Naadi forecast is that branch of Hindu astrology through which predictions are made of individuals from palm-leaf manuscripts. Hand written on palm-leaves, these contain records of the past, present and future of numerous individuals, born anywhere in the world. Naadi is a collective name given to these manuscripts. It is believed that the contents of these palm leaves are dictated by ancient sages such as Agastya, Bhrugu, Shukra, Vasistha and others. There are several volumes of such palm-leaf manuscripts available in various parts of India and these volumes are categorized with respect to the sages i.e. Agastya Naadi, Bhrugu Naadi.
The person who reads from the palm-leaves is known as Naadi-reader. Many volumes of palm-leaf manuscripts are available in Tamilnadu and these are written in old Tamil script, in running strokes. A Naadi-reader should not only be well versed in reading this old Tamil script but also be capable of interpreting the writings. We will here see how the reading is done on the basis of the my own experience.
Typically, Naadi manuscripts are about 10 to 12 inchs in length and one-and-half inches in width. The matter is written in continuous old Tamil strokes in about 8 lines by means of nails or sharp objects(as was the custom in ancient days). The first step is to provide the thumb impression (right thumb for gents and left thumb for ladies) of the questioner(who seeks to know the predictions). The reader will read the thumb impression and find out under which sage category the questioner falls and then will try to locate the particulars of the questioner from the corresponding sage’s collection of manuscripts. Mine fell under sage Agastya’s collection. The reader will commence reading from the leaf and, as he reads, pose a few questions like whether the questioner’s name starts with m, n or I, whether the name contains five letters, whether parents are alive. According to the correctness of the answers, the reader will narrow down the correct palm-leaf that belongs to the questioner. Once the correct palm-leaf manuscript is found then the predictions start. When you go for the first time you will be read from the general chapter which deals with the general particulars about you and your family and general predictions. Usually, the first time visitor will come to know of the following particulars:
1. Visitor’s name (this in fact will written in coded form and the reader has to decipher it. For e.g. if a person’s name is Vishnu, the manuscript may denote this by stating that the visitor’s name matches with the god who carries conch and wheel in his hand).
2. Age of the visitor at the time of seeking this prediction. Date of birth. Here again one may find mention about the auspicious occasion on the day of birth. For instance, the visitor had born on the day of Ganesha Jayanti, he find mention about this in the manuscript.
3. The visitor’s who birth chart.
4. Name of the visitor’s father, mother, how many sisters or brothers, whether the visitor is married or not, whether sisters/brothers married or not, whether the parents are alive.
5. General predictions about future like how prosperous the visitor will be, whether he/she will have any health problem and something about the carrier.
If you want to know about anything specific like your past birth, your future in detail then you may be directed to see other chapters in other volumes after performing some pooja.
In my case, the following information came true:
1. My name, my father’s name, mother’s name and details about my sisters.
2. Date of birth, and the age when I sought to read Naadi
3. Demise of my father in an accident.
4. Information that I was not married at that point in time and would get married to a girl whose name would in three letters(in Tamil), who would be from south, known through common friend and she would be employed after marriage. All these came true!!
I did not opt for reading other chapters from other volumes(though I was directed to perform a pooja for Ganesha to know other details about me). Naadi reader read aloud that was written in the manuscript and whatever the Naadi-reader read from it was recorded in a cassette tape and the same was also written down in a notebook. A sample of what would be written in the notebook is produced below:
Now, is not that amazing? It is a mystery that how the details of everyone dead and alive were predicted many many years ago, and the records have been maintained till now. How is it possible? It is left to one’s imagination and one can only form some hypothetical theory as no research has been done on this(or if any research has been done nothing has been revealed). When I discussed this with my friends so many theories came up. One was that someone with the same name and history details lived at the time the manuscript was created by the sage and the same would apply for every individual. So the sages created a database and preserved it for future generations. Another theory was that the sages had divine power to look into the lives of each and every individual and thus recorded their particulars. But for what purpose?


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Vaishnavi was the first student with a very visible physical impairment to join Modern. Keen as the then Principal, Mr. Bloud, was to support Vaishnavi and her parents, he was more than a little concerned if the school would be a safe-enough environment for her.
Vaishnavi had Cerebral Palsy and limited and restricted limb functionality. She had a slightly unsteady gait and needed walking support for mobility. However, what did not match with all this fragility and inability was her smile! She had an infectious smile that endeared her to her classmates almost immediately. The unconditional acceptance and sense of equity with which her classmates and the rest of the school accepted her as just another member of the student population, was a stamp of approval for the school’s rapidly progressing philosophy of inclusion.
The teachers- most of whom had never interacted with students with significant challenges, soon learnt to modify lesson plans and assessments to match Vaishnavi’s needs. Soon Vaishnavi’s physical challenges became quite irrelevant- in that it did not define her, nor did it stop the school for setting high expectations for Vaishnavi to achieve. But the most important thing that stood out in all this was the indomitable spirit and invincible strength of Vaishnavi and her parents who literally took on an academic system forcing a review of practices and systems that had become the norm. The school was happy to support them in this endeavour.
After she completed Grade 12, Vaishnavi worked for around five and a half years in her Alma Mater as Assistant Librarian before she resigned to go back to India with her parents. Her simple philosophy struck me as profound when she told me the other day that she was pursuing higher studies in Travel and Tourism as a new way of visiting places that may be physically challenging to reach. However, she has decided to visit them in a way that is unique to her, but no less fulfilling in any way! This ability to carve a way for herself with quiet dignity is one of the many things I admire about this girl, who I was lucky to have as one of my students!
Written by Prabha Hari – Counsellor (Grades 9-12)


