Nicholas H. Bradley
By Nicholas Bradley
Rickie Trujillo lives among the poorest Angelinos in the East San Fernando Valley, where Latino kids have little guidance, hope, or dreams of long life. As a highly regarded high school baseball star, Rickie has a way out. Will he get there? Or will the abandonment by his parents, the loss of his grandfather, and the mistrust of his teachers and officials cause him to sacrifice his baseball talent to his anger?
Based on actual events reported in the Los Angeles Times by then staff writer Michael Connelly, Rickie Trujillo tells the story of one particular teenage boy and of many, unnoticed like him, whose lack of nurture, justice, and adult engagement leaves them having to grow up on their own.
We meet Rickie on a hot Friday afternoon arriving at school in handcuffs under police escort, not for the first time. And he can’t just dismiss being caught for truancy, not while he’s still on probation for car theft. Still, he doesn’t hesitate to sneak out of detention, and he can’t stop himself from provoking a teacher into a serious conflict. When the school day ends, the freedom of the weekend is clouded by the knowledge that Monday will bring consequences even he, for all his hardened disregard, is going to regret.
Rickie is a travieso, sometimes innocent and sometimes terrifying. He’s a worry or a threat not only to his friends, his coach, and his family, but to himself as well. Isolated from most people and disassociated, Rickie experiences a growing and volatile anger at life.
The story of Rickie Trujillo’s weekend will frighten you, break your heart, and dredge up compassion from places you never expected to find it. You’ll experience the dusty, hot streets of forgotten neighborhoods, and you will understand.
This novel will convince you that America squanders the poor, immigrant generations and the people it doesn’t know well enough to want; that our ignorance and indifference create grievous loss to our society.
This is a story for America and American education in 2017.
Nicholas Bradley knows his subject intimately. He worked as an English and ESL teacher in junior high, middle, and high school in Los Angeles throughout his thirty-year career. The schools where he taught were in the center of neighborhoods of poverty and crime, gangs, drugs and graffiti, the setting of his novel, Rickie Trujillo. Many of the students he taught and tutored during his career were, like Rickie, active gang members and/or taggers.
During the ten years in Los Angeles preceding his teaching career, Bradley worked as a road musician, truck driver, messenger, and pianist. Rickie Trujillo is his first novel, based on his experience in schools, and on his wide acquaintance and daily life among students and the teachers, deans, cops, and probation officers who were his colleagues.
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|The Dee Sanction package as it arrived.|
The Dee Sanction: Adventures is a collection of scenarios set in Elizabethan London and beyond which can be linked together into a loose campaign. Funded by Kickstarter, the book is an attractively presented 48-page softcover, with full colour throughout. There are some evocative full-page illustrations and a selection of maps including an annotated two-page extract from the Ossulstone Hundred map that's available separately. Perhaps the only thing that's missing from the collection is page numbering; I'm not sure if it's an oversight or an aesthetic choice but it was more noticeable than I expected. The adventures are short enough that it really doesn't matter.
The six adventures included scratch the itch I had remaining having read the core rules - they give examples of play in England, and London, rather than overseas. This is the heart of the game to me, defending the realm from threats supernatural. "Lost in Translation' always felt like it was more like a special operation rather than the normal bread and butter of an Agent's life.
Each of the adventures presents a unique threat or horror to perplex your Agents and threaten the realm. 'Window of the Soul' deals with corruption and taint and the machinations of a condemned man. 'The Gong Scourer's Baby' deals with an occult threat to the Queen. 'In Fertile Soil' takes the Agents outside London to deal with a case of witchcraft (the crime of which many of them may have been accused).
'The Monk's Cowl' sees the Agents travelling to a market town to address a monstrous threat facing travellers through Waltham Forest, one of the Queen's favoured hunting grounds. 'The Harrowing of Harlow Hall' sees the Agents dispatched on an urgent mission after Dee receives a disturbing letter from the wife of a former Agent. The scenario reaches into body horror and the threat of hell on earth.
The final scenario, 'Ex Libris', sends the Agents in search of a missing volume, stolen when Dee's residence of Mortlake was sacked when he was away travelling in Europe. The School of Night presents an additional threat, as they become drawn into the plot.
Overall, this is an essential addition to the Dee Sanction line, as it gives inspiration and examples of both the breadth of threats Agents can face and how they can manifest. The book is nicely illustrated, well laid out for reference, and provides some great ideas for an ongoing campaign.
Oh, and it's unusual for a Kickstarter as it was delivered early.
28 November 2021


Inside: Sweet reading quotes for kids that will inspire them to put down their tablet and pick up a book
I will be the first to admit that I was never a big reader when I was growing up. In fact, I was a part of the group that thought, “What is the point of reading the book when you could watch the movie?” Yikes…I know.
This all changed when I got to high school. I always say that everyone has that one book that made them into a reader, and mine (as cheesy as it sounds) was The Fault In Our Stars by John Green. This book left me a changed girl. Now I confidently reside in the group of people that think, “Wow, the book was better than the movie.”
If I had one wish, it would be that I could go back in time and teach little me that reading is actually super cool! Sadly since time machines do not exist, the closest thing I can get to that would be to spread this message now. So below you will find a collection of my favorite reading quotes for kids. Read these to your littles to teach them that a whole universe is waiting for them!
Cutest Reading Quotes for Kids for Motivation
The power of reading may not be an obvious one, but it’s there. Reading can be so beneficial for children. It can teach them empathy, strengthen their neuropathways, and so SO much more. So for this first list, I wanted to start out strong with some of the cutest reading quotes for kids. Take a look!
1. “There is no friend as loyal as a book.” – Ernest Hemingway
2. “Reading is a passport to countless adventures.” – Mary Pope Osborne
3. “The more that you read, the more that you know, the more that you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
4. “Once you learn to read, you will forever be free.” – Fredrick Douglass
5. “A book is like a garden, carried in the pocket.” – Chinese Proverb
6. “You are never alone when lost in the magic of a book.” – Marie Lu
7. “You can find magic wherever you look. Sit back and relax; all you need is a book.” – Dr. Seuss
8. “Reading helps your mind bloom.”
9. “Reading takes you on the greatest adventures.”
10. “Learning to read is like being given a key that unlocks the door to your wildest imagination.”
11. “Reading is dreaming with open eyes.”
12. “I do believe that something very magical can happen when you read a book.” – J.K Rowling
13. “Everyone is a reading; some just haven’t found their favorite book yet.”
14. “Reading makes your mind blossom.”
15. “Somewhere inside all of us is the power to change the world.” – Matilda
More Motivational Quotes About Books
Sometimes all we need is a little push. When I was young, if someone told me that THE Taylor Swift thought reading was cool…I would have been a book lover YEARS before my time. That’s why I included this next list. These are sure to inspire kids to put down that tablet and pick up a book! I am going to read these to my niece and nephew.
16. “I think it’s the books that you read when you are young that live with you forever.” – J.K Rowling
17. “Books train your imagination to think big.” – Taylor Swift
18. “Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read.” – Marilyn Jager Adams
19. “There is no substitute for books in the life of a child.” – Mary Ellen Chase
20. “Reading to children, even before they can understand words, teaches them to associate books with love and affection.”
21. “Your mind is a garden and books are the seeds, so pick your favorite and bloom as you read!”
22. “You can read anything your heart desires, there are entire worlds waiting for you to open them up.”
23. “Reading is an exercise in empathy, an exercise in walking in someone else’s shoes for a while.” – Malorie Blackman
24. “Reading is out of this world.”
25. “A book is a dream that you hold in your hand.” – Neil Gaiman
26. “Open a book, and you will find people and places of every kind; Open a book, and you can be anything you want to be; open a book, and you can share wonderous words you find in there. Open a book, and I will too; you read to me, and I will read to you!”
27. “April showers mean we can read for hours!”
Reading Quotes for Kids from Kids’ Books
For this last list, I thought the books could speak for themselves. These are a collection of my favorite quotes from children’s books that I think adults and children alike can enjoy. It’s interesting to reread some of these books as adults because they have a lot more meaning than we once thought. You are going to love these reading quotes for kids.
28. “It’s no use to go back to yesterday because I was a different person then.” – Alice in Wonderland
29. “You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem and smarter than you think.” – Winnie the Pooh
30. “Listen to the mustn’ts, child, listen to the don’ts. Listen to the shouldn’ts, the impossible, the won’ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me. Anything can happen, child, anything can be.” – Shel Silverstein
31. “Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.” -Winnie the Pooh(Find more Winnie the Pooh Quotes Here)
32. “You’ve always had the power, my dear. You just had to learn it for yourself.” – The Wizard of Oz
33. “Open different doors, and you may find a you there that you never knew was yours. Anything can happen.” – Mary Poppins
34. “Where you tend a rose, a thistle can not grow.” – The Secret Garden
35. “You have been my friend, replied Charlotte; that in itself is a tremendous thing.” – Charlotte’s Web
36. “There are a whole lot of things in this world you haven’t started wondering about yet.” – James and the Giant Peach
37. “The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease forever to be able to do it.” – Peter Pan
38. “Be who you are and say how you feel because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” – The Cat in the Hat
39. “And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.” – The Little Prince
40. “Out there, under the stars, I really tried to focus on myself and what I needed. I took walks, I read books, I floated in a river, I wrote in my journal and found simple moments to be quiet.” – The Good Egg
41. “I love you right up to the moon – and back.” – Guess How Much I Love You
42. “Real isn’t how you are made’, said the Skin Horse, ‘It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but really loves you, then you become real.” – The Velveteen Rabbit
Reading is seriously one of my greatest passions. Every week I get to dive into a whole other world filled with interesting characters and plots. During my slower months, this allows me to still feel like I am experiencing something magical. I still wish that I would have started sooner. But better late than never, I suppose!
I hope that you enjoyed these reading quotes for kids. I am telling you, the benefits outweigh anything when it comes to reading. Instilling a love for literature and books in kids while they are young is setting them up for great success!
If you loved these quotes, then why stop here? I have even more reading quotes for kids that I think you are really going to love. Check them out because you can never get enough reading quote motivation!


