The Center for Civic Learning and Community Action is proud to present the Homelessness Experiential Exhibit shedding light into the systemic and structural social justice issue of Homelessness in Chicago together with local artist, Charity White, and SJP Community Partners: The Chicago Help Initiative, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, and ILCC/AmeriCorps VISTA.
Charity’s Prescriptive Space video documentation is displayed around the Chicago Campus in 2 different locations – 1st Floor lobby & outside the Library – that allow for Alder students, staff, faculty and guests to observe, reflect, and envision how they would react and interact with these public installations, both when being alone or observed. White’s life-size ceramic public installations focus on the relationship and daily disconnect of humans and public spaces, as featured in our Homelessness Experiential Exhibit.
Her videos give the audience an opportunity to connect to the social justice issue of homelessness by giving these life-size figures a space to express the experienced oppression and marginalization reinforced by and through policies, arguments of public safety, fear, and misconceptions on the issue of Homelessness.
About the Artist: Charity White
Charity White is a figurative ceramicist, artist educator, and community activist. She was raised in Oak Park, IL and received two degrees from The University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, an EdM in Art education and a BFA in Crafts. Her research is rooted in an interdisciplinary and social practice approach to art and art education. This has propelled her into a variety of academic realms including race relations, gender studies, religious studies, and socio-economics. Following the completion of her first masters, she taught high school art in the South Side of Chicago and west suburbs. White received her Master of Fine Arts in Ceramics from the University of Florida in 2016. She is the recipient of the Newberry Library’s Arthur and Lila Weinberg Fellowship for Independent Researchers and the Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation grant. Currently, she is exhibiting nationally and living in Chicago, IL where she is a resident artist at Lillstreet Art Center and an adjunct professor at Governor State University.
About the Artwork: Prescriptive Space
Prescriptive Space is a temporary public installation of three ceramic figures on city benches in the Gainesville, Florida downtown and University of Florida campus. These figures comment upon how the city of Gainesville controls space for the homeless through the recent implementation of benches that use a dividing handrail to deter homeless people from sleeping on them. The figures are bisected to emphasize the dividing handrail. The surfaces of the bisections of the figures not only highlight the placement of the handrails, but also to reference Gainesville’s history of public policy and the movement of marginalized people.
At each location, White installed motion sensor cameras to document the public’s response to the sculptures. Every minute, a ten-second video records brief segments of the public interacting with the temporary installation. The geographical location of the benches determines the titles of the videos and sculptures. Following the temporary public installations, Prescriptive Space now exists as a gallery piece that contains video documentation of the interactions between the public and the ceramic figures, capturing moments of discovery, discussion, humor, aggression and compassion. This project makes the politics of urban design visible and invites the community to reconsider our use of and participation in public space.
White’s interest in working with marginalized groups stems from her experience teaching in the Chicago Public School System. During this time, she witnessed the staggering disconnect between policymaking and practical application. As a teacher at the largest high school in Chicago, which was built to occupy 4,000 students but then was inhabited by 400, White experienced the effect vast deteriorating space had on the student body and their investment in the educational system. She also became keenly aware of how our public spaces connote the expectations of behavior within that space.
– Charity White
To watch the video documentation of Prescriptive Space and more, click here.
Components from the Exhibit:
- Accessibility to Housing in Cook County
- Populations at Risk of Homelessness in Chicago
- Prescriptive Spaces in Chicago
- Local and National Social Service Organizations working on homelessness
- (775 ILCS 45/) Bill of Rights for the Homeless Act, Illinois General Assembly
- Prescriptive Space by Charity White
Prescriptive Space in the City of Chicago
Right to Private Property in Public Spaces
- Sweeps by the Chicago Police Department and Streets and Sanitation workers
- Treatment of Chicagoans experiencing homelessness by the City and targeting their possessions
- See Kent, Clara, “City Agrees to New Policy Towards Homeless People’s Personal Property Rights,” Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Inc., January 22, 2015, http://www.clccrul.org/node/35891.
Education & Health
- Underfunded Chicago Public Schools
- Over 116 CPS tested positive for lead in adversely affecting health and safety of CPS students
- See related articles from 2011-2016 under “Chicago Public Schools Funding,” The Huffington Post, 2016, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/chicago-public-schools-funding/.
- See Ihejirika, Maudlyne, “Latest CPS lead-testing results show 113 schools with high levels,” Chicago SunTimes, August 20, 2016, http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cps-lead-testing-totals-113-cps-schools-with-high-levels/.
- Redlining & gentrification segregating Chicago neighborhoods via displacement
- The law of the Chicago Housing Authority that restricted public housing for previously incarcerated individuals until 2015
- Public housing & the dispute of mixed income housing
- See “Chicago Housing Development,” Chicago Planning History, http://chicagoplanninghistory.weebly.com/housing.html
- See Dukmasova, Maya, “Documenting the Rise and Fall of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects,” In These Times, November 16, 2015, http://inthesetimes.com/article/18606/70-acres-cabrini-green-documentary-chicago-housing-authority.
- See Re-Entry Illinois, http://john.fallon.tripod.com/public_housing.html.
Resources to Dive Deeper:
Activities to deepen your understanding on topics addressed
- Challenge yourself with PlaySpent.org.
- Policy Tools: http://www.nhc.org/policy-tools.
- “The Cost of Affordable Housing: Does it Pencil Out?”: http://apps.urban.org/features/cost-of-affordable-housing/.
- Inclusive Community Toolkit: http://inclusivepolicy.org/.
- Housing Landscape Portal: http://www.nhc.org/housing-landscape.
- Paycheck to Paycheck Tool: http://www.nhc.org/paycheck.
Intersectionality of Homelessness:
- The linkage between homelessness and incarceration- Reducing Criminal Justice System Involvement among People Experiencing Homelessness.
- Addressing Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Caused by Homelessness published by National Alliance to End Homelessness.
- Report on LGBT youth experiencing homelessness by the Center for American Progress – On the Streets.The Federal Response to Gay and Transgender Homeless Youth.
- Essay on the over-representation of LGBTQ homeless youth through a Canadian lens by Ilona Alex Abramovich – No Safe Place to Go LGBTQ Youth Homelessness in Canada: Reviewing the Literature.
- True Colors Fund’s research and data on the variance in needs of LGBQ youth and Transgender youth in the United States.
- National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health’s list of Chicago and Illinois Domestic Violence Agencies and Organizations.
- Snapshot into Renaissance Social Service’s “Supportive Housing Outreach Team Program” Report.
- 2016 Housing Affordability Challenges in the Chicago Metro Area by the Center for Housing Policy.
- The Facts behind the Faces by The Chicago Coalition for the Homeless.
- Study on the relationship of extreme experience of homelessness to other social issues by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation – Tackling homelessness and exclusion: Understanding complex lives.
- “How Poverty Changes the Brain,” The Atlantic, April 19, 2017.
- Out of Reach 2016, How Much do you Need to Earn to Afford a Modest Apartment in Your State?
- A look at Chicago’s history of public housing by Maya Dukmasova – “Documenting the Rise and Fall of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects,” In These Times, November 16, 2015.
- All Chicago’s “Facts & Misconceptions” about Homelessness in the city.
- All Chicago’s “What is Homelessness?”
- Chicago’s Plan 2.0.
- “Affordability Ordinance Could Ease Chicago’s Housing Segregation,” by Adeshina Emmanuel, October 21, 2015.
- Barriers to housing for previously incarcerated individuals across the United States: “No Second Chances When it Comes to Housing,” by Rebecca Burns.
- Housing Assistance Council’s Rural Research Brief: Poverty in Rural America.
- Chicago Housing Initiative
Opportunities to Be ACTIVE:
- Support a Streetwise vendor in Chicago by purchasing the weekly StreetWise Magazine issue in your area.
Contact All Chicago’s partners for volunteer opportunities.
The Chicago Help Initiative “Wednesday Dinners.”
Volunteer for or donate to Cornerstone Community Outreach.
- Fill out a volunteer application for the Greater Chicago Food Depository.
Social Justice & the Arts:
Special Thanks to
Charity White, The Chicago Help Initiative, Chicago Coalition for the Homeless, Adler University’s Department of Facilities & Help Desk Support


