The rights, responsibilities, and other standards for Faculty are addressed in the Regulations Library of the University of Utah. The applicable policies and sections are below.
- Academic Freedom and Faculty Rights Committee (Policy 6-002)
- Dismissal or Forced Resignations (Policy 6-307)
- Terminations (For Cause, Medical Reasons, Financial Exigency) and Program Discontinuance (Policy 6-313)
- School Disruptions & Civil Disturbances (Policy 1-005)
- University Speech Policy (Policy 1-007)
Code of Faculty Rights and Responsibilities (Policy 6-316)
- Non-Discrimination Policy (Policy 1-012)
- Individual Financial Conflict of Interest Policy (Policy 1-006) and the associated rules, guidelines, and procedures.
- Faculty Enrollment in Degree Program (Policy 6-300)
- Faculty Profit Making Endeavors (Policy 7-004)
- Remunerative Consultation and Other Employment Activities (Policy 5-204)
- Additional Compensation and Overload (Policy 5-403) and associated rules.
- Employment or Supervision of Immediate Family (Policy 5-105)
- Restricted Purchases and Special Procurement (Rule 3-100E)
- Use and Security of Property (Policy 4-005)
- Copying of Copyrighted Materials (Policy 7-013)
- Performance or Display of Copyrighted Materials (Policy 7-014)
- Copyright Policy: Ownership of Copyrightable Works and Related Works (Policy 7-003)
- Personnel Records (including the maintenance & location of files and faculty rights to inspect and copy.) (Policy 5-002)
- Resignation (Policy 6-307)
- Alcohol Use/Consumption in University Facilities and
- Requirements for Notification of Certain Drug Convictions,
- Drug Free Workplace (Policy 5-113) and related rules
- Drug Testing Policy for Health Sciences Center
- Required Professional Boundaries in Relationships (Policy 1-020)
The University encourages informal resolution of problems through direct conversations (if appropriate), the assistance of administrators and the use of mediators as appropriate. Many of the University’s formal grievance procedures require an initial attempt at informal resolution before they may proceed. The University Faculty may bring grievances against other members of the University community through several different processes depending upon the classification (employee/student) of the individual against whom the grievance is made and the nature of the grievance.
- A grievance against a student is normally brought pursuant to the Student Academic Performance, Academic Conduct, and Professional and Ethical Conduct
- A grievance against a regular staff member is normally brought by the employee’s supervisor in consultation with Human Resources through the Corrective Action and Termination Policy for Staff Employees. (Policy 5-111)
- Staff Policy for grievances arising out of violations of University policy (Policy 5-203)
- A grievance arising out of a claim of discrimination or sexual harassment is generally brought pursuant to the Discrimination and Sexual Harassment Policy which applies to all the University community (Faculty, Staff, Students). (Policy 1-012)
- If a discrimination complaint is raised in the context of another Faculty proceeding, however, the Consolidated Hearing Committee is the appropriate forum. (Policy 6-011)
- Complaints with allege a violation of rules of the Faculty Code are brought pursuant to the Code of Faculty Rights and Responsibilities (Policy 6-316) and the Consolidated Hearing Process. (Policy 6-011)
The University’s attorneys through the Office of General Counsel provide legal advice to University employees and entities who in the course of their responsibilities are acting on behalf of the University.
Faculty members are entitled to representation and legal defense if named in lawsuits brought against them as employees of the University as set forth in Utah statute. Requests for legal defense must be made in writing to the cognizant vice president.
- Accident and Liability Reporting and Prevention (Policy 5-310)
- Notification of Request for Legal Defense


All UHLS (Albany and Rensselaer Counties) library cardholders are allowed 2.5 hours of free computer time per day, guaranteed 1 hour at a time. Patrons may choose to use this time over several sessions in a day. The library card account must be in good standing (under $5 in fines and fees) in order to access the computers. Non-cardholders are welcome to purchase a guest pass for $1, good for 2.5 hours of computer use within the day. A photo ID is required to purchase a guest pass.
Printing is available from the library's computers as well as patron-owned laptops. Printing costs 15¢ per page for single-sided black & white, 25¢ per page for double-sided black & white, and 50¢ per page for color. When sending a document to the printer, choose the color or black and white printer that meets your needs. Confirm the pricing window that follows. Then, proceed to the print release station with your library card or guest pass to pay and print your documents.