Ethnic flutes of South America with Gonzalo Cortes
Ethnic flutes of South America
Since the arrival of the Spanish in America, they encountered advanced civilizations, Aztecs, Mayans, and the Incas in South America, in the Altiplano region. In this place, the Inca culture developed an advanced community, which included architecture, religious rituals, and music among others. In this presentation, you will learn about the wind instruments of that time, such as Sikus (pan flutes), Quenas, Tarkas among others. Students will learn how to make a pan flute and play a song from the folk tradition.


In today’s rapidly evolving world, understanding societal trends and cycles is more crucial than ever.
One theory that has gained significant traction in this realm is The Fourth Turning, a concept introduced by William Strauss and Neil Howe. This theory proposes that history is cyclical, comprising four distinct phases or ‘turnings.’ Each turning, lasting about 20 years, brings its own set of societal moods, behaviors, and events. This introductory section will provide an overview of The Fourth Turning theory, setting the stage for a deeper dive into its components.
Understanding the Four Turnings
The core of Strauss and Howe’s theory lies in the four sequential turnings, each representing a distinct phase in a society’s lifecycle: High, Awakening, Unraveling, and Crisis. The ‘High’ phase is characterized by societal rebuilding and strong institutions. The ‘Awakening’ phase brings a spiritual revival and a challenge to the existing order. This is followed by the ‘Unraveling’ phase, where institutions are weakened, and individualism rises. Finally, the ‘Crisis’ phase is marked by major upheavals and a redefinition of social structures. This section will explore each turning in detail, offering insights into their defining characteristics.
Historical Context and Examples
To understand the practical implications of The Fourth Turning theory, it’s essential to examine historical cycles. This part of the article will provide examples from history that align with each of the four turnings. For instance, the post-World War II era can be seen as a ‘High,’ while the 1960s and 1970s, with their cultural and political upheavals, represent an ‘Awakening.’ The ‘Unraveling’ can be observed in the late 20th century, characterized by increasing cynicism and erosion of public trust. This section will draw parallels between past events and the theoretical framework, illustrating how societal trends have tended to repeat themselves.
The Current Phase: Are We in the Fourth Turning?
A crucial question that arises is whether our current era represents the ‘Crisis’ phase of The Fourth Turning. This section will delve into the arguments and evidence supporting this idea. It will analyze contemporary societal, political, and economic events through the lens of Strauss and Howe’s theory. By comparing current global challenges, such as political polarization, economic upheavals, and social unrest, with the characteristics of a typical Fourth Turning, the article will offer a perspective on where we might stand in this cyclical process.
In conclusion, The Fourth Turning offers a compelling framework for understanding societal changes and cycles. While it’s not without its critics, the theory provides a valuable lens through which we can view historical patterns and current events. Whether we are indeed in the midst of a Fourth Turning is a matter of interpretation, but the theory undoubtedly opens up a fascinating dialogue about the nature of societal change and the possible future that awaits us. As we navigate these turbulent times, understanding the underlying cycles of history could be key to preparing for what comes next.


I heard some people struggling with finding low citation count papers… here’s a mini pro tip about finding papers for your critique! You can filter Google Scholar search results by citation! Youll actually be sorting the papers that cited a different paper, but this is useful for you. First, find a paper that you think looks interesting with plenty of citations. Then, if you search for this paper on Google Scholar, you’ll see a “Cited by XXXX” underneath it. If you click on this, it’ll take you to a list of all the papers that cited the first one. This list will be sorted (roughly) by citation count, so scroll to the end to find low count papers.


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What do you see here? We see a woman warrior - one who is not to be messed with. And we have decided to call her Red and we have also decided to publish an anthology about her.
Red is a woman warrior among rough and disapproving men. She fights for those who cannot fight for themselves. And by doing so, she fights for herself to prove her worth in a world of men and warriors.
Cover Art by MARTA NAEL
HOW THIS ANTHOLOGY WILL WORK:


The Giantleap project releases today its documentation on experimental protocols for stacks and balance-of-plant components.
The document was authored mainly by SINTEF research scientist Alejandro Oyarce Barnett, with the support of many others in the consortium. The document is a public deliverable, and can be downloaded from this link.
The document presents a number of load cycles for both endurance and accelerated stress tests, as well as a set of reference operating conditions such as temperature, pressure, humidification, and gas flow. Tests are intended to be carried out in single cells, short stacks, as well as at system level. The report further contains a detailed description on how to perform the electrochemical characterisation of stacks and single cells, e. g. polarization curves, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV), as well as sampling parameters and rates. Finally, the document also contains a chapter on AST of balance-of-plant components.


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How to check in multiple documents in Sharepoint 2007Jan 14, 13
So the other day I did an extract from another documentation system of a few thousand diagrams. I copied these all up to sharepoint but the library I was storing them on had versioning. So how to check them in?
Very simple! (assuming you have permissions, which I did)
- Click Site Actions > View Reports > Checked Out To Me
- Select the documents you want
- Actions > Check In
(edit: I had pictures here, but our image uploader is on the fritz, so now it’s just a list!)


Remember Zork I? If you do, you'll recognize the line above as the starting of the game. I just loved the Infocom games, you might remember the old text (that's right text, just letters and stuff) adventure games the likes of ....... While Infocom didn't invent interactive fiction, but they certainly made it popular to the tune of 20-30 games on every major platform of the early-mid eighties, so it is easy to see that I was pleased to discover there now there are resources out there to play them again via emulation/interpretation in pretty much any platform that supports java.
What you need to do to play the is a program that will run z-code and allow you to run z-files and some z-files themselves. Listed below are some resources for public domain z-files, the actual infocom games can be a little hard to come by, but diligent searching will turn up results.
- http://frotz.homeunix.org/frotz/ The program for Everything from Linux to XP. It has been ported everywhere.
- Under Mozilla http://gnusto.org/
- http://www.speakeasy.org/~russotto/zplet/ifol.html Z-machine in Java.
- http://frobnitz.sourceforge.net/ Frobnitz z-code interpreter for Palm OS.
- http://infodoc.plover.net/ Has documentation scans for all your favorite Infocom games.
- http://gallery.guetech.org/ Another source for documentation scans.
- http://adventure.if-legends.org/Infocom.html Really good info about the games as well as platforms they ran on.
- http://web.mit.edu/6.933/www/Fall2000/infocom/ In depth history of Infocom.
- http://www.infocom-if.org/ Nice site with game outlines and Zork I-III available for download.
- Not Infocom, but very nice nevertheless- Adventure aka Colossal Cave (the original text adventure game), Scott Adams games, and something like 300 others in z-file format. http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXgamesXzcode.html
- Here are the technical specs for the Inform-Compiler just in case you just need to know such things. http://www.wolldingwacht.de/if/z-spec.html.