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Complete opposites, Charlotte and Jonny have been best friends since they were children. Now, as college students on the eve of graduation, they toy around with taking their friendship romantic. Or not. Why decide? After all, neither is sure they are even attracted to the other (plus, Charlotte thinks she might be really attracted to the ultra-cool Claire). Meanwhile, Charlotte‘s parents, an unlikely couple themselves, push the kids for a definition even while their own relationship founders. Gradually, secrets and truths emerge as playing grown-up turns into actually growing up.
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So you’ve booked a family trip to England, or perhaps you are holding out for our British Wellness Journey (coming soon!), and the anticipation is killing you! The kids can hardly wait, and ask you over and over, “How many more weeks?” What do you and the family do with all that excitement?
Our family loves to read books or listen to music from our destination. It gives us something to pour all our excitement into as we wait, but it also helps us establish our relationship with destinations we visit, thereby deepening the experience. For example, when we visited California years ago, we read books about the Spanish missions and the gold rush. Or before heading to the Alps, we read Heidi, and became familiar with Wagner’s musical compositions.
In 2019, our family turned our eyes to the rolling hills and dramatic moors of Yorkshire, England. We spent two months in the UK, with Yorkshire as our home base. Beforehand, we spent months reading and getting the kids acquainted (and ourselves reacquainted) with where we were headed. We hope the resources listed below will help your own family develop a relationship with Yorkshire — and perhaps one day you, too, will have a chance to visit this stunning region of England with us!
Treasury for Children
Lovely farmyard stories from Yorkshire’s most famous veterinarian. Herriot also authored All Creatures Great & Small — you can watch episodes of the TV series based (loosely) on the book. I grew up on Herriot’s heartwarming stories!
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Beware, the book opens with the deaths of a little girl’s parents. Our young children took it in stride, and it opened a space to discuss such a difficult topic together as a family. Notice how the main characters, children, find the magic of connection within an outdoor garden setting, where nature greets them.
The Iron Man
The 1999 animated movie “The Iron Giant” is based on this 1960’s sci-fi. Consider watching it after reading!
What family doesn’t love adventure? Based loosely on a true story of an 18th century castaway, this book follows the adventures of Hull-born fictional hero Robinson Crusoe. (Traveler’s Tip: Hull is still a bustling port city today, and you can take overnight trips to destinations such as Brugges and Amsterdam from here on P&O Ferries!)
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Enjoy Alice’s antics in the zany world of Wonderland!
This one is my favorite novels from the Bronte sisters, followed closely by Jane Eyre. My copy of this book is dog-eared and well-loved. It is largely autobiographical. (Traveler’s Tip: Plan a visit to the Bronte Parsonage Museum in Haworth during your next trip. The village and museum are charming!)
Dickens’ fictitious school Dotheboys Hall, where Nicolas becomes an apprentice, is based in Yorkshire. Expect, as in all Dickens novels, children to be exposed to some harsh realities of life during his time. But again, our family welcomes these kinds of conversations, so that we can help the kids navigate it all when it comes to them or to others they love.
North & South
I adore Elizabeth Gaskell, a contemporary and friend of Dickens. In this romance, you will encounter the prejudices between the South of England and the North, as well as the challenges of labor and social structure during the Industrial Revolution. Yorkshire history is steeped in the cotton and wool textile industry. The fictional city of Milton, where the contemptuous, nouveau riche John Thornton’s cotton mill is located, is based on the city of Manchester.
This iconic novel was inspired by the ruins of Whitby Abbey. Perched atop a seaside cliff, on gloomy days it is easy to see how these brooding ruins brought such a chilling horror story to life! (Traveler’s Tip: If you’re able, climb the 199 steps from Whitby’s town to the ruins — you will encounter breathtaking views of the coastline and town!)
Learn about the War of Roses through England’s most beloved playwright!
The Journals of James Cook
Cook was a naval officer, explorer, and cartographer famous for mapping throughout the Pacific Ocean. He learned his naval skills in Whitby, Yorkshire, where today his statue stands overlooking the sea. (Traveler’s Tip: From the clifftop park where you find Cook’s statue, begin heading down the cliffside staircase and see if you can find the little walking tunnel that runs through the cliffside. You’ll encounter the most stunning view of Whitby Abbey and the East Cliff from here.)
The above is just a short list. We encourage you to discover the many more books that have emerged from this dramatic region of England. Happy travels, from our family to yours!
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The Alchemist is the magical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who wants to travel in search of an extravagant treasure. From his home in Spain he journeys to the markets of Tangiers and across the Egyptian desert to a fateful encounter with the alchemist. The story of the treasures he finds on his journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, learning to read the signs along life’s path, and, above all, following our dreams.
Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With powerful insights and spot on anecdotes, Covey reveals a pathway for living with fairness, integrity, service, and human dignity–principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.
Tolle takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In writing about enlightenment, he introduces you to it’s natural enemy, your mind. He goes further by showing readers how to live in the present moment.
Kiyosaki tackles the “financial literacy” that’s never addressed in schools. He had two father figures growing up. One who struggled paycheck to paycheck for a lifetime whom he called “poor dad” and the other who was a multimillionaire eighth grade dropout he lovingly calls “rich dad”. The concept behind the book is that rich people have money work for them while the poor work for money. This is a must read to change anyone’s negative belief system on money or to further your understanding on how money can work for you.
This is one of the most timeless self help books ever written. Carnegie believed that most successes come from an ability to communicate effectively versus brilliant insights. This book teaches these skills by showing you how to value people and help them feel appreciated rather than manipulated.
When a book opens with “Life is difficult”, you know it’s going to wake you up and provide you with some candid lessons. His timeless voice in The Road Less Traveled continues to help us explore the nature of loving relationships and leads us toward a new peace and fulfillment. You will learn how to distinguish dependency from love; how to become a more sensitive parent; and ultimately how to become one’s own true self.
Hill was one of the first ever self help authors, and his books are incredibly relevant today. Think and Grow Rich condenses his laws of success and provides you with 13 principles of personal achievement. It is noted that an individual with desire, faith, and persistence can reach great success by eliminating all negative energy and thoughts and focusing at the greater goals in hand.
This self help book is rooted in traditional Toltec wisdom, four agreements in life are essential steps on the path to personal freedom. As beliefs are transformed through keeping these agreements, shamanic teacher don Miguel Ruiz asserts lives will “become filled with grace, peace, and unconditional love.”
This is considered a classic self-help book that inspired future books on the law of attraction. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person. James Allen reveals how our thoughts determine reality. He shows you how you can master your thoughts to create the life you want instead of simply drifting through life unaware of the inner forces that keep us held in failure and frustration.
This self help book has riveted generations of readers with its descriptions of life in Nazi death camps and its lessons for spiritual survival. Frankl argues that we cannot avoid suffering but we can choose how to cope with it, find meaning in it, and move forward with renewed purpose. He holds that our primary drive in life is not pleasure but the discovery and pursuit of what we find meaningful.
As one of America’s most gifted speakers/authors in motivation, the late Zig Ziglar shares the secrets of climbing the stairway to personal success. He presents a proven program of self-development based upon the foundation of a winning self-image.
In the rain forests of Peru, an ancient manuscript was discovered. It includes 9 key insights on life. Drawing on ancient wisdom, it shows you how to make connections among the current events in your life and let’s you see what is going to happen to you in the future. This book can help you understand why you are where you are in life and align you with a new optimism for your future.
Dr. Peale shows you 10 simple rules to obtain confidence, 3 proven secrets for vigor, 5 techniques to overcome defeat and much, much more. This book proves that an attitude can change lives, win success in all things, and overcome obstacles.
Originally published in 1910, this book takes the mystery out of wealth accumulation and breaks it down into a scientific formula. The text is divided into 17 quick, no nonsense chapters that show you how to oconquer mental barriers, and how creation, not competition, is the true key to attracting wealth.
Chopra’s teachings are summed up in 7 simple principles which can be applied to all areas of your personal life to create success. Chopra’s basic premise is that personal understanding and harmony promote fulfilling relationships and material abundance without extra effort. Each of the chapters provide specifics on how to achieve it.
Millions of people all over the world have improved their lives using this book. Schwartz will help you sell better, lead more effectively, earn more money, and (this is a big one) find more happiness and peace of mind.He proves that you don’t need innate talent to achieve massive success but you do need to understand the habit of thinking and behaving in ways that get you there.
We’ve all got fears which is why I love this book! Whatever your fear, here is your chance to push through it once and for all. You’ll discover how to move from victim to creator, the 10-step process to turn off the negative talk in your head and how to create more meaning in your life by overcoming those fears.
Tony Robbins is famous for his motivational speaking but this is, by far, one of the best self help books of all time. Robbins shows you his most effective strategies and techniques for mastering your emotions, your body, your relationships, your finances, and your life through a step-by-step program teaching self-mastery that enables you to discover your true purpose, take control of your life and harness the forces that shape your destiny.
This isn’t your typical book on intention. Dyer has researched intention as a force in the universe that allows the act of creation to take place. This book explores intention—not as something you do—but as an energy you’re a part of. We’re all intended here through the invisible power of intention. He’s the first in our industry to look at intention as a field of energy that you can access to begin co-creating your life with the power of intention.
Don’t overlook this book because it’s #20 on my Top 20 Best Self Help Books of all time list. I’ve recommended this book to many friends and family members who’s lives have been changed dramatically as a result of reading this book. Self doubt? Read this book. In secure about anything? Read this book. I’m sure you get the idea.
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Over the past 15 years or so, I have saved certain articles, or bits of information I found interesting, along the way. Perhaps there is something in there that will be helpful for others? I have credited the original source(s), where known.
Of all of the info I have saved through the years, this is the most referenced for me. It is a compilation of numerous posts, from various makers, in a couple of different forums. For shakuhachi makers, I feel there is some valuable info here. As I remember, Ken, Toby and Perry were the major contributors, though there might be comments from others, as well.
Let's Make the Shakuhachi
By John Kaizan Neptune. This article is an abridgment from the Japanese magazine “Woody Hands” on John Neptune’s shakuhachi making.
Making the Japanese Shakuhachi Flute
Very informative tips and techniques on shakuhachi making by Ken LaCosse, Mujitsu Shakuhachi.
The Magic Bamboo
“The Magic Bamboo of the Japanese Shakuhachi” – by Thomas Allocca. A great, general overview of the shakuhachi realm.
A compilation of various breathing techniques and recommendations, from a variety of sources.