AOL Net Find Kids Only. A search engine that links to sites that are safe for kids. The Awesome Library for Teachers, Students and Parents. The Awesome Library organizes your exploration of the World Wide Web with 12,000 carefully reviewed resources. You type in who you are: teacher, kid, teen, parent, librarian or community, and then you get to choose from a wide range of topic areas. Each one opens up to an amazing collection of resource listings and places to visit on the web. There is also a search feature where you type in one or two topic words and go!
Cool Sites for Kids. A great collection of links for kids from the American Library Association. Topics areas include: reading and writing, homework help, nature and environment, people and places, science and technology, planets and space, reference tools, computers and the Internet, visit the museums, and just for fun.
CyberPatrol’s Route 6 – 16. A search engine specifically for parents, teachers, and kids. You type in your topic of interest and see what comes up! More than 3,000 links to over a million pages of information.
Jean Armour Polly’s 100 Extraordinary Experiences for Internet Kids. One hundred great sites in ten categories: for kids who love arts and music; for kids who love comics, cartoons and animation; for kids who love games, toys and interactive stuff; for homework help; for parents; for preschoolers; for kids who love reading, writing or writing to penpals; for kids who love science; for kids who love sports; for teachers. A fabulous resource.
Kids Toy Guns – a website about kids guns, fun army toys, and other such. There is also plenty of information about keeping kids safe from guns too.
Kid Safe Sites. The New Zealand Educator’s Association list of sites that are safe for kids. Lots of intriguing sites here including: interactive science fiction, Maori stories, a girl who collects riddles and knock-knock jokes, a kids’ Star Trek club, animated story books, a kids’ news service, children’s websites from around the world, and much more.
The Kids on the Web. A fabulous collection of links. Check them out!
The Librarian’s Guide to Cyberspace for Parents and Kids. The American Library Association’s choice of 50 great websites for parents and kids. As the authors of the site explain, “The sheer volume of places to go and things to do online can be overwhelming. It can also make it difficult to find the exact information that you want. In fact, some people have compared cyberspace to a library with all the books dumped on the floor. Librarians are experts at selecting, organizing and categorizing information so it is easy to find and use. Today, we are applying those same skills to cyberspace so that you and your child can take best advantage of the vast resources it offers.” A wonderful resource.
700 Great Sites: Amazing, Spectacular, Mysterious, Colorful Websites for Kids and the Adults Who Care About Them. The largest juried collection of sites for kids on the Internet, compiled by the Children and Technology Committee of the Association for Library Service to Children. Search categories for kids include: arts and entertainment, literature and language, people past and present, planet earth and beyond, science and technology. Categories for adults include: sites for parents and caregivers, sites for homeschooling families, sites for educators and librarians, sites about children’s literature, storytelling and puppetry. A phenomenal resource. A jumping off place for EVERYTHING! Don’t miss this site!
Yahooligans! The web guide for kids. A huge database of sites for kids. Categories include: around the world, art soup, computers and games, entertainment, school bell, science and oddities, sports and recreation, and the scoop (comics, weather, and events). An incredible treasure trove of great places for kids to explore online.
BabyCenter. A big, commercial site full of information for expectant and new parents. Major topic areas include preconception, pregnancy, and baby. Includes articles, questions and answers, bulletin boards, classified ads, polls, news, a baby gallery, resources for dads, and a shopping mall. Features chat with T. Berry Brazelton. Lots of ads and a mainstream perspective.
Babyhood. Several parents got together and launched this site for parents of children from birth through twenty-four months. Includes a valuable collection of links to websites dealing with health and safety, child care, parenting, recreation, baby products, and more. Includes a comprehensive baby namer and a collection of babies with their own home pages.
BabyZone: Family Planning, Pregnancy and Parenting. A big commercial, magazine-style site that’s full of mostly mainstream information on conception, adoption, pregnancy, maternity health and diet, childbirth choices, maternity and baby-care products and shopping, fatherhood, and baby care, and parenting. Articles, contests, a baby name planner, interactive chat rooms, and much more. Site is updated daily. Lots of ads.
BestFed.Com. An online resource for progressive parenting issues. Hosted by a mother of four, BestFed supports attachment parenting. If you’re into home births, nursing, cloth diapers, baby slings, a family bed and homeschooling, this site is for you. Provides resources on pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, babies, toddlers, kids of all ages, education and parenting. Includes an online bookstore and access to discussion groups.
The Breastfeeding Page. Information for nursing mothers. Includes information on a wide range of topics including breastfeeding after a c-section, nursing toddlers, breastfeeding multiples, and nursing babies with Downs Syndrome. Resources on the benefits of nursing, attachment parenting, nursing strikes, nursing while taking Prozac, and much, much more. Extensive links.
Childbirth.Org. Pregnancy and childbirth information for expectant parents. Site opens with the sentence, “Birth is a natural process, not a medical procedure.” Extensive resources including chat rooms, birth stories, ideas for picking a pediatrician, answers from a childbirth educator and breastfeeding counselor. Valuable information on prenatal care, traveling during pregnancy, interactive birth plans, doulas, and newborn care. The whole site advocates the empowerment of parents. An ad comes up when you first enter the site.
The Childbirth Web. The Childbirth WEB is a mother-to-mother organization gathering personal stories of women’s experiences of childbirth. “We are collecting this information for the purpose of better understanding the non-medical issues surrounding childbirth, including topics such as how a woman’s expectations can effect her birth, and how her birth experience can effect her parenting and her life in general. Our goal is to focus more attention on the emotional and spiritual needs of women, babies and those who attend them, while reducing reliance on technology and interventions during childbirth.” If you visit their site, you can add your story to their growing archives.
For Parents of Preemies. This site, sponsored by the University of Wisconsin and The Center For Perinatal Care at Meriter Hospital in Madison, provides invaluable information for parents of premature infants. Topics include: anticipating the birth of a preemie, chances for survival, the likelihood of disabilities, the neonatal intensive care unit, common problems, preparing for discharge, questions after discharge, understanding your preemie, getting emotional support, later problems of preemies, child safety, and other requested topics. Excellent resources and links to information on preemies and loss/grief. Site information available in Spanish and English.
La Leche League International. Online support for breastfeeding moms. A high-quality informative site.
Motherstuff. A fabulous collection of links to topics relating to pregnancy, health, birth, miscarriage, preemies, midwifery, breastfeeding, mothering, and parenting. Also includes a bookstore, a business directory, and a bulletin board. A lovely site full of connections to lots of unusual, worthwhile resources.
The Online Birth Center. Extensive resources, links, and articles on midwifery, pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding and alternative health care. Site also features a free online newsletter.
Pampers Parenting Institute. This site advertises diapers, and also provides advice from T. Berry Brazelton and other experts on issues related to baby care in the first year of life. Includes sound information on health and safety, motor skills, feeding, cognitive development, and physical development.
EmployMoms.com – a career focused site about moms working, going back to school, working from home with legit programs, and making money online.
Sabrina’s Pregnancy Page. Childbirth educator and web enthusiast, Sabrina Cuddy, has created a great site full of resources and links to a wide range of topics of interest to expectant parents. Includes lots of links, a c-section photo gallery, a pregnancy chat group, and several e-mail discussion groups: ICAN for people who want to discuss c-sections in a supportive environment, PAM for people attempting pregnancy after a miscarriage or other pregnancy loss, MIDWIFE for midwives, YALAD to discuss Jewish birthing practices (but not the pros and cons of circumcision), CCE for childbirth educators, DOULA for professional pregnancy, labor and postpartum care providers, AL for midwives-in-training, REACH for birth professionals and survivors interested in understanding the effects of childhood abuse on pregnancy and the birth process, and THE LADY’S HANDS for Pagan birth professionals. A great place to visit for networking and information.
Zero to Three. This visually beautiful website, sponsored by the National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, opens with this descriptor: “a virtual space dedicated solely to the healthy development of infants and toddlers our youngest explorers.” Zero to Three disseminates key developmental information, trains providers, promotes model approaches and standards of practice and works to increase public awareness about the significance of the first three years of life. Their website is divided into two sections, one for parents and one for professionals. Includes developmental information and a tip of the week.
Emphasis on Moms – a website about being a mom and issues related to being a mom.


Why so early with an Advent devotion round up for all ages?
In just one week we’ll find our thoughts quickly shifting from turkey and stuffing to twinkle lights and wrapped gifts. Many of us feel a deep growing need to quiet some of the chaos and noise of Christmas in an effort to focus on the birth of Christ. We have used a variety of books and devotions over the years to celebrate Advent and today I want to share some of our favorites. And we have a sneak peek at a fun ornament set for the kids to make starting next week. So why share an advent round up for all ages today you ask? Why to give you time to order a copy for yourself and begin planning for your own family advent, of course.
Family devotions and activities with younger children
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They are no longer in print which makes them a little harder to find, but they are also cheaper than what we originally paid for them 15 years ago. She begins with creation and shares a daily devotion weaving the message of God’s redemption through Christ with discussion questions that help kids begin to understand why all of this matters. The activity book has daily crafts and projects to go along with each day’s reading. There are quite a few alternate activities included allowing flexibility based on your family’s schedule and interests.
Family devotions for Elementary aged children and up
Fast forward a few years and we found ourselves doing a read-aloud book many evenings before they went to bed. When Christmas rolled around that year, we came across a book call Jotham’s Journey by Arnold Ytreeide and we were hooked.
There are now four books in this historical fiction collection that center around children at the time of Christ’s birth – Jotham’s Journey, Bartholomew’s Passage, Tabitha’s Travels and Ishtar’s Odyssey. The best summary of these adventures is found on the back jacket of Jotham’s Journey …
“In one of the moset exciting Advent stories you will ever read, follow ten-year old Jotham across Israel as he searches for his family. Hold your breath when he faces thieves, robbers, and kidnappers. Rejoice in his encounters with wise men, shepherds, and innkeepers until at last he finds his way to the Savior born in Bethlehem.”
Bartholomew is a young boy in search of his family after being separated when Roman soldiers destroyed their village, and along the way, he meets Jotham. Tabitha is a shepherd’s daughter who spends some time with Zechariah and Elizabeth and also meets Jotham and Bartholomew. Ishtar is the son of a Persian wise man who is caravaning across the desert in search of a star with his father, and he meets up with the other three children.
These books are spell-binding and so well written, that many nights the kids couldn’t wait to get to bed to hear what was going to happen next. Some may feel unsure about the ability of kids to keep scripture and fiction straight; however, that was never an issue with our children.
Our oldest, now married, daughter saw the books in my room the other day and got so excited talking about how they were her absolute favorite Christmas stories we ever read. Needless to say, when the day comes that we add grandkids to our world, each family will definitely find a set of these under the tree one year.
Family devotions for young adults and beyond
As an adult, I have loved pretty much all of the devotions, Christmas or otherwise, written by Max Lucado. He has such a fresh view and a masterful way of painting word pictures that pierce straight to the heart and soul of life.
Another favorite of mine is The Greatest Gift by Ann Voskamp. She is a very deep poetic writer so I find myself reading and re-reading her thoughts slowly for them to sink in. But when they sink in, it’s usually a vulnerably raw breath of grace and perspective. The purchase of her book also includes a code to download a set of ornaments to go along with the reading for each day.
A few years ago, I used those downloaded images to create some wooden ornaments that I hang on our banister garland at the beginning of December. As each devotion is read we move it from the banister to the tree. For me, it’s the first step of truly hearing and applying the scripture of advent to my heart, so it can become action.
Here are links to the resources listed above, as well as few more of our family favorites.
How about your family? Do you have favorite advent resources or traditions that you would recommend to others?
Next Friday, we will begin a weekly series with some basic ideas for a weekly advent time and a fun hands-on ornament set for the kids to create. I’m so excited about this I can hardly stand it! For now, I’ll just tell you that it will include downloadable PDFs, some scripture and song ideas and as much creativity as your crew may or may not choose to unleash. Oh, and some great artwork by one of my absolute favorite artists. Stay tuned, y’all, and I’ll do my best to wait patiently until then!


