtue" in Michael Geist ed, From "Radical Extremism" to "Balanced Copyright": Canadian Copyright and the Digital Agenda (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2010).
This chapter examines the social and moral cost of digital locks. I trace the concept and construct of a lock all the way back to the mythical Gordian knot, revealing two essential features of locks. First, I argue that locks are important not only for what they restrict, but for what they permit. I develop this idea in the context of digital locks using the concept of automated permissions. Second, I argue that the restrictions imposed by locks come with a social and moral cost; namely, that the adoption of a universal digital lock strategy could undermine the cultivation of moral virtue.Read More


The Wombat Kitten Academy Stories Collection Volume I
These whimsical and imaginative stories of the kittens and faculty at Kitten Academy in 2017 were written by a mysterious individual from the Land Down Under, known only as "Wombat." With the help of Dr. Bru and many talented artists, it is now available as a delightful book!
Wombat's stories were published serially on our subreddit. They're still available there for free, though they do not include the wonderful accompanying art.
You can purchase a real printed book of the stories, with art! This is a beautifully printed, large size paperback. In this case, $20 goes to Blurb for the printing, $1 goes to Kitten Academy, and $1 to the Cat Protection Society of New South Wales.
If you prefer to read your books on Kindle, or to purchase through Amazon, this is the option for you! Includes the full text and art of the printed book. Again, $1 goes to Kitten Academy, and $1 to the Cat Protection Society of New South Wales. The rest goes to Amazon.
Now also available in a printed version from Amazon. Slightly larger than the Blurb version.
If you prefer, you can purchase and download a PDF of the book right here on our site. Again, $1 goes to Kitten Academy, and $1 to the Cat Protection Society of New South Wales. The rest goes to Stripe for processing. After your payment, you will be given a download link that is good for 24 hours from the first time you download.


Established in 2016, JKKN College of Education is a premier institution offering a dynamic and innovative curriculum to shape the future of aspiring teachers. With highly qualified faculty, good infrastructure, and a focus on practical learning, the college provides a stimulating environment for academic and personal growth. It is a top choice for students seeking a fulfilling career in education.
JKKN Educational Institutions is a vibrant residential campus that allows students to flourish both personally and professionally. Campus life at JKKN is not just about classrooms, libraries and labs. There are several opportunities for students to pursue their favorite activities, refine their skills and discover new talents and interests. The campus is a constant buzz of varied activities and events – academic, co-curricular and extracurricular.


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Religion, Violence and Pea...
This course explores the varied relation between religion and violence or peacebuilding. The the subject of the matter is discussed in the light of a spectrum of perspectives on the relation between religion, violence and peacebuilding. The varied perspective include so called “essentialism,” “instrumentalism” and “constructivism.” These perspectives represent differrent views on the degree of religious roles on violence or peace ranging from scholars who sees religion possessing inherent potential to violence and others who downplay the significance of religions. Students will learn major theories that illustrate the differrent perspectives with reference to relevant case studies in Indonesia and beyond. Course reading are divided into three parts. The first part discusses key characteristics of religion identified by scholars as an inherent element of religion that cause violence such as the doctrines on just war, sacred plSelengkapnya »


2012 Book List - Keeps it simple...I think - concise is good.
So my dad did Rick and I a HUGE favor a couple Xmas' ago and snagged us a his
and hers e-readers. You know - the Kindle:
So I am FINALLY getting around to using this for something other than recipes and have now dedicated my free time to some great literature. To start, is a one- ten list I hope to complete in the next 3 months - and then another: ten-twenty. So far, so good - already almost completed Fahrenheit 451 - SO GOOD!! I
highly recommend this classic, especially if you are getting back in the habit of reading - most apropos. Well here it is, drum roll.... the list
1. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck
3. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
4. The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie 5. Hard Times by Charles Dickens
6. 1984 by George Orwell
7. This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald
8. Last Words by George Carlin
9. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 10. What is What by Dave Eggers
Ok, so I know some of these are not near old enough to be 'classics' per-say but I mean, come on! George Carlin - he must be on the list. And if you have ever encountered a lecture with Salman Rushdie, Satanic Verses would go on a to-read list in a heart beat...and speaking of heart, Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius immediately places Dave Eggers in a one-ten reading list.
So there it is - a start to what I hope is a return to my obsession with literature. Join in! Let me know what you think!


In celebration of OT Month, here are some of our favorite books on Sensory Integration and Child Development:
Written by the Occupational Therapist who brought awareness to sensory challenges. This book is great place to start when learning about Sensory Integration. Dr. Ayres explains how the sensory system works and paints a clear picture of how this disorder can affect a child. She also provides solutions and examples.
Another great resource for parents! This books is reader friendly. It does an excellent job explaining the different ways we process and integrate sensations through our nervous system. The first part of the book educates the reader about the sensory system and the second part provides solutions for parents.
The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun Activities for Kids with Sensory Integration Dysfunction
By Carol Kranowitz, M.A.
This book is full of entertaining activities to do at home, at school and in the community. It’s a great way to find new ways to have fun with your child while working on some of his/her sensory processing skills.
A wonderful resource about a child’s unique development. Describes how to navigate challenges to improve a child’s abilities to communicate and participate in meaningful, developmentally appropriate activities. Emphasize working with a child’s strengths and motivation to encourage growth.


A memoir and documentary of fishing in the Bering Sea as told from the perspective of a captain with experience spanning five decades of involvement in the major Bering Sea fisheries including crab fishing, trawling and longlining.
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"Funny, informative, and written in a unique and captivating style. I couldn't put it down"


This article explores teachers' and doctors' informal medical exchange practices in the context of the transforming health care system in post-Soviet Russia. Despite the advent of a medical marketplace, most Russians have low incomes and cannot buy the goods and services the market offers. Instead, they bypass the formal market mechanisms (such as obtaining cheaper medicine through personal connections) and official procedures (such as obtaining free or cheaper health care services despite the emergence of paid services) by using their social networks. This paper uses a network perspective to investigate how doctors' and teachers' mutual relations are formed and what resources form the basis of these informal exchange practices. Drawing on structured diary data and qualitative interviews with 20 teachers, in addition to interviews with eight doctors in St. Petersburg, the study goes beyond mere statistics on health care and attempts to depict "from below" the implications health and illness have for survival in contemporary Russia.


Dynamic Link Library – DLL
Microsoft Windows systems use a “divide and conquer” approach to break software into smaller modules that are each called a Dynamic Link Library, or DLL. These are individual programs that can be used by multiple programs simultaneously, which benefits memory usage and system resource consumption.
This modularization is also an effective way to create consistency across the software. For example, every Windows program with a “File Dialog” box to let the user select files, store files, etc., will use the same standard dialog box for file management-related functions.