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MagicReader is a touch-free book reader. You can flip through pages just by the movements of your face. Turn your face sideways to move pages, just as if you are touching the screen. For example, you can:
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MagicReader is compatible with PDFs and Zip files as well as the image formats .jpg .png .gif .tiff and .bmp. More formats will be supported in near future!
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All That Glitters: Sport, BP and Repression in Azerbaijan by Emma Hughes and James Marriott (2015)
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All That Glitters explores how the 2015 European Games belong to Azerbaijan’s Aliyev regime and the British oil company BP and how sport is being co-opted in the service of a dynasty and fossil fuels.
So provocative that author Emma Hughes was banned from Azerbaijan on the eve of the Games.
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Mel Evans is an artist and campaigner associated with Liberate Tate and Platform. As well as making unsanctioned performance works at Tate and writing on oil sponsorship of the arts, she creates theatre pieces in the City of London that examine culture, finance and Big Oil.
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No Condition is Permanent – 19 Poets on Climate Justice & Change
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Written before BP’s Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline was built, Some Common Concerns helps the reader to imagine what the proposed cross-Caucasus pipelines system would be like if it were built. The book reveals the 13 years of secret pressure, intervention and geopolitics, involving private corporations, US and British diplomats and local politicians. Examines BP’s record in Colombia, Alaska and the North Sea.
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Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, the father of the Muslim renaissance was born on 17th October 1817 A.D. at Delhi in a respected family of Syed dignity detecting its descent from Hazrat Imam Hussain (A.S.) and it also had strong connections with the Mughal Empire. Sir Syed received his first lesson in Arabic from Shah Ghulam Ali. At a young age, he was well built, burly, and refined. He inherited many skills from his father who excelled in Archery and Swimming. He received a fairly good elementary education in subjects taught in his times in the madaressahs.
He was taught Arabic, Persian, and recitation of the Holy Quran under the wise guidance of his mother, Aziz: Al-Nisa. He also studied some books in Arabic Syntax, Grammar, Logic, and Philosophy a few elementary textbooks of Mathematics, Algebra, and Geometry under the guidance of his Uncle. He studied medicine in the clinic of Hakim Ghulam Hyder Khan.
He had to seek a job to earn a living. When he was just 19 years old much against the wishes of the family he joined the service of East India Company as a Serishtadar in the court of his uncle who was Sadr Amin in Delhi. He started writing Articles, Books, and Digests, etc. to mark himself as an Author. His original research work Asar-us-Sanadid is partly a biographical encyclopedia of contemporary personalities of the city (Delhi) with a list of 142 Hindu and 59 Muslim rulers who reigned from 1400 B.C to 1853 A.D. He gave a list of various cities and forts which have composed it (Delhi) nineteen in all. This book won him International fame and in recognition, he was made an honorary member of Royal Asiatic the book was published in 1844 A.D.
Sir Syed considered that social reform and education must precede political development. His role as a practical social reformer and educationist began in the 1860s. He was fully convinced that education holds the key to all progress and prospects of reform. He had pondered deeply on the condition of Muslims especially with respect to the educational backwardness.
In 1858, therefore he made his first attempt at education by opening a school at Moradabad. Especially for the study of modern history. He had also visited England with his both sons Syed Mahmud and Syed Hamid for a 17 months tour. It was his first and last tour to England. Traveling across England, he studied the British Educational system and appreciated it. At there, he was awarded the order of the star of India from the British Government.
At that time Sir William Muir’s boot on “the life of Muhammad” agitated him for its distortions. Then he said reading this book, it has burned my heart and its injustices and prejudices have roasted my heart. I have resolved to write a biography of the city Prophet just as I had earlier intended, even if I have to spend all my money and become like a beggar. Begging for alms. Then he wrote a reply to Muir in the form of a series of essays on the life of Muhammad (PBUH).
In his own opinion, this was his greatest work to the Muslim community and would guarantee his place in paradise. After doing this great work he came back to India. Now, he demanded to the British India Government that either an Urdu faculty should be created in Calcutta University or a separate university established in the North-West province. The government of India’s reply to his demand was that it appreciated his past works in the educational field and it promised him support. This gesture of Government provided quite an incentive to talented men and generated a deal of public interest. Then a college named Muhammadan Anglo Oriental College was established.
In 1875, it turned to a university called Aligarh Muslim University due to Sir Syed Ahmed Khan’s huge efforts. It was another great achievement for him in the educational field. More than a century ago on 27th March 1898, India lost a great man. But, he is still living in our hearts due to his endless struggle. People dies but their works don’t. He was a great revolutionary leader. A great Human. He always loved Muslims but never hated Hindus.
Co-Author: Aftab Ahmed