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Tanabata, also known as the “star festival”, takes place on the 7th day of the 7th month of the year, when, according to a Chinese legend, the two stars Altair and Vega, which are usually separated from each other by the milky way, are able to finally meet (according to legend, this day really commemorates the romantic story of two lovers represented by the stars Vega and Altair.)
Tanabata originated from a Chinese legend called Qixi and was brought to Japan in the 8th century. This is the story of two lovers. Princess Orihime, the seamstress, wove beautiful clothes by the heavenly river, represented by the Milky Way. Because Orihime worked so hard weaving beautiful clothes, she became sad and despaired of ever finding love. Her father, who was a God of the heavens, loved her dearly and arranged for her to meet Hikoboshi, the cow herder who lived on the other side of the Milky Way. The two fell in love instantly and married. Their love and devotion was so deep that Orihime stopped weaving and Hikoboshi allowed his cows to wander the heavens.
Orihime’s father became angry and forbade the lovers to be together, but Orihime pleaded with him to allow them to stay. He loved his daughter, so he decreed that the two star-crossed lovers could meet once a year–on the 7th day of the 7th month if Orihime returned to her weaving. On the first day they were to be reunited, they found the river (Milky Way) to be too difficult to cross. Orihime became so despondent that a flock of magpies came and made a bridge for her. It is said that if it rains on Tanabata, the magpies will not come, and the two lovers must wait another year to be reunited, so Japanese always wish for good weather on Tanabata. There are many variations of this story, but this version is the most widely held. (Source)
One popular Tanabata custom is to write one’s wishes on a piece of paper, and hang that piece of paper on a specially erected bamboo tree, in the hope that the wishes become true. Children and adults write their wishes on narrow strips of colored paper and hang them, along with other paper ornaments, on bamboo branches placed in the backyards or entrances of their homes. They then pray hard that their wishes will come true.
Colorful Tanabata festivals are held across Japan in early July and August. Among the biggest and most famous ones are the Tanabata Festivals of Sendai in August and Hiratsuka near Tokyo in July. In Tokyo, most people now decorate bamboo branches with just the narrow strips of paper that carry their wishes.
Do you want to know more about Tanabata? Here are some recommendations:
- Travel Rakuten
- Japan Suite
- Japan Visitor
- About Japan
- The Japan Guy
- Youtube (The Sendai Tanabata Festival)
- Youtube 仙台七夕まつり 東北の夏祭り Sendai Tanabata Festival 仙台観光 日本の夏まつり
- Jnto: Japan
- Japan Lover Me
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Assignment: check the assignments for this week, and complete by Monday Oct. 21, 5pm.
Tue Oct. 22: Tea and Japan
- Reflecting on the chanoyu experience
- Surak, Kristin. Making Tea, Making Japan : Cultural Nationalism in Practice. Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, 2013. (PDF)
- (Selection pp. 79-87 from chapter 2: “Creating Tea: The National Transformation of a Cultural Practice”)
- Use this google doc to look at the structure of the assigned section: how does the author build her argument by shaping the structure and paragraphs of the text? Bring your filled out worksheet to class.
- What are the connections between this text and last week’s selection from Okakura? How does Surak’s explanation help you understand Okakura’s text in a different light?
- If you have questions (e.g. historical background, obscure references), you can post them on the pad.
Thu. Oct. 24: Sen Rikyu
- Sadler, A. L. Cha-No-Yu : The Japanese Tea Ceremony. Rutland, Vt.: C.E. Tuttle, 1977. First published 1933 by J.L Thompson & Co. (PDF) (I have extracted the text and placed it in a PDF file, the page numbers from the original book are indicated between [ ].)
- This is a selection of poems and rules about tea (and chanoyu) from Sen Rikyu, widely venerated as the inventor of the “tea ceremony” (chanoyu) in Japan.
- Use your preferred method of analysis (The Method, paraphrase, paraphrase x3 etc) to gain a deeper understanding of this text, and bring your reading notes to class.


Okay, I've searched for answers both here and on Google and found nothing, so I thought I'd ask here instead. I hate the music choices on this game and I thought you could add your own music to the playlist library, but I don't know where to find it. The Gallery menu doesn't seem to have the option there and I can't find a library folder anywhere in the Konami folders. Could anyone talk me through this? If I have to listen to the Klaxons or the Stereophonics again, I'm liable to go mad.


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Ragtime (alternatively spelled rag-time or rag time) is a musical genre that enjoyed its peak popularity between 1895 and 1918. Its main characteristic trait is its syncopated, or "ragged," rhythm. It began as dance music in the red-light districts of African American communities in St. Louis and New Orleans years before being published as popular sheet music for piano. Ernest Hogan was an innovator and key pioneer who helped develop the musical genre, and is credited with coining the term ragtime. Ragtime was also a modification of the march made popular by John Philip Sousa, with additional polyrhythms coming from African music. The ragtime composer Scott Joplin became famous through the publication in 1899 of the "Maple Leaf Rag" and a string of ragtime hits such as "The Entertainer" that followed, although he was later forgotten by all but a small, dedicated community of ragtime aficionados until the major ragtime revival in the early 1970s. For at least 12 years after its publication, the "Maple Leaf Rag" heavily influenced subsequent ragtime composers with its melody lines, harmonic progressions or metric patterns.


Using NMEAP with an 8-bit ATmega
I’ve been using the NMEAP library by David Howard for parsing GPS sentences for a project with an ATmega 1280. It’s a wonderful library, but it runs into problems decoding UTC timestamps on 8-bit architectures like the 1280. I found a fix and thought I would share.
In the function:
int nmeap_gpgga(nmeap_context_t *context,nmeap_sentence_t *sentence)
gga->time = atoi(context->token);
sscanf(context->token, "%"SCNu32, &gga->time);
What’s basically happening is that the AVR implementation of atoi will overflow UTC times past 6:55:36 on 8-bit architectures. (Since I was working on this during an all-nighter, the fact that my code stopped working at 7 AM was quite annoying.) You have to use sscanf to specify a 32-bit result — even though gga->time is already defined as a long, the definition of long varies based on the architecture. The best way to be sure is to look at AVRinttypes.h and use something like int32_t in your own code. Hope this helps.


12 Lesson Bible Study
Glad To Be In GOD's House
Pastors, whether it is you or another individual appointed by you that teaches the new converts, Glad To Be In GOD's House, 12 Lesson Bible Study, is a must. It is a quality Apostolic Bible Study. Below are samples of over 500 PowerPoint slides used in this series, to give the visual affect needed in helping individuals and the church in remembering the critical information conveyed in these Apostolic Bible Studies. They were also created to encourage more in-depth study into the Word of GOD. The artistic and picturesque photos and renderings give quality to an already interesting series. You may also find Glad To Be In GOD’s House a study that can be useful in teaching the entire church body, including seasoned saints. The author, also a pastor, taught it to the entire church, expanding on the subject matter.
Glad To Be In GOD's House can also be used in the home as a devotional guide (not to replace your Bibles) for Apostolics. The lessons pinpoint specific subject matter critical in our serving a HOLY GOD. There could never be enough said about the need of proper guidance and instruction given in our homes. Training our children and grandchildren properly is a must.
This Apostolic "Glad To Be In GOD's House" Bible Study Series, brings to you many years of experience and study. Each study was written in a easy to understand manner for both the teacher and student. Many of the slides speak volumes in themselves. The outlines at the end of each chapter are meant to help all in recalling the specifics of the lessons. The questions and answers will help in clarifying specific points, and in turn will pique the interest of the student even further. The Apostolic Bible Study, Glad To Be In GOD's House has been written and designed to encourage further and deeper study.