Haftorah: Where is it’s Place in the Jewish Bible Canon?
How the Haftorah fits into the Torah service shows its place within Judaism.
A non-Jew who attends a Shabbat morning service experiences that we have many rituals that pay respect to a book written on parchment. The book is carried through the congregation who turns towards it and often kisses the outside of it. The book is placed on a stage. A Jewish adult member of the community will read the book. In fact, core of the defining ceremony of Jewish adulthood, the Bat Mitzvah or Bar Mitzvah, is the new Jewish adult exercising their obligation to read that book to their community. As the Jewish adult reads the book, two people stand on either side following along in the text ready to correct any mistakes of meaning, whether due to pronunciation or intonation. The Jewish adult must learn to chant the book using a set of musical notation that is non-western, but rather stylized to convey intonation of the text. The congregation sings psalms of praise to God as the book is escorted to be read, and later, when it is escorted after reading. Before each section of the book that the Jewish adult reads, a Jewish adult recites praise to God (blessings) both before and after the reading of the book.
Torah: Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses
This book is the Torah (Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses). This is the Torah that Moses placed before the children of Israel, as dictated by God, and written by the hand of Moses. As the Torah is literally the word of God, our Sages consider that every verse, word, and even letter has significance that teaches us how to live. One Sage, Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph taught specific meaning learned from missing letters and/or particles and/or conjunctives. My teacher Rabbi Yoel Ben Nun is from the school of Rabbi Akiva. The reading of the book on that Shabbat morning is called the Torah portion for that Shabbat. The Five Books of Moses are Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy.
Haftorah Reading and Reciting Blessings
The book on parchment has been read, and moved aside, but we wait in suspense before placing it back in the wooden ark. A Jewish adult who has recited praise to God over reading of the Torah, then recites a more elaborate praise to God for reading another book. That reading from that book is called the Haftorah. Each Haftorah will correspond or counterpoint to the Torah portion for that Shabbat. The practice of reading the Haftorah on Shabbat in community originated due to a prohibition on reading the Torah, issued by the Romans during the era of the Roman empire. So, the reading of the Haftorah preserved the reminder of the reading of the Torah portion, until the Torah portion reading was restored. By then, the Haftorah portion reading had become an established part of our service. The time from when the Torah is taken out of the ark, until it is replaced therein is the Torah service. The Haftorah is chanted in a minor key in contrast to the Torah portion which is chanted in a major key. Any Jew who walks in to hearing the Haftorah reading knows from the melody that it is distinct from either the Torah reading or the Writings (see below).
The Haftorah portion is a selection from the Prophets. These are the word of the Prophets who convey God’s message. Our Sages consider that every thought and message taught to us by the Prophets has significance that teaches us how to understand the Torah and apply it to life. Rabbi Akiva ben Joseph taught that every word, story, or message from the Prophets enables a deeper understanding of the meaning of the Torah. For example, a word may appear only three times in the Jewish Bible. Rabbi Akiva teaches that we can contextualize each of the three occurrences with the context of the other two occurrences. The Prophets share a common language with the Torah. The melody used for reading the Prophets is structurally nearly identical to that used to chant the Torah, so the same musical symbols perform an analogous role in each.
The time period of the Jewish Bible starts from creation of the world until the era of the building of the second Temple in Jerusalem. The Torah starts at creation of the world. The Ramban, a commentator, argues that the initial six days of creation correspond each to a thousand years. The book of Genesis (the first of the Five Books of Moses) ends with the death of Joseph (son of Jacob or Israel). The Torah ends with the death of Moses.
Prophets are often split into first Prophets, the more ‘historical’ narrative, and later Prophets. The book of Joshua tells the story and miracles of the conquest of the land of Canaan. The book of Judges spans about 350 years from the conquest until just prior to founding the Kingdom. The books of Samuels start with the birth of Samuel the Prophet to his mother Chana and his being mentored by Eli, both the Prophet and a Priest. Samuel the Prophet will select and anoint Saul as the first King, and later David to replace King Saul. The books of Kings start with the succession of Solomon to the throne of King David still during King David’s life. They end with the exile into Babylon. These Books of the Prophets are Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings.
Later Prophets starts with Isaiah. During his time, we faced the conquest of the Northern Kingdom and invasion of the Kingdom of Judah by the Assyrians. The Assyrian army suffered massive losses at the gates of Jerusalem due a plague from God. Jeremiah was from the banished priestly class. He lived in the land of Israel, from the land of Benjamin (where King Saul was from). He told of the upcoming exile in the hands of the Babylonians. He prepared us for the journey. He foretold that after 70 years the Jewish people would return. Ezekiel starts his Prophesy in Babylonian exile, already five years into the exile. The view of Ezekiel is of the presence of God leaving the Temple and residing in Babylon. There are 12 ‘minor’ prophets whose texts are bound as together due to the small amount of text from them in the canon. These Prophets are Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Hosea, Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Jonah, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Haggai, Zechariah, Malachi.


Chandler, David, ed. A Guide to the Battlefields of Europe, vol. 1; Chilton Books, 1965. A tourist's guide to the battlefields of Europe, with brief comments on the battles by major military experts. If I were going to crib a description of the battle from only one place, this would be it.
Hibbert, Christopher, Agincourt, Dorset Press, 1978, ISBN 0-88029-054-4. A somewhat (ahem!) imaginative description of Henry and the battle. Contains a lot of information about the events surrounding the battle, such as the siege of Harfleur and Henry's march to Calais. Appendices contain the complete text of Henry's Ordinances of War and Challenge to the Dauphin. Some interesting but not overly useful illustrations. Wildly pro-English viewpoint.
Peter N. Jones, The Metallography and Relative Effectiveness of Arrowheads and Armor During the Middle Ages. "Materials Characterization", vol. 29, pp.111-117 (1992). This is a periodical published by Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc., 655 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10010. Heavy metallurgy.
Stuart, Desmond, The Hundred Years War; the English in France 1337-1453; Atheneum, New York, 1978, ISBN 0-689-10919-9. General overview of the Hundred Years War, with emphasis on personality issues. Generally favors the French view.
Stuart, Desmond, Henry V, The Scourge of God; Viking, New York, 1988, ISBN 0-670-81174-2. Fairly detailed biography of Henry. Stuart doesn't like Henry very much.
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The first, and one of the best self-help books, Dale Carnegie’s How To Win Friends and Influence People has helped millions of people improve their personal and professional lives. First published in 1936, the book continues to prove invaluable because of the timeless questions that are answered by Carnegie. The techniques and principles of the book have proved their efficacy over the years. According to Carnegie, our success depends greatly on our communication skills and tactics, and our ability to manage our relationships. In this book, Carnegie guides us to improve these very skills. The book discusses the techniques of handling people, Carnegie points out that we should not criticize or condemn anybody, and should always give our honest appreciation. While pointing out how we can make people like us, Carnegie advises us to be good listeners, show genuine interest in people, and make people feel good about themselves. To come across as a pleasant and friendly person, the most important thing to do is to smile.


Nostradamus was a 16th century prophet and astrologer who supposedly foresaw the future of the world. His technique used was a form of meditation where at night, he would sit alone peering into his brass tripod that was centered with a flame.
From there, he would look into the future. He wrote his quatrains of the centuries but realizing what powerful knowledge these quatrains were, he mixed the centuries and quatrains up with only him knowing what was to become. He had hoped that man and woman would take heed and heart of the quatrains and change the world for the better.
To begin, to get a feel for Nostradamus’ writing skill and technique, the following are his first two quatrains that begins his Prophecies of the Centuries.
CENTURY 1….QUATRAIN 1
Sitting alone at night in secret study,
It rests solitary on the brass tripod.
A slight flame comes out of the emptiness,
Making successful that which would have been in vain.
CENTURY 1….QUATRAIN 2
The wand in the hand is placed in the middle of the legs of the tripod.
He sprinkles with water both the hem of the garment and it’s foot.
Fear, a voice runs trembling through the sleeves .
Divine splendor, the god sits nearby.
LURKING AND LOOKING ON THE GRASSY KNOLL


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Why my “professional association” is a sick joke:
It must be what’s known in the military as “mission creep.” Why else would an organization of professional librarians come out in support of the soldier alleged to be responsible for the largest security breach in U.S. military history?
When it meets for its annual conference in New Orleans June 23, the American Library Association will vote on a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Army and the Army Chief of Staff to “release Pfc. Bradley Manning from pre-trial confinement and drop the charges against him.” (Documents are available here.)
Manning is the soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified documents to WikiLeaks, the anti-American website dedicated to exposing government and military wrongdoing. (ALA will also consider a resolution in support of WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, who is accused of rape in Sweden.) Manning’s alleged actions may have jeopardized U.S. troops and Iraqis and Afghans who cooperate with them, as well as possibly revealing numerous confidential U.S. documents impacting national security.
Since his arrest in June 2010, Manning’s imprisonment at the Marine base at Quantico, Va., has become a rallying cause for the far left, who regard him as a heroic whistle-blower and charge the military with torturing him.
Basically, ALA is as hard-left an organization as there is in the country.
Back in 2001, when a Florida librarian realized she had seen one of the 9/11 terrorists in her library just days before the attacks, Judith Krug of the ALA’s office of intellectual freedom told the New York Times “she wished the librarian had followed library patron confidentiality laws and not reported the incident.
ALA is a leftist front group and that’s all it’s been for a very long time. Fortunately, more and more of us in the profession are realizing it and withdrawing the financial support that we or our libraries used to give to that ridiculous organization.