30 Days of Spirituality
helpful life keys volume 1
Have you ever felt like everyone around you is more spiritual than you are?
No matter where you are on your spiritual journey, the practical keys in this interactive book will help you go deeper.
Get ready to unlock the next door in your spiritual journey over the next 30 days!
Helpful Life Keys Volume 2
Can you imagine how your life would look if you walked in peace and hope every day? Jesus gives us peace and then commands us to not let our hearts be troubled. This is both a gift and a responsibility. Let’s take the next 30 days to work together on cultivating a peace that leads to lasting hope.
Travel with me on a journey through machine guns & mafia, romance & heartbreak, dreams & struggles and find keys to unlock your destiny all along the way.
"Beth Olson is a great friend of mine. I know her well. In her new book, you can follow a life story of difficult decisions she made in following her passion, knowing God intimately. You'll also learn how to apply what she learned for practical use in your own journey. I wish the world had more than just one Beth Olson in it."
"Diary of a Missionary Kid by Beth Olson is a must read for anyone who desires to live a wide eyed adventure with God. The journey of Beth Olson is the ripe fruit of a life courageously and honestly lived."
Check out the video below to hear a bit about my autobiography
Zoe's 2nd Book Is Now Available!
The Stick Family Book is a comedic story based off of The Stick Family Video Series created by my youngest son Elijah. If you have reluctant young readers, you will definitely want to put this book in their hands.


Lonis Joseph Laurent
“The Man, The Myth, The Legend”
Lonis J. Laurent was born to the late Reverend Velvon and Iris Laurent on February 23rd, 1943, in Longbridge, Louisiana. Lonis grew up in a home filled with love and rich in spirituality. At an early age, he was baptized at Evening Star Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Velvon Laurent in Longbridge, Louisiana. His fellowship was then brought to Little Zion Baptist Church. Lonis attended public school at Bethune High School in Marksville, Louisiana.
Throughout his life, Lonis was a very hard and dedicated worker. His employment began at Ideal Chevrolet in Marksville, Louisiana as a mechanic. Lonis furthered his employment by gaining a position with the Avoyelles Parish School Board as a school bus driver. He continued his education at Southern University in autobody and fender repair. He also gained a teaching position at Career Development Center as a fender repairman until its door closed. Lonis worked as a school bus driver for 28 years until retiring in 1997. Lonis loved working with his hands such as repairing and painting cars. Lonis served as a town alderman in Cottonport for 16 years. He started the Social Club that helped the community and served as president there. Lonis was also the owner of a night club, The Dew Drop Inn and owned and operated an autobody and mechanic shop known as Laurent’s Body Shop where he worked hard for many years.
Lonis fought a good fight, kept the faith and left an impressionable legacy. God, in his infinite wisdom saw it fit to transition Lonis to his heavenly home on Monday, September 27th, 2021. He was surrounded by loved ones. He was preceded in death by his daughter: Rose Washington, grandson: Delvin Laurent, parents: Reverend Velvon and Iris Laurent, sisters: Joyce Dobison, Naomi Kyle, Susie Mae Augustine, and Velma Wells, brothers: Nathan Laurent, Lincoln Laurent and Clement Laurent.
Those left to cherish his memory, daughters: Lonicka Laurent (Jason), Inez Drummer, and Jean Alice Heggar of Cottonport, Louisiana, Erica Laurent, Dwana Williams of Alexandria, Louisiana, Ruth Eldridge of Ruther Glenn, Virginia and Michelle Farrow of Houston, Texas; sons: Raymond Laurent Sr. (Sarah) of Mansura, Louisiana, Adaryll Hayward of Gulfport, Mississippi; sisters: Geraldine Benjamin, Rachel Hall of Cottonport, Louisiana, Majestic Heggar of Mansura, Louisiana; goddaughter, Melissa Austin of Cottonport, Louisiana; 21 grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, Little Zion Baptist Church family, a host of relatives and friends.


Kia ora koutou katoa!
Welcome to our Pokeno Kapa Haka Ropu paetukutuku.
Mrs Fraser and Miss Day have created an interactive classroom to tautoko you on your Kapa Haka learning journey. By clicking on the different items and equipment in the slide, you will automatically be taken to different websites, activities, and tutorials. Click on the 3 vertical dots and select "Enter full screen" for optimum interaction. All websites will open in a new window.
Noho haumaru noho pai.
Mrs Fraser and Miss Day
Te Reo Maori Bilingual Library
The Te Reo Club has released an amazing range of Online Learning Games THAT ARE FREE!!
There are word searches, memory games and more!! Click here to check out the range of games available on their website.