In 1829 the Parmelia, built in Quebec Canada in 1825, was hired to transport Lieutenant Governor James Stirling and the first group of free settlers to the Swan River in Western Australia to establish a colony.
When did the HMS Parmelia arrive in Australia?
Parmelia arrived at Sydney on 2 March 1834. She embarked 220 male convicts and she landed 218, two convicts having died en route.
When did the Swan River colony became Western Australia?
Colony of Western Australia (1829 – 1901)
The Colony of Western Australia (also known as Swan River Colony) was established as a free colony on 2 May 1829 when Captain Fremantle formally took possession of the land of Western Australia in the name of the King of England.
What happened to the HMS Parmelia when it finally arrived on the west coast of New Holland?
Two days later “Parmelia” was nearly lost when she ran aground on the southbank which bears her name. She was destroyed by fire in an English dockyard on the 1st May 1839. NOTES: ** Peter BROWN appears on this document, a name he used for 15 years in the colony only to revert to the old family name of BROUN in 1843.
Who were the first settlers in Western Australia?
The first European to sight Western Australia was the Dutch explorer, Dirk Hartog, the first European to suggest to have found a continent there, who on 26 October 1616 landed at what is now known as Cape Inscription, Dirk Hartog Island.
Who was the captain of the HMS Challenger?
HMS Challenger, a wooden corvette of 2,306 tons, was commanded by Captain (later Sir) George Strong Nares, while Sir C. Wyville Thomson supervised the scientific staff. The expedition gathered observations from 362 stations and made 492 deep soundings and 133 dredgings.
Who was the captain of the HMS Sulphur?
Its commander was Captain William T. Dance, whose wife’s name was Helen. His lieutenant was William Preston. Also aboard was Capt Frederick Chidley Irwin, in command of the 63rd regiment.
Who found the Swan River Colony?
In March 1827 Captain James Stirling headed an expedition up the Swan River in search of fertile land to establish a British colony. The party of 18 travelled in two longboats to find the fertile alluvial soil of the upper Swan. All were impressed with the open nature of the country.
Who found WA?
European exploration and settlement. The Portuguese probably sighted the Western Australian coast during the 1520s, but authenticated European discovery followed the move of the Dutch East India Company into the Indian Ocean in the early 17th century.
Why is it called the Swan River?
The river was named Swarte Swaene-Revier by Dutch explorer, Willem de Vlamingh in 1697, after the famous black swans of the area. Vlamingh sailed with a small party up the river to around Heirisson Island.
Where did the HMS Sulphur land in Australia?
Date of arrival: The HMS Sulphur arrived at Cockburn Sound on the 8th June in 1829.
What is the oldest town in Western Australia?
As the oldest settlement in Western Australia Albany has a rich Aboriginal and European history.
What is the oldest suburb in Perth?
Situated to the west of the city centre, Claremont is one of Perth’s oldest suburbs and with a superb location on the river, conveniently between the city and the coast, and directly on a railway line, it’s also one of the most expensive!
What was Perth originally called?
He ran the new colony by the Swan River from 1829 to 1832 and from 1834 to 1838. The new colony developed on two sites. The port town was named Fremantle in honor of the Captain. Perth itself was founded on 12 August 1829.


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A Binational Project for the Preservation and Control of Censored Magazines from the Allied Occupation of Japan at the University of Maryland
(Council on East Asian Libraries and the Association for Asian Studies, Inc., 1983-06)
The unconditional instability of inflow-dependent boundary conditions in difference approximations to hyperbolic systems
(American Mathematical Society, 1983-10)
Slot Machines in Charles County, Maryland: 1910-1968
Psychologists and sociologists have studied gambling for many years, but historians have paid little attention to the subject. This is a study of the impact of gambling, and specificially slot machines, on rural Charles ...
From the cord-factor of mycobacteria to the synthetic immunostimulants
(Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1983)
Юджийн Гарфийлд и науката за информацията (Eugene Garfield and information science)
Analysis of the contributions made by Eugene Garfield to information science.


The Traveling Library Program
The traveling libreary program organized by La Puerta Abierta Learning Center, collaborates with 4 Sparks Foundation partnering schools.
schools receive visits from an enthusiastic librarian on a weekly basis. While children are exposed to reading and interactive activities, classroom teachers gain training in how to incorporate literacy into their curriculum.
Most schools in rural Guatemala have limited resources and books are sparse. In addition to engaging students with a story hour, classes also receive a rotating set of books on a weekly basis, allowing students to have a window of time to connect with stories in a meaningful way.


“Human history began with an act of disobedience, and it is not unlikely that it will be terminated by an act of obedience.” — Erich Fromm
The question of when or if to resist authority is central to organized human life. As Fromm’s comment suggests, the mythic traditions of the Hebrews and Greeks, and their emphasis on acts of defiance against God and gods, cast a long shadow. But as the gods recede, or become more symbolic, debates about the validity, limits, sources, and potential abuses of governmental authority become prominent.
One of our texts, Sophocles’ play Antigone, so effectively frames these issues that the title character’s fierce and principled resistance to her King’s seemingly godlike authority resonates as powerfully today as it did on the Athenian stage. The issues at stake in this play, and in the other works we will discuss, are at stake anywhere that humans connect the grounds for their adherence or resistance to authority on principles that transcend mere appeals to power, expediency, and self-interest. These issues are not unique to particular cultures, periods of history, or forms of government.
In this course, we bring together a diverse collection of philosophical, political, historical and literary texts designed to facilitate and provoke critical exploration of the complicated relationship between authority and resistance. Such exploration is not always easy or welcome because, in much of the world, obedience to authority is thought to bring safety, security, and order, while resistance brings chaos, anxiety, even death. But we will consider where and when resistance might be justified, whether it is a futile and/or destructive impulse; and whether its persistence is evidence of an essential connection to human growth.
We invite you to join us in our attempt to better understand the principles at play where orders are issued, decisions are made, obedience demanded, and resistance ensues.
[March 22, 2017]
- Seminar LB1: John Barker (Anthropology)
- Seminar LB2: Robert Crawford (Political Science)
- Seminar LB3: Brianne Orr-Alvarez (French, Hispanic, Italian Studies)
- Seminar LB4: Christina Hendricks (Philosophy)
Shakespeare, The Tempest
Blake, Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Marx & Engels, Communist Manifesto
Zola – Germinal
Mintz, Sweetness and Power: The Place of Sugar in Modern History
Kafka, The Trial plus Orson Welles film
Civil Disobedience texts, such as by Thoreau, Fromm, Ghandi, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X
Fanon, The Wretched of the Earth
Che Guevara, selected writings
Foucault, Discipline & Punish (selections)
Miller, The Crucible
Ernest Hemingway – For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940); also film Pan’s Labyrinth
Short stories on the effects of military leadership/dictatorship on Latin America: Esteban Echeverría, “The Slaughterhouse/Yard; Luisa Valenzuela, “A Change of Weapons”; Gabriel García Márquez, “One of These Days”
Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale
Fadiman, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down
Selections of songs and poems of resistance from the Americas
Adiga, The White Tiger
Satrapi, Persepolis 1 & 2
[April 28, 2017]