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An overflow audience had the pleasure of experiencing a remarkable performance by Irish poet Eavan Boland last Thursday night. The atmosphere was electric as students, faculty, and guests of all ages waited. We knew something special was coming. We knew we were in the presence of a great talent.
Then Ms. Boland got up to speak, and I was struck by the contradiction between my expectations and reality. This is not to say that she disappointed. On the contrary, she surpassed herself. But I was surprised to find that I still had a vestige of an idea of what A Poet should be like. Flamboyant, dramatic, larger than life. Ms. Boland is none of these. She is a woman who immediately puts people at their ease, direct, warm and genuine. These are qualities that Hyam Plutzik also possessed, so there was symmetry to Ms. Boland’s appearance at the Plutzik Reading Series.
She talked about herself a little, and then began with her poem “Quarantine.” I was crying before she was halfway through. It comes from her book Against Love Poetry, but is the most moving testament to love I’ve ever heard. It comes from a true tale of a couple during the Irish Potato Famine. The wife had famine fever, and was too weak to walk, so the husband carried her home from the workhouse. They were both found dead the next day, with the husband holding his wife’s feet to his breastbone in a last, futile attempt to warm her. Boland writes:
“Let no love poem ever come to this threshold.
There is no place here for the inexact
praise of the easy graces and sensuality of the body.
There is only time for this merciless inventory:
Their death together in the winter of 1847.
Also what they suffered. How they lived.
And what there is between a man and woman.
And in which darkness it can best be proved.”
Just my opinion, but suddenly Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s “How Do I Love Thee?” seemed trivial in comparison.
It is with ordinary life that Ms. Boland concerns herself. Marriage. Family. She told an amusing story about her husband’s books taking over their house. She made a poem about it too; “Thanked Be Fortune,” where in the books on the shelves above their bed
“all through the hours of darkness,
men and women
wept, cursed, kept and broke faith
and killed themselves for love.”
But when she and her husband awake, they lay quietly together and listen to their baby’s crying “as if to birdsong.”
We were also treated to, among others, “The Glass King,” “Amber,” “The Pomegranate,” and “That the Science of Cartography is Limited.”
In her verse, told in a straightforward, almost conversational manner, Eavan Boland encapsulates the human spirit. Her poems are extremely powerful. When she spoke about the violence in Irish history, and how people tried to carry on with their everyday lives as it wreaked its havoc, I heard an echo of Yeats and “that dead young soldier in his blood” from “Meditations in Time of Civil War.” It seems to me, through her writings, that Eavan Boland is building in the empty house of the stare.


The proposal for the New Bioethics Center of the Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki concerns the creation of a building with an amphitheater, a library, meeting rooms, offices and underground parking lots. The peculiarities of the plot such as the proximity to the Holy Temple, the large elevation difference between the two sides of the plot (east and west side), as well as the significant retreat of the west front from the road, were resolved for the architectural design and led in the central idea of the composition.
The large volume of the amphitheater breaks through the solid stone structure of the offices and seems to hang from it, creating underneath a covered space which follows the square that is revealed through the retreat of the building from the west front. At the same time, it releases its entire roof for outdoor use on the 1st floor, which houses a meeting room.
The main volume of the building is placed in a recess in relation to the east front and the upper street, allowing the light to reach the lower level of the first basement where the library is situated. The library space has three of its four sides open with glass facades to outdoor courtyards, making this space practically ground floor.
Along with its great height (4.5 m) on one side and the revelation of the roof of the hanging amphitheater on the other, it creates a very interesting space for reading, studying,and education between the bookshelves.
The materials chosen for the flooring are wood and marble, materials that ensure stability and non-slip, necessary for the smooth transition of wheelchairs.
The fixed furniture of the waiting areas-reception benches, always includes a section at least 1m long and lower than 0.80 from the floor for the best service of the disabled. In all waiting areas, there are landscaped seating areas with special seats with hard seats, as well as provision of free spaces, dimensions 0.80 * 1.30 for wheelchair parking.
There is access from both streets; the library can be entered from Agiou Dimitriou Street, while the amphitheater, office and meeting rooms, from Patriarchou Grigoriou E’ Street. In the 2nd basement a total area of 354 sq.m. parking spaces serve staff and visitors.
Client: Metropoli of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki
Area: 560 sq.m. , 354 sq.m.
Location & Year: Spata, 2015
Tags: educational buildings, spaces for disabled people, health centers
Metropolis of Mesogaia and Lavreotiki
560 sq.m. , 354 sq.m
educational buildings, spaces for disabled people, health centers


George VI's broadcast to the nation on the outbreak of war in September 1939 - which formed the climax of the Oscar-winning film 'The King's Speech' - was the product of years of hard work with Lionel Logue, his iconoclastic Australian-born speech therapist.
But their relationship did not end there. In the years that followed, Logue was to play an even more important role at the monarch's side.
Mark Logue, co-author of 'The King's Speech' and 'The King's War', and grandson of Lionel Logue, follows this relationship through the dark days of Dunkirk and the drama of D-Day to victory in 1945.
Drawing on exclusive material from the Logue Archive - the collection of diaries, letters and other documents left by Lionel and his feisty wife, Myrtle - Mark provides a fascinating portrait of two men and their respective families as they together faced up to the greatest challenge in Britain's history.
There will be a book signing with the author after the event.


Java is not that nice regarding manipulations on collections even though tasks like iterating happen to us on a daily basis.
To ease the pain a little bit we can use the lambdaj library that allows manipulating collections without using loops.
Here is a simple unit test that shows some of lambdaj API and features
(Person class is a pojo with age and name fields, and implemented hashCode and equals methods):
As you can see the code using lambdaj is much shorter and more readable.
The features of the library go far beyond that, there are many aggregation and filtering functions, as well as grouping, sorting and possibility to invoke a method for each collection's item.
The main drawback is that it's slower than standard iterative approach, so if speed is your concern, you need to watch out. However you can always use it in the unit tests.


Join Delivering Community Power at the Good Food for All Festival!
The Stop’s annual Good Food For All Festival is a free, family-friendly outdoor community event that draws attention to food-related social and economic issues. Now in its 12th year, the festival brings together over 500 community members of all ages—along with over a dozen local businesses and organizations.
Delivering Community Power supporters will be at a table, giving out materials and building support. Come join us at any point throughout the festival. All welcome!
- Community March: 11:30am—12pm
- Festival: 12pm—3pm
The day will begin with a peaceful march to raise awareness of the critical role that food security plays in the heart of any community.
Following the march, attendees will gather to enjoy a delicious meal, dance to live music, join fun and immersive activities, and hear passionate speakers from The Stop community and from like-minded organizations and campaigns.
Come visit with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers at our information table at The Word on the Street Lethbridge Book and Magazine Festival on Saturday, Sept 22 2018 from 11 am to 5 pm.
We will have Delivering Community Power booklets and other materials on hand. Take a minute to sign a postcard to ask your MP to support Motion 166 on postal banking.
The festival is located in downtown Lethbridge, in the parking lot of Lethbridge Public Library’s Main Branch, on the street between the Bowman Arts Centre and the Library (5th Avenue South) and between the Library and McIntyre building (8th Street South).