Author: Sherrie Cronin
Published: February 20, 2012
x0 is a compelling tale of worlds apart and how they come to interact. The author has drawn extensively on her own personal experience in the field of geophysics where she has interpreted seismic data in the oil industry for many years, as well as her research into Nigeria: covering its historical, political, economical and social aspects.
While the leading plot appears to be the tale of a woman ruthlessly misused as a pawn in a dangerous political game, and the efforts of those who set out to save her - what I found most compelling is the web of human interaction, not only weaved through our increasing immediate access to each other through technological means, but also through the telepathy of the key characters.
When we think of telepathy, many of us still think back to the Duke University experiments, where a person in one room was meant to transmit, through mind alone, images to a person in another room. x0 takes a much more sophisticated approach to the whole notion of telepathy - or better stated: levels of communication which go beyond what is generally accepted as possible according to “natural” laws. Some people might think that we are entering here into the area of Science Fiction, but I don’t think so. Many of us have experienced things that we cannot explain by so-called “natural laws” - usually things involving people we are close to. x0 is taking this one step further - building upon what appears to exist and hypothesizing on where it may take us.
Perhaps what appears the most far-fetched in the book is the philosophy of the secret organization, which calls itself x0 (or ONE). Yet, even here, the author doesn’t pull us away into a fantasy world. The organization’s philosophy is just that - a “philosophy” - which is accepted even to different degrees by the members of the organization, themselves. What is also interesting is that the members of this organization can find their own special place within the organization, no matter if they believe themselves to be religious or not - or whether or not they believe in God.
I found the book well written and a compelling read. Moving back and forth between the minds of the key characters proved to be quite effective and the characters are constructed in such a way as to complement each other in the telling of the story.
The one thing that I found difficult to relate to, however, is the inclusion of “links” in the book. I am not against the idea of introducing links, especially if this creates a type of hypertext which allows the reader to interactively decide in which direction the plot will lead him/her. But this is not the case here. The introduction of links is meant to optionally supply more information about certain things mentioned in the book. However, I can’t see a reader following these links in the midst of reading without losing an essential part of the rhythm. Also the sudden appearance of the word “Buy” beside links to a song, tends to suddenly exclude us from the writing, if only for a moment. In this case, I would have preferred the author to have used footnotes - putting a number beside each place where a link is desired and include all of the numbered footnotes as a list of links in a special section at the end of the book.
I look forward to reading more works by this author.


The Hollywood Premiere of Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Live in LA on Hollywood Boulevard - 14th November 2010.
You can watch the starts arrive for the premiere here:
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The main story arc concerns Harry's quandary involving the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents in his quest to conquer the wizarding world and subjugate non-magical people (Muggles).
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and final of the Harry Potter novels written by British author J. K. Rowling. The book was released on 21 July 2007, ending the series that began in 1997 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. This book chronicles the events directly following Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005), and leads to the long-awaited final confrontation between Harry Potter and Lord Voldemort.
The Baltimore Sun's critic, Mary Carole McCauley, praised the series as "a classic bildungsroman, or coming-of-age tale." She noted that the book was more serious than the previous novels in the series and had more straightforward prose. Furthermore, reviewer Alice Fordham from The Times writes that "Rowling’s genius is not just her total realisation of a fantasy world, but the quieter skill of creating characters that bounce off the page, real and flawed and brave and lovable." Fordham concludes, "We have been a long way together, and neither Rowling nor Harry let us down in the end." New York Times writer Michiko Kakutani agrees, praising Rowling's ability to make Harry both a hero and a character that can be related to.


Thursday 5th March was World Book Day in the UK, children from all over the country went to school dressed as beloved book characters. Here at Star we had such a variety of characters from Cats in Hats to Gangsta Grannies and The Queen of Hearts to Little Red Riding Hood! The costumed assemblies where filled with diversity and creativity, some of the home-made were simply inspiring!!! We also used this day to do some shared reading between year groups, with year 2 visiting the early years to read with the Reception children and year 4 teaming up with year 1.
For lunch we had a book theme menu which included a Gruffalo Roast and The Mad Hatter’s surprise soup of the day!


Religious Texts of Islam
The most important religious text in Islam is the Quran. The Quran means “The recitation”. The Quran was made into book shortly after the Prophet Muhammad’s death. The Quran is believed to be the word of God by Muslims. The Quran is composed of 114 chapters (also called suras). Some excerpts from the Quran are “The only true faith in God’s sight is Islam” and “He that chooses a religion over Islam, it will not be accepted from him and in the world to come he will be one of the lost.


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A Brief History and Parishes of the Archdiocese of Ottawa – 125 Years
This hard cover book, containing 256 glossy paper pages with full colour throughout, shows some of the dynamic life and activities of our parishes. It is currently available at the office at a cost of $20
The diocese of Bytown was founded in 1847. In 1860, the name was changed to Diocese of Ottawa, and it became an archdiocese in 1886.
|1847-1874||Most Rev. Joseph Eugène Bruno Guigues, O.M.I.|
|1974-1909||Most Rev. Joseph Thomas Duhamel|
|1910-1922||Most Rev. Charles-Hugues Gauthier|
|1922-1927||Most Rev. Joseph Médard Émard|
|1928-1940||Most Rev. Guillaume Forbes|
|1940-1953||Most Rev. Alexandre Vachon|
|1953-1966||Most Rev. Marie-Joseph Lemieux, O.P.|
|1967-1989||Most Rev. Joseph-Aurèle Plourde|
|1989-2007||Most Rev. Marcel A. Gervais|
|2007-||Most Rev. Terrence Prendergast, S.J.|
Currently, the archdiocese has 131 diocesan and 58 religious priests, 638 religious brothers and sisters, 71 permanent deacons and an ever-growing number of lay pastoral workers serving a multicultural Catholic population of close to 400,000 Catholics in 110 parishes and missions.
To learn more about the Archdiocese: www.catholicottawa.ca


Getting a design system right is hard. There are so many different types of design systems and so many ways of setting up one and maintaining it over time. Fortunately, there is plenty of incredible resources all around design systems. But where do you even start? What would be a good process to use to make sure that your efforts don’t hit the wall of tough deadlines and final tweaks? The Design System Guide, kindly released by Romina Kavcic, has got your back. The guide is a very comprehensive interactive book on the foundations of design systems, design metrics, design tokens, checklists, and handy resources for managing design systems.


The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America’s greatest and most influential families—the Roosevelts—exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic flair.
Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews with the long-silent “illegitimate” branch of the family, William J. Mann paints an elegant, meticulously researched, and groundbreaking group portrait of this legendary family. Mann argues that the Roosevelts’ rise to power and prestige was actually driven by a series of intense personal contest that at times devolved into blood sport. His compelling and eye-opening masterwork is the story of a family at war with itself, of social Darwinism at its most ruthless—in which the strong devoured the weak and repudiated the inconvenient.
Mann focuses on Eleanor Roosevelt, who, he argues, experienced this brutality firsthand, witnessing her Uncle Theodore cruelly destroy her father, Elliott—his brother and bitter rival—for political expediency. Mann presents a fascinating alternate picture of Eleanor, contending that this “worshipful niece” in fact bore a grudge against TR for the rest of her life, and dares to tell the truth about her intimate relationships without obfuscations, explanations, or labels.
Mann also brings into focus Eleanor’s cousins, TR’s children, whose stories propelled the family rivalry but have never before been fully chronicled, as well as her illegitimate half-brother, Elliott Roosevelt Mann, who inherited his family’s ambition and skill without their name and privilege. Growing up in poverty just miles from his wealthy relatives, Elliott Mann embodied the American Dream, rising to middle-class prosperity and enjoying one of the very few happy, long-term marriages in the Roosevelt saga. For the first time, The Wars of the Roosevelts also includes the stories of Elliott’s daughter and grandchildren, and never-before-seen photographs from their archives.
“Deeply psychological and finely rendered, illustrated with sixteen pages of black-and-white photographs, The Wars of the Roosevelts illuminates not only the enviable strengths but also the profound shame of this remarkable and influential family.”
- USA Today
“At the heart of this volume is an examination of the inner lives of people known mostly for their public lives. Mann makes a convincing case for generations-long tensions that give new perspective to Franklin’s life as legatee to Teddy and to the troubled union he entered with Teddy’s niece, Eleanor… A book like this might ordinarily be pasted together hastily from secondary sources, the bibliography shows diligence and determination, for Mann consulted an impressive array of primary sources, especially letters written by and to the principals.”
- Boston Globe
“Mann’s perspective is not a dry, political history of the Roosevelts; rather, this work presents a very personal and psychological examination of the extended family which gave America two presidents.”
- Iron Mountain Daily News
“In The Wars of the Roosevelts: The Ruthless Rise of America’s Greatest Political Family, William J. Mann presents a modern revisionist biographical history of one of America’s greatest and most influential families—the Roosevelts—exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic flair.”
- WAMC Radio