HENRY4 MAXFIELD (Samuel3, John2-1) was born at Salisbuty, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 17 February 1743/4 a son of Samuel Maxfield and his wife Jemima Eaton. He died after the conception of his last child, 1772, and before the death of his wife, 1781, who at death was called a widow. He married at Haverhill, Essex County, Massachusetts, on 20 August 1765 HANNAH BOATMAN. She died at Salisbury on February 1781.
When Henry was nine years old, on 16 September 1753, he and his four younger siblings were baptized at Second Church (Congreegational), Salisbury.
Henry Maxfield fought in the French and Indian War, serving at two times. He served most of 1760, from 29 February to 4 December, under Capt. Joseph Smith of Rowley. Then from 11 May 1761 to 6 January 1762 he was a Private in Capt. Henry Young Brown's company.
Samual Maxfield and Hannah Boatman married at First Parish Church (Congregational) of Haverhill, on 20 August 1765. They lived at Salisbury, where they had four children, all girls, from 1767 to 1772. At least one child died in infancy. No further record of the children has been found. Widow Hannah (Boatman) Maxfield died at Salisbury on February 1781.
Henry Maxfield and his wife Hannah Boatman had the following children:
1Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849 (Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915), 152.
2"Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850," database, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org: accessed 2012), Vital Records of Haverhill, MA 2:217.
3Vital Records of Salisbury, 586.
4David W. Hoyt, The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982), 443.
5George Wingate Chase, The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts (Haverhill, MA: by the author, 1861, reprint, Somersworth, NH: Haverhill Historical Society, 1983), 357, 359.
6Vital Records of Salisbury, 152.
Chase, George Wingate. The History of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Haverhill, MA: by the author, 1861, reprint, Somersworth, NH: Haverhill Historical Society, 1983.
French, Harry Dana. Descendants of John Maxfield of Salisbury, Mass. New Hampshire Historical Society Library, Concord, NH, about 1952.
Hoyt, David W. The Old Families of Salisbury and Amesbury, Massachusetts. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1982.
"Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850." Database. New England Historic Genealogical Society. American Ancestors. americanancestors.org: 2012.
Vital Records of Salisbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. Topsfield, MA: Topsfield Historical Society, 1915.
Wright, Elizabeth. "John Maxfield of Salisbury, Massachusetts, 1652, and Some of His Descendants." The Nebraska and Midwest Genealogical Record (1928–1930): 6:52-56; 7:20-24, 42-47, 61-71, 87-96; 8:15-22.
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“Notes and Documents —From 1727 TO 1879”
This was the first work on the de Chazal Family, published in 1910
One hundred and twenty five copies were published at the expense of Régis de Chazal who generously gave them to the Family and made them available to those who had an interest. Compiled by René de Chazal, it consisted of a compilation of all the correspondence, before, during and after the French Revolution; principally between François, Pierre and Toussaint.
Few examples of this work have survived the past one hundred years; furthermore we have no idea if the letters forming the basis of the work still exist.
Twenty five copies of this first edition have been reproduced. The printing methods used at the time have been respected. Numbered from one to twenty five they are beautifully bound in leather. To make enquiry about this edition please contact Jean Pierre de Chazal in Mauritius
It would be fitting if we could enter some notes and photographs of René, concerning his life in India and elsewhere on the de Chazal Website, also of his brother Louis.
These notes and documents have been made commercially available, published in 2014 by L’Harmattan France, at 27 Euros, ISBN; 978-2-343-02938-2.under the title
“Correspondance de la famille de Chazal 1767-1879”
With comments and annotations by Christophe Chabert
Christophe Chabert has reproduced all the original text much enhanced by the initial pages giving the context of the letter writers—their genealogy and connection to the family.
For Chabert it was important that these notes be made available because “it gives an understanding of an époque, a social class, a human adventure—that of colonisation—intimately connecting French and Mauritian history. Following the destinies of individuals, light is shed on the Ancien Regime, the French Revolution, the rise of colonialism and the importance of the sugar industry”.
The transcription of “Notes et Documents” is enhanced by footnotes on almost every page helping the reader along and occasionally adding to the text. Christophe has produced a book complementing the original content with his own comments and notes obtained by painstaking research.
The production of these notes and documents in book form, available to the family and to the public at large, extoling the virtues, exploits, character, vision and even genius of the de Chazal family is to be applauded.
Chabert’s enthusiasm and interest in this family and period of history overcomes some of the negative aspects. Some of it is dry reading, extracts of certificates for example. For any member of the family it is an essential addition to their bookcase.
Christophe Chabert has also written a novel entitled “Dans L’enfer de Montlédier” reviewed on this website.
Christopher C. de Chazal, June 2016
NOVEL “DANS L’ENFER DE MONTLEDIER” by CHRISTOPHE CHABBERT
Éditions de l’Harmattan have recently (November 2006) published a novel by Christophe Chabbert entitled “Dans l’enfer de Montlédier”, a work in which Malcolm de Chazal and his ancestor Francois de Chazal de la Genesté from Mauritius have a leading role. This 35 year old author, literature professor from the South of France wrote his thesis on the life and works of Malcolm de Chazal.
He tells us: “The plot of my novel is driven by the works of Malcolm and in particular “Petrusmok”. I was also fascinated by the character of François de la Genesté which is why I have made him an important figure in my book. You will discover within these pages some things which are true, and others made up to fit the plot: the friendship of François and Hannibal de Laurac and their membership of the same Rosicrutian Lodge, the Holy Grail given by Hannibal to François before his death and taken to Mauritius etc. What is so unexpected is that I made up much of it with only fragments of information available to me at the time. And, very recently being able to read the correspondence of La Genesté, getting into his mind I realised how much I had understood of this tangible man: his generosity, his steadfastness, his sense of duty, all this I perceived through the threads of information I had. There, I do hope with all my heart that you will enjoy the adventures told in this little novel and that it will help you to know more of the illustrious de Chazal family
Message added: November 23, 2006
Translator’s note: Christopher Chabert is now (February2014) an established author. In 2009 “la Belle Clotilde” was published and now we are now looking forward to his new novel written in letter form which will focus to a considerable extent on the de Chazal family.
Christophe chose to write his thesis on the life and works of Malcolm de Chazal and his enduring fascination with the subject and the man has now extended to other important members of that family.
We should be grateful for Christophe’s contribution in enabling the de Chazal name to be better known. His book has not yet appeared but I am confident that the great respect Christophe has for the de Chazal family will enhance their reputation.
His story telling is second to none and for that reason alone we should buy and read his book with a degree of pride and excitement.
Christopher de Chazal


Part 1 – ExperienceProfileContactViews Pipeline
I’ve been writing this series on Sitecore xDB, Contacts and the Experience Profile for a while now. I’ve been covering how to identify Contacts for Sitecore’s Experience Database (xDB) and how to extend xDB so it can hold custom data.
This time I’m going to explain how to surface that useful BIG DATA you extended xDB to hold so that it is accessible to Content Editors. This is a large topic so I’ll be splitting it between two posts, this first part will focus on the ExperienceProfileContactViewsPipeline which retrieves the data in a format that the Experience Profile can use.
It’s worth noting that I figured most of this out by just jumping into it, decompiling code and a reasonable amount trial and error. Just take that into consideration 🙂


Bafta Nomination for Best Documentary
Broadcaster: ITV / Smithsonian
Prod: Brook Lapping
On September 11th, 2001 millions shared with the people of New York the unimaginable horror of the attack on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon. Now, through the memories of America’s key decision makers this film goes behind the scenes to show, minute by minute, how the men and women at the heart of American power struggled to manage the assault on their nation.
This film for the tenth anniversary of 9/11 was a rare challenge – to tell the story of that terrible day using only interviews with America’s key decision-makers and extraordinary archive film shot on the day.
Together with the record of events filmed on that day The Day That Changed The World is the inside story of what happened on one extraordinary day ten years ago.
Told entirely through archive and interview, it goes behind the scenes and shows how the events unfurled in the aircraft, the offices, the bunkers and the military headquarters as the President, advisors, security services and the military tried to piece together what was happening, who was attacking the country and what was going to happen next.
Now America’s top decision makers on 9/11 including Vice President Dick Cheney, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani as well as America’s top generals, CIA and FBI anti-terror chiefs as well as those in the White House Situation Room, on board Air Force One and on the ground in New York reveal the inside story of 9/11.
Praise for : ”9/11 : The Day that Changed the World”
“Leslie Woodhead’s superb film… An electrifying inside account … a jaw-dropping perspective”


Lesson One: The Salmon Story
Students will be able to:
- Describe the parts of the salmon life cycle
- Identify hardships and obstacles salmon encounter during the migration cycle
One 50 minute session
Medium sized Pony beads; at least 12 colors (more if possible)
Satin or leather cording
Storybook: Salmon Stream (By Carol Reed-Jones; Dawn Publishing, 2001), or The Salmon (By Sabrina Crewe; Steck-Vaugh Company, 1998)
1. Create a salmon life cycle bracelet to use as an example.
2. Ask students if they have heard the term migration. Define the term and provide an example (ducks migrate each year). Do other animals migrate? Introduce the fact that some fish migrate.
3. Read students the book, Salmon Stream or The Salmon. The story follows the life cycle of the Pacific salmon. After the story, have students discuss each stage of the salmon's life. Use the life cycle illustration.
4. Explain that each student is going to create a story about the life of a salmon. Show the students the salmon life cycle bracelet. Explain that the bracelet forms a circle like the life cycle. The bracelet, which is a form of art, can be used to tell, a story about the salmon. Throughout time people of all cultures have used art to tell stories and to teach. Ask if anyone knows a culture that uses storytelling and art to teach. Write down ideas, for example, totems and cave paintings.
5. Show the students the colored beads. Each student will decide the colors they will use to represent each stage of the life cycle. Students can designate colors for obstacles or hazards that their salmon will encounter during its life. Each bead will tell a part of the story about the salmon as it grows, changes, and travels. (Suggestions for bead colors and their significance)
6. Have students choose about eight to twelve beads of different colors. Cut a piece of cording twelve inches or longer per student. Knot one end of the cord and have students create their story bracelet. (It may be helpful to have a parent volunteer or older student help tie the bracelets when the students finish.)
7. Have students share their stories first in small groups of three to five, then to the class. Encourage students to share the story bracelet with their family.
1. Have students write out their salmon life story and illustrate it.
2. Use music or rhythm to add to the story.
3. Create a life cycle puzzle. Provide each student with a copy of a large circle. Have students divide the circle into six equal parts (like slicing a pie). In each section have them write the word for one part of the salmon life cycle (spawning adults, eggs, alevins/fry, fingerlings, smolts, ocean salmon). Have students draw a picture to represent each stage. When drawings are complete, the circle can be cut out and the sections cut apart. Students can then assemble and reassemble this circle as a puzzle.