My parents, Frank and Marion Mueller, were married in a secret, rushed wedding ceremony, on December 19, 1942, in Chicago, when my father was on leave between State-side assignments with the U.S. Army during WWII, prior to his deployment to the European theatre of war.
My mother was a nurse in training at the time, just 22 years old, and was able to keep living at nurse's housing if she remained unmarried. So, they kept their marriage secret until March 19, 1943 after she had graduated.
The two lived apart during the first three years of their marriage, except for a brief stint in San Antonio,Texas during the summer of 1944. Other than the San Antonio period, my mother lived with her parents in Evanston, Illinois, and my father was stationed at various training camps in the United States, then deployed to England, France, Belgium and eventually Germany until December of 1945.
In late 1945, when it became clear that he would probably be home for the holidays, his main goal was to get home in time to celebrate their third wedding anniversary together on December 19, 1945. It is unclear, from his letters, if this actually did occur, but there's a good chance it did -- his letters home ended in November of 1945. It would have taken him a month to return home by ship across the Atlantic, through New York, and back to Chicago. Whether or not he actually made it home before that day is a mystery, but I like to think that he did, so I maintain that that's exactly what transpired.
Dad didn't realize that he was writing a diary that his daughter would find nearly 70 years later, and publish as a set of books, but that's exactly what he did by writing to my mom each and every day of those three years, without fail. On the very rare occasions that he missed a day of writing, he would apologetically recount his experiences in the next letter to Mom. He wanted his grandchildren to know about his life (he wrote that in an incomplete auto-biography).
Today marks 70 years since this young couple went to City Hall in Chicago and secretly tied the knot that would result in our little family. In honor and memory of my parents, we are offering a free Kindle download (today only) of both volumes of "More Than Anything in the World", a set of books I recently self-published. (Volume 3, 1945, will be available in 2013 or 2014.)
Join us in celebrating this remarkable couple's love story -- download your free copy of both books today: 70th anniversary special, download both volumes of MTAITW FREE for Kindle


1775 – 1784
The Flags of the First New Hampshire Regiment
There is much conjecture and little substantial proof when it comes to the study of flags carried by the 1st New Hampshire Regiment during the American Revolution. Unfortunately, there are no flags attributed to the unit which have survived, to our knowledge. This brief work will not attempt to restate the history of flags carried through the war in general, but will only look at research along with some admitted conjecture which has been done within the last few years pertaining to the flags under which the 1NH served.
The Colors of 1779
While we don’t have any clear information regarding colors made for the Regiment in 1779, we do know from the following sources that colors were ordered and made for Col. Cilley’s (1st NH) Regiment. These colors would have been made while the Regiment was on the Sullivan Campaign against the 7 Nations of the Iroquois, and probably would have been delivered after their return.
All of these sources come from the Collections of the New Hampshire Historical Society , Vol. VII, “Records of the NH Committee of Safety”, Published for the Society by G. Parker Lyon, Concord, 1863
Note: “R.G.” stands for Receiver General
“Thursday, Feb’ry 4th 1779
Ordered the R.G. to pay Samuel Sawyer Nineteen Pounds four Shillings, for Taffity to make Coulors for Col. Cilley’s Regiment.
August 21st, 1779
Ordered for R.G. to pay Mr. Thomas Odiorne 9.0 pounds, for so much Advanced for Colours for Col. Cilley’s Regt.
Decem’r 3rd, 1779
Ordered the R. Gen. to pay Mr. Thomas Odiorne Nine pounds Eleven Shillings, being the balance due him for purchasing Colours for Col. Ciley Regt.”
It appears the colors were taffeta, provided by Samuel Sawyer. Thomas Odiorne must have paid for the colors in advance (and then been reimbursed). We still do not have a description of these colors.
Poor’s Brigade Standard of 1779
The only colors that we know the 1NH actually fielded under are those of General Poor’s Brigade during the Sullivan Campaign against the 7 Nations of the Iroquois. New Jersey Major John Ross made a sketch of the Order of Battle for Maj. Gen John Sullivan’s army during the campaign. In it, he drew matching colors for Gen. Maxwell’s (NJ) Campaign and Gen. Poor’s (NH + 6MA) Brigade. The flag shown for Poor’s is Green with a white union in the corner containing 13 large dark green stars arranged in three rows of 4 -5-4 . There is also a scroll of white with dark green ends in the middle of the field. There is no text on the scroll. Maxwell’s colors were in blue. There is little else known about the flags.
There is an excellent set of illustrations of these flags on pg. 186 of Standards and Colors of the American Revolution.
Like the early war period of the war, there is very little mention of flags for the 1NH for the last few years of the war. From various correspondence between officers, Gen. Washington, The Board of War, etc. It does appear that attempts were being made to procure colors, but there are very few accounts of them being made.
In April, 1779 Von Steuben regulated that each regiment was to have two Colors; one for each battalion. On May 10, 1779, the Board of War wrote to Gen. Washington that each regiment was to have two colors, one being the “standard of the United States” and the other a Regimental Color to match the facing color of the regiment. At this time, they still were not settled on what the “US Standard” would be. Throughout the rest of this year it appears they are still debating what the colors would look like. In September, Gen. Washington writes to the Board of War saying that he agrees the “union and emblems” should be in the center and the number of the Regt and the State should be in the “curve of the serpent”.
On February 28, 1780, the Board of War writes to Gen. Washington saying that the Colors shall be provided by the Commissary General of Military Stores, with two standards per unit, conforming to the plan. The colors would be a Standard of the U.S. and the other a Regimental Standard, with the “ground” to match the facing color of the regiment.
In July, 1782 estimates are given to create 100 new standards for the army. This is later cut to 50. It appears from other correspondence that the flags are not issued until March of 1783. Again there is no mention of the 1NH receiving these colors.