Voice Over Sydney: The modern Bengali language is spoken by an estimated 210 million people around the world, from the United States to the Middle East. The majority of Bengali language speakers are located in the countries of Bangladesh and India, each of which offers a unique glance at the great diversity of Bengali cultural and linguistic traditions.
Voice Over Sydney: Classification of the Bengali Language
The Bengali language is classified as a member of the Indo-Aryan subgroup of the Indo-Iranian group of languages, part of the Indo-European language family. The Indo-Aryan linguistic family developed in three major stages: Old Indo-Aryan or Sanskrit; Middle Indo-Aryan, consisting of Prakrits and Apabhramsha stages; and New Indo-Aryan, which dates from circa the 10th century CE.
Despite its classification as an Indo-European language, Bengali also exhibits a variety of influences from other Southeast Asian language families, including the Tibeto-Burman and Austro-Asiatic. These linguistic families contributed to the development of both Bengali’s vocabulary and grammatical structure. Still, despite this diversity of influences, linguists agree in their classification of Bengali as a member of the Indo-European language family.
Voice Over Sydney: Early History of the Bengali Language
The exact origins of the Bengali languages have been debated. One theory suggests that Bengali developed around the 10th century CE from the spoken Magahi Prakrit language and its written complement, the Magahi Apabhramsha language. An alternate theory suggests that Bengali developed much earlier, around the 7th century CE, from the oral Gauda Prakrit language and its complementary written form, Gauda Apabhramsha.
Voice Over Sydney: Early Bengali: Relationship to Assamese and Oriya
Whatever the exact origins of Bengali, linguists generally agree that Bengali was once part of a single linguistic branch along with the Oriya and Assamese languages. From this proto-language, Oriya is believed to have been the first of the three to develop and break away as a distinct language, followed by Bengali and finally Assamese.
Written Bengali Language
The written form of the Bengali language is derived from the ancient Indian Brahmi script, specifically from the eastern version of the Brahmi script. Some of the earliest examples of the written Bengali language are the Charyapadas, a series of Buddhist mystic songs. The Bengali alphabet is believed to have been almost fully developed by the 12th century CE, although it continued to evolve up until the 16th century. Additional changes were introduced to the Bengali script in the 19th century, such as the acquisition of punctuation marks adapted from the English language.


Rev.Treacy by Edward Chambré-Hardman
Keith gave a fascinating account of his PhD research on a Liverpool-based commercial portrait photographer, Edward Chambré-Hardman (1898-1988), who practiced between 1923 to 1966. He left behind a vast collection of photographic work including portraiture, landscape and topographical cityscape works, all of which are now archived within the Central Liverpool Library. The focus of this project specifically concerns the commercial portraiture component of Hardman’s archive, which consists of approximately 140,000 individual sheet negatives.
Keith’s PhD blog:
Hardman’s Dogs book:
The Double Negative article:


Gerald Lee Ratliff has collected some of the world’s best monologues for women actors featuring well-known playwrights and emerging new writers
A monologue from my ten-minute play Sheets of Rain is on page 91 in this lovely anthology.
Description of Sheets of Rain from Audition Monolgues for Young Women – Contemporary audition pieces for young actresses by Gerald Lee Ratliff…
In this original monologue, Terri, a gritty and street-wise young woman who works as a waitress at a typical small town diner, remains hopelessly trapped in her mother’s haunting, idealistic dreams of Hollywood stardom. In this stammering strain of pent-up memories, she painfully paints a blistering portrayal of her loneliness…of the grim struggle to wrestle with the negative forces of life and her fate. This simple tale of a young woman’s coming of age raises larger questions about the boundaries of love and the need to look to the future despite all present odds. Terri’s story is an honest and unsparing glimpse of a mother and daughter relationship shattered by the destructive forces of self-sacrifice and self-destruction that cannot be tempered or toned down.


Documenting Performance: The Context and Processes of Digital Curation and Archiving
I’ve written a chapter for this important new book edited by Toni Sant. This long overdue edition gets beyond outdated ideas about liveness and focuses on archival and documentary processes in the digital age. My contribution deals with performance and web archiving, and builds upon my earlier peer reviewed paper for The International Journal of Performance Art and Digital Media published in 2015. Although my research has now moved away from the topics covered in these texts, its a real pleasure to have made a contribution to this field.
You can find full details of the book here. And here is a little teaser of the first two paragraphs of my article:
Web Archiving and Participation: The Future History of Performance?
Web archiving is the process of capturing portions of the internet, from single web pages to entire sites, for future use. This chapter explores how this archival form might make a contribution to the processes of documenting performance. As contemporary experiences of performance become subject to increasing mediation on the web, including venue websites detailing forthcoming programmes, Facebook invites listing event attendees and post show blog reviews circulated via various social media, there appears to be an urgent need for critical appraisal of the historical and scholarly value of this born digital material.
The analysis of the importance of innovation in web archiving will go beyond technological advancement as an end in itself here, addressing questions of participation and authorship. The problem of custodianship has a long history in archival scholarship (Freshwater 2003: 734) and the act of archiving the web, a medium that comes with its own integral debates about authorial control (Garde-Hanson 2009: 137) amplifies many of these issues. The concern here is not just with how web archiving changes the way that histories are recorded, but with the authorial implications of who authors this developing archival mode. As part of this approach, informal archival media such as social networking sites form as significant a source as official web archives held at national libraries.


Here at Spotlight, my goal is to help put the spotlight on great literature and art and help spread the word. I want to write stories on their behalf, which is why I write reviews and features.
I am beyond blessed that there are independent authors reaching out to me and telling me about their projects, particularly in the fantasy and science fiction genre. There are so many exciting stories being written out there, and I am so happy to be finding them slowly but surely.
One particular book that has intrigued me when the author contacted me is…
“Trinian, An Epic Fantasy” by Elizabeth Russel
This upcoming fantasy by blogger and author Elizabeth Russel puts itself in the follows the beautiful tradition of high epic fantasy literature. It’s only fitting since Elizabeth is a huge fan of J.R.R. Tolkien, and his world-building and mythological roots are a big influence to her writing.
Unlike other books that you read all at once, “Trinian, An Epic Fantasy” has its first chapter published on her website The Fairytale Blog, and when you sign up for her book listing, you can read the rest of the book on a weekly basis, along with writing updates and illustrations.
“Trinian” tells the story of Trinian, the new king of a kingdom called Drian. Being newly crowned, he has the burden of strengthening his broken kingdom after a century of political and social unrest. To add to that, a god named Power wants to dispose of Trinian and his family in order to claim the world for himself. Gods, magic, kings, and warriors sweep across Drian, along with the looming of Power’s mysterious master, who might prove a more dangerous foe than he is.
The fate of the kingdom is tossed around, and every hand that tries to grab this destiny is just as fragile as they are powerful. Can Trinian save his kingdom and his family? Who is Power’s master? What will be of Drian? Read and find out.
You can read the first chapter here:
The premise of this novel is very exciting. Epic fantasy literature has influenced today’s films and geek culture, and adding to this genre shelf is always welcome. Elizabeth wonderfully sets up the wild and beautiful land of Drian and places a hero who is young and needing to protect both his kingdom and his family. Power’s desire for power and control is also set up wisely because he is under the mercy of his own master, thus he tries to put Drian under his mercy. It’s a struggle of insecurity in such a powerful being that’s classic and timeless.
Elizabeth is a rising storyteller, writing teacher, and published author under Clean Reads Publishing, and I’m so excited to read the rest of “Trinian”. Please do sign up for her email list, because by January, 2019, she’ll be sending the next chapters and the illustrations. We have a new fantasy world to explore by the new year!
You can also explore the rest of her website right here:
It’s such an amazing website to explore. You can also see link to Elizabeth’s first published book, “Halfbreeds”, and read her short stories and writing tips. Once “Trinian” is complete, I’ll be writing a full-review of the book, so please stay in tune to see this rising work in the spotlight.
To Drian for the New Year!