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Jellycat Board Book: Is This My Home?
In 'Is This My Home?', it's time to flap fins, as Toothy Shark has gotten lost! Follow this smiley shark, as he tries to work out where he lives. Go from jungle to snow in this gorgeous hardback book, with beautiful colour illustrations. This story, brings the biggest smiles ever.
Jellycat Board Book
Size: 21cm x 21cm x 2cm
Recommended age: all ages


The Visualise Your Thesis (VYT) Competition challenges graduate researchers to “present their research in a 60 second, eye-catching digital display”.
2021 is the third year of the International VYT Competition, with the winners of 25 local competitions competing in an online International final for a first prize of $5,000, second prize of $2,000 and third prize of $1,000.
The aim of the VYT competition is to help graduate researchers develop digital communication skills to convey their complex research to a general audience. Using a template, entrants are asked to develop a looped presentation that captures their research as a short, engaging, digital narrative.
The resources provided to students not only help them with effective video storytelling but provide lots of information on copyright – how to protect their own copyright but also how to keep their entries copyright compliant and how to seek the appropriate permissions to use someone else’s copyright. Handy skills to have in our digital age.
Additionally, graduate researchers not only learn how to produce a useful research ‘output’, but learn how to promote their research and develop their online profile. Students must create an ORCID iD as part of the VYT competition process, learn how to upload their video output to the Figshare repository and track their online engagement. These are critical skills for enabling the translation of research to ensure research has impact beyond academia.
All finalists’ entries remain available to the public via the Figshare Repository which means they’re discoverable, citeable, shareable and downloadable. This year during the competition the finalists’ entries had a combined count of 34,486 views!
You can view all 25 of the 2021 finalists here.
From understanding the linguistic features of architecture student and practioner’s writing to improve communication, to development of new materials for next gen solid state batteries, how we might use hover flies to pollinate crops, or understanding dating violence in young Australian women – the videos produced demonstrate the important research being conducted by our graduate researchers.
THE WINNERS WERE:
- 1st place – Krystal Campbell, University of Technology Sydney
- 2nd place – Hannah Petocz, La Trobe University
- 3rd place – Ratanapat Suchat, Swinburne University
- YC Lin, Australian National University
TRENDING ON VYT COMPETITION:
The entry with the most views as recorded on figshare with 16,398 views in the trending period was:
- Md Eaysir Arafat, QUT
Missed last year’s winners?
To catch up on the 2020 winners, see our summary here.


Malouel et les Limbourg
Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy's Bible moralisée is literally derived from the Très belle Bible toutte hystoriée (the very beautiful, entirely historiated Bible) of John II the Good, King of France that was illuminated around 1349-1352 under the supervision of Jean de Montmartre and in the Duke’s possession around 1402 when work on the Bible moralisée commenced. This was begun in March of that year by the brothers Paul and Jean de Limbourg, Johan Maelwael's young nephews. It is the last illuminated Bible of this kind ever made. A certain boldness was required to entrust such an undertaking – forty quires with eight miniatures per page, totalling 5.112 miniatures of scholarly subjects – to artists still in their teens. This explains the remarkable conditions stipulated in the contract: a high salary, an exclusivity clause for four years, and the obligation to work under the supervision of physician-astronomer Jean Durant, who housed the artists in his hôtel in the cloister of Notre-Dame in Paris. Philip the Bold's enthusiasm for a work that counted only three completed quires at the time of his death on 27 April 1404 is sometimes considered to be exaggerated, and according to some authors it actually related to another, now lost, Bible. The work exhibits systematic iconographic revision based on a rereading of the text, by means of which the makers were striving to surpass their model. They also chose a more time-consuming painting technique. This notwithstanding, work was far more advanced than has been assumed to date : Frames were almost completed (see fol. 105), and underdrawings by the Limbourg brothers are visible underneath later repaints until the fifteenth quire.
[…] The addition of a canon among ‘the good people in the church’ to whom the prelates entrust the governing of the souls (fol. 12) is surely an allusion to the walled canonical enclosure where the brothers were staying at the time, while the extremely accurately rendered astronomical sighting and measuring instruments - astrolabe, telescope, and sextants (fols. 5v, 13v, 24v) - reference the erudition of their host Jean Durant. A previously unnoticed heraldic indication confirms that Ms. fr. 166 is, indeed, the ‘very beautiful and notable Bible' of Philip the Bold: on fol. 14 the herald announcing Joseph's new Egyptian title (Genesis 41: 37-49) wears a cloak embroidered with shields azure, a bend or, which appear to be a reworking of the old Burgundy coat of arms (bendy of or and azure, a bordure gules), which means he is a Burgundian herald of arms.
I. Villela-Petit, « Bible moralisée », dans P. Roelofs éd., Johan Maelwael, Amsterdam (Rijksmuseum), octobre 2017-janvier 2018, n° 18, p. 116-117.
Voir aussi n° 26, p. 132-135 ; n° 35, p. 152-153 ; et n° 36, p. 154-155.


Greetings! A special research area for me has been the origins of democratic civil society and worlds of print in the eighteenth century. My interest in this area of democratic studies developed during the rise of the Solidarity Union in Poland, the rise of the Velvet Revolutions in Central Europe, and with the ultimate downfall of the authoritarian blocs. How could that occur? How could civil associations, the church, individual workers, a labor union, and intellectuals bring down the authoritarian states so swiftly? What is civil society? What are the historical, cultural, social, economic, and geographical origins of civil society in modernity in the 17th and 18th centuries? How is open-ended and probing communication in diverse processes and technique essential in always struggling civil society whether it be the printed word and attempts at polite speech in coffee houses of the 17th and 18th century; word of mouth, television, radio and print in the rise of the Solidarity Union in the 20th century; or digital social media of the 21st century as in Egypt or potentially emerging struggles in contemporary Cuba? Is there anti-democratic civil society in the power relations visible and often invisible in communication, networks and community?
In each period and place that I engage in the study of democratic struggle, and praxis, I am essentially focused on the colloquy of deliberative democracy including the moral imagination of an informed citizenry, related educational institutions and individual and group experimentation in institution building. For example, in the period of the American War of Independence the moral ideal of an “informed citizenry”, and not rhetoric alone, was deemed essential in the midst of war and in the building of the young republic and efforts at democracy after the chaos of the war. At the exact same time egalitarian opportunities in education and institutional and personal experimentation were considered essential in the fledgling republic. This was a rich cultural inheritance of the American War of Independence. There were ideal efforts held together in moral imagination and colloquy but also retrenchments. There may be lessons here.
How can all of us best help in an often ambiguous, tough and unjust world? And how do we take and give comfort and nurturing on this wondrous blue orb?