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The Treasury of Dharma Gems
From the Preface:
In March 2021, I started reading the Priceless Treasure That is The Buddha-Dharma by Upasaka Li Bing Nan (1890–1986), and found it to be a most excellent Dharma-booklet that made the profound principles of Pure Land Buddhism both accessible and easy to implement in our daily lives. I believe that if a man who has never read the Buddha-sutras were to read this booklet, then this alone would be sufficient to allow him to realize the full benefits of the Buddha-dharma.
My father suggested that such a great booklet should not remain unknown to the wider English speaking community, and so from then on, I started selecting the most important excerpts from his works to translate. Soon, I realized that the wealth of wisdom and knowledge left by the Great Dharma Masters and Eminent Upasakas of the 20th Century, such as the works of Master Yin Guang, Upasaka Huang Nien Tsu, and Upasaka Xia Lian Ju, could scarcely be found in English.
Thus, over the course of the year, I translated scores of excerpts, essays and articles by or regarding these great figures that I found to be the most important and relevant. The Treasury of Dharma Gems is the collection of these translations, and my way of repaying the kindness of my teachers and parents.
I hope that everyone who reads this will find my modest contribution to be valuable in their spiritual journey, and in bettering their lives.
Link to Book (Free PDF Download/ Interactive Version Viewer):


Calkins Farm Wagon, Walton Farm Wagon, Freight and Logging Wagons
Subject: Electric Wheel Company
Origin: Quincy, Illinois, United States
Description: This catalog shows products of the Electric Wheel Company including farm wagons like the Calkins, Walton, and Quincy Queen. It also shows the Allwork Kerosene Tractor and EWC Crawler Tractor.
Formatted for Online Viewing
Digitally Remastered | Educational Use Only
Keywords: Electric Wheel Company, Calkins, Walton, Quincy Queen, Allwork, Bryson, Gem City, Dixie, Farm Wagons, Wagon Trucks, Carts, Allwork Kerosene Tractor, EWC Crawler Tractors
Format: Staple-Bound Catalog
Credit: From the collections of THE AMERICAN FARM AND GARDEN―a gift from an anonymous donor.
Copyright © 2013 THE AMERICAN FARM AND GARDEN


More Nominees for a Dade Hall of Fame part2
Jan. 29, 2014
Donna M. Street
My favorite non-fiction book of the 21st century (so far) is a small volume by Malcolm Gladwell entitled Outliers: The Story of Success. I like all of his books but this volume hit home with me (and many others, for it stayed on the New York Times Bestsellers list for MONTHS). If you haven’t read it then I recommend it to you. Malcolm’s parents are a sociologist and a mathematician, so his writing is like a very concise and well thought-out reference book. He quantifies factors relating to success which are very hard to quantify. One maxim that stays with you long after you put the book away is that in order to be a success in your field, you must at the very least, complete 10,000 hours of practice. The nominees for this week are all outliers.
When I finished the book, I immediately thought of Ashley Houts, who at the time was burning up the backboards with three pointers and tearing up the floor at the University of Georgia by stealing everything that came her way, just as she had at Dade County High School. I immediately got on line and ordered a copy of this book to be shipped to her. I have never before or since been moved to do something like that. I was compelled to send the book to her because her skill, talent and work ethic were exactly what Gladwell was proclaiming as truth in Outliers. In a conversation that I shared with her one morning, in the commons of DCHS, I inquired why she did not choose to play softball as well as basketball. We talked for a bit and I could quickly see that she had set her goals and was going to be single-minded in attaining them. No hour was too early or late to find Ashley working at her craft in the gym. She was focused, persistent and undaunted. Those qualities made her a champion on the floor and in the classroom, paid her way through college and gave her a career as a professional athlete. I expect that there are still mountains that Ashley will climb. Ashley has a family which expects excellence and provides support. All of the Houts kids (Emily and Andrew) travel to the beat of the excellence drum that Greg and Joanie taught them to play. They know how to succeed. At least half of success is hard work. Ashley Houts is my hall of fame nominee of the first years of 21st century.
The military is often a way in which the young people of Dade County find a way to travel and to find a career. And to be really honest, sometimes they just want to get out of Dade County. After completing a 32 year tour of duty in the United States Navy in September 2012, we find that Rick West is truly an outlier. 10,000 hours may not cover all of the time that he spent attaining a goal that probably wasn’t in his vocabulary when he boarded the bus for boot camp. He left Dade County shortly after graduation from Northwest Georgia H. S. in 1981. Rick joined the Navy; worked hard, spent years protecting our country, advancing through the system and on December 12, 2008 for his dedication to excellence, he was named as the 12th Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON). He holds status that only 12 other Sailors have held. There is more information on the internet about Rick than any other nominee. In all that I read, he is humble, matter of fact and always is proud to claim Rising Fawn as his home. He is our own American Hero.
I admit that I am a member of the Forester Sisters Fan Club. The “girls” were famous at home for years before the rest of the world got to hear their golden harmonies. The home folks knew that these girls were something unique and that if anyone could make it, then it had to be these special women. Kathy, June, Kim and Christy Forester along with a couple of their husbands and friends in the band made a few demo recordings at Muscle Shoals in the mid-80’s. Soon, they got a contract with Warner Brothers and for the following decade they were out of Dade County more than they were home. They got a couple of Grammy nominations, had 15 songs in the top ten (five of which were number one), saw the world and decided that it was time to come home and raise some kids. In the tradition of outliers, two restarted teaching careers and two moved on to new dreams. They were inducted into the Georgia Music Hall of Fame in 2013. Nothing makes me happier than riding down the road listening to the radio and to suddenly recognize the voices of my friends, The Forester Sisters.
Lester and Chester Buchanan, The Buchanan Brothers were not born in Dade County, but they got here as quick as they could. Ephraim Shadrack Buchanan moved the family from Indiana to Trenton during the depression and made his living farming. The 1940 Census shows that Chester is 16 and living with his parents, brothers and sisters in Trenton. Lester is 19, married, working as a welder and living south of his parents on Highway 11 or Magby Gap. The census taker changed locations in the middle of a page. Maybe their sister, Delores Smyth, can remember and let me know. One of their most famous songs, Atomic Power, was not a favorite of the brothers. In an interview they admitted that it ‘stunk’. It is a tragic “come to Jesus” hymn/ballad about the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I found almost all of their songs on the internet and spent some time listening. Tight harmony and a southern twang, that was the standard before country music went all pop, made listening to them compelling. I also found it interesting that they did most or all of their recordings in New York City. They gave their last concert in Chattanooga in April of 1949 at the Memorial Auditorium. They donated most of their music mementoes to the Country Music Hall of Fame, so if you visit make sure to check them out. One of their songs, “When You See (Those Flying Saucers)”, was featured on the soundtrack of the 2009 Dream Works Animation film, Monsters vs Aliens. Pretty good for a tune recorded in the 1940’s.
Lester retired to Florida in 1973 and Chester raised his family in Dade where he lived until his death in 1992.
As I read my article from last week in print, some of the wording of the Shorty Bradford tribute bothered me. I wrote that he died of “heart break and failure”. Hopefully you did understand what I meant, because Shorty was anything but a failure. He did suffer from heart disease and with the death of his only son at age 13 in April of 1966, his heart disease also became heart break. My heart breaks for any parent who outlives a child. Not having been blessed with children of my own and living alone for many years, I often wonder what challenge would cripple me. My mind thinks that losing a child (to illness or accident) would be the absolute worst. Thus I end this week’s musing with condolences to the Gregor family on the death of their 19 year old son, Davis. Peace and grace to your family.


Glenna DeBord Gardner Saturday, December 6, 1924 - Thursday, April 27, 2017
Rich Valley, VA Glenna DeBord Gardner, age 92, passed away quietly at her home Thursday April 27, 2017. She was born on December 6, 1924 to the late John and Emma DeBord. Mrs. Gardner lived her entire life in Rich Valley, where she taught high school home economics and was the elementary school librarian for over 40 years. She graduated from Radford College was a member of Ridgedale United Methodist Church. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband James T. Gardner and brothers; Walter DeBord, Raymond DeBord, William DeBord, Robert DeBord, and Eugene DeBord and sisters; Margaret Ferguson, Nannie DeBord, Ethel Necsary and Ovella Clear. She is survived by two sons; Andrew Gardner of Hillsville, VA and James H. Gardner M.D. of Roanoke, VA and one daughter Emma Wheeler and husband Jim of Richmond, VA; three granddaughters, Rachel, Shannon, and Molly Wheeler of Richmond, VA; two sisters-in-law, Gail DeBord and Jane DeBord and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be conducted at 1:00 p.m. Sunday April 30, 2017 at Ridgedale United Methodist Church with Rev. Mack Blevins officiating. Burial will follow in the Ridgedale Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. Saturday evening at Henderson Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Ridgedale United Methodist Church. Online condolences may be made at drhendersonfuneralhome.com D.R. Henderson Funeral Home in Saltville, VA is serving the Glenna Gardner family.