For the first time in my life, I tried baking my own bread. Kinda time consuming! All the kneading that I don't really how to do. :P Had some help from sis to somehow bring the dough together since she has had more experience in baking. Lucky me!
I used fresh herbs for this recipe that I found in a book in the library. So long ago, that I can't remember the name of the book. Darn. But great recipe since I didn't have to modify it much (but perhaps add more water/oil to the dough.
Pictures taken with my phone camera so the colours are kinda distorted.
The bread was yummy with the fresh herbs! And the texture was nice and hard, as it should be! :)


Almost every Muslim wishes to memorize the Quran and many have decided to take this journey, yet most do not have an idea of how to go about doing this blessed task. This book will give you the advice of the great scholars and students of knowledge which will help you accomplish this.
Memorization is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace be upon him). Memorization will help us recite the passages of Quran in the prayer; and will beautify our prayer. It will help us in conveying the message of Islam to others. There are many more numerous benefits of memorization which this book intends to highlight.
This book explains the important points to keep in mind while memorizing the Quran. It will give techniques that you can use for a successful memorization. This work is based on the advice of many scholars.


While there has been a lot of research in the past two decades on the institutions and instruments dictators use to stay in power, not much attention is paid to state surveillance. Traditionally, autocratic regimes rely on secret police and human informants for social control. In recent decades, the world’s autocracies increasingly employ digital surveillance to spy on citizens with the help of technologies such as spyware, metadata collection, high-resolution cameras, facial recognition, and even artificial intelligence. China is a country that stands out from most of its autocratic peers in terms of both the scale and the technological advancement of digital surveillance. This book project examines the influences of digital surveillance on political repression, welfare provision, social trust, and civic engagement in authoritarian settings, using causal inference methods with archival data, intensive fieldwork, and two in-the-field survey experiments conducted among 752 college students in three universities in North, East, and West China.
This book project composes three main parts. The first part looks at how digital surveillance shapes the strategies authoritarian regimes employ to retain power. The core result is that digital surveillance increases targeted repression and decreases non-exclusive co-optation, thereby reducing citizens' welfare in authoritarian regimes. In the second part, I examine how digital surveillance influences citizen behavior. I use an in-the-field survey experiment with a sample of over 500 university students in North and West China to compare digital surveillance with traditional, informant-based surveillance. The core finding is that digital surveillance, like informant-based surveillance, deters political expression and protest participation but this digital repression, unlike human informants, does so without lowering interpersonal trust and regime legitimacy. The last part looks at public opinion on digital surveillance in authoritarian regimes. I use an original in-the-field survey experiment with a sample of over 750 college students in North, East, and West China and a nationwide survey with a sample of over 2,200 Chinese netizens to examine individuals' attitudes towards China's new Social Credit System---a surveillance system that rewards and punishes citizens based on their "creditworthiness". I find that government information control increases public support of digital surveillance by concealing its repressive potential. Together, this book provides a new look at how surveillance technology influences the politics of authoritarian control in the digital age.