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Comparing the new front page with the christening of our calendar in 2016 – the new picture gets more beautiful each year and our colleague too!
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Anna's quiet book is called "Close your Clothes!" Each page has an item of clothing - with buttons, snaps, a belt, etc. - that children can practice opening and closing. By playing with the book, they can practice the motor skills they need to put on their own clothes. On top of that, Anna wrote poems for each page that have to do with each specific activity. The poems are so cute and clever; you can check them out here. Here are Anna's pictures of "Close Your Clothes!":
What's your name? Describe yourself in one sentence.
My name is Anna from Forty-Two Roads. I am an artist, a crafter, a mother, and a scholar. Not necessarily always in that order.
Who did you make this quiet book for? How old are they?
I made this book for my daughter, for her second birthday. Then it went to my son when turned turned 2. She is now about to turn 7, and he is 3.
What's your level of sewing experience?
I am a self-taught, beginner-medium sewer. I have no formal training but tend to be pretty good at figuring stuff out.
How long did it take you?
Oh, it seems like an eternity. Probably 40 hours total? Spread over a month or so.
Did you use any templates? Where can they be found?
No templates, everything, including the poems, is just from my own head.
How did you bind your quiet book? What material are the pages made out of?
1. The pages are just sewn right onto the book spine individually. Because they are fabric, that one seam doesn't interfere with turning the page. Just be sure to leave enough room around each attached page so the book can be folded flat (about 1/4 inch on each side). The cover is done the same way, just at the edge of the spine instead of the middle. The spine is made the same way the pages are - which leads me to answer #2.
2. You can think of each page as a pillow stuffed with a piece of study felt - that's basically how I did it. I cut rectangles of muslin (2 per page), sewed the page content onto them, and then sewed them together with a piece of felt inside.
What other materials did you use?
I used a bunch of my daughter's outgrown clothes, hair things, and a pair of her shoes.
How much did all the supplies cost you?
Zero. I made it with all things I already had on hand.
What's your favorite page? Why?
My favorite page is the cover because I think "Close Your Clothes" is a silly pun - and those are the best kind.
To see Anna's book in more detail (with poems!) click here. To check out her very crafty Etsy shop, click here. Thank you, Anna, for sharing your awesomely creative book with us!
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In contrast, Ondaatje (1987), In the Skin of a Lion, explores the issues of race and ethnicity experienced by Eastern European immigrants through giving those characters and names. Like the Japanese, their story was invisible in Canadian history.
In the Skin of a Lion Homework Help Questions. What is the point of In the Skin of a Lion, and what does it teach? Michael Ondaatje’s novel emphasizes the important role of immigrants in.Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistibl.What elements make the novel In the Skin of a Lion a postmodern novel? One of the main postmodern elements of In the Skin of a Lion is the way in which the novel deals with ideology and history.
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In the Skin of a Lion Questions and Answers. The Question and Answer section for In the Skin of a Lion is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Prepared essay for 2012 HSC Module B, on prescribed text of Michael Ondaatje's In the Skin of a Lion. Was given a high mark when submitted for preliminary marking.
In the novel, In The Skin Of A Lion Michael Ondaatje anatomizes the relationship between power and language and their effect on oneself establishing a sense of identity. The manipulative language and the complex structure Ondaatje uses explores this idea of power and its inevitable relationship with a sense of identity, which is even further accentuated through use of characterization.
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In the Skin of a Lion is a hazy, dreamlike novel, which transports its readers to the city of Toronto in the early 20th century. This is the time when countless immigrants came to the city - escaping misery, wars and poverty that was their daily life in the Old World.
In contrast, Ondaatje ( 1987 ), In the Skin of a Lion, explores the issues of race and ethnicity experienced by Eastern European immigrants through giving those characters and names. Like the Japanese, their narrative was unseeable in Canadian history.
Prescribed text: In the Skin of a Lion, Michael Ondaatje, 1987 You may disagree but you still need to deal with the question and keep engaging with the statement, otherwise this could be construed as replacing the topic with a learned response In the Skin of a Lion is a novel about the stories of the dislocated lives.
Characters from In the Skin of a Lion, such as Hana and Caravaggio, will later become protagonists in Michael Ondaatje’s novel The English Patient, set a decade later in Italy during World War II. In the Skin of a Lion also makes direct reference to Polish-British writer Joseph Conrad’s work. Conrad’s most famous novel, In the Heart of Darkness, shares some similar themes to In the Skin.
Discuss the ways in which textual forms and features shape your understanding of In the Skin of a Lion. Michael Ondaatje’s postmodern exploration of the early, developmental years of Canada, In the Skin of a Lion, is expressed through multiple perspectives, with no dominant perspective or omniscient narrator.
In The Skin Of A Lion Essay; In The Skin Of A Lion Essay. 1074 Words 5 Pages. Show More. When studying a novel it sometimes helps to look at the language used in a specific passage. In the novel In The Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje, this approach is extremely helpful. It will help you better understand the characters and give you a clearer.
In the Skin of a Lion is Michael Ondaatje's sparkling predecessor to his Booker Prize-winning The English Patient.It is here that we encounter, for the first time, Hana the orphaned girl and Caravaggio the thief, among a large cast of characters who are all lovingly and intimately portrayed.
Read the story and then select the correct answer for each question. One day a donkey found a lion’s skin left by a hunter. He dressed himself in it and amused himself by rushing out of the trees to scare the animals who passed by. He laughed as they all ran away from him—fast! After a few times, he got so excited and pleased to see them.


Blue links lead to the fully translated html versions of the page, purple links lead to pages whose start pages (as well as introductions and tables of contents at least) are already set up, green links lead to extern sites, grey means that no file is available yet).
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Sequence #K1ab: Img.278
Here is a famous book entitled "The Manna Machine." (Due to its high popularity, the same book has had many other editions - photos of a sizable proportion of which the reader can view for himself at Google.) The cover of the book shown above shows the appearance of the male (positive, kindling, yang) version of the mysterious "Object," worked out from descriptions in the three parts of the book Sefer ha-Zohar, i.e. the parts entitled The Great Holy Collection, The Small Holy Collection, and The Book of Secrets. (It's worth noting that the book of the Zohar also describes, slightly different from the male, the appearance of the female (negative, cooling, yin) version of the same Object - e.g. see Img.280 (#K2a).
Bible translations describe the same "Object" under a meaningful name meaning "Existing from Infinitely Ancient" - for example, the Catholic Millennium Bible describes it under the name "The Eternal", while English-language Bibles describe it under the name "The Ancient of Days", for example. Also translations of the book of Zohar use names with similar meanings - for example, in Polish-language translations of the book of Zohar he is usually called the Eternal Old Man. If one takes a closer look at this "Object", then one can see that despite giving it the atheistic appearance of a "technical device" in this drawing, it actually contains both all the most important organs of man (e.g. the two silvery male "testicles" visible above, and the erect "penis" contained between them), and it looks almost like a human figure - which makes more meaningful the words of verse 1:27 from "Genesis" in the "Millennium Bible", stating: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him, male and female he created them."
Because the description of this "Object" in the book Zohar uses ancient language, depending on the worldview of the person who interprets it, it can be understood either as a description of a machine - as atheistically interpreted by the authors of the above book, or as a description of the natural and living component of the content of the universe (i.e. the individual "speck of counter-matter", in the twelfth memory of which the self-aware program of God is contained) - as explained in the above item #K1. and the following Img.279 (#K1b) is interpreted by the author of this page. After all, e.g. if we had presently ancient descriptions of (a) the design and operation of our "solar system" and (b) the technical device called the "Antikythera Mechanism" while illustrated e.g. on YouTube with videos with addresses https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=antikythera+mechanism, then I am ready to bet with anyone that present people typically would NOT be able to distinguish which one of these two descriptions refers to (a) and which one to (b).
However, if one considers that the fact that the "Object" illustrated on the cover of the above book, while in my opinion interpreted more correctly on the basis of the much more numerous, accurate and more widely verifiable material evidence described in item #K1 above, which supports the interpretation from item #K1, exactly coincides with the features deduced on the basis of my scientific Theory of Everything from 1985 (also called the Concept of Dipolar Gravity), structure and operation of an individual speck of counter-matter, then for those readers to whom their worldview allows them to accept the truth, the religious description of this object provides additional proof and yet another independent confirmation that intelligent counter-matter does exist and actually demonstrates these components, characteristics, functions and actions which are assigned to it by logical deductions based on my scientific Theory of Everything of 1985. In turn, learning the truth about what the verses from the book of Zohar discussed here actually present is indescribably important for our civilization. After all, if they actually describe the structure, operation and attributes of the components of a single speck of counter-matter, then the scientific deciphering of these descriptions will allow humanity to master the ability to program counter-matter - and thus to begin on Earth the fifth and sixth "technical era of humanity". In turn mastering the programming of counter-matter will allow people to perform almost the same miracles of "creation from counter-matter" which God performed, while the capabilities of which I described in items #J4.5. and #J4.6. of my website Propulsion, and also in entries and #309 and #311 to the blogs of totalizm, and which together with my friend we illustrated on the film Drives of the Future resp in YouTube too.