Bill W. wrote most of the Big Book between May 1938 and January of 1939, discussing drafts of the work in progress at the Clinton Street meeting in Brooklyn Heights and sending them to Dr. Bob for review by the Akron group. The feedback from Akron was consistently positive. But in NY, a heated debate broke out. According to Bill, three points of view emerged: “conservatives” who argued for an explicitly Christian text, “liberals” who didn’t object to using “God” but wanted a spiritual rather than a religious document, and the “radical left-wing” who wanted to delete “God” from the book entirely and produce a work of psychology.
Unable to agree among themselves, the three factions eventually named Bill the final arbiter of the book’s content. An initial draft of the manuscript was completed by February. Concerned that the book be widely acceptable, some 400 mimeograph or Multilith copies were sent out for comment. As these were returned, it became evident that the book had been well received in all quarters, the medical and religious fields included.
Still, the dispute in NY went on unabated. The minority of “radicals” there had always seen the book as an opportunity to educate the “benighted Akronites,” and they pressed their effort to put God in his place. In this, they had an ally in the person of a Dr. Howard, a NJ psychiatrist whose returned mimeograph was filled with edits crossing “God” out and inserting other terms.
From the start, Bill had recognized the two horns of the dilemma facing the book. “If you labeled it a strictly Christian book” all kinds of problems would arise and many alcoholics would stay away, while if “we make a psychological job of it nobody would get well from it.” Experience had shown that the strictly religious approach had very limited success and the strictly psychological approach practically none.
As the printer’s copy of the book was prepared, comments, suggestions, and corrections were transferred to one of the mimeographs, producing the “original working manuscript,” a graphic representation of the divergent currents which would coalesce into something entirely new, “The Book That Started It All.”
In the end, the book presented a clearly spiritual course, rejecting practically all of the edits that would exclude God while at the same time reforming the religious language that would exclude many alcoholics and divert all from their primary purpose of staying sober and helping others to achieve sobriety.
As we know, “God” was replaced with a “Power greater than ourselves” in Step 2, and modified with “as we understood Him” in Steps 3 and 11. These changes are not as big as they might seem. The book already contained ample language reassuring the alcoholic that no particular understanding of God was required to join AA and get sober: “When, therefore, we speak to you of God, we mean your own conception of God. This applies, too, to other spiritual expressions which you find in this book” (p. 47). Statements like this are not later additions. They were there in the original mimeograph copy. Moreover, “as we understood Him” had been used by the Oxford Group, and Ebby had resorted to a similar expression to soften his initial "I got religion" approach to Bill.
A related but more original and encompassing change resulted from Dr. Howard’s insistence that the book be descriptive rather than prescriptive, something which Dr. Silkworth and Dr. Tiebout had earlier suggested. In practice, this involved a language shift: from future to past tense; from predicting outcomes to narrating events; from prescribing what you must or should do to describing what we did; from directing to suggesting; from pointing out weakness to admitting to it, talking from the heart more than from the head, sharing experience rather than trying to teach, preach, or instruct.
Underlying this approach was a principle that would give the book its markedly spiritual and practical character. This was “attraction rather than promotion,” a principle that would distinguish the book and thenceforth AA not only from the injunctive approach of religion, but from the analytical and prescriptive approach of psychology as well. With it, other principles would come into play, so that we'll find a certain restraint in the tone of the book, a certain modesty of expression, a certain tolerance and even generosity toward divergent views, a humble recognition of the limits to knowledge and understanding, particularly when it comes to spiritual things and to God.
The edits (indicated by the cross-outs) to the well-known lines leading up to the 12 Steps are illustrative: “Remember that
you are dealing we deal with alcohol . . . Without help it is too much for you us . . . You must May you find Him now! Half measures will avail you availed us nothing. You We stood at the turning point. Throw yourself under We asked His protection and care with complete abandon.” So is the line introducing the ABCs: “Our description of the alcoholic, the chapter to the agnostic, and our personal adventures before and after have been designed to sell you make clear three pertinent ideas.” This reminds us that many of the early alcoholics were salesmen, and their promotional instincts reflected their trade as much as their theology, whether religious or atheist.
As Bill summed it up, the changes still left God in the Steps and in the Big Book, but “now expressed in terms that anybody—anybody at all—could accept and try.” As we know, however, the battle over the book continues. Some are still trying to take God out, along with other language they find objectionable. Many have removed him entirely from their own version of the Steps; others have reversed the three original changes. Both sides have started their own groups and written their own books. So far, neither of these movements has come up with a better text than the Big Book, or a better program or fellowship for those who want to get sober.
God is still in the Big Book and we are free to talk about him all we want. But if talk about God is what got us sober, there would have been no need for AA in the first place. That there is a “who” to recovery—“One who has all the power”—the Big Book leaves no doubt: “That One is God.” But there is also a “what” and a “how” to recovery. These are the spiritual principles that are embedded in the Steps and which the Big Book also makes clear proceed from, and are practiced through, that Power. The question is how far we are willing to go to understand these principles and to practice them in all our affairs.
The principle of “Attraction rather than promotion” is at the heart of the changes made to the Big Book. It is predicated on another concept that permeates that book: “a faith that works.” If the faith that we practice through the God of our understanding works, it will bear fruit in the way we live. Such fruit attracts: others will “want what we have.” If it doesn’t work, that too will be evident, and talk about God will have the opposite effect. For, as “A Vision for You” tells us at the conclusion of the book, there’s another spiritual principle at work in all of this: it says that we can’t give what we don’t have (p. 164).
Bill W. saw the hand of Providence at work in “The Book That Started It All.” Considering the millions of alcoholics and other sufferers who have recovered thanks to it, that seems like a reasonable attitude to take.
Footnote: Leading the opposing factions on each end of the dispute were three hard-driving salesmen: Fitz M. for the religious side and Hank P. and Jimmy B. for the atheists. Fitz is the former atheist whose conversion experience is told in Big Book's pp. 55–56, and “Our Southern Friend” in the Personal Stories section. He was school friends with Jimmy, whom he helped to get sober. Jimmy tells his own story in “The Vicious Cycle,” but without mentioning an experience we only read about in Tradition Three concerning a certain “Ed.” Hank was Bill’s first success in NY after coming back from Akron. He wrote “To Employers” and “The Unbeliever,” the first story in the Big Book’s first edition (now in Experience, Strength & Hope). Pride and resentment would lead him back to the bottle and he would make the rounds of Akron and other places leveling angry charges against Bill. He would die drunk at the age of 57. See Alcoholics Anonymous Comes of Age (pp. 161–168) and Kurtz’ Not-God (pp. 63, 69–71, 75–76).