HP Lovecraft is one of my favorite writers. I don’t like all of his work, some of it bores me to tears, particular his more traditional “supernatural horror” stories. However many of his best pieces are closer to science-fiction and horror hybrids. There no ghosts or demons or spirits. Instead there are alien creatures who are so unlike us, so old, and so indifferent to our existence, that in simpler times they could only be understood as gods or demons. It’s worth noting that his writing predates Erich von Däniken’s Chariots of the Gods by a good 50 years. His vision of a uncaring nihilistic universe where humanity is little more than a footnote was groundbreaking for his time and his influence on modern literature and art cannot be underestimated.
His style is often very factual and sometimes documentarian, as the narrator is recalling events. The age of his writing makes his prose something that is difficult for modern readers to approach, you might want to have a good dictionary on hand.
So what story is a good one to start with? Why not his most famous? The Call of Cthulhu.
The Call of Cthulhu
Written in 1926 and approximately 12,000 words in length The Call of Cthulhu was first published in Weird Tales magazine in February 1928 (after initially being rejected), and is considered by many to be one of Lovecraft’s finest pieces and definitely his best known. Written after his return to Providence from New York City, it has provided inspiration to many in the arts, and indeed the titular tentacled entity Cthulhu has become an icon of horror in the modern era, the imagery of the creature probably more recognized than the original work itself.
The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far. The sciences, each straining in its own direction, have hitherto harmed us little; but some day the piecing together of dissociated knowledge will open up such terrifying vistas of reality, and of our frightful position therein, that we shall either go mad from the revelation or flee from the deadly light into the peace and safety of a new dark age.
The opening paragraph nicely encapsulates the theme of the story, a theme which is common to much of Lovecraft’s work, that of a universe which is so terrible to behold that we should be thankful that we understand so little of it, for we would almost certainly be driven insane if we were to know the truth.
Super Quick Plot Summary - spoilers
Introduced as being “found amongst the papers of the late Francis Wayland Thurston”, the story tells of the narrator (Thurston presumably) discovering a manuscript, a clay tablet, and many newspaper clippings in a locked box belonging of his recently deceased grand-uncle, Professor Angell, a widely known authority on ancient inscriptions.
This manuscript tells of two sets of events.
The first is that of a young sculptor, Henry Wilcox, who approaches Angell after having fashioned the clay tablet from the images in the particularly vivid and strange dream he had after a earthquake tremor. The professor is intrigued as the imagery of the tablet and dreams (also the words that Wilcox reports hearing in the dreams) are curiously similar to other seemingly unrelated accounts of mysterious and disturbing cults around the world. Angell has Wilcox report these dreams regularly over a month until they suddenly stop after a strange fever.
The second event documented occurred 17 years earlier when the professor met a police inspector, Legrasse, at an American Archeology Society meeting. Uninterested in archeology itself, Legrasse had in his possession a small idol taken from a cult meeting that his men had broken up in New Orleans that he wished to learn more about. All those in attendance are baffled by the idol except one who recalls a smiliar item worshipped by an Eskimo tribe who practiced dark rituals and where shunned by the other tribes. The inspector then tells the assembled group of the raid he led on the cult in New Orleans and the dark beliefs and tales told by some of those taken prisoner.
The events described in Wilcox’s dreams and the imagery of the clay tablet he had made as a result is so strikingly similar to the idol shown by Legrasse and the stories of the New Orleans and Eskimo cults that Angell begins to investigate and collects many newspaper cuttings of strange events from all across the world during the month when Wilcox had his dreams.
However then Angell suddenly dies of seemly natural causes after being “jostled by a nautical looking negro” on the waterfront. This is when our narrator Thurston comes into possession of the manuscript and decides to investigate himself as there is the potential here of a great anthropological discovery - a secret cult dedicated to dark gods surviving hidden across the world since ancient times… this would be a career making discovery. He travels the world speaking to all those mentioned in the manuscript but largely comes up with a blank. He abandons this work until one day accidentally stumbling across an old newspaper article from Sydney, Australia detailing mysterious events at sea from the period of the Wilcox’s dreams which includes a photograph of yet another of the idols. He travels to Sydney, Auckland and finally Norway in search of Gustaf Johansen, the sole survivor of these strange happenings at sea but learns from the sailor’s wife that he had died suddenly after a minor accident on the waterfront.
Our narrator obtains another manuscript from the sailor’s wife that he wrote shortly before his death. This piece tells of how his ship was suddenly attacked at sea and then discovered what appeared to be the peaks of a sunken city thrown up by the earthquake. They go ashore and accidentally witness a terrible horror from which only two of them escape, although one dies later.
The narrator connects the meaning behind all these events and begins to fear for his life as he too might now know too much of the truth and meet the same fate as his grand-uncle and the late Johansen. Or worse still the cult might achieve it’s aim and unleash this terror on all the earth.
the uninvolvement of the narrator
It’s interesting that the narrator of the story doesn’t actually see or participate in any of the key events of the story. Aside from interviewing some of the witnesses he doesn’t really do all that much. He never sees anything happen first hand (aside from viewing the idols that the inspector and Sydney museum have) and most of the story is just him relating the accounts of others, with what little collaborating evidence he has found.
a story of stories
This story is a like a nested collection of stories. The manuscript tells of the stories from three other manuscripts, and each of those have little details that would be worthy of stories in their own right. The writers of each of these manuscripts has died under odd circumstances … while we don’t know how Thurston died, he definitely suspected that he would meet a similar end to the others. And like Thurston, you the reader have discovered this manuscript detailing events. The reader is the next level of the story, what will happen to you now that you too know the terrifying truth.
inverted 4th wall breakage
This is like an inversion of 4th wall breakage. Instead of the narrator breaking the 4th wall by talking to the audience from the stage, the narrator talks directly to the audience and the audience realizes that they aren’t the audience. They are on the stage too. The 4th wall is behind them, not in front. It’s a fantastically immersive effect.
Lovecraft went on to refer to Cthulhu in nine subsequent stories. These references establish a common universe for the stories even if none of those stories are sequels or even directly reference each other to the best of my knowledge.
Lovecraft’s writing in this piece is, while still a product of its time and probably too dense for many modern readers, is much more refined than many of earlier work. It has a sense of being concise while still being poetic.
was one of the first to be approached by the several outsiders who took advantage of the convocation to offer questions for correct answering and problems for expert solution.
I love that phrase.
racism and xenophobia
It’s hard to avoid HP Lovecraft’s well documented racist and xenophobic views in this writing. I’m not going to address that here except to say that the protagonists are implicitly well educated white males, and the antagonists are, without exception, negro or of mixed-heritage. They are described in terms such as “mixed-blood”, “mentally aberrant”, “mongrel”, “hybrid”, “mulattoes”, and “a queer and evil-looking crew of Kanakas and half-castes”. Unfortunately this is not unusual for Lovecraft, and is fairly representative of his view that the mixing and inbreeding of the different races would be the downfall of civilization.
the accuracy of the cult’s knowledge
Most of what we learn of Cthulhu and his history comes from the various cult’s that are encountered in the story, especially one in the New Orleans. However we don’t have any confirmation of the accuracy of any of it. Cthulhu has been lying dreaming since before humans evolved, and it’s only through dreams that he communicated. And that was only until the city sank. So it has been a very long time since any human contact with Cthulhu and the cults have only perpetuated in secret by oral tradition. Who knows how much of their knowledge has been lost or distorted over time.
was that really Cthulhu? and what’s up with the sea water?
There’s two things which stood out to me.
The first is that there is no actual reason to believe that the creature that is unleashed in actually Cthulhu. It is implied that it isn’t only Cthulhu that sleeps down there, but others as well. That could explain the disparity between the size of the creature described in Wilcox’s dream (“miles high”) and the relatively small size of that encountered by Johansen.
The second thing is the apparent vulnerability of the creatures to sea water. It blocks their telepathic abilities (which is why when the city is underwater they have no influence on our dreams) and the creature hesitates before entering the water to pursue the ship. This could explain why Johansen’s plan to ram the ship into the creature’s head works, it is weakened by it’s immersion in sea water.
I find this interesting due to the way Cthulhu is so often associated with the water and sea creatures, do doubt due to the tentacles. However it would seem that the water is not an environment they are comfortable with.


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“Ah, life- the thing that happens to us while we’re off somewhere else blowing on dandelions & wishing ourselves into the pages of our favorite fairy tales.”
A poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.
This is a stunning book that should be read by everyone who is needing to heal from something, no matter what.
This book is incredibly feminist and I feel honoured to have been able to read it. It is so empowering and honestly, quite life changing. It’s a nice quick read that can be picked up whenever I need to be reminded of all the good things in life.
It is a tale of learning to love yourself and to not bow down before anyone. The last poem is just so lovely and it really says how much love the writer has for everyone and herself. The most important person is yourself and that message really comes across.
I felt such a connection to this book that I don’t know how to put it into words. So I am going to cut it short. 5/5 stars, obviously and has been added to my all time favourites list. Please read it if you get a chance, even if you don’t think you need to heal from anything. It will give you an insight into something bigger than yourself. You won’t regret it.