Wine has fascinated people over the centuries. Here is few wine quotes form prominent persons. From Hemingway to Homer Simpson, everyone has the opinion on wine.
Wine is one of the most civilized things in the world and one of the most natural things of the world that has been brought to the greatest perfection, and it offers a greater range for enjoyment and appreciation than, possibly, any other purely sensory thing.
(The tattoo once read 'Winona Forever'!)
What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of
Wine is bottled poetry.
Robert Louis Stevenson
Wine is the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.
"Alcohol - the cause of and solution to all of life's problems"


Tucked away behind Plaza Court in Alleghany sits a tiny historical church.
Join us Saturday November 5, 2016 for our annual fundraising concert with Buckstar! This is a family friendly mid-day event.
The building was donated to the Alleghany County Water District for community use by Jim Roos in 2004. The town's tiny library is housed inside.
Work is being done to preserve the building. To find out how you can help please see support.
If you are interested in renting the church for a private event please send us an email.


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"Elena and the Secret of Avalor" is a Sofia the First special, that premiered on November 20, 2016, as a Disney Channel and Disney Junior special movie event. The special will also serve as the pilot to the show's spin-off series, Elena of Avalor.
In the Kingdom of Avalor, Elena takes Naomi up a mountain to show her her favorite view of Avalor City. Elena laments to Naomi how she was trapped in the Amulet of Avalor for forty-one years, so a lot has changed since then. Elena then takes out a broken wand and shows it to Naomi. Elena explains to her it was Shuriki's wand and how she would still be trapped in the Amulet of Avalor if it wasn't for a brave young princess: Sofia. Elena then proceeds to tells Naomi the whole story that led to the present and their current state:
A coach is heading toward Avalor Castle. In it are King Raul and Queen Lucia, the current sovereigns of Avalor, and Elena's parents. It's being chased by a green mist. When the coach reaches the castle, Elena, wearing the Amulet of Avalor, comes out to greet her parents just in time to see the mist get revealed to be a person who kills Elena's parents with a spell, presumably also killing the royal guards driving the coach and the horses as well. Elena flees back into the castle in terror, but the sorceress chases her down, then proceeds to strike Elena with the same spell to remove the only witness to the murder of Elena's parents so the sorceress is free to take over the throne unopposed.
The attack is revealed to be a daydream that Sofia's having in class at Royal Prep which worries her big brother, Prince James. Flora flies by and dismisses the students for summer vacation. As the Royal Kids of Enchancia head back to the coach, Sofia's Amulet suddenly glows blue, alerting her to the fact that it's time for her to go to the Secret Library. Meanwhile, King Roland and Queen Miranda are trying to decide where to take their kids for their summer vacation. When the Royal Twins meet up with them, they reveal that they still haven't picked a place out.
Meanwhile, Sofia grabs Behind the Walls and heads to the Secret Library. When she arrives, the Library picks out a book called The Lost Princess of Avalor to the shock of Sofia, who asks "Like my Amulet of Avalor?" When the book goes into the pendulum, it turns into a man who states "Exactly like your Amulet of Avalor!" The man tells Sofia that he's Alacazar, the Royal Wizard of Avalor. Alacazar then proceeds to tell Sofia the story:
Across the Great Ocean in the Kingdom of Avalor, there once lived a Princesss named Elena. On her fifteenth birthday her mother Queen Lucia gave her the Amulet of Avalor. One fateful day, an evil power-hungry sorceress from the Northern Islands named Shuriki invaded Avalor. She attacked the King and Queen and set her sights on the palace. Elena chose to face Shuriki on her own. When Shuriki tried to strike her down, the Amulet saved Elena's life by pulling her inside it. Alacazar found the Amulet and discovered that the only way to free Elena was to find a special Princess to set her free. Alacazar traveled for years to find this Princess until he grew too old to continue. He then used the last of his magic to turn himself into the book he transformed from.
Alacazar then tells Sofia that the daydream she had earlier was Elena telling her that the time has come to set her free. Alacazar tells Sofia that she can do it as the Amulet tested many Princesses before her and she is the only one the Amulet chose. Alacazar tells her what she has to do to free Elena: She must go to his home in Avalor and summon his chanul. He also warns Sofia to be careful as Shuriki is as powerful and evil as ever as when she took over Avalor over four decades ago. Sofia goes to her family and convinces them that they should spend their vacation in the Kingdom of Avalor. With everyone in agreement, the Royal Family of Enchancia then sets sail for Avalor.
The Royal Family of Enchancia arrives in the Kingdom of Avalor on the Royal Galleon under the command of Admiral Vasquez, pulling into Avalor Harbor. When Sofia sees Avalor City, she wonders how she's going to find Alacazar's house in such a huge city. However, Sofia is horrified to learn that they're going to meet Shuriki first since her father sent a messenger ahead telling her they're coming since it's the custom to meet the kingdom's ruler when visiting a new kingdom, as only Sofia knows of Shuriki's takeover of the throne. Meanwhile, Shuriki is using her magic to get ready for their arrival when Chancellor Esteban and Armando come in and tell them they've arrived. The pair assure Shuriki that everything will be perfect. The Royal Family of Enchancia is greeted by a cheering crowd, but Sofia can see that the crowd isn't really happy since they are being forced to do so by the guards to avoid punishment, and when Shuriki arrives, Sofia is instantly wary. Sofia notices a flute playing to Shuriki's chagrin. As they get into the coach, Sofia spots Shuriki's soldiers taking the flute away from the boy playing it, upsetting him. They arrive at Avalor Castle, where Shuriki gives them a tour before taking them out to a feast that Esteban has prepared. Suddenly, Jaquins, the Symbols of Avalor, swoop in and snatch some of the food after singing a bit to annoy Shuriki. Shuriki tells the Jaquins to get lost, but they ignore her. Shuriki is about to pull out her wand to blast them, blowing her cover, but Esteban stops her and leads everyone back inside. Sofia's Amulet glows and pulls her toward the Jaquins, which Sofia takes to mean that they can help her. Sofia goes up to the Jaquins and asks them to help her. The Jaquins refuse, stating that they don't help friends of Shuriki's. Sofia reveals that she's there to bring Princess Elena back. Hearing this, the Jaquins instantly become delighted to help her and fly her to Alacazar's house, explaining in song how they keep the hopes of Avalor alive during Shuriki's reign.
Sofia arrives at Alacazar's house. A woman greets her. Sofia tells her why she's there, but the woman proves to be no help. Mateo, Alacazar's grandson, walks up, and asks Sofia about her magical knowledge and reveals that the woman is his mother, Rafa. Sofia introduces herself and reveals that Alacazar sent her. Mateo realizes that Sofia's amulet is the Amulet of Avalor, and takes her to his workshop. Once there, Mateo reveals that he's been training himself to be a wizard in secret since Shuriki outlawed all magic other than her own when she took over, hoping to follow in his grandfather Alacazar's footsteps. He also reveals that a chanul is a spirit animal that serves as a guide to all magical things in the world and that it was Alacazar's chanul who revealed that Elena is imprisoned in the Amulet and how to get her out. Mateo summons Alacazar's chanul, Zuzo, who tells Sofia what she has to do to free Elena from her amulet: First, she has to get Shuriki's wand. Once she gets it, she has to wrap the Amulet around it and put both on the Crown of Aziluna. Mateo explains that Aziluna was a Maruvian healer that could break any spell or curse and that there's a statue of him in the mountains. Zuzo also tells Sofia: "Just because you're the one doesn't mean you're the only one." before he vanishes. Sofia doesn't know how she'll get Shuriki's wand until Mateo accidentally gives her an idea: To dance with her. At Avalor Castle, Armando is entertaining the Royal Twins while Roland and Miranda's conversation with Shuriki is having her contemplate invading Enchancia. Sofia comes in and asks Shuriki to dance the Sambarossa with her. Shuriki, who hates music and dancing to the point where she outlawed it when she took over Avalor, is reluctant, to which Sofia, who has been informed of her ban by Mateo and the Jaquins, asks if there is a law against it, to which her father tells her "Sofia, no one would pass a law against dancing. That's like passing a law against fun." which makes Shuriki agree, not wanting to blow her cover if she refused. After Armando has shown them how, everyone dances the Sambarossa. During the dance, Sofia pretends to trip and steps on Shuriki's foot. While Shuriki recoils from the pain, Sofia steals her wand from her. After pocketing the wand, Sofia convinces Shuriki to let her and her siblings play hide and seek with Armando while she and her parents resume their discussions, to which Shuriki agrees. When Armando starts counting, Sofia drags her brother and sister away with her. Amber realizes that Sofia's up to something and asks what's up. Sofia tells her and James that she'll tell them later and that she needs them to stay hidden for as long as possible. James instantly agrees, but Amber demands "Why won't you tell us?" to which Sofia tells her it's for her own good and leaves. Sofia meets up with Mateo, Skylar, and Luna, and shows them that she got the wand. Mateo and the Jaquins are impressed with her for pulling it off, with Skylar voicing it by saying "Girl looks sweet as sugar, but she's got some skills." The group then flies off to free Elena.