Newport News Public Library is one of 20 libraries nationwide awarded the 2018 Summer Teen Intern Grant by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). The grant will allow Pearl Bailey Library staff to hire teen interns to assist in the implementation of their summer reading programs, while also helping teens gain real world work experience and develop professional skills. Each grant is worth $1,000. The grant is made possible by The Dollar General Literacy Foundation.
Pearl Bailey Library’s summer interns will help register students for summer reading programs, help coordinate and staff events during summer reading, assist staff with outreach events throughout the summer and help maintain the library’s children’s and young adult collections.
Additionally, teen interns will attend workshops for resume building, writing cover letters, and career exploration. This service is offered in partnership with the Wickham Avenue Alliance (WAA), made up of Pearl Bailey Library, YWCA Virginia Peninsula, Downing-Gross Cultural Arts Center, Doris Miller Community Center, and the C. Waldo Scott Center for H.O.P.E.
The summer internship is open to students who live in the 23607 zip code and are ages 14 to 16 by May 11, 2018. Applications can be picked up at any of the WAA
sites beginning the last week of March and are due by Monday, May 7, 2018.
To find out more information on programs and events happening at any of the four public libraries in Newport News, visit NNLibrary


An Innovative Approach to Engaging and Educating Students
Storytelling has advanced beyond printed books and oral histories in the digital age. We now have “story quizzes,” a novel and interactive format that combines the allure of storytelling with the dynamic engagement of quizzes. Story Quizzes make narratives come to life in a way that is appealing to both children and adults, and they can be used as an educational tool, team-building exercise, or source of entertainment.
The New Trend in Interactive Learning Is Story Quizzes
Story quizzes are narratives with questions woven throughout. These queries assess the reader’s comprehension, elicit critical thought, or challenge them to guess how the story will end. For instance, in a classroom context, a teacher might recount a historical incident while periodically checking to see if the pupils are paying attention and understanding what is being said. This interactive method promotes involvement and improves learning results.
Competition’s Allure and Progress Tracking
Story quizzes are incredibly entertaining since they have a competitive aspect. Users can compare their results with other users, encouraging friendly rivalry. Additionally, users may observe their progress over time thanks to progress tracking capabilities in many narrative quiz systems, which can be a powerful motivator and confidence builder.
Customization Is the Secret to Personalised Education
The adaptability of story quizzes is a remarkable quality. The stories and questions can be modified to accommodate different age groups, subject areas, and academic levels. Thanks to this personalized touch, story quizzes are an inclusive educational tool that can accommodate various learning styles and rates. For instance, a story quiz for kids might have fun visuals and straightforward questions, while a quiz for adults might have more intricate stories and probing questions.
Developing a Love of Learning and Reading
Getting kids interested in reading in the digital age might not be easy. Story quizzes offer a remedy in this situation. These quizzes’ engaging structure, in which questions and tales are interspersed, creates an intriguing experience. This unique combination of reading and interactive learning can foster a love of reading while improving vocabulary, comprehension, and general knowledge.
Story quizzes for social interaction and team building
Story quizzes are becoming increasingly common in social settings and corporate team-building exercises outside the classroom. They operate as conversation starters, foster teamwork, and offer a lively setting for social interaction. Story quizzes inject originality and excitement into any event, whether a physical campfire gathering or an online team-building exercise, making it more memorable.
In conclusion, embrace the revolution of story quizzes.
Story quizzes combine education with entertainment, creating new opportunities for participation and learning. Story quizzes may be the solution you’re looking for if you’re a teacher looking for cutting-edge teaching materials, a business worker seeking team-building exercises, or a parent hoping to improve your child’s reading and comprehension abilities. Discover a fascinating universe where Historical Stories Online come to life through interactive inquiry as you embark on the story quiz journey.


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By sharing best practices and illustrating how effective marketing strategies can transform a startup’s trajectory, the author provides a compelling argument for integrating marketing from the outset. This article is a must-read for tech entrepreneurs seeking to balance their focus between technological advancement and market visibility, highlighting the importance of branding, audience engagement, and strategic marketing investments.
This article provides a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the complex world of startup marketing. The author delves into the intricacies of fundamental marketing metrics crucial for early-stage startups, such as ROI, lead generation, product-market fit, and more. She also explores strategies for long-term growth, emphasizing the importance of customer acquisition cost, conversion rates, and customer retention in attracting venture capital investment.
The author emphasizes that while generative AI can enhance productivity, it’s not a substitute for human marketers’ strategic and creative capabilities. By highlighting the nuanced application of AI in content production, messaging, and more, this article is a must-read for startup leaders contemplating the balance between technological innovation and human expertise in their marketing departments.
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"Breeding Birds of The Sheffield Area, including the north-east Peak District" - published January 2014
The genesis of this second Breeding Atlas was an initially casual conversation between David Wood and Richard Hill, but which ended with a plan to produce a follow-up to the seminal "Birds of The Sheffield Area, including the north-east Peak District". Now, 29 years on from the first Atlas, we have the stunning publication pictured left.
As its name suggests, it is a breeding atlas rather than a complete study of all species recorded during the 2003-2008 research study. The scale of the larger task would have been prohibitive, and it was decided that the breeding survey should clearly take precedence as a conservation tool.
The data collection was carried out entirely by volunteer recorders, the data analysis and mapping by the ever-resourceful David Williams, the text by a team of local amateur ornithologists and the awesome colour photographs and figures by the extraordinarily talented Richard Dale Dale, Paul Leonard and Ray Scally. The editing was done by .... the inexhaustible and above-mentioned editors David and Richard.
In addition to the 263 pages of species accounts, photos and distribution maps, the volume includes an Introduction by the eminent Professor Tim Birkhead, and chapters on :
- Sheffield area bird communities
- Land use and the impact of habitat changes on its birds
- Analysis of the current weather trends and the effects of climate change on Sheffield's birds
- A summary of the changing nature of our breeding birds and what the future may hold
- A full checklist of birds recorded in the recording area of the Sheffield Bird Study Group
Here's what the reviews said:
David Ballance, writing in Ibis "a scholarly work....analyses of species are thorough and painstaking, placing the results firmly in a national context, ingenious maps designed to show both distribution and change.
Mark Cocker, "an exemplar that amateur passion for wildlife recording...... an illustrious tradition.....detailed species accounts that are this book's cardinal virtue......For anyone interested in birds in the Sheffield area the book is an absolute must".
The BTO describe it as an "excellent Atlas" (BTO News, May-June 2014) and the reviewer for British Birds concluded that "The editors and the Sheffield Bird Study Group are to be congratulated. This excellent book will be of wide interest, both to local birdwatchers and to all interested in the wildlife of Sheffield - an often underrated city surrounded by one of the most diverse range of bird habitats in England."'
"Birds of The Sheffield Area, including the north-east Peak District"
The production of a book covering the birds of the Sheffield area was discussed before the SBSG as such first met. In fact, the editorial in our first Annual Report in 1973 report stated: "The Sheffield Region has long needed a definitive publication about its local birds. At long last, one is soon to appear ... ". In fact it was another 12 years before it finally reached the bookshelves in 1985, in a quite different guise from when the idea was first mooted, and entitled "Birds of the Sheffield Area, including the North East Peak District".
The project had developed considerably during its making and had become, not only the first Breeding Atlas for the Sheffield area, but also a detailed report on the status of all birds recorded in the area on passage and as winter visitors or vagrants.
The main bulk of the book consists of the systematic list but the book also contains the articles: "A history of Sheffield ornithology", "Habitats and bird communities", "Visible migration studies" and "Twenty-five years on: the changing face of Sheffield's birds". Also included are maps, histograms and distribution plots, showing the range and status of the birds of the area. The book is illustrated with numerous excellent black and white line drawings, mostly by Sheffield artists, and there is a foreword by J.T.R.Sharrock.
The book was published by SBSG and Sheffield City Libraries. The publication is now sadly out of print, but copies can occasionally be found in local second-hand bookshops, or online here.