The School-House A Jamaican Story is a 55 page children’s book that was written by Jamaican author/poet Judith Hamilton for her then nine year old daughter Michelle, because of a dearth of children’s books with local content. She completed the manuscript back in 1980. However with the challenges of taking care of her aging parents, publishing of the book was put on the backburner. She was finally able to publish the book in 2013. It was dedicated to her grandson Warren who is the son of Michelle.
The story is about a Jamaican schoolboy who loses his marbles while playing with them. In trying to find them, he helps an insect in distress and is rewarded for his actions. Judith said that the book is targeted to children in the 6-11 age group. However, she said that 15 year olds as well as adults have told her that they enjoyed reading the book.
Judith, a published poet, has words of advice for writers who also want their work to be published. She said that in submitting work to publishers, it is important to research the market to see what different material publishers specialize in.
In publishing this book, Judith would like to acknowledge her good friend architect Jennifer Samuels who did the illustrations for the book.
For those who would like to obtain a copy of the book, you can call (876) 534-3456.
(c) A. Pierre Sobers


Connecting our most trusted servants with our most vulnerable youth.
The Blue Bucket Brigade is an awareness building collaboration between the Boys and Girls Clubs of northeast Indiana and the Fraternal Order of Police. The year round sixteen county effort will support, build and develop programs to increase understanding between law-enforcement and our youth. To learn more about what the Fraternal Order of Police and Boys and Girls Club is doing in your area, click the appropriate box to the left. You have the opportunity to immediately join the brigade by making a donation which will be shared between the two organizations or make other offers of time, treasure or talent. During the year you will see law enforcement officers and youth standing side-by-side with blue buckets to raise funds and awareness, build bridges and open doors to a better future.
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We are starting tonight with a series of education opportunities open to the public for those interested in Conservation issues.
Forests Pests Program – 1/6/18 at the Cassopolis Public Library starting at 6pm
Edible Wild Plant Workshop – at the Vandalia Community Center starting at 5:30pm
Pollinator Habitat – Grasslands Workshop with the MUCC – at Camp Friedenswald starting at 6pm
Hope to see you at one or all of these events!


It has been said before that knowledge without passion is boring, but passion without knowledge is dangerous. Therefore, we always strive to be as well informed as possible about the places, people, cultures, and conflict that we are working among. In this way, we are better able to listen to those who live daily in these places to make our work as effective and locally-focused as possible. Here are some of the books, articles, movies, and news reports that are informing us currently:
THE WAR REPORT 2018
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO: CONFLICT IN THE EASTERN REGIONS
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters:
This book is a history of the conflict in the Eastern Congo. It provides an wide-reaching view of this processes, people, and problems that led to the current state of affairs, while protecting the dignity and histories of the victims, most of whom were/are civilians. A lengthy but must-read for those interested in not only the Eastern DRC but Rwanda and Burundi as well.
This short (less than an hour) documentary can be found online and illuminates the economic roots of the perpetuation of militia activity in the Congo and how outside companies, especially the recent past, turned a blind eye to the violence and chaos surrounding their engagement, especially through the purchase of natural resources. It is an eye-opening account of the consequences of civil war and introduces the viewer to rebel group leaders and followers, as well as the citizens that live with these realities.
'Why We Fight': Voices of Youth Combatants in Sierra Leone
Author(s): Krijn Peters and Paul Richards
A much more scholarly approach to understanding youth engaged in combat, this article helps to broaden the mind of the reader to understand that children engaged as child combatants are not without agency and should not be generalized as just “child soldiers.” Rather, there are reasons that they join fighting groups other than just being kidnapped or coerced, and there are ways that they choose to rebel against their captors if they have, or to abstain from violence while in the group if they so choose. For those interested in learning more about child combatants, this article focuses on Sierra Leone, but is a gateway to understanding so much more about this subject.


Issue 9 “That He May See” (August, 1965) Released: June 1, 1965 Written by Stan Lee Drawn by Bob Powell and Wally Wood Inked by Bob Powell Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Wally Wood
Karen Page won’t shut her yap about Matt Murdock getting eye surgery, so our hero heads off to Lichtenbad to meet with Dr. Van Eyck. In other sections of the comic book, peasants tremble, robots swing maces, and Foggy Nelson reveals himself to be a douchebag of the highest order. In real life, Kyle surprises both Aaron and Rodney by loving every panel of this issue, an achievement that is overshadowed by Kyle not having the most basic knowledge of greatest villain in Marvel Comics history. This episode is not to be missed!
Also in this episode, Aaron addresses a comment from a listener!
Issue 8 “The Stiltman Cometh” (June, 1965) Released: April 1, 1965 Written by Stan Lee Drawn and inked by Wally Wood Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Wally Wood
Remember how we all really liked the first issue of Daredevil, but then found ourselves incredibly disappointed that the second issue was little more a terrible hunk of useless, colorful paper? Well, all three of us really enjoyed issue 7, but then found ourselves even more disappointed than we were last time. At least, issue 2 had a cool villain.
Issue 7 “In Mortal Combat With The Sub-Mariner” (April, 1965) Released: February 4, 1965 Written by Stan Lee Drawn and inked by Wally Wood Lettered by Artie Simek Cover drawn by Wally Wood
You don’t even have to listen to the episode to know that something is distinctly different in the pages of Daredevil. Just one look at the cover depicted above and you can see that Daredevil is sporting fancy new digs. This issue, the first appearance of Daredevil’s iconic red costume, is not only widely regarded by fans of the character as the official issue #1 but is regarded by comic book historians as one of the single-most-important individual issues to ever be published by Marvel Comics.
In this episode, in addition to our discussion of this epic and milestone issue, Aaron provides us with a history of Namor, The Sub-Mariner and explains how it was possible that he was fighting Nazis in the 1970s, Kyle admits that he was wrong about his initial impressions of Wally Wood, and Rodney just gets annoyed at the wishy-washiness of the whole plot. We add more items to our list of billy club shenanigans. Also, Kyle sings a few bars of Miley Cyrus.
Issue 6 “Trapped By…The Fellowship of Fear” (February, 1965) Released: December 3, 1964 Written by Stan Lee Drawn and inked by Wally Wood Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Wally Wood
Issue 6 introduces Zoltan Drago (aka Mr. Fear) into the Daredevil rogues gallery and, once again, there are dissenting opinions on his general awesomeness amongst our cast.
Along the way, several unanswerable questions are posed. Does Stan Lee dislike the handicapped? Is it a good idea to allow a random film crew to record your bank heist for posterity? Why would a villain like Mr. Fear choose to surround himself with henchmen that are obviously blithering idiots? Are brand new business models really hard to come by? Should Hulk Hogan be sued for trademark infringement?
Issue 5 “The Mysterious Masked Matador” (December, 1964) Released: October 1, 1964 Written by Stan Lee Drawn and inked by Wally Wood Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Wally Wood
Issue 5 not only premieres a brand new villain, but features the work of a new artist. This artist is none other than legendary comic artist Wally Wood. You gotta trust Aaron when he says that Wood’s importance to this comic cannot be quantified. Kyle is not impressed, leading to our very first official disagreement between our cast members!
In this episode, we discover that comic books look way different in the original printed format than they do on Rodney’s Ipad. We dare to ask the question: “Is it unbelievable that Karen Page is so stupid, or is Karen Page just unbelievably stupid?” We also discuss lame villain origins, exactly who does what in the creation of a page of comic book art, and whether or not Kyle should be replaced for insulting the late and great Wally Wood!
Speaking of insulting Wally Wood . . . to the best of our knowledge, this legendary comic book artist NEVER participated in, or was in any way responsible, for a one-man crime wave. We here at The Devil’s Archive regret this error. Also, Wally Wood was a contributor to 7 issues of Daredevil and not 5.
Issue 4 “Kilgrave, The Unbelievable Purple Man” (October, 1964) Released: August 4, 1964 Written by Stan Lee Drawn by Joe Orlando Inked by Vince Colletta Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Joe Orlando and Jack Kirby
The fourth issue of Daredevil is most famous for the introduction of formidable foe Kilgrave, The Purple Man. Kilgrave almost tops the list of our local Daredevil junkie Aaron’s favorite villains to ever be featured in this comic book’s history. And he isn’t saying that because Kilgrave told him to.
Discussion topics this week include: – the stupidity of trying to save face and not pretend that you wrote something idiotic – the evolution of an artist and plotter that was initially dead to us – contradicting the abilities of the same character in two different comics in the same month – the frustration over Stan Lee and company not letting Daredevil’s stick just be, you know, a stick. – Why is Peter Parker a dick?
Issue 3 “The Owl, Ominous Overlord of Crime” (August, 1964) Released: June 2, 1964 Written by Stan Lee Drawn by Joe Orlando Inked by Vince Colletta Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Joe Orlando and Jack Kirby
In the third issue, Stan Lee and Joe Orlando present the first villain created just for the pages of Daredevil. He’s not a bad villain. At the very least, Rodney and Kyle think he’s better than Aaron suspected that they would.
Discussion topics along the way include: the definition of a good comic-book villain, the weird decision to give Daredevil a knapsack to carry his street clothes, the beginnings of what will eventually become a rather lengthy list of billy-club shenanigans, and whether or not Stan Lee really understands aerodynamics. Oh yeah, we also feel sorry for a gorilla.
Issue2 “The Evil Menace of Electro” (June, 1964) Released: April 2, 1964 Written by Stan Lee Drawn by Joe Orlando Inked by Vince Colletta Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Jack Kirby
In our second episode, our high from the enjoyment of the first issue plummets dramatically as we dissect the myriad reasons why Stan Lee and new artist Joe Orlando would choose to follow-up a successful premiere with an issue that is downright unlikable, idiotic, and terrible. Along the way, we prove that Reed Richards is NOT the smartest man in the universe, we discuss whether stealing a horse makes you a complete asshole, we realize that Kyle cannot tell the difference between a skinny blind man who wears sunglasses and a fat man who isn’t and doesn’t, and we angrily lament how allowing Daredevil to fly a rocket ship is a gross misuse of his powers. Honestly, we’re worried that our listening audience will listen to this and think that we made everything up.
Issue1 “The Origin of Daredevil” (April, 1964) Released: February 4, 1964 Written by Stan Lee Drawn/Inked by Bill Everett Lettered by Sam Rosen Cover drawn by Bill Everett
In our inaugural episode, we discuss the first-ever issue of Daredevil, where we learn how the self-proclaimed guardian of Hell’s Kitchen first came to be and get a half-assed explanation of his various powers and abilities. Along the way, we are introduced to some of the first (and most important) recurring characters, ponder how obvious a villain’s name has to be before one begins to realize that he is, in fact, a villain, and mock garbage cans as a viable mode of transportation.