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Life As We Knew It has been an overnight sensation on the blogs lately. It is the first book in a Young Adult trilogy about what could perhaps be the end of the world. Seems like heavy stuff, and it is. But after reading the reviews from Lisa (Books on the Brain), Carrie (Books and Movies), Amy (My Friend Amy) and Nymeth (Things Mean Alot), YA connoisseurs all, could there be no doubt that I was missing out if I did not read it? Yet another impulsive library request...
In fact, my daughter got her hands on it before I did. She was visibly shaken by the book but at the same time couldn't put it down. I happened to be finishing up "Brooklyn" at the time, and she asked me at least once a day whether I'd started this book yet. She was anxious to talk about it.
And for good reasons. This was an incredible, unforgettable book. The setting is in the current day, and our narrator is a 16-year-old girl named Miranda, who is keeping a diary. Her parents are divorced but amiable. Her father has remarried and is expecting a new baby. Her older brother Matt goes to college, and her younger brother Jon is in middle school, and lives with Miranda, their mother and the family cat. Typical family these days.
Nobody thinks twice when the news reports that an asteroid is going to collide with the moon. In fact, it is sort of a media event, like an eclipse. But upon impact, everyone understands, with a sickening fear, that the situation has been underestimated. The moon is pushed closer to the earth, disrupting the gravitational balance. Tsunamis are the first catastrophic result, wiping out everyone living anywhere near the coast (Florida and California are always getting the short end of the stick!). Then there are the earthquakes, volcanoes in unlikely locations, the heavy ash, the deadly communicable diseases...
Because of Miranda's mother's survival instincts, quick reflexes and desire to protect her family, they secure plenty of food, water, gasoline and warm clothing. But how long will the supplies last? When will things be back to normal, or will they ever be normal again? Miranda documents their daily struggles, which include food rationing, communicating with long-distance loved ones, gun-wielding bandits, death, and finding one's own personal space in an ever-shrinking world. Despite conflict, the family works out their problems and stays strong for each other. They begin to take pleasure in the smallest of blessings...ice-skating at a nearby pond, a game of chess, an old forgotten box of baseball cards. In what is an incredibly dark story, there are shards of hope:
"I never knew I could love as deeply as I do. I never knew I could be so willing to sacrifice things for other people. I never knew how wonderful a taste of pineapple juice could be, or the warmth of a woodstove, or the sound of Horton (the cat) purring, or the feel of clean clothes against freshly scrubbed skin. It wouldn't be New Year's without a resolution. I've resolved to take a moment every day for the rest of my life to appreciate what I have."
Miranda is a delightful protagonist. She is like any other teenage girl in how she longs for a boyfriend, needs her personal space, and is defiant of her mother (they have a few fights that are doozies). But she digs deep and finds strength within herself that she never knew she had. She loves her family and would make any sacrifice to help them. You can help but love her.
The overall premise is terrifying. It does not appear there is so much science behind Pfeffer's books as there is intuitive consequences (based on her blog here) but it is believable enough to keep you up at night. With the rains, the unusual cold temperatures, and earthquakes, you'd think it was starting now!
As I speak, I have "The Dead and the Gone", the second book of the trilogy, is on order from the library. It is my understanding that the book centers on another teen in New York City during the same time period. My daughter and I wait anxiously!
My daughter's rating: 5 out of 5 stars
My rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars


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In Persian music the ornaments are very important. In fact they are part of melodies. To know well the structure of classical Persian music you have to know well how the ornaments work. To improvise on a motif and develop ideas, to show the techniques of instruments and to interpret correctly a traditional Persian song we need to know the ornamentations well. This book contains special step by step exercises to learn how the ornaments work and also traditional songs in different Persian modes. All written in an innovative way to make it easier to touch and memorize them. By the way many times writing all the details is quite complicated but I tried to write almost all ornaments in this book in a way easier to understand. These exercises may be used for other instruments or for research as well. We all know that music is an art of listening so to get closer to this world we have to listen well. For this, there are two CDs recorded in high quality accompanied with Persian percussions that are available for listening and practicing. BUY eBOOK HERE 1st CD 2nd CD
A new method to learn Tombak, the main percussion of classical Persian music. In this method you will know different rhythmic forms of traditional music and Persian folklore. You also learn various techniques of modern tombak. With a more precise musical language. This book is the result of years teaching Tombak as much as in music universities in Iran and teaching by skype around the world. Many students of other nationalities want to learn typical rhythms of classical Persian music but in the methods they do not find it well. I have tried to prepare exercises based on the traditional figures of tombak and also in the last lessons we approach the modern techniques. In fact in this book there is no explanation on the techniques of tombak. there are only exercises from basic to professional level. Audio files also are avalable in this link: https://payhip.com/b/uciv
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The American Library Association (ALA) is getting ready to get its game on as libraries across the nation prepare for National Gaming Day. Studies are showing that both kids and adults that come to play board and video games at the library stay to use its other services and resources.
Hasbro is donating free copies of the "Pictureka!
" board game to 16,000 libraries as the ALA attempts to set a record for the most people playing the board game on the same day. There's a national videogame tournament online as well. Wizards of the Coast is also getting into the game. The company has donated all the source books needed to run Dungeons & Dragons
Role Playing Game and decks of its Magic the Gathering
Trading Card Game. I only hope that the participating libraries have enough room as gamers whether their into RPGs, TCGs, board games or videogames can rarely contain their enthusiasm.
Check your local public library to see if it's participating in National Gaming Day this November 15th.
POPULAR GAMES SUPPORT LITERACY IN U.S. LIBRARIES
Libraries gear up for National Gaming Day @ your library
CHICAGO - Game on! Hundreds of libraries across the country will join the American Library Association (ALA) for the first-ever National Gaming Day @ your library on Nov. 15, 2008. The nation's libraries will celebrate the popularity, as well as the recreational and educational value of board and video games.
During National Gaming Day, public, school, and academic libraries will participate in two national events. The first is an attempt to establish a record for the most number of people playing the board game "Pictureka!" on the same day at the library.
Through a generous donation from Hasbro, more than 16,000 public libraries in the U.S. will receive a free copy of "Pictureka!", a frenzied version of finder's keeper's, before National Gaming Day.
Library gamers will also participate in a national video game tournament via the web. Players of all ages and experience levels will be able to see how they rank on local, regional and national leaderboards. The video game tournament is made possible by free Web-based tools provided by Ann Arbor (MI) District Library.
In addition to Pictureka! and/or videogames, libraries will offer a variety of roleplaying games. Wizards of the Coast has donated all the materials needed to run both the Dungeons & DragonsR Roleplaying Game and Magic: The GatheringR Trading Card Game to registered libraries.
Libraries are changing and dynamic places, and are continuously offering free innovative programs and services that educate, entertain and expand interaction with their users. Historically, libraries are well known as key providers of print resources. With new digital formats such as downloadable audio, video, and board and video games, libraries continue to create and promote modern educational opportunities for their users.
"Gaming formats have become a valuable tool for libraries," said ALA President Jim Rettig. "Not only has this new format increased library usage from hard to reach users such as teens, we also have found that video games attract a variety of users and are a great vehicle to teach basic technology skills."
A study of adult gaming at the Public Library of Charlotte Mecklenburg County (NC) found that patrons who attended gaming events at the library were more open to using other services. Also, libraries around the country report young users who have come to the library for free access to games often visit the library again to take advantage of other free resources such as homework help programs. In addition to offering free access to educational and digital resources, libraries offer the expertise of librarians. Librarians can teach people how to use new technologies and supply users with tools to enhance their critical thinking skills.
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HISTORY: The Cold War and Desegregation
The Cold War influenced desegregation because it brought international attention to the failings of the United States government. The negative perceptions combined with the race against communism pushed the government to end de jure segregation. African American activism did contribute to the changing politics around segregation, but it was the threat to the United States as a world power that changed segregation laws.
Dudziak’s article focuses on the effects of international attention have on law in the United States. *The Truman Administration’s interest in desegregation was a example of the politics of desegregation. The interest in having the African American vote and consequential movement towards desegregation demonstrates this. When international attention was directed towards the US, politics wasn’t enough to satisfy them. Only taking lawful action against segregation would quell the doubts directed towards the United States. Korstad and Lichtenstein support this relationship between politics and law. Labor union militancy in the 1940s saw a rise in participation in local politics from African Americans. The push for active participation in the African American community opened the gateway to desegregation within local working communities. Politics is shaped by local interests and participation, while law is influenced by international pressure.
According to Dudziak, the new international attention of the Cold War created a stage for African Americans to air their grievances. International press brought attention to the reality of segregation in the United States and influenced perceptions of American democracy at home and abroad. African American activism within the United Nations influenced Soviet Union propaganda attacking American democracy. The State Department recognized the threat international perceptions made to foreign policy. In response, the State Department filed a series of amicus curiae briefs to the Supreme Court emphasizing the need for desegregation to maintain foreign policy.
Korstad and Lichtenstein argue that the Cold War anti-communism campaign negatively impacted African American activism, as is eroded support for the unions and African Americans associated with them. Because so much of the article focuses on the developments of labor unions during the 1940s, the Cold War has very little influence in shaping activism. Korstad and Lichtenstein postulate that working class black activism could have made a breakthrough in the labor-based civil rights movement for industrial organization and interracial cooperation during the mid 1940s. However, the opportunity passed and the decline in activism was overshadowed by the civil right law victories of the later decades.
The reaction of the government to activism is dependent on where the focus is placed. Dudziak’s international focus suggests that activism was empowering, because it forced the government to take legal action. Domestic demand for desegregation was gaining the support it needed from the white population, but likely wouldn’t have resulted in any judicial change, if not for international demand. Korstad and Lichtenstein, however, focus on the domestic impacts of government reaction, and argue that it actually limited the effects of activism. Because of the fight to contain communism, activism decreased as union membership decreased. So local government response constrained activism.
The challenge to education was a step back from more radical activism on both accounts. Though Brown had positive effects on international relations with the United States, it actually limited the ability to fight systematic racism and segregation. Because there was no longer any law upholding segregation, perceptions of racism in America changed. This is dangerous though, because it left openings for de facto segregation while also making it difficult to fight institutional racism. This step back from activism influenced the civil rights struggle in the 1960s, which focussed too heavily on changing laws rather than on changing society.
Dudziak provided a more persuasive argument on the influence of the Cold War on desegregation. Her argument was well organized and focused on international and national interests that lead to lawful desegregation that would later define the civil rights movement. Korstad and Lichtenstein on the other hand, had too narrow a focus to properly analyze desegregation laws and politics within the context of the Cold War. The focus on two specific regions, prior to the start of the Cold War does not lend itself to a very persuasive argument, by fault of focussing to heavily on the role of labor in early local civil rights movements.
The role of activism during the Cold War is important to understanding the decision to end segregation. The interracial convergence of interests helped push to change domestic politics about civil rights, but it was international attention and perception that created law as a vehicle for social change. Dudziak’s argument that international perception and the Cold War imperative were the driving force behind desegregation is a convincing one. While Korstad and Lichtenstein focus on labor activism prior to the Cold War, they do provide important context for understanding the transition in the civil rights movement from local grassroots activism to national protest and lawful change. This transition to appealing to the federal government for support in judicial activism can only be understood by understanding activism within the context of the Cold War.
 Mary L. Dudziak, “Desegregation as a Cold War Imperative,” Stanford Law Review 31 (Nov., 1988): 78-79.
 Mary L. Dudziak, “Desegregation as a Cold War Imperative,” Stanford Law Review 31 (Nov., 1988):, 103.
 Robert Korstad and Nelson Lichtenstein, “Opportunities Found and Lost: Labor, Radicals, and the Early Civil Rights Movement,” Journal of American History 75, no. 3 (Dec. 1988): 792-793.
 Mary L. Dudziak, “Desegregation as a Cold War Imperative,” Stanford Law Review 31 (Nov., 1988): 88-90.
 Mary L. Dudziak, “Desegregation as a Cold War Imperative,” Stanford Law Review 31 (Nov., 1988): 101-102.
 Robert Korstad and Nelson Lichtenstein, “Opportunities Found and Lost: Labor, Radicals, and the Early Civil Rights Movement,” Journal of American History 75, no. 3 (Dec. 1988): 804.
 Robert Korstad and Nelson Lichtenstein, “Opportunities Found and Lost: Labor, Radicals, and the Early Civil Rights Movement,” Journal of American History 75, no. 3 (Dec. 1988): 800.
 Mary L. Dudziak, “Desegregation as a Cold War Imperative,” Stanford Law Review 31 (Nov., 1988): 118.
 Robert Korstad and Nelson Lichtenstein, “Opportunities Found and Lost: Labor, Radicals, and the Early Civil Rights Movement,” Journal of American History 75, no. 3 (Dec. 1988): 811.
Dr. Hower’s Comments
HIS16-304-02: History of the Civil Rights Movement
Short Essay Assignment
There’s a lot to like here. You’ve done an impressive job of bringing the two pieces into conversation with each other, finding areas of overlap as well as divergence, and drawing out some important context around the emergence of the modern civil rights movement. Still, in a few ways, the piece felt just a little ruches and underdeveloped.
- Thesis: The essay begins abruptly. You jump right in to what seems like Dudziak’s argument about the importance of the international pressure in turning the federal government toward (certain kinds of) civil rights. That’s a perfectly reasonable view (an a pretty good distillation of her argument) but I think you want to set the discussion up a little bit more in the introduction. Provide the reader with some sort of lead-in, a sense of the big question, and some kind of nod to the two article — then make your own argument clear. That way, the subsequent paragraphs don’t need to do quite as much work to answer the “Who Cares?” of “So What?” Questions. It also places a thread for you to pick up on in the conclusion, when you can move beyond the essay’s argument and reflect on some bigger question in (American) history.
- Evidence: You draw well effectively on the two articles, pulling out some of their key claims. Ultimately, the lack of a distinctive argument (non-Dudziak) thesis made it hard to understand how all the content fit into the bigger picture. As I note before, I was both impressed and a little thrown by the integrated approach to the discussion. There’s value in the approach, but I wonder if it makes it just a little harder to clearly establish the two articles on their own terms? As I note below, I’m not fully sure you’ve captured what Korstad and Lichtenstein are trying to argue re: the impact of the Cold War. The references look good, but (at least in history) you can generally place them at the end of sentences unless there’s a very specific word or phrase that needs to be explained.
- Organization: As I mentioned above, I think both the introduction and conclusion needed a little more development. The content in between was generally quite good, though not always structured in a way clearly connected to the overarching argument (which, ultimately, seems to turn on an implicit claim about the superior persuasiveness of Dudziak’s framework). Dealing with each piece in each paragraph is an interesting approach, but I’m not sure it is very well suited to these two pieces. After all, most of Korstad and Lichtenstein’s story is done by the time Truman wins reelection in 1948! (Ultimately, I think, there was room to do a bit more with this — the more radical/economic demands of the black-led unionism had been partially muted by the Cold War turn, perhaps creating the political space for the Truman administration back a certain kind of civil rights?)
- Style: While there were a few very minor issues with footnote placement and word choice, the essay was free from major grammatical or typographical errors. You’ve got a very direct prose style, which generally serves you well. Still, I wonder if it wouldn’t be worth occasionally combining some of these short sentences into a more complex form — just to mix up the rhythm of the paragraphs? Still overall, very solid.
In terms of content, I thought you handled the Dudziak reading very well, highlighting the interplay between Cold War anti-communism, certain kinds of lobbying, and the narrowed brand of civil rights that emerged with Brown. (I thought that was the best paragraph of the piece).
By comparison, the discussion of Korstad and Lichtenstein felt a little less developed. You rightly note the connection between labor militancy and local politics on the first page, but I think you needed to tease that out just a little bit. After all, for them, a big reason the Cold War mattered was that it demobilized this broad-based, socially-conscious form of unionism, which had managed to drag middle-class led groups like the NAACP into addressing workplace concerns AND provided an alternative center for community organizing in major industrial cities. While you rightly note the chilling effect of the Cold War (sorry), it isn’t quite as clear what was lost. You ultimately suggest that Dudziak has the better explanation for the success of desegregation laws, but I’m not entirely sure that’s what the women and men at the center of K+L’s story see as the most important concern.
Finally, I thought you could have done just a little bit more to elaborate on the strengths and weaknesses of the two approaches — what’s revealed and left out by the local and national/international perspective? What kinds of sources did they use? A slightly fuller treatment would have given a bit more bite to your argument about the superiority of Dudziak’s analysis.
Still, all in all, this was very solid. I know you had a lot to do for me over these first few weeks. You’ve done a great job so far of balancing the workload while actively contributing to each of our class discussions. Keep up the good work.