7 Best Ways to Judge the Depth of Any Research
An introductory paragraph is one of the most crucial components of any article, as it sets forth its topic or question and motivates readers to continue reading.
An excellent way to judge the depth of a research study is through its methodology. A solid research project should include authentic sources and be peer-reviewed before going any further.
Research can be an intricate, time-consuming process that involves many steps. From selecting an appropriate topic and conducting in-depth research to analyzing data, presenting findings, and selecting source material – it all counts! When choosing source material for research, you must select reliable source materials like reviewing titles, abstracts, rationales, research questions, methods, and methods of data collection analysis, as these will allow you to easily spot studies that follow quality practices while remaining impartial and credible – also helping avoid plagiarism of others These seven ways will ensure high-quality research practices while remaining fair and reasonable and allow you to prevent plagiarism of other peoples work!
Abstracts provide a concise but essential snapshot of a research paper and can help readers decide whether or not to read its entire contents. As with writing any important document, an abstract should be written early and revised regularly in order to be clear and concise; each sentence should clearly communicate one main idea or point. Furthermore, having another person read your abstract over can give another perspective and detect errors that may have crept through.
Abstracts should begin by explaining why the study is significant and necessary, with examples including past research or hypothesis testing as part of this investigation. They should then describe their research methodology, as well as how results will be analyzed.
An abstract should also include a list of keywords to help readers locate the paper in online databases and discuss potential limitations or future directions of research. Finally, an abstract should also provide insight into future study trends that are suggested through conclusions, limitations, or other aspects.
Research rationale is an integral component of research papers that provides researchers with the motivation for conducting studies. It explains the significance of conducting such an investigation and its contribution to knowledge base expansion. Often followed by hypothesis and objectives statements. Research rationales can be written before or after the research has taken place and are found most often within research papers and funding proposals.
A successful research rationale must include an overview of what has already been accomplished in the field, open questions related to the study, and gaps that it will fill in the literature. Furthermore, it must explain why particular methodologies were selected; if another method would achieve the same goals, it should also be presented and discussed.
A strong rationale will convince readers that research is vital while at the same time demonstrating your expertise in solving the issue at hand. A compelling research rationale is critical to getting funding for any study.
When conducting research, it is essential to ask pertinent and precise questions. Questions must align with the objectives and aims of your study while remaining easily understandable – for instance, avoiding multiple questions within one query could confuse respondents. If most responses to research questions contain affirmatives, it indicates the quality of the research project.
Paratextual material provides another means of assessing research depth. This includes table of contents, prefaces, introductions, and indexes – any parts that do not appear directly on the page – such as table of contents, prefaces, introductions, and indexes. Paratextual material provides essential insight into a work’s scope and focus as well as ways in which scholars have contributed to its creation, critical debates and trends in its field, which studies will most benefit your research project, and so forth. A well-written bibliography also helps reveal sources used by authors when conducting their research projects.
Researching is an intricate process requiring several steps. When conducting academic or business research, it’s essential to follow best practices when carrying out studies. Evaluating the depth of a research study is an integral component of this process, and there are various techniques you can use for doing so. One is considering how the research was conducted – in particular, what methods were employed when gathering data and analyzing it – another way is reviewing in-text citations and bibliographic lists as these indicate evidence of extensive study depth; lastly, it should also check if it had been peer-reviewed before carrying out studies.
Peer-reviewed studies are generally considered more credible and trustworthy than non-peer-reviewed ones because their content has been scrutinized by subject matter experts in their respective fields.
No matter the purpose of your research or business strategy, high-quality data collection techniques should always be prioritized, as lousy information can lead to bad decisions. To make sure that the methods implemented for collecting high-quality information are successful, set clear goals and identify what type of information is required of you.
A practical research study can be assessed in several ways, including its research question and methodology, sample size and representativeness, literature review, and peer review processes. Furthermore, reviewing in-text citations and bibliographic lists will reveal which sources were used and help judge the credibility of research studies.
Primary and secondary data collection differ considerably in their methods. Preliminary data is obtained directly from its source, while secondary data can be found from existing sources like books, journals, statistics, or survey results. You must know if your head is primary or secondary, as this will have an impact on its usage.
Research is an effective means of identifying and solving problems. It involves several steps, such as determining what data is needed, collecting that data, analyzing it, and using its results to make decisions – this process is vital to both academics and business professionals alike.
An effective way to gauge the depth of any research is to examine its in-text citations and bibliography. This helps demonstrate whether or not the study is credible and genuine, using multiple sources for its conduct.
Also essential in research paper data analysis techniques is checking their quality. This involves using appropriate tools, techniques, and methods, as well as making sure it’s contextually relevant to users – for instance if researching different brands of cell phones, it would be helpful to examine which model was the most durable with minimal crashes – this knowledge can then help reduce customer returns through identification and resolution of technical issues.
A research paper’s references section is an ideal way to assess its depth, as it reflects both research efforts and sources used in its creation. A well-rounded reference list should contain various sources organized logically with professional design features and incorporate both in-text citations and bibliographies for additional depth indicators.
One way to begin the evaluation process is by studying paratextual material such as prefaces, introductions, and tables of contents. This will provide an understanding of a study’s scope and intended audience, as well as help you comprehend the author’s arguments and perspectives.
Assessing a research’s depth can also be done through its title, abstract, rationale, research questions, methods of data collection analysis, and peer review – these components of a complete research study all reflect high-quality practices and should all reflect high-quality practices of high-quality studies published in reputable journals are more likely to be accurate and trustworthy.