2.15 Looking at Neurodiversity with a Fresh Perspective
In this episode, we’re taking a closer look at neurodiversity. We’re seeing the term neurodiversity come up in a lot of different places from social media, to newspapers, to articles, and more. It is a global conversation that we should all be looking at with a fresh view and perspective.
Tune in as we discuss what neurodiversity means to us, and, based on the current research, where dyslexia comes into the discussion of neurodiversity. We’ll also look at shifts in language surrounding neurodiversity, and what this all means for educators, parents, caregivers, students, and the world.
Stick around until the end for some additional podcast and book recommendations on this topic!
Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Decoding Dyslexia
- 1.16 The Legal Aspect of Dyslexia Advocacy with Sabrina Axt
- The Dyslexic Advantage: Unlocking the Hidden Potential of the Dyslexic Brain by Brock L. Eide M.D. M.A. and Fernette F. Eide M.D.
- Overcoming Dyslexia by Sally Shaywitz MD
- The Neurodiversity Podcast
- Casey on TpT - The Dyslexia Classroom or The Dyslexia Classroom
- Emily on TpT - The Literacy Nest or The Literacy Nest
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This colourful story for children of ages two through six follows a ferry and its passengers along a journey. The story rhymes and flows to a rhythm making it a great book for learning readers, or a fun story to listen to for kids who haven't started reading yet. The verbs are even illustrated with a font that relates to their meaning! The illustrations are detailed and fun, giving the readers lots to look at from page to page, and new things to notice when reading it a second, third, or fourth time. Sounds of the Ferry is light and fun, and perfect for winding down before nap time or bed time. This is Sara Leach's second book, and she has also written Mountain Machines, Jake Reynolds: Chicken or Eagle? and Count Me In.
Author: Sara Leach
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Dr Charles David Spivak: Jewish Immigrant Physician and the American Tuberculosis Movement (Timberline)
Born in Russia in 1861, Spivak immigrated to the United States in 1882 and received his medical degree from Philadelphia's Jefferson Medical College by 1890. In 1896, his wife's poor health brought them to Colorado. Determined to find a cure, Spivak became one of the most charismatic and well-known leaders in the American Tuberculosis Movement. His role as director of Denver's Jewish Consumptives' Relief Society sanatorium allowed his personal philosophies to strongly influence policies. His unique blend of Yiddishkeit, socialism, and secularism - along with his belief in treating the 'whole' patient - became a model for integrating medical, social, and rehabilitation services that was copied across the country.
Not only a national leader in the crusade against tuberculosis but also a luminary in the American Jewish community, Dr. Charles Spivak was a physician, humanitarian, writer, linguist, journalist, administrator, social worker, ethnic broker, and medical, public health, and social crusader. Abrams's biography will be a welcome addition to anyone interested in the history of medicine, Jewish life in America, or Colorado history.
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Table of Contents
1. Introduction: The Era of Distributed Systems and GraphQL
2. What is GraphQL Federation?
3. Contrasting Architectures: Traditional vs. Federated
Traditional API Designs: REST API and Single API
Schema Stitching vs. Federation
API Gateway vs. Federated GraphQL
4. Real-world Usage of GraphQL Federation
Case Study 1: E-commerce Platform Integration
Case Study 2: Mobile App Backend Consolidation
Case Study 3: Financial Services Platform
5. Powerful Federation in ERP World: Tailor Platform
6. Why is Federation Vital for ERP/Business Apps?
7. Understanding Apollo Federation: From Concept to Execution
What is Apollo in GraphQL Federation?
Federation is Magical, but Not Magic
8. Best Practices, Challenges and Considerations in a Federated World
Trade-offs of Adopting a Federated Architecture
Navigating the Federated Landscape with Tailor PF
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We are happy to inform you that we have published a 600 page book titled “ECOFRIENDLY COFFEE “. The book is beautifully illustrated with pictures and flow charts. It covers the flora and fauna of the Western Ghats in relation to coffee plantations.
As a treatise on ecofriendly shade grown coffee, this book (Volume-1) has three directions of special emphasis. First, to develop the coffee farmers reliance on the working knowledge of Horticulture, Botany, Zoology, Microbiology, sprinkler technology and allied sciences in understanding the basis of growing economically sound and ecologically safe coffee.
Second, to help connoisseurs of coffee worldwide; appreciate the significance of shade grown coffee and its positive impact on the ecology; and third, to reorganize the subject to make it more nearly representative of modern science in the laboratory and in the field for students from various disciplines of science.
We have worked on Coffee Plantation Ecology for the past twenty five years and have applied our knowledge gained at the University to the field (Lab to Land). Based on our scientific background and field experience we have written articles pertaining to shade grown ecofriendly Indian coffee in a manner that is easily understood by students , Researchers and Coffee Planter’s.
It has been our endeavor that these series of articles on shade and sustainable coffee will form a permanent library of knowledge on every aspect of shade coffee. This series proposes to cover various aspect of growing coffee and will deal with its geography, ecology, botany, microbiology, biotechnology, biodiversity, irrigation and fertilizers and also the prevailing culture in Coffee County.
We have worked diligently on sustainable technologies for the past 25 years and have come out with various ecofriendly technologies which are of great benefit to researchers and university libraries. Over the years the farm has been a model for both Foreign and Indian farmers.
We have successfully adopted high end sprinkler technologies and have developed state of the art rain gun sprinkler systems with the help of Israel and Italian technology. The model farm consists of multiple crops like Coffee, Areca nut, Pepper, Banana, Ginger, orange and rice. Special importance is given to soil health in relation to microorganisms. Every year thousands of farmers and Planters visit the farm to see firsthand the working of various technologies.


All aboard for this classic Secret City Adventure, inside one of New York’s most distinguished landmarks. Explore Grand Central Terminal like you never have before and discover where the past meets the present. The terminal is alive with the hundreds of thousands of people passing through it each day. But how many really stop to […]
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The New York Public Library is a landmark building and national treasure. Shrouding Bryant Park, the iconic ‘Main Branch’ stands faithful through the ages. The Library is an edifice of popular culture that has been featured in countless movies and TV shows. You’ll experience its incredible artwork, history, knowledge and lore in a whole new way […]
Lower Manhattan, what many of us think of as the ‘Financial District’, was the genesis of New York City. First called New Amsterdam and settled by the Dutch, Lower Manhattan was a main ingredient in primordial America. Here, critical battles were waged in war and politics. Here was the first seat of the federal government, where President George […]
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Did you know there are hundreds of art galleries in Chelsea? All year long, new exhibits of all kinds appear, by all sorts of artists (known and unknown). Classical paintings, modern art, funky, strange, bizarre sculptures, installations, photography and more! There’s no end to the interesting and provocative exhibits on display in the Chelsea galleries!
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Gain a thorough understanding of this important piece of anatomy! The extensor mechanism and the surrounding structures serves as anchors for precise function. Disruption from injury or conditions lessens the effectiveness of this mechanical wonder and lead to a loss of strength and functional use of the hand. Understanding the mechanics of the extensor mechanism will help you to gain a better perspective for treatment and splinting options. This product includes a bound booklet and a beautiful full color laminated pictorial display of the extensor mechanism.
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Welcome to the Archimon-log / Welkom op het Archimon-log
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
Pictorial indexes re-styled.
All the so-called pictoral indexes are re-styled to include captions for the pictures, replacing the small pop-up texts that stopped working ages ago. A cosmetic change, but very functional. As usual, clicking on a picture gives access to a page about that specific church. And as always, you find the links to the pictorial indexes at the main page.


HERE FOR PDF OF PAPER OUTLINE
HERE for Article by Judy Fisher: How to Get an A
Locate books, periodicals, television references, web sites,
and human resources which might help you learn more about your
subject. READ about your topic before attempting to design
an experiment. Write out bibliographic references in standard
form for all resources used.
See the end of this page for standard bibliographic format. Before
turning in this part of the assignment organize all references
in alphabetical order by last name of authors. All references
with NO authors follow the alphabetized references with authors.
Those references without authors are alphabetized by the first
letter of the first word in their titles. TV programs and interviewed
consultants are listed last.
THE FINAL WRITTEN RESEARCH PAPER
PLEASE FOLLOW THIS FORMAT!
USE YOUR CARDS!!
Once a topic has been approved, the student may start researching
their topic. A thorough understanding, thus serious research,
is crucial to the success of the project. Often, through research,
a student will develop their question even more and the project
will get better and better. Before beginning the paper, students
will spend over 2 weeks recording their research on note cards
and creating a bibliography. There are 5 parts to the research
paper, along with a few essential rules.
RESEARCH PAPER PARTS: Brief summary
Introduction (minimum 1/2, maximum
A description of the problem being investigated;
NOT a question. State how (not why) the experimenter (you!) selected
Research in This Field Tie to Your Hypothesis
previous experiments) 3-4 pages
What has been done by others in
this field, or on related topics? This section should cite specific
experiments, 3 or 4 that you have read about. For each include
a short 3-4 sentence summary indicating what was done (the problem),
what they found out (result, conclusion), and who did it. This
section is ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT and will be 50% of your paper.
Tie this previous research in with your
project and tell how it led to or influenced your hypothesis.
Your Hypothesis: a
quantative presentation of what you hope
to discover based on your research. 1/2 page.
and Resources: 1-2 pages
Write a synopsis of your experiment
- NOT numbered procedures, but a one paragraph summary or general
view of what you will do, or what you might tell a friend about
how you were going to conduct your experiment, but in more formal
language. Describe the techniques that must be mastered in order
for you to conduct this experiment, and a discussion of the resources
and assistance that might be required.
Knowledge: 1-2 pages
should include core scientific information that you need as background
to understand the specific research papers and technical information
that you used in planning and conducting your experiment.
Summary of key points
that were made in above sections, NOT in same words. Include
relevance, key research leading to hypothesis and an ending or
2 books must be used and
1 mentor (other than a parent)- find someone/ an adult who knows A LOT about
your topic and have a conversation with them.
ASK THEM GOOD QUESTIONS.
* No “I”s
or “you”s - write from the
* Minimum of 5 pages of solid information, well written,
in student's own words; you must know and understand what you
are talking about.
* 12 point, Double spaced, Time Roman type font. Upper & lower case
•One inch margins
* EDIT, EDIT, and EDIT (no spelling mistakes!)
* USE YOUR NOTES & CARDS!!
* Cite references (footnotes) for all specific
information & facts that
are not common knowledge, for all quotations, and for all research results (a
mininimumof 3 max of 9)
•Include numbered bibliography for all references used and cited; Place
them in ALPHABETICAL ORDER!!
No more than ONE encyclopedia article (that includes WIKIPEDIA / ASK etc type
of web site, include periodicals; include recent resources (last 5 years)