Title: Uglies (Uglies #1)
Author: Scott Westerfeld
Published: February 8th 2005 by Simon Schusters Children's
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Summary from goodreads: Tally Youngblood is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait for the operation that turns everyone from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to party. But new friend Shay would rather hoverboard to "the Smoke" and be free. Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world and it isn't very pretty. The "Special Circumstances" authority Dr Cable offers Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.
I did like the book, I didn't love it but it has a few good and bad parts. To me it wasn't a book that I had to read, I put it away a few times because I was getting bored with the story. It was all a bit obvious, there was no mystery, and I love a bit of mystery in a book.
The love story that happens halfway through the book is in my opinion in there because there had to be a love story, because a good book is a book with a love story, right? It seemed a bit to forced and did not look natural in the whole atmosphere that the book has. My last comment is that the book was just, let's say dry. You keep waiting on this thing to happen and it keeps dreading and dreading..
I already have the second book, so of course I will be reading this to see if there are any changes in the story and of course I’m a bit curious about what's going to happen to Tally, will she be ugly or pretty and how is this going to be for her..


Friday, February 18, 2011
In our continuing tribute in honor of Black History Month, here's the top five books I've read in the last year by African-American authors, plucked from the depths of my Reading Bucket List:
1. 32 Candles by Ernessa T. Carter. It's a take on the movie Sixteen Candles, only it's a black woman who yearns for a Molly Ringwald ending of her own. Miramax has already purchased the movie rights.
2. Buying Time by Pamela Samuels-Young is a deftly plotted legal thriller that combines the best of Lisa Scottoline and Robert Crais. Samuels-Young writes like John Grisham with a female twist.
3. Substitue Me by Lori L. Tharps. This book, published by Simon and Schuster, is about a middle class college-educated Africa-American young adult who takes a job as a nanny for a yuppie couple. Tharps writes so well, you don't even realize you're reading. It feels like you're watching a movie instead.
4. Glorious by Bernice McFadden is a powerful novel about Easter Bartlett who travels from violence in the Jim Crow south to the promise of a brighter future during the Harlem Renaissance. Will the promise be realized?
5. The Girl Who Fell From The Sky by Heidi Durrow is a book about a biracial girl raised by her white mother, but is suddenly sent to live with her black relatives. Hilarity does not ensue. I read this book in one day!


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GB GB1179 DMJ-DMJ/1-DMJ/1/1
Letters from Dennis Jones, chiefly to Thomas and Alice Pitfield
- 1984-2000 (Creation)
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Dr Dennis McKay Jones (d.2003) qualified as a medical practitioner in 1954, in London. He practiced as a coroner in Saskatchewan, Canada, and was a member of the British Association for Homeopathy, and the Royal Society of Medicine. He lived at Marden Mill, Marden, Devizes. Jones was working as a physician at the Harley Street Clinic in London when he first met Thomas and his wife, Alice, Pitfield at the UK Vegetarian Society's conference in 1984. A friendship was struck, and correspondence was begun in 1984 which lasted until the death of Thomas Pitfield in 1999. Copies of letters sent by Jones were retained by Jones and form a part of this collection. It appears that the last letter which Jones sent to the Pitfield home was to Alice, shortly after the death of her husband. Throughout the fifteen year friendship, Jones collected concert programmes, exhibition leaflets, published works (both literary and musical) by Thomas Pitfield, and biographical articles on Pitfield which were published in national newspapers and magazines; many of these items are contained in this collection. Jones continued to collect items after the death of Thomas Pitfield: items include an order of service for the funeral mass, and the obituaries from various national newspapers. Thomas Pitfield (1903-1999) was a composer (as well as a poet, artist, writer and teacher); he studied for a year at the RMCM in 1924 and at the Bolton School of Art from 1930-4. He returned to the RMCM in 1947 and taught composition there until 1973. The RNCM Archive already holds a Pitfield collection, which contains Music MSS, drawings, sketches, painting, poetry & other output of the composer. It can be surmised that it is Pitfield's connection with the RNCM that Jones requested that his collection of papers relating to Pitfield be donated to there following his (Jones's) death.
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Letters sent by Dennis Jones from the outset of his friendship with the Pitfields. Includes copies of newspaper articles; copies of Thomas Pitfield's music scores; and several copies of a form for the nomination of candidates for the Prime Minister's Honours List, with related notes.
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