The group arrives at the Maruvian Temple where the Crown of Aziluna is. They go inside and find an enchanted lake. Mateo tells Sofia that she needs to swim across the enchanted waters for the magic to work. After asking the Amulet of Avalor to turn her into her mermaid form, Sofia turns into a mermaid and dives into the lake. Once underwater, Sofia finds the Crown of Aziluna and does as Zuzo instructed. This makes an island with a statue on it rise out of the water. Once it surfaces, Sofia, back to her human form as she reverted back once above water, slides down to the statue's base. Suddenly, Sofia's Amulet glows pink and descends. Once it hits the ground, a person appears in a flash of pink light. The Amulet returns itself to Sofia, now pink instead of the original purple when she first received it. The person is revealed to be Princess Elena, who's finally free. Elena hugs Sofia, and then greets Mateo and the Jaquins. She then voices her intention to free Avalor from Shuriki, retrieving Shuriki's wand from the crown before flying off with Mateo and Sofia on Skylar and Luna to return to the castle. The group lands, and Elena tells them what she's going to do: She going to use Shuriki's own wand against her. Sofia and Mateo want to help, but Elena refuses and flies off on Skylar to face Shuriki alone with Sofia and Mateo going after her anyway on Luna.
Armando is still playing hide and seek with Amber and James when Elena lands in the castle. Skylar wants to help, but Elena tells him she has to do this own her own before heading for the throne room. Elena confronts Shuriki in the Throne Room and tells her it's time for her to pay for her crimes, to Shuriki's horror. Roland asks "What crimes?" Elena tells them that Shuriki invaded Avalor and seized the throne from the Royal Family, her family. Shuriki puts the truth to Elena's claims as she has her guards restrain Roland and Miranda. Shuriki tries to pull out her wand to blast Elena, only to find that Elena has it, to which she deduces must be because Sofia took it. A shocked Miranda asks "Sofia's involved in this?!" Elena confirms this and tries to blast Shuriki with her wand, but she only succeds in blasting aside a tapestry revealing a painting of Elena's little sister and grandparents when the shot is thrown off by one of Shuriki's guards. Shuriki reveals that was how Alacazar protected them: By placing them inside an enchanted painting even her magic can't touch. She also reveals that Esteban is Elena's cousin. Shuriki takes back her wand and orders her guards to seize Elena. Skylar flies in, freeing Elena from the guards restraining her, and takes off with Elena on his back. Shuriki orders her guards to throw Sofia's family into the dungeon and to capture Sofia and Elena. Roland warns Shuriki to leave his step-daughter out of this and how she'll regret what she's doing to the Enchancia Royal Family, but Shuriki smugly replies that she doubts it.
Elena meets up with Sofia, Mateo, and Luna and tells Sofia that Shuriki has her family. Together, they fly back to Mateo's house to escape the volleys of arrows being fired on them by Shuriki's guards. When they arrive back at Mateo's house, Rafa comes out and reveals the spell that can free Elena's family. Citizens of Avalor come over and, at Sofia's urging, remembering what Zuzo told her earlier, Elena agrees to let them help with retaking their kingdom from Shuriki.
Sofia and Elena then fly to a secret entrance into the castle and sneak into the dungoen, avoiding Shuriki's guards looking for them in the harbor. Once inside, they run into Armando, who agrees to help. While Armando distracts the lone guard after the other one leaves to speak to Shuriki after Armando's first attempt to lure them away only got one of them to leave, Sofia sneaks past them using her shrinking ability. Sofia finds her family, but Miranda tells her that she has a lot of explaining to do. Sofia assures them that they'll get one and lets them out. Roland knocks out the guard and locks him up. Elena then reveals the truth of Sofia's Amulet, and asks Roland and Miranda to not punish Sofia for her true reasons for wanting to come to Avalor with helping Elena take her kingdom back from Shuriki. Miranda tells Sofia that she should've told them what was going on, to which Sofia states that she did what she felt was for the best. Roland decides that Sofia can be forgiven for her actions since they were justified and noble. The group then sets off to execute Elena's plan.
Meanwhile, Shuriki demands that Esteban produce the results that she desires. Esteban protests that when he helped her invade Avalor she promised that no one in his family would get hurt to which Shuriki retorts that she also promised him power, which she gave him when she appointed him Chancellor. Shuriki tells him to be grateful she kept one of her promises, or he'll end up like his aunt and uncle, Raul and Lucia. Suddenly, Luna flies in and attacks Shuriki, who chases after her with Esteban. Once Shuriki's gone, Mateo sneaks in and, using the spell Rafa gave him, frees Isabel and her grandparents from the painting, who all happily reunite with Elena. The entire group then sets off to execute the rest of Elena's plan: Rallying the Citizens of Avalor against Shuriki. The Avalorians and the Enchancians all march to the palace and overwhelm the guards, who lock the gates. Sofia and Elena fly in and open the gates, through which the Citizens of Avalor march through, while Roland keeps the guards busy until they are joined by Miranda, Mateo, and Elena's grandparents. With her guards having deserted her out of cowardice and being outnumbered, Shuriki stops the crowd by summoning dark clouds over the castle. Shuriki raises her wand to blast Elena, knowing taking her out will break the will of everyone else, but Esteban, who has had enough, grabs the wand from Shuriki and tosses it to Elena, who destroys it. With the wand broken, Shuriki's powers are destroyed and she ages into an old woman. Horribly weakened, Shuriki hops down a waterfall and swims away. Sofia and Elena are disturbed by this sight, and Francisco comforts his granddaughter, telling her that Shuriki is gone now and they've won (unaware of Shuriki's survival). Sofia offers the Amulet back to Elena after she thanks Roland and Miranda for their help, who tells her she can keep it, not only for what she did for Avalor, but also because Elena has already seen enough of it for the rest of her life. Elena then assumes the throne to the joy of the Avalorians.
Back in the Secret Library, Sofia and Alacazar both review the story Sofia just finished. Alacazar tells Sofia she gave Elena's story a great ending to which Sofia states that she gave Elena's story a great beginning. After he vanishes, Sofia's dress undergoes a transformation and she leaves the Secret Library.
Back in the present, Elena and Naomi both decide to lock Shuriki's wand in the treasurey forever.
- Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia
- Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena
- Jane Fonda as Shuriki
- Sara Ramirez as Queen Miranda
- Darcy Rose Byrnes as Princess Amber
- Tyler Merna as Prince James
- Travis Willingham as King Roland II
- Barbara Dirickson as Flora
- Chris Parnell as Migs
- Yvette Nicole Brown as Luna
- Carlos Alazraqui as Skylar
- Jenna Ortega as Princess Isabel
- Emiliano Díez as Francisco
- Julia Vera as Luisa
- Christian Lanz as Chancellor Esteban
- Jillian Rose Reed as Naomi
- Joseph Haro as Mateo
- Jorge Diaz as Gabe
- Keith Ferguson as Zuzo
- Joe Nunez as Armando
- Ana Ortiz as Rafa
- This special introduces Princess Elena, who is also the protagonist of the spin-off series, Elena of Avalor.
- This is the fourth TV Special movie in the series, following Once Upon a Princess, The Floating Palace, and The Curse of Princess Ivy.
- This special has its plot before all the next episodes to be aired after "Dads and Daughters Day".
- Sofia's Amulet changed color from purple to ruby pink after Sofia freed Princess Elena.
- Sofia's family learned of the truth of Sofia's Amulet in this special.
- This special has a DVD.
- Acording to Mateo himself. When he summoned Zuzo. It's his first time to summon a chanul. The possibly second time would be inThe Scepter of Light.
- This was also his first time. To meet a chanul.
- Mateo wore his Promotion outfit. In this movie and the 5th time to do a wardrobe change. The 1st was in First Day of Rule. The 2nd was in Island of Youth The 3rd was in Spellbound and the 4th was in The Scepter of Light.
- This movie is going to be realised in Southeast asian countries. On 1/8/17 I'll say it on words to January 8 2017.
- To promote the series in Southeast Asian countries they did a 1 hour showing. Of the following episodes
- To promote the movie. The Great Unknown had a music video.
- There's a book version of this movie called Elena and the Secret of Avalor (book)
- Moral lesson: You don't always have to face a problem alone.
For the gallery see Elena and the Secret of Avalor/Gallery