Join your classmates for an after hours library mystery.
While you walk alone through the closed and darkened library, you hear a scream! There has been a crime in the library! Heart pounding, you head to safety to begin the investigation to solve the mystery. Child must be registered by 4 pm. on October 13th and be attending 5th Grade.
Mission: All library district residents will have access to library materials and programs to encourage literacy and the joy of reading; to promote lifelong learning; and to experience a sense of community in a welcoming environment.


Foundation Students Compete in Archdiocesan Battle of the Books
Marist School participated for the first time in the Archdiocesan Battle of the Books reading competition on Thursday, May 9. The seventh grade championship team of Ruby Little ’24, Grace Maloney ’24, Sophia Pappadakis ’24, and Mariana Thomas ’24 represented Marist well competing against 10 other schools.
Grace Maloney and Mariana Thomas are previous school champions from Notre Dame Academy and Our Lady of the Assumption, respectively, with Grace qualifying for the Archdiocesan championship four times and Mariana twice. The team is eager to compete next year to defend their school championship and try one last time for the Archdiocesan title before they move on to high school. Grace Maloney characterized her experience by saying, “We were excited to be the first team to represent Marist in the competition and look forward to the success of Marist teams in the years to come.”
Managed and coached by Marist School librarians and billed as a “team sport for book lovers,” Battle of the Books is a reading competition for the third through eighth grades open to all area Catholic schools, with over 300 students qualifying for the championship competition every year. At the beginning of the school year, seventh and eighth grade students form grade level teams of three or four students and read from a carefully selected list of books over the course of the school year. Marist School librarian Angela Williams explains, “By reading a combination of classic and modern works of fiction, nonfiction, biographies, historical novels, science fiction, and fantasy, students develop a deeper understanding of the human condition while expanding their understanding of the world around them.”
In April, Marist School’s library hosted a competition to determine which team would attend the Archdiocesan championship in early May. Two seventh grade teams competed for the school championship after school on April 24. The school champions won their title by one point in a heated battle with the team of Lulya Afeworki ’24, Claire Markwalter ’24, and Sarah Schmid ’24. With two weeks of final preparation before them, Ruby, Grace, Sophia, and Mariana continued to study their books in order to get ready for the Archdiocesan championship, where they would battle against seasoned veterans and returning champion teams like St. John the Evangelist of Hapeville and St. Catherine of Siena of Kennesaw. Queen of Angels in Roswell hosted the championship, and the 11 seventh grade teams packed the school cafeteria for their morning semi-final round of competition. Marist School’s team fought hard, but did not qualify for the afternoon championship. In the end, St. Thomas More of Decatur would defeat Queen of Angels 15-6 for the coveted seventh grade championship crown.
Foundations students interested in participating in Battle of the Books should visit the Marist School Battle of the Books Google sitefor more program information and the official reading list to start reading “BOB books” today!
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Riverboat Cruise Followsby Gary Lee, The Washington Post
Across the regal blue waters of the Columbia River Gorge, Beacon Rock soared skyward. As our paddle-wheel boat chugged along, a few passengers clambered to the top deck for a closer look at the 848-foot monolith.
Two days later we gathered again, in a soft drizzle, as our boat surged with the waves of the river through a sweep of bays to the edge of the ocean. The following morning we traipsed through log cabins at nearby Fort Clatsop National Memorial, a re-creation of the 19th-century Lewis and Clark encampment. Each scene captured the allure of the Pacific Northwest from a different angle and was a landmark in a stirring chapter of America's past.
At the end of their 1804-1806 expedition from Missouri to the mouth of the Columbia River and back, explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark canoed along these waters.
They camped beneath the soaring Beacon Rock, which they named. They made their triumphant sighting of the Pacific Ocean. Fort Clatsop was their home for three rain-soaked months as they prepared for the trip back east.
Two hundred years after the launch of Lewis and Clark's mission, as cities from St. Louis to Astoria, Ore., plan bicentennial commemorations, I joined in the hoopla in another way: by taking an eight-night "Path of the Explorers" cruise tracing the route they followed from the confluence of the Snake and Columbia rivers to Fort Clatsop.
I sailed on the Empress of the North, a 235-passenger stern-wheeler — a diesel-powered boat with the paddle wheel on the stern — owned by the American West Steamboat Co. Our trip started in Portland, chugged eastward on the Columbia to where it meets the Snake, then doubled back to trace the last leg of the explorers' trip. Visits to key historic sites were included, as well as onboard lectures.
Learning on the river
Like many Americans, I knew only vague details of Lewis and Clark's almost 4,000-mile trip: that it took more than two years, involved a constant struggle with nature and played a decisive role in the growth of the United States westward.
I was curious to learn more, and I learned in comfort aboard the Empress, which departed from Jantzen Beach, near Portland.
The new vessel, the biggest and most luxurious among the handful of passenger boats traveling the Columbia, spared us the gritty realities the explorers suffered.
They tackled the river's rapids in rough-hewn dugouts. Our stern-wheeler, 360 feet long and 58 feet wide, featured four levels of spacious cabins, complete with DVD players and minibars. There were two sprawling lounges; corridors lined with historical photographs of the 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush, Native American art and reproductions of paintings from the Old West; and a dining room decorated with red velvet banquettes and chandeliers.
As a floating history classroom, the cruise did not disappoint. We sailed the same route the explorers took and saw several of the spots where they camped along the way.
Like the explorers, we hopscotched to different stops on either side of the river in Washington and Oregon. (A planned trip down the Snake River, which the explorers traveled before entering the Columbia, was canceled due to high winds.)
Nearly every day we took bus outings to exhibitions devoted to different aspects of the expedition. The driver and guide, Reid Adney, offered a humorous running commentary on the scenery and local culture. Early-evening dinners usually led to spirited discussions among the passengers about Lewis and Clark.
Our first morning started with a lesson on the Lewis and Clark basics. Bill Hottell, a specialist in the settlement of the Pacific Northwest who also leads tours for the Smithsonian, talked about Thomas Jefferson's inspiration for launching the expedition.
The visionary president directed the explorers to find a commercial water route from the Missouri River through the wild and largely unknown Rockies to the Pacific. He also asked Lewis to take stock of the natural resources in the West. Finally, he harbored dreams of bringing the Northwest — then mostly disputed territory inhabited by Indian tribes — under U.S. control.
After docking in the small town of Stevenson, on the Washington side of the river, about 150 miles from the Pacific, we toured the Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center. An exhibit illustrated just how hard the Lewis and Clark trek along the Columbia was. During that era, the river rushed at a reckless pace, over deep gorges, dramatic falls and fierce rapids.
Heavy rains pelted the explorers during most of their trip; it took them nearly six weeks to travel from the juncture of the Snake and the Columbia, a distance that we breezed along in four days. And the Native American tribes they encountered were not always friendly. They reported positive encounters with the Clatsop, Nez Perce and other tribes, but tangled with Chinooks.
Later we went by bus to the Columbia Gorge Discovery Center across the river in The Dalles, Ore. A display detailed trade between the Indian tribes and the explorers: The explorers offered beads, buttons, knives and other trinkets in exchange for dried fish, deer meat and sea-otter furs.