I just sent this email to email@example.com. I hope I get an answer; I will let you know. The files I mention in the first sentence will appear at the end of the quoted material.
I attach two files. One is an image of a search for anyone with the name Hoover in Wood Co. Ohio (1880 U.S.Census) The second is the results list… notice how far down you have to read to get the first Wood Co. hit.
The results display is not helpful, but more to the point… it makes no sense. Why would the Wood Co. Ohio lists not float to the top?
My suggestion: tell searchers the order in which the search results display AND give users the option of sorting results by column. e.g. by birthdate or by name or by location.
In this case, sorting by location is problematic because of the thousands of results, I’d have to find OHIO, Wood Co…. so it would also be helpful to allow users to restrict results. I might want to restrict to place name includes Ohio Wood Co. but I might also want to restrict to place name includes Ohio, as I might want to look at other counties of interest also.
But something has to be done to help us make better use of search results.
July 2013 a FindMyPast posted a news article announcing a partnership with the Allen County Public Library that would result in PERSI being added to the FindMyPast website.
PERSI (Periodical Source Index) is an invaluable index to thousands of genealogy related periodicals. It indexes titles, not full text, but through PERSI you can find articles that have a personal name,a location or a topic in the title. The announcement promises that “Findmypast.com subscribers will be able to search and view digitized images of the articles, allowing unprecedented access to the information contained in these periodicals.” (bolding mine)
Currently you can search PERSI at any library that owns the set of paper volumes (only current through the mid 1990′s) or online through Heritage Quest, a database that which is offered only through libraries. At this time the online index covers periodicals published as late as mid 2009. Many libraries subscribe to Heritage Quest; all Michigan residents have access through MEL (as well as your public library) and access is available at Family History Centers. (PERSI used to be available on Ancestry.com, but that is no longer the case. )
If you find an article you want to read, you can use a mail-in order form to get a copy from the Allen Co. Public Library. How wonderful to have a subscription that allows you to click through to an online image of the article. I decided to check into the status of this project.
An email to FindMyPast resulted in assurances that the database is one they hope to add in the future and advice to watch their news blog or social media for an announcement. I also emailed the Allen County Public Library’s reference staff and their reply was along the same lines, but included the encouraging words “very close to launching the index” and the very reasonable explanation that links to any given article will depend on having permission from the publisher.
Oh dear… another subscription to consider. In the past I ignored FindMyPast because I do little UK work. Even though it has U.S. content, there was not enough to make it a necessity. Will this change my mind? I’m going to wait and see what appears. A very nice feature of FindMyPast is that you can search for free, pay through a subscription or as you find items you want. So it will be easy to test it out.
After yesterday’s post I wondered if I could find a more efficient way to find helpful LibGuides than looking for them on each library’s web site. A quick Google check and I found that there is a LibGuides Community site that allows you to “search and explore 404,761 guides by 63,016 librarians at 4516 libraries worldwide!” Yes!
The problem in front of me this morning: Find a newspaper from Long Beach (California) publishing in 1975. I put in the search words Long Beach Newspapers and this LibGuide topped the list: Long Beach And Local History — with a Tab to a whole page on Long Beach newspapers. The library site that houses this LibGuide is University of California — Long Beach.
This was one of several hits. A little further down the list is a University of Pennsylvania LibGuide: Historical Newspapers by State — a guide that will be helpful in the future, even though it is not specific to this query.
I found no explanation of how the search works, but from experimenting determined that it is best to use search words with no quotation marks. It finds the words anywhere on the same page, of course, but putting quotation marks on the term brought up some odd results.
I am optimistic that this site is going to help me locate some very helpful LibGuides as I continue my research. Thank heaven for libraries and librarians !
I found* this online today: a Bowling Green State University LibGuide: Historical Canadian Newspapers Online. It has dozens of links to both national and local historical newspapers in Canada. Thank you Bowling Green State University!
“LibGuides” is software that libraries use to prepare Guides for their students and it is not unusual to find at least one or two of interest to genealogists on the website of any large library. If you see a link to LibGuides on a library website, check it out.
* How did I find this scoop? Sometimes I read Cyndi’s List Browse New Links page links to new and not yet categorized links. This was on the January 4, 2014 list.
I’ve been working with FamilySearch digital images online and my conclusion is this: if I want to do research on material in the film beyond a quick check of one item, I will order the film.
It is cumbersome to go back and forth; I have some trouble with pages not loading, especially after I’ve viewed several pages. If I happen to move my fingers wrong on the touch pad the screen moves. Some pages aren’t in the correct order.
In the end, I tend to find what I want and not try to get much more information from the source — which is poor research technique.
I used to think microfilm was an unfriendly media, but to tell the truth, I think I prefer it to digital images on a viewer.
This problem is not limited to FamilySearch. Some online viewers are better than others, but on the whole, I can do more with the information if I have the film.
I finished updating the page “Free Websites for Genealogists” Hope you find it useful.
I spend a lot of time trying to keep up with what is on the web, so I purchased and downloaded Michael Hait’s .pdf book: Online State Resources for the Genealogist. Not long after, in the midst of preparing a presentation on finding free genealogy information on the web, I had a chance to test it out.
A big thumbs up. That’s the end of my review. Shouldn’t I say more? No –it’s not necessary; there are already at least three reviews of this 3rd edition of the book. All describe it very nicely and I agree with their positive comments. Here they are:
As always, when reading a blog, also read the comments. The often add useful information. And to keep current on updates, view the Facebook page based on the book and/or describe to Michael Hait’s blog: Online State Resources for Genealogy
I read and commented on this interesting blog post: Locked Behind University Walls: the Database Quandary. I hope you will read this post and the comments. James Tanner, the author of the blog Genealogy’s Star, has been practicing law for 38 years. I was a librarian for 39 years. We share an interest in two areas that either confuse or are ignored by a number of people — copyright and digital content in library databases.
Libraries have subscriptions to a great number of databases that are of interest to genealogists and not available through personal subscription. Two examples very familiar to genealogists are AncestryLibrary Edition (although personal subscriptions to Ancestry.com are available) and Heritage Quest. (Both of these are available to libraries from ProQuest)
Examples of the many others that can be very useful to genealogists include:
- J-Stor (full access) (description)
- Lexis-Nexis. Records of Southern Ante-Bellum Plantations from the Revolution through the Civil War (description)
- LLMC Digital provides digital access to primary legal materials, including early statutes and court reports from the U.S. and around the world (titles)
- ProQuest. American Periodical Series (description)
- ProQuest. Civil War Era (description)
- ProQuest. Digital Sanborn Maps 1867-1970 (description) and Digital Sanborn Maps Geo Edition (description)
- ProQuest Historical Map Works, Library Edition (description)
- ProQuest. Historical Newspapers (description)
- ProQuest. Obituaries (description)
- Readex. America’s Historical Imprints (description of the several collections that comprise this set)
- Readex. America’s Historical Newspapers (description of the several collections that comprise this set)
- Readex. Hispanic American Newspapers 1808-1980 (description)
Does your library subscribe to any of these? Or others that might be useful? Talk to a reference librarian at the library to find out how to discover what digital collections are available. However, most smaller or medium size public libraries subscribe to none or very few of these collections. They are too expensive and not of interest to the majority of the library’s patron base. But….
Large (very large) libraries — public, academic, archives and state libraries– will often subscribe to at least a few of them. Usually remote access is available only if you are a member of that library’s patron base, for example a student at a university library. However if you are in the library, access is available on site. So it may be worth a trip to use these databases and a large library near you.
If you plan on doing that, you will want to do a little homework. Large libraries have large catalogs and websites and often it is difficult to identify what electronic resources are available. Contact a reference librarian at the library for a little tutorial on how to learn what is available at the library and how you might access databases of interest.
Remember: when in doubt, ask a librarian!
A site called Elephind.com – it searches free, online newspaper content. Not the subscriptions, but those disperse digital collections that are available from a wide variety of providers.
It searches almost 2,000 titles from 5 countries and 15 websites. That is NOT all the free newspaper content on the web. For example, it doesn’t search the wonderful Fulton History site, which contains over 26 million pages of historical New York newspapers. So don’t count on it to catch everything.
The site says they are adding newspapers everyday and it is very clearly laid out, so it is easy to tell what sites are being searched and from there, to find lists of newspapers being searched.
I’m switching from Blogspot to WordPress. For past entries see my old blog at genealogyetc.blogspot.com The very first thing you will notice is that I am not a very constant blogger — the last entry there was in 2011 and it is now almost 2014.
I am going to try to do better.
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2021 Virtual Fall Conference
Present at the Fall OCTE Conference!
Proposals are now being accepted for workshops at our Fall 2021 Conference Series.
For our fall conference, OCTE is using the NCTE theme “Equity, Justice, and Anti-racist Teaching.” Like NCTE, we'll be using this theme to examine our own classroom approaches to social justice.
We invite you to share ways that you have approached Equity, Justice, and Anti-racist Teaching in your own classroom or school.
All presentations will be virtual. We will be meeting Wednesdays after school in October by Zoom.
Proposals for 50-minute virtual workshops or 10-minute poster sessions on approaches to genres, authors, and titles, as well as on writing narratives, are welcome from current and retired teachers, graduate students, and librarians.
The deadline is July 31, 2021. Send your proposals in today!


Excessive consumption of alcohol, spicy foods, cold drinks, non-veg food etc. may cause ulcers loss of appetite, headache, general weakness, hyper Acidity and indigestion etc.
Allopathic medication fails to provide permanent cure of above problems.
The procudure provided in this DVD helps one to eliminate all types of stomach ailments, also provides a way for healthy and happy life.
Format : DVD 9 (NTSC) All Region
Pack of : 1 DVD
Language : English / Hindi
Duration : 131 Min. Approx.


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Mexican food is the culture of the country, so colorful, rich, stimulating and so festive - no wonder the food is so well known and appreciated all over the world. You have to understand that food is a very important aspect of the way of life for any Mexican. From producing to purchasing and preparing to eating, families in Mexico pass on recipes from generation to generation – a treasured way of life... As you will find out, traditional Mexican cuisine is made of three main ingredients, which have been cultivated in Mexico for many centuries. People learned to grow so many different varieties of corn, beans, and chilies making these ingredients form the pillars of traditional Mexican gastronomy.
So let’s discover this exciting cuisine with some fantastic recipes from this cook book, which will illustrate the diversity of flavors, textures and cooking methods that make Mexican food so fascinating and delicious.
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FatFs Library Port for Stellaris EK-LM3S811 Evaluation Board
I have written a port of the ELM-FatFs Generic FAT File System Module for the TI Stellaris EK-LM3S811 Evaluation board which runs on an ARM Cortex-M3 processor. The library is extensively used when connecting SD Cards to embedded systems. It is freely available under the GNU License.
It consists of a File I/O layer and Disk I/O Layer in which the former is constant across all platforms while the latter is specific to a micro-controller.
Disk I/O layer specifies the board pins, clocks and timers which are to be used. The board pins I have used are:
- SSIClk (Pad No. Eight) connected to SCK Pin of SD Card.
- SSIRx (Pad No. Ten) connected to DO of SD Card.
- SSITx (Pad No. Eleven) connected to DI of SD Card.
- PC4 (Pad No. Five) connected to CS of SD Card.
Steps to use the files in your project.
- Copy all the files in to your project folder.
- Include the “ff.h” and “diskio.h” header files in your code.
- Refer the ELM – FatFs library reference for writing your program in “main.c”.
- Compile the program.