The Referendum on the Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy in May 2018 garnered huge international attention, and there were vigorous campaigns from both sides. In this environment, the job of the Referendum Commission to provide clear, concise, and correct information to every home in the country was more important than ever.
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Juli has such a gift with words, that I felt incapable of putting this memoir down! She beautifully describes the difficult journey of caring for a parent with Alzheimer’s, but goes beyond to share the grief of a painted relationship between a father and daughter.
I was personally touched by the sibling bond through the years, and the thread of healing from codependency. A very raw picture at learning to trust God with your family members faith, emotions and healing journey. -Hannah
I read this moving memoir about her father’s care from onset of dementia through his passing. Juli’s honest grappling with how to love her father well encourages us to turn to the God who sees, hears and understands.
I love the cover art, gold-filled cracks as pictures of Juli’s heart fissures filled by obedience and love.
Well done, Juli! -Sarah
“My dad with Alzheimer’s. My dad who already never remembered my birthday and barely ever bothered to spend time with me. My dad who I didn’t particularly want to spend time with . . . and now was suddenly expected to care for?”
Yes, Father: A Daughter’s Journey to Forgiveness is the hopeful story of one woman’s journey into caring for her father with Alzheimer’s while learning to forgive him for his past.
When J.A. Sellers agreed to care for her father, the decision wasn’t easy. She had to reconcile years of abuse with the growing need to help him as his memory diminished. After a lifetime of hurt, she searches for the forgiveness that will heal their relationship before it’s too late.
If you’ve longed to restore a broken family relationship or have cared for a parent with Alzheimer’s, you’ll relate to the struggle of hanging on to hope in the midst of difficult circumstances.
In this memoir of faith and forgiveness, you’ll discover how:
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If you find yourself in the midst of wrestling with forgiveness, then Yes, Father: A Daughter’s Journey to Forgiveness offers a hopeful path toward reconciliation and healing.


Animalia Animal Care Magazine
Animalia was made as a mini collaboration between myself and my girlfriend Daria, who is an Aquarist at the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, IL. Whenever we visit a new city, we always stop at their zoo and I had all sorts of gorgeous photos of the animals we’ve seen. I designed this book as a way to showcase these images while offering some insight to the way zoos and aquariums operate.
The animals in this book can be found at
The Saint Louis Zoo
The Shedd Aquarium
The Brookfield Zoo
Some articles have been sourced from other online outlets. Credits to the authors can be found on the inside back cover. This book is intended for personal educational purposes only and is not for sale.