Turning to Astoria
As the Empress turned to travel west down the Columbia, the landscape became more scenic and lush. To be sure, much of the ecology has changed since Lewis and Clark passed through. Settlements of Nez Perce, Chinook and other Indian tribes they encountered have been wiped out or starkly reduced. Salmon runs have been decimated by an intricate system of locks and dams. Our last full day started with a bus tour of Astoria, the oldest non-native settlement in the Northwest, established in 1811 by John Jacob Astor's Pacific Fur Co. and now a riverfront city of old-fashioned homes, antiques stores and restaurants. We ended at Fort Clatsop National Memorial where Lewis and Clark and their expedition members spent the winter of 1805-06. Back on the boat that evening, we dined on lobster bisque and grilled tuna and reflected on our easygoing week — and the explorers' years-long triumphant battle with the odds.
The American West Steamboat Co. offers a seven-or eight-night "Path of the Explorers" cruises along the Willamette, Columbia and Snake rivers. Rates aboard the Empress of the North start at around $1,850 per person double occupancy, although discounts are sometimes offered on select cruises.
There's also a seven-night Lewis and Clark Cruise on the Willamette and lower Columbia rivers.
Contact a travel agent or American West Steamboat: 800-434-1232, www.americanweststeamboat.com
Other cruise companies: Other companies offering small-ship cruises along the Columbia and Snake rivers include Seattle-based Cruise West, 888-851-8133, www.cruisewest.com and Lindblad Expeditions, 800-397-3348, www.expeditions.com
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The Alameda opened in late February 1941, screening Seven Sinners starring Marlene Dietrich and John Wayne. The cinema was built by Alfredo Lasso de la Vega García-Rojas, who had bought the Arriaga family’s farm which previously occupied the site.
The Alameda was designed by architect Carlos Crombe in an Atmospheric style with a Spanish courtyard theme. Crombe took inspiration from the Alameda Theatre in Mexico City.
The cinema was considered to be one of the most modern cinemas in Mexico throughout the 1940s to 1960s, however in 1993 the Alameda closed.
In 2001 the cinema was declared a historical monument by the National Institute of Anthropology and History, and donated to the State Government. Restoration commenced in 2006 with the goal of it becoming home to the Alameda Film Library (Cineteca Alameda). The Alameda reopened in early June 2009.
The twentieth anniversary of the Alameda Film Library and the 80th birthday of the Alameda were celebrated throughout 2021. The Alameda currently seats 1,374 (587 on the main floor level and 787 in the balcony).
The Alameda is notable for its projection booth which is located in the front-center of the balcony. This arrangement is not seen in many theatres however some examples are the Roxy Theatre in New York (opened 1927, demolished 1960), the State Theatre in Philadelphia (demolished in the late 1960s), the extant Ellen Eccles Theatre in Logan, Utah (opened as the Capitol Theatre in 1923), and the extant O2 Academy Brixton in London, England (opened as the Brixton Astoria in 1929).
According to Líder Empresarial , the Alameda is believed to be the oldest and largest cinema in Mexico.
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The Library is for Yelling, Too
Updated: Apr 27, 2021
The poet Danez Smith read from their new collection “Homie” to a full-house gathered in The New York Public Library’s 42nd Street, Stephen A. Schwarzman Building on the evening of February 5. They—Smith is nonbinary and uses they/them pronouns—were joined by fellow poets and their close friends, Angel Nafis and Shira Erlichman. Like “Homie,” the reading was a celebration of friendship and a meditation on its importance in an era of heighted division and hate rhetoric.
Smith, 31, is the author of two previous collections, “[insert] boy” (YesYes Books, 2014) and “Don’t Call Us Dead” (Greywolf, 2017) which was a finalist for the National Book Award. They were the recipient of the Kate Tuft’s Discovery Award and, at age 29, the youngest poet to win the prestigious Forward Prize for poetry in 2018.
“Homie” has garnered widespread critical acclaim in the likes of the LA Review of Books and the New York Times for its innovative and playful form, as well as its earnestness in considering how marginalized people inhabit historically unwelcoming spaces.
Smith is black, queer and HIV-positive, and despite the collection’s universal appeal, “Homie” focuses on the place and power of friendship within marginalized communities.
Opening the reading at a podium underneath the projected NYPL’s lion insignia, Nafis addressed the 150-person audience then smiled across the stage at Smith as she said, “It’s such a joy to be a part of your world.” The rest of the evening followed suit. The poets frequently expressed gratitude for one another and laughed about their shared memories, drawing the audience in through their connection.
Nafis and Erlichman both shared their own poems about friendship. Nafis, 32, has been published in venues like The Rumpus and Poetry Magazine. She was also the recipient of a fellowship from the Poetry Foundation.
While Nafis read her poem “Woo Woo Roll Deep,”about the intricacies of female kinship, Smith made loud and drawn out “mmhhmm” sounds when lines resonated. Nafis was a confident and well-received reader. After she finished, Smith screamed, “You’re so good at poems!”
Erlichman, 35, was demurer but equally engaging. Her work has been published in the likes of Buzzfeed and The Rumpus, and her 2019 collection “Odes to Lithium,” about her experience with mental illness, received rave reviews. The work she shared touched on the necessity of friendship for those working through mental illness.
When Smith, wearing a “Stranger Things” tee, made their way to the podium the audience cheered. They began with the opening poem of the collection, “President,” which is about Smith finding power and leadership in everyday moments and people in their life instead of the country's government.
Reading “waiting on you to die so i can be myself” was the only time that Smith’s voice wavered, revealing a more vulnerable speaker than people familiar with their viral spoken word poem, “Dear White America,” might recognize. They looked at the back wall of the auditorium as they said:
“i want to say something without saying it
but there’s no time. I’m waiting for a few folks
i love so dearly to die so i can be myself.
please don’t make me say who.
bitch, the garments i’d buy if my baby
wasn’t alive. If they woke up at their wake
they might not recognize that woman
in the front making all that noise.”
Kenyon Farrow, 46, an essayist and LGBTQ rights advocate who was in attendance, said that poem was his favorite of the night because of its candidness in considering gender expression and familial rejection. He noted, “the bravery of it was incredible.”
Their final poem “Tree,” spoke to the special power of friendship in queer communities, where friends often become chosen family. Smith’s voice picked up volume throughout the poem. When it was finished they exclaimed, “I just yelled in the library.”
The audience cheered loudly to match.


Have you heard about Patrick Lencioni’s new book The Advantage? Lencioni has written books on leadership, building teams, and, everyone’s favorite, Death by Meetings. In The Advantage, he writes about organizational health and how leaders can tap into the intelligence and expertise currently in their organizations. He describes it as simple and straightforward, yet critical to making improvements in the modern business world.
Lencioni theorizes that a healthy organization should have minimal politics and confusion, high degrees of morale and productivity, and very low turnover among good employees. He feels that organizations focus too much on marketing, strategy, and technology to be successful.
Lencioni describes four disciplines of a healthy organization: 1) Build a Cohesive Leadership Team, 2) Create Clarity, 3) Overcommunicate Clarity, 4) Reinforce Clarity. The Advantage contains a series of specific questions for leaders to ask themselves about their organization’s clarity. And, he provides helpful checklists. Also included in The Advantage is a good review of the steps toward building a cohesive team. If you have not read The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, this is another chance to read his model of team development.
As usual, Lencioni adds many colorful stories from leading organizations where he has researched or consulted. Check out this and other Lencioni titles in the MSEC Library.