This time of year brings out magical hopes for a lot of people. Christmas is a fantasy for some. Santa Claus and his world at the north pole is a fantasy fiction story.
I find it amazing how the world, together, have created this wonderful fable of a jolly fat elf, who makes toys all year long with the help of his little elves and on Christmas eve he loads them up on his red sleigh, pulled by flying reindeer, to all the boys and girls. Once he arrives he magically touches the side of his nose and down the chimney he goes. He can do this all in one night and enjoy milk and cookies from all the grateful children.
Now if that isn't a fantasy fiction story I don't know what one is.
Whether your favorite is stories of dragons flying through the sky, with riders who fight against the evil doers, or elves who live in the trees and go on epic journeys to fulfill a quest to save the kingdom, fantasy can take you away to a world where the problems aren't the usual mundane or even the serious situations like not having a job, or a place to call home.
Fantasy is usually a favorite of most for new worlds. I'm sure you like The Lord of the Rings, or Harry Potter, maybe even The Game of Thrones, but which ever it is, or maybe all the above, these magical worlds can give you a wonderful escape.
So the next time you pick up a Fantasy fiction novel, and you think this is not what I usually read, stop and remind yourself of the epic worlds you love to go see at the movies and how much more fulfilling they would be in the book.
Reading the stories first adds to the movies and you'll find the books are better.
I think if you gave our series, The Lorn Prophecy, a chance, you will love the story as well and look forward to the next book coming out.
Toni and I would love for the world of the Djen to become a household name just like the stories I mentioned. I do believe you will fall in love with the magical world we've created and the characters.
I hope all of you have a magical Christmas. I believe the lights, dressed up tree, yummy cookies with sprinkles and candy, and delicious meals shared with your family and friends, will bring out the joy and magic in you.
Although Christmas is the time of year that we celebrate Jesus' birth, the sentiment is the same. It's about love, family time, sharing, and giving. It is a reminder of a man who gave to us the love and kindness of himself and his father. We learned how taking care of each other is what it's all about.
So even if you aren't religious, or even Christian per-say, this time of year is a magical, Fantasy, time of year!
Merry Christmas everyone!
I won't be posting next week. I need to relax and enjoy my family and friends. See you back here On December 31st. And don't forget to mark your calendar for January 18th and come celebrate with us our new release of Fated - Book 1 of The Djenrye Chronicles!


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Part of the internationally recognised University of London, SOAS is a university specialising in the study of Africa, Asia and the Middle East. We offer a range of unique undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes, all taught by our world-class academics. From Law to Politics, Development Studies to Music, our programmes, taught from a non-Western, global perspective, offer a wide selection of modules - and elective language classes - which means you can tailor your degree to suit your skills and interests. You’ll have access to our specialist library, which attracts scholars from all over the world and boasts an excellent collection of materials and resources. Our cosmopolitan campus, home to a global community of students from over 130 countries, makes SOAS a truly diverse and vibrant place to study, right in the heart of London.


Engineering Aspirants! Parents! Searching for best Chemistry Books for all India Engineering Entrance Exams? After a thorough research & analysis, given below are the best 5 Chemistry books to prepare / practice for any Engineering Entrance Exams in India:-
- Book No.1: A New Pattern Text Book Of Physical Chemistry For Competitions: A New Generation Book For JEE & All Other Engineering Entrance Examinations, authored by A. S. Singh and O. P. Tandon, is a text book for Chemistry students who intend on applying for JEE and other important entrance exams for Engineering students. About G. R. Bathla Publications Pvt. Ltd G. R. Bathla Publications Pvt. Ltd was started by Mr. Manoj Kumar Bathla and Mr. Vishvnath Bathla, the directors of the company. They have published books like New Pattern Numerical Chemistry: A New Pattern Book for IIT-JEE and all Other Engineering Entrance Examinations, New Pattern Advanced Problems in Organic Chemistry: For - JEE and All Other Engineering Entrance Examinations 5th Edition, Objective Chemistry Vol. II 2/e, New Pattern Objective Chemistry for JEE Vol. 1 and Textbook of Physics Vol. - II 17/e.
- Book No.2: Concepts of Physical Chemistry 7/e, authored by Bahadur P, is a comprehensive book for students doing their B.Sc, and those who are specializing in Chemistry. It is essential for candidates applying for the JEE Main and Advanced examinations. Bahadur P is an Indian academician and writer. He has a vast experience in teaching at various levels of education at prestigious Indian schools, and currently works with G. R. Bathla Publications in bringing out informative and helpful texts for students across the country.
- Book No.3: This book, Concise Inorganic
Chemistry, begins by covering SI units and nomenclatures in the Periodic table. Then, the subject content of the book is
divided into six parts. After the main coverage, there is an extensive appendix section, a total of 15 appendices.
The six main parts are Theoretical Concepts and Hydrogen, The S-Block Elements, The P-Block elements, The D-Block Elements, The F-Block Elements, and Other Topics.
- Book No.4: The exceptional quality of previous editions has been built upon to make the tenth edition of Atkins' Physical Chemistry even more closely suited to the needs of both lecturers and students. Material within chapters has been radically reorganised into discrete topics, to give the text an inviting modular feel. This restructuring increases the digestibility of the text for students, while making it more flexible for lecturers to teach from. The extensive learning support provided throughout the book now includes new checklists of key concepts at the end of each topic, to reinforce the main take-home messages in each section. The mathematics support for students has also been significantly expanded, with the addition of new Chemist's toolkit boxes, which provide useful reminders of essential mathematical concepts and techniques. The coupling of the broad coverage of the subject with a structure and use of pedagogy that is even more innovative will ensure Atkins' Physical Chemistry remains the textbook of choice for studying physical chemistry.
- Book No.5: The book Solomons & Fryhle's Organic Chemistry For JEE (Main & Advanced), was written by author M.S. Chouhan. He presently works as the HOD and Director of Vibrant Academy at Kota, Rajasthan. He has more than 10 years of experience in training JEE (Main and Advanced) aspirants and about 15000 students have studied under his guidance. The books he wrote use stepwise methods and easy-to-understand-approaches for solving problematic questions. Students under his guidance are easily able to master basic skills and enhance their ability for solving all types of questions that are asked in JEE.


Elizabeth Howard has never had barriers between her life, work, art and writing. Experience, sense of place and exploration define the choices she makes, seeking collaboration, flexibility, spontaneity and responsiveness in the projects she designs or becomes engaged with. She collaborates and works with authors, artists and others who are also striving to push past traditional boundaries in search of the new.
The Buzzard and the Peacock
In 1972 Lucia Dlugoszwski wrote a composition for Ned O’Gorman dedicated to The Buzzard and the Peacock (Harcourt, Brace &World, 1964). Elizabeth Howard discovered the composition when reading through Ned O’Gorman’s archives, Georgetown University. Ned O’Gorman may have met Erick Hawkins in 1954 when studying with Martha Graham at the Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater.
Elizabeth produced an installation and performance including the Dlugoszwski composition at Cathedral of St. John the Divine on Thursday, 11 January 2018. The music was under the direction of Marshall Coid. The dance was directed by Katherine Duke, artistic director, Erik Hawkins Dance Company. The poem was performed by Adeena Karasick.
Mario Cucinella one of the most sought-after architects working today. In his words: “Envisioning sustainable buildings means entering into an intimate relationship with the climate and with the concept of place. We have to imagine buildings with minimally visible technology, maximizing, instead the efficiency of form, as materials change to become an active part of the final result, silently performing a task, a function, becoming part of a new circular economy. This process seems to me a step closer to the complexity of nature rather than of mechanical artifice. These buildings will possess a high degree of empathy. A creative empathy.” Elizabeth Howard worked with Mario Cucinella to introduce his book Creative Empathy in the United States and provide strategic planning around opening an office in New York.
Ned O’Gorman: Through a poet’s lens
The archives for Ned O’Gorman, poet, educator and advocate for the oppressed, are housed in the Joseph Mark Lauinger Library at Georgetown University. Elizabeth Howard curated an exhibition that was on view from October 2017 – January 2018 entitled: Ned O’Gorman: through a poet’s lens
Elizabeth Howard has edited, The Book(s), Ned O’Gorman Artist Books (Publication Studio, 2017), and Ned O’Gorman: A Glance Back (Eastman Studio Press, 2016).
The exhibition can be found on the website for the Booth Family Center Special Collections, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
Yukata Project with Pema Chodon
An ancient Japanese legend promises anyone who folds one thousand origami cranes within one year will be granted a wish by the Gods. With this in mind, Pema Chodon and Elizabeth Howard began the Yukata project in October 2016,when they spent an afternoon creating a pattern and sewing a Japanese yukata for a friend who was undergoing cancer treatments. The yukata was delivered with a message that wearing the robe would bring health, strength and courage. They have now completed three yukata’s for women who have been an important influence in their lives.
Pema inherited her love of fabrics, sense of color and design from her father who was a designer of Tibetan hats. One of the fabrics she works with is a magical silk called Eri silk or peace silk. It was named, her father told her, because unlike other silks, the moth doesn’t die inside the cocoon. Instead because of the cocoon’s unusual, pointed shape, the moth emerges through a very narrow exit hole before the cocoon is used to spin silk. Due to this shape Eri silk has more strength and is heavier than other sims, as the cocoons are comprised of uneven fibers. IT has one been revered for its thermal insulting qualities. The “holy fabric” is often used by Buddhist monks, nuns and dignitaries to protect their from the extreme climate in Tibet.
In 2013 Diana Wege created WOVEN (We Oppose Violence Everywhere Now) a digital platform and global resource for individuals, organizations and communities to share their work advocating for peace. WOVEN is a resource for anyone refusing to accept violence as a norm and seeking peaceful resolutions to problems/conflicts. Elizabeth Howard works closely with Diana on the strategic planning for WOVEN.
Diana Wege and Elizabeth Howard met in New Canaan, Connecticut in 1986 and often collaborate on projects. They worked together when Diana established CrUSAde (Conflict Resolution Designed for Educators in the United States) in 1998. The year before the Columbine High School shootings in Littleton, Colorado (1999) they were advocating, through CrUSAde, for conflict resolution training in schools. After the Colombine incident Elizabeth and Diana were invited to meet with then Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman, organized a forum for school superintendents in the State of Connecticut and participated in a program on Capitol Hill in Washington designed to address the issue of school violence for students, educators and members of Congress.
Furthermore, grants in publishing
Since 2013, Elizabeth has worked with Joan K. Davidson and Furthermore, the grants in publishing program of the J.M. Kaplan Fund, on the Alice, a $25,000 annual award given for the exemplary publication of an illustrated book. The books shortlisted for the Alice receive $5,000.
The Alice was created to honor Joan K. Davidson’s mother, Alice M. Kaplan, a scholar, collector, patron, and activist in the arts. The first Alice was presented at the Morgan Library in 2013. The Alice award will be announced on Friday, 9 October on the Furthermore website at 12:00 Noon. The ALICE is being presented in the Rare Book Room at the Strand Book Store on Monday, 29 October 2018
Elizabeth Howard worked with Sean Curran and the late internationally recognized landscape architect and urban planner, Diana Balmori, on the initial plans for “everywhere all the time” a thirty-minute dance created for seven dancers and four musicians.
Diana Balmori met Sean Curran after attending a dance performance of the Sean Curran Dance Company at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in November 2016. A few months later, in February 2017, Diana and Sean began collaborating on a design for the set, or the landscape, for the performance of “everywhere all the time” which will premiere in 2018.
The piece will include work by the celebrated composer Donnacha Dennehy’s score of Surface Tension, commissioned for the Third Coast Percussion by the University of Notre Dame and the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2015).


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Commission, Oxford University Press, Winner of the Pirye Prize
Drawings, both 714.15 x 189.66cm, mirror and books
The development of the printing press by Gutenberg around 1440 marks the entry of the book into the industrial age. The Western book was no longer a single object, written by request. Publication became an enterprise, requiring capital for its realisation and a market for its distribution. The cost of each individual book lowered enormously, which in turn, vastly increased its distribution. The book is somewhat tautological in nature. At once it collects, categorises and edits the world rendering it digestible, whilst simultaneously enveloping us within a mass of information.
SInce the development of print in the 15th Century words and images have gradually invaded our lives, filing our minds with both wanted and unwanted information, advertisements, slogans, names directions, facts and figures. In an age where we constantly fel robbed of time and space this persistent pouring can become unbearable. The battle to absorb, understand and remember everything is an impossible victory.
We all hoard heaps of accumulated piles of paper, newspapers bills, receipts, letters, our home literally stands below a paper rain. These torrents of paper represent our history. They provide evidence of our existence, which must be preserved to form a basis for the future. These cascades seem so disposable, yet we habitually arrange and sort them into groups.
Humans have always sought for pattern, for order. In the busy modern world this organistion and categorisation of information becomes even more necessary before the flow of history engulfs us. Yet without the storage of these paper symbols is to perhaps derive ourselves of our memories. To deprive ourselves of all this departs us from the past. Does this mean that we cease to exist? Information contains our history, the sounds we hear, the words we read, the objects we see comprise the fabric of our lives. The absence of these vital traces would call into question our very existence and our individual identities.
It is no wonder that we have always sought order and pattern throughout our existence. Organisation and systemisation is harmonious. There is no better example of these efforts that the book. Although the written word, images, numbers, slogans pervade our daily lives, books categorise and store the fabric of human life. They are an edited record of all that is important. In a library or a bookshop you can stand within a contained space surrounded in an acute surface area of information.
Language however, can act as a barrier, not only does it take time to absorb, but furthermore it is exclusive to every individual. Through a specific system I have developed I have produced a drawing, which compiles information about the printing press and the Oxford University Press bookshop itself.
Every statistic, any moment in time from the history of the press is documented and realised through this technical drawing. We can visually read a drawing in an instant regardless of our age, intelligence culture or language and although the information cannot be gleamed from this work without studying and becoming fluent in the system, this does not matter. In a bookshop everything you could every want is already catalogued and explained for you. I endeavoured to condense a past presence into an instant, bringing the invisible into the light of day. I collected information to achieve visual clarity and a coherent history by translating the information, which may ordinarily engulf us, into a series of numbers, a series of angles and an arrangement of lines.


Wednesday, Feb 9 at 6pm in the Library. Join us to celebrate Black History Month! Jason Gant will be speaking on Empowering Ourselves to be in Community.
Did you know Oakland native Daveed Diggs, who won a Grammy and a Tony for his role in Hamilton is also the co-creator of Blindspotting? The series, which takes place in the Bay Area, was picked up for a second season.
Up for an inspiring and heart-warming story (and who isn’t these days)? Check out the McBride Sisters, who discovered each other along with their love of wine-making. Their affordable wines have turned their business into the largest Black–owned wine company in the U.S.
Facts corner- Why February? The Association for the Study of African American Life and History sponsored a national Negro History week in 1926, choosing the second week ofFebruary to coincide with the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. In the 1960’s its name was updated, and every American president since 1976 has designated February as Black History Month.


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