After analyzing the re-evolution of slavery in the fall, AOC juniors will spend the spring semester analyzing the novel The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, a gripping narrative that explains in unprecedented detail the growth of Islamic fundamentalism, the rise of al-Qaeda, and the intelligence failures that culminated in the attacks on the World Trade Center.
The novel’s author, American journalist Lawrence Wright, re-creates firsthand the transformation of Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri from incompetent and idealistic soldiers in Afghanistan to leaders of the most successful terrorist group in history. He follows FBI counterterrorism chief John O’Neill as he uncovers the emerging danger from al-Qaeda in the 1990s and struggles to track this new threat. Packed with new information and a deep historical perspective, The Looming Tower is the definitive history of the long road to September 11.
As AOC juniors read through Lawrence Wright’s The Looming Tower: al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11, they will play the primary role as facilitators of our discussions and critics of the book (in a fashion similar to their discussions for Slavery By Another Name). For each class session that a chapter is due, an assigned student or group of students will act as facilitators for that chapter, focusing on a unique aspect of the chapter they covered, coming up with open ended questions to enlist classmates in our discussion about their area of focus and leading the class in a twenty to thirty minute (combined) analysis of the chapter. Students are required to employ meaningful strategies for fostering audience engagement, including the use of audience participation, facilitator movement, eye contact, and vocal inflection in both the presentation of their information and the facilitation of their discussion.
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Xuchang old man has two Guinness World Records relying on rice paper. Release date: Source: Wei Du editor today: Yu Jia Views: 2807 copyright and disclaimer. Core tip: in an ordinary courtyard on Wuyi Road in the urban area, there is an old man in his 70s. The old man is a master of Arts and crafts, Xie Zhong, who has two Guinness World Records and is jointly awarded the title of "folk arts and crafts artist" by UNESCO and China Folk Artists Association. Over the past few decades, Xie Zhong has devoted his whole life to interpreting a different and wonderful life with rice paper and scissors
[China Packaging News] in an ordinary courtyard on Wuyi Road in the urban area, there lived an old man in his 70s. The old man is a master of Arts and crafts, Xie Zhong, who has two Guinness World Records and is jointly awarded the title of "folk arts and crafts artist" by UNESCO and China Folk Artists Association. Over the past few decades, Xie Zhong has devoted his whole life to interpreting a different and wonderful life with rice paper and scissors
recently, I walked into Mr. Xie Zhong's home to talk about art, recall the past years, and appreciate the charm of paper cutting art
I love to be born in a paper-cut family. I pick up leaves to practice paper-cut.
an ordinary pair of scissors, a stack of bright red paper, small indentation, binding and hollowing out. In just a few minutes, I can cut beautiful window flowers... This is the charm of paper-cut art. As an ancient and characteristic folk art, for thousands of years, paper-cut art has been closely integrated with folk culture and has become a wonderful flower in the garden of folk culture and art in China
talking about how he embarked on the path of paper-cut art, Xie Zhong opened his mouth: "I was born in a paper-cut family, and my grandmother and mother are good at cutting window flowers. The lifelike flowers, birds, grass and insects, and the charming Chinese Zodiac patterns gave me the initial artistic enlightenment."
as a peer of the Republic, Xie Zhong showed great interest in paper-cut art when he was a child. Xie Zhong said that on the first day of the lunar new year every year, people in his hometown have the custom of pasting window flowers and shed flowers. The colorful shed flowers and colorful window flowers decorate the countryside very beautifully. Influenced by the family environment, Xie Zhong, at the age of seven or eight, began to learn paper cutting under the careful instruction of his mother
since then, Xie Zhong has been deeply obsessed with the art of paper cutting. He takes scissors and cuts them on newspapers or cigarette boxes. He is a vivid pig and dog. He is very cute. "On my way to school, I cut whatever I saw. Sometimes I practice paper cutting with tung leaves." Xie Zhong recalledAt the age of 17, Xie Zhong left his hometown to join the army in Shenyang. "At first, I was mainly responsible for the daily life of the head. Later, I went to the logistics department to take charge of logistics support." Xie Zhong said
opportunity favors the prepared mind, and the God of destiny once again favors Xie Zhong. At that time, a folk art professor surnamed an of Northeastern University fell ill. Out of sympathy, Xie Zhong often chats with him and comforts him. Professor An was deeply moved. Slowly, the two people formed a deep friendship
later, Professor an learned that Xie Zhong loved the art of paper cutting and had certain paper cutting skills, so he gave Xie Zhong unreservedly the manuscripts of his arts and crafts works that had been preserved for many years. "The old professor said that this is something from our ancestors. Let me study it carefully." Decades later, Xie Zhong still remembers Professor An's earnest words when he handed the manuscript to him
Xie Zhong was deeply shocked by the exquisite patterns and exquisite skills, which also made him realize that the broad and profound paper-cut art is not a trivial skill, but a traditional folk art with a long history, and a career that can be worked for all his life. For decades, Xie Zhong kept in mind Professor An's earnest instructions. No matter how his living environment and work position changed, he never reduced his love for paper-cut art. He never put down his scissors and devoted all his life and enthusiasm to it. He has successively created thousands of paper-cut works, such as the voice of the century, so many beautiful rivers and mountains, and the quintessence of China's hundred blessings to welcome the Olympic Games
"it's a pity that Professor An's manuscript was lost after several moves in recent years. Later, I heard that Professor An had also gone to the United States and had lost contact with him for a long time. However, I will always remember him." Speaking of his first teacher, Professor An, Xie Zhong felt dejected
innovation breaks the stereotype of folk paper-cut and closely records the history of the times
for thousands of years, the repetition of folk paper-cut themes over and over again, the sameness in the form of expression, and the stylization and facial makeup of modeling are its major features and shortcomings. On the basis of long-term artistic practice, Xie Zhong compared and borrowed the achievements of different art categories, closely combined ancient art with modern art, broke the stereotype of traditional folk paper-cut, and created a precedent for paper-cut art to express social life and historical themes
over the years, Xie Zhong's paper cutting has been deeply rooted in the soil of social life, closely following the pulse of the development of the times, and constantly striving to climb the top of art. July1,1997 was a great day for Hong Kong to return to the embrace of the motherland. This major historical event stimulated Xie Zhong's creative desire
the cold comes and the summer goes, and the seasons change. After 18 months of hard work, the map of Hong Kong's return, which contains 103 famous historical stories, has finally come out. The vicissitudes of Hong Kong over a hundred years, under Xie Zhong's scissors, form a long epic scroll. In 1998, Xie Zhong was awarded the title of "contemporary artist" by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region for this work. In the same year, Xie Zhong was recognized as the world's longest paper-cut work by the Guinness headquarters in Shanghai, and was recorded in the Guinness World Records
Xie Zhong has successively created thousands of paper-cut works, of which the largest is 36 square meters and the smallest is only a few square centimeters, which have been successively collected by national, provincial and municipal museums. Among them, the paper-cut work "love for mother" was once again recorded in the Guinness Book of records with an area of 36 square meters. In 1998, Xie Zhong was jointly awarded the title of "folk craft artist" by UNESCO and China Folk Artists Association
in Xie Zhong's paper-cut works, the auspicious, stylized and stable pattern of traditional folk paper-cut themes has been broken. People's legends can be cut, flowers, birds, insects and fish can be cut, and grand historical themes can also be cut. Some scholars have commented that Xie Zhong's paper-cut works are "majestic, with both spirit and form, coarse and fine, clumsy and ingenious, high pitched and simple, with beauty in rigor, and have the bearing and charm of a knife passing through heaven"
wish to pass on, carry forward, keep pace with the times and revitalize
for Xie Zhong, paper cutting has been integrated into blood and bone marrow and become a part of his body. Over the past decades, Xie Zhong has wandered in the ever-changing world of paper-cut art and gained physical and mental happiness and spiritual comfort. As an expert in Weidu District, in order to carry forward the paper-cut art and have successors, with the strong support of the Organization Department of the district Party committee and other relevant departments, Xie Zhong has successively set up interest classes in the paper-cut art in the Municipal Children's Library and the municipal Jiankang Road Primary School, carried out the activities of introducing the paper-cut art into the campus, taught the children the paper-cut skills free of charge, and taught them to learn paper-cut by hand. However, for spine surgeons, "I hope relevant departments will increase their support for folk art and pass on the art of paper cutting through an appropriate way. I believe this ancient art will be revitalized in the new era." His simple words contain Xie Zhong's love for paper cutting art
"no matter how tired or busy you are, as long as you pick up scissors and cut them on rice paper at will, you will feel that all the troubles of the day are gone." Xie Zhong said, "in 2018, I will strive to create more paper-cut works that reflect the construction of the ancient city of Caowei and the history and culture of the Three Kingdoms. At the same time, I also hope that more young people love the art of paper-cut. I am happy to pass on what I have learned in my life to the younger generation. I believe that the art of paper-cut will be more dazzling in the hands of young